LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF PNMAC MORTGAGE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P. a Delaware Limited Partnership Dated as of August 1, 2008
Exhibit A
OF
PNMAC
MORTGAGE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.
a
Delaware Limited Partnership
Dated as
of August 1, 2008
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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SECTION
1. DEFINED TERMS
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SECTION
2. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND
IDENTIFICATION
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10
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2.1 Formation
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10
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2.2 Name
and Place of Business
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10
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2.3 Records
of Partners
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10
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2.4 Limited
Partnership
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11
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SECTION
3. PURPOSE, NATURE OF BUSINESS AND POWERS
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11
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SECTION
4. TERM
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11
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SECTION
5. PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
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12
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5.1 Capital
Accounts
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12
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5.2 Classes
and Series
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12
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5.3 Issuance
of Interests
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12
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5.4 Rights
of Partners
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13
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SECTION
6. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT FOR SERVICE OF
PROCESS
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13
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SECTION
7. CAPITAL ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
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7.1 Capital
Contributions of Partners
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13
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7.2 Withdrawal
of Capital
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14
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7.3 Capital
Accounts
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14
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7.4 Allocations
in General
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15
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7.5 Allocation
of Net Profit and Net Loss
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15
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7.6 Corrective
Adjustments
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17
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7.7 Special
Allocations
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17
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7.8 Adjustments
to Reflect Changes in Interests
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7.9 Allocation
of Taxable Income and Loss
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7.10
Guaranteed Payments
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7.11
Allocation of Nonrecourse Deductions
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7.12
Allocation of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
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7.13
Excess Nonrecourse Liabilities
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20
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7.14
Treatment of Certain Distributions
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20
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SECTION
8. DISTRIBUTIONS
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8.1 Distributions
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20
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8.2 Withholding
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SECTION
9. MANAGEMENT, GENERAL PARTNER AND BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
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9.1 Management
Generally
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9.2 Duties
and Obligations of the General Partner with Respect to the Administration
of the Partnership
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9.3 Board
of Directors
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9.4 Expenses
of the Partnership
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27
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9.5 Partners’
Consent
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28
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9.6 Exculpation
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28
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9.7 Indemnification;
No Duty of Investigation; Reliance on Experts
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28
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9.8 Director
Limited Liability
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30
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9.9 Certain
Other Activities
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30
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9.10
Tax Matters
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SECTION
10. PARTNERS
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10.1 Identity
and Contributions
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10.2 No
Management Power or Liability
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10.3 Amendments
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10.4 Merger,
Consolidation, Liquidation
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35
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10.5 List
of Partners
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35
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10.6 Limitations
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35
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10.7 Meetings
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35
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10.8 Action
Without a Meeting
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10.9 Procedures
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10.10
Voting
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10.11
Removal of the General Partner
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10.12
Key Person Event
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10.13
Pass Through Voting
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SECTION
11. ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL PARTNERS; ASSIGNMENTS OR
TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
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11.1
Admission of Additional Partners
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11.2
Assignments or Transfers of Interests
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SECTION
12. POWER OF ATTORNEY
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12.1
Appointment of General Partner
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12.2
Nature of Special Power
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SECTION
13. BOOKS, RECORDS AND REPORTS; CERTAIN TAX
ELECTIONS
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13.1
Books
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13.2
Reports
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13.3
Safe Harbor Election
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SECTION
14. VALUATION OF ASSETS AND INTERESTS
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SECTION
15. BANK ACCOUNTS; CUSTODIAN
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15.1
Bank Accounts Generally
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15.2
Custodian
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SECTION
16. DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF THE
PARTNERSHIP
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16.1
Dissolution Generally
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16.2
Continuation of Partnership
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16.3
Events Causing Dissolution
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16.4
Distribution of Assets on Liquidation
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16.5
Liquidation Statement
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16.6
Director’s Liability Upon Dissolution or Removal
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SECTION
17. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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17.1 Notices
and Distributions
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17.2 Survival
of Rights
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17.3 Construction
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17.4 Section
Headings
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49
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17.5 Agreement
in Counterparts
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17.6 Governing
Law
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50
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17.7 Additional
Documents
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17.8 Severability
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17.9 Pronouns
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17.10
Entire Agreement
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17.11
Arbitration
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17.12
Waiver of Partition
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17.13
Filing
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Appendix
A
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Form
of Notice of Transfer
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A-1
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Appendix
B
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Schedule
of Partners
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B-1
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iii
PNMAC
MORTGAGE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.
A
Delaware Limited Partnership
PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
This
Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2008 (this “Agreement”),
when executed by PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund, LLC (the “Parent”)
as limited partner and by PNMAC Opportunity Fund Associates, LLC (the “General
Partner”) as general partner, shall be the partnership agreement of the
Partnership.
Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions described below, the parties to this
Agreement, which shall include all Persons becoming Partners at any time, as a
condition of becoming and for so long as they remain Partners, agree as
follows:
SECTION
1.
DEFINED
TERMS
The terms
set forth below shall have the indicated meanings.
“Accounting
Period” means a one year period commencing on the first day of the Fiscal
Year, or any period of shorter duration commencing upon the day following the
last day of the preceding Accounting Period and terminating upon the earlier of
(a) the last day of the then current Fiscal Year or (b) the day preceding the
effective date of any change in the relative Interests of the Partners, a
Transfer by any Partner of its Interest or any other similar transaction or
event, as determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion; provided,
however,
that the first Accounting Period shall extend from the Initial Closing until no
later than December 31, 2008.
“Adjusted
Capital Account” means, with respect to the Capital Account of any
Partner, the balance, if any, in such Partner's Capital Account as of the end of
the relevant Accounting Period, after giving effect to all allocations made with
respect to such Accounting Period under Sections 7.5-7.8 and to the following
adjustments:
(i) credit to
such Capital Account any amount that the Partner is obligated to restore
pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or is deemed to be
obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1) or
1.704-2(i)(5); and
(1) debit
to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5)
and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6)
that are attributable to such Capital Account.
The
foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the
provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)
and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
“Advisers
Act” means the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable exemptions granted therefrom,
as amended from time to time.
“Advisory
Agreement” means the Investment Management Agreement between the
Partnership and the Investment Manager, dated on or about the Initial Closing,
as such agreement may be amended, modified, revised or restated, from time to
time, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and any substantially
similar agreement with a successor Investment Manager permitted by the terms
hereof and thereof.
“Advisory
Fee” means the fee payable to the Investment Manager under the Advisory
Agreement.
“Affiliated
Person” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Company
Act.
“Aggregate
Net Loss” means, as calculated from time to time, the excess (if any) of
the aggregate Net Loss for the then current and all previous Accounting Periods
over the aggregate Net Profit for the then current and all previous Accounting
Periods, taking into account adjustments under Section
7.5(b).
“Aggregate
Net Profit” means, as calculated from time to time, the excess (if any)
of the aggregate Net Profit for the then current and all previous Accounting
Periods over the aggregate Net Loss for the then current and all previous
Accounting Periods, taking into account adjustments under Section
7.5(b).
“Agreement”
means this Limited Partnership Agreement, as originally executed and as amended
from time to time.
“Assets”
means all cash, securities, investments and other property and assets of any
type of the Partnership.
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“Board
of Directors” means the board of directors of the
Partnership.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on
which banks in New York, New York are required by law to be
closed. All references to Business Day herein shall be based on the
time in New York, New York.
“By-Laws”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(g).
“Capital
Account” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.1.
“Capital
Contribution” means a contribution to the Partnership in cash or in kind
by a Partner or Person becoming a Partner or by any predecessor holder of the
interests held by such Partner.
“Certificate”
means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, filed with the
Secretary of State on April 22, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto and
restatements thereof filed with the Secretary of
State.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any
successor thereto.
“Commitment
Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Limited Liability
Company Agreement of the Parent.
“Common
Interests” means the common limited partner interests of the Partnership
having the rights and other terms set forth in this
Agreement.
“Common
Partner” means a Partner holding Common Interests of the
Partnership.
“Common
Share Commitment” means, when referring to a dollar amount, an amount
committed by a common member of the Parent or prospective common member of the
Parent for investment in the common shares of the Parent pursuant to (a) a
subscription agreement and (b) an assumption by such member of any Common Share
Commitment of a transferring member or of a defaulting member pursuant to
Section 7.1(d) of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the
Parent.
“Compensatory
Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
13.3(a).
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“Cost
Basis” means, as of any time of determination with respect to any Asset,
the Partnership's adjusted tax basis in that Asset at such time as determined
for federal income tax purposes; provided,
however,
that if the Partnership has made an election under Section 754 of the Code, such
tax basis shall be determined after giving effect to adjustments made under
Section 734 of the Code but (except as provided in Treasury Regulation Section
1.734-2(b)(1)) without regard to adjustments made under Section 743 of the
Code.
“Custodial
Account” means one or more segregated accounts maintained pursuant to the
requirements of the Investment Company Act and other applicable law to hold the
Assets.
“Custodian”
means an entity which maintains the Custodial Account pursuant to the
requirements of the Investment Company Act and other applicable
law.
“Delaware
Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.
C. §17-101, et
seq.),
as amended from time to time and any successor
thereto.
“Director”
means each director of the Partnership who at the time in question has been duly
elected or appointed and has qualified as a director in accordance with the
provisions hereof and is then in office.
“Disabling
Conduct” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.6.
“Disinterested
Non-Party Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.7(a).
“Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities” means excess nonrecourse liabilities within the
meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.752-3(a)(3).
“Fiscal
Quarter” means a three calendar month period ending March 31,
June 30, September 30 or December 31 of a Fiscal
Year.
“Fiscal
Year” means the Partnership’s fiscal year, which shall end on each
December 31 unless otherwise determined by the Board of
Directors.
“General
Partner” means PNMAC Opportunity Fund Associates, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
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“Incapacity”
or “Incapacitated”
means, as to any Person, the bankruptcy, insolvency, death, disability,
adjudication of incompetence or insanity, dissolution or termination, as the
case may be, of such Person.
“Indemnified
Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.6.
“Independent
Director” means a Director that is not an Interested
Person.
“Initial
Closing” means the date determined by the Investment Manager to be the
initial closing in respect of the Common Share
Commitments.
“Interested
Person” has the meaning given to such term in the Investment Company
Act.
“Interests”
means the Common Interests and the Preferred Interests issued by the
Partnership.
“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable exemptions granted therefrom,
as amended from time to time.
“Investment
Manager” means PNMAC Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, in its capacity as investment manager to the Partnership, and
any successor thereto selected in accordance with the Investment Company
Act.
“Key
Person Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.12.
“Manager
Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.9.
“Net
Asset Value” means the value of the Assets less the liabilities of the
Partnership and less the liquidation preference of any Preferred Interests,
calculated pursuant to Section 14 in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and in compliance with the Investment Company
Act.
“Net
Loss” means any realized and unrealized net decrease in the net asset
value of the Partnership (after liabilities of any sort (whether contingent or
otherwise), guaranteed payments and expenses of any sort) from the beginning of
an Accounting Period to the end of
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such Accounting Period
(determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied), excluding from such calculation any increase due to any
Capital Contributions made during such Accounting Period and any decrease due to
any distributions or withdrawals made during such Accounting
Period.
“Net
Profit” means any realized and unrealized net increase in the Net Asset
Value of the Partnership (after liabilities of any sort (whether contingent or
otherwise), guaranteed payments and expenses of any sort) from the beginning of
a Accounting Period to the end of such Accounting Period (determined in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied), excluding from such calculation any increase due to any Capital
Contributions made during such Accounting Period and any decrease due to any
distributions or withdrawals made during such Accounting
Period.
“Nonrecourse
Deduction” means a nonrecourse deduction determined pursuant to Treasury
Regulations § 1.704-2(c).
“Nonrecourse
Distribution” means a distribution to a Partner that is allocable to a
net increase in Partnership Minimum Gain pursuant to Treasury Regulations §
1.704-2(h)(1).
“Nonrecourse
Liability” has the meaning assigned to it in Treasury Regulations §
1.704-2(b)(3).
“Notice
of Transfer” means a Notice of Transfer in the form of Appendix A,
including the certifications forming a part thereof.
“Offering
Memorandum” means the Confidential Preliminary Private Placement
Memorandum, dated April 23, 2008, relating to the common shares of the Parent,
as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Other
Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.9.
“Parent”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Partially
Adjusted Capital Account” means with respect to any Partner as of the
last day of any Accounting Period, the Capital Account of such Partner as of the
beginning of the Accounting Period ending on such date, adjusted as set forth in
Section 7.3 to reflect (a) all contributions made by and distributions made to
such Partner during the Accounting Period ending on such date and (b) all
allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss or expense made for such
Accounting Period pursuant to Sections 7.6-7.8, but (c) before giving effect to
any allocation of Net Profit or Net Loss made for such Accounting Period
pursuant to Section 7.5.
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“Partner”
means any Person that is admitted as a Common Partner, Preferred Partner or
General Partner of the Partnership in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement at the time of reference thereto.
“Partner
Nonrecourse Debt” means any liability of the Partnership to the extent
that (i) the liability is nonrecourse for purposes of Treasury Regulations §
1.1001-2 and (ii) a Partner or a Related Person bears the economic risk of loss
under Treasury Regulations § 1.752-2.
“Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” means minimum gain attributable to Partner
Nonrecourse Debt pursuant to Treasury Regulations §
1.704-2(i)(2).
“Partner
Nonrecourse Deduction” means any item of Book loss or deduction that is
attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt pursuant to Treasury Regulations §
1.704-2(i).
“Partner
Nonrecourse Distribution” means a distribution to a Partner that is
allocable to a net increase in such Partner's share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain pursuant to Treasury Regulations §
1.704-2(i)(6).
“Partnership”
means PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as
it may from time to time be constituted.
“PennyMac”
means Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
“PennyMac
Servicing” means PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
“Person”
means any human being, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
trust or other entity.
“Preferred
Interests” means the preferred limited partner interests of the
Partnership, if any, having the rights and other terms set forth in the
Statement of Preferences for the applicable series
thereof.
“Preferred
Partner” means a Partner holding Preferred Interests of the
Partnership.
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“Previously
Undistributed Net Profit” means, as calculated from time to time, the
excess, if any, of (i) Aggregate Net Profit over (ii) the aggregate amount of
distributions pursuant to Section 8.1(b) made prior to the time of
calculation.
“Principal”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.12.
“Proposed
Rules” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
13.3(a).
“Replacement
Principal” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.12.
“Returned
Capital” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.1(c).
“Safe
Harbor Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
13.3(a).
“Secretary
of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
“Section
8.1 Percentage” means a percentage interest from time to time for each
Partner as follows: (i) 100% to the Common Partners (pro
rata in accordance with their relative Capital Account balances) until
and for so long as the Common Partners have received all amounts due them
pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) of this Agreement (net of any further calls of
such distributed amounts); (ii) thereafter, 100% to the General Partner until
the General Partner has received all amounts due it pursuant to Section
8.1(b)(iv) of this Agreement; and (iii) at all other times, 80% to the Common
Partners (pro
rata in accordance with their relative Capital Account balances), and 20%
to the General Partner.
“Section
705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures” means non-deductible expenditures of the
Partnership that are described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and
organization and syndication expenditures and disallowed losses to the extent
that such expenditures or losses are treated as expenditures described in
Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code pursuant to Treasury Regulations §
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i).
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder and applicable exemptions granted therefrom, as amended
from time to time.
“Statement
of Preferences” means any statement of preferences setting forth the
rights and other terms of any Preferred Interests issued by the
Partnership.
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“Subscription
Agreement” means each subscription agreement and any related supplemental
subscription agreement executed by any existing or prospective Partner relating
to such Partner’s investment in the Partnership.
“Subscription
Period” means the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on or
prior to January 2, 2009.
“Substituted
Partner” means any Person admitted as a Partner pursuant to Section
11.2(b).
“Successor
Funds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.9(a).
“Suspension
Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
10.12.
“Target
Capital Account” means, with respect to any Partner as of the last day of
any Accounting Period, an amount (which may be either a positive or a deficit
balance) equal to the amount that such Partner would receive as a distribution
if all assets held by the Partnership on such date were sold for an aggregate
amount of cash equal to the fair market value (as computed for Capital Account
purposes as of such last day of such Accounting Period) of such assets, all
liabilities were satisfied in accordance with their terms and all remaining cash
were distributed to the Partners in accordance with the relevant provisions of
Section 8 (computed after the contributions received and distributions made by
the Partnership during the Accounting Period ending on such date have been taken
into account as provided in Section 7.3).
“Tax
Matters Partner” means the General Partner in its capacity as the “tax
matters partner” pursuant to Section 9.10(a).
“Transfer”
or “Transferred”
means, with respect to any legal or beneficial interest in the Partnership, a
direct or indirect sale, transfer, assignment, gift, pledge, hypothecation or
other disposition or encumbrance of any nature of or on such interest, whether
by operation of law or otherwise (including a transfer as a result of a merger
or consolidation involving a Partner or a sale of all or substantially all of a
Partner’s assets).
“Transferee”
means, with respect to any legal or beneficial interest in the Partnership, the
Person to whom the Transferor of such interest desires to Transfer or has
Transferred such interest.
“Transferor”
means, with respect to any legal or beneficial interest in the Partnership, the
Partner or other Person desiring to Transfer such
interest.
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“Treasury
Regulations” means the United States Treasury regulations promulgated
under the Code.
“Valuation
Date” means (i) the last Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter, (ii) a date
selected by the Partnership or the Investment Manager within 48 hours prior to
each capital call (exclusive of Sundays and holidays) of Common Interests by the
Partnership, (iii) each distribution declaration date (after giving effect to
the relevant declaration) chosen by the General Partner, (iv) the date on which
the Partnership terminates, and (v) such other dates as determined by the Board
of Directors, in accordance with the valuation policies and guidelines approved
from time to time by the Board of Directors.
SECTION
2.
LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION
2.1 Formation
The
Partnership has been formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the Delaware
Act by the filing of the Certificate with the Secretary of State, Division of
Corporations, in accordance with the Delaware Act on April 22,
2008. The Partnership is hereby continued under, and its business and
affairs shall be conducted in accordance with, the Delaware Act, and this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware. Common Partners shall be admitted as Partners of the
Partnership upon the General Partner's execution of this Agreement as the
attorney-in-fact for such Common Partners. Preferred Partners shall
be admitted as Partners of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the
applicable Statement of Preferences. As of the date hereof, the
Parent is the sole Common Partner.
2.2 Name
and Place of Business
The name
of the Partnership shall be “PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund, L.P.” or such
other name or names as may be selected by the General Partner from time to time
with written notice given to the Partners of such change. The
principal office of the Partnership shall be at the principal place of
business of the General Partner at 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, or other or additional places of business as may be selected
from time to time by the Partnership.
2.3 Records
of Partners
The
addresses and schedules of capital accounts and other matters related to the
Partners shall be those set forth in the Partnership records. A
Partner may change its address by written notice to the Partnership, in care of
the General Partner, at the address set forth in Section 2.2.
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2.4 Limited
Partnership
The
Partnership has been formed as a limited partnership under and pursuant to the
Delaware Act. The Board of Directors and the Partners specifically
intend and agree that the Partnership shall, for purposes of the Code and state
tax laws, be classified as a partnership and none of them shall make any
election or take any other action that would cause their relationship under this
Agreement to be excluded from the application of all or any part of
Subchapter K of the Code (or any successor provisions). The Partners
specifically intend and agree that the Partnership shall be a limited
partnership pursuant to the Delaware Act and not any other type of
venture.
SECTION
3.
PURPOSE,
NATURE OF BUSINESS AND POWERS
(a) The
purposes of the Partnership and the business to be carried on by it, subject to
the limitations contained elsewhere in this Agreement, are to engage in any
business lawful for a corporation or partnership formed under the laws of the
State of Delaware, including to act as an investment company.
(b) The
Partnership shall have the power to do any and all acts necessary, appropriate,
proper, advisable, incidental or convenient to or for the furtherance of the
purposes and business described herein and for the protection and benefit of the
Partnership, and shall have, without limitation, any and all of the powers of a
partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(c) All
property owned by the Partnership, real or personal, tangible or intangible,
shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner or
Director, individually, shall have any ownership of such property.
SECTION
4.
TERM
The
existence of the Partnership commenced on the date the Certificate was filed in
the Office of the Secretary of State and shall continue in full force and effect
until the fifth anniversary of the termination of the Commitment Period,
provided that the General Partner shall have the right, in its sole discretion,
to extend the existence of the Partnership for up to three consecutive one-year
periods by notice to the Board of Directors not less than 60 days prior to the
date the Partnership’s existence would otherwise terminate and provided further
that any additional extensions beyond the eighth anniversary of the termination
of the Commitment Period shall require the affirmative vote of the
Partners holding a majority of the Interests voting as a single
class.
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SECTION
5.
PARTNERSHIP
INTERESTS
5.1 Capital
Accounts
A capital
account (“Capital
Account”) shall be established for each Partner and shall initially equal
the Capital Contribution of such Partner, which shall be equal to the aggregate
amount of cash contributed by such Partner to the Partnership plus
the fair market value of property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership
(net of any liabilities secured by such property that the Partnership is
considered to assume or take subject or pursuant to Section 752 of the Code),
minus the amount of money and the fair market value of property, if any,
distributed to such Partner by the Partnership (net of any liabilities secured
by such property that such Partner is considered to assume or take subject or
pursuant to Section 752 of the Code). Each such Capital Account shall
be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.
5.2 Classes
and Series
The
General Partner shall have the authority, with the approval of the Directors and
without the approval of any other Partners of the Partnership, to create,
classify or reclassify one or more classes of Interests and one or more series
of any or all of such classes, each of which classes and series thereof shall
have such designations, powers, preferences, voting, conversion and other
rights, limitations, qualifications and terms and conditions as the General
Partner with the approval of the Directors shall determine from time to time
with respect to each such class or series by amendment to this Agreement without
the approval of any Partners of the Partnership; provided,
however, that no reclassification of any existing Interests and no
modifications of any of the designations, powers, preferences, voting,
conversion or other rights, limitations, qualifications and terms and conditions
of any existing Interests may be made by the General Partner without the
affirmative vote of the Partners specified in Section 10.3 to the extent
required thereby and the satisfaction of any conditions to such reclassification
as set forth in the applicable Statement of Preferences.
5.3 Issuance
of Interests
(a) Subject
to Section 5.3(b), the General Partner, in its discretion, may from time to time
without the vote of the Partners issue Interests of any class or any series of
any such class to such Person or Persons and for such amount and type of
consideration, including cash or property, at such time or times, and on such
terms as the General Partner with the approval of the Directors may
determine, and may in such manner acquire other assets (including the
acquisition of assets subject to, and in connection with the assumption of,
liabilities) and businesses.
(b) Number
of Holders. The aggregate number of Partners at no time shall exceed
95 "partners", as determined for purposes of §1.7704-1(h) of the Treasury
Regulations. Each Holder of a Preferred Interest and a Common
Interest must (i) be a "United States Person" (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code), or (ii) represent to the Partnership that it holds its Interest in
the Partnership in connection with its conduct of a trade or business within the
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and provide the
Partnership with a properly executed IRS Form W-8 ECI with respect to its
acquisition of its interest in the Partnership upon becoming a Partner and at
such subsequent times as required by law or as the Partnership may reasonably
request.
5.4 Rights
of Partners
The
Interests shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set
forth in this Agreement. The ownership of the Assets of every
description is vested in the Partnership. The right to conduct and
supervise the conduct of the business of the Partnership is vested exclusively
in the General Partner, subject to the rights of the Directors specified herein
or required by the Investment Company Act (subject to the right of the General
Partner and Board of Directors to delegate all or any part of their authority to
any person or group of persons, including, without limitation, the Investment
Manager), and the Partners shall have no interest therein other than the
beneficial interest conferred by their Interests, and they shall have no right
to call for any partition or division of any property, profits, rights or
interests of the Partnership nor can any Partner (other than the General
Partner) be called upon to share or assume any losses of the Partnership or
suffer an assessment of any kind by virtue of their ownership of
Interests. No Interests of any class or series shall entitle the
holder to preference, preemptive, appraisal, conversion or exchange rights
(except as otherwise specified in this Agreement or as specified by the General
Partner in the designation or redesignation of any such class or
series).
SECTION
6.
REGISTERED
OFFICE AND AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS
The
Corporation Service Company is hereby designated, subject to change by the
General Partner, as the registered office of the Partnership and as the agent
upon whom process issued by authority of or under any law of the State of
Delaware may be served.
SECTION
7.
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
7.1 Capital
Contributions of Partners
(a) Prior
to being admitted as a Partner of the Partnership, a Common Partner must satisfy
the General Partner that it and each of its equity holders that is indirectly
charged the amounts allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section
8.1(b)(iii) and (iv) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under
the Securities Act and a “qualified client” within the meaning of Rule
205-3 of the Advisers Act. On the date of issuance of any Preferred
Interests, the Person who is or who has previously been admitted as a Partner in
respect of such Preferred Interest in accordance with the applicable Statement
of Preferences shall, in connection
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therewith,
contribute to the Partnership an amount in cash equal to the purchase price for
the Preferred Interests acquired on such date.
7.2 Withdrawal
of Capital
No
Partner shall have any right to withdraw from the Partnership except in
connection with the admission of one or more Transferees of all of such
Partner's Interests in the Partnership. No Partner shall have any
right to require the Partnership to repurchase or redeem all or any portion of
its Interests except as provided in or pursuant to any Statement of
Preferences.
7.3 Capital
Accounts
(a) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to paragraphs (b), (c), (d)
and (e) below and to Section 7.8, the Capital Account maintained for each
Partner shall initially have a balance equal to the initial Capital Contribution
made by such Partner to the Partnership; thereafter, such balance will be increased
by the aggregate amount of additional Capital Contributions made by such Partner
and by the aggregate amount of Net Profit and other items of income and gain
allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 7.4-7.8; decreased
by the aggregate amount of distributions made by the Partnership to such
Partner; and decreased
by the aggregate amount of Net Loss and other items of deduction, expenditure
and loss allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 7.4-7.8. In
crediting or debiting a Partner's Capital Account, whether in connection with
its Capital Contribution or thereafter, the Capital Account balance shall be (i)
increased by the amount of any liability of the Partnership that the Partner
assumes (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c))
(excluding liabilities assumed in connection with the distribution of
Partnership property and excluding increases in such Partner's share of
Partnership liabilities pursuant to Section 752 of the Code) and (ii) decreased
by the amount of any individual liability of such Partners for which the
Partnership becomes personally and primarily liable (excluding liabilities
assumed in connection with the contribution of property to the Partnership by
such Partner and excluding decreases in such Partner's share of Partnership
liabilities pursuant to Section 752 of the Code).
(b) The
General Partner may adjust the Partners' Capital Accounts in accordance with,
and upon the occurrence of an event described in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)
including but not limited to the addition of new Partners, to reflect a
revaluation of the Partnership's assets on the Partnership's
books. Such adjustments to the Partners' Capital Accounts shall be
made in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)
for allocations of depreciation, depletion, amortization and gain or loss with
respect to such revalued property.
(c) Except
as may be required by the Delaware Act or any other applicable law, no Partner
with a negative balance in its Capital Account shall have any obligation, in
connection with the liquidation of the Partnership or otherwise, to restore such
negative balance.
(d) Upon
any Transfer (other than a pledge or hypothecation) of an interest in the
Partnership, a proportionate share of the Capital Account of the Transferor
shall be transferred to the Transferee, and the Transferee shall be deemed to
have made the contributions that were
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made by
the Transferor and to have received the distributions and allocations that were
received by the Transferor from the Partnership, in each case to the extent of
the interest transferred.
(e) All
provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are
intended to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), as
amended, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such
Treasury Regulations. The General Partner shall make any appropriate
modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise cause this
Agreement not to comply with the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section
704 of the Code.
7.4 Allocations
in General
Partnership
income, gain, loss and expense shall be allocated to the Capital Accounts of the
Partners in accordance with Sections 7.5-7.9.
7.5 Allocation
of Net Profit and Net Loss
The
General Partner shall seek to determine and allocate all items of profit, gain,
loss and deductions, as described below, with respect to each Accounting Period
of the Partnership within 45 days after the end of each Accounting Period other
than any Accounting Period ending on the last day of the Fiscal Year and within
60 days after the end of each Fiscal Year. After giving effect to the
special allocations set forth in Sections 7.6, 7.7 and 7.8, the Net Profit or
Net Loss of the Partnership for such Accounting Period shall be allocated to the
Capital Accounts of the Partners as follows:
(a) Net
Profit and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners so
as to reduce proportionately (i) in the case of Net Profit, the difference
between their respective Target Capital Accounts and Partially Adjusted Capital
Accounts as of the end of such Accounting Period, or (ii) in the case of Net
Loss, the difference between their respective Partially Adjusted Capital
Accounts and Target Capital Accounts as of the end of such Accounting
Period. No portion of the Partnership's Net Profit or Net Loss for
any Accounting Period shall be allocated to any Partner, in the case of Net
Profit, whose Partially Adjusted Capital Account is greater than or equal to its
Target Capital Account or, in the case of Net Loss, whose Target Capital Account
is greater than or equal to its Partially Adjusted Capital Account as of the end
of such Accounting Period.
(b) The
following special allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss and
expense taken into account in determining Net Profit and Net Loss shall be made
in the circumstances described below:
(i) if
the Partnership has Net Profit for any Accounting Period and, notwithstanding
the application of Section 7.5(a), any Partner's Partially Adjusted Capital
Account is greater than its Target Capital Account (determined prior to giving
effect to this Section 7.5(b)), then the Partner with such difference shall be
specially allocated items of Partnership loss or expense for such Accounting
Period that are taken into
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account
in determining Net Profit and Net Loss (to the extent available)
equal to the difference between its Partially Adjusted Capital Account and its
Target Capital Account;
(ii) if
the Partnership has Net Loss for any Accounting Period and, notwithstanding the
application of Section 7.5(a), any Partner's Partially Adjusted Capital Account
is less than its Target Capital Account (determined prior to giving effect to
this Section 7.5(b)), then the Partner with such difference shall be specially
allocated items of Partnership income or gain for such Accounting Period that
are taken into account in determining Net Profit and Net Loss (to the extent
available) equal to the difference between its Partially Adjusted Capital
Account and its Target Capital Account; and
(iii) if
the Partnership has neither Net Profit nor Net Loss for any Accounting Period
and, notwithstanding the application of Section 7.5(a), any Partner's Target
Capital Account differs from its Partially Adjusted Capital Account (determined
prior to giving effect to this Section 7.5(b)), then the Partner with such
difference shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income or gain (if
such Partner's Target Capital Account exceeds its Partially Adjusted Capital
Account) or loss or expense (if such Partner's Target Capital Account is less
than its Partially Adjusted Capital Account) for such Accounting Period that are
taken into account in determining Net Profit and Net Loss (to the extent
available) equal to the difference between its Partially Adjusted Capital
Account and its Target Capital Account.
(c) In
calculating the Net Profit or Net Loss of the Partnership for purposes of
determining allocations to the Capital Accounts of the Partners, (i) items that
are required by Section 703(a)(1) of the Code to be separately stated will be
included; (ii) items of income that are exempt from inclusion in gross income
for federal income tax purposes will be treated as items of income, and related
deductions that are disallowed under Section 265 of the Code will be treated as
deductions; (iii) Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures will be treated as
deductions; (iv) items of gain, loss, depreciation, amortization, or depletion
that would be computed for federal income tax purposes by reference to the Cost
Basis of an item of Partnership property will be determined by reference to the
value of such item of property for purposes of determining Net Asset Value; and
(v) the effects of upward and downward revaluations of Partnership property
pursuant to Section 7.3(b) will be treated as gain or loss respectively from the
sale of such property.
(d) In
the event that the value of any item of Partnership property for purposes of
determining Net Asset Value differs from its Cost Basis, subject to Treasury
Regulations § 1.704-3(d)(2), the amount of depreciation, depletion, or
amortization for purposes of determining Net Profit or Net Loss for a period
with respect to such property will be computed so as to bear the same
relationship to the value of such property for purposes of determining Net Asset
Value as the depreciation, depletion, or amortization computed for tax purposes
with respect to such property for such period bears to the Cost Basis of such
property. If the Cost Basis of such property is zero, the depreciation,
depletion, or amortization with respect to such property for purposes of
determining Net Profit or Net Loss will be computed by using a method consistent
with the method that would be used for tax purposes if the Cost Basis of such
property were greater than zero.
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(e) The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of the allocations set
forth in this Section 7.5 is to allocate Net Profit and Net Loss among the
Partners in a manner that conforms, as closely as possible, to the manner in
which amounts reflecting Aggregate Net Profit would be distributed among the
Partners pursuant to Section 8. In all events, the basic economic
arrangement of the Partners set forth in Section 8 shall be
controlling. The parties hereto further acknowledge and confirm the
authority of the General Partner, pursuant to Section 7.6 or otherwise, to make
such corrective allocations as it deems necessary to achieve the purpose
described in the two immediately preceding sentences.
7.6 Corrective
Adjustments
If, for
any reason, allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss (or any item of income, gain,
loss or expense taken into account in determining Net Profit and Net Loss) do
not correspond to distributions of amounts reflecting Aggregate Net Profit or
other property made or required to be made by the Partnership pursuant to
Section 8 (due, for example, to events occurring between the time that such
allocations are made and the time that the related distributions are made), then
the General Partner shall allocate Net Profit and Net Loss (and, if necessary,
items of Partnership income (including gross income), gain, loss and expense
taken into account in determining Net Profit and Net Loss) and any other items
of Partnership income, gain, loss and expense recognized in subsequent
Accounting Periods among the Partners in such a manner as shall, in the General
Partner's sole discretion, eliminate as rapidly as possible the disparity
between the prior allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss (or items taken into
account in determining Net Profit and Net Loss), on the one hand, and those
non-corresponding distributions, on the other hand. In all cases, any
corrective adjustments made pursuant to this Section 7.6 shall be controlled by
the economic arrangement of the Partners set forth in Section 8.
7.7 Special
Allocations
Prior to
making any allocations under Section 7.5 or Section 7.6, the following special
allocations shall be made in the following order:
(a) Limitation
on Net Losses. If any allocation of Net Loss or an item of
deduction, expenditure or loss to be made pursuant to Section 7.5, Section 7.6
or this Section 7.7 for any Accounting Period would cause a deficit in any
Partner's Adjusted Capital Account (or would increase the amount of any such
deficit), then the relevant amount shall be allocated to such Partners that have
positive Adjusted Capital Account balances in proportion to the respective
amounts of such positive balances until all such positive balances have been
reduced to zero.
(b) Qualified
Income Offset. If any Partner unexpectedly receives any
adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
(5) or (6) that creates or increases a deficit in the Adjusted Capital Account
of such Partner, then items of income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion
of each item of Partnership income, including gross income, and gain for the
relevant Fiscal Year and, if necessary, for subsequent Fiscal Years) shall be
allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate such
deficit as quickly as possible. This Section 7.7(b) is intended to
constitute a "qualified
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income
offset" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d),
and this Section 7.7(b) shall be interpreted and applied consistently
therewith.
(c) Substantial
Economic Effect. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, if the allocation of any item of income, gain, loss or expense
pursuant to this Section 7 does not have substantial economic effect under
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2) and is not in accordance with the
Partners' interests in the Partnership within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(3), then such item shall be reallocated in such
manner as to (i) have substantial economic effect or be in accordance with the
Partners' interests in the Partnership and (ii) result as nearly as possible in
the respective balances of the Capital Accounts that would have been obtained if
such item had instead been allocated under the provisions of this Section 7
without giving effect to this Section 7.7(c).
(d) Corrective
Allocations. If any amount is allocated pursuant to paragraph
(a), (b) or (c) of this Section 7.7, then, notwithstanding anything in Section
7.5 to the contrary (but subject to the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c) of this Section 7.7), income, gain, loss and expense, or items thereof,
shall thereafter be allocated in such manner and to such extent as may be
necessary so that, after such allocation, the respective balances of the Capital
Accounts will equal as nearly as possible the balances that would have been
obtained if the amount allocated pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this
Section 7.7 instead had been allocated under the provisions of Sections 7.5-7.8
without giving effect to the provisions of such paragraph.
(e) Amendments
to Allocations. The provisions hereof governing Partnership
allocations and distributions, including the distribution of assets upon
liquidation of the Partnership, are intended to comply with the requirements of
Sections 704(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations that have been
or may be promulgated thereunder, and shall be interpreted and applied in a
manner consistent therewith. If, in the opinion of the General
Partner, the allocations of income, gain, loss and expense provided for herein
do not comply with (i) such Code provisions or Treasury Regulations or (ii) any
other applicable provisions of the Code or Treasury Regulations (including the
provisions relating to nonrecourse deductions and partner nonrecourse
deductions), then, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
such allocations shall, upon notice in writing to each Partner, be modified in
such manner as the General Partner determines is necessary to satisfy the
relevant provisions of the Code or Treasury Regulations, and the General Partner
shall have the right to amend this Agreement (without the consent of any other
Partner being required for such amendment) to reflect any such
modification; provided,
however,
that no such modification shall alter materially the economic arrangement among
the Partners.
7.8 Adjustments
to Reflect Changes in Interests
With
respect to any Accounting Period during which any Partner's interest in the
Partnership changes, whether by reason of the admission of a new Partner, the
withdrawal of a Partner, a non-pro rata contribution of capital to the
Partnership or otherwise as described in Section 706(d)(1) of the Code and
Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, allocations of Net Profit, Net Loss and
other items of Partnership income, gain, loss and expense shall be adjusted
appropriately to take into account the varying interests of the Partners during
such Accounting
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Period. The
General Partner, in good faith and subject to approval by the Directors, shall
select the method (or combination of methods) of making such
adjustments.
7.9 Allocation
of Taxable Income and Loss
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 7.9, the taxable income or loss of the
Partnership for any Accounting Period shall be allocated among the Partners in
the same manner as Net Profit, Net Loss and separate items of income, gain, loss
and expense (excluding items for which there are no related tax items) are
allocated among the Partners for Capital Account purposes pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 and 7.8 giving effect to Sections 704(b)
and (c) of the Code. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
7.9, the allocable share of a Partner for tax purposes in each specified item of
income, gain, loss or expense of the Partnership comprising Net Profit, Net Loss
or any item allocated pursuant to Section 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 or 7.8, as the case may
be, shall be the same as such Partner's allocable share of Net Profit, Net Loss
or the corresponding item for such Accounting Period. To the fullest
extent practicable and permitted under the Code, all items of ordinary deduction
and income shall be allocated separately from items of capital loss and
gain.
(b) The
items of income, gain, loss and expense allocated to the Partners for tax
purposes pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall not be reflected in the Partners'
Capital Accounts. Any elections or other decisions relating to
allocations pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall be made by the General Partner in
any manner that reasonably reflects the purpose and intent of this Agreement and
is consistent with the economic arrangement among the Partners.
7.10 Guaranteed
Payments
The
amounts payable to a Preferred Partner pursuant to Section 8.1 shall be treated
by such holder and the Partnership as "guaranteed payments" under Section 707(c)
of the Code.
7.11 Allocation
of Nonrecourse Deductions
Nonrecourse
Deductions for each Fiscal Year will be allocated among the Partners in
proportion to their respective Section 8.1 Percentages for such Fiscal
Year.
7.12 Allocation
of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of the Agreement, any item of Partner Nonrecourse Deduction
with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt will be allocated to the Partner or
Partners who bear the economic risk loss for such Partner Nonrecourse Debt in
accordance with Treasury Regulations § 1.704-2(i).
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7.13 Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities
For the
purpose of determining the Partners' shares of the Partnership's Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities pursuant to Treasury Regulations §§ 1.752-3(a)(3) and
1.707-5(a)(2)(ii), and solely for such purpose, the Partners' interests in
profits are hereby specified to be their respective Section 8.1(b)
Percentages.
7.14 Treatment
of Certain Distributions
(a) In
the event that (i) the Partnership makes a distribution that would (but for this
subsection (a)) be treated as a Nonrecourse Distribution, and (ii) such
distribution does not cause or increase a deficit balance in the Capital Account
of the Partner receiving such distribution as of the end of the Partnership's
taxable year in which such distribution occurs, then such distribution may be
treated as not constituting a Nonrecourse Distribution to the extent permitted
by Treasury Regulations § 1.704-2(h)(3).
(b) In
the event that (i) the Partnership makes a distribution that would (but for this
subsection (b)) be treated as a Partner Nonrecourse Distribution, and (ii) such
distribution does not cause or increase a deficit balance in the Capital Account
of the Partner receiving such distribution as of the end of the Partnership's
taxable year in which such distribution occurs, then such distribution may be
treated as not constituting a Partner Nonrecourse Distribution to the extent
permitted by Treasury Regulations § 1.704-2(i)(6).
SECTION
8.
DISTRIBUTIONS
8.1 Distributions
(a) From
time to time, the General Partner will determine, subject to approval of the
accuracy of such distribution pursuant to the terms hereof by the Directors if
they so determine in the case of any distribution to the General Partner, the
amount of distributions to be made, in the order of priority set forth in
Section 8.1(b), of all or any portion of the Partnership's assets, in each case
to the extent permitted by the Statement of Preferences for any Preferred
Interests and any other agreements to which the Partnership is
subject. Amounts not distributed may be
reinvested. Amounts distributed to Common Partners shall be
subject to capital call during the Commitment Period.
(b) Distributions
shall be made at such times as the General Partner in its sole discretion may
determine and in the following order of priority:
(i) 100%
to the Preferred Partners, if any, in accordance with the distribution
provisions of the Statement of Preferences for each series of Preferred
Interests;
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(ii) 100%
to the Common Partners in accordance with their relative Capital Account
balances until they have received the aggregate initial net asset value of their
cumulative Capital Contributions;
(iii) 100%
to the Common Partners in accordance with their relative Capital Account
balances until they have received out of assets of the Partnership (whether or
not out of Aggregate Net Profit) a preferred return on the amounts described in
clause (ii) above calculated at a rate of 8% per
annum compounded annually;
(iv) 100%
to the General Partner until the General Partner has received an amount equal to
20% of the amount distributed to the Common Partners pursuant to clause (iii)
above; and
(v) 80%
to the Common Partners in accordance with their relative Capital Account
balances and 20% to the General Partner.
(c) The
General Partner may, subject to approval of the accuracy of such distribution
pursuant to the terms hereof by the Directors if they so determine in the case
of any distribution to the General Partner, determine to distribute to any class
or classes of the Partners any amounts representing a return of capital or
designated as a return of capital (“Returned
Capital”); provided,
however,
that the General Partner shall not make a distribution of Returned Capital to
any class at any time when it could not make such distribution under the
Investment Company Act or the Delaware Act.
(d)
Any distribution by the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.1 or
Section 16.4 to the Person shown on the Partnership's records as a Partner or to
such Person's legal representatives, or to the assignee of the right to receive
such distributions as provided herein, shall relieve the Partnership and the
General Partner of all liability to any other Person who may be interested in
such distribution by reason of any other assignment or Transfer of such
Partner's Interest for any reason (including an assignment or Transfer thereof
by reason of death, incompetence, bankruptcy or liquidation of such
Partner).
(e) Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Partnership, and
the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, shall not make a distribution
to any Partner on account of its Interest if such distribution would violate
Section 17-607 of the Delaware Act or other applicable law.
(f) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.1 (or any other provision hereof),
the General Partner may set aside reasonable reserves for anticipated
liabilities, obligations or commitments of the Partnership.
8.2 Withholding
(a) The
Partnership shall comply with withholding requirements under U.S. federal,
state and local law and shall remit amounts withheld to and file required forms
with the applicable jurisdictions. To the extent the Partnership is
required to withhold and pay over any amount to any authority with respect to
distributions or allocations to any Partner (whether
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General
Partner, Common Partner or Preferred Partner), the amount withheld shall be
deemed to be a distribution by the Partnership to such Partner in the amount of
the withholding.
(b) If
any amount is withheld on income received by the Partnership and the amount of
the withholding was calculated, under applicable law, with respect to income
allocable to some (but not all) of the Partners such withholding (and any
related tax or book income or deduction item) shall be allocated, in a manner
reasonably determined by the General Partner, to the Partners with respect to
whom the withholding was calculated, and distributions shall be adjusted
accordingly; provided,
however,
that if the Partner to whom such withholding is allocated is not a United States
person for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Partner shall reimburse the
Partnership for the excess of the withholding tax paid on its behalf over the
amount that otherwise would have been payable in respect of such Partner had
such Partner been a United States person. If the Partner fails to so
reimburse the Partnership, such excess will be treated as an advance repayable
with interest out of the first available amounts that would otherwise be payable
to such Partner.
SECTION
9.
MANAGEMENT,
GENERAL PARTNER AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
9.1 Management
Generally
(a) Subject
to the requirements of the Investment Company Act, the voting rights of the
Interests and the rights of the Board of Directors set forth herein, the
management of the Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the General
Partner, which shall have, subject to the foregoing, all of the power and
authority of a “general partner” of the Partnership within the meaning of the
Delaware Act, including the
authority to appoint officers and to authorize persons to act on behalf of the
Partnership and engage third parties to provide services to the Partnership and
to perform any permissible activity and is further authorized to delegate such
power and authority to such officers or authorized Persons as it determines to
be appropriate. The Board of Directors may designate one or more
committees each of which shall have all or such lesser portion of the power and
authority of the entire Board of Directors as the Directors shall determine
from time to time, except to the extent that action by the entire Board of
Directors or particular Directors is required by the Investment Company
Act.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 9.1(a), the Board of Directors shall have, and the General Partner
hereby irrevocably delegates to them pursuant to Section 17-403(c) of the
Delaware Act, all of the power and authority set forth in any provision of this
Agreement or conferred on them with respect to an investment company by or
pursuant to the Investment Company Act and any other federal securities laws,
including to appoint and terminate the General Partner, the Investment Manager
and the independent public accountants of the Partnership in accordance with the
provisions of the Investment Company Act, to establish the policies and
procedures for determining the Net Asset Value of the Partnership and to review
and adjust the determinations thereof by the General Partner, to approve all
policies and procedures, including compliance policies and procedures, of the
Partnership and of the General Partner, the Investment Manager and any transfer
agent and to resolve conflicts of interest between the
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Partnership
and Affiliated Persons thereof. Notwithstanding Section 9.1(a), the
Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to allocate any or all of
the investment management of the Partnership’s Assets to the Investment Manager
instead of to the General Partner.
9.2 Duties
and Obligations of the General Partner with Respect to the Administration of the
Partnership
The
General Partner agrees to furnish office facilities and equipment and clerical,
bookkeeping and administrative services (other than such services, if any,
provided by the Partnership's custodian and other service providers) to the
Partnership. To the extent requested by the Partnership, the General
Partner agrees to provide the following administrative services:
(a) provide
information relating to, and oversee the determination by others of, the
Partnership’s net asset value in accordance with the Partnership’s valuation
policy as adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors and communicated
to the Investment Manager in writing;
(b) oversee
the maintenance of the books and records of the Partnership by others as
required under the Investment Company Act;
(c) oversee
the preparation and filing by others of the Partnership's federal, state and
local income tax returns and any other required tax returns or
reports;
(d) review
and supervise the preparation of information for the Partnership's semi-annual
and annual reports and other communications with Partners required or otherwise
to be sent to Partners;
(e) review
the Partnership's periodic financial reports required to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-SAR, Form N-CSR, Form N-PX, Form
N-Q and such other reports, forms and filings, as may be mutually agreed upon or
as may be required by law or any Statement of Preferences;
(f) make
such reports and recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning the
performance and fees of any of the Partnership's service providers as the Board
of Directors may reasonably request or deem appropriate;
(g) review
calculations of fees paid to the Partnership's service providers;
(h) oversee
any necessary calculations required under Section 18 of the Investment Company
Act;
(i) consult
with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, the Partnership's
independent accountants, legal counsel, custodian and other service providers in
establishing the accounting policies of the Partnership and monitor financial
and shareholder accounting services;
(j) review
the amounts available for distribution by the Partnership to its
Partners;
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(k) review
distribution notices to Partners;
(l) review
such information and reports as may be required by any banks from which the
Partnership borrows funds;
(m) coordinate
with the Partnership's custodian, counsel, auditors and other service providers
regarding the business and operations of the Partnership;
(n) coordinate
with others regarding the preparation and filing of Forms 3, 4, and 5 pursuant
to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section
30(h) of the Investment Company Act for the executive officers and directors of
the Partnership, such filings to be based on information provided by those
persons;
(o) respond
to or refer to the Partnership's officers Partner (including any potential
Partner) inquiries relating to the Partnership; and
(p) provide
the Partnership with assistance in processing subscription and/or transfer
applications for the Interests, including assistance in determining whether such
applications and prospective or existing partners of the Partnership satisfy
applicable requirements under this Agreement.
All
services are to be furnished through the medium of any directors, officers and
other authorized persons of the Partnership or employees of the General Partner
or its affiliates as the General Partner deems appropriate in order to fulfill
its obligations hereunder.
The
Partnership will reimburse the General Partner or its affiliates for all
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with the performance of
the administrative services described in this Section 9.2.
9.3 Board
of Directors
(a) Subject
to the terms of each Statement of Preferences, the number of Directors shall be
such number, not less than three, as shall be approved from time to time by a
majority of Directors then in office. No reduction in the number of
Directors shall have the effect of removing any Director from office prior to
the expiration of his or her term. An individual nominated as a
Director shall be at least 21 years of age and not older than such age as shall
be approved from time to time by not less than two-thirds of the Directors then
in office and shall not be under legal disability. Directors
need not own Interests or be Partners and may succeed themselves in
office. The names and addresses of the Directors shall be set forth
in the records of the Partnership.
(b) Any
Director may resign as a Director (without need for prior or subsequent
accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by him and delivered or mailed to
the Chairman, if any, the President or the Secretary and such resignation shall
be effective upon such delivery, or at a later date provided in such
instrument. Subject to the rights of the Preferred Interests with
respect to Directors elected solely by the Preferred Interests pursuant to the
Investment Company
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Act, any
Director may be removed (provided that the aggregate number of Directors after
such removal shall not be less than the minimum number specified in Section
9.3(a) hereof) for cause at any time by the act of a majority of the remaining
Directors, specifying the date when such removal shall become
effective. Subject to the rights of the Preferred Interests with
respect to Directors elected solely by the Preferred Interests pursuant to the
Investment Company Act, any Independent Director may be removed (provided that
the aggregate number of Directors after such removal shall not be less than the
minimum number Section 9.3(a) hereof) without cause at any time by the act of
two-thirds of the remaining Directors, and any Director can be removed without
cause by vote of not less than two-thirds of the aggregate voting power of the
Interests entitled to vote in the election of such Director, specifying the date
when such removal shall become effective.
(c) The
term of office of a Director shall terminate and a vacancy shall occur in the
event of the removal, resignation, incompetence or other incapacity to perform
the duties of the office, or death, of a Director. Subject to the
rights of the Preferred Interests with respect to Directors elected solely by
the Preferred Interests pursuant to the Investment Company Act and pursuant
to any Statement of Preferences, whenever a vacancy in the Board of
Directors shall occur, the remaining Directors may fill such vacancy by
appointing an individual having the qualifications described in this Agreement
by a written instrument signed or adopted by a majority of the Directors then in
office or by election of the holders of Interests, or may leave such vacancy
unfilled, or may reduce the number of Directors (provided that the aggregate
number of Directors after such removal shall not be less than the minimum
specified in Section 9.3(a) hereof). Any vacancy created by an
increase in Directors may be filled by the appointment of an individual having
the qualifications described in this Agreement by a majority of the Directors
then in office or by election of the holders of Interests. No vacancy
shall operate to annul this Agreement or to revoke any existing agency created
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Whenever a vacancy in the
number of Directors shall occur, until such vacancy is filled as provided
herein, the Directors in office, regardless of their number, shall have all the
powers granted to the Directors and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon
the Directors by this Agreement.
(d) Meetings
of the Directors shall be held from time to time upon the call of the Chairman,
if any, the President, the Secretary or any two Directors. Regular
meetings of the Directors may be held without call or notice at a time and place
fixed by resolution of the Directors. Notice of any other meeting
shall be mailed via overnight courier not less than 48 hours before the meeting
or otherwise actually delivered orally or in writing not less than 24 hours
before the meeting, but may be waived in writing by any Director either before
or after such meeting. The attendance of a Director at a meeting
shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Director
attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any
business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or
convened. The Directors may act with or without a
meeting. A quorum for all meetings of the Directors shall be
one-third of the Directors then in office. Unless provided otherwise
in this Agreement, any action of the Directors may be taken at a meeting by
vote of a majority of the Directors present (a quorum being present) or without
a meeting by written consent of a majority of the Directors or such other
proportion as shall be specified herein for action at a meeting at which
all Directors then in office are present.
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(i) Any
committee of the Directors may act with or without a meeting. A
quorum for all meetings of any such committee shall be one third of the Partners
thereof. Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, any action of
any such committee may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the
Partners of such committee present (a quorum being present) or without a meeting
by written consent of a majority of the Partners of such committee or such other
proportion as shall be specified herein for action at a meeting at which all
committee Partners are present.
(ii) With
respect to actions of the Directors and any committee of the Directors,
Directors who are Interested Persons in any action to be taken may be counted
for quorum purposes under this Section and shall be entitled to vote to the
extent not prohibited by the Investment Company Act.
(iii) All
or any one or more Directors may participate in a meeting of the Directors or
any committee thereof by means of a conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other; participation in a meeting pursuant to any such
communications system shall constitute presence in person at such meeting except
as otherwise provided by the Investment Company Act.
(iv) The
Directors may, but shall not be required to, elect a Chairman of the Board of
Directors, who shall not, in his or her capacity as such, be an officer of the
Partnership and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors. Any Chairman of the Board of Directors elected by the
Directors need not be an Independent Director, unless otherwise required by
applicable law.
(e)
The Directors shall elect a Principal Executive Officer, a Secretary, a
Principal Financial Officer and any other authorized Persons the Directors
consider appropriate, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors or until their successors are elected. The Directors may
elect or appoint or may authorize the Chairman, if any, or Principal
Executive Officer to appoint such other officers or agents or other authorized
Persons with such other titles and powers as the Board of Directors may deem to
be advisable. Any Chairman shall, and the Principal Executive
Officer, Secretary and Principal Financial Officer may, but need not, be a
Director.
(f)
The Directors and officers, respectively, shall owe to the Partnership and the
holders of Interests the same fiduciary duties as owed by directors and
officers, respectively, of corporations to such corporations and their
stockholders under the general corporation law of the State of Delaware.
Directors elected by the holders of Preferred Interests shall have no special
duties to the holders of Preferred Interests. The powers of the
Directors may be exercised without order of or resort to any
court. No Director shall be obligated to give any bond or other
security for the performance of any of his duties or powers
hereunder.
(g) The
Board of Directors may adopt and from time to time amend or repeal By-Laws
(“By-Laws”)
for the conduct of the business of the Partnership. Such By-Laws
shall be binding on the Partnership and the Partners unless inconsistent with
the provisions of this Agreement. The Partners shall not have
authority to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws.
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(h) Any
determination as to what is in the interests of the Partnership made by the
Directors in good faith shall be conclusive. In construing the
provisions of this Agreement, the presumption shall be in favor of a grant of
power to the Directors.
9.4 Expenses
of the Partnership
(a)
The Partnership shall have power to incur and pay out of the Assets or income of
the Partnership any expenses necessary or appropriate to carry out any of the
purposes of this Agreement, and the business of the Partnership. The
Directors may pay themselves such compensation as they in good faith may deem
reasonable and may be reimbursed for expenses reasonably incurred by themselves
on behalf of the Partnership.
(b)
The Partnership shall pay, and shall reimburse the General Partner, the
Investment Manager and each of their respective Affiliates for, any costs and
expenses that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, are
incurred in the formation, financing or operation of the Partnership, including,
without limitation, the Advisory Fees and other costs and expenses specified
herein or in the Advisory Agreement to be paid by the Partnership; fees and
expenses of offering Interests or debt instruments and enhancing or assuring the
credit quality thereof; fees, costs and expenses related to the purchase,
holding, transfer and sale of Assets, to the extent not reimbursed; brokerage
commissions; clearing and settlement charges; custodial fees; licensing fees and
expenses; appraisal expenses; interest expenses; borrowing charges on assets
sold short; expenses related to organizing entities, investment vehicles or
accounts through or in which investments by the Partnership may be
made; due diligence expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of
Assets (including, but not limited to, reasonable travel related expense), and
expenses relating to consultants, attorneys, brokers or other professionals or
advisors who provide advice or due diligence services with regard to investments
(whether or not the potential investment is acquired) and third-party investment
banking expenses related to the purchase and sale of assets); loan servicing
fees; appropriate fees for loan origination and/or modification; directors’
fees and expenses; costs of reporting to Partners, creditors and others; costs
and expenses relating to any meeting of Partners; legal (including litigation)
fees and expenses; accounting, auditing and tax preparation fees and expenses;
fees and expenses relating to the Partnership’s administrator and auditor; fees
and expenses relating to third-party valuation firms; third-party expenses and
fees incurred in connection with transactions not consummated; taxes,
governmental charges and other duties payable by the Partnership;
investment-related travel expenses; costs related to issuing, transferring and
repurchasing Interests, or portions thereof, and paying dividends or making
other distributions thereon; expenses related to liability insurance for the
Partnership and the General Partner, including the costs of directors and
officers and errors and omissions insurance premiums; organizational expenses
(including all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
formation and organization of, and offer, marketing and sale of Interests in,
the Partnership, as determined by the Investment Manager, including all
placement fees and all out-of-pocket legal, accounting, printing, travel and
filing fees and expenses); costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the
Partnership’s indemnification obligations; costs of winding up and liquidating
the Partnership; other indebtedness incurred by the Partnership and the
Interests; and extraordinary expenses and other similar expenses related to the
Partnership as the Investment Manager determines in its sole discretion
(collectively, “Partnership
Expenses”).
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(c) The
Partnership shall pay, and shall reimburse the General Partner, the Investment
Manager and each of their Affiliates for, all legal, tax, accounting and other
expenses (including organizational expenses) incurred in connection with the
Preferred Interests, if any, and the formation of the Partnership and related
entities, and all fees payable to any agents, lenders, arrangers or other
Persons in connection with the placement and sale of the Preferred Interests, if
any.
9.5 Partners’
Consent
To the
fullest extent permitted by law, each Partner hereby consents to the exercise by
the General Partner, the Board of Directors and the Investment Manager of the
powers conferred on them by or pursuant to this Agreement.
9.6 Exculpation
No
Partner (other than the General Partner) shall be subject in such capacity to
any personal liability whatsoever to any Person in connection with the Assets or
the acts, obligations or affairs of the Partnership. Partners (other
than the General Partner) shall have the same limitation of personal liability
as is extended to stockholders of a private corporation for profit incorporated
under the general corporation law of the State of Delaware. Except as
otherwise required by law, the General Partner, the Directors, PennyMac
Servicing, the Investment Manager, and their respective Affiliated Persons or
any officers, directors, members, managers, partners, shareholders, employees,
consultants or agents of any such Person (each an “Indemnified
Person”, and collectively, the “Indemnified
Persons”) shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or
otherwise to the Partnership, any Partner or any other Person for any loss,
liability, damage, settlement cost, or other expense (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees) incurred by reason of any act or omission or any alleged act or
omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person (other than solely in
such Indemnified Person’s capacity as a Partner, if applicable) in connection
with the establishment, management or operations of the Partnership or the
management of the Assets, except that the foregoing exculpation shall not
protect any Person to the extent that such act or failure to act arises out of
the bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of
such Person’s duty to the Partnership or such Partner, as the case may be (such
conduct, “Disabling
Conduct”). Subject to the foregoing and to the general
liability of the General Partner for liabilities of the Partnership, all such
Persons shall look solely to the Assets for satisfaction of claims of any nature
arising in connection with the affairs of the Partnership. If any
Indemnified Person is made a party to any suit or proceeding to enforce any such
liability, subject to the foregoing exception, such Indemnified Person shall
not, on account thereof, be held to any personal liability.
9.7
Indemnification; No Duty of Investigation; Reliance on Experts
(a) To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Indemnified Persons
shall be held harmless and indemnified by the Partnership (out of the Assets,
including, without limitation, the Unfunded Commitments) and not out of the
separate assets of any Partner) against any liabilities and expenses, including
amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in
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compromise
or as fines and penalties, and reasonable counsel fees reasonably incurred by
such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense or disposition of
any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any
court or administrative or investigative body in which such Indemnified Person
may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise (other than as
authorized by the Directors, as the plaintiff or complainant) or with which such
Indemnified Person may be or may have been threatened, while acting in such
Person’s capacity as an Indemnified Person, except with respect to any matter as
to which such Indemnified Person shall not have acted in good faith in the
reasonable belief that such Person’s action was in the best interest of the
Partnership or, in the case of any criminal proceeding, as to which such
Indemnified Person shall have had reasonable cause to believe that the conduct
was unlawful, provided,
however,
that an Indemnified Person shall only be indemnified hereunder if (i) such
Indemnified Person’s activities do not constitute Disabling Conduct and (ii)
there has been a determination (a) by a final decision on the merits by a court
or other body of competent jurisdiction before whom the issue of entitlement to
indemnification was brought that such Indemnified Person is entitled to
indemnification or, (b) in the absence of such a decision, by (1) a majority
vote of a quorum of those Directors who are neither “interested persons” of the
Partnership (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act) nor
parties to the proceeding, that the Indemnified Person is entitled to
indemnification (the “Disinterested
Non-Party Directors”), or (2) if such quorum is not obtainable or even if
obtainable, if such majority so directs, independent legal counsel in a written
opinion that concludes that the Indemnified Person should be entitled to
indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any
action, suit or other proceeding voluntarily prosecuted by any Indemnified
Person as plaintiff, indemnification shall be mandatory only if the prosecution
of such action, suit or other proceeding by such Indemnified Person was
authorized by a majority of the Directors. All determinations to make advance
payments in connection with the expense of defending any proceeding shall be
authorized and made in accordance with the immediately succeeding paragraph (b)
below.
(b) The
Partnership shall make advance payments in connection with the expenses of
defending any action with respect to which indemnification might be sought
hereunder if the Partnership receives a written affirmation by the Indemnified
Person of the Indemnified Person's good faith belief that the standards of
conduct necessary for indemnification have been met and a written undertaking to
reimburse the Partnership unless it is subsequently determined that he is
entitled to such indemnification and if a majority of the Directors determine
that the applicable standards of conduct necessary for indemnification appear to
have been met. In addition, at least one of the following conditions
must be met: (1) the Indemnified Person shall provide adequate
security for his undertaking, (2) the Partnership shall be insured against
losses arising by reason of any lawful advances, or (3) a majority of a quorum
of the Disinterested Non-Party Directors, or if a majority vote of such quorum
so direct, independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall conclude, based
on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type
inquiry), that there is substantial reason to believe that the Indemnified
Person ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.
(c) The
rights accruing to any Indemnified Person under these provisions shall not
exclude any other right to which such Indemnified Person may be lawfully
entitled.
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(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, subject to any limitations provided by the Investment Company Act
and this Agreement, the Partnership shall have the power and authority to
indemnify Persons providing services to the Partnership to the full extent
provided by law as if the Partnership were a corporation organized under the
Delaware General Corporation Law provided that such indemnification has been
approved by a majority of the Directors or, with respect to agreements to which
the General Partner and Investment Manager are not party, by the General
Partner.
(e) No
purchaser, lender, transfer agent or other person dealing with the Directors or
with the General Partner or any officer, employee or agent of the Partnership
shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning the validity of any transaction
purporting to be made by the Directors or by said officer, employee or agent or
be liable for the application of money or property paid, loaned, or delivered to
or on the order of the Directors or of said officer, employee or
agent. Every obligation, contract, undertaking, instrument,
certificate, Interest and security of the Partnership, and every other act or
thing whatsoever executed in connection with the Partnership shall be
conclusively taken to have been executed or done by the executors thereof only
in their capacity as Directors under this Agreement or in their capacity as the
General Partner or officers, employees or agents of the
Partnership. The Partnership may maintain insurance for the
protection of the Assets, its Partners, Directors, officers, employees or agents
in such amounts as the Directors shall deem adequate to cover possible
liability, and such other insurance as the Directors in their sole judgment
shall deem advisable or is required by the Investment Company Act.
(f) Each
Indemnified Person shall, in the performance of its duties, be fully and
completely justified and protected with regard to any act or any failure to act
resulting from reliance in good faith upon the books of account or other records
of the Partnership, upon an opinion of counsel, or upon reports made to the
Partnership by any of the Partnership’s officers or employees or by any advisor,
administrator, manager, distributor, selected dealer, accountant, appraiser or
other expert or consultant selected with reasonable care by the Directors,
General Partner officers or employees of the Partnership, regardless of whether
such counsel or other person may also be a Director.
9.8 Director
Limited Liability
Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Directors shall not be obligated personally for
any debt, obligation or liability of the Partnership solely by reason of being a
director of the Partnership, and the debt, obligations and liabilities of the
Partnership, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the
debts, obligations and liabilities of the Partnership.
9.9 Certain
Other Activities
(a) The
General Partner and the Investment Manager may manage one or more additional
investment vehicles or client accounts other than the Partnership (“Other
Accounts”) that invest in assets eligible for purchase by the
Partnership, provided that during the Commitment Period, all investment
opportunities are allocated as provided in the Offering
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Memorandum
and the Principals continue to provide sufficient time and attention to managing
the investments of the Partnership. In addition to Other Accounts,
after January 2, 2009 and until the earlier of (i) the termination of the
Commitment Period and (ii) such time that at least 75% of the aggregate Common
Share Commitments of the Parent have been funded or reserved for investments in
process at the end of the Commitment Period or Partnership Expenses, including
the Advisory Fee, none of PennyMac, the Investment Manager or the General
Partner may form a new investment fund or account (collectively, “Successor
Funds”)
with investment objectives that are substantially similar to those of the
Partnership. Notwithstanding the foregoing, PennyMac, the Investment
Manager or the General Partner may form one or more Successor Funds for the
purpose of investing in one or more investment opportunities where the capital
necessary to acquire such assets exceeds the available capital of the
Partnership or its other clients, or where the Investment Manager determines
that acquiring the entire interest in such assets would not be in the best
interest of the Partnership and such other clients, taking into account
diversification and Partnership investment goals. If a Successor Fund
is formed to invest in specific investment opportunities under such
circumstances, in addition to any investment that may be made by the
Partnership, the Investment Manager will offer Partners and other direct
and indirect investors in the Partnership and the Other Accounts the opportunity
to invest in such Successor Fund. Any amounts contributed by a
Partner in respect of such Successor Fund will not reduce the available Common
Share Commitment of such Partner.
(b) Subject
to the requirements of the Investment Company Act and the Advisers Act, the
Manager Affiliates are in no way prohibited from spending, and may spend,
substantial business time in connection with other businesses or activities,
including, but not limited to, managing Other Accounts, managing investments,
participating in actual or potential investments of the Partnership or any
Partner, providing consulting, merger and acquisition, structuring or financial
advisory services, including with respect to actual, contemplated or potential
investments of the Partnership, or acting as a director, officer, manager,
member or creditors’ committee member of, or adviser to, or participant in, any
corporation, company, limited liability company, trust or other
Person. Subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act and
the Advisers Act, the Manager Affiliates are in no way prohibited from
receiving, and may receive, fees or other compensation from third parties for
any of these activities, which fees will be for their own account and not for
the account of the Partnership. Such fees may relate to actual,
contemplated or potential investments of the Partnership and may be payable by
entities in which the Partnership directly or indirectly has invested or
contemplates investing. Neither the Partnership nor any Partner
shall, by virtue of this Agreement, have any right, title or interest in or to
the businesses or activities permitted by this Section 9.9 or in or to any fees
or consideration derived therefrom. Allocation of investments or
opportunities among the Partnership and Other Accounts will be made as described
in the Offering Memorandum or as otherwise approved by the Board of Directors in
accordance with the Investment Company Act and the Advisers Act.
9.10 Tax
Matters
(a) The
General Partner is hereby designated the “tax matters partner” for purposes of
Section 6231(a) of the Code and Treasury Regulations.
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(b) The
Tax Matters Partner shall have the right to file all necessary reports relating
to any withholding or payment in connection with Section 8.2, as may be required
by law or as the Tax Matters Partner deems appropriate. Each Partner shall
indemnify the Partnership and the Tax Matters Partner and hold each of them
harmless from any liability with respect to any taxes, penalties or interest
required to be withheld or paid to any taxing authority by the Partnership or
the Tax Matters Partner for or on behalf of such Partner or with respect to such
Partner's Interests.
(c) Any
Partner that is a partnership (or that is treated as a partnership for federal
income tax purposes) will promptly notify the Partnership in writing upon any of
the following occurrences:
(i) any
event, such as a sale or exchange of an interest in such Partner, that will
result in an adjustment to the basis of the assets of such Partner under Section
743(b) of the Code pursuant to an election under Section 754 of the
Code;
(ii) any
event, such as a distribution of cash or other property by such Partner, that
will result in an adjustment to the basis of such Partner's assets under Section
734(b) of the Code pursuant to an election under Section 754 of the Code;
or
(iii) any
event that will result in the termination of such Partner as a partnership
pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code.
(d) In
the event that any interest in a Partner that is a partnership (or that is
treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes) is owned directly or
indirectly by a tax exempt or foreign Person or entity, such Partner will
promptly notify the Partnership in writing of such tax exempt or foreign Person
or entity's proportionate share of such Partner's items of income and gain
(determined as a percentage pursuant to Section 168(h)(6)(C) of the Code) and of
any change in such proportionate share.
(e) The
Tax Matters Partner shall have the right to make such elections under the tax
laws of the United States, the several states and other relevant jurisdictions
as to the treatment of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and
credit and as to all other relevant matters as it believes necessary,
appropriate and desirable.
(f) The
Tax Matters Partner shall have the right to make or petition to revoke (as the
case may be) the election referred to in Section 754 of the Code; it being
understood that the Tax Matters Partner, as of the date hereof, does not intend
to make such election but may in the future choose to do so in its sole
discretion. Each Partner agrees in the event of such an election to
supply promptly to the Partnership the information necessary to give effect
thereto.
(g) No
Partner (other than the Tax Matters Partner) shall have the right to participate
in the audit of any Partnership tax return, file any tax return, amended tax
return or claim for refund inconsistent with any item of income, gain, loss or
expense reflected on any Partnership tax return, participate in any
administrative or judicial proceeding arising out of or in connection with any
Partnership tax return, audit relating to a Partnership tax return, claim for
refund by the Partnership or denial of such a claim, or appeal, challenge or
otherwise protest any
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adverse
findings in any such audit or with respect to any such tax return or in any such
administrative or judicial proceedings.
SECTION
10.
PARTNERS
10.1 Identity
and Contributions
The names
and addresses of the Partners, the Interests owned by each Partner and the
Capital Contributions of each will be set forth in the Partnership’s
records.
10.2 No
Management Power or Liability
Subject
to the requirements of the Investment Company Act, except as otherwise provided
herein, the Partners (other than the General Partner) in their capacity as such
shall have no right or power to, and shall not, take part in the management of
or transact any business for the Partnership, including but not limited to, any
acts or decisions relating to investment activities of the Partnership, and
shall have no power to sign for or bind the Partnership. Except as
otherwise required by law, no Partner (other than the General Partner), in its
capacity as such, shall be personally liable for any debt, loss, obligation or
liability of the Partnership. Employees, officers, authorized Persons
and agents of the Partnership shall have authority to act on behalf and in the
name of the Partnership to the extent authorized by the General
Partner.
10.3 Amendments
(a) If
a vote of the holders of Interests is required by applicable law or this
Agreement to amend this Agreement, or if the General Partner or the Directors
determine to submit an amendment to a vote of the holders of Interests, then,
other than with respect to Sections of this Agreement where a different
affirmative vote is specifically required, this Agreement may be amended, after
a majority of the Directors then in office have approved a resolution therefor,
by the affirmative vote set forth in Section 10.10. Section 10.10 may
only be amended, after a majority of Directors then in office have approved a
resolution therefor, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 75%
of the affected Interests then outstanding. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, without the unanimous approval of all of the Partners affected
thereby, no such amendment may:
(i) require
any Common Partner to make Capital Contributions (not of returned capital during
the Commitment Period) in excess of its Common Share Commitment, require
any Partner that is not a Common Partner to make additional Capital
Contributions (not of returned capital during the Commitment Period) in excess
of its contractual commitment or otherwise increase the liability of any Partner
hereunder; or
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(ii) adversely
affect such Partners' rights to distributions; or
(iii) modify
this Section 10.3(a).
(b) Subject
to the requirements of the Investment Company Act and other applicable law,
notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.3, the Board of
Directors, or the General Partner with the approval of the Board of Directors,
may amend this Agreement, without the consent of any Partner, (i) to
change the name of the Partnership or any class or series of Interests; (ii) to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights or preferences of any
class or series of Interests, (iii) to conform this Agreement to the
requirements of the Investment Company Act or any other applicable
law; (iv) in connection with qualifying the Partnership to permit
limited liability under the laws of any state; (v) to prevent any material
and adverse effect to any Partner or the Partnership arising from the
application of legal restrictions to any Partner, the Investment Manager or the
Partnership, subject to the requirement that no Partner be materially and
adversely affected; (vi) to make any change that is necessary or desirable
to cure any ambiguity or inconsistency, subject to the requirement that no
Partner be materially and adversely affected; or (vii) to change the names of
the Principals under Section 10.12 upon the approval of one or more Replacement
Principals; or (viii) to make any other changes similar to the foregoing,
subject to the requirement that no Partner be materially and adversely
affected. Prior to entering into any amendment pursuant to this
Section 10.3(b), the General Partner or the Board of Directors shall notify the
Partners in writing of the material terms of such amendment. The
Partnership may reflect in its records changes made in the composition of the
Partners and their respective Capital Contributions and Interests in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement without the consent of the
Partners.
(c) After
any amendment to this Agreement becomes effective, the Partnership shall send to
the Partners a copy of such amendment.
(d)
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall permit the amendment of this
Agreement to impair the exemption from personal liability of the Partners (other
than the General Partner), Directors, officers, employees and agents of the
Partnership and their respective Affiliates, to permit assessments upon such
Partners or to permit the Partnership to be converted at any time from a
“closed-end investment company” to an “open-end investment company” as those
terms are defined by the Investment Company Act or a company obligated to
repurchase shares under Rule 23c-3 of the Investment Company Act.
(e) An
amendment duly adopted by the requisite vote of the Board of Directors and, if
required, Partners as aforesaid, shall become effective at the time of such
adoption or at such other time as may be designated by the Board of Directors or
Partners, as the case may be. A certification signed by the General
Partner or the Secretary setting forth an amendment and reciting that it was
duly adopted by the Directors and, if required, Partners as aforesaid, or a copy
of the Agreement, as amended, and executed by the General Partner or the
Secretary, shall be conclusive evidence of such amendment when lodged among the
records of the Partnership or at such other time designated by the
Directors.
(f) Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof, until such time as Interests are issued and
outstanding, this Agreement may be terminated or amended in any respect by
the
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affirmative
vote of a majority of the Directors or by an instrument signed by a majority of
the Directors then in office.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no holder of Interests of any class
or series, other than to the extent expressly determined by the Directors with
respect to Interests qualifying as preferred stock pursuant to Section 18(a) of
the Investment Company Act, shall have any right to require the Partnership or
any person controlled by the Partnership to purchase any of such holder’s
Interests.
10.4 Merger,
Consolidation, Liquidation
Subject
to the provisions of the Investment Company Act and other applicable law, the
Partnership may merge or consolidate with any other entity, or sell, lease or
exchange all or substantially all of the Assets upon approval by two-thirds of
the Directors then in office and the affirmative vote of not less than
two-thirds of the outstanding Interests.
10.5 List
of Partners
A list of
the names and addresses of all Partners (to the extent known to the Partnership)
shall be made available to any Partner or its representative for inspection and,
at the Partner’s cost, copying upon written request and at reasonable times to
the extent required by the Investment Company Act with respect to trusts for any
purpose.
10.6 Limitations
No
Partner shall have the right or power to (i) bring an action for partition
against the Partnership; (ii) cause the termination or dissolution of the
Partnership, except as set forth in this Agreement; or (iii) demand
property other than cash with respect to any distribution and then only in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of
doubt, Partners shall not have the power provided for in Section 17-801 of the
Delaware Act, and the Partnership may only be dissolved pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement. Except to the extent required for a Delaware business
corporation, the Partners shall have no power to vote as to whether or not a
court action, legal proceeding or claim should or should not be brought or
maintained derivatively or as a class action on behalf of the Partnership or the
Partners.
10.7 Meetings
(a) The
Partnership may, but shall not be required to, hold annual meetings of the
holders of any class or series of Interests. An annual or special
meeting of Partners may be called at any time only by the Directors or by
Partners in accordance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act
applicable to trusts. Any meeting of Partners shall be held within or
without the State of Delaware on such day and at such time as the Directors
shall designate.
(b) Notice
of all meetings of Partners, stating the time, place and purposes of the
meeting, shall be given by the Directors by mail to each Partner of record
entitled to vote thereat
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at its
registered address, mailed at least 10 days before the meeting or otherwise in
compliance with applicable law. Except with respect to an annual
meeting, at which any business required by the Investment Company Act may be
conducted, only the business stated in the notice of the meeting shall be
considered at such meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as
adjourned one or more times without further notice not later than 130 days after
the record date. For the purposes of determining the Partners who are
entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting the Directors may, without
closing the transfer books, fix a date not more than 100 days prior to the date
of such meeting of Partners as a record date for the determination of the
Persons to be treated as Partners of record for such purposes.
10.8 Action
Without a Meeting
Any
action that may be taken at a meeting of the Partners may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action to be taken is signed
by Partners owning not less than the minimum percentage of the Interests of the
Partners that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting
at which all the Partners were present and voted, and notice of the action taken
is provided to each Partner. Any such written consent must be filed
with the records of the meetings of the Partners.
10.9 Procedures
A Partner
shall be entitled to cast votes: (i) at a meeting, in person, by
written proxy or by a signed writing directing the manner in which its vote is
to be cast, which writing must be received by the Partnership at or prior to the
commencement of the meeting or (ii) without a meeting, by a signed writing
directing the manner in which its vote is to be cast, which writing must be
received by the Partnership at or prior to the time and date on which the votes
are to be counted. Except as otherwise herein specifically provided, all
procedural matters relating to the holding of meetings of Partners or taking
action by written consent, whether noticed or solicited by the Partnership or
others, including, without limitation, matters relating to the date for the
meeting or the counting of votes by written consent, the time period during
which written consents may be solicited, minimum or maximum notice periods,
record dates, proxy requirements and rules relating to the conduct of meetings
or the tabulation of votes, shall be as reasonably established by the
Directors. To the extent not otherwise provided by the Board of
Directors pursuant to Section 10.10 or otherwise, the laws of the State of
Delaware pertaining to the validity and use of proxies regarding the shares of
business corporations shall govern the validity and use of proxies given by
Partners.
10.10 Voting
(a) Partners
shall have no power to vote on any matter except matters on which a vote of
Interests is required by or pursuant to the Investment Company Act, a Statement
of Preferences, this Agreement, the By-Laws or any resolution of the
Directors. Any matter required to be submitted for approval of any of
the Interests and affecting one or more classes or series shall require approval
by the required vote of Interests of the affected class or classes and series
voting together as a single class and, if such matter affects one or more
classes or series thereof differently from one or more other classes or series
thereof or from one or more series of
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the same
class, approval by the required vote of Interests of such other class or classes
or series or series voting as a separate class shall be required in order to be
approved with respect to such other class or classes or series or
series;
provided, however, that except to the extent required by the Investment
Company Act and any Statement of Preferences, there shall be no separate class
votes on the election or removal of Directors or the selection of auditors for
the Partnership. Partners of a particular class or series thereof
shall not be entitled to vote on any matter that affects the rights or interests
of only one or more other classes or series of such other class or classes or
only one or more other series of the same class. There shall be no
cumulative voting in the election or removal of Directors.
(b) The
holders of one-third of the outstanding Interests of the Partnership on the
record date present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at any
meeting of the holders for purposes of conducting business on which a vote of
all Partners of the Partnership is being taken. The holders of
one-third of the outstanding Interests of a class or classes on the record date
present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the
holders of such class or classes for purposes of conducting business on which a
vote of holders of such class or classes is being taken. The holders
of one-third of the outstanding Interests of a series or series on the record
date present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of
the holders of such series or series for purposes of conducting business on
which a vote of holders of such series or series is being
taken. Interests underlying a proxy as to which a broker or other
intermediary states its absence of authority to vote with respect to one or more
matters shall be treated as present for purposes of establishing a quorum for
taking action on any such matter only to the extent so determined by the
Directors at or prior to the meeting of holders of Interests at which such
matter is to be considered and shall not be treated as present for purposes of
voting or any other purpose except as determined by the Directors.
(c) Subject
to any provision of the Investment Company Act, any Statement of Preferences or
this Agreement specifying or requiring a greater or lesser vote requirement for
the transaction of any matter of business at any meeting of Partners or, in the
absence of any such provision of the Investment Company Act, any Statement of
Preferences or this Agreement, subject to any provision of the By-Laws or
resolution of the Directors specifying or requiring a greater or lesser vote
requirement, (i) the affirmative vote of a plurality (or, if provided by
the By-Laws, a majority) of the Interests present in person or represented by
proxy and entitled to vote for the election of any Director or Directors shall
be the act of such Partners with respect to the election of such Director or
Directors; (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the Interests present in
person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on any other matter who vote
on such matter shall be the act of the Partners with respect to such matter; and
(iii) where a separate vote of one or more classes or series is required on any
matter, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Interests of such class or
classes or series or series present in person or represented by proxy and
entitled to vote on such matter who vote on such matter shall be the act of
the Partners of such class or classes or series or series with respect to such
matter.
(d) At
any meeting of Partners, any holder of Interests entitled to vote thereat may
vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it
shall have been placed on file with the Secretary, or with such other officer or
agent of the Partnership as the Secretary may direct, for verification prior to
the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant to a resolution
of a majority of the Directors, proxies may be solicited in the name of
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one or
more Directors or one or more of the officers or employees of the
Partnership. Only Partners of record shall be entitled to
vote. Each [.01%] of the Net Asset Value of the Partnership shall
entitle the Common Partner of record thereof to one vote and each fraction
thereof shall entitle the Common Partner of record thereof to a vote equal to
such fraction. Each [$20,000] of the liquidation preference of a
Preferred Interest shall entitle the Preferred Partner of record thereof to one
vote and each fraction thereof shall entitle the Preferred Partner of record
thereof to a vote equal to such fraction. When any Interest is held
jointly by several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in
person or by proxy in respect of such Interest, but if more than one of them
shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or
their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote
shall not be received in respect of such Interest. A proxy purporting
to be given by or on behalf of a Partner of record on the record date for a
meeting shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and
the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. If the
holder of any such Interest is a minor or a person of unsound mind, and subject
to guardianship or to the legal control of any other person as regards the
charge or management of such Interest, he may vote by his guardian or such other
person appointed or having such control, and such vote may be given in person or
by proxy. The Directors shall have the authority to make and modify
from time to time regulations regarding the validity of proxies. In
addition to signed proxies, such regulations may authorize facsimile,
telephonic, Internet and other methods of appointing a proxy that are subject to
such supervision by or under the direction of the Directors as the Directors
shall determine.
10.11 Removal
of the General Partner
The
General Partner may be removed with or without cause at any time on not less
than 60 days notice by vote of either (a) the Board of Directors at a meeting
called for such purpose or (b) by a majority of the Interests at a meeting
called for such purpose. Upon any such removal, for purposes of
determining any allocations and distributions due to the General Partner
pursuant to Section 7 or 8 hereof, the Partnership shall be deemed to have
liquidated all of its Assets at fair value as determined pursuant to the
Investment Management Agreement (including any discount provided in Section 6(d)
thereof).
10.12 Key
Person Event
A “Key
Person Event” will occur if fewer than three Principals remain involved
in the management and decision making of the Investment Manager at any time
during the Commitment Period. Upon the occurrence of a Key Person
Event, the Investment Manager will promptly notify the Board of Directors and
the Partners and the Commitment Period shall be suspended (the “Suspension
Period”). The Investment Manager will seek to promptly present
to the Board of Directors in writing for its consideration the name of one or
more persons the Investment Manager believes possess skills reasonably
comparable to the departed Principal (or Principals) and should replace the
departed Principal (or Principals) (a person having such skills being a “Replacement
Principal”). Upon approval of the Replacement Principal (or
Replacement Principals) by a majority of the independent Directors of the
Partnership, any Suspension Period will immediately terminate. In the
event that a majority of the independent
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Directors
do not approve the Replacement Principal (or Replacement Principals), any
Suspension Period will continue and, if the number of remaining initial and
approved Replacement Principals is not at least three on or prior to 90 days
after the occurrence of the Key Person Event, the independent Directors will
appoint a liquidator, which may be the Investment Manager, to liquidate the
Partnership and its subsidiaries in such a manner, and over such reasonable
period of time, so as to maximize returns to the Partnership and its
Partners. Such person will have the exclusive power and authority to
wind up the affairs of the Partnership and commence the orderly liquidation and
distribution (including distributions in kind) of their assets in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. For purposes of the foregoing, a
“Principal”
means Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and any other person approved by the Board of Directors,
as described above.
10.13 Pass
Through Voting
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, all voting rights of the Parent as the holder
of Common Interests shall be passed through to and exercised by the holders of
the outstanding shares of the Parent, and the Parent shall vote its Common
Interests in the same proportion as its holders vote their outstanding
shares.
SECTION
11.
ADMISSION
OF ADDITIONAL PARTNERS;
ASSIGNMENTS
OR TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
11.1 Admission
of Additional Partners
No
additional Partners will be admitted after the date hereof, except as provided
in Sections 5.2, 7.1 and 11.2.
11.2 Assignments
or Transfers of Interests
(a) In
no event shall all or any part of a Partner's Interests be Transferred if such
Transfer would result in there being more than 95 Partners for purposes of
Treasury Regulation §1.7704-1(h), and any such purported Transfer shall be void
and shall not be recognized by the Partnership. In no event shall all
or any part of a Partner's Preferred Interests be Transferred, and any such
purported Transfer shall be void and shall not be recognized by the Partnership,
unless all of the conditions set forth in the applicable Statement of
Preferences with respect thereto have been satisfied. In no event
shall all or any part of a Partner’s Common Interests be Transferred, and any
such purported Transfer shall be void and shall not be recognized by the
Partnership or the Partners, unless all of the following conditions are
satisfied:
(i) The
Transferor, if requested by the Partnership in its sole discretion, has
delivered to the Partnership an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Partnership that such Transfer (A) would not violate the Securities Act or any
state
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blue sky
laws (including any investor suitability standards) and, (B) would not
result in the breach of any agreement to which the Partnership is a party or by
which it or any of the Assets is bound;
(ii) The
Transferor has demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Partnership
that the Transferee is both an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act and a “qualified client” within the meaning of Rule
205-3 of the Advisers Act;
(iii) The
Transferor has demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Partnership
that (1) either (a) the Transferee is not (and, if it is disregarded as an
entity separate from its owner within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 301.7701-3(a) (a “DRE”),
its owner is not), for federal income tax purposes, a partnership, trust, estate
or “S Corporation” (as such terms are defined in the Code) (in each case, a
“Pass-through
Entity”) or (b) the Transferee (or, if the Transferee is a DRE, its
owner) is, for federal income tax purposes, a Pass-through Entity but, after
giving effect to such purchase of such Interest by such Transferee (or, if the
Transferee is a DRE, its owner), less than 50 percent of the aggregate value of
the beneficial ownership interests in the Pass-through Entity (or, if the
Transferee is a DRE, its owner) is attributable to the Pass-through Entity’s
ownership of Interests, and (2) such Interests have not been, and will not be,
marketed on or transferred through an “established securities market” within the
meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Code and any Treasury Regulations thereunder,
including, without limitation, an over the counter market or an interdealer
quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell
quotations;
(iv) The
Partnership has received a notice of Transfer signed by both the Transferor and
Transferee, such notice to be substantially in the form of Appendix A attached
hereto (or such other document specified in the applicable Statement of
Preferences); and
(v) the
Partnership consents in writing to such Transfer (which consent may be withheld
in the Partnership’s reasonable discretion).
(b) Provided
the foregoing conditions are met, the Transferee may become a Substituted
Partner if and only if, with respect to Preferred Interests, any requirements
set forth in the relevant Statement of Preferences are satisfied and, with
respect to Common Interests, each of the following conditions is
satisfied:
(i) The
Partnership has consented in writing to the substitution (which consent may be
withheld in the Partnership’s reasonable discretion with respect to Transfers of
Common Interests only if the transfer conditions described above have not been
met or have not been waived);
(ii) The
Transferor and Transferee execute, acknowledge and deliver such instruments as
the Partnership deems necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect such
substitution, including the written acceptance and adoption by the Transferee of
this Agreement; and
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(iii) The
Transferee agrees to bear all of the Partnership’s expenses and costs incurred
in connection with the Transfer and substitution, including legal fees and
filing fees.
Upon the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 11.2(b), the
Partnership shall record on the books and records of the Partnership the
Substituted Partner as a Partner of the Partnership.
(c) A
Transferee, legal representative or successor in interest of a Partner shall be
subject to all of the restrictions upon a Partner provided in this
Agreement.
(d) A
Transferee of Interests who desires to make a further Transfer shall be subject
to all of the provisions of this Section 11 to the same extent and in the same
manner as a Partner making the initial Transfer.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Partnership may elect (in the
Partnership’s sole discretion) to treat a Transferee who has not become a
Substituted Partner as a Partner in the place of the Transferor should it
determine such treatment to be in the best interests of the
Partnership.
(f) Upon
the Incapacity of an individual Partner, such Partner’s personal representative
or other successor in interest shall have such rights as the Incapacitated
Partner possessed to constitute a successor as a Transferee of its Interests and
to join with such Transferee in making application to substitute such Transferee
as a Partner, all as provided in Sections 11.2(a) and (b).
(g) Upon
the Incapacity of a Partner other than an individual, the authorized
representative of such entity shall have such rights as such entity possessed to
constitute a successor as a Transferee of its Interests and to join with such
Transferee in making application to substitute such Transferee as a Partner, all
as provided in Sections 11.2(a) and (b).
(h) A
Person who acquires Interests or an interest therein but is not admitted to the
Partnership as a Substituted Partner pursuant to Section 11.2(b) shall (i) in
the case of a Person acquiring Common Interests or an interest therein who does
not satisfy Section 11.2(a)(ii), obtain no rights whatsoever in the Partnership,
such Transfer shall be void as between such Person and the Partnership and the
Partnership shall have the absolute right in its sole discretion to Transfer
such Common Interests to any Person who does satisfy Section 11.2(a)(ii) for
such consideration as the Partnership deems sufficient in the circumstances and
to remit to such Person who acquired such Common Interests in
violation of this Agreement such portion of such consideration not in excess of
75% thereof as the Partnership receives in complete satisfaction of such
Person’s interest in the Partnership and (ii) in the case of a Person acquiring
Preferred Interests or an interest therein, be entitled only to the allocations
and distributions with respect to such Interests in accordance with this
Agreement or relevant Statement of Preferences but shall have no right to any
information or accounting of the affairs of the Partnership and shall not have
any voting or other rights of a Partner under this Agreement or relevant
Statement of Preferences; provided,
however, that such Person described in this clause (ii) shall be entitled
to receive such information and accountings as shall be consented to by the
Partnership, which
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consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. A Substituted Partner who
qualifies pursuant to the provisions hereof shall succeed to all the rights and
be subject to all the obligations of the Transferor Partner in respect of the
Interests or other interest as to which it was substituted.
SECTION
12.
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
12.1 Appointment
of General Partner
Each
Partner, by becoming a Partner, makes, constitutes and appoints the General
Partner as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, in its name, place and stead,
with full power to do any of the following:
(a) Execute
on its behalf, file and record this Agreement and all amendments to this
Agreement made and otherwise approved in accordance with Section 10.3 or
otherwise made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(b) Prepare,
execute on its behalf, verify, file and record amendments to this Agreement made
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or to the books and records of
the Partnership reflecting (i) a change of the name or location of the
principal place of business of the Partnership, (ii) a change of the name
or address of any Partner, (iii) the addition of Partners, (iv) the
disposal by a Partner of its Interests in any manner, (v) a Person becoming
or ceasing to be a Partner of the Partnership, (vi) the exercise by any
Person of any right or rights hereunder, (vii) the correction of
typographical or similar errors, (viii) any other amendments made in
accordance with Section 10.3, and (ix) any amendment and restatement of
this Agreement reflecting such amendments;
(c) Prepare,
execute on its behalf and record any amendments to the Certificate that the
Investment Manager may deem advisable or necessary;
(d)
Prepare, execute on its behalf, file and record any other agreements,
certificates, instruments and other documents required to continue the
Partnership, to admit Substituted Partners, to liquidate and dissolve the
Partnership in accordance with Section 16, to comply with applicable law, and to
carry out the purposes of clauses (a) and (b) above, to the extent
consistent with this Agreement; and
(e) Take
any further action that the General Partner shall consider advisable in
connection with the exercise of the authority granted in this Section
12.1.
12.2 Nature
of Special Power
The power
of attorney granted under this Section 12 is a special power of attorney coupled
with an interest, is irrevocable and may be exercised by the General Partner by
listing all of the Partners executing any agreement, certificate, instrument or
document with a
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single
signature of such attorney-in-fact acting as attorney-in-fact for all of
them. The power of attorney shall survive and not be affected by the
Incapacity of a Partner and shall survive and not be affected by the Transfer by
a Partner of the whole or a portion of its Interests, except where the Transfer
is of all of the Interests and the Transferee thereof with the consent of the
Partnership is admitted as a Substituted Partner; provided,
however, that this power of attorney shall survive such Transfer for the
sole purpose of enabling any such attorney-in-fact to effect such
substitution. This power of attorney does not supersede any part of
this Agreement, nor is it to be used to deprive any Partner of its rights
hereunder. It is intended only to facilitate the execution of
documents and the carrying out of other procedural or ministerial
functions.
SECTION
13.
BOOKS,
RECORDS AND REPORTS; CERTAIN TAX ELECTIONS
13.1 Books
(a) The
Partnership shall maintain books and records required by law for the Partnership
at its principal office, which shall be in the United States, and each Partner
shall have the right to inspect, examine and copy such books and records at
reasonable times and upon reasonable notice for the purposes required by the
Investment Company Act relating to trusts or as authorized by the Directors or
their delegate. All such books and records may be in electronic
format, including the register of Partners and all capital account and
accounting records. Upon the request of a Partner, the Partnership
shall promptly deliver to the requesting Partner, at the expense of the
Partnership, a copy of any information which the Partnership is required by law
to so provide in paper or electronic format. Notwithstanding the
foregoing inspection rights or any other provision of this Section 13, the
Partnership shall be entitled, as and to the extent permitted by Section 17-305
of the Delaware Act, to keep confidential from the Partners all information such
Partners do not have a right to obtain pursuant to the Investment Company
Act.
(b) A
register shall be kept at the Partnership or any transfer agent duly appointed
by or under the direction of the Directors which shall contain the names and
addresses of the Partners and the Interests held by them respectively and a
record of all authorized transfers thereof. Separate registers shall
be established and maintained for each class and each series of each
class. Each such register shall be conclusive as to who are the
holders of the Interests of the applicable class and series and who shall be
entitled to receive dividends or distributions or otherwise to exercise or enjoy
the rights of Partners. No Partner shall be entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or distribution, nor to have notice given to him as
herein provided, until he has given his address to a transfer agent or such
other officer or agent of the Directors as shall keep the register for entry
thereon. Except as otherwise provided in any Statement of
Preferences, it is not contemplated that certificates will be issued for the
Interests; however, the Partnership may authorize the issuance of certificates
and promulgate appropriate fees therefor and rules and regulations as to their
use.
(c) The
Partnership shall have power to employ a transfer agent or transfer agents, and
a registrar or registrars, with respect to the Interests. The
transfer agent or transfer agents
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may keep
the applicable register and record therein, the original issues and transfers,
if any, of the said Interests.
(d) Interests
shall be transferable on the records of the Partnership only by the record
holder thereof or by its agent thereto duly authorized in writing, upon delivery
to the Partnership or a transfer agent of the Partnership of a duly executed
instrument of transfer, together with such evidence of the genuineness of each
such execution and authorization and of other matters as may reasonably be
required, including satisfaction of any or all of the requirements of Section
11.2(a) or (b) for the addition or substitution of the Transferee as a
Partner. Upon such delivery and satisfaction of such requirements the
transfer shall be recorded on the applicable register of the
Partnership. Until such record is made, the Partner of record shall
be deemed to be the holder of such Interests for all purposes hereof and none of
the Partnership, the Directors, any transfer agent or registrar or any officer,
employee or agent of the Partnership shall be affected by any notice of the
proposed transfer.
Any
person becoming entitled to any Interests in consequence of the death,
bankruptcy, or incompetence of any Partner, or otherwise by operation of law,
shall be recorded on the applicable register of Interests as the holder of such
Interests upon production of the proper evidence thereof to the Directors or a
transfer agent of the Partnership, but until such record is made, the Partner of
record shall be deemed to be the holder of such for all purposes hereof, and
neither the Directors nor any transfer agent or registrar nor any officer or
agent of the Partnership shall be affected by any notice of such death,
bankruptcy or incompetence, or other operation of law.
13.2 Reports
(a) The
Partnership shall prepare and send to Partners to the extent and in the form
required by the Investment Company Act and other applicable law or any exchange
on which Interests are listed a report of operations
containing financial statements of the Partnership prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and applicable law and
a schedule setting forth the investments of the Partnership. Common
Partners shall receive quarterly reports of operations.
(b) Within
60 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the Partnership shall communicate in
writing to each Partner (i) such information as is necessary to complete such
Partner's United States federal and state income tax or information returns and
(ii) annual financial statements audited by an accounting firm of national
reputation.
(c) Further,
the Directors may, in their sole and absolute discretion, cause to be prepared
(i) such reports or other information as may be necessary with respect to any
Partner’s qualification for the benefit of any income tax treaty or provision of
law reducing or eliminating any withholding or other tax or governmental charge
with respect to any Assets and (ii) such other reports and financial statements
of the Partnership as the Directors deem appropriate for informing the Partners
about the operations of the Partnership.
(d) To
the extent that the Partnership has access thereto and in recognition of the
various Partners’ obligations to comply with certain regulatory requirements,
the Partnership will
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also
provide to each Partner, with reasonable promptness, such other data and
information concerning the Partnership or Partnership activities in response to
a request by any applicable governmental or regulatory agency as from time to
time a Partner may reasonably request. If the Partnership is bound by
confidentiality obligations with respect to any information so requested, then
the Partnership shall not be obligated to provide such information. A
Partner shall, at the request of the Partnership, enter into a confidentiality
agreement relating to such information.
13.3 Safe
Harbor Election
(a) The
General Partner is hereby authorized and directed to cause the Partnership to
make an election to value the general partner interest of the General Partner
received as compensation for services to the Partnership (the “Compensatory
Interest”) at liquidation value (the “Safe
Harbor Election”), as the same may be permitted pursuant to or in
accordance with the finally promulgated successor rules to Proposed Treasury
Regulations Section 1.83-3(l) and IRS Notice 2005-43 (collectively, the “Proposed
Rules”). The General Partner shall cause the Partnership to
make any allocations of items of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit
(including forfeiture allocations and elections as to allocation periods)
necessary or appropriate to effectuate and maintain the Safe Harbor
Election.
(b)
Any such Safe Harbor Election shall be binding on the Partnership and on all of
its Partners (including, for purposes of this Section 13.3(b), any person to
whom a Compensatory Interest is transferred in connection with the performance
of services) with respect to all transfers of Compensatory Interests thereafter
made by the Partnership while a Safe Harbor Election is in effect. A
Safe Harbor Election once made may be revoked by the General Partner as
permitted by the Proposed Rules or any applicable rule.
(c) Each
Partner, by signing this Agreement or by accepting such transfer, hereby agrees
to comply with all requirements of the Safe Harbor Election with respect to the
Compensatory Interest while the Safe Harbor Election remains
effective.
(d)
The General Partner shall file or cause the Partnership to file all returns,
reports and other documentation as may be required to perfect and maintain the
Safe Harbor Election with respect to transfers of any Compensatory
Interest.
(e)
The General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, without further vote or
action of the Partners, to amend this Agreement as necessary to comply with the
Proposed Rules or any rule, in order to provide for a Safe Harbor Election and
the ability to maintain or revoke the same, and shall have the authority to
execute any such amendment by and on behalf of each Partner. Any
undertakings by the Partners necessary to enable or preserve a Safe Harbor
Election may be reflected in such amendments and to the extent so reflected
shall be binding on each Partner, respectively; provided, however, that such
amendments are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
rights and obligations of the Partners.
(f) Each
Partner agrees to cooperate with the General Partner to perfect and maintain any
Safe Harbor Election, and to timely execute and deliver any documentation with
respect thereto reasonably requested by the General Partner.
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(g) No
transfer, assignment or other disposition of any interest in the Partnership by
a Partner shall be effective unless prior to such transfer, assignment or
disposition the transferee, assignee or intended recipient of such interest
shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section 8.3,
in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner.
SECTION
14.
VALUATION
OF ASSETS AND INTERESTS
The value
of the Assets of the Partnership, the amount of liabilities of the Partnership,
the Net Asset Value, and the Net Asset Value of each outstanding Common Interest
of the Partnership shall be determined on each Valuation Date in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and the Investment Company
Act. The method of determination of Net Asset Value shall be
determined by or under the supervision of the Board of Directors. The
making of Net Asset Value determinations and calculations may be delegated by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION
15.
BANK
ACCOUNTS; CUSTODIAN
15.1 Bank
Accounts Generally
Subject
to the requirements of the Investment Company Act, all funds received by the
Partnership may be deposited in one or more Custodial Accounts in the name of
the Partnership at the Custodian. Subject to Section 15.2,
disbursements therefrom may be made by the Partnership in conformity with the
purposes of this Agreement and the requirements of the Investment Company
Act. The Partnership may designate from time to time those Persons
authorized to execute checks and other items on the Partnership bank
accounts. The funds of the Partnership shall not be commingled with
the funds of any other Person.
15.2 Custodian
(a) The
Partnership shall appoint one or more Custodians to hold the Assets of the
Partnership in one or more separately identified Custodial Accounts or
multiparty arrangements in accordance with the Advisory Agreement, any Statement
of Preferences, the Custodial Agreement and in compliance with the requirements
of the Investment Company Act and other applicable law. The Custodian
shall at all times be responsible for the physical custody of the Assets of the
Partnership and for the collection of interest, dividends and other income
attributable to the Assets of the Partnership. The Partnership will
direct the Custodian to accept settlement instructions issued by the General
Partner, the Investment Manager and authorized Persons in accordance with the
requirements of the Investment Company Act.
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(b) Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be construed to authorize or require the Board
of Directors, the General Partner or the Investment Manager to take or receive
physical possession of any Asset of the Partnership or to take any action in
violation of law, it being understood that the Custodian shall solely be
responsible for the safekeeping of the Assets and the consummation of all such
purchases, sales and deliveries of the Assets in accordance with this Agreement
and the Advisory Agreement, any Statement of Preferences, the Custodial
Agreement and in compliance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act
and other applicable law.
SECTION
16.
DISSOLUTION
AND TERMINATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
16.1 Dissolution
Generally
Except as
provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have the right to cause any
dissolution of the Partnership before expiration of its term.
16.2 Continuation
of Partnership
The
Partnership shall not be dissolved or terminated by the Incapacity of any
Partner as such, the Transfer by any Partner of its Interests or the admission
of a new or substituted Partner, and the existence and business of the
Partnership shall be continued notwithstanding the occurrence of any such
event.
16.3 Events
Causing Dissolution
The
Partnership may be dissolved prior to the time set forth in Article 4 after
two-thirds of the Directors then in office have approved a resolution therefor,
upon approval by Interests having at least 75% of the votes of all of the
Interests outstanding on the record date for such meeting, voting as a single
class except to the extent required by the Investment Company Act.
16.4 Distribution
of Assets on Liquidation
(a) In
liquidating the Partnership, the Partnership will make distributions in cash, in
kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind as the General Partner, under the
supervision of the Board of Directors, may, in its sole discretion, determine;
provided,
however, that any distribution made partly in cash and partly in kind
shall be pro
rata among the Partners in proportion to their interests to the extent
reasonably practicable and if not reasonably practicable, in such non-pro rata
manner as is determined by the Investment Manager, under the supervision of the
Board of Directors, to be fair and equitable; provided,
further, that the General Partner will use reasonable efforts to make all
distributions in kind, if any, in the form of freely tradable securities. The
General Partner need not distribute all of the Assets at once, but may make
partial
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distributions
and shall not be required to redeem the Preferred Interests prior to making any
liquidating distribution in respect of the Common Interests so long as the
Partnership has set aside liquid assets in excess of liabilities sufficient to
pay the liquidation preference and all accumulated and unpaid distributions of
the Preferred Interests.
(b) In
connection with the liquidation of the Partnership, the Assets (after paying or
otherwise providing for the claims of creditors of the Partnership, the Advisory
Fees, claims by the Board of Directors, the General Partner, the Investment
Manager or their respective Affiliated Persons for expenses of the Partnership
paid by any of them, any other liabilities of the Partnership and reasonable
reserves for any anticipated or contingent liabilities or obligations and all
accumulated and unpaid distributions on Preferred Interests) shall be
distributed to the Partners in accordance with Section 8.1.
16.5 Liquidation
Statement
(a) Upon
compliance by the Partnership with all applicable requirements for dissolution,
the Partners shall cease to be such and the Partnership shall execute,
acknowledge and cause to be filed a Certificate of Cancellation of the
Partnership or other appropriate documents evidencing its dissolution and
winding up.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Board of Directors has been
removed or resigned and the Partnership has been dissolved, any Partner or other
Person appointed by the Partners may act as liquidating trustee for the
Partnership during the winding up period, and receive reasonable compensation
for such activity, all as approved by the Partners holding Interests that
represent a majority of the outstanding Interests.
16.6 Director’s
Liability Upon Dissolution or Removal
None of
the Directors shall be personally liable for the return of all or any part of
the contributions of the Partners to the Partnership or for any other
distributions to be made by the Partnership. Any such return or
distributions shall be made solely from the Assets.
SECTION
17.
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
17.1 Notices
and Distributions
Except as
otherwise provided herein, any notice, distribution, offer or other
communication which may be given to any Partner in connection with the
Partnership or this Agreement shall be duly given if reduced to writing
and:
(a) if
to any Partner, when personally delivered, or if sent by mail, postage prepaid,
overnight courier or facsimile transmission, when actually received at the last
address
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furnished
by such Partner pursuant to Section 2.3 for notice purposes at the time of such
mailing, overnight courier or facsimile transmission; and
(b) if
to the Partnership, the General Partner or the Board of Directors, sent to 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Attention: General Counsel with a
copy to the Investment Manager, 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Attention: General Counsel, personally delivered or if sent by mail,
overnight courier or facsimile transmission when actually received at the
address set forth above or at such other address as the Partnership, the General
Partner or the Board of Directors, respectively, may then have specified in
writing to the Partnership.
All
distributions to the Partners shall be made to the extent practicable by wire
transfer to the accounts specified by the Partners, which accounts may be
changed from time to time by written notice to the Partnership.
17.2 Survival
of Rights
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and, as to permitted or accepted successors,
Transferees and assigns, inure to the benefit of the Partners and the
Partnership and their respective heirs, legatees, legal representatives,
successors, Transferees and permitted assigns, in all cases whether by the laws
of descent and distribution, merger, consolidation, sale of assets, operation of
law, or otherwise.
17.3 Construction
The
language in all parts of this Agreement shall be in all cases construed simply
according to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against any
Person.
17.4 Section
Headings
The
captions of the sections in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall
not be used in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
17.5 Agreement
in Counterparts
This
Agreement and any amendments hereto may be executed and delivered by facsimile
and in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original
agreement and all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement,
notwithstanding the fact that all Partners are not signatories to the original
or the same counterpart.
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17.6 Governing
Law
This
Agreement has been executed by or on authority of a majority of the Directors
and the rights of all parties and the validity and construction of every
provision hereof shall be subject to and construed according to the internal
laws, and not the laws pertaining to choice or conflict of laws, of the State of
Delaware, and reference shall be specifically made to the general corporation
law of the State of Delaware as to the construction of matters not specifically
covered herein or as to which an ambiguity exists, although such law shall not
be viewed as limiting the powers otherwise granted to the Directors hereunder
and any ambiguity shall be viewed in favor of such powers.
17.7 Additional
Documents
Each
Partner, upon the request of the Partnership, agrees to perform all further acts
and execute, acknowledge and deliver all further documents which may be
reasonably necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of
this Agreement, including but not limited to, acknowledging before a Notary
Public any signature heretofore or hereafter made by a Partner.
17.8 Severability
Should
any portion or provision of this Agreement be declared illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such portion or provision shall be
deemed to be severable from this Agreement to the extent practicable while
preserving the economic intention of the parties and, in any event, such
illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder
hereof.
17.9 Pronouns
All
pronouns and defined terms and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer
to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the
Persons referred to may require.
17.10 Entire
Agreement
This
Agreement, the Statements of Preferences, if any, adopted pursuant hereto and
the Subscription Agreements executed and delivered by the Partners
(i) constitute the entire Agreement of the Partners with respect to the
Partnership and (ii) supersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral
agreements, understandings or negotiations with respect to the Partnership. The
parties hereto acknowledge that the ability of the Partners and of the
Partnership to take certain of the actions contemplated hereby may be limited by
the terms of the Statements of Preferences, if any, to the extent provided
therein.
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17.11 Arbitration
To the
extent permitted by law, any dispute relating to this Agreement or the
Partnership which cannot be amicably resolved among the parties to such dispute
shall be resolved by binding arbitration conducted in Calabasas, California or
Los Angeles, California in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then prevailing, and the decisions of the arbitrators shall be final
and binding on all the parties. The costs of the arbitration (other
than fees and expenses of counsel, which shall be the responsibility of the
parties retaining such counsel) shall be allocated among the parties as
determined by the arbitrator.
17.12 Waiver
of Partition
Each
Partner hereby irrevocably waives and forfeits any and all rights that it may
have, whether arising under contract or statute or by operation of law, to
maintain an action for partition of the Partnership or any of the
Assets.
17.13 Filing
This
Agreement and any amendment (including any supplement) hereto shall be filed in
such places as may be required or as the Partnership deem
appropriate. Each amendment shall be accompanied by a certificate
signed and acknowledged by an authorized Person stating that such action was
duly taken in a manner provided herein, and shall, upon insertion in the
Partnership’s minute book, be conclusive evidence of all amendments contained
therein. A restated Agreement, containing the original Agreement as
amended by all amendments theretofore made, may be executed from time to time by
an authorized Person and shall, upon insertion in the Partnership’s minute book,
be conclusive evidence of all amendments contained therein and may thereafter be
referred to in lieu of the original Agreement and the various amendments
thereto.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Secretary of the Partnership has hereunto set his
hands as of the date first written above.
SECRETARY:
___________________________________
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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COMMON
PARTNERS:
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Those
Persons subscribing for Common
Interests
and admitted as Partners by the
General
Partner:
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By:
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PNMAC
Opportunity Fund
Associates,
LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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PREFERRED
PARTNERS:
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Those
Persons subscribing for Preferred
Interests
and admitted as Partners by the
General
Partner:
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By:
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PNMAC
Opportunity Fund
Associates,
LLC
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Name:
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Title:
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S-2
APPENDIX
A
Form
of Notice of Transfer
[Date]
PNMAC
Mortgage Opportunity Fund, L.P.
x/x XXXXX
Capital Management, LLC
00000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Tel:
(000) 000-0000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This is
to advise you that [_______________] (the “Purchaser”) will purchase (contingent
only upon the approval of such purchase by PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”)) in a private resale
(the “Purchase”) from [___________________] (the “Seller”) [insert
number or amount] of [Common Interests (the “Shares”) or
Seller's Common Share Commitment (the "Commitment")] issued pursuant to the
Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of
[ ]
(as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Partnership
Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the Partnership Agreement, a copy of
which has been provided to the undersigned by the Seller. Seller has
also provided to the Purchaser the Confidential Preliminary Private Placement
Memorandum, dated April 23, 2008, relating to the Common Shares of the Parent,
together with any supplements thereto (the “Confidential Preliminary Private
Placement Memorandum”).
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees, represents and warrants on behalf of the
Purchaser that:
1.
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The
Purchaser has been provided with and has truthfully and accurately
completed and returned to the Investment Manager a subscription agreement,
which is attached hereto, and the representations and warranties made by
the Purchaser in such subscription agreement, including, without
limitation, the representations and warranties relating to the Purchaser’s
status as an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D
promulgated under the Securities Act and as a “qualified client” within
the meaning of Rule 205-3 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940,
accurately describe the status of the Purchaser. The Purchaser
understands that the Partnership and the Investment Manager will rely on
the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in the
subscription agreement in determining the eligibility of the Purchaser to
purchase the Interests.
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2.
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If
the Purchaser resells or transfers all or any portion of the Interests,
the Purchaser will obtain from each purchaser or transferee a letter
containing the same representations and
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agreements
as set forth herein and will have such purchaser or transferee complete a
subscription agreement.
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3.
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The
Purchaser (i) hereby agrees that this Transfer Certificate may be attached
to the Partnership Agreement and (ii) by executing and delivering this
Transfer Certificate, with the consent of the Partnership, hereby becomes
a Substituted Partner under the Partnership Agreement and agrees to be
bound by all the terms thereof.
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4.
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The
Purchaser hereby constitutes and appoints the Investment Manager its true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for the Purchaser and in its name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to take any and all actions as are authorized by the
power of attorney contained in the Partnership
Agreement.
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The power
of attorney granted hereby shall be deemed an irrevocable special power of
attorney, coupled with an interest, which the Investment Manager may exercise
for the Purchaser by the signature of the Partnership or by listing the
Purchaser as a Partner, and executing any instrument with the signature of the
Partnership as attorney-in-fact for the Purchaser.
5.
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The
Purchaser agrees to bear all of the Partnership’s expenses and costs
incurred in connection with the Transfer and substitution, including all
legal fees and filing fees.
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Very
truly yours,
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
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Address:
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
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A-2
This
Transfer Certificate shall constitute (i) the notice of Transfer required under
subsection 11.2(a)(iv) of the Partnership Agreement and (ii) the instrument of
transfer required under subsection 13.1(d) of the Partnership
Agreement.
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
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Address:
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
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A-3
The
undersigned, on behalf of the Partnership, hereby acknowledges receipt of this
Transfer Certificate and acknowledges and agrees that this Transfer Certificate
shall constitute the notice of Transfer required under subsection 11.2(a)(iv) of
the Partnership Agreement and the instrument of transfer required under
subsection 13.1(d) of the Partnership Agreement. The undersigned, on
behalf of the Partnership, hereby consents to the Transfer which is the subject
of this notice of Transfer pursuant to subsections 11.2(a)(v) and 11.2(b)(i) of
the Partnership Agreement and hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser
shall become a Substituted Partner under the Partnership Agreement pursuant to
subsection 11.2(b) of the Partnership Agreement. The proper
authorized Person of the Partnership will record on the books and records of the
Partnership the Purchaser as a Partner of the Partnership.
By: PNMAC
Capital Management, LLC,
Investment
Manager of PNMAC Mortgage
Opportunity
Fund, L.P.
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
X-0
Xxxxxxxx
X
Schedule
of Partners
Common
Partners: %
Interest
PNMAC
Mortgage Opportunity Fund,
LLC
100%
Preferred
Partners: No.
of Shares
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