EXHIBIT 3.16
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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
RIVERWALK LOGISTICS, L.P.
A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
DATED AS OF
APRIL 16, 2001
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
RIVERWALK LOGISTICS, L.P.
A
Delaware Partnership
This AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (this "Agreement")
of RIVERWALK LOGISTICS, L.P. (the "Partnership"), dated as of April 16, 2001
(the "Effective Date"), is adopted, executed and agreed to, for good and
valuable consideration, by Shamrock Logistics GP, LLC, a
Delaware limited
liability company, as the general partner ("Shamrock GP").
RECITALS
1. The name of the partnership is, and the business of the Partnership
shall be conducted under the name of, "Riverwalk Logistics, L.P."
2. The Partnership was originally formed as a
Delaware partnership by the
filing of a Certificate of Limited Partnership (the "
Delaware Certificate"),
dated as of June 5, 2000 (the "Original Filing Date") with the Secretary of
State of the State of
Delaware, pursuant to the
Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor to such act
(the "Act") with Shamrock GP as the general partner and UDS Logistics LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company ("UDS Logistics"), as the organizational
limited partner.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective
meanings set forth below or set forth in the Sections referred to below:
"Act" has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
"Adjusted Capital Account" means, with respect to any Partner, the balance,
if any, in such Partner's Capital Account as of the end of the relevant fiscal
year, after giving effect to the following adjustments:
(i) Credit to such Capital Account any amounts which such Partner is
obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or
pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or is deemed
to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of
Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5);
(ii) Debit to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury
Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), and
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6).
The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply
with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and
shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when
used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agreed Value" of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of
such property or other consideration at the time of contribution as determined
by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may
adopt. The General Partner shall, in its discretion, use such method as it deems
reasonable and appropriate to allocate the aggregate Agreed Value of Contributed
Properties contributed to the Partnership in a single or integrated transaction
among each separate property on a basis proportional to the fair market value of
each Contributed Property.
"Agreement" has the meaning given such term in the preamble.
"Applicable Law" means (a) any United States Federal, state or local law,
statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judgment, decree or permit
of any Governmental Authority and (b) any rule or listing requirement of any
applicable national stock exchange or listing requirement of any national stock
exchange or Commission recognized trading market on which securities issued by
the MLP are listed or quoted.
"Assignee" means any Person that acquires a Partnership Interest or any
portion thereof through a Disposition; provided, however, that, an Assignee
shall have no right to be admitted to the Partnership as a Partner except in
accordance with Article IV. The Assignee of a dissolved Partner is the
shareholder, partner, member or other equity owner or owners of the dissolved
Partner to whom such Partner's Partnership Interest is assigned by the Person
conducting the liquidation or winding up of such Partner. The Assignee of a
Bankrupt Member is (a) the Person or Persons (if any) to whom such Bankrupt
Partner's Partnership Interest is assigned by order of the bankruptcy court or
other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Bankruptcy, or (b) in
the event of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, the creditor to
which such Partnership Interest assigned.
"Associate" means, when used to indicate a relationship with any Person,
(a) any corporation or organization of which such Person is a director, officer
or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class
of voting stock or other voting interest; (b) any trust or other estate in which
such Person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such Person
serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (c) any relative or
spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same
principal residence as such Person.
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"Bankruptcy" or "Bankrupt" means, with respect to any Person, that (a) such
Person (i) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (ii) files a
voluntary bankruptcy petition; (iii) becomes the subject of an order for relief
or is declared insolvent in any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings; (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for such Person a
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution, or similar relief under any Applicable Law; (v) files an answer or
other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a
petition filed against such Person in a proceeding of the type described in
subclauses (i) through (iv) of this clause (a); or (vi) seeks, consents to, or
acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such
Person or of all or any substantial part of such Person's properties; or (b) a
proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any Applicable Law has been
commenced against such Person and 120 Days have expired without dismissal
thereof or with respect to which, without such Person's consent or acquiescence,
a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial
part of such Person's properties has been appointed and 90 Days have expired
without the appointment's having been vacated or stayed, or 90 Days have expired
after the date of expiration of a stay, if the appointment has not previously
been vacated.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day when
banks in New York, New York are authorized by Applicable Law to be closed.
"Capital Account" means the capital account maintained for a Partner
pursuant to Section 5.07.
"Capital Contribution" means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of
money and the Net Agreed Value of any property (other than money) contributed to
the Partnership by such Partner. Any reference in this Agreement to the Capital
Contribution of a Partner shall include a Capital Contribution of its
predecessors in interest.
"Carrying Value" means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, the
Agreed Value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all depreciation,
amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to the Partners' and
Assignees' Capital Accounts in respect of such Contributed Property, and (b)
with respect to any other Partnership property, the adjusted basis of such
property for federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination.
The Carrying Value of any property shall be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with Sections 5.07(d) and 5.07(e) and to reflect changes, additions
or other adjustments to the Carrying Value for dispositions and acquisitions of
Partnership properties, as deemed appropriate by the General Partner.
"Certified Public Accountants" means a firm of independent public
accountants selected from time to time by the General Partner.
"Claim" means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands,
lawsuits, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or audits, losses,
assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations, costs,
expenses, liabilities and damages (whether actual, consequential or punitive),
including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys' fees, disbursements and
costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.
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"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Unit" has the meaning given such team in the MLP Agreement.
"Contributed Property" means each property or other asset, in such form as
may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash, contributed to the Partnership.
Once the Carrying Value of a Contributed Property is adjusted pursuant to
Section 5.07(d) or 5.07(e), such property shall no longer constitute a
Contributed Property, but shall be deemed an Adjusted Property.
"Contribution Agreement" means that certain Contribution Agreement, dated
as of the Effective Date, among the Partnership, the MLP, the OLP, Shamrock GP,
UDS Logistics, Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Company, a Delaware
corporation, and Sigmor Corporation, a Delaware corporation, together with the
additional conveyance documents and instruments contemplated or referenced
thereunder.
"Day" means a calendar day; provided, however, that, if any period of Days
referred to in this Agreement shall end on a Day that is not a Business Day,
then the expiration of such period shall be automatically extended until the end
of the next succeeding Business Day.
"Delaware Certificate" has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
"Dispose," "Disposing" or "Disposition" means with respect to any asset
(including a Partnership Interest or any portion thereof), a sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance, gift, exchange or other disposition of such asset, whether
such disposition be voluntary, involuntary or by operation of Applicable Law.
"Effective Date" has the meaning given such term in the preamble.
"Encumber," "Encumbering," or "Encumbrance" means the creation of a
security interest, lien, pledge, mortgage or other encumbrance, whether such
encumbrance be voluntary, involuntary or by operation of Applicable Law.
"Event of Withdrawal" has the meaning given such term in Section 11.01(a).
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles.
"General Partner" means Shamrock GP and its successor and permitted assigns
as general partner of the Partnership.
"General Partner Interest" means the ownership interest of the General
Partner in the Partnership (in its capacity as a general partner) and includes
any and all benefits to which the General Partner is entitled as provided in
this Agreement, together with all obligations of the General Partner to comply
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
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"Governmental Authority" or "Governmental" means any Federal, state or
local court or governmental or regulatory agency or authority or any arbitration
board, tribunal or mediator having jurisdiction over the Company or its assets
or Members.
"Group" means a Person that with or through any of its Affiliates or
Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or
consent given to such Person in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made
to 10 or more Persons) or disposing of any Partnership Securities with any other
Person that beneficially owns, or whose Affiliates or Associates beneficially
own, directly or indirectly, Partnership Securities.
"Group Member" means a member of the Partnership Group.
"Incentive Distribution Rights" has the meaning given such team in the MLP
Agreement.
"Incentive Plan" means any plan or arrangement pursuant to which the
General Partner may compensate its employees, consultants, directors and/or
service providers.
"Limited Partner" means any Person that is admitted to the Partnership as a
limited partner pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; but the
term Limited Partner shall not include any Person from and after the time such
Person withdraws as a Limited Partner from the Partnership.
"Limited Partner Interest" means the ownership interest of a Limited
Partner or Assignee in the Partnership and includes any and all benefits to
which such Limited Partner or Assignee is entitled as provided in this
Agreement, together with all obligations of such Limited Partner or Assignee to
comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
"Liquidator" means one or more Persons selected by the General Partner to
perform the functions described in Section 12.03 as liquidating trustee of the
Partnership within in the meaning of the Act.
"MLP" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.04(b).
"MLP Agreement" means the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Shamrock Logistics, L.P., as it may be amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
"Net Agreed Value" means, (a) in the case of any Contributed Property, the
Agreed Value of such property reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the
Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is subject when
contributed, and (b) in the case of any property distributed to a Partner or
Assignee by the Partnership, the Partnership's Carrying Value of such property
(as adjusted pursuant to Section 5.07(e)) at the time such property is
distributed, reduced by any indebtedness either assumed by such Partner or
Assignee upon such distribution or to which such property is subject at the time
of distribution, in either case, as determined under Section 752 of the Code.
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"Net Income" means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the
Partnership's items of income and gain for such taxable year over the
Partnership's items of loss and deduction for such taxable year. The items
included in the calculation of Net Income shall be determined in accordance with
Section 5.07(b) and shall not include any items specially allocated under
Section 6.01(c).
"Net Loss" means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the
Partnership's items of loss and deduction for such taxable year over the
Partnership's items of income and gain for such taxable year. The items included
in the calculation of Net Loss shall be determined in accordance with Section
5.07(b) and shall not include any items specially allocated under Section
6.01(c).
"Nonrecourse Deductions" means any and all items of loss, deduction or
expenditure (including, without limitation, any expenditure described in Section
705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2(b), are attributable to a Nonrecourse Liability.
"Nonrecourse Liability" has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
"Notices" has the meaning given such term in Section 15.01.
"OLP" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.04(b).
"OLP Agreement" means the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Shamrock Logistics Operations, L.P., as it may be amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time.
"Omnibus Agreement" means that Omnibus Agreement, dated the Effective Date,
among Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation, the General Partner, the
Partnership, the MLP and the OLP.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel (which may be
regular counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner of any of its
Affiliates) acceptable to the General Partner in its reasonable discretion.
"Original Filing Date" has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
"Outstanding" has the meaning given such team in the MLP Agreement.
"Partner" means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.
"Partner Nonrecourse Debt" has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
"Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain" has the meaning set forth in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
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"Partner Nonrecourse Deductions" means any and all items of loss, deduction
or expenditure (including, without limitation, any expenditure described in
Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i), are attributable to a Partner
Nonrecourse Debt.
"Partnership" has the meaning given such term in the preamble.
"Partnership Group" means the Partnership and any Subsidiary of any such
entity, treated as a single consolidated entity.
"Partnership Interest" means an ownership interest of a Partner in the
Partnership, which shall include the General Partner Interest and the Limited
Partner Interests.
"Partnership Minimum Gain" means that amount determined in accordance with
the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(d).
"Partnership Security" means any class or series of equity interest in the
MLP (but excluding any options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights
relating to an equity interest in the MLP), including without limitation, Common
Units, Subordinated Units and Incentive Distribution Rights.
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, association, joint-stock company, unincorporated
organization, joint venture, trust, court, governmental agency or any political
subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
"Proper Officer" or "Proper Officers" means those officers of the General
Partner authorized to act on behalf of the General Partner in its capacity as
the general partner of the Partnership.
"Registration Statement" means the registration statement of the MLP
(Commission File No. 333-43668), as amended.
"Services Agreement" means the services agreement dated as of the Effective
Date by and among Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Company, a Delaware
corporation and certain of its affiliates listed on Exhibit A thereto, the MLP,
the OLP, the Partnership, and Shamrock Logistics GP, LLC, the general partner of
the Partnership.
"Shamrock GP" has the meaning given such term in the preamble.
"Sharing Ratio" means, subject in each case to adjustments in accordance
with this Agreement or in connection with Dispositions of Partnership Interests,
(a) in the case of a Person acquiring such Partner's Partnership Interest, the
percentage specified for that Partner as its Sharing Ratio on Exhibit A, and (b)
in the case of Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Section 5.02, the
Sharing Ratio established pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the total of
all Sharing Ratios shall always equal 100%.
"Subordinated Units" has the meaning given such team in the MLP Agreement.
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"Substituted Limited Partner" means a Person who is admitted as a Limited
Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section 10.02 in place of and with all
the rights of a Limited Partner and who is shown as a Limited Partner on the
books and records of the Partnership.
"Term" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.07.
"Treasury Regulations" means the regulations (including temporary
regulations) promulgated by the United States Department of the Treasury
pursuant to and in respect of provisions of the Code. All references herein to
sections of the Treasury Regulations shall include any corresponding provision
or provisions of succeeding, similar or substitute, temporary or final Treasury
Regulations.
"UDS Logistics" has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
"Unrealized Gain" attributable to any item of Partnership property means,
as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market
value of such property as of such date (as determined under Sections 5.07(d) and
5.07(e) over (b) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to
any adjustment to be made pursuant to Sections 5.07(d) and 5.07(e) as of such
date).
"Unrealized Loss" attributable to any item of Partnership property means,
as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Carrying Value
of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to
Sections 5.07(d) and 5.07(e) as of such date) over (b) the fair market value of
such property as of such date (as determined under Sections 5.07(d) and
5.07(e)).
"Withdraw," "Withdrawing" or "Withdrawal" means the withdrawal, resignation
or retirement of a Partner from the Partnership as a Partner. Such terms shall
not include any Dispositions of Partnership Interest (which are governed by
Article IV), even though the Partner making a Disposition may cease to be a
Partner as a result of such Disposition.
(b) Other terms defined herein have the meanings so given them.
SECTION 1.02 CONSTRUCTION.
Whenever the context requires, (a) the gender of all words used in this
Agreement includes the masculine, feminine and neuter, (b) the singular forms of
nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa, (c) all
references to Articles and Sections refer to articles and sections in this
Agreement, each of which is made a part for all purposes and (d) the term
"include" or "includes" means includes, without limitation, and "including"
means including, without limitation.
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ARTICLE II.
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.01 FORMATION.
The General Partner and the Limited Partner formed the Partnership as a
Delaware limited partnership by the filing of the Delaware Certificate, dated as
of the Original Filing Date, with the Secretary of State of Delaware pursuant to
the Act.
SECTION 2.02 NAME.
The name of the Partnership is "Riverwalk Logistics, L.P." and all
Partnership business must be conducted in that name or such other names that
comply with Applicable Law as the General Partner may select.
SECTION 2.03 REGISTERED OFFICE; REGISTERED AGENT; PRINCIPAL OFFICE.
The name of the Partnership's registered agent for service of process is
The Corporation Trust Company, and the address of the Partnership's registered
office in the State of Delaware is 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000. The principal place of business of the Partnership shall be located at
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx 0000 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000. The General Partner may
change the Partnership's registered agent or the location of the Partnership's
registered office or principal place of business as the General Partner may from
time to time determine.
SECTION 2.04 PURPOSES.
(a) The Partnership may carry on any lawful business or activity permitted
by the Act. The Partnership shall be authorized to engage in any and all other
activities, whether or not related to the foregoing, which in the judgment of
the General Partner may be beneficial or desirable.
(b) Subject to the limitations expressly set forth in this Agreement, the
Partnership shall have the power and authority to do any and all acts and things
deemed necessary or desirable by the General Partner to further the
Partnership's purposes and carry on its business, including, without limitation,
the following:
(i) acting as the general partner of Shamrock Logistics, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the "MLP") and Shamrock Logistics Operations,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "OLP");
(ii) entering into any kind of activity and performing contracts of
any kind necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of its business
(including the business of the MLP and the OLP);
(iii) acquiring any property, real or personal, in fee or under lease
or license, or any rights therein or appurtenant thereto, necessary or
desirable for the accomplishment of its business;
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(iv) borrowing money and issuing evidences of indebtedness and
securing any such indebtedness by mortgage or pledge of, or other lien on,
the assets of the Partnership;
(v) entering into any such instruments and agreements as the General
Partner may deem necessary or desirable for the ownership, management,
operation, leasing and sale of the Partnership's property; and
(vi) negotiating and concluding agreements for the sale, exchange or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties of the
Partnership, or for the refinancing of any loan or payment obtained by the
Partnership.
The Partners hereby specifically consent to and approve the execution and
delivery by the Proper Officers on behalf of the Partnership of all loan
agreements, notes, security agreements or other documents or instruments, if
any, as required by any lender providing funds to the Partnership and ancillary
documents contemplated thereby.
SECTION 2.05 FOREIGN QUALIFICATION.
Prior to the Partnership's conducting business in any jurisdiction other
than Delaware, the Proper Officers shall cause the Partnership to comply, to the
extent procedures are available and those matters are reasonably within the
control of such officers, with all requirements necessary to qualify the
Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in that jurisdiction. At the
request of the Proper Officers, the Partners shall execute, acknowledge, swear
to, and deliver all certificates and other instruments conforming with this
Agreement that are necessary or appropriate to qualify, continue, and terminate
the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in all such jurisdictions in
which the Partnership may conduct business.
SECTION 2.06 POWER OF ATTORNEY.
(a) Each Partner and each Assignee hereby constitutes and appoints the
General Partner and, if a Liquidator shall have been selected pursuant to
Section 12.03, the Liquidator (and any successor to the Liquidator by merger,
transfer, assignment, election or otherwise) and each of their authorized
officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power
and authority in his name, place and xxxxx, to:
(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the
appropriate public offices (A) all certificates, documents and other
instruments (including this Agreement and the Delaware Certificate and all
amendments or restatements hereof or thereof) that the General Partner or
the Liquidator deems necessary or appropriate to form, qualify or continue
the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership
(or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in
the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the
Partnership may conduct business or own property; (B) all certificates,
documents and other instruments that the General Partner or the Liquidator
deems necessary or appropriate to reflect, in accordance with its terms,
any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement; (C)
all certificates, documents and other instruments (including conveyances
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and a certificate of cancellation) that the General Partner or the
Liquidator deems necessary or appropriate to reflect the dissolution and
liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (D)
all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the
admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to,
or other events described in, Article IV, X, XI or XII; (E) all
certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination
of the rights, preferences and privileges of any class or series of
Partnership Interests issued pursuant hereto; and (F) all certificates,
documents and other instruments (including agreements and a certificate of
merger) relating to a merger or consolidation of the Partnership pursuant
to Article XIV; and
(ii) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record all
ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates, documents and other
instruments necessary or appropriate, in the discretion of the General
Partner or the Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any
vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by
the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or
is necessary or appropriate, in the discretion of the General Partner or
the Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement;
PROVIDED, that when required by any provision of this Agreement that
establishes a percentage of the Limited Partners or of the Limited Partners
of any class or series required to take any action, the General Partner and
the Liquidator may exercise the power of attorney made in this Section
2.06(a)(ii) only after the necessary vote, consent or approval of the
Limited Partners or of the Limited Partners of such class or series, as
applicable.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.06(a) shall be construed as authorizing
the General Partner to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article
XIII or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable
and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and, to the maximum
extent permitted by law, not be affected by the subsequent death, incompetency,
disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy or termination of any Limited
Partner or Assignee and the transfer of all or any portion of such Limited
Partner's or Assignee's Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Limited
Partner's or Assignee's successors and assigns. Each such Limited Partner or
Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General
Partner or the Liquidator acting in good faith pursuant to such power of
attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee, to the maximum extent
permitted by law, hereby waives any and all defenses that may be available to
contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or the Liquidator
taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner or
Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator,
within 15 days after receipt of the request therefor, such further designation,
powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the
Liquidator deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the
Partnership.
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SECTION 2.07 TERM.
The period of existence of the Partnership (the "Term") commenced on the
Original Filing Date and shall end at such time as a certificate of cancellation
is filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware in accordance with Section
12.05.
ARTICLE III.
RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
SECTION 3.01 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
The Limited Partners and the Assignees shall have no liability under this
Agreement except as expressly provided in this Agreement or in the Act.
SECTION 3.02 MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS.
No Limited Partner or Assignee, in its capacity as such, shall participate
in the operation, management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the
Partnership's business, transact any business in the Partnership's name or have
the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. Any action
taken by any Affiliate of the General Partner or any officer, director,
employee, member, general partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner or
any of its Affiliates, in its capacity as such, shall not be deemed to be
participation in control of the business of the Partnership by a limited partner
of the Partnership (within the meaning of Section 17-303(a) of the Act) and
shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the
Limited Partners or Assignees under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.03 OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and the Omnibus Agreement, which
shall continue to be applicable to the Persons referred to therein, regardless
of whether such Persons shall also be Limited Partners or Assignees, any Limited
Partner or Assignee shall be entitled to and may have business interests and
engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership,
including business interests and activities in direct competition with the
Partnership Group. Neither the Partnership nor any of the other Persons or
Assignees shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business
ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee.
SECTION 3.04 RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS.
(a) In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by applicable
law, and except as limited by Section 3.04(b), each Limited Partner shall have
the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner's interest
as a limited partner in the Partnership, upon reasonable written demand and at
such Limited Partner's own expense:
(i) to obtain true and full information regarding the status of the
business and financial condition of the Partnership;
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(ii) promptly becoming available, to obtain a copy of the
Partnership's federal, state and local income tax returns for each year.
(iii) to have furnished to him a current list of the name and last
known business, residence or mailing address of each Partner;
(iv) to have furnished to him a copy of this Agreement and the
Delaware Certificate and all amendments thereto, together with a copy of
the executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this
Agreement, the Delaware Certificate and all amendments thereto have been
executed;
(v) to obtain true and full information regarding the amount of cash
and a description and statement of the gross asset value of any other
Capital Contribution by each Partner and which each Partner has agreed to
contribute in the future, and the date on which each became a Partner; and
(vi) to obtain such other information regarding the affairs of the
Partnership as is just and reasonable.
(b) The General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners and
Assignees, for such period of time as the General Partner deems reasonable, (i)
any information that the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature
of trade secrets or (ii) other information the disclosure of which the General
Partner in good faith believes (A) is not in the best interests of the MLP or
the Partnership Group, (B) could damage the MLP or the Partnership Group or (C)
that any Group Member is required by law or by agreement with any third party to
keep confidential (other than agreements with Affiliates of the Partnership the
primary purpose of which is to circumvent the obligations set forth in this
Section 3.04).
ARTICLE IV.
TRANSFERS OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
SECTION 4.01 TRANSFER GENERALLY.
(a) The term "transfer," when used in this Agreement with respect to a
Partnership Interest, shall be deemed to refer to a transaction by which the
General Partner assigns its General Partner Interest to another Person who
becomes the General Partner (or an Assignee) or by which the holder of a Limited
Partner Interest assigns such Limited Partner Interest to another Person who
becomes a Limited Partner (or an Assignee), and includes a sale, assignment,
gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other
disposition by law or otherwise.
(b) No Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part,
except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article IV.
Any transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in
accordance with this Article IV shall be null and void.
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SECTION 4.02 TRANSFER OF GENERAL PARTNER'S PARTNERSHIP INTEREST.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 5.02 and subject to Section 4.02(c)
below, prior to March 31, 2011, the General Partner shall not transfer all or
any part of its General Partner Interest to a Person unless such transfer (i)
has been approved by the prior written consent or vote of the holders of at
least a majority of the Outstanding Common Units (excluding Common Units held by
the General Partner and its Affiliates) or (ii) is of all, but not less than
all, of its General Partner Interest to (A) an Affiliate of the General Partner
(other than an individual) or (B) another Person (other than an individual) in
connection with the merger or consolidation of the General Partner with or into
such other Person (other than in individual) or the transfer by the General
Partner of all or substantially all of its assets to such other Person (other
than an individual), the General Partner may not transfer all or any part of its
Partnership Interest as a General Partner.
(b) Subject to Section 4.02(c) below, on or after March 31, 2011, the
General Partner may transfer all or any of its General Partner Interest without
Unitholder approval.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no transfer by the
General Partner of all or any part of its General Partner Interest to another
Person shall be permitted unless (i) the transferee agrees to assume the rights
and duties of the General Partner under this Agreement and to be bound by the
provisions of this Agreement, (ii) the Partnership receives an Opinion of
Counsel that such transfer would not result in the loss of limited liability of
any Limited Partner, of any limited partner of the MLP or of any limited partner
of the Operating Partnership or cause the Partnership, the MLP or the Operating
Partnership to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or
otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the
extent not already so treated or taxed) and (iii) such transferee also agrees to
purchase all (or the appropriate portion thereof, if applicable) of the
partnership interest of the General Partner. In the case of a transfer pursuant
to and in compliance with this Section 4.02, the transferee or successor (as the
case may be) shall, subject to compliance with the terms of Section 10.04, be
admitted to the Partnership as a General Partner immediately prior to the
transfer of the Partnership Interest, and the business of the Partnership shall
continue without dissolution.
SECTION 4.03 TRANSFER OF A LIMITED PARTNER'S PARTNERSHIP INTEREST.
A Limited Partner may transfer all, but not less than all, of its
Partnership Interest as a Limited Partner in connection with the merger,
consolidation or other combination of such Limited Partner with or into any
other Person or the transfer by such Limited Partner of all or substantially all
of its assets to another Person, and following any such transfer such Person may
become a Substituted Limited Partner pursuant to Article X. Except as set forth
in the immediately preceding sentence and in Section 5.02, or in connection with
any pledge of (or any related foreclosure on) a Partnership Interest as Limited
Partner solely for the purpose of securing, directly or indirectly, indebtedness
of the Partnership, the MLP or the OLP, and except for the transfers
contemplated by Sections 5.02 and 10.02, a Limited Partner may not transfer all
or any part of its Partnership Interest or withdraw from the Partnership.
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SECTION 4.04 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS.
(a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article IV, no transfer of
any Partnership Interest shall be made if such transfer would (i) violate the
then applicable federal or state securities laws or rules and regulations of the
Commission, any state securities commission or any other governmental authority
with jurisdiction over such transfer, (ii) terminate the existence or
qualification of the Partnership, the MLP or the OLP under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its formation or (iii) cause the Partnership, the MLP or the OLP
to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be
taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already so
treated or taxed).
(b) The General Partner may impose restrictions on the transfer of the
Partnership Interests if a subsequent Opinion of Counsel determines that such
restrictions are necessary to avoid a significant risk of the Partnership, the
MLP or the OLP becoming taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an
entity for federal income tax purposes. The restrictions may be imposed by
making such amendment to this Agreement as the General Partner may determine to
be necessary or appropriate to impose such restrictions.
ARTICLE V.
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 5.01 INITIAL CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
In connection with the formation of the Partnership under the Act, Shamrock
GP made an initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of
$999, for an interest in the Partnership and was admitted as the General Partner
of the partnership and UDS Logistics made an initial Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in the amount of $1 for an interest in the Partnership and has been
admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership.
SECTION 5.02 CONTRIBUTIONS PURSUANT TO THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT.
On the Effective Date and pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, (a)
Shamrock GP will transfer as a capital contribution such limited partner
interests in the OLP to the Partnership as are necessary so that Shamrock GP
will have a 0.1% interest in the Partnership and (b) UDS Logistics will transfer
as a capital contribution such limited partner interests in the OLP to the
Partnership as are necessary so that UDS Logistics will have a 99.9% interest in
the Partnership.
SECTION 5.03 ADDITIONAL CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
With the consent of the General Partner, any Limited Partner may, but shall
not be obligated to, make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership.
Contemporaneously with the making of any Capital Contributions by a Limited
Partner, in addition to those provided in Sections 5.01, the General Partner
shall be obligated to make an additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership
in an amount equal to 0.1% divided by .999 times the amount of additional
Capital Contribution then made by such Limited Partner. Except as set forth in
the immediately
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preceding sentence and in Article XII, the General Partner shall not be
obligated to make any additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership.
SECTION 5.04 INTEREST AND WITHDRAWAL.
No interest shall be paid by the Partnership on Capital Contributions. No
Partner or Assignee shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital
Contribution, except to the extent, if any, that distributions made pursuant to
this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership may be considered as such
by law and then only to the extent provided for in this Agreement. Except to the
extent expressly provided in this Agreement, no Partner or Assignee shall have
priority over any other Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital
Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions. Any such return shall
be a compromise to which all Partners and Assignees agree within the meaning of
Section 17-502(b) of the Act.
SECTION 5.05 LOANS.
Loans by a Partner to the Partnership shall not constitute Capital
Contributions. If any Partner shall advance funds to the Partnership in excess
of the amounts required hereunder to be contributed by it to the capital of the
Partnership, the making of such excess advances shall not result in any increase
in the amount of the Capital Account of such Partner. The amount of any such
excess advances shall be a debt obligation of the Partnership to such Partner
and shall be payable or collectible only out of the Partnership assets in
accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such advances are made.
SECTION 5.06 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Except as expressly provided herein, no Partner is entitled to the return
of any part of its Capital Contributions or to be paid interest in respect of
either its Capital Account or its Capital Contributions. An unrepaid Capital
Contribution is not a liability of the Partnership or of any Partner. A Partner
is not required to contribute or to lend any cash or property to the Partnership
to enable the Partnership to return any Partner's Capital Contributions.
SECTION 5.07 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.
(a) The Partnership shall maintain for each Partner a separate Capital
Account in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.07, which shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with the requirements of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). Such Capital Account shall be increased by
(i) the amount of all Capital Contributions made to the Partnership with respect
to such Partnership Interest pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) all items of
Partnership income and gain (including, without limitation, income and gain
exempt from tax) computed in accordance with Section 5.07(b) and allocated with
respect to such Partnership Interest pursuant to Section 6.01, and decreased by
(x) the amount of cash or Net Agreed Value of all actual and deemed
distributions of cash or property made with respect to such Partnership Interest
pursuant to this Agreement and (y) all items of Partnership deduction and loss
computed in accordance with Section 5.07(b) and allocated with respect to such
Partnership Interest pursuant to Section 6.01.
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(b) For purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain, loss,
or deduction to be reflected in the Partners' Capital Accounts, the
determination, recognition, and classification of any such item shall be the
same as its determination, recognition, or classification for federal income tax
purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery, or amortization
used for that purpose); PROVIDED that:
(i) Any fees or expenses incurred by the Partnership to promote the
sale of or to sell a Partnership Interest that can neither be deducted nor
amortized under Section 709 of the Code shall, for purposes of Capital
Account maintenance, be treated as an item of deduction at the time such
fees or expenses are incurred.
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), the computation of all items of income, gain, loss,
and deduction shall be made without regard to any election by the
Partnership under Section 754 of the Code and, as to those items described
in Section 705(a)(1)(B) or 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code, without regard to the
fact that such items are not includable in gross income or are neither
currently deductible nor capitalized for federal income tax purposes. To
the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership
asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is, pursuant to
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), required to be taken into
account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to
the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of income (if the
adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment
decreases the basis of the asset).
(iii) Any income, gain, or loss attributable to the disposition of any
Partnership property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such
property as of the date of such disposition were equal to the Partnership's
Carrying Value of such property as of such date.
(iv) In accordance with the requirements of Section 704(b) of the
Code, any deductions for depreciation, cost recovery, or amortization
attributable to any Contributed Property shall be determined as if the
adjusted basis of such property on the date it was acquired by the
Partnership were equal to the Agreed Value of such property. Upon an
adjustment pursuant to Section 5.07(d) or 5.07(e) to the Carrying Value of
any Partnership property subject to depreciation, cost recovery, or
amortization, any further deductions for such depreciation, cost recovery,
or amortization attributable to such property shall be determined (i) as if
the adjusted basis of such property were equal to the Carrying Value of
such property immediately following such adjustment, and (ii) using a rate
of depreciation, cost recovery, or amortization derived from the same
method and useful life (or, if applicable, the remaining useful life) as is
applied for federal income tax purposes; PROVIDED that if the asset has a
zero adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, depreciation, cost
recovery, or amortization deductions shall be determined using any
reasonable method adopted by the General Partner.
(v) If the Partnership's adjusted basis in a depreciable or cost
recovery property is reduced for federal income tax purposes pursuant to
Section 48(q)(1) or 48(q)(3) of the Code, the amount of such reduction
shall, solely for purposes hereof, be
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deemed to be an additional depreciation or cost recovery deduction in the
year such property is placed in service. Any restoration of such basis
pursuant to Section 48(q)(2) of the Code shall be treated as an item of
income.
(c) A transferee of a Partnership Interest shall succeed to a pro rata
portion of the Capital Account of the transferor relating to the Partnership
Interest so transferred.
(d) Consistent with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), on an issuance of additional Partnership Interests for
cash or Contributed Property, the Carrying Value of each Partnership property
immediately prior to such issuance shall be adjusted upward or downward to
reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such property.
Any such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss so reflected in the Carrying Value
of such property shall be treated as an item of income, gain, loss, or deduction
recognized by the Partnership on the date of the adjustment to the Carrying
Value of the property.
(e) Consistent with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), immediately prior to any distribution to a Partner of any
Partnership property (other than a distribution of cash that is not in
redemption or retirement of a Partnership Interest), the Carrying Value of each
Partnership property shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any
Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such property. Any such
Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss so reflected in the Carrying Value of such
property shall be treated as an item of income, gain, loss, or deduction
recognized by the Partnership on the date of the adjustment to the Carrying
Value of the property.
ARTICLE VI.
ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 6.01 ALLOCATIONS FOR CAPITAL ACCOUNT PURPOSES.
For purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts and in determining the
rights of the Partners among themselves, the Partnership's items of income,
gain, loss and deduction (computed in accordance with Section 5.07(b)) shall be
allocated among the Partners in each taxable year (or portion thereof) as
provided herein below.
(a) After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section
6.01(c), Net Income for each taxable year and all items of income, gain, loss
and deduction taken into account in computing Net Income for such taxable year
shall be allocated among the Partners as follows:
(i) First, 100% to the General Partner until the aggregate Net Income
allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 6.01(a)(i) for
the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the
aggregate Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section
6.01(b)(ii) for all previous taxable years;
(ii) Second, to the Partners, in proportion to their respective
Sharing Ratios.
(b) After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section
6.01(c), Net Losses for each taxable period and all items of income, gain, loss
and deduction taken into
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account in computing Net Losses for such taxable period shall be allocated among
the Partners as follows:
(i) First, to the Partners in proportion to their respective Sharing
Ratio; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Net Losses shall not be allocated to a
Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 6.01(b)(i) to the extent that such
allocation would cause a Limited Partner to have a deficit balance in its
Adjusted Capital Account at the end of such taxable year (or increase any
existing deficit balance in such Limited Partner's Adjusted Capital
Account);
(ii) Second, the balance, if any, 100% to the General Partner.
(c) SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 6.01, the following special allocations shall be made for such taxable
period:
(i) PARTNERSHIP MINIMUM GAIN CHARGEBACK. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 6.01, if there is a net decrease in Partnership
Minimum Gain during any Partnership taxable period, each Partner shall be
allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such period (and, if
necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in
Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(f)(6), 1.704-2(g)(2) and
1.704-2(j)(2)(i), or any successor provision. For purposes of this Section
6.01(c), each Partner's Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be
determined, and the allocation of income or gain required hereunder shall
be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to
this Section 6.01(c) with respect to such taxable period (other than an
allocation pursuant to Sections 6.01(c)(v) and 6.01(c)(vi)). This Section
6.01(c)(i) is intended to comply with the Partnership Minimum Gain
chargeback requirement in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f) and shall
be interpreted consistently therewith.
(ii) CHARGEBACK OF PARTNER NONRECOURSE DEBT MINIMUM GAIN.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6.01 (other than
Section 6.01(c)(i)), except as provided in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain during any Partnership taxable period, any Partner with a
share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such
taxable period shall be allocated items of Partnership income and gain for
such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and
amounts provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and
1.704-2(j)(2)(ii), or any successor provisions. For purposes of this
Section 6.01(c), each Partner's Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be
determined, and the allocation of income or gain required hereunder shall
be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to
this Section 6.01(c), other than Section 6.01(c)(i) and other than an
allocation pursuant to Sections 6.01(c)(v) and 6.01(c)(vi), with respect to
such taxable period. This Section 6.01(c)(ii) is intended to comply with
the chargeback of items of income and gain requirement in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
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(iii) QUALIFIED INCOME OFFSET. In the event any Partner unexpectedly
receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in
Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), items of Partnership
income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount
and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury
Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the deficit
balance, if any, in its Adjusted Capital Account created by such
adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible unless
such deficit balance is otherwise eliminated pursuant to Section 6.01(c)(i)
or (ii).
(iv) GROSS INCOME ALLOCATIONS. In the event any Partner has a deficit
balance in its Capital Account at the end of any Partnership taxable period
in excess of the sum of (A) the amount such Partner is required to restore
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (B) the amount such
Partner is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulation
Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Partner shall be specially
allocated items of Partnership gross income and gain in the amount of such
excess as quickly as possible; PROVIDED, that an allocation pursuant to
this Section 6.01(c)(iv) shall be made only if and to the extent that such
Partner would have a deficit balance in its Capital Account as adjusted
after all other allocations provided for in this Section 6.01 have been
tentatively made as if this Section 6.01(c)(iv) were not in this Agreement.
(v) NONRECOURSE DEDUCTIONS. Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable
period shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests. If the General Partner determines in its
good faith discretion that the Partnership's Nonrecourse Deductions must be
allocated in a different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of
the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the
General Partner is authorized, upon notice to the other Partners, to revise
the prescribed ratio to the numerically closest ratio that does satisfy
such requirements.
(vi) PARTNER NONRECOURSE DEDUCTIONS. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
for any taxable period shall be allocated 100% to the Partner that bears
the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to
which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance
with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i). If more than one Partner bears
the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt, such
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions attributable thereto shall be allocated
between or among such Partners in accordance with the ratios in which they
share such Economic Risk of Loss.
(vii) CODE SECTION 754 ADJUSTMENTS. To the extent an adjustment to the
adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or
743(c) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be
treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the
asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such item of
gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Partners in a manner
consistent with the manner in
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which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such
Section of the Treasury Regulations.
(viii) CURATIVE ALLOCATION. If any items of income and gain (including
gross income) or loss and deduction are allocated to a Partner pursuant to
this Section 6.01(c), then, prior to any allocation pursuant to Section
6.01, items of income and gain (including gross income) and items of loss
and deduction for subsequent periods shall be allocated to the Partners in
a manner designed to result in each Partner's Capital Account having a
balance equal to the balance it would have had if such allocation of income
and gain (including gross income) and item of loss and deduction had not
occurred pursuant to this Section 6.01(c)(viii). For purposes of applying
the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01(c): (A) allocations hereunder
shall be made only to the extent that the Tax Matters Partner reasonably
determines that such allocations are consistent with the economic agreement
of the Partners; and (B) allocations hereunder with respect to allocations
under Section 6.01(c)(i) and (c)(ii) shall not be made prior to a year in
which there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain or Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain and then only to the extent that the Tax
Matters Partner reasonably determines that such allocations are necessary
to avoid a potential distortion in the economic agreement of the Partners.
SECTION 6.02 ALLOCATIONS FOR TAX PURPOSES.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, for federal income tax purposes
each item of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the
Partners in the same manner as its correlative item of "book" income, gain, loss
and deduction is allocated pursuant to Section 6.01.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions contained herein to the contrary, solely
for federal income tax purposes, items of income, gain, depreciation, gain or
loss with respect to property contributed or deemed contributed to the
Partnership by a Partner shall be allocated so as to take into account the
variation between the Partner's tax basis in such contributed property and its
Carrying Value. Such allocation shall be made in accordance with the provisions
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d).
(c) For purposes of determining the income, gain, loss, deduction or any
other items allocable to any period, income, gain, loss, deduction, and any such
other items shall be determined on a daily, monthly, or other basis, as
determined by the General Partner using any permissible method under Code
Section 706 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
SECTION 6.03 DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.04, the Partnership may make
distributions of cash or property at such time and in such amount as the General
Partner shall determine to the Partners in accordance with their Sharing Ratios.
(b) Such distributions shall be made concurrently to the Partners (or their
Assignees) as reflected on the books of the Partnership on the date set for
purposes of such distribution.
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ARTICLE VII.
MANAGEMENT
SECTION 7.01 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all powers to
control and manage the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be fully
vested exclusively in the General Partner; the Limited Partner shall not have
any power to control or manage the business and affairs of the Partnership. The
General Partner shall manage the business and affairs of the Partnership on
behalf of the Partnership in accordance and subject to the provisions of Article
VII of each of the OLP Agreement and the MLP Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII.
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
SECTION 8.01 RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING.
The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office
of the Partnership appropriate books and records with respect to the
Partnership's business, including gall books and records necessary to provide to
the Limited Partners any information required to be provided pursuant to Section
3.04(a). Any books and records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in
the regular course of its business, including books of account and records of
Partnership proceedings, may be kept on, or be in the form of, computer disks,
hard drives, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other
information storage device; PROVIDED, that the books and records so maintained
are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of
time. The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial reporting
purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
SECTION 8.02 FISCAL YEAR.
The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be a fiscal year ending December
31.
ARTICLE IX.
TAXES
SECTION 9.01 TAX RETURNS.
The Partnership shall timely file all returns of the Partnership that are
required for federal, state and local income tax purposes on the basis of the
accrual method and a taxable year ending on December 31. The tax information
reasonably required by the Partners for federal and state income tax reporting
purposes with respect to a taxable year shall be furnished to them within 90
days of the close of the calendar year in which the Partnership's taxable year
ends. The
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classification, realization and recognition of income, gain, losses and
deductions and other items shall be on the accrual method of accounting for
federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 9.02 TAX ELECTIONS.
(a) The Partnership shall make the election under Section 754 of the Code
in accordance with applicable regulations thereunder, subject to the reservation
of the right to seek to revoke any such election upon the General Partner's
determination that such revocation is in the best interests of the Limited
Partners.
(b) The Partnership shall elect to deduct expenses incurred in organizing
the Partnership ratably over a sixty-month period as provided in Section 709 of
the Code.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall
determine whether the Partnership should make any other elections permitted by
the Code.
SECTION 9.03 TAX MATTERS PARTNER.
Subject to the provisions hereof, the General Partner is designated as the
Tax Matters Partner (as defined in the Code) and is authorized and required to
represent the Partnership (at the Partnership's expense) in connection with all
examinations of the Partnership's affairs by tax authorities, including
resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Partnership
funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. Each Partner
agrees to cooperate with the General Partner and to do or refrain from doing any
or all things reasonably required by the General Partner to conduct such
proceedings.
SECTION 9.04 WITHHOLDING.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner
is authorized to take any action that it determines in its discretion to be
necessary or appropriate to cause the Partnership to comply with any withholding
requirements established under the Code or any other federal, state or local law
including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of
the Code. To the extent that the Partnership is required or elects to withhold
and pay over to any taxing authority any amount resulting from the allocation or
distribution of income to any Partner or Assignee (including, without
limitation, by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), the amount withheld may at
the discretion of the General Partner be treated by the Partnership as a
distribution of cash pursuant to Section 6.03 in the amount of such withholding
from such Partner.
ARTICLE X.
ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
SECTION 10.01 ADMISSION OF GENERAL PARTNER.
Upon the consummation of the transfers and conveyances described in Section
5.02, the General Partner shall be admitted as a General Partner, and the
General Partner shall be the only general partner of the Partnership and UDS
Logistics shall be the sole limited partner of the Partnership.
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SECTION 10.02 ADMISSION OF SUBSTITUTED LIMITED PARTNER.
By transfer of a Limited Partner Interest in accordance with Article IV,
the transferor shall be deemed to have given the transferee the right to seek
admission as a Substituted Limited Partner subject to the conditions of, and in
the manner permitted under, this Agreement. A transferor of a Limited Partner
Interest shall, however, only have the authority to convey to a purchaser or
other transferee (a) the right to negotiate such Limited Partner Interest to a
purchaser or other transferee and (b) the right to request admission as a
Substituted Limited Partner to such purchaser or other transferee in respect of
the transferred Limited Partner Interests. Each transferee of a Limited Partner
Interest shall be an Assignee and be deemed to have applied to become a
Substituted Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interests so
transferred to such Person. Such Assignee shall become a Substituted Limited
Partner (x) at such time as the General Partner consents thereto, which consent
may be given or withheld in the General Partner's discretion, and (y) when any
such admission is shown on the books and records of the Partnership. If such
consent is withheld, such transferee shall remain an Assignee. An Assignee shall
have an interest in the Partnership equivalent to that of a Limited Partner with
respect to allocations and distributions, including liquidating distributions,
of the Partnership. With respect to voting rights attributable to Limited
Partner Interests that are held by Assignees, the General Partner shall be
deemed to be the Limited Partner with respect thereto and shall, in exercising
the voting rights in respect of such Limited Partner Interests on any matter,
vote such Limited Partner Interests at the written direction of the Assignee. If
no such written direction is received, such Partnership Interests will not be
voted. An Assignee shall have no other rights of a Limited Partner.
SECTION 10.03 ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS.
(a) A Person (other than the General Partner, UDS Logistics or a
Substituted Limited Partner) who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership
in accordance with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an
Additional Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the General Partner (i)
evidence of acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner of all of the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the power of attorney granted
in Section 2.06, and (ii) such other documents or instruments as may be required
in the discretion of the General Partner to effect such Person's admission as an
Additional Limited Partner.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.03, no
Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the consent of
the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in the General
Partner's discretion. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited
Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is
recorded as such in the books and records of the Partnership, following the
consent of the General Partner to such admission.
SECTION 10.04 ADMISSION OF SUCCESSOR OR TRANSFEREE GENERAL PARTNER.
A successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section 11.01 or 11.02 or
the transferee of or successor to all of the General Partner Interest pursuant
to Section 4.02 who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner
shall, subject to compliance with the terms of Section 11.03, if applicable, be
admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner
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effective immediately prior to the withdrawal or removal of the predecessor or
transferring General Partner pursuant to Section 11.01 or 11.02 or the transfer
of the General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.02, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no such successor shall be admitted to the Partnership until compliance
with the terms of Section 4.02 has occurred and such successor has executed and
delivered such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect such
admission. Any such successor shall, subject to the terms hereof, carry on the
business of the members of the Partnership Group without dissolution.
SECTION 10.05 AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT AND DELAWARE CERTIFICATE.
To effect the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General
Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to amend
the records of the Partnership to reflect such admission and, if necessary, to
prepare as soon as practicable an amendment to this Agreement and, if required
by law, the General Partner shall prepare and file an amendment to the Delaware
Certificate, and the General Partner may for this purpose, among others,
exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.06.
ARTICLE XI.
WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS
SECTION 11.01 WITHDRAWAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER.
(a) The General Partner shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the
Partnership upon the occurrence of any one of the following events (each such
event herein referred to as an "Event of Withdrawal"):
(i) the General Partner voluntarily withdraws from the Partnership by
giving written notice to the other Partners;
(ii) the General Partner transfers all of its rights as General
Partner pursuant to Section 4.02;
(iii) the General Partner is removed pursuant to Section 11.02;
(iv) The General Partner (A) makes a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors; (B) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition for relief
under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code; (C) files a petition
or answer seeking for itself a liquidation, dissolution or similar relief
(but not a reorganization) under any law; (D) files an answer or other
pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a
petition filed against the General Partner in a proceeding of the type
described in clauses (A)-(C) of this Section 11.01(a)(iv); or (E) seeks,
consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee (but not a debtor
in possession), receiver or liquidator of the General Partner or of all or
any substantial part of its properties;
(v) A final and non-appealable order of relief under Chapter 7 of the
United States Bankruptcy Code is entered by a court with appropriate
jurisdiction pursuant to a voluntary or involuntary petition by or against
the General Partner; or
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(vi) (A) if the General Partner is a corporation, a certificate of
dissolution or its equivalent is filed for the General Partner, or 90 days
expire after the date of notice to the General Partner of revocation of its
charter without a reinstatement of its charter, under the laws of its state
of incorporation; (B) if the General Partner is a partnership or limited
liability company, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the
General Partner; (C) if the General Partner is acting in such capacity by
virtue of being a trustee of a trust, the termination of the trust; (D) if
the General Partner is a natural person, his death or adjudication of
incompetency; and (E) otherwise in the event of the termination of the
General Partner.
If an Event of Withdrawal specified in Section 11.01(a)(iv)(with respect to
withdrawal), (v) or (vi) (A), (B), (C) or (E) occurs, the withdrawing General
Partner shall give notice to the Limited Partners within 30 days after such
occurrence. The Partners hereby agree that only the Events of Withdrawal
described in this Section 11.01 shall result in the withdrawal of the General
Partner from the Partnership.
(b) Withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership upon the
occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement under the following circumstances: (i) at any time during the period
beginning on the Effective Date and ending at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Standard
Time, on March 31, 2011, the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at
least 90 days' advance notice of its intention to withdraw to the Limited
Partners; PROVIDED, that prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, the
withdrawal is approved by at least a majority of the Outstanding Common Units
(excluding Common Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates) and the
General Partner delivers to the Partnership an Opinion of Counsel ("Withdrawal
Opinion of Counsel") that such withdrawal (following the selection of the
successor General Partner) would not result in the loss of the limited liability
of any Limited Partner, of the limited partners of the MLP or cause the
Partnership, the MLP or the OLP to be treated as an association taxable as a
corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax
purposes (to the extent not previously treated as such); (ii) at any time after
12:00 midnight, Eastern Standard Time, on March 31, 2011, the General Partner
voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days' advance notice to the Limited
Partners, such withdrawal to take effect on the date specified in such notice;
(iii) at any time that the General Partner ceases to be the General Partner
pursuant to Section 11.01(a)(ii) or (iii). If the General Partner gives a notice
of withdrawal pursuant to Section 11.01(a)(i) hereof, the Limited Partners may,
prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, elect a successor General
Partner.. If, prior to the effective date of the General Partner's withdrawal, a
successor is not selected by the Limited Partners as provided herein or the
Partnership does not receive a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel, the Partnership
shall be dissolved in accordance with Section 12.01. Any successor General
Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.01 shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 10.04.
SECTION 11.02 INTEREST OF DEPARTING PARTNER.
(a) The Partnership Interest of the Departing Partner departing as a result
of withdrawal or removal pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be purchased by the
successor to the Departing Partner for cash in the manner specified in the MLP
Agreement. Such purchase shall be a condition to the admission to the
Partnership of the successor as the General Partner. Any
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successor General Partner shall indemnify the Departing Partner as to all debts
and liabilities of the Partnership arising on or after the effective date of the
withdrawal or removal of the Departing Partner.
(b) The Departing Partner shall be entitled to receive all reimbursements
due such Departing Partner pursuant to the Services Agreement.
SECTION 11.03 WITHDRAWAL OF A LIMITED PARTNER.
Without the prior written consent of the General Partner, which may be
granted or withheld in its sole discretion, and except as provided in Section
10.01, no Limited Partner shall have the right to withdraw from the Partnership.
ARTICLE XII.
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
SECTION 12.01 DISSOLUTION.
The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted
Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a
successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon
the removal or withdrawal of the General Partner, if a successor General Partner
is elected pursuant to Section 11.01, the Partnership shall not be dissolved and
such successor General Partner shall continue the business of the Partnership.
The Partnership shall dissolve, and (subject to Section 12.02) its affairs shall
be wound up, upon:
(a) the expiration of its term as provided in Section 2.07;
(b) an Event of Withdrawal of the General Partner as provided in
Section 11.01(a) (other than Section 11.01(a)(ii)), unless a successor is
elected and an Opinion of Counsel is received as provided in Section
11.01(b) or 11.02 and such successor is admitted to the Partnership
pursuant to Section 10.04;
(c) an election to dissolve the Partnership by the General Partner
that is approved by all of the Limited Partners;
(d) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership
pursuant to the provisions of the Act; or
(e) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets and properties
of the Partnership Group.
SECTION 12.02 CONTINUATION OF THE BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AFTER
DISSOLUTION.
Upon dissolution of the Partnership following an Event of Withdrawal
caused by the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner as provided in
Section 11.01(a)(i) or (iii) and the
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failure of the Partners to select a successor to such Departing Partner pursuant
to Section 11.01, then within 90 days thereafter, then, to the maximum extent
permitted by law, within 180 days thereafter, all of the Limited Partners may
elect to reconstitute the Partnership and continue its business on the same
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement by forming a new limited
partnership on terms identical to those set forth in this Agreement and having
as a general partner a Person approved by a majority in interest of the Limited
Partners. Upon any such election by the Limited Partners, all Partners shall be
bound thereby and shall be deemed to have approved same. Unless such an election
is made within the applicable time period as set forth above, the Partnership
shall conduct only activities necessary to wind up its affairs. If such an
election is so made, then:
(a) the reconstituted Partnership shall continue unless dissolved in
accordance with this Article XII;
(b) if the successor General Partner is not the former General
Partner, then the interest of the former General Partner shall be purchased
by the successor General Partner or converted into Common Units, in each
case as provided in the MLP Agreement; and
(c) all necessary steps shall be taken to cancel this Agreement and
the Delaware Certificate and to enter into and, as necessary, to file, a
new partnership agreement and certificate of limited partnership, and the
successor General Partner may for this purpose exercise the power of
attorney granted the General Partner pursuant to Section 2.06; PROVIDED,
that the right to approve a successor General Partner and to reconstitute
and to continue the business of the Partnership shall not exist and may not
be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of Counsel that
(x) the exercise of the right would not result in the loss of limited
liability of the Limited Partners or any limited partner of the MLP and (y)
neither the Partnership, the reconstituted limited partnership, the MLP nor
the OLP would be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or
otherwise be taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes upon the
exercise of such right to continue.
SECTION 12.03 LIQUIDATOR.
Upon dissolution of the Partnership, unless the Partnership is continued
under an election to reconstitute and continue the Partnership pursuant to
Section 12.02, the General Partner shall select one or more Persons to act as
Liquidator. The Liquidator (if other than the General Partner) shall be entitled
to receive such compensation for its services as may be approved by a majority
of the Limited Partners. The Liquidator (if other than the General Partner)
shall agree not to resign at any time without 15 days' prior notice and may be
removed at any time, with or without cause, by notice of removal approved by a
majority in interest of the Limited Partners. Upon dissolution, removal or
resignation of the Liquidator, a successor and substitute Liquidator (who shall
have and succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the original Liquidator)
shall within 30 days thereafter be approved by at least a majority in interest
of the Limited Partners. The right to approve a successor or substitute
Liquidator in the manner provided herein shall be deemed to refer also to any
such successor or substitute Liquidator approved in the manner herein provided.
Except as expressly provided in this Article XII, the Liquidator approved in the
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manner provided herein shall have and may exercise, without further
authorization or consent of any of the parties hereto, all of the powers
conferred upon the General Partner under the terms of this Agreement (but
subject to all of the applicable limitations, contractual and otherwise, upon
the exercise of such powers, other than the limitation on sale set forth in
[SECTION 7.03(b)]) to the extent necessary or desirable in the good faith
judgment of the Liquidator to carry out the duties and functions of the
Liquidator hereunder for and during such period of time as shall be reasonably
required in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator to complete the winding up
and liquidation of the Partnership as provided for herein.
SECTION 12.04 LIQUIDATION.
The Liquidator shall proceed to dispose of the assets of the Partnership,
discharge its liabilities, and otherwise wind up its affairs in such manner and
over such period as the Liquidator determines to be in the best interest of the
Partners, subject to Section 17-804 of the Act and the following:
(a) DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. The assets may be disposed of by public or
private sale or by distribution in kind to one or more Partners on such terms as
the Liquidator and such Partner or Partners may agree. If any property is
distributed in kind, the Partner receiving the property shall be deemed for
purposes of Section 12.04(c) to have received cash equal to its fair market
value; and contemporaneously therewith, appropriate cash distributions must be
made to the other Partners. The Liquidator may, in its absolute discretion,
defer liquidation or distribution of the Partnership's assets for a reasonable
time if it determines that an immediate sale or distribution of all or some of
the Partnership's assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the
Partners. The Liquidator may, in its absolute discretion, distribute the
Partnership's assets, in whole or in part, in kind if it determines that a sale
would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners.
(b) DISCHARGE OF LIABILITIES. Liabilities of the Partnership include
amounts owed to the Liquidator as compensation for serving in such capacity
(subject to the terms of Section 12.03) and amounts owed to Partners otherwise
than in respect of their distribution rights under Article VI. With respect to
any liability that is contingent, conditional or unmatured or is otherwise not
yet due and payable, the Liquidator shall either settle such claim for such
amount as it thinks appropriate or establish a reserve of cash or other assets
to provide for its payment. When paid, any unused portion of the reserve shall
be distributed as additional liquidation proceeds.
(c) LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTIONS. All property and all cash in excess of that
required to discharge liabilities as provided in Section 12.04(b) shall be
distributed to the Partners in accordance with, and to the extent of, the
positive balances in their respective Capital Accounts, as determined after
taking into account all Capital Account adjustments (other than those made by
reason of distributions pursuant to this Section 12.04(c)) for the taxable year
of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership occurs (with
such date of occurrence being determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g)), and such distribution shall be made by the end of such
taxable year (or, if later, within 90 days after said date of such occurrence).
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SECTION 12.05 CANCELLATION OF DELAWARE CERTIFICATE.
Upon the completion of the distribution of Partnership cash and property as
provided in Section 12.04 in connection with the liquidation of the Partnership,
the Partnership shall be terminated and the Delaware Certificate, and all
qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in
jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware, shall be canceled and such other
actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.
SECTION 12.06 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
No General Partner shall be personally liable for, and shall have no
obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to
enable it to effectuate, the return of the Capital Contributions of the Limited
Partners, or any portion thereof, it being expressly understood that any such
return shall be made solely from Partnership assets.
SECTION 12.07 WAIVER OF PARTITION.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Partner hereby waives any
right to partition of the Partnership property.
SECTION 12.08 CAPITAL ACCOUNT RESTORATION.
No Limited Partner shall have any obligation to restore any negative
balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation of the Partnership. Each General
Partner shall be obligated to restore any negative balance in its Capital
Account upon liquidation of its interest in the Partnership by the end of the
taxable year of the Partnership during which such liquidation occurs, or, if
later, within 90 days after the date of such liquidation.
ARTICLE XIII.
AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
SECTION 13.01 AMENDMENT TO BE ADOPTED SOLELY BY THE GENERAL PARTNER.
Each Partner agrees that the General Partner, without the approval of any
Partner or Assignee, may amend any provision of this Agreement and execute,
swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be
required in connection therewith, to reflect:
(a) a change in the name of the Partnership, the location of the
principal place of business of the Partnership, the registered agent of the
Partnership or the registered office of the Partnership;
(b) admission, substitution, withdrawal or removal of Partners in
accordance with this Agreement;
(c) a change that, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, is
necessary or advisable to qualify or continue the qualification of the
Partnership as a limited partnership or a partnership in which the Limited
Partners have limited liability under the
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laws of any state or to ensure that no Group Member will be treated as an
association taxable as a corporation or otherwise taxed as an entity for
federal income tax purposes;
(d) a change that, in the discretion of the General Partner, (i) does
not adversely affect the limited partners of the MLP (including any
particular class of MLP partnership interests as compared to other classes
of MLP partnership interests) in any material respect, (ii) is necessary or
advisable to (A) satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines
contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or regulation of any
federal or state agency or judicial authority or contained in any federal
or state statute (including the Act) or (B) facilitate the trading of
limited partner interests of the MLP (including the division of any class
or classes of outstanding limited partner interests of the MLP into
different classes to facilitate uniformity of tax consequences within such
classes of limited partner interests of the MLP) or comply with any rule,
regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on
which such limited partner interests are or will be listed for trading,
compliance with any of which the General Partner determines in its
discretion to be in the best interests of the MLP and the limited partners
of the MLP, (iii) is required to effect the intent expressed in the
Registration Statement or the intent of the provisions of this Agreement or
is otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or (iv) is required to conform
the provisions of this Agreement with the provisions of the MLP Agreement
as the provisions of the MLP Agreement may be amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time;
(e) a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership and
any changes that, in the discretion of the General Partner, are necessary
or advisable as a result of a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of
the Partnership including, if the General Partner shall so determine, a
change in the definition of "Quarter" and the dates on which distributions
are to be made by the Partnership;
(f) an amendment that is necessary, in the Opinion of Counsel, to
prevent the Partnership, or the directors, officers, trustees or agents of
the general partner of the General Partner from in any manner being
subjected to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or "plan asset"
regulations adopted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, regardless of whether such are substantially similar to
plan asset regulations currently applied or proposed by the United States
Department of Labor;
(g) any amendment expressly permitted in this Agreement to be made by
the General Partner acting alone;
(h) an amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a Merger
Agreement approved in accordance with Section 14.03;
(i) an amendment that, in the discretion of the General Partner, is
necessary or advisable to reflect, account for and deal with appropriately
the formation by the Partnership of, or investment by the Partnership in,
any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or
other entity, in connection with the conduct by the Partnership of
activities permitted by the terms of Section 2.04;
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(j) a merger or conveyance pursuant to Section 14.03(d); or
(k) any other amendments substantially similar to the foregoing.
SECTION 13.02 AMENDMENT PROCEDURES.
Except with respect to amendments of the type described in Section 13.01,
all amendments to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the following
requirements: Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed only by or with the
consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in its
sole discretion. A proposed amendment shall be effective upon its approval by
the Limited Partner.
ARTICLE XIV.
MERGER
SECTION 14.01 AUTHORITY.
The Partnership may merge or consolidate with one or more corporations,
limited liability companies, business trusts or associations, real estate
investment trusts, common law trusts or unincorporated businesses, including a
general partnership or limited partnership, formed under the laws of the State
of Delaware or any other state of the United States of America, pursuant to a
written agreement of merger or consolidation ("MERGER AGREEMENT") in accordance
with this Article XIV.
SECTION 14.02 PROCEDURE FOR MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION.
Merger or consolidation of the Partnership pursuant to this Article XIV
requires the prior approval of the General Partner. If the General Partner shall
determine, in the exercise of its discretion, to consent to the merger or
consolidation, the General Partner shall approve the Merger Agreement, which
shall set forth:
(a) The names and jurisdictions of formation or organization of each
of the business entities proposing to merge or consolidate;
(b) The name and jurisdiction of formation or organization of the
business entity that is to survive the proposed merger or consolidation
(the "SURVIVING BUSINESS ENTITY");
(c) The terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation;
(d) The manner and basis of exchanging or converting the equity
securities of each constituent business entity for, or into, cash, property
or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations
of the Surviving Business Entity; and (i) if any general or limited partner
interests, securities or rights of any constituent business entity are not
to be exchanged or converted solely for, or into, cash, property or general
or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of the
Surviving Business Entity, the cash, property or general or limited partner
interests, rights, securities or obligations of any limited partnership,
corporation, trust or other entity (other than the Surviving
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Business Entity) which the holders of such general or limited partner
interests, securities or rights are to receive in exchange for, or upon
conversion of their general or limited partner interests, securities or
rights, and (ii) in the case of securities represented by certificates,
upon the surrender of such certificates, which cash, property or general or
limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of the
Surviving Business Entity or any general or limited partnership,
corporation, trust or other entity (other than the Surviving Business
Entity), or evidences thereof, are to be delivered;
(e) A statement of any changes in the constituent documents or the
adoption of new constituent documents (the articles or certificate of
incorporation, articles of trust, declaration of trust, certificate or
agreement of limited partnership or other similar charter or governing
document) of the Surviving Business Entity to be effected by such merger or
consolidation;
(f) The effective time of the merger, which may be the date of the
filing of the certificate of merger pursuant to Section 14.04 or a later
date specified in or determinable in accordance with the Merger Agreement
(provided, that if the effective time of the merger is to be later than the
date of the filing of the certificate of merger, the effective time shall
be fixed no later than the time of the filing of the certificate of merger
and stated therein); and
(g) Such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger or
consolidation as are deemed necessary or appropriate by the General
Partner.
SECTION 14.03 APPROVAL BY LIMITED PARTNERS OF MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION.
(a) Except as provided in Section 14.03(d), the General Partner, upon its
approval of the Merger Agreement, shall direct that the Merger Agreement be
submitted to a vote of the Limited Partners, whether at a special meeting or by
written consent, in either case in accordance with the requirements of Article
XIII. A copy or a summary of the Merger Agreement shall be included in or
enclosed with the notice of a special meeting or the written consent.
(b) Except as provided in Section 14.03(d), the Merger Agreement shall be
approved upon receiving the affirmative vote or consent of the Limited Partners.
(c) Except as provided in Section 14.03(d), after such approval by vote or
consent of the Limited Partners, and at any time prior to the filing of the
certificate of merger pursuant to Section 14.04, the merger or consolidation may
be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the Merger
Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article XIV or in this
Agreement, the General Partner is permitted, in its discretion, without Limited
Partner approval, to merge the Partnership or any Group Member into, or convey
all of the Partnership's assets to, another limited liability entity which shall
be newly formed and shall have no assets, liabilities or operations at the time
of such Merger other than those it receives from the Partnership or other Group
Member if (i) the General Partner has received an Opinion of Counsel that the
merger or conveyance, as the case may be, would not result in the loss of the
limited liability of any Limited Partner, any limited partner in the MLP or
cause the Partnership, the MLP or the OLP or
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the to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be
taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not previously
treated as such), (ii) the sole purpose of such merger or conveyance is to
effect a mere change in the legal form of the Partnership into another limited
liability entity and (iii) the governing instruments of the new entity provide
the Limited Partners and the General Partner with the same rights and
obligations as are herein contained.
SECTION 14.04 CERTIFICATE OF MERGER.
Upon the required approval by the General Partner and the Limited Partners
of a Merger Agreement, a certificate of merger shall be executed and filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in conformity with the
requirements of the Act.
SECTION 14.05 EFFECT OF MERGER.
(a) At the effective time of the certificate of merger:
(i) all of the rights, privileges and powers of each of the business
entities that has merged or consolidated, and all property, real, personal
and mixed, and all debts due to any of those business entities and all
other things and causes of action belonging to each of those business
entities, shall be vested in the Surviving Business Entity and after the
merger or consolidation shall be the property of the Surviving Business
Entity to the extent they were of each constituent business entity;
(ii) the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in any
of those constituent business entities shall not revert and is not in any
way impaired because of the merger or consolidation;
(iii) all rights of creditors and all liens on or security interests
in property of any of those constituent business entities shall be
preserved unimpaired; and
(iv) all debts, liabilities and duties of those constituent business
entities shall attach to the Surviving Business Entity and may be enforced
against it to the same extent as if the debts, liabilities and duties had
been incurred or contracted by it.
(v) A merger or consolidation effected pursuant to this Article shall
not be deemed to result in a transfer or assignment of assets or
liabilities from one entity to another.
ARTICLE XV.
GENERAL PROVISION
SECTION 15.01 ADDRESSES AND NOTICES.
Any notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials required or
permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person
or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written
communication to the Partner at the address described below. Any notice to the
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Partnership shall be deemed given if received by the General Partner at the
principal office of the Partnership designated pursuant to Section 2.03. The
General Partner may rely and shall be protected in relying on any notice or
other document from a Partner, Assignee or other Person if believed by it to be
genuine.
SECTION 15.02 FURTHER ACTION.
The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all
information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or
appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 15.03 BINDING EFFECT.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal
representatives and permitted assigns.
SECTION 15.04 INTEGRATION.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto
pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings pertaining thereto.
SECTION 15.05 CREDITORS.
None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or
shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.
SECTION 15.06 WAIVER.
No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any
covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any
right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any
such breach of any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.
SECTION 15.07 COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall
constitute an agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that
all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart.
Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its
signature hereto, independently of the signature of any other party.
SECTION 15.08 APPLICABLE LAW.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of
law.
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SECTION 15.09 INVALIDITY OF PROVISIONS.
If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 15.10 CONSENT OF PARTNERS.
Each Partner hereby expressly consents and agrees that, whenever in this
Agreement it is specified that an action may be taken upon the affirmative vote
or consent of less than all of the Partners, such action may be so taken upon
the concurrence of less than all of the Partners and each Partner shall be bound
by the results of such action.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Partners have executed this Agreement as of the
date first set forth above.
GENERAL PARTNER
SHAMROCK LOGISTICS GP, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
LIMITED PARTNER
UDS LOGISTICS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
[First Amended and Restated
Limited Partnership Agreement of Riverwalk
Logistics, L.P. dated as of April 16, 2001]
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