0000930413-12-002905.txt : 20120509 0000930413-12-002905.hdr.sgml : 20120509 20120508215521 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-12-002905 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120509 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120508 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ingersoll-Rand plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001466258 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AUTO CONTROLS FOR REGULATING RESIDENTIAL & COMML ENVIRONMENT [3822] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: L2 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-85034 FILM NUMBER: 12823629 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 170/175 LAKEVIEW DRIVE STREET 2: AIRSIDE BUSINESS PARK, SWORDS, CITY: CO. DUBLIN STATE: L2 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 732-652-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY STREET 2: ONE CENTENNIAL AVENUE CITY: PISCATAWAY STATE: NJ ZIP: 08855 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Trian Fund Management, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001345471 IRS NUMBER: 203454182 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 280 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-451-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 280 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 SC 13D 1 c69637_sc13d.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*

ingersoll-rand PLC

(Name of Issuer)


Ordinary Shares, $1.00 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)


G47791101

(CUSIP Number)

 

Brian L. Schorr, Esq.

Trian Fund Management, L.P.

280 Park Avenue, 41st Floor

New York, New York 10017

Tel. No.:(212) 451-3000

Debra Smith

California State Teachers’ Retirement System

100 Waterfront Place, MS 04

West Sacramento, CA 95605

Tel. No.: (916) 414-7551

 

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

May 1, 2012

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ¨.

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The Information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Nelson Peltz

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

United States

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

21,072,305

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

21,072,305

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

21,072,305

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [x]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

7.05%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

 
         

_______

*Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 (the “Form 10-Q”).

2


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Peter W. May

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

United States

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

21,072,305

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

21,072,305

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

21,072,305

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [x]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

7.05%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

3


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Edward P. Garden

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

United States

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

21,072,305

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

21,072,305

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

21,072,305

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [x]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

7.05%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

 

4


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Fund Management, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

20-3454182

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

21,072,305

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

21,072,305

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

21,072,305

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [x]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

7.05%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

*Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

5


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Fund Management GP, LLC

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

20-3454087

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

21,072,305

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

21,072,305

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

21,072,305

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [x]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

7.05%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

OO

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

6


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

98-0682467

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Cayman Islands

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

199,908

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

199,908

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

199,908

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

0.07%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

.

7


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Partners, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

20-3453988

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

2,298,601

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

2,298,601

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

2,298,601

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

0.77%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

8


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

98-0468601

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Cayman Islands

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

6,670,589

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

6,670,589

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

6,670,589

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

2.23%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

 

9


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

20-3694154

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

335,832

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

335,832

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

335,832

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

0.11%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

10


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

27-4180625

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

1,268,711

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,268,711

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,268,711

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

0.42%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

11


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

36-4728074

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

1,178,550

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,178,550

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,178,550

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

0.39%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

12


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

37-1593120

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

2,958,664

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

2,958,664

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

2,958,664

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

0.99%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

13


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

98-0644507

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Cayman Islands

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

1,460,000

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,460,000

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,460,000

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

0.49%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

14


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Trian SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

98-1047700

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Cayman Islands

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

4,701,450

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

4,701,450

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

4,701,450

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

1.57%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 
         

_____________

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.

 

15


 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

California State Teachers’ Retirement System

S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

94-6291617

 
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) [  ]

(b) [_]

3 SEC USE ONLY  
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC

 
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

California Government Pension Plan

 
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

813,101

 
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

0

 
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

555,343

 
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

257,758

 
11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

813,101

 
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [X]
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

0.27%*

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

EP

 
         

_______

* Calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q.


16


Item 1. Security and Issuer

This Schedule 13D relates to the Ordinary Shares, $1.00 par value per share (the “Shares”), of Ingersoll-Rand plc, an Irish public limited company (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive office of the Issuer is 170/175 Lakeview Dr., Airside Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Item 2. Identity and Background

The persons filing this statement are Trian Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Trian Onshore”), Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“Trian Offshore”), Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Parallel Fund I”), Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA) L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“Trian ERISA”), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“TPSIF”), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Strategic Fund-A”), Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Coinvest Fund-A”), Trian SPV (SUB) VI, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“SPV VI”), Trian SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“SPV VI-A”), Trian Fund Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Trian Management”), and Trian Fund Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Trian Management GP” and together with the foregoing, the “Trian Entities”), Nelson Peltz, a citizen of the United States of America, Peter W. May, a citizen of the United States of America, and Edward P. Garden, a citizen of the United States of America (the Trian Entities and Messrs. Peltz, May and Garden are sometimes hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Trian Group”). The principal business address and the address of the principal office of each member of the Trian Group is 280 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, New York 10017, except that the principal business address of Trian Offshore, Trian ERISA, SPV VI and SPV VI-A is Gardenia Court, Suite 3307, 45 Market Street, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KY1-1103.

Trian Management GP is the general partner of Trian Management, which serves as the management company for Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore, Parallel Fund I, Trian ERISA, TPSIF, Strategic Fund-A, Coinvest Fund-A, SPV VI and SPV VI-A. Trian Management GP is controlled by Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May and Edward P. Garden, who therefore are in a position to determine the investment and voting decisions made by the Trian Entities.

Each of Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore, Parallel Fund I, Trian ERISA, TPSIF, Strategic Fund-A, Coinvest Fund-A, SPV VI and SPV VI-A is primarily engaged in the business of investing in securities. Trian Management is primarily engaged in the business of serving as a management company for the Trian Entities and other funds, accounts and investment vehicles. Trian Management GP is primarily engaged in the business of serving as the general partner of Trian Management.

Nelson Peltz’s present principal occupation or employment is serving as Chief Executive Officer and a founding partner of Trian Management and, as such, managing the investments of Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore, Parallel Fund I, Trian ERISA, TPSIF, Strategic Fund-A, Coinvest Fund-A, SPV VI and SPV VI-A and other funds, accounts and investment vehicles managed by Trian Management. Peter W. May’s present principal occupation or employment is serving as President and a founding partner of Trian Management and, as such, managing the investments of Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore, Parallel Fund I, Trian ERISA, TPSIF, Strategic Fund-A, Coinvest Fund-A, SPV VI and SPV VI-A and other funds, accounts and investment vehicles managed by Trian Management. Edward P. Garden’s present principal occupation or employment is serving as Chief Investment Officer and a founding partner of Trian Management and, as such, managing the investments of Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore, Parallel Fund I, Trian ERISA, TPSIF, Strategic Fund-A, Coinvest Fund-A, SPV VI and SPV VI-A and other funds, accounts and investment vehicles managed by Trian Management.

This Schedule 13D is also being filed by California State Teachers’ Retirement System, a California Government Employee Benefit Plan (“CalSTRS,” along with the Trian Group are sometimes hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Reporting Persons”). The principal business of CalSTRS is to provide retirement related benefits and services to teachers in public schools and community colleges in California. The principal business address for CalSTRS is 100 Waterfront Place, MS 04, West Sacramento, CA 95605.

 

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CalSTRS and the Trian Group are filing this Schedule 13D jointly due to CalSTRS’ investment in Coinvest Fund-A and CalSTRS beneficial ownership of the CalSTRS Shares (as defined in Item 5).

None of the Reporting Persons, nor any director, executive officer, general partner or controlling person of any of the Reporting Persons, has, during the past five years, (a) been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), or (b) been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting, or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or a finding of any violation with respect to such laws.

Each of the Reporting Persons is responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him or it contained herein, but is not responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the others, except to the extent that he or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

As of 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 8, 2012, the aggregate purchase price of the 14,283,769 Shares (not including those Shares underlying any Options) purchased by the Reporting Persons collectively was $582,195,322 (including commissions). In addition, as of such time and date, Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore and TPSIF beneficially owned, in the aggregate, an additional 7,601,637 Shares, which were acquired through a series of privately negotiated back-to-back call and put transactions with certain financial institutions (the “Options”) and as a result of which Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore and TPSIF are each subject to the same economic gain or loss as if they had purchased the underlying Shares. As of May 8, 2012, these Options had an aggregate strike price of $308,482,572 (See Schedule A hereto for additional detail on the Options). As set forth in Item 5, none of the other Reporting Persons directly own any Shares or Options. The source of funding for the purchase of the Shares was, and the source of funding for the purchase of any additional Shares and Options, the exercise of the Options or the purchase and/or exercise of any additional Options or other derivative securities related to the market price of the Shares acquired in the future is currently expected to be, the respective general working capital of the purchasers.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

 

The Trian Group acquired the Shares because they believe that the Shares are currently undervalued in the market place and represent an attractive investment opportunity. CalSTRS acquired the Shares pursuant to the exercise of discretion by external managers over accounts that they manage for CalSTRS and for purposes of an internally managed and held index fund. The Trian Group intends to meet and have conversations with members of the Board and senior management of the Issuer to discuss the Issuer’s business and strategies to enhance value for the Issuer’s shareholders. During these discussions, the Trian Group intends to communicate its view that while the Issuer has an attractive collection of businesses, total shareholder returns and profitability have lagged peers, and that there is an opportunity to enhance shareholder value by improving certain key financial, operational, compensation and corporate governance metrics and by considering various strategic alternatives, including a restructuring of its key business segments. The Trian Group also looks forward to working constructively with the Issuer on various initiatives, such as enhancing operating margins to levels comparable to those achieved in peer businesses, considering the use of prudent amounts of leverage to increase the size of the Issuer’s stock repurchase program and taking additional steps to better align management compensation with the Issuer’s performance in order to enhance shareholder value and improving the Issuer’s corporate governance profile, including through the addition of several new independent directors to the Issuer’s Board of Directors.

 

The Reporting Persons intend to review their investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis. Depending on various factors including, without limitation, the Issuer’s financial position, results and strategic direction, price levels of the Shares, the Issuer’s response to the matters to be discussed with the Reporting Persons, actions taken by management and the Board of Directors of the Issuer, other investment opportunities available to the Reporting Persons, conditions in the securities and capital markets, and general economic

 

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and industry conditions, the Reporting Persons may, from time to time and at any time, in the future take such actions with respect to their investment in the Issuer as they deem appropriate including, but not limited to: communicating with management, the Board, other stockholders, industry participants and other interested or relevant parties about the Issuer and about various other matters, including the operations, business, strategic plans, assets and capital structure of the Issuer or one or more of the other items described in subparagraphs (a)-(j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D; requesting or proposing one or more nominees for election or appointment to the Board of Directors of the Issuer; purchasing additional securities of the Issuer in the open market or otherwise; entering into financial instruments or other agreements that increase or decrease the Reporting Persons’ economic exposure with respect to their investment in the Issuer; and/or engaging in any hedging or similar transactions with respect to such holdings. The Reporting Persons reserve the right to sell some or all of the Reporting Persons’ respective holdings in the Issuer in the open market or otherwise, at any time and from time to time, and/or to otherwise change their intention with respect to any and all matters referred to in Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

 

The Reporting Persons do not have any present plan or proposal that would relate to or result in any of the matters set forth in subparagraphs (a) –(j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D, except as set forth herein or such as would occur upon completion of any of the actions discussed herein.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

(a) As of 4:00 pm, New York City time, on May 8, 2012, the Reporting Persons beneficially owned, in the aggregate, 21,885,406 Shares, representing approximately 7.33% of the Issuer’s outstanding Shares (calculated based on 298,724,314 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of April 13, 2012, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 (the “Form 10-Q”)). Such Shares include an aggregate of 14,283,769 Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons through direct ownership of the Shares representing approximately 4.78% of the Issuer’s outstanding Shares, and an additional 7,601,637 Shares underlying the Options that are held by Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore and TPSIF representing approximately 2.54% of the Issuer’s outstanding Shares.

(b) Each of Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore, Parallel Fund I, Trian ERISA, TPSIF, Strategic Fund-A, Coinvest Fund-A, SPV VI and SPV VI-A beneficially and directly owns and has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with regard to: 2,298,601; 6,670,589; 335,832; 199,908; 2,958,664; 1,268,711; 1,178,550; 1,460,000; and 4,701,450 Shares (including the Shares underlying the Options), respectively, except to the extent that other Reporting Persons as described below may be deemed to have shared voting power and shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares.

Each of Trian Management, Trian Management GP, Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May and Edward P. Garden, by virtue of their relationships to Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore, Parallel Fund I, Trian ERISA, TPSIF, Strategic Fund-A, Coinvest Fund-A, SPV VI and SPV VI-A (discussed in Item 2), may be deemed to have shared voting power and shared dispositive power with regard to, and therefore may be deemed to beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3), the Shares (including Shares underlying the Options) that Trian Onshore, Trian Offshore, Parallel Fund I, Trian ERISA, TPSIF, Strategic Fund-A, Coinvest Fund-A, SPV VI and SPV VI-A directly and beneficially own. Each of Trian Management, Trian Management GP, Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May and Edward P. Garden disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes.

CalSTRS has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 813,101 Shares (the “CalSTRS Shares”) and the sole power to dispose of or direct the disposition of 555,343 of the CalSTRS Shares. With respect to the other 257,758 CalSTRS Shares, the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of such Shares is shared with certain of its external managers, as follows: (i) 222,884 CalSTRS Shares with BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A, and (ii) 34,874 CalSTRS Shares with State Street Bank and Trust Company.

CalSTRS has been informed by BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BlackRock”) that its principal business is to provide diversified investment management and securities lending services to institutional clients, intermediary and individual investors through various investment vehicles and that its business address is 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. In addition, BlackRock has further

 

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informed CalSTRS that on March 8, 2012, BlackRock entered into an Offer of Settlement (the "Agreement") with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and consented to the entry of an Order, which makes findings and imposes remedial sanctions against BlackRock.  Without admitting or denying wrongdoing, BlackRock agreed to the imposition of a $250,000 penalty and the entry of the Order to resolve allegations by the CFTC that two trades by BlackRock violated Section 4c(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulation 1.38(a).   Blackrock also agreed to refrain from any further violations of the above-mentioned statutory provisions.  The CFTC did not allege, nor find, that any clients of BlackRock or any related affiliate were harmed in any way. Other than the Agreement, during the last five years, BlackRock has not been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to any other civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, and as a result of such proceeding, was or is the subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

 

CalSTRS has been informed by State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) that its principal business is to provide a broad range of financial products and services to institutional investors worldwide, including its transition management services.  Its principal business address is 1 Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111.  CalSTRS has been further informed by State Street Bank and Trust Company that on February 4, 2010, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an administrative order in which it ordered State Street to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations, and any future violations of Section 17(a)(2) and Section 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933.  The order was entered in connection with the resolution of the SEC’s investigation into losses incurred by and disclosures made around certain active fixed-income strategies managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) during 2007 and earlier periods.  In reaching these settlements, State Street neither admitted nor denied the allegations made by the SEC. Other than the Order, during the last five years, State Street Bank and Trust Company has not been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to any other civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, and as a result of such proceeding, was or is the subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

The Trian Group does not have the right to vote or dispose of any of the CalSTRS Shares, nor is any member of the Trian Group a party to any contracts, arrangements or understandings with respect to such Shares. As a result, each member of the Trian Group disclaims beneficial ownership of the CalSTRS Shares for all purposes.

(c) Schedule A hereto (which is incorporated by reference in this Item 5 as if restated in full herein) sets forth all transactions with respect to the Shares effected during the past sixty (60) days by any of the Reporting Persons, inclusive of the transactions effected through 4:00 pm, New York City time, on May 8, 2012.

(d) No person other than the Trian Group is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares beneficially owned by the Trian Group. Except with respect to the 257,758 CalSTRS Shares it beneficially owned in accounts managed by external managers as disclosed in (b) above, no other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares covered by this statement beneficially owned by CalSTRS.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationship with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

In addition to the Options referenced in Item 3 above, the Reporting Persons may from time to time enter into and dispose of additional Options or other similar derivative transactions with one or more counterparties that are based upon the value of the Shares, which transactions could be significant in amount. The profit, loss and/or return on such additional contracts may be wholly or partially dependent on the market value of the Shares, relative value of the Shares in comparison to one or more other financial

 

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instruments, indexes or securities, a basket or group of securities in which the Shares may be included or a combination of any of the foregoing.

Trian Partners SPV VI GP, L.P. (“Trian SPV VI GP”) is the Managing General Partner and Trian Partners Cayman, Ltd. is the Administrative General Partner of SPV VI pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Trian SPV (SUB) VI, L.P., dated March 29, 2012 (the “Trian SPV VI Partnership Agreement”). The sole Limited Partner is Trian SPV VI, L.P. Pursuant to the Trian SPV VI Partnership Agreement, Trian SPV VI GP is entitled to a portion of the appreciation in the value of the Shares. The foregoing description of the Trian SPV VI Partnership Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Trian SPV VI Partnership Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Trian Partners SPV VI-A GP, L.P. (“Trian SPV VI-A GP”) is the Managing General Partner and Trian Partners Cayman, Ltd. is the Administrative General Partner of SPV VI-A pursuant to the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Trian SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P., dated April 30,2012 (the “Trian SPV VI-A Partnership Agreement”). The sole Limited Partner is Trian SPV VI-A, L.P. Pursuant to the Trian SPV VI-A Partnership Agreement, Trian SPV VI-A GP is entitled to a portion of the appreciation in the value of the Shares. The foregoing description of the Trian SPV VI-A Partnership Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Trian SPV VI-A Partnership Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Except as described herein (including, without limitation, Items 3 and 4 above, which are incorporated by reference in this Item 6 as if restated in full herein), none of the Reporting Persons has any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) with any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including but not limited to the transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits

1. Joint Filing Agreement of the Reporting Persons.
   
2.The Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Trian SPV (SUB) VI, L.P., dated March 29, 2012.
3.Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Trian SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P., dated April 30, 2012.

 

 

[INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: May 8, 2012

 

TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P.

By: Trian Fund Management GP, LLC, its

general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT GP, LLC

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS, L.P.

By: Trian Partners GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners General Partner, LLC,

its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS MASTER FUND, L.P.

By: Trian Partners GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners General Partner, LLC,

its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS MASTER FUND (ERISA), L.P.

By: Trian Partners (ERISA) GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners (ERISA) General Partner, LLC, its general partner

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

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TRIAN PARTNERS PARALLEL FUND I, L.P.

By: Trian Partners Parallel Fund I

General Partner, LLC, its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

TRIAN SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.

By: Trian Partners SPV VI GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners SPV VI General Partner, LLC, its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

 

TRIAN SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.

By: Trian Partners SPV VI-A GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners SPV VI-A General Partner, LLC, its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND-A, L.P.

By: Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A General Partner LLC., its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TRIAN PARTNERS STRATEGIC CO-INVESTMENT FUND–A, L.P.

By: Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment

Fund-A GP, L.P.

its general partner

By: Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A General Partner, LLC., its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND, L.P.

By: Trian Partners Strategic Investment

Fund GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners Strategic Investment

Fund General Partner, LLC,

its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

/s/ NELSON PELTZ

NELSON PELTZ

 

 

 

/s/ PETER W. MAY

PETER W. MAY

 

 

 

/s/ EDWARD P. GARDEN

EDWARD P. GARDEN

 

 

   

CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM

 

 

 

By: /s/ DEBRA SMITH___________________
Name: Debra M. Smith
Title: Director of Investment Operations

     
     

 

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Schedule A

 

The following table sets forth all transactions with respect to the Shares affected during the past 60 days by any of the Reporting Persons, inclusive of any transactions effected through 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 8, 2012. Except as otherwise noted, all such transactions in the table were effected in the open market, and the table includes commissions paid in per share prices.

Name   Date    Shares   Price   Type
                 
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/9/2012         206,259   39.3749   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/12/2012         157,140   39.8961   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/13/2012         191,817   40.4264   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/14/2012         246,822   40.0782   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/15/2012         108,430   40.5245   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/16/2012         197,458   41.1672   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/19/2012         209,612   40.8710   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/20/2012         212,223   40.4711   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/21/2012         218,095   40.6394   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/22/2012         242,358   40.3483   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/23/2012         226,324   40.2922   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/26/2012   94,807   41.3495   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/27/2012   12,269   41.5142   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/28/2012         240,407   40.8645   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/29/2012         152,554   40.8249   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   3/30/2012         294,065   41.3879   Purchase*
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   4/27/2012         162,059   42.1484   Purchase#
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   5/4/2012         144,674   42.0472   Purchase#
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.   5/7/2012         346,736   42.5189   Purchase#
                 
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/9/2012     6,293   39.3749   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/12/2012     4,794   39.8961   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/13/2012     5,852   40.4264   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/14/2012     7,530   40.0782   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/15/2012     3,308   40.5245   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/16/2012     6,024   41.1672   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/19/2012     6,395   40.8710   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/20/2012     6,474   40.4711   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/21/2012     6,658   40.6394   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/22/2012     7,399   40.3483   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/23/2012     6,909   40.2922   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/26/2012     2,894   41.3495   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/27/2012        375   41.5142   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/28/2012     7,342   40.8645   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/29/2012     4,659   40.8249   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   3/30/2012     8,980   41.3879   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   4/27/2012     1,827   42.1484   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   5/4/2012     4,216   42.0472   Purchase
Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P.   5/7/2012   10,105   42.5189   Purchase
                 
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/9/2012   86,491   39.3749   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/12/2012   65,894   39.8961   Purchase

 

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Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/13/2012   80,435   40.4264   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/14/2012         103,500   40.0782   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/15/2012   45,468   40.5245   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/16/2012   82,800   41.1672   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/19/2012   87,897   40.8710   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/20/2012   88,992   40.4711   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/21/2012   92,071   40.6394   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/22/2012         102,314   40.3483   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/23/2012   95,544   40.2922   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/26/2012   40,024   41.3495   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/27/2012     5,179   41.5142   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/28/2012         108,201   40.8645   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/29/2012   68,661   40.8249   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   3/30/2012         132,351   41.3879   Purchase*
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   5/4/2012   65,874   42.0472   Purchase#
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P.   5/7/2012         169,073   42.5189   Purchase#
                 
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/9/2012   72,208   39.3749   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/12/2012   55,011   39.8961   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/13/2012   67,150   40.4264   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/14/2012   86,407   40.0782   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/15/2012   37,959   40.5245   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/16/2012   69,126   41.1672   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/19/2012   73,379   40.8710   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/20/2012   74,295   40.4711   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/21/2012   76,383   40.6394   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/22/2012   84,880   40.3483   Purchase
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/23/2012   79,264   40.2922   Purchase*
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/26/2012   33,204   41.3495   Purchase*
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/27/2012     4,297   41.5142   Purchase*
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/28/2012   84,212   40.8645   Purchase*
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/29/2012   53,438   40.8249   Purchase*
Trian Partners, L.P.   3/30/2012         103,008   41.3879   Purchase*
Trian Partners, L.P.   4/27/2012   21,542   42.1484   Purchase#
Trian Partners, L.P.   5/4/2012   49,838   42.0472   Purchase#
Trian Partners, L.P.   5/7/2012         119,446   42.5189   Purchase#
                 
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/9/2012   36,019   39.3749   Purchase

 

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Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/12/2012   27,442   39.8961   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/13/2012   33,497   40.4264   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/14/2012   43,103   40.0782   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/15/2012   18,935   40.5245   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/16/2012   34,482   41.1672   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/19/2012   36,605   40.8710   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/20/2012   37,061   40.4711   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/21/2012   45,558   40.6394   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/22/2012   50,627   40.3483   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/23/2012   47,277   40.2922   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/26/2012   19,805   41.3495   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/27/2012     2,562   41.5142   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/28/2012   47,510   40.8645   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/29/2012   30,148   40.8249   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   3/30/2012   58,115   41.3879   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   5/4/2012   28,274   42.0472   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.   5/7/2012   72,567   42.5189   Purchase
                 
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/9/2012   10,561   39.3749   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/12/2012     8,046   39.8961   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/13/2012     9,822   40.4264   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/14/2012   12,638   40.0782   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/15/2012     5,552   40.5245   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/16/2012   10,110   41.1672   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/19/2012   10,733   40.8710   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/20/2012   10,866   40.4711   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/21/2012   11,178   40.6394   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/22/2012   12,422   40.3483   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/23/2012   11,600   40.2922   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/26/2012     4,859   41.3495   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/27/2012        629   41.5142   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/28/2012   12,328   40.8645   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/29/2012     7,823   40.8249   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   3/30/2012   15,079   41.3879   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   4/27/2012     3,075   42.1484   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   5/4/2012     7,124   42.0472   Purchase
Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.   5/7/2012   17,073   42.5189   Purchase
                 

 

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Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.   4/4/2012         385,000   41.0556   Purchase
Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.   4/5/2012         700,000   40.9986   Purchase
Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.   4/9/2012         300,000   39.999   Purchase
Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.   4/10/2012   75,000   39.3571   Purchase
                 
Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.   4/30/2012         740,000   42.6725   Purchase
Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.   5/1/2012      1,010,554   43.2187   Purchase
Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.   5/2/2012      1,080,043   42.5658   Purchase
Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.   5/3/2012      1,239,354   42.1656   Purchase
Trian Partners SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.   5/4/2012         631,499   41.8128   Purchase
                 
Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A, L.P. 5/1/2012         299,746   43.2187   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A, L.P. 5/2/2012         320,357   42.5658   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A, L.P. 5/3/2012         369,946   42.1656   Purchase
Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A, L.P. 5/4/2012         188,501   41.8128   Purchase
                 
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/13/2012   200   40.620   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/13/2012   281   40.605   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/15/2012   37,500   40.350   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/15/2012   37,500   40.350   Sale
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/19/2012   35,843   40.769   Sale
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/20/2012   1,400   40.404   Sale
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/21/2012   257   40.658   Sale
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/26/2012   200   41.650   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/28/2012   2,017   41.490   Sale
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/28/2012   200   40.820   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/28/2012   2,017   41.490   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/29/2012   3,883   40.901   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   03/30/2012   1,800   41.350   Sale
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   04/05/2012   10,254   40.902   Sale
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   04/05/2012   5,900   41.210   Sale
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   04/05/2012   5,900   41.210   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   04/11/2012   500   39.066   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   04/12/2012   900   40.240   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   04/25/2012   200   41.990   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   04/26/2012   259   41.535   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   04/30/2012   400   42.515   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   05/03/2012   100   42.040   Purchase
California State Teachers’ Retirement System   05/07/2012   6,791   42.256   Sell

 

*On the various dates set forth above, and as more fully described below, the named persons entered into a series of privately negotiated back-to-back call and put transactions (the “Options”) with Nomura International plc (the “Counterparty”) through which they acquired beneficial ownership of an aggregate of 6,522,395 Shares and as a result of which such named persons are subject to the same economic gain or loss as if they had purchased the underlying Shares. More specifically, these transactions represent call options pursuant to which, on or prior to earlier of (i) 2 years after the date of the last purchase under the applicable confirm and (ii) June 1, 2014 (the “Initial Expiration Date”), provided that such Initial Expiration date may be automatically extended for 2 years by the Counterparty

 

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unless the requisite prior notice not to extend is given (the “Exercise Date”), provided that the named person may acquire the number of Shares set forth above at the Price Per Share set forth above (the “Exercise Price”). These call options may be exercised at any time, in whole or in part, on or prior to the Exercise Date. Simultaneously with the purchase of each call option, the named person also sold a put option to the Counterparty for the same number of Shares pursuant to which, if on the Exercise Date the call options have not been exercised by the named person and the Exercise Price is greater than the closing price of the Shares on the Exercise Date (the “Closing Price”), the Counterparty may require the named person to, at such person’s election, either (i) pay the Counterparty an amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the excess of the Exercise Price over the Closing Price and (b) the number of Shares set forth above or (ii) acquire from the Counterparty the number of Shares set forth above at the Exercise Price. As part of these transactions, each of the named persons pays the Counterparty a financing fee based on the number of days that the Options that it holds are outstanding, which fee is calculated using a monthly rate equal to one month LIBOR plus a spread. Until they are exercised, the Options do not give the Reporting Persons direct or indirect voting, investment or dispositive control over the underlying Shares.

 

 

 

 

# On the various dates set forth above, and as more fully described below, the named persons entered into a series of privately negotiated back-to-back call and put transactions (the “Options”) with Bank of America Merrill Lynch (the “Counterparty 2”) through which they acquired beneficial ownership of an aggregate of 1,079,242 Shares and as a result of which such named persons are subject to the same economic gain or loss as if they had purchased the underlying Shares. More specifically, these transactions represent call options pursuant to which, on or prior to October 31, 2013 (provided that such date may be automatically extended by the Counterparty for 18 months unless prior to October 31, 2013 the requisite prior notice not to extend is given, the “Exercise Date”), provided that the named person may acquire the number of Shares set forth above at the Price Per Share set forth above (the “Exercise Price”). These call options may be exercised at any time, in whole or in part, on or prior to the Exercise Date. Simultaneously with the purchase of each call option, the named person also sold a put option to the Counterparty for the same number of Shares pursuant to which, if on the Exercise Date the call options have not been exercised by the named person and the Exercise Price is greater than the closing price of the Shares on the Exercise Date (the “Closing Price”), the Counterparty may require the named person to, at such person’s election, either (i) pay the Counterparty an amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the excess of the Exercise Price over the Closing Price and (b) the number of Shares set forth above or (ii) acquire from the Counterparty the number of Shares set forth above at the Exercise Price. As part of these transactions, each of the named persons pays the Counterparty a financing fee based on the number of days that the Options that it holds are outstanding, which fee is calculated using a monthly rate equal to one month LIBOR plus a spread. Until they are exercised, the Options do not give the Reporting Persons direct or indirect voting, investment or dispositive control over the underlying Shares.

 

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EX-1 2 c69637_ex-1.htm

Exhibit I

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Ordinary Shares of Ingersoll-Rand PLC. and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filings. In evidence thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have executed this Joint Filing Agreement this 8th day of May, 2012.

 

 

TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P.

By: Trian Fund Management GP, LLC, its

general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

 

TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT GP, LLC

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS, L.P.

By: Trian Partners GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners General Partner, LLC,

its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS MASTER FUND, L.P.

By: Trian Partners GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners General Partner, LLC,

its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 



 

 

 

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS MASTER FUND (ERISA), L.P.

By: Trian Partners (ERISA) GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners (ERISA) General Partner, LLC, its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS PARALLEL FUND I, L.P.

By: Trian Partners Parallel Fund I

General Partner, LLC, its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

TRIAN SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.

By: Trian Partners SPV VI GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners SPV VI General Partner, LLC, its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

TRIAN SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.

By: Trian Partners SPV VI-A GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners SPV VI-A General Partner, LLC, its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND-A, L.P.

By: Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A General Partner LLC., its general partner

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 



 

TRIAN PARTNERS STRATEGIC CO-INVESTMENT FUND–A, L.P.

 

By: Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment

Fund-A GP, L.P. its general partner

By: Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A General Partner, LLC., its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

 

TRIAN PARTNERS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND, L.P.

By: Trian Partners Strategic Investment

Fund GP, L.P., its general partner

By: Trian Partners Strategic Investment

Fund General Partner, LLC,

its general partner

 

 

By: /s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

Name: Edward P. Garden

Title: Member

 

 

/s/ NELSON PELTZ

NELSON PELTZ

 

 

 

/s/ PETER W. MAY

PETER W. MAY

 

 

 

/s/ EDWARD P.GARDEN

EDWARD P. GARDEN

 

 

 

CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM

   
 

By: /s/ DEBRA SMITH

Name: Debra M. Smith

Title: Director of Investment Operations

   

 

 



EX-2 3 c69637_ex-2.htm

Exhibit 2

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

OF

TRIAN SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.

Dated March 29, 2012


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 


 

 

ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

1

Section 1.01 Formation of the Partnership

1

Section 1.02 Partnership Name and Address

2

Section 1.03 Fiscal Year

2

Section 1.04 Liability of Partners

2

Section 1.05 Purposes of the Partnership

3

Section 1.06 Assignability of Interest

3

 

 

ARTICLE II MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP

4

Section 2.01 Management Generally

4

Section 2.02 Authority of the Managing General Partner

4

Section 2.03 Reliance by Third Parties

7

Section 2.04 Activity of the General Partners

7

Section 2.05 Exculpation

9

Section 2.06 Indemnification

10

Section 2.07 Payment of Certain Costs and Expenses

11

 

 

ARTICLE III CAPITAL ACCOUNTS OF PARTNERS AND OPERATION THEREOF

12

Section 3.01 Definitions

12

Section 3.02 Capital Contributions

13

Section 3.03 Capital Accounts

14

Section 3.04 Partnership Percentages

14

Section 3.05 Allocation of Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation

14

Section 3.06 Amendment of Incentive Allocation

18

Section 3.07 Valuation of Assets

18

Section 3.08 Liabilities

19

Section 3.09 Allocation for Tax Purposes

19

Section 3.10 Determination by the Managing General Partner of Certain Matters

21

Section 3.11 Adjustments to Take Account of Certain Events

21

 

 

ARTICLE IV ADMISSION OF NEW PARTNERS

21

Section 4.01 New Partners

21

 

 

ARTICLE V WITHDRAWALS AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF CAPITAL

22

Section 5.01 Withdrawals and Distributions in General

22

Section 5.02 Withdrawals

22

Section 5.03 Required Withdrawals

24

Section 5.04 Death, Disability, etc. of Limited Partners

25

Section 5.05 Distributions

25

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Page

 


 

 

Section 5.06 Effective Date of Withdrawal

26

Section 5.07 Limitations on Withdrawal of Capital Account

26

 

 

ARTICLE VI DURATION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP

27

Section 6.01 Duration

27

Section 6.02 Dissolution

28

 

 

ARTICLE VII TAX RETURNS; REPORTS TO PARTNERS

28

Section 7.01 Independent Auditors

28

Section 7.02 Filing of Tax Returns

28

Section 7.03 Tax Matters Partner

29

Section 7.04 Reports to Current Partners

29

Section 7.05 Reports to Partners and Former Partners

29

Section 7.06 Partner Tax Basis

29

 

 

ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

30

Section 8.01 General

30

Section 8.02 Power of Attorney

30

Section 8.03 Amendments to Partnership Agreement

30

Section 8.04 Non-Voting Interests of Registered Fund Limited Partners

31

Section 8.05 Choice of Law

31

Section 8.06 Consent to Jurisdiction

32

Section 8.07 Tax Elections

32

Section 8.08 No Third Party Rights

32

Section 8.09 Confidentiality

32

Section 8.10 Notices

33

Section 8.11 Goodwill

33

Section 8.12 Headings

33

Section 8.13 Pronouns

34

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF

TRIAN SPV (SUB) VI, L.P.

Dated March 29, 2012

                    This Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement dated on the date first above written (the “Agreement”) among the undersigned (herein called the “Partners”, which term shall include any persons hereafter admitted to Trian SPV (SUB) VI, L.P. (the “Partnership”) pursuant to Article IV of this Agreement and shall exclude any persons who cease to be Partners pursuant to Article V of this Agreement) shall govern the Partnership.

                    WHEREAS, the Administrative General Partner (as defined in Section 1.01) and David Marshall, as the initial limited partner heretofore entered into an Initial Exempted Limited Partnership Agreement dated December 16, 2009 (the “Initial Partnership Agreement”), and have formed and registered the Partnership as an exempted limited partnership pursuant to The Exempted Limited Partnership Law (as amended) of the Cayman Islands (the “Law”);

                    WHEREAS, the Initial Partnership Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety on February 2, 2011 (the “Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement”);

                    WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety on April 14, 2011 (the “Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement”); and

                    WHEREAS, the Partners now wish to amend and restate the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement in its entirety.

                    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

General Provisions

                    Section 1.01 Formation of the Partnership. The Partnership was formed and registered as an exempted limited partnership by the execution of the Initial Partnership Agreement and the filing of a Section 9 Statement with the Registrar of Exempted Limited Partnerships of the Cayman Islands (the “Registrar”) on December 16, 2009. Trian Partners Cayman, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company serving as the administrative general partner of the Partnership (the “Administrative General Partner”), shall cause to be executed, filed and recorded, with the proper offices in the Cayman Islands, such certificates, and shall cause to be made such publications, as shall be required by the Law. For so long as the interests


in the Partnership are held by more than one Limited Partner and no more than fifteen Limited Partners, the majority in number of these Limited Partners shall be capable of appointing or removing the General Partners (as defined in Section 1.04) for the purpose of ensuring that the Partnership is not required to register as a mutual fund under the Mutual Funds Law (as amended) of the Cayman Islands until such time as there are more than fifteen Limited Partners.

                    Section 1.02 Partnership Name and Address. The name of the Partnership is Trian SPV (SUB) VI, L.P. Its registered office is located at the offices of Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Trust, Limited, Gardenia Court, Suite 3307, 45 Market Street, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-1103, Cayman Islands, or at such other location in the Cayman Islands as the Managing General Partner in the future may designate. The Administrative General Partner shall promptly notify the Limited Partners of any change in the Partnership’s address.

                    Section 1.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Partnership (herein called the “fiscal year”) shall end on December 31 unless another date is required under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for U.S. Federal tax purposes.

                    Section 1.04 Liability of Partners. The names of all of the Partners and the amounts of their respective Capital Contributions (as defined in Section 3.02(a)) are set forth in the books and records of the Partnership.

                    Trian Partners SPV VI GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, shall be the managing general partner (herein called the “Managing General Partner” and, together with the Administrative General Partner, the “General Partners” or each, a “General Partner”). The General Partners shall, in the event that the assets of the Partnership are inadequate, be liable for all debts and obligations of the Partnership.

                    The Partners designated in the books and records of the Partnership as limited partners (herein called the “Limited Partners”), and former Limited Partners shall have no liability for any debt or obligation of the Partnership except to the extent of their respective interests in the Partnership, nor any obligation to contribute or make payments to the Partnership, except as provided by the Law or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

                    As used in this Section 1.04, the terms “interests in the Partnership” and “interest in the Partnership” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal year (or relevant portion thereof) and with respect to each Partner (or former Partner), the Capital Account(s) (as defined in Section 3.03) that such Partner (or former Partner) would have received (or in fact did receive) pursuant to the terms and provisions of Article V upon withdrawal from the Partnership as of the end of such fiscal year (or relevant portion thereof).

                    The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, issue multiple classes and/or options of limited partnership interests in the future, which may differ from the limited partnership interests offered hereby in terms of, among other things, the Incentive Allocation, the Management Fee, minimum and additional capital contribution amounts, permitted capital contribution and Withdrawal Dates, withdrawal frequency and notice periods, informational rights, capacity rights, investor eligibility requirements and other rights. Such new classes and/or options of interests may be established by the Managing General Partner without providing prior

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notice to, or receiving consent from, existing Limited Partners. The terms of such classes and/or options of limited partnership interests shall be determined by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion.

                    As used in this Agreement, the terms “former Limited Partner” and “former Partner” refer to such persons or entities as hereafter from time to time cease to be a Limited Partner or Partner, respectively, pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

                    Section 1.05 Purposes of the Partnership. The Partnership is established for the purposes of engaging in any and all transactions permitted under applicable law including, without limitation, investing in Securities (as herein defined) and engaging in all activities and transactions as the Managing General Partner may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith, including, without limitation:

 

 

 

                    (a) to invest, on margin or otherwise, in (i) securities and other financial instruments of or relating to a global industrial company which has been identified to prospective investors by the Managing General Partner or any successor company or company that has been spun out of such company (such company, the “Company”), including, without limitation: common stock; preferred stock; shares of beneficial interest; American Depositary Receipts; bonds and other fixed income investments, notes and debentures (whether subordinated, convertible or otherwise), and (ii) derivative products relating to securities issued by the Company, including, without limitation: futures contracts (and options thereon) relating to stock indices, currencies, United States Government securities and securities of non-U.S. governments, other financial instruments and all other commodities, swaps, options, warrants, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, caps, collars, floors and forward rate agreements (all such items in clauses (i) and (ii) being called herein a “Security” or “Securities”), and to sell Securities short and cover such sales;

 

 

 

                    (b) to engage in such other lawful transactions as the Managing General Partner may from time to time determine in furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 1.05(a); and

 

 

 

                    (c) to do such other acts as is necessary or advisable in connection with the maintenance and administration of the Partnership.

                    The Partnership may invest all of its investible assets in, or contribute some or all of its investible assets to, a vehicle formed to make an investment, directly or indirectly, in the Company, on behalf of the Partnership and potentially certain funds and/or other investment vehicles managed by the Management Company (as defined in Section 2.02(b)(xiv)) (the “Investment Vehicle”). References herein to the Partnership should be construed to include the Investment Vehicle as the context may require.

                    Section 1.06 Assignability of Interest. A Partner may not pledge, transfer or assign its interest in the Partnership other than by operation of law pursuant to the death, bankruptcy or dissolution of such Partner, or with the consent of the Managing General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole discretion. In no event, however, shall any transferee or

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assignee be admitted as a Partner without the consent of the Managing General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole discretion. Any attempted pledge, transfer or assignment not made in accordance with this Section 1.06 shall be void.

ARTICLE II

Management of the Partnership

                    Section 2.01 Management Generally. The management, conduct and control of the Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the Managing General Partner. Except as authorized by the Managing General Partner, neither the Administrative General Partner nor the Limited Partners shall have any part in the management of the Partnership, nor shall they have any authority or right to act on behalf of the Partnership in connection with any matter.

                    Section 2.02 Authority of the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                    (a) The Managing General Partner (or its duly appointed agents, including, without limitation, the Management Company (as defined below)) shall oversee the administration of the Partnership, and shall have the power to:

 

 

 

                              (i) communicate with the Partners, including furnishing reports as set forth in Article VII;

 

 

 

                              (ii) maintain the principal books and records of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                              (iii) cause the preparation of all necessary tax returns of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                              (iv) conduct meetings of the Partners;

 

 

 

                              (v) provide administrative, accounting and secretarial services to the Partnership;

 

 

 

                              (vi) bring and defend actions before any governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission, for and on behalf of the Partnership; and

 

 

 

                              (vii) do all things and discharge all duties required of, or imposed on, a general partner by law, and do any other things and discharge any other duties required of or imposed on a general partner by law.

 

 

 

                    (b) The Managing General Partner (or its duly appointed agents, including, without limitation, the Management Company) shall have the power on behalf and in the name of the Partnership to carry out any and all of the objects and purposes of the Partnership set forth in Section 1.05, and to perform all acts and enter into and perform all contracts and other undertakings that it may deem necessary or advisable or incidental thereto, including, without limitation, the power to:

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                              (i) provide research and analysis and direct the formulation of investment policies and strategies for the Partnership;

 

 

 

                              (ii) acquire a long position or a short position with respect to any Security and make purchases or sales increasing, decreasing or liquidating such position or changing from a long position to a short position or from a short position to a long position, without any limitation as to the frequency of the fluctuation in such positions or as to the frequency of the changes in the nature of such positions;

 

 

 

                              (iii) purchase Securities and hold them for investment, and initiate tender offers and proxy contests and other shareholder actions with respect to Securities, and take other actions to influence the management of issuers of Securities;

 

 

 

                              (iv) enter into contracts for or in connection with investments in Securities;

 

 

 

                              (v) invest in other pooled investment vehicles for cash management purposes, which investments shall be subject in each case to the terms and conditions of the respective governing document for such vehicle;

 

 

 

                              (vi) possess, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise deal in, and exercise all rights, powers, privileges and other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to, Securities and other property and funds held or owned by the Partnership;

 

 

 

                              (vii) lend, either with or without security, any Securities, funds or other properties of the Partnership, including by entering into reverse repurchase agreements, and, from time to time, without limit as to the amount, borrow or raise funds, including by entering into repurchase agreements, and secure the payment of obligations of the Partnership by mortgage upon, or pledge or hypothecation of, all or any part of the property of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                              (viii) open, maintain and close accounts, including margin and custodial accounts, with brokers, which power shall include the authority to issue all instructions and authorizations to brokers regarding the Securities and/or money therein; to pay, or authorize the payment and reimbursement of, brokerage commissions that may be in excess of the lowest rates available that are paid to brokers who execute transactions for the account of the Partnership and who (i) supply, or pay for (or rebate a portion of the Partnership’s brokerage commissions to the Partnership for payment of) the cost of, brokerage, research or execution services utilized by the Partnership or the Other Accounts (as defined in (x) below) and/or (ii) pay for (or rebate a portion of the Partnership’s brokerage commissions for the payment of) obligations of the Partnership (as provided in Section 2.07 hereof) or the Partnership’s share of such obligations (such as computer facilities and the cost of an accounting software package), provided that the Partnership does not pay rates of commission in excess of what is competitively available from comparable brokerage firms for comparable services, taking into account various factors, including commission rates, reliability, financial responsibility, strength of the broker and ability of the broker to efficiently execute transactions, the broker’s facilities,

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and the broker’s provision or payment of the costs of research and other services or property that are of benefit to the Partnership, the Management Company (as defined in (xiv) below) and the Other Accounts;

 

 

 

                              (ix) open, maintain and close accounts, including custodial accounts, with banks, including banks located outside the United States, and draw checks or other orders for the payment of monies;

 

 

 

                              (x) combine purchase or sale orders on behalf of the Partnership with orders for the General Partners, the Management Company or their respective Affiliates (as defined in Section 2.04) or other accounts to whom the General Partners or any of their Affiliates provides investment services (“Other Accounts”) and allocate the Securities or other assets so purchased or sold, on an average price basis, among such accounts;

 

 

 

                              (xi) enter into arrangements with brokers to open “average price” accounts wherein orders placed during a trading day are placed on behalf of the Partnership and Other Accounts and are allocated among such accounts using an average price;

 

 

 

                              (xii) organize one or more corporations or other entities to hold record title, as nominee for the Partnership (whether alone or together with the Other Accounts), to Securities or funds of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                              (xiii) organize one or more direct or indirect subsidiary entities;

 

 

 

                              (xiv) retain Trian Fund Management, L.P. (the “Management Company”) to provide certain management and administrative services to the Partnership; provided, however, management, control and conduct of the activities of the Partnership shall remain the responsibility of the Managing General Partner;

 

 

 

                              (xv) retain any other persons, firms or entities selected by the Managing General Partner to provide certain management and administrative services to the Partnership and to cause the Partnership to compensate such other persons, firms or entities for such services; provided, however, management, control and conduct of the activities of the Partnership shall remain the responsibility of the Managing General Partner;

 

 

 

                              (xvi) retain Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Trust, Limited or other persons, firms or entities selected by the Managing General Partner to provide certain administrative services to the Partnership (Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Trust, Limited or any such other persons, firm or entity providing such services from time to time is herein called the “Administrator”) and to cause the Partnership to compensate the Administrator for such services; provided, however, management, control and conduct of the activities of the Partnership shall remain the responsibility of the Managing General Partner;

 

 

 

                              (xvii) maintain for the conduct of the Partnership’s affairs one or more offices and in connection therewith rent or acquire office space, and do such other

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acts as the Managing General Partner may deem necessary or advisable in connection with the maintenance and administration of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                              (xviii) engage personnel, whether part-time or full-time, and attorneys, independent accountants or such other persons as the Managing General Partner may deem necessary or advisable;

 

 

 

                              (xix) authorize any partner, employee or other agent of the General Partners or agent or employee of the Partnership to act for and on behalf of the Partnership in all matters incidental to the foregoing;

 

 

 

                              (xx) do any and all acts on behalf of the Partnership as it may deem necessary or advisable in connection with the maintenance and administration of the Partnership, and exercise all rights of the Partnership, with respect to its interest in any person, including, without limitation, the voting of Securities, participation in arrangements with creditors, the institution and settlement or compromise of suits and administrative proceedings and other like or similar matters; and

 

 

 

                              (xxi) delegate such of its duties and functions as it may deem appropriate to the Administrative General Partner or any other persons.

                    Section 2.03 Reliance by Third Parties. Persons dealing with the Partnership are entitled to rely conclusively upon the certificate of a General Partner, to the effect that it is then acting as a General Partner, and upon the power and authority of the General Partners as herein set forth.

                    Section 2.04 Activity of the General Partners.

 

 

 

                    (a) The Managing General Partner shall devote, and shall cause the Management Company to devote, so much of their time to the affairs of the Partnership as in the judgment of the Managing General Partner the conduct of its business shall reasonably require, and none of the General Partners, the Management Company or their respective Affiliates shall be obligated to do or perform any act or thing in connection with the business of the Partnership not expressly set forth herein. Except as expressly provided in this Section 2.04, nothing contained in this Agreement, and no waivable provision of applicable law, shall be deemed to preclude the General Partners, the Management Company or their Affiliates or any shareholder, member, partner, director, officer or employee thereof (collectively, the “Management Group”) from exercising investment responsibility, from engaging directly or indirectly in any other business or from directly or indirectly purchasing, selling, holding or otherwise dealing with any Securities for the account of any such other business, for their own accounts, for any of their family members or for other clients. No Limited Partner shall, by reason of being a partner in the Partnership, have any right to participate in any manner in any profits or income earned, derived by or accruing to the Management Group from the conduct of any business other than the business of the Partnership (to the extent provided herein) or from any transaction in Securities effected by any of the Management Group for any account other than that of the Partnership.

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                    (b) Trian Partners, L.P. (the “U.S. Fund”), Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P. (the “U.S. Fund II” and together with the U.S. Fund, the “U.S. Funds”), Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P. (the “Offshore Master Fund”), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P. (the “Strategic Fund”), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P. (the “Second Strategic Fund”), Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P. (the “ERISA Fund”) and Trian SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P. (collectively with the U.S. Funds, the Offshore Master Fund, the Strategic Fund, the Second Strategic Fund, the Third Strategic Fund and the ERISA Fund, the “Trian Funds”) and certain other funds, managed accounts or investment vehicles formed or to be formed to invest alongside the Trian Funds (such funds, managed accounts or investment vehicles collectively with the Trian Funds, the “Other Investors”), are to make investments alongside the Partnership, subject to legal, tax and regulatory constraints and after taking into account other considerations, such as the relative amounts of capital available for new investments, the relative exposure to individual portfolio positions and net exposure to the market. Certain of the Other Investors commenced acquisition of the Company’s Securities prior to the date Limited Partners are admitted to the Partnership. After the date Limited Partners are admitted to the Partnership, further purchases of the Company’s Securities shall generally be allocated amongst the Partnership and the Other Investors pro rata based on the maximum amounts to be thereafter invested in the Company by each of the Partnership and the Other Investors, as determined by the Management Company or its Affiliates in its sole discretion.

 

 

 

                    (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to investments in Securities that the Partnership and one or more of the Other Investors elect to pursue, the Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that the Affiliated Investors (as defined in Section 2.04(e)) may co-invest with the Other Investors and the Partnership, but only if such co-investment (and subsequent disposition) is at the same time and price as applies to the Other Investors and the Partnership. If multiple purchases of the same Security are made over time, Affiliated Investors may reduce or eliminate their participation in such later purchases. Additionally, if Affiliated Investors do not participate at the same percentage level in each purchase made as part of a purchase program, they shall ensure that their per-security profit is not higher than that of the Other Investors and the Partnership.

 

 

 

                    (d) The Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that the relationships referred to in this Section 2.04 present potential conflicts of interest between the Partnership on the one hand, and Affiliated Investors on the other hand. In addition, the Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that the Managing General Partner may cause the Partnership, either alone or together with other members of a group (the “Investing Group”), including any Other Investors, to acquire a “control” position in the Securities of the Company, and may secure the appointment of persons selected by the Managing General Partner or other members of the Investing Group to the Company’s management team or board of directors. The Management Company and any such member of the board of directors of the Company may acquire fiduciary duties to the Company and to its other shareholders in the course of their dealings with the Company. The Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that these fiduciary duties may compel the Management Company to take actions that, while in the best interests of the Company, the

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shareholders of the Company and/or other third party constituencies may not be in the best interests of the investors in the Investing Group. Accordingly, the Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that the Management Company may have a conflict of interest between the fiduciary duties (if any) that it owes to the Company, its shareholders and/or other third party constituencies, on the one hand, and those that it owes to the investors in the Investing Group, on the other hand. If the Management Company nominates or otherwise designates a representative to the board of directors of the Company, the decision to nominate and/or designate an individual and the choice of such individual shall be determined by the Management Company, in its sole discretion. Neither the Management Company nor any representative on the board of directors of the Company that is selected by the Management Company, as set forth above, intends to share with any Limited Partner confidential information which the Management Company or such board member has learned in his/her capacity as a director or other fiduciary of the Company. In the event that a situation that may present a conflict of interest arises, the Managing General Partner may refer such situation to an independent representative appointed by the Managing General Partner for a resolution. The Management Company will make any such investment decisions where such conflicts of interest exist in a manner consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities to the Partnership and only to the extent that such transactions comply with the provisions of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), if the assets of the Partnership are treated as “plan assets” under ERISA.

 

 

 

                    (e) Definitions:

 

 

 

                              (i) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such Person;

 

 

 

                              (ii) “Affiliated Investors” shall mean Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May, Edward P. Garden, the Managing General Partner and/or their respective Affiliates;

 

 

 

                              (iii) “Non-Affiliated Investor” shall mean an investor who is not an Affiliated Investor;

 

 

 

                              (iv) “Person” shall mean any natural person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or other entity; and

 

 

 

                              (v) “Principals” shall mean Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May and Edward P. Garden.

                    Section 2.05 Exculpation.

 

 

 

                    (a) Subject to applicable law (including, without limitation, ERISA, if applicable), none of the General Partners, the Management Company, their respective Affiliates, and any of their respective shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers and employees (each, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, “Indemnified Parties”) shall be liable to any Partner or the Partnership for (i) any acts or omissions arising out of, related to or in connection with the Partnership or any entity in which it has an interest, any transaction or activity relating to the Partnership or any entity in which it has

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an interest, any investment or proposed investment made or held, or to be made or held by the Partnership, or this Agreement or any similar matter, unless such action or inaction was made in bad faith or constitutes fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence (which “gross negligence”, whenever used herein, shall have the meaning under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States) or (ii) any acts or omissions of any broker or agent of any Indemnified Party, provided that the selection, engagement or retention of such broker or agent was not made by the Indemnified Party seeking exculpation in bad faith and does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Indemnified Party seeking exculpation. Each of the Indemnified Parties may consult with counsel and accountants in respect of the Partnership’s affairs and be fully protected and justified in any action or inaction that is taken in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel or accountants, provided that their selection of such counsel or accountants was not made by the Indemnified Party seeking exculpation in bad faith and does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Indemnified Party seeking exculpation.

 

 

 

                    (b) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 2.05 shall not be construed so as to provide for the exculpation of an Indemnified Party for any liability (including, without limitation, liability under U.S. Federal securities laws or ERISA, if applicable, that, under certain circumstances, impose liability even on persons acting in good faith), to the extent (but only to the extent) that such liability may not be waived, modified or limited under applicable law, but shall be construed so as to effectuate the provisions of this Section 2.05 to the fullest extent permitted by law.

                    Section 2.06 Indemnification.

 

 

 

                    (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, including, without limitation, ERISA, if applicable, the Partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any loss, cost or expense suffered or sustained by an Indemnified Party by reason of (i) any acts or omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of or in connection with the Partnership, or any entity in which it has an interest, any investment or proposed investment made or held, or to be made or held by the Partnership, or this Agreement or any similar matter (collectively, “Covered Acts”), including, without limitation, any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding, or claim, provided that such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions upon which such actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim are based were not made in bad faith or did not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification, or (ii) any acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, of any broker or agent of any Indemnified Party (collectively, “Covered Broker Acts”), provided that the selection, engagement or retention of such broker was not made by the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification in bad faith and does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification. Additionally, the Partnership (and not any Indemnified Party) shall be responsible for any losses resulting from trading errors and similar human errors, absent bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence or a violation

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of the ERISA standard of care. The Partnership shall advance to any Indemnified Party reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any action or proceeding that arises out of any Covered Act or any Covered Broker Act whether or not the provisos of (i) or (ii) apply. In the event that such an advance is made by the Partnership, the Indemnified Party shall agree to reimburse the Partnership for such fees, costs and expenses to the extent that it shall be finally determined by non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction that it was not entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.06. The foregoing provisions shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

 

 

                    (b) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall not be construed so as to provide for the indemnification of an Indemnified Party for any liability (including, without limitation, liability under U.S. Federal securities laws and ERISA, if applicable, that, under certain circumstances, impose liability even on persons acting in good faith) to the extent (but only to the extent) that such indemnification would be in violation of applicable law, but shall be construed so as to effectuate the provisions of this Section 2.06 to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Managing General Partner shall have the authority to enter into separate agreements to give effect to the obligation to indemnify pursuant to this Section 2.06.

                    Section 2.07 Payment of Certain Costs and Expenses.

 

 

 

                    (a) The Management Company shall bear the administrative expenses of the Partnership, including costs and expenses related to salaries, employee benefits and bonuses of employees, occupancy expenses, technology and related support expenses and accounting expenses (other than accounting expenses relating to investments or prospective investments and audit and tax return preparation fees).

 

 

 

                    (b) The Partnership shall bear its own expenses including, but not limited to, expenses relating to the cost of purchasing investments (e.g., brokerage commissions and trading costs), fees of the Administrator, organizational expenses, expenses relating to the offer and sale of limited partnership interests in the Partnership, financing fees, prime brokerage fees, filing fees, entity-level taxes, registration fees and similar fees, audit and tax return preparation fees, fees in respect of consulting, custodial, accounting, investment banking, appraisal and financial advisory services provided by third parties unaffiliated with the Management Company and the Managing General Partner relating to investments or prospective investments (including the costs of private aircraft for traveling to board meetings of the Company), due diligence expenses and fees relating to investments or prospective investments, conduct of proxy contests and tender offers, litigation expenses and legal expenses incurred in connection with the making or administration of investments (to the extent not borne by the Company and regardless of whether consummated), the cost of fidelity bonds intended to comply with the requirements of Section 412 of ERISA with respect to the assets of the Partnership and extraordinary expenses and other similar expenses related to the Partnership as the Managing General Partner determines in its sole discretion. The expenses shall be shared by all of the Partners including the Managing General Partner.

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                    (c) Organizational expenses of the Partnership may be capitalized and amortized by the Partnership over up to a 60-month period from the date of this Agreement.

ARTICLE III

Capital Accounts of Partners
and Operation Thereof

                    Section 3.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

 

 

                    (a) The term “Accounting Period” shall mean the following periods: The initial Accounting Period began upon the commencement of the Partnership. Each subsequent Accounting Period shall commence immediately after the close of the immediately preceding Accounting Period. Each Accounting Period hereunder shall close at the close of business on the first to occur of (i) the last day of each quarter of the Partnership, (ii) the date immediately prior to the effective date of the admission of a new Partner pursuant to Section 4.01, (iii) the date immediately prior to the effective date of an additional Capital Contribution pursuant to Section 3.02, (iv) any date on which a Partner makes a withdrawal from a Capital Account, (v) any date on which the Managing General Partner makes a distribution to Partners or other disposition of all or a portion of the Securities or proceeds from the sale thereof, (vi) the date when the Partnership shall dissolve or (vii) such other date as is determined by the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                    (b) The term “Beginning Value” shall, with respect to any Accounting Period, mean the value of the Partnership’s Net Assets at the beginning of such Accounting Period after giving effect to (i) withdrawals relating to the immediately preceding Withdrawal Date and (ii) distributions relating to the immediately preceding date on which a distribution was made.

 

 

 

                    (c) The term “Ending Value” shall, with respect to any Accounting Period, mean the value of the Partnership’s Net Assets at the end of such Accounting Period (before any reduction for Withholding Taxes (as defined in Section 3.01(i))).

 

 

 

                    (d) The term “Net Assets” shall mean the excess of the Partnership’s assets (valued in accordance with Section 3.07) over its liabilities (determined in accordance with Section 3.08).

 

 

 

                    (e) The term “Net Capital Appreciation” shall, with respect to any Accounting Period, mean the excess, if any, of the Ending Value over the Beginning Value.

 

 

 

                    (f) The term “Net Capital Depreciation” shall, with respect to any Accounting Period, mean the excess, if any, of the Beginning Value over the Ending Value.

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                    (g) The term “Net Decrease” shall, with respect to any fiscal year or shorter fiscal period, mean the excess, if any, of (i)(a) the Net Capital Depreciation, if any, allocated to a Capital Account for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period pursuant to Section 3.05(a) plus (b) in the case of a Capital Account relating to a subscription made by the Intermediate Fund (that are made as a result of capital contributions made to the Intermediate Fund or subscriptions made to the Feeder Fund by Indirect Investors (as defined in Section 3.02(d)), expenses paid directly by the Feeder Fund and/or the Intermediate Fund, as applicable, including the management fees paid by the Intermediate Fund (the “Management Fee”) for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period over (ii) the Net Capital Appreciation, if any, allocated to such Capital Account for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period pursuant to Section 3.05(a).

 

 

 

                    (h) The term “Net Increase” shall, with respect to any fiscal year or shorter fiscal period, mean the excess, if any, of (i) the Net Capital Appreciation, if any, allocated to a Capital Account for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period pursuant to Section 3.05(a) over (ii)(a) the Net Capital Depreciation, if any, allocated to such Capital Account for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period pursuant to Section 3.05(a) plus (b) in the case of a Capital Account relating to a subscription made by the Intermediate Fund (that are made as a result of capital contributions made to the Intermediate Fund or subscriptions made to the Feeder Fund by Indirect Investors), expenses paid directly by the Feeder Fund and/or the Intermediate Fund, as applicable, including the Management Fee for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period.

 

 

 

                    (i) The term “Withholding Tax” shall mean tax withheld from the Partnership or paid over by the Partnership that is determined based on the status, action or inaction (including the failure of a Partner to provide information to avoid or reduce withholding taxes) of a Partner or an Indirect Investor.

                    Section 3.02 Capital Contributions. (a) Each Partner has paid or conveyed by way of contribution to the Partnership cash and/or Securities (a “Capital Contribution”) having an aggregate value as set forth in the Partnership’s books and records. Additional Capital Contributions may be made by Limited Partners only in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.02.

 

 

 

                    (b) With the prior approval of the Managing General Partner, a Limited Partner may make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership in cash and/or Securities at such time as the Managing General Partner may permit.

 

 

 

                    (c) Subject to the prior approval of the Managing General Partner, each Limited Partner may make additional Capital Contributions in respect of an Indirect Investor’s subscription to the Feeder Fund or capital contribution to a Limited Partner (including the Intermediate Fund), as the case may be. Any such Capital Contributions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.02. For purposes of this Agreement the “Feeder Fund” shall mean Trian SPV VI, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, and the “Intermediate Fund” shall mean Trian SPV VI, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership.

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                    (d) The interests in the Partnership may be divided into separate Capital Accounts to correspond with each subscription or capital contribution by an Indirect Investor with respect to the classes, series and/or holders of interests or shares issued by the Intermediate Fund or the Feeder Fund to its respective Indirect Investors. Any Capital Contributions by the Intermediate Fund that are derived from capital contributions made to the Intermediate Fund or subscriptions made to the Feeder Fund by Indirect Investors shall be credited to the corresponding Capital Accounts. Any holder (other than the Feeder Fund) of a direct interest in the Intermediate Fund or any shareholder of the Feeder Fund is herein called an “Indirect Investor.”

                    Section 3.03 Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (herein called the “Capital Account”) shall be established on the books of the Partnership for each General Partner and for each Limited Partner for each separate Capital Contribution made by such Partner, and such Capital Accounts of any particular Limited Partner shall be separated as and to the extent provided in or pursuant to Section 3.02(d). The Capital Account(s) of each Partner shall be in an amount equal to such Partner’s initial Capital Contribution with respect to such Capital Account, adjusted as hereinafter provided. At the end of each Accounting Period, each Capital Account of a Partner shall be (i) increased or decreased by the amount credited to or debited from such Capital Account of such Partner pursuant to Section 3.05; and (ii) decreased by the amount of any withdrawals made by such Partner from such Capital Account pursuant to Section 5.02 or any distributions made to such Partner from such Capital Account pursuant to Section 5.05.

                              For administrative convenience, the Managing General Partner may combine multiple Capital Accounts in respect of any particular Indirect Investor that have been established pursuant to Section 3.02(d) that have the same characteristics (e.g., remaining Lock-Up Period (as defined in Section 5.02) and compensation terms).

                    Section 3.04 Partnership Percentages. A “Partnership Percentage” shall be determined for each Capital Account for each Accounting Period of the Partnership by dividing the amount of such Capital Account by the aggregate Capital Accounts of all Partners as of the beginning of such Accounting Period after taking into account Capital Contributions, withdrawals and distributions, as of such date. The sum of the Partnership Percentages shall equal 100 percent.

                    Section 3.05 Allocation of Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation.

 

 

 

                    (a) At the end of each Accounting Period, each Capital Account of each Partner (including each General Partner) for such Accounting Period shall be adjusted by crediting (in the case of Net Capital Appreciation) or debiting (in the case of Net Capital Depreciation) the Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation, as the case may be, in proportion to their respective Partnership Percentages.

 

 

 

                    For purposes of determining the amount of Net Capital Appreciation and Net Capital Depreciation as of each date that the Partnership sells an investment, the cost basis of the investment disposed of by the Partnership shall be

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determined based on the purchase dates (on which such investments were actually acquired) selected by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion.

 

 

 

                    (b) (i) Subject to Section 3.05(d), at the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, as of each date that any of the Partnership’s investments in the Company are realized and at such other times as are required by Section 3.05(e), the Net Increase, if any, initially allocated to any Capital Account of a Limited Partner for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period shall be reallocated between such Capital Account and the Managing General Partner’s Capital Account relating to such Capital Account (a “GP Capital Account”) as follows: (A) first, the amount calculated under Section 3.05(b)(ii)(B) shall be reversed, to the extent not previously offset under this Section 3.05(b)(i)(A); and (B) then, 10% of the Net Increase shall be reallocated to the applicable GP Capital Account (such reallocations described in this clause (B) collectively referred to herein as the “Incentive Allocation”) and 90% shall be allocated to such Capital Account; provided that except with respect to Tax Distributions (as defined below) or as set forth below the Managing General Partner may not withdraw or receive distributions with respect to any portion of the Incentive Allocations that is attributable to any investment until such investment is realized; provided further that in the event of a withdrawal from a Capital Account of a Limited Partner or in the event the Partnership makes a distribution to a Limited Partner, the Managing General Partner may also withdraw or receive distributions in an amount up to the amount of the Incentive Allocations calculated in respect of such withdrawal or distribution, as applicable (after reduction for any Tax Distributions previously received in respect of such Incentive Allocation), and in such circumstances such Incentive Allocation shall take into account realized and unrealized appreciation and depreciation allocable to the Capital Account from which such withdrawal or distribution, as applicable, is made.

 

 

 

                              (ii) Subject to Section 3.05(d), the Net Decrease initially allocated to any Capital Account for a fiscal year or shorter fiscal period shall be reallocated between such Capital Account and the applicable GP Capital Account as follows: (A) first, the amount calculated under Section 3.05(b)(i)(B) and previously allocated shall be reduced (but shall not reduce the applicable GP Capital Account below zero) by allocating 10% of such Net Decrease to the applicable GP Capital Account and 90% of such Net Decrease to such Capital Account, to the extent not previously offset under this Section 3.05(b)(ii)(A); and (B) then, 100% of the remaining Net Decrease, if any, shall be allocated to such Capital Account.

 

 

 

                              (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, losses (or items of deduction as computed for book purposes) allocable to the Managing General Partner under Section 3.05(b)(ii)(A) shall not be allocated to the Managing General Partner to the extent that the Managing General Partner has or would have, as a result of such allocation, an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit for the applicable GP Capital Account. As used herein, “Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” shall mean and refer to such GP Capital Account, increased by any amounts that the Managing General Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to the terms of this Agreement 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), and reduced by any adjustments, allocations or

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distributions described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6). Any loss (or items of deduction as computed for book purposes) that otherwise would be allocated to the applicable GP Capital Account, but that cannot be allocated to the Managing General Partner because of the application of the immediately preceding sentence, shall instead be allocated to the Limited Partner’s applicable Capital Account, subject to the limitation imposed by the immediately preceding sentence. If the Limited Partner could not receive such an allocation without creating an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, all such losses or items shall be allocated to the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                              (iv) Notwithstanding Section 3.05(b)(i) and (ii) above, Net Increase or items thereof allocable with respect to a Capital Account shall first be allocated 100% to the Partners in the amount necessary to reverse, in reverse chronological order, on a cumulative basis and without duplication, any amounts allocated to such Partners pursuant to the last two sentences of Section 3.05(b)(iii), such allocations to be made pro rata based on the amounts previously allocated to such Partners pursuant to the last two sentences of Section 3.05(b)(iii).

 

 

 

                    (c) The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, elect to reduce, waive or calculate differently the Incentive Allocation with respect to the Capital Accounts that are attributable to any Affiliated Investor or an Affiliate, employee or relative of an Affiliated Investor or its Affiliates, or for any other Limited Partner including, in particular during any wind-down of the Partnership’s business.

 

 

 

                    (d) In the event that (i) a Limited Partner withdraws all or a portion of a Capital Account or (ii) a partial distribution of amounts contained in a Capital Account of a Limited Partner is made, in each case, when there is an amount of Net Decrease allocated pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(ii)(B) that has not been offset under Section 3.05(b)(i)(A) before an Incentive Allocation can be made with respect to such Capital Account (other than a withdrawal to pay Feeder Fund or Intermediate Fund expenses pursuant to Section 5.02(d)), the amount of such Net Decrease that is required to be offset by Net Increase under Section 3.05(b)(i)(A) shall be reduced as of the beginning of the next Accounting Period by an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount of Net Decrease that is required to be offset by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the withdrawal from such Capital Account with respect to the immediately preceding Withdrawal Date (other than a withdrawal described in Section 5.02(d)) in the case of a withdrawal, or the amount of the distribution from the Capital Account, in the case of a distribution, and the denominator of which is the balance in such Capital Account on the last day of the prior Accounting Period. Additional Capital Contributions with respect to a Capital Account shall not affect the amount of Net Decrease that must be offset by Net Increase under Section 3.05(b)(i)(A).

 

 

 

                    (e) In the event that (i) the Partnership is dissolved other than at the end of a fiscal year, (ii) the effective date of a Limited Partner’s partial or complete withdrawal from any particular Capital Account is other than a fiscal year end, (iii) a partial or complete distribution of the amounts contained in a Capital Account of a Limited Partner occurs as of a date other than a fiscal year end, (iv) any of the Partnership’s investments

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are realized other than at the end of a fiscal year or (v) the Managing General Partner is removed or resigns other than at the end of a fiscal year, then for purposes of determining the Incentive Allocation, Net Increase and Net Decrease shall be determined through the (x) termination date, resignation date or removal date (for all Limited Partners) or (y) withdrawal date or distribution date (for the Capital Account relating to such withdrawal or distribution (as applicable) only) as if such dates were the end of the fiscal year, and the Incentive Allocation shall be made at that time; provided, however, that an Incentive Allocation made in respect of a withdrawal, distribution or realization of any of the investments of the Partnership in the Company shall be made on that portion of the Net Increase attributable to the withdrawal or distribution amount, or attributable to the investment that is realized, as applicable.

 

 

 

                    (f) For purposes of determining the impact of withdrawals and distributions on Incentive Allocations and the amount of Net Decrease that is required to be offset with respect to: (i) Limited Partners having multiple Capital Accounts other than as contemplated in Section 3.02(d); and (ii) any Limited Partner holding multiple Capital Accounts that have been established in respect of any particular Indirect Investor, pursuant to Section 3.02(d), withdrawals and distributions shall be deemed to be made in respect of such Capital Accounts on a “first in -first out” basis.

 

 

 

                    (g) In the event the Managing General Partner determines that, based upon tax or regulatory reasons, or any other reasons as to which the Managing General Partner and any Limited Partner agree, such Partner (or any Indirect Investor) should not participate in the Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation, attributable to any Security, type of Security or to any other transaction, or event if any, the Managing General Partner may allocate such Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation only to the Capital Accounts of Partners in respect of which such reasons do not apply. In addition, if for any of the reasons described above, the Managing General Partner determines that a Partner (or any Indirect Investor) should have no interest whatsoever in a particular Security, type of Security or transaction, the interests in such Security, type of Security or transaction may be set forth in a separate memorandum account in which Partners shall participate only with respect to Capital Accounts that the Managing General Partner determines should have an interest in such Security, type of Security or transaction (any such Partner, for such Security, type of Security or transaction, being referred to the extent of such participating Capital Account as an “Unrestricted Partner”) and in the Net Capital Appreciation and Net Capital Depreciation for each such memorandum account, which shall be separately calculated.

 

 

 

                    (h) At the end of each Accounting Period during which a memorandum account created pursuant to Section 3.05(g) (a “Memorandum Account”) was in existence (or during which an interest in particular Securities was otherwise allocated away from the Capital Accounts of one or more Limited Partners), the Capital Accounts of each Unrestricted Partner may be debited pro rata in accordance with the Capital Accounts of all Unrestricted Partners at the opening of such Accounting Period in an amount equal to the interest that would have accrued on the amount used to purchase the Securities attributable to the Memorandum Account (the “Purchase Price”) had the Purchase Price earned interest at the rate per annum being paid by the Partnership from time to time

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during the applicable Accounting Period for borrowed funds, or, if funds have not been borrowed by the Partnership during such Accounting Period, at the interest rate per annum that the Managing General Partner determines would have been paid if funds had been borrowed by the Partnership during such Accounting Period. The amount so debited shall then be credited to the Capital Accounts of all of the Partners pro rata in accordance with the balance of such Capital Accounts as of the opening of the Accounting Period.

 

 

 

                              (i) If the Partnership incurs a Withholding Tax or other tax obligation with respect to the share of Partnership income allocable to any Partner, then the Managing General Partner, without limitation of any other rights of the Partnership or the Managing General Partner, shall cause the amount of such obligation to be debited against the Capital Account(s) of such Partner as of the close of the Accounting Period during which the Partnership pays such obligation or has the Withholding Tax withheld from its income. The Managing General Partner shall not be obligated to apply for or obtain a reduction of or exemption from Withholding Tax on behalf of any Partner that may be eligible for such reduction or exemption.

                    Section 3.06 Amendment of Incentive Allocation. The Managing General Partner shall have the right to amend, without the consent of the Limited Partners, Section 3.05 of this Agreement so that the Incentive Allocation therein provided conforms to any applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and other regulatory authorities; provided, however, that no such amendment shall increase the Incentive Allocation that otherwise would be computed with respect to a Capital Account, other than as provided in Section 3.05.

                    Section 3.07 Valuation of Assets.

 

 

 

                    (a) Securities that are listed on a securities exchange shall be valued at their last sales prices on the date of determination on the primary securities exchange on which such Securities shall have traded on such date (or, in the event that the date of determination is not a date upon which a securities exchange was open for trading, on the last prior date on which such securities exchange was so open not more than 10 days prior to the date of determination). Securities that are not listed on an exchange but are traded over-the-counter shall be valued at the mean between the last “bid” and “asked” price for such security on such date. Securities not denominated in U.S. dollars shall be translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates as the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, may determine in good faith.

 

 

 

                    (b) Securities that are difficult to value, including illiquid securities, will be valued as the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, may determine in good faith.

 

 

 

                    (c) All other assets of the Partnership (except goodwill, which shall not be taken into account) shall be assigned such value as the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, may determine in good faith.

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                    (d) If the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, determines in its sole discretion that the valuation of any Securities pursuant to Section 3.07(a) does not fairly represent fair value, the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, may value such Securities as it determines in good faith and shall set forth the basis of such valuation in writing in the Partnership’s records.

 

 

 

                    (e) All values assigned to Securities and other assets by the Administrator pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Partners.

                    Section 3.08 Liabilities. Liabilities shall be determined using generally accepted accounting principles, as a guideline, applied on a consistent basis; provided, however, that the Managing General Partner in its discretion may provide reserves and holdbacks for estimated accrued expenses, liabilities or contingencies, including general reserves for unspecified contingencies (even if such reserves or holdbacks are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles).

                    Section 3.09 Allocation for Tax Purposes. For each tax year, items of income (including items of gross income), deduction, gain, loss or credit shall be allocated for U.S. income tax purposes among the Partners in such manner as to reflect equitably amounts credited to or debited from each Partner’s Capital Account(s) for the current and prior fiscal years (or relevant portions thereof). Allocations under this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the principles of Section 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code, and U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) and 1.704-3(e) promulgated thereunder, as applicable, or the successor provisions to such Section and Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, there shall be allocated to the Partners such gains or income as shall be necessary to satisfy the “qualified income offset” requirements of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).

                    If the Partnership realizes ordinary income and/or capital gains (including short-term capital gains) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (collectively, “income”) for any tax year during or as of the end of which one or more Positive Basis Partners (as herein defined) withdraw from the Partnership pursuant to Article V, the Managing General Partner may elect, in its discretion, to allocate such income (including items of income) as follows: (i) first, among such completely withdrawing Positive Basis Partners, pro rata in proportion to the respective Full Positive Basis (as herein defined) of each such completely withdrawing Positive Basis Partner, until either the full amount of such income shall have been so allocated or the Full Positive Basis of each such Positive Basis Partner shall have been eliminated, (ii) then, among such partially withdrawing Positive Basis Partners, pro rata in proportion to the respective Partial Positive Basis (as herein defined) of each such partially withdrawing Positive Basis Partner, until either the remaining amount of such income shall have been so allocated or the Partial Positive Basis of each such Positive Basis Partner shall have been eliminated and (iii) then any income not so allocated to Positive Basis Partners to the other Partners in such manner as shall equitably reflect the amounts allocated to such Partners’ Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 3.05.

                    If the Partnership realizes deductions, ordinary losses and/or capital losses (including long-term capital losses) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (collectively, “losses”) for any tax year during or as of the end of which one or more Negative Basis Partners (as herein

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defined) withdraw from the Partnership pursuant to Article V, the Managing General Partner may elect, in its discretion, to allocate such losses (including items of loss) as follows: (i) first, among such completely withdrawing Negative Basis Partners, pro rata in proportion to the respective Full Negative Basis (as herein defined) of each such completely withdrawing Negative Basis Partner, until either the full amount of such losses shall have been so allocated or the Full Negative Basis of each such Negative Basis Partner shall have been eliminated, (ii) then, among such partially withdrawing Negative Basis Partners, pro rata in proportion to the respective Partial Negative Basis (as herein defined) of each such partially withdrawing Negative Basis Partner, until either the remaining amount of such losses shall have been so allocated or the Partial Negative Basis of each such Negative Basis Partner shall have been eliminated and (iii) then any losses not so allocated to Negative Basis Partners to the other Partners in such manner as shall equitably reflect the amounts allocated to such Partners’ Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 3.05.

                    As used herein, (i) the term “Full Positive Basis” shall mean, with respect to any completely withdrawing Partner and as of any time of calculation, the amount by which (x) its interest in the Partnership (determined in accordance with Section 1.04) as of such time plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such Partner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code resulting from its withdrawal exceeds (y) its “adjusted tax basis”, for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership as of such time, (ii) the term “Partial Positive Basis” shall mean, with respect to any partially withdrawing Partner (or Partner receiving a distribution of a portion of its Capital Account) and as of the time of calculation, the amount by which the amount received (or to be received) upon such partial withdrawal or distribution as of such time plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such Partner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code resulting from its withdrawal or distribution exceeds the product of (x) its “adjusted tax basis,” for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership as of such time and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount received (or to be received) upon such partial withdrawal or distribution, and the denominator of which is the value of such Partner’s Capital Account immediately prior to such partial withdrawal or distribution and (iii) the term “Positive Basis Partner” shall mean any Partner that withdraws some or all of its interest in the Partnership or who receives a partial distribution in respect of a Capital Account and who has Full Positive Basis or Partial Positive Basis as of the effective date of such withdrawal or distribution (determined prior to any allocations made pursuant to this Section 3.09).

                    As used herein, (i) the term “Full Negative Basis” shall mean, with respect to any completely withdrawing Partner and as of any time of calculation, the amount by which (x) its interest in the Partnership (determined in accordance with Section 1.04) as of such time plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such Partner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code resulting from its withdrawal is less than (y) its “adjusted tax basis”, for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership as of such time, (ii) the term “Partial Negative Basis” shall mean, with respect to any partially withdrawing Partner (or Partner receiving a distribution of a portion of its Capital Account) and as of the time of calculation, the amount by which the amount received (or to be received) upon such partial withdrawal or distribution as of such time plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such Partner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code resulting from its withdrawal or distribution is less than the product of (x) its “adjusted tax

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basis,” for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership as of such time and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount received (or to be received) upon such partial withdrawal or distribution, and the denominator of which is the value of such Partner’s Capital Account immediately prior to such partial withdrawal or distribution and (ii) the term “Negative Basis Partner” shall mean any Partner that withdraws some or all of its interest in the Partnership or receives a partial distribution in respect of a Capital Account and who has Full Negative Basis or Partial Negative Basis as of the effective date of its withdrawal (determined prior to any allocations made pursuant to this Section 3.09).

                    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.09, if a General Partner withdraws all or a portion of its Capital Account during any tax year or receives a partial distribution in respect of a Capital Account, the Managing General Partner may specially allocate income to such General Partner equal to the amount by which such withdrawal or distribution plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such General Partner exceed its adjusted tax basis, for income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership (determined prior to any such allocations).

                    Section 3.10 Determination by the Managing General Partner of Certain Matters. All matters concerning the valuation of Securities and other assets, liabilities, profits and losses of the Partnership, the allocation of income, deductions, gains and losses among the Partners, including taxes thereon, and accounting procedures, not expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the Managing General Partner whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Partners.

                    Section 3.11 Adjustments to Take Account of Certain Events. If the Code or Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder require a withholding or other adjustment to the Capital Account(s) of a Partner or some other event occurs necessitating in the Managing General Partner’s judgment an equitable adjustment, the Managing General Partner shall make such adjustments in the determination and allocation among the Partners of Net Capital Appreciation, Net Capital Depreciation, Capital Accounts, Partnership Percentages, Incentive Allocation, items of income, deduction, gain, loss, credit or withholding for tax purposes, accounting procedures or such other financial or tax items as shall equitably take into account such event and applicable provisions of law, and the determination thereof by the Managing General Partner shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Partners.

ARTICLE IV

Admission of New Partners

                    Section 4.01 New Partners. Subject to the condition that each new Partner shall execute an appropriate supplement or deed of adherence to this Agreement pursuant to which it agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions hereof, the Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, admit one or more new Partners as of the first Business Day of each month or at such other times as determined by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion. A “Business Day” shall be any day on which commercial banks in New York City and the Cayman Islands are open for normal business. Admission of a new Partner shall not be a cause for winding up or dissolution of the Partnership. In no event shall the Partnership at any time have

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more than 100 Partners. For purposes of this section, the number of Partners of the Partnership shall be determined in accordance with U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h). Each Limited Partner (and each Indirect Investor) agrees that it will not and it will cause its affiliates not to, purchase or otherwise directly or indirectly acquire beneficial ownership of any shares of the Company’s common stock or other voting securities of the Company as long as it is a Limited Partner (or an Indirect Investor). Each Limited Partner (and each Indirect Investor) agrees that it shall promptly notify the Management Company if it or any of its affiliates becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner of any shares of the Company’s common stock or other voting securities during the period that it is a Limited Partner (or an Indirect Investor).

ARTICLE V

Withdrawals and Distributions
of Capital

                    Section 5.01 Withdrawals and Distributions in General. No Partner shall be entitled to (i) receive distributions from the Partnership, except as provided in Section 5.05 and Section 6.02 or (ii) withdraw any amount from a Capital Account, except as provided in Section 5.02, or upon the consent of, and upon such terms as may be determined by, the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion.

                    Section 5.02 Withdrawals.

 

 

 

                    (a) Subject to Sections 5.02(b), 5.02(c), 5.05, and 5.06, each Limited Partner shall have the right, upon at least 65 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Administrator, to withdraw all or a portion of the balance in a Capital Account established for such Limited Partner with respect to any particular Capital Contribution, determined in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund in accordance with Section 3.02(d) as of (i) the last day of the then current Lock-Up Period (as herein defined) and (ii) the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter, subject in each case to the legal, tax and regulatory constraints set forth in Section 5.07. “Lock-Up Period” with respect to any Capital Account means the last day of the fiscal quarter that occurs on or immediately following the expiration of the 24-month period commencing on the date of the establishment of such Capital Account; provided that the Managing General Partner may elect, in its sole discretion, upon written notice to the applicable Limited Partners at least 90 days’ prior to the end of such 24-month period, to extend the Lock-Up Period with respect to such Capital Account until the date that is the last day of the fiscal quarter that occurs on or immediately following the later of (i) the expiration of the 36-month period commencing on the date of establishment of such Capital Account and (ii) the date of the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders following the annual meeting of shareholders that is held in the year of the initial closing of the offering of limited partnership interests contemplated by this Agreement. For Limited Partners with multiple Capital Accounts, including multiple Capital Accounts established on account of any particular Indirect Investor, withdrawals shall be deemed to be made on a “first in - first out” basis. Each date as of which a Limited Partner is permitted to withdraw all or a portion of the balance in a Capital Account shall herein be referred to as a “Withdrawal Date.” If a Withdrawal Date does not fall on a Business Day, the Withdrawal Date shall

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be the next Business Day. Withdrawal requests shall be irrevocable by the Limited Partner upon receipt by the Managing General Partner, but such irrevocability may be waived by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion. The Lock-Up Period shall also apply to withdrawals (excluding withdrawals of Incentive Allocation) from the Capital Accounts of the Managing General Partner. Upon the expiration of the Lock-Up Period with respect to any Capital Contribution made by the Managing General Partner, the Managing General Partner may, on any Withdrawal Date, withdraw amounts in the applicable Capital Account. The Managing General Partner may withdraw all or any portion of the Incentive Allocation that has been allocated to its Capital Account at any time.

 

 

 

                    (b) Distributions of withdrawal proceeds shall generally be made within 30 days after the relevant Withdrawal Date; provided, however, that if a Limited Partner elects to withdraw 90% or more of its Capital Account(s), established in the case of the Intermediate Fund, in respect of the Capital Contributions of any particular Indirect Investor pursuant to Section 3.02(d) on a particular Withdrawal Date, the Partnership shall distribute the Limited Partner an amount equal to at least 90% of its estimated withdrawal proceeds (computed on the basis of unaudited data as of the Withdrawal Date) within 30 days after the relevant Withdrawal Date. The Partnership shall endeavor to pay the balance of the withdrawal proceeds (subject to audit adjustments) within 30 days after completion of the audit of the Partnership’s books for the calendar year in which such Withdrawal Date occurs. No interest shall be paid on any balance due after a Withdrawal Date. The interests (or portion thereof being withdrawn) of a Limited Partner that gives notice of withdrawal pursuant to this Section 5.03(b) shall not be included in calculating the Partnership Percentages of the Limited Partners required to take any action under this Agreement.

 

 

 

                    (c) The Managing General Partner reserves the right to enter into agreements with one or more Limited Partners that contain different withdrawal rights than those described in Section 5.02(a) including a shorter withdrawal notice period and more frequent withdrawal rights. In addition, the Managing General Partner may waive notice requirements and require or permit withdrawals under such other circumstances as it approves, including to pay expenses of the Feeder Fund and/or the Intermediate Fund approved by the Management Company.

 

 

 

                    (d) The Managing General Partner shall have the right to withdraw out of the Incentive Allocation allocated to a GP Capital Account an amount equal to the Managing General Partner’s “Presumed Tax Liability” with respect to such Incentive Allocation (a “Tax Distribution”). “Presumed Tax Liability” for any fiscal year means an amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of U.S. federal, state and local taxable income attributable to the Incentive Allocation for the prior fiscal year and (ii) the Presumed Tax Rate as of December 31 of such prior fiscal year. The “Presumed Tax Rate” means the effective combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate applicable to a natural person residing in New York, New York, taxable at the highest marginal U.S. federal income tax rate and the highest marginal New York, New York income tax rates and any entity-level tax imposed on a pass-through entity doing business in New York, New York, in each case, taking into account the character of such income

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and after giving effect to the U.S. federal income tax deduction for such state and local income taxes. Such amounts shall be distributed no later than March 31 following the end of such year, unless the Managing General Partner elects on or prior to March 1 of such year not to be distributed its Tax Distribution; such election shall be made in writing to the Administrative General Partner. Any Tax Distributions shall be treated as preliminary distributions by the Partnership of future amounts distributable by the Partnership in connection with the Incentive Allocation to the Managing General Partner in respect of a Capital Account, and any future amounts distributable in connection with the Incentive Allocation by the Partnership to the Managing General Partner in respect of such Capital Account shall be reduced to take into account such Tax Distributions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Managing General Partner shall not be required to return to the Partnership any Tax Distributions regardless of whether it is determined that the Managing General Partner was not entitled to an Incentive Allocation with respect to such amounts.

 

 

 

                    (e) To the extent that, as of the earlier of: (i) the date on which a Limited Partner (and in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund, an Indirect Investor) withdraws the last of its Capital Account balance(s) and (ii) the date of the final disposition of all of the investments held by the Partnership, the Managing General Partner has made any withdrawal and/or received any distribution of the Incentive Allocations with respect to the Capital Account(s) held by any Limited Partner (and in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund, attributable to any Indirect Investor) in excess of the amount it would have withdrawn or received a distribution as of such date had it not withdrawn or received distributions of the Incentive Allocations prior to such date with respect to the Capital Account(s) held by such Limited Partner, and in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund, held by such Indirect Investor (such amount, the “Excess Amount”), the Managing General Partner shall be required to restore such Excess Amount; provided, however, that in no event shall such restoration be more than the total Incentive Allocations with respect to the Capital Account(s) of such Partner (and in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund, with respect to the Capital Account(s) of such Indirect Investor) received by the Managing General Partner less related Tax Distributions.

                    Section 5.03 Required Withdrawals. The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, require a Limited Partner to withdraw all or any part of its Capital Account balance(s) at any time, for any reason or no reason. The Managing General Partner also may require a Limited Partner to withdraw all or any part of its Capital Account balance(s) immediately in the event that the Managing General Partner, in its sole discretion, determines that (i) the Limited Partner or any Indirect Investor has made a material omission or material misstatement of fact with regard to the information such Limited Partner or such Indirect Investor provided to the Partnership, the Intermediate Fund or the Feeder Fund, (ii) such Partner’s continued participation in the Partnership may cause the Partnership to fail to qualify for the safe harbor from “publicly traded partnership” status set forth in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) or (iii) such Limited Partner’s or Indirect Investor’s continued ownership of an interest in the Partnership or in the Limited Partner, respectively, may cause adverse legal, tax, regulatory or other consequences to the Partnership. In addition, the Managing General Partner also may require a Limited Partner to withdraw all or any part of its

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Capital Account balance(s) effective as of any preceding date specified in the Partnership’s notice to such Limited Partner in the event that the Managing General Partner, in its sole discretion, determines that such Limited Partner’s or Indirect Investor’s ownership of all or a portion of such interests in the Partnership or in the Intermediate Fund or the Feeder Fund, respectively, may cause adverse legal, tax or regulatory consequences to the Partnership, the Management Company or the Managing General Partner. The Partner receiving such notice shall be treated for all purposes and in all respects as a Partner who has given notice of withdrawal of all or part of its Capital Accounts, as the case may be, under Section 5.02.

                    Section 5.04 Death, Disability, etc. of Limited Partners. The death, disability, incapacity, adjudication of incompetency, termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of a Limited Partner shall not dissolve the Partnership. The legal representatives of a Limited Partner shall succeed as assignee to the Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership upon the death, disability, incapacity, adjudication of incompetency, termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of such Limited Partner, but shall not be admitted as a substituted Partner without the consent of the Managing General Partner, in its sole discretion.

                    Section 5.05 Distributions.

 

 

 

                    (a) The Managing General Partner may at any time (including during the Lock-Up Period), in its sole discretion, make distributions in cash or in kind (i) in connection with a withdrawal of funds from the Partnership by a Partner; provided that any distribution in-kind pursuant to this clause (a)(i) need not be pro rata and (ii) at any time to all of the Partners on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Partners’ Partnership Percentages; provided, that the Managing General Partner may elect, in its sole discretion, to give Limited Partners the option of opting out of any distributions pursuant to clause (ii). Additionally, upon the sale of all or substantially all of the Securities (and the determination of the Managing General Partner that the Partnership no longer intends to acquire Securities), the Managing General Partner shall distribute the proceeds thereof to the Partners pro rata in accordance with their respective Partnership Percentages.

 

 

 

                    (b) If a distribution is made in kind, immediately prior to such distribution, the Managing General Partner shall determine the fair market value of the property distributed and adjust the Capital Accounts of all Partners upwards or downwards as if such gain or loss had been recognized upon an actual sale of such property and allocated pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such distribution shall reduce the Capital Account(s) of the distributee Partner by the fair market value thereof.

 

 

 

                    (c) The provisions of this Section 5.05 shall apply to distributions made in connection with any withdrawal under this Article V and in connection with dissolution pursuant to Article VI, unless otherwise provided for in Article VI.

 

 

 

                    (d) (i) The Managing General Partner may withhold and pay over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (or any other relevant taxing authority or withholding agent) such amounts as the Partnership is required to withhold or pay over, pursuant to the Code or any other applicable law, on account of a Partner’s distributive share of the Partnership’s items of gross income, income, gain or gross sale or disposition proceeds.

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                                        (ii) For purposes of this Agreement, any taxes so withheld or paid over by the Partnership with respect to a Partner’s distributive share of the Partnership’s gross income, income, gain or gross sale or disposition proceeds shall be deemed to be a distribution or payment to such Partner, reducing the amount otherwise distributable to such Partner, pursuant to this Agreement and reducing the Capital Account(s) of such Partner. If the amount of such taxes is greater than any such distributable amounts, then such Partner and any successor to such Partner’s interest shall pay the amount of such excess to the Partnership, as a contribution to the capital of the Partnership.

 

                                        (iii) The Managing General Partner shall not be obligated to apply for or obtain a reduction of or exemption from withholding tax on behalf of any Partner that may be eligible for such reduction or exemption. To the extent that a Partner claims to be entitled to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, a withholding tax pursuant to an applicable income tax treaty, or otherwise, the Partner shall furnish the Managing General Partner with such information and forms as such Partner may be required to complete where necessary to comply with any and all laws and regulations governing the obligations of withholding tax agents. Each Partner represents and warrants that any such information and forms furnished by such Partner shall be true and accurate and agrees to indemnify the Partnership and each of the Partners from any and all damages, costs and expenses resulting from the filing of inaccurate or incomplete information or forms relating to such withholding taxes.

                    Section 5.06 Effective Date of Withdrawal. Unless otherwise specified herein, the effective date of a Partner’s withdrawal with respect to any of its Capital Accounts shall mean the day immediately following: (i) the Withdrawal Date in the case of a withdrawal pursuant to Section 5.02(a), or (ii) the date determined by the Managing General Partner if such Partner shall be required to withdraw from the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.03. In the event the Withdrawal Date of a Partner shall be a date other than the last day of a fiscal year of the Partnership, each Capital Account of the withdrawing Partner that is subject to such withdrawal shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.05(b) as if the Withdrawal Date of such Partner’s withdrawal were the last day of a fiscal year.

                    Section 5.07 Limitations on Withdrawal of Capital Account.

 

 

 

                    (a) The right of any Partner or its legal representatives to withdraw any amount from a Capital Account and to have distributed to it any such amount (or any portion thereof) pursuant to this Article V is subject to the provision by the Managing General Partner for all Partnership liabilities in accordance with the Law and for reserves for contingencies and estimated accrued expenses and liabilities in accordance with Section 3.08, and for projected Incentive Allocations. In addition, no withdrawal shall be permitted that would result in a Capital Account having a negative balance. The unused portion of any reserve shall be distributed to the Partners to which the reserve applied, with interest at the prevailing savings bank rate for unrestricted deposits from time to time in effect in New York, New York, as determined by the Managing General Partner, after the Managing General Partner shall have determined that the need therefor shall have ceased.

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                    (b) The Managing General Partner may suspend subscription for limited partnership interests, the determination of the net asset value and the net asset value of each Limited Partner’s Capital Account(s), and/or withdrawal rights (including the right to receive withdrawal proceeds), in whole or in part for any and all Limited Partners at any time: (i) during any period when any stock exchange or over-the-counter market on which any of the Partnership’s investments are quoted, traded or dealt in is closed, other than for ordinary holidays and weekends, or during periods in which dealings are restricted or suspended; (ii) during the existence of any state of affairs as a result of which, in the opinion of the Management Company, disposal of part or all of the assets of the Partnership or the calculation of the net asset value would not be reasonably practicable or would be seriously prejudicial to the non-withdrawing Limited Partners; (iii) during any breakdown in the means of communication normally employed in determining the price or value of the Partnership’s assets or liabilities, or of current prices in any stock market as aforesaid, or when for any other reason the prices or values of any assets or liabilities of the Partnership cannot reasonably be promptly and accurately ascertained; (iv) during any period when the transfer of funds involved in the realization or acquisition of any investments cannot, in the opinion of the Management Company, be effected at normal rates of exchange; or (v) where such withdrawal would impede a pending tender offer, proxy contest, shareholder vote or other hostile action with respect to the Company.

 

 

 

                    (c) No partial withdrawals shall be permitted if such withdrawal shall cause the aggregate Capital Account balances established with respect to a Limited Partner or an Indirect Investor to fall below $2 million, unless approved by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion.

 

 

 

                    (d) The Managing General Partner, by written notice to any Limited Partner, may suspend withdrawal rights of such Limited Partner (including the right to receive withdrawal proceeds) if the Managing General Partner reasonably deems it necessary to do so to comply with anti-money laundering laws and regulations or any other legal, tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Partnership, the Administrative General Partner, the Management Company, the Managing General Partner, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates, subsidiaries or associates or any of the Partnership’s other service providers.

ARTICLE VI

Duration and Dissolution of the Partnership

                    Section 6.01 Duration. The Partnership shall continue until the earliest of (i) a determination by the Managing General Partner, in its sole discretion, that the Partnership should be wound up and dissolved, (ii) the termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of the Managing General Partner pursuant to Section 15(1) of the Law, or (iii) such time as the Managing General Partner determines that the Partnership no longer holds and no longer intends to acquire Securities, (each, a “Winding Up Event”). Upon a determination to wind up and dissolve the Partnership, withdrawal requests and distributions in respect of pending withdrawals may not be made (other than pursuant to Section 5.02(d)).

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                    Section 6.02 Dissolution.

 

 

 

                    (a) Upon a determination to wind up and dissolve the Partnership or the occurrence of any of the events set out in Section 6.01, in accordance with this Agreement and the Law, the Managing General Partner shall, subject to applicable law, within no more than 30 days after completion of a final audit of the Partnership’s financial statements (which shall be performed within 90 days of the occurrence of a Winding Up Event), make distributions out of the Partnership’s assets, in the following manner and order:

 

 

 

                                        (i) to creditors, including Partners who are creditors, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Partnership (whether by payment or by establishment of reserves); and

 

 

 

                                        (ii) to the Partners in the proportion of their respective Capital Accounts.


 

 

 

                    (b) The Managing General Partner, in its discretion, at any time and from time to time, may designate one or more liquidators, including, without limitation, one or more members of the General Partners, who shall have full authority to wind up and liquidate the business of the Partnership and to make final distributions as provided in this Section 6.02. The appointment of any liquidator may be revoked or a successor or additional liquidator or liquidators may be appointed at any time by an instrument in writing signed by the Managing General Partner. Any such liquidator may receive compensation as shall be fixed, from time to time, by the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                    (c) In the event that the Partnership is wound up on a date other than the last day of a fiscal year, the date of such dissolution shall be deemed to be the last day of a fiscal year for purposes of adjusting the Capital Accounts of the Partners pursuant to Section 3.05. For purposes of distributing the assets of the Partnership upon winding up, the Managing General Partner shall be entitled to a return, on a pari passu basis with the Limited Partners, of the amount standing to its credit in its Capital Accounts. The dissolution of the Partnership shall be effective upon the filing of, and the Managing General Partner or any other person acting as liquidator shall file, a statement with the Registrar pursuant to Section 15(3) of the Law.

ARTICLE VII

Tax Returns; Reports to Partners

                    Section 7.01 Independent Auditors. The financial statements of the Partnership shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant selected by the Managing General Partner as of the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership.

                    Section 7.02 Filing of Tax Returns. The Managing General Partner or its designated agent shall prepare and file, or cause the accountants of the Partnership to prepare and file, a U.S. Federal information tax return in compliance with Section 6031 of the Code, and any required state and local income tax and information returns for each tax year of the Partnership.

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                    Section 7.03 Tax Matters Partner. The Managing General Partner shall be designated on the Partnership’s annual U.S. Federal information tax return, and have full powers and responsibilities, as the Tax Matters Partner of the Partnership for purposes of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. Each person (for purposes of this Section 7.03, called a “Pass-Thru Partner”) that holds or controls an interest as a Partner on behalf of, or for the benefit of, another person or persons, or which Pass-Thru Partner is beneficially owned (directly or indirectly) by another person or persons, shall, within 30 days following receipt from the Tax Matters Partner of any notice, demand, request for information or similar document, convey such notice or other document in writing to all holders of beneficial interests in the Partnership holding such interests through such Pass-Thru Partner. In the event the Partnership shall be the subject of an income tax audit by any U.S. Federal, state or local authority, to the extent the Partnership is treated as an entity for purposes of such audit, including administrative settlement and judicial review, the Tax Matters Partner shall be authorized to act for, and its decision shall be final and binding upon, the Partnership and each Partner thereof. All expenses incurred in connection with any such audit, investigation, settlement or review shall be borne by the Partnership.

                    Section 7.04 Reports to Current Partners. Within 90 days after the end of each audit date, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible, the Partnership shall cause its auditor to prepare and mail to each Partner, together with the report thereon of the accountants selected by the Managing General Partner, an audited financial report (which need not include the list of the Partnership’s investments that may be required by generally accepted accounting principles) setting forth:

 

 

 

                    (a) a balance sheet of the Partnership as of the end of such fiscal year;

 

 

 

                    (b) a statement showing the Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation, as the case may be, for such year;

 

 

 

                    (c) such Partner’s Capital Account(s) as of the end of such year; and

 

 

 

                    (d) such Partner’s Capital Account(s) and Partnership Percentage for the then current Accounting Period;

                    The Partnership shall also provide periodic unaudited performance information, no less frequently than quarterly, to the Limited Partners.

                    Section 7.05 Reports to Partners and Former Partners. Within 90 days of the end of each tax year, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible, the Partnership shall prepare and mail, or cause its accountants to prepare and mail, to each Partner and, to the extent necessary, to each former Partner (or its legal representatives), a report setting forth in sufficient detail such information as shall enable such Partner or former Partner (or such Partner’s or former Partner’s legal representatives) to prepare its U.S. Federal income tax return, if applicable, in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations then prevailing.

                    Section 7.06 Partner Tax Basis. Upon request of the Managing General Partner, each Partner agrees to provide to the Managing General Partner information regarding its adjusted tax basis in its Partnership interest along with documentation substantiating such amount.

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ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous

                    Section 8.01 General. This Agreement: (i) shall be binding on the executors, administrators, estates, heirs, and legal successors and representatives of the Partners; and (ii) may be executed, through the use of separate signature pages or supplemental agreements, in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the parties executing such counterparts had all executed one counterpart; provided, however, that each such counterpart shall have been executed by the Managing General Partner.

                    Section 8.02 Power of Attorney. Each of the Partners hereby appoints the Managing General Partner as its true and lawful representative and attorney-in-fact, in its name, place and stead to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to and file:

 

 

 

                    (a) a Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership and any amendments thereto as may be required under the Law;

 

 

 

                    (b) any duly adopted amendment to this Agreement;

 

 

 

                    (c) any and all instruments, certificates and other documents that may be deemed necessary or desirable to effect the dissolution and winding-up of the Partnership (including, but not limited to, a Certificate of Cancellation of the Certificate of Limited Partnership); and

 

 

 

                    (d) any business certificate, fictitious name certificate, amendment thereto or other instrument or document of any kind necessary or desirable to accomplish the business, purpose and objectives of the Partnership, or required by any applicable U.S. Federal, state or local law.

                    The power of attorney granted hereby is intended to secure an interest in property and, in addition, the obligations of each relevant Limited Partner under this Agreement, and shall be irrevocable and shall survive, and shall not be affected by, the subsequent death, disability, incapacity, adjudication of incompetency, termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of such Limited Partner; provided, however, that such power of attorney shall terminate upon the substitution of another limited partner for all of such Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership or upon the complete withdrawal of such Limited Partner from participation in the Partnership.

                    Section 8.03 Amendments to Partnership Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be modified or amended and/or the Partnership may be restructured at any time and from time to time with the written consent of Limited Partners having in excess of 50% of the Partnership Percentages of the Limited Partners and the affirmative vote of the Managing General Partner, insofar as is consistent with the laws governing this Agreement; provided, however, that without the consent of the Limited Partners, the Managing General Partner may amend this Agreement to: (i) reflect changes validly made in the membership of the Partnership and the Capital Contributions and Partnership Percentages of the Partners; (ii) change the provisions relating to the Incentive Allocation as provided in, and subject to the provisions of, Section 3.06; (iii) reflect a change in the name of the Partnership; (iv) make a

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change that is necessary or, in the opinion of the Managing General Partner, advisable to qualify the Partnership as a limited partnership or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability under the laws of any U.S. or non-U.S. jurisdiction, or ensure that the Partnership shall not be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. Federal tax purposes; (v) make a change that does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect; (vi) make a change that is necessary or desirable to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement that would be inconsistent with any other provision in this Agreement, or to make any other provision with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, in each case so long as such change does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect; (vii) make a change that is necessary or desirable to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, statute, ruling or regulation of any U.S. Federal, state or non-U.S. governmental entity, so long as such change is made in a manner that minimizes any adverse effect on the Limited Partners; (viii) make a change that is required or contemplated by this Agreement; (ix) make a change in any provision of this Agreement that requires any action to be taken by or on behalf of the General Partners or the Partnership pursuant to applicable Cayman Islands law if the provisions of applicable Cayman law are amended, modified or revoked so that the taking of such action is no longer required; (x) prevent the Partnership from in any manner being deemed an “Investment Company” subject to the provisions of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”); (xi) change the legal structure of the Partnership (for example, from a partnership to a limited liability company or exempted company); or (xii) make any other amendments and/or restructurings similar to the foregoing. Each Partner, however, must approve of any amendment that would (a) reduce its Capital Account or rights of contribution or withdrawal; or (b) amend the provisions of this Agreement relating to amendments.

                    Section 8.04 Non-Voting Interests of Registered Fund Limited Partners. A Limited Partner interest owned by an investment fund registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act (a “Registered Fund Limited Partner”), or by an Affiliate of a Registered Fund Limited Partner, or by a person controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Registered Fund Limited Partner, shall be a Non-Voting Interest; provided, however, that such Non-Voting Interest shall be permitted to vote on matters with respect to which voting rights are not considered to be “voting securities” as defined under Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act.

                    Except as provided in this Section 8.04, an interest held by a Registered Fund Limited Partner as a Non-Voting Interest shall be identical in all regards to all other interests held by Limited Partners.

                    Section 8.05 Choice of Law. Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that all of the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed under the laws of the Cayman Islands applicable to contracts made and to be entirely performed in such state and, without limitation thereof, that the Law as now adopted or as may be hereafter amended shall govern the partnership aspects of this Agreement.

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                    Section 8.06 Consent to Jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event of any dispute arising out of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the county of New York and of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

                    Section 8.07 Tax Elections. The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, cause the Partnership to make or revoke any tax election that the Managing General Partner deems appropriate, including without limitation an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code and an election to cause the Partnership to be classified as a partnership for U.S. Federal tax purposes.

                    Section 8.08 No Third Party Rights. Except for the provisions of Section 2.05 and Section 2.06, the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 1.04 and Section 5.02, are not intended to be for the benefit of any creditor or other person (other than the Partners in their capacities as such) to whom any debts, liabilities or obligations are owed by (or who otherwise have a claim against or dealings with) the Partnership or any Partner, and no such creditor or other person shall obtain any rights under any of such provisions (whether as a third party beneficiary or otherwise) or shall by reason of any such provisions make any claim in respect to any debt, liability or obligation (or otherwise) including any debt, liability or obligation pursuant to Section 1.04, against the Partnership or any Partner. Any amendment, modification or repeal of Section 2.05 and 2.06 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

                    Section 8.09 Confidentiality. (a) In connection with the Partnership’s ongoing business, the Limited Partners (and the Indirect Investors) shall receive or have access to information concerning the business and affairs of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner and/or their respective Affiliates that the Partnership or the Managing General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets, or other information, the disclosure of which the Partnership or the Managing General Partner believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner, and/or their respective Affiliates, or could damage the Partnership, the Managing General Partner, and/or their respective Affiliates or their respective businesses, or which the Partnership, the Managing General Partner and/or their respective Affiliates are required by law or agreement with a third party to keep confidential, including, without limitation, any information relating to the Partnership’s financial and investment strategy (e.g., portfolio positions, trades and contemplated trades); all notices, letters, and other communications whether written or oral between the Partnership, the Managing General Partner and/or their respective Affiliates and the Limited Partners the names and addresses of each of the Limited Partners, and their initial and subsequent Capital Contributions (collectively, the “Confidential Information”). Each Partner shall agree to keep confidential, and not to make any use of (other than for purposes reasonably related to its investment in an Interest or for purposes of filing such Limited Partner’s tax returns) or disclose to any person or entity, any Confidential Information, except to its directors, employees, agents, advisers, or representatives responsible for matters relating to the Partnership, or any other person or entity approved in writing by the Managing General Partner (for itself and on behalf of the Partnership) (each, an “Authorized Representative”) on a need to know basis or as otherwise required by any regulatory authority, law or regulation, or by legal process. Prior to making any disclosure

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required by any regulatory authority, law or regulation, or by legal process, each Limited Partner shall use its reasonable best efforts to notify the Partnership and the Managing General Partner of such disclosure. Prior to any disclosure to any Authorized Representative of a Limited Partner, such Limited Partner must advise such Authorized Representative of the obligations set forth in this Section 8.09. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Partner (and each employee, representative or other agent of such Partner) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of (i) the Partnership and (ii) any of its transactions, and all materials of any kind (including, without limitation, opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Partner relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, it being understood that “tax treatment” and “tax structure” do not include the name or other identifying information of (i) the Partnership, the Management Company, the Managing General Partner, the Administrative General Partner or any of their respective Affiliates (including, if applicable, the Investment Vehicle) or (ii) the parties to a transaction.

 

 

 

                    (b) Each Limited Partner agrees that the Managing General Partner has the right to keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion deems reasonable, any Confidential Information.

 

 

 

                    (c) The Managing General Partner or its Affiliates shall be the only party to communicate with the Company or to make any public statements, public disclosures or any other third party communications on behalf of the Partnership relating to the Company, the Securities, this Agreement or the activities of the Managing General Partner and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement, including the making of any proposals regarding corporate transactions involving the Company or the Securities.

                    Section 8.10 Notices. Each notice relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered in person, by registered or certified mail, by Federal Express or similar overnight courier service or by telecopy. All notices to the Partnership shall be addressed to its principal office and place of business. All notices addressed to a Partner shall be addressed to such Partner at the address set forth on the books and records of the Partnership. Any Partner may designate a new address by written notice to that effect given to the Partnership. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, a notice shall be deemed to have been effectively given when delivered personally, if delivered on a Business Day; the next Business Day after personal delivery if delivered personally on a day that is not a Business Day; four Business Days after being deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, if mailed; on the next Business Day after being deposited for next day delivery with Federal Express or similar overnight courier; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied on a Business Day; and the next Business Day following the day on which receipt is acknowledged if telecopied on a day that is not a Business Day.

                    Section 8.11 Goodwill. No value shall be placed on the name or goodwill of the Partnership, which shall belong exclusively to the Managing General Partner.

                    Section 8.12 Headings. The titles of the Articles and the headings of the Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and are not to be considered in construing the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

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                    Section 8.13 Pronouns. All pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons, firm or corporation may require in the context thereof.

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                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the date first set forth above and executed this Agreement as a deed.

GENERAL PARTNERS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trian Partners SPV VI GP, L.P.

 

Trian Partners Cayman, Ltd.

 

 

 

By:  

Trian Partners SPV VI General Partner, LLC
its general partner

 

By:  

/s/ EDWARD P. GARDEN

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Name:   Edward P. Garden

 

 

 

Title:     Director


 

 

 

By:

/s/ EDWARD P. GARDEN

 

 


 

 

Name: Edward P. Garden

 

Title:   Member


 

 

 

 

 

 

In the presence of:   

/s/ JANE SINGLETARY

 

In the presence of:  

/s/ JANE SINGLETARY

 

 


 

 


 

 

   Witness

 

   Witness

LIMITED PARTNER:

 

Executed as a Deed by

 

TRIAN SPV VI, L.P.

 

By: Trian Partners SPV VI GP, L.P.

        its managing general partner

 

By: Trian Partners SPV VI General Partner, LLC

        its general partner


 

 

 

By:

/s/ EDWARD P. GARDEN

 

 


 

 

Name: Edward P. Garden

 

Title:   Member


 

 

 

In the presence of:    

/s/ JANE SINGLETARY

 

 


 

 

Witness

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EX-3 4 c69637_ex-3.htm

Exhibit 3

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

OF

TRIAN SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.

Dated April 30, 2012


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 


 

 

 

ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

1

Section 1.01 Formation of the Partnership

 

1

Section 1.02 Partnership Name and Address

 

2

Section 1.03 Fiscal Year

 

2

Section 1.04 Liability of Partners

 

2

Section 1.05 Purposes of the Partnership

 

3

Section 1.06 Assignability of Interest

 

4

Section 1.07 Withdrawal of Initial Limited Partner

 

4

 

 

 

ARTICLE II MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP

 

4

Section 2.01 Management Generally

 

4

Section 2.02 Authority of the Managing General Partner

 

4

Section 2.03 Reliance by Third Parties

 

7

Section 2.04 Activity of the General Partners

 

8

Section 2.05 Exculpation

 

10

Section 2.06 Indemnification

 

11

Section 2.07 Payment of Certain Costs and Expenses

 

11

Section 2.08 Principal Transactions

 

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE III CAPITAL ACCOUNTS OF PARTNERS AND OPERATION THEREOF

 

12

Section 3.01 Definitions

 

12

Section 3.02 Capital Contributions

 

14

Section 3.03 Capital Accounts

 

14

Section 3.04 Partnership Percentages

 

15

Section 3.05 Allocation of Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation

 

15

Section 3.06 Amendment of Incentive Allocation

 

20

Section 3.07 Valuation of Assets

 

20

Section 3.08 Liabilities

 

21

Section 3.09 Allocation for Tax Purposes

 

21

Section 3.10 Determination by the Managing General Partner of Certain Matters

 

23

Section 3.11 Adjustments to Take Account of Certain Events

 

23

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV ADMISSION OF NEW PARTNERS

 

23

Section 4.01 New Partners

 

24

 

 

 

ARTICLE V WITHDRAWALS AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF CAPITAL

 

24

Section 5.01 Withdrawals and Distributions in General

 

24

Section 5.02 Withdrawals

 

24

Section 5.03 Required Withdrawals

 

26

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Page

 

 


 

 

 

Section 5.04 Death, Disability, etc. of Limited Partners

 

27

Section 5.05 Distributions

 

27

Section 5.06 Effective Date of Withdrawal

 

28

Section 5.07 Limitations on Withdrawal of Capital Account

 

28

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI DURATION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP

 

29

Section 6.01 Duration

 

29

Section 6.02 Dissolution

 

30

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII TAX RETURNS; REPORTS TO PARTNERS

 

30

Section 7.01 Independent Auditors

 

30

Section 7.02 Filing of Tax Returns

 

31

Section 7.03 Tax Matters Partner

 

31

Section 7.04 Reports to Current Partners

 

31

Section 7.05 Reports to Partners and Former Partners

 

31

Section 7.06 Partner Tax Basis

 

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

 

32

Section 8.01 General

 

32

Section 8.02 Power of Attorney

 

32

Section 8.03 Amendments to Partnership Agreement

 

32

Section 8.04 Non-Voting Interests of Registered Fund Limited Partners

 

33

Section 8.05 Choice of Law

 

34

Section 8.06 Consent to Jurisdiction

 

34

Section 8.07 Tax Elections

 

34

Section 8.08 No Third Party Rights

 

34

Section 8.09 Confidentiality

 

34

Section 8.10 Notices

 

35

Section 8.11 Goodwill

 

36

Section 8.12 Headings

 

36

Section 8.13 Pronouns

 

36

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF

TRIAN SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P.

Dated April 30, 2012

                    This Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement dated on the date first above written (the “Agreement”) among the undersigned (herein called the “Partners”, which term shall include any persons hereafter admitted to Trian SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P. (the “Partnership”) pursuant to Article IV of this Agreement and shall exclude any persons who cease to be Partners pursuant to Article V of this Agreement) shall govern the Partnership.

                    WHEREAS, the Administrative General Partner (as defined in Section 1.01) and Walkers Nominees Limited, as the initial limited partner (the “Initial Limited Partner”) heretofore entered into an Initial Exempted Limited Partnership Agreement dated March 29, 2012 (the “Initial Partnership Agreement”), and have formed and registered the Partnership as an exempted limited partnership pursuant to The Exempted Limited Partnership Law (as amended) of the Cayman Islands (the “Law”);

                    WHEREAS, additional Persons wish to be admitted as Limited Partners (as defined in Section 1.04) of the Partnership and the parties hereto desire to continue a limited partnership under the provisions of the Law and to set forth the terms pursuant to which the Partnership shall be governed and to effect the withdrawal of the Initial Limited Partner; and

                    WHEREAS, the Partners now wish to amend and restate the Initial Partnership Agreement in its entirety.

                    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Initial Partnership Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

General Provisions

                    Section 1.01 Formation of the Partnership. The Partnership was formed and registered as an exempted limited partnership by the execution of the Initial Partnership Agreement and the filing of a Section 9 Statement with the Registrar of Exempted Limited Partnerships of the Cayman Islands (the “Registrar”) on March 29, 2012. Trian Partners Cayman, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company serving as the administrative general partner of the Partnership (the “Administrative General Partner”), shall cause to be executed, filed and recorded, with the proper offices in the Cayman Islands, such certificates, and shall cause to be made such publications, as shall be required by the Law.


                    Section 1.02 Partnership Name and Address. The name of the Partnership is Trian SPV (SUB) VI-A, L.P. Its registered office is located at the offices of Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Trust, Limited, Gardenia Court, Suite 3307, 45 Market Street, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-1103, Cayman Islands, or at such other location in the Cayman Islands as the Managing General Partner in the future may designate. The Administrative General Partner shall promptly notify the Limited Partners of any change in the Partnership’s address.

                    Section 1.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Partnership (herein called the “fiscal year”) shall end on December 31 unless another date is required under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for U.S. Federal tax purposes.

                    Section 1.04 Liability of Partners. The names of all of the Partners and the amounts of their respective Capital Contributions (as defined in Section 3.02(a)) are set forth in the books and records of the Partnership.

                    Trian Partners SPV VI-A GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, shall be the managing general partner (herein called the “Managing General Partner” and, together with the Administrative General Partner, the “General Partners” or each, a “General Partner”). The General Partners shall, in the event that the assets of the Partnership are inadequate, be liable for all debts and obligations of the Partnership.

                    The Partners designated in the books and records of the Partnership as limited partners (herein called the “Limited Partners”), and former Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner) shall have no liability for any debt or obligation of the Partnership except to the extent of their respective interests in the Partnership, nor any obligation to contribute or make payments to the Partnership, except as provided by the Law or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

                    As used in this Section 1.04, the terms “interests in the Partnership” and “interest in the Partnership” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal year (or relevant portion thereof) and with respect to each Partner (or former Partner), the Capital Account(s) (as defined in Section 3.03) that such Partner (or former Partner) would have received (or in fact did receive) pursuant to the terms and provisions of Article V upon withdrawal from the Partnership as of the end of such fiscal year (or relevant portion thereof).

                    The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, issue multiple classes and/or options of limited partnership interests in the future, which may differ from the limited partnership interests offered hereby in terms of, among other things, the Incentive Allocation, minimum and additional Capital Contribution amounts, permitted Capital Contribution and Withdrawal Dates, withdrawal frequency and notice periods, informational rights, capacity rights, investor eligibility requirements and other rights. Such new classes and/or options of interests may be established by the Managing General Partner without providing prior notice to, or receiving consent from, existing Limited Partners. The terms of such classes and/or options of limited partnership interests shall be determined by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion.

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                    The Partnership is currently offering Option A limited partnership interests (the “Option A Interests”), Option B limited partnership interests (the “Option B Interests”) and Option C limited partnership interests (the “Option C Interests”). The Option A Interests, Option B Interests and Option C Interests differ in terms of the incentive allocation, as set forth herein, and the minimum initial Capital Contribution amount.

                    As used in this Agreement, the terms “former Limited Partner” and “former Partner” refer to such persons or entities as hereafter from time to time cease to be a Limited Partner or Partner, respectively, pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

                    Section 1.05 Purposes of the Partnership. The Partnership is established for the purposes of engaging in any and all transactions permitted under applicable law including, without limitation, investing in Securities (as herein defined) and engaging in all activities and transactions as the Managing General Partner may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith, including, without limitation:

 

 

 

                    (a) to invest, on margin or otherwise, in (i) securities and other financial instruments of or relating to a global industrial company which has been identified to prospective investors by the Managing General Partner or any successor company or company that has been spun out of such company (such company, the “Company”), including, without limitation: common stock; preferred stock; shares of beneficial interest; American Depositary Receipts; bonds and other fixed income investments, notes and debentures (whether subordinated, convertible or otherwise), and (ii) derivative products relating to securities issued by the Company, including, without limitation: futures contracts (and options thereon) relating to stock indices, currencies, United States Government securities and securities of non-U.S. governments, other financial instruments and all other commodities, swaps, options, warrants, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, caps, collars, floors and forward rate agreements (all such items in clauses (i) and (ii) being called herein a “Security” or “Securities”), and to sell Securities short and cover such sales;

 

 

 

                    (b) to engage in such other lawful transactions as the Managing General Partner may from time to time determine in furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 1.05(a); and

 

 

 

                    (c) to do such other acts as is necessary or advisable in connection with the maintenance and administration of the Partnership.

                    The Partnership may invest all of its investable assets in, or contribute some or all of its investable assets to, a vehicle formed to make an investment, directly or indirectly, in the Company, on behalf of the Partnership and potentially certain funds and/or other investment vehicles managed by the Management Company (as defined in Section 2.02(b)(xiv)) (the “Investment Vehicle”). References herein to the Partnership should be construed to include the Investment Vehicle as the context may require.

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                    The Partnership will not engage in any business unrelated to its direct or indirect investment in the Company or not otherwise incidental thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the Partnership shall be permitted to dissolve, in the sole discretion of the Managing General Partner.

                    Section 1.06 Assignability of Interest. A Partner may not pledge, transfer or assign its interest in the Partnership other than by operation of law pursuant to the death, bankruptcy or dissolution of such Partner, or with the consent of the Managing General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole discretion. In no event, however, shall any transferee or assignee be admitted as a Partner without the consent of the Managing General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole discretion. Any attempted pledge, transfer or assignment not made in accordance with this Section 1.06 shall be void.

                    Section 1.07 Withdrawal of Initial Limited Partner. The Initial Limited Partner has made a Capital Contribution of USD 1.00 to the capital of the Partnership. Upon one or more additional Partners becoming Limited Partners, the Initial Limited Partner shall automatically withdraw as a Limited Partner and shall accordingly cease to be a Limited Partner and shall be entitled to receive, and the Partnership shall pay to the Initial Limited Partner, the amount of USD 1.00, and no more and shall have no further interest or obligation of any kind whatsoever as a Partner of the Partnership.

ARTICLE II

Management of the Partnership

                    Section 2.01 Management Generally. The management, conduct and control of the Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the Managing General Partner. Except as authorized by the Managing General Partner, neither the Administrative General Partner nor the Limited Partners shall have any part in the management of the Partnership, nor shall they have any authority or right to act on behalf of the Partnership in connection with any matter.

                    Section 2.02 Authority of the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                    (a) The Managing General Partner (or its duly appointed agents, including, without limitation, the Management Company (as defined below)) shall oversee the administration of the Partnership, and shall have the power to:

 

 

 

                                        (i) communicate with the Partners, including furnishing reports as set forth in Article VII;

 

 

 

                                        (ii) maintain the principal books and records of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                                        (iii) cause the preparation of all necessary tax returns of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                                        (iv) conduct meetings of the Partners;

 

 

 

                                        (v) provide administrative, accounting and secretarial services to the Partnership;

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                                        (vi) bring and defend actions before any governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission, for and on behalf of the Partnership; and

 

 

 

                                        (vii) do all things and discharge all duties required of, or imposed on, a general partner by law, and do any other things and discharge any other duties required of or imposed on a general partner by law.

 

 

 

                    (b) The Managing General Partner (or its duly appointed agents, including, without limitation, the Management Company) shall have the power on behalf and in the name of the Partnership to carry out any and all of the objects and purposes of the Partnership set forth in Section 1.05, and to perform all acts and enter into and perform all contracts and other undertakings that it may deem necessary or advisable or incidental thereto, including, without limitation, the power to:

 

 

 

                                        (i) provide research and analysis and direct the formulation of investment policies and strategies for the Partnership;

 

 

 

                                        (ii) acquire a long position or a short position with respect to any Security and make purchases or sales increasing, decreasing or liquidating such position or changing from a long position to a short position or from a short position to a long position, without any limitation as to the frequency of the fluctuation in such positions or as to the frequency of the changes in the nature of such positions;

 

 

 

                                        (iii) purchase Securities and hold them for investment, and initiate tender offers and proxy contests and other shareholder actions with respect to Securities, and take other actions to influence the management of issuers of Securities;

 

 

 

                                        (iv) enter into contracts for or in connection with investments in Securities;

 

 

 

                                        (v) invest in other pooled investment vehicles for cash management purposes, which investments shall be subject in each case to the terms and conditions of the respective governing document for such vehicle;

 

 

 

                                        (vi) possess, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise deal in, and exercise all rights, powers, privileges and other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to, Securities and other property and funds held or owned by the Partnership;

 

 

 

                                        (vii) lend, either with or without security, any Securities, funds or other properties of the Partnership, including by entering into reverse repurchase agreements, and, from time to time, without limit as to the amount, borrow or raise funds, including by entering into repurchase agreements, and secure the payment of obligations of the Partnership by mortgage upon, or pledge or hypothecation of, all or any part of the property of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                                        (viii) open, maintain and close accounts, including margin and custodial accounts, with brokers, including brokers affiliated with the Managing General

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Partner, which power shall include the authority to issue all instructions and authorizations to brokers regarding the Securities and/or money therein; to pay, or authorize the payment and reimbursement of, brokerage commissions that may be in excess of the lowest rates available that are paid to brokers who execute transactions for the account of the Partnership and who (i) supply, or pay for (or rebate a portion of the Partnership’s brokerage commissions to the Partnership for payment of) the cost of, brokerage, research or execution services utilized by the Partnership or the Other Accounts (as defined in (x) below) and/or (ii) pay for (or rebate a portion of the Partnership’s brokerage commissions for the payment of) obligations of the Partnership (as provided in Section 2.07 hereof) or the Partnership’s share of such obligations (such as computer facilities and the cost of an accounting software package), provided that the Partnership does not pay rates of commission in excess of what is competitively available from comparable brokerage firms for comparable services, taking into account various factors, including commission rates, reliability, financial responsibility, strength of the broker and ability of the broker to efficiently execute transactions, the broker’s facilities, and the broker’s provision or payment of the costs of research and other services or property that are of benefit to the Partnership, the Management Company (as defined in (xiv) below) and the Other Accounts;

 

 

 

                                        (ix) open, maintain and close accounts, including custodial accounts, with banks, including banks located outside the United States, and draw checks or other orders for the payment of monies;

 

 

 

                                        (x) combine purchase or sale orders on behalf of the Partnership with orders for the General Partners, the Management Company or their respective Affiliates (as defined in Section 2.04) or other accounts to whom the General Partners or any of their Affiliates provides investment services (“Other Accounts”) and allocate the Securities or other assets so purchased or sold, on an average price basis, among such accounts;

 

 

 

                                        (xi) enter into arrangements with brokers to open “average price” accounts wherein orders placed during a trading day are placed on behalf of the Partnership and Other Accounts and are allocated among such accounts using an average price;

 

 

 

                                        (xii) organize one or more corporations or other entities to hold record title, as nominee for the Partnership (whether alone or together with the Other Accounts), to Securities or funds of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                                        (xiii) organize one or more direct or indirect subsidiary entities;

 

 

 

                                        (xiv) retain Trian Fund Management, L.P. (the “Management Company”) to provide certain management and administrative services to the Partnership; provided, however, management, control and conduct of the activities of the Partnership shall remain the responsibility of the Managing General Partner;

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                                        (xv) retain any other persons, firms or entities selected by the Managing General Partner to provide certain management and administrative services to the Partnership and to cause the Partnership to compensate such other persons, firms or entities for such services; provided, however, management, control and conduct of the activities of the Partnership shall remain the responsibility of the Managing General Partner;

 

 

 

                                        (xvi) retain Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Trust, Limited or other persons, firms or entities selected by the Managing General Partner to provide certain administrative services to the Partnership (Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Trust, Limited or any such other persons, firm or entity providing such services from time to time is herein called the “Administrator”) and to cause the Partnership to compensate the Administrator for such services; provided, however, management, control and conduct of the activities of the Partnership shall remain the responsibility of the Managing General Partner;

 

 

 

                                        (xvii) cause the Partnership to engage in agency, agency cross and principal transactions with Affiliates to the extent permitted by applicable securities laws; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, in no event shall the Partnership engage in a principal transaction except pursuant to Sec. 2.08;

 

 

 

                                        (xviii) maintain for the conduct of the Partnership’s affairs one or more offices and in connection therewith rent or acquire office space, and do such other acts as the Managing General Partner may deem necessary or advisable in connection with the maintenance and administration of the Partnership;

 

 

 

                                        (xix) engage personnel, whether part-time or full-time, and attorneys, independent accountants or such other persons as the Managing General Partner may deem necessary or advisable;

 

 

 

                                        (xx) authorize any partner, employee or other agent of the General Partners or agent or employee of the Partnership to act for and on behalf of the Partnership in all matters incidental to the foregoing;

 

 

 

                                        (xxi) do any and all acts on behalf of the Partnership as it may deem necessary or advisable in connection with the maintenance and administration of the Partnership, and exercise all rights of the Partnership, with respect to its interest in any person, including, without limitation, the voting of Securities, participation in arrangements with creditors, the institution and settlement or compromise of suits and administrative proceedings and other like or similar matters; and

 

 

 

                                        (xxii) delegate such of its duties and functions as it may deem appropriate to the Administrative General Partner or any other persons.

 

 

 

                    Section 2.03 Reliance by Third Parties. Persons dealing with the Partnership are entitled to rely conclusively upon the certificate of a General Partner, to the effect that it is then acting as a General Partner, and upon the power and authority of the General Partners as herein set forth.

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                    Section 2.04 Activity of the General Partners.

 

 

 

                    (a) The Managing General Partner shall devote, and shall cause the Management Company to devote, so much of their time to the affairs of the Partnership as in the judgment of the Managing General Partner the conduct of its business shall reasonably require, and none of the General Partners, the Management Company or their respective Affiliates shall be obligated to do or perform any act or thing in connection with the business of the Partnership not expressly set forth herein. Except as expressly provided in this Section 2.04, nothing contained in this Agreement, and no waivable provision of applicable law, shall be deemed to preclude the General Partners, the Management Company or their Affiliates or any shareholder, member, partner, director, officer or employee thereof (collectively, the “Management Group”) from exercising investment responsibility, from engaging directly or indirectly in any other business or from directly or indirectly purchasing, selling, holding or otherwise dealing with any Securities for the account of any such other business, for their own accounts, for any of their family members or for other clients. No Limited Partner shall, by reason of being a partner in the Partnership, have any right to participate in any manner in any profits or income earned, derived by or accruing to the Management Group from the conduct of any business other than the business of the Partnership (to the extent provided herein) or from any transaction in Securities effected by any of the Management Group for any account other than that of the Partnership.

 

 

 

                    (b) Trian Partners, L.P. (the “U.S. Fund”), Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P. (the “U.S. Fund II” and together with the U.S. Fund, the “U.S. Funds”), Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P. (the “Offshore Master Fund”), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund, L.P. (the “Strategic Fund”), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P. (the “Second Strategic Fund”), Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P. (the “ERISA Fund”) and Trian SPV (SUB) VI, L.P. (collectively with the U.S. Funds, the Offshore Master Fund, the Strategic Fund, the Second Strategic Fund, the Third Strategic Fund and the ERISA Fund, the “Trian Funds”) and certain other funds, managed accounts or investment vehicles formed or to be formed to invest alongside the Trian Funds (such funds, managed accounts or investment vehicles collectively with the Trian Funds, the “Other Investors”), are to make investments alongside the Partnership, subject to legal, tax and regulatory constraints and after taking into account other considerations, such as the relative amounts of capital available for new investments, the relative exposure to individual portfolio positions and net exposure to the market. Certain of the Other Investors commenced acquisition of the Company’s Securities prior to the date Limited Partners are admitted to the Partnership. After the date Limited Partners are admitted to the Partnership, further purchases of the Company’s Securities shall generally be allocated amongst the Partnership and the Other Investors pro rata based on the maximum amounts to be thereafter invested in the Company by each of the Partnership and the Other Investors, as determined by the Management Company or its Affiliates in its sole discretion.

 

 

 

                    (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to investments in Securities that the Partnership and one or more of the Other Investors elect to pursue, the Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that the Affiliated Investors (as defined in

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Section 2.04(f)) may co-invest with the Other Investors and the Partnership, but only if such co-investment (and subsequent disposition) is at the same time and price as applies to the Other Investors and the Partnership, unless otherwise approved by an independent representative appointed by the Management Company. If multiple purchases of the same Security are made over time, Affiliated Investors may reduce or eliminate their participation in such later purchases. Additionally, if Affiliated Investors do not participate at the same percentage level in each purchase made as part of a purchase program, they shall ensure that their per-security profit is not higher than that of the Other Investors and the Partnership.

 

 

 

                    (d) The Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that the relationships referred to in this Section 2.04 present potential conflicts of interest between the Partnership on the one hand, and Affiliated Investors on the other hand. In addition, the Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that the Managing General Partner may cause the Partnership, either alone or together with other members of a group (the “Investing Group”), including any Other Investors, to acquire a “control” position in the Securities of the Company, and may secure the appointment of persons selected by the Managing General Partner or other members of the Investing Group to the Company’s management team or board of directors. The Management Company and any such member of the board of directors of the Company may acquire fiduciary duties to the Company and to its other shareholders in the course of their dealings with the Company. The Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that these fiduciary duties may compel the Management Company to take actions that, while in the best interests of the Company, the shareholders of the Company and/or other third party constituencies may not be in the best interests of the investors in the Investing Group. Accordingly, the Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that the Management Company may have a conflict of interest between the fiduciary duties (if any) that it owes to the Company, its shareholders and/or other third party constituencies, on the one hand, and those that it owes to the investors in the Investing Group, on the other hand. If the Management Company nominates or otherwise designates a representative to the board of directors of the Company, the decision to nominate and/or designate an individual and the choice of such individual shall be determined by the Management Company, in its sole discretion. Neither the Management Company nor any representative on the board of directors of the Company that is selected by the Management Company, as set forth above, intends to share with any Limited Partner confidential information which the Management Company or such board member has learned in his/her capacity as a director or other fiduciary of the Company.

 

 

 

                    (e) Additionally, the Partnership may use entities affiliated with the General Partners or the Principals to provide certain services to the Partnership. Any such arrangements shall be on the terms set forth in Sec. 2.07. In the event that a situation that may present a conflict of interest arises, the Managing General Partner may refer such situation to the an independent representative appointed by the Management Company for a resolution.

 

 

 

                    (f) Definitions:

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                                        (i) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such Person;

 

 

 

                                        (ii) “Affiliated Investors” shall mean Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May, Edward P. Garden, the Managing General Partner and/or their respective Affiliates;

 

 

 

                                        (iii) “Non-Affiliated Investor” shall mean an investor who is not an Affiliated Investor;

 

 

 

                                        (iv) “Person” shall mean any natural person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or other entity; and

 

 

 

                                        (v) “Principals” shall mean Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May and Edward P. Garden.

                    Section 2.05 Exculpation.

 

 

 

                    (a) Subject to applicable law, none of the General Partners, the Management Company, their respective Affiliates, and any of their respective shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers and employees (each, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, “Indemnified Parties”) shall be liable to any Partner or the Partnership for (i) any acts or omissions arising out of, related to or in connection with the Partnership or any entity in which it has an interest, any transaction or activity relating to the Partnership or any entity in which it has an interest, any investment or proposed investment made or held, or to be made or held by the Partnership, or this Agreement or any similar matter, unless such action or inaction was made in bad faith or constitutes fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence (which “gross negligence”, whenever used herein, shall have the meaning under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States) or (ii) any acts or omissions of any broker or agent of any Indemnified Party, provided that the selection, engagement or retention of such broker or agent was not made by the Indemnified Party seeking exculpation in bad faith and does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Indemnified Party seeking exculpation. Each of the Indemnified Parties may consult with counsel and accountants in respect of the Partnership’s affairs and be fully protected and justified in any action or inaction that is taken in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel or accountants, provided that their selection of such counsel or accountants was not made by the Indemnified Party seeking exculpation in bad faith and does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Indemnified Party seeking exculpation.

 

 

 

                    (b) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 2.05 shall not be construed so as to provide for the exculpation of an Indemnified Party for any liability (including, without limitation, liability under U.S. Federal securities laws, that, under certain circumstances, impose liability even on persons acting in good faith), to the extent (but only to the extent) that such liability may not be waived, modified or limited under applicable law, but shall be construed so as to effectuate the provisions of this Section 2.05 to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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                    Section 2.06 Indemnification.

 

 

 

                    (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any loss, cost or expense suffered or sustained by an Indemnified Party by reason of (i) any acts or omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of or in connection with the Partnership, or any entity in which it has an interest, any investment or proposed investment made or held, or to be made or held by the Partnership, or this Agreement or any similar matter (collectively, “Covered Acts”), including, without limitation, any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding, or claim, provided that such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions upon which such actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim are based were not made in bad faith or did not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification, or (ii) any acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, of any broker or agent of any Indemnified Party (collectively, “Covered Broker Acts”), provided that the selection, engagement or retention of such broker was not made by the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification in bad faith and does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification. Additionally, the Partnership (and not any Indemnified Party) shall be responsible for any losses resulting from trading errors and similar human errors, absent bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence. The Partnership shall advance to any Indemnified Party reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any action or proceeding that arises out of any Covered Act or any Covered Broker Act whether or not the provisos of (i) or (ii) apply. In the event that such an advance is made by the Partnership, the Indemnified Party shall agree to reimburse the Partnership for such fees, costs and expenses to the extent that it shall be finally determined by non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction that it was not entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.06. The foregoing provisions shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

 

 

                    (b) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall not be construed so as to provide for the indemnification of an Indemnified Party for any liability (including, without limitation, liability under U.S. Federal securities laws, that, under certain circumstances, impose liability even on persons acting in good faith) to the extent (but only to the extent) that such indemnification would be in violation of applicable law, but shall be construed so as to effectuate the provisions of this Section 2.06 to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Managing General Partner shall have the authority to enter into separate agreements to give effect to the obligation to indemnify pursuant to this Section 2.06.

                    Section 2.07 Payment of Certain Costs and Expenses.

 

 

 

                    (a) The Management Company shall bear the administrative expenses of the Partnership, including costs and expenses related to salaries, employee benefits and bonuses of employees, occupancy expenses, technology and related support expenses and

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accounting expenses (other than accounting expenses relating to investments or prospective investments and audit and tax return preparation fees).

 

 

 

                    (b) The Partnership shall bear its own expenses including, but not limited to, expenses relating to the cost of purchasing investments (e.g., brokerage commissions and trading costs), fees of the Administrator (or to the extent any services typically provided by an administrator are provided by the Management Company, the Managing General Partner or any of their respective employees or Affiliates, the cost of such services in amounts not to exceed those that would be payable to administrators engaged to perform such services as reasonably determined by the Managing General Partner in good faith), organizational expenses, expenses relating to the offer and sale of limited partnership interests in the Partnership, financing fees, prime brokerage fees, filing fees, entity-level taxes, registration fees and similar fees, audit and tax return preparation fees, fees in respect of consulting, custodial, accounting, investment banking, appraisal and financial advisory services provided by third parties unaffiliated with the Management Company and the Managing General Partner relating to investments or prospective investments (including the costs of private aircraft for traveling to board meetings of the Company), due diligence expenses and fees relating to investments or prospective investments, conduct of proxy contests and tender offers, litigation expenses and legal expenses incurred in connection with the making or administration of investments (to the extent not borne by the Company and regardless of whether consummated), liability insurance covering the Managing General Partner, the Management Company and their respective Affiliates, members, directors, officers, partners, employees and agents, and extraordinary expenses and other similar expenses related to the Partnership as the Managing General Partner determines in its sole discretion. The expenses shall be shared ratably by all of the Partners including the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                    (c) Organizational expenses of the Partnership may be capitalized and amortized by the Partnership over up to a 60-month period from the date of this Agreement.

                    Section 2.08 Principal Transactions. Each Limited Partner acknowledges that from time to time, the Management Company may deem it appropriate for the Partnership to engage in “principal transactions” (as defined in Section 206(3) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended). Each Limited Partner hereby agrees that any “principal transaction” shall be considered and approved or disapproved, to the extent required by applicable law, by an independent representative appointed by the Management Company. In no event shall any such transaction be entered into unless it complies with applicable law.

ARTICLE III

Capital Accounts of Partners
and Operation Thereof

                    Section 3.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

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                    (a) The term “Accounting Period” shall mean the following periods: The initial Accounting Period shall begin upon the commencement of the Partnership. Each subsequent Accounting Period shall commence immediately after the close of the immediately preceding Accounting Period. Each Accounting Period hereunder shall close at the close of business on the first to occur of (i) the last day of each quarter of the Partnership, (ii) the date immediately prior to the effective date of the admission of a new Partner pursuant to Section 4.01, (iii) the date immediately prior to the effective date of an additional Capital Contribution pursuant to Section 3.02, (iv) any date on which a Partner makes a withdrawal from a Capital Account, (v) any date on which the Managing General Partner makes a distribution to Partners or other disposition of all or a portion of the Securities or proceeds from the sale thereof, (vi) the date when the Partnership shall dissolve or (vii) such other date as is determined by the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                    (b) The term “Beginning Value” shall, with respect to any Accounting Period, mean the value of the Partnership’s Net Assets at the beginning of such Accounting Period after giving effect to (i) withdrawals relating to the immediately preceding Withdrawal Date and (ii) distributions relating to the immediately preceding date on which a distribution was made.

 

 

 

                    (c) The term “Ending Value” shall, with respect to any Accounting Period, mean the value of the Partnership’s Net Assets at the end of such Accounting Period (before any reduction for Withholding Taxes (as defined in Section 3.01(i))).

 

 

 

                    (d) The term “Net Assets” shall mean the excess of the Partnership’s assets (valued in accordance with Section 3.07) over its liabilities (determined in accordance with Section 3.08).

 

 

 

                    (e) The term “Net Capital Appreciation” shall, with respect to any Accounting Period, mean the excess, if any, of the Ending Value over the Beginning Value.

 

 

 

                    (f) The term “Net Capital Depreciation” shall, with respect to any Accounting Period, mean the excess, if any, of the Beginning Value over the Ending Value.

 

 

 

                    (g) The term “Net Decrease” shall, with respect to any fiscal year or shorter fiscal period, mean the excess, if any, of (i)(a) the Net Capital Depreciation, if any, allocated to a Capital Account for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period pursuant to Section 3.05(a) plus (b) in the case of a Capital Account relating to a subscription made by the Intermediate Fund (that are made as a result of capital contributions made to the Intermediate Fund or subscriptions made to the Feeder Fund by Indirect Investors (as defined in Section 3.02(d)), expenses paid directly by the Feeder Fund and/or the Intermediate Fund, as applicable, including the management fees paid by the Intermediate Fund (the “Management Fee”), if any, for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period over (ii) the Net Capital Appreciation, if any, allocated to such Capital Account for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period pursuant to Section 3.05(a).

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                    (h) The term “Net Increase” shall, with respect to any fiscal year or shorter fiscal period, mean the excess, if any, of (i) the Net Capital Appreciation, if any, allocated to a Capital Account for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period pursuant to Section 3.05(a) over (ii)(a) the Net Capital Depreciation, if any, allocated to such Capital Account for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period pursuant to Section 3.05(a) plus (b) in the case of a Capital Account relating to a subscription made by the Intermediate Fund (that are made as a result of capital contributions made to the Intermediate Fund or subscriptions made to the Feeder Fund by Indirect Investors), expenses paid directly by the Feeder Fund and/or the Intermediate Fund, as applicable, including the Management Fee, if any, for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period.

 

 

 

                    (i) The term “Withholding Tax” shall mean tax withheld from the Partnership or paid over by the Partnership that is determined based on the status, action or inaction (including the failure of a Partner to provide information to avoid or reduce withholding taxes) of a Partner or an Indirect Investor.

                    Section 3.02 Capital Contributions. (a) Each Partner has paid or conveyed by way of contribution to the Partnership cash and/or Securities (a “Capital Contribution”) having an aggregate value as set forth in the Partnership’s books and records. Additional Capital Contributions may be made by Limited Partners only in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.02.

 

 

 

                    (b) With the prior approval of the Managing General Partner, a Limited Partner may make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership in cash and/or Securities at such time as the Managing General Partner may permit.

 

 

 

                    (c) Subject to the prior approval of the Managing General Partner, each Limited Partner may make additional Capital Contributions in respect of an Indirect Investor’s subscription to the Feeder Fund or capital contribution to a Limited Partner (including the Intermediate Fund), as the case may be. Any such Capital Contributions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.02. For purposes of this Agreement the “Feeder Fund” shall mean Trian SPV VI-A, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, and the “Intermediate Fund” shall mean Trian SPV VI-A, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership.

 

 

 

                    (d) The interests in the Partnership may be divided into separate Capital Accounts to correspond with each subscription or capital contribution by an Indirect Investor with respect to the classes, series and/or holders of interests or shares issued by the Intermediate Fund or the Feeder Fund to its respective Indirect Investors. Any Capital Contributions by the Intermediate Fund that are derived from capital contributions made to the Intermediate Fund or subscriptions made to the Feeder Fund by Indirect Investors shall be credited to the corresponding Capital Accounts. Any holder (other than the Feeder Fund) of a direct interest in the Intermediate Fund or any shareholder of the Feeder Fund is herein called an “Indirect Investor.”

                    Section 3.03 Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (herein called the “Capital Account”) shall be established on the books of the Partnership for each General Partner

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and for each Limited Partner for each separate Capital Contribution made by such Partner, and such Capital Accounts of any particular Limited Partner shall be separated as and to the extent provided in or pursuant to Section 3.02(d). A Capital Account relating to Option A Interests will be referred to herein as an “Option A Capital Account,” a Capital Account relating to Option B Interests will be referred to herein as an “Option B Capital Account” and a Capital Account relating to Option C Interests will be referred to herein as an “Option C Capital Account.” The Capital Account(s) of each Partner shall be in an amount equal to such Partner’s initial Capital Contribution with respect to such Capital Account, adjusted as hereinafter provided. At the end of each Accounting Period, each Capital Account of a Partner shall be (i) increased or decreased by the amount credited to or debited from such Capital Account of such Partner pursuant to Section 3.05; and (ii) decreased by the amount of any withdrawals made by such Partner from such Capital Account pursuant to Section 5.02 or any distributions made to such Partner from such Capital Account pursuant to Section 5.05.

                    For administrative convenience, the Managing General Partner may combine multiple Capital Accounts relating to a single option of limited partnership interests in respect of any particular Indirect Investor that have been established pursuant to Section 3.02(d) that have the same characteristics (e.g., remaining Lock-Up Period (as defined in Section 5.02) and compensation terms).

                    Section 3.04 Partnership Percentages. A “Partnership Percentage” shall be determined for each Capital Account for each Accounting Period of the Partnership by dividing the amount of such Capital Account by the aggregate Capital Accounts of all Partners as of the beginning of such Accounting Period after taking into account Capital Contributions, withdrawals and distributions, as of such date. The sum of the Partnership Percentages shall equal 100 percent.

                    Section 3.05 Allocation of Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation.

 

 

 

                    (a) At the end of each Accounting Period, each Capital Account of each Partner (including each General Partner) for such Accounting Period shall be adjusted by crediting (in the case of Net Capital Appreciation) or debiting (in the case of Net Capital Depreciation) the Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation, as the case may be, in proportion to their respective Partnership Percentages.

 

 

 

                              For purposes of determining the amount of Net Capital Appreciation and Net Capital Depreciation as of each date that the Partnership sells an investment, the cost basis of the investment disposed of by the Partnership shall be determined based on the purchase dates on which the shares in the Company that were sold were acquired.


 

 

 

                    (b) Incentive Allocations:

 

 

 

                                        (i) Option A/B Incentive Allocation:

 

 

 

                                                  (A) Subject to Section 3.05(d), at the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, as of each date that any of the Partnership’s investments in the

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Company are realized and at such other times as are required by Section 3.05(e), the Net Increase, if any, initially allocated to any Option A Capital Account and Option B Capital Account of a Limited Partner for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period shall be reallocated between such Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account, as applicable, and the Managing General Partner’s Capital Account relating to such Capital Account (together with any similar account established in respect of an Option C Capital Account, a “GP Capital Account”) as follows: (x) first, the amount calculated under Section 3.05(b)(i)(B)(y) shall be reversed, to the extent not previously offset under this Section 3.05(b)(i)(A)(x); and (y) then, 10%, in the case of Option A Capital Accounts, and 20%, in the case of Option B Capital Accounts, in each case, of the remaining Net Increase shall be reallocated to the applicable GP Capital Account (such reallocations to the GP Capital Account described in this clause (y) collectively referred to herein as the “Option A/B Incentive Allocation”) and 90% in the case of Option A Capital Accounts, and 80%, in the case of Option B Capital Accounts, in each case, of the remaining Net Increase shall be allocated to such Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account, as applicable.

 

 

 

                                                  (B) Subject to Section 3.05(d), the Net Decrease initially allocated to any Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account of a Limited Partner for a fiscal year or shorter fiscal period shall be reallocated between such Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account, as applicable, and the applicable GP Capital Account as follows: (x) first, the amount calculated under Section 3.05(b)(i)(A)(y) and previously allocated shall be reversed (but shall not reduce the applicable GP Capital Account below zero) by allocating 10% in the case of Option A Capital Accounts, and 20%, in the case of Option B Capital Accounts, in each case, of such Net Decrease to the applicable GP Capital Account and 90%, in the case of Option A Capital Accounts, and 80%, in the case of Option B Capital Accounts, in each case, of such Net Decrease to such Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account, as applicable, to the extent not previously offset under this Section 3.05(b)(i)(B)(x); and (y) then, 100% of the remaining Net Decrease, if any, shall be allocated to such Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account, as applicable.

 

 

 

                                        (ii) Option C Incentive Allocation:

 

 

 

                                                  (A) At the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, as of each date that any of the Partnership’s investments in the Company are realized and at such other times as are required by Section 3.05(e), the Net Increase, if any, initially allocated to any Option C Capital Account of a Limited Partner for such fiscal year or shorter fiscal period shall be reallocated between such Option C Capital Account and the applicable GP Capital Account such that the Option C Capital Account has been allocated an amount, on a cumulative basis, without duplication, equal to a 10% cumulative preferred return, compounded annually on the relevant Capital Contributions (the “Hurdle Return”) with respect to such Option C Capital Account (as such Capital Contributions are adjusted for distributions, including withdrawals) and then, 10% of the remaining Net Increase shall be reallocated to the applicable GP Capital Account (such reallocations described in this clause (A) to the GP Capital Account in respect of any Option C Capital Account shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Option C

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Incentive Allocations” and together with the Option A/B Incentive Allocations, the “Incentive Allocations”) and 90% of the remaining Net Increase shall be allocated to such Option C Capital Account.

 

 

 

                                                  In the event that (a) the effective date of a Limited Partner’s partial or complete withdrawal from any particular Option C Capital Account is other than a fiscal year end, (b) the Partnership is dissolved other than at the end of a fiscal year, (c) a partial or complete distribution of the amounts contained in a Option C Capital Account of a Limited Partner occurs as of a date other than a fiscal year end (other than a withdrawal to pay Feeder Fund or Intermediate Fund expenses pursuant to Section 5.02(d)), (d) any of the Partnership’s investments are realized other than at the end of a fiscal year or (e) the Managing General Partner is removed or resigns other than at the end of a fiscal year, then for purposes of calculating the Hurdle Return applicable to the applicable Option C Capital Account, the Hurdle Return shall be prorated appropriately.

 

 

 

                                                  (B) The Net Decrease initially allocated to any Option C Capital Account for a fiscal year or shorter fiscal period shall be reallocated between such Option C Capital Account and the applicable GP Capital Account in a manner such that the applicable GP Capital Account will not have been allocated on a cumulative basis an amount greater than 10% of any cumulative Net Increase in excess of the applicable Hurdle Return that has been allocated to such Option C Capital Account since the establishment of such Option C Capital Account.

 

 

 

                                        (iii) In addition, except with respect to Tax Distributions (as defined in Section 5.02(d)) or as set forth below the Managing General Partner may not withdraw or receive distributions with respect to any portion of the Incentive Allocations that is attributable to any investment until such investment is realized and the net proceeds are withdrawn or distributed; provided that in the event of a withdrawal from a Capital Account of a Limited Partner or in the event the Partnership makes a distribution to a Limited Partner, the Managing General Partner may also withdraw or receive distributions in an amount up to the amount of the Incentive Allocations calculated in respect of such withdrawal or distribution, as applicable (after reduction for any Tax Distributions previously received in respect of such Incentive Allocation), and in such circumstances such Incentive Allocation shall be adjusted for and shall take into account realized and unrealized appreciation and depreciation allocable to the Capital Account from which such withdrawal or distribution, as applicable, is made.

 

 

 

                                        (iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, losses (or items of deduction as computed for book purposes) allocable to a GP Capital Account under Section 3.05(b)(i)(B) or Section 3.05(b)(ii)(B) shall not be allocated to such GP Capital Account to the extent that such GP Capital Account has or would have, as a result of such allocation, an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. As used herein, “Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” shall mean and refer to such GP Capital Account, increased by any amounts that the Managing General Partner is obligated to restore to such GP Capital Account pursuant to the terms of this Agreement 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), and reduced by any adjustments, allocations or

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distributions described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6). Any loss (or items of deduction as computed for book purposes) that otherwise would be allocated to the applicable GP Capital Account, but that cannot be allocated to the such GP Capital Account because of the application of the immediately preceding sentence, shall instead be allocated to the Limited Partner’s applicable Capital Account, subject to the limitation imposed by the immediately preceding sentence. If the Limited Partner could not receive such an allocation without creating an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, all such losses or items shall be allocated to the Capital Account of the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                                        (vii) Notwithstanding Section 3.05(b)(i) and Section 3.05(b)(ii), above, Net Increase or items thereof allocable with respect to a Capital Account shall first be allocated 100% to the Capital Accounts of the Partners in the amount necessary to reverse, in reverse chronological order, on a cumulative basis and without duplication, any amounts allocated to such Capital Accounts of such Partners pursuant to the last two sentences of Section 3.05(b)(iv), such allocations to be made pro rata based on the amounts previously allocated to such Capital Accounts of such Partners pursuant to the last two sentences of Section 3.05(b)(iv).

 

 

 

                    (c) The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, elect to reduce, waive or calculate differently the Incentive Allocation with respect to the Capital Accounts of Limited Partners that are attributable to any Affiliated Investor or an Affiliate, employee or relative of an Affiliated Investor or its Affiliates, or for any other Limited Partner including, in particular during any wind-down of the Partnership’s business.

 

 

 

                    (d) In the event that (i) a Limited Partner withdraws a portion of a Capital Account or (ii) a partial distribution of amounts contained in a Capital Account of a Limited Partner is made, in each case, when there is an amount of Net Decrease allocated pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(i)(B)(y), in the case of an Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account that has not been offset under Section 3.05(b)(i)(A)(x), in the case of an Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account before an Incentive Allocation can be made with respect to such Capital Account (other than a withdrawal to pay Feeder Fund or Intermediate Fund expenses pursuant to Section 5.02(d)), the amount of such Net Decrease that is required to be offset by Net Increase under Section 3.05(b)(i)(A)(x), in the case of an Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account, shall be reduced as of the beginning of the next Accounting Period by an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount of Net Decrease that is required to be offset by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the withdrawal from such Capital Account with respect to the immediately preceding Withdrawal Date (other than a withdrawal described in Section 5.02(d)) in the case of a withdrawal, or the amount of the distribution from the Capital Account, in the case of a distribution, and the denominator of which is the balance in such Capital Account on the last day of the prior Accounting Period. Additional Capital Contributions with respect to a Capital Account shall not affect the amount of Net Decrease that must be offset by Net Increase under Section 3.05(b)(i)(B)(y), in the case of an Option A Capital Account or Option B Capital Account.

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                    (e) In the event that (i) the Partnership is dissolved other than at the end of a fiscal year, (ii) the effective date of a Limited Partner’s partial or complete withdrawal from any particular Capital Account is other than a fiscal year end, (iii) a partial or complete distribution of the amounts contained in a Capital Account of a Limited Partner occurs as of a date other than a fiscal year end, (iv) any of the Partnership’s investments are realized other than at the end of a fiscal year or (v) the Managing General Partner is removed or resigns other than at the end of a fiscal year, then for purposes of determining the Incentive Allocation, Net Increase and Net Decrease shall be determined through the (A) the dissolution date (for all Limited Partners), (B) the Withdrawal Date (for the Capital Account relating to such distribution (as applicable) only), (C) the date of the distribution (for the Capital Account relating to such distribution (as applicable) only)), (D) the date that any of the Partnership’s investments are realized (for all Limited Partners) or (E) the date of the removal or resignation of the Managing General Partner; as applicable (for all Limited Partners), as if such dates were the end of the fiscal year, and the Incentive Allocation shall be made at that time; provided, however, that an Incentive Allocation made in respect of a partial withdrawal, distribution or realization of any of the investments of the Partnership in the Company shall be made on that portion of the Net Increase attributable to the withdrawal or distribution amount, or attributable to the investment that is realized, as applicable.

 

 

 

                    (f) For purposes of determining the impact of withdrawals and distributions on Incentive Allocations and the amount of Net Decrease that is required to be offset with respect to: (i) Limited Partners having multiple Capital Accounts other than as contemplated in Section 3.02(d); and (ii) any Limited Partner holding multiple Capital Accounts that have been established in respect of any particular Indirect Investor, pursuant to Section 3.02(d), withdrawals and distributions shall be deemed to be made in respect of such Capital Accounts on a “first in -first out” basis.

 

 

 

                    (g) In the event the Managing General Partner determines that, based upon tax or regulatory reasons, or any other reasons as to which the Managing General Partner and any Limited Partner agree, such Partner (or any Indirect Investor) should not participate in the Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation, attributable to any Security, type of Security or to any other transaction, or event if any, the Managing General Partner may allocate such Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation only to the Capital Accounts of Partners in respect of which such reasons do not apply. In addition, if for any of the reasons described above, the Managing General Partner determines that a Partner (or any Indirect Investor) should have no interest whatsoever in a particular Security, type of Security or transaction, the interests in such Security, type of Security or transaction may be set forth in a separate memorandum account in which Partners shall participate only with respect to Capital Accounts that the Managing General Partner determines should have an interest in such Security, type of Security or transaction (any such Partner, for such Security, type of Security or transaction, being referred to the extent of such participating Capital Account as an “Unrestricted Partner”) and in the Net Capital Appreciation and Net Capital Depreciation for each such memorandum account, which shall be separately calculated.

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                    (h) At the end of each Accounting Period during which a memorandum account created pursuant to Section 3.05(g) (a “Memorandum Account”) was in existence (or during which an interest in particular Securities was otherwise allocated away from the Capital Accounts of one or more Limited Partners), the Capital Accounts of each Unrestricted Partner may be debited pro rata in accordance with the Capital Accounts of all Unrestricted Partners at the opening of such Accounting Period in an amount equal to the interest that would have accrued on the amount used to purchase the Securities attributable to the Memorandum Account (the “Purchase Price”) had the Purchase Price earned interest at the rate per annum being paid by the Partnership from time to time during the applicable Accounting Period for borrowed funds, or, if funds have not been borrowed by the Partnership during such Accounting Period, at the interest rate per annum that the Managing General Partner determines would have been paid if funds had been borrowed by the Partnership during such Accounting Period. The amount so debited shall then be credited to the Capital Accounts of all of the Partners pro rata in accordance with the balance of such Capital Accounts as of the opening of the Accounting Period.

 

 

 

                    (i) If the Partnership incurs a Withholding Tax or other tax obligation with respect to the share of Partnership income allocable to any Partner, then the Managing General Partner, without limitation of any other rights of the Partnership or the Managing General Partner, shall cause the amount of such obligation to be debited against the Capital Account(s) of such Partner as of the close of the Accounting Period during which the Partnership pays such obligation or has the Withholding Tax withheld from its income. The Managing General Partner shall not be obligated to apply for or obtain a reduction of or exemption from Withholding Tax on behalf of any Partner that may be eligible for such reduction or exemption.

                    Section 3.06 Amendment of Incentive Allocation. The Managing General Partner shall have the right to amend, without the consent of the Limited Partners, Section 3.05 of this Agreement so that the Incentive Allocation therein provided conforms to any applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and other regulatory authorities; provided, however, that no such amendment shall increase the Incentive Allocation that otherwise would be computed with respect to a Capital Account.

                    Section 3.07 Valuation of Assets.

 

 

 

                    (a) Securities that are listed on a securities exchange shall be valued at their last sales prices on the date of determination on the primary securities exchange on which such Securities shall have traded on such date (or, in the event that the date of determination is not a date upon which a securities exchange was open for trading, on the last prior date on which such securities exchange was so open not more than 10 days prior to the date of determination). Securities that are not listed on an exchange but are traded over-the-counter shall be valued at the mean between the last “bid” and “asked” price for such security on such date. Securities not denominated in U.S. dollars shall be translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates as the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, may determine in good faith.

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                    (b) Securities that are difficult to value, including illiquid securities, will be valued as the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, may determine in good faith.

 

 

 

                    (c) All other assets of the Partnership (except goodwill, which shall not be taken into account) shall be assigned such value as the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, may determine in good faith.

 

 

 

                    (d) If the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, determines in its sole discretion that the valuation of any Securities pursuant to Section 3.07(a) does not fairly represent fair value, the Administrator, in consultation with the Management Company, may value such Securities as it determines in good faith and shall set forth the basis of such valuation in writing in the Partnership’s records.

 

 

 

                    (e) All values assigned to Securities and other assets by the Administrator pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Partners.

                    Section 3.08 Liabilities. Liabilities shall be determined using generally accepted accounting principles, as a guideline, applied on a consistent basis; provided, however, that the Managing General Partner in its discretion may provide reserves and holdbacks for estimated accrued expenses, liabilities or contingencies, including general reserves for unspecified contingencies (even if such reserves or holdbacks are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles).

                    Section 3.09 Allocation for Tax Purposes. For each tax year, items of income (including items of gross income), deduction, gain, loss or credit shall be allocated for U.S. income tax purposes among the Partners in such manner as to reflect equitably amounts credited to or debited from each Partner’s Capital Account(s) for the current and prior fiscal years (or relevant portions thereof). Allocations under this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the principles of Section 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code, and U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) and 1.704-3(e) promulgated thereunder, as applicable, or the successor provisions to such Section and Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, there shall be allocated to the Partners such gains or income as shall be necessary to satisfy the “qualified income offset” requirements of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).

                    If the Partnership realizes ordinary income and/or capital gains (including short-term capital gains) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (collectively, “income”) for any tax year during or as of the end of which one or more Positive Basis Partners (as herein defined) withdraw from the Partnership pursuant to Article V, the Managing General Partner may elect, in its discretion, to allocate such income (including items of income) as follows: (i) first, among such completely withdrawing Positive Basis Partners, pro rata in proportion to the respective Full Positive Basis (as herein defined) of each such completely withdrawing Positive Basis Partner, until either the full amount of such income shall have been so allocated or the Full Positive Basis of each such Positive Basis Partner shall have been eliminated, (ii) then, among such partially withdrawing Positive Basis Partners, pro rata in proportion to the respective Partial Positive Basis (as herein defined) of each such partially withdrawing Positive Basis Partner, until either

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the remaining amount of such income shall have been so allocated or the Partial Positive Basis of each such Positive Basis Partner shall have been eliminated and (iii) then any income not so allocated to Positive Basis Partners to the other Partners in such manner as shall equitably reflect the amounts allocated to such Partners’ Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 3.05.

                    If the Partnership realizes deductions, ordinary losses and/or capital losses (including long-term capital losses) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (collectively, “losses”) for any tax year during or as of the end of which one or more Negative Basis Partners (as herein defined) withdraw from the Partnership pursuant to Article V, the Managing General Partner may elect, in its discretion, to allocate such losses (including items of loss) as follows: (i) first, among such completely withdrawing Negative Basis Partners, pro rata in proportion to the respective Full Negative Basis (as herein defined) of each such completely withdrawing Negative Basis Partner, until either the full amount of such losses shall have been so allocated or the Full Negative Basis of each such Negative Basis Partner shall have been eliminated, (ii) then, among such partially withdrawing Negative Basis Partners, pro rata in proportion to the respective Partial Negative Basis (as herein defined) of each such partially withdrawing Negative Basis Partner, until either the remaining amount of such losses shall have been so allocated or the Partial Negative Basis of each such Negative Basis Partner shall have been eliminated and (iii) then any losses not so allocated to Negative Basis Partners to the other Partners in such manner as shall equitably reflect the amounts allocated to such Partners’ Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 3.05.

                    As used herein, (i) the term “Full Positive Basis” shall mean, with respect to any completely withdrawing Partner and as of any time of calculation, the amount by which (x) its interest in the Partnership (determined in accordance with Section 1.04) as of such time plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such Partner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code resulting from its withdrawal exceeds (y) its “adjusted tax basis”, for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership as of such time, (ii) the term “Partial Positive Basis” shall mean, with respect to any partially withdrawing Partner (or Partner receiving a distribution of a portion of its Capital Account) and as of the time of calculation, the amount by which the amount received (or to be received) upon such partial withdrawal or distribution as of such time plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such Partner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code resulting from its withdrawal or distribution exceeds the product of (x) its “adjusted tax basis,” for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership as of such time and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount received (or to be received) upon such partial withdrawal or distribution, and the denominator of which is the value of such Partner’s Capital Account immediately prior to such partial withdrawal or distribution and (iii) the term “Positive Basis Partner” shall mean any Partner that withdraws some or all of its interest in the Partnership or who receives a partial distribution in respect of a Capital Account and who has Full Positive Basis or Partial Positive Basis as of the effective date of such withdrawal or distribution (determined prior to any allocations made pursuant to this Section 3.09).

                    As used herein, (i) the term “Full Negative Basis” shall mean, with respect to any completely withdrawing Partner and as of any time of calculation, the amount by which (x) its interest in the Partnership (determined in accordance with Section 1.04) as of such time plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such Partner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes

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pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code resulting from its withdrawal is less than (y) its “adjusted tax basis”, for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership as of such time, (ii) the term “Partial Negative Basis” shall mean, with respect to any partially withdrawing Partner (or Partner receiving a distribution of a portion of its Capital Account) and as of the time of calculation, the amount by which the amount received (or to be received) upon such partial withdrawal or distribution as of such time plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such Partner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code resulting from its withdrawal or distribution is less than the product of (x) its “adjusted tax basis,” for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership as of such time and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount received (or to be received) upon such partial withdrawal or distribution, and the denominator of which is the value of such Partner’s Capital Account immediately prior to such partial withdrawal or distribution and (ii) the term “Negative Basis Partner” shall mean any Partner that withdraws some or all of its interest in the Partnership or receives a partial distribution in respect of a Capital Account and who has Full Negative Basis or Partial Negative Basis as of the effective date of its withdrawal (determined prior to any allocations made pursuant to this Section 3.09).

                    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.09, if a General Partner withdraws all or a portion of its Capital Account during any tax year or receives a partial distribution in respect of a Capital Account, the Managing General Partner may specially allocate income to such General Partner equal to the amount by which such withdrawal or distribution plus an amount equal to any deemed distributions to such General Partner exceed its adjusted tax basis, for income tax purposes, in its interest in the Partnership (determined prior to any such allocations).

                    Section 3.10 Determination by the Managing General Partner of Certain Matters. All matters concerning the valuation of Securities and other assets, liabilities, profits and losses of the Partnership, the allocation of income, deductions, gains and losses among the Partners, including taxes thereon, and accounting procedures, not expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the Managing General Partner whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Partners.

                    Section 3.11 Adjustments to Take Account of Certain Events. If the Code or Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder require a withholding or other adjustment to the Capital Account(s) of a Partner or some other event occurs necessitating in the Managing General Partner’s judgment an equitable adjustment, the Managing General Partner shall make such adjustments in the determination and allocation among the Partners of Net Capital Appreciation, Net Capital Depreciation, Capital Accounts, Partnership Percentages, Incentive Allocation, items of income, deduction, gain, loss, credit or withholding for tax purposes, accounting procedures or such other financial or tax items as shall equitably take into account such event and applicable provisions of law, and the determination thereof by the Managing General Partner shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Partners.

ARTICLE IV

Admission of New Partners

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                    Section 4.01 New Partners. Subject to the condition that each new Partner shall execute an appropriate supplement or deed of adherence to this Agreement pursuant to which it agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions hereof, the Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, admit one or more new Partners as of the first Business Day of each month or at such other times as determined by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion. A “Business Day” shall be any day on which commercial banks in New York City and the Cayman Islands are open for normal business. Admission of a new Partner shall not be a cause for winding up or dissolution of the Partnership. In no event shall the Partnership at any time have more than 100 Partners. For purposes of this section, the number of Partners of the Partnership shall be determined in accordance with U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h).

ARTICLE V

Withdrawals and Distributions
of Capital

                    Section 5.01 Withdrawals and Distributions in General. No Partner shall be entitled to (i) receive distributions from the Partnership, except as provided in Section 5.05 and Section 6.02 or (ii) withdraw any amount from a Capital Account, except as provided in Section 5.02, or upon the consent of, and upon such terms as may be determined by, the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion.

                    Section 5.02 Withdrawals.

 

 

 

                    (a) Subject to Sections 5.02(b), 5.02(c), 5.05, and 5.06, each Limited Partner shall have the right, upon at least 65 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Administrator, to withdraw all or a portion of the balance in a Capital Account established for such Limited Partner with respect to any particular Capital Contribution, determined in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund in accordance with Section 3.02(d) as of (i) the last day of the then current Lock-Up Period (as herein defined) and (ii) the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter, subject in each case to the legal, tax and regulatory constraints set forth in Section 5.07. “Lock-Up Period” with respect to any Capital Account means the last day of the fiscal quarter that occurs on or immediately following the expiration of the 24-month period commencing on the date of the establishment of such Capital Account; provided that the Managing General Partner may elect, in its sole discretion, upon written notice to the applicable Limited Partners at least 90 days prior to the end of such 24-month period, to extend the Lock-Up Period with respect to such Capital Account until the date that is the last day of the fiscal quarter that occurs on or immediately following the later of (i) the expiration of the 36-month period commencing on the date of establishment of such Capital Account and (ii) the date of the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders following the annual meeting of shareholders that is held in the year of the initial closing of the offering of limited partnership interests contemplated by this Agreement. For Limited Partners with multiple Capital Accounts, including multiple Capital Accounts established on account of any particular Indirect Investor, withdrawals shall be deemed to be made on a “first in - first out” basis. Each date as of which a Limited Partner is permitted to withdraw all or a portion of the balance in a Capital Account shall herein be referred to as a “Withdrawal

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Date.” If a Withdrawal Date does not fall on a Business Day, the Withdrawal Date shall be the next Business Day. Withdrawal requests shall be irrevocable by the Limited Partner upon receipt by the Managing General Partner, but such irrevocability may be waived by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion. The Lock-Up Period shall also apply to withdrawals (excluding withdrawals of Incentive Allocation) from the Capital Accounts of the Managing General Partner. Upon the expiration of the Lock-Up Period with respect to any Capital Contribution made by the Managing General Partner, the Managing General Partner may, on any Withdrawal Date, withdraw amounts in the applicable Capital Account. The Managing General Partner may withdraw all or any portion of the Incentive Allocation that has been allocated to its Capital Account as set forth under Section 3.05(b)(iii).

 

 

 

                    (b) Distributions of withdrawal proceeds shall generally be made within 5 Business Days after the relevant Withdrawal Date; provided, however, that if a Limited Partner elects to withdraw 95% or more of its Capital Account(s), established in the case of the Intermediate Fund, in respect of the Capital Contributions of any particular Indirect Investor pursuant to Section 3.02(d) on a particular Withdrawal Date, the Partnership shall distribute the Limited Partner an amount equal to at least 95% of its estimated withdrawal proceeds (computed on the basis of unaudited data as of the Withdrawal Date) within 5 Business Days after the relevant Withdrawal Date. The Partnership shall endeavor to pay the balance of the withdrawal proceeds (subject to audit adjustments) within 30 days after completion of the audit of the Partnership’s books for the calendar year in which such Withdrawal Date occurs. No interest shall be paid on any balance due after a Withdrawal Date. The interests (or portion thereof being withdrawn) of a Limited Partner that gives notice of withdrawal pursuant to this Section 5.02(b) shall not be included in calculating the Partnership Percentages of the Limited Partners required to take any action under this Agreement.

 

 

 

                    (c) The Managing General Partner reserves the right to enter into agreements with one or more Limited Partners that contain different withdrawal rights than those described in Section 5.02(a) including a shorter withdrawal notice period and more frequent withdrawal rights. In addition, the Managing General Partner may waive notice requirements and require or permit withdrawals under such other circumstances as it approves, including to pay expenses of the Feeder Fund and/or the Intermediate Fund approved by the Management Company.

 

 

 

                    (d) The Managing General Partner shall have the right to withdraw out of the Incentive Allocation allocated to a GP Capital Account an amount equal to the Managing General Partner’s “Presumed Tax Liability” with respect to such Incentive Allocation (a “Tax Distribution”). “Presumed Tax Liability” for any fiscal year means an amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of U.S. federal, state and local taxable income attributable to the Incentive Allocation for the prior fiscal year and actually allocated to the Managing General Partner for such prior fiscal year and (ii) the Presumed Tax Rate as of December 31 of such prior fiscal year. The “Presumed Tax Rate” means the effective combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate applicable to a natural person residing in New York, New York, taxable at the highest marginal U.S. federal income tax rate and the highest marginal New York, New York income tax rates and any

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entity-level tax imposed on a pass-through entity doing business in New York, New York, in each case, taking into account the character of such income and after giving effect to the U.S. federal income tax deduction for such state and local income taxes. Such amounts shall be distributed no later than March 31 following the end of such year, unless the Managing General Partner elects on or prior to March 1 of such year not to be distributed its Tax Distribution; such election shall be made in writing to the Administrative General Partner. Any Tax Distributions shall be treated as preliminary distributions by the Partnership of future amounts distributable by the Partnership in connection with the Incentive Allocation to the Managing General Partner in respect of a Capital Account, and any future amounts distributable in connection with the Incentive Allocation by the Partnership to the Managing General Partner in respect of such Capital Account shall be reduced to take into account such Tax Distributions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Managing General Partner shall not be required to return to the Partnership any Tax Distributions regardless of whether it is determined that the Managing General Partner was not entitled to an Incentive Allocation with respect to such amounts.

 

 

 

                    (e) To the extent that, as of the earlier of: (i) the date on which a Limited Partner (and in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund, an Indirect Investor) withdraws the last of its Capital Account balance(s) and (ii) the date of the final disposition of all of the investments held by the Partnership, the Managing General Partner has made any withdrawal and/or received any distribution of the Incentive Allocations with respect to the Capital Account(s) held by any Limited Partner (and in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund, attributable to any Indirect Investor) in excess of the amount it would have withdrawn or received a distribution as of such date had it not withdrawn or received distributions of the Incentive Allocations prior to such date with respect to the Capital Account(s) held by such Limited Partner, and in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund, held by such Indirect Investor (such amount, the “Excess Amount”), the Managing General Partner shall be required to restore such Excess Amount; provided, however, that in no event shall such restoration be more than the total Incentive Allocations with respect to the Capital Account(s) of such Partner (and in the case of the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund, with respect to the Capital Account(s) of such Indirect Investor) received by the Managing General Partner less related Tax Distributions.

                    Section 5.03 Required Withdrawals. The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, require a Limited Partner to withdraw all or any part of its Capital Account balance(s) at any time, for any reason or no reason. The Managing General Partner also may require a Limited Partner to withdraw all or any part of its Capital Account balance(s) immediately in the event that the Managing General Partner, in its sole discretion, determines that (i) the Limited Partner or any Indirect Investor has made a material omission or material misstatement of fact with regard to the information such Limited Partner or such Indirect Investor provided to the Partnership, the Intermediate Fund or the Feeder Fund, (ii) such Partner’s continued participation in the Partnership may cause the Partnership to fail to qualify for the safe harbor from “publicly traded partnership” status set forth in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) or (iii) such Limited Partner’s or Indirect Investor’s continued ownership of an interest in the Partnership or in the Limited Partner, respectively, may cause adverse legal, tax, regulatory or other consequences to the Partnership. In addition, the

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Managing General Partner also may require a Limited Partner to withdraw all or any part of its Capital Account balance(s) effective as of any preceding date specified in the Partnership’s notice to such Limited Partner in the event that the Managing General Partner, in its sole discretion, determines that such Limited Partner’s or Indirect Investor’s ownership of all or a portion of such interests in the Partnership or in the Intermediate Fund or the Feeder Fund, respectively, may cause adverse legal, tax or regulatory consequences to the Partnership, the Management Company or the Managing General Partner. The Partner receiving such notice shall be treated for all purposes and in all respects as a Partner who has given notice of withdrawal of all or part of its Capital Accounts, as the case may be, under Section 5.02.

                    Section 5.04 Death, Disability, etc. of Limited Partners. The death, disability, incapacity, adjudication of incompetency, termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of a Limited Partner shall not dissolve the Partnership. The legal representatives of a Limited Partner shall succeed as assignee to the Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership upon the death, disability, incapacity, adjudication of incompetency, termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of such Limited Partner, but shall not be admitted as a substituted Partner without the consent of the Managing General Partner, in its sole discretion.

                    Section 5.05 Distributions.

 

 

 

                    (a) The Managing General Partner may at any time (including during the Lock-Up Period), in its sole discretion, make distributions in cash or in kind (i) in connection with a withdrawal of funds from the Partnership by a Partner; provided that any distribution in-kind pursuant to this clause (a)(i) need not be pro rata and (ii) at any time to all of the Partners on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Partners’ Partnership Percentages; provided, that the Managing General Partner may elect, in its sole discretion, to give Limited Partners the option of opting out of any distributions pursuant to clause (ii). Additionally, upon the sale of all or substantially all of the Securities (and the determination of the Managing General Partner that the Partnership no longer intends to acquire Securities), the Managing General Partner shall distribute the proceeds thereof to the Partners pro rata in accordance with their respective Partnership Percentages.

 

 

 

                    (b) If a distribution is made in kind, immediately prior to such distribution, the Managing General Partner shall determine the fair market value of the property distributed and adjust the Capital Accounts of all Partners upwards or downwards as if such gain or loss had been recognized upon an actual sale of such property and allocated pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such distribution shall reduce the Capital Account(s) of the distributee Partner by the fair market value thereof.

 

 

 

                    (c) The provisions of this Section 5.05 shall apply to distributions made in connection with any withdrawal under this Article V and in connection with dissolution pursuant to Article VI, unless otherwise provided for in Article VI.

 

 

 

                    (d) (i) The Managing General Partner may withhold and pay over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (or any other relevant taxing authority or withholding agent) such amounts as the Partnership is required to withhold or pay over, pursuant to

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the Code or any other applicable law, on account of a Partner’s distributive share of the Partnership’s items of gross income, income, gain or gross sale or disposition proceeds.

                                        (ii) For purposes of this Agreement, any taxes so withheld or paid over by the Partnership with respect to a Partner’s distributive share of the Partnership’s gross income, income, gain or gross sale or disposition proceeds shall be deemed to be a distribution or payment to such Partner, reducing the amount otherwise distributable to such Partner, pursuant to this Agreement and reducing the Capital Account(s) of such Partner. If the amount of such taxes is greater than any such distributable amounts, then such Partner and any successor to such Partner’s interest shall pay the amount of such excess to the Partnership, as a contribution to the capital of the Partnership.

                                        (iii) The Managing General Partner shall not be obligated to apply for or obtain a reduction of or exemption from withholding tax on behalf of any Partner that may be eligible for such reduction or exemption. To the extent that a Partner claims to be entitled to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, a withholding tax pursuant to an applicable income tax treaty, or otherwise, the Partner shall furnish the Managing General Partner with such information and forms as such Partner may be required to complete where necessary to comply with any and all laws and regulations governing the obligations of withholding tax agents. Each Partner represents and warrants that any such information and forms furnished by such Partner shall be true and accurate and agrees to indemnify the Partnership and each of the Partners from any and all damages, costs and expenses resulting from the filing of inaccurate or incomplete information or forms relating to such withholding taxes.

                    Section 5.06 Effective Date of Withdrawal. Unless otherwise specified herein, the effective date of a Partner’s withdrawal with respect to any of its Capital Accounts shall mean the day immediately following: (i) the Withdrawal Date in the case of a withdrawal pursuant to Section 5.02(a), or (ii) the date determined by the Managing General Partner if such Partner shall be required to withdraw from the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.03. In the event the Withdrawal Date of a Partner shall be a date other than the last day of a fiscal year of the Partnership, each Capital Account of the withdrawing Partner that is subject to such withdrawal shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.05(b) as if the Withdrawal Date of such Partner’s withdrawal were the last day of a fiscal year.

                    Section 5.07 Limitations on Withdrawal of Capital Account.

 

 

 

                    (a) The right of any Partner or its legal representatives to withdraw any amount from a Capital Account and to have distributed to it any such amount (or any portion thereof) pursuant to this Article V is subject to the provision by the Managing General Partner for all Partnership liabilities in accordance with the Law and for reserves for contingencies and estimated accrued expenses and liabilities in accordance with Section 3.08, and for projected Incentive Allocations. In addition, no withdrawal shall be permitted that would result in a Capital Account having a negative balance. The unused portion of any reserve shall be distributed to the Partners to which the reserve applied, with interest at the prevailing savings bank rate for unrestricted deposits from time to time in effect in New York, New York, as determined by the Managing General Partner,

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after the Managing General Partner shall have determined that the need therefor shall have ceased.

 

 

 

                    (b) The Managing General Partner may suspend subscription for limited partnership interests, the determination of the net asset value and the net asset value of each Limited Partner’s Capital Account(s), and/or withdrawal rights (including the right to receive withdrawal proceeds), in whole or in part for any and all Limited Partners at any time: (i) during any period when any stock exchange or over-the-counter market on which any of the Partnership’s investments are quoted, traded or dealt in is closed, other than for ordinary holidays and weekends, or during periods in which dealings are restricted or suspended; (ii) during the existence of any state of affairs as a result of which, in the opinion of the Management Company, disposal of part or all of the assets of the Partnership or the calculation of the net asset value would not be reasonably practicable or would be seriously prejudicial to the non-withdrawing Limited Partners; (iii) during any breakdown in the means of communication normally employed in determining the price or value of the Partnership’s assets or liabilities, or of current prices in any stock market as aforesaid, or when for any other reason the prices or values of any assets or liabilities of the Partnership cannot reasonably be promptly and accurately ascertained; (iv) during any period when the transfer of funds involved in the realization or acquisition of any investments cannot, in the opinion of the Management Company, be effected at normal rates of exchange; or (v) where such withdrawal would impede a pending tender offer, proxy contest, shareholder vote or other hostile action with respect to the Company.

 

 

 

                    (c) No partial withdrawals shall be permitted if such withdrawal shall cause the aggregate Capital Account balances established with respect to a Limited Partner or an Indirect Investor to fall below $2 million, unless approved by the Managing General Partner in its sole discretion.

 

 

 

                    (d) The Managing General Partner, by written notice to any Limited Partner, may suspend withdrawal rights of such Limited Partner (including the right to receive withdrawal proceeds) if the Managing General Partner reasonably deems it necessary to do so to comply with anti-money laundering laws and regulations or any other legal, tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Partnership, the Administrative General Partner, the Management Company, the Managing General Partner, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates, subsidiaries or associates or any of the Partnership’s other service providers.

ARTICLE VI

Duration and Dissolution of the Partnership

                    Section 6.01 Duration. The Partnership shall continue until the earliest of (i) a determination by the Managing General Partner, in its sole discretion, that the Partnership should be wound up and dissolved, (ii) the termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of the Managing General Partner pursuant to Section 15(1) of the Law, or (iii) such time as the Managing General Partner determines that the Partnership no longer holds and no longer intends

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to acquire Securities, (each, a “Winding Up Event”). Upon a determination to wind up and dissolve the Partnership, withdrawal requests and distributions in respect of pending withdrawals may not be made (other than pursuant to Section 5.02(d)).

                    Section 6.02 Dissolution.

 

 

 

                    (a) Upon a determination to wind up and dissolve the Partnership or the occurrence of any of the events set out in Section 6.01, in accordance with this Agreement and the Law, the Managing General Partner shall, subject to applicable law, within no more than 30 days after completion of a final audit of the Partnership’s financial statements (which shall be performed within 90 days of the occurrence of a Winding Up Event), make distributions out of the Partnership’s assets, in the following manner and order:


 

 

 

                              (i) to creditors, including Partners who are creditors, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Partnership (whether by payment or by establishment of reserves); and

 

 

 

                               (ii) to the Partners in the proportion of their respective Capital Accounts.


 

 

 

                    (b) The Managing General Partner, in its discretion, at any time and from time to time, may designate one or more liquidators, including, without limitation, one or more members of the General Partners, who shall have full authority to wind up and liquidate the business of the Partnership and to make final distributions as provided in this Section 6.02. The appointment of any liquidator may be revoked or a successor or additional liquidator or liquidators may be appointed at any time by an instrument in writing signed by the Managing General Partner. Any such liquidator may receive compensation as shall be fixed, from time to time, by the Managing General Partner.

 

 

 

                    (c) In the event that the Partnership is wound up on a date other than the last day of a fiscal year, the date of such dissolution shall be deemed to be the last day of a fiscal year for purposes of adjusting the Capital Accounts of the Partners pursuant to Section 3.05. For purposes of distributing the assets of the Partnership upon winding up, the Managing General Partner shall be entitled to a return, on a pari passu basis with the Limited Partners, of the amount standing to its credit in its Capital Accounts. The dissolution of the Partnership shall be effective upon the filing of, and the Managing General Partner or any other person acting as liquidator shall file, a statement with the Registrar pursuant to Section 15(3) of the Law.

ARTICLE VII

Tax Returns; Reports to Partners

                    Section 7.01 Independent Auditors. The financial statements of the Partnership shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant selected by the Managing General Partner as of the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership.

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                    Section 7.02 Filing of Tax Returns. The Managing General Partner or its designated agent shall prepare and file, or cause the accountants of the Partnership to prepare and file, a U.S. Federal information tax return in compliance with Section 6031 of the Code, and any required state and local income tax and information returns for each tax year of the Partnership.

                    Section 7.03 Tax Matters Partner. The Managing General Partner shall be designated on the Partnership’s annual U.S. Federal information tax return, and have full powers and responsibilities, as the Tax Matters Partner of the Partnership for purposes of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. Each person (for purposes of this Section 7.03, called a “Pass-Thru Partner”) that holds or controls an interest as a Partner on behalf of, or for the benefit of, another person or persons, or which Pass-Thru Partner is beneficially owned (directly or indirectly) by another person or persons, shall, within 30 days following receipt from the Tax Matters Partner of any notice, demand, request for information or similar document, convey such notice or other document in writing to all holders of beneficial interests in the Partnership holding such interests through such Pass-Thru Partner. In the event the Partnership shall be the subject of an income tax audit by any U.S. Federal, state or local authority, to the extent the Partnership is treated as an entity for purposes of such audit, including administrative settlement and judicial review, the Tax Matters Partner shall be authorized to act for, and its decision shall be final and binding upon, the Partnership and each Partner thereof. All expenses incurred in connection with any such audit, investigation, settlement or review shall be borne by the Partnership.

                    Section 7.04 Reports to Current Partners. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible, the Partnership shall cause its auditor to prepare and mail to each Partner, together with the report thereon of the accountants selected by the Managing General Partner, an audited financial report (which need not include the list of the Partnership’s investments that may be required by generally accepted accounting principles) setting forth:

 

 

 

                    (a) a balance sheet of the Partnership as of the end of such fiscal year;

 

 

 

                    (b) a statement showing the Net Capital Appreciation or Net Capital Depreciation, as the case may be, for such year;

 

 

 

                    (c) such Partner’s Capital Account(s) as of the end of such year; and

 

 

 

                    (d) such Partner’s Capital Account(s) and Partnership Percentage for the then current Accounting Period;

                    The Partnership shall also provide periodic unaudited performance information, no less frequently than quarterly, to the Limited Partners.

                    Section 7.05 Reports to Partners and Former Partners. Within 90 days of the end of each tax year, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible, the Partnership shall prepare and mail, or cause its accountants to prepare and mail, to each Partner and, to the extent necessary, to each former Partner (or its legal representatives), a report setting forth in sufficient detail such information as shall enable such Partner or former Partner (or such Partner’s or former Partner’s legal representatives) to prepare its U.S. Federal income tax return, if applicable, in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations then prevailing.

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                    Section 7.06 Partner Tax Basis. Upon request of the Managing General Partner, each Partner agrees to provide to the Managing General Partner information regarding its adjusted tax basis in its Partnership interest along with documentation substantiating such amount.

ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous

                    Section 8.01 General. This Agreement: (i) shall be binding on the executors, administrators, estates, heirs, and legal successors and representatives of the Partners; and (ii) may be executed, through the use of separate signature pages or supplemental agreements, in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the parties executing such counterparts had all executed one counterpart; provided, however, that each such counterpart shall have been executed by the Managing General Partner.

                    Section 8.02 Power of Attorney. Each of the Partners hereby appoints the Managing General Partner as its true and lawful representative and attorney-in-fact, in its name, place and stead to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to and file:

 

 

 

                     (a) a Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership and any amendments thereto as may be required under the Law;

 

 

 

                     (b) any duly adopted amendment to this Agreement;

 

 

 

                     (c) any and all instruments, certificates and other documents that may be deemed necessary or desirable to effect the dissolution and winding-up of the Partnership (including, but not limited to, a Certificate of Cancellation of the Certificate of Limited Partnership); and

 

 

 

                     (d) any business certificate, fictitious name certificate, amendment thereto or other instrument or document of any kind necessary or desirable to accomplish the business, purpose and objectives of the Partnership, or required by any applicable U.S. Federal, state or local law.

                    The power of attorney granted hereby is intended to secure an interest in property and, in addition, the obligations of each relevant Limited Partner under this Agreement, and shall be irrevocable and shall survive, and shall not be affected by, the subsequent death, disability, incapacity, adjudication of incompetency, termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of such Limited Partner; provided, however, that such power of attorney shall terminate upon the substitution of another limited partner for all of such Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership or upon the complete withdrawal of such Limited Partner from participation in the Partnership.

                    Section 8.03 Amendments to Partnership Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be modified or amended and/or the Partnership may be restructured at any time and from time to time with the written consent of Limited Partners having in excess of 50% of the Partnership Percentages of the Limited Partners and the affirmative vote of the Managing General Partner, insofar as is consistent with the laws governing this Agreement;

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provided, however, that without the consent of the Limited Partners, the Managing General Partner may amend this Agreement to: (i) reflect changes validly made in the membership of the Partnership and the Capital Contributions and Partnership Percentages of the Partners; (ii) change the provisions relating to the Incentive Allocation as provided in, and subject to the provisions of, Section 3.06; (iii) reflect a change in the name of the Partnership; (iv) make a change that is necessary or, in the opinion of the Managing General Partner, advisable to qualify the Partnership as a limited partnership or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability under the laws of any U.S. or non-U.S. jurisdiction, or ensure that the Partnership shall not be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. Federal tax purposes; (v) make a change that does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect; (vi) make a change that is necessary or desirable to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement that would be inconsistent with any other provision in this Agreement, or to make any other provision with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, in each case so long as such change does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect; (vii) make a change that is necessary or desirable to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, statute, ruling or regulation of any U.S. Federal, state or non-U.S. governmental entity, so long as such change is made in a manner that minimizes any adverse effect on the Limited Partners; (viii) make a change that is required or contemplated by this Agreement; (ix) make a change in any provision of this Agreement that requires any action to be taken by or on behalf of the General Partners or the Partnership pursuant to applicable Cayman Islands law if the provisions of applicable Cayman law are amended, modified or revoked so that the taking of such action is no longer required; (x) prevent the Partnership from in any manner being deemed an “Investment Company” subject to the provisions of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”); (xi) change the legal structure of the Partnership (for example, from a partnership to a limited liability company or exempted company); or (xii) make any other amendments and/or restructurings similar to the foregoing. Each Partner, however, must approve of any amendment that would (a) reduce its Capital Account or rights of contribution or withdrawal; ; (b) increase the rate of the Management Fee or performance-based compensation payable or allocable to the Management Company, the Managing General Partner or their affiliates with respect to its Capital Account; or (c) amend the provisions of this Agreement relating to amendments.

                    Section 8.04 Non-Voting Interests of Registered Fund Limited Partners. A Limited Partner interest owned by an investment fund registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act (a “Registered Fund Limited Partner”), or by an Affiliate of a Registered Fund Limited Partner, or by a person controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Registered Fund Limited Partner, shall be a Non-Voting Interest; provided, however, that such Non-Voting Interest shall be permitted to vote on matters with respect to which voting rights are not considered to be “voting securities” as defined under Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act.

                    Except as provided in this Section 8.04, an interest held by a Registered Fund Limited Partner as a Non-Voting Interest shall be identical in all regards to all other interests held by Limited Partners.

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                    Section 8.05 Choice of Law. Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that all of the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed under the laws of the Cayman Islands applicable to contracts made and to be entirely performed in such state and, without limitation thereof, that the Law as now adopted or as may be hereafter amended shall govern the partnership aspects of this Agreement.

                    Section 8.06 Consent to Jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event of any dispute arising out of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the county of New York and of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

                    Section 8.07 Tax Elections. The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion, cause the Partnership to make or revoke any tax election that the Managing General Partner deems appropriate, including without limitation an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code and an election to cause the Partnership to be classified as a partnership for U.S. Federal tax purposes.

                    Section 8.08 No Third Party Rights. Except for the provisions of Section 2.05 and Section 2.06, the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 1.04 and Section 5.02, are not intended to be for the benefit of any creditor or other person (other than the Partners in their capacities as such) to whom any debts, liabilities or obligations are owed by (or who otherwise have a claim against or dealings with) the Partnership or any Partner, and no such creditor or other person shall obtain any rights under any of such provisions (whether as a third party beneficiary or otherwise) or shall by reason of any such provisions make any claim in respect to any debt, liability or obligation (or otherwise) including any debt, liability or obligation pursuant to Section 1.04, against the Partnership or any Partner. Any amendment, modification or repeal of Section 2.05 and 2.06 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

                    Section 8.09 Confidentiality. (a) In connection with the Partnership’s ongoing business, the Limited Partners (and the Indirect Investors) shall receive or have access to information concerning the business and affairs of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner and/or their respective Affiliates that the Partnership or the Managing General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets, or other information, the disclosure of which the Partnership or the Managing General Partner believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner, and/or their respective Affiliates, or could damage the Partnership, the Managing General Partner, and/or their respective Affiliates or their respective businesses, or which the Partnership, the Managing General Partner and/or their respective Affiliates are required by law or agreement with a third party to keep confidential, including, without limitation, any information relating to the Partnership’s financial and investment strategy (e.g., portfolio positions, trades and contemplated trades); all notices, letters, and other communications whether written or oral between the Partnership, the Managing General Partner and/or their respective Affiliates and the Limited Partners the names and addresses of each of the Limited Partners, and their initial and subsequent Capital Contributions (collectively, the “Confidential Information”). Each Partner shall agree to keep confidential, and

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not to make any use of (other than for purposes reasonably related to its investment in an Interest or for purposes of filing such Limited Partner’s tax returns) or disclose to any person or entity, any Confidential Information, except to its directors, employees, agents, advisers, or representatives responsible for matters relating to the Partnership, or any other person or entity approved in writing by the Managing General Partner (for itself and on behalf of the Partnership) (each, an “Authorized Representative”) on a need to know basis or as otherwise required by any regulatory authority, law or regulation, or by legal process. Prior to making any disclosure required by any regulatory authority, law or regulation, or by legal process, each Limited Partner shall use its reasonable best efforts to notify the Partnership and the Managing General Partner of such disclosure. Prior to any disclosure to any Authorized Representative of a Limited Partner, such Limited Partner must advise such Authorized Representative of the obligations set forth in this Section 8.09. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Partner (and each employee, representative or other agent of such Partner) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of (i) the Partnership and (ii) any of its transactions, and all materials of any kind (including, without limitation, opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Partner relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, it being understood that “tax treatment” and “tax structure” do not include the name or other identifying information of (i) the Partnership, the Management Company, the Managing General Partner, the Administrative General Partner or any of their respective Affiliates (including, if applicable, the Investment Vehicle) or (ii) the parties to a transaction.

 

                    (b) Each Limited Partner agrees that each of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner and the Management Company has the right to keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the Partnership, the Managing General Partner or the Management Company, in its sole discretion, deems reasonable, any Confidential Information.

 

                    (c) The Managing General Partner or its Affiliates shall be the only party to communicate with the Company or to make any public statements, public disclosures or any other third party communications on behalf of the Partnership relating to the Company, the Securities, this Agreement or the activities of the Managing General Partner and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement, including the making of any proposals regarding corporate transactions involving the Company or the Securities.

                    Section 8.10 Notices. Each notice relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered in person, by registered or certified mail, by Federal Express or similar overnight courier service or by telecopy. All notices to the Partnership shall be addressed to its principal office and place of business. All notices addressed to a Partner shall be addressed to such Partner at the address set forth on the books and records of the Partnership. Any Partner may designate a new address by written notice to that effect given to the Partnership. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, a notice shall be deemed to have been effectively given when delivered personally, if delivered on a Business Day; the next Business Day after personal delivery if delivered personally on a day that is not a Business Day; four Business Days after being deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, if mailed; on the next Business Day after being deposited for next day delivery with Federal Express or similar overnight courier; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied on a

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Business Day; and the next Business Day following the day on which receipt is acknowledged if telecopied on a day that is not a Business Day.

                    Section 8.11 Goodwill. No value shall be placed on the name or goodwill of the Partnership, which shall belong exclusively to the Managing General Partner.

                    Section 8.12 Headings. The titles of the Articles and the headings of the Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and are not to be considered in construing the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

                    Section 8.13 Pronouns. All pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons, firm or corporation may require in the context thereof.

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                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the date first set forth above and executed this Agreement as a deed.

GENERAL PARTNERS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trian Partners SPV VI-A GP, L.P.

 

Trian Partners Cayman, Ltd.

 

 

 

By:  

Trian Partners SPV VI-A General Partner, LLC
its general partner

 

By:  

/s/ EDWARD P. GARDEN

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Name:   Edward P. Garden

 

 

 

Title:     Director


 

 

 

By:

 /s/ EDWARD P. GARDEN

 

 


 

 

Name: Edward P. Garden

 

Title:   Member


 

 

 

 

 

 

In the presence of:   

/s/ RITA SCALZO

 

In the presence of:  

/s/ RITA SCALZO

 

 


 

 


 

 

   Witness

 

   Witness

LIMITED PARTNER:

 

Executed as a Deed by

 

TRIAN SPV VI-A, L.P.

 

By: Trian Partners SPV VI-A GP, L.P.

        its managing general partner

 

By: Trian Partners SPV VI- A General Partner, LLC

        its general partner


 

 

 

By:

/s/ EDWARD P. GARDEN

 

 


 

 

Name: Edward P. Garden

 

Title:   Member


 

 

 

In the presence of:    

/s/ RITA SCALZO

 

 


 

 

Witness

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INITIAL LIMITED PARTNER:

 

Solely to reflect the withdrawal of the Initial Limited

Partner pursuant to Section 1.07

 

Walkers Nominees Limited


 

 

 

By:

/s/ JAMES MELEN

 

 


 

 

Name:  James Melen
Title:    Authorized Signatory


 

 

In the presence of:   

/s/ DEBRA GARNHAM

 

  Witness

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