EX-3.1 2 ghi-ex3_1.htm EX-3.1 EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

 

GREYSTONE HOUSING

IMPACT INVESTORS LP

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

DEFINED TERMS

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ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

NAME, PLACE OF BUSINESS, PURPOSE AND TERM

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01.

 

Name

10

Section 2.02.

 

Principal Office and Name and Address of Resident Agent

10

Section 2.03.

 

Purpose

10

Section 2.04.

 

Term

11

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

PARTNERS AND CAPITAL

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01.

 

General Partner

11

Section 3.02.

 

Limited Partner

11

Section 3.03.

 

Partnership Capital

12

Section 3.04.

 

Liability of Partners and BUC Holders

12

Section 3.05.

 

Splits and Combinations

13

Section 3.06.

 

Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partnership Interests

13

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS OF CASH; ALLOCATIONS OF INCOME AND LOSS

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01.

 

Distributions of Net Interest Income

14

Section 4.02.

 

Distributions of Net Residual Proceeds and of Liquidation Proceeds

14

Section 4.03.

 

Allocation of Income and Loss From Operations

14

Section 4.04.

 

Allocation of Income and Loss Arising From a Repayment, Sale or Liquidation

15

Section 4.05.

 

Determination of Allocations and Distributions Among Limited Partners and BUC Holders

15

Section 4.06.

 

Capital Accounts

16

Section 4.07.

 

Rights to Distributions

16

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

 

RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01.

 

Management of the Partnership

17

 

 

 


 

Section 5.02.

 

Authority of the General Partner

17

Section 5.03.

 

Authority of General Partner and Its Affiliates To Deal With Partnership

20

Section 5.04.

 

General Restrictions on Authority of the General Partner

22

Section 5.05.

 

Compensation and Fees

23

Section 5.06.

 

Duties and Obligations of the General Partner

24

Section 5.07.

 

Delegation of Authority

25

Section 5.08.

 

Other Activities

25

Section 5.09.

 

Limitation on Liability of the General Partner and Initial Limited Partner; Indemnification

25

Section 5.10.

 

Special Amendments to the Agreement

26

Section 5.11.

 

Issuance of Series A Preferred Units

27

Section 5.12.

 

Issuance of Series A-1 Preferred Units

27

Section 5.13.

 

Issuance of Series B Preferred Units

27

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

 

CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNERS

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01.

 

Withdrawal of General Partner

27

Section 6.02.

 

Admission of a Successor or Additional General Partner

27

Section 6.03.

 

Removal of a General Partner

28

Section 6.04.

 

Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner

28

Section 6.05.

 

Effect of Incapacity of a General Partner

30

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

 

 

TRANSFERABILITY OF BUCS AND LIMITED PARTNERS’ INTERESTS

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01.

 

Free Transferability of BUCs

31

Section 7.02.

 

Restrictions on Transfers of BUCs and of Interests of Limited Partners Other Than the Initial Limited Partner

32

Section 7.03.

 

Assignees of Limited Partners Other Than the Initial Limited Partner

33

Section 7.04.

 

Joint Ownership of Interests

34

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

 

 

 

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01.

 

Events Causing Dissolution

34

Section 8.02.

 

Liquidation

35

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

 

 

 

RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01.

 

Books and Records

36

 

 

 


 

Section 9.02.

 

Accounting Basis and Fiscal Year

37

Section 9.03.

 

Reports

37

Section 9.04.

 

Designation of Partnership Representative

38

Section 9.05.

 

Expenses of Partnership Representative

38

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

 

 

 

 

MEETINGS AND VOTING RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS AND BUC HOLDERS

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01.

 

Meetings

39

Section 10.02.

 

Voting Rights of Limited Partners and BUC Holders

40

Section 10.03.

 

Opinion Regarding Effect of Action by Limited Partners and BUC Holders

41

Section 10.04.

 

Other Activities

41

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS TO BUC HOLDERS AND RIGHTS OF BUC HOLDERS

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01.

 

Assignment of Limited Partnership Interests to BUC Holders

42

Section 11.02.

 

Rights of BUC Holders

43

Section 11.03.

 

Voting by the Initial Limited Partner on Behalf of BUC Holders

43

Section 11.04.

 

Preservation of Tax Status

44

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Section 12.01.

 

Appointment of the General Partner as Attorney‑in‑Fact

44

Section 12.02.

 

Signatures

45

Section 12.03.

 

Amendments

46

Section 12.04.

 

Binding Provisions

47

Section 12.05.

 

Applicable Law

47

Section 12.06.

 

Separability of Provisions

47

Section 12.07.

 

Captions

48

Section 12.08.

 

Entire Agreement

48

Section 12.09.

 

Investments

48

Section 12.10.

 

Reliance on Exemption

48

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT AP – Terms of Series A Preferred Units

EXHIBIT A-1P – Terms of Series A-1 Preferred Units

EXHIBIT BP – Terms of Series B Preferred Units

 

 


 

GREYSTONE HOUSING IMPACT INVESTORS LP

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF GREYSTONE HOUSING IMPACT INVESTORS LP is made as of December 5, 2022 by and among America First Capital Associates Limited Partnership Two, a Delaware limited partnership (the “General Partner”), and Greystone ILP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Initial Limited Partner”), and the other Limited Partners listed on Schedule A attached hereto, together with any other Persons who become Partners in the Partnership or parties hereto as provided herein.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the General Partner, the Initial Limited Partner and the other Limited Partners are parties to that certain First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated September 15, 2015, as amended (the “First Amended Partnership Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, Section 5.02(a) of the First Amended Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner is authorized, among other things, to amend the Partnership’s certificate of limited partnership (the “Certificate”) and to amend the First Amended Partnership Agreement as provided in Section 12.03 therein, and that the General Partner is also authorized to engage in any activity necessary or incidental to, or in connection with, the accomplishment of the purposes of the Partnership; and

WHEREAS, Section 5.02(b) of the First Amended Partnership Agreement provides that, with respect to its obligations, powers, and responsibilities under the First Amended Partnership Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the Partnership, such documents as it deems proper, all on such terms and conditions as it deems proper; and

WHEREAS, the General Partner has determined that it is in the best interest of the Partnership to change the name of the Partnership from “America First Multifamily Investors, L.P.” to “Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP”; and

WHEREAS, Section 12.03(a) of the First Amended Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner, without the consent or approval of the Limited Partners or the BUC Holders, under certain circumstances, which the General Partner has determined are applicable hereto, may amend the First Amended Partnership Agreement and the Certificate, and, among other things, prepare, file, and record such documents and certificates as shall be required in making such amendments; and

WHEREAS, the General Partner filed an amendment to the Partnership’s Certificate in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware effecting such change in the Partnership’s name effective as of December 5, 2022; and

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WHEREAS, the General Partner, being authorized to do so, now desires to amend the First Amended Partnership Agreement to reflect such name change, and to make certain conforming and other changes which are not materially adverse to the interests of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders, and to restate the First Amended Partnership Agreement, as so amended, in its entirety.

NOW, THEREFORE, the First Amended Partnership Agreement is hereby amended, and restated in its entirety, as follows:

Article I


DEFINED TERMS

The defined terms used in this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article I. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine genders shall include the feminine and neuter gender, and vice versa, as the context requires.

Accountants” means such nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants as shall be engaged from time to time by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership.

Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, which consists of Title 6, Chapter 17 of the Delaware Code Annotated, as it may be amended or revised from time to time, or any other provision of Delaware law which may, from time to time, supersede part or all of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

“Administrative Fee” means the fee payable to the General Partner that is described in Section 5.05(a) hereof.

AFCA” means America First Capital Associates Limited Partnership Two, a Delaware limited partnership.

Affiliate” means, when used with reference to a specified Person, (i) any Person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the specified Person, (ii) any Person who is (or has the power to designate) an officer of, general partner in or trustee of, or serves (or has the power to designate a person to serve) in a similar capacity with respect to, the specified Person, or of which the specified Person is an officer, general partner or trustee, or with respect to which the specified Person serves in a similar capacity, and (iii) any Person who, directly or indirectly, is the beneficial owner of 10% or more of any class of equity securities of the specified Person or of which the specified Person is directly or indirectly the owner of 10% or more of any class of equity securities. An Affiliate of the Partnership or the General Partner does not include any limited partner of the General Partner or a Limited Partner holding Preferred Units if such Person is not otherwise an Affiliate of the Partnership or the General Partner.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as originally executed and as amended from time to time.

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Associate” means, when used to indicate a relationship with any Person, (i) any corporation or organization of which such Person is a director, officer, or partner, or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock or other voting interest; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such Person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; or (iii) any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same principal residence as such Person.

Bankruptcy” or “Bankrupt” as to any Person means the filing of a petition for relief by such Person as debtor or bankrupt under the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or like provision of law or insolvency of such Person as finally determined by a court proceeding.

Bond” or “Bonds” means the tax-exempt housing bonds and tax-exempt housing loans issued by various state or local authorities in order to provide construction and permanent financing for apartment complexes and other multifamily properties which are held by the Partnership from time to time.

BUC” means a Limited Partnership Interest which is credited to the Initial Limited Partner on the books and records of the Partnership and assigned by the Initial Limited Partner to a BUC Holder.

BUC Holder” means any Person who has been assigned one or more Limited Partnership Interests by the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to Section 11.01. A BUC Holder is not a Limited Partner and will have no right to be admitted as a Limited Partner.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in either New York, New York or Omaha, Nebraska are obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

Capital Account” means the capital account of a Partner or a BUC Holder as described in Section 4.06 hereof.

Capital Contribution” means the total amount contributed to the capital of the Partnership by or on behalf of all Partners or any class of Partners or by any one Partner, as the context may require (or by the predecessor holders of the Partnership Interests of such Persons) and, with respect to a BUC Holder, the Capital Contribution of the Initial Limited Partner made on behalf of such BUC Holder.

Cause” means conduct which constitutes fraud, bad faith, gross negligence, or willful misconduct.

Certificate” means the certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership filed pursuant to Section 17‑201 of the Act, as it may be amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any corresponding provision or provisions of succeeding law.a

 

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Combined Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(a) of this Agreement.

Consent” means either the consent given by a vote at a meeting called and held in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 hereof or the written consent (including by Electronic Transmission), as the case may be, of a Person to do the act or thing for which the consent is solicited, or the act of granting such consent, as the context may require. Consent given after the act or thing is done with respect to which the Consent is solicited shall be deemed to relate back to the date such act or thing was done.

Contingent Interest” means (i) any Interest Income paid from the net cash flow of a project (or any Residual Proceeds paid from the proceeds of a sale or refinancing of the project), the payment of either of which is not required under the terms of the Mortgage Investment unless there is specified cash flow from a project or other specified contingencies are satisfied, and (ii) any amounts received by the Partnership on the sale or other disposition of a Mortgage Investment other than amounts representing repayment of principal and amounts constituting Interest Income.

Counsel” means the law firm representing the General Partner in connection with the operation of the Partnership or the law firm, if any, selected by the General Partner to represent the Partnership.

Departing General Partner” means a former General Partner from and after the effective date of any withdrawal or removal of such former General Partner pursuant to Section 6.02 or 6.03.

Distribution Date” means a Business Day selected by the General Partner for the distribution of Net Interest Income or Net Residual Proceeds with respect to a Distribution Period, which Business Day shall be no later than 60 days following the last day of the Distribution Period to which such Distribution Date relates.

Distribution Period” means the period of time selected by the General Partner for which the distribution of Net Interest Income or Net Residual Proceeds is made, which period may be no longer than six calendar months.

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

First Amended Partnership Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

General Partner” means AFCA or any Person or Persons who, at the time of reference thereto, have been admitted as successors to the Partnership Interest of AFCA or as additional General Partners, in each such Person’s capacity as a General Partner.

General Partner Distribution Rights” means the rights of the General Partner to receive (i) distributions of Net Interest Income pursuant to Section 4.01, (ii) distributions of Net Residual

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Proceeds (Tier 2) pursuant to the Section 4.02, and (iii) distributions of Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to Section 4.02.

General Partner Interest” means the ownership interest of the General Partner in the Partnership in its capacity as a general partner without reference to any Limited Partnership Interest or BUCs held by it.

GP Percentage Interest” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of the General Partner’s aggregate Capital Contributions to the Partnership divided by the aggregate Capital Contributions made to the Partnership by all Partners.

Group” means a Person that, with or through any of its Affiliates or Associates, has any contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to 10 or more Persons), exercising investment power, or disposing of any Partnership Interests with any other Person that beneficially owns, or whose Affiliates or Associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, Partnership Interests.

Incapacity” or “Incapacitated” means, as to any Person, death, the adjudication of incompetency or insanity, Bankruptcy, dissolution, termination, withdrawal pursuant to Section 6.01 or removal pursuant to Section 6.03, as the case may be, of such Person.

Income” means the taxable income of the Partnership as determined in accordance with the Partnership’s method of accounting and computed under Section 703 of the Code; any item of taxable income required to be separately stated on the Partnership’s federal income tax return pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code; and any income of the Partnership excluded from the gross income of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes under Section 103 of the Code.

Indemnitee” and “Indemnitees” have the meanings set forth in Section 5.09(a) of this Agreement.

Initial Limited Partner” means Greystone ILP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as successor to America First Fiduciary Corporation Number Five a Nebraska corporation, or any Person or Persons who, at the time of reference thereto, have been admitted to the Partnership, with the consent of the General Partner, as successors to the Limited Partnership Interest of Greystone ILP, Inc.

Interest Income” means all cash receipts of the Partnership with respect to any period except for (i) Capital Contributions, (ii) amounts received by the Partnership upon a Repayment or upon the sale or other disposition of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, Other Investment, or other Partnership asset which do not represent accrued interest on the Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment other than accrued interest which represents accrued Contingent Interest, or (iii) the proceeds of any loan to the Partnership or the refinancing of any loan, including proceeds received from the reissuance of any Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment.

Limited Partner” means any Person who is a Limited Partner, including the Initial Limited Partner, at the time of reference thereto, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner of the

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Partnership. A BUC Holder is not a Limited Partner and has no right to be admitted as a Limited Partner.

Limited Partnership Interest” means the Partnership Interest held by a Limited Partner, including the Limited Partnership Interests assigned to BUC Holders.

Liquidation Proceeds” means all cash receipts of the Partnership (other than operating income and sale proceeds) arising from the liquidation of the Partnership’s assets in the course of the dissolution of the Partnership.

Loss” means taxable losses of the Partnership, as determined in accordance with the Partnership’s method of accounting and computed under Section 703 of the Code; any item of loss or expense required to be separately stated on the Partnership’s federal income tax return pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code; and any expenditures of the Partnership not deductible in computing its taxable income and not properly treated as a capital expenditure.

Merger Agreement” means the Amended Agreement of Merger, dated June 12, 1998, by and between the Partnership and the Prior Partnership pursuant to which the Partnership and the Prior Partnership were merged in accordance with the provisions of the Act, with the Partnership being the surviving partnership.

Merger Date” means the effective date of the merger of the Partnership and the Prior Partnership specified in the Merger Agreement.

Monthly Record Date” means the last day of a calendar month.

Mortgage Investment” means a direct or indirect interest in a tax‑exempt mortgage revenue Bond secured by a Property, including residual interests in one or more trusts which hold tax‑exempt mortgage revenue Bonds, and any other loan (whether or not the interest thereon is exempt from federal income taxation) secured by a mortgage on a Property on which the Partnership also directly or indirectly holds a tax‑exempt mortgage revenue Bond.

Net Agreed Value” means the fair market value of the Partnership’s assets, reduced by any liabilities to which such assets are subject. For these purposes, the fair market value of the Partnership’s assets shall be determined by an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert selected by the General Partner, which, in turn, may rely on other experts, and the determination of which shall be conclusive as to such matter.

Net Interest Income” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, all Interest Income received by the Partnership during such Distribution Period, plus any amounts previously set aside as Reserves from Interest Income which the General Partner releases from Reserves as being no longer necessary to hold as part of Reserves, less (i) expenses of the Partnership (including fees and reimbursements paid to the General Partner but excluding any expenses of the Partnership which are directly attributable to the sale of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment) paid from Interest Income during the Distribution Period (other than operating expenses paid from previously established Reserves), (ii) all cash payments made from Interest Income during such Distribution Period to discharge Partnership indebtedness, and (iii) all amounts from Interest Income set aside as Reserves or used to acquire additional Mortgage

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Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, or Other Investments during such Distribution Period. Net Interest Income will consist of Net Interest Income (Tier 1), Net Interest Income (Tier 2) and Net Interest Income (Tier 3). During each Distribution Period the additions and deductions from Interest Income set forth above shall be first applied against Net Interest Income (Tier 1).

Net Interest Income (Tier 1)” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, all Net Interest Income, other than Contingent Interest, received by the Partnership during such Distribution Period.

Net Interest Income (Tier 2)” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, all Net Interest Income representing Contingent Interest received by the Partnership during such Distribution Period up to an amount which, when combined with all prior amounts of Contingent Interest distributed pursuant to Sections 4.02(b) and 4.03(b), aggregates 0.9% per annum of the principal amount of the Mortgage Investments during the period such Mortgage Investments are held by the Partnership or the Prior Partnership.

Net Interest Income (Tier 3)” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, all Net Interest Income representing Contingent Interest received by the Partnership during such Distribution Period in excess of any Contingent Interest included in Net Interest Income (Tier 2).

Net Residual Proceeds” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, all Residual Proceeds received by the Partnership during such Distribution Period, plus any amounts previously set aside as Reserves from Residual Proceeds which the General Partner releases from Reserves as being no longer necessary to hold as part of Reserves, less (i) all expenses of the Partnership which are directly attributable to a Repayment or sale or other disposition of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment, (ii) all cash payments made from Residual Proceeds during such Distribution Period to discharge Partnership indebtedness and (iii) all amounts from Residual Proceeds set aside as Reserves or used to acquire additional Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, or Other Investments during such Distribution Period or held by the Partnership to acquire additional Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, or Other Investments in future Distribution Periods. Net Residual Proceeds will consist of Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 1), Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 2) and Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 3). During each Distribution Period the additions and deductions from Residual Proceeds set forth above shall be first applied against Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 1).

Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 1)” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, all Net Residual Proceeds received by the Partnership during such Distribution Period representing the principal amount of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment which is the subject of a Repayment, sale or other disposition, plus any amounts previously set aside as Reserves from Residual Proceeds which the General Partner releases from Reserves for distribution.

Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 2)” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, all Net Residual Proceeds representing Contingent Interest received by the Partnership during such Distribution Period up to an amount which, when combined with all prior amounts of Contingent Interest distributed pursuant to Sections 4.02(b) and 4.03(b) and the Contingent Interest to be distributed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.02(b) for the current Distribution Period,

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aggregates 0.9% per annum of the principal amount of the Mortgage Investments during the period such Mortgage Investments are held by the Partnership or the Prior Partnership.

Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 3)” means, with respect to any Distribution Period, all Net Residual Proceeds representing Contingent Interest received by the Partnership during such Distribution Period in excess of any Contingent Interest included in Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 2).

Notice” means a writing, containing the information required by this Agreement to be communicated to any Person, personally delivered to such Person or sent by registered, certified or regular mail, postage prepaid, to such Person at the last known address of such Person.

Other Investments” means any securities, other than Mortgage Investments and Tax Exempt Investments, which are acquired by the Partnership and not held in Reserve, including, without limitation, any securities the interest on which is taxable for federal income tax purposes.

 

Outstanding” means, with respect to Partnership Securities, all Partnership Securities that are issued by the Partnership and reflected as outstanding on the Partnership’s books and records as of the date of determination; provided, however, that, if at any time any Person or Group (other than the General Partner or its Affiliates) beneficially owns 20% or more of any Outstanding Partnership Securities of any class then Outstanding, none of the Partnership Securities owned by such Person or Group shall be voted on any matter and shall not be considered to be Outstanding when sending notices of a meeting of Limited Partners or BUC Holders to vote on any matter (unless otherwise required by law), calculating required votes, determining the presence of a quorum, or for other similar purposes under this Agreement; provided, further, that, the foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Securities of any class then Outstanding directly from the General Partner or its Affiliates, (ii) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Securities of any class then Outstanding directly or indirectly from a Person or Group described in clause (i) provided that the General Partner shall have notified such Person or Group in writing that such limitation shall not apply, or (iii) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of any Partnership Securities issued by the Partnership with the prior approval of the board of managers of the general partner of the General Partner.

 

Partner” means the General Partner or any Limited Partner.

Partnership” means Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP, a Delaware limited partnership formerly known as America First Multifamily Investors, L.P., as said limited partnership may from time to time be constituted.

Partnership Interest” means the entire ownership interest of a Partner in the Partnership at any particular time, including the right of such Partner to any and all benefits to which a Partner may be entitled under this Agreement, together with the obligations of such Partner to comply with all the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Act.

Partnership Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04 of this Agreement.

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Partnership Security” means any class or series of equity interest in the Partnership, including General Partner Interests, Limited Partnership Interests, BUCs, and General Partner Distribution Rights.

Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association or other legal entity.

Prior Partnership” means America First Tax Exempt Mortgage Fund Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership.

Property” or “Properties” means the real property, including land and the buildings thereon, which is secured by a mortgage or other similar encumbrance backing a Mortgage Investment held by the Partnership.

Regulations” means the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated or proposed under the Code.

Repayment” means the payment of the outstanding principal, and Contingent Interest, if any, upon the maturity of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment or at such earlier time as the Partnership may require the payment of outstanding principal.

Reserve” means such amount of funds as shall be withheld from Capital Contributions, Interest Income or Residual Proceeds by the General Partner from time to time in order to provide working capital for the Partnership and which may be used for any purpose relating to the operation of the Partnership and its Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, and Other Investments, including the acquisition of additional Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, and Other Investments.

Residual Proceeds” means all amounts received by the Partnership upon a Repayment or upon the sale of or other disposition of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, Other Investment, or other Partnership asset except for amounts representing accrued interest on a Mortgage Investment (other than accrued Contingent Interest), Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment. Amounts representing accrued interest (other than accrued Contingent Interest) received by the Partnership upon a Repayment or upon the sale or other disposition of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment shall be included in Interest Income. Residual Proceeds will not include any amount received by the Partnership representing proceeds from the securitization of a Mortgage Investment.

Schedule A” means the schedule, as amended from time to time, of Partners’ names, addresses and Capital Contributions, which schedule, in its initial form, is attached to and made a part of this Agreement.

“Tax Exempt Investments” means any securities, other than Mortgage Investments, which are acquired by the Partnership and not held in Reserve and the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxation; provided that, any security acquired by the Partnership which is not secured by a direct or indirect interest in a Property must be rated in one of the four highest rating categories by at least one nationally recognized rating agency in order to constitute a “Tax Exempt Investment” under this Agreement.

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Tax Matters Partner” means the Partner designated as the Tax Matters Partner of the Partnership by the General Partner pursuant to Section 9.04.

Trust” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(d) of this Agreement.

Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(d) of this Agreement.

Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel (who may be regular counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner or any of its Affiliates) acceptable to the General Partner that the withdrawal of the General Partner in accordance with this Agreement (following the selection of the successor General Partner) would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner or BUC Holder or cause the Partnership or any of its Affiliates to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed).

’40 Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.03(a)(viii) of this Agreement.

Article II


NAME, PLACE OF BUSINESS, PURPOSE
AND TERM
Section 2.01.
Name. The name of the Partnership shall be “Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP” The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names as determined by the General Partner. The words “Limited Partnership,” “LP,” “Ltd.,” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purpose of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Limited Partners and BUC Holders of any such change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders.
Section 2.02.
Principal Office and Name and Address of Registered Agent. The address of the principal office and place of business of the Partnership, unless hereafter changed by the General Partner, shall be 14301 FNB Parkway, Suite 211, Omaha, NE 68154. Notification of any change in the Partnership’s principal office and place of business shall be promptly given by the General Partner to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders. The name and address of the registered agent of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The registered agent may be changed by the General Partner.
Section 2.03.
Purpose. The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership shall be to (a) engage directly in, or enter into or form, hold, and dispose of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, or other arrangement to engage indirectly in, any business activity that is approved by the General Partner and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act and, in connection therewith, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon the Partnership pursuant to the agreements relating to such business activity, and (b) do anything necessary or appropriate to the foregoing, including the making of capital contributions or loans to a subsidiary of the Partnership; provided

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that, the General Partner shall not cause the Partnership to engage, directly or indirectly, in any business activity that the General Partner determines would cause the Partnership to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose or approve, and may decline to propose or approve, the conduct by the Partnership of any business free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner or BUC Holder and, in declining to so propose or approve, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby, or under the Act or any other law, rule, or regulation or at equity. For greater clarity and not by way of limitation, the purpose of the Partnership includes the acquisition, holding, selling, and otherwise dealing with tax‑exempt mortgage Bonds and other tax‑exempt instruments backed by multifamily residential properties. In this regard, and not by way of limitation, the Partnership is authorized to hold Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, and Other Investments, to foreclose on Properties secured by Mortgage Investments, to sell all or a portion of its interest in a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment, and to reinvest the proceeds therefrom in additional Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, or Other Investments on such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall determine in its sole discretion.
Section 2.04.
Term. The term of the Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate in accordance with the Act and shall continue in existence until the dissolution of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of this Agreement. The existence of the Partnership as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation of the Certificate as provided in the Act.
Article III


PARTNERS AND CAPITAL
Section 3.01.
General Partner.
(a)
The name, address, and Capital Contribution of the General Partner are set forth in Schedule A. The General Partner, as such, shall not be required to make any additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.01.
(b)
Upon the dissolution and termination of the Partnership, the General Partner will contribute to the Partnership an amount equal to the lesser of (i) any deficit balance in its Capital Account or (ii) the excess of (A) 1.01% of the Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners to the Partnership (including the Capital Contribution of the Initial Limited Partner made on behalf of the BUC Holders) over (B) the amount of previous Capital Contributions made by the General Partner to the Partnership.
Section 3.02.
Limited Partner. The name, address, and Capital Contribution of the Limited Partners are as set forth in Schedule A. The Capital Contribution made by the Initial Limited Partner shall be deemed to have been made on behalf of, and as trustee for, the BUC Holders. Neither the Initial Limited Partner, any other Limited Partner, nor the BUC Holders shall

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be required to make any additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership. Other than to serve as Initial Limited Partner, the Initial Limited Partner shall have no other business purpose and shall not engage in any other activity or incur any debts. The Initial Limited Partner agrees not to amend its articles of incorporation with respect to the incurrence of debt without the written Consent of a majority in interest of the BUC Holders.
Section 3.03.
Partnership Capital.
(a)
No BUC Holder shall be paid interest on any Capital Contribution.
(b)
Except as specifically provided in Section 6.03 and 6.04, or as provided pursuant to the terms of any Partnership Security authorized to be issued by the Partnership pursuant to Sections 5.02(a)(iii) and 5.02(d) hereof, the Partnership shall not be required to redeem or repurchase any Partnership Interest or BUC and no Partner or BUC Holder shall have the right to withdraw, or receive any return of, their Capital Contribution. Under circumstances requiring a return of any Capital Contribution, no Partner or BUC Holder will have the right to receive property other than cash.
(c)
No BUC Holder shall have any priority over any other Limited Partner or BUC Holder as to the return of such BUC Holder’s Capital Contribution or as to distributions.
(d)
The General Partner shall have no liability for the repayment of the Capital Contributions.
Section 3.04.
Liability of Partners and BUC Holders. No Limited Partner or BUC Holder shall be required to lend any funds to the Partnership or, after their Capital Contribution has been paid, to make any further Capital Contribution to the Partnership. The liability of any Limited Partner or BUC Holder for the losses, debts, liabilities and obligations of the Partnership shall, so long as the Limited Partner or BUC Holder complies with Section 5.01(b), be limited to their Capital Contribution and their share of any undistributed Income of the Partnership. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is possible that, under applicable law, a Limited Partner or BUC Holder may be liable to the Partnership to the extent of previous distributions made to such Limited Partner or BUC Holder if such distributions have caused the liabilities of the Partnership to exceed the fair value of its assets. To the extent that the Initial Limited Partner is required by law to return any distributions or repay any amount, each BUC Holder who has received any portion of such distributions agrees, by virtue of accepting such distribution, to pay their proportionate share of such amount to the Initial Limited Partner immediately upon Notice by the Initial Limited Partner to such BUC Holder. In lieu of requiring return of such distributions from BUC Holders, the General Partner may withhold future distributions of Net Interest Income, Net Residual Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds until the amount so withheld equals the amount of the distributions the Initial Limited Partner is required to repay or return regardless of whether the BUC Holders entitled to receive such distribution were the same BUC Holders who actually received the distribution required to be returned. In the event that the Initial Limited Partner is determined to have unlimited liability for losses, debts, liabilities and obligations of the Partnership, nothing set forth in this Section shall be construed to require BUC Holders to assume any portion of such liability.

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Section 3.05.
Splits and Combinations.
(a)
Subject to Section 3.05(d), the Partnership may make a pro rata distribution of Partnership Securities to all BUC Holders or may effect a subdivision or combination of Partnership Securities so long as, after any such event, each Partner shall have the same percentage interest in the Partnership as before such event, and any amounts calculated on a per BUC basis or stated as a number of BUCs are proportionately adjusted.
(b)
Whenever such a distribution, subdivision, or combination of Partnership Securities is declared, the General Partner shall select a record date as of which the distribution, subdivision, or combination shall be effective and shall send notice thereof at least 20 days prior to such record date to each BUC Holder as of a date not less than 10 days prior to the date of such notice. The General Partner also may cause a firm of independent public accountants selected by it to calculate the number of Partnership Securities to be held by each BUC Holder after giving effect to such distribution, subdivision, or combination. The General Partner shall be entitled to rely on any certificate provided by such firm as conclusive evidence of the accuracy of such calculation.
(c)
Promptly following any such distribution, subdivision, or combination, the Partnership may issue certificates or other evidence of the issuance of uncertificated BUCs in book entry form, to the BUC Holders and other holders of Partnership Securities as of the applicable record date representing the new number of Partnership Securities held by such holders, or the General Partner may adopt such other procedures that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect such changes. If any such combination results in a smaller total number of Partnership Securities Outstanding, the Partnership shall require, as a condition to the delivery to a BUC Holder or other holder of Partnership Securities of such new certificate or other evidence of the issuance of uncertificated BUCs, the surrender of any certificate or other evidence of the issuance of uncertificated BUCs held by such holder immediately prior to such record date.
(d)
The Partnership shall not issue fractional BUCs upon any distribution, subdivision, or combination of BUCs. If a distribution, subdivision, or combination of BUCs would result in the issuance of fractional BUCs but for the provisions of this Section 3.05(d), each fractional BUC shall be rounded to the nearest whole BUC (and a 0.5 BUC shall be rounded to the next higher BUC).
Section 3.06.
Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partnership Interests. All Limited Partnership Interests issued pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement shall be fully paid and non-assessable Limited Partnership Interests in the Partnership, except as such non-assessability may be affected by Section 17-607 of the Act.

 

 

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Article IV


DISTRIBUTIONS OF CASH;
ALLOCATIONS OF INCOME AND LOSS
Section 4.01.
Distributions of Net Interest Income.
(a)
On each Distribution Date, all Net Interest Income (Tier 1 and Tier 3) with respect to the related Distribution Period will be distributed 99% to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders as a class and 1% to the General Partner.
(b)
On each Distribution Date, all Net Interest Income (Tier 2) will be allocated 75% to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders as a class and 25% to the General Partner.
Section 4.02.
Distributions of Net Residual Proceeds and of Liquidation Proceeds.
(a)
On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 1 and Tier 3) will be distributed 100% to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders as a class.
(b)
On each Distribution Date, all distributions of Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 2) will be allocated 75% to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders as a class and 25% to the General Partner.
(c)
All Liquidation Proceeds shall be applied and distributed in the following amounts and order of priority:
(i)
to the payment of the amounts and the establishment of the reserves provided for in Section 8.02(b);
(ii)
to the Partners and BUC Holders in accordance with the positive balances in their respective Capital Accounts until such accounts are reduced to zero; and
(iii)
then to the Partners and BUC Holders giving effect to the provisions of Section 4.02(a) as if such Liquidation Proceeds constituted Net Residual Proceeds for purposes of such Section.
Section 4.03.
Allocation of Income and Loss From Operations.
(a)
Income and Loss shall be determined in accordance with the accounting methods followed by the Partnership for federal income tax purposes and otherwise in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. For purposes of determining the Income, Loss, tax credits or any other items allocable to any period, Income, Loss, tax credits and any such other items shall be determined on a daily, monthly or other basis, as determined by the General Partner using any permissible method under Section 706 of the Code and the Regulations thereunder. An allocation to a Partner of a share of Income or Loss under this Section 4.03 shall be treated as an allocation to such Partner of the same

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share of each item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit that is taken into account in computing such Income and Loss.
(b)
Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.03(c) and (d) and 5.04(m), Income and Loss for each Distribution Period not arising from the sale or other disposition of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, Other Investment, or the liquidation of the Partnership shall be allocated 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Limited Partners and the BUC Holders as a class.
(c)
Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, if a Partner has a deficit Capital Account balance as of the last day of any fiscal year, then all items of Income for such fiscal year shall be first allocated to such Partner in the amount and in the manner necessary to eliminate such deficit Capital Account balance.
(d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, all allocations of Income and Loss shall be subject to and interpreted in accordance with Section 704 of the Code to the extent applicable. The foregoing allocations are intended to comply with Section 704 of the Code and the Regulations thereunder and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
Section 4.04.
Allocation of Income and Loss Arising From a Repayment, Sale or Liquidation.
(a)
Subject to Section 4.03(c), Income arising from a Repayment or a sale or other disposition of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, Other Investment, or from the liquidation of the Partnership shall be allocated (i) first, to the General Partner in an amount equal to the Net Residual Proceeds distributed to the General Partner from the transaction pursuant to Section 4.02 and (ii) second, the balance to the Limited Partners and the BUC Holders as a class.
(b)
Loss arising from a Repayment or a sale or other disposition of a Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, Other Investment, or from the liquidation of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner on behalf of the BUC Holders) in the same manner as Net Residual Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds are allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section 4.02.
Section 4.05.
Determination of Allocations and Distributions Among Limited Partners and BUC Holders.
(a)
As of each Monthly Record Date during the term of the Partnership, a determination shall be made of the amount of Income and Loss which, under the Partnership’s method of accounting, is properly attributable to the month to which such Monthly Record Date relates and which was allocable to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders as a class in accordance with Sections 4.04 and 4.05.
(b)
As of the last day of each Distribution Period during the term of the Partnership, a determination shall be made of the amount of Net Interest Income and Net Residual Proceeds available to the Partnership during such Distribution Period which was

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allocated for distribution to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders in accordance with Sections 4.01 and 4.02; provided, however, that the General Partner may elect to make the determination under this Section 4.05(b) as of each Monthly Record Date.
(c)
All allocations to the Limited Partners and the BUC Holders as a class pursuant to Section 4.03 shall be made on a monthly basis among the Limited Partners or BUC Holders who held of record a Limited Partnership Interest or BUC as of the Monthly Record Date in the ratio that (i) the number of Limited Partnership Interests or BUCs held of record by each such Limited Partner or BUC Holder as of the Monthly Record Date bears to (ii) the aggregate number of Limited Partnership Interests and BUCs outstanding on each such Monthly Record Date.
(d)
All allocations to the Limited Partners and the BUC Holders as a class pursuant to Section 4.04 shall be made among the Limited Partners or BUC Holders of record on the Monthly Record Date for the month during which the Income or Expense arose from a Repayment, sale or other liquidation of a Mortgage Investment or Tax Exempt Investment or liquidation of the Partnership, in the ratio that (i) the number of Limited Partnership Interests or BUCs held of record by each such Limited Partner or BUC Holder on such Monthly Record Date bears to (ii) the number of Limited Partnership Interests or BUCs outstanding on such Monthly Record Date.
(e)
Net Interest Income and Net Residual Proceeds will be allocated to the Limited Partners or BUC Holders of record on the last day of the Distribution Period (or, if the General Partner so elects, on each Monthly Record Date during such Distribution Period) in the ratio that (i) the number of Limited Partnership Interests or BUCs owned of record by each such Limited Partner or BUC Holder on each such date bears to (ii) the number of Limited Partnership Interests or BUCs outstanding on such date.
Section 4.06.
Capital Accounts. A separate Capital Account shall be maintained and adjusted for each Partner in accordance with the Code and the Regulations. There shall be credited to each Partner’s Capital Account the amount of such Partner’s Capital Contribution and such Partner’s share of Income; and there shall be charged against each Partner’s Capital Account the amount of such Partner’s share of Loss and cash distributions. The Initial Limited Partner’s Capital Account shall be subdivided into separate Capital Accounts to reflect the interest of each BUC Holder. Any items credited or charged to the BUC Holders shall be reflected in the Capital Account of the Initial Limited Partner and in the subaccounts reflecting the interest of each BUC Holder. Any person who acquires a Limited Partnership Interest or a BUC from a Limited Partner or BUC Holder shall have a Capital Account equal to the Capital Account of the Limited Partner or BUC Holder from which such Limited Partnership Interest or BUC was acquired.
Section 4.07.
Rights to Distributions. Each holder of Partnership Interests and BUCs shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for all distributions with respect to the Partnership, such holder’s Capital Contributions and such holder’s share of Net Interest Income, Net Residual Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds and, except as provided in Section 3.01(b), shall have no recourse therefor, upon dissolution or otherwise, against the General Partner or the Initial Limited Partner. No Partner or BUC Holder shall have any right to demand or receive property other than

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cash upon dissolution and termination of the Partnership. All distributions pursuant to this Article IV are subject to the provisions of Section 3.04.
Article V


RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS
OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
Section 5.01.
Management of the Partnership.
(a)
The General Partner, within the authority granted to it under this Agreement, shall have full, complete and exclusive discretion to manage and control the business of the Partnership and to carry out the purposes of the Partnership. In so doing, the General Partner shall use its best efforts to take all actions necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the Limited Partners and the BUC Holders. All decisions made for and on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner shall be binding upon the Partnership. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have all the rights and powers and shall be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners.
(b)
No Limited Partner or BUC Holder, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner or BUC Holder, shall (i) take part in the management or control of the business of the Partnership or transact any business in the name of the Partnership; (ii) have the power or authority to bind the Partnership or to sign any agreement or document in the name of the Partnership; or (iii) have any power or authority with respect to the Partnership except insofar as the vote or Consent of the Limited Partners or BUC Holders shall be expressly required or permitted by this Agreement.
Section 5.02.
Authority of the General Partner.
(a)
Subject to Sections 5.03 and 5.04, but otherwise without in any way limiting the power and authority conferred on the General Partner by Section 5.01(a), the General Partner, for and in the name and on behalf of the Partnership, is hereby authorized, without limitation:
(i)
to acquire, hold, refund, reissue, remarket, securitize, transfer, foreclose upon, sell or otherwise deal with the Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, and Other Investments (provided that, the acquisition by the Partnership of any Tax Exempt Investment or Other Investment may not cause the aggregate book value of all Tax Exempt Investments plus Other Investments then held by the Partnership to exceed 25% of the total assets of the Partnership) and to negotiate, enter into, and deliver any and all agreements, documents and instruments of any nature whatsoever with respect thereto on such terms, and subject to such conditions, as it determines in its sole discretion;
(ii)
to acquire by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise any real or personal property to be used in connection with the business of the Partnership, including any Property acquired through foreclosure of a mortgage securing a Mortgage

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Investment; provided, however, that, no property may be acquired from the General Partner or its Affiliates except for goods and services provided subject to the restrictions of Section 5.03;
(iii)
to issue additional BUCs and Partnership Securities, and to borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness and to secure the same by a pledge, lien, mortgage or other encumbrance on any assets of the Partnership and to apply the proceeds of such transactions to the acquisition of Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, or Other Investments, or such other proper Partnership purpose as the General Partner shall determine in its sole discretion;
(iv)
to issue or cause the Partnership to issue BUCs, or options to purchase or rights, warrants, or appreciation rights relating to BUCs, in connection with or pursuant to any employee benefit plan, employee program, or employee practice maintained or sponsored by the General Partner, the Partnership, or any of their Affiliates, in each case for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, the Partnership, or any Affiliate of either of them, in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership;
(v)
to employ agents, accountants, attorneys, consultants and other Persons that are necessary or appropriate to carry out the business and operations of the Partnership and to pay fees, expenses and other compensation to such Persons; provided that, if such Persons are Affiliates of the General Partner, the terms of such employment shall be subject to the restrictions of Section 5.03;
(vi)
to pay, extend, renew, modify, adjust, submit to arbitration, prosecute, defend or compromise, upon such terms as it may determine and upon such evidence as it may deem sufficient, any obligation, suit, liability, cause of action or claim, including taxes, either in favor of or against the Partnership;
(vii)
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to determine the appropriate accounting method or methods to be used by the Partnership;
(viii)
except as prohibited by this Agreement, to cause the Partnership to make or revoke any of the elections referred to in the Code or any similar provisions enacted in lieu thereof, including, but not limited to, those elections provided for in Code Sections 108, 709 and 1017;
(ix)
to amend the Certificate and this Agreement as provided in Section 12.03;
(x)
to deal with, or otherwise engage in business with, or provide services to and receive compensation therefor from, any Person who has provided or may in the future provide any services to, lend money to, sell property to or purchase property from the General Partner or any of its Affiliates;
(xi)
to obtain loans from the General Partner or its Affiliates, provided that the requirements of Section 5.03(d)(iii) are met;

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(xii)
to establish and maintain the Reserve in such amounts as it deems appropriate from time to time and to increase, reduce or eliminate the Reserve as it deems appropriate from time to time;
(xiii)
to invest all funds not immediately needed in the operation of the business, including but not limited to (A) Capital Contributions, (B) the Reserves, or (C) Net Interest Income and Net Residual Proceeds prior to their distribution to the Partners and BUC Holders or their reinvestment in Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, and Other Investments;
(xiv)
to acquire BUCs for the account of the Partnership in the secondary trading market, provided that the BUCs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange and to cause such BUCs to be cancelled;
(xv)
subject to Sections 5.04(c) and 5.04(i), to dispose, sell, exchange, or transfer (including by way of a spin-off, split-off, or split-up transaction), in a single transaction or series of transactions, all or any portion of the assets of the Partnership at such prices, amounts, or other consideration, and whether for cash, securities, or other property, and upon such other terms as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, deems necessary and proper;
(xvi)
to lend money for Partnership purposes to Persons, other than the General Partner and Affiliates of the General Partner, whether or not the interest on any such loan is exempt from federal income taxation, upon such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall determine; provided that, any such loan made pursuant to this paragraph shall be fully secured by a mortgage on real estate; and
(xvii)
to engage in any kind of activity and to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind necessary or incidental to, or in connection with, the accomplishment of the purposes of the Partnership.
(b)
With respect to all of its obligations, powers and responsibilities under this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the Partnership, such notes and other evidences of indebtedness, contracts, trust instruments, agreements, assignments, deeds, loan agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, leases and such other documents as it deems proper, all on such terms and conditions as it deems proper.
(c)
No Person dealing with the General Partner shall be required to determine the General Partner’s authority to enter into any contract, agreement, or undertaking on behalf of the Partnership or to determine any facts or circumstances bearing upon the existence of such authority. Any Person dealing with the Partnership or the General Partner may rely upon a certificate signed by the General Partner as to:
(i)
the identity of the General Partner or any BUC Holder or Limited Partner;

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(ii)
the existence or nonexistence of any fact or facts which constitute a condition precedent to acts by the General Partner or are in any other manner germane to the affairs of the Partnership;
(iii)
the Persons who are authorized to execute and deliver any instrument or document by or on behalf of the Partnership; or
(iv)
any act or failure to act by the Partnership or as to any other matter whatsoever involving the Partnership or any Partner.

(d) Each additional Partnership Security authorized to be issued pursuant to Section 5.02(a)(iii) may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes, with such designations, preferences, rights, powers, and duties (which may be senior to existing classes and series of Partnership Securities, including BUCs), as shall be fixed by the General Partner, including (i) the right to share in Partnership profits and losses or items thereof; (ii) the right to share in Partnership distributions; (iii) the rights upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (iv) whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Partnership may redeem the Partnership Security; (v) whether such Partnership Security is issued with the privilege of conversion or exchange and, if so, the terms of such conversion or exchange; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which each Partnership Security will be issued, evidenced by certificates, and assigned or transferred; and (vii) the right, if any, of each such Partnership Security to vote on Partnership matters, including matters relating to the relative rights, preferences, and privileges of such Partnership Security.

Section 5.03.
Authority of General Partner and Its Affiliates To Deal With Partnership.
(a)
The General Partner and its Affiliates may, and shall have the right to, provide goods and services to the Partnership (including the right to act as property manager of a Property or servicer of any Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment), subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.03(b).
(b)
The General Partner and its Affiliates shall not have the right to contract or otherwise deal with the Partnership for the provision of goods and services, except for those dealings, contracts or provisions of services described in this Agreement. The provision of any goods and services by the General Partner or its Affiliates shall be part of its or their ordinary and ongoing business in which it or they have previously engaged, independent of the activities of the Partnership and such goods and services being provided shall be reasonable for and necessary to the Partnership, shall actually furnished to the Partnership and (except as provided in Section 5.05(f) hereof) shall be provided at the lower of the actual cost of such goods or services or the competitive price charged for such goods or services by independent parties for comparable goods and services in the same geographic location and the provision of such goods and services in all other respects meets the requirements of Section 5.03(c) and (d). The costs of verifying that the amounts paid to the General Partner or its Affiliates for such goods and services meet the foregoing standard may be reimbursed to the General Partner or its Affiliates only to the extent that, when

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added to the costs of such goods and services rendered, such sum does not exceed the competitive rate for such goods and services.
(c)
All goods and services provided by the General Partner or any Affiliates pursuant to Section 5.03(b) shall be rendered pursuant to this Agreement or a written contract, which contract precisely describes the services to be rendered and all compensation to be paid and shall contain a clause allowing termination without penalty on 60 days’ Notice to the General Partner by the vote of the majority in interest of the Limited Partners and the BUC Holders (the Initial Limited Partner acting according to direction of the BUC Holders). Any payment made to the General Partner or any Affiliate for such goods and services shall be fully disclosed to all Limited Partners and BUC Holders in the reports required under this Agreement. Neither the General Partner nor any Affiliate shall, by the making of lump sum payments to any other Person for disbursement by such other Person, circumvent the provisions of Section 5.03(b), (c) or (d).
(d)
The General Partner is prohibited from entering into any agreements, contracts or arrangements on behalf of the Partnership with the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner under which:
(i)
the General Partner or any Affiliate shall be given an exclusive right to sell, or exclusive employment to sell, a property;
(ii)
the Partnership lends money to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner; or
(iii)
the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner makes a loan to the Partnership which provides for a prepayment penalty or provides for an interest rate or other finance charges and fees which are in excess of the lesser of (A) amounts charged by unrelated banks on comparable loans to the Partnership or (B) the same rate as the General Partner or such Affiliate paid to obtain the funds to make the loan to the Partnership.
(e)
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 5.03, neither the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall:
(i)
receive any rebate or give‑up, or participate in any reciprocal arrangement, which would circumvent the provisions of this Section 5.03; or
(ii)
receive any compensation for providing insurance brokerage services to the Partnership; or
(iii)
charge the Partnership for, or take from any other Person, any program management, real estate brokerage or mortgage servicing fee with respect to Partnership property or assets.

(f) Nothing in this Section 5.03 shall prevent an Affiliate of the General Partner from acquiring and holding debt securities or other interests secured by a property, provided that the Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment held

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by the Partnership that is secured by the same property may not be junior or subordinate to the interest held by such Affiliate.

Section 5.04.
General Restrictions on Authority of the General Partner. In exercising management authority and control of the Partnership, the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership and in furtherance of the business of the Partnership, shall have the authority to perform all acts which the Partnership is authorized to perform. However, the General Partner shall not have any authority to:
(a)
perform any act in violation of this Agreement or any applicable law or regulation thereunder;
(b)
do any act required to be approved or ratified by the Limited Partners under the Act without Consent of the Limited Partners or the BUC Holders, unless the right to do so is expressly otherwise given in this Agreement;
(c)
sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership in a single transaction without the Consent of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner acting on behalf of the BUC Holders) as provided in Section 10.02(a)(ii); provided, however, that this subsection (c) shall not apply to (i) the transfer of Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments or Other Investments to a trust in connection with the securitization thereof or to the sale of any interest in such trust, or (ii) the sale of Partnership assets in connection with the liquidation thereof after the dissolution of the Partnership;
(d)
borrow money from the Partnership;
(e)
dissolve the Partnership without the Consent of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner acting on behalf of the BUC Holders) as provided in Section 10.02(a)(iii);
(f)
possess Partnership property, or assign the Partnership’s rights in specific Partnership property, for other than a Partnership purpose;
(g)
admit a Person as a General Partner, except as provided in this Agreement;
(h)
admit a Person as a Limited Partner, except as provided in this Agreement;
(i)
sell, lease or lend Partnership assets to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner or purchase or lease property from the General Partner or its Affiliates, except as permitted by Section 5.02(a)(i);
(j)
underwrite the securities of other issuers;
(k)
do any act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership;

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(l)
knowingly perform any act that would subject any Limited Partner or BUC Holder to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction;
(m)
allocate any Income or Loss (or any item thereof) to any Partner or BUC Holder if, and only to the extent that, such allocation will cause the determinations and allocations of Income or Loss (or any item thereof) provided for in Article IV hereof not to be permitted by Section 704(b) of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder;
(n)
confess a judgment against the Partnership;
(o)
make loans to the Partnership or accept loans on behalf of the Partnership from the General Partner or any Affiliates of the General Partner, except as provided in Section 5.03(d)(iii);
(p)
amend this Agreement, except to the extent the right to amend this Agreement is expressly provided for in other provisions of this Agreement; or
(q)
invest Partnership funds in (i) land contracts, or (ii) unimproved real estate not associated with a Property.
Section 5.05.
Compensation and Fees.
(a)
The Partnership will pay the General Partner an Administrative Fee equal to 0.45% per annum of the outstanding principal balance of any Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment for which an unaffiliated party is not obligated to pay an “administrative fee” to the General Partner under the terms of such Mortgage Investment, Tax Exempt Investment, or Other Investment. The Administrative Fee will be payable in equal monthly installments in arrears based on the average outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, or Other Investments held by the Partnership during the previous month.
(b)
Subject to Section 5.05(c), the Partnership will reimburse the General Partner or its Affiliates on a monthly basis for the actual out‑of‑pocket costs of direct telephone and travel expenses incurred by them on Partnership business, direct out‑of‑pocket fees, expenses and charges paid by them to third parties for rendering legal, auditing, accounting, bookkeeping, computer, printing and public relations services, expenses of preparing and distributing reports to Limited Partners and BUC Holders, an allocable portion of the salaries and fringe benefits of employees of AFCA or its Affiliates, insurance premiums (including premiums for liability insurance which will cover the Partnership, the General Partner and its general partner), the cost of compliance with all state and federal regulatory requirements and stock exchange listing fees and charges and other payments to third parties for services rendered to the Partnership.
(c)
The Partnership will not reimburse the General Partner or its Affiliates for the travel expenses of the president of the general partner of the General Partner or for any items of general overhead, including, but not limited to, rent, utilities or the use of computers, office equipment or other capital items owned by the General Partner or its Affiliates. The Partnership will not reimburse the General Partner or its general partner for

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any salaries or fringe benefits of any partner of the General Partner or of the officers or board of managers of its general partner regardless of whether such persons provide services to the Partnership.
(d)
The Accountants will verify on the basis of generally accepted auditing standards that any amounts reimbursed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.05(c) were incurred by the General Partner or its Affiliates in connection with the conduct of the business and affairs of the Partnership or the acquisition and management of its assets and were permissible reimbursements pursuant to Section 5.05(c).
(e)
In the event the Partnership becomes the equity owner of a Property, due to the foreclosure of a Mortgage Investment or otherwise, the Partnership will pay the General Partner an administrative fee of 0.45% of the principal amount of the Mortgage Investment relating to such Property and may pay the General Partner or an Affiliate a reasonable property management fee in the event the General Partner deems it to be in the best interest of the Partnership that it take over active management of the Property. Notwithstanding anything in Section 5.03, the General Partner may charge a property management fee not to exceed the lesser of (i) the competitive price charged for multifamily property management services by independent parties in the same geographic area as the managed Property or (ii) 5% of the gross revenues of the managed Property, irrespective of the General Partner’s or such Affiliates cost for providing such services.
(f)
Except as provided in this Agreement, the General Partner will receive no compensation from the Partnership.
Section 5.06.
Duties and Obligations of the General Partner.
(a)
The General Partner shall devote to the affairs of the Partnership such time as it deems necessary for the proper performance of its duties under this Agreement, but neither the General Partner, its general partner nor any officer or manager of its general partners shall be expected to devote full time to the performance of such duties.
(b)
The General Partner shall take such action as may be necessary or appropriate for the classification of the Partnership as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and for the continuation of the Partnership’s valid existence under the laws of the State of Delaware and in order to qualify the Partnership under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Partnership is doing business or in which such qualification is necessary or appropriate to protect the limited liability of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders or in order to continue in effect such qualification. The General Partner shall file or cause to be filed for recordation in the office of the appropriate authorities of the State of Delaware, and in the proper office or offices in each other jurisdiction in which the Partnership is qualified, such certificates, including limited partnership and fictitious name certificates, and other documents as are required by the applicable statutes, rules or regulations of any such jurisdiction.
(c)
The General Partner shall prepare or cause to be prepared and shall file on or before the due date (or any extension thereof) any federal, state or local tax returns required

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to be filed by the Partnership. The General Partner shall cause the Partnership to pay any taxes payable by the Partnership.
(d)
The General Partner shall have responsibility for the safekeeping and use of all funds and assets of the Partnership, whether or not in the General Partner’s possession or control. The General Partner shall not employ, or permit another to employ, such funds or assets in any manner except for the exclusive benefit of the Partnership. The General Partner shall take all steps necessary to insure that the funds of the Partnership are not commingled with the funds of any other entity. The General Partner owes the same duties under this Agreement to the BUC Holders as the General Partner owes to the Limited Partners under this Agreement.
Section 5.07.
Delegation of Authority. Subject to the provisions of this Article V, the General Partner may delegate all or any of its powers, rights and obligations under this Agreement and may appoint, employ, contract or otherwise deal with any Person for the transaction of the business of the Partnership, which Person may, under supervision of the General Partner, perform any acts or services for the Partnership as the General Partner may approve. Notwithstanding any such delegation, the General Partner shall remain liable for any acts or omissions by such Person under the standards of responsibility for the General Partner set forth herein.
Section 5.08.
Other Activities. The General Partner and its Affiliates may engage in or possess interests in other business ventures of every kind and description for their own accounts, including, without limitation, serving as general partner of other partnerships which own, either directly or through interests in other partnerships, investments similar in nature to the Mortgage Investments, Tax Exempt Investments, and Other Investments. Neither the Partnership nor the Partners or BUC Holders shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in or to such other business ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such ventures, even if competitive with the business of the Partnership, shall not be deemed wrongful, improper, or a breach of any duty under this Agreement.
Section 5.09.
Limitation on Liability of the General Partner and Initial Limited Partner; Indemnification.
(a)
Neither the General Partner, the Initial Limited Partner nor their Affiliates (including the officers, managers and members of the general partner of AFCA) shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Partnership or to any of the Limited Partners or BUC Holders for any act or omission performed or omitted by such General Partner or Initial Limited Partner in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed by it to be within the scope of the authority granted to it by this Agreement and in the best interests of the Partnership. The Partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless the General Partner, the Initial Limited Partner and their Affiliates (including the officers, managers and members of the general partner of AFCA) (each, an “Indemnitee,” and collectively, the “Indemnitees”) against and for any loss, liability or damage incurred by any of them or the Partnership by reason of any act performed or omitted to be performed by any of them in connection with the business of the Partnership, including all judgments, costs and attorneys’ fees (which attorneys’ fees may be paid as incurred, except as provided in 5.09(b)) and any amounts expended in settlement of any claims of liability, loss or damage;

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provided that, the Indemnitee shall not be indemnified and held harmless if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to this Section 5.09(a), the Indemnitee’s conduct constituted Cause. The satisfaction of any indemnification obligation shall be from and limited to Partnership assets, and no Limited Partner or BUC Holder shall have any personal liability on account thereof. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding, by judgment or settlement, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which is reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Partnership. Any indemnification under this subsection, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Partnership only upon a determination by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, the General Partner shall be presumed to be personally liable to creditors for the debts of the Partnership.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.09(a), neither the General Partner, the Initial Limited Partner nor any officer, director, manager, partner, member, employee, agent, Affiliate, subsidiary or assign of the General Partner, the Initial Limited Partner or the Partnership shall be indemnified with regard to any liability, loss or damage incurred by them in connection with any claim or settlement involving allegations that the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws were violated by the General Partner or by any such other Person unless: (i)(A) the General Partner or other Persons seeking indemnification are successful in defending such action on the merits of each count involving such violation, (B) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction or (C) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of such claims; and (ii) such indemnification is specifically approved by a court of law which shall have been advised as to the then current position of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding indemnification for violations of securities laws.

(c) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any other Indemnitee shall have any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, BUC Holder, or assignee, and the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent they restrict, eliminate, or otherwise modify the duties and liabilities, including fiduciary duties, of the General Partner or any other Indemnitee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Partners to replace such other duties and liabilities of the General Partner or such other Indemnitee.

Section 5.10.
Special Amendments to the Agreement.
(a)
Any provision to the contrary herein notwithstanding, the General Partner may, without the Consent of the Limited Partners or BUC Holders, amend Sections 4.03, 4.04, and 4.05 of this Agreement on the advice of Counsel or the Accountants and upon Notice to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders mailed 10 days prior to the proposed effectiveness of such amendment (unless earlier effectiveness is required by law) to the

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extent necessary to ensure compliance with the Code and Regulations then in effect, provided that such amendments do not materially adversely affect the interests of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders in the sole determination of the General Partner.
(b)
New allocations made by the General Partner in reliance upon the advice of Counsel or the Accountants pursuant to Section 5.10(a) shall be deemed to be made pursuant to the duties and obligations of the General Partner to the Partnership, the Limited Partners, and the BUC Holders under this Agreement, and no such new allocation shall give rise to any claim or cause of action by any Limited Partner or BUC Holder.
(c)
The General Partner may take such action as it deems necessary or appropriate, including action with respect to the manner in which BUCs are being or may be transferred or traded, in order to preserve the status of the Partnership as a partnership rather than an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or to insure that BUC Holders will be treated as limited partners for federal income tax purposes.
Section 5.11.
Issuance of Series A Preferred Units. From and after March 30, 2016, the Partnership shall be authorized to issue Partnership Securities of a new series of Limited Partnership Interests, which Partnership Securities are hereby designated as “Series A Preferred Units.” The Series A Preferred Units shall have the terms set forth in Exhibit AP attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Section 5.12.
Issuance of Series A-1 Preferred Units. From and after April 20, 2021, the Partnership shall be authorized to issue Partnership Securities of a new series of Limited Partnership Interests, which Partnership Securities are hereby designated as “Series A-1 Preferred Units.” The Series A-1 Preferred Units shall have the terms set forth in Exhibit A-1P attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Section 5.13.
Issuance of Series B Preferred Units. From and after August 26, 2021, the Partnership shall be authorized to issue Partnership Securities of a new series of Limited Partnership Interests, which Partnership Securities are hereby designated as “Series B Preferred Units.” The Series B Preferred Units shall have the terms set forth in Exhibit BP attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Article VI


CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNERS
Section 6.01.
Withdrawal of General Partner. The General Partner shall not be entitled to voluntarily withdraw from the Partnership or to sell, transfer, or assign all or any portion of its Partnership Interest as General Partner unless a substitute General Partner has been admitted in accordance with the conditions of Section 6.02.
Section 6.02.
Admission of a Successor or Additional General Partner. The General Partner may at any time designate additional Persons to be General Partners, whose Partnership Interest in the Partnership shall be such as shall be agreed upon by the General Partner and such additional General Partners, provided that the Partnership Interests of the Limited

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Partners and the BUC Holders shall not be reduced thereby. A Person shall be admitted as a General Partner of the Partnership only if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a)
The admission of such Person shall have been Consented to by the Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner voting on behalf of the BUC Holders) holding a majority of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests, voting as a single class;
(b)
such Person shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement by executing a counterpart hereof, and such documents or instruments as may be required or appropriate in order to effect the admission of such Person as a General Partner shall have been filed for recording, and all other actions required by law in connection with such admission shall have been performed;
(c)
if such Person is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity, it shall have provided the Partnership evidence satisfactory to Counsel of its authority to become a General Partner and to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and
(d)
the Partnership shall have received a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel, which also shall provide that the admission of such Person is in conformity with the Act and that none of the actions taken in connection with the admission of such Person is in violation of the Act.
Section 6.03.
Removal of a General Partner. The General Partner may be removed if such removal is Consented to by the Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner voting on behalf of the BUC Holders) holding at least 662/3% of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests (including Limited Partnership Interests held by the General Partner and its Affiliates), voting as a single class. Any such action by such holders for removal of the General Partner must also provide for the election of a successor General Partner by the Limited Partners holding a majority of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests voting as a single class (including Limited Partnership Interests held by the General Partner and its Affiliates). Such removal shall be effective immediately following the admission of a successor General Partner pursuant to Section 6.02. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right of the holders of Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests to remove the General Partner shall not exist or be exercised unless the Partnership has received a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel. Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.03 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6.02.
Section 6.04.
Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner.
(a)
In the event of (i) withdrawal of the General Partner under circumstances where such withdrawal does not violate this Agreement, or (ii) removal of the General Partner by the holders of Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests under circumstances where Cause does not exist, if the successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 6.02 or 6.03, the Departing General Partner shall have the option,

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exercisable prior to the effective date of the withdrawal or removal of such Departing General Partner, to require its successor to purchase its General Partner Interest and all of its General Partner Distribution Rights (collectively, the “Combined Interest”) in exchange for an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of such Combined Interest, such amount to be determined and payable as of the effective date of its withdrawal or removal. If the General Partner is removed by the Limited Partners under circumstances where Cause exists or if the General Partner withdraws under circumstances where such withdrawal violates this Agreement, and if a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 6.02 or 6.03, such successor shall have the option, exercisable prior to the effective date of the withdrawal or removal of such Departing General Partner, to purchase the Combined Interest for the fair market value of such Combined Interest of the Departing General Partner. In either event, the Departing General Partner shall be entitled to receive all reimbursements due such Departing General Partner pursuant to Section 5.05.

For purposes of this Section 6.04(a), the fair market value of the Departing General Partner’s Combined Interest shall be the sum of (i) the present value of future Administrative Fees and Net Interest Income which would be paid to the Departing General Partner if the General Partner would not have withdrawn or been removed, and (ii) the amount the Departing General Partner would receive upon dissolution and termination of the Partnership, assuming that such dissolution or termination occurred on the date of the withdrawal or removal, as the case may be, and the assets of the Partnership were sold for their then fair market value without any compulsion on the part of the Partnership to sell such assets. The fair market value of such Departing General Partner’s Combined Interest shall be determined by agreement between the Departing General Partner and its successor or, failing agreement within 30 days after the effective date of such Departing General Partner’s withdrawal or removal, by an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert selected by the Departing General Partner and its successor, which, in turn, may rely on other experts, and the determination of which shall be conclusive as to such matter. If such parties cannot agree upon one independent investment banking firm or other independent expert within 45 days after the effective date of such departure, then the Departing General Partner shall designate an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert, the Departing General Partner’s successor shall designate an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert, and such firms or experts shall mutually select a third independent investment banking firm or independent expert, which third independent investment banking firm or other independent expert shall determine the fair market value of the Combined Interest of the Departing General Partner. In making its determination, such third independent investment banking firm or other independent expert may consider the then current trading price of BUCs on any national securities exchange on which BUCs are then listed or admitted to trading, the value of the Partnership’s assets, the rights and obligations of the Departing General Partner, and other factors it may deem relevant.

(b)
If the Combined Interest is not purchased in the manner set forth in Section 6.04(a), the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) shall become a BUC Holder and its Combined Interest shall be converted into BUCs pursuant to a valuation made by an investment banking firm or other independent expert selected pursuant to Section 6.04(a),

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without reduction in such BUCs (but subject to proportionate dilution by reason of the admission of its successor). Any successor General Partner shall indemnify the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) as to all debts and liabilities of the Partnership arising on or after the date on which the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) becomes a BUC Holder. For purposes of this Agreement, conversion of the Combined Interest of the Departing General Partner into BUCs will be characterized as if the Initial Limited Partner (on behalf of the Departing General Partner (or its transferee)) contributed the Combined Interest to the Partnership in exchange for the newly issued BUCs for the account of the Departing General Partner.
(c)
If a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 6.02 or 6.03 and the option described in Section 6.04(a) is not exercised by the party entitled to do so, the successor General Partner shall, at the effective date of its admission to the Partnership, contribute to the Partnership cash in the amount equal to the product of (i) the GP Percentage Interest of the Departing General Partner, and (ii) the Net Agreed Value of the Partnership’s assets on such date. In such event, such successor General Partner shall be entitled to its share of all Partnership allocations and distributions to which the Departing General Partner was entitled, and the successor General Partner shall cause this Agreement to be amended to reflect its entitlement to such share of Partnership allocations and distributions.
(d)
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, if the General Partner is removed as general partner of the Partnership under circumstances where Cause does not exist and all the Limited Partnership Interests held by the General Partner and its Affiliates are not voted in favor of such removal, then the General Partner shall have the right to convert its General Partner Interest and its General Partner Distribution Rights into BUCs or receive cash in exchange therefor from the Partnership.
Section 6.05.
Effect of Incapacity of a General Partner.
(a)
Upon the Incapacity of a General Partner, such General Partner shall immediately cease to be a General Partner. If the Incapacitated General Partner is not the sole General Partner, the business of the Partnership shall be continued by the remaining General Partner who shall immediately (i) give Notice to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders of such Incapacity and (ii) prepare such amendments to this Agreement and execute and file for recording such amendments or documents or other instruments necessary to reflect the assignment, transfer, termination or conversion (as the case may be) of the Partnership Interest of the Incapacitated General Partner. If the Incapacitated General Partner is the sole General Partner, the provisions of Section 8.01(a)(i) shall be applicable.
(b)
Nothing in this Section 6.05 shall affect any rights, including the rights to the payment of any fees under this Agreement, of the Incapacitated General Partner which matured or were earned prior to the Incapacity of such General Partner. Such Incapacitated General Partner shall remain liable for all obligations and liabilities incurred by it as General Partner before such Incapacity shall have become effective, but shall be free from

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any obligations or liability as General Partner incurred on account of the activities of the Partnership from and after the time such Incapacity shall have become effective.
(c)
The Partnership Interest of an Incapacitated General Partner shall be converted into that of a Limited Partner with the same rights under Article IV as such Incapacitated General Partner has prior to its Incapacity to share in Income, Loss, Net Interest Income, Net Residual Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. However, any Incapacitated General Partner which becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall not have the right to participate in the management of the affairs of the Partnership or to vote on any matter requiring the Consent of the Limited Partners and shall not be entitled to any portion of the Income, Loss, Net Interest Income, Net Residual Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds payable to the class comprised of Limited Partners and BUC Holders. Notwithstanding the conversion of a Incapacitated General Partner’s Partnership Interest, a successor or remaining General Partner shall have the right, but not the obligation, to acquire the Partnership Interest of the Incapacitated General Partner at the then fair market value of such Partnership Interest The fair market value of the Incapacitated General Partner’s Partnership Interest shall be the sum of (i) the present value of future administrative fees and Net Interest Income which would be paid to the Incapacitated General Partner if the Incapacity had not occurred and (ii) the amount the Incapacitated General Partner would receive upon dissolution and termination of the Partnership, assuming that such dissolution or termination occurred on the date of the event causing the Incapacity and the assets of the Partnership were sold for their then fair market value without any compulsion on the part of the Partnership to sell such assets. The fair market value of such Partnership Interest shall be determined by agreement of the Incapacitated General Partner and the successor or remaining General Partner or, if they cannot agree, by arbitration in accordance with the then current rules of the American Arbitration Association. The expense of arbitration shall be borne equally by the Incapacitated General Partner and the successor or remaining General Partner.
(d)
All parties hereto hereby agree to take all actions and to execute all documents necessary or appropriate to effect the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.05.
Article VII


TRANSFERABILITY OF BUCS AND LIMITED PARTNERS’ INTERESTS
Section 7.01.
Free Transferability of BUCs.
(a)
BUCs shall be issued in registered form only and shall be freely transferable (subject to compliance with federal or state securities law and Section 7.02 or 11.04 of this Agreement); provided, however, nothing in this Agreement shall impose any obligation on the General Partner, the Partnership, or any transfer agent to restrict or place conditions on the transfer of BUCs.
(b)
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transfer agent of such BUCs for the purpose of, among other things, allowing such BUCs to be transferred, traded, or otherwise delivered pursuant to the Depository Trust Company’s direct registration system and to otherwise be “DRS eligible.”
(c)
A Person shall be recognized as a BUC Holder for all purposes on the books and records of the Partnership as of the day on which the General Partner (or other transfer agent appointed by the General Partner) receives evidence of the transfer of a BUC to such Person which is satisfactory to the General Partner, or as of the day on which such BUC is properly transferred in book-entry form and settled pursuant to action by the BUC Holder’s nominee. All BUC Holder rights, including voting rights, rights to receive distributions and rights to receive reports, and all allocations in respect of BUC Holders, including allocations of Income and Loss, will vest in, and be allocable to, each BUC Holder as of the close of business on such day.
(d)
In order to record a transfer of a BUC on the Partnership’s books and records, the General Partner may require such evidence of transfer or assignment and authority of the transferor or assignor, including signature guarantees, and such additional documentation as the General Partner may determine.
(e)
The General Partner is hereby authorized to do all things necessary in order to register the BUCs under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to qualify the BUCs with state securities regulatory authorities or to perfect exemptions from qualification, to cause the BUCs to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange and to any other actions necessary to allow the resale of BUCs by the BUC Holders.
Section 7.02.
Restrictions on Transfers of BUCs and of Interests of Limited Partners Other Than the Initial Limited Partner.
(a)
If any sale, assignment, pledge or transfer of a Limited Partnership Interest, other than by the Initial Limited Partner, or of a BUC, when considered with all other sales, assignments, pledges or transfers of Partnership Interests and BUCs within the previous 12‑month period, may result in the transfer (within the meaning of Section 708 of the Code and Regulations promulgated thereunder) of more than 45% of the Partnership Interest and BUCs, then the sale, assignment, pledge or transfer of a Limited Partnership Interest or a BUC may be suspended or deferred by the General Partner; provided, however, that, the General Partner will have no obligation to suspend or defer any such sale, assignment, pledge or transfer. The seller, assignor, pledgor or transferor shall be notified of such deferral, and any transaction deferred pursuant to this provision shall be effected (in chronological order to the extent practicable) as of the first day of the next succeeding period as of which such transaction can be effected without either termination of the Partnership for tax purposes or any material adverse effects from such termination. In the event transactions are suspended, the General Partner shall give written Notice of such suspension to all Limited Partners and BUC Holders as soon as practicable.

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(b)
A Limited Partner (other than the Initial Limited Partner) may assign their Limited Partnership Interests only by a duly executed written instrument of assignment, the terms of which are not in contravention of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Within 30 days after an assignment of Limited Partnership Interests (other than by the Initial Limited Partner) which occurs without a transfer of record ownership of such Limited Partnership Interests, the assignor shall give Notice of such assignment to the General Partner.
(c)
The provisions of this Section 7.02 and of Section 7.03 shall not apply to the transfer and assignment by the Initial Limited Partner of Limited Partnership Interests to BUC Holders in accordance with Section 11.01(a).
Section 7.03.
Assignees of Limited Partners Other Than the Initial Limited Partner.
(a)
If a Limited Partner other than the Initial Limited Partner dies, his or her executor, administrator or trustee, or, if he or she is adjudicated incompetent, his or her committee, guardian or conservator, or, if he or she becomes Bankrupt, the trustee or receiver of his or her estate, shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner for the purpose of settling or managing his or her estate and such power as the deceased or incompetent Limited Partner possessed to assign all or any part of his or her Limited Partnership Interests and to join with the assignee thereof in satisfying any conditions precedent to such assignee becoming a Limited Partner. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner shall not dissolve the Partnership.
(b)
The Partnership need not recognize for any purpose any assignment of all or any fraction of the Limited Partnership Interests of a Limited Partner other than the Initial Limited Partner unless there shall have been filed with the Partnership and recorded on the Partnership’s books a duly executed and acknowledged counterpart of the instrument effecting such assignment, and unless such instrument evidences the written acceptance by the assignee of all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, contains a representation that such assignment was made in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations (including any investor suitability requirements) and in all other respects is satisfactory in form and substance to the General Partner.
(c)
Any Limited Partner other than the Initial Limited Partner who shall assign all of such Limited Partner’s Limited Partnership Interests shall cease to be a Limited Partner of the Partnership, except that unless and until a Limited Partner is admitted in place of the assigning Limited Partner, such assigning Limited Partner shall retain the statutory rights and liabilities of an assignor of a limited partnership interest under the Act.
(d)
An assignee of Limited Partnership Interests (other than a BUC Holder) may become a Limited Partner only if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(i)
the instrument of assignment sets forth the intentions of the assignor that the assignee succeed to the assignor’s Limited Partnership Interest in place of the assignor;

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(ii)
the assignee shall have fulfilled the requirements of Sections 7.03(b) and 12.03(b);
(iii)
the assignee shall have paid all reasonable legal fees and filing costs incurred by the Partnership in connection with the substitution of the assignee as a Limited Partner; and
(iv)
the assignee shall have received the Consent of the General Partner, which Consent the General Partner may withhold in its sole discretion.
(e)
This Agreement and the Certificate shall be amended as necessary to recognize the admission of any Limited Partners and shall be submitted in a timely manner for filing with the Delaware Secretary of State. Assignees of Limited Partnership Interests (other than a BUC Holder) shall be recognized as such, to the extent set forth in Section 7.03(b) or 7.03(d), as of the day on which the Partnership has received the instrument of assignment and all of the other conditions to the assignment are satisfied.
(f)
An assignee of Limited Partnership Interests (other than a BUC Holder) who does not become a Limited Partner and who desires to make a further assignment of their Limited Partnership Interests shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Article VII to the same extent and in the same manner as a Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of Limited Partnership Interests.
Section 7.04.
Joint Ownership of Interests. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, a Limited Partnership Interest or BUC may be acquired by two or more Persons, who shall, at the time they acquire such Limited Partnership Interest or BUC, indicate to the Partnership, the Partnership’s transfer agent, or such Limited Partner’s or BUC Holder’s nominee, as the case may be, whether the Limited Partnership Interest or BUC is being held by them as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, as tenants‑in‑common or as community property. In the absence of any such designation, joint owners shall be presumed to hold such Limited Partnership Interest or BUC as tenants‑in‑common. The Consent of such joint Limited Partners or BUC Holders shall not require the action or vote of all owners of any such jointly held Limited Partnership Interest or BUC.
Article VIII


DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Section 8.01.
Events Causing Dissolution.
(a)
The Partnership shall dissolve upon the happening of any of the following events:
(i)
ninety days following the Incapacity of a General Partner who is at that time the sole General Partner, unless all of the remaining Partners (it being understood that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, for purposes of this provision the Initial Limited Partner shall act solely in accordance with the direction of a majority in interest of the BUC Holders) Consent to continue

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the business of the Partnership and a successor General Partner satisfying the standards set forth in Section 6.02 is designated within 90 days of the occurrence of such an Incapacity;
(ii)
the election by a majority in interest of the Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner voting on behalf of the BUC Holders) pursuant to Section 10.02(a)(iii) or the election by the General Partner to dissolve the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.04(e) with the Consent of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners thereto; or
(iii)
any other event causing the dissolution of the Partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b)
Dissolution of the Partnership shall be effective on the day on which the event occurs giving rise to the dissolution, but the Partnership shall not terminate until a certificate of cancellation is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and the assets of the Partnership are distributed as provided in Section 8.02. Notwithstanding the dissolution of the Partnership, prior to the termination of the Partnership, the business of the Partnership and the affairs of the Partners shall continue to be governed by this Agreement.
(c)
The obligations imposed on the General Partner by Article IX of the Agreement will cease upon the termination of the Partnership.
Section 8.02.
Liquidation.
(a)
Upon dissolution of the Partnership, unless all of the Partners elect to re-form the Partnership (it being understood that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, for purposes of this provision the Initial Limited Partner shall act solely in accordance with the direction of a majority in interest of the BUC Holders), the General Partner shall liquidate the assets of the Partnership and shall apply and distribute the proceeds thereof as contemplated by this Section 8.02 and Article IV and cause the cancellation of the Certificate in accordance with the Act. If there is no General Partner, a majority in interest of the Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner voting on behalf of the BUC Holders) may elect a liquidator to liquidate the assets of the Partnership and perform the functions of the General Partner set forth in this Section 8.02.
(b)
After payment of the expenses of the liquidation and of liabilities owing to creditors of the Partnership (including the repayment of any loans from the General Partner or its Affiliates), the General Partner may set aside as a reserve such amount as it deems reasonably necessary for any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership which may be paid over by the General Partner to a bank, to be held in escrow for the purpose of paying any such contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations, and, at the expiration of such period as the General Partner may deem advisable, the amount in such reserve shall be distributed in the manner set forth in Section 4.02(b) among the Partners and BUC Holders who would have been entitled to receive such amounts had such amounts not been placed in such reserves.

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(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the General Partner or liquidator shall determine that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets would cause undue loss to the Partners or the BUC Holders, the General Partner or liquidator may, after giving Notice to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders, and to the extent not then prohibited by any applicable law of any jurisdiction in which the Partnership is then formed or qualified, defer liquidation and withhold from distribution for a reasonable time any assets of the Partnership, except those assets necessary to satisfy the Partnership’s debts and obligations.

(d) If deemed necessary, appropriate, or desirable by the General Partner, in its absolute discretion, upon the dissolution of the Partnership and in furtherance of the liquidation and distribution of the Partnership’s assets in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.02 and Article IV of this Agreement, as a final liquidating distribution or from time to time, the General Partner may transfer to one or more liquidating trustees (the “Trustees”), for the benefit of the Partners and BUC Holders under a liquidating trust (the “Trust”), any assets of the Partnership, including cash, intended for distribution to creditors, Partners, and BUC Holders, as the case may be, not disposed of at the time of dissolution of the Partnership, including any reserve established pursuant to Section 8.02(b). The General Partner shall be authorized to appoint one or more Persons, including, without limitation, any one or more officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, or representatives of the Partnership or General Partner, to act as the Trustee or Trustees. Any Trustees appointed as provided in the preceding sentence shall succeed to all right, title, and interest of the Partnership of any kind and character with respect to the assets transferred to the Trustee(s) and, to the extent of the assets so transferred and solely in their capacity as Trustees, shall assume all of the claims and obligations of the Partnership, including, without limitation, any unsatisfied claims and unknown or contingent liabilities. The General Partner, in its absolute discretion, may enter into a liquidating trust agreement with the Trustee(s), on such terms and conditions as the General Partner, in its absolute discretion, may deem necessary, appropriate, or desirable.

Article IX


BOOKS AND RECORDS, ACCOUNTING, REPORTS, TAX ELECTIONS
Section 9.01.
Books and Records. The Partnership shall maintain its books and records at its principal office. The Partnership’s books and records shall be available during ordinary business hours for examination and copying there at the reasonable request, and at the expense, of any Partner or BUC Holder or their duly authorized representative, or copies of such books and records may be requested in writing by any Partner or BUC Holder or their duly authorized representative, provided that the reasonable costs of fulfilling such request, including copying expenses, shall be paid by the Partner or BUC Holder making such request. The Partnership’s books and records shall include the following:
(a)
a current list of the full name, last known home or business address, and Partnership Interest of each Partner and BUC Holder set forth in alphabetical order;

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(b)
a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which such Certificate, and any amendments thereto, have been executed;
(c)
copies of the Partnership’s federal, state, and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years; and
(d)
copies of all financial statements of the Partnership for the three most recent years.
Section 9.02.
Accounting Basis and Fiscal Year. The books and records of the Partnership shall be kept on the accrual method. The Partnership will use a fiscal year identical to its taxable year. Unless permission is granted by the Internal Revenue Service to use a taxable year other than the calendar year, the Partnership will use a calendar year taxable year.
Section 9.03.
Reports.
(a)
Within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall send to each Person who was a Limited Partner or a BUC Holder during such quarter a balance sheet and statements of income, changes in Partners’ capital and cash flow of the Partnership (all prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles but none of which need be audited) and a statement showing distributions of Net Interest Income and Net Residual Proceeds during such quarter, which need not be audited, together with a report of the activities of the Partnership during such quarter. The filing of the Partnership’s quarterly financial statements with the Securities Exchange Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the delivery obligations set forth in this Section 9.03(a).
(b)
Within 75 days after the end of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall send to each Person who was a Limited Partner or a BUC Holder at any time during the year then ended such tax information relating to the Partnership as shall be necessary for the preparation by such Limited Partner or BUC Holder of their federal income tax return and required state income and other tax returns.
(c)
Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall send to each Person who was a Limited Partner or BUC Holder at any time during the year then ended a report including (i) the balance sheet of the Partnership as of the end of such year and statements of income, changes in Partners’ capital and cash flow of the Partnership for such year, all of which shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and accompanied by a report of the Accountants containing an opinion of the Accountants, (ii) a report of the activities of the Partnership during such year and (iii) a statement (which need not be audited) showing cash distributions per Limited Partnership Interest and per BUC during such year in respect of such year, which statement shall identify distributions of (a) Net Interest Income and Net Residual Proceeds received by the Partnership during such year, (b) Net Interest Income and Net Residual Proceeds received during prior years which had been held in the Reserve and (c) cash placed in Reserves during such year. The Partnership’s annual report will include a detailed

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statement of (i) the amount of the fees, if any, paid to the General Partner pursuant to Section 5.05(e) hereof and (ii) the amounts actually reimbursed to the General Partner and its Affiliates pursuant to Section 5.05(b) hereof. The Accountants will certify that the amounts actually reimbursed to the General Partner pursuant to Section 5.05(b) were costs incurred by the General Partner in connection with the conduct of the business and affairs of the Partnership or the acquisition and management of its assets and were permissible reimbursements under this Agreement. The methods of verification used by the Accountants will be in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and include such tests of the accounting records and other auditing procedures which the Accountants consider appropriate. The filing of the Partnerships’ annual report (which includes the annual financial statements described in this paragraph) with the Securities Exchange Commission and the delivery of such annual report to the Limited Partners and BUC Holders shall be deemed to satisfy the delivery obligations set forth in this Section 9.03(c).
Section 9.04.
Designation of Partnership Representative. The General Partner is hereby authorized to designate itself or any other General Partner as Tax Matters Partner of the Partnership, as provided in Section 6231 of the Code, as in effect prior to enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, and as the “partnership representative” of the Partnership, as defined in Section 6223(a) of the Code, as in effect for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and the Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Partnership Representative”). Each Partner, by execution of this Agreement, and each BUC Holder, by acceptance of their BUCs, consents to such designation of the General Partner as the Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative, as the case may be, and agrees to execute, certify, acknowledge, deliver, swear to, file and record at the appropriate public offices such documents as may be necessary or appropriate to evidence the appointment of the General Partner as such. The Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative, as the case may be, shall have the rights, power, and authority, and shall be subject to all of the obligations, for the making of any elections and the conduct of, and the decision to initiate (where applicable), any administrative and judicial proceedings involving the Partnership under the partnership audit provisions of Subchapter C of Chapter 63 of the Code as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and in effect for any relevant Partnership taxable year.
Section 9.05.
Expenses of Partnership Representative. The Partnership shall reimburse the Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative, as the case may be, for all expenses, including legal and accounting fees, and shall indemnify such Person for claims, liabilities, losses and damages incurred in connection with any administrative or judicial proceeding with respect to the tax liability of the Partners and BUC Holders. The payment of all such expenses and indemnification shall be made before any distributions are made from Net Interest Income, Net Residual Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds. Neither the General Partner, nor any Affiliate, nor any other Person shall have any obligation to provide funds for such purpose. The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the Tax Matters Partner or Partnership Representative, as the case may be, in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law, is a matter in the sole discretion of the Tax Matters Partner or Partnership Representative, as applicable, and the provisions on limitations of liability of the General Partner and indemnification set forth in Section 5.09 of this Agreement shall be fully applicable to the Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative, as applicable, in its capacity as such.

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Article X


MEETINGS AND VOTING RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
AND BUC HOLDERS
Section 10.01.
Meetings.
(a)
The General Partner may call a meeting of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders for any purpose or call for a vote of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders without a meeting or otherwise solicit the consent of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders at any time and the General Partner shall call for such a meeting or vote without a meeting or solicit the consents of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders upon receipt of a written request for such a meeting, vote, or solicitation signed by the Limited Partners holding 10% or more in interest of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests (it being understood that the Initial Limited Partner will act in accordance with the directions of the BUC Holders). Any such meeting shall be held not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days after the receipt of such request. Any such request shall state the purpose of the proposed meeting and the matters proposed to be acted upon at such meeting, and no matter may be acted upon at the meeting other than as set forth in such request or as otherwise permitted by the General Partner. Meetings shall be held at the principal office of the Partnership or at such other place as may be designated by the General Partner or, if the meeting is called upon the request of the Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner acting on behalf of the BUC Holders), as designated by such Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner acting on behalf of the BUC Holders).
(b)
Notice of any meeting to be held pursuant to Section 10.01(a) shall be given (in person or by U.S. mail) within 10 days of the receipt by the General Partner of the request for such meeting to each Limited Partner at such Limited Partner’s record address, or at such other address which such Limited Partner may have furnished in writing to the General Partner and to the BUC Holders at the address shown on the Partnership’s books and records kept in accordance with Section 9.01. Such Notice shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and shall indicate that the Notice is being issued at the direction of, or by, the Partner(s) calling the meeting. The Notice shall state the record date established in Section 10.01(c) and state the purpose of the meeting. If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, and if an announcement of the adjournment of time or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give Notice of the adjourned meeting. The presence in person or by proxy of the Limited Partners holding a majority of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests (including the Initial Limited Partner acting for and at the direction of the BUC Holders) considered as a class shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Partners and BUC Holders; provided, however, that, if no such quorum is present, the Limited Partners holding a majority of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests considered as a class (it being understood that the Initial Limited Partner shall be present at the direction of the BUC Holders and only to the extent of such direction) so present or so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further Notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. No Notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting of Limited Partners and BUC Holders need be given (i) to any Limited Partner or BUC Holder who attends in person or is represented by proxy, except

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for a Partner attending a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, or (ii) to any Limited Partner or BUC Holder entitled to such Notice who, in writing, executed and filed with the records of the meeting, either before or after the time thereof, waives such Notice.
(c)
For the purpose of determining the Limited Partners entitled to vote at any meeting of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders, and the BUC Holders entitled to receive Notice of and direct the voting of the Initial Limited Partner at any such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or to act by written Consent without a meeting, the General Partner or the Limited Partners or the BUC Holders requesting such meeting or vote pursuant to Section 11.03(a) may fix, in advance, a date as the record date of any such determination of Limited Partners and BUC Holders. Such date shall not be more than 60 days nor less than 15 days before any such meeting or not more than 60 days prior to the initial solicitation of Consents from the Limited Partners and BUC Holders.
(d)
At each meeting of Limited Partners and BUC Holders, the Limited Partners and BUC Holders present or represented by proxy shall elect such officers and adopt such rules for the conduct of such meeting as they shall deem appropriate.
Section 10.02.
Voting Rights of Limited Partners and BUC Holders.
(a)
Subject to Section 10.03, the Limited Partners holding a majority of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests (it being understood that the Initial Limited Partner shall act at the direction of the BUC Holders), without the concurrence of the General Partner, may: (i) amend this Agreement, provided that the concurrence of the General Partner shall be required for any amendment to this Agreement which modifies the compensation or distributions to which the General Partner is entitled or which affects the duties of the General Partner; (ii) approve or disapprove the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets in a single transaction in the circumstances provided by Section 5.04(c); (iii) dissolve the Partnership; and (iv) elect a successor General Partner in accordance with Section 6.02. Subject to Sections 6.03 and 10.03, the Limited Partners holding at least 662/3% of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests (it being understood that the Initial Limited Partner shall act at the direction of the BUC Holders) may remove any General Partner. Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed at any time by a writing signed by the Limited Partners holding 10% or more of the Outstanding Limited Partnership Interests (it being understood that the Initial Limited Partner will act in accordance with the direction of the BUC Holders).
(b)
A Limited Partner shall be entitled to cast one vote for each Limited Partnership Interest which such Limited Partner owns, and a BUC Holder shall be entitled to direct the Initial Limited Partner to cast one vote for each BUC which such BUC Holder owns (it being understood that the Initial Limited Partner will act at the direction of the BUC Holders) at a meeting, in person, by written proxy or by a signed writing, which may include an Electronic Transmission, or by any other means permitted by law, directing the manner in which such BUC Holder desires that their vote be cast, which writing must be received by the General Partner prior to the adjournment sine die of such meeting. In the

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alternative, BUC Holders may Consent to actions without a meeting, by a signed writing, which may include an Electronic Transmission, identifying the action taken or proposed to be taken. Every proxy must be signed by the Limited Partner or BUC Holder or their attorney‑in‑fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 12 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Limited Partner or the BUC Holder executing it by Notice to the Person to whom the proxy was given. Written Consents may be irrevocable if stated in a writing delivered to BUC Holders at the time at which their Consent is solicited. Only the votes or Consents of Limited Partners or BUC Holders of record on the record date established pursuant to Section 10.01(c), whether at a meeting or otherwise, shall be counted. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the General Partner shall not be entitled to vote in its capacity as General Partner. The laws of the State of Delaware pertaining to the validity and use of corporate proxies shall govern the validity and use of proxies given by the Limited Partners and BUC Holders, except to the extent such laws are inconsistent with this Agreement. The BUC Holders may give proxies only to the Initial Limited Partner. The Initial Limited Partner will vote in accordance with the directions of the BUC Holders so that each BUC will be voted separately. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, a form of Consent or writing transmitted by Electronic Transmission by a Limited Partner or BUC Holder, or by a Person or Persons authorized to act for a Limited Partner or BUC Holder, shall be deemed to be written and signed for purposes of this Agreement.
(c)
Reference in this Agreement to a specified percentage in interest of the Limited Partnership Interests, Limited Partners, or BUC Holders means the Limited Partnership Interests or BUCs, as the case may be, with respect to which the combined number of such Limited Partnership Interests or BUCs subject to the reference (whether referring to a vote or Consent of the Limited Partners or BUC Holders, or otherwise) represents the specified percentage of the number of all such Limited Partnership Interests or BUCs, as applicable.
Section 10.03.
Opinion Regarding Effect of Action by Limited Partners and BUC Holders. Prior to any vote or Consent by Limited Partners or BUC Holders that might (i) materially affect the tax status of the Partnership, (ii) impair the limited liability of the Limited Partners or BUC Holders, or (iii) result in the dissolution or termination of the Partnership, the Partnership will provide Limited Partners and BUC Holders written advice from Counsel as to the possible and most likely consequences of such vote or Consent with respect thereto.
Section 10.04.
Other Activities. The Limited Partners and BUC Holders may engage in or possess interests in other business ventures of every kind and description for their own accounts, including without limitation serving as general or limited partners of other partnerships which own, either directly or through interests in other partnerships, investments similar in nature to the Mortgage Investments, the Tax Exempt Investments, and the Other Investments. Neither the Partnership nor any of the Partners or BUC Holders shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in or to such business ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom.

 

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Article XI


ASSIGNMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS TO
BUC HOLDERS AND RIGHTS OF BUC HOLDERS
Section 11.01.
Assignment of Limited Partnership Interests to BUC Holders.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Initial Limited Partner has irrevocably assigned to the Persons who were BUC Holders of the Prior Partnership as of the Merger Date, all of the Initial Limited Partner’s rights and interest in its Partnership Interest. The rights and interest so transferred and assigned include, without limitation, the following:
(i)
all rights to receive distributions of Net Interest Income pursuant to Section 4.01;
(ii)
all rights to receive Net Residual Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to Section 4.02;
(iii)
all rights in respect of allocations of Income and Loss pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.04;
(iv)
all rights in respect of determinations of allocations and distributions pursuant to Section 4.05;
(v)
all rights to inspect records and to receive reports pursuant to Article IX;
(vi)
all rights to vote on Partnership matters pursuant to Article X; and
(vii)
all rights which Limited Partners have, or may have in the future, under the Act, except as otherwise provided herein.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership may issue additional BUCs from time to time as determined by the General Partner, in which case the foregoing assignment will be deemed to include an assignment to the holders of such additional BUCs and such additional BUCs shall participate in the rights and interest of the Initial Limited Partner to the same extent as the BUCs existing on the Merger Date. All Persons becoming BUC Holders shall be bound by the terms and conditions of, and shall be entitled to all rights of, Limited Partners under this Agreement.

(b)
The Initial Limited Partner shall remain as Initial Limited Partner on the books and records of the Partnership notwithstanding the assignment of all of its Limited Partnership Interest until such time as the Initial Limited Partner transfers its position as Initial Limited Partner to another Person with the Consent of the General Partner. Other than pursuant to Section 11.01(a), the Initial Limited Partner may not transfer or assign a Limited Partnership Interest without the prior written Consent of the General Partner.

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(c)
The General Partner, by the execution of this Agreement, irrevocably Consents to and acknowledges on behalf of itself and the Partnership that (i) the foregoing assignment pursuant to Section 11.01(a) by the Initial Limited Partner to the BUC Holders of the Initial Limited Partner’s rights and interest in the Limited Partnership Interests is valid and binding on the Partnership and the General Partner, and (ii) the BUC Holders are intended to be third‑party beneficiaries of all rights and privileges of the Initial Limited Partner in respect of the Limited Partnership Interests. The General Partner covenants and agrees that, in accordance with the foregoing transfer and assignment, all the Initial Limited Partner’s rights and privileges in respect of the Limited Partnership Interests assigned to the BUC Holders may be exercised by the BUC Holders, including, without limitation, those listed in Section 11.01(a).
Section 11.02.
Rights of BUC Holders.
(a)
The Initial Limited Partner, but only with respect to its own Limited Partnership Interests, and BUC Holders shall share pari passu on the basis of one Limited Partnership Interest for one BUC, and shall be considered as a single class with respect to all rights to receive distributions of Net Interest Income, Net Residual Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, allocations of Income and Loss, and other determinations of allocations and distributions pursuant to this Agreement.
(b)
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or pursuant to applicable law, Limited Partners (including the Initial Limited Partner voting on behalf of the BUC Holders) shall vote on all matters in respect of which they are entitled to vote (either in person, by proxy or by written Consent), as a single class with each entitled to one vote in accordance with Section 10.02(b).
(c)
The General Partner shall owe the same duties under this Agreement to a BUC Holder as the General Partner owes to a Limited Partner and may sue the General Partner to enforce the same. A BUC Holder may bring a derivative action against any Person (including the General Partner) to enforce any right of the Partnership to recover a judgment to the same extent as a Limited Partner has such a right under the Act.
(d)
A BUC Holder is not a Limited Partner and has no right to be admitted to the Partnership as such.
Section 11.03.
Voting by the Initial Limited Partner on Behalf of BUC Holders.
(a)
Subject to Section 8.01(a)(i), the Initial Limited Partner hereby agrees that, with respect to any matter on which a vote of the Limited Partners is taken, the Consent of the Limited Partners is required, or any other action of the Limited Partners is required or permitted, it will not vote its Limited Partnership Interest or grant such Consent or take such action (other than solely administrative actions as to which the Initial Limited Partner has no discretion) except for the sole benefit of, and in accordance with the written instructions of, the BUC Holders with respect to their BUCs. The Initial Limited Partner (or the Partnership on behalf of the Initial Limited Partner) will provide Notice to the BUC Holders containing information regarding any matters to be voted upon or as to which any

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Consent or other action is requested or proposed. The Partnership and the General Partner hereby agree to permit BUC Holders to attend any meetings of Partners and the Initial Limited Partner shall, upon the written request of BUC Holders owning BUCs which represent in the aggregate 10% or more of all of the Outstanding BUCs, request the General Partner to call a meeting of Partners pursuant to Section 10.01 or to submit a matter to the Initial Limited Partner without a meeting pursuant to this Agreement. The General Partner shall give the BUC Holders Notice of any meeting to be held pursuant to Section 10.01(a) at the same time and manner as such Notice is required to be given to the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to Section 10.01(b).
(b)
The Initial Limited Partner will exercise its right to vote or Consent to any action under this Agreement in accordance with the written instructions of holders of BUCs Outstanding as of the relevant record date. In addition, holders of a majority of the BUCs Outstanding may instruct the Initial Limited Partner to take, and upon receipt of such instruction, the Initial Limited Partner shall take, the actions permitted by Section 10.02.
(c)
The Initial Limited Partner will mail to any BUC Holder (at the address shown on the Partnership’s records kept in accordance with Section 9.01(a)) any report, financial statement or other communication received from the Partnership or the General Partner with respect to the Limited Partnership Interests held by the Initial Limited Partner (including, without limitation, any financial statement or report or tax information provided pursuant to Section 9.03). In lieu of mailing of any such document by the Initial Limited Partner, the Initial Limited Partner may, at its option, request the General Partner to mail any such communications directly to the BUC Holders, and the Initial Limited Partner shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations under this Section 11.03(c) upon its receipt of written notification from the General Partner that any such communication has been mailed, postage prepaid, to all of the BUC Holders at the addresses shown on the Partnership’s records.
Section 11.04.
Preservation of Tax Status. With the Consent of each BUC Holder so affected, the General Partner may at any time cause such BUC Holder to become a Limited Partner and may take such other action with respect to the manner in which BUCs are being or may be transferred or traded as it may deem necessary or appropriate, in order to preserve the status of the Partnership as a partnership rather than an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or to insure that BUC Holders will be treated as limited partners for federal income tax purposes.
Article XII


MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 12.01.
Appointment of the General Partner as Attorney‑in‑Fact.
(a)
Each Limited Partner by the execution of this Agreement irrevocably constitutes and appoints, with full power of substitution, the General Partner as such Limited Partner’s true and lawful attorney‑in‑fact with full power and authority in such Limited Partner’s name, place and stead to execute, certify, acknowledge, deliver, swear

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to, file and record at the appropriate public offices such documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Agreement, including, but not limited to:
(i)
the Certificate and amendments thereto, and all certificates and other instruments (including counterparts of this Agreement), and any amendments thereof, which any such Person deems appropriate to form, qualify or continue the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners will have limited liability comparable to that provided by the Act on the date thereof) in a jurisdiction in which the Partnership may conduct business or in which such formation, qualification or continuation is, in the opinion of any such Person, necessary to protect the limited liability of the Limited Partners and BUC Holders;
(ii)
any other instrument or document which may be required to be filed by the Partnership under federal law or under the laws of any state in which any such Person deems it advisable to file;
(iii)
all amendments to this Agreement adopted in accordance with the terms hereof and all instruments which any such Person deems appropriate to reflect a change or modification of the Partnership in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
(iv)
any instrument or document, including amendments to this Agreement, which may be required to effect the continuation of the Partnership, the admission of a Limited Partner or an additional or successor General Partner or the dissolution and termination of the Partnership (provided such continuation, admission or dissolution and termination are in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or to reflect any reductions in amount of Capital Accounts.
(b)
The appointment by each Limited Partner of each of such Persons as their attorney‑in‑fact is irrevocable and shall be deemed to be a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Partners under this Agreement will be relying upon the power of such Persons to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing and other action by them on behalf of the Partnership, and such power shall survive the Incapacity of any Person hereby giving such power and the transfer or assignment of all or any part of the Limited Partnership Interests of such Person; provided, however, that in the event of a transfer by a Limited Partner of all or any part of their Limited Partnership Interests, the foregoing power of attorney shall survive such transfer only until such time as the transferee is admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner and all required documents and instruments are duly executed, filed and recorded to effect such substitution.
Section 12.02.
Signatures. Each Limited Partner and any additional or successor General Partner shall become a signatory hereto by signing such number of counterpart signature pages to this Agreement and such other instrument or instruments in such manner and at such time as the General Partner shall determine. By so signing, each Limited Partner, successor General Partner or additional General Partner, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have adopted, and to have agreed to be bound by, all the provisions of this Agreement, as amended from time to time;

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provided, however, that no such counterpart shall be binding unless and until it has been accepted by the General Partner.
Section 12.03.
Amendments.
(a)
In addition to any amendments otherwise authorized herein, amendments may be made to this Agreement or the Certificate from time to time by the General Partner, without the Consent of the Limited Partners or the BUC Holders:
(i)
to change the name of the Partnership, the location of the principal place of business of the Partnership, the registered agent of the Partnership, or the registered office of the Partnership;
(ii)
to add to the representations, duties, or obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner in this Agreement;
(iii)
to change the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership and any other changes that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate as a result of a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership;
(iv)
to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement which may be inconsistent with the manifest intent of this Agreement, if such amendment is not materially adverse to the interests of Limited Partners and BUC Holders in the sole judgment of the General Partner;
(v)
to delete or add to any provision of this Agreement the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to (A) satisfy any requirements, conditions, or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling, regulation, or based upon comments received from any federal or state agency, including the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commissioner, or judicial authority, or contained in any federal or state statute (including the Act), or (B) facilitate the trading of BUCs on or comply with any rule, regulation, guideline, or requirement of any national securities exchange on which the BUCs are or will be listed;
(vi)
to delete, add, or revise any provision of this Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate, in the General Partner’s judgment, to insure that the Partnership will be treated as a partnership, and that each BUC Holder and each Limited Partner will be treated as a limited partner, for federal income tax purposes;
(vii)
to reflect the withdrawal, removal, or admission of Partners;
(viii)
to provide for any amendment necessary, in the opinion of Counsel, to prevent the Partnership, the General Partner, or their managers, directors, officers, trustees, or agents from in any manner being subject to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “40 Act”), the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or “plan asset” regulations adopted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, regardless of

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whether such are substantially similar to plan assets regulations currently applied or proposed by the United States Department of Labor;
(ix)
to effectuate any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the authorization of the issuance of any class or series of Partnership Securities pursuant to Section 5.02(a)(iii) and 5.02(d); or
(x)
any other amendments substantially similar to any of the foregoing;

provided, however, that, no amendment shall be adopted pursuant to this Section 12.03(a) unless the adoption thereof (A) is consistent with Section 5.01 and is not prohibited by Section 5.04; (B) does not affect the distribution of Net Interest Income, Net Residual Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or the allocation of Income or Loss (except as provided in Section 5.10); and (C) does not, in the sole judgment of the General Partner after consultation with Counsel, affect the limited liability of the Limited Partners or the BUC Holders or cause the Partnership not to be treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes.

(b)
If this Agreement shall be amended as a result of substituting a Limited Partner, the amendment to this Agreement shall be signed by the General Partner, the Person to be substituted and the assigning Limited Partner. If this Agreement shall be amended to reflect the designation of an additional General Partner, such amendment shall be signed by the other General Partners and by such additional General Partner. If this Agreement shall be amended to reflect the withdrawal of a General Partner when the business of the Partnership is being continued, such amendment shall be signed by the withdrawing General Partner and by the remaining or successor General Partner. In the event the withdrawing General Partner or the assigning Limited Partner does not sign such an amendment within 30 days following its withdrawal or substitution, the remaining or successor General Partners are hereby appointed by the withdrawing General Partner or the assigning Limited Partner as its attorney‑in‑fact for purposes of signing such amendment.
(c)
In making any amendments, there shall be prepared and filed by the General Partner for recording such documents and certificates as shall be required to be prepared and filed under the Act and in any other jurisdictions under the laws of which the Partnership is then qualified.
Section 12.04.
Binding Provisions. The covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the respective parties hereto.
Section 12.05.
Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to conflicts of law principles thereof.
Section 12.06.
Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be

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invalid and contrary to any law, such invalidity shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid.
Section 12.07.
Captions. Article and Section titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the text.
Section 12.08.
Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with Schedule A hereto, sets forth all, and is intended by all parties to be an integration of all, of the promises, agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the Partnership, the Partnership business and the property of the Partnership, and there are no promises, agreements, or understandings, oral or written, express or implied, among them other than as set forth, incorporated or contemplated in this Agreement.
Section 12.09.
Investments. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the General Partner shall operate the Partnership such that it shall only make investments that the General Partner has determined will ensure that at the time of the investment, at least a majority of aggregate investments, based upon aggregate dollars invested, qualify as public welfare investments, as the term is defined in 12 CFR 24.3.
Section 12.10.
Reliance on Exemption. The Partnership is not registered as an investment company under the ʹ40 Act. In this regard, the Partnership relies on an exemption from such registration requirements pursuant to Section 3(c)(5)(C) under the ’40 Act.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

GENERAL PARTNER:

 

AMERICA FIRST CAPITAL ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP TWO, as General Partner and on behalf of the existing Limited Partners (other than the Initial Limited Partner)

 

By: Greystone AF Manager LLC, its general partner

 

By: /s/ Stephen Rosenberg

Name: Stephen Rosenberg

Title: President

 

 

INITIAL LIMITED PARTNER:

 

GREYSTONE ILP, INC.

 

By: /s/ Kenneth C. Rogozinski

Name: Kenneth C. Rogozinski

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page of Second Amended and Restated Agreement of

Limited Partnership of Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP]

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

GENERAL PARTNER:

America First Capital Associates Limited Partnership Two $4,996

152 West 57th Street, 60th Floor

New York, NY 10019

INITIAL LIMITED PARTNER:

Greystone ILP, Inc. $72,644,126

152 West 57th Street, 60th Floor

New York, NY 10019

OTHER LIMITED PARTNERS:

Holders of Series A Preferred Units of the Partnership on the date hereof, the names, addresses and Capital Contributions of which are reflected in the books maintained by the Partnership for the Series A Preferred Units.

Holders of Series A-1 Preferred Units of the Partnership on the date hereof, the names, addresses and Capital Contributions of which are reflected in the books maintained by the Partnership for the Series A-1 Preferred Units.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT AP

DESIGNATION OF THE PREFERENCES, RIGHTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS

1. Definitions. In addition to those terms defined in the Agreement, the following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in the Agreement and this Exhibit AP.

BUCs Ratio” means the quotient obtained by dividing the aggregate market value of the issued and outstanding BUCs as of the close of business, New York time, on any date by the aggregate value of the issued and outstanding Series A Preferred Units, as shown on the Partnership’s financial statements, on that same date.

Liquidation Preference” means an amount equal to the Original Series A Purchase Price.

Original Series A Purchase Price” means an amount equal to $10.00 per Series A Preferred Unit.

Pro Rata” means apportioned among all Series A Holders in accordance with the relative number or percentage of Series A Preferred Units held by each such holder.

Ratio Determination Date” means any date on which the General Partner determines that the BUCs Ratio has fallen below 1.0 and has remained below 1.0 for the Ratio Period.

Ratio Period” means any period of 15 consecutive business days for which the General Partner has determined that the BUCs Ratio has remained below 1.0.

Redemption Right Trigger Date” means the date that is the sixth anniversary of the closing date of a Series A Holder’s purchase of Series A Preferred Units.

Senior Securities” means any class or series of Partnership Securities established after the Series A original issue date, the terms of which class expressly provide that it ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Units as to distribution rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, winding-up, and dissolution of the Partnership.

Series A Distribution Payment Date” means the 15th calendar day of January, April, July, and October in each year, commencing on July 15, 2016; provided that, if any Series A Distribution Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such Series A Distribution Payment Date shall instead be on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

 

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Series A Distribution Period” means any quarterly distribution period commencing on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, or on any date as determined by the General Partner, and ending on and including the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Series A Distribution Period (other than the initial Series A Distribution Period with respect to each Series A Preferred Unit, which shall commence on the date on which such Series A Preferred Unit was issued by the Partnership and end on and include the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Series A Distribution Period).

Series A Distribution Rate” means a rate equal to 3.00% per annum of the Original Series A Purchase Price per Series A Preferred Unit.

Series A Distribution Record Date” means the date established by the General Partner or otherwise in accordance with the Agreement for determining the identity of Series A Holders entitled to receive any Series A Distribution; provided that, any such Series A Distribution Record Date shall not be more than 30 and not fewer than 10 days prior to the scheduled Series A Distribution Payment Date to which such Series A Distribution Record Date relates.

Series A Distributions” means distributions with respect to Series A Preferred Units pursuant to Section 4 of this Exhibit AP.

Series A Holder” means the Person in whose name a Series A Preferred Unit is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent, as of the opening of business on a particular Business Day.

Series A Preferred Unit” means a Limited Partnership Interest having the designations, preferences, rights, restrictions, and limitations as set forth in this Exhibit AP.

Series A Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Series A Holder, the product obtained by multiplying (i) $10.00, by (ii) the number of Series A Preferred Units purchased by such Series A Holder.

Series A Redeemed Holder” means a Series A Holder whose Series A Preferred Units have been redeemed or are subject to redemption pursuant to Section 7 of this Exhibit AP.

Series A Redemption Date” means any date set by the General Partner as the date upon which the Series A Preferred Units shall be redeemed pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of this Exhibit AP.

Series A Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i) of this Exhibit AP.

Series A Redemption Price” means an amount equal to $10.00 per Series A Preferred Unit, plus an amount equal to all declared and unpaid Series A Distributions with respect to each such Series A Preferred Unit to the Series A Redemption Date.

Transfer Agent” means such bank, trust company, or other Person (including the General Partner or one of its Affiliates) as shall be appointed from time to time by the General

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Partner to act as registrar and transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Units; provided that, if no Transfer Agent is specifically designated for the Series A Preferred Units, the General Partner shall act in such capacity.

2. Designation. A series of Limited Partnership Interests to be known as “Series A Preferred Units” is hereby designated and created. This Exhibit AP fixes the preferences, rights, restrictions, and limitations of the Series A Holders and the Series A Preferred Units. Each Series A Preferred Unit shall be identical in all respects to every other Series A Preferred Unit, except as to the respective dates from which Series A Distributions may begin accruing, to the extent such dates may differ. Each Series A Preferred Unit represents a perpetual equity interest in the Partnership and shall not give rise to a claim by the holder thereof for payment of a principal amount at any particular date.

3. Units.

(a)
The authorized number of Series A Preferred Units shall be unlimited. Any Series A Preferred Units that are redeemed, purchased, or otherwise acquired by the Partnership shall be cancelled.
(b)
No Series A Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate evidencing Series A Preferred Units, unless otherwise required by law or the Transfer Agent gives notice of its intention to resign or is no longer eligible to act as such and the Partnership shall have not selected a substitute Transfer Agent within 60 calendar days thereafter. So long as the Transfer Agent shall have been appointed and is serving, payments and communications made by the Partnership to Series A Holders shall be made by making payments to, and communicating with, the Transfer Agent.

4. Distributions.

(a)
The Series A Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as, and if declared by the General Partner, out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative distributions payable in cash at the Series A Distribution Rate. Such distributions with respect to each Series A Preferred Unit shall be payable quarterly, when, as, and if declared by the General Partner, in arrears on the Series A Distribution Payment Dates, commencing on the first Series A Distribution Payment Date; provided that, the amount per Series A Preferred Unit to be paid in respect of the initial Series A Distribution Period, or any other period shorter or longer than a full Series A Distribution Period, shall be determined in accordance with Section 4(b) below. If any Series A Distribution Payment Date otherwise would occur on a date that is not a Business Day, declared Series A Distributions shall be paid on the immediately succeeding Business Day. In making distributions pursuant to any applicable provision of the Agreement, the General Partner shall take into account the provisions of this Section 4.
(b)
The amount of distribution per Series A Preferred Unit declared for each full Series A Distribution Period shall be computed by dividing the Series A Distribution Rate by four. The amount of distributions payable for the initial Series A Distribution Period, or any other period shorter or longer than a full Series A Distribution Period, on the Series A Preferred

 

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Units shall be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in such other period and the convention of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. For example, by way of clarification only, if a shorter Distribution Period of 60 days is followed by a longer Distribution Period of 120 days, the amount of Series A Distributions payable for the first 60-day Distribution Period would be computed by prorating the Series A Distribution Rate by multiplying such rate by the quotient of 60 days divided by 360 days, whereas the amount of Series A Distributions payable for the second 120-day Distribution Period would be computed by prorating the Series A Distribution Rate by multiplying such rate by the quotient of 120 days divided by 360 days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision herein shall be construed to result in the Series A Distributions being considered as cumulative distributions. Subject to Sections 5 and 7 of this Exhibit AP, the Series A Holders shall not be entitled to any distributions, whether payable in cash, property, or securities, in excess of the Series A Distributions, as herein provided, on the Series A Preferred Units. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any distribution payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Units that may be in arrears.

(c)
Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Series A Distribution Payment Date, the Partnership shall pay those Series A Distributions, if any, that shall have been declared by the General Partner to Series A Holders on the Series A Distribution Record Date for the applicable Series A Distribution. So long as the Series A Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Transfer Agent, declared Series A Distributions shall be paid to the Transfer Agent in same-day funds on each Series A Distribution Payment Date.
(d)
The Series A Distributions are non-cumulative. Without limiting any other provisions herein, if the General Partner does not declare a Series A Distribution on the Series A Preferred Units in respect of any Series A Distribution Period, the Series A Holders will have no right to receive any Series A Distribution for such Series A Distribution Period, and the Partnership will have no obligation to pay a Series A Distribution for such Series A Distribution Period, whether or not Series A Distributions or any other distributions are declared and paid for any future period with respect to the Series A Preferred Units, the BUCs, or any other class or series of Partnership Securities.

5. Liquidation Preference.

(a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Partnership shall be made to or set apart for the holders of any other class or series of Limited Partnership Interest ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Units, the Series A Holders shall be entitled to receive the Liquidation Preference, plus an amount equal to all distributions declared and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution. If, upon any such liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership the assets of the Partnership, or proceeds thereof, distributable to the Series A Holders shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid as liquidating payments on any other Partnership Securities ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Units as to such distribution, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the Series A Preferred Units and the holders of any such other Partnership Securities ratably in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such Series A Preferred Units and any such other Partnership Securities if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 5, (i) a consolidation or merger of the Partnership or General Partner with

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one or more entities, (ii) a statutory unit or share exchange by the Partnership or General Partner, and (iii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s or General Partner’s assets shall not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the Partnership or General Partner. In making liquidating distributions pursuant to any applicable provision of the Agreement, the General Partner shall take into account the provisions of this Section 5.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of Partnership Securities of any series or class ranking on a parity with or senior to the Series A Preferred Units upon any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, after payment shall have been made in full to the Series A Holders as provided in this Section 5, any class or series of Limited Partnership Interest ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Units shall, subject to any respective terms and provisions applying thereto, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the Series A Holders shall not be entitled to share therein.

6. Voting Rights.

(a)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Exhibit AP, the Series A Preferred Units shall have no voting rights except as set forth in this Section 6, or as otherwise required by the Act.
(b)
Unless the Partnership shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, voting as a single class, no amendment to the Agreement shall be adopted that would have a material adverse effect on the existing terms of the Series A Preferred Units. In addition, unless the Partnership shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, voting as a single class, the Partnership shall not create or issue any Senior Securities.
(c)
For any matter described in this Section 6 in which the Series A Holders are entitled to vote (whether separately as a class or together with the holders of any other Partnership Security), such Series A Holders shall be entitled to one vote per Series A Preferred Unit. Any Series A Preferred Units held by any of the Partnership’s subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be entitled to vote.

7. Optional Redemption Rights.

(a) Partnership’s Optional Redemption Rights.

(i)
The General Partner shall have the right, on the Redemption Right Trigger Date and on each anniversary of the Redemption Right Trigger Date, to cause the Partnership to redeem the Series A Preferred Units, in whole or in part, from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. The General Partner shall provide written notice to the Series A Holders of its intent to exercise the redemption rights described in the preceding sentence no less than 60 calendar days prior to any such redemption date. Additionally, any cash payment to Series A Holders pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the limitations contained in the Partnership’s senior bank credit facility and in

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any other agreements governing the Partnership’s indebtedness. Any such redemption effected pursuant to this paragraph shall occur on the Series A Redemption Date.
(ii)
Subject to the Act and Section 7(c) below, the Partnership shall effect any such redemption described in Section 7(a)(i) by paying cash for each Series A Preferred Unit to be redeemed equal to the Series A Redemption Price. So long as the Series A Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Transfer Agent, the Series A Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership through the Transfer Agent to the Series A Holders on the Series A Redemption Date.

(b) Series A Holders’ Redemption Rights.

(i)
Subject to Sections 7(b)(iv) and 7(c) below, a Series A Holder shall have the right, on the Redemption Right Trigger Date and on each anniversary of the Redemption Right Trigger Date, to require the Partnership to redeem the Series A Preferred Units, in whole or in part, held by such Series A Holder from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. Each Series A Holder desiring to exercise the redemption rights described in the preceding sentence shall provide written notice to the General Partner of its intent to so exercise no less than 180 calendar days prior to any such redemption date.
(ii)
Subject to Sections 7(b)(iv) and 7(c) of this Exhibit AP, a Series A Holder shall have the right, for a period of 60 calendar days after any Series A-1 Ratio Determination Date, to require the Partnership to redeem the Series A Preferred Units, in whole or in part, held by such Series A Holder from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. If the General Partner determines that a Series A-1 Ratio Determination Date has occurred and a redemption pursuant to this paragraph has been triggered, the General Partner shall, within 10 calendar days after the end of the Series A-1 Ratio Period, deliver a Series A Redemption Notice to the Series A Holders informing them of such determination and their right to redeem their Series A Preferred Units pursuant to this paragraph. With the exception of the number of calendar days within which a Series A Redemption Notice shall be given, the remainder of the redemption procedures set forth in Section 7(c) of this Exhibit AP shall be followed with respect to a redemption effected pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.
(iii)
Subject to the Act, the Partnership shall effect any redemption described in this Section 7(b) by paying cash for each Series A Preferred Unit to be redeemed equal to the Series A Redemption Price. So long as the Series A Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Transfer Agent, the Series A Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership through the Transfer Agent to the Series A Holders on the Series A Redemption Date.
(iv)
Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, any cash payment made to Series A Holders pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be subject to the limitations contained in the Partnership’s senior bank credit facility and in any other agreements governing the Partnership’s indebtedness. Any such redemption effected pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall occur on the Series A Redemption Date.

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(v)
Any redemption right exercised by a Series A Holder pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be exercised pursuant to a Series A Redemption Notice comparable to the Series A Redemption Notice required under Section 7(c)(i) below and delivered to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) by the Series A Holder who is exercising such redemption right, and pursuant to the redemption procedures set forth in Section 7(c) below as applicable to the Series A Holder.

(c) Redemption Procedures.

(i)
Except with respect to any redemption effected pursuant to Section 7(b)(ii) above, the Partnership shall give notice of any redemption not less than 60 calendar days before the scheduled Series A Redemption Date, to the Series A Holders (as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day next preceding the day on which notice is given) of any Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed as such Series A Holders’ names appear on the books of the Transfer Agent and at the address of such Series A Holders shown therein. Such notice (the “Series A Redemption Notice”) shall state: (i) the Series A Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed and, if less than all outstanding Series A Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the number of such units to be redeemed from such Series A Holder; (iii) the Series A Redemption Price; and (iv) that Series A Distributions on the Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease from and after such Series A Redemption Date.
(ii)
If the Partnership or Series A Redeemed Holder, as the case may be, elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Series A Preferred Units, the number of Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed shall be determined by the General Partner, and such Series A Preferred Units shall be redeemed by such method of selection as the General Partner shall determine, either Pro Rata or by lot, with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional Series A Preferred Units. The aggregate Series A Redemption Price for any such partial redemption of the outstanding Series A Preferred Units shall be allocated correspondingly among the redeemed Series A Preferred Units. The Series A Preferred Units not redeemed shall remain outstanding and entitled to all the rights and preferences provided in this Exhibit AP.
(iii)
If the Partnership or Series A Redeemed Holder, as the case may be, gives or causes to be given a Series A Redemption Notice, the Partnership shall deposit with the Transfer Agent funds sufficient to redeem the Series A Preferred Units as to which such Series A Redemption Notice shall have been given, no later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Series A Redemption Date, and shall give the Transfer Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Series A Redemption Price to the Series A Holders to be redeemed, as set forth in the Series A Redemption Notice. If the Series A Redemption Notice shall have been given, from and after the Series A Redemption Date, unless the Partnership defaults in providing funds sufficient for such redemption at the time and place specified for payment pursuant to the Series A Redemption Notice, all Series A Distributions on such Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease and all rights of holders of such Series A Preferred Units with respect to such Series A Preferred Units shall cease, except the right to receive the Series A Redemption Price, including any amount equal to declared and unpaid distributions to the Series A Redemption Date, and such Series A Preferred Units shall not thereafter be transferred on the books of the

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Transfer Agent or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever. The Partnership shall be entitled to receive from the Transfer Agent the interest income, if any, earned on such funds deposited with the Transfer Agent (to the extent that such interest income is not required to pay the Series A Redemption Price of the Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed), and the holders of any Series A Preferred Units so redeemed shall have no claim to any such interest income. Any funds deposited with the Transfer Agent hereunder by the Partnership for any reason, including redemption of Series A Preferred Units, that remain unclaimed or unpaid after two years after the applicable Series A Redemption Date or other payment date, shall be, to the extent permitted by law, repaid to the Partnership upon its written request, after which repayment the Series A Holders entitled to such redemption or other payment shall have recourse only to the Partnership. Notwithstanding any Series A Redemption Notice, there shall be no redemption of any Series A Preferred Units called for redemption until funds sufficient to pay the full Series A Redemption Price of such Series A Preferred Units shall have been deposited by the Partnership with the Transfer Agent.
(iv)
Any assignee of any Limited Partner (as permitted under the Agreement) in respect of any Series A Preferred Units may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 7, and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such assignee and shall be bound by any exercise of such rights by such Limited Partner’s assignee.

 

(v)
Each Series A Holder covenants and agrees with the Partnership and the General Partner that all Series A Preferred Units delivered for redemption pursuant to this Section 7 shall be delivered to the Partnership free and clear of all liens, and, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Partnership shall not be under any obligation to acquire Series A Preferred Units which are or may be subject to any liens. Each Series A Holder further agrees that, in the event any state or local property transfer tax is payable as a result of the transfer of its Series A Preferred Units to the Partnership in connection with a redemption under this Section 7, such holder shall assume and pay such transfer tax.

 

(vi)
Any Series A Preferred Units that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7 shall be cancelled.
8.
Conversion. The Series A Preferred Units are not convertible into or exchangeable for any property or securities of the Partnership or of any other entity at the option of any Series A Holder.
9.
Ranking.

(a) The Series A Preferred Units will, with respect to distribution rights, rank: (i) senior to the BUCs, and to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Units; (ii) junior to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Units; and (iii) junior

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to all of our existing and future indebtedness (including indebtedness outstanding under our senior bank credit facility) and other liabilities with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against us.

(b) The Series A Preferred Units will, with respect to the distribution of assets upon the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, rank: (i) senior to the BUCs, and to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Units; and (ii) junior to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Units.

10. Limitation on the Issuance of Series A Preferred Units. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, no Series A Preferred Units shall be issued by the Partnership if, as of the close of trading on the trading date for the New York Stock Exchange immediately prior to the date the Series A Preferred Units are intended to be issued by the Partnership to the Series A Holder thereof, the aggregate market capitalization of the BUCs on the New York Stock Exchange is less than three times the book value of the Series A Preferred Units, as shown on the Partnership’s then current accounting records.

11. No Sinking Fund. The Series A Preferred Units shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

12. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat any Series A Holder as the true, lawful, and absolute owner of the applicable Series A Preferred Units for all purposes, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Partnership nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

13. Notices. All notices or other communications in respect of the Series A Preferred Units shall be sufficiently given: (i) if given in writing in the English language and either delivered in person or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid; or (ii) if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Exhibit AP, the Agreement, or by applicable law. Any notice or other communication given to a holder of a Series A Preferred Unit in book-entry form shall be given in the manner prescribed by the Transfer Agent, notwithstanding any contrary indication herein.

14. Other Rights. The Series A Preferred Units shall not have any voting powers, preferences, or relative, participating, optional, registration, or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth in this Exhibit AP or as required by applicable law.

 

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EXHIBIT A-1P

DESIGNATION OF THE PREFERENCES, RIGHTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SERIES A-1 PREFERRED UNITS

1. Definitions. In addition to those terms defined in the Agreement and all other exhibits to the Agreement, which shall equally apply to this Exhibit A-1P, the following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in the Agreement and this Exhibit A-1P.

Original Series A-1 Purchase Price” means an amount equal to $10.00 per Series A-1 Preferred Unit.

Pro Rata (Series A-1)” means apportioned among all Series A Holders and Series A-1 Holders in accordance with the relative number or percentage of the Series A Preferred Units and Series A-1 Preferred Units, in the aggregate, held by each such holder.

Series A Preferred Unit” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit AP, as amended, attached to the Agreement and made a part thereof.

Series A-1 BUCs Ratio” means the quotient obtained by dividing the aggregate market value of the issued and outstanding BUCs as of the close of business, New York time, on any date by the aggregate value of the issued and outstanding Series A Preferred Units and Series A-1 Preferred Units, as shown on the Partnership’s financial statements, on that same date.

Series A-1 Distribution Payment Date” means the 15th calendar day of January, April, July, and October in each year, commencing on the first such applicable date after the original issuance of Series A-1 Preferred Units by the Partnership; provided that, if any Series A-1 Distribution Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such Series A-1 Distribution Payment Date shall instead be on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

Series A-1 Distribution Period” means any quarterly distribution period commencing on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, or on any date as determined by the General Partner, and ending on and including the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Series A-1 Distribution Period (other than the initial Series A-1 Distribution Period with respect to each Series A-1 Preferred Unit, which shall commence on the date on which such Series A-1 Preferred Unit was issued by the Partnership and end on and include the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Series A-1 Distribution Period).

Series A-1 Distribution Rate” means a rate equal to 3.00% per annum of the Original Series A-1 Purchase Price per Series A-1 Preferred Unit.

 

 

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Series A-1 Distribution Record Date” means the date established by the General Partner or otherwise in accordance with the Agreement for determining the identity of Series A-1 Holders entitled to receive any Series A-1 Distribution; provided that, any such Series A-1 Distribution Record Date shall not be more than 30 and not fewer than 10 days prior to the scheduled Series A-1 Distribution Payment Date to which such Series A1 Distribution Record Date relates.

Series A-1 Distributions” means distributions with respect to Series A-1 Preferred Units pursuant to Section 4 of this Exhibit A-1P.

Series A-1 Holder” means the Person in whose name a Series A-1 Preferred Unit is registered on the books of the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, as of the opening of business on a particular Business Day.

Series A-1 Liquidation Preference” means an amount equal to the Original Series A-1 Purchase Price.

Series A-1 Preferred Unit” means a Limited Partnership Interest having the designations, preferences, rights, restrictions, and limitations as set forth in this Exhibit A-1P.

Series A-1 Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Series A-1 Holder, the product obtained by multiplying (i) $10.00, by (ii) the number of Series A-1 Preferred Units purchased by such Series A-1 Holder.

Series A-1 Ratio Determination Date” means any date on which the General Partner determines that the Series A-1 BUCs Ratio has fallen below 1.0 and has remained below 1.0 for the Series A-1 Ratio Period.

Series A-1 Ratio Period” means any period of 15 consecutive business days for which the General Partner has determined that the Series A-1 BUCs Ratio has remained below 1.0.

Series A-1 Redeemed Holder” means a Series A-1 Holder whose Series A-1 Preferred Units have been redeemed or are subject to redemption pursuant to Section 7 of this Exhibit A-1P.

Series A-1 Redemption Date” means any date set by the General Partner as the date upon which the Series A-1 Preferred Units shall be redeemed pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of this Exhibit A-1P.

Series A-1 Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i) of this Exhibit A-1P.

Series A-1 Redemption Price” means an amount equal to $10.00 per Series A-1 Preferred Unit, plus an amount equal to all declared and unpaid Series A-1 Distributions with respect to each such Series A-1 Preferred Unit to the Series A-1 Redemption Date.

Series A-1 Redemption Right Trigger Date” means the date that is the sixth anniversary of the closing date of a Series A-1 Holder’s purchase of Series A-1 Preferred Units.

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Series A-1 Senior Securities” means any class or series of Partnership Securities established after April 20, 2021, the terms of which class expressly provide that it ranks senior to the Series A-1 Preferred Units as to distribution rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, winding-up, and dissolution of the Partnership.

Series A-1 Transfer Agent” means such bank, trust company, or other Person (including the General Partner or one of its Affiliates) as shall be appointed from time to time by the General Partner to act as registrar and transfer agent for the Series A-1 Preferred Units; provided that, if no Series A-1 Transfer Agent is specifically designated for the Series A-1 Preferred Units, the General Partner shall act in such capacity.

2. Designation. A series of Limited Partnership Interests to be known as “Series A-1 Preferred Units” is hereby designated and created. This Exhibit A-1P fixes the preferences, rights, restrictions, and limitations of the Series A-1 Holders and the Series A-1 Preferred Units. Each Series A-1 Preferred Unit shall be identical in all respects to every other Series A-1 Preferred Unit, except as to the respective dates from which Series A-1 Distributions may begin accruing, to the extent such dates may differ. Each Series A-1 Preferred Unit represents a perpetual equity interest in the Partnership and shall not give rise to a claim by the holder thereof for payment of a principal amount at any particular date.

3. Units.

(a)
The authorized number of Series A-1 Preferred Units shall be unlimited. Any Series A-1 Preferred Units that are redeemed, purchased, or otherwise acquired by the Partnership shall be cancelled.
(b)
No Series A-1 Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate evidencing Series A-1 Preferred Units, unless otherwise required by law or the Series A-1 Transfer Agent gives notice of its intention to resign or is no longer eligible to act as such and the Partnership shall have not selected a substitute Series A-1 Transfer Agent within 60 calendar days thereafter. So long as the Series A-1 Transfer Agent shall have been appointed and is serving, payments and communications made by the Partnership to Series A-1 Holders shall be made by making payments to, and communicating with, the Series A-1 Transfer Agent.

4. Distributions.

(a) The Series A-1 Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as, and if declared by the General Partner, out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative distributions payable in cash at the Series A-1 Distribution Rate. Such distributions with respect to each Series A-1 Preferred Unit shall be payable quarterly, when, as, and if declared by the General Partner, in arrears on the Series A-1 Distribution Payment Dates, commencing on the first Series A-1 Distribution Payment Date; provided that, the amount per Series A-1 Preferred Unit to be paid in respect of the initial Series A-1 Distribution Period, or any other period shorter or longer than a full Series A-1 Distribution Period, shall be determined in accordance with Section 4(b) below. If any Series A-1 Distribution Payment Date otherwise would occur on a date that is not a Business Day, declared Series A-1 Distributions shall be paid on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

 

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In making distributions pursuant to any applicable provision of the Agreement, the General Partner shall take into account the provisions of this Section 4.

(b)
The amount of distribution per Series A-1 Preferred Unit declared for each full Series A-1 Distribution Period shall be computed by dividing the Series A-1 Distribution Rate by four. The amount of distributions payable for the initial Series A-1 Distribution Period, or any other period shorter or longer than a full Series A-1 Distribution Period, on the Series A-1 Preferred Units shall be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in such other period and the convention of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. For example, by way of clarification only, if a shorter Distribution Period of 60 days is followed by a longer Distribution Period of 120 days, the amount of Series A-1 Distributions payable for the first 60-day Distribution Period would be computed by prorating the Series A-1 Distribution Rate by multiplying such rate by the quotient of 60 days divided by 360 days, whereas the amount of Series A-1 Distributions payable for the second 120-day Distribution Period would be computed by prorating the Series A-1 Distribution Rate by multiplying such rate by the quotient of 120 days divided by 360 days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision herein shall be construed to result in the Series A-1 Distributions being considered as cumulative distributions. Subject to Sections 5 and 7 of this Exhibit A-1P, the Series A-1 Holders shall not be entitled to any distributions, whether payable in cash, property, or securities, in excess of the Series A-1 Distributions, as herein provided, on the Series A-1 Preferred Units. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any distribution payment or payments on the Series A-1 Preferred Units that may be in arrears.
(c)
Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Series A-1 Distribution Payment Date, the Partnership shall pay those Series A-1 Distributions, if any, that shall have been declared by the General Partner to Series A-1 Holders on the Series A-1 Distribution Record Date for the applicable Series A-1 Distribution. So long as the Series A-1 Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, declared Series A-1 Distributions shall be paid to the Series A-1 Transfer Agent in same-day funds on each Series A-1 Distribution Payment Date.
(d)
The Series A-1 Distributions are non-cumulative. Without limiting any other provisions herein, if the General Partner does not declare a Series A-1 Distribution on the Series A-1 Preferred Units in respect of any Series A-1 Distribution Period, the Series A-1 Holders will have no right to receive any Series A1 Distribution for such Series A-1 Distribution Period, and the Partnership will have no obligation to pay a Series A-1 Distribution for such Series A-1 Distribution Period, whether or not Series A-1 Distributions or any other distributions are declared and paid for any future period with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Units, the BUCs, or any other class or series of Partnership Securities.

5. Liquidation Preference.

(a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Partnership shall be made to or set apart for the holders of any other class or series of Limited Partnership Interest ranking junior to the Series A-1 Preferred Units, the Series A-1 Holders shall be entitled to receive the Series A-1 Liquidation Preference, plus an amount equal to all

distributions declared and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution. If, upon any such liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership the assets of the Partnership, or proceeds

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thereof, distributable to the Series A-1 Holders shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid as liquidating payments on any other Partnership Securities ranking on a parity with the Series A-1 Preferred Units as to such distribution, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the Series A-1 Preferred Units and the holders of any such other Partnership Securities ratably in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such Series A-1 Preferred Units and any such other Partnership Securities if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 5, (i) a consolidation or merger of the Partnership or General Partner with one or more entities, (ii) a statutory unit or share exchange by the Partnership or General Partner, and (iii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s or General Partner’s assets shall not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the Partnership or General Partner. In making liquidating distributions pursuant to any applicable provision of the Agreement, the General Partner shall take into account the provisions of this Section 5.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of Partnership Securities of any series or class ranking on a parity with or senior to the Series A-1 Preferred Units upon any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, after payment shall have been made in full to the Series A-1 Holders as provided in this Section 5, any class or series of Limited Partnership Interest ranking junior to the Series A-1 Preferred Units shall, subject to any respective terms and provisions applying thereto, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the Series A-1 Holders shall not be entitled to share therein.

6. Voting Rights.

(a)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Exhibit A-1P, the Series A-1 Preferred Units shall have no voting rights except as set forth in this Section 6, or as otherwise required by the Act.
(b)
Unless the Partnership shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Units and outstanding Series A Preferred Units, voting as a single class, no amendment to the Agreement shall be adopted that would have a material adverse effect on the existing terms of the Series A-1 Preferred Units. In addition, unless the Partnership shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Units and outstanding Series A Preferred Units, voting as a single class, the Partnership shall not create or issue any Series A-1 Senior Securities.
(c)
For any matter described in this Section 6 in which the Series A-1 Holders are entitled to vote (whether separately as a class or together with the holders of any other Partnership Security), such Series A-1 Holders shall be entitled to one vote per Series A-1 Preferred Unit. Any Series A-1 Preferred Units held by any of the Partnership’s subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be entitled to vote.

 

 

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7. Optional Redemption Rights.

(a) Partnership’s Optional Redemption Rights.

(i)
The General Partner shall have the right, on the Series A-1 Redemption Right Trigger Date and on each anniversary of the Series A-1 Redemption Right Trigger Date, to cause the Partnership to redeem the Series A-1 Preferred Units, in whole or in part, from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. The General Partner shall provide written notice to the Series A-1 Holders of its intent to exercise the redemption rights described in the preceding sentence no less than 60 calendar days prior to any such redemption date. Additionally, any cash payment to Series A-1 Holders pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the limitations contained in the Partnership’s senior bank credit facility and in any other agreements governing the Partnership’s indebtedness. Any such redemption effected pursuant to this paragraph shall occur on the Series A-1 Redemption Date.
(ii)
Subject to the Act and Section 7(c) below, the Partnership shall effect any such redemption described in Section 7(a)(i) by paying cash for each Series A-1 Preferred Unit to be redeemed equal to the Series A-1 Redemption Price. So long as the Series A-1 Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, the Series A-1 Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership through the Series A-1 Transfer Agent to the Series A-1 Holders on the Series A-1 Redemption Date; provided that, at any time the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, the Series A-1 Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership directly to the Series A-1 Holders on the Series A-1 Redemption Date.

(b) Series A-1 Holders’ Redemption Rights.

(i)
Subject to Sections 7(b)(iv) and 7(c) below, a Series A-1 Holder shall have the right, on the Series A-1 Redemption Right Trigger Date and on each anniversary of the Series A-1 Redemption Right Trigger Date, to require the Partnership to redeem the Series A-1 Preferred Units, in whole or in part, held by such Series A-1 Holder from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. Each Series A-1 Holder desiring to exercise the redemption rights described in the preceding sentence shall provide written notice to the General Partner of its intent to so exercise no less than 180 calendar days prior to any such redemption date.
(ii)
Subject to Sections 7(b)(iv) and 7(c) below, a Series A-1 Holder shall have the right, for a period of 60 calendar days after any Series A-1 Ratio Determination Date, to require the Partnership to redeem the Series A-1 Preferred Units, in whole or in part, held by such Series A-1 Holder from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. If the General Partner determines that a Series A-1 Ratio Determination Date has occurred and a redemption pursuant to this paragraph has been triggered, the General Partner shall, within 10 calendar days after the end of the Series A-1 Ratio Period, deliver a Series A-1 Redemption Notice to the Series A-1 Holders informing them of such determination and their right to redeem their Series A-1 Preferred Units pursuant to this paragraph. With the

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exception of the number of calendar days within which a Series A-1 Redemption Notice shall be given, the remainder of the redemption procedures set forth in Section 7(c) below shall be followed with respect to a redemption effected pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.

(iii)
Subject to the Act, the Partnership shall effect any redemption described in this Section 7(b) by paying cash for each Series A-1 Preferred Unit to be redeemed equal to the Series A-1 Redemption Price. So long as the Series A-1 Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, the Series A-1 Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership through the Series A-1 Transfer Agent to the Series A-1 Holders on the Series A-1 Redemption Date; provided that, at any time the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, the Series A-1 Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership directly to the Series A-1 Holders on the Series A-1 Redemption Date.
(iv)
Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, any cash payment made to Series A-1 Holders pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be subject to the limitations contained in the Partnership’s senior bank credit facility and in any other agreements governing the Partnership’s indebtedness. Any such redemption effected pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall occur on the Series A-1 Redemption Date.
(v)
Any redemption right exercised by a Series A-1 Holder pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be exercised pursuant to a Series A-1 Redemption Notice comparable to the Series A-1 Redemption Notice required under Section 7(c)(i) below and delivered to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) by the Series A-1 Holder who is exercising such redemption right, and pursuant to the redemption procedures set forth in Section 7(c) below as applicable to the Series A-1 Holder.

(c) Redemption Procedures.

(i)
Except with respect to any redemption effected pursuant to Section 7(b)(ii) above, the Partnership shall give notice of any redemption not less than 60 calendar days before the scheduled Series A-1 Redemption Date, to the Series A-1 Holders (as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day next preceding the day on which notice is given) of any Series A-1 Preferred Units to be redeemed as such Series A-1 Holders’ names appear on the books of the Series A-1 Transfer Agent and at the address of such Series A-1 Holders shown therein. Such notice (the “Series A-1 Redemption Notice”) shall state: (i) the Series A-1 Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Series A-1 Preferred Units to be redeemed and, if less than all outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the number of such units to be redeemed from such Series A-1 Holder; (iii) the Series A-1 Redemption Price; and (iv) that Series A-1 Distributions on the Series A-1 Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease from and after such Series A-1 Redemption Date.
(ii)
If the Partnership or Series A-1 Redeemed Holder, as the case may be, elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Units, the number of Series A-1 Preferred Units to be redeemed shall be determined by the General Partner, and such

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Series A-1 Preferred Units shall be redeemed by such method of selection as the General Partner shall determine, either Pro Rata (Series A-1) or by lot, with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional Series A-1 Preferred Units. The aggregate Series A-1 Redemption Price for any such partial redemption of the outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Units shall be allocated correspondingly among the redeemed Series A-1 Preferred Units. The Series A-1 Preferred Units not redeemed shall remain outstanding and entitled to all the rights and preferences provided in this Exhibit A-1P.

(iii) If the Partnership or Series A-1 Redeemed Holder, as the case may be, gives or causes to be given a Series A-1 Redemption Notice, the Partnership shall deposit with the Series A-1 Transfer Agent (or, if the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, the General Partner will secure) funds sufficient to redeem the Series A-1 Preferred Units as to which such Series A-1 Redemption Notice shall have been given, no later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Series A-1 Redemption Date, and, to the extent applicable, shall give the Series A-1 Transfer Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay (or, if the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, the General Partner shall pay) the Series A-1 Redemption Price to the Series A-1 Holders to be redeemed, as set forth in the Series A-1 Redemption Notice. If the Series A-1 Redemption Notice shall have been given, from and after the Series A-1 Redemption Date, unless the Partnership defaults in providing or securing funds sufficient for such redemption at the time and place specified for payment pursuant to the Series A-1 Redemption Notice, all Series A-1 Distributions on such Series A-1 Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease and all rights of holders of such Series A-1 Preferred Units with respect to such Series A-1 Preferred Units shall cease, except the right to receive the Series A-1 Redemption Price, including any amount equal to declared and unpaid distributions to the Series A-1 Redemption Date, and such Series A-1 Preferred Units shall not thereafter be transferred on the books of the Series A-1 Transfer Agent or the Partnership, as the case may be, or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever. The Partnership shall be entitled to receive from the Series A-1 Transfer Agent the interest income, if any, earned on such funds deposited with the Series A-1 Transfer Agent (to the extent that such interest income is not required to pay the Series A-1 Redemption Price of the Series A-1 Preferred Units to be redeemed), and the holders of any Series A-1 Preferred Units so redeemed shall have no claim to any such interest income. Any funds deposited with the Series A-1 Transfer Agent hereunder by the Partnership for any reason, including redemption of Series A-1 Preferred Units, that remain unclaimed or unpaid after two years after the applicable Series A-1 Redemption Date or other payment date, shall be, to the extent permitted by law, repaid to the Partnership upon its written request, after which repayment the Series A-1 Holders entitled to such redemption or other payment shall have recourse only to the Partnership. Notwithstanding any Series A-1 Redemption Notice, there shall be no redemption of any Series A-1 Preferred Units called for redemption until funds sufficient to pay the full Series A-1 Redemption Price of such Series A-1 Preferred Units shall have been deposited by the Partnership with the Series A-1 Transfer Agent or, if the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, secured by the General Partner for such purposes.

 

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(iv)
Any assignee of any Limited Partner (as permitted under the Agreement) in respect of any Series A-1 Preferred Units may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 7, and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such assignee and shall be bound by any exercise of such rights by such Limited Partner’s assignee. Each Series A-1 Holder shall provide notice to the Partnership of any merger, acquisition, stock sale, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of such Series A-1 Holder, or similar transaction involving the Series A-1 Holder no less than 30 days prior to the consummation of any such transaction.
(v)
Each Series A-1 Holder covenants and agrees with the Partnership and the General Partner that all Series A-1 Preferred Units delivered for redemption pursuant to this Section 7 shall be delivered to the Partnership free and clear of all liens, and, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Partnership shall not be under any obligation to acquire Series A-1 Preferred Units which are or may be subject to any liens. Each Series A-1 Holder further agrees that, in the event any state or local property transfer tax is payable as a result of the transfer of its Series A-1 Preferred Units to the Partnership in connection with a redemption under this Section 7, such holder shall assume and pay such transfer tax.
(vi)
Any Series A-1 Preferred Units that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7 shall be cancelled.
8.
Conversion. The Series A-1 Preferred Units are not convertible into or exchangeable for any property or securities of the Partnership or of any other entity at the option of any Series A-1 Holder.
9.
Ranking.
(a)
The Series A-1 Preferred Units will, with respect to distribution rights, rank: (i) senior to the BUCs, and to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking junior to the Series A-1 Preferred Units; (ii) on parity with the Series A Preferred Units; (iii) junior to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking senior to the Series A-1 Preferred Units; and (iv) junior to all of our existing and future indebtedness (including indebtedness outstanding under our senior bank credit facility) and other liabilities with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against the Partnership.
(b)
The Series A-1 Preferred Units will, with respect to the distribution of assets upon the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, rank: (i) senior to the BUCs, and to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking junior to the Series A-1 Preferred Units; (ii) on parity with the Series A Preferred Units; and (iii) junior to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking senior to the Series A-1 Preferred Units.

 

 

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10. Limitation on the Issuance of Series A-1 Preferred Units.

(a)
Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, no Series A-1 Preferred Units shall be issued by the Partnership if, as of the close of trading on the trading date for the New York Stock Exchange immediately prior to the date the Series A-1 Preferred Units are intended to be issued by the Partnership to the Series A-1 Holder thereof, the aggregate market capitalization of the BUCs on the New York Stock Exchange is less than three times the aggregate book value of the Series A Preferred Units and the Series A-1 Preferred Units as shown on the Partnership’s then current accounting records. The provisions of this Section 10(a) shall not apply to the issuance of any Series A-1 Preferred Units in exchange for Series A Preferred Units.
(b)
In addition, notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, no Series A-1 Preferred Units shall be issued by the Partnership if the sum of the Original Series A Purchase Price for all issued and outstanding Series A Preferred Units, plus the Original Series A-1 Purchase Price for all issued and outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Units, inclusive of the Series A-1 Preferred Units intended to be issued by the Partnership to a Series A-1 Holder, will exceed $150,000,000 on the date of issuance.

11. No Sinking Fund. The Series A-1 Preferred Units shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

12. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership and the Series A-1 Transfer Agent may deem and treat any Series A-1 Holder as the true, lawful, and absolute owner of the applicable Series A-1 Preferred Units for all purposes, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Partnership nor the Series A-1 Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

13. Notices. All notices or other communications in respect of the Series A-1 Preferred Units shall be sufficiently given: (i) if given in writing in the English language and either delivered in person or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid; or (ii) if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Exhibit A-1P, the Agreement, or by applicable law. Any notice or other communication given to a holder of a Series A-1 Preferred Unit in book-entry form shall be given in the manner prescribed by the Series A-1 Transfer Agent, notwithstanding any contrary indication herein.

14. Other Rights. The Series A-1 Preferred Units shall not have any voting powers, preferences, or relative, participating, optional, registration, or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth in this Exhibit A-1P or as required by applicable law.

 

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EXHIBIT BP

DESIGNATION OF THE PREFERENCES, RIGHTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SERIES B PREFERRED UNITS

1. Definitions. In addition to those terms defined in the Agreement and all other exhibits to the Agreement, which shall equally apply to this Exhibit BP, the following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in the Agreement and this Exhibit BP.

Existing Senior Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) of this Exhibit BP.

New Senior Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) of this Exhibit BP.

Original Series B Purchase Price” means an amount equal to $10.00 per Series B Preferred Unit.

Pro Rata (Series B)” means apportioned among all Series B Holders in accordance with the relative number or percentage of Series B Preferred Units held by each such holder.

Series A Preferred Unit” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit AP attached to the Agreement and made a part thereof.

Series A-1 Preferred Unit” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A-1P attached to the Agreement and made a part thereof.

Series A-1 Ratio Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A-1P attached to the Agreement and made a part thereof.

Series A-1 Ratio Period” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A-1P attached to the Agreement and made a part thereof.

Series B Distribution Payment Date” means the 15th calendar day of January, April, July, and October in each year, commencing on the first such applicable date after the original issuance of Series B Preferred Units by the Partnership; provided that, if any Series B Distribution Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such Series B Distribution Payment Date shall instead be on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

Series B Distribution Period” means any quarterly distribution period commencing on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, or on any date as determined by the General Partner, and ending on and including the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Series B Distribution Period (other than the initial Series B Distribution Period with respect to each Series B Preferred Unit, which shall commence on the date on which such Series B Preferred Unit was issued by the Partnership and end on and include the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Series B Distribution Period).

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Series B Distribution Rate” means a rate equal to 3.40% per annum of the Original Series B Purchase Price per Series B Preferred Unit.

Series B Distribution Record Date” means the date established by the General Partner or otherwise in accordance with the Agreement for determining the identity of Series B Holders entitled to receive any Series B Distribution; provided that, any such Series B Distribution Record Date shall not be more than 30 and not fewer than 10 days prior to the scheduled Series B Distribution Payment Date to which such Series B Distribution Record Date relates.

Series B Distributions” means distributions with respect to Series B Preferred Units pursuant to Section 4 of this Exhibit BP.

Series B Holder” means the Person in whose name a Series B Preferred Unit is registered on the books of the Series B Transfer Agent, as of the opening of business on a particular Business Day.

Series B Liquidation Preference” means an amount equal to the Original Series B Purchase Price.

Series B Preferred Unit” means a Limited Partnership Interest having the designations, preferences, rights, restrictions, and limitations as set forth in this Exhibit BP.

Series B Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Series B Holder, the product obtained by multiplying (i) $10.00, by (ii) the number of Series B Preferred Units purchased by such Series B Holder.

Series B Redeemed Holder” means a Series B Holder whose Series B Preferred Units have been redeemed or are subject to redemption pursuant to Section 7 of this Exhibit BP.

Series B Redemption Date” means any date set by the General Partner as the date upon which the Series B Preferred Units shall be redeemed pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of this Exhibit BP.

Series B Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i) of this Exhibit BP.

Series B Redemption Price” means an amount equal to $10.00 per Series B Preferred Unit, plus an amount equal to all declared and unpaid Series B Distributions with respect to each such Series B Preferred Unit to the Series B Redemption Date.

Series B Redemption Right Trigger Date” means the date that is the eighth anniversary of the closing date of a Series B Holder’s purchase of Series B Preferred Units.

 

 

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Series B Senior Securities” means any class or series of Partnership Securities established after August 26, 2021, the terms of which class expressly provide that it ranks senior to the Series B Preferred Units as to distribution rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, winding-up, and dissolution of the Partnership.

Series B Transfer Agent” means such bank, trust company, or other Person (including the General Partner or one of its Affiliates) as shall be appointed from time to time by the General Partner to act as registrar and transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Units; provided that, if no Series B Transfer Agent is specifically designated for the Series B Preferred Units, the General Partner shall act in such capacity.

2. Designation. A series of Limited Partnership Interests to be known as “Series B Preferred Units” is hereby designated and created. This Exhibit BP fixes the preferences, rights, restrictions, and limitations of the Series B Holders and the Series B Preferred Units. Each Series B Preferred Unit shall be identical in all respects to every other Series B Preferred Unit, except as to the respective dates from which Series B Distributions may begin accruing, to the extent such dates may differ. Each Series B Preferred Unit represents a perpetual equity interest in the Partnership and shall not give rise to a claim by the holder thereof for payment of a principal amount at any particular date.

3. Units.

(a)
The authorized number of Series B Preferred Units shall be unlimited. Any Series B Preferred Units that are redeemed, purchased, or otherwise acquired by the Partnership shall be cancelled.
(b)
No Series B Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate evidencing Series B Preferred Units, unless otherwise required by law or the Series B Transfer Agent gives notice of its intention to resign or is no longer eligible to act as such and the Partnership shall have not selected a substitute Series B Transfer Agent within 60 calendar days thereafter. So long as the Series B Transfer Agent shall have been appointed and is serving, payments and communications made by the Partnership to Series B Holders shall be made by making payments to, and communicating with, the Series B Transfer Agent.

4. Distributions.

(a) The Series B Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as, and if declared by the General Partner, out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative distributions payable in cash at the Series B Distribution Rate. Such distributions with respect to each Series B Preferred Unit shall be payable quarterly, when, as, and if declared by the General Partner, in arrears on the Series B Distribution Payment Dates, commencing on the first Series B Distribution Payment Date; provided that, the amount per Series B Preferred Unit to be paid in respect of the initial Series B Distribution Period, or any other period shorter or longer than a full Series B Distribution Period, shall be determined in accordance with Section 4(b) below. If any Series B Distribution Payment Date otherwise would occur on a date that is not a Business Day, declared Series B Distributions shall be paid on the immediately succeeding Business Day. In making distributions pursuant to any applicable provision of the Agreement, the General Partner shall take into account the provisions of this Section 4.

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(b)
The amount of distributions per Series B Preferred Unit declared for each full Series B Distribution Period shall be computed by dividing the Series B Distribution Rate by four. The amount of distributions payable for the initial Series B Distribution Period, or any other period shorter or longer than a full Series B Distribution Period, on the Series B Preferred Units shall be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in such other period and the convention of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. For example, by way of clarification only, if a shorter Distribution Period of 60 days is followed by a longer Distribution Period of 120 days, the amount of Series B Distributions payable for the first 60-day Distribution Period would be computed by prorating the Series B Distribution Rate by multiplying such rate by the quotient of 60 days divided by 360 days, whereas the amount of Series B Distributions payable for the second 120-day Distribution Period would be computed by prorating the Series B Distribution Rate by multiplying such rate by the quotient of 120 days divided by 360 days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision herein shall be construed to result in the Series B Distributions being considered as cumulative distributions. Subject to Sections 5 and 7 of this Exhibit BP, the Series B Holders shall not be entitled to any distributions, whether payable in cash, property, or securities, in excess of the Series B Distributions, as herein provided, on the Series B Preferred Units. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any distribution payment or payments on the Series B Preferred Units that may be in arrears.
(c)
Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Series B Distribution Payment Date, the Partnership shall pay those Series B Distributions, if any, that shall have been declared by the General Partner to Series B Holders on the Series B Distribution Record Date for the applicable Series B Distribution. So long as the Series B Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Series B Transfer Agent, declared Series B Distributions shall be paid to the Series B Transfer Agent in same-day funds on each Series B Distribution Payment Date.
(d)
The Series B Distributions are non-cumulative. Without limiting any other provisions herein, if the General Partner does not declare a Series B Distribution on the Series B Preferred Units in respect of any Series B Distribution Period, the Series B Holders will have no right to receive any Series B Distribution for such Series B Distribution Period, and the Partnership will have no obligation to pay a Series B Distribution for such Series B Distribution Period, whether or not Series B Distributions or any other distributions are declared and paid for any future period with respect to the Series B Preferred Units, the BUCs, or any other class or series of Partnership Securities.

5. Liquidation Preference.

(a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Partnership shall be made to or set apart for the holders of any other class or series of Limited Partnership Interest ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Units, the Series B Holders shall be entitled to receive the Series B Liquidation Preference, plus an amount equal to all distributions declared and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution. If, upon any such liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership the assets of the Partnership, or proceeds thereof, distributable to the Series B Holders shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid as liquidating payments on any other Partnership Securities ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Units as to such distribution, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the Series B Preferred Units and the holders of any such other Partnership

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Securities ratably in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such Series B Preferred Units and any such other Partnership Securities if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 5, (i) a consolidation or merger of the Partnership or General Partner with one or more entities, (ii) a statutory unit or share exchange by the Partnership or General Partner, and (iii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s or General Partner’s assets shall not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the Partnership or General Partner. In making liquidating distributions pursuant to any applicable provision of the Agreement, the General Partner shall take into account the provisions of this Section 5.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of Partnership Securities of any series or class ranking on a parity with or senior to the Series B Preferred Units upon any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, after payment shall have been made in full to the Series B Holders as provided in this Section 5, any class or series of Limited Partnership Interest ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Units shall, subject to any respective terms and provisions applying thereto, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the Series B Holders shall not be entitled to share therein.

6. Voting Rights.

(a)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Exhibit BP, the Series B Preferred Units shall have no voting rights except as set forth in this Section 6, or as otherwise required by the Act.
(b)
Unless the Partnership shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred Units, voting as a single class, no amendment to the Agreement shall be adopted that would have a material adverse effect on the existing terms of the Series B Preferred Units. In addition, unless the Partnership shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred Units, voting as a single class, the Partnership shall not create or issue any Series B Senior Securities; provided that, no affirmative vote or consent shall be required under this sentence if (i) the maximum aggregate dollar amount of such new Series B Senior Securities (“New Senior Securities”), plus all Partnership Securities that were previously issued by the Partnership before the creation of the new Series B Senior Securities that by their terms rank senior to the Series B Preferred Units and which remain outstanding (“Existing Senior Securities”), that is permitted to be issued by the Partnership by the terms of such New Senior Securities, is no greater than the maximum aggregate dollar amount of all Existing Senior Securities that is permitted to be issued by the Partnership by the terms of such Existing Senior Securities, and (ii) the distribution rate on the New Senior Securities is less than the Series B Distribution Rate.

 

 

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(c) For any matter described in this Section 6 in which the Series B Holders are entitled to vote (whether separately as a class or together with the holders of any other Partnership Security), such Series B Holders shall be entitled to one vote per Series B Preferred Unit. Any Series B Preferred Units held by any of the Partnership’s subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be entitled to vote.

7. Optional Redemption Rights.

(a) Partnership’s Optional Redemption Rights.

(i)
The General Partner shall have the right, on the Series B Redemption Right Trigger Date and on each anniversary of the Series B Redemption Right Trigger Date, to cause the Partnership to redeem the Series B Preferred Units, in whole or in part, from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. The General Partner shall provide written notice to the Series B Holders of its intent to exercise the redemption rights described in the preceding sentence no less than 60 calendar days prior to any such redemption date. Additionally, any cash payment to Series B Holders pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the limitations contained in the Partnership’s senior bank credit facility and in any other agreements governing the Partnership’s indebtedness. Any such redemption effected pursuant to this paragraph shall occur on the Series B Redemption Date.
(ii)
Subject to the Act and Section 7(c) below, the Partnership shall effect any such redemption described in Section 7(a)(i) by paying cash for each Series B Preferred Unit to be redeemed equal to the Series B Redemption Price. So long as the Series B Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Series B Transfer Agent, the Series B Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership through the Series B Transfer Agent to the Series B Holders on the Series B Redemption Date; provided that, at any time the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series B Transfer Agent, the Series B Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership directly to the Series B Holders on the Series B Redemption Date.

(b) Series B Holders’ Redemption Rights.

(i)
Subject to Sections 7(b)(iv) and 7(c) below, a Series B Holder shall have the right, on the Series B Redemption Right Trigger Date and on each anniversary of the Series B Redemption Right Trigger Date, to require the Partnership to redeem the Series B Preferred Units, in whole or in part, held by such Series B Holder from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. Each Series B Holder desiring to exercise the redemption rights described in the preceding sentence shall provide written notice to the General Partner of its intent to so exercise no less than 180 calendar days prior to any such redemption date.
(ii)
Subject to Sections 7(b)(iv) and 7(c) below, a Series B Holder shall have the right, for a period of 60 calendar days after any Series A-1 Ratio Determination Date, to require the Partnership to redeem the Series B Preferred Units, in whole or in part, held by such Series B Holder from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. If the General Partner determines that a Series A-1 Ratio Determination Date has occurred

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and a redemption pursuant to this paragraph has been triggered, the General Partner shall, within 10 calendar days after the end of the Series A-1 Ratio Period, deliver a Series B Redemption Notice to the Series B Holders informing them of such determination and their right to redeem their Series B Preferred Units pursuant to this paragraph. With the exception of the number of calendar days within which a Series B Redemption Notice shall be given, the remainder of the redemption procedures set forth in Section 7(c) below shall be followed with respect to a redemption effected pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph; provided that, notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if holders of Existing Senior Securities and New Senior Securities also have elected to redeem any or all of their securities pursuant to the terms of such securities corresponding to this Section 7(b)(ii), then the payment of the Series B Redemption Price to any and all Series B Holders shall be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Existing Senior Securities and New Senior Securities to receive the payment, in full, of the redemption proceeds payable to such holders of Existing Senior Securities and New Senior Securities prior to any Series B Holder receiving payment of the Series B Redemption Price.
(iii)
Subject to the Act, the Partnership shall effect any redemption described in this Section 7(b) by paying cash for each Series B Preferred Unit to be redeemed equal to the Series B Redemption Price. So long as the Series B Preferred Units are held in book-entry form with the Series B Transfer Agent, the Series B Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership through the Series B Transfer Agent to the Series B Holders on the Series B Redemption Date; provided that, at any time the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series B Transfer Agent, the Series B Redemption Price shall be paid by the Partnership directly to the Series B Holders on the Series B Redemption Date.
(iv)
Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, any cash payment made to Series B Holders pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be subject to the limitations contained in the Partnership’s senior bank credit facility and in any other agreements governing the Partnership’s indebtedness. Any such redemption effected pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall occur on the Series B Redemption Date.
(v)
Any redemption right exercised by a Series B Holder pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be exercised pursuant to a Series B Redemption Notice comparable to the Series B Redemption Notice required under Section 7(c)(i) below and delivered to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) by the Series B Holder who is exercising such redemption right, and pursuant to the redemption procedures set forth in Section 7(c) below as applicable to the Series B Holder.

(c) Redemption Procedures.

(i) Except with respect to any redemption effected pursuant to Section 7(b)(ii) above, the Partnership shall give notice of any redemption not less than 60 calendar days before the scheduled Series B Redemption Date, to the Series B Holders (as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day next preceding the day on which notice is given) of any Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed as such Series B Holders’ names appear on the books of the Series B Transfer Agent and at the address of such Series B Holders shown therein. Such notice (the “Series B Redemption Notice”) shall state: (i) the Series B Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed and, if

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less than all outstanding Series B Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the number of such units to be redeemed from such Series B Holder; (iii) the Series B Redemption Price; and (iv) that Series B Distributions on the Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease from and after such Series B Redemption Date.

(ii)
If the Partnership or Series B Redeemed Holder, as the case may be, elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Series B Preferred Units, or less than all of the Series B Preferred Units are to be redeemed by operation of the proviso in the last sentence of Section 7(b)(ii) above, the number of Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed shall be determined by the General Partner, and such Series B Preferred Units shall be redeemed by such method of selection as the General Partner shall determine, either Pro Rata (Series B) or by lot, with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional Series B Preferred Units. The aggregate Series B Redemption Price for any such partial redemption of the outstanding Series B Preferred Units shall be allocated correspondingly among the redeemed Series B Preferred Units. The Series B Preferred Units not redeemed shall remain outstanding and entitled to all the rights and preferences provided in this Exhibit BP.

 

(iii)
If the Partnership or Series B Redeemed Holder, as the case may be, gives or causes to be given a Series B Redemption Notice, the Partnership shall deposit with the Series B Transfer Agent (or, if the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series B Transfer Agent, the General Partner will secure) funds sufficient to redeem the Series B Preferred Units as to which such Series B Redemption Notice shall have been given, no later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Series B Redemption Date, and, to the extent applicable, shall give the Series B Transfer Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay (or, if the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series B Transfer Agent, the General Partner shall pay) the Series B Redemption Price to the Series B Holders to be redeemed, as set forth in the Series B Redemption Notice. If the Series B Redemption Notice shall have been given, from and after the Series B Redemption Date, unless the Partnership defaults in providing or securing funds sufficient for such redemption at the time and place specified for payment pursuant to the Series B Redemption Notice, all Series B Distributions on such Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease and all rights of holders of such Series B Preferred Units with respect to such Series B Preferred Units shall cease, except the right to receive the Series B Redemption Price, including any amount equal to declared and unpaid distributions to the Series B Redemption Date, and such Series B Preferred Units shall not thereafter be transferred on the books of the Series B Transfer Agent or the Partnership, as the case may be, or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever. The Partnership shall be entitled to receive from the Series B Transfer Agent the interest income, if any, earned on such funds deposited with the Series B Transfer Agent (to the extent that such interest income is not required to pay the Series B Redemption Price of the Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed), and the holders of any Series B Preferred Units so redeemed shall have no claim to any such interest income. Any funds deposited with the Series B Transfer Agent hereunder by the Partnership for any reason, including redemption of Series B Preferred Units, that remain unclaimed or unpaid after two years after the applicable Series B Redemption Date or other payment date, shall be, to the extent permitted by law, repaid to the Partnership upon its written request, after which repayment the Series B Holders entitled to such redemption or other payment shall have recourse only to the Partnership. Notwithstanding any Series B Redemption Notice, there shall be no redemption of any

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Series B Preferred Units called for redemption until funds sufficient to pay the full Series B Redemption Price of such Series B Preferred Units shall have been deposited by the Partnership with the Series B Transfer Agent or, if the General Partner is acting in the capacity of the Series B Transfer Agent, secured by the General Partner for such purposes.

 

(iv)
Any assignee of any Limited Partner (as permitted under the Agreement) in respect of any Series B Preferred Units may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 7, and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such assignee and shall be bound by any exercise of such rights by such Limited Partner’s assignee. Each Series B Holder shall provide notice to the Partnership of any merger, acquisition, stock sale, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of such Series B Holder, or similar transaction involving the Series B Holder no less than 30 days prior to the consummation of any such transaction.

 

(v)
Each Series B Holder covenants and agrees with the Partnership and the General Partner that all Series B Preferred Units delivered for redemption pursuant to this Section 7 shall be delivered to the Partnership free and clear of all liens, and, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Partnership shall not be under any obligation to acquire Series B Preferred Units which are or may be subject to any liens. Each Series B Holder further agrees that, in the event any state or local property transfer tax is payable as a result of the transfer of its Series B Preferred Units to the Partnership in connection with a redemption under this Section 7, such holder shall assume and pay such transfer tax.

 

(vi)
Any Series B Preferred Units that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7 shall be cancelled.
8.
Conversion. The Series B Preferred Units are not convertible into or exchangeable for any property or securities of the Partnership or of any other entity at the option of any Series B Holder.
9.
Ranking.

(a) The Series B Preferred Units will, with respect to distribution rights, rank: (i) senior to the BUCs, and to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Units; (ii) junior to the Series A Preferred Units and Series A-1 Preferred Units; (iii) junior to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking senior to the Series B Preferred Units; and (iv) junior to all of our existing and future indebtedness (including indebtedness outstanding under our senior bank credit facility) and other liabilities with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against the Partnership.

(b) The Series B Preferred Units will, with respect to the distribution of assets upon the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Partnership, rank: (i) senior to the BUCs, and to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Units; (ii) junior to the Series A Preferred Units and Series A-1 Preferred Units; and (iii) junior to any other class or series of Partnership Securities expressly designated as ranking senior to the Series B Preferred Units.

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10.
Limitation on the Issuance of Series B Preferred Units. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, no Series B Preferred Units shall be issued by the Partnership if, as of the close of trading on the trading date for the New York Stock Exchange immediately prior to the date the Series B Preferred Units are intended to be issued by the Partnership to the Series B Holder thereof, the aggregate market capitalization of the BUCs on the New York Stock Exchange is less than two times the aggregate book value of the Existing Senior Securities, any New Senior Securities, and the Series B Preferred Units as shown on the Partnership’s then current accounting records.
11.
No Sinking Fund. The Series B Preferred Units shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund.
12.
Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership and the Series B Transfer Agent may deem and treat any Series B Holder as the true, lawful, and absolute owner of the applicable Series B Preferred Units for all purposes, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Partnership nor the Series B Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
13.
Notices. All notices or other communications in respect of the Series B Preferred Units shall be sufficiently given: (i) if given in writing in the English language and either delivered in person or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid; or (ii) if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Exhibit BP, the Agreement, or by applicable law. Any notice or other communication given to a holder of a Series B Preferred Unit in book-entry form shall be given in the manner prescribed by the Series B Transfer Agent, notwithstanding any contrary indication herein.
14.
Other Rights. The Series B Preferred Units shall not have any voting powers, preferences, or relative, participating, optional, registration, or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth in this Exhibit BP or as required by applicable law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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