UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 10-K
 
(Mark One)
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
Or
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission file number: 333-137624
SOLEIL CAPITAL L.P.
(formerly known as JOBSINSITE, INC.)
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   90-0191208
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
42450 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 105    
Hollywood, FL   33020
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 305-537-6607
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common units representing limited partner interests
(Title of class)
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes o      No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes o      No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes þ      No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes þ      No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if smaller reporting company)   Smaller Reporting Company þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes þ      No o
The aggregate market value of the common units of the Registrant held by non-affiliates as of April 14, 2010 was approximately $29,457. For purposes of this disclosure, shares of common stock held by persons who hold more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock and shares held by executive officers and directors of the registrant have been excluded because such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of executive officer or affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
The number of the Registrant’s voting and non-voting common units representing limited partner interests outstanding as of April 14, 2010 was 2,625,425.
 
 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
On June 1 st at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting, the board of directors submitted to the shareholders for their vote, authorization to re-domicile the company to Delaware; 2,357,632, which represents 89.9% of the total number of shares outstanding and authorized to vote, were cast in FAVOR of the merger. Subsequent to the vote, the company prepared and executed certificates of merger in both New York and Delaware. The merger was effected on June 17, 2009 saw Jobsinsite Corp., a New York Corporation (JOBI NY) merge into Jobsinsite Corp., a Delaware Corporation (JOBI Del,) the surviving entity, pursuant to shareholders’ approval at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held on June 1, 2009.
Subsequent thereto, on July 1, 2009 Jobsinsite, pursuant to Delaware law, and upon the unanimous written consent of the company’s (JOBI Del.) shareholders, the company filed articles of conversion with the Secretary of State of Delaware to convert the Corporation (JOBI.Del) into Soleil Capital, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership to be managed by Soleil Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Pursuant to Delaware law Title 8 Chapter IX sec. 6(f) said conversion shall not result in the dissolution of Jobsinsite and as such Jobsinsite has maintained its listing on the over the counter bulletin board and each share of Jobsinsite stock may at any time, subject to the Securities Act or an exemption thereform, be exchanged by the company for a common limited partner unit in Soleil Capital L.P.
Moreover, in accordance with Delaware Law Title 8, Chapter 1 Subchapter IX section 266(h) when a corporation has been converted to another entity or business form pursuant to this section, the other entity or business form shall, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, be deemed to be the same entity as the corporation. When any conversion shall have become effective under this section, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, all of the rights, privileges and powers of the corporation that has converted, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to such corporation, as well as all other things and causes of action belonging to such corporation, shall remain vested in the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted and shall be the property of such other entity or business form, and the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in such corporation shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of this chapter; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of such corporation shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the corporation that has converted shall remain attached to the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties had originally been incurred or contracted by it in its capacity as such other entity or business form. The rights, privileges, powers and interest in property of the corporation that has converted, as well as the debts, liabilities and duties of such corporation, shall not be deemed, as a consequence of the conversion, to have been transferred to the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted for any purpose of the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements
This report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, our operations and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. We believe these factors include but are not limited to those described under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this report, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this report and in our other periodic filings. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
PART I
Item 1. Business.
History
We were incorporated in New York on July 19, 2004, as Jobsinsite,.com, Inc., Our Articles were amended on August 5, 2004, to change our name to Jobsinsite, Inc., on June 18, 2009 we merged with a Delaware corporation and became Jobsinsite, Inc., a Delaware corporation. And on July 1, 2009 we filed articles of conversion with the secretary of state of Delaware and became Soleil Capital L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. We are managed by Soleil Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Since our inception the company has generated nominal revenues through the sale of software items related to the job search industry. Management believes that an opportunity exists in the market to acquire interests in secondary transactions of venture backed enterprises, distressed assets; including but not limited to real estate and other investment opportunities; and as a result and in an effort to establish operations in the venture capital and private equity industry, has reorganized the business as a public limited partnership.

 

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Conversion; Assumption of Liabilities, Obligations, Etc.
In accordance with Delaware Law Title 8, Chapter 1 Subchapter IX section 266(h) when a corporation has been converted to another entity or business form pursuant to this section, the other entity or business form shall, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, be deemed to be the same entity as the corporation. When any conversion shall have become effective under this section, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, all of the rights, privileges and powers of the corporation that has converted, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to such corporation, as well as all other things and causes of action belonging to such corporation, shall remain vested in the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted and shall be the property of such other entity or business form, and the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in such corporation shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of this chapter; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of such corporation shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the corporation that has converted shall remain attached to the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties had originally been incurred or contracted by it in its capacity as such other entity or business form. The rights, privileges, powers and interest in property of the corporation that has converted, as well as the debts, liabilities and duties of such corporation, shall not be deemed, as a consequence of the conversion, to have been transferred to the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted for any purpose of the laws of the State of Delaware.
Our Business
Venture Capital
As a public venture capital company, the Company is primarily engaged in the business of generating positive investment returns and capital appreciation through a strategic and opportunistic approach to investing and the subsequent allocation of capital and managerial assistance to emerging businesses with high growth potential.
To date we have not begun raising investment capital, all of our investments to date were made through the issuance of our common stock, the proceeds from our stock sales to date are expected to cover our organizational costs, the preparation of this registration statement and to provide us working capital to enable us to expand our search for investment opportunities and investment capital.
Our plan is to raise capital and acquire and /or invest in high-risk venture capital investments including: business plans, seed, early and development stage businesses, for cash, stock or a combination thereof.

 

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Our opportunity exists in:
    Acquiring and or investing in businesses that have been unable to bridge the “funding gap” that has developed between the friends and family investments and the amounts that most venture capital funds prefer to invest;
    Acquiring the assets of venture backed businesses that have exhausted their funding sources and now face liquidation;
    Acquiring interests from shareholders of venture-backed companies.
Our goal is to exit our investments by way of:
    spin-offs,
    Public offerings,
    mergers or sales or;
    through sales in secondary markets.
Our ability and the associated time frame required to monetize our investments will vary from investment to investment. Contributing factors including; market conditions, enthusiasm for the sector and competition in the sector, in which the business operates, in addition to specific quantitative and qualitative factors, including but not limited to, the business’ operational performance, market share and management team and will collectively determine our investment return.
Moreover the means by which we exit our investment will significantly impact both our investment return and the costs and time frame associated with our exit. We expect that sales of distressed assets to operating enterprises and secondary sales of equities of venture backed companies can be accomplished in the shortest time frame with the smallest transactional costs, followed by sales or mergers of our portfolio companies, and lastly spin-offs or public divestitures of our portfolio companies.
Raising Capital
We intend to raise capital as needed to make acquisitions, fund investments, and for general investment and working capital primarily through private placements and PIPE offerings. We plan to syndicate these offerings to institutional and accredited investors, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital firms. We do not plan on conducting any public offerings in the near future, or until such time as we become a listed company on a national listing service or stock exchange and we can avail ourselves the federal pre-emption offered to covered securities, due to the extensive cost of regulatory compliance and the complexity of blue sky laws.
Until such time as it becomes practical to expand the scope and breadth of our investment activities, we intend to focus our efforts on high risk seed, early and development stage venture capital investments including, but not limited to investing in/or acquiring business plans or other opportunistic investments which are typically lower dollar threshold investments. When possible and under favorable terms we will seek to make acquisitions in exchange for our common stock and generate capital organically through free cash-flow spun off from operations of our portfolio companies.

 

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In furtherance of our investment and in an effort to build value, appreciation and growth; we plan on assisting our portfolio companies in raising additional capital, creating exit strategies and exploring joint ventures or merger and/or acquisition candidates.
Exiting our Investments
As a venture capital investor, we spend significant time and effort identifying, structuring, performing due diligence, monitoring, developing, valuing, and ultimately exiting our investments.
Our investment activity is primarily focused on making long-term investments in the equity of private early and development stage companies. Due to the nature of these investments, we anticipate an inability to assess a meaningful and accurate valuation on our holdings, until such time as our portfolio companies are able to ramp up their planned and normal business operations, establish revenues, and secure additional capital through further subsequent funding rounds.
As a result, we expect that on average, our portfolio companies will require a period of at least twelve to eighteen months following our investment, depending on the stage of the company and the timing of our involvement, before a meaningful valuation can be established.
Moreover, due to the nature of our investments and the early stage of the businesses we invest in, we do not expect to see returns on our investments, those made with cash or those made in return for issuances of our securities, for an average of 1-3 years after an investment is made.
Our Growth Strategy
We believe that current market conditions are favorable to our growth as incumbent firms are unable to exit their investments, with Reuters reporting that IPO’s of venture-backed companies is at a 30 year low, with only 5 venture-backed IPO’s in the first half of this year [2008] compared to 86 for the same period one year ago. We expect that private venture capital firms’ inability to monetize investments will have a negative effect on their ability to raise new funds form investors. Whereas, investors in our common stock will have the ability to sell their shares free of contractual and legal restrictions and as a result we believe that an investment in our company will be an attractive alternative to the traditional private limited partner investment structure.
Moreover, we believe an opportunity exists to acquire shares from investors, founders, and/or employees of private venture-backed businesses, in secondary sales, who are seeking partial liquidity of their positions. We estimate that there are about 245 venture funds started in the 1999 to 2000 that may be nearing the end of their 10-year terms and may need to cash out of investment interests in venture-backed companies.
Alternatively, a second liquidity strategy for holders of venture-backed companies has emerged, which also provides us an opportunity to acquire shares in well established venture-backed firms though Series FF stock:
    The Series FF is basically identical to common stock except that it is convertible at the option of the holder into the same series of preferred stock issued in a subsequent round of equity financing if the buyer of the Series FF purchases it in connection with the equity financing.
    The conversion into preferred stock can only occur if the buyer of the Series FF pays the same price per share as the shares of preferred stock sold in the equity financing.

 

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    The conversion into preferred stock can only occur if the board approves the conversion.
    The Series FF is convertible into common stock at any time at the option of the holder.
    The Series FF automatically converts into common stock upon a qualified IPO or upon the consent of holders of a majority of Series FF.
Investment in shares of venture-backed companies is an attractive investment strategy for us, which will allow us to acquire shares at discounts to anticipated public offering pricing and at the same time secure a position, in what is normally a difficult position to secures, in a company that is likely to conduct a public offering when market conditions become favorable.
Overall we believe that our methodology and approach to operations as a public company operating in a transparent manner, in accordance with the U.S. regulatory environment will contribute to our ability to grow and develop our business and will give us a competitive advantage against other similarly situated firms and will contribute to our growth and success.
Competition
Competition in the venture capital industry is intense; money managers, hedge funds, private equity funds, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles are actively competing for available investor capital and potentially profitable investments. To be successful in obtaining such capital, many competitors engage in expensive advertising and promotional campaigns which will be unavailable to the Company. Moreover, many competitors have been in business for long periods of time — in some cases for as long as many decades — and have established reputations, brand names, track records, back office and managerial support systems, and other advantages which the Company will be unable to duplicate in the near term, if ever. In addition, many such competitors, by virtue of their longevity or capital resources, have established lines of distribution to which the Company does not have access, and is not reasonably likely to be able to duplicate in the near term, if ever. The Company will compete with firms, including many larger securities and investment banking firms, which have substantially greater financial resources and research staffs than the Company does and therefore, the number of potentially profitable investments which the Company finds may be fewer and such investments, more difficult to identify than will be the case for some Company competitors.
However, the Company believes that many of these entities do not have an interest in the relatively small size of transactions that we target and in this market segment our competition will be from Angel Investors.
Angel Investors are individuals, sometimes in small groups, who invest in start-up and early stage companies. According to the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research, in 2007 $26 billion dollars was invested by angel investors, which represents a 1.8% increase over 2006 angel investments which suggests to us that there are ample opportunities in this investment tier.
We believe that we will be successful in competing with Angel investors, as angel investors tend to have geographical limitations on their investments preferring to invest in businesses in close proximity to themselves.
Moreover we believe we are well positioned to succeed and our plan of operation offers us significant opportunity to compete against angel, investors and smaller venture capital firms.

 

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Competitive Strengths
    Deal Size. We believe that there are significant opportunities for investment available to us which would be material to a firm or our size, that would however not be considered by larger and established firms due to the relative immateriality that these smaller investments would have on a larger firms overall results.
    Publicly Company. We believe that organizing and operating as a public company will give us a competitive advantage over similarly positioned private firms. We believe that the transparency afforded to investors and the potential of market liquidity , that a public company can offer will appeal to investors and outweigh the incremental costs associated with regulatory compliance and its respective effect on the company’s performance.
    Public Equity. We believe that being a public company will give us an advantage in competing with private venture capital firms for investment in developing businesses as, we are able to use our publicly traded equity as an incentive for managers and business owners when deciding on which sources of funding to accept.
Employees
We currently employ 1 person on a part time basis, none of our employees are currently receiving cash compensation from the company. None of our employees are working for us on a full time basis.
Regulatory and Compliance Matters
Our businesses, as well as the financial services industry generally, are subject to extensive regulation in the United States and elsewhere, however due to our small size and lack of any appreciable assets, we are not at this time required to register with the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the following risks and uncertainties in addition to other information in this prospectus in evaluating our company.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
Our business is difficult to evaluate because we are a new enterprise with relatively no operating history.
We have no relevant operating history as a venture capital or private equity company upon which an investor can make an evaluation of the likelihood of our success. Owners of our securities must consider the uncertainties, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies such as ours that are in the early stages of development. Our operations may never generate significant revenues and we may never achieve profitable operations or positive investment returns. An investor should consider the likelihood of our future success to be highly speculative in light of our limited operating history, as well as the problems, limited resources, expenses, risks and complications frequently encountered by similarly situated companies in the early stages of development. To address these risks, we must, among other things:
    implement and successfully execute our business and marketing strategy;
    raise sufficient working and investment capital;

 

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    attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel;
    identify and successfully acquire investment opportunities;
    successfully exit our investments to generate returns for our limited partners.
We may not be successful in addressing these risks. If we are unable to do so, our business plan may not yield the results we anticipate, and as such our prospects of profitability may be delayed or we may never achieve profitability.
We depend on Our General partner and its owner/manger Adam Laufer.
Our performance is directly correlated to the performance of our general partner. Due in part to our size, the loss of the services of Mr. Laufer would have a material adverse effect on us, including on a short term basis, and until a replacement could be found, the continuity of Our Operations. Our principals have no prior management experience in operating a private equity or venture capital firm.
We do not carry any “key man” insurance that would provide us with proceeds in the event of the death or disability of any of our principals.
Our Conversion to a Limited Partnership changed the Rights of Our Shareholders.
As a result of the conversion Jobsinsite’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws will no longer govern the rights of the Jobsinsite stockholders. Please read carefully the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Soleil Capital which will now govern the relationship between us and our unit-holders.
Our general partner Soleil Capital Management LLC is solely responsible for our operations.
In connection with the conversion from Jobsinsite to Soleil Capital L.P., our general partner, Soleil Capital Management L.L.C., which is owned by our current executive officer, Adam Laufer, will manage all of our operations and activities. The limited liability company agreement of Soleil Capital Management L.L.C. establishes a board of directors that will be responsible for the oversight of our business and operations. Our general partner’s board of directors will be elected in accordance with its limited liability company agreement, where Mr. Laufer (or, following their withdrawal, death or disability, any successor founder designated by him), will have the power to appoint and remove the directors of our general partner. Following the withdrawal, death or disability of our founder (and any successor founder), the power to appoint and remove the directors of our general partner will revert to the members of our general partner who hold a majority in interest in our general partner. Our common unit-holders do not elect our general partner or its board of directors and, unlike the holders of common stock in a corporation, will have only limited voting rights on matters affecting our business and therefore limited ability to influence decisions regarding our business. Furthermore, if our common unitholders are dissatisfied with the performance of our general partner, they will have little ability to remove our general partner.

 

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Our ability to retain our management is critical to our success and our ability to grow depends on our ability to attract additional key personnel.
Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain managers, executive officers and qualified personnel. We anticipate that it will be necessary for us to attract and retain key personnel in order to develop our business and pursue our growth strategy. The market for qualified managers is extremely competitive and as such our inability to attract and retain key personnel would adversely affect in the short term, our continuity of operations and in the long term our profitability.
There can be no assurance that we will be successful in executing our business plan.
Our business plan is dependant up on our ability to raise investment capital, identify and commit investment capital to investments and exit those investments, this is the means by which we generate investment returns and revenues respectively. If we are unable to execute our business plan our prospects for success would be materially adversely affected.
We cannot predict our future capital needs and we may not be able to secure additional financing.
We currently do not have sufficient cash on hand to meet our presently anticipated working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months, we have relied on Mr. Adam Laufer for loans to cover our operating costs. We will continue to rely on Mr. Laufer for all of our financial needs until we are able to secure additional capital, through loans or sales of our common units. We currently have no credit facility or similar financing currently available. Furthermore, any debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants, which may limit our operating flexibility with respect to certain business matters. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of our common units, the percentage ownership of our existing unit-holders will be reduced, our unit-holders may experience additional dilution in net tangible book value per share. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to develop our business, take advantage of future opportunities, repay debt obligations as they become due or respond to competitive pressures.
Going concern report of independent certified public accountants.
Our limited history of operations and our absence of revenues to date raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. In this regard, see the Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants accompanying our audited financial statements appearing elsewhere herein which cites substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. There can be no assurance that we will achieve profitability or generate positive cash flow in the future. As a result of these and other factors, there can be no assurance that the our proposed activities will be successful or that the Company will be able to achieve or maintain profitable operations. If we fail to achieve profitability, its growth strategies could be materially and adversely affected.
We face substantial and increasing competition.
We compete with private equity, including but not limited to, venture capital firms, hedge funds and alternative asset managers, in addition to angel investors and business incubators. If the number of these entities continues to increase and more capital is made available to them, it is likely that it will become increasingly difficult for us to make investments or raise capital. More significantly, the allocation of increasing amounts of capital by private equity, hedge funds and/or venture capital funds, to our acquisition candidates may lead to a reduction in our investment/acquisition opportunities.

 

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Due to the deal size and stage of business we expect to invest in we believe we will be competing most directly with angel investors and angel groups. An angel investor is typically an affluent individual, angel groups are pooled groups of affluent individuals, who provide capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. Angel investors typically have strong ties to local communities from which they identify investment opportunities, if we are not effective at establishing similar community ties and identifying a pipeline of investments our business could be materially adversely affected.
Downturns in the economy may affect business conditions and the appetite for investment.
The investment industry, including hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity can be volatile. The investment industry and mergers and acquisition (M & A) activity tend to be sensitive to economic conditions. When economic conditions are prosperous, that availability of capital increases and acquisitions and investment are consummated; conversely, when economic conditions are unfavorable, M & A activity and the prices and premiums paid for acquisitions decline. Geopolitical conflict and tensions, Wall Street phenomenon, the global credit crunch and the increasing price of oil are all factors that are currently affecting the market and its participants ability to fund acquisitions and/or investments in new ventures. Should the current economic climate remain unchanged, should the economy further decline or should additional factors come to light that would put additional downward pressure on the financial markets and our and the global economy, we would likely experience added difficulty in developing and growing our business.
If we were deemed an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, applicable restrictions could make it impractical for us to continue our business as contemplated and could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We do not believe that we are an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 because the nature of our assets and the sources of our income exclude us from the definition of an investment company pursuant to Rule 3a-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. In addition, we believe the company is not an investment company under Section 3(b)(1) of the Investment Company Act because it is primarily engaged in a non-investment company business. If one or more of our investments became independent publicly traded entities, our interests in those subsidiaries could be deemed an “investment security” for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Generally, a person is an “investment company” if it owns investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. We intend to conduct our operations so that we will not be deemed an investment company. However, if we were to be deemed an investment company, restrictions imposed by the Investment Company Act of 1940, including limitations on our capital structure and our ability to transact with affiliates, could make it impractical for us to continue our business as contemplated and would have a material adverse effect on our business and the price of our shares.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR COMMON STOCK
There is no established public market for our common stock and if a market for our common stock does not develop, our investors will be unable to sell their shares.
Jobsinsite’s common stock is currently listed on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the stock ticker symbol “JOBI,” however there is no established public market for Jobsinsite’s common stock and such a market may not develop or be sustained. Since the company’s inception and subsequent listing on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, only one trade of 100 shares has executed. The Company’s common equity is quoted at a bid price of $0.11 and an ask price of $10.00. As a result of the conversion and subsequent to the issuance of our common units pursuant to this prospectus, we will exchange each share of common stock with a common limited partnership unit, at which time a new ticker symbol will be assigned to our common units, however it is still unlikely that an established public market for our equities will develop.

 

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Further, the OTC Bulletin Board is not a listing service or exchange, but is instead a dealer quotation service for subscribing members. If our common stock is not quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or if a public market for our common units does not develop, then investors may not be able to resell the common units that they currently hold and or have purchased and may lose all of their investment.
Because we do not intend to make any dividends or distributions on our securities, investors seeking income should not purchase our securities.
We currently do not anticipate making any distributions on our securities at any time in the near future. We may never pay cash distributions on our securities. Any credit agreements which we may enter into with institutional lenders may restrict our ability to make distributions. Whether we make distributions in the future will be at the discretion of our general partner and will be dependent upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and any other factors that our general partner decides is relevant. (See “Dividend Policy.”)
Since there is no established market for our securities, if a market ever develops for our securities, the price of our securities is likely to be highly volatile. If no market develops holders of our securities may have difficulty selling their securities and may not be able to sell their securities at all.
There is no public market for our securities and we cannot assure you that a market will develop or that any holders of our securities will be able to liquidate his investment without considerable delay, if at all. A trading market may not develop in the future, and if one does develop, it may not be sustained. If an active trading market does develop, the market price of our securities is likely to be highly volatile. The market price of our securities may also fluctuate significantly in response to the following factors, most of which are beyond our control:
    variations in our quarterly operating results;
    changes in securities analysts estimates of our financial performance;
    changes in general economic conditions and in the venture capital industry;
    changes in market valuations of similar companies; and,
    announcements by us or our competitors of relevant news items and or business developments; and,
    the loss of key management.
The equity markets have, on occasion, experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices for many companies’ securities and that have often been unrelated to the operating performance of these companies. Any such fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common units, regardless of our actual operating performance. As a result, securityholders may be unable to sell their securities, or may be forced to sell them at a loss.
Because we can issue additional common shares, purchasers of our common stock may incur immediate dilution and may experience further dilution.
Jobsinsite, is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 common shares. As of April 14, 2010, there were 2,625,425 common shares and 0 preferred shares issued and outstanding. Our general partner, controls our board of directors has the authority to cause our company to issue additional shares of common stock without the consent of any of our shareholders. Consequently, our shareholders may experience more dilution in their ownership of our company in the future. And as each share of our common stock will be exchanged for common limited partnership units, any said issuance would have an equally dilutive effect on the future unitholders of Soleil Capital.

 

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Our stock is a penny stock. Trading of our stock may be restricted by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s penny stock regulations which may limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.
Our stock is a penny stock. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule 15g-9 which generally defines “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price (as defined) less than$5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Our securities are covered by the penny stock rules, which impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors”. The term “accredited investor” refers generally to institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with their spouse. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document in a form prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commission which provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer’s confirmation. In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from these rules; the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the stock that is subject to these penny stock rules. Consequently, these penny stock rules may affect the ability of broker-dealers to trade our securities. We believe that the penny stock rules discourage investor interest in and limit the marketability of our common stock.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.
In addition to the “penny stock” rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (see above and the “Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters” section at page 33 for discussions of penny stock rules), FINRA rules require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.
Please read this prospectus carefully. You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information provided by the prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.

 

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Item 2. Properties.
We occupy, at no expense to the company, office space made available to us by our general partner. Our current facilities are adequate for our current needs.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
There are no current, pending or threatened legal proceedings against the company.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Jobsinsite’s common stock is currently listed on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the stock ticker symbol “JOBI,” however there is no established public market for Jobsinsite’s common stock and such a market may not develop or be sustained. Since the company’s inception and subsequent listing on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, only one trade of 100 shares has executed. The Company’s common equity is quoted at a bid price of $0.11 and an ask price of $10.00.
There are approximately fifty holders of the Company’s securities. The conversion did not effect the amount and percentage of present holdings of the registrant’s common equity owned beneficially by (i) any person (including any group as that term is used in section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) who is known to the registrant to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of any class of the registrant’s common equity and (ii) each director and nominee and (iii) all directors and officers as a group, and the registrant’s present commitments to such persons with respect to the issuance of shares of any class of its common equity.
Price Range of Common Stock
The price range per share of common stock presented below represents the highest and lowest sales prices for the Company’s common stock on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board during each quarter of the two most recent years. The quotations listed below reflect sporadic trading activity in the company’s stock and does not represent the existence of an established public trading market for our securities.
                                 
    Fourth Quarter     Third Quarter     Second Quarter     First Quarter  
Fiscal 2009 price range per common unit
  $ 0.11-0.11     $ 0.11-0.11     $ 0.11-0.11     $ 0.11-0.11  
 
                               
Fiscal 2008 price range per common unit
  $ 0.11-0.11     $ 0.11-0.11     $ 0.11-0.11     $ 0.11-0.11  
Holders
As of March 8, 2010, there were 43 shareholders of record.

 

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Dividends and Cash Distribution Policy
Jobsinsite, since its inception has never paid dividends and as a newly converted limited partnership we have no assets or free cash flow from operations to distribute to our common unit-holders. If we are successful in developing our business, Our intention is to distribute, from time to time, and on a pro-rata basis, to our common unit-holders Soleil Capital L.P.’s net after-tax share of our annual adjusted cash flow from operations in excess of amounts determined by our general partner to be necessary or appropriate to provide for the conduct of our business and to make appropriate investments in our business.
Under the Delaware Limited Partnership Act, we may not make a distribution to a partner if after the distribution all our liabilities, other than liabilities to partners on account of their partnership interests and liabilities for which the recourse of creditors is limited to specific property of the partnership, would exceed the fair value of our assets. If we were to make such an impermissible distribution, any limited partner who received a distribution and knew at the time of the distribution that the distribution was in violation of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act would be liable to us for the amount of the distribution for three years.
Additionally, by paying cash distributions rather than investing that cash in our businesses, we might risk slowing the pace of our growth, or not having a sufficient amount of cash to fund our operations, new investments or unanticipated capital expenditures, should the need arise.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
You should read the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis together with our financial statements and notes to those financial statements included elsewhere in this report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and operations. Our actual results may differ from those currently anticipated and expressed in such forward-looking statements.
Overview
We were incorporated in New York on July 19, 2004, as Jobsinsite,.com, Inc., Our Articles were amended on August 5, 2004, to change our name to Jobsinsite, Inc. on June 18, 2009 we merged with a Delaware corporation and became Jobsinsite, Inc., a Delaware corporation. And on July 1, 2009 we filed articles of conversion with the secretary of state of Delaware and became Soleil Capital L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. We are managed by Soleil Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Since our inception the company has generated nominal revenues through the sale of software items related to the job search industry. Management believes that an opportunity exists in the market to acquire interests in secondary transactions of venture backed enterprises, distressed assets; including but not limited to real estate and other investment opportunities; and as a result and in an effort to establish operations in the venture capital and private equity industry, has reorganized the business as a public limited partnership.

 

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HOW WE GENERATE REVENUE
As a public venture capital company, the Company is primarily engaged in the business of generating positive investment returns and capital appreciation through a strategic and opportunistic approach to investing and the subsequent allocation of capital and managerial assistance to emerging businesses with high growth potential.
To date we have not begun raising investment capital, all of our investments to date were made through the issuance of our common stock, the proceeds from our stock sales to date are expected to cover our organizational costs, the preparation of this registration statement and to provide us working capital to enable us to expand our search for investment opportunities and investment capital.
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Our plan is to raise capital and acquire and /or invest in high-risk venture capital investments including: business plans, seed, early and development stage businesses, for cash, stock or a combination thereof.
As a venture capital investor, we expect to spend significant time and effort identifying, structuring, performing due diligence, monitoring, developing, valuing, and ultimately exiting our investments.
Owe expect our investment activity to be primarily focused on making long-term investments in the equity of private early and development stage companies. Due to the nature of these investments, we anticipate an inability to assess a meaningful and accurate valuation on our holdings, until such time as our portfolio companies are able to ramp up their planned and normal business operations, establish revenues, and secure additional capital through further subsequent funding rounds.
As a result, we expect that on average, our portfolio companies will require a period of at least twelve to eighteen months following our investment, depending on the stage of the company and the timing of our involvement, before a meaningful valuation can be established.
Moreover, due to the nature of our investments and the early stage of the businesses we invest in, we do not expect to see returns on our investments, those made with cash or those made in return for issuances of our securities, for an average of 1-3 years after an investment is made.
GROWTH STRATEGY
We believe that current market conditions are favorable to our growth as incumbent firms are unable to exit their investments. We expect that private venture capital firms’ inability to monetize investments will have a negative effect on their ability to raise new funds form investors. Whereas, investors in our common stock will have the ability to sell their shares free of contractual and legal restrictions and as a result we believe that an investment in our company will be an attractive alternative to the traditional private limited partner investment structure.
Moreover, we believe an opportunity exists to acquire shares from investors, founders, and/or employees of private venture-backed businesses, in secondary sales, who are seeking partial liquidity of their positions. We estimate that there are about 245 venture funds started in the 1999 to 2000 that may be nearing the end of their 10-year terms and may need to cash out of investment interests in venture-backed companies.
Results of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2008
Our income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 & 2008 was $0, respectively.
General and administrative expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 were $3,788. This was a decrease of $36,256, or 90.5%, as compared to general and administrative expenses of $40,044 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008. The decrease in our general and administrative expenses was due a cessation of business activities in the company’s previous operating segment and the au gratis rendering of legal services by our chief executive officer, in connection with our reporting obligations as a public company.

 

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We had net loss of $3,788 (or basic and diluted loss per share of $0.00) for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, as compared to net loss of $40,044 (or basic and diluted loss per share of $0.02) for the period the twelve months December 31, 2008. Our net loss decreased due to the au gratis services rendered by our chief executive officer in connection with our disclosure requirements as a public company.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2009, we had total current assets of $0 consisting of cash.
As of December 31, 2009, we had total current liabilities of $10,000 consisting of a loan payable to our chief executive officer accrued in connection with our ongoing disclosure requirements.
We had negative working capital of $10,000 as of December 31, 2008.
We had an accumulated deficit of $98,968 and total stockholders’ deficiency of $10,000 as of December 31, 2009.
Our net cash used in operating activities was $10,528 for the twelve months end December 31, 2008 which included net loss of $3,788 and a decrease in accounts payable to $7,040 as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $15,861 for the twelve months end December 31, 2008 which included net loss of $40,044 and accounts payable of $17,460. Net cash used in operating activities was $54,825 since our inception on July 19, 2004 through December 31, 2009.
Cash flows from operations were not sufficient to fund our requirements during the twelve months ended December 31, 2009. To make up for some of this short fall, we had $10,000 in net cash provided by financing activities for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, which consisted solely of a loan provided by management.
At this time, we have not secured or identified any additional financing to execute our plan of operations over the next 12 months. We do not have any firm commitments nor have we identified sources of additional capital from third parties or from shareholders. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to us, or that, if available, it will be on terms satisfactory to us. Any additional financing may involve dilution to our shareholders. In the alternative, additional funds may be provided from cash flow in excess of that needed to finance our day-to-day operations, although we may never generate this excess cash flow. If we do not raise additional capital or generate additional funds, implementation of our plans for expansion will be delayed. If necessary we may withdraw from certain growth strategies to conserve cash for continued operation.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act were effective as of December 31, 2009 to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

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Inherent Limitations Over Internal Controls
The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
  (i)   pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets;
  (ii)   provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management and directors; and
  (iii)   provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that the Company’s internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of internal controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Also, any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls in future periods are subject to the risk that those internal controls may become inadequate because of changes in business conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based and has concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2009 to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, which were identified in connection with management’s evaluation required by paragraph (d) of rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Directors
Directors and Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the names, ages and positions of the executive officers, directors and director nominees of our general partner, Soleil Capital Management L.L.C.
             
    Position Held with the       Date First Elected or
Name   Company   Age   Appointed
Adam J. Laufer Esq.
  President, CEO and Board Member   36   January 2, 2009

 

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Adam J Laufer Esq. is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Soleil Capital L.P. and the Chairman of the board of directors of our general partner, and the sole member of the board of directors of Jobsinsite, Inc. Mr. Laufer acquired control of Jobsinsite, in January 2009 and has been involved in all phases of the firm’s conversion to Soleil Capital L.P. Mr. Laufer is a member in good standing of the Florida Bar. Mr. Laufer is a practicing attorney specializing in corporate securities law, Blue Sky Law and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Laufer’s practice includes preparing private placement memorandums for his clients and assisting his clients in presenting their businesses to venture capital and private equity sources. Mr. Laufer has represented clients in their Securities & Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to periodic reports and initial public offering filings. Mr. Laufer has significant experience in working with, start-up, development stage and micro cap businesses in developing their business plan, identifying funding and growth opportunities, and in implementing liquidity strategies. Mr. Laufer has successfully executed transactions on behalf of his clients, in excess of $150 million in market capitalization on the public markets and $30 million in private company valuation. Mr. Laufer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Florida International University and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law in 1999.
Partnership Management and Governance
Our general partner, Soleil Capital Management L.L.C., manages all of our operations and activities. Our general partner is authorized in general to perform all acts that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out our purposes and to conduct our business. Our partnership agreement provides that our general partner in managing our operations and activities is entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and will have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting us or any limited partners, and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by the partnership agreement, the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity. Soleil Capital Management L.L.C. is wholly-owned by our senior managing directors and controlled by our founder, Mr. Laufer. Our common unit-holders have only limited voting rights on matters affecting our business and therefore have limited ability to influence management’s decisions regarding our business. The voting rights of our common unit-holders are limited as set forth in our partnership agreement and in the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.
Soleil Capital Management L.L.C. does not receive any compensation from us for services rendered to us as our general partner. Our general partner is reimbursed by us for all expenses it incurs in carrying out its activities as general partner of the Partnership, including compensation paid by the general partner to its directors and the cost of directors and officer’s liability insurance obtained by the general partner.
The limited liability company agreement of Soleil Capital Management L.L.C. establishes a board of directors that is responsible for the oversight of our business and operations. Our general partner’s board of directors is elected in accordance with its limited liability company agreement, where our senior managing directors have agreed that our founder, Mr. Laufer will have the power to appoint and remove the directors of our general partner. The limited liability company agreement of our general partner provides that at such time as Mr. Laufer should cease to be a founder, such power will revert to the members of our general partner holding a majority in interest in our general partner. We refer to the board of directors of Soleil Capital Management L.L.C as the “board of directors of our general partner.” The board of directors of our general partner has a total of one member; that director, is namely our founder Mr. Adam Laufer.
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Board Composition
Our general partner seeks to ensure that the board of directors of our general partner will be composed of members whose particular experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, when taken together, will allow the board to satisfy its oversight responsibilities effectively. In identifying candidates for membership on the board of directors of our general partner, Mr. Laufer will take into account (a) minimum individual qualifications, such as strength of character, mature judgment, industry knowledge or experience and an ability to work collegially with the other members of the board of directors, and (b) all other factors he considers appropriate.
After conducting an initial evaluation of a candidate, Mr. Laufer will interview that candidate if he believes the candidate might be suitable to be a director. If, following such interview and any consultations with senior management, Mr. Laufer believes a candidate would be a valuable addition to the board of directors, he will appoint that individual to the board of directors of our general partner.
Director Compensation
We do not currently have any non-employee directors and no additional compensation is currently paid to Mr. Laufer in connection with his directorship over and above his employee based compensation.
Code of Ethics
The Company has a code of ethics, “Business Conduct: “Code of Conduct and Policy,” that applies to all of the Company’s employees, including its principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, and the Board. A copy of this code is attached hereto as an exhibit to this Form 10-k. The Company intends to disclose any changes in or waivers from its code of ethics by posting such information on its website or by filing a Form 8-K.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Overview of Compensation Philosophy and Program
Our compensation philosophy for our senior managing directors and certain other employees is that compensation should be composed primarily of (1) annual cash payments tied to the performance of the applicable business unit(s) in which such employee works; (2) long-term carried interest tied to the performance of the investments made by the funds in the business unit in which such employee works or for which he or she has responsibility; (3) deferred equity awards reflecting the value of our common units; and (4) additional cash payments tied to extraordinary performance of such employee or other circumstances (for example, if there has been a change of role or responsibility).
We believe base salary should represent a significantly lesser component of total compensation. We believe the appropriate combination of annual cash payments and long-term carried interest or deferred equity awards encourages our senior managing directors and other employees to focus on the underlying performance of our investment funds and objectives of our advisory clients, as well as the overall performance of the firm and interests of our common unitholders.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
                                                                         
                                            Nonequity     Nonqualified              
                                            incentive     deferred              
Name & Principal                           Stock     Option     plan     compensation     All Other        
Position (1)(2)   Year     Salary $     Bonus $     Awards $     Awards $     compensation $     earnings $     Compensation $     Total $  
Adam Laufer
    2009                                                    
PEO, PAO and Director
                                                                       

 

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Arrangements with Named Executive Officers
We currently do not have any compensation agreements with our named executive officer(s).
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Security ownership of certain beneficial owners. The following table provides the names and addresses of each person known to own directly or beneficially more than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2009.
                 
    Shares     Percentage of  
    Beneficially     Beneficial  
Name and address of beneficial owner   Owned(1)(4)     Ownership(1)  
5% Stockholders
    1,178,816       44.9 %
Kevin Frija
               
 
               
Directors and Named Executive Officers
               
Adam Laufer
    1,178,816       44.9 %
             
 
               
All Current Officers and Directors As a Group (1 person)
            44.9 %
     
(1)   Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to the community property laws where applicable, to the Company’s knowledge the persons named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each person is the Company’s address at                                           .
 
(2)   On December 31, 2009 there were 2,625,425 shares of our common stock outstanding and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.
 
(3)   In determining the percent of voting stock owned by a person (a) the numerator is the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the person, including shares the beneficial ownership of which may be acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of options or warrants or conversion of convertible securities, and (b) the denominator is the total of (i) the 2,625,425 shares of common stock outstanding (ii) any shares of common stock which the person has the right to acquire within 60 days upon the exercise of options or warrants or conversion of convertible securities. Neither the numerator nor the denominator includes shares which may be issued upon the exercise of any other options or warrants or the conversion of any other convertible securities.

 

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under our partnership agreement, in most circumstances we will indemnify the following persons, to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts: our general partner; any departing general partner; any person who is or was an affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner; any person who is or was a member, partner, tax matters partner, officer, director, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of us or our subsidiaries, the general partner or any departing general partner or any affiliate of ours or our subsidiaries, the general partner or any departing general partner; any person who is or was serving at the request of a general partner or any departing general partner or any affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner as an officer, director, employee, member, partner, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another person; or any person designated by our general partner. We have agreed to provide this indemnification to the extent such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the partnership, and with respect to any alleged conduct resulting in a criminal proceeding against such person, to deny indemnification if such person had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. We have also agreed to provide this indemnification for criminal proceedings. Any indemnification under these provisions will only be out of our assets. Unless it otherwise agrees, the general partner will not be personally liable for, or have any obligation to contribute or loan funds or assets to us to enable it to effectuate indemnification. We may purchase insurance against liabilities asserted against and expenses incurred by persons for our activities, regardless of whether we would have the power to indemnify the person against liabilities under our partnership agreement.
Director Independence
The company is currently traded on the over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB). The OTCBB does not have any director independence requirements. Mr. Laufer is presently our sole executive officer and director and as such we do not have an independent board of directors.
Other than as described above under this section “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” since the beginning of our last fiscal year, we have not entered into any transactions, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, between us and a related party where the amount involved exceeds, or would exceed, $120,000, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
The following table summarizes the aggregate fees for professional services provided by Paritz & Co. for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
         
    Year Ended  
    December 31, 2009  
Audit Fees
  $ 5,185 (a)
Audit-Related Fees
  $  
Tax Fees
  $ (b)
Other
  $  
         
    Year Ended  
    December 31, 2008  
Audit Fees
  $ 5,240 (a)
Audit-Related Fees
  $  
Tax Fees
  $   (b)
     
(a)   Audit Fees consisted of fees for (a) the audits of our consolidated and combined financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and services attendant to, or required by, statute or regulation; (b) reviews of the interim condensed consolidated and combined financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q; (c) comfort letters, consents and other services related to SEC and other regulatory filings.
 
(b)   Tax Fees consisted of fees for services rendered for tax compliance and tax planning and advisory services.

 

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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) Documents filed as part of this report
(1) All financial statements
       
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements      
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Financial Statements Presented in Corporation Format
     
 
     
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(2) Financial Statement Schedules
All financial statement schedules have been omitted, since the required information is not applicable or is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.
(b) Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
The information required by this Item is set forth on the exhibit index that follows the signature page of this report.

 

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(IMAGE)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors and Stockholders
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Soleil, L.P. (formerly Jobsinsite, Inc.) (a development stage company) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 the related statements of operations, stockholder’s deficiency and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2009 & 2008 and the period from inception (July 14, 2004) to December 31, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as, evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Soleil, L.P. (formerly Jobsinsite, Inc.) (a development stage company) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2009 & 2008 and the period from inception (July 14,2004) to December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1a to the financial statements, the Company has incurred a loss since inception, has a net accumulated deficit and may be unable to raise further equity. These factors raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding those matters are also described in Note 1a. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Paritz & Company, P.A.
Paritz & Company, P.A.
Hackensack, New Jersey
April 12, 2010

 

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Soleil Capital, L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A Development Stage Company)
BALANCE SHEETS
(audited)
                 
    December 31, 2009     December 31, 2008  
    (audited)     (audited)  
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
Cash
  $       $ 828  
Accounts receivable
           
 
           
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
            828  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL ASSETS
  $       $ 828  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
               
 
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
        $ 7,040  
Loans payable-shareholder
    10,000          
 
           
 
               
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
    10,000       7,040  
 
           
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY:
               
Common stock, par value $.001, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 2,625,425 shares issued and outstanding
    2,625       2,625  
Additional paid in capital
    86,343       86,343  
Accumulated deficit
    (98,968 )     (95,180 )
 
           
 
               
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
    (10,000 )     (6,212 )
 
           
 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
  $       $ 828  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Soleil Capital, L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(audited)
                         
                    From Inception  
    Year ended     (July 19, 2004) to  
    2009     2008     December 31, 2009  
 
                       
REVENUE
  $     $     $ 6,303  
 
                 
 
                       
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
                       
Research and development
                    3017  
General and administrative
    3,788       40,044       102,254  
 
                 
TOTAL COSTS AND EXPENSES
    3,788       40,044       105,271  
 
                 
 
                       
NET LOSS
  $ (3,788 )   $ (40,044 )     (98,968 )
 
                 
 
                       
BASIS AND DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE
    (0.00 )     (0.02 )     (0.04 )
 
                       
WEIGHTED NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
    2,625,425       2,625,425       2,625,425  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Soleil Capital, L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(audited)
                         
                    FROM INCEPTION  
                    (JULY 19, 2004)  
    YEAR ENDED     TO  
    2009     2008     31-Dec-09  
 
                       
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                       
Net loss
    (3,788 )     (40,044 )     (98,668 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in Operating activities:
                       
Depreciation and amortization
                  2,500  
Issuance of common stock in exchange for debt and services
            41,643       41,643  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                       
Accounts receivable
                       
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
    (7,040 )     (17,460 )      
 
                 
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    (10,528 )     (15,861 )     (54,825 )
 
                 
 
                       
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                       
Acquisition of property and equipment
                  (2,500 )
 
                 
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                  (2,500 )
 
                 
 
                       
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                       
Proceeds of loans payable- shareholder
    10,000               10,000  
Contributions to additional paid in capital
            16,587       47,325  
 
                 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
    10,000       16,587       57,325  
 
                 
 
                       
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
    (828 )     726        
 
                       
CASH — BEGINNING OF PERIOD
    828       102        
 
                 
 
                       
CASH — END OF PERIOD
          828        
 
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Soleil Capital, L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)
Years Ended December 31, 2008 and for the period from
July 19, 2004 (inception) to December 31, 2009
                                         
                            DEFICIT        
                            ACCUMULATED        
                    ADDITIONAL     DURING THE     TOTAL  
    COMMON STOCK     PAID IN     DEVELOPMENT     SHAREHOLDERS  
    Shares     Amount     CAPITAL     STAGE     EQUITY (DEFECIT)  
BALANCE — INCEPTION JULY 19, 2004
                             
 
                                       
Issuance of Common Stock
    2,040,000     $ 2,040     $ 2,710             $ 4,750  
 
                                       
Net Loss
                            (4,525 )   $ (4,525 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2005
    2,040,000     $ 2,040     $ 2,710     $ (4,525 )   $ 225  
 
                                     
 
                                       
Capital contribution by shareholders
                    3,360               3,360  
 
                                       
Net loss
                            (2,448 )     (2,448 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2005
    2,040,000     $ 2,040     $ 6,070     $ (6,973 )   $ 1,137  
 
                                     
 
                                       
Issuance of common stock
    179,000     $ 179     $ 17,721             $ 17,900  
 
                                       
Net Loss
                            (13,458 )     (14,791 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2006
    2,219,000     $ 2,219     $ 23,791     $ (20,431 )   $ 5,579  
 
                                     
 
                                       
Capital contribution by shareholders
                    4,728               4,728  
 
 
Net loss
                            (34,705 )     (34,705 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2007
    2,219,000     $ 2,219     $ 28,519     $ (55,136 )   $ (24,398 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
Issuance of common stock
    406,425       406       41,237               41,643  
 
                                       
Capital contribution by shareholders
                    16,587               16,757  
 
                                       
Net loss
                          $ (40,044 )   $ (40,044 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2008
    2,625,425       2,625       86,343     $ (95,180 )   $ (6,212 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
Issuance of Common Stock
                                       
 
                                       
Net Loss
                          $ (3,788 )   $ (3,788 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2009
    2,625,425       2,625       86,343     $ (98,968 )   $ (10,000 )
 
                                     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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SOLEIL CAPITAL L.P. — Financial Statements Presented in Limited Partnership Format
Soleil Capital L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(audited)
                 
    December 31, 2009     December 31, 2008  
    (audited)     (audited)  
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
 
               
Cash
  $ 0     $ 828  
 
           
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
            828  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 0     $ 828  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities and Partners’ Capital (DEFICIENCY)
               
 
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
        $ 7,040  
Loans payable-unit-holder
    10,000          
 
           
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
    10,000       7,040  
 
           
 
               
Partner’s Capital (DEFICIENCY):
               
Partner’s Capital (Common units 2,625,425 shares issued and outstanding December 31, 2009; 2,625,425 shares issued and outstanding December 31, 2008
    88,968       88,968  
Accumulated Defecit
    -98,968       -95,180  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL PARTNER’S DEFICIENCY
    -10,000       -6,212  
 
           
 
               
Total Liabilities and Partners’ Deficiency
  $ 0     $ 828  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Soleil Capital L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(audited)
                         
                    From Inception  
                    (July 19, 2004) to  
    Year ended     December 31,  
    2009     2008     2009  
 
                       
REVENUE
  $     $     $ 6,303  
 
                 
 
                       
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
                       
Research and development
                    3017  
General and administrative
    3,788       40,044       102,254  
 
                 
TOTAL COSTS AND EXPENSES
    3,788       40,044       105,271  
 
                 
 
                       
Net Income (Loss)
  $ (3,788 )   $ (40,044 )     (98,968 )
 
                 
 
                       
Net Loss Attributable to Soleil Capital L.P. Per Common Unit — Basic and Diluted
    (0.00 )     (0.02 )     (0.04 )
 
                       
Common Units Issued and Outstanding
    2,625,425       2,625,425       2,625,425  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Soleil Capital L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(audited)
                         
                    FROM INCEPTION  
                    (JULY 19, 2004)  
    YEAR ENDED     TO  
    2009     2008     31-Dec-09  
 
                       
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                       
Net loss
    (3,788 )     (40,044 )     (98,668 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in Operating activities:
                       
Depreciation and amortization
                  2,500  
Issuance of common units in exchange for debt and services
            41,643       41,643  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                       
Accounts receivable
                       
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
    (7,040 )     (17,460 )      
 
                 
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    (10,528 )     (15,861 )     (54,825 )
 
                 
 
                       
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                       
Acquisition of property and equipment
                  (2,500 )
 
                 
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                  (2,500 )
 
                 
 
                       
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                       
Proceeds of loans payable- shareholder
    10,000               10,000  
Contributions to Partner’s Capital
            16,587       47,325  
 
                 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
    10,000       16,587       57,325  
 
                 
 
                       
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
    (828 )     726        
 
                       
CASH — BEGINNING OF PERIOD
    828       102        
 
                 
 
                       
CASH — END OF PERIOD
          828        
 
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Soleil Capital L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Changes in Partners’ Capital
Years Ended December 31, 2009 and for the period from
July 19, 2004 (inception) to December 31, 2009
                                 
                    Comprehensive     Total Partner’s  
    Common Units     Partner’s Capital     Income (Loss)     Capital  
BALANCE — INCEPTION JULY 19, 2004
                               
 
                               
Issuance of Common Units
    2,040,00       4,750             $ 4,750  
 
                               
Net Loss
                    (4,525 )   $ (4,525 )
 
                             
 
                               
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2005
    2,040,000       4,750     $ (4,525 )   $ 225  
 
                             
 
                               
Capital contribution by partners
            3,360               3,360  
 
                               
Net loss
                    (2,448 )     (2,448 )
 
                             
 
                               
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2005
    2,040,000       8,110     $ (6,973 )   $ 1,137  
 
                             
 
                               
Issuance of common units
            17,900             $ 17,900  
 
                               
Net Loss
                    (13,458 )     (14,791 )
 
                             
 
                               
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2006
    2,219,000       26,010     $ (20,431 )   $ 5,579  
 
                             
 
                               
Capital contribution by partners
            4,728               4,728  
 
 
Net loss
                    (34,705 )     (34,705 )
 
                             
 
                               
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2007
    2,219,000       30,738     $ (55,136 )   $ (24,398 )
 
                             
 
                               
Issuance of common units
            41,643               41,643  
 
                               
Capital contribution by shareholders
            16,587               16,757  
 
                               
Net loss
                  $ (40,044 )   $ (40,044 )
 
                             
 
                               
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2008
    2,625,425       88,968     $ (95,180 )   $ (6,212 )
 
                             
 
                               
Issuance of Common units
                               
 
                               
Net Loss
                  $ (3,788 )   $ (3,788 )
 
                             
 
                               
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2009
    2,625,425       88,968     $ (98,968 )   $ (10,000 )
 
                             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Balance Sheet Of Soleil Capital L.P.’s General Partner Soleil Capital Management LLC.
Soleil Capital Management LLC
(General Partner of Soleil Capital L.P.)
As required by Rule 8-08 of Regulation S-X (part c)

Statement of Financial Condition
(audited)
Balance Sheet
         
    2009  
CURRENT ASSETS:
       
Cash
  $    
Accounts receivable
     
 
     
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
       
 
     
 
       
TOTAL ASSETS
  $  
 
     
 
       
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
       
 
       
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
       
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
     
Loans payable-shareholder
    0  
 
     
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
    0  
 
     
 
       
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIENCY):
       
membership units 100 issued and outstanding
    1  
Additional paid in capital
    1,772  
Accumulated deficit
    -1,773  
 
     
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
     
 
     
 
       
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $  
 
     

 

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SOLEIL CAPITAL L.P.
(formerly known as Jobsinsite, Inc.)
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2009
1. ORGANIZATION
We were incorporated in New York on July 19, 2004, as Jobsinsite,.com, Inc., Our Articles were amended on August 5, 2004, to change our name to Jobsinsite, Inc. on June 18, 2009 we merged with a Delaware corporation and became Jobsinsite, Inc., a Delaware corporation. And on July 1, 2009 we filed articles of conversion with the secretary of state of Delaware and became Soleil Capital L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. We are managed by Soleil Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Uses of estimates in the preparation of financial statements.
Conversion
On June 1 st at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting, the board of directors submitted to the shareholders for their vote, authorization to re-domicile the company to Delaware; 2,357,632, which represents 89.9% of the total number of shares outstanding and authorized to vote, were cast in FAVOR of the merger. Subsequent to the vote, the company prepared and executed certificates of merger in both New York and Delaware. The merger was effected on June 17, 2009 saw Jobsinsite Corp., a New York Corporation (JOBI NY) merge into Jobsinsite Corp., a Delaware Corporation (JOBI Del,) the surviving entity, pursuant to shareholders’ approval at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held on June 1, 2009.
Subsequent thereto, on July 1, 2009 Jobsinsite, pursuant to Delaware law, and upon the unanimous written consent of the company’s (JOBI Del.) shareholders, the company filed articles of conversion with the Secretary of State of Delaware to convert the Corporation (JOBI.Del) into Soleil Capital, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership to be managed by Soleil Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Pursuant to Delaware law Title 8 Chapter IX sec. 6(f) said conversion shall not result in the dissolution of Jobsinsite and as such Jobsinsite has maintained its listing on the over the counter bulletin board and each share of Jobsinsite stock may at any time, subject to the Securities Act or an exemption thereform, be exchanged by the company for a common limited partner unit in Soleil Capital L.P.
Moreover, in accordance with Delaware Law Title 8, Chapter 1 Subchapter IX section 266(h) When a corporation has been converted to another entity or business form pursuant to this section, the other entity or business form shall, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, be deemed to be the same entity as the corporation. When any conversion shall have become effective under this section, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, all of the rights, privileges and powers of the corporation that has converted, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to such corporation, as well as all other things and causes of action belonging to such corporation, shall remain vested in the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted and shall be the property of such other entity or business form, and the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in such corporation shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of this chapter; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of such corporation shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the corporation that has converted shall remain attached to the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties had originally been incurred or contracted by it in its capacity as such other entity or business form. The rights, privileges, powers and interest in property of the corporation that has converted, as well as the debts, liabilities and duties of such corporation, shall not be deemed, as a consequence of the conversion, to have been transferred to the other entity or business form to which such corporation has converted for any purpose of the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

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Business Description
Since our inception the company has generated nominal revenues through the sale of software items related to the job search industry. Management believes that an opportunity exists in the market to acquire interests in secondary transactions of venture backed enterprises, distressed assets; including but not limited to real estate and other investment opportunities; and as a result and in an effort to establish operations in the venture capital and private equity industry, has reorganized the business as a public limited partnership.
As a public venture capital company, the Company is primarily engaged in the business of generating positive investment returns and capital appreciation through a strategic and opportunistic approach to investing and the subsequent allocation of capital and managerial assistance to emerging businesses with high growth potential.
To date we have not begun raising investment capital, all of our investments to date were made through the issuance of our common stock, the proceeds from our stock sales to date are expected to cover our organizational costs, the preparation of this registration statement and to provide us working capital to enable us to expand our search for investment opportunities and investment capital.
Our plan is to raise capital and acquire and /or invest in high-risk venture capital investments including: business plans, seed, early and development stage businesses, for cash, stock or a combination thereof.
2. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net revenue and expenses during each reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Development Stage Activities
The Company has been in the development stage since its inception on July 19, 2004. All activity through December 31, 2009, including the conversion relates to the Company’s formation and development. The Company has selected December 31st as its fiscal year-end.
Cash
The Company does not maintain any cash balances at any financial institutions.
Deferred income taxes
The Company utilizes the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the liability method deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between financial reporting basis and the tax basis of the assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect, when the differences are expected to reverse. An allowance against deferred tax assets is recognized, when it is more likely than not, that such tax benefits will not be realized.

 

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Revenue Recognition
The company has not generated any revenue in the past two years, and has ceased selling products. Any revenue derived in the future will consist of management and advisory fees, performance fees and allocations, investment income and interest and dividend revenue.
Recent accounting pronouncements
Adopted FASB Accounting Standards Codification (Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-01)
In June 2009, FASB approved the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“the Codification”) as the single source of authoritative nongovernmental GAAP. All existing accounting standard documents, such as FASB, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Emerging Issues Task Force and other related literature, excluding guidance from the SEC, have been superseded by the Codification. All other non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification has become nonauthoritative. The Codification did not change GAAP, but instead introduced a new structure that combines all authoritative standards into a comprehensive, topically organized online database. The Codification is effective for interim or annual periods ending after September 15, 2009, and impacts the Company’s financial statements as all future references to authoritative accounting literature will be referenced in accordance with the Codification. There have been no changes to the content of the Company’s financial statements or disclosures as a result of implementing the Codification during the quarter ended September 30, 2009. As a result of the Company’s implementation of the Codification during the year ended December 31, 2009, previous references to new accounting standards and literature are no longer applicable. In the current quarter financial statements, the Company will provide reference to both new and old guidance to assist in understanding the impacts of recently adopted accounting literature, particularly for guidance adopted since the beginning of the current fiscal year but prior to the Codification.
Subsequent Events
(Included in ASC 855 “Subsequent Events”, previously SFAS No. 165 “Subsequent Events”) ASC 855 established general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date, but before the financial statements are issued or available to be issued (“subsequent events”). An entity is required to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated and the basis for that date. For public entities, this is the date the financial statements are issued. ASC 855 does not apply to subsequent events or transactions that are within the scope of other GAAP and did not result in significant changes in the subsequent events reported by the Company. ASC 855 became effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2009 and did not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
The Company evaluated for subsequent events through February 26, 2010, the issuance date of the Company’s financial statements.

 

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 14, 2010
             
    Soleil Capital L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Soleil Capital Management L.L.C.,    
 
      its general partner    
             
    /s/ Adam Laufer    
         
 
  Name:   Adam Laufer    
 
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer    
Power of Attorney
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Adam Laufer attorney-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
         
Name   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Adam Laufer
 
ADAM LAUFER
  Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer & Principal Financial Officer)   April 14, 2010

 

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Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description
       
 
  2.1 *  
State of Delaware Certificate of Conversion from a Corporation to a Limited Partnership (Incorporated by reference as previously filed as exhibit to the Company’s 10-Q filed August 14, 2009.)
       
 
  3.1 *  
State of Delaware Certificate of Limited Partnership of Soleil Capital L.P. (Incorporated by reference as previously filed as exhibit to the Company’s 10-Q filed August 14, 2009.)
       
 
  3.2 **  
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Soleil Capital L.P., (dated June 19, 2009).
       
 
  14.1 **  
Code of Ethics
       
 
  23.1 **  
Consent of Paritz & Company, P.A. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
       
 
  24.1 **  
Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K).
       
 
  31.1 **  
Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
       
 
  31.2 **  
Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
       
 
  32.1 **  
Section 1350 Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
     
*   Previously filed.
 
**   Filed herewith

 

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Exhibit 3.2
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
SOLEIL CAPITAL L.P.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    2  
 
       
SECTION 1.1. Definitions
    2  
SECTION 1.2. Construction
    9  
 
       
ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION
    9  
 
       
SECTION 2.1. Formation
    9  
SECTION 2.2. Name
    9  
SECTION 2.3. Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices
    10  
SECTION 2.4. Purpose and Business
    10  
SECTION 2.5. Powers
    10  
SECTION 2.6. Power of Attorney
    10  
SECTION 2.7. Term
    11  
SECTION 2.8. Title to Partnership Assets
    12  
SECTION 2.9. Certain Undertakings Relating to the Separateness of the Partnership
    12  
 
       
ARTICLE III RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
    12  
 
       
SECTION 3.1. Limitation of Liability
    12  
SECTION 3.2. Management of Business
    12  
SECTION 3.3. Outside Activities of the Limited Partners
    13  
SECTION 3.4. Rights of Limited Partners
    13  
 
       
ARTICLE IV CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS; REDEMPTION OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
    13  
 
       
SECTION 4.1. Certificates
    13  
SECTION 4.2. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates
    13  
SECTION 4.3. Record Holders
    14  
SECTION 4.4. Transfer Generally
    14  
SECTION 4.5. Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests
    15  
SECTION 4.6. Transfer of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest
    15  
SECTION 4.7. Restrictions on Transfers
    16  
SECTION 4.8. Citizenship Certificates; Non-citizen Assignees
    16  
SECTION 4.9. Redemption of Partnership Interests of Non-citizen Assignees
    17  
 
       
ARTICLE V CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
    18  
 
       
SECTION 5.1. Organizational Issuances
    18  
SECTION 5.2. Contributions by the General Partner and its Affiliates
    18  
SECTION 5.3. [Reserved]
    18  
SECTION 5.4. Interest and Withdrawal
    19  
SECTION 5.5. Issuances and Cancellations of Special Voting Units
    19  
SECTION 5.6. Issuances of Additional Partnership Securities
    19  
SECTION 5.7. Preemptive Rights
    20  
SECTION 5.8. Splits and Combinations
    20  
SECTION 5.9. Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests
    21  

 

 


 

         
ARTICLE VI ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
    21  
 
       
SECTION 6.1. Maintenance of Capital Accounts
    21  
SECTION 6.2. Allocations
    21  
SECTION 6.3. Requirement and Characterization of Distributions; Distributions to Record Holders
    22  
 
       
ARTICLE VII MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS
    23  
 
       
SECTION 7.1. Management
    23  
SECTION 7.2. Certificate of Limited Partnership
    25  
SECTION 7.3. Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority
    25  
SECTION 7.4. Reimbursement of the General Partner
    25  
SECTION 7.5. Outside Activities
    26  
SECTION 7.6. Loans from the General Partner; Loans or Contributions from the Partnership; Contracts with Affiliates; Certain Restrictions on the General Partner
    27  
SECTION 7.7. Indemnification
    28  
SECTION 7.8. Liability of Indemnitees
    30  
SECTION 7.9. Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties
    30  
SECTION 7.10. Other Matters Concerning the General Partner
    32  
SECTION 7.11. Purchase or Sale of Partnership Securities
    32  
SECTION 7.12. Reliance by Third Parties
    32  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
    33  
 
       
SECTION 8.1. Records and Accounting
    33  
SECTION 8.2. Fiscal Year
    33  
SECTION 8.3. Reports
    33  
 
       
ARTICLE IX TAX MATTERS
    34  
 
       
SECTION 9.1. Tax Returns and Information
    34  
SECTION 9.2. Tax Elections
    34  
SECTION 9.3. Tax Controversies
    34  
SECTION 9.4. Withholding
    34  
SECTION 9.5. Election to be Treated as a Corporation
    34  
 
       
ARTICLE X ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
    35  
 
       
SECTION 10.1. Admission of Initial Limited Partners
    35  
SECTION 10.2. Admission of Additional Limited Partners
    35  
SECTION 10.3. Admission of Successor General Partner
    35  
SECTION 10.4. Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership to Reflect the Admission of Partners
    36  
 
       
ARTICLE XI WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS
    36  
 
       
SECTION 11.1. Withdrawal of the General Partner
    36  
SECTION 11.2. Removal of the General Partner
    37  
SECTION 11.3. Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner
    38  
SECTION 11.4. Withdrawal of Limited Partners
    39  

 

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ARTICLE XII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
    39  
 
       
SECTION 12.1. Dissolution
    39  
SECTION 12.2. Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Event of Withdrawal
    39  
SECTION 12.3. Liquidator
    40  
SECTION 12.4. Liquidation
    40  
SECTION 12.5. Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership
    41  
SECTION 12.6. Return of Contributions
    41  
SECTION 12.7. Waiver of Partition
    41  
SECTION 12.8. Capital Account Restoration
    41  
 
       
ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE
    41  
 
       
SECTION 13.1. Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the General Partner
    41  
SECTION 13.2. Amendment Procedures
    43  
SECTION 13.3. Amendment Requirements
    43  
SECTION 13.4. Special Meetings
    44  
SECTION 13.5. Notice of a Meeting
    44  
SECTION 13.6. Record Date
    44  
SECTION 13.7. Adjournment
    45  
SECTION 13.8. Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes
    45  
SECTION 13.9. Quorum
    45  
SECTION 13.10. Conduct of a Meeting
    45  
SECTION 13.11. Action Without a Meeting
    46  
SECTION 13.12. Voting and Other Rights
    46  
SECTION 13.13. Participation of Special Voting Units in All Actions Participated in by Common Units
    47  
 
       
ARTICLE XIV MERGER
    48  
 
       
SECTION 14.1. Authority
    48  
SECTION 14.2. Procedure for Merger, Consolidation or Other Business Combination
    48  
SECTION 14.3. Approval by Limited Partners of Merger, Consolidation or Other Business Combination
    49  
SECTION 14.4. Certificate of Merger or Consolidation
    50  
SECTION 14.5. Amendment of Partnership Agreement
    50  
SECTION 14.6. Effect of Merger
    50  
 
       
ARTICLE XV RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS
    51  
 
       
SECTION 15.1. Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests
    51  
 
       
ARTICLE XVI GENERAL PROVISIONS
    52  
 
       
SECTION 16.1. Addresses and Notices
    52  
SECTION 16.2. Further Action
    53  
SECTION 16.3. Binding Effect
    53  
SECTION 16.4. Integration
    53  
SECTION 16.5. Creditors
    53  
SECTION 16.6. Waiver
    53  
SECTION 16.7. Counterparts
    53  
SECTION 16.8. Applicable Law
    53  
SECTION 16.9. Invalidity of Provisions
    53  
SECTION 16.10. Consent of Partners
    53  
SECTION 16.11. Facsimile Signatures
    53  

 

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AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
SOLEIL CAPITAL L.P.
THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF SOLEIL CAPITAL L.P. dated as of June 19, 2009, is entered into by and among Soleil Capital Management L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as the General Partner, together with any other Persons who become Partners in the Partnership or parties hereto as provided herein. In consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement.
Acquisition ” means any transaction in which any Group Member acquires (through an asset acquisition, merger, stock acquisition or other form of investment) control over all or a portion of the assets, properties or business of another Person.
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Person in question. As used herein, the term “control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agreement ” means this Agreement of Limited Partnership of Soleil Capital L.P., as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Associate ” means, when used to indicate a relationship with any Person, (a) any corporation or organization of which such Person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock or other voting interest; (b) any trust or other estate in which such Person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (c) any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same principal residence as such Person.
Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act (and “ Beneficially Own ” shall have a correlative meaning).
Board of Directors ” means, with respect to the Board of Directors of the General Partner, its board of directors or managers, as applicable, if a corporation or limited liability company, or if a limited partnership, the board of directors or board of managers of its general partner.
Business Day ” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
Capital Account ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1.
Capital Contribution ” means any cash or cash equivalents that a Partner contributes to the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement.
Carrying Value ” means, with respect to any Partnership asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except that the initial carrying value of assets contributed to the Partnership shall be their respective gross fair market values on the date of contribution as determined by the General Partner, and the Carrying Values of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values, in accordance with the rules set forth in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), except as otherwise provided herein, as of: (a) the date of the acquisition of any additional Partnership Interest by any new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (b) the date of the distribution of more than a de minimis amount of Partnership assets to a Partner; (c) the date a Partnership Interest is relinquished to the Partnership; or (d) any other date specified in the United States Treasury Regulations; provided however that adjustments pursuant to clauses (a), (b) (c) and (d) above shall be made only if such adjustments are deemed necessary or appropriate by the General Partner to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners. In the case of any asset that has a Carrying Value that differs from its adjusted tax basis, Carrying Value shall be adjusted by the amount of depreciation calculated for purposes of the definition of “Net Income (Loss)” rather than the amount of depreciation determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and depreciation shall be calculated by reference to Carrying Value rather than tax basis once Carrying Value differs from tax basis.

 

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Cause ” means a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final, non-appealable judgment finding the General Partner liable for actual fraud or willful misconduct in its capacity as a general partner of the Partnership.
Certificate ” means a certificate issued in global form in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Depositary or in such other form as may be adopted by the General Partner, issued by the Partnership evidencing ownership of one or more Common Units or a certificate, in such form as may be adopted by the General Partner, issued by the Partnership evidencing ownership of one or more other Partnership Securities.
Certificate of Limited Partnership ” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as referenced in Section 2.1, as such Certificate of Limited Partnership may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Citizenship Certification ” means a properly completed certificate in such form as may be specified by the General Partner by which a Limited Partner certifies that he (and if he is a nominee holding for the account of another Person, that to the best of his knowledge such other Person) is an Eligible Citizen.
Closing Date ” means the first date on which Common Units are issued by the Partnership to the Shareholders.
Closing Price ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.1(a).
Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of any successor law.
Combined Interest ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.3(a).
Commission ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Unit ” means a Partnership Interest representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Common Units in this Agreement.
Conflicts Committee ” means a committee of the Board of Directors composed entirely of one or more directors or managers who meet the independence standards required to serve on an audit committee of a board of directors established by the Securities Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and by the National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are listed for trading.
Conversion ” means the the corporate action under Delaware law whereby the Corporation converted to the Partnership.
Corporation ” means Jobsinsite, Inc. a Delaware corporation.
Current Market Price ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.1(a).
Delaware Limited Partnership Act ” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. C. § 17-101, et seq., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.
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 Sections 11.1 or 11.2.

 

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Depositary ” means, with respect to any Units issued in global form, The Depository Trust Company and its successors and permitted assigns.
Eligible Citizen ” means a Person qualified to own interests in real property in jurisdictions in which any Group Member does business or proposes to do business from time to time, and whose status as a Limited Partner the General Partner determines in its sole discretion does not or would not subject such Group Member to a significant risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any of its properties or any interest therein.
Event of Withdrawal ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.1(a).
Fiscal Year ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.2.
General Partner ” means Soleil Capital Management L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and its successors and permitted assigns that are admitted to the Partnership as general partner of the Partnership, in its capacity as a general partner of the Partnership (except as the context otherwise requires).
General Partner Interest ” means the management and ownership interest of the General Partner in the Partnership (in its capacity as a general partner without reference to any Limited Partner Interest held by it), which is evidenced by General Partner Units, and includes any and all benefits to which a General Partner is entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of a General Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
General Partner Unit ” means a fractional part of the General Partner Interest having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the General Partner Interest.
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, exercising investment power or disposing of any Partnership Securities with any other Person that Beneficially Owns, or whose Affiliates or Associates Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, Partnership Interests.
Group Member ” means a member of the Partnership Group.
Indemnitee ” means (a) the General Partner, (b) any Departing General Partner, (c) any Person who is or was an Affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (d) any Person who is or was a member, partner, Tax Matters Partner (as defined in the Code), officer, director, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of any Group Member, the General Partner or any Departing General Partner or any Affiliate of any Group Member, the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (e) any Person who is or was serving at the request of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner as an officer, director, employee, member, partner, Tax Matters Partner (as defined in the Code), agent, fiduciary or trustee of another Person; provided that a Person shall not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services and (f) any Person the General Partner in its sole discretion designates as an “Indemnitee” for purposes of this Agreement.
Initial Common Units ” means the Common Units issued in the Conversion.
Initial Offering ” means the initial exchange and issuance of Common Units to the public, as described in the Registration Statement.

 

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Issue Price ” means the price at which a Unit is purchased from the Partnership, net of any sales commissions or underwriting discounts charged to the Partnership.
Limited Partner ” means, unless the context otherwise requires, each Initial Limited Partner, each additional Person that becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and any Departing General Partner upon the change of its status from General Partner to Limited Partner pursuant to Section 11.3, in each case, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership. For the avoidance of doubt, each holder of a Special Voting Unit shall be a Limited Partner. For purposes of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act, the Limited Partners shall constitute a single class or group of limited partners.
Limited Partner Interest ” means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership, which may be evidenced by Common Units, Special Voting Units or other Partnership Securities or a combination thereof or interest therein, and includes any and all benefits to which such Limited Partner is entitled as provided in this Agreement, including voting rights, together with all obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
Liquidation Date ” means (a) in the case of an event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) of the first sentence of Section 12.2, the date on which the applicable time period during which the holders of Outstanding Units have the right to elect to continue the business of the Partnership has expired without such an election being made, and (b) in the case of any other event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership, the date on which such event occurs.
Liquidator ” means one or more Persons selected by the General Partner to perform the functions described in Section 12.3 as liquidating trustee of the Partnership within the meaning of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.
Merger Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.1.
National Securities Exchange ” means an exchange registered with the Commission under Section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act or any successor thereto and any other securities exchange (whether or not registered with the Commission under Section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act) that the General Partner in its sole discretion shall designate as a National Securities Exchange for purposes of this Agreement.
Net Income (Loss) ” for any Fiscal Period means the taxable income or loss of the Partnership for such period as determined in accordance with the accounting method used by the Partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the following adjustments; (i) any income of the Partnership that is exempt from U.S. federal income taxation and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (Loss) shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (ii) if the Carrying Value of any asset differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any depreciation, amortization or gain resulting from a disposition of such asset shall be calculated with reference to such Carrying Value; (iii) upon an adjustment to the Carrying Value of any asset, pursuant to the definition of Carrying Value, the amount of the adjustment shall be included as gain or loss in computing such taxable income or loss; and (iv) any expenditures of the Partnership not deductible in computing taxable income or loss, not properly capitalizable and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (Loss) pursuant to this definition shall be treated as deductible items.
Non-citizen Assignee ” means a Person whom the General Partner has determined in its sole discretion does not constitute an Eligible Citizen and as to whose Partnership Interest the General Partner has become the Limited Partner, pursuant to Section 4.8.
Notice of Election to Purchase ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.1(b).
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.

 

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Outstanding ” means, with respect to Limited Partner Interests, all Limited Partner Interests 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 class of Outstanding Common Units, all Common Units owned by such Person or Group shall not be entitled to be voted on any matter and shall not be considered to be Outstanding when sending notices of a meeting of Limited Partners 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, except that Common Units so owned shall be considered to be Outstanding for purposes of Section 11.1(b)(iv) (such Common Units shall not, however, be treated as a separate class of Partnership Securities for purposes of this Agreement); provided further that the foregoing limitation shall not apply (i) to any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of any Outstanding Common Units of any class then Outstanding directly from the General Partner or its Affiliates, (ii) to any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of any Outstanding Common Units 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 and shall not be considered to be Outstanding when sending notices of a meeting of Limited Partners 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.
Partners ” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.
Partnership ” means Soleil Capital L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
Partnership Group ” means the Partnership and its Subsidiaries treated as a single consolidated entity.
Partnership Interest ” means an interest in the Partnership, which shall include the General Partner Interests and Limited Partner Interests.
Partnership Security ” means any equity interest in the Partnership (but excluding any options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to an equity interest in the Partnership), including without limitation, Common Units, Special Voting Units and General Partner Units.

 

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Percentage Interest ” means, as of any date of determination, (i) as to any holder of Common Units in its capacity as such, the product obtained by multiplying (a) 100% less the percentage applicable to the Units referred to in clause (iv) by (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the number of Common Units held by such holder by (y) the total number of all Outstanding Common Units, (ii) as to any holder of General Partner Units in its capacity as such with respect to such General Partner Units, 0%, (iii) as to any holder of Special Voting Units in its capacity as such with respect to such Special Voting Units, 0%, and (iv) as to any holder of other Units in its capacity as such with respect to such Units, the percentage established for such Units by the General Partner as a part of the issuance of such Units.
Person ” means an individual or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association (including any group, organization, co-tenanacy, plan, board, council or committee), government (including a country, state, county, or any other governmental or political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof) or other entity (or series thereof).
Pro Rata ” means (a) when modifying Units or any class thereof, apportioned equally among all designated Units, and (b) when modifying Partners or Record Holders, apportioned among all Partners or Record Holders, as the case may be, in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests.
Purchase Date ” means the date determined by the General Partner as the date for purchase of all Outstanding Units of a certain class (other than Units owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates) pursuant to Article XV.
Quarter ” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a fiscal quarter of the Partnership, or with respect to the first fiscal quarter of the Partnership after the Closing Date the portion of such fiscal quarter after the Closing Date.
Record Date ” means the date established by the General Partner in its sole discretion for determining (a) the identity of the Record Holders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of Limited Partners or entitled to vote by ballot or give approval of Partnership action in writing without a meeting or entitled to exercise rights in respect of any lawful action of Limited Partners or (b) the identity of Record Holders entitled to receive any report or distribution or to participate in any offer.
Record Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Common Unit is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent as of the opening of business on a particular Business Day, or with respect to other Partnership Interests, the Person in whose name any such other Partnership Interest is registered on the books which the General Partner has caused to be kept as of the opening of business on such Business Day.
Redeemable Interests ” means any Partnership Interests for which a redemption notice has been given, and has not been withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.9.
Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.                      ) as it has been or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, filed by the Partnership with the Commission under the Securities Act to register the offering and issuance of the Common Units in the Initial Offering.
Resident of Japan ” means a natural person having his or her place of domicile or residence in Japan, or a juridical person having its main office in Japan as defined in Item 5, Paragraph 1, Article 6 of Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade law of Japan (Law no. 228,1949).
Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute.

 

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Securities Exchange Act ” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute.
“Shareholders” means the Common Stockholders of the Corporation.
Special Approval ” means either (a) approval by the sole member or by a majority of the members of the Conflicts Committee, as applicable or (b) approval by the vote of the Record Holders of a majority of the voting power of the Voting Units (excluding Voting Units owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates).
Special Voting Unit ” means a Partnership Interest having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Special Voting Units in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, holders of Special Voting Units, in their capacity as such, shall not be entitled to receive distributions by the Partnership and shall not be allocated income, gain, loss, deduction or credit of the Partnership.
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation of which more than 50% of the voting power of shares entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors or other governing body of such corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, (b) a partnership (whether general or limited) in which such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, a general or limited partner of such partnership, but only if more than 50% of the partnership interests of such partnership (considering all of the partnership interests of the partnership as a single class) is owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or a combination thereof, (c) any other Person (other than a corporation or a partnership) in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or a combination thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (i) at least a majority ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors or other governing body of such Person or (d) any other Person the financial information of which is consolidated by such Person for financial reporting purposes under U.S. GAAP.
Surviving Business Entity ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.2(b).
Trading Day ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.1(a).
Transfer ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4(a).

 

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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 Partnership to act as registrar and transfer agent for the Common Units; provided that if no Transfer Agent is specifically designated for any other Partnership Securities, the General Partner shall act in such capacity.
Unit ” means a Partnership Interest that is designated as a “Unit” and shall include Common Units, Special Voting Units and General Partner Units.
Unitholders ” means the holders of Units.
U.S. GAAP ” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
Voting Unit ” means a Common Unit , a Special Voting Unit and any other Partnership Interest that is designated as a “Voting Unit” from time to time.
Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.1(b).
SECTION 1.2. Construction.
Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (b) references to Articles and Sections refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement; and (c) the terms “include,” “includes,” “including” or words of like import shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation;” and the terms “hereof,” “herein” or “hereunder refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only, and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.1. Formation.
The Partnership has been previously formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the filing of the Certificate of Limited Partnership with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 19, 2009, pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the rights, duties (including fiduciary duties), liabilities and obligations of the Partners and the administration, dissolution and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Delaware Limited Partnership Act. All Partnership Interests shall constitute personal property of the owner thereof for all purposes and a Partner has no interest in specific Partnership property.
SECTION 2.2. Name.
The name of the Partnership shall be “Soleil Capital L.P.” The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names as determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion, including the name of the General Partner. The words “Limited Partnership,” “LP,” “L.P.,” “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 by filing an amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership (and upon any such filing this Agreement shall be deemed automatically amended to change the name of the Partnership) and shall notify the Limited Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners.

 

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SECTION 2.3. Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices.
Unless and until changed by the General Partner by filing an amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership (and upon any such filing this Agreement shall be deemed automatically amended to change the registered office and the registered agent of the Partnership) the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is located at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, and the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such registered office is The Corporation Trust Company. The principal office of the Partnership is located at 2450 Hollywood Blvd. Suite 105 Hollywood, FL 33020.or such other place as the General Partner in its sole discretion may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate. The address of the General Partner is 2450 Hollywood Blvd. Suite 105 Hollywood, FL 33020. or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners.
SECTION 2.4. Purpose and Business.
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 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 in its sole discretion and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Delaware Limited Partnership 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 Group Member. 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 duty (including any fiduciary duty) or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner or Record Holder and, in declining to so propose or approve, shall not be deemed to have breached this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby, the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or any other provision of law, rule or regulation or equity.
SECTION 2.5. Powers.
The Partnership shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described in Section 2.4 and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership.
SECTION 2.6. Power of Attorney.
(a) Each Limited Partner and Record Holder hereby constitutes and appoints the General Partner and, if a Liquidator (other than the General Partner) shall have been selected pursuant to Section 12.3, the Liquidator, severally (and any successor to the Liquidator by merger, transfer, assignment, election or otherwise) and each of their authorized managers and officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, with full power of substitution, as his true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his name, place and stead, to:
(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (A) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments or restatements hereof or thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property;

 

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(B) all certificates, documents and other instruments that the General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect, in accordance with its terms, any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement; (C) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including conveyances and a certificate of cancellation) that the General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect the dissolution and termination of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (D) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments or restatements hereof or thereof) relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, this Agreement (including, without limitation, issuance and cancellations of Special Voting Units pursuant to Section 5.5); (E) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges of any class or series of Partnership Securities issued pursuant to Section 5.6; and (F) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including agreements and a certificate of merger or consolidation or similar certificate) relating to a merger, consolidation, combination or conversion of the Partnership pursuant to Article XIV; and
(ii) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates, documents and other instruments that the General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to (A) make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or (B) to effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement; provided that when required by Section 13.3 or any other provision of this Agreement that establishes a certain percentage of the Limited Partners or of the Limited Partners of any class or series required to take any action, the General Partner and the Liquidator may exercise the power of attorney made in this Section 2.6(a)(ii) only after the necessary vote, consent or approval of such percentage of the Limited Partners or of the Limited Partners of such class or series, as applicable.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.6(a) shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article XIII or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, shall not be affected by the subsequent death, incompetency, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy or termination of any Limited Partner or Record Holder and the transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner’s or Record Holder’s Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Record Holder’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner or Record Holder hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or the Liquidator acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Record Holder, to the maximum extent permitted by law, hereby waives any and all defenses that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or the Liquidator taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner and Record Holder shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within 15 days after receipt of the request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator may request in order to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership.
SECTION 2.7. Term.
The term of the Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of Limited Partnership in accordance with the Delaware Limited Partnership Act and shall continue until the dissolution of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of Article XII. The existence of the Partnership as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation of the Certificate of Limited Partnership as provided in the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.

 

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SECTION 2.8. Title to Partnership Assets.
Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner, one or more of its Affiliates or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which record title is held in the name of the General Partner or one or more of its Affiliates or one or more nominees shall be held by the General Partner or such Affiliate or nominee for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided however, that the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to cause record title to such assets (other than those assets in respect of which the General Partner in its sole discretion determines that the expense and difficulty of conveyancing makes transfer of record title to the Partnership impracticable) to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable; provided further that prior to the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner or as soon thereafter as practicable, the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to effect the transfer of record title to the Partnership and, prior to any such transfer, will provide for the use of such assets in a manner satisfactory to the General Partner. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which record title to such Partnership assets is held.
SECTION 2.9. Certain Undertakings Relating to the Separateness of the Partnership.
(a)  Separateness Generally . The Partnership shall conduct its business and operations separate and apart from those of any other Person (other than the General Partner) in accordance with this Section 2.9.
(b)  Separate Records . The Partnership shall maintain (i) its books and records, (ii) its accounts, and (iii) its financial statements separate from those of any other Person except its consolidated Subsidiaries.
(c)  No Effect . Failure by the General Partner or the Partnership to comply with any of the obligations set forth above shall not affect the status of the Partnership as a separate legal entity, with its separate assets and separate liabilities.
ARTICLE III
RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
SECTION 3.1. Limitation of Liability.
The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.
SECTION 3.2. Management of Business.
No Limited Partner, in its capacity as such, shall participate in the operation, management or control (within the meaning of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. Any action taken by any Affiliate of the General Partner or any officer, director, employee, manager, member, general partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, or any officer, director, employee, manager, member, general partner, agent or trustee of a Group Member, in its capacity as such, shall not be deemed to be participation in the control of the business of the Partnership by a limited partner of the Partnership (within the meaning of Section 17-303(a) of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act) and shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners under this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 3.3. Outside Activities of the Limited Partners.
Any Limited Partner shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the Partnership Group. Neither the Partnership nor any of the other Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner.
SECTION 3.4. Rights of Limited Partners.
(a) In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by applicable law, and except as limited by Section 3.4(b), each Limited Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a Limited Partner in the Partnership, upon reasonable written demand stating the purpose of such demand and at such Limited Partner’s own expense:
(i) promptly after its becoming available, to obtain a copy of the Partnership’s U.S. federal, state and local income tax returns for each year; and
 
(ii) to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments thereto, together with a copy of the executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement, the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments thereto have been executed.
(b) The General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole discretion, (i) any information that the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or (ii) other information the disclosure of which the General Partner believes (A) is not in the best interests of the Partnership Group, (B) could damage the Partnership Group or its business or (C) that any Group Member is required by law or by agreement with any third party to keep confidential (other than agreements with Affiliates of the Partnership the primary purpose of which is to circumvent the obligations set forth in this Section 3.4).
ARTICLE IV

CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS; REDEMPTION OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
SECTION 4.1. Certificates.
Notwithstanding anything otherwise to the contrary herein, unless the General Partner shall determine otherwise in respect of some or all of any or all classes of Partnership Interests, Partnership Interests shall not be evidenced by certificates. Certificates that may be issued shall be executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner (and by any appropriate officer of the General Partner on behalf of the General Partner).
No Certificate evidencing Common Units shall be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent; provided however that if the General Partner elects to issue Certificates evidencing Common Units in global form, the Certificates evidencing Common Units shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that the Certificates evidencing Common Units have been duly registered in accordance with the directions of the Partnership.
SECTION 4.2. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
(a) If any mutilated Certificate evidencing Common Units is surrendered to the Transfer Agent or any mutilated Certificate evidencing other Partnership Securities is surrendered to the General Partner, the appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute, and, if applicable, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Certificate evidencing the same number and type of Partnership Securities as the Certificate so surrendered.

 

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(b) The appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute and deliver, and, if applicable, the Transfer Agent shall countersign a new Certificate in place of any Certificate previously issued if the Record Holder of the Certificate:
(i) makes proof by affidavit, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, that a previously issued Certificate has been lost, destroyed or stolen;
 
(ii) requests the issuance of a new Certificate before the General Partner has notice that the Certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim;
 
(iii) if requested by the General Partner, delivers to the General Partner a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, with surety or sureties and with fixed or open penalty as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may direct to indemnify the Partnership, the Partners, the General Partner and, if applicable, the Transfer Agent against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction or theft of the Certificate; and
 
(iv) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the General Partner.
If a Record Holder fails to notify the General Partner within a reasonable period of time after he has notice of the loss, destruction or theft of a Certificate, and a transfer of the Limited Partner Interests represented by the Certificate is registered before the Partnership, the General Partner or the Transfer Agent receives such notification, the Record Holder shall be precluded from making any claim against the Partnership, the General Partner or the Transfer Agent for such transfer or for a new Certificate.
(c) As a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.2, the General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent, if applicable) reasonably connected therewith.
SECTION 4.3. Record Holders.
The Partnership shall be entitled to recognize the Record Holder as the owner with respect to any Partnership Interest and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Partnership Interest on the part of any other Person, regardless of whether the Partnership shall have actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law or any applicable rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed for trading. Without limiting the foregoing, when a Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing) is acting as nominee, agent or in some other representative capacity for another Person in acquiring and/or holding Partnership Interests, as between the Partnership on the one hand, and such other Persons on the other, such representative Person shall be the Record Holder of such Partnership Interest.
SECTION 4.4. Transfer Generally.
(a) The term “transfer,” when used in this Agreement with respect to a Partnership Interest, shall be deemed to refer to a transaction (i) by which the General Partner assigns its General Partner Units to another Person who becomes the General Partner, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange, or any other disposition by law or otherwise or (ii) by which the holder of a Limited Partner Interest assigns such Limited Partner Interest to another Person, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise, including any transfer upon foreclosure of any pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage.

 

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(b) No Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article IV. Any transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article IV shall be null and void.
(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a disposition by any member of the General Partner of any or all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company or other interests in the General Partner.
SECTION 4.5. Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests.
(a) The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Partnership a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe and subject to the provisions of Section 4.5(b), the Partnership will provide for the registration and transfer of Limited Partner Interests. The Transfer Agent is hereby appointed registrar and transfer agent for the purpose of registering Common Units and transfers of such Common Units as herein provided. The Partnership shall not recognize transfers of Certificates evidencing Limited Partner Interests unless such transfers are effected in the manner described in this Section 4.5. Upon surrender of a Certificate for registration of transfer of any Limited Partner Interests evidenced by a Certificate, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.5(b), the appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute and deliver, and in the case of Common Units, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and type of Limited Partner Interests as was evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.8, the Partnership shall not recognize any transfer of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by Certificates until the Certificates evidencing such Limited Partner Interests are surrendered for registration of transfer. No charge shall be imposed by the General Partner for such transfer; provided that as a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.5, the General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto.
(c) Subject to (i) the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.5, (ii) Section 4.3, (iii) Section 4.7, (iv) with respect to any series of Limited Partner Interests, the provisions of any statement of designations or amendment to this Agreement establishing such series, (v) any contractual provisions binding on any Limited Partner and (vi) provisions of applicable law including the Securities Act, Limited Partnership Interests shall be freely transferable. Partnership Interests may also be subject to any transfer restrictions contained in any employee related policies or equity benefit plans, programs or practices adopted on behalf of the Partnership pursuant to Section 7.4(c).
SECTION 4.6. Transfer of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest.
(a) Subject to Section 4.6(c) below, prior to June 30, 2020, the General Partner shall not transfer all or any part of its General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) to a Person unless such transfer (i) has been approved by the prior written consent or vote of Limited Partners holding of at least a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units (excluding Voting Units held by the General Partner or its Affiliates) or (ii) is of all, but not less than all, of its General Partner Interest to (A) an Affiliate of the General Partner (other than an individual) or (B) another Person (other than an individual) in connection with the merger or consolidation of the General Partner with or into another Person (other than an individual) or the transfer by the General Partner of all, but not less than all, of its General Partner Interest to another Person (other than an individual).

 

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(b) Subject to Section 4.6(c) below, on or after June 30, 2020, the General Partner may transfer all or any part of its General Partner Interest without Unitholder approval.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no transfer by the General Partner of all or any part of its General Partner Interest to another Person shall be permitted unless (i) the transferee agrees to assume the rights and duties of the General Partner under this Agreement and to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) the Partnership receives an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer would not result in the loss of limited liability of any Limited Partner. In the case of a transfer pursuant to and in compliance with this Section 4.6, the transferee or successor (as the case may be) shall, subject to compliance with the terms of Section 10.3, be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner effective immediately prior to the transfer of such General Partner Interest, and the business of the Partnership shall continue without dissolution.
SECTION 4.7. Restrictions on Transfers.
(a) Except as provided in Section 4.7(c) below, but notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article IV, no transfer of any Partnership Interests shall be made if such transfer would (i) violate the then applicable U.S. federal or state securities laws or rules and regulations of the Commission, any state securities commission or any other governmental authority with jurisdiction over such transfer, (ii) terminate the existence or qualification of the Partnership under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, or (iii) cause the Partnership to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed). Furthermore, no transfer of any Common Units shall be made by a Resident of Japan to another Resident of Japan in any way other than a transfer of its Common Units in whole but not in part to one (1) transferee.
(b) The General Partner may impose restrictions on the transfer of Partnership Interests if it receives an Opinion of Counsel that such restrictions are necessary or advisable to avoid a significant risk of the Partnership becoming taxable as a corporation or otherwise becoming taxable as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The General Partner may impose such restrictions by amending this Agreement; provided however, that any amendment that would result in the delisting or suspension of trading of any class of Limited Partner Interests on the principal National Securities Exchange on which such class of Limited Partner Interests is then traded must be approved, prior to such amendment being effected, by the holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests of such class.
(c) Nothing contained in this Article IV, or elsewhere in this Agreement, shall preclude the settlement of any transactions involving Partnership Interests entered into through the facilities of any National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed for trading.
SECTION 4.8. Citizenship Certificates; Non-citizen Assignees.
(a) If any Group Member is or becomes subject to any law or regulation that, in the determination of the General Partner in its sole discretion, creates a substantial risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any property in which the Group Member has an interest based on the nationality, citizenship or other related status of a Limited Partner, the General Partner may request any Limited Partner to furnish to the General Partner, within 30 days after receipt of such request, an executed Citizenship Certification or such other information concerning his nationality, citizenship or other related status (or, if the Limited Partner is a nominee holding for the account of another Person, the nationality, citizenship or other related status of such Person) as the General Partner may request. If a Limited Partner fails to furnish to the General Partner within the aforementioned 30-day period such Citizenship Certification or other requested information or if upon receipt of such Citizenship Certification or other requested information the General Partner determines, with the advice of counsel, that a Limited Partner is not an Eligible Citizen, the Partnership Interests owned by such Limited Partner shall be subject to redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.9. The General Partner also may require in its sole discretion that the status of any such Limited Partner be changed to that of a Non-citizen Assignee and, thereupon, the General Partner shall be substituted for such Non-citizen Assignee as the Limited Partner in respect of his Limited Partner Interests.

 

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(b) The General Partner shall, in exercising voting rights in respect of Limited Partner Interests held by it on behalf of Non-citizen Assignees, distribute the votes in the same ratios as the votes of Partners (including the General Partner) in respect of Limited Partner Interests other than those of Non-citizen Assignees are cast, either for, against or abstaining as to the matter.
(c) Upon dissolution of the Partnership, a Non-citizen Assignee shall have no right to receive a distribution in kind pursuant to Section 12.4 but shall be entitled to the cash equivalent thereof, and the Partnership shall provide cash in exchange for an assignment of the Non-citizen Assignee’s share of the distribution in kind. Such payment and assignment shall be treated for Partnership purposes as a purchase by the Partnership from the Non-citizen Assignee of his Limited Partner Interest (representing his right to receive his share of such distribution in kind).
(d) At any time after he can and does certify that he has become an Eligible Citizen, a Non-citizen Assignee may, upon application to the General Partner, request that with respect to any Limited Partner Interests of such Non-citizen Assignee not redeemed pursuant to Section 4.9, such Non-citizen Assignee be admitted as a Limited Partner, and upon approval of the General Partner in its sole discretion, such Non-citizen Assignee shall be admitted as a Limited Partner and shall no longer constitute a Non-citizen Assignee and the General Partner shall cease to be deemed to be the Limited Partner in respect of the Non-citizen Assignee’s Limited Partner Interests.
SECTION 4.9 Redemption of Partnership Interests of Non-citizen Assignees.
(a) If at any time a Limited Partner fails to furnish a Citizenship Certification or other information requested within the 30-day period specified in Section 4.8(a), or if upon receipt of such Citizenship Certification or other information the General Partner determines, with the advice of counsel, that a Limited Partner is not an Eligible Citizen, the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may cause the Partnership to, unless the Limited Partner establishes to the satisfaction of the General Partner that such Limited Partner is an Eligible Citizen or has transferred his Partnership Interests to a Person who is an Eligible Citizen and who furnishes a Citizenship Certification to the General Partner prior to the date fixed for redemption as provided below, redeem the Limited Partner Interest of such Limited Partner as follows:
(i) The General Partner shall, not later than the 30th day before the date fixed for redemption, give notice of redemption to the Limited Partner, at his last address designated on the records of the Partnership or the Transfer Agent, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid. The notice shall be deemed to have been given when so mailed. The notice shall specify the Redeemable Interests, the date fixed for redemption, the place of payment, that payment of the redemption price will be made upon the redemption of the Redeemable Interests (or, if later in the case of Redeemable Interests evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender of the Certificates evidencing such Redeemable Interests) and that on and after the date fixed for redemption no further allocations or distributions to which the Limited Partner would otherwise be entitled in respect of the Redeemable Interests will accrue or be made.

 

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(ii) The aggregate redemption price for Redeemable Interests shall be an amount equal to the Current Market Price (the date of determination of which shall be the date fixed for redemption) of Limited Partner Interests of the class to be so redeemed multiplied by the number of Limited Partner Interests of each such class included among the Redeemable Interests. The redemption price shall be paid as determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion, in cash or by delivery of a promissory note of the Partnership in the principal amount of the redemption price, bearing interest at the rate of 2% annually and payable in three equal annual installments of principal together with accrued interest, commencing one year after the redemption date.
 
(iii) The Limited Partner or his duly authorized representative shall be entitled to receive the payment for Redeemable Interests at the place of payment specified in the notice of redemption on the redemption date (or, if later in the case of Redeemable Interests evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender by or on behalf of the Limited Partner, at the place specified in the notice of redemption, of the Certificates, evidencing the Redeemable Interests, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by an assignment duly executed in blank).
 
(iv) After the redemption date, Redeemable Interests shall no longer constitute issued and Outstanding Limited Partner Interests.
(b) The provisions of this Section 4.9 shall also be applicable to Limited Partner Interests held by a Limited Partner as nominee of a Person determined to be other than an Eligible Citizen.
(c) Nothing in this Section 4.9 shall prevent the recipient of a notice of redemption from transferring his Limited Partner Interest before the redemption date if such transfer is otherwise permitted under this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice of such a transfer, the General Partner shall withdraw the notice of redemption, provided the transferee of such Limited Partner Interest certifies to the satisfaction of the General Partner in a Citizenship Certification that he is an Eligible Citizen. If the transferee fails to make such certification, such redemption shall be effected from the transferee on the original redemption date.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
SECTION 5.1 Organizational Issuances.
Upon issuance by the Partnership of Common Units on the Closing Date of the Initial Offering, the Corporation’s Common Stock may be cancelled, at the discretion of the Partnership.
SECTION 5.2 Contributions by the General Partner and its Affiliates.
The General Partner shall not be obligated to make any Capital Contributions to the Partnership.
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SECTION 5.4 Interest and Withdrawal.
No interest on Capital Contributions shall be paid by the Partnership. No Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except to the extent, if any, that distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon dissolution of the Partnership may be considered as such by law and then only to the extent provided for in this Agreement. Except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have priority over any other Partner either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions. Any such return shall be a compromise to which all Partners agree within the meaning of Section 17-502(b) of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.
SECTION 5.5 Issuances and Cancellations of Special Voting Units.
(a) Upon the issuance to it of a Special Voting Unit, each holder thereof shall automatically and without further action be admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner of the Partnership.
SECTION 5.6 Issuances of Additional Partnership Securities.
(a) The Partnership may issue additional Partnership Securities and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities for any Partnership purpose at any time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall determine in its sole discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partners, including pursuant to Section 7.4(c).
(b) Each additional Partnership Interest authorized to be issued by the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.6(a) or Section 7.4(c) 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), as shall be fixed by the General Partner in its sole discretion, 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 or shall be required to redeem the Partnership Security (including sinking fund provisions); (v) whether such Partnership Interest is issued with the privilege of conversion or exchange and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which each Partnership Interest will be issued, evidenced by certificates and assigned or transferred; (vii) the method for determining the Percentage Interest as to such Partnership Security; and (viii) the right, if any, of the holder of each such Partnership Interest to vote on Partnership matters, including matters relating to the relative designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of such Partnership Interest.

 

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(c) The General Partner is hereby authorized to take all actions that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with (i) each issuance of Partnership Securities and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities pursuant to this Section 5.6 or Section 7.4(c), including the admission of additional Limited Partners in connection therewith and any related amendment of this Agreement, and (ii) all additional issuances of Partnership Securities and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities. The General Partner shall determine in its sole discretion the relative rights, powers and duties of the holders of the Units or other Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities being so issued. The General Partner is authorized to do all things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with any future issuance of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities, including compliance with any statute, rule, regulation or guideline of any governmental agency or any National Securities Exchange on which the Units or other Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities are listed for trading.
SECTION 5.7 Preemptive Rights.
Unless otherwise determined by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, no Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to the issuance of any Partnership Security, whether unissued, held in the treasury or hereafter created.
SECTION 5.8 Splits and Combinations.
(a) Subject to Section 5.8(d), the Partnership may make a Pro Rata distribution of Partnership Securities to all Record 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 Unit basis or stated as a number of Units are proportionately adjusted retroactive to the beginning of the Partnership.
(b) Whenever such a distribution, subdivision or combination of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to 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 Record 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 or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities to be held by each Record 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.

 

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(c) Promptly following any such distribution, subdivision or combination, the Partnership may issue Certificates to the Record Holders of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities as of the applicable Record Date representing the new number of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities held by such Record 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 or outstanding options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities, the Partnership shall require, as a condition to the delivery to a Record Holder of any such new Certificate, the surrender of any Certificate held by such Record Holder immediately prior to such Record Date.
(d) The Partnership shall not be required to issue fractional Units upon any distribution, subdivision or combination of Units. If a distribution, subdivision or combination of Units would result in the issuance of fractional Units but for the provisions of this Section 5.8(d), the General Partner in its sole discretion may determine that each fractional Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole Unit (and a 0.5 Unit shall be rounded to the next higher Unit).
SECTION 5.9 Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests.
All Limited Partner Interests issued pursuant to, and in accordance with the requirements of, this Article V shall be fully paid and non-assessable Limited Partner Interests in the Partnership, except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 or 17-804 of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 6.1 Maintenance of Capital Accounts.
There shall be established for each Partner on the books of the Partnership as of the date such Partner becomes a Partner a capital account (each being a “ Capital Account ”). Each Capital Contribution by any Partner, if any, shall be credited to the Capital Account of such Partner on the date such Capital Contribution is made to the Partnership. In addition, each Partner’s Capital Account shall be (a) credited with (i) such Partner’s allocable share of any Net Income of the Partnership, and (ii) the amount of any Partnership liabilities that are assumed by the Partner or secured by any Partnership property distributed to the Partner, (b) debited with (i) the amount of distributions (and deemed distributions) to such Partner of cash or the fair market value of other property so distributed, (ii) such Partner’s allocable share of Net Loss of the Partnership and expenditures of the Partnership described or treated under Section 704(b) of the Code as described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and (iii) the amount of any liabilities of the Partner assumed by the Partnership or which are secured by any property contributed by the Partner to the Partnership and (c) otherwise maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. Any other item which is required to be reflected in a Partner’s Capital Account under Section 704(b) of the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder or otherwise under this Agreement shall be so reflected. The General Partner shall make such adjustments to Capital Accounts as it determines in its sole discretion to be appropriate to ensure allocations are made in accordance with a partner’s interest in the Partnership. Interest shall not be payable on Capital Account balances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the General Partner shall maintain the Capital Accounts of the Partners in accordance with the principles and requirements set forth in Section 704(b) of the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. The Capital Account of each holder of General Partner Units or Special Voting Units shall at all times be zero, except to the extent such holder also holds Partnership Interests other than General Partner Units or Special Voting Units.
SECTION 6.2 Allocations.
(a) Net Income (Loss) of the Partnership for each Fiscal Period shall be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Partners in a manner that as closely as possible gives economic effect the manner in which distributions are made to the Partners pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6.3 and 12.4, giving due regard to the penultimate sentence of Sections 6.1 and 6.2(b) and other relevant provisions hereof.

 

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(b) All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes consistent with the manner that the corresponding constituent items of Net Income (Loss) shall be allocated among the Partners pursuant to this Agreement, except as may otherwise be provided herein or by the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner in its sole discretion shall make such allocations for tax purposes as may be needed to ensure that allocations are in accordance with the interests of the Partners in the Partnership, within the meaning of the Code and United States Treasury Regulations. The General Partner shall determine all matters concerning allocations for tax purposes not expressly provided for herein in its sole discretion. For the proper administration of the Partnership and for the preservation of uniformity of Partnership Interests (or any portion or class or classes thereof), the General Partner may (i) amend the provisions of this Agreement as appropriate (x) to reflect the proposal or promulgation of United States Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) or Section 704(c) of the Code or (y) otherwise to preserve or achieve uniformity of Partnership Interests (or any portion or class or classes thereof), and (ii) adopt and employ or modify such conventions and methods as the General Partner determines in its sole discretion to be appropriate for (A) the determination for tax purposes of items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit and the allocation of such items among Partners and between transferors and transferees under this Agreement and pursuant to the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, (B) the determination of the identities and tax classification of Partners, (C) the valuation of Partnership assets and the determination of tax basis, (D) the allocation of asset values and tax basis, (E) the adoption and maintenance of accounting methods and (F) taking into account differences between the Carrying Values of Partnership assets and such asset adjusted tax basis pursuant to Section 704(c) of the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c) Allocations that would otherwise be made to a Partner under the provisions of this Article VI shall instead be made to the beneficial owner of Partnership Interests held by a nominee in any case in which the nominee has furnished the identity of such owner to the Partnership in accordance with Section 6031(c) of the Code or any other method determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion.
SECTION 6.3. Requirement and Characterization of Distributions; Distributions to Record Holders.
(a) The General Partner, in its sole discretion, may authorize distributions by the Partnership to the Partners, which distributions shall be made Pro Rata in accordance with the Partners’ respective Percentage Interests.
(b) The General Partner may treat taxes paid by the Partnership on behalf of, or amounts withheld with respect to, all or less than all of the Partners, as a distribution of cash to such Partners.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a), in the event of the dissolution of the Partnership, all receipts received during or after the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs shall be applied and distributed solely in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, Section 12.4.
(d) Each distribution in respect of a Partnership Interest shall be paid by the Partnership, directly or through the Transfer Agent or through any other Person or agent, only to the Record Holder of such Partnership Interest as of the Record Date set for such distribution. Such payment shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the Partnership’s liability in respect of such payment, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such payment by reason of an assignment or otherwise.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Partnership, and the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, shall not be required to make a distribution to a Partner or a Record Holder if such distribution would violate the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or other applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE VII
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS
SECTION 7.1. Management.
(a) The General Partner shall conduct, direct and manage all activities of the Partnership. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or that are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner, subject to Section 7.3, shall have full power and authority to do all things and on such terms as it determines, in its sole discretion, to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 2.5 and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 2.4, including without limitation the following:
(i) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness, including indebtedness that is convertible or exchangeable into Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities, and the incurring of any other obligations;
 
(ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership;
 
(iii) the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any or all of the assets of the Partnership or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another Person (the matters described in this clause (iii) being subject, however, to any prior approval that may be required by Section 7.3 and Article XIV);
 
(iv) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the financing of the conduct of the operations of the Partnership Group; subject to Section 7.6(a), the lending of funds to other Persons; the repayment or guarantee of obligations of any Group Member and the making of capital contributions to any Group Member;
 
(v) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments (including instruments that limit the liability of the Partnership under contractual arrangements to all or particular assets of the Partnership, with the other party to the contract to have no recourse against the General Partner or its assets other than their interest in the Partnership, even if same results in the terms of the transaction being less favorable to the Partnership than would otherwise be the case);
 
(vi) the distribution of Partnership cash;
 
(vii) the selection and dismissal of employees (including employees having titles such as “president,” “vice president,” “secretary,” “treasurer” or any other titles the General Partner in its sole discretion may determine) and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring;
 
(viii) the maintenance of insurance for the benefit of the Partnership Group, the Partners and Indemnitees;
 
(ix) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property and the making of loans to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies, corporations or other relationships (including the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, the Partnership’s Subsidiaries from time to time) subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.4;

 

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(x) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the bringing and defending of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in the conduct of litigation, arbitration or mediation and the incurring of legal expense and the settlement of claims and litigation;
 
(xi) the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;
 
(xii) the entering into of listing agreements with any National Securities Exchange and the delisting of some or all of the Limited Partner Interests from, or requesting that trading be suspended on, any such exchange (subject to any prior approval that may be required under Section 4.7);
 
(xiii) the purchase, sale or other acquisition or disposition of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities;
 
(xiv) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s participation in the management of the Partnership Group through its directors, officers or employees or the Partnership’s direct or indirect ownership of the Group Members, including, without limitation, all things described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and the agreements described in or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement; and
 
(xv) cause to be registered for resale under the Securities Act and applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws, any securities of, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into securities of, the Partnership held by any Person, including the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner.
(b) In exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Partner (including the General Partner) of any action taken (or not taken) by it. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not have any liability to a Limited Partner for monetary damages or otherwise for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by such Limited Partner in connection with such decisions so long as the General Partner has acted pursuant to its authority under this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation, each of the Partners and each other Person who may acquire an interest in Partnership Securities hereby agrees that the execution, delivery or performance by the General Partner, any Group Member or any Affiliate of any of them, of this Agreement or any agreement authorized or permitted under this Agreement (including the exercise by the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner of the rights accorded pursuant to Article XV), shall not constitute a breach by the General Partner of any duty that the General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or any other Persons under this Agreement (or any other agreements) or of any duty existing at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 7.2. Certificate of Limited Partnership.
The General Partner has caused the Certificate of Limited Partnership to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as required by the Delaware Limited Partnership Act and shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware or any other state in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. To the extent the General Partner determines such action to be necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and do all things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership or other entity in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware or of any other state in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of Section 3.4(a), the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate of Limited Partnership, any qualification document or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner.
In the event that the General Partner determines the Partnership should seek relief pursuant to Section 7704(e) of the Code to preserve the status of the Partnership as a partnership for U.S. federal (and applicable state) income tax purposes, the Partnership and each Partner shall agree to adjustments required by the tax authorities, and the Partnership shall pay such amounts as required by the tax authorities, to preserve the status of the Partnership as a partnership.
SECTION 7.3. Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority.
Except as provided in Articles XII and XIV, the General Partner may not sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Partnership Group’s assets, taken as a whole, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions without the approval of holders of a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units; provided however that this provision shall not preclude or limit the General Partner’s ability, in its sole discretion, to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership Group (including for the benefit of Persons other than members of the Partnership Group, including Affiliates of the General Partner) and shall not apply to any forced sale of any or all of the assets of the Partnership Group pursuant to the foreclosure of, or other realization upon, any such encumbrance. Without the approval of holders of a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units, the General Partner shall not, on behalf of the Partnership, except as permitted under Sections 4.6, 11.1 and 11.2, elect or cause the Partnership to elect a successor general partner of the Partnership.
SECTION 7.4. Reimbursement of the General Partner.
(a) Except as provided in this Section 7.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner or managing member of any Group Member.
(b) The General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other reasonable basis as the General Partner may determine, in its sole discretion, for (i) all direct and indirect expenses it incurs or payments it makes on behalf of the Partnership Group (including salary, bonus, incentive compensation and other amounts paid to any Person including Affiliates of the General Partner to perform services for the Partnership Group or for the General Partner in the discharge of its duties to the Partnership Group), and (ii) all other expenses allocable to the Partnership Group or otherwise incurred by the General Partner in connection with operating the Partnership Group’s business (including expenses allocated to the General Partner by its Affiliates). The General Partner in its sole discretion shall determine the expenses that are allocable to the Partnership Group. Reimbursements pursuant to this Section 7.4 shall be in addition to any reimbursement to the General Partner as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7.

 

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(c) The General Partner may, in its sole discretion, without the approval of the Limited Partners (who shall have no right to vote in respect thereof), propose and adopt on behalf of the Partnership Group equity benefit plans, programs and practices (including plans, programs and practices involving the issuance of or reservation of issuance of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities), or cause the Partnership to issue or to reserve for issuance Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities in connection with, or pursuant to, any such equity benefit plan, program or practice or any equity benefit plan, program or practice maintained or sponsored by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates in respect of services performed directly or indirectly for the benefit of the Partnership Group. The Partnership agrees to issue and sell to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates any Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities that the General Partner or such Affiliates are obligated to provide pursuant to any equity benefit plans, programs or practices maintained or sponsored by them. Expenses incurred by the General Partner in connection with any such plans, programs and practices (including the net cost to the General Partner or such Affiliates of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities purchased by the General Partner or such Affiliates from the Partnership to fulfill options or awards under such plans, programs and practices) shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 7.4(b). Any and all obligations of the General Partner under any equity benefit plans, programs or practices adopted by the General Partner as permitted by this Section 7.4(c) shall constitute obligations of the General Partner hereunder and shall be assumed by any successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.2 or the transferee of or successor to all of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest.
SECTION 7.5. Outside Activities.
(a) After the Closing Date, the General Partner, for so long as it is a General Partner of the Partnership (i) agrees that its sole business will be to act as a general partner or managing member of the Partnership and any other partnership or limited liability company of which the Partnership is, directly or indirectly, a partner or member and to undertake activities that are ancillary or related thereto (including being a limited partner in the Partnership) and (ii) shall not engage in any business or activity or incur any debts or liabilities except in connection with or incidental to (A) its performance as general partner or managing member of one or more Group Members or as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or (B) the acquiring, owning or disposing of debt or equity securities in any Group Member.
(b) Except insofar as the General Partner is specifically restricted by Section 7.5(a), each Indemnitee shall have the right to engage in businesses of every type and description and other activities for profit and to engage in and possess an interest in other business ventures of any and every type or description, whether in businesses engaged in or anticipated to be engaged in by any Group Member, independently or with others, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the business and activities of any Group Member, and none of the same shall constitute a breach of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise to any Group Member or any Partner or Record Holder. None of any Group Member, any Limited Partner or any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any Indemnitee.
(c) Subject to the terms of Section 7.5(a) and Section 7.5(b), but otherwise notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the engaging in competitive activities by any Indemnitees (other than the General Partner) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.5 is hereby approved by the Partnership and all Partners, (ii) it shall be deemed not to be a breach of the General Partner’s or any other Indemnitee’s duties or any other obligation of any type whatsoever of the General Partner or any other Indemnitee for the Indemnitee (other than the General Partner) to engage in such business interests and activities in preference to or to the exclusion of any Group Member, (iii) the General Partner and the Indemnities shall have no obligation hereunder or as a result of any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise to present business opportunities to any Group Member and (iv) the doctrine of “corporate opportunity” or other analogous doctrine shall not apply to any such Indemnitee.

 

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(d) The General Partner and any of its Affiliates may acquire Units or other Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, shall be entitled to exercise all rights of a General Partner or Limited Partner, as applicable, relating to such Units or Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities.
SECTION 7.6. Loans from the General Partner; Loans or Contributions from the Partnership; Contracts with Affiliates; Certain Restrictions on the General Partner.
(a) The General Partner or any of its Affiliates may, but shall be under no obligation to, lend to any Group Member, and any Group Member may borrow from the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, funds needed or desired by the Group Member for such periods of time and in such amounts as the General Partner may determine, in each case on terms that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership; provided however that the requirements of this Section 7.6(a) conclusively shall be deemed satisfied and not a breach of any duty hereunder or existing at law, in equity or otherwise as to any transaction (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) the terms of which are no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iii) that is fair and reasonable to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be or have been particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership).
(b) Any Group Member (including the Partnership) may lend or contribute to any other Group Member, and any Group Member may borrow from any other Group Member (including the Partnership), funds on terms and conditions determined by the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall be exercised by the General Partner in its sole discretion and shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Group Member or any other Person.
(c) The General Partner may itself, or may enter into an agreement with any of its Affiliates to, render services to a Group Member or to the General Partner in the discharge of its duties as general partner of the Partnership. Any services rendered to a Group Member by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates shall be on terms that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership; provided however that the requirements of this Section 7.6(c) conclusively shall be deemed satisfied and not a breach of any duty hereunder or existing at law, in equity or otherwise as to any transaction (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) the terms of which are no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iii) that is fair and reasonable to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be or have been particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership). The provisions of Section 7.4 shall apply to the rendering of services described in this Section 7.6(c).
(d) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions as are consistent with this Agreement and applicable law.
(e) The General Partner or any of its Affiliates may sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, pursuant to transactions that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership; provided however that the requirements of this Section 7.6(e) conclusively shall be deemed to be satisfied and not a breach of any duty hereunder or existing at law, in equity or otherwise as to (i) the transactions effected pursuant to Section 5.3 and any other transactions described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, (ii) any transaction approved by Special Approval, (iii) any transaction, the terms of which are no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties, or (iv) any transaction that is fair and reasonable to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be or have been particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership). With respect to any contribution of assets to the Partnership in exchange for Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities, the Conflicts Committee, in determining whether the appropriate number of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities are being issued, may take into account, among other things, the fair market value of the assets, the liquidated and contingent liabilities assumed, the tax basis in the assets, the extent to which tax-only allocations to the transferor will protect the existing partners of the Partnership against a low tax basis, and such other factors as the Conflicts Committee deems relevant under the circumstances.

 

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(f) The General Partner and its Affiliates will have no obligation to permit any Group Member to use any facilities or assets of the General Partner and its Affiliates, except as may be provided in contracts entered into from time to time specifically dealing with such use, nor shall there be any obligation on the part of the General Partner or its Affiliates to enter into such contracts.
SECTION 7.7. Indemnification.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law but subject to the limitations expressly provided in this Agreement, all Indemnitees shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal and including appeals, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its status as an Indemnitee whether arising from acts or omissions to act occurring before or after the date of this Agreement; 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 7.7, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.7(j), the Partnership shall be required to indemnify a person described in such sentence in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such person only if the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by such person was authorized by the General Partner in its sole discretion.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to Section 7.7(a) in appearing at, participating in or defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to a final and non-appealable determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified upon receipt by the Partnership of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it ultimately shall be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 7.7. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.7(j), the Partnership shall be required to indemnify a person described in such sentence in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such person only if the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by such person was authorized by the General Partner in its sole discretion.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the holders of Outstanding Voting Units entitled to vote on such matter, as a matter of law, in equity or otherwise, both as to actions in the Indemnitee’s capacity as an Indemnitee and as to actions in any other capacity (including any capacity under the Underwriting Agreement), and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity.

 

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(d) The Partnership may purchase and maintain (or reimburse the General Partner or its Affiliates for the cost of) insurance, on behalf of the General Partner, its Affiliates, the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine in its sole discretion, against any liability that may be asserted against, or expense that may be incurred by, such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities or such Person’s activities on behalf of the Partnership, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.
(e) For purposes of this Section 7.7, (i) the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; (ii) excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute “fines” within the meaning of Section 7.7(a); and (iii) any action taken or omitted by an Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the best interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose that is in the best interests of the Partnership.
(f) Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, it being agreed that the General Partner shall not be personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification. In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.
(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.7 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
(h) The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees and their heirs, successors, assigns, executors and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.
(i) No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall in any manner terminate, reduce or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee to be indemnified by the Partnership, nor the obligations of the Partnership to indemnify any such Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or-in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.
(j) If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is being sought) or advancement of expenses under this Section 7.7 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by any Indemnitee has been received by the Partnership, such Indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. In any such action the Partnership shall have the burden of proving that such Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
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SECTION 7.8. Liability of Indemnitees.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no Indemnitee shall be liable to the Partnership, the Limited Partners or any other Persons who have acquired interests in the Partnership Securities, for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnitee, or for any breach of contract (including breach of this Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising hereunder, at law, in equity or otherwise, unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter in question, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct.
(b) The General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and the General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by the General Partner in good faith.
(c) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability of the Indemnitees under this Section 7.8 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted, and provided such Person became an Indemnitee hereunder prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.
SECTION 7.9. Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises between the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Partnership, any Group Member or any Partner, on the other, any resolution or course of action by the General Partner or its Affiliates in respect of such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all Partners, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement, or any agreement contemplated herein or therein, or of any duty hereunder or existing at law, in equity or otherwise, if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest is (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) on terms no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iii) fair and reasonable to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be or have been particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership). The General Partner shall be authorized but not required in connection with its resolution of such conflict of interest to seek Special Approval of such resolution, and the General Partner may also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval. Failure to seek Special Approval shall not be deemed to indicate that a conflict of interest exists or that Special Approval could not have been obtained. If Special Approval is not sought and the Board of Directors determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (ii) or (iii) above, then it shall be presumed that, in making its decision, the Board of Directors acted in good faith, and in any proceeding brought by or on behalf of any Limited Partner, the Partnership or any other Person bound by this Agreement challenging such approval, the Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall have the burden of overcoming such presumption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or equity, and without limitation of Section 7.6, the existence of the conflicts of interest described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement are hereby approved, and all such conflicts of interest are waived, by all Partners and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or otherwise applicable provision of law or equity, whenever in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, is permitted to or required to make a decision in its “sole discretion” or “discretion” or that it deems “necessary or appropriate” or “necessary or advisable” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, then the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, make such decision in its sole discretion (regardless of whether there is a reference to “sole discretion” or “discretion”), and shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Partnership or the Partners, and shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby, under the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity. Whenever in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise the General Partner is permitted to or required to make a decision in its “good faith” then for purposes of this Agreement, the General Partner, or any of its Affiliates that cause it to make any such decision, shall be conclusively presumed to be acting in good faith if such Person or Persons subjectively believe(s) that the decision made or not made is in the best interests of the Partnership.
(c) Whenever the General Partner makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or any of its Affiliates causes it to do so, in its individual capacity as opposed to in its capacity as a general partner of the Partnership, whether under this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, are entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to make such determination or to take or decline to take such other action free of any duty (including any fiduciary duty) or obligation, whatsoever to the Partnership, any Limited Partner, any Record Holder or any other Person bound by this Agreement, and the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be required to act pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner and its Affiliates shall have no duty or obligation, express or implied, to (i) sell or otherwise dispose of any asset of the Partnership Group other than in the ordinary course of business or (ii) permit any Group Member to use any facilities or assets of the General Partner and its Affiliates, except as may be provided in contracts entered into from time to time specifically dealing with such use. Any determination by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates to enter into such contracts shall be in its sole discretion.
(e) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the General Partner nor any other Indemnitee shall have any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or any other Person bound by this Agreement, and the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or otherwise modify or eliminate 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.
(f) The Limited Partners, hereby authorize the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership as a partner or member of a Group Member, to approve of actions by the general partner or managing member of such Group Member similar to those actions permitted to be taken by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.9.
(g) The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is under no obligation to consider the separate interests of the Limited Partners (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions, and that the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such decisions.

 

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SECTION 7.10. Other Matters Concerning the General Partner.
(a) The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(b) The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the advice or opinion (including an Opinion of Counsel) of such Persons as to matters that the General Partner reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion.
(c) The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized officers or any duly appointed attorney or attorneys-in-fact. Each such attorney shall, to the extent provided by the General Partner in the power of attorney, have full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and duty that is permitted or required to be done by the General Partner hereunder.
SECTION 7.11. Purchase or Sale of Partnership Securities.
The General Partner may cause the Partnership or any other Group Member to purchase or otherwise acquire Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities. The General Partner or any of its Affiliates may also purchase or otherwise acquire and sell or otherwise dispose of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities for their own account, subject to the provisions of Articles IV and X.
SECTION 7.12. Reliance by Third Parties.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner and any officer of the General Partner authorized by the General Partner to act on behalf of and in the name of the Partnership has full power and authority to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any authorized contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner or any such officer as if it were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner or any such officer in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of any act or action of the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (a) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (b) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership and (c) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.

 

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ARTICLE VIII
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
SECTION 8.1. Records and Accounting.
The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership or any other place designated by the General Partner in its sole discretion appropriate books and records with respect to the Partnership’s business, including all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information required to be provided pursuant to Section 3.4(a). Any books and records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business, including the record of the Record Holders of Units or other Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities, books of account and records of Partnership proceedings, may be kept on, or be in the form of, computer disks, hard drives, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other information storage device; provided that the books and records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time. The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
SECTION 8.2. Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Partnership (each, a “ Fiscal Year ”) shall be a year ending December 31. The General Partner in its sole discretion may change the Fiscal Year of the Partnership at any time and from time to time in each case as may be required or permitted under the Code or applicable United States Treasury Regulations and shall notify the Limited Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners.
SECTION 8.3. Reports.
(a) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 120 days after the close of each Fiscal Year, the General Partner shall cause to be made available to each Record Holder of a Unit as of a date selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion, an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership for such Fiscal Year, presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including a balance sheet and statements of operations, Partnership equity and cash flows, such statements to be audited by a firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion.
(b) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days after the close of each Quarter except the last Quarter of each Fiscal Year, the General Partner shall cause to be made available to each Record Holder of a Unit, as of a date selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion, a report containing unaudited financial statements of the Partnership and such other information as may be required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed for trading, or as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.
(c) The General Partner shall be deemed to have made a report available to each Record Holder as required by this Section 8.3 if it has either (i) filed such report with the Commission via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system and such report is publicly available on such system or (ii) made such report available on any publicly available website maintained by the Partnership.

 

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ARTICLE IX
TAX MATTERS
SECTION 9.1. Tax Returns and Information.
As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each Fiscal Year, the Partnership shall send to each Partner a copy of United States Internal Revenue Service Schedule K-1, and any comparable statements required by applicable U.S. state or local income tax law, with respect to such Fiscal Year. The Partnership also shall provide the Partners with such other information as may be reasonably requested for purposes of allowing the Partners to prepare and file their own U.S. federal, state and local tax returns. Each Partner shall be required to report for all tax purposes consistently with such information provided by the Partnership. The classification, realization and recognition of income, gain, losses and deductions and other items shall be on the accrual method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 9.2. Tax Elections.
The General Partner shall determine whether to make or refrain from making the election provided for in Section 754 of the Code, and any and all other elections permitted by the tax laws of the United States, the several states and other relevant jurisdictions, in its sole discretion.
SECTION 9.3. Tax Controversies.
Subject to the provisions hereof, the General Partner is designated as the Tax Matters Partner (as defined in the Code) and is authorized to represent the Partnership (at the Partnership’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Partnership’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Partnership funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. Each Partner agrees to cooperate with the General Partner and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably required by the General Partner to conduct such proceedings.
SECTION 9.4. Withholding.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to take any action that may be required to be necessary or appropriate to cause the Partnership or any other Group Member to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. law including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the Code. To the extent that the Partnership is required or elects to withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to any Partner (including, without limitation, by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), the General Partner may treat the amount withheld as a distribution of cash pursuant to Section 6.3 in the amount of such withholding from such Partner.
SECTION 9.5. Election to be Treated as a Corporation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the General Partner determines in its sole discretion that it is no longer in the best interests of the Partnership to continue as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the General Partner may elect to treat the Partnership as an association or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal (and applicable state) income tax purposes.

 

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ARTICLE X
ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
SECTION 10.1. Admission of Initial Limited Partners.
Upon the issuance by the Partnership of Common Units to the Shareholders or their designee(s) as described in Section 5.3 in connection with the Initial Offering, the General Partner shall admit such parties to the Partnership as Initial Limited Partners in respect of the Common Units issued to them.
SECTION 10.2. Admission of Additional Limited Partners.
(a) By acceptance of the transfer of any Limited Partner Interests in accordance with this Section 10.2 or the issuance of any Limited Partner Interests in accordance herewith (including in a merger, consolidation or other business combination pursuant to Article XIV), and except as provided in Section 4.8, each transferee or other recipient of a Limited Partner Interest (including any nominee holder or an agent or representative acquiring such Limited Partner Interests for the account of another Person) (i) shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interests so transferred or issued to such Person when any such transfer or issuance is reflected in the books and records of the Partnership, with or without execution of this Agreement, (ii) shall become bound by the terms of, and shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by, this Agreement, (iii) shall become the Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interests so transferred or issued, (iv) represents that the transferee or other recipient has the capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, (v) grants the powers of attorney set forth in this Agreement and (vi) makes the consents, acknowledgments and waivers contained in this Agreement. The transfer of any Limited Partner Interests and/or the admission of any new Limited Partner shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement. A Person may become a Record Holder without the consent or approval of any of the Partners. A Person may not become a Limited Partner without acquiring a Limited Partner Interest. The rights and obligations of a Person who is a Non-citizen Assignee shall be determined in accordance with Section 4.8.
(b) The name and mailing address of each Limited Partner shall be listed on the books and records of the Partnership maintained for such purpose by the Partnership or the Transfer Agent. The General Partner shall update the books and records of the Partnership from time to time as necessary to reflect accurately the information therein (or shall cause the Transfer Agent to do so, as applicable). A Limited Partner Interest may be represented by a Certificate, as provided in Section 4.1.
(c) Any transfer of a Limited Partner Interest shall not entitle the transferee to share in the profits and losses, to receive distributions, to receive allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit or any similar item or to any other rights to which the transferor was entitled until the transferee becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 10.2(a).
SECTION 10.3. Admission of Successor General Partner.
A successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.2 or the transferee of or successor to all of the General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) pursuant to Section 4.6 who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner effective immediately prior to the withdrawal or removal of the predecessor or transferring General Partner pursuant to Sections 11.1 or 11.2 or the transfer of such General Partner’s General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) pursuant to Section 4.6; provided however, that no such successor shall be admitted to the Partnership until compliance with the terms of Section 4.6 has occurred and such successor has executed and delivered such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect such admission. Any such successor is hereby authorized to and shall, subject to the terms hereof, carry on the business of the Partnership without dissolution.

 

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SECTION 10.4. Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership to Reflect the Admission of Partners.
To effect the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary under the Delaware Limited Partnership Act to amend the records of the Partnership to reflect such admission and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practicable an amendment to this Agreement and, if required by law, the General Partner shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership, and the General Partner may for this purpose, among others, exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.6.
ARTICLE XI
WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS
SECTION 11.1. Withdrawal of the General Partner.
(a) The General Partner shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Partnership upon the occurrence of any one of the following events (each such event herein referred to as an “ Event of Withdrawal ”):
(i) The General Partner voluntarily withdraws from the Partnership by giving written notice to the other Partners;
 
(ii) The General Partner transfers all of its General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6;
 
(iii) The General Partner is removed pursuant to Section 11.2;
 
(iv) The General Partner (A) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (B) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code; (C) files a petition or answer seeking for itself a liquidation, dissolution or similar relief (but not a reorganization) under any law; (D) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the General Partner in a proceeding of the type described in clauses (A)-(C) of this Section 11.1(a)(iv); or (E) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee (but not a debtor-in-possession), receiver or liquidator of the General Partner or of all or any substantial part of its properties;
 
(v) A final and non-appealable order of relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code is entered by a court with appropriate jurisdiction pursuant to a voluntary or involuntary petition by or against the General Partner; or
 
(vi) (A) in the event the General Partner is a corporation, a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent is filed for the General Partner, or 90 days expire after the date of notice to the General Partner of revocation of its charter without a reinstatement of its charter, under the laws of its state of incorporation; (B) in the event the General Partner is a partnership or a limited liability company, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the General Partner; (C) in the event the General Partner is acting in such capacity by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, the termination of the trust; (D) in the event the General Partner is a natural person, his death or adjudication of incompetency; and (E) otherwise in the event of the termination of the General Partner.
If an Event of Withdrawal specified in Section 11.1(a)(iv), (v) or (vi)(A), (B), (C) or (E) occurs, the withdrawing General Partner shall give notice to the Limited Partners within 30 days after such occurrence. The Partners hereby agree that only the Events of Withdrawal described in this Section 11.1 shall result in the withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership.

 

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(b) Withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement under the following circumstances: (i) at any time during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on June 30, 2020, the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days’ advance notice of its intention to withdraw to the Limited Partners; provided that prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, the withdrawal is approved by Limited Partners holding at least a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units (excluding Voting Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates) and the General Partner delivers to the Partnership an Opinion of Counsel (“ Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel ”) that such withdrawal (following the selection of the successor General Partner) would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner or cause the Partnership or any Group Member to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (to the extent not previously treated as such); (ii) at any time after 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on June 30, 2020, the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days’ advance notice to the Unitholders, such withdrawal to take effect on the date specified in such notice; (iii) at any time that the General Partner ceases to be the General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(ii) or is removed pursuant to Section 11.2; or (iv) notwithstanding clause (i) of this sentence, at any time that the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days’ advance notice of its intention to withdraw to the Limited Partners, such withdrawal to take effect on the date specified in the notice, if at the time such notice is given one Person and its Affiliates (other than the General Partner and its Affiliates) Beneficially Own or own of record or control at least 50% of the Outstanding Common Units. The withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall also constitute the withdrawal of the General Partner as general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members. If the General Partner gives a notice of withdrawal pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i), the Limited Partners holding of a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units, may, prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, elect a successor General Partner. The Person so elected as successor General Partner shall automatically become the successor general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is a general partner or a managing member, and is hereby authorized to, and shall, continue the business of the Partnership and, to the extent applicable, the other Group Members without dissolution. If, prior to the effective date of the General Partner’s withdrawal pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i), a successor is not selected by the Unitholders as provided herein or the Partnership does not receive a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel, the Partnership shall be dissolved in accordance with and subject to Section 12.1. Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.1 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.3.
SECTION 11.2. Removal of the General Partner.
The General Partner may be removed if such removal is approved by the Unitholders holding at least 662/3% of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units (including Voting Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates). Any such action by such Unitholders for removal of the General Partner must also provide for the election of a successor General Partner by the Unitholders holding a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units (including Voting Units 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 10.3. The removal of the General Partner shall also automatically constitute the removal of the General Partner as general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is a general partner or a managing member. If a Person is elected as a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.2, such Person shall, upon admission pursuant to Section 10.3, automatically become a successor general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is a general partner or a managing member, and is hereby authorized to, and shall, continue the business of the Partnership and the other Group Members without dissolution.

 

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The right of the Unitholders to remove the General Partner shall not exist or be exercised unless the Partnership has received an opinion opining as to the matters covered by a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel. Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.2 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.3.
SECTION 11.3. Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner.
(a) In the event of (i) the withdrawal of a General Partner under circumstances where such withdrawal does not violate this Agreement or (ii) the removal of the General Partner by the Unitholders under circumstances where Cause does not exist, if a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Sections 11.1 or 11.2, the Departing General Partner shall have the option exercisable prior to the effective date of the withdrawal or removal of such Departing General Partner to require its successor to purchase (x) its General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) and (y) its general partner interest (or equivalent interest), if any, in the other Group Members ((x) and (y) 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 Unitholders 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 11.1 or 11.2 (or if the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2 and the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner), 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 of the Departing General Partner for such 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 7.4, including any employee-related liabilities (including severance liabilities), incurred in connection with the termination of any employees employed by the Departing General Partner or its Affiliates (excluding any Group Member) for the benefit of the Partnership or the other Group Members.
For purposes of this Section 11.3(a), the fair market value of a 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 departure, 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 Units on any National Securities Exchange on which Common Units are then listed, 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 11.3(a), the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) shall become a Limited Partner and its Combined Interest shall be converted into Common Units pursuant to a valuation made by an investment banking firm or other independent expert selected pursuant to Section 11.3(a), without reduction in such Partnership Interest (but subject to proportionate dilution by reason of the admission of its successor).

 

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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 Limited Partner. For purposes of this Agreement, conversion of the Combined Interest of the Departing General Partner to Common Units will be characterized as if the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) contributed its Combined Interest to the Partnership in exchange for the newly-issued Common Units.
SECTION 11.4. Withdrawal of Limited Partners.
No Limited Partner shall have any right to withdraw from the Partnership; provided however that when a transferee of a Limited Partner’s Limited Partner Interest becomes a Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interest so transferred, such transferring Limited Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interest so transferred.
ARTICLE XII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
SECTION 12.1. Dissolution.
The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the removal or withdrawal of the General Partner, if a successor General Partner is elected pursuant to Sections 10.3, 11.1, 11.2 or 12.2, the Partnership shall not be dissolved and such successor General Partner is hereby authorized to, and shall, continue the business of the Partnership. Subject to Section 12.2, the Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon:
(a) an Event of Withdrawal of the General Partner as provided in Section 11.1(a) (other than Section 11.1(a)(ii)), unless a successor is elected and such successor is admitted to the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement;
 
(b) an election to dissolve the Partnership by the General Partner that is approved by the Unitholders holding a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units;
 
(c) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act; or
 
(d) at any time there are no Limited Partners, unless the Partnership is continued without dissolution in accordance with the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.
SECTION 12.2. Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Event of Withdrawal.
Upon an Event of Withdrawal caused by (a) the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner as provided in Sections 11.1(a)(i) or (iii) and the failure of the Partners to select a successor to such Departing General Partner pursuant to Sections 11.1 or 11.2, then within 90 days thereafter, or (b) an event constituting an Event of Withdrawal as defined in Sections 11.1(a)(iv), (v) or (vi), then, to the maximum extent permitted by law, within 180 days thereafter, the Unitholders holding a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units may elect to continue the business of the Partnership on the same terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement by appointing as the successor General Partner a Person approved by the Unitholders holding a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units. Unless such an election is made within the applicable time period as set forth above, the Partnership shall dissolve and conduct only activities necessary to wind up its affairs. If such an election is so made, then:
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(ii) if the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner, then the interest of the former General Partner shall be treated in the manner provided in Section 11.3; and
 
(iii) the successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as General Partner, effective as of the Event of Withdrawal, by agreeing in writing to be bound by this Agreement;
provided that the right of the Unitholders holding a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units to approve a successor General Partner and to continue the business of the Partnership shall not exist and may not be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of Counsel (x) that the exercise of the right would not result in the loss of limited liability of any Limited Partner and (y) neither the Partnership nor any successor limited partnership would be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise be taxable as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon the exercise of such right to continue (to the extent not so treated or taxed).
SECTION 12.3. Liquidator.
Upon dissolution of the Partnership, unless the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2, the General Partner shall select in its sole discretion one or more Persons (which may be the General Partner) to act as Liquidator. If other than the General Partner, the Liquidator (1) shall be entitled to receive such compensation for its services as may be approved by Unitholders holding at least a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units voting as a single class, (2) shall agree not to resign at any time without 15 days’ prior notice and (3) may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by notice of removal approved by Unitholders holding at least a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units voting as a single class. Upon dissolution, removal or resignation of the Liquidator, a successor and substitute Liquidator (who shall have and succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the original Liquidator) shall within 30 days thereafter be approved by holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units voting as a single class. The right to approve a successor or substitute Liquidator in the manner provided herein shall be deemed to refer also to any such successor or substitute Liquidator approved in the manner herein provided. Except as expressly provided in this Article XII, the Liquidator approved in the manner provided herein shall have and may exercise, without further authorization or consent of any of the parties hereto, all of the powers conferred upon the General Partner under the terms of this Agreement (but subject to all of the applicable limitations, contractual and otherwise, upon the exercise of such powers, other than the limitation on sale set forth in Section 7.3) necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties and functions of the Liquidator hereunder for and during the period of time required to complete the winding up and liquidation of the Partnership as provided for herein.
SECTION 12.4. Liquidation.
The Liquidator shall proceed to dispose of the assets of the Partnership, discharge its liabilities, and otherwise wind up its affairs in such manner and over such period as the Liquidator determines to be in the best interest of the Partners, subject to Section 17-804 of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act and the following:
(a) Disposition of Assets . The assets may be disposed of by public or private sale or by distribution in kind to one or more Partners on such terms as the Liquidator and such Partner or Partners may agree. If any property is distributed in kind, the Partner receiving the property shall be deemed for purposes of Section 12.4(c) to have received cash equal to its fair market value; and contemporaneously therewith, appropriate cash distributions must be made to the other Partners. The Liquidator may defer liquidation or distribution of the Partnership’s assets for a reasonable time if it determines that an immediate sale or distribution of all or some of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners. The Liquidator may distribute the Partnership’s assets, in whole or in part, in kind if it determines that a sale would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners.

 

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(b) Discharge of Liabilities . Liabilities of the Partnership include amounts owed to the Liquidator as compensation for serving in such capacity (subject to the terms of Section 12.3) and amounts to Partners otherwise than in respect of their distribution rights under Article VI. With respect to any liability that is contingent, conditional or unmatured or is otherwise not yet due and payable, the Liquidator shall either settle such claim for such amount as it thinks appropriate or establish a reserve of cash or other assets to provide for its payment.
 
(c) Liquidation Distributions . All property and all cash in excess of that required to discharge liabilities as provided in Section 12.4(b) shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of a Record Date selected by the Liquidator.
SECTION 12.5. Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership.
Upon the completion of the distribution of Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 12.4 in connection with the liquidation of the Partnership, the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be canceled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.
SECTION 12.6. Return of Contributions.
The General Partner shall not be personally liable for, and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate, the return of the Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners or Unitholders, or any portion thereof, it being expressly understood that any such return shall be made solely from Partnership assets.
SECTION 12.7. Waiver of Partition.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Partner hereby waives any right to partition of the Partnership property.
SECTION 12.8. Capital Account Restoration.
No Partner shall have any obligation to restore any negative balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation of the Partnership.
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE
SECTION 13.1. Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the General Partner.
Each Partner agrees that the General Partner, without the approval of any Partner, any Unitholder or any other Person, may amend any provision of this Agreement and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect:
(a) a change in the name of the Partnership, the location of the principal place of business of the Partnership, the registered agent of the Partnership or the registered office of the Partnership;
 
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(c) a change that the General Partner determines in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate to qualify or continue the qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability under the laws of any state or other jurisdiction or to ensure that the Group Members will not be treated as associations taxable as corporations or otherwise taxed as entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
 
(d) a change that the General Partner determines in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate to address changes in U.S. federal income tax regulations, legislation or interpretation;
 
(e) a change that the General Partner determines (i) does not adversely affect the Limited Partners considered as a whole (including any particular class of Partnership Interests as compared to other classes of Partnership Interests, treating the Common Units as a separate class for this purpose) in any material respect, (ii) to be necessary or appropriate to (A) satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or regulation of any U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. agency or judicial authority or contained in any U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. statute (including the Delaware Limited Partnership Act) or (B) facilitate the trading of the Limited Partner Interests (including the division of any class or classes of Outstanding Limited Partner Interests into different classes to facilitate uniformity of tax consequences within such classes of Limited Partner Interests) or comply with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Limited Partner Interests are or will be listed, (iii) to be necessary or appropriate in connection with action taken by the General Partner pursuant to Section 5.8 or (iv) is required to effect the intent expressed in the Registration Statement or the intent of the provisions of this Agreement or is otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;
 
(f) a change in 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 including, if the General Partner shall so determine in its sole discretion, a change in the definition of “ Quarter ” and the dates on which distributions are to be made by the Partnership;
 
(g) an amendment that is necessary, in the Opinion of Counsel, to prevent the Partnership, or the General Partner or its directors, officers, trustees or agents from having a material risk of being in any manner subjected to the provisions of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or “plan asset” regulations adopted under the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, regardless of whether such are substantially similar to plan asset regulations currently applied or proposed by the United States Department of Labor;
 
(h) an amendment that the General Partner determines in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the creation, authorization or issuance of any class or series of Partnership Securities or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities pursuant to Section 5.6;
 
(i) any amendment expressly permitted in this Agreement to be made by the General Partner acting alone;
 
(j) an amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a Merger Agreement approved in accordance with Section 14.3;
 
(k) an amendment that the General Partner determines in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate to reflect and account for the formation by the Partnership of, or investment by the Partnership in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, in connection with the conduct by the Partnership of activities permitted by the terms of Sections 2.4 or 7.1(a);
 
(l) a merger, conversion or conveyance pursuant to Section 14.3(d), including any amendment permitted pursuant to Section 14.5; or
 
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SECTION 13.2. Amendment Procedures.
Except as provided in Sections 5.6, 13.1, 13.3 and 14.5, all amendments to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the following requirements. Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed only by the General Partner; provided however that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose any amendment to this Agreement and may decline to do so free of any duty (including any fiduciary duty) or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner or other Person bound by this Agreement and, in declining to propose an amendment to the fullest extent permitted by law, 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 Delaware Limited Partnership Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. A proposed amendment shall be effective upon its approval by the General Partner and the Unitholders holding a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units, unless a greater or different percentage is required under this Agreement or by Delaware law. Each proposed amendment that requires the approval of the holders of a specified percentage of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units shall be set forth in a writing that contains the text of the proposed amendment. If such an amendment is proposed, the General Partner shall seek the written approval of the requisite percentage of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units or call a meeting of the Unitholders to consider and vote on such proposed amendment, in each case in accordance with the other provisions of this Article XIII. The General Partner shall notify all Record Holders upon final adoption of any such proposed amendments.
SECTION 13.3. Amendment Requirements.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13.1 and 13.2, no provision of this Agreement that requires the vote or consent of Unitholders holding, or holders of, a percentage of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units (including Voting Units deemed owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates) required to take any action shall be amended, altered, changed, repealed or rescinded in any respect that would have the effect of reducing such voting percentage unless such amendment is approved by the written consent or the affirmative vote of Unitholders or holders of Outstanding Voting Units whose aggregate Outstanding Voting Units constitute not less than the voting or consent requirement sought to be reduced.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13.1 and 13.2, no amendment to this Agreement may (i) enlarge the obligations of any Limited Partner without its consent, unless such shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of an amendment approved pursuant to Section 13.3(c), or (ii) enlarge the obligations of, restrict in any way any action by or rights of, or reduce in any way the amounts distributable, reimbursable or otherwise payable to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates without the General Partner’s consent, which consent may be given or withheld in its sole discretion.
(c) Except as provided in Sections 13.1 and 14.3, any amendment that would have a material adverse effect on the rights or preferences of any class of Partnership Interests in relation to other classes of Partnership Interests (treating the Common Units as a separate class for this purpose) must be approved by the holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Partnership Interests of the class affected.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, except for amendments pursuant to Section 13.1 and except as otherwise provided by Section 14.3(b), no amendments shall become effective without the approval of Unitholders holding at least 90% of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units unless the Partnership obtains an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not affect the limited liability of any Limited Partner under the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.
(e) Except as provided in Section 13.1, this Section 13.3 shall only be amended with the approval of the Unitholders holding of at least 90% of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units.
SECTION 13.4. Special Meetings.
All acts of Limited Partners to be taken pursuant to this Agreement shall be taken in the manner provided in this Article XIII. Special meetings of the Limited Partners may be called by the General Partner or by Limited Partners owning 50% or more of the voting power of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests of the class or classes for which a meeting is proposed. (For the avoidance of doubt, the Common Units and the Special Voting Units shall not constitute separate classes for this purpose.) Limited Partners shall call a special meeting by delivering to the General Partner one or more requests in writing stating that the signing Limited Partners wish to call a special meeting and indicating the general or specific purposes for which the special meeting is to be called. Within 60 days after receipt of such a call from Limited Partners or within such greater time as may be reasonably necessary for the Partnership to comply with any statutes, rules, regulations, listing, agreements or similar requirements governing the holding of a meeting or the solicitation of proxies for use at such a meeting, the General Partner shall send a notice of the meeting to the Limited Partners either directly or indirectly through the Transfer Agent. A meeting shall be held at a time and place determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion on a date not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days after the mailing of notice of the meeting. Limited Partners shall not vote on matters that would cause the Limited Partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership so as to jeopardize the Limited Partners’ limited liability under the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or the law of any other state in which the Partnership is qualified to do business.
SECTION 13.5. Notice of a Meeting.
Notice of a meeting called pursuant to Section 13.4 shall be given to the Record Holders of the class or classes of Limited Partner Interests for which a meeting is proposed in writing by mail or other means of written communication in accordance with Section 16.1. The notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication.
SECTION 13.6. Record Date.
For purposes of determining the Limited Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Limited Partners or to give approvals without a meeting as provided in Section 13.11 the General Partner may set a Record Date, which shall not be less than 10 nor more than 60 days before (a) the date of the meeting (unless such requirement conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Limited Partner Interests are listed for trading, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of such National Securities Exchange shall govern) or (b) in the event that approvals are sought without a meeting, the date by which Limited Partners are requested in writing by the General Partner to give such approvals. If the General Partner does not set a Record Date, then (a) the Record Date for determining the Limited Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Limited Partners shall be the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which notice is given, and (b) the Record Date for determining the Limited Partners entitled to give approvals without a meeting shall be the date the first written approval is deposited with the Partnership in care of the General Partner in accordance with Section 13.11.

 

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SECTION 13.7. Adjournment.
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting and a new Record Date need not be fixed, if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless such adjournment shall be for more than 45 days. At the adjourned meeting, the Partnership may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 45 days or if a new Record Date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with this Article XIII.
SECTION 13.8. Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes.
The transactions of any meeting of Limited Partners, however called and noticed, and whenever held, shall be as valid as if it had occurred at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy. Attendance of a Limited Partner at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except (i) when the Limited Partner attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business at such meeting because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, and (ii) that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to disapprove the consideration of matters required to be included in the notice of the meeting, but not so included, if the disapproval is expressly made at the meeting.
SECTION 13.9. Quorum.
The Limited Partners holding of a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests of the class or classes for which a meeting has been called (including Limited Partner Interests deemed owned by the General Partner) represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Limited Partners of such class or classes unless any such action by the Limited Partners requires approval by Limited Partners holding a greater percentage of the voting power of such Limited Partner Interests, in which case the quorum shall be such greater percentage. (For the avoidance of doubt, the Common Units and the Special Voting Units shall not constitute separate classes for this purpose.) At any meeting of the Limited Partners duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement at which a quorum is present, the act of Limited Partners holding Outstanding Limited Partner Interests that in the aggregate represent a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests entitled to vote and be present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall be deemed to constitute the act of all Limited Partners, unless a greater or different percentage is required with respect to such action under this Agreement, in which case the act of the Limited Partners holding Outstanding Limited Partner Interests that in the aggregate represent at least such greater or different percentage of the voting power shall be required. The Limited Partners present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Limited Partners to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the required percentage of the voting power of Outstanding Limited Partner Interests specified in this Agreement (including Outstanding Limited Partner Interests deemed owned by the General Partner). In the absence of a quorum any meeting of Limited Partners may be adjourned from time to time by the affirmative vote of Limited Partners holding at least a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests entitled to vote at such meeting (including Outstanding Limited Partner Interests deemed owned by the General Partner) represented either in person or by proxy, but no other business may be transacted, except as provided in Section 13.7.
SECTION 13.10. Conduct of a Meeting.
The General Partner shall have full power and authority concerning the manner of conducting any meeting of the Limited Partners or solicitation of approvals in writing, including the determination of Persons entitled to vote, the existence of a quorum, the satisfaction of the requirements of Section 13.4, the conduct of voting, the validity and effect of any proxies and the determination of any controversies, votes or challenges arising in connection with or during the meeting or voting. The General Partner shall designate a Person to serve as chairman of any meeting and shall further designate a Person to take the minutes of any meeting. All minutes shall be kept with the records of the Partnership maintained by the General Partner. The General Partner may make such other regulations consistent with applicable law and this Agreement as it may deem necessary or advisable concerning the conduct of any meeting of the Limited Partners or solicitation of approvals in writing, including regulations in regard to the appointment of proxies, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes and approvals, the submission and examination of proxies and other evidence of the right to vote, and the revocation of approvals, proxies and votes in writing.

 

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SECTION 13.11. Action Without a Meeting.
If authorized by the General Partner, any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Limited Partners may be taken without a meeting, without a vote and without prior notice, if an approval in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by Limited Partners owning not less than the minimum percentage of the voting power of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests (including Limited Partner Interests deemed owned by the General Partner) that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all the Limited Partners were present and voted (unless such provision conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Limited Partner Interests or a class thereof are listed for trading, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of such exchange shall govern). Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Limited Partners who have not approved in writing. The General Partner may specify that any written ballot, if any, submitted to Limited Partners for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Partnership within the time period, which shall be not less than 20 days, specified by the General Partner in its sole discretion. If a ballot returned to the Partnership does not vote all of the Limited Partner Interests held by the Limited Partners, the Partnership shall be deemed to have failed to receive a ballot for the Limited Partner Interests that were not voted. If approval of the taking of any action by the Limited Partners is solicited by any Person other than by or on behalf of the General Partner, the written approvals shall have no force and effect unless and until (a) they are deposited with the Partnership in care of the General Partner, (b) approvals sufficient to take the action proposed are dated as of a date not more than 90 days prior to the date sufficient approvals are deposited with the Partnership and (c) an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the General Partner to the effect that the exercise of such right and the action proposed to be taken with respect to any particular matter (i) will not cause the Limited Partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership so as to jeopardize the Limited Partners’ limited liability, and (ii) is otherwise permissible under the state statutes then governing the rights, duties and liabilities of the Partnership and the Partners. Nothing contained in this Section 13.11 shall be deemed to require the General Partner to solicit all Limited Partners in connection with a matter approved by the requisite percentage of the voting power of Limited Partners or other holders of Outstanding Voting Units acting by written consent without a meeting.
SECTION 13.12. Voting and Other Rights.
(a) Only those Record Holders of Outstanding Limited Partner Interests on the Record Date set pursuant to Section 13.6 (and also subject to the limitations contained in the definition of “ Outstanding ”) shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of Limited Partners or to act with respect to matters as to which the holders of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests have the right to vote or to act. All references in this Agreement to votes of, or other acts that may be taken by, the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests shall be deemed to be references to the votes or acts of the Record Holders of such Outstanding Limited Partner Interests. Each Common Unit shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote for each Common Unit held of record by such holder as of the relevant Record Date.

 

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(b) With respect to Limited Partner Interests that are held for a Person’s account by another Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation, or an agent of any of the foregoing), in whose name such Limited Partner Interests are registered, such other Person shall, in exercising the voting rights in respect of such Limited Partner Interests on any matter, and unless the arrangement between such Persons provides otherwise, vote such Limited Partner Interests in favor of, and at the direction of, the Person who is the Beneficial Owner, and the Partnership shall be entitled to assume it is so acting without further inquiry. The provisions of this Section 13.12(b) (as well as all other provisions of this Agreement) are subject to the provisions of Section 4.3.
SECTION 13.13. Participation of Special Voting Units in All Actions Participated in by Common Units.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation, but subject to Section 13.13(b) with respect to the voting matters addressed therein, each of the Partners and each other Person who may acquire an interest in Partnership Securities hereby agrees that the holders of Special Voting Units (other than the Partnership and its Subsidiaries) shall be entitled to receive notice of, be included in any requisite quora for and participate in any and all approvals, votes or other actions of the Partners on an equivalent basis as, and treating such Persons for all purposes as if they are, Limited Partners holding Common Units (including, without limitation, the notices, quora, approvals, votes and other actions contemplated by Sections 4.6(a), 7.3, 7.7(c), 7.9(a), 11.1(b), 11.2, 12.1(b), 12.2, 12.3, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.8, 13.9, 13.10, 13.11, 13.12, 14.3 and 16.1 hereof), including any and all notices, quora, approvals, votes and other actions that may be taken pursuant to the requirements of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation. This Agreement shall be construed in all cases to give maximum effect to such agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and in addition to any other vote required by the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or this Agreement, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the Special Voting Units (excluding Special Voting Units held by the Partnership and its Subsidiaries) voting separately as a class shall be required to alter, amend or repeal this Section 13.13 or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith.

 

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ARTICLE XIV
MERGER
SECTION 14.1. Authority.
The Partnership may merge or consolidate or otherwise combine with or into one or more corporations, limited liability companies, statutory trusts or associations, real estate investment trusts, common law trusts or unincorporated businesses, including a partnership (whether general or limited (including a limited liability partnership or a limited liability limited partnership)), formed under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other state of the United States of America, pursuant to a written agreement of merger, consolidation or other business combination (“ Merger Agreement ”) in accordance with this Article XIV.
SECTION 14.2. Procedure for Merger, Consolidation or Other Business Combination.
Merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Partnership pursuant to this Article XIV requires the prior consent of the General Partner, provided however that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to consent to any merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Partnership and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, may decline to do so free of any duty (including any fiduciary duty) or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or any other Person bound by this Agreement and, in declining to consent to a merger, consolidation or other business combination, shall not be required to act pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Limited Partnership Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. If the General Partner shall determine, in the exercise of its sole discretion, to consent to the merger, consolidation or other business combination, the General Partner shall approve the Merger Agreement, which shall set forth:
(a) The names and jurisdictions of formation or organization of each of the business entities proposing to merge, consolidate or combine;
 
(b) The name and jurisdiction of formation or organization of the business entity that is to survive the proposed merger, consolidation or other business combination (the “ Surviving Business Entity ”);
 
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(d) The manner and basis of converting or exchanging the equity securities of each constituent business entity for, or into, cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity; and (i) if any general or limited partner interests, securities or rights of any constituent business entity are not to be converted or exchanged solely for, or into, cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity, the cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated business or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity) which the holders of such general or limited partner interests, securities or rights are to receive upon conversion of, or in exchange for, their interests, securities or rights, and (ii) in the case of securities represented by certificates, upon the surrender of such certificates, which cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity or any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated business or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity), or evidences thereof, are to be delivered;
 
(e) A statement of any changes in the constituent documents or the adoption of new constituent documents (the articles or certificate of incorporation, articles of trust, declaration of trust, certificate or agreement of limited partnership, operating agreement or other similar charter or governing document) of the Surviving Business Entity to be effected by such merger, consolidation or other business combination;
 
(f) The effective time of the merger, consolidation or other business combination which may be the date of the filing of the certificate of merger or consolidation or similar certificate pursuant to Section 14.4 or a later date specified in or determinable in accordance with the Merger Agreement (provided that if the effective time of such transaction is to be later than the date of the filing of such certificate, the effective time shall be fixed at a date or time certain at or prior to the time of the filing of such certificate and stated therein); and
 
(g) Such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger, consolidation or other business combination that the General Partner determines in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate.
SECTION 14.3. Approval by Limited Partners of Merger, Consolidation or Other Business Combination.
(a) Except as provided in Section 14.3(d), the General Partner, upon its approval of the Merger Agreement, shall direct that the Merger Agreement and the merger, consolidation or other business combination contemplated thereby be submitted to a vote of Limited Partners, whether at a special meeting or by written consent, in either case in accordance with the requirements of Article XIII. A copy or a summary of the Merger Agreement shall be included in or enclosed with the notice of a special meeting or the written consent.
(b) Except as provided in Section 14.3(d), the Merger Agreement and the merger, consolidation or other business combination contemplated thereby shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority of the voting power of Outstanding Voting Units.
(c) Except as provided in Section 14.3(d), after such approval by vote or consent of the Limited Partners, and at any time prior to the filing of the certificate of merger or consolidation or similar certificate pursuant to Section 14.4, the merger, consolidation or other business combination may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article XIV or in this Agreement, the General Partner is permitted, without Limited Partner approval, to convert the Partnership or any Group Member into a new limited liability entity, to merge the Partnership or any Group Member into, or convey all of the Partnership’s assets to, another limited liability entity, which shall be newly formed and shall have no assets, liabilities or operations at the time of such conversion, merger or conveyance other than those it receives from the Partnership or other Group Member; provided that (A) the General Partner has received an Opinion of Counsel that the merger or conveyance, as the case may be, would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner, (B) the sole purpose of such conversion, merger or conveyance is to effect a mere change in the legal form of the Partnership into another limited liability entity and (C) the governing instruments of the new entity provide the Limited Partners and the General Partner with substantially the same rights and obligations as are herein contained.
SECTION 14.4. Certificate of Merger or Consolidation.
Upon the required approval by the General Partner and the Unitholders of a Merger Agreement and the merger, consolidation or business combination contemplated thereby, a certificate of merger or consolidation or similar certificate shall be executed and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in conformity with the requirements of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.
SECTION 14.5. Amendment of Partnership Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 17-211(g) of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act, an agreement of merger, consolidation or other business combination approved in accordance with this Article XIV may (a) effect any amendment to this Agreement or (b) effect the adoption of a new partnership agreement for a limited partnership if it is the Surviving Business Entity. Any such amendment or adoption made pursuant to this Section 14.5 shall be effective at the effective time or date of the merger, consolidation or other business combination.
SECTION 14.6. Effect of Merger.
(a) At the effective time of the certificate of merger or consolidation or similar certificate:
(i) all of the rights, privileges and powers of each of the business entities that has merged, consolidated or otherwise combined, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to any of those business entities and all other things and causes of action belonging to each of those business entities, shall be vested in the Surviving Business Entity and after the merger, consolidation or other business combination shall be the property of the Surviving Business Entity to the extent they were of each constituent business entity;
 
(ii) the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in any of those constituent business entities shall not revert and is not in any way impaired because of the merger, consolidation or other business combination;
 
(iii) all rights of creditors and all liens on or security interests in property of any of those constituent business entities shall be preserved unimpaired; and
 
(iv) all debts, liabilities and duties of those constituent business entities shall attach to the Surviving Business Entity and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if the debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.
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ARTICLE XV
RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS
SECTION 15.1. Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if at any time less than 10% of the total Limited Partner Interests of any class then Outstanding (other than Special Voting Units) is held by Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, the General Partner shall then have the right, which right it may assign and transfer in whole or in part to the Partnership or any Affiliate of the General Partner, exercisable in its sole discretion, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such Limited Partner Interests of such class then Outstanding held by Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, at the greater of (x) the Current Market Price as of the date three days prior to the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b) is mailed and (y) the highest price paid by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates for any such Limited Partner Interest of such class purchased during the 90-day period preceding the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b) is mailed. As used in this Agreement, (i) “ Current Market Price ” as of any date of any class of Limited Partner Interests means the average of the daily Closing Prices per limited partner interest of such class for the 20 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date; (ii) “ Closing Price ” for any day means the last sale price on such day, regular way, or in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted for trading on the principal National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests of such class are listed or admitted to trading or, if such Limited Partner Interests of such class are not listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities Exchange, the last quoted price on such day or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the primary reporting system then in use in relation to such Limited Partner Interest of such class, or, if on any such day such Limited Partner Interests of such class are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Limited Partner Interests of such class selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion, or if on any such day no market maker is making a market in such Limited Partner Interests of such class, the fair value of such Limited Partner Interests on such day as determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion; and (iii) “ Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests of any class are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if Limited Partner Interests of a class are not listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities Exchange, a day on which banking institutions in New York City generally are open.
(b) If the General Partner, any Affiliate of the General Partner or the Partnership elects to exercise the right to purchase Limited Partner Interests granted pursuant to Section 15.1(a), the General Partner shall deliver to the Transfer Agent notice of such election to purchase (the “ Notice of Election to Purchase ”) and shall cause the Transfer Agent to mail a copy of such Notice of Election to Purchase to the Record Holders of Limited Partner Interests of such class (as of a Record Date selected by the General Partner) at least 10, but not more than 60, days prior to the Purchase Date. Such Notice of Election to Purchase shall also be published for a period of at least three consecutive days in at least two daily newspapers of general circulation printed in the English language and circulated in the Borough of Manhattan, New York. The Notice of Election to Purchase shall specify the Purchase Date and the price (determined in accordance with Section 15.1(a)) at which Limited Partner Interests will be purchased and state that the General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, elects to purchase such Limited Partner Interests (in the case of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender of Certificates representing such Limited Partner Interests) in exchange for payment at such office or offices of the Transfer Agent as the Transfer Agent may specify or as may be required by any National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests are listed or admitted to trading. Any such Notice of Election to Purchase mailed to a Record Holder of Limited Partner Interests at his address as reflected in the records of the Transfer Agent shall be conclusively presumed to have been given regardless of whether the owner receives such notice. On or prior to the Purchase Date, the General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall deposit with the Transfer Agent cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price of all of such Limited Partner Interests to be purchased in accordance with this Section 15.1. If the Notice of Election to Purchase shall have been duly given as aforesaid at least 10 days prior to the Purchase Date, and if on or prior to the Purchase Date the deposit described in the preceding sentence has been made for the benefit of the holders of Limited Partner Interests subject to purchase as provided herein, then from and after the Purchase Date, notwithstanding that any Certificate shall not have been surrendered for purchase, all rights of the holders of such Limited Partner Interests (including any rights pursuant to Articles IV, V, VI, and XII) shall thereupon cease, except the right to receive the purchase price (determined in accordance with Section 15.1(a)) for Limited Partner Interests therefor, without interest (in the case of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender to the Transfer Agent of the Certificates representing such Limited Partner Interests) and such Limited Partner Interests shall thereupon be deemed to be transferred to the General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, on the record books of the Transfer Agent and the Partnership, and the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner, or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the owner of all such Limited Partner Interests from and after the Purchase Date and shall have all rights as the owner of such Limited Partner Interests (including all rights as owner of such Limited Partner Interests pursuant to Articles IV, V, VI and XII).

 

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ARTICLE XVI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 16.1. Addresses and Notices.
Any notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written communication to the Partner at the address described below.
Any notice, payment or report to be given or made to a Partner hereunder shall be deemed conclusively to have been given or made, and the obligation to give such notice or report or to make such payment shall be deemed conclusively to have been fully satisfied, upon sending of such notice, payment or report to the Record Holder of such Partnership Securities at his address as shown on the records of the Transfer Agent or as otherwise shown on the records of the Partnership, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such Partnership Securities by reason of any assignment or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) a Partner shall consent to receiving notices, demands, requests, reports or proxy materials via electronic mail or by the Internet or (ii) the rules of the Commission shall permit any report or proxy materials to be delivered electronically or made available via the Internet, any such notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials shall be deemed given or made when delivered or made available via such mode of delivery.
An affidavit or certificate of making of any notice, payment or report in accordance with the provisions of this Section 16.1 executed by the General Partner, the Transfer Agent or the mailing organization shall be prima facie evidence of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report. If any notice, payment or report given or made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 16.1 is returned marked to indicate that such notice, payment or report was unable to be delivered, such notice, payment or report and, in the case of notices, payments or reports returned by the United States Postal Service (or other physical mail delivery mail service outside the United States of America), any subsequent notices, payments and reports shall be deemed to have been duly given or made without further mailing (until such time as such Record Holder or another Person notifies the Transfer Agent or the Partnership of a change in his address) or other delivery if they are available for the Partner at the principal office of the Partnership for a period of one year from the date of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report to the other Partners. Any notice to the Partnership shall be deemed given if received by the General Partner at the principal office of the Partnership designated pursuant to Section 2.3. The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in relying on any notice or other document from a Partner or other Person if believed by it to be genuine.

 

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SECTION 16.2. Further Action.
The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 16.3. Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. The Indemnitees and their heirs, executors, administrators and successors shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this Agreement.
SECTION 16.4. Integration.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto.
SECTION 16.5. Creditors.
None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.
SECTION 16.6. Waiver.
No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach of any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.
SECTION 16.7. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute an agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto or, in the case of a Person acquiring a Limited Partner Interest pursuant to Section 10.2(a), without execution hereof.
SECTION 16.8. Applicable Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 16.9. Invalidity of Provisions.
If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 16.10. Consent of Partners.
Each Partner hereby expressly consents and agrees that, whenever in this Agreement it is specified that an action may be taken upon the affirmative vote or consent of less than all of the Partners, such action may be so taken upon the concurrence of less than all of the Partners and each Partner shall be bound by the results of such action.
SECTION 16.11. Facsimile Signatures.
The use of facsimile signatures affixed in the name and on behalf of the transfer agent and registrar of the Partnership on certificates representing Common Units is expressly permitted by this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above:
                 
    GENERAL PARTNER:
 
               
    Soleil Capital Management L.L.C.
 
               
    By:   /s/ ADAM J. LAUFER    
             
 
      Name:   Adam J. Laufer    
 
      Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer    
 
               
    LIMITED PARTNERS:
 
               
    All Limited Partners now and hereafter admitted as Limited Partners of the Partnership, pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter executed in favor of, and granted and delivered to the General Partner or without execution hereof pursuant to Section 10.2(a).
 
               
    Soleil Capital Management L.L.C.
 
               
    By:   /s/ ADAM J. LAUFER    
             
 
      Name:   Adam J. Laufer    
 
      Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer    

 

 

Exhibit 14.1
14.1 Code of Ethics
Code of Conduct and Policy
Regarding Reporting of Possible Violations
Soleil Capital L.P. (the “Company” or “Soleil”) is committed to being a good corporate citizen. The Company’s policy is to conduct its business affairs honestly and in an ethical manner. This Code of Conduct “Code” provides a general statement of the expectations of Soleil regarding the ethical standards that each director, officer and employee should adhere to while acting on behalf of Soleil. It does not cover every issue that may arise, but it sets out basic principles to guide all employees, officers and directors of the Company. All of our employees, officers and directors must conduct themselves accordingly and seek to avoid even the appearance of improper behavior. This Code of Conduct applies to all officers, full and part time employees, contract workers, directors and anyone who conducts business with Soleil. Conduct in violation of this policy is unacceptable in the workplace and in any work-related setting outside the workplace. Any employee or contract worker who violates this Code will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of his/her employment or engagement.
Compliance with Laws
You must comply with all federal, state and local laws applicable to your activities on behalf of Soleil and shall perform your duties to Soleil in an honest and ethical manner. If a law conflicts with a policy in this Code, you must comply with the law; however, if a local custom or policy conflicts with this Code, you must comply with the Code. If you have any questions about these conflicts, you should ask your supervisor on how to handle the situation.
Conflicts of Interest
You should avoid situations in which your personal, family or financial interests conflict or even appear to conflict with those of Soleil or compromise its interests. You should handle all actual or apparent conflicts of interest between your personal and professional relationships in an honest and ethical manner. Conflicts are not always clear-cut. Examples of actual or potential conflicts of interest are set forth on Appendix A. A “conflict of interest” exists when a person’s private interest interferes in any way with the interests of the Company. A conflict situation can arise when an employee, officer or director takes action or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her Company work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest may also arise when an employee, officer or director, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position in the Company. Loans to, or guarantees of obligations of, employees and their family members may create conflicts of interest.
It is almost always a conflict of interest for a Company employee to work simultaneously for a competitor, customer or supplier. You are not allowed to work for a competitor as a consultant or board member. The best policy is to avoid any direct or indirect business connection with our customers, suppliers or competitors, except on the Company’s behalf. In addition, employees, officers and directors are prohibited from taking for themselves personally any opportunities that are discovered through the use of corporate property, information or position, except with the consent of the Board of Directors. Employees, officers and directors owe a duty to the Company to advance its legitimate interests when the opportunity to do so arises. If you become aware of a conflict or potential conflict of interest, contact your own or any other Soleil supervisor for further guidance.
Disclosure
It is of paramount importance to Soleil that all disclosure in documents filed by Soleil with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in other public communications by Soleil is full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable. All officers, directors, employees and contract workers must take all steps necessary to assist Soleil in fulfilling these responsibilities, consistent with each person’s role in the Company. You should give prompt, accurate answers to all inquiries in connection with Soleil’s preparation of public disclosures and reports.

 

 


 

Code of Ethics for Senior Officers
Soleil’s Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Controller (the “Senior Officers”) each bear a special responsibility for promoting integrity throughout the Company. Furthermore, the Senior Officers have a responsibility to foster a culture throughout the Company as a whole that ensures the fair and timely reporting of the Company’s results of operation and financial condition and other financial information.
Because of this special role, the Senior Officers are bound by the following Senior Officer Code of Ethics, and each agrees that he or she will:
    Perform his or her duties in an honest and ethical manner.
    Handle all actual or apparent conflicts of interest between his or her personal and professional relationships in an ethical manner.
    Take all necessary actions to ensure full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, government agencies and in other public communications.
    Comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of federal, state and local governments.
    Proactively promote and be an example of ethical behavior in the work environment.
Reporting and Compliance
If you become aware of conduct by an officer, director, employee or contract worker which you believe in good faith is a potential violation of this Code of Conduct, you should notify your own or any other Soleil supervisor, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Chief Financial Officer as soon as possible. You should also report any complaint or concern regarding Soleil’s accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters, or any concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. Supervisors are required to refer all reports of possible violations to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Audit Committee.
Alternatively, if you wish to report such matters anonymously , you may e-mail the Audit Committee and the Chief Financial Officer directly or mail a description of the concern or complaint to the attention of either the Chief Financial Officer or the Audit Committee, at the following address:
Soleil Capital L.P.
Persons outside Soleil may also report complaints or concerns of Soleil personnel; such matters should be reported promptly on receipt to your own or any other Soleil supervisor, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, or the Audit Committee. Supervisors are required to report such matters as noted above.
All reports of complaints or concerns shall be recorded in a log, indicating the description of the matter reported, the date of the report and a brief summary of the disposition. The log shall be maintained by the Chief Financial Officer and shall be reviewed periodically with the Audit Committee. This log shall be retained for five years.
Allegations of violations of the Code should be made only in good faith and not to embarrass or put someone in a false light. If you become aware of a suspected or potential violation don’t try to investigate or resolve it on your own. Prompt disclosure under this Code is vital to ensuring a timely and thorough investigation and resolution. You are expected to cooperate in internal or external investigations or alleged violations of the Code.
In response to every report made in good faith of conduct potentially in violation of the Code of Conduct, Soleil will undertake an effective and thorough investigation, and if improper conduct is found, Soleil will take appropriate disciplinary and remedial action. Compliance procedures are set forth in Appendix B to this Code. Soleil will attempt to keep its discussions with any person reporting a violation confidential to the extent reasonably possible without compromising the effectiveness of the investigation. If you believe your report is not properly explained or resolved, you may take your concern or complaint to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

 


 

Employees and contract workers are protected by law from retaliation for reporting possible violations of this Code of Conduct or for participating in procedures connected with an investigation, proceeding or hearing conducted by Soleil or a government agency with respect to such complaints. Soleil will take disciplinary action up to and including the immediate termination of any employee or contract worker who retaliates against another employee or contract worker for reporting any of these alleged activities.
Further Information
Please contact the Chief Executive Officer, or the Chief Financial Officer if you have any questions about this Code or require further information.
The most current version of this Code will be posted on the Company’s website and filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10 K. Any substantive amendment or waiver of this Code may be made only by the Board of Directors upon a recommendation of the Audit Committee, and will be disclosed, including the reasons for such action, on the Company’s website and by a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K within five days of such action. Soleil will maintain disclosure about such amendment or waiver on the website for at least twelve months and shall retain the disclosure concerning the action for at least 5 years.
Appendix A
The following are examples of actual or potential conflicts:
    you, or a member of your family, receive improper personal benefits as a result of your position in the Company;
    you use Company’s property for your personal benefit;
    you engage in activities that interfere with your loyalty to the Company or your ability to perform Company duties or responsibilities effectively;
    you, or a member of your family, have a financial interest in a customer, supplier, or competitor which is significant enough to cause divided loyalty with the Company or the appearance of divided loyalty (the significance of a financial interest depends on many factors, such as size of investment in relation to your income, net worth and/or financial needs, your potential to influence decisions that could impact your interests, and the nature of the business or level of competition between the Company and the supplier, customer or competitor);
    you, or a member of your family, acquire an interest in property (such as real estate, patent or other intellectual property rights or securities) in which you have reason to know the Company has, or might have, a legitimate interest;
    you, or a member of your family, receive a loan or a guarantee of a loan from a customer, supplier or competitor (other than a loan from a financial institution made in the ordinary course of business and on an arm’s-length basis);
    you divulge or use the Company’s confidential information “such as financial data, customer information, or computer programs” for your own personal or business purposes;
    you make gifts or payments, or provide special favors, to customers, suppliers or competitors (or their immediate family members) with a value significant enough to cause the customer, supplier or competitor to make a purchase, or take or forego other action, which is beneficial to the Company and which the customer, supplier or competitor would not otherwise have taken; or
    you are given the right to buy stock in other companies or you receive cash or other payments in return for promoting the services of an advisor, such as an investment banker, to the Company.

 

 


 

APPENDIX B
Compliance Procedures
    Compliance Officer . The Corporate Compliance Officer is the Chief Financial Officer. The Compliance Officer’s responsibility is to ensure communication, training, monitoring, and overall compliance with the Code. The Compliance Officer will, with the assistance and cooperation of the Company’s officers, directors and managers, foster an atmosphere where employees are comfortable in communicating and reporting concerns and possible Code violations.
    Access to the Code . The Company shall ensure that employees, officers and directors may access the Code on the Company’s website. In addition, each current employee will be provided with a copy of the Code. New employees will receive a copy of the Code as part of their new hire information. From time to time, the Company will sponsor employee training programs in which the Code and other Company policies and procedures will be discussed.
    Monitoring . Managers are the “go to” persons for employee questions and concerns relating to the Code. Managers or supervisors will immediately report any violations or allegations of violations to the Compliance Officer. Managers will work with the Compliance Officer in assessing areas of concern, potential violations, any needs for enhancement of the Code or remedial actions to effect the Code’s policies and overall compliance with the Code and other related policies.
    Internal Investigation . When an alleged violation of the Code is reported, the Company shall take prompt and appropriate action in accordance with the law and regulations and otherwise consistent with good business practice. If the suspected violation appears to involve either a possible violation of law or an issue of significant corporate interest, or if the report involves a complaint or concern of any person, whether employee, a stockholder or other interested person regarding the Company’s financial disclosure, internal accounting controls, questionable auditing or accounting matters or practices or other issues relating to the Company’s accounting or auditing, then the manager or investigator should immediately notify the Compliance Officer, who, in turn, shall notify the Chair of the Audit Committee. If a suspected violation involves any director or executive officer or if the suspected violation concerns any fraud, whether or not material, involving management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls, any person who received such report should immediately report the alleged violation to the Compliance Officer and, in every such case, the Chair of the Audit Committee. The Compliance Officer or the Audit Committee, as applicable, shall assess the situation and determine the appropriate course of action, including the conduct of an investigation, as appropriate.
    Disciplinary Actions . Subject to the following sentence, the Compliance Officer shall be responsible for implementing the appropriate disciplinary action in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures for any employee who is found to have violated the Code. If a violation has been reported to the Audit Committee or another committee of the Board, that Committee shall be responsible for determining appropriate disciplinary action. Any violation of applicable law or any deviation from the standards embodied in this Code will result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. In addition to imposing discipline upon employees involved in non-compliant conduct, the Company also will impose discipline, as appropriate, upon an employee’s supervisor, if any, who directs or approves such employees’ improper actions, or is aware of those actions but does not act appropriately to correct them, and upon other individuals who fail to report known non-compliant conduct. In addition to imposing its own discipline, the Company will bring any violations of law to the attention of appropriate law enforcement personnel.
    Retention of Reports and Complaints . All reports and complaints made to or received by the Compliance Officer or the Audit Committee relating to violations of this Code shall be logged into a record maintained for this purpose by the Compliance Officer and this record of such report shall be retained for five years.
    Required Government Reporting . Whenever conduct occurs that requires a report to the government, the Compliance Officer shall be responsible for complying with such reporting requirements.
    Corrective Actions . Subject to the following sentence, in the event of a violation of the Code, the manager and the Compliance Officer should assess the situation to determine whether the violation demonstrates a problem that requires remedial action as to Company policies and procedures. If a violation has been reported to the Audit Committee or another committee of the Board, that committee shall be responsible for determining appropriate remedial or corrective actions. Such corrective action may include providing revised public disclosure, retraining Company employees, modifying Company policies and procedures, improving monitoring of compliance under existing procedures and other action necessary to detect similar non-compliant conduct and prevent it from occurring in the future. Such corrective action shall be documented, as appropriate.

 

 

Exhibit 23.1
(PARITZ LETTERHEARD)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the use, in Form 10-K of Soleil, L.P. (formerly Jobsinsite, Inc.), of our report dated April 12, 2010 on our audit of the financial statements of Soleil, L.P. (formerly Jobsinsite, Inc.), as of December 31, 2009 & 2008 and the related statements of operations, partners capital and cash flow for the years then ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 & from period of inception (July 14, 2004) through December 31, 2009.
(-S- PARITZ & COMPANY, P.A.)
Paritz & Company, P.A.
Hackensack, New Jersey
April 13, 2010

 

Exhibit 31.1
31.1 Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION
I, Adam J. Laufer, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 of Soleil Capital L.P.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:
  a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
  b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 14, 2010
         
  /s/ Adam J. Laufer    
  Adam J. Laufer   
  Chief Executive Officer
of Soleil Capital Management L.L.C. 
 

 

 

         
Exhibit 31.2
31.2 Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION
I, Adam J. Laufer, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 of Soleil Capital L.P.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:
  a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
  b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 14, 2010
         
  /s/ Adam J. Laufer    
  Adam J. Laufer   
  Chief Financial Officer
of Soleil Capital Management L.L.C. 
 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1
32.1 Section 1350 Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Soleil Capital L.P. (the “Partnership”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Adam J. Laufer, Chief Executive Officer of Soleil Capital management L.L.C., the general partner of the Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Partnership.
 
Date: April 14, 2010
         
  /s/ Adam J. Laufer    
  Adam J. Laufer   
  Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
of Soleil Capital Management L.L.C. 
 
     
*   The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.