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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file no: 001-36409

 

 

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

 

 

 

Maryland

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

98-1141883

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1075 West Georgia Street

Suite 2600

Vancouver, BC

V6E 3C9

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (604) 806-3366

 

 

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   ¨     No   x

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 (§232.405 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   x     No   ¨

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. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes   ¨     No   x

The number of shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of the registrant outstanding at May 21, 2014 was 6,582,150.

 

 

 


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CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2014

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         Page  

Part I.

 

Financial Information

     3   
 

Item 1.

   Financial Statements (Unaudited)      3   
    

City Office REIT, Inc.

     3   
    

Condensed Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013

     3   
    

Notes to Condensed Balance Sheet

     4   
    

City Office REIT, Inc. Predecessor

     6   
    

Combined Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013

     6   
    

Combined Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013

     7   
    

Combined Statements of Changes in Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013

     8   
    

Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013

     9   
    

Notes to Combined Financial Statements

     10   
 

Item 1A.

   Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)      17   
    

City Office REIT, Inc.

     21   
    

Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014

     21   
    

Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

     22   
    

Notes and Management’s Assumptions to Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements

     23   
 

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      27   
 

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk      35   
 

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures      36   

PART II.

 

Other Information

     37   
 

Item 1.

   Legal Proceedings      37   
 

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors      37   
 

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds      37   
 

Item 3.

   Defaults Upon Senior Securities      37   
 

Item 4.

   Mine Safety Disclosures      38   
 

Item 5.

   Other Information      38   
 

Item 6.

   Exhibits      38   

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

City Office REIT, Inc.

Condensed Balance Sheets

 

     March 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 
     (Unaudited)         

Assets

     

Cash and cash equivalent

   $ 1,000       $ 1,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,000       $ 1,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity

     

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding

   $ 10       $ 10   

Additional paid in capital

     990         990   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

   $ 1,000       $ 1,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed balance sheet.

 

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CITY OFFICE REIT, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Balance Sheet

(Unaudited)

1. Organization

City Office REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) was organized in the state of Maryland on November 26, 2013. On April 21, 2014, the Company completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company contributed the net proceeds of the IPO to City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), in exchange for common units in our Operating Partnership. Both the Company and the Operating Partnership commenced operations upon completion of the IPO and certain related formation transactions (the “Formation Transactions”).

The Company’s interest in the Operating Partnership entitles the Company to share in distributions from, and allocations of profits and losses of, the Operating Partnership in proportion to the Company’s percentage ownership of common units. As the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Company has the exclusive power under the partnership agreement to manage and conduct the Operating Partnership’s business, subject to limited approval and voting rights of the limited partners.

The Company intends to elect to be taxed and to operate in a manner that will allow it to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2014. Subject to qualification as a REIT, the Company will be permitted to deduct distributions paid to its stockholders, eliminating the U.S. federal taxation of income represented by such distributions at the Company level. REITs are subject to a number of organizational and operational requirements. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, the Company will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular corporate tax rates.

Pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), the Company qualifies as an emerging growth company (“EGC”). An EGC may choose to take advantage of the extended private company transition period provided for complying with new or revised accounting standards that may be issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company has elected to opt out of such extended transition period. This election is irrevocable.

2. Initial Public Offering and Formation Transactions

The Company’s operations will be carried on primarily through the Operating Partnership and wholly owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. Both the Company and the Operating Partnership commenced operations upon completion of the IPO and Formation Transactions.

On April 21, 2014, we closed the IPO, pursuant to which we sold 5,800,000 shares of our common stock to the public at a public offering price of $12.50 per share. We raised $72.5 million in gross proceeds, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $62.7 million after deducting approximately $5.1 million in underwriting discounts and approximately $4.7 million in other expenses relating to the IPO. On May 9, 2014, the underwriters of the IPO exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 782,150 shares of our common stock at the IPO price of $12.50 a share resulting in additional gross proceeds to us of approximately $9.8 million resulting in net proceeds to us of $9.1 million after deducting approximately $0.7 million in underwriting discounts. The Company’s common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CIO” on April 15, 2014.

The Company contributed the net proceeds of the IPO to the Operating Partnership in exchange for common units in the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership utilized a portion of the net proceeds of the IPO to pay fees in connection with the assumption of the indebtedness, pay expenses incurred in connection with the IPO and Formation Transactions and repay loans that were made to several of the contributing entities by certain investors in such entities. The remaining funds are expected to be used for general working capital purposes and to fund potential future acquisitions.

Pursuant to the Formation Transactions and exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, the Operating Partnership acquired a 100% interest in each of the Washington Group Plaza, Cherry Creek and Corporate Parkway properties and an approximate 76% economic interest in the AmberGlen property, 90% interest in the Central Fairwinds property and 95% interest in the City Center property. These initial property interests were contributed in exchange for 3,251,903 common units, 1,610,765 common stock and $28.5 million of cash.

 

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In connection with the IPO and Formation Transactions, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, extinguished the loan on the Central Fairwinds property and completed a refinancing of three properties (Cherry Creek, City Center and Corporate Parkway) with a new $95 million non-recourse mortgage loan and proceeds from the IPO. The loan bears a fixed interest rate of 4.34% and matures on May 6, 2021.

The accompanying balance sheet of the Company does not reflect the IPO or the Formation Transactions completed on April 21, 2014.

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited balance sheet has been prepared by management in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. In the opinion of management, this unaudited balance sheet reflects all adjustments, consisting solely of a normal recurring nature, necessary to present fairly, in all material respects, the Company’s financial position for the interim period presented. The Company did not have any operations from the date of formation to March 31, 2014.

Offering Costs

Costs related to the IPO and Formation Transactions paid by the Company’s predecessor were reimbursed from the proceeds of the IPO.

4. Subsequent Events

As discussed in Note 2, the Company completed the IPO and Formation Transactions on April 21, 2014 and repaid approximately $101.0 million of outstanding indebtedness on four properties upon closing.

On April 21, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, entered into a new $11.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility which remains undrawn. The revolving credit facility bears an interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.75%.

On April 29, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, completed a $25.4 million refinancing of the AmberGlen property. The loan bears an interest rate of 4.38% and matures on May 1, 2019.

On May 21, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership agreed to acquire a property in Denver, Colorado for $25.1 million.

 

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City Office REIT, Inc. Predecessor

Condensed Combined Balance Sheets

 

     March 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
 
     (Unaudited)        

Assets

    

Real estate properties, cost

    

Land

   $ 55,909,525      $ 30,164,513   

Building and improvement

     78,819,693        62,908,338   

Tenant improvement

     19,144,019        14,590,971   

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

     198,114        198,114   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     154,071,351        107,861,936   

Accumulated depreciation

     (9,266,078     (7,735,450
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     144,805,273        100,126,486   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in unconsolidated entity

     —          4,337,899   

Cash and cash equivalents

     6,528,607        7,127,764   

Restricted cash

     8,465,389        7,368,124   

Rents receivable, net

     5,526,962        4,680,284   

Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization

     4,019,764        1,167,666   

Deferred leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization

     2,246,430        2,302,841   

Acquired lease intangibles assets, net

     24,105,435        13,751,563   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     646,913        296,572   

Deferred offering costs

     3,395,712        1,830,950   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 199,740,485      $ 142,990,149   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

    

Liabilities:

    

Mortgage loans payable

   $ 159,388,640      $ 109,916,430   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     5,557,301        2,347,999   

Deferred rent

     910,833        1,488,618   

Tenant rent deposits

     1,483,427        1,361,641   

Acquired lease intangibles liability, net

     393,389        167,346   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     167,733,590        115,282,034   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)

    

Equity:

    

Owners’ equity

     31,066,081        26,624,375   

Noncontrolling interests

     940,814        1,083,740   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Equity

     32,006,895        27,708,115   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

   $ 199,740,485      $ 142,990,149   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed combined financial statements.

 

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City Office REIT, Inc. Predecessor

Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2014     2013  

Revenues:

    

Rental income

   $ 7,236,758      $ 2,896,233   

Expense reimbursement

     450,043        288,236   

Other

     295,660        199,793   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenues

     7,982,461        3,384,262   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Expenses:

    

Property operating expenses

     2,304,462        952,835   

Insurance

     152,858        111,117   

Property taxes

     461,104        306,385   

Property acquisition costs

     806,344        —     

Property management fees

     207,617        122,219   

Depreciation and amortization

     3,159,977        1,123,980   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Operating Expenses

     7,092,362        2,616,536   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     890,099        767,726   

Interest expense, net

     3,161,414        943,773   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,271,315     (176,047

Gain on equity investment

     4,474,644        —     

Equity in income of unconsolidated entity

     —          99,337   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income/(Loss)

     2,203,329        (76,710

Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

     9,926        13,719   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income/(Loss) Attributable to Predecessor

   $ 2,213,255      $ (62,991
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed combined financial statements.

 

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City Office REIT, Inc. Predecessor

Condensed Combined Statements of Changes in Equity

 

     Owners     Noncontrolling
Interests
    Total  

Balance—January 1, 2013

   $ 6,149,404      $ (139,542   $ 6,009,862   

Contributions

     26,107,313        1,365,000        27,472,313   

Distributions

     (1,499,417     (97,350     (1,596,767

Net loss

     (4,132,925     (44,368     (4,177,293
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance—December 31, 2013

     26,624,375        1,083,740        27,708,115   

Contributions

     3,575,451        20,000        3,595,451   

Distributions

     (1,347,000     (153,000     (1,500,000

Net income

     2,213,255        (9,926     2,203,329   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance—March 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

   $ 31,066,081      $ 940,814      $ 32,006,895   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed combined financial statements.

 

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City Office REIT, Inc. Predecessor

Condensed Combined Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended
March 31,
 
     2014     2013  

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 2,203,329      $ (76,710

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     3,159,977        1,123,980   

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     992,167        118,985   

Amortization of above/below market leases

     123,824        97,242   

Gain on equity investment

     (4,474,644     —     

Increase in straight-line rent

     (709,074     (482,785

Equity in income of unconsolidated entity

     —          (99,337

Changes in non-cash working capital:

    

Restricted cash

     (1,097,265     (1,066,163

Rents receivable, net

     (52,927     (91,210

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (350,341     219,535   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     1,751,192        221,637   

Deferred rent

     (577,785     180,431   

Tenant rent deposits

     121,786        2,289   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities

     1,090,239        147,894   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows to Investing Activities:

    

Additions to real estate properties

     (320,264     (1,150,308

Acquisition of real estate, net of cash assumed

     (12,020,893     —     

Deferred leasing cost

     (64,927     (64,208
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

     (12,406,084     (1,214,516
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

    

Debt issuance cost

     (3,844,265     —     

Proceeds from mortgage loans payable

     50,000,000        830,541   

Repayment of mortgage loans payable

     (36,527,790     —     

Owners’ contributions

     2,568,743        —     

Contributions from noncontrolling interests

     20,000        —     

Owners’ distributions

     (1,347,000     —     

Distributions to holders of noncontrolling interests in combined subsidiaries

     (153,000     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities

     10,716,688        830,541   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents

     (599,157     (236,081

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period

     7,127,764        3,106,616   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period

   $ 6,528,607      $ 2,870,535   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:

    

Cash paid for interest

   $ 1,957,245      $ 1,026,019   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the combined financial statements.

 

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City Office REIT, Inc. Predecessor

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

1. Organization and Description of Business

City Office REIT, Inc. Predecessor (the “Predecessor”) represents the combination of the six properties outlined below (the “Properties”). The Predecessor does not represent a legal entity. The Predecessor and its related assets and liabilities are under common control and were contributed to a newly formed entity, City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., (the “Operating Partnership”) in connection with the initial public offering (the “IPO”) of City Office REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) on April 21, 2014.

As at March 31, 2014, the Properties include:

City Center : The Predecessor holds a 90% interest in a property in St. Petersburg, Florida, acquired in December 2010.

Central Fairwinds : The Predecessor holds a 90% interest in a property in Orlando, Florida, acquired in May 2012.

AmberGlen : The Predecessor holds an 85% interest in a Limited Partnership that owns a property in Portland, Oregon, acquired in December 2009.

Washington Group Plaza : The Predecessor holds an 89.9% interest in a property in downtown Boise, Idaho, acquired in June 2013.

Corporate Parkway : The Predecessor holds a 100% interest in a property in Allentown, Pennsylvania, acquired in May 2013.

Cherry Creek : The Predecessor holds a 100% interest in a property in Denver, Colorado. The Predecessor originally acquired a 42.3% interest in July 2011 and acquired the remaining 57.7% interest in January 2014.

The Company is a Maryland corporation formed on November 26, 2013. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and conducted no operations prior to the IPO.

Initial Public Offering and Formation Transactions

The Company’s operations will be carried on primarily through the Operating Partnership and wholly owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. Both the Company and the Operating Partnership commenced operations upon completion of the IPO and certain related formation transactions (the “Formation Transactions”).

On April 21, 2014, we closed the IPO, pursuant to which we sold 5,800,000 shares of our common stock to the public at a public offering price of $12.50 per share. We raised $72.5 million in gross proceeds, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $62.7 million after deducting approximately $5.1 million in underwriting discounts and approximately $4.7 million in other expenses relating to the IPO. On May 9, 2014, the underwriters of the IPO exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 782,150 shares of our common stock at the IPO price of $12.50 a share resulting in additional gross proceeds to us of approximately $9.8 million resulting in net proceeds to us of $9.1 million after deducting approximately $0.7 million in underwriting discounts. The Company’s common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CIO” on April 15, 2014.

The Company contributed the net proceeds of the IPO to the Operating Partnership in exchange for common units in the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership utilized a portion of the net proceeds of the IPO to pay fees in connection with the assumption of the indebtedness, pay expenses incurred in connection with the IPO and Formation Transactions and repay loans that were made to several of the contributing entities by certain investors in such entities. The remaining funds are expected to be used for general working capital purposes and to fund potential future acquisitions.

Pursuant to the Formation Transactions and exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, the Operating Partnership acquired a 100% interest in each of the Washington Group Plaza, Cherry Creek and Corporate Parkway properties and acquired an approximate 76% economic interest in the AmberGlen property, 90% interest in the Central Fairwinds property and 95% interest in the City Center property. These initial property interests were contributed in exchange for 3,251,903 common units, 1,610,765 common stock and $28.5 million of cash.

 

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In connection with the IPO and Formation Transactions, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, extinguished the loan on the Central Fairwinds property and completed a refinancing of three properties (Cherry Creek, City Center and Corporate Parkway) with a new $95 million non-recourse mortgage loan and proceeds from the IPO. The loan bears a fixed interest rate of 4.34% and matures on May 6, 2021.

The Company intends to elect to be taxed and to operate in a manner that will allow it to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2014.

The accompanying condensed combined financial statements of the Predecessor do not reflect the IPO or the Formation Transactions completed on April 21, 2014.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Predecessor represents a combination of certain entities holding interests in real estate that are commonly controlled. Due to their common control, the financial statements of the separate entities which own the properties are presented on a combined basis. The accompanying condensed combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in combination.

The accompanying condensed combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

The information furnished in the accompanying condensed combined financial statements reflects all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the aforementioned condensed combined financial statements for the interim periods. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with, and follow the same policies and procedures as outlined in the audited combined financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, included in the Company’s final prospectus dated April 14, 2014.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the combined financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Such estimates are based on management’s best judgment, after considering past, current and expected events and economic conditions. Actual results could differ from management’s estimates.

3. Real Estate Investments

Acquisitions

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Predecessor acquired the following property:

 

Property

   Date
Acquired
     Percentage
Owned
 

Cherry Creek

     January 2014         100

The above acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination.

On January 2, 2014, the Predecessor acquired the remaining 57.7% interest it did not already own in ROC-SCCP Cherry Creek I, LP (“Cherry Creek”) for approximately $12.0 million. The acquisition was financed through a new $50 million mortgage loan, the proceeds of which were used to repay $36 million of existing debt of Cherry Creek, fund the payment of $12.0 million to the seller, pay $1.2 million of deferred financing costs and $0.8 million in transactions costs.

 

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The following table summarizes the Company’s preliminary allocation of the purchase price of assets acquired and liabilities assumed during the three months ended March 31, 2014:

 

     Cherry Creek  

Land

   $ 25,745,012   

Building and improvements

     15,771,277   

Tenant Improvements

     4,372,849   

Acquired intangible assets

     12,009,085   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (815,378

Lease intangible liability

     (249,409
  

 

 

 

Fair value of assets and liabilities at acquisition

   $ 56,833,436   
  

 

 

 

The Predecessor recognized expenses relating to acquisition of $806,344 for the three months ended March 31, 2014. A gain of $4.5 million was recognized from the fair value adjustment associated with the Company’s original ownership due to a change in control, calculated as follows:

 

Fair value of assets and liabilities acquired

   $ 56,833,436   

Less existing mortgage in Cherry Creek

     (36,000,000
  

 

 

 
     20,833,436   

Less cash paid to seller

     (12,020,893
  

 

 

 

Fair value of 42.3% equity interest

     8,812,543   

Carrying value of investment in Cherry Creek

     (4,337,899
  

 

 

 

Gain on existing 42.3% equity interest

   $ 4,474,644   
  

 

 

 

The operating results of the acquired property since the date of acquisition have been included in the Predecessor’s combined financial statements. The following table represents the results of the property’s operations since the date of acquisition on a stand-alone basis.

 

     Three months ended
March 31, 2014
 

Operating revenues

   $ 1,577,564   

Operating expenses

     (2,032,013

Interest

     (1,503,821
  

 

 

 

Net loss before gain on equity investment

   $ (1,958,270
  

 

 

 

The following table presents Cherry Creek’s revenues and income from continuing operations on a pro forma basis as if the Predecessor had completed the acquisition of the property as of January 1, 2013:

 

     Three months ended
March 31, 2013
 

Total revenues as reported by the Predecessor

   $ 3,384,262   

Plus: Cherry Creek

     1,641,129   
  

 

 

 

Proforma total revenues

   $ 5,025,391   
  

 

 

 

Total operating income as reported by the Predecessor

   $ 767,132   

Property acquisition costs

     (806,344

Plus: Cherry Creek

     494,582   
  

 

 

 

Proforma operating income

   $ 455,370   
  

 

 

 

 

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4. Lease Intangibles

Lease intangibles and the value of assumed lease obligations as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were comprised as follows:

 

March 31, 2014

  Above Market
Leases
    In Place
Leases
    Leasing
Commissions
    Total     Below Market
Leases
    Below Market
Ground Lease
    Total  

Cost

  $ 3,043,031      $ 21,525,808      $ 10,792,982      $ 35,361,821      $ (418,313   $ (138,218   $ (556,531

Accumulated amortization

    (1,453,516     (7,594,758     (2,208,112     (11,256,386     145,930        17,212        163,142   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 1,589,515      $ 13,931,050      $ 8,584,870      $ 24,105,435      $ (272,383   $ (121,006   $ (393,389
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

  Above Market
Leases
    In Place
Leases
    Leasing
Commissions
    Total     Below Market
Leases
    Below Market
Ground Lease
    Total  

Cost

  $ 3,043,030      $ 14,885,115      $ 5,447,198      $ 23,375,343      $ (168,904   $ (138,218   $ (307,122

Accumulated Amortization

    (1,306,326     (6,536,311     (1,781,143     (9,623,780     123,567        16,209        139,776   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 1,736,704      $ 8,348,804      $ 3,666,055      $ 13,751,563      $ (45,337   $ (122,009   $ (167,346
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Company has adjusted acquired lease intangibles and accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2013 in the amount of $649,192 to conform with the current period presentation as of March 31, 2014. There was no impact to net income resulting from this adjustment.

The estimated aggregate amortization expense for lease intangibles for the five succeeding years and in the aggregate are as follows:

 

2014

   $ 4,263,386   

2015

     5,582,229   

2016

     4,795,397   

2017

     2,345,332   

2018

     1,615,205   

Thereafter

     5,110,497   
  

 

 

 
   $ 23,712,046   
  

 

 

 

5. Mortgage Loans Payable

The following table summarizes the Predecessor’s secured indebtedness as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

 

Property

   March 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
     Interest
Rate as of
March 31, 2013
    Maturity  

City Center  (1)

   $ 22,471,320       $ 22,333,938         6.00%   (2)       June 2014  (3)  

Central Fairwinds  (4)

     10,000,000         10,000,000         6.25%        October 2015   

Cherry Creek (5)

     49,819,016         —          5.00%        January 2016   

Corporate Parkway  (4)

     18,808,333         19,133,333         7.25%        April 2016  (6)  

AmberGlen

     23,500,000         23,500,000         6.25%        July 2017  (7)  

Washington Group Plaza  (5)

     34,789,971         34,949,159         3.85%        July 2018   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

Total

   $ 159,388,640       $ 109,916,430        
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

All interest rates are fixed interest rates with the exception of City Center as explained in footnote (2) below.

 

(1) Interest payable monthly plus monthly principal payment of $20,000.
(2) Interest rate is equal to a floating rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 4%, but in no event shall the interest rate be lower than 6%.
(3) In November 2013, the Predecessor exercised its option to extend the maturity date of the loan for a six month period. The Predecessor has one and a half year of additional extension option.
(4) Interest only payable monthly, principal due on maturity.
(5) Interest payable monthly plus principal based on 360 months of amortization.
(6) With extension option of three consecutive terms of one year.
(7) The Predecessor has the option to extend the debt to July 2022.

 

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The scheduled principal repayments of mortgage payable as of March 31, 2014 are as follows:

 

2014

   $ 24,741,702  

2015

     13,024,555  

2016

     65,127,567  

2017

     24,205,054  

2018

     32,289,762  

Thereafter

     —    
  

 

 

 
   $ 159,388,640  
  

 

 

 

6. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value measurements are based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. The hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value is as follows:

Level 1 Inputs – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2 Inputs – observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities

Level 3 Inputs – unobservable inputs

Financial assets whose fair values are measured on a recurring basis consist only of an interest rate swap. The fair value of the interest rate swap is calculated based on Level 2 inputs.

As of March 31, 2014, the Predecessor had not designated its interest rate swap as a hedge. This derivative was not speculative and was used to manage the Predecessor’s exposure to interest rate movements and other identified risks, but the Predecessor elected not to designate these instruments in hedging relationships based on the provisions in ASC 815-10. The changes in fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships have been recognized in earnings. Summarized below is the interest rate derivative that was not designated as a cash flow hedge and the fair value of all derivative assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

 

                                 Fair Value as of  

Property

   Type of
Instrument
     Notional
amount
     Maturity
date
     Effective rate      March 31, 2014      December 31, 2013  

City Center

     Interest Rate Swap       $ 15,000,000         June 2014         6.0%       $  —         $  —     

With the exception of fixed rate mortgage loans payable, the carrying amounts of the Predecessor’s financial instruments approximate their fair value. The Predecessor determines the fair value of its fixed rate mortgage loan payable based on a discounted cash flow analysis using a discount rate that approximates the current borrowing rates for instruments of similar maturities. Based on this, the Predecessor has determined that the fair value of these instruments was $138,850,000 and $88,500,000 as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Although the Predecessor has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its fixed rate debt fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its fixed rate debt utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads. Accordingly, mortgage loans payable have been classified as Level 3 fair value measurements.

7. Related Party Transactions

Property Management Fees

Five of the properties (City Center, Central Fairwinds, AmberGlen, Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek) engaged related parties to perform asset and property management services for a fee ranging from 1.75% to 3.5% of gross revenue.

In addition to the base property management fee of 1.75% of gross revenue or $10,000 per month paid to a related party for the property management of Washington Group Plaza, the property manager is also entitled to an additional incentive commission equal to the lesser of (a) 15% of net operating income in excess of $5 million in 2013, $5.45 million in 2014 and $5.6 million in 2015; or (b) 1% of all monthly gross revenue. The asset and management agreement has an initial term of three years and will automatically renew for successive two year periods. This agreement can be terminated by the Company or the property manager upon thirty days prior written notice to the other party.

 

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The costs of these services, aggregating $207,617 and $122,219 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, were recorded as property management fees on the accompanying combined statements of operations.

Deferred Offering and Financing Costs

Deferred offering and financing costs directly associated with the IPO and Formation Transactions of $1,564,762 and $2,100,000, respectively, were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The Predecessor has recorded $1,006,708 as an owners’ contribution by an entity under common control and $2,658,054 as an accrued liability during the period.

8. Future Minimum Rent Schedule

Future minimum lease payments to be received as of March 31, 2014 under noncancellable operating leases for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

 

2014

   $ 21,261,225   

2015

     28,703,827   

2016

     21,985,373   

2017

     14,565,259   

2018

     11,342,441   

Thereafter

     56,477,035   
  

 

 

 
   $ 154,335,160   
  

 

 

 

The above minimum lease payments to be received do not include reimbursements from tenants for certain operating expenses and real estate taxes and do not include early termination payments provided for in certain leases.

Two state government tenants currently have the exercisable right to terminate its lease if the state does not appropriate rent in its annual budgets. The Predecessor has determined that the occurrence of the government tenant not appropriating the rent in its annual budget is a remote contingency and accordingly recognizes lease revenue on a straight-line basis over the respective lease term. These tenants represent approximately 51.5% of our total future minimum lease payments as of March 31, 2014.

9. Commitments and Contingencies

Property Management Fees

Washington Group Plaza engaged a related party to perform asset and management services for base and incentive fees as discussed in Note 7.

Fees under this agreement were $79,106 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and are recorded as management fees on the accompanying condensed combined statements of operations.

Other

The Predecessor is obligated under certain tenant leases to fund tenant improvements and the expansion of the underlying leased properties.

Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, a current or previous owner or operator of real estate may be liable for the cost of removal or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances disposed, stored, generated, released, manufactured or discharged from, on, at, under, or in a property. As such, the Predecessor may be potentially liable for costs associated with any potential environmental remediation at any of its formerly or currently owned properties.

The Predecessor believes that it is in compliance in all material respects with all federal, state and local ordinances and regulations regarding hazardous or toxic substances. Management is not aware of any environmental liability that it believes would have a material adverse impact on the Predecessor’s financial position or results of operations. Management is unaware of any instances in which the Predecessor would incur significant environmental costs if any or all properties were sold, disposed of or abandoned. However, there can be no assurance that any such non-compliance, liability, claim or expenditure will not arise in the future.

 

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The Predecessor is involved from time to time in lawsuits and other disputes which arise in the ordinary course of business. As of March 31, 2014 management believes that these matters will not have a material adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the Predecessor’s financial position or results of operations.

10. Subsequent Events

As discussed in Note 1, the Company completed the IPO and Formation Transactions on April 21, 2014 and repaid approximately $101.0 million of outstanding indebtedness on four properties upon closing.

On April 21, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, entered into a new $11.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility which remains undrawn. The revolving credit facility bears an interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.75%.

On April 29, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, completed a $25.4 million refinancing of the AmberGlen property. The loan bears an interest rate of 4.38% and matures on May 1, 2019.

On May 21, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership agreed to acquire a property in Denver, Colorado for $25.1 million.

 

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CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements of City Office REIT, Inc. (together with its combined entities, “City Office,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) as of and for the period ended March 31, 2014 reflect the historical results of City Office REIT Predecessor (the “Predecessor”) adjusted to give effect to the transactions outlined below are presented as if the initial public offering had occurred on March 31, 2014 for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet and on January 1, 2014 for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations.

 

    The offering of 6,582,150 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Offering”), 5,800,000 shares of which was completed on April 21, 2014 and 782,150 shares of which was completed on May 9, 2014 pursuant to the exercising of the underwriters’ over-allotment option;

 

    certain related formation transactions (the “Formation Transactions”);

 

    the use of proceeds from the Offering;

 

    incurrence of a new $95 million non-recourse mortgage loan secured by the Cherry Creek, City Center and Corporate Parkway properties (the “New Mortgage Loan”);

 

    incurrence of a new $25.4 million non-recourse mortgage loan secured by the AmberGlen property (the “Additional Loan”);

 

    the acquisition of certain noncontrolling interests;

 

    the incremental general and administrative expenses to be incurred to operate as a public company;

 

    the annual base management fee in accordance with the advisory agreement; and

 

    the redemption of certain common stock and common units in accordance with the terms of the contribution agreement related to the exercising of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

City Office is engaged in the business of developing, owning and managing high-quality office buildings in the United States. The Predecessor was not a legal entity, but rather a combination of entities under common control.

Concurrently with the Offering, we completed the Formation Transactions, pursuant to which we acquired, through a series of contribution transactions, ownership interests in the entities that own interests in our initial properties as further detailed below.

As a result of the Formation Transactions, we own interests in our initial properties as summarized in the table below.

 

Property

   Interest to
be Acquired
by Our
Operating
Partnership
    

Debt Secured By Property

Washington Group Plaza

     100.0%       Existing $34.8 million mortgage loan

Cherry Creek

     100.0          New Mortgage Loan

AmberGlen

     76.0          New Mortgage Loan

City Center

     95.0          New Mortgage Loan

Corporate Parkway

     100.0          New Mortgage Loan

Central Fairwinds

     90.0          New $11.0 million senior revolving credit facility

 

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The parties retaining the noncontrolling interests in the AmberGlen, Central Fairwinds and City Center properties at the conclusion of the Formation Transactions did not receive any common units and common stock. The value of the consideration paid to each of the entities in the Second City Group in the Formation Transactions was determined according to the terms of the respective contribution agreements. Set forth in greater detail below is the consideration that the entities that controlled our Predecessor received in connection with the Formation Transactions:

 

    Second City received $7,705,050 in cash in accordance with the terms of its contribution agreement. Second City used these funds and $51,153 of its own cash to acquire various noncontrolling interests and eliminate economic incentives in the initial properties as follows: $4,362,870 for the City Center property, $445,000 for the Central Fairwinds property, $250,000 for the Corporate Parkway property, and $2,698,333 for the Washington Group Plaza property.

 

    Second City GP received 4,616 common units of our operating partnership, with an aggregate value of approximately $57,700 and $8,888 in cash in accordance with the terms of its contribution agreement and the exercising of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

    Gibralt and GCC Amberglen received an aggregate of 107,031 common units of our operating partnership, with an aggregate value of approximately $1,337,888 and approximately $11,881,075, respectively, in cash in accordance with the terms of its contribution agreement and the exercising of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. Of the total, Gibralt received 107 common units and GCC Amberglen received the balance.

 

    CIO OP received 3,000,256 common units in our operating partnership with an aggregate value of approximately $37,503,200, which represents 25.4% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis upon completion of the Offering and $5,776,350 in cash, in accordance with the terms of its contribution agreement and the exercising of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

    CIO REIT received 1,610,765 shares of our common stock with an aggregate value of approximately $20,134,563 and $3,101,188 in cash in accordance with the terms of its contribution agreement and the exercising of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

    Daniel Rapaport (“Rapaport”) received 140,000 common units of our operating partnership, with an aggregate value of approximately $1,750,000, in accordance with the terms of his contribution agreement with us and our operating partnership.

For each of our initial properties, the table below shows the equity interests that we and our operating partnership will acquire and dispose of in connection with the Formation Transactions.

 

Property

  

Equity Interest Acquired by the
Company/Operating Partnership

  

Economic Interest Disposed
by Second City Group

  

Economic Participation
Interests Eliminated by
Property Ownership Entity

AmberGlen (1)

  

•     0.001% from Gibralt US, Inc.

 

•     88.58% from GCC Amberglen Investments LP

 

•     3.81% from Rapaport

  

•     GCC Amberglen Investments LP disposed 9% of its economic interest to a noncontrolling third party

  

•     All minority interests
owners’ economic participation incentives

Central Fairwinds

  

•     31.44% from CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership

 

•     58.56% from CIO OP Limited Partnership

 

•     0.001% from Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership

   N/A   

•     All minority interests owners’ economic participation incentives

Cherry Creek

  

•     34.93% from CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership

 

•     65.07% from CIO OP Limited Partnership

 

•     0.001% from Second City Capital Partners II, General Partnership

   N/A    N/A

 

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Property

  

Equity Interest Acquired by the
Company/Operating Partnership

  

Economic Interest Disposed
by Second City Group

  

Economic Participation
Interests Eliminated by
Property Ownership Entity

City Center

  

•     31.44% from CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership

 

•     58.56% from CIO OP Limited Partnership

 

•     5.00% from Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership

 

•     0.001% from Second City Capital Partners II, General Partnership

   N/A   

•     All minority interests owners’ economic participation incentives

Corporate Parkway

  

•     34.93% from CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership

 

•     65.07% from CIO OP Limited Partnership

 

•     0.001% from Second City Capital Partners II, General Partnership

   N/A   

•     All minority interests owners’ economic participation incentives

Washington Group Plaza

  

•     31.40% from CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership

 

•     58.49% from CIO OP Limited Partnership

 

•     10.11% from Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership after being acquired from minority interest holder

 

•     0.001% from Second City Capital Partners II, General Partnership

   N/A    N/A

 

(1) In connection with the Formation Transactions, our operating partnership acquired a 88.58% limited partnership interest from GCC Amberglen, a 3.81% limited partnership interest from Rapaport and a 0.001% limited partnership interest from Gibralt in the AmberGlen property. GCC Amberglen transferred a 9% economic participation interest in the AmberGlen property to a noncontrolling interest owner of the AmberGlen property (who previously had a majority position in a prior 15% economic participation interest in the AmberGlen property) to eliminate any additional incremental economic participation rights held by the noncontrolling interest owner. After giving effect to these transactions, our operating partnership owns a 92.39% limited partnership interest, which equals a 76% economic interest, in the property.

 

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On April 21, 2014, we closed the IPO, pursuant to which we sold 5,800,000 shares of our common stock to the public at a public offering price of $12.50 per share. We raised $72.5 million in gross proceeds, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $62.7 million after deducting approximately $5.1 million in underwriting discounts and approximately $4.7 million in other expenses relating to the IPO. On May 9, 2014, the underwriters of the IPO exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 782,150 shares of our common stock at the IPO price of $12.50 a share resulting in additional gross proceeds to us of approximately $9.8 million resulting in net proceeds to us of $9.1 million after deducting approximately $0.7 million in underwriting discounts. The net proceeds from the Offering were contributed to our Operating Partnership in exchange for 6,582,150 common units.

You should read the information below along with all other financial information and analysis presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the sections captioned “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Predecessor combined financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this document and included in the Company’s final prospectus dated April 14, 2014. The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the actual financial position of City Office as of March 31, 2014 or the actual results of operations for the three month period ended March 31, 2014, nor are they indicative of the results of operations for future periods. The unaudited pro forma adjustments and eliminations are based on available information and upon assumptions management believes are reasonable.

 

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City Office REIT, Inc.

Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet

As of March 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

    City
Office

REIT, Inc.
    Predecessor
(A)
    Central
Fairwinds
Earn Out
(B)
    Distribution
of Excess
Working
Capital

(C)
    Pro Forma
Before
Offering
    Net
Proceeds
from
Offering

(D)
    Use of Proceeds     Other Pro
Forma
Adjustments
    Company
Pro Forma
 
              Acquisition of
Noncontrolling
Interest

(E)
    Debt
Transaction
(F)
    Distribution
to
Predecessor
Members
(G)
     

Assets

                     

Real estate properties, net

  $ —        $ 144,805,273      $ —        $ —        $ 144,805,273      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —          144,805,273   

Investments in unconsolidated entity

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Cash and cash equivalents

    1,000        6,528,607        —          1,172,722        7,702,329        71,804,215        (9,431,203     (6,587,984     (23,300,690     —          40,186,667   

Restricted cash

    —          8,465,389        —          (3,496,699     4,968,690        —          —          —          —          —          4,968,690   

Rents receivable, net

    —          5,526,962        —          —          5,526,962        —          —          —          —          —          5,526,962   

Deferred financing costs, net

    —          4,019,764        —          —          4,019,764        —          —          (1,646,503     —          —          2,373,261   

Deferred leasing costs, net

      2,246,430        —          —          2,246,430        —          —          —          —          —          2,246,430   

Acquired lease intangible assets, net

    —          24,105,435        —          —          24,105,435        —          —          —          —          —          24,105,435   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    —          646,913        —          —          646,913        —          —          —          —          —          646,913   

Deferred offering costs

    —          3,395,712        —          —          3,395,712        (3,395,712     —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $ 1,000      $ 199,740,485      $ —        $ (2,323,977   $ 197,417,508      $ 68,408,503      $ (9,431,203   $ (8,234,487   $ (23,300,690   $ —          224,859,631   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

                     

Liabilities:

                     

Mortgage loans payable

  $ —        $ 159,388,640      $ —        $ —          159,388,640      $ —        $ —        $ (4,198,669   $ —        $ —          155,189,971   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    —          5,557,301        —          —          5,557,301        —          —          —          —          —          5,557,301   

Deferred rent

      910,833        —          —          910,833        —          —          —          —          —          910,833   

Tenant rent deposits

    —          1,483,427        —          —          1,483,427        —          —          —          —          —          1,483,427   

Acquired lease intangible liabilities, net

    —          393,389        —          —          393,389        —          —          —          —          —          393,389   

Other liabilities

    —          —          6,000,000        —          6,000,000        —          —          —          —          —          6,000,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    —          167,733,590        6,000,000        —          173,733,590        —          —          (4,198,669     —          —          169,534,921   

Commitments and Contingencies

                     

Equity:

                     

Common stock and additional paid in capital

    1,000        —          —          —          1,000        71,804,215        —          —          (10,029,116     (1,695,993 ) (H)      60,080,106   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Stockholder Equity

    1,000        —          —          —          1,000        71,804,215        —          —          (10,029,116     (1,695,993     60,080,106   

Predecessor equity

    —          31,066,081        (6,000,000     (1,826,173     23,239,908        (3,395,712     (7,871,855     (3,820,727     (16,003,803     7,852,189   (H)      —     

Noncontrolling interests in operating partnership

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          2,732,229        (6,156,196 ) (H)      (3,423,967

Noncontrolling interests in properties

    —          940,814        —          (497,804     443,010        —          (1,559,348     (215,091     —          —          (1,331,429
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Equity

    1,000        32,006,895        (6,000,000     (2,323,977     23,683,918        68,408,503        (9,431,203     (4,035,818     (23,300,690     —          55,324,710   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

  $ 1,000      $ 199,740,485      $ —        $ (2,323,977   $ 197,417,508      $ 68,408,503      $ (9,431,203   $ (8,234,487   $ (23,300,690   $ —          224,859,631   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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City Office REIT, Inc.

Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

     City
Office
REIT, Inc.
     Predecessor
(AA)
    Acquisition
of Non-
controlling
Interest
(BB)
    Other
Pro
Forma
Adjustments
    Pro
Forma
 

Revenue:

           

Rental income

   $  —         $ 7,236,758      $  —        $  —          7,236,758   

Expense reimbursement

     —           450,043        —          —          450,043   

Other

     —           295,660        —          —          295,660   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenues

     —           7,982,461        —          —          7,982,461   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Expenses:

           

Property operating expenses

     —           2,304,462        —          —          2,304,462   

Insurance

     —           152,858        —          —          152,858   

Property taxes

     —           461,104        —          —          461,104   

Property acquisition costs

     —           806,344        —          (806,344 )(CC)      —     

Base management fee

     —           —          —          205,073  (DD)      205,073   

General and administrative

     —           —          —          369,250  (EE)      369,250   

Property management fees

     —           207,617        —          —          207,617   

Stock based compensation

     —           —          —          366,950  (FF)      366,950   

Depreciation and amortization

     —           3,159,977        —          —          3,159,977   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Operating Expenses

     —           7,092,362        —          134,929        7,227,291   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Income

     —           890,099        —          (134,929     755,170   

Gain on equity investment

        (4,474,644     —          4,474,644  (CC)      —     

Interest expense, net

     —           3,161,414        —          (1,321,409 )(GG)      1,840,005   

Equity in income of unconsolidated entity

     —           —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (Loss) / Income

     —           2,203,329        —          (3,288,164     (1,084,835

Net Loss / (Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests in properties

     —           9,926        (13,592     102,869        99,203   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     —           2,213,255        (13,592     (3,185,295     (985,632

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling interest in operating partnership

     —           —          —          280,055  (HH)      280,055   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (Loss) / Income Attributable to City Office REIT, Inc.

   $  —         $ 2,213,255      $ (13,592   $ (2,905,240   $ (705,577
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted

     —           —          —          —          8,545,187   

Pro forma basic loss per share

     —           —          —          —        ($ 0.08

Pro forma weighted average number of common units held by Noncontrolling interest in operating partnership outstanding

     —           —          —          —          3,251,903  (II) 

 

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City Office REIT, Inc.

Notes and Management’s Assumptions to Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014

(A) Reflects the historical combined balance sheet of the Predecessor as of March 31, 2014. City Office REIT, Inc. and the Predecessor are under common control. Accordingly, pursuant to the planned formation transactions, the Predecessor’s assets and liabilities will be recorded at their historical cost basis.

(B) In connection with the contribution of their interests in Central Fairwinds to City Office REIT Operating Partnership L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), Second City received common units of the Operating Partnership and additional consideration (“Earn-Out”) in connection with the lease up of certain vacant space. The Earn-Out was determined to be a liability under ASC 480 (“Distinguishing Liabilities From Equity”) that should be reported at fair value and marked to market each reporting period until settled. The estimated fair value of the Earn-out is $6,000,000. As this is a common control transaction and the Earn-Out is part of the consideration transferred, the excess of the consideration over the historical cost of the assets and liabilities transferred by the contributors is considered a deemed dividend to the contributors at the contribution date. The change in fair value of the Earn-Out in subsequent periods will be recorded in earnings.

(C) Reflects the distribution of the Predecessor’s excess working capital.

(D) Reflects proceeds from the offering of 5,800,000 shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $12.50 per share. We raised $72.5 million in gross proceeds, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $62.7 million after deducting approximately $5.1 million in underwriting discounts and approximately $4.7 million in other expenses relating to the IPO. On May 9, 2014, the underwriters of the IPO exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 782,150 shares of our common stock at the IPO price of $12.50 a share resulting in additional gross proceeds to us of approximately $9.8 million resulting in net proceeds to us of $9.1 million after deducting approximately $0.7 million in underwriting discounts.

(E) Reflects payments made by the Second City Group to fund the acquisition of noncontrolling interests and the elimination of certain noncontrolling interests’ economic participation interest as follows:

 

    Acquisition of 10.1% minority interest at Washington Group Plaza;

 

    Elimination of noncontrolling interests’ economic participation interest at Central Fairwinds Corporate Parkway and AmberGlen; and

 

    Acquisition of 5% minority interest and the elimination of minority interests’ economic participation at City Center.

The elimination of the economic partner incentive also includes a transfer of an additional 9% interest in AmberGlen to the noncontrolling interest. The acquisition and disposals of these noncontrolling interests will be recorded as equity transactions in accordance with FASB ASC 810-10 “Consolidation.” The economic participation incentives represent arrangement to share profits in a manner other than in proportion to the ownership rights between the Predecessor and the noncontrolling interest holder.

 

 

     City Center      Central
Fairwinds
     AmberGlen      Corporate
Parkway
     Washington
Group Plaza
     Total  

Amounts paid

                 

To acquire noncontrolling interest and economic participation incentive 1

   $ 4,362,870       $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 2,698,333       $ 7,061,203   

To eliminate economic participation incentives

     —           445,000         1,675,000         250,000         —           2,370,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Cash Paid

   $ 4,362,870       $ 445,000       $ 1,675,000       $ 250,000       $ 2,698,333       $ 9,431,203   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(1) The amount paid was negotiated on a combined basis and accordingly cannot be allocated between the noncontrolling interest and the elimination of the economic participation incentives.

 

     City Center     Central
Fairwinds
    AmberGlen     Corporate
Parkway
    Washington
Group Plaza
    Total  

Impact on Equity

            

Stockholder’s Equity

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —     

Predecessor Equity—Increase (Decrease)

     (4,339,605     (445,000     (1,269,773     (250,000     (1,567,477     (7,871,855

Noncontrolling interest in Properties

     (23,265     —          (405,227     —          (1,130,856     (1,559,348
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Impact on Equity

   $ (4,362,870   $ (445,000     (1,675,000   $ (250,000   $ (2,698,333   $ (9,431,203
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table represents the changes in the net property ownership expected to occur as a result of the acquisition:

 

Property

   Net
interest
pre-acquisition
    Net 
interest 
post-acquisition
 

Washington Group Plaza

     89.9     100.0

AmberGlen

     85.0        76.0   

CityCenter

     90.0        95.0   

(F) The change in debt, deferred financing costs, and cash as a result of the debt transactions are summarized below:

 

New Mortgage Financing – Midland National Life Insurance Company (1)

   $ 95,000,000   

New Mortgage Financing – American General Life Insurance and American Home Assurance Company (2)

     25,400,000   

Repayment of Mortgage Loan of Predecessor (3)

     (124,598,669
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Debt

     (4,198,669

New Deferred Financing Costs

     (2,061,651

Debt Prepayment Costs (4)

     (327,664
  

 

 

 

Net Proceeds Used in Debt Refinancing

     6,587,984   
  

 

 

 

New Deferred Financing Costs

     2,061,651   

Write-off of Unamortized Financing Costs

     (3,708,154
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Deferred Financing Costs

   $ (1,646,503
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Reflects the $95 million proceeds from the issuance of mortgage loan to be guaranteed by the Company as to certain “non-recourse covenants” and secured by a mortgage on the fee simple interest in the Cherry Creek, City Center and Corporate Parkway properties.
(2) Reflects the $25.4 million proceeds from the issuance of mortgage loan to be guaranteed by the Company as to certain “non-recourse covenants” and secured by a mortgage on the fee simple interest in the AmerGlen property.
(3) Reflects the repayment of mortgage loan secured by City Center, Central Fairwinds, Corporate Parkway and Cherry Creek as of March 31, 2014.
(4) Reflects the estimated costs to prepay the mortgage loan secured by City Center, Corporate Parkway, Central Fairwinds and Cherry Creek properties.

(G) Distributions of $10 million as consideration paid to Gibralt US, Inc. and GCC AmberGlen Investment LP in connection with their contribution of their interest in the operating partnership and approximately $2.0 million for Canadian offering costs and $2.2 million for certain other transaction costs incurred by our Predecessor, which will be reimbursed by us and the distribution of $9.1 million of consideration to CIO REIT, CIO OP and Second City to redeem certain common units and common stock in conjunction with the exercising of the underwriters’ over-allotment option as detailed in the contribution agreement.

 

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(H) Includes the following: (1) The adjustment to paid in capital to reflect the issuance of common stock by City Office to CIO REIT in exchange for its interest in the Predecessor. In accordance with ASC 810 this transaction will result in a $4.1 million adjustment to reflect the change in noncontrolling ownership. (2) The reclassification of Predecessor equity to noncontrolling interests in operating partnership.

2. Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three month period ended March 31, 2014

(AA) Reflects the historical combined statements of operations of the Predecessor for the three month ended March 31, 2014.

(BB) Reflects the decrease of noncontrolling interest in Washington Group Plaza and City Center of 10.1% and 5.0%, respectively, the 9% increase in noncontrolling interest in AmberGlen, and the elimination of noncontrolling interests’ economic participation incentive of certain properties by the Second City Group prior to the offering.

 

 

     Three Months Ended March 31, 2014  
     City Center     AmberGlen     WGP     Total  

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

     5,797        23,842        (16,047     13,592   

Net Income Attributable to City Office REIT

     (5,797     (23,842     16,047        (13,592

(CC) Property acquisition costs and gain on equity investment are excluded due to the non-recurring nature of these amounts.

(DD) City Office will pay the advisor an advisory fee in accordance with the advisory agreement. The advisory fee is a base management fee, calculated and payable in cash in arrears on a monthly basis, equal to 1/12 of the sum of (I) 0.5% multiplied by the value (at the initial public offering price) of common units and common stock that the Second City Group will receive in connection with the offering in exchange for their contributed properties and (II) 1% multiplied by the sum of (i) the net proceeds of the offering less the write off of financing costs and distributions to Predecessor members for certain transaction costs plus (ii) the difference, if any, between (A) City Office’s stockholders’ equity and noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership as of the calculation date plus accumulated depreciation as of the calculation date less the accumulated depreciation as of the date immediately following completion of this offering and (B) City Office’s stockholders’ equity and noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership immediately following completion of this offering:

1/12 the sum of (0.5% x the Second City Group’s common units and common stock x initial public offering price) +

(1% x ((net proceeds of the Offering – write off of financing costs – distributions to Predecessor members for certain transaction costs) + (stockholders’ equity and noncontrolling interest in the operating partnership at the end of the applicable month + accumulated depreciation at the end of the applicable month – accumulated depreciation as of the date immediately following completion of the Offering – stockholders’ equity and noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership the completion of the Offering)))

Following completion of the offering, payment of the full amount of the advisory fee will be subject to a quarterly Core FFO test. If our quarterly Core FFO per share, as defined in our advisory agreement, for a full calendar quarter is not greater than 1.5% (6% annualized) of the public offering price of our common stock in the Offering, up to 50%, of that quarter’s advisory fee in the amount of the shortfall of our quarterly Core FFO per share times the Fully Diluted Share Count will be deferred until such time as our quarterly Core FFO per share exceeds the 1.5% threshold, at which time all deferred amounts will be paid. The Core FFO test shall apply to each full calendar quarter following completion of the Offering and shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the completion of the Offering or (ii) our Core FFO, as defined in our advisory agreement, having equaled or exceeded 1.5% for a full calendar quarter. In the event that the quarterly Core FFO threshold is not met during the two year period following completion of the Offering, none of the deferred advisory fee will be paid. We initially expect to make cash distributions between approximately 100% and 105% of our Core FFO.

(EE) Reflects the estimated costs to operate the entity as a public company comprised of insurance, directors, public reporting and other miscellaneous costs.

(FF) Reflects a pro rata portion of the expense of stock based compensation to be granted to the Advisor as part of the formation transactions for the periods presented. The expense will be amortized over the vesting period.

 

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(GG) Reflects the reduction of interest expense from the anticipated repayment of mortgage debt upon consummation of the Offering. Additionally, reflects the increase in interest expense for the periods presented on the $95 million and $25.4 million mortgage loans to be guaranteed by the Operating Partnership as to certain “non-recourse covenants” and secured by a mortgage on the fee simple interest in the Cherry Creek Corporate Campus, City Center and Corporate Parkway properties and the AmberGlen properties. A secured revolving credit facility of $11 million is expected to be obtained following the formation. No interest expense is reflected from this loan in the pro forma as there is no anticipated draw-down under this agreement. Pro forma also reflects the amortization of the associated financing costs on the mortgage loans and the secured revolving credit facility for the periods presented.

The following table details the pro forma interest expense:

 

     Pro Forma
Interest Expense
 

Interest expense and deferred financing for New Mortgage Loan at 4.34%

   $ 1,156,505   

Interest expense and deferred financing for New Mortgage Loan at AmberGlen at 4.38%

     339,755   

Interest expense on Mortgage secured by the Washington Group Plaza Loan at 3.85%

     343,745   
  

 

 

 

Net interest expense

   $ 1,840,005   
  

 

 

 

In connection with the prepayment of the mortgage loan secured by Cherry Creek Corporate Campus, City Center, Corporate Parkway, and Central Fairwinds, $2.0 million of deferred financing costs were written-off. Additionally, prepayment costs of approximately $0.3 million were also incurred.

 

(II) Reflects noncontrolling interests in the loss of the operating partnership assuming that the noncontrolling interest represents 32.8% of the economic interest of the Operating Partnership.

 

(JJ) The common units are exchangeable for common shares on a one for one basis. The income allocable to such common units is allocated on the same basis as the common shares and reflected as noncontrolling interests in the Pro Forma Statement of Operations. As such, the assumed conversion of these units is not expected to have any net impact on the determination of diluted earnings per share. The total number of common shares that would exist on the exercise of this exchangeable feature would be as follows:

 

Number of common shares issued in the Offering

     8,192,915   

Number of common units issued in the Formation Transaction

     3,251,903   
  

 

 

 

Sub-total, before restricted stock grants

     11,444,818   

Restricted Stock under the Equity Incentive Plan

     352,272   
  

 

 

 

Total

     11,797,090   
  

 

 

 

 

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis is based on, and should be read in conjunction with, the selected financial data, the audited combined financial statements and the related notes thereto of the City Office Predecessor for the periods ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013.

References to “we,” “our,” “us,” and “the Company” refer to City Office REIT, Inc. a Maryland corporation, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, including City Office REIT Operating Partnership L.P., a Maryland limited partnership, of which we are the sole general partner and which we refer to in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as our Operating Partnership. References to the “City Office Predecessor” are to the real estate activity and holdings of the entities that own the historical interests in the AmberGlen, Central Fairwinds, City Center, Cherry Creek, Corporate Parkway and Washington Group Plaza properties.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q, including “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition,” contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather reflect our current expectations and projections about our future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. We have tried to identify these forward looking statements by using words including “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “result” and similar terms and phrases. These forward looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and which could cause our actual future results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others: changes in the real estate industry and in performance of the financial markets; competition in the leasing market; the demand for and market acceptance of our properties for rental purposes; the amount and growth of our expenses; tenant financial difficulties and general economic conditions, including interest rates, as well as economic conditions in our geographic markets; defaults or non-renewal of leases; risks associated with joint venture partners; the risks associated with the ownership and development of real property, including risks related to natural disasters; risks associated with property acquisitions, the failure to acquire or sell properties as and when anticipated; the outcome of claims and litigation involving or affecting the Company; the ability to satisfy conditions necessary to close pending transactions; our failure to maintain our status as real estate investment trust, or REIT; and other factors described in our news releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including but not limited to our reports on Form 8-K. The forward looking statements included in this report are made only as of the date of this report, and except as otherwise required by federal securities law, we do not have any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Overview

Company

The Company was organized in the state of Maryland on November 26, 2013. On April 21, 2014, the Company completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company contributed the net proceeds of the IPO to our Operating Partnership in exchange for common units in the Operating Partnership. Both the Company and the Operating Partnership commenced operations upon completion of the IPO and certain related formation transactions (the “Formation Transactions”).

The Company’s interest in the Operating Partnership entitles the Company to share in distributions from, and allocations of profits and losses of, the Operating Partnership in proportion to the Company’s percentage ownership of common units. As the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Company has the exclusive power under the partnership agreement to manage and conduct the Operating Partnership’s business, subject to limited approval and voting rights of the limited partners.

On April 21, 2014, we closed the IPO, pursuant to which we sold 5,800,000 shares of our common stock to the public at a public offering price of $12.50 per share. We raised $72.5 million in gross proceeds, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $62.7 million after deducting approximately $5.1 million in underwriting discounts and approximately $4.7 million in other expenses relating to the IPO. On May 9, 2014, the underwriters of the IPO exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 782,150 shares of our common stock at the IPO price of $12.50 a share resulting in additional gross proceeds to us of approximately $9.8 million resulting in net proceeds to us of $9.1 million after deducting approximately $0.7 million in underwriting discounts. The Company’s common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CIO” on April 15, 2014.

 

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Pursuant to the Formation Transactions and exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, the Operating Partnership acquired 100% interest in each of the Washington Group Plaza, Cherry Creek and Corporate Parkway properties and acquired an approximate 76% interest in the AmberGlen property, 90% interest in the Central Fairwinds property and 95% interest in the City Center property. These initial property interests were contributed in exchange for 3,251,903 common units, 1,610,765 common stock and $28.5 million of cash.

The interim financial statements of the Company do not reflect the IPO or the Formation Transactions completed on April 21, 2014.

The Company intends to elect to be taxed and to operate in a manner that will allow it to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2014. Subject to qualification as a REIT, the Company will be permitted to deduct distributions paid to its stockholders, eliminating the U.S. federal taxation of income represented by such distributions at the Company level. REITs are subject to a number of organizational and operational requirements. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, the Company will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular corporate tax rates.

Pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), the Company qualifies as an emerging growth company (“EGC”). An EGC may choose to take advantage of the extended private company transition period provided for complying with new or revised accounting standards that may be issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or the SEC. The Company has elected to opt out of such extended transition period. This election is irrevocable.

Indebtedness

In connection with the IPO and Formation Transactions, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, extinguished the loan on the Central Fairwinds property and completed a refinancing of three properties (Cherry Creek, City Center and Corporate Parkway) with a new $95 million non-recourse mortgage loan and proceeds from the IPO. On April 29, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, completed a $25.4 million refinancing of the AmberGlen property. Following the formation transactions, the Washington Group Plaza property remained subject to the existing Mortgage Loan. In addition, on April 21, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership entered into a new $11.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility which remains undrawn.

For additional information regarding the New Mortgage Loan, the AmberGlen Mortgage Loan, the Washington Mortgage Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility, please refer to “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below.

Revenue Base

Upon completion of the IPO and Formation Transactions, we own six office complexes comprised of 16 office buildings with a total of approximately 1.85 million square feet of net rentable area. As of March 31, 2014, our initial properties were approximately 90% leased (or 92% after giving effect to committed leases, the terms of which have not yet commenced).

Office Leases. Historically, most leases for our initial properties were on a full-service gross or net lease basis, and we expect to continue to use such leases in the future. A full-service gross lease generally has a base year expense stop whereby we pay a stated amount of expenses as part of the rent payment while future increases (above the base year stop) in property operating expenses are billed to the tenant based on such tenant’s proportionate square footage in the property. The property operating expenses are reflected in operating expenses, but only the increased property operating expenses above the base year stop recovered from tenants are reflected as tenant recoveries in the statements of income. In a net lease, the tenant is typically responsible for all property taxes and operating expenses. As such, the base rent payment does not include any operating expenses but rather all such expenses are billed to or paid by the tenant. The full amount of the expenses for this lease type is reflected in operating expenses, and the reimbursement is reflected in tenant recoveries. The tenant in the Corporate Parkway property has a net lease. We are also a lessor for a fee simple ground lease at the AmberGlen property. All of our remaining leases are full-service gross leases.

Interest Rate Contracts. As of March 31, 2014, the City Office Predecessor had an interest rate cap at the City Center property with a notional value of $15 million, maturing in June 2014 with an effective fixed interest rate of 6%. This interest rate cap was canceled upon the closing of the IPO. The interest rate cap had no value as of March 31, 2014.

 

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Factors That May Influence Our Operating Results and Financial Condition

Business and Strategy

We will focus on acquiring office properties in our target markets that exhibit favorable economic growth trends, growing populations with above average employment growth forecasts, a large number of government offices, large international, national and regional employers across diversified industries, low-cost centers for business operations, proximity to large universities and increasing office occupancy rates. We expect to use our Advisor’s market specific knowledge as well as the expertise of local real estate operators and our investment partners to identify acquisition opportunities that we believe will offer cash flow stability and long-term value appreciation. Our target markets are attractive, among other reasons, because we believe that ownership is often concentrated among local real estate operators that typically do not benefit from the same access to capital as public REITs and there is a relatively low level of participation of large institutional investors, which can result in attractive pricing levels and risk-adjusted returns.

Rental Revenue and Tenant Recoveries

The amount of net rental revenue generated by our initial properties will depend principally on our ability to maintain the occupancy rates of currently leased space and to lease currently available space and space that becomes available from lease terminations. As of March 31, 2014, the percent leased for our initial properties was approximately 90% (or 92% when giving effect to committed leases, the terms of which have not yet commenced). The amount of rental revenue generated also will depend on our ability to maintain or increase rental rates at our initial properties. We believe that the average rental rates for our initial properties generally are in-line with the current average quoted market rates. Negative trends in one or more of these factors could adversely affect our rental revenue in future periods. Future economic downturns or regional downturns affecting our markets or submarkets or downturns in our tenants’ industries that impair our ability to renew or re-let space and the ability of our tenants to fulfill their lease commitments, as in the case of tenant bankruptcies, could adversely affect our ability to maintain or increase rental rates at our properties. In addition, growth in rental revenue will also partially depend on our ability to acquire additional properties that meet our investment criteria .

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses generally consist of utilities, property and ad valorem taxes, insurance and site maintenance costs. Increases in these expenses over tenants’ base years are generally passed onto tenants in our full-service gross leased properties and are generally paid in full by tenants in our net leased properties. As a public company, we estimate that our annual general and administrative expenses will increase due to increased legal, insurance, accounting and other expenses related to corporate governance, SEC reporting and other compliance matters, compared to the period prior to the IPO. In addition, we expect that our initial properties may be reassessed for local real estate tax purposes after the consummation of the Formation Transactions.

Conditions in Our Markets

Positive or negative changes in economic or other conditions in the markets we operate in, including state budgetary shortfalls, employment rates, natural hazards and other factors, may impact our overall performance.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The interim financial statements follow the same policies and procedures as outlined in the audited combined financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, included in the Company’s final prospectus dated April 14, 2014.

Comparison of Period Ended March 31, 2014 to Period Ended March 31, 2013

Revenue

Total Revenue. Revenue includes net rental income, including parking, signage and other income, as well as the recovery of operating costs and property taxes from tenants. Total revenues increased $4.6 million, or 136%, to $8.0 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $3.4 million in the corresponding period in 2013. Revenue increased by $0.8 million from the acquisition of the Corporate Parkway property in May 2013 and $2.1 million from the acquisition of the Washington Group Plaza property in June 2013. The remaining increase of $1.7 million increase is a result of the consolidation of the Cherry Creek property. In January 2014, we acquired the remaining 57.7% of the property we did not already own to bring our ownership to 100% whereas previously the property was accounted for using the equity method. AmberGlen, City Center and Central Fairwinds revenues were unchanged in comparison to the prior year.

 

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Rental Income. Rental income includes net rental income, income from the City Office Predecessor’s ground lease and lease termination income. Total rental income increased $4.3 million, or 150%, to $7.2 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $2.9 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2013. The increase in rental income was primarily due to the acquisitions described above. The acquisition of the Corporate Parkway, Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek properties contributed an additional $0.8 million, $2.0 million and $1.5 million in additional rental income, respectively.

Expense Reimbursement. Total expense reimbursement increased $0.2 million, or 56%, to $0.5 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $0.3 million for the same period in 2013, primarily due to the acquisition of the Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek properties described above. The Corporate Parkway property, which was acquired in May 2013, is a net lease and does not have any expense reimbursements.

Other. Other revenue includes parking, signage and other miscellaneous income. Total other revenues increased $0.1 million, or 48%, to $0.3 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $0.2 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to increased parking income at City Center. The Corporate Parkway property, which was acquired in May 2013, is a net lease and does not have any other income and minimal other income was generated by Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek.

Operating Expenses

Total Operating Expenses. Total operating expenses consist of property operating expenses, as well as insurance, property taxes, property acquisition costs, management fees and depreciation and amortization. Total operating expenses increased by $4.5 million, or 171%, to $7.1 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014, from $2.6 million for the same period in 2013, primarily due to the acquisitions described above. Total operating expenses increased by $1.9 million and $2.0 million, respectively, from the acquisition of the Washington Group Plaza property in June 2013 and the consolidation of the Cherry Creek property beginning January 2014. The Corporate Parkway property, which was acquired in May 2013, is a net lease and does not have any significant operating expenses, with the exception of $0.6 million in depreciation and amortization. AmberGlen, City Center and Central Fairwinds operating expenses were unchanged in comparison to the prior year.

Property Operating Expenses. Property operating expenses are comprised mainly of building common area and maintenance expenses, as well as certain expenses that are not recoverable from tenants, the majority of which are related to costs necessary to maintain the appearance and marketability of vacant space. In the normal course of business, property expenses fluctuate and are impacted by various factors including, but not limited to, occupancy levels, weather, utility costs, repairs, maintenance and re-leasing costs. Property operating expenses increased $1.3 million, or 142%, to $2.3 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $1.0 million for the same period in 2013. The increase in property operating expenses was primarily due to the acquisitions described above. The acquisition of the Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek properties contributed an additional $0.8 million, and $0.5 million in additional property operating expenses, respectively.

Insurance. Insurance costs increased $0.1 million, or 38%, to $0.2 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $0.1 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2013 primarily due to the acquisition of the Washington Group Plaza, Corporate Parkway properties and the consolidation of the Cherry Creek property.

Property Taxes. Property taxes increased $0.2 million, or 50%, to $0.5 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $0.3 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to the addition of the Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek properties.

Property Management Fees. Property management fees increased $0.1 million, or 70%, to $0.2 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $0.1 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to the addition of the Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek properties.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased $2.1 million, or 181%, to $3.2 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $1.1 million for the same period in 2013, primarily due to the addition of the Corporate Parkway, Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek properties.

 

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Other Expense (Income)

Interest Expense, Net . Interest expense increased $2.2 million, or 235%, to $3.1 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2014, compared to $0.9 million for the corresponding period in 2013. Interest expense increased $0.4 million, $0.3 million and $1.5 million respectively due to interest expense on the Corporate Parkway, Washington Group Plaza and Cherry Creek property debt.

Gain on Equity Investment. Gain on equity investment is related to the purchase in January 2014 of the remaining 57.7% of Cherry Creek property that we did not already own. As a result of this transaction, a gain of $4.5 million was recorded.

Equity in Income of Unconsolidated Entity. Equity in income of unconsolidated entity is related to the Cherry Creek property in which the City Office Predecessor owned 42.3% as of December 31, 2013. In January 2014, we acquired the remaining 57.7% of the property we did not already own to bring our ownership to 100% and thus began consolidating the property results.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Analysis of Liquidity and Capital Resources

The City Office Predecessor had approximately $6.5 million of cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2014. In addition, on April 21, 2014, the Company, through its Operating Partnership, entered into a new $11.0 million secured revolving credit facility. We intend to use the revolving credit facility, among other things, to finance the acquisition of other properties, to provide funds for tenant improvements and capital expenditures and to provide for working capital and other corporate purposes.

Our short-term liquidity requirements primarily consist of operating expenses and other expenditures associated with our properties, distributions to our limited partners and distributions to our stockholders required to qualify for REIT status, capital expenditures and, potentially, acquisitions. We expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements through net cash provided by operations, reserves established from existing cash, the proceeds from this offering and borrowings under our secured revolving credit facility.

Our long-term liquidity needs consist primarily of funds necessary for the repayment of debt at maturity, property acquisitions and non-recurring capital improvements. We expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements with net cash from operations, long-term secured and unsecured indebtedness and the issuance of equity and debt securities. We also may fund property acquisitions and non-recurring capital improvements using our secured revolving credit facility pending permanent financing.

We believe we have access to multiple sources of capital to fund our long-term liquidity requirements, including the incurrence of additional debt and the issuance of additional equity securities. However, we cannot assure you that this is or will continue to be the case. Our ability to incur additional debt is dependent on a number of factors, including our degree of leverage, the value of our unencumbered assets and borrowing restrictions that may be imposed by lenders. Our ability to access the equity capital markets is dependent on a number of factors as well, including general market conditions for REITs and market perceptions about our Company.

Consolidated Indebtedness as of March 31, 2014

As of March 31, 2014, the City Office Predecessor had approximately $159.4 million of outstanding consolidated indebtedness, of which approximately $22.5 million, or 14%, is variable rate debt, subject to an interest rate swap option on the LIBOR portion of the interest rate for a notional amount of $15 million to a fixed rate of 6%, expiring in June 2014.

 

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The following table sets forth information as of March 31, 2014 with respect to the City Office Predecessor’s outstanding indebtedness.

 

Property

   March 31,
2014
     Interest
Rate as of
March 31, 2013
    Maturity  

City Center  (1)

   $ 22,471,320         6.00 %  (2)         June 2014  (3)  

Central Fairwinds  (4)

     10,000,000         6.25     October 2015   

Cherry Creek (5)

     49,819,016         5.00     January 2016   

Corporate Parkway  (6)

     18,808,333         7.25     April 2016  (6)  

AmberGlen

     23,500,000         6.25     July 2017  (7)  

Washington Group Plaza  (8)

     34,789,971         3.85     July 2018   
  

 

 

      

Total

   $ 159,388,640        
  

 

 

      

 

(1) The City Center property is subject to senior mortgage debt in a principal amount of $22.5 million. The loan may be voluntarily prepaid without penalty in full or in part with the payment of an exit fee of $291,313.
(2) Based on annualized 30 day LIBOR of 2.00% + 4%.
(3) In November 2013, the City Office Predecessor exercised its option to extend the maturity date of the loan for a six month period to June 2014. The City Office Predecessor has an option to extend the maturity date of the loan an additional one and a half years to December 2015.
(4) The Central Fairwinds property is subject to senior mortgage debt in a principal amount of $10.0 million. The loan may be voluntarily prepaid without penalty in full or in part after the second anniversary of the loan advance date of May 9, 2012.
(5) The Cherry Creek property is subject to a mortgage loan with fixed monthly interest rate of 5.00% and a 360 month principal amortization period.
(6) The Corporate Parkway property is subject to senior mortgage debt in a principal amount of $20.0 million. The loan may be voluntarily prepaid in full or in part subject to certain conditions. If the prepayments are made during fixed interest period, a payment equal to the interest that would have been earned by the lender related to the prepayment amount is required plus actual expenses incurred by the lender.
(7) The AmberGlen property is subject to the AmberGlen Mortgage Loan, which may be voluntarily prepaid without penalty in full after December 12, 2013 with the payment of an exit fee equal to 1% of the outstanding loan amount.
(8) The Washington Group Plaza property is subject to the Washington Mortgage Loan.

Consolidated Indebtedness to be Outstanding After the IPO

 

Debt

   Pro Forma Amount
Outstanding
     Interest Rate    Maturity Date  

New Mortgage Loan  (1)

   $ 95,000,000       4.34%      February 2021   

Washington Mortgage Loan  (2)

     34,789,971       3.85%      July 2018   

Revolving Credit Facility  (3)

     —        LIBOR +2.75% (4)      February 2016   

AmberGlen Mortgage Loan  (5)

     25,400,000       6.25%      May 2019   
  

 

 

       

Total

   $ 155,189,971         
  

 

 

       

 

(1) Upon closing of the IPO, we entered into the New Mortgage Loan.
(2) Following the Formation Transactions, the Washington Group Plaza property remained subject to the Washington Mortgage Loan.
(3) Following the Formation Transactions, we entered into the Revolving Credit Facility, which has an accordion feature that will permit us to borrow up to $150 million, subject to additional collateral availability and lender approval.
(4) As of March 31, 2014, the 3 Month LIBOR rate was 0.23%.
(5) Following the Formation Transactions, we entered into a new mortgage loan in relation to the AmberGlen property.

 

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Contractual Obligations and Other Long-Term Liabilities

The following table provides information with respect to the City Office Predecessor’s commitments as of March 31, 2014, including any guaranteed or minimum commitments under contractual obligations. The table does not reflect available debt extension options.

 

     Payments Due by Period  

Contractual Obligation

   Total      2014      2015-2016      2017-2018      More than
5 years
 

Principal payments on mortgage loans  (1)

   $ 159,388,640       $ 24,741,702       $ 78,152,122       $ 56,494,816       $ —     

Interest payments (2)

     21,595,134         7,593,518         10,981,920         3,019,696         —     

Tenant-related commitments

     5,072,930         4,072,930         —           —           1,000,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 186,056,704       $ 36,408,150       $ 89,134,042       $ 59,514,512       $ 1,000,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) City Center debt is based on 30 day LIBOR plus 4%. Interest payment is estimated based on debt outstanding at the beginning of the period multiplied by the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2013 of 6.00%.
(2) On January 2, 2014, the City Office Predecessor entered into a $50 million loan to finance the acquisition of its interest in the Cherry Creek property. This loan was repaid with a portion of the New Mortgage Loan.

The following table provides information with respect to the City Office Predecessor’s commitments as of March 31, 2014 on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the Formation Transactions and application of the net proceeds from the IPO including any guaranteed or minimum commitments under contractual obligations. The table does not reflect available debt extension options.

 

     Pro Forma Payments Due by Period  

Contractual Obligation

   Total      2014      2015-2016      2017-2018      More than
5 years
 

Principal payments on mortgage loans

   $ 155,189,971       $ 357,548       $ 2,500,350       $ 37,633,609       $ 114,698,464   

Interest payments  (1)

     39,567,009         5,053,912         13,353,505         12,336,050         8,823,542   

Operating leases

     —           —           —           —           —     

Tenant-related commitments  (2)

     5,072,930         4,072,930         —           —           1,000,000   

Ground Leases

     —           —           —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 199,829,910       $ 9,484,390       $ 15,853,855       $ 49,969,659       $ 124,522,006   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) On January 2, 2014, the City Office Predecessor entered into a $50 million loan to finance the acquisition of its interest in the Cherry Creek property. This loan was repaid with a portion of the New Mortgage Loan as part of the Formation Transactions.
(2) Tenant related commitments related to the State of Colorado lease totaling approximately $1.9 million will be prefunded by the Second City Group upon closing of the IPO to the extent the amounts have not already been incurred.

 

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Cash Flows

Comparison of Period Ended March 31, 2014 to Period Ended March 31, 2013

Cash and cash equivalents were $6.5 million and $2.9 million as of March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, respectively.

Cash flow from operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $0.9 million to $1.1 million for the period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $0.2 million for the same period in 2013. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $0.8 million in deferred financing costs and $1.5 million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, offset by a decrease of $0.6 million in prepaid expenses and $0.8 million in deferred rent.

Cash flow to investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities increased by $11.2 million to $12.4 million for the period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $1.2 million for the same period in 2013. The net cash used in investing activities in 2014 was used to acquire the remaining 57.7% ownership in the Cherry Creek property, complete tenant improvements and associated costs and acquire equipment and enhance capital assets.

Cash flow from financing activities. Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $9.9 million to $10.7 million for the period ended March 31, 2014 compared to $0.8 million for the period ended March 31, 2013. Cash flow from financing activities is primarily derived from re-financing and mortgage proceeds on new financing offset by mortgage payments. The increase was primarily due to the new mortgage and equity financing associated with the Cherry Creek property acquisitions in 2014 and scheduled mortgage payments during the year ended March 31 2014.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2014, the City Office Predecessor did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Inflation

Substantially all of our office leases provide for separate real estate tax and operating expense escalations. In addition, most of the leases provide for fixed rent increases. We believe that inflationary increases may be at least partially offset by the contractual rent increases and expense escalations described above.

 

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent upon prevailing market interest rates. Market risk refers to the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates. We have used, and will use, derivative financial instruments to manage or hedge interest rate risks related to borrowings. We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes and only enter into contracts with major financial institutions based upon their credit rating and other factors. We have entered, and we will only enter into, contracts with major financial institutions based on their credit rating and other factors.

As of March 31, 2014, the City Office Predecessor had an interest rate swap that was not designated as a hedge. These derivatives were not speculative and were used to manage the Company’s exposure to interest rate movements and other identified risks, but we have elected not to designate these instruments in hedging relationships based on the provisions in ASC 815-10. These amounts were extinguished upon the IPO closing and Formation Transactions. The changes in fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships have been recognized in earnings. No assurance can be given that any future hedging activities by us will have the desired beneficial effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

The variable rate component of our consolidated indebtedness is LIBOR-based. Assuming no increase in the amount of our variable rate debt as of March 31, 2014, if LIBOR were to increase by 100 basis points, the increase in interest expense on our variable rate debt would increase by approximately $224,000 annually, and if LIBOR were to decrease by 100 basis points, interest expense on our variable rate debt would decrease by approximately $224,000 annually. The variable rate mortgage loan in relation to the City Center property was extinguished upon the IPO closing and Formation Transactions.

Interest risk amounts are our management’s estimates based on the City Office Predecessors’ capital structure and were determined by considering the effect of hypothetical interest rates on our financial instruments. These analyses do not consider the effect of any change in overall economic activity that could occur in that environment nor the change to the capital structure as a result of the IPO and Formation Transactions. We may take actions to further mitigate our exposure to changes in interest rates. However, due to the uncertainty of the specific actions that would be taken and their possible effects, these analyses assume no changes in the City Office Predecessor’s financial structure.

 

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Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is processed, recorded, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

We have carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, regarding the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2014, the end of the period covered by the report. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded, as of March 31, 2014, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act (i) is processed, recorded, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We and our subsidiaries are, from time to time, parties to litigation arising from the ordinary course of their business. Our management does not believe that any such litigation will materially affect our financial position or operations.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” of our final prospectus dated April 14, 2014.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On April 21, 2014, in connection with the Formation Transactions, we issued to certain prior investors in our properties an aggregate of 5,590,069 common units of limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) with an aggregate value of approximately $69.9 million based on the IPO price. The issuance of such units was effected in reliance upon exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D of the Securities Act. Pursuant to the partnership agreement of our Operating Partnership, limited partners of our Operating Partnership will have the right, commencing one year from the date of issuance of such units, to require our Operating Partnership to redeem part or all of their OP Units for cash equal to the then-current market value of an equal number of our common shares, or, at our election, for common shares on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments and the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our shares set forth in our charter.

On April 21, 2014, we closed the IPO, pursuant to which we sold 5,800,000 shares of our common stock to the public at a public offering price of $12.50 per share. We raised $72.5 million in gross proceeds, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $62.7 million after deducting approximately $5.1 million in underwriting discounts and approximately $4.7 million in other expenses relating to the IPO. On May 9, 2014, the underwriters of the IPO exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 782,150 shares of our common stock at the IPO price of $12.50 a share resulting in additional gross proceeds to us of approximately $9.8 million resulting in net proceeds to us of $9.1 million after deducting approximately $0.7 million in underwriting discounts.

All of the 6,582,150 shares of our common stock were sold pursuant to our registration statement on Form S-11, as amended (File No. 333-193219), that was declared effective by the SEC on April 14, 2014. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Wunderlich Securities, Inc. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. served as joint book-running managers for the offering and as representatives of the underwriters.

We contributed the net proceeds of the IPO to our Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units, and our Operating Partnership used the net proceeds received from us as described below:

 

    approximately $19.4 million to acquire interests in our initial properties, including the payment of transaction expenses in connection with the contribution of our initial properties in the formation transactions;

 

    approximately $6.5 million to repay portions of certain mortgage loans;

 

    approximately $36.1 million for general working capital purposes, including payment of expenses associated with our Formation Transactions, future acquisitions and creating reserves for capital expenditures, tenant improvements and leasing commissions.

We used all of the additional net proceeds from the exercise of the overallotment option to redeem a portion of the common stock and OP Units issued to certain Second City entities in the Formation Transactions at the IPO price.

There has been no material change in our planned use of proceeds from our IPO as described in the final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b).

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

 

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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  3.1    Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Registrant
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
10.1    Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.
10.2    Advisory Agreement by and among City Office Real Estate Management Inc., City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. and City Office REIT, Inc.
10.3    Administration Agreement by and between City Office Real Estate Management Inc. and Second City Capital II Corp.
10.4    Contribution Agreement by and among City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., Gibralt US, Inc., GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership and Daniel Rapaport
10.5    Contribution Agreement by and among City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., City Office REIT, Inc., CIO OP Limited Partnership, CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership and Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership
10.6    Registration Rights Agreement by and among City Office REIT, Inc., CIO OP Limited Partnership, CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership, Gibralt US, Inc. and Daniel Rapaport
10.7    Equity Incentive Plan
10.8    Tax Protection Agreement by and among City Office REIT, Inc., City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., Gibralt US, Inc., GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership and Daniel Rapaport
10.9    Tax Protection Agreement by and among City Office REIT, Inc., City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., CIO OP Limited Partnership and Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership
10.10    Excepted Holder Agreement by and between City Office REIT, Inc. and CIO OP Limited Partnership
10.11    Excepted Holder Agreement by and between City Office REIT, Inc. and CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101    The following financial information from City Office REIT, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014 formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Balance Sheet and Notes to Condensed Balance Sheet of City Office REIT, Inc., (ii) Combined Balance Sheets, Combined Statements of Operations, Combined Statements of Changes in Equity, Combined Statements of Cash Flows and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of City Office REIT, Inc. Predecessor and (iii) Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet, Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations and Notes and Management’s Assumptions to Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements of City Office REIT, Inc.*

 

* Users of this interactive data file are advised pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T that this interactive data file is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

 

Date: May 23, 2014

    By:   /s/ James Farrar
        James Farrar
        Chief Executive Officer
   

Date: May 23, 2014

    By:   /s/ Anthony Maretic
        Anthony Maretic
        Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

FIRST : City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation, desires to amend and restate its charter as currently in effect and as hereinafter amended.

SECOND : The following provisions are all the provisions of the Charter currently in effect and as hereinafter amended:

ARTICLE I

INCORPORATOR

Douglas M. Fox, whose address is c/o Ballard Spahr LLP, 300 East Lombard Street, 18 th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, being at least 18 years of age, formed a corporation under the general laws of the State of Maryland on November 26, 2013.

ARTICLE II

NAME

The name of the corporation (the “Corporation”) is:

City Office REIT, Inc.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity (including, without limitation or obligation, engaging in business as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute (the “Code”)) for which corporations may be organized under the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force. For purposes of the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”), “REIT” means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.

ARTICLE IV

PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN STATE AND RESIDENT AGENT

The address of the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland is c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. The name and address of the resident agent of the Corporation in the State of Maryland are The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. The resident agent is a Maryland corporation.


ARTICLE V

PROVISIONS FOR DEFINING, LIMITING

AND REGULATING CERTAIN POWERS OF THE

CORPORATION AND OF THE STOCKHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 5.1 Number of Directors . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”). The number of directors of the Corporation initially shall be one, which number may be increased or decreased only by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”), but shall never be less than the minimum number required by the Maryland General Corporation Law, or any successor statute (the “MGCL”). The name of the director who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies (or until his earlier resignation or removal) is:

James Farrar.

The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy, whether resulting from an increase in the number of directors or otherwise, on the Board of Directors in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

The Corporation elects, at such time as it becomes eligible under Section 3-802 of the MGCL to make the election provided for under Section 3-804(c) of the MGCL, that, except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of any class or series of stock, any and all vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which such vacancy occurred and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

Section 5.2 Extraordinary Actions . Except as specifically provided in Section 5.8 (relating to removal of directors) and in Article VIII (relating to certain amendments of the Charter), notwithstanding any provision of law permitting or requiring any action to be taken or approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitled to cast a greater number of votes, any such action shall be effective and valid if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

Section 5.3 Authorization by Board of Stock Issuance . The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of stock of the Corporation of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, or securities or rights convertible into shares of its stock of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration as the Board of Directors may deem advisable (or without consideration in the case of a stock split or stock dividend), subject to such restrictions or limitations, if any, as may be set forth in the Charter or Bylaws.

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Section 6.4 or as may otherwise be provided by a contract approved by the Board of Directors, no holder of shares of stock of the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional shares of stock of the Corporation or any other security of the Corporation which it may issue or sell. Holders of shares of stock shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of an objecting stockholder provided for under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the MGCL unless the Board of Directors, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, shall determine that such rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which holders of such shares would otherwise be entitled to exercise such rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Corporation is subject to the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act, holders of shares of stock shall be entitled to exercise rights of an objecting stockholder under Section 3-708(a) of the MGCL.

Section 5.5 Indemnification . The Corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to obligate itself to indemnify, and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification to, (a) any individual who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation or (b) any individual who, while a director or officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager, of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his or her service in any of the foregoing capacities. The Corporation shall have the power, with the approval of the Board of Directors, to provide such indemnification and advancement of expenses to a person who served a predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation.

Section 5.6 Determinations by Board . The determination as to any of the following matters, made in good faith by or pursuant to the direction of the Board of Directors consistent with the Charter, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Corporation and every holder of shares of its stock: the amount of the net income of the Corporation for any period and the amount of assets at any time legally available for the payment of dividends, redemption of its stock or the payment of other distributions on its stock; the amount of paid-in surplus, net assets, other surplus, annual or other cash flow, funds from operations, net profit, net assets in excess of capital, undivided profits or excess of profits over losses on sales of assets; the amount, purpose, time of creation, increase or decrease, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or charges and the propriety thereof (whether or not any obligation or liability for which such reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or discharged); any interpretation of the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of stock of the Corporation; the fair value, or any sale, bid or asked price to be applied in determining the fair value, of any asset owned or held by the Corporation or of any shares of stock of the Corporation; the number of shares of stock of any class or series of the Corporation; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any assets by the Corporation; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Corporation or required or permitted by applicable law, the Charter or Bylaws or otherwise to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 5.7 REIT Qualification . If the Corporation elects to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Board of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such actions as it determines are necessary or appropriate to preserve the qualification of the Corporation as a REIT; however, if the Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation to continue to be qualified as a REIT, the Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to revoke or otherwise terminate the Corporation’s REIT election pursuant to Section 856(g) of the Code. The Board of Directors also may determine that compliance with any restriction or limitation on stock ownership and transfers set forth in Article VII is no longer required in order for REIT qualification.

Section 5.8 Removal of Directors . Subject to the rights of holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined) to elect or remove one or more directors, any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause, and then only by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. For purposes of this paragraph “cause” shall mean, with respect to any particular director, conviction of a felony or a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holding that such director caused demonstrable, material harm to the Corporation through bad faith or active and deliberate dishonesty.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

Section 6.1 Authorized Shares . The Corporation has authority to issue 200,000,000 shares of stock, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”). The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par value is $2,000,000. If shares of one class of stock are classified or reclassified into shares of another class of stock pursuant to Section 6.2, 6.3 or 6.4 of this Article VI, the number of authorized shares of the former class shall be automatically decreased and the number of shares of the latter class shall be automatically increased, in each case by the number of shares so classified or reclassified, so that the aggregate number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of shares of stock set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph. The Board of Directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire Board of Directors and without any action by the stockholders of the Corporation, may amend the Charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that the Corporation has authority to issue.

Section 6.2 Common Stock . Subject to the provisions of Article VII and except as may otherwise be specified in the terms of any class or series of Common Stock, each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote. The Board of Directors may reclassify any unissued shares of Common Stock from time to time into one or more classes or series of stock.

 

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Section 6.3 Preferred Stock . The Board of Directors may classify any unissued shares of Preferred Stock and reclassify any previously classified but unissued shares of Preferred Stock of any class or series from time to time into one or more classes or series of stock.

Section 6.4 Classified or Reclassified Shares . Prior to the issuance of classified or reclassified shares of any class or series, the Board of Directors by resolution shall: (a) designate that class or series to distinguish it from all other classes and series of stock of the Corporation; (b) specify the number of shares to be included in the class or series; (c) set or change, subject to the provisions of Article VII and subject to the express terms of any class or series of stock of the Corporation outstanding at the time, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption for each class or series; and (d) cause the Corporation to file articles supplementary with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland. Any of the terms of any class or series of stock set or changed pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 6.4 may be made dependent upon facts or events ascertainable outside the Charter (including determinations by the Board of Directors or other facts or events within the control of the Corporation) and may vary among holders thereof, provided that the manner in which such facts, events or variations shall operate upon the terms of such class or series of stock is clearly and expressly set forth in the articles supplementary or other charter document.

Section 6.5 Charter and Bylaws . The rights of all stockholders and the terms of all stock are subject to the provisions of the Charter and the Bylaws.

Section 6.6 Distributions . The Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to declare and pay to stockholders such dividends or other distributions in cash or other property, including in shares of one class or series of the Corporation’s stock payable to holders of shares of another class or series of stock of the Corporation, as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine. The Board of Directors shall endeavor to authorize, and the Corporation may pay, such dividends and other distributions as shall be necessary for the Corporation to qualify as a REIT under the Code unless the Board of Directors has determined, in its sole discretion, that qualification as a REIT is not in the best interests of the Corporation; provided, however, that stockholders shall have no right to any dividend or other distribution unless and until such dividend or other distributions is authorized by the Board of Directors, and declared.

ARTICLE VII

RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES

Section 7.1 Definitions . For the purpose of this Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit . The term “Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit” shall mean 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock, subject to adjustment from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 7.2.8. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining the percentage ownership of Capital Stock by any Person, shares of Capital Stock that are treated as Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned by such Person shall be deemed outstanding. The value of shares of

 

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Capital Stock shall be the Market Price of the corresponding shares, but shall in any event be subject to adjustment and final determination by the Board of Directors in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes hereof.

Beneficial Ownership . The term “Beneficial Ownership” shall mean ownership of shares of Capital Stock by a Person, whether the interest in the shares of Capital Stock is held directly or indirectly (including by nominee), who is or would be treated as an owner of such shares of Capital Stock either actually or constructively through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Sections 856(h)(1)(B) and 856(h)(3) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns,” “Beneficially Owning” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

Business Day . The term “Business Day” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Capital Stock . The term “Capital Stock” shall mean all classes or series of stock of the Corporation, including, without limitation, Common Stock and Preferred Stock.

Charitable Beneficiary . The term “Charitable Beneficiary” shall mean one or more beneficiaries of the Trust as determined pursuant to Section 7.3.6, provided that each such organization must be described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each such organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 2055 and 2522 of the Code.

Common Stock Ownership Limit . The term “Common Stock Ownership Limit” shall mean 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, and subject to adjustment from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 7.2.8) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, excluding any such outstanding Common Stock which is not treated as outstanding for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining the percentage ownership of Common Stock by any Person, shares of Common Stock that are treated as Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned by such Person shall be deemed to be outstanding. The value of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be the Market Price of the corresponding shares, but shall in any event be subject to adjustment and final determination by the Board of Directors in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes hereof.

Constructive Ownership . The term “Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of shares of Capital Stock by a Person, whether the interest in the shares of Capital Stock is held directly or indirectly (including by nominee), who is or would be treated as an owner of such shares of Capital Stock either actually or constructively through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

Excepted Holder . The term “Excepted Holder” shall mean a stockholder of the Corporation for whom an Excepted Holder Limit is created by the Charter or by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7.

 

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Excepted Holder Limit . The term “Excepted Holder Limit” shall mean for each Excepted Holder, the percentage limit established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7, which limit may be expressed, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, as one or more percentages and/or numbers of shares of Capital Stock, and may apply with respect to one or more classes of Capital Stock or to all classes of Capital Stock in the aggregate, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7 and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 7.2.8.

Initial Date . The term “Initial Date” means the earlier of (i) the closing date of the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the initial public offering of the Corporation or (ii) such other date as determined by the Board of Directors in its sole and absolute discretion.

Market Price . The term “Market Price” on any date shall mean, with respect to any class or series of outstanding shares of Capital Stock, the Closing Price for such Capital Stock on such date. The “Closing Price” on any date shall mean the last sale price for such Capital Stock, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such Capital Stock, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if such Capital Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such Capital Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if such Capital Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such Capital Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Capital Stock selected by the Board of Directors or, in the event that no trading price is available for such Capital Stock, the fair market value of the Capital Stock, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

NYSE . The term “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

Person . The term “Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code, a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, association, joint stock company or other entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Prohibited Owner . The term “Prohibited Owner” shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer, any Person who, but for the provisions of Section 7.2, would Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in violation of Section 7.2.1, and if appropriate in the context, shall also mean any Person who would have been the record owner of the shares that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.

 

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Restriction Termination Date . The term “Restriction Termination Date” shall mean the first day after the Initial Date on which the Board of Directors determines pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Charter that it is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation to attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions and limitations on Beneficial Ownership, Constructive Ownership and Transfers of shares of Capital Stock set forth herein is no longer required in order for the Corporation to qualify as a REIT.

Transfer . The term “Transfer” shall mean any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition, as well as any other event that causes any Person to acquire, or change its level of, Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership, or any agreement to take any such actions or cause any such events, of Capital Stock or the right to vote or receive dividends on Capital Stock, including (a) the granting or exercise of any option (or any disposition of any option), (b) any disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock or any interest in Capital Stock or any exercise of any such conversion or exchange right and (c) Transfers of interests in other entities that result in changes in Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Capital Stock; in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferring” and “Transferred” shall have the correlative meanings.

Trust . The term “Trust” shall mean any trust provided for in Section 7.3.1.

Trustee . The term “Trustee” shall mean the Person unaffiliated with the Corporation and a Prohibited Owner that is appointed by the Corporation to serve as trustee of the Trust.

Section 7.2 Capital Stock .

Section 7.2.1 Ownership Limitations . During the period commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date, but subject to Section 7.4:

(a) Basic Restrictions .

(i) (1) No Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess of the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, (2) no Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Common Stock in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and (3) no Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess of the Excepted Holder Limit for such Excepted Holder.

(ii) No Person shall Beneficially or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock to the extent that such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of Capital Stock would result in the Corporation being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year), or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership that would result in the Corporation owning (actually or Constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code if the income derived by the Corporation from such tenant would cause the Corporation to fail to satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code).

(iii) Any Transfer of shares of Capital Stock that, if effective, would result in the Capital Stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 Persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void ab initio, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of Capital Stock; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may waive this Section 7.2.1(a)(iii) if, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such Transfer would not adversely affect the Corporation’s ability to qualify as a REIT.

 

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Without limitation of the application of any other provision of this Article VII, it is expressly intended that the restrictions on ownership and Transfer described in this Section 7.2.1 of Article VII shall apply to restrict the rights of any members or partners in limited liability companies or partnerships to exchange their interest in such entities for shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation.

(b) Transfer in Trust . If any Transfer of shares of Capital Stock (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system) occurs which, if effective, would result in any Person Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning shares of Capital Stock in violation of Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii),

(i) then that number of shares of the Capital Stock, the Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of which otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii) (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically transferred to a Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary, as described in Section 7.3, effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the date of such Transfer, and such Person shall acquire no rights in such shares; or

(ii) if the transfer to the Trust described in clause (i) of this sentence would not be effective for any reason to prevent the violation of Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii), then the Transfer of that number of shares of Capital Stock that otherwise would cause any Person to violate Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii) shall be void ab initio, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of Capital Stock.

(iii) In determining which shares of Capital Stock are to be transferred to a Trust in accordance with this Section 7.2.1(b) and Section 7.3 hereof, shares shall be so transferred to a Trust in such manner as minimizes the aggregate value of the shares that are transferred to the Trust (except as provided in Section 7.2.6) and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, on a pro rata basis.

(iv) To the extent that, upon a transfer of shares of Capital Stock pursuant to this Section 7.2.1(b), a violation of any provision of Section 7.2.1(a) would nonetheless be continuing (as, for example, where the ownership of shares of Capital Stock by a single Trust would result in the shares of Capital Stock being Beneficially Owned (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) by fewer than 100 Persons), then shares of

 

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Capital Stock shall be transferred to that number of Trusts, each having a Trustee and a Charitable Beneficiary or Beneficiaries that are distinct from those of each other Trust, such that there is no violation of any provision of Section 7.2.1(a) hereof.

Section 7.2.2 Remedies for Breach . If the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other event has taken place that results in a violation of Section 7.2.1 or that a Person intends or has attempted to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any shares of Capital Stock in violation of Section 7.2.1 (whether or not such violation is intended), the Board of Directors or a committee thereof shall take such action as it deems advisable, in its sole and absolute discretion, to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other event, including, without limitation, causing the Corporation to redeem shares, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other event; provided, however, that any Transfer or attempted Transfer or other event in violation of Section 7.2.1 shall automatically result in the transfer to the Trust described above, or, where applicable, such Transfer (or other event) shall be void ab initio as provided above irrespective of any action (or non-action) by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.

Section 7.2.3 Notice of Restricted Transfer . Any Person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of Capital Stock that will or may violate Section 7.2.1(a) or any Person who would have owned shares of Capital Stock that resulted in a transfer to the Trust pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.2.1(b) shall immediately give written notice to the Corporation of such event or, in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice, and shall provide to the Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer on the Corporation’s status as a REIT.

Section 7.2.4 Owners Required To Provide Information . From the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

(a) every owner of five percent or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, shall give written notice to the Corporation stating the name and address of such owner, the number of shares of each class or series of Capital Stock Beneficially Owned and a description of the manner in which such shares are held. Each such owner shall provide promptly to the Corporation such additional information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Corporation’s status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit and the Common Stock Ownership Limit; and

(b) each Person who is a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of shares of Capital Stock and each Person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding shares of Capital Stock for a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner shall, on demand, provide to the Corporation such information as the Corporation may request, in good faith, in order to determine the Corporation’s status as a REIT and to comply with requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance and to ensure compliance with the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit and the Common Stock Ownership Limit.

 

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Section 7.2.5 Remedies Not Limited . Subject to Section 5.7 of the Charter, nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of its stockholders in preserving the Corporation’s status as a REIT.

Section 7.2.6 Ambiguity . In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Article VII, including Section 7.2, Section 7.3, or any definition contained in Section 7.1 or any defined term used in this Article VII but defined elsewhere in the Charter, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of this Article VII with respect to any situation, or the meaning of such defined term, based on the facts known to it. In the event Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 requires an action by the Board of Directors and the Charter fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Sections 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3. Absent a decision to the contrary by the Board of Directors (which the Board may make in its sole and absolute discretion), if a Person would have (but for the remedies set forth in Section 7.2.2) acquired Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of Capital Stock in violation of Section 7.2.1, such remedies (as applicable) shall apply first to the shares of Capital Stock which, but for such remedies, would have been actually owned by such Person, and second to shares of Capital Stock which, but for such remedies, would have been Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned (but not actually owned) by such Person, pro rata among the Persons who actually own such shares of Capital Stock based upon the relative number of the shares of Capital Stock held by each such Person.

Section 7.2.7 Exceptions .

(a) Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), the Board of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, may exempt (prospectively or retroactively) a Person from the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit or the Common Stock Ownership Limit, as the case may be, or may establish or increase an Excepted Holder Limit for such Person if:

(i) the Board of Directors determines, based on such representations and undertakings from such Person that the Board of Directors may require, that no Person’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of such shares of Capital Stock will violate Section 7.2.1(a)(ii) as a result of such exemption or increase; and

(ii) the Board of Directors determines that such Person does not, and such Person represents that it will not, actually own or Constructively Own, an interest in a tenant of the Corporation (or a tenant of any entity owned or controlled in whole or in part by the Corporation) that would cause the Corporation to actually own or Constructively Own, more than a 9.8% interest in such tenant and the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as the Board of Directors determines to be reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact (for this purpose, in the Board of Director’s sole and absolute discretion, a tenant from whom the Corporation (or an entity owned or controlled in whole or in part by the Corporation) derives (and is expected to continue to derive) a sufficiently small amount of revenue such that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect the Corporation’s ability to qualify as a REIT shall not be treated as a tenant of the Corporation); and

(iii) such Person agrees that any violation or attempted violation of such representations or undertakings (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.6) will result in such shares of Capital Stock being automatically transferred to a Trust in accordance with Sections 7.2.1(b) and 7.3.

 

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(b) Prior to granting any exception pursuant to Section 7.2.7(a), the Board of Directors may require a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors in its sole and absolute discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Corporation’s status as a REIT. Notwithstanding the receipt of any ruling or opinion, the Board of Directors may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with granting such exception.

(c) Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), an underwriter or placement agent which participates in a public offering or a private placement of Capital Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock), or an initial purchaser of Capital Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock) in a transaction reliant upon Rule 144A promulgated under the Act or any successor provision of similar import, may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock) in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit, the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, or both such limits, but only to the extent necessary to facilitate such public offering, private placement or Rule 144A transaction.

(d) The Board of Directors may only reduce the Excepted Holder Limit for an Excepted Holder: (1) with the written consent of such Excepted Holder at any time, or (2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements and undertakings entered into with such Excepted Holder in connection with the establishment of the Excepted Holder Limit for that Excepted Holder. No Excepted Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage that is less than the Common Stock Ownership Limit, or the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, as applicable.

Section 7.2.8 Increase or Decrease in Aggregate Stock Ownership and Common Stock Ownership Limits . Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii) and the rest of this Section 7.2.8, the Board of Directors may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time increase or decrease the Common Stock Ownership Limit and/or the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit for one or more Persons; provided, however, that a decreased Common Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit will not be effective for any Person who actually owns, Beneficially Owns or Constructively Owns, as applicable, shares of Capital Stock in excess of such decreased Common Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit at the time such limit is decreased, until such time as such Person’s actual ownership, Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of Capital Stock, as applicable, equals or falls below the decreased Common Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, but any further acquisition of shares of Capital Stock or increased actual ownership, Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of Capital Stock will be in violation of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit and, provided

 

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further, that the new Common Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit would not allow five or fewer Persons to Beneficially Own more than 49% in value of the outstanding Capital Stock.

Section 7.2.9 Legend . Each certificate representing shares of Capital Stock, if any, shall bear substantially the following legend:

The shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on Beneficial and Constructive Ownership and Transfer for the purpose of the Corporation’s maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Subject to certain further restrictions and except as expressly provided in the Corporation’s Charter, (i) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock in excess of 9.8% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation unless such Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (ii) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation in excess of 9.8% of the value of the total outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation, unless such Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iii) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Capital Stock that would result in the Corporation being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise cause the Corporation to fail to qualify as a REIT; and (iv) no Person may Transfer shares of Capital Stock if such Transfer would result in the Capital Stock of the Corporation being owned by fewer than 100 Persons (as determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code). Any Person who Beneficially or Constructively Owns or attempts to Beneficially or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock which causes or will cause a Person to Beneficially or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess or in violation of the above limitations must immediately notify the Corporation. If any of the restrictions on transfer or ownership set forth in (i) through (iii) above are violated, the shares of Capital Stock in excess or in violation of the above limitations will be automatically transferred to a Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. In addition, the Corporation may take other actions, including redeeming shares upon the terms and conditions specified by the Board of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion if the Board of Directors determines that ownership or a Transfer or other event may violate the restrictions described above. Furthermore, if the restriction on transfer or ownership set forth in (iv) above is violated, or upon the occurrence of certain other events, attempted

 

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Transfers in violation of the restrictions described above may be void ab initio , in which case the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in the shares of Capital Stock subject to the Transfer. All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in the Charter of the Corporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer and ownership, will be furnished to each holder of Capital Stock of the Corporation on request and without charge. Requests for such a copy may be directed to the Secretary of the Corporation at its Principal Office.

Instead of the foregoing legend, a certificate may state that the Corporation will furnish a full statement about certain restrictions on ownership and transfer of the shares to a stockholder on request and without charge.

Section 7.3 Transfer of Capital Stock in Trust .

Section 7.3.1 Ownership in Trust . Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in Section 7.2.1(b) that would result in a transfer of shares of Capital Stock to a Trust, such shares of Capital Stock shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Trustee as trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Trustee shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the purported Transfer or other event that results in the transfer to the Trust pursuant to Section 7.2.1(b). The Trustee shall be appointed by the Corporation and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Corporation and any Prohibited Owner. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by the Corporation as provided in Section 7.3.6.

Section 7.3.2 Status of Shares Held by the Trustee . Shares of Capital Stock held by the Trustee shall continue to be issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock. The Prohibited Owner shall have no rights in the shares held by the Trustee. The Prohibited Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of any shares held in trust by the Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends or other distributions and shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares held in the Trust. The Prohibited Owner shall have no claim, cause of action, or any other recourse whatsoever against the purported transferor of such Capital Stock.

Section 7.3.3 Dividend and Voting Rights . The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends or other distributions with respect to shares of Capital Stock held in the Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or other distribution paid prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trustee shall be paid by the recipient of such dividend or other distribution to the Trustee upon demand and any dividend or other distribution authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Trustee. Any dividend or other distribution so paid to the Trustee shall be held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary. The Prohibited Owner shall have no voting rights with respect to shares held in the Trust and, subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trustee, the Trustee shall have the authority with respect to the shares held in the Trust (at the Trustee’s sole

 

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and absolute discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Corporation has already taken irreversible corporate action, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article VII, until the Corporation has received notification that shares of Capital Stock have been transferred into a Trust, the Corporation shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer and other stockholder records for purposes of preparing lists of stockholders entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of stockholders.

Section 7.3.4 Sale of Shares by Trustee . Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Corporation that shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trust, the Trustee of the Trust shall sell the shares held in the Trust to a person or persons, designated by the Trustee, whose ownership of the shares will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section 7.2.1(a). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 7.3.4. The Prohibited Owner shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the Prohibited Owner for the shares or, if the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust ( e.g. , in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the Market Price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust and (2) the price per share received by the Trustee (net of any commissions and other expenses of sale) from the sale or other disposition of the shares held in the Trust. The Trustee shall reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner by the amount of dividends and other distributions which have been paid to the Prohibited Owner and are owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.3.3 of this Article VII. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be immediately paid to the Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Corporation that shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trustee, such shares are sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Prohibited Owner received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 7.3.4, such excess shall be paid to the Trustee upon demand.

Section 7.3.5 Purchase Right in Capital Stock Transferred to the Trustee . Shares of Capital Stock transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Trust (or, in the case of a devise, gift or other transaction, the Market Price at the time of such devise, gift or other transaction) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation shall reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner by the amount of dividends and other distributions which have been paid to the Prohibited Owner and are owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.3.3 of this Article VII. The Corporation shall pay the amount of such reduction to the Trustee for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. The Corporation shall have the right to accept such offer until the Trustee has sold the shares held in the Trust pursuant to Section 7.3.4. Upon such a sale to the Corporation, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner.

 

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Section 7.3.6 Designation of Charitable Beneficiaries . By written notice to the Trustee, the Corporation shall designate one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Trust such that the shares of Capital Stock held in the Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 7.2.1(a) in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary. Neither the failure of the Corporation to make such designation nor the failure of the Corporation to appoint the Trustee before the automatic transfer provided for in Section 7.2.1(b)(i) shall make such transfer ineffective, provided that the Corporation thereafter makes such designation and appointment.

Section 7.4 NYSE Transactions . Nothing in this Article VII shall preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system. The fact that the settlement of any transaction occurs shall not negate the effect of any other provision of this Article VII and any transferee in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in this Article VII.

Section 7.5 Deemed ERISA Representations . Each purchaser of Capital Stock who purchases Capital Stock from the Corporation or any underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser that participates in a public offering or a private placement or other private offering of Capital Stock will be deemed to have represented, warranted, and agreed that its purchase and holding of Capital Stock will not constitute or result in (i) a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Code or (ii) a violation of any applicable other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that contain one or more provisions that are substantially similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

Section 7.6 Enforcement . The Corporation is authorized specifically to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief, to enforce the provisions of this Article VII.

Section 7.7 Non-Waiver . No delay or failure on the part of the Corporation or the Board of Directors in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any right of the Corporation or the Board of Directors, as the case may be, except to the extent specifically waived in writing.

Section 7.8 Severability . If any provision of this Article VII or any application of any such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or state court having jurisdiction over the issues, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected and other applications of such provisions shall be affected only to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

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contract rights, as expressly set forth in the Charter, of any shares of outstanding stock. All rights and powers conferred by the Charter on stockholders, directors and officers are granted subject to this reservation. Except for amendments to Section 5.8, to Article VII or to the next sentence of this Article VIII of the Charter, and except for those amendments permitted to be made without stockholder approval under Maryland law or by specific provision in the Charter, any amendment to the Charter shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. However, any amendment to Section 5.8, to Article VII or to this sentence shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the maximum extent that Maryland law in effect from time to time permits limitation of the liability of directors and officers of a corporation, no present or former director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for money damages. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article IX, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Charter or Bylaws inconsistent with this Article IX, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding sentence with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

THIRD : The amendment to and restatement of the Charter as hereinabove set forth has been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of the Corporation as required by law.

FOURTH : The current address of the principal office of the Corporation in Maryland is as set forth in Article IV of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the Charter.

FIFTH : The name and address of the current resident agent of the Corporation in Maryland are as set forth in Article IV of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the Charter.

SIXTH : The number of directors of the Corporation and the name(s) of those currently in office are as set forth in Article V of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the Charter.

SEVENTH : The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation had authority to issue immediately prior to the foregoing amendment and restatement of the Charter was 100,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share. The aggregate par value of all shares of stock having par value was $1,000.

EIGHTH : The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue pursuant to the foregoing amendment and restatement of the Charter is 200,000,000, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. The aggregate par value of all shares of stock having par value is $2,000,000.

 

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NINTH : The undersigned acknowledges these Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be the corporate act of the Corporation and as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Secretary on this 10 th day of April, 2014.

 

ATTEST:     CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

/s/ Anthony Maretic

    By:  

/s/ Gregory Tylee

  (SEAL)
Name:   Anthony Maretic     Name:   Gregory Tylee  
Title:   Secretary     Title:   President  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND

RESTATEMENT OF CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.]

Exhibit 3.2

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE . The principal office of City Office REIT, Inc. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Maryland shall be located at such place as the Board of Directors may designate.

Section 2. ADDITIONAL OFFICES . The Corporation may have additional offices, including a principal executive office, at such places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. PLACE . All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at such other place as shall be set in accordance with these Bylaws and stated in the notice of the meeting.

Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING . An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Corporation shall be held on the date and at the time and place set by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS .

(a) General . Each of the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president and Board of Directors may call a special meeting of stockholders, and the person or group who has called a special meeting shall, except as provided in Section 3(b)(5) of this Article II, set the date, time and place of such special meeting. Subject to Section 3(b) of this Article II, a special meeting of stockholders shall also be called by the secretary to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at such meeting.


(b) Stockholder Requested Special Meetings .

(1) Any stockholder of record seeking to have stockholders request a special meeting shall, by sending written notice to the secretary (the “ Record Date Request Notice ”) by registered mail, return receipt requested, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date to determine the stockholders entitled to request a special meeting (the “ Request Record Date ”). To be in proper form, such Record Date Request Notice shall set forth:

(i) as to the purpose of the special meeting and to any business that the requesting stockholder proposes to bring before the special meeting, (A) a reasonably detailed description of such purpose and the business to be conducted, the stockholder’s reasons for proposing such business at the special meeting, and any material interest in such business of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder or the Stockholder Associated Person therefrom, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration) and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (I) between or among the stockholder and/or any of the Stockholder Associated Persons or (II) between or among the stockholder and/or any of the Stockholder Associated Persons, on the one hand, and any other person or entity (including their names), on the other hand, in connection with the request for the special meeting or the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting;

(ii) as to each requesting stockholder and Stockholder Associated Person, (A) the name and address of such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock ledger, and the current name and business address, if different, of each such Stockholder Associated Person, (B) the class, series and number of all shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof (collectively, the “ Company Securities ”), if any, which are owned (beneficially or of record) by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, the date on which each such Company Security was acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, and any short interest (including any opportunity to profit or share in any benefit from any decrease in the price of such stock or other security) in any Company Securities of any such person; provided, that, for purposes of the foregoing and wherever else used in this Article II, references to “beneficial” ownership or other correlative terms shall be deemed to have the meaning given thereto under Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), except that such person or entity shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the Corporation as to which such person or entity has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future;

(iii) as to each requesting stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined below) or Other Disclosable Interests (as defined below);

(iv) all information relating to each requesting stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person and each matter of business proposed to be acted on at the special meeting that must be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such a solicitation, in each case pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and

(v) the signature and date of signature of each requesting stockholder (or of their agents, duly authorized in a writing accompanying the Record Date Request Notice).

 

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In addition, each stockholder submitting a Record Date Request Notice and each Stockholder Associated Person shall comply with all requirements of applicable law, including all requirements of the Exchange Act, with respect to any request to fix a Request Record Date.

(2) Upon receiving the Record Date Request Notice, the Board of Directors may fix a Request Record Date. The Request Record Date shall not precede and shall not be more than ten days after the close of business on the date on which the resolution fixing the Request Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors, within ten days after the date on which a valid Record Date Request Notice is received, fails to adopt a resolution fixing the Request Record Date, the Request Record Date shall be the close of business on the tenth day after the first date on which the Record Date Request Notice is received by the secretary. If the Board of Directors shall determine that any request to fix a record date or demand to call and hold a special meeting was not properly made in accordance with this Article II, or shall determine that the stockholder or stockholders requesting that the Board of Directors fix such record date or submitting a demand to call the special meeting have not otherwise complied with this Article II, then the Board of Directors shall not be required to fix a Request Record Date and the secretary shall not be required to call a special meeting of stockholders.

(3) In order for any stockholder to request a special meeting to act on any matter described in a Record Date Request Notice that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders, one or more written requests for a special meeting (collectively, the “ Special Meeting Request ”) signed and dated by stockholders of record (or by their agents duly authorized in a writing accompanying the Special Meeting Request) as of the applicable Request Record Date entitled to cast not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at such meeting (the “ Special Meeting Percentage ”) shall be delivered to the secretary. No business may be considered at a special meeting called by the secretary in accordance with Section 3(b) of this Article II (a “ Stockholder-Requested Special Meeting ”) except as described in the applicable Record Date Request Notice or at the direction of the Board of Directors. The Special Meeting Request shall be sent to the secretary by registered mail, return receipt requested, and be received by the secretary within 60 days after the Request Record Date. Any requesting stockholder (or agent duly authorized in a writing accompanying the revocation of the Special Meeting Request) may revoke his, her or its Special Meeting Request at any time by written revocation delivered to the secretary.

Each stockholder providing a Special Meeting Request (other than a stockholder that provides a Special Meeting Request in response to a solicitation made pursuant to a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act) shall provide the information about such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person required to be provided in a Record Date Request Notice pursuant to Section 3(b)(1) of this Article II (or, if applicable, shall update any information provided by such stockholder in a Record Date Request Notice), so that such information with respect to the stockholder and each Stockholder Associated Person is true and correct as of the record date for the Stockholder-Requested Special Meeting (the “ Meeting Record Date ”) and as of the date that is ten (10) Business Days (as defined below) prior to the date of the Stockholder-Requested Special Meeting and the date(s) of any adjournment or postponement thereof. Any

 

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such update and supplement shall be sent to the secretary by courier or registered mail, return receipt requested, and shall be received by the secretary, in the case of information required to be provided as of the Meeting Record Date, not later than five (5) Business Days after the Meeting Record Date and, in the case of information required to be provided as of the date that is ten Business Days prior to the date of such Stockholder-Requested Special Meeting and the date(s) of any adjournment or postponement thereof, not later than eight (8) Business Days prior to the date of the Stockholder-Requested Special Meeting or, if practicable, the date(s) of any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the Stockholder-Requested Special Meeting has been adjourned or postponed). In addition, each stockholder providing a Special Meeting Request and each Stockholder Associated Person shall comply with all requirements of applicable law, including all requirements of the Exchange Act, with respect to any request to call a Stockholder-Requested Special Meeting.

(4) The secretary shall inform the requesting stockholders of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing or delivering the notice of the meeting (including the Corporation’s proxy materials). The secretary shall not be required to call a Stockholder-Requested Special Meeting and such meeting shall not be held unless, in addition to the Special Meeting Request required by Section 3(b)(3) of this Article II, the secretary receives payment of such reasonably estimated cost prior to the preparation and mailing or delivery of such notice of the meeting.

(5) A Stockholder-Requested Meeting shall be held at such place, date and time as may be designated by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the date of any Stockholder-Requested Meeting shall be not more than 90 days after the Meeting Record Date; and provided further that if the Board of Directors fails to designate, within ten days after the date that a valid Special Meeting Request is actually received by the secretary (the “ Delivery Date ”), a date and time for a Stockholder-Requested Meeting, then such meeting shall be held at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 90th day after the Meeting Record Date, or, if such 90th day is not a Business Day, on the first preceding Business Day; and provided further that in the event that the Board of Directors fails to designate a place for a Stockholder-Requested Meeting within ten days after the Delivery Date, then such meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. In fixing a date for any Stockholder-Requested Meeting, the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president or Board of Directors may consider such factors as he, she or it deems relevant, including, without limitation, the nature of the matters to be considered, the facts and circumstances surrounding any request for the meeting and any plan of the Board of Directors to call an annual meeting or other special meeting. In the case of any Stockholder-Requested Meeting, if the Board of Directors fails to fix a Meeting Record Date that is a date within 30 days after the Delivery Date, then the close of business on the 30th day after the Delivery Date shall be the Meeting Record Date. The Board of Directors may revoke the notice for any Stockholder-Requested Meeting in the event that the requesting stockholders fail to comply with the provisions of Section 3(b)(4) of this Article II.

(6) If written revocations of the Special Meeting Request have been delivered to the secretary and the result is that stockholders of record (or their agents duly authorized in writing), as of the Request Record Date, entitled to cast less than the Special Meeting Percentage have delivered, and not revoked, requests for a special meeting on the matter

 

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to the secretary: (i) if the notice of meeting has not already been delivered, the secretary shall refrain from delivering the notice of the meeting and send to all requesting stockholders who have not revoked such requests written notice of any revocation of a request for a special meeting on the matter, or (ii) if the notice of meeting has been delivered and if the secretary first sends to all requesting stockholders who have not revoked requests for a special meeting on the matter written notice of any revocation of a request for the special meeting and written notice of the Corporation’s intention to revoke the notice of the meeting or for the chairman of the meeting to adjourn the meeting without action on the matter, (A) the secretary may revoke the notice of the meeting at any time before ten days before the commencement of the meeting or (B) the chairman of the meeting may call the meeting to order and adjourn the meeting without acting on the matter. Any request for a special meeting received after a revocation by the secretary of a notice of a meeting shall be considered a request for a new special meeting.

(7) The chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president or Board of Directors may appoint regionally or nationally recognized independent inspectors of elections to act as the agents of the Corporation for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of any purported Special Meeting Request received by the secretary. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no such purported Special Meeting Request shall be deemed to have been received by the secretary until the earlier of (i) five (5) Business Days after actual receipt by the secretary of such purported request and (ii) such date as the independent inspectors certify to the Corporation that the valid requests received by the secretary represent, as of the Request Record Date, stockholders of record entitled to cast not less than the Special Meeting Percentage. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Corporation or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any request, whether during or after such five Business Day period, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).

(8) For purposes of this Article II, “ Stockholder Associated Person ” of any stockholder means (i) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, of shares of stock of the Corporation at whose request the notice is given pursuant to this Article II, (ii) any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such stockholder or, if applicable, such beneficial owner and (iii) any other person with whom such stockholder or, if applicable, such beneficial owner (or any of their respective affiliates or associates) is Acting in Concert (as defined below).

(9) For purposes of this Article II, a person shall be deemed to be “ Acting in Concert ” with another person if such person knowingly acts (whether or not pursuant to an express agreement, arrangement or understanding) in concert with, or towards a common goal relating to the management, governance or control of the Corporation in parallel with, such other person where (i) each person is conscious of the other person’s conduct or intent and this awareness is an element in their decision-making processes and (ii) at least one additional factor suggests that such persons intend to act in concert or in parallel, which such additional factors may include, without limitation, exchanging information (whether publicly or privately), attending meetings, conducting discussions, or making or soliciting invitations to act in concert or in parallel; provided, that a person shall not be deemed to be Acting in Concert with any other

 

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person solely as a result of the solicitation or receipt of revocable proxies or consents from such other person in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act by way of a proxy or consent solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A. A person Acting in Concert with another person shall be deemed to be Acting in Concert with any third party who is also Acting in Concert with such other person.

(10) For purposes of these Bylaws, “ Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Section 4. NOTICE . Not less than ten nor more than 90 days before each meeting of stockholders, the secretary shall give notice in writing or by electronic transmission of such meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each stockholder not entitled to vote who is entitled to notice of the meeting. Such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting or as otherwise may be required by any statute, the purpose for which the meeting is called. Such notice may be delivered by mail, by presenting it to such stockholder personally, by leaving it at the stockholder’s residence or usual place of business, by electronic transmission or by any other means permitted by Maryland law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If transmitted electronically, such notice shall be deemed to be given when transmitted to the stockholder by an electronic transmission to any address or number of the stockholder at which the stockholder receives electronic transmissions. The Corporation may give a single notice to all stockholders who share an address, which single notice shall be effective as to any stockholder at such address, unless such stockholder objects to receiving such single notice or revokes a prior consent to receiving such single notice. Failure to give notice of any meeting to one or more stockholders, or any irregularity in such notice, shall not affect the validity of any meeting fixed in accordance with this Article II or the validity of any proceedings at any such meeting.

Subject to Section 11(a) of this Article II, any business of the Corporation may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders without being specifically designated in the notice, except such business as is required by any statute to be stated in such notice. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting of stockholders except as specifically designated in the notice. The Corporation may postpone or cancel a meeting of stockholders by making a Public Announcement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) of such postponement or cancellation prior to the meeting. Notice of the date, time and place to which the meeting is postponed shall be given not less than ten days prior to such date and otherwise in the manner set forth in this section.

Section 5. ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT . Every meeting of stockholders shall be conducted by an individual appointed by the Board of Directors to be chairman of the meeting or, in the absence of such appointment or appointed individual, by the chairman of the board or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, by one of the following officers present at the meeting in the following order: the vice chairman of the board, if there is one, the chief executive officer, the president, the vice presidents in their order of rank and seniority, the secretary or, in the absence of such officers, a chairman chosen by the

 

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stockholders by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by stockholders present in person or by proxy. The secretary, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, or, in the absence of both the secretary and assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such appointment, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary. In the event that the secretary presides at a meeting of stockholders, an assistant secretary, or, in the absence of all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, shall record the minutes of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and take such action as, in the discretion of the chairman and without any action by the stockholders, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, (a) restricting admission to the time set for the commencement of the meeting; (b) limiting attendance at the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (c) limiting participation at the meeting on any matter to stockholders of record of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, their duly authorized proxies and other such individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (d) limiting the time allotted to questions or comments; (e) determining when and for how long the polls should be opened and when the polls should be closed; (f) maintaining order and security at the meeting; (g) removing any stockholder or any other individual who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as set forth by the chairman of the meeting; (h) concluding a meeting or recessing or adjourning the meeting to a later date and time and at a place announced at the meeting; and (i) complying with any state and local laws and regulations concerning safety and security. Unless otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

Section 6. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS . At any meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the charter of the Corporation (the “ Charter ”) for the vote necessary for the approval of any matter. If, however, such quorum is not established at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting sine die or from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

The stockholders present either in person or by proxy, at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum has been established, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of enough stockholders to leave fewer than would be required to establish a quorum.

Section 7. VOTING . A plurality of all the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a director. Each share may be voted for as many individuals as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the share is entitled to be voted. A majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to approve any other matter which

 

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may properly come before the meeting, unless more than a majority of the votes cast is required by statute or by the Charter. Unless otherwise provided by statute or by the Charter, each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. Voting on any question or in any election may be viva voce unless the chairman of the meeting shall order that voting be by ballot or otherwise.

Section 8. PROXIES . A stockholder of the Corporation may vote in person or by proxy executed by the stockholder or by the stockholder’s duly authorized agent in any manner permitted by law. Such proxy or evidence of authorization of such proxy shall be filed with the secretary before or at the meeting. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months after its date unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

Section 9. VOTING OF STOCK BY CERTAIN HOLDERS . Stock of the Corporation registered in the name of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president or a vice president, general partner, managing member, manager or trustee thereof, as the case may be, or a proxy appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has been appointed to vote such stock pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the governing body of such corporation or other entity or agreement of the partners of a partnership presents a certified copy of such bylaw, resolution or agreement, in which case such person may vote such stock. Any director or fiduciary may vote stock registered in the name of such person in the capacity of such director or fiduciary, either in person or by proxy.

Shares of stock of the Corporation directly or indirectly owned by it shall not be voted at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at any given time, unless they are held by it in a fiduciary capacity, in which case they may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution a procedure by which a stockholder may certify in writing to the Corporation that any shares of stock registered in the name of the stockholder are held for the account of a specified person other than the stockholder. The resolution shall set forth the class of stockholders who may make the certification, the purpose for which the certification may be made, the form of certification and the information to be contained in it; if the certification is with respect to a record date, the time after the record date within which the certification must be received by the Corporation; and any other provisions with respect to the procedure which the Board of Directors considers necessary or desirable. On receipt by the Corporation of such certification, the person specified in the certification shall be regarded as, for the purposes set forth in the certification, the holder of record of the specified stock in place of the stockholder who makes the certification.

Section 10. INSPECTORS . The Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, in advance of or at any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors for the meeting and any successor to an inspector. The inspectors, if any, shall (a) determine the number of shares of stock represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and the validity and effect of proxies, (b) receive and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, (c) report such tabulation to the chairman of the meeting, (d) hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in

 

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connection with the right to vote and (e) do such acts as are proper to fairly conduct the election or vote. Each such report shall be in writing and signed by the inspector or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

Section 11. ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR AND OTHER STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS .

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

(1) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be brought (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (A) was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice by the stockholder as provided for in this Section 11(a) of this Article II and at the time of the annual meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or on any such other business and (C) has complied with this Section 11(a) of this Article II. Except for proposals properly made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders.

(2) For any nomination or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 11(a)(1)(iii) of this Article II, the stockholder must have given timely notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the secretary, provided any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 11 of this Article II and any such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for action by the stockholders. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall set forth all information required under this Section 11 of this Article II and shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 150th day nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in connection with the Corporation’s first annual meeting or in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, in order for notice by the stockholder to be timely, such notice must be so delivered not earlier than the 150th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting, as originally convened, or the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. The Public Announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

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(3) To be in proper form, such stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth:

(i) as to each individual whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director (each, a “ Proposed Nominee ”), all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each case pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act (including the Proposed Nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected);

(ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, (A) a reasonably detailed description of such business, the stockholder’s reasons for proposing such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder or the Stockholder Associated Person therefrom, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration) and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (I) between or among the stockholder and/or any of the Stockholder Associated Persons or (II) between or among the stockholder and/or any of the Stockholder Associated Persons, on the one hand, and any other person or entity (including their names), on the other hand, in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

(iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice, any Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person,

(A) the class, series and number of all shares of Company Securities, if any, which are owned (beneficially or of record) by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, the date on which each such Company Security was acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, and any short interest (including any opportunity to profit or share in any benefit from any decrease in the price of such stock or other security) in any Company Securities of any such person,

(B) the nominee holder for, and number of, any Company Securities owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person,

(C) (I) any derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such stockholder, any Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person, the purpose or effect of which is to give such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person economic risk similar to ownership of shares or units of any Company Securities, including due to the fact that the value of such derivative, swap or other transactions are determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any shares or units of any Company Securities, or which derivative, swap or other transactions provide, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any increase in the price or value of shares or units of any Company

 

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Securities (“ Synthetic Equity Interests ”), which Synthetic Equity Interests shall be disclosed without regard to whether (x) the derivative, swap or other transactions convey any voting rights in such shares or units to such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, (y) the derivative, swap or other transactions are required to be, or are capable of being, settled through delivery of such shares or units or (z) such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such derivative, swap or other transactions, (II) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act by way of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person has or shares a right to vote any shares or units of any Company Securities, (III) any agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of shares or units of any Company Securities held by, manage the risk of price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person with respect to the shares or units of any Company Securities, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any decrease in the price or value of the shares or units of any Company Securities (“ Short Interests ”), (IV) any rights to dividends on the shares or units of any Company Securities owned beneficially by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person that are separated or separable from the underlying Company Securities, (V) any performance-related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or any Stockholder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the price or value of shares or units of any Company Securities, or any Synthetic Equity Interests or Short Interests, if any, (VI) (x) if such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with an interest or ownership, or that has taken an action referred to in Section 11(a)(3)(ii) or (iii) (other than this Section 11(a)(3)(C)(VI)) is not a natural person, the identity of the natural person or persons associated with such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person responsible for the formulation of and decision to propose the business to be brought before the meeting or nominate any such Proposed Nominee (such person or persons, the “ Responsible Person ”), the manner in which such Responsible Person was selected, any fiduciary duties owed by such Responsible Person to the equity holders or other beneficiaries of such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, the qualifications and background of such Responsible Person and any material interests or relationships of such Responsible Person that are not shared generally by any other record or beneficial holder of the shares or units of any Company Securities and that reasonably could have influenced the decision of such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person to propose such business to be brought before the meeting or nominate any

 

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such Proposed Nominee, and (y) if such stockholder or any such Stockholder Associated Person is a natural person, the qualifications and background of such natural person and any material interests or relationships of such natural person that are not shared generally by any other record or beneficial holder of the shares or units of any Company Securities and that reasonably could have influenced the decision of such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person to propose such business to be brought before the meeting or nominate any such Proposed Nominee, (VII) any significant equity interests or any Synthetic Equity Interests or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such stockholder, any Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person, (VIII) any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder, any Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), (IX) any pending or threatened litigation in which such stockholder, any Proposed Nominee or any Stockholder Associated Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (X) any material transaction occurring during the prior twelve months between such stockholder, Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation, on the other hand, (XI) a summary of any material discussions regarding the business proposed to be brought before the meeting or the nomination or identify of the Proposed Nominee (x) between or among any stockholder, Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person or (y) between or among any stockholder, Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person and any other record or beneficial holder of the shares or units of any Company Securities (including their names) and (XII) any other information relating to such stockholder, Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting or the election of any Proposed Nominee pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (I) and (XII) are referred to as “ Disclosable Interests ”); provided, however, that the Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner,

(D) Without limiting the foregoing, any other substantial interest, direct or indirect (including, without limitation, any existing or prospective commercial, business or contractual relationship with the Corporation), by security holdings or otherwise, of such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, in the Corporation or any subsidiary

 

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thereof, other than an interest arising from the ownership of Company Securities where such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person receives no extra or special benefit not shared on a pro rata basis by all other holders of the same class or series (the disclosures to be made pursuant this Sub-Section (D) are referred to as “ Other Disclosable Interests ”); provided, however, that the Other Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner, and

(E) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among the stockholder and/or any Stockholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and each Proposed Nominee, his or her respective affiliates and associates and any other persons with whom such Proposed Nominee (or any of his or her respective affiliates and associates) is Acting in Concert, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the Proposed Nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to this paragraph are referred to as “ Nominee Information ”);

(iv) as to the stockholder giving the notice, any Stockholder Associated Person with an interest or ownership referred to in Sections 11(a)(3)(ii) or (iii) of this Article II and any Proposed Nominee,

(A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock ledger, and the current name and business address, if different, of each such Stockholder Associated Person and any Proposed Nominee, and

(B) the investment strategy or objective, if any, of such stockholder and each such Stockholder Associated Person who is not an individual and a copy of the prospectus, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, provided to investors or potential investors in such stockholder and each such Stockholder Associated Person; and

(v) to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such stockholder’s notice.

(4) Such stockholder’s notice shall, with respect to any Proposed Nominee, be accompanied by (i) a certificate executed by the Proposed Nominee certifying that such Proposed Nominee (A) will serve as a director of the Corporation if elected, (B) is not and

 

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will not become a party to (I) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such Proposed Nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “ Voting Commitment ”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (II) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such Proposed Nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such Proposed Nominee’s duties under applicable law, (C) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation and (D) would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation; and (ii) an attached completed Proposed Nominee questionnaire (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Corporation, upon request, to the stockholder providing the notice and shall include all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each case pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, or would be required pursuant to the rules of any national securities exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Corporation’s stock is listed or admitted to trading).

(5) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 11(a) of this Article II to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased, and there is no Public Announcement of such action at least 130 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 11(a) of this Article II shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth day following the day on which such Public Announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (ii) provided that the special meeting has been called in accordance with Section 3(a) of this Article II for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 11 of this Article II and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 11 of this Article II. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more individuals to the Board of Directors, any stockholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a director as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice, containing the information required by Section 11(a)(3)

 

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of this Article II, shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. The Public Announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c) General .

(1) If information submitted pursuant to this Section 11 of this Article II by any stockholder proposing a nominee for election as a director or any proposal for other business at a meeting of stockholders shall be inaccurate in any material respect, such information may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 11 of this Article II. Any such stockholder shall notify the Corporation of any inaccuracy or change (within two (2) Business Days of becoming aware of such inaccuracy or change) in any such information. Upon written request by the secretary or the Board of Directors, any such stockholder shall provide, within five (5) Business Days of delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), (A) written verification, satisfactory, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 11 of this Article II, and (B) a written update of any information (including, if requested, by the Corporation, written confirmation by such stockholder that it continues to bring such nomination or other business proposal before the meeting) submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 11 of this Article II as of an earlier date. If a stockholder fails to provide such written verification or written update within such period, the information as to which written verification or a written update was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 11 of this Article II.

(2) Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Section 11 of this Article II shall be eligible for election by stockholders as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 11 of this Article II. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 11 of this Article II.

(3) For purposes of this Section 11, (a) “the date of the proxy statement” shall have the same meaning as “the date of the company’s proxy statement released to shareholders” as used in Rule 14a-8(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act, as interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) from time to time, and “ Public Announcement ” shall mean disclosure (i) in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or other widely circulated news or wire service or (ii) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

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(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11 of this Article II, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 11 of this Article II. Nothing in this Section 11 of this Article II shall be deemed to affect any right of a stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in, or the right of the Corporation to omit a proposal from, the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act. Nothing in this Section 11 of this Article II shall require disclosure of revocable proxies received by the stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person pursuant to a solicitation of proxies after the filing of an effective Schedule 14A by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act.

Section 12. CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITION ACT . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws, Subtitle 7 of Title 3 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or any successor statute (the “ MGCL ”), shall not apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of stock of the Corporation.

Section 13. TELEPHONIC MEETINGS . The Board of Directors or chairman of the meeting may permit one or more stockholders to participate in a meeting of stockholders by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. GENERAL POWERS . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors.

Section 2. NUMBER, TENURE, QUALIFICATION, AND RESIGNATIONS . At any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, a majority of the entire Board of Directors may establish, increase or decrease the number of directors, provided that the number thereof shall never be less than the minimum number required by the MGCL, nor more than 15, and further provided that the tenure of office of a director shall not be affected by any decrease in the number of directors. Nominees for election to the Board of Directors from time to time, either to be elected by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors (including to fill a vacancy), shall include among them, as applicable, those persons designated for nomination for election to, or those persons approved to fill a vacancy on, the Board of Directors in accordance with or as provided pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., as amended from time to time (the “Partnership Agreement”). It shall be a qualification of each of the directors serving from time to time on the Board of Directors that he or she shall be, or shall have been at any time since most recently joining (or rejoining) the Board of Directors, elected to or appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the Partnership Agreement affording director designation or approval rights, so long as applicable; provided, however, that the failure of the Corporation to so comply, or the failure of the directors to be so

 

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qualified, shall not affect the validity of any actions of the Board of Directors. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation.

Section 3. ANNUAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS . An annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders, no notice other than this Bylaw being necessary. In the event such meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of regular meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

Section 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or a majority of the directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of special meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

Section 5. NOTICE . Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally or by telephone, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, courier or United States mail to each director at his or her business or residence address. Notice by personal delivery, telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Notice by United States mail shall be given at least three days prior to the meeting. Notice by courier shall be given at least two days prior to the meeting. Telephone notice shall be deemed to be given when the director or his or her agent is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which the director or his or her agent is a party. Electronic mail notice shall be deemed to be given upon transmission of the message to the electronic mail address given to the Corporation by the director. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed to be given upon completion of the transmission of the message to the number given to the Corporation by the director and receipt of a completed answer-back indicating receipt. Notice by United States mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Notice by courier shall be deemed to be given when deposited with or delivered to a courier properly addressed. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws.

Section 6. QUORUM . A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that, if less than a majority of such directors is present at such meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, and provided further that if, pursuant to applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority or other percentage of a particular group of directors is required for action, a quorum must also include a majority or such other percentage of such group.

 

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The directors present at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum has been established may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of enough directors to leave fewer than required to establish a quorum.

Section 7. VOTING . The action of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws. If enough directors have withdrawn from a meeting to leave fewer than required to establish a quorum, but the meeting is not adjourned, the action of the majority of that number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum at such meeting shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws.

Section 8. ORGANIZATION . At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or, in the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman of the board, if any, shall act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of both the chairman and vice chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or, in the absence of the chief executive officer, the president or, in the absence of the president, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The secretary or, in his or her absence, an assistant secretary, or, in the absence of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 9. TELEPHONE MEETINGS . Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 10. CONSENT BY DIRECTORS WITHOUT A MEETING . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each director and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

Section 11. VACANCIES . If for any reason any or all of the directors cease to be directors, such event shall not terminate the Corporation or affect these Bylaws or the powers of the remaining directors hereunder. Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of any class or series of preferred stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred and until a successor is elected and qualifies.

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year and/or per meeting and/or per visit to real property or other facilities owned or leased by the Corporation and for any service or activity they perform or engage in as directors. Directors may be reimbursed for expenses of attendance, if any, at each annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof and for their expenses, if any, in connection with each property visit and any other service or activity they perform or engage in as directors; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any directors from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 13. RELIANCE . Each director and officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties with respect to the Corporation, be entitled to rely on any information, opinion, report or statement, including any financial statement or other financial data, prepared or presented by an officer or employee of the Corporation whom the director or officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, by a lawyer, certified public accountant or other person, as to a matter which the director or officer reasonably believes to be within the person’s professional or expert competence, or, with respect to a director, by a committee of the Board of Directors on which the director does not serve, as to a matter within its designated authority, if the director reasonably believes the committee to merit confidence.

Section 14. RATIFICATION . The Board of Directors or the stockholders may ratify and make binding on the Corporation any action or inaction by the Corporation or its officers to the extent that the Board of Directors or the stockholders could have originally authorized the matter. Moreover, any action or inaction questioned in any stockholders’ derivative proceeding or any other proceeding on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of a director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, the application of improper principles or practices of accounting or otherwise, may be ratified, before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified, shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned action or inaction had been originally duly authorized, and such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned action or inaction.

Section 15. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS . A director who is not also an officer of the Corporation shall have no responsibility to devote his or her full time to the affairs of the Corporation. Any director or officer, in his or her personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee, or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar to, in addition to or in competition with those of or relating to the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS . The Board of Directors may appoint from among its members an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and one or more other committees, composed of one or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Each committee shall be composed as required by the Partnership Agreement.

 

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Section 2. POWERS . The Board of Directors may delegate to committees appointed under Section 1 of this Article IV any of the powers of the Board of Directors, except as prohibited by law.

Section 3. MEETINGS . Notice of committee meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice for special meetings of the Board of Directors. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the committee. The act of a majority of the committee members present at a meeting shall be the act of such committee. The Board of Directors may designate a chairman of any committee, and such chairman or, in the absence of a chairman, any two members of any committee (if there are at least two members of the committee) may fix the time and place of its meeting unless the Board shall otherwise provide. In the absence of any member of any such committee, the members thereof present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint another director to act in the place of such absent member.

Section 4. TELEPHONE MEETINGS . Members of a committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 5. CONSENT BY COMMITTEES WITHOUT A MEETING . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each member of the committee and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of such committee.

Section 6. VACANCIES . Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to change the membership of any committee, to fill any vacancy, to designate an alternate member to replace any absent or disqualified member or to dissolve any such committee.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS . The officers of the Corporation shall include a president, a secretary and a treasurer and may include a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, one or more vice presidents, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. In addition, the Board of Directors may from time to time elect such other officers with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary or desirable. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors, except that the chief executive officer or president may from time to time appoint one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant

 

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treasurers or other officers. Each officer shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, or his or her resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices except president and vice president may be held by the same person. Election of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Corporation and such officer or agent.

Section 2. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION . Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors if in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation. Such resignation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the Corporation.

Section 3. VACANCIES . A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors for the balance of the term.

Section 4. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD . The Board of Directors may designate from among its members a chairman of the board, who shall not, solely by reason of these Bylaws, be an officer of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate the chairman of the board as an executive or non-executive chairman. The chairman of the board shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

Section 5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief executive officer. In the absence of such designation, the chairman of the board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The chief executive officer shall have general responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Corporation, as determined by the Board of Directors, and for the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

Section 6. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief operating officer. The chief operating officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

Section 7. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief financial officer. The chief financial officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

 

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Section 8. PRESIDENT . In the absence of a chief executive officer, the president shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of a designation of a chief operating officer by the Board of Directors, the president shall be the chief operating officer. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

Section 9. VICE PRESIDENTS . In the absence of the president or in the event of a vacancy in such office, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated at the time of their election or, in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to such vice president by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice president, senior vice president, or vice president for particular areas of responsibility.

Section 10. SECRETARY . The secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such stockholder; (e) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (f) in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors.

Section 11. TREASURER . The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation, shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors and in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors. In the absence of a designation of a chief financial officer by the Board of Directors, the treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation.

The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and Board of Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors or whenever it may so require, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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Section 12. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS . The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or treasurer, respectively, or by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors.

Section 13. COMPENSATION . The compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by or under the authority of the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 1. CONTRACTS . The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or agent to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or other document shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation when duly authorized or ratified by action of the Board of Directors and executed by an authorized person.

Section 2. CHECKS AND DRAFTS . All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or agent of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. DEPOSITS . All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited or invested from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other financial institutions as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors may determine.

ARTICLE VII

STOCK

Section 1. CERTIFICATES . Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, this Section shall not be interpreted to limit the authority of the Board of Directors to issue some or all of the shares of any or all of the Corporation’s classes or series of stock without certificates. Each stockholder, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation, shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates which shall represent and certify the number of shares of each class of stock held by him in the Corporation, other than any shares of any class of such stock issued without certificates pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock represented by certificates, such certificates shall be in such form as prescribed by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized officer, shall contain the statements and information required by the MGCL and shall be signed by the officers of the Corporation in any manner permitted by the MGCL. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock without certificates, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation

 

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shall provide to the record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates. There shall be no differences in the rights and obligations of stockholders based on whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.

Section 2. TRANSFERS . All transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, by the holder of the shares, in person or by his or her attorney or agent, in such manner as the Board of Directors or any officer of the Corporation may prescribe and, if such shares are certificated, upon surrender of certificates duly endorsed. The issuance of a new certificate upon the transfer of certificated shares is subject to the determination of the Board of Directors that such shares shall no longer be represented by certificates. Upon the transfer of any uncertificated shares, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation shall provide to the record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates.

The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the laws of the State of Maryland.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of shares of any class or series of stock will be subject in all respects to the Charter and all of the terms and conditions contained therein.

Section 3. REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE . Any officer of the Corporation may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated; provided, however, if such shares have ceased to be certificated, no new certificate shall be issued unless requested in writing by such stockholder and the Board of Directors has determined that such certificates may be issued. Unless otherwise determined by an officer of the Corporation, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to give the Corporation a bond in such sums as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation.

Section 4. FIXING OF RECORD DATE . The Board of Directors may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall be not more than 90 days and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten days, before the date on which the meeting or particular action requiring such determination of stockholders of record is to be held or taken.

When a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been set as provided in this section, such record date shall continue to apply to the meeting if adjourned or postponed, except if the meeting is adjourned or postponed to a date more than 120 days after the record date originally fixed for the meeting, in which case a new record date for such meeting may be determined as set forth herein.

 

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Section 5. STOCK LEDGER . The Corporation shall maintain at its principal office or at the office of its counsel, accountants or transfer agent, an original or duplicate stock ledger containing the name and address of each stockholder and the number of shares of each class held by such stockholder.

Section 6. FRACTIONAL STOCK; ISSUANCE OF UNITS . The Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to issue fractional stock or authorize the issuance of scrip, all on such terms and under such conditions as it may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may issue units consisting of different securities of the Corporation. Any security issued in a unit shall have the same characteristics as any identical securities issued by the Corporation, except that the Board of Directors may provide that for a specified period securities of the Corporation issued in such unit may be transferred on the books of the Corporation only in such unit.

ARTICLE VIII

ACCOUNTING YEAR

The Board of Directors shall have the power, from time to time, to fix the fiscal year of the Corporation by a duly adopted resolution.

ARTICLE IX

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 1. AUTHORIZATION . Dividends and other distributions upon the stock of the Corporation may be authorized by the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of law and the Charter. Dividends and other distributions may be paid in cash, property or stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of law and the Charter.

Section 2. CONTINGENCIES . Before payment of any dividends or other distributions, there may be set aside out of any assets of the Corporation available for dividends or other distributions such sum or sums as the Board of Directors may from time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund for contingencies, for equalizing dividends or other distributions, for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall determine, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

 

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ARTICLE X

INVESTMENT POLICY

Subject to the provisions of the Charter, the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt, amend, revise or terminate any policy or policies with respect to investments by the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

ARTICLE XI

SEAL

Section 1. SEAL . The Board of Directors may authorize the adoption of a seal by the Corporation. The seal shall contain the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation and the words “Incorporated Maryland.” The Board of Directors may authorize one or more duplicate seals and provide for the custody thereof.

Section 2. AFFIXING SEAL . Whenever the Corporation is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word “(SEAL)” adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XII

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCE OF EXPENSES

To the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Corporation shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any individual who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, while a director or officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of another corporation, real estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses provided by the Charter and these Bylaws shall vest immediately upon election of a director or officer. The Corporation may, with the approval of its Board of Directors, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to an individual who served a predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation. The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided in these Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any bylaw, resolution, insurance, agreement or otherwise.

 

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Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding paragraph of this Article XII with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

ARTICLE XIII

WAIVER OF NOTICE

Whenever any notice of a meeting is required to be given pursuant to the Charter or these Bylaws or pursuant to applicable law, a waiver thereof in writing or by electronic transmission, given by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice of such meeting, unless specifically required by statute. The attendance of any person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE XIV

AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of these Bylaws and to make new Bylaws; provided, however, that, for so long as Second City (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) has the right or prospective right to exercise the designation rights set forth in the Partnership Agreement, any amendment to, or alteration or repeal of (i) the second or third sentence of Section 2 of Article III of these Bylaws, (ii) the second sentence of Section 1 of Article IV of these Bylaws or (iii) this Article XIV (other than in a manner that further limits the power of the Board of Directors to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of these Bylaws) must be approved by Second City. All actions taken by Second City under or in respect of this Article XIV shall be taken in the same manner as is provided in the corresponding provisions of the Partnership Agreement for the taking of actions by Second City.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

a Maryland limited partnership

 

 

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,

TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.

dated as of April 21, 2014

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS

     7   

ARTICLE 2 ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

     26   

Section 2.1 Formation

     26   

Section 2.2 Name

     26   

Section 2.3 Principal Office and Resident Agent; Principal Executive Office

     26   

Section 2.4 Power of Attorney

     26   

Section 2.5 Term

     28   

Section 2.6 Partnership Interests Are Securities

     28   

ARTICLE 3 PURPOSE

     28   

Section 3.1 Purpose and Business

     28   

Section 3.2 Powers

     28   

Section 3.3 Partnership Only for Purposes Specified

     29   

Section 3.4 Representations and Warranties by the Partners

     29   

ARTICLE 4 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

     31   

Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the Partners

     31   

Section 4.2 Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests

     32   

Section 4.3 Additional Funds and Capital Contributions

     34   

Section 4.4 Stock Incentive Plans

     35   

Section 4.5 Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan

     36   

Section 4.6 No Interest; No Return

     36   

Section 4.7 Conversion or Redemption of Capital Shares

     36   

Section 4.8 Other Contribution Provisions

     37   

ARTICLE 5 DISTRIBUTIONS

     37   

Section 5.1 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions

     37   

Section 5.2 Distributions in Kind

     38   

Section 5.3 Amounts Withheld

     38   

Section 5.4 Distributions upon Liquidation

     38   

Section 5.5 Distributions to Reflect Additional Partnership Units

     38   

Section 5.6 Restricted Distributions

     38   

ARTICLE 6 ALLOCATIONS

     38   

Section 6.1 Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss

     38   

Section 6.2 General Allocations

     39   

Section 6.3 Additional Allocation Provisions

     40   

Section 6.4 Regulatory Allocation Provisions

     41   

Section 6.5 Tax Allocations

     44   

 

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ARTICLE 7 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

     44   

Section 7.1 Management

     44   

Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership

     49   

Section 7.3 Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority

     50   

Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partner

     52   

Section 7.5 Outside Activities of the General Partner

     54   

Section 7.6 Transactions with Affiliates

     55   

Section 7.7 Indemnification

     55   

Section 7.8 Liability of the General Partner

     58   

Section 7.9 Title to Partnership Assets

     61   

Section 7.10 Reliance by Third Parties

     61   

ARTICLE 8 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

     62   

Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability

     62   

Section 8.2 Management of Business

     62   

Section 8.3 Outside Activities of Limited Partners

     62   

Section 8.4 Return of Capital

     63   

Section 8.5 Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership

     63   

Section 8.6 Partnership Right to Call Partnership Common Units

     64   

Section 8.7 Rights as Objecting Partner

     64   

Section 8.8 Board Nomination Rights

     64   

ARTICLE 9 BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

     68   

Section 9.1 Records and Accounting

     68   

Section 9.2 Partnership Year

     68   

Section 9.3 Reports

     68   

ARTICLE 10 TAX MATTERS

     69   

Section 10.1 Preparation of Tax Returns

     69   

Section 10.2 Tax Elections

     69   

Section 10.3 Tax Matters Partner

     69   

Section 10.4 Withholding

     71   

Section 10.5 Organizational Expenses

     71   

ARTICLE 11 PARTNER TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

     71   

Section 11.1 Transfer

     71   

Section 11.2 Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest

     72   

Section 11.3 Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer

     74   

Section 11.4 Admission of Substituted Limited Partners

     78   

Section 11.5 Assignees

     78   

Section 11.6 General Provisions

     79   

 

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ARTICLE 12 ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

     81   

Section 12.1 Admission of Successor General Partner

     81   

Section 12.2 Admission of Additional Limited Partners

     81   

Section 12.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership

     82   

Section 12.4 Limit on Number of Partners

     82   

Section 12.5 Admission

     82   

ARTICLE 13 DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

     83   

Section 13.1 Dissolution

     83   

Section 13.2 Winding Up

     83   

Section 13.3 Deemed Contribution and Distribution

     85   

Section 13.4 Rights of Holders

     85   

Section 13.5 Notice of Dissolution

     86   

Section 13.6 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership

     86   

Section 13.7 Reasonable Time for Winding-Up

     86   

ARTICLE 14 PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS

     86   

Section 14.1 Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners

     86   

Section 14.2 Amendments

     86   

Section 14.3 Actions and Consents of the Partners

     87   

ARTICLE 15 GENERAL PROVISIONS

     88   

Section 15.1 Redemption Rights of Qualifying Parties

     88   

Section 15.2 Addresses and Notice

     93   

Section 15.3 Titles and Captions

     93   

Section 15.4 Pronouns and Plurals

     93   

Section 15.5 Further Action

     94   

Section 15.6 Binding Effect

     94   

Section 15.7 Waiver

     94   

Section 15.8 Counterparts

     94   

Section 15.9 Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

     94   

Section 15.10 Entire Agreement

     95   

Section 15.11 Invalidity of Provisions

     95   

Section 15.12 Limitation to Preserve REIT Status

     95   

Section 15.13 No Partition

     96   

Section 15.14 No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby

     96   

Section 15.15 No Rights as Stockholders

     97   

ARTICLE 16 LTIP UNITS

     97   

Section 16.1 Designation

     97   

 

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Section 16.2 Vesting

     97   

Section 16.3 Adjustments

     98   

Section 16.4 Distributions

     99   

Section 16.5 Allocations

     99   

Section 16.6 Transfers

     100   

Section 16.7 Redemption

     100   

Section 16.8 Legend

     100   

Section 16.9 Conversion to Partnership Common Units

     100   

Section 16.10 Voting

     103   

Section 16.11 Section 83 Safe Harbor

     103   

 

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Exhibits List

 

Exhibit A   EXAMPLES REGARDING ADJUSTMENT FACTOR    A-1
Exhibit B   NOTICE OF REDEMPTION    B-1
Exhibit C   SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS    C-1
Exhibit D   CONVERSION NOTICE    D-1
Exhibit E   FORCED CONVERSION NOTICE    E-1

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., dated as of April 21, 2014, is made and entered into by and among CITY OFFICE REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation, as the General Partner and the Persons from time to time party hereto, as limited partners.

WHEREAS, a Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership was filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on December 12, 2013 (the “ Formation Date ”), and the General Partner, as initial general partner of the Partnership and Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership, as the initial limited partner of the Partnership entered into an original agreement of limited partnership of the Partnership effective as of the Formation Date (the “ Original Partnership Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, the General Partner, Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership and the remainder of the Partners (as hereinafter defined) now desire to amend and restate the Original Partnership Agreement, remove Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership as a limited partner and admit the Persons signatory hereto as limited partners of the Partnership by entering into this Agreement (as hereinafter defined);

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINED TERMS

The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement:

Act ” means the Maryland Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, Title 10 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

Actions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7 hereof.

Additional Funds ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.A hereof.

Additional Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner pursuant to the Act and Section 4.2 and Section 12.2 hereof and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership.

 

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Adjusted Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the balance in such Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year or other applicable period, after giving effect to the following adjustments:

(i) increase such Capital Account by any amounts that such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to this Agreement upon liquidation of such Partner’s Partnership Interest or that such Partner is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentence of each of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and

(ii) decrease such Capital Account by the items described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).

The foregoing definition of “Adjusted Capital Account” is intended to comply with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means, with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year or other applicable period.

Adjustment Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.3 hereof.

Adjustment Factor ” means 1.0; provided, however, that in the event that:

(i) the General Partner (a) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares, (b) splits or subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares or (c) effects a reverse stock split or otherwise combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in effect by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination has occurred as of such time) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination;

(ii) the General Partner distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its REIT Shares to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise acquire REIT Shares, or other securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issuable pursuant to a Qualified DRIP/COPP), at a price per share less than the Value of a REIT Share on the record date for such distribution (each a “ Distributed Right ”), then, as of the distribution date of such Distributed Rights or, if later, the time such Distributed Rights become exercisable, the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in effect by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on

 

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the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) plus the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights and (b) the denominator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) plus a fraction (1) the numerator of which is the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights times the minimum purchase price per REIT Share under such Distributed Rights and (2) the denominator of which is the Value of a REIT Share as of the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable); provided, however, that, if any such Distributed Rights expire or become no longer exercisable, then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted, effective retroactive to the date of distribution of the Distributed Rights (or, if applicable, the later time that the Distributed Rights become exercisable), to reflect a reduced maximum number of REIT Shares or any change in the minimum purchase price for the purposes of the above fraction; and

(iii) the General Partner shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its REIT Shares evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in subsection (i) or (ii) above), which evidences of indebtedness or assets relate to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership, then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted to equal the amount determined by multiplying the Adjustment Factor in effect immediately prior to the close of business as of the applicable record date by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be such Value of a REIT Share as of the record date and (b) the denominator of which shall be the Value of a REIT Share as of the record date less the then fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed applicable to one REIT Share.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments to the Adjustment Factor will be made for any class or series of Partnership Interests to the extent that the Partnership makes or effects any correlative distribution or payment to all of the Partners holding Partnership Interests of such class or series, or effects any correlative split or reverse split in respect of the Partnership Interests of such class or series. Any adjustments to the Adjustment Factor shall become effective immediately after such event, retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event. For illustrative purposes, examples of adjustments to the Adjustment Factor are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., as now or hereafter amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced.

 

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Applicable Percentage ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.B hereof.

Appraisal ” means, with respect to any assets, the written opinion of an independent third party experienced in the valuation of similar assets, selected by the General Partner. Such opinion may be in the form of an opinion by such independent third party that the value for such property or asset as set by the General Partner is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Partnership.

Assignee ” means a Person to whom a Partnership Interest has been Transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5 hereof.

Available Cash ” means, with respect to any period for which such calculation is being made,

(i) the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) the Partnership’s Net Income or Net Loss (as the case may be) for such period,

(2) Depreciation and all other noncash charges to the extent deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period,

(3) the amount of any reduction in reserves of the Partnership referred to in clause (ii)(6) below (including, without limitation, reductions resulting because the General Partner determines such amounts are no longer necessary),

(4) the excess, if any, of the net cash proceeds from the sale, exchange, disposition, financing or refinancing of Partnership property for such period over the gain (or loss, as the case may be) recognized from such sale, exchange, disposition, financing or refinancing during such period (excluding Terminating Capital Transactions), and

(5) all other cash received (including amounts previously accrued as Net Income and amounts of deferred income) or any net amounts borrowed by the Partnership for such period that was not included in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period;

(ii) less the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) all principal debt payments made during such period by the Partnership,

(2) capital expenditures made by the Partnership during such period,

(3) investments in any entity (including loans made thereto) to the extent that such investments are not otherwise described in clause (ii)(1) or clause (ii)(2) above,

 

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(4) all other expenditures and payments not deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period (including amounts paid in respect of expenses previously accrued),

(5) any amount included in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period that was not received by the Partnership during such period,

(6) the amount of any increase in reserves (including, without limitation, working capital reserves) established during such period that the General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion,

(7) any amount distributed or paid in redemption of any Limited Partner Interest or Partnership Units, including, without limitation, any Cash Amount paid, and

(8) the amount of any working capital accounts and other cash or similar balances that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Available Cash shall not include (a) any cash received or reductions in reserves, or take into account any disbursements made, or reserves established, after dissolution and the commencement of the liquidation and winding up of the Partnership or (b) any Capital Contributions, whenever received or any payments, expenditures or investments made with such Capital Contributions.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by law to close.

Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the capital account maintained by the General Partner for such Partner on the Partnership’s books and records in accordance with the following provisions:

(i) To each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be added such Partner’s Capital Contributions, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Income and any items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof, and the amount of any Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or that are secured by any property distributed to such Partner.

(ii) From each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be subtracted the amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership property distributed to such Partner pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Losses and any items in the nature of expenses or losses that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof, and the amount of any liabilities of such Partner assumed by the Partnership or that are secured by any property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership (except to the extent already reflected in the amount of such Partner’s Capital Contribution).

 

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(iii) In the event any interest in the Partnership is Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent that it relates to the Transferred interest.

(iv) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes of subsections (i) and (ii) hereof, there shall be taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.

(v) The provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. The General Partner may, in its sole discretion, (a) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of Partnership capital reflected on the Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q) and (b) make any modifications that are necessary or appropriate in the event that unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) or Section 1.704-2.

Capital Account Limitation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any Contributed Property that such Partner contributes or is deemed to contribute pursuant to Article 4 hereof.

Capital Share ” means a share of any class or series of stock of the General Partner now or hereafter authorized other than a REIT Share.

Cash Amount ” means an amount of cash equal to the product of (i) the Value of a REIT Share and (ii) the REIT Shares Amount determined as of the applicable Valuation Date.

Certificate ” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the SDAT, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.

Charity ” means an entity described in Code Section 501(c)(3) or any trust all the beneficiaries of which are such entities.

Charter ” means the charter of the General Partner, within the meaning of Section 1-101(e) of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

Closing Price ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Value .”

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time or any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the applicable Regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.

 

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Common Unit Economic Balance ” means (i) the Capital Account balance of the General Partner, plus the amount of the General Partner’s share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partner’s ownership of Partnership Common Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under Section 6.2.D hereof, divided by (ii) the number of the General Partner’s Partnership Common Units.

Consent ” means the consent to, approval of, or vote in favor of a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Article 14 hereof. The terms “ Consented ” and “ Consenting ” have correlative meanings.

Consent of the General Partner ” means the Consent of the sole General Partner, which Consent, except as otherwise specifically required by this Agreement, may be obtained prior to or after the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

Consent of the Limited Partners ” means the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, may be given or withheld by each Limited Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

Consent of the Partners ” means the Consent of the General Partner and the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Partners, which Consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, may be given or withheld by the General Partner or the Limited Partners in their sole and absolute discretion; provided , however , that, if any such action affects only certain classes or series of Partnership Interests, “Consent of the Partners” means the Consent of the General Partner and the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Partners of the affected classes or series of Partnership Interests.

Constituent Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.F hereof.

Contributed Property ” means each Property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash, contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership (or deemed contributed by the Partnership to a “new” partnership pursuant to Code Section 708).

Controlled Entity ” means, as to any Partner, (a) any corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned by such Partner or such Partner’s Family Members, (b) any trust, whether or not revocable, of which such Partner or such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates are the sole beneficiaries, (c) any partnership of which such Partner or its Affiliates are the general partners and in which such Partner, such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates hold partnership interests representing at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such partnership’s capital and profits and (d) any limited liability company of which such Partner or its Affiliates are the managers and in which such Partner, such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates hold membership interests representing at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such limited liability company’s capital and profits.

Conversion Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

 

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Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

Conversion Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.A hereof.

Cut-Off Date ” means the fifth (5th) Business Day after the General Partner’s receipt of a Notice of Redemption.

Debt ” means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other performance of obligations by such Person; (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease obligations of such Person that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized.

Depreciation ” means, for each Partnership Year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.

Designated Partners ” means, collectively, (i) the General Partner and each of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units, (ii) any Controlled Entities of Second City that own Partnership Common Units and (iii) Second City, to the extent of its ownership of Partnership Common Units.

Disregarded Entity ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) of such Person, (ii) any entity treated as a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes with respect to such Person, or (iii) any grantor trust if the sole owner of the assets of such trust for federal income tax purposes is such Person.

Distributed Right ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Adjustment Factor .”

Economic Capital Account Balance ” means, with respect to a Holder of LTIP Units, its Capital Account balance, plus the amount of its share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to its ownership of LTIP Units.

 

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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Equity Plan ” means any stock or equity purchase plan, restricted stock or equity plan or other similar equity compensation plan now or hereafter adopted by the Partnership or the General Partner, including the Plan.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Family Members ” means, as to a Person that is an individual, such Person’s spouse, ancestors, descendants (whether by blood or by adoption or step-descendants by marriage), brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews and inter vivos or testamentary trusts (whether revocable or irrevocable) of which only such Person and his or her spouse, ancestors, descendants (whether by blood or by adoption or step-descendants by marriage), brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews are beneficiaries.

Final Adjustment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.B(2) hereof.

Forced Conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.C hereof.

Forced Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.C hereof.

Funding Debt ” means any Debt incurred by or on behalf of the General Partner for the purpose of providing funds to the Partnership.

General Partner ” means City Office REIT, Inc. and its successors and assigns as a general partner of the Partnership, in each case, that is admitted from time to time to the Partnership as a general partner, and has not ceased to be a general partner, pursuant to the Act and this Agreement, in such Person’s capacity as a general partner of the Partnership.

General Partner Interest ” means the entire Partnership Interest held by a General Partner hereof, and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or any other Partnership Units.

Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

(a) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of contribution, as determined by the General Partner and agreed to by the contributing Person.

(b) The Gross Asset Values of all Partnership assets immediately prior to the occurrence of any event described in clauses (i) through (v) below shall, except as provided below, be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt, as of the following times:

(i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership (other than in connection with the execution of this Agreement but including, without limitation, acquisitions pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof or contributions or deemed contributions by the General Partner pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof) by a new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution;

 

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(ii) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for an interest in the Partnership;

(iii) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);

(iv) the grant of an interest in the Partnership (other than a de minimis interest) as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership by an existing Partner acting in a partner capacity, or by a new Partner acting in a partner capacity or in anticipation of becoming a Partner of the Partnership (including the grant of a LTIP Unit); and

(v) at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may elect not to revalue the property of the Partnership in connection with the issuance of additional Partnership Units to the extent it determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that revaluing the assets of the Partnership is not necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners.

(c) The Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset distributed to a Partner shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution, as determined by the distributee and the General Partner; provided , however , that if the distributee is the General Partner or if the distributee and the General Partner cannot agree on such a determination, such gross fair market value shall be determined by Appraisal.

(d) The Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided , however , that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d) to the extent that the General Partner reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d).

(e) If the Gross Asset Value of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subsection (a), subsection (b) or subsection (d) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Losses.

 

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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

Holder ” means either (a) a Partner or (b) an Assignee owning a Partnership Interest.

Incapacity ” or “ Incapacitated ” means: (i) as to any Partner who is an individual, death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Partner incompetent to manage his or her person or his or her estate; (ii) as to any Partner that is a corporation or limited liability company, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any Partner that is a partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership; (iv) as to any Partner that is an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust that is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of such Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief of or against such Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (b) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and non-appealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been entered against the Partner, (c) the Partner executes and delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above, (e) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s properties, (f) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof, (g) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days of such appointment, or (h) an appointment referred to in clause (g) above is not vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay.

Indemnitee ” means (i) any Person made, or threatened to be made, a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as (a) the General Partner or (b) a director of the General Partner or an officer of the Partnership or the General Partner and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates or employees of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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Limited Partner ” means any Person that is admitted from time to time to the Partnership as a limited partner, and has not ceased to be a limited partner pursuant to the Act and this Agreement, of the Partnership, including any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership.

Limited Partner Interest ” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.

Liquidating Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 hereof.

Liquidating Gains ” means any net gain realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any Liquidating Event or Terminating Capital Transaction), including but not limited to net gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of Partnership assets under the definition of Gross Asset Value in Section 1 of this Agreement.

Liquidator ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.A hereof.

LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.4.C hereof.

LTIP Units ” means the Partnership Units designated as such having the rights, powers, privileges, restrictions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein and in the Plan. LTIP Units can be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes bearing such relationship to one another as to allocations, distributions, and other rights as the General Partner shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion subject to Maryland law and this Agreement.

Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners ” means Limited Partners (other than any Limited Partner fifty percent (50%) or more of whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner) holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests that are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all such Limited Partners entitled to Consent to or withhold Consent from a proposed action.

Majority in Interest of the Partners ” means Partners holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests that are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all Partners entitled to Consent to or withhold Consent from a proposed action.

Market Price ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Value .”

Maryland Courts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.9.B hereof.

Net Income ” or “ Net Loss ” means, for each Partnership Year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such year or other applicable period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:

(a) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss” shall be added to (or subtracted from, as the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);

 

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(b) Any expenditure of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as a Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditure pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,” shall be subtracted from (or added to, as the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);

(c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) or subsection (c) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value,” the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss;

(d) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;

(e) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions that would otherwise be taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Partnership Year or other applicable period;

(f) To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Partner’s interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss; and

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,” any item that is specially allocated pursuant to Article 6 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss. The amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss.”

New Securities ” means (i) any rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares or Preferred Shares, excluding grants under the Stock Option Plans, or (ii) any Debt issued by the General Partner that provides any of the rights described in clause (i).

 

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Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).

Nonrecourse Liability ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(3) and 1.752-1(a)(2).

Notice of Redemption ” means the Notice of Redemption substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached to this Agreement.

Optionee ” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Stock Option Plan.

Original Limited Partner ” means any Person that is a Limited Partner as of the close of business on the date of the closing of the issuance of REIT Shares pursuant to the initial offering of REIT Shares, and does not include any Assignee or other transferee, including, without limitation, any Substituted Limited Partner succeeding to all or any part of the Partnership Interest of any such Person.

Ownership Limit ” means the restriction or restrictions on the ownership and transfer of stock of the General Partner imposed under the Charter.

Partner ” means the General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “ Partners ” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.

Partner Minimum Gain ” means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

Partner Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

Partner Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

Partnership ” means the limited partnership formed and continued under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto.

Partnership Common Unit ” means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 hereof, but does not include any Partnership Preferred Unit, LTIP Unit or any other Partnership Unit specified in a Partnership Unit Designation as being other than a Partnership Common Unit.

 

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Partnership Employee ” means an employee or other service provider of the Partnership or of a Subsidiary of the Partnership, if any, acting in such capacity.

Partnership Equivalent Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7A hereof.

Partnership Interest ” means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by either a Limited Partner or a General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. There may be one or more classes or series of Partnership Interests. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units; however, notwithstanding that the General Partner, and any Limited Partner may have different rights and privileges as specified in this Agreement (including differences in rights and privileges with respect to their Partnership Interests), the Partnership Interest held by the General Partner or any other Partner and designated as being of a particular class or series shall not be deemed to be a separate class or series of Partnership Interest from a Partnership Interest having the same designation as to class and series that is held by any other Partner solely because such Partnership Interest is held by the General Partner or any other Partner having different rights and privileges as specified under this Agreement. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.

Partnership Minimum Gain ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

Partnership Preferred Unit ” means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of a particular class or series that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof that has distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the Partnership Common Units.

Partnership Record Date ” means the record date established by the General Partner for the purpose of determining the Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Partners or to consent to any matter, or to receive any distribution or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of Partners for any other proper purpose, which, in the case of a distribution of Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, shall generally be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution.

Partnership Unit ” means a Partnership Common Unit, a Partnership Preferred Unit, a LTIP Unit or any other unit of the fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof.

Partnership Unit Designation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.A hereof.

Partnership Year ” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the calendar year.

 

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Percentage Interest ” means, with respect to each Partner, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Partnership Units of all classes and series held by such Partner and the denominator of which is the total number of Partnership Units of all classes and series held by all Partners; provided , however , that, to the extent applicable in context, the term “Percentage Interest” means, with respect to a Partner, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Partnership Units of a specified class or series (or specified group of classes and/or series) held by such Partner and the denominator of which is the total number of Partnership Units of such specified class or series (or specified group of classes and/or series) held by all Partners.

Permitted Transfer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.A hereof.

Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability company or other entity.

Plan ” means the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan.

Pledge ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.A hereof.

Preferred Share ” means a share of stock of the General Partner of any class or series now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the REIT Shares.

Properties ” means any assets and property of the Partnership such as, but not limited to, interests in real property and personal property, including, without limitation, fee interests, leasehold interests, easements and rights of way, interests in limited liability companies, joint ventures or partnerships, interests in mortgages, and Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from time to time and “Property” means any one such asset or property.

Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11 hereof.

Qualified DRIP/COPP ” means a dividend reinvestment plan or a cash option purchase plan of the General Partner that permits participants to acquire REIT Shares using the proceeds of dividends paid by the General Partner or cash of the participant, respectively; provided, however, that if such shares are offered at a discount, such discount must (i) be designed to pass along to the stockholders of the General Partner the savings enjoyed by the General Partner in connection with the avoidance of stock issuance costs, and (ii) not exceed 5% of the value of a REIT Share as computed under the terms of such plan.

Qualified Transferee ” means an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Qualifying Party ” means (a) a Limited Partner, (b) an Assignee or (c) a Person, including a lending institution as the pledgee of a Pledge, who is the transferee of a Limited Partner Interest in a Permitted Transfer; provided, however, that a Qualifying Party shall not include the General Partner.

 

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Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Redemption Hold Period ” means (a) as to an Original Limited Partner or any Assignee of an Original Limited Partner that is a Qualifying Party, a one (1) year period ending on the day before the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (b) as to any other Qualifying Party, a one (1) year period ending on the day before the first anniversary of such Qualifying Party’s first becoming a Holder of Partnership Common Units or LTIP Units; provided , however , that the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, by written agreement with a Qualifying Party, shorten or lengthen the first Redemption Hold Period to a period of shorter or longer than one (1) year with respect to a Qualifying Party other than an Original Limited Partner or an Assignee of an Original Limited Partner.

Regulations ” means the income tax regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in proposed, temporary or final form, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

Regulatory Allocations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.A(viii) hereof.

REIT ” means a real estate investment trust qualifying under Code Section 856.

REIT Partner ” means (a) the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner to the extent such person has in place an election to qualify as a REIT and, (b) any Disregarded Entity with respect to any such Person.

REIT Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.12 hereof.

REIT Requirements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 hereof.

REIT Share ” means a share of common stock of the General Partner, $0.01 par value per share, but shall not include any class or series of the General Partner’s common stock classified after the date of this Agreement.

REIT Shares Amount ” means a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of (a) the number of Tendered Units and (b) the Adjustment Factor; provided , however , that, in the event that the General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Shares as of a certain record date rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the General Partner’s stockholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “ Rights ”), with the record date for such Rights issuance falling within the period starting on the date of the Notice of Redemption and ending on the day immediately preceding the Specified Redemption Date, which Rights will not be distributed before the relevant Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include such Rights that a holder of that number of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, expressed, where relevant hereunder, in a number of REIT Shares determined by the General Partner.

Related Party ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person to whom ownership of shares of the General Partner’s stock by the first such Person would be attributed under Code Section 544 (as modified by Code Section 856(h)(1)(B)) or Code Section 318(a) (as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)).

 

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Rights ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ REIT Shares Amount .”

Safe Harbors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.C hereof.

SDAT ” means the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Second City ” means Second City General Partner II, L.P., CIO OP Limited Partnership and CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership and Gibralt US, Inc. and any Affiliate of the foregoing entities who becomes an owner of a Partnership Unit hereunder.

Second City Nominee ” or “ Second City Nominees ” means (i) any person designated as a nominee to the Board of Directors by Second City in accordance with Section 8.8.A, and (ii) any person designated to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 8.8.C.

Section 83 Safe Harbor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11 hereof.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Special Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Specified Redemption Date ” means the first Business Day of the month that is least 60 calendar days after the receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption; provided, however, that no Specified Redemption Date shall occur during the first Redemption Hold Period (except pursuant to a Special Redemption).

Stock Option Plans ” means any stock option plan now or hereafter adopted by the Partnership or the General Partner.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; provided , however , that, with respect to the Partnership, “Subsidiary” means solely a partnership or limited liability company (taxed, for federal income tax purposes, as a partnership or as a Disregarded Entity and not as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation) of which the Partnership is a member or any “taxable REIT subsidiary” of the General Partner in which the Partnership owns shares of stock, unless the ownership of shares of stock of a corporation or other entity (other than a “taxable REIT subsidiary”) will not jeopardize the General Partner’s status as a REIT or any General Partner Affiliate’s status as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)), in which event the term “Subsidiary” shall include such corporation or other entity.

Substituted Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to the Act and (i) Section 11.4 hereof or (ii) pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation.

Surviving Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.B(ii) hereof.

 

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Tax Items ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.A hereof.

Tendered Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Tendering Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Terminating Capital Transaction ” means any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, in any case, not in the ordinary course of the Partnership’s business.

Termination Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.B hereof.

Transfer ” means any sale, assignment, bequest, conveyance, devise, gift (outright or in trust), Pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange, transfer or other disposition or act of alienation, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law; provided , however , that when the term is used in Article 11 hereof, except as otherwise expressly provided, “Transfer” does not include (a) any Redemption of Partnership Common Units by the Partnership, or acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner, pursuant to Section 15.1, (b) any conversion of LTIP Units into Common Units pursuant to Section 16.9 or (c) any redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation. The terms “Transferred” and “Transferring” have correlative meanings.

Valuation Date ” means the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1 herein, or such other date as specified herein, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.

Value ” means, on any Valuation Date with respect to a REIT Share, the average of the daily Market Prices for ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Valuation Date (except that the Market Price for the trading day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock option under any Stock Option Plans shall be substituted for such average of daily market prices for purposes of Section 4.4 hereof). The term “ Market Price ” on any date means, with respect to any class or series of outstanding REIT Shares, the Closing Price for such REIT Shares on such date. The “ Closing Price ” on any date means the last sale price for such REIT Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such REIT Shares, in either case as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such REIT Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such REIT Shares selected by the Board of Directors of the General Partner or, in the event that no trading price is available for such REIT Shares, the fair market value of the REIT Shares, as determined by the Board of Directors of the General Partner.

 

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In the event that the REIT Shares Amount includes Rights that a holder of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, then the Value of such Rights shall be determined by the General Partner on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers appropriate.

Vested LTIP Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.A hereof.

Vesting Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.A hereof.

ARTICLE 2

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Section 2.1 Formation; Removal of Initial Limited Partner . The Partnership is a limited partnership heretofore formed and continued pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all purposes. Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership is hereby removed as a limited partner of the Partnership.

Section 2.2 Name . The name of the Partnership is “City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.” The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Partners.

Section 2.3 Principal Office and Resident Agent; Principal Executive Office . The address of the principal office of the Partnership in the State of Maryland is located at c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or such other place within the State of Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate, and the resident agent of the Partnership in the State of Maryland is The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or such other resident of the State of Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate. The principal office of the Partnership is located at c/o City Office REIT, Inc., 1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9, or such other place as the General Partner 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 Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate.

 

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Section 2.4 Power of Attorney .

 

  A. Each Limited Partner and Assignee hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:

 

  (1) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices: (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments, supplements or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary 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 to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Maryland and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation; (d) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the distribution or exchange of assets of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (e) all instruments relating to the admission, acceptance, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (f) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges relating to Partnership Interests; and

 

  (2) execute, swear to, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Section 14.2 hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

 

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The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a special power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Limited Partners and Assignees will be relying upon the power of the General Partner or the Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and the Transfer of all or any portion of such Person’s Partnership Interest and shall extend to such

 

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  Person’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner and Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or the Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner and Assignee 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 Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General Partner’s or the Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator (as the case may be) deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Section 2.4.B, no Limited Partner shall incur any personal liability for any action of the General Partner or the Liquidator taken under such power of attorney.

Section 2.5 Term . The term of the Partnership commenced on December 12, 2013, the date that the original Certificate was accepted for record by the SDAT in accordance with the Act, and shall continue indefinitely unless the Partnership is dissolved sooner pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 hereof or as otherwise provided by law.

Section 2.6 Partnership Interests Are Securities . All Partnership Interests shall be securities within the meaning of, and governed by, (i) Article 8 of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code and (ii) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 3

PURPOSE

Section 3.1 Purpose and Business . The purpose and nature of the Partnership is to conduct any business, enterprise or activity permitted by or under the Act, including, without limitation, (i) to conduct the business of ownership, construction, reconstruction, development, redevelopment, alteration, improvement, maintenance, operation, sale, leasing, transfer, encumbrance, conveyance and exchange of the Properties, (ii) to acquire and invest in any securities and/or loans relating to the Properties, (iii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture, business trust arrangement, limited liability company or other similar arrangement to engage in any business permitted by or under the Act, or to own interests in any entity engaged in any business permitted by or under the Act, (iv) to conduct the business of providing property and asset management and brokerage services, whether directly or through one or more partnerships, joint ventures, Subsidiaries, business trusts, limited liability companies or similar arrangements, and (v) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

Section 3.2 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 herein and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership including, without limitation, full power and authority, directly or through its ownership interest in other entities, to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of

 

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any kind, to borrow and lend money and to issue evidence of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien, to acquire, own, manage, improve and develop real property and lease, sell, transfer and dispose of real property.

Section 3.3 Partnership Only for Purposes Specified . The Partnership shall be a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act, and this Agreement shall not be deemed to create a company, venture or partnership between or among the Partners or any other Persons with respect to any activities whatsoever other than the activities within the purposes of the Partnership as specified in Section 3.1 hereof; however, to the extent applicable, the Partnership is a “partnership at will” (and is not a partnership formed for a definite term or particular undertaking) within the meaning of the Act. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for, bind, commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of another Partner, nor shall the Partnership be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities, indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by the terms of this Agreement and the Act.

Section 3.4 Representations and Warranties by the Partners .

 

  A.

Each Partner that is an individual (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner) represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner is subject, (ii) if five percent (5%) or more (by value) of the Partnership’s interests are or will be owned by such Partner within the meaning of Code Section 7704(d)(3), such Partner does not, and for so long as it is a Partner will not, own, directly or indirectly, (a) stock of any corporation that is a tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member or (b) an interest in the assets or net profits of any non-corporate tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture, or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member, (iii) such Partner has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Partner that is an individual shall not be subject to the ownership restrictions set forth in clause (ii) of the

 

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  immediately preceding sentence to the extent such Partner obtains the written Consent of the General Partner prior to violating any such restrictions. Each Partner that is an individual shall also represent and warrant to the Partnership that such Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a foreign partner within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e).

 

  B. Each Partner that is not an individual (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner) represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) all transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including, without limitation, that of its general partner(s), committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or stockholder(s) (as the case may be) as required, (ii) the consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, its partnership or operating agreement, trust agreement, charter or bylaws (as the case may be) any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s properties or any of its partners, members, beneficiaries, trustees or stockholders (as the case may be) is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner or any of its partners, members, trustees, beneficiaries or stockholders (as the case may be) is or are subject, (iii) if five percent (5%) or more (by value) of the Partnership’s interests are or will be owned by such Partner within the meaning of Code Section 7704(d)(3), such Partner does not, and for so long as it is a Partner will not, own, directly or indirectly, (a) stock of any corporation that is a tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member or (b) an interest in the assets or net profits of any non-corporate tenant of (I) the General Partner, or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company for which the General Partner, any General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Partner that is not an individual shall not be subject to the ownership restrictions set forth in clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence to the extent such Partner obtains the written Consent of the General Partner prior to violating any such restrictions. Each Partner that is not an individual shall also represent and warrant to the Partnership that such Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a foreign partner within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e).

 

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  has acquired and continues to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment purposes only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or distribution of all or any part thereof in violation of applicable laws, and not with a view toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances in violation of applicable laws and (ii) it is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it does not anticipate a need for the funds that it has invested in the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment.

 

  D. The representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A, 3.4.B and 3.4.C hereof shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner (and, in the case of an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner, the admission of such Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a Limited Partner in the Partnership) and the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Partnership.

 

  E. Each Partner (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner) hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the Partnership or the General Partner have been made by any Partner or any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and that projections and any other information, including, without limitation, financial and descriptive information and documentation, that may have been in any manner submitted to such Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or nature, express or implied.

 

  F. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit the modification of any of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A, 3.4.B and 3.4.C above as applicable to any Partner (including, without limitation any Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner or any transferee of either), provided that such representations and warranties, as modified, shall be set forth in either (i) a Partnership Unit Designation applicable to the Partnership Units held by such Partner or (ii) a separate writing addressed to the Partnership and the General Partner.

ARTICLE 4

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the Partners . The Partners have heretofore made Capital Contributions to the Partnership as set forth on Exhibit C. Except as provided by law or in Section 4.2, 4.3, or 10.4 hereof, the Partners shall have no obligation or, except with the prior Consent of the General Partner, right to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner shall cause to be maintained in the principal business office of the

 

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Partnership, or such other place as may be determined by the General Partner, the books and records of the Partnership, which shall include, among other things, a register containing the name, address, and number, class and series of Partnership Units of each Partner, and such other information as the General Partner may deem necessary or desirable (the “ Register ”). The Register shall not be part of this Agreement. The General Partner shall from time to time update the Register as necessary to accurately reflect the information therein, including as a result of any sales, exchanges or other Transfers, or any redemptions, issuances or similar events involving Partnership Units. Any reference in this Agreement to the Register shall be deemed a reference to the Register as in effect from time to time. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the General Partner may take any action authorized hereunder in respect of the Register without any need to obtain the consent or approval of any other Partner. No action of any Limited Partner shall be required to amend or update the Register. Except as required by law, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to receive a copy of the information set forth in the Register relating to any Partner other than itself.

Section 4.2 Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation:

 

  A.

General . The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests, in the form of Partnership Units, for any Partnership purpose, at any time or from time to time, to the Partners (including the General Partner) or to other Persons, and to admit such Persons as Additional Limited Partners, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person. Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units (i) upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of any Debt, Partnership Units, or other securities issued by the Partnership, (ii) for less than fair market value, (iii) for no consideration, (iv) in connection with any merger of any other Person into the Partnership or (v) upon the contribution of property or assets to the Partnership. Any additional Partnership Interests may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption (including, without limitation, terms that may be senior or otherwise entitled to preference over existing Partnership Units) as shall be determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person, and set forth in a written document thereafter attached to and made an exhibit to this Agreement, which exhibit shall be an amendment to this Agreement and shall be incorporated herein by this reference (each, a “ Partnership Unit Designation ”), without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Partner shall have authority to specify: (a) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of Partnership Interests; (b) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share (on a pari passu , junior or preferred basis) in Partnership distributions; (c) the

 

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  rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (d) the voting rights, if any, of each such class or series of Partnership Interests; and (e) the conversion, redemption or exchange rights applicable to each such class or series of Partnership Interests. Except as expressly set forth in any Partnership Unit Designation or as may otherwise be required under the Act, a Partnership Interest of any class or series other than a Partnership Common Unit shall not entitle the holder thereof to vote on, or consent to, any matter. Upon the issuance of any additional Partnership Interest, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership as appropriate to reflect such issuance.

 

  B. Issuances of LTIP Units . Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from time to time, the General Partner is hereby authorized to issue LTIP Units to Persons providing services to or for the benefit of the Partnership for such consideration or for no consideration as the General Partner may determine to be appropriate and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner, and admit such Persons as Limited Partners. Except to the extent a Capital Contribution is made with respect to a LTIP Unit, each LTIP Unit is intended to qualify as a profits interests in the Partnership within the meaning of the Code, the Regulations, and any published guidance by the IRS with respect thereto. Except as may be provided from time to time by the General Partner with respect to one or more series of LTIP Units, LTIP Units shall have the terms set forth in Article 16.

 

  C. Issuances to the General Partner . No additional Partnership Units shall be issued to the General Partner unless (i) the additional Partnership Units are issued to all Partners holding Partnership Common Units in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests in Partnership Common Units, (ii) (a) the additional Partnership Units are (x) Partnership Common Units issued in connection with an issuance of REIT Shares, or (y) Partnership Equivalent Units (other than Partnership Common Units) issued in connection with an issuance of Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner (other than REIT Shares), and (b) the General Partner contributes to the Partnership the cash proceeds or other consideration received in connection with the issuance of such REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner, (iii) the additional Partnership Units are issued upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of Debt, Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership or (iv) the additional Partnership Units are issued pursuant to Section 4.3.B, Section 4.3.E, Section 4.4 or Section 4.5.

 

  D. No Preemptive Rights . Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Person, including, without limitation, any Partner or Assignee, shall have any preemptive, preferential, participation or similar right or rights to subscribe for or acquire any Partnership Interest.

 

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Section 4.3 Additional Funds and Capital Contributions .

 

  A. General . The General Partner may, at any time and from time to time, determine that the Partnership requires additional funds (“ Additional Funds ”) for the acquisition or development of additional Properties, for the redemption of Partnership Units or for such other purposes as the General Partner may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion. Additional Funds may be obtained by the Partnership, at the election of the General Partner, in any manner provided in, and in accordance with, the terms of this Section 4.3 without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person.

 

  B. Additional Capital Contributions . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by accepting Capital Contributions from any Partners or other Persons. In connection with any such Capital Contribution (of cash or property), the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue additional Partnership Units (as set forth in Section 4.2 above) in consideration therefor and the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall be adjusted to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units.

 

  C. Loans by Third Parties . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur Debt to any Person (other than the General Partner (but, for this purpose, disregarding any Debt that may be deemed incurred to the General Partner by virtue of clause (iii) of the definition of Debt)) upon such terms as the General Partner determines appropriate, including making such Debt convertible, redeemable or exchangeable for Partnership Units or REIT Shares; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if any Partner would be personally liable for the repayment of such Debt (unless such Partner otherwise agrees).

 

  D. General Partner Loans . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur Debt to the General Partner if (i) such Debt is, to the extent permitted by law, on substantially the same terms and conditions (including interest rate, repayment schedule, and conversion, redemption, repurchase and exchange rights) as Funding Debt incurred by the General Partner, the net proceeds of which are loaned to the Partnership to provide such Additional Funds, or (ii) such Debt is on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Partnership than would be available to the Partnership from any third party; provided, however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if any Partner would be personally liable for the repayment of such Debt (unless such Partner otherwise agrees).

 

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Issuance of Securities by the General Partner . The General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities unless the General Partner contributes the cash proceeds or other consideration received from the issuance of such additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (as the case may be) and from the exercise of the rights contained in

 

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  any such additional Capital Shares or New Securities to the Partnership in exchange for (x) in the case of an issuance of REIT Shares, Partnership Common Units, or (y) in the case of an issuance of Capital Shares or New Securities, Partnership Equivalent Units; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the General Partner may issue REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (i) pursuant to Section 4.4 or Section 15.1.B hereof, (ii) pursuant to a dividend or distribution (including any stock split) of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities to holders of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (as the case may be), (iii) upon a conversion, redemption or exchange of Capital Shares, (iv) upon a conversion, redemption, exchange or exercise of New Securities, or (v) in connection with an acquisition of Partnership Units or a property or other asset to be owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner and (b) only in the case of the proceeds of REIT Shares issued upon the exercise by the underwriters in the initial public offering of REIT Shares by the General Partner of their over-allotment option, the General Partner shall use the net cash proceeds realized therefrom to redeem Partnership Common Units held by Second City or REIT shares held by CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership. In the event of any issuance of additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities by the General Partner, and the contribution to the Partnership, by the General Partner, of the cash proceeds or other consideration received from such issuance (or property acquired with such proceeds), if any, if the cash proceeds actually received by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount equal to the sum of the cash proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such underwriter’s discount and other expenses paid by the General Partner (which discount and expense shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4). In the event that the General Partner issues any additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities and contributes the cash proceeds or other consideration received from the issuance thereof to the Partnership, the Partnership is expressly authorized to issue a number of Partnership Common Units or Partnership Equivalent Units to the General Partner equal to the number of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities so issued, divided by the Adjustment Factor then in effect, in accordance with this Section 4.3.E without any further act, approval or vote of any Partner or any other Persons.

Section 4.4 Stock Incentive Plans . Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the General Partner from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates or from issuing REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities pursuant to any such plans. The General Partner may implement such plans and any actions taken under such plans (such as the grant or exercise of options to acquire REIT Shares, or the issuance of restricted REIT Shares), whether taken with respect to or by an employee or other service provider of the General Partner, the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, in a manner determined by the General Partner, which may be set forth in plan implementation guidelines that the General Partner may establish or amend from time to time. The Partners acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the General Partner, amendments to this Agreement may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or Consent to any such amendments requested by the General Partner shall be deemed granted by the Limited Partners. The Partnership is expressly authorized to issue

 

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Partnership Units (i) in accordance with the terms of any such stock incentive plans, or (ii) in an amount equal to the number of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities issued pursuant to any such stock incentive plans, without any further act, approval or vote of any Partner or any other Persons.

Section 4.5 Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan . Except as may otherwise be provided in this Article 4, all amounts received or deemed received by the General Partner in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, stock incentive or other stock or subscription plan or agreement, either (a) shall be utilized by the General Partner to effect open market purchases of REIT Shares, or (b) if the General Partner elects instead to issue new REIT Shares with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the General Partner to the Partnership in exchange for additional Partnership Common Units. Upon such contribution, the Partnership will issue to the General Partner a number of Partnership Common Units equal to the quotient of (i) the new REIT Shares so issued, divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect.

Section 4.6 No Interest; No Return . No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s Capital Account. Except as provided herein or by law, no Partner shall have any right to demand or receive the return of its Capital Contribution from the Partnership.

Section 4.7 Conversion or Redemption of Capital Shares .

 

  A. Conversion of Capital Shares . If, at any time, any of the Capital Shares are converted into REIT Shares, in whole or in part, then a number of Partnership Units with preferences, conversion and other rights, restrictions (other than restrictions on transfer), rights and limitations as to dividends and other distributions and qualifications that are substantially the same as the preferences, conversion and other rights, restrictions (other than restrictions on transfer), rights and limitations as to distributions and qualifications as those of such Capital Shares (“ Partnership Equivalent Units ”) (for the avoidance of doubt, Partnership Equivalent Units need not have voting rights, redemption rights or restrictions on transfer that are substantially similar to the corresponding Capital Shares) equal to the number of Capital Shares so converted shall automatically be converted into a number of Partnership Common Units equal to the quotient of (i) the number of REIT Shares issued upon such conversion divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect, and the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall be adjusted to reflect such conversion.

 

  B.

Redemption or Repurchase of Capital Shares or REIT Shares . Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.3.E.(b) or 7.4.C., if, at any time, any Capital Shares are redeemed or otherwise repurchased (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) by the General Partner, the Partnership shall, immediately prior to such redemption or repurchase of Capital Shares, redeem an equal number of Partnership Equivalent Units held by the General Partner upon the same terms and for the same price per Partnership Equivalent Unit as such Capital Shares are redeemed or repurchased. If, at any

 

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  time, any REIT Shares are redeemed or otherwise repurchased by the General Partner, the Partnership shall, immediately prior to such redemption or repurchase of REIT Shares, redeem or repurchase a number of Partnership Common Units held by the General Partner equal to the quotient of (i) the REIT Shares so redeemed or repurchased, divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect, such redemption or repurchase to be upon the same terms and for the same price per Partnership Common Unit (after giving effect to application of the Adjustment Factor) as such REIT Shares are redeemed or repurchased.

Section 4.8 Other Contribution Provisions . In the event that any Partner is admitted to the Partnership and is given a Capital Account in exchange for services rendered to the Partnership, such transaction shall be treated by the Partnership and the affected Partner as if the Partnership had compensated such partner in cash and such Partner had contributed the cash that the Partner would have received to the capital of the Partnership. In addition, with the Consent of the General Partner, one or more Partners may enter into contribution agreements with the Partnership which have the effect of providing a guarantee of certain obligations of the Partnership (and/or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Partnership).

ARTICLE 5

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 5.1 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to distribute such amounts, at such times, as the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine, to the Holders as of any Partnership Record Date: (i) first, with respect to any Partnership Units that are entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of Holders of such class(es) of Partnership Units (and, within each such class, among the Holders of each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests of such class on such Partnership Record Date); and (ii) second, with respect to any Partnership Units that are not entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of Holders of such class(es) of Partnership Units, as applicable (and, within each such class, among the Holders of each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests of such class on such Partnership Record Date). Distributions payable with respect to any Partnership Units, other than any Partnership Units issued to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of REIT Shares by the General Partner, that were not outstanding during the entire quarterly period in respect of which any distribution is made shall be prorated based on the portion of the period that such Partnership Units were outstanding. The General Partner shall make such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with the General Partner’s qualification as a REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to enable the General Partner, for so long as the General Partner has determined to qualify as a REIT, to pay stockholder dividends that will (a) satisfy the requirements for qualifying as a REIT under the Code and Regulations (the “ REIT Requirements ”) and (b) except to the extent otherwise determined by the General Partner, eliminate any federal income or excise tax liability of the General Partner. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, a Holder of LTIP Units will only be entitled to distributions with respect to a LTIP Unit as set forth in Article 16 hereof and in making distributions pursuant to this Section 5.1, the General Partner of the Partnership shall take into account the provisions of Section 16.4 hereof.

 

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Section 5.2 Distributions in Kind . Except as expressly provided herein, no right is given to any Holder to demand and receive property other than cash as provided in this Agreement. The General Partner may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, to make a distribution in kind of Partnership assets to the Holders, and such assets shall be distributed in such a fashion as to ensure that the fair market value is distributed and allocated in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 13 hereof; provided, however, that the General Partner shall not make a distribution in kind to any Holder unless the Holder has been given 90 days prior written notice of such distribution.

Section 5.3 Amounts Withheld . All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any state, local or non-United States tax law and Section 10.4 hereof with respect to any allocation, payment or distribution to any Holder and paid over to the appropriate taxing authorities shall be treated as amounts paid or distributed to such Holder pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof for all purposes under this Agreement.

Section 5.4 Distributions upon Liquidation . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 5, net proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction, and any other amounts distributed after the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, shall be distributed to the Holders in accordance with Section 13.2 hereof.

Section 5.5 Distributions to Reflect Additional Partnership Units . In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 hereof, subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner is hereby authorized to make such revisions to this Article 5 and to Articles 6, 11 and 12 hereof as it determines are necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units, including, without limitation, making preferential distributions to Holders of certain classes of Partnership Units.

Section 5.6 Restricted Distributions . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Partnership nor the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall make a distribution to any Holder if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law.

ARTICLE 6

ALLOCATIONS

Section 6.1 Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss . Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to each Partnership Year as of the end of each such year, provided that the General Partner may in its discretion allocate Net Income and Net Loss for a shorter period as of the end of such period (and, for purposes of this Article 6, references to the term “Partnership Year” may include such shorter periods). Except as otherwise provided in this Article 6, and subject to Section 11.6.C hereof, an allocation to a Holder of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss.

 

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Section 6.2 General Allocations . Except as otherwise provided in this Article 6 and Section 11.6.C hereof, Net Income and Net Loss for any Partnership Year shall be allocated to each of the Holders as follows:

 

  A. Net Income.

(i) First, 100% to the General Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to clause (iii) in Section 6.2.B for all prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this clause (i) for all prior Partnership Years;

(ii) Second, 100% to each Holder in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Losses allocated to each such Holder pursuant to clause (ii) in Section 6.2.B for all prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to such Holder pursuant to this clause (ii) for all prior Partnership Years; and

(iii) Third, 100% to the Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the Partnership Common Units.

To the extent the allocations of Net Income set forth above in any paragraph of this Section 6.2.A are not sufficient to entirely satisfy the allocation set forth in such paragraph, such allocation shall be made in proportion to the total amount that would have been allocated pursuant to such paragraph without regard to such shortfall.

 

  B. Net Losses.

(i) First, 100% to the Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the Partnership Common Units (to the extent consistent with this clause (i)) until the Adjusted Capital Account (ignoring for this purpose any amounts a Holder is obligated to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)(2)) of all such Holders is zero;

(ii) Second, 100% to the Holders (other than the General Partner) to the extent of, and in proportion to, the positive balance (if any) in their Adjusted Capital Accounts; and

(iii) Third, 100% to the General Partner.

 

  C. Allocations to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to the General Partner or any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 6.2 or to Section 12.2.C or 13.2.A as it determines are necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests, including making preferential allocations to certain classes of Partnership Interests, subject to the terms of any Partnership Unit Designation with respect to Partnership Interests then outstanding.

 

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  D. Special Allocations with Respect to LTIP Units. In the event that Liquidating Gains are allocated under this Section 6.2.D, Net Income allocable under Section 6.2.A and any Net Losses allocable under Section 6.2.B shall be recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains so allocated. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 6.4.A hereof, and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.2.A and 6.2.B above, any Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to the Holders of LTIP Units until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such Holders, to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units, are equal to (i) the Common Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of their LTIP Units. Any such allocations shall be made among the Holders of LTIP Units in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each under this Section 6.2.D. The parties agree that the intent of this Section 6.2.D is to make the Capital Account balances of the Holders of LTIP Units with respect to their LTIP Units economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance of the General Partner with respect to its Partnership Common Units.

Section 6.3 Additional Allocation Provisions . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6:

 

  A. Special Allocations Upon Liquidation . In the event that the Partnership disposes of all or substantially all of its assets in a transaction that will lead to a liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to Article 13 hereof, then: (i) any Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to each Holder of LTIP Units in accordance with the Holder’s Percentage Interest until the Economic Capital Account Balance of such Holder, to the extent attributable to the Holder’s ownership of LTIP Units, is equal to (a) the Common Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (b) the number of such Holder’s LTIP Units; and (ii) any Net Income or Net Loss realized in connection with such transaction and thereafter (recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains allocated pursuant to clause (i) above) shall be specially allocated for such Partnership Year (and to the extent permitted by Code Section 761(c), for the immediately preceding Partnership Year) among the Holders as required so as to cause liquidating distributions pursuant to Section 13.2.A(4) hereof to be made in the same amounts and proportions as would have resulted had such distributions instead been made pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. In addition, if there is an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of the assets of the Partnership pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, allocations of Net Income or Net Loss arising from such adjustment shall be allocated in the same manner as described in the prior sentence.

 

  B. Offsetting Allocations . Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1, 6.2.A and 6.2.B, but subject to Sections 6.3 and 6.4, in the event Net Income or items thereof are being allocated to a Partner to offset prior Net Loss or items thereof which have been allocated to such Partner (including any allocations of Net Income or items thereof pursuant to Section 6.3.A), the General Partner shall attempt to allocate such offsetting Net Income or items thereof which are of the same or similar character (including without limitation Code Section 704(b) book items versus tax items) to the original allocations with respect to such Partner.

 

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  C. CODI Allocations . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any indebtedness of the Partnership encumbering the Properties contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering is settled or paid off at a discount, any resulting COD Income of the Partnership shall be specially allocated proportionately (as determined by the General Partner) to those Holders that were partners in entities that contributed, or were deemed to contribute, the applicable Property to the Partnership in connection with such initial offering to the extent the number of Partnership Units received by such Holders in exchange for their interests in such entities was determined, in part, by taking into account the anticipated discounted settlement or pay-off of such indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing, “COD Income” shall mean income recognized by the Partnership pursuant to Code Section 61(a)(12).

Section 6.4 Regulatory Allocation Provisions . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6:

 

  A. Regulatory Allocations.

(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.2 hereof, or any other provision of this Article 6, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership Year, each Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.4.A(i) is intended to qualify as a “minimum gain chargeback” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(ii) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) or in Section 6.4.A(i) hereof, if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership Year, each Holder who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4)

 

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and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.4.A(ii) is intended to qualify as a “chargeback of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(iii) Nonrecourse Deductions and Partner Nonrecourse Deductions . Any Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Holder(s) who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).

(iv) Qualified Income Offset . If any Holder unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), to such Holder in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by such Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Holder as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.4.A(iv) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Holder would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided in this Article 6 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.4.A(iv) were not in the Agreement. It is intended that this Section 6.4.A(iv) qualify and be construed as a “qualified income offset” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(v) Gross Income Allocation . In the event that any Holder has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any Partnership Year that is in excess of the sum of (1) the amount (if any) that such Holder is obligated to restore to the Partnership upon complete liquidation of such Holder’s Partnership Interest (including, the Holder’s interest in outstanding Partnership Preferred Units and other Partnership Units) and (2) the amount that such Holder is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess to eliminate such deficit as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.4.A(v) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Holder would have a deficit Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided in this Article 6 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.4.A(v) and Section 6.4.A(iv) hereof were not in the Agreement.

(vi) Limitation on Allocation of Net Loss . To the extent that any allocation of Net Loss would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as to any Holder, such allocation of Net Loss shall be reallocated (x) first, among the other Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests with respect to Partnership Common Units and (y) thereafter, among the Holders of other classes of Partnership Units as determined by the General Partner, subject to the limitations of this Section 6.4.A(vi).

 

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(vii) Section 754 Adjustment . To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Holder in complete liquidation of its interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Holder(s) to whom such distribution was made in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.

(viii) Curative Allocations . The allocations set forth in Sections 6.4.A(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) hereof (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Holders so that to the extent possible without violating the requirements giving rise to the Regulatory Allocations, the net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Holder shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Holder if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

(ix) Forfeiture Allocations . Upon a forfeiture of any Unvested LTIP Units by any Partner, gross items of income, gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated to such Partner if and to the extent required by final Regulations promulgated after the date hereof to ensure that allocations made with respect to all unvested Partnership Interests are recognized as having economic effect under Code Section 704(b).

(x) LTIP Units . For purposes of the allocations set forth in this Section 6.4, each issued and outstanding LTIP Unit will be treated as one outstanding Partnership Common Unit.

 

  B. Allocation of Excess Nonrecourse Liabilities. For purposes of determining a Holder’s proportional share of the “excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each Holder’s respective interest in Partnership profits shall be equal to such Holder’s Percentage Interest with respect to Partnership Common Units (treating LTIP Units as Partnership Common Units for this purpose), except as otherwise determined by the General Partner.

Section 6.5 Tax Allocations .

 

  A. In General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.5, for income tax purposes under the Code and the Regulations, each Partnership item of income, gain, loss and deduction (collectively, “ Tax Items ”) shall be allocated among the Holders in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 6.2 and 6.3 hereof.

 

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  B. Section 704(c) Allocations. Notwithstanding Section 6.5.A hereof, Tax Items with respect to Property that is contributed to the Partnership with an initial Gross Asset Value that varies from its basis in the hands of the contributing Partner immediately preceding the date of contribution shall be allocated among the Holders for income tax purposes pursuant to Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(c) so as to take into account such variation. With respect to Partnership Property that is contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering, such variation between basis and initial Gross Asset Value shall be taken into account under the “traditional method” as described in Regulations Section 1.704-3(b). With respect to other Properties, the Partnership shall account for such variation under any method approved under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations as chosen by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. In the event that the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value” (provided in Article 1 hereof), subsequent allocations of Tax Items with respect to such asset shall take account of the variation, if any, between the adjusted basis of such asset and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations and using the method chosen by the General Partner; provided, however, that the “traditional method” as described in Regulations Section 1.704-3(b) shall be used with respect to Partnership Property that is contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering. Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.5.B are solely for purposes of federal, state and local income taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Partner’s Capital Account or share of Net Income, Net Loss, or any other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 7

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

Section 7.1 Management .

 

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Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, including any Partnership Unit Designation, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. No General Partner may be removed by the Partners, with or without cause, except with the Consent of the General Partner. 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 the other provisions hereof including, without limitation, Section 3.2 and Section 7.3, and the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, shall have full

 

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  and exclusive power and authority, without the consent or approval of any Limited Partner, to do or authorize all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, to exercise or direct the exercise of all of the powers of the Partnership and a general partner under the Act and this Agreement and to effectuate the purposes of the Partnership including, without limitation:

 

  (1) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money or selling of assets (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to the Holders in such amounts as will permit the General Partner to prevent the imposition of any federal income tax on the General Partner (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Code Section 4981), to make distributions to its stockholders and payments to any taxing authority sufficient to permit the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and maintain REIT status or otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements), the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness (including the securing of same by deed to secure debt, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership’s assets) and the incurring of any obligations to conduct the activities of the Partnership;

 

  (2) 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;

 

  (3) the taking of any and all acts to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under Code Section 7704;

 

  (4) subject to Section 11.2 hereof, the acquisition, sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets (including the goodwill) of the Partnership (including, but not limited to, the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity;

 

  (5)

the mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation of any assets of the Partnership, the assignment of any assets of the Partnership in trust for creditors or on the promise of the assignee to pay the debts of the Partnership, the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms that the General Partner sees fit, including, without limitation, the financing of the operations and activities of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the

 

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  General Partner and/or the Partnership’s Subsidiaries) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership, its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and the making of capital contributions to and equity investments in the Partnership’s Subsidiaries;

 

  (6) the management, operation, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition, replacement or improvement of any Property;

 

  (7) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, including leases (including ground leases), easements, management agreements, rights of way and other property-related agreements, conveyances or other instruments to conduct the Partnership’s operations or implement the General Partner’s powers under this Agreement, including contracting with contractors, developers, consultants, governmental authorities, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents and the payment of their expenses and compensation, as applicable, out of the Partnership’s assets;

 

  (8) the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement, the holding, management, investment and reinvestment of cash and other assets of the Partnership, and the collection and receipt of revenues, rents and income of the Partnership;

 

  (9) the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (if any) (including, without limitation, employees having titles or offices such as “president,” “vice president,” “secretary” and “treasurer”), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring;

 

  (10) the maintenance of such insurance (including, without limitation, directors and officers insurance) for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners (including, without limitation, the General Partner);

 

  (11) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, any Subsidiary and any other Person in which the General Partner has an equity investment from time to time);

 

  (12)

the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment, of any claim, cause of action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership, the commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute

 

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  resolution, and the representation of the Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurring of legal expense, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;

 

  (13) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in any Subsidiary or any other Person (including, without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such Persons);

 

  (14) the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as the General Partner may adopt; provided , however , that such methods are otherwise consistent with the requirements of this Agreement;

 

  (15) the enforcement of any rights against any Partner pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities relating to such Partner’s contribution of property or assets to the Partnership;

 

  (16) the exercise, directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership;

 

  (17) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person;

 

  (18) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an interest, pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such Person;

 

  (19) the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases, confessions of judgment or any other legal instruments or agreements in writing;

 

  (20) the issuance of additional Partnership Units in connection with Capital Contributions by Additional Limited Partners and additional Capital Contributions by Partners pursuant to Article 4 hereof;

 

  (21) an election to dissolve the Partnership pursuant to Section 13.1.B hereof;

 

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  (22) the distribution of cash to acquire Partnership Common Units held by a Limited Partner in connection with a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof;

 

  (23) an election to acquire Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares;

 

  (24) the maintenance of the Register from time to time to reflect accurately at all times the Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests of the Partners as the same are adjusted from time to time to reflect redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of Partnership Units, the admission of any Additional Limited Partner or any Substituted Limited Partner or otherwise, which shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement, as long as the matter or event being reflected in the Register otherwise is authorized by this Agreement; and

 

  (25) the registration of any class of securities of the Partnership under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the listing of any debt securities of the Partnership on any exchange.

 

  B. Each of the Limited Partners agrees that, except as provided in Section 7.3 hereof and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner is authorized to execute and deliver any affidavit, agreement, certificate, consent, instrument, notice, power of attorney, waiver or other writing or document in the name and on behalf of the Partnership and to otherwise exercise any power of the General Partner under this Agreement and the Act on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners or any other Persons, notwithstanding any other provision of the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation and, in the absence of any specific corporate action on the part of the General Partner to the contrary, the taking of any action or the execution of any such document or writing by an officer of the General Partner, in the name and on behalf of the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, shall conclusively evidence (1) the approval thereof by the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, (2) the General Partner’s determination that such action, document or writing is necessary, advisable, appropriate, desirable or prudent to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, exercise the powers of the Partnership under this Agreement and the Act or effectuate the purposes of the Partnership, or any other determination by the General Partner required by this Agreement in connection with the taking of such action or execution of such document or writing, and (3) the authority of such officer with respect thereto.

 

  C. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain (i) casualty, liability and other insurance on the Properties and (ii) liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder.

 

  D. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital and other reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines from time to time.

 

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  E. The determination as to any of the following matters, made by or at the direction of the General Partner consistent with this Agreement and the Act, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Partnership and every Limited Partner: the amount of assets at any time available for distribution or the redemption of Partnership Common Units; the amount and timing of any distribution; any determination to redeem Tendered Units; the amount, purpose, time of creation, increase or decrease, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or charges and the propriety thereof (whether or not any obligation or liability for which such reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or discharged); the amount of any Partner’s Capital Account, Adjusted Capital Account or Adjusted Capital Account Deficit; the amount of Net Income, Net Loss or Depreciation for any period; any special allocations of Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to Sections 6.2.C, 6.2.D, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 or 16.5; the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset; the Value of any REIT Share; the timing and amount of any adjustment to the Adjustment Factor; any adjustment to the number of outstanding LTIP Units pursuant to Section 16.3; the timing, number and redemption or repurchase price of the redemption or repurchase of any Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.7.B; any interpretation of the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of Partnership Interest; the fair value, or any sale, bid or asked price to be applied in determining the fair value, of any asset owned or held by the Partnership or of any Partnership Interest; the number of authorized or outstanding Units of any class or series; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any assets by the Partnership; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Partnership or required or permitted by applicable law, this Agreement or otherwise to be determined by the General Partner.

Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership . The General Partner may file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Maryland and each other state, the District of Columbia or any other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of Section 8.5.A hereof, the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner. The General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Maryland and any other state, or the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.

 

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Section 7.3 Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority .

 

  A. The General Partner may not take any action in contravention of an express prohibition or limitation of this Agreement without the Consent of the Limited Partners, and may not, without limitation:

 

  (1) take any action that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;

 

  (2) perform any act that would subject a Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction or any other liability except as provided herein or under the Act; or

 

  (3) enter into any contract, mortgage, loan or other agreement that expressly prohibits or restricts (a) the General Partner or the Partnership from performing its specific obligations under Section 15.1 hereof in full or (b) a Limited Partner from exercising its rights under Section 15.1 hereof to effect a Redemption in full, except, in either case, (x) with the Consent of each Limited Partner affected by the prohibition or restriction or (y) in connection with or as a result of a Termination Transaction that, in accordance with Section 11.2.B(i) and/or (ii), does not require the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

  B. Except as provided in Section 7.3.C hereof, the General Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Partners, amend, modify or terminate this Agreement.

 

  C. Notwithstanding Section 7.3.B and 14.2 hereof but subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner shall have the power, without the Consent of the Partners or the consent or approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person, to amend this Agreement as may be required to facilitate or implement any of the following purposes:

 

  (1) to add to the obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the benefit of the Limited Partners;

 

  (2) to reflect the admission, substitution or withdrawal of Partners, the Transfer of any Partnership Interest, the termination of the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement, or the adjustment of outstanding LTIP Units as contemplated by Section 16.3, and to update the Register in connection with such admission, substitution, withdrawal, Transfer or adjustment;

 

  (3) to reflect a change that is of an inconsequential nature or does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect, or to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement not

 

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  inconsistent with law or with other provisions, or make other changes with respect to matters arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Agreement;

 

  (4) to set forth or amend the designations, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the Holders of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Article 4 (including any changes contemplated by Section 5.5 above);

 

  (5) to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or state agency or contained in federal or state law;

 

  (6) (a) to reflect such changes as are reasonably necessary for the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and maintain its status as a REIT or to satisfy the REIT Requirements, or (b) to reflect the Transfer of all or any part of a Partnership Interest among the General Partner and any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner;

 

  (7) to modify either or both of the manner in which items of Net Income or Net Loss are allocated pursuant to Article VI or the manner in which Capital Accounts are adjusted, computed, or maintained (but in each case only to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement and as may be permitted under applicable law);

 

  (8) to reflect the issuance of additional Partnership Interests in accordance with Section 4.2;

 

  (9) as contemplated by the last sentence of Section 4.3;

 

  (10) to reflect any other modification to this Agreement as is reasonably necessary for the business or operations of the Partnership or the General Partner and which does not violate Section 7.3.D; and

 

  (11) to effect or facilitate a Termination Transaction that, in accordance with Section 11.2.B(i) and/or (ii), does not require the Consent of the Limited Partners and, if the Partnership is the Surviving Partnership in any Termination Transaction, to modify Section 15.1 or any related definitions to provide that the holders of interests in such Surviving Partnership have rights that are consistent with Section 11.2B(ii).

 

  D.

Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B, 7.3.C (other than as set forth below in this Section 7.3.D) and 14.2 hereof, this Agreement shall not be amended, and no action may be taken by the General Partner, without the Consent of each Partner adversely affected thereby, if such amendment or action would (i) convert a Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership into a General Partner Interest (except as a result of the General Partner acquiring such Partnership Interest),

 

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  (ii) adversely modify in any material respect the limited liability of a Limited Partner, (iii) alter the rights of any Partner to receive the distributions to which such Partner is entitled pursuant to Article 5 or Section 13.2.A(4) hereof, or alter the allocations specified in Article 6 hereof (except, in any case, as permitted pursuant to Sections 4.2, 5.5, 7.3.C (including clause (11) thereof) and Article 6 hereof), (iv) alter or modify the Redemption rights, Cash Amount or REIT Shares Amount as set forth in Section 15.1 hereof, or amend or modify any related definitions (except, in any case, as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof), (v) alter or modify Section 11.2 hereof (except as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof), (vi) subject to Section 7.8.I, remove the powers and restrictions related to REIT Requirements or permitting the General Partner to avoid paying tax under Code Sections 857 or 4981 contained in Sections 7.1 and 7.3, or (vii) amend this Section 7.3.D (except as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof). Further, no amendment may alter the restrictions on the General Partner’s authority set forth elsewhere in this Section 7.3 without the Consent specified therein. Any such amendment or action consented to by any Partner shall be effective as to that Partner, notwithstanding the absence of such consent by any other Partner.

Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partner .

 

  A. The General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as General Partner of the Partnership except as provided in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 hereof regarding distributions, payments and allocations to which the General Partner may be entitled in its capacity as the General Partner).

 

  B.

Subject to Sections 7.4.D and 15.12 hereof, the Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating to the Partnership’s and the General Partner’s organization and the ownership of each of their assets and operations. The General Partner is hereby authorized to pay compensation for accounting, administrative, legal, technical, management and other services rendered to the Partnership. The Partnership shall be liable for, and shall reimburse the General Partner, on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all sums expended in connection with the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, (i) expenses relating to the ownership of interests in and management and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership, (ii) compensation of officers and employees, including, without limitation, payments under future compensation plans, of the General Partner, or the Partnership that may provide for stock units, or phantom stock, pursuant to which employees of the General Partner, or the Partnership will receive payments based upon dividends on or the value of REIT Shares, (iii) director fees and expenses of the General Partner or its Affiliates, (iv) any expenses (other than the purchase price) incurred by the General Partner in connection with the redemption or other repurchase of its Capital Shares, (v) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with the preparation of reports and other distributions to its stockholders and any regulatory or governmental authorities or agencies and, as applicable, all costs and expenses of

 

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  the General Partner as a reporting company (including, without limitation, costs of filings with the SEC), (vi) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with its operation as a REIT, and (vii) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests and financing or refinancing of any type related to the Partnership or its assets or activities; provided , however , that the amount of any reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest earned by the General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership as permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof. The Partners acknowledge that all such expenses of the General Partner are deemed to be for the benefit of the Partnership. Such reimbursements shall be in addition to any reimbursement of the General Partner as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.

 

  C. If the General Partner shall elect to purchase from its stockholders Capital Shares for the purpose of delivering such Capital Shares to satisfy an obligation under any dividend reinvestment program adopted by the General Partner, any employee stock purchase plan adopted by the General Partner or any similar obligation or arrangement undertaken by the General Partner in the future, in lieu of the treatment specified in Section 4.7.B., the purchase price paid by the General Partner for such Capital Shares shall be considered expenses of the Partnership and shall be advanced to the General Partner or reimbursed to the General Partner, subject to the condition that: (1) if such REIT Shares subsequently are sold by the General Partner, the General Partner shall pay or cause to be paid to the Partnership any proceeds received by the General Partner for such REIT Shares (which sales proceeds shall include the amount of dividends reinvested under any dividend reinvestment or similar program; provided, that a transfer of REIT Shares for Partnership Units pursuant to Section 15.1 would not be considered a sale for such purposes); and (2) if such REIT Shares are not retransferred by the General Partner within 30 days after the purchase thereof, or the General Partner otherwise determines not to retransfer such REIT Shares, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to redeem a number of Partnership Units determined in accordance with Section 4.7.B, as adjusted, (x) pursuant to Section 7.5 (in the event the General Partner acquires material assets, other than on behalf of the Partnership) and (y) for stock dividends and distributions, stock splits and subdivisions, reverse stock splits and combinations, distributions of rights, warrants or options, and distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets relating to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership (in which case such advancement or reimbursement of expenses shall be treated as having been made as a distribution in redemption of such number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner).

 

  D.

To the extent practicable, Partnership expenses shall be billed directly to and paid by the Partnership and, subject to Section 15.12 hereof, if and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates by the Partnership pursuant to this Section 7.4 constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Partnership),

 

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  such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

Section 7.5 Outside Activities of the General Partner . The General Partner shall not directly or indirectly enter into or conduct any business, other than in connection with, (a) the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Partnership Interests, (b) the management of the business and affairs of the Partnership, (c) the operation of the General Partner as a reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities registered under the Exchange Act, (d) its operations as a REIT, (e) the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests, (f) financing or refinancing of any type related to the Partnership or its assets or activities, and (g) such activities as are incidental thereto; provided , however , that, except as otherwise provided herein, any funds raised by the General Partner pursuant to the preceding clauses (e) and (f) shall be made available to the Partnership, whether as Capital Contributions, loans or otherwise, as appropriate, and, provided , further that the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time hold or acquire assets in its own name or otherwise other than through the Partnership so long as the General Partner takes commercially reasonable measures to ensure that the economic benefits and burdens of such Property are otherwise vested in the Partnership, through assignment, mortgage loan or otherwise or, if it is not commercially reasonable to vest such economic interests in the Partnership, the Partners shall negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement, including, without limitation, the definition of “Adjustment Factor,” to reflect such activities and the direct ownership of assets by the General Partner. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit the General Partner from executing guarantees of Partnership debt. The General Partner and all Disregarded Entities with respect to the General Partner, taken as a group, shall not own any assets or take title to assets (other than temporarily in connection with an acquisition prior to contributing such assets to the Partnership) other than (i) interests in Disregarded Entities with respect to the General Partner, (ii) Partnership Interests as the General Partner, (iii) a minority interest in any Subsidiary of the Partnership that the General Partner owns to maintain such Subsidiary’s status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or otherwise, and (iv) such cash and cash equivalents, bank accounts or similar instruments or accounts as such group deems reasonably necessary, taking into account Section 7.1.D hereof and the requirements necessary for the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and for the General Partner to carry out its responsibilities contemplated under this Agreement and the Charter. Any Partnership Interests acquired by the General Partner, whether pursuant to the exercise by a Limited Partner of its right to Redemption, or otherwise, shall be automatically converted into a General Partner Interest comprised of an identical number of Partnership Units with the same terms as the class or series so acquired. Any Affiliates of the General Partner may acquire Limited Partner Interests and shall, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, be entitled to exercise all rights of a Limited Partner relating to such Limited Partner Interests.

Section 7.6 Transactions with Affiliates .

 

  A. The Partnership may lend or contribute funds to, and borrow funds from, Persons in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds from, and lend or contribute funds to, the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Person.

 

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  B. Except as provided in Section 7.5 hereof, the Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, business trusts or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions consistent with this Agreement and applicable law.

 

  C. The General Partner and its Affiliates may sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, on terms and conditions established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

  D. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Partners or any of them or any other Persons, may propose and adopt (on behalf of the Partnership) employee benefit plans (including without limitation plans that contemplate the issuance of LTIP Units) funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, the Partnership, Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries.

Section 7.7 Indemnification .

 

  A. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership shall indemnify each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the Partnership (“ Actions ”) as set forth in this Agreement in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not indemnify an Indemnitee (i) if the act or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the Action and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, if the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful; or (iii) for any transaction for which such Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement; and provided , further , that no payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by the Partnership to indemnify or advance funds to any Indemnitee (x) with respect to any Action initiated or brought voluntarily by such Indemnitee (and not by way of defense) unless (I) approved or authorized by the General Partner or (II) incurred to establish or enforce such Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement, and (y) in connection with one or more Actions or claims brought by the Partnership or involving such Indemnitee if such Indemnitee is found liable to the Partnership on any portion of any claim in any such Action.

 

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  B. Without limitation, the foregoing indemnity shall extend to any liability of any Indemnitee, pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise, for any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnity agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 7.7 in favor of any Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such indebtedness. It is the intention of this Section 7.7 that the Partnership indemnify each Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law and this Agreement. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 7.7. The termination of any proceeding by conviction of an Indemnitee or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent by an Indemnitee, or an entry of an order of probation against an Indemnitee prior to judgment, does not create a presumption that such Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified in this Section 7.7 with respect to the subject matter of such proceeding. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, and neither the General Partner nor any other Holder shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or otherwise provide funds to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

  C. To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding or otherwise subject to or the focus of or is involved in any Action shall be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership as incurred by the Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of the Action upon receipt by the Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Partnership as authorized in Section 7.7 has been met, and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.

 

  D. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee unless otherwise provided in a written agreement with such Indemnitee or in the writing pursuant to which such Indemnitee is indemnified.

 

  E.

The Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of any of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the

 

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  Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

  F. Any liabilities which an Indemnitee incurs as a result of acting on behalf of the Partnership or the General Partner (whether as a fiduciary or otherwise) in connection with the operation, administration or maintenance of an employee benefit plan or any related trust or funding mechanism (whether such liabilities are in the form of excise taxes assessed by the IRS, penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor, restitutions to such a plan or trust or other funding mechanism or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan, trust or other funding mechanism, or otherwise) shall be treated as liabilities or judgments or fines under this Section 7.7, unless such liabilities arise as a result of (i) an act or omission of such Indemnitee that was material to the matter giving rise to the Action and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, an act or omission that such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe was unlawful, or (iii) any transaction in which such Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement.

 

  G. In no event may an Indemnitee subject any of the Holders to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.

 

  H. 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.

 

  I. The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under 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. Any obligation or liability whatsoever of the General Partner which may arise at any time under this Agreement or any other instrument, transaction, or undertaking contemplated hereby shall be satisfied, if at all, out of the assets of the General Partner or the Partnership only. No such obligation or liability shall be personally binding upon, nor shall resort for the enforcement thereof be had to, any of the General Partner’s directors, stockholders, officers, employees, or agents, regardless of whether such obligation or liability is in the nature of contract, tort or otherwise.

 

  K. It is the intent of the parties that any amounts paid by the Partnership to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

 

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Section 7.8 Liability of the General Partner .

 

  A. To the maximum extent permitted under the Act, the only duties that the General Partner owes to the Partnership, any Partner or any other Person (including any creditor of any Partner or assignee of any Partnership Interest), fiduciary or otherwise, are to perform its contractual obligations as expressly set forth in this Agreement consistently with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing, and to act with the fiduciary duties of care and loyalty which have been, in accordance with the Act, modified as set forth in this Section 7.8. The General Partner, in its capacity as such, shall have no other duty, fiduciary or otherwise, to the Partnership, any Partner or any other Person (including any creditor of any Partner or any assignee of any Partnership Interest). The provisions of this Agreement other than this Section 7.8 shall create contractual obligations of the General Partner only, and no such provision shall be interpreted to expand or modify the fiduciary duties of the General Partner under the Act.

 

  B. The Limited Partners agree that (i) the General Partner is acting for the benefit of the Partnership, the Limited Partners and the General Partner’s stockholders collectively and (ii) in the event of a conflict between the interests of the Partnership or any Partner, on the one hand, and the separate interests of the General Partner or its stockholders, on the other hand, the General Partner may give priority to the separate interests of the General Partner or the stockholders of the General Partner (including, without limitation, with respect to tax consequences to Limited Partners, Assignees or the General Partner’s stockholders), and, in the event of such a conflict, and any action or failure to act on the part of the General Partner that gives priority to the separate interests of the General Partner or its stockholders that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners or violate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.

 

  C. Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in this Agreement and applicable law, 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 employees or agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible to the Partnership or any Partner for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such employee or agent appointed by it in good faith.

 

  D.

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  the General Partner or the Partnership only. No such obligation or liability shall be personally binding upon, nor shall resort for the enforcement thereof be had to, any of the General Partner’s directors, stockholders, officers, employees, or agents, regardless of whether such obligation or liability is in the nature of contract, tort or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, none of the directors or officers of the General Partner shall be directly liable or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Partnership, any Partners, or any Assignees for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as a result of errors in judgment or mistakes of fact or law or of any act or omission or by reason of their service as such. This Agreement is executed by the officers of the General Partner solely as officers of the same and not in their own individual capacities.

 

  E. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the General Partner, or pursuant to any express indemnities given to the Partnership by the General Partner pursuant to any other written instrument, the General Partner shall not have any personal liability whatsoever, to the Partnership or to the other Partners, for any action or omission taken in its capacity as the General Partner or for the debts or liabilities of the Partnership or the Partnership’s obligations hereunder, except pursuant to Section 15.1. Without limitation of the foregoing, and except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence, or pursuant to Section 15.1 or any such express indemnity, no property or assets of the General Partner, other than its interest in the Partnership, shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedures for the satisfaction of any judgment (or other judicial process) in favor of any other Partner(s) and arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement.

 

  F. 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 of any action taken (or not taken) by it, and any action or failure to act on the part of the General Partner that does not take into account any such tax consequences that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners or violate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not have any liability to any Partner under any circumstances as a result of any income tax liability incurred by such Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement.

 

  G.

Whenever in this Agreement the General Partner is permitted or required to make a decision in its “sole and absolute discretion,” “sole discretion” or “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the General Partner shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest or factors affecting the Partnership or the Partners or any of them, and any such

 

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  decision or determination made by the General Partner that does not consider such interests or factors affecting the Partnership or the Partners, or any of them, that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners. If any question should arise with respect to the operation of the Partnership, which is not otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement or the Act, or with respect to the interpretation of this Agreement, the General Partner is hereby authorized to make a final determination with respect to any such question and to interpret this Agreement in such a manner as it shall deem, in its sole discretion, to be fair and equitable, and its determination and interpretations so made shall be final and binding on all parties. The General Partner’s “sole and absolute discretion,” “sole discretion” and “discretion” under this Agreement shall be exercised consistently with the duty of care and the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under the Act (as modified by this Agreement).

 

  H. 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 in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. In performing its duties under this Agreement and the Act, the General Partner shall be entitled to rely on the provisions of this Agreement and on any information, opinion, report or statement, including any financial statement or other financial data or the records or books of account of the Partnership or any subsidiary of the Partnership, prepared or presented by any officer, employee or agent of the General Partner, any agent of the Partnership or any such subsidiary, or by any lawyer, certified public accountant, appraiser or other person engaged by the General Partner, the Partnership or any such subsidiary as to any matter within such person’s professional or expert competence, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon any such information, opinion, report or statement 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 information, opinion, report or statement.

 

  I. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of the General Partner to qualify and continue to qualify as a REIT, (ii) for the General Partner otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements, (iii) for the General Partner to avoid incurring any taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981, or (iv) for any General Partner Affiliate to continue to qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary”(within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) or “taxable REIT subsidiary”(within the meaning of Code Section 856(l)), is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners and does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty or obligation, fiduciary or otherwise, of the General Partner to the Partnership or any other Partner.

 

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  J. 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 General Partner’s and its officers’ and directors’ liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners 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.

Section 7.9 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 with other Partners or Persons, 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 or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner or such nominee or Affiliate for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held.

Section 7.10 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 has full power and authority, without the consent or approval of any other Partner, or Person, to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner 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 in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the General Partner 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 (i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 8

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability . No Limited Partner shall have any liability under this Agreement except for intentional harm or gross negligence on the part of such Limited Partner or as expressly provided in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 10.4 hereof) or under the Act.

Section 8.2 Management of Business . Subject to the rights and powers of the General Partner hereunder, no Limited Partner or Assignee (other than the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such) shall take part in the operations, management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent, representative, or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees under this Agreement.

Section 8.3 Outside Activities of Limited Partners . Subject to any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 7.6 hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or any of its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary (including, without limitation, the Advisory Agreement and any employment agreement), any Limited Partner and any Assignee, officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate, member or stockholder of 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 that are in direct or indirect competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. Subject to such agreements, none of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person (other than the General Partner), and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement, subject to Section 7.6 hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary, to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Limited Partner, or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such Person. In deciding whether to take any actions in such capacity, the Limited Partners and their respective Affiliates shall be under no obligation to consider the separate interests of the Partnership or its subsidiaries and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law shall have no fiduciary duties or similar obligations to the Partnership or any other Partners, or to any subsidiary of the Partnership, and shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by the other Partners in connection with such acts except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

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Section 8.4 Return of Capital . Except pursuant to the rights of Redemption set forth in Section 15.1 hereof or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except to the extent of distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon dissolution of the Partnership as provided herein. Except to the extent provided in Article 5 and Article 6 hereof or otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions.

Section 8.5 Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership .

 

  A. In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by the Act, and except as limited by Section 8.5.C hereof, the General Partner shall deliver to each Limited Partner a copy of any information mailed or electronically delivered to all of the common stockholders of the General Partner as soon as practicable after such mailing.

 

  B. The Partnership shall notify any Limited Partner that is a Qualifying Party, on request, of the then current Adjustment Factor and any change made to the Adjustment Factor shall be set forth in the quarterly report required by Section 9.3.B hereof immediately following the date such change becomes effective.

 

  C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners (or any of them), for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to be reasonable, any information that (i) the General Partner believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or the General Partner or (ii) the Partnership or the General Partner is required by law or by agreement to keep confidential.

 

  D. Upon written request by any Limited Partner, the General Partner shall cause the ownership of Partnership Units by such Limited Partner to be evidenced by a certificate for units in such form as the General Partner may determine with respect to any class of Partnership Units issued from time to time under this Agreement. Any officer of the General Partner may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Partnership alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated. Unless otherwise determined by an officer of the General Partner, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to give the Partnership a bond in such sums as the General Partner may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Partnership.

 

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Section 8.6 Partnership Right to Call Partnership Common Units .

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, on and after the date on which the aggregate Percentage Interests of the Partnership Common Units held by Limited Partners are less than one percent (1%), the Partnership shall have the right, but not the obligation, from time to time and at any time to redeem any and all outstanding Partnership Common Units by treating any Holder thereof as a Tendering Party who has delivered a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof for the amount of Partnership Common Units to be specified by the General Partner, by notice to such Holder that the Partnership has elected to exercise its rights under this Section 8.6. Such notice given by the General Partner to a Holder pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall be treated as if it were a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by such Holder. For purposes of this Section 8.6, (a) the General Partner may treat any Holder (whether or not otherwise a Qualifying Party) as a Qualifying Party that is a Tendering Party and (b) the provisions of Sections 15.1.F(2) and 15.1.F(3) hereof shall not apply, but the remainder of Section 15.1 hereof shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Section 8.7 Rights as Objecting Partner .

No Limited Partner and no Holder of a Partnership Interest shall be entitled to exercise any of the rights of an objecting stockholder provided for under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any successor statute in connection with a merger, consolidation or conversion of the Partnership.

Section 8.8 Board Nomination Rights .

 

  A. Board Nominees .

 

  (1)

So long as Second City, together with its Controlled Entities, owns (a) thirty percent (30%) or more of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for Redemption), Second City shall have the right from time to time to designate individuals for nomination for election by the stockholders to the board of directors of the General Partner, such that the number of directors serving (or who would serve upon election), and who are or had been designated for nomination or nominated to serve by Second City, shall equal (i) if the number of directors comprising the entire board of directors of the General Partner is six or more, two; or (ii) if the number of directors comprising the entire board of directors of the General Partner is five or fewer, one; or (b) less than thirty percent (30%) but at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for

 

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  Redemption), Second City shall have the right from time to time to designate individuals for nomination for election by the stockholders to the board of directors of the General Partner, such that the number of directors serving (or who would serve upon election), and who are or had been designated for nomination or nominated to serve by Second City, shall equal one. If Second City, together with its Controlled Entities, owns less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for Redemption), Second City shall have no right under this Section 8.8 to designate for nomination any individual to serve on the board of directors of the General Partner. The General Partner, acting through its Board of Directors, will recommend and use all commercially reasonable good faith efforts to cause the election of each Second City Nominee designated in accordance with the foregoing. The General Partner agrees to use all reasonable efforts to solicit proxies for such Second City Nominees from all holders of REIT Shares and/or other voting stock entitled to vote thereon.

 

  (2) To facilitate the designation rights set forth above and the nominations contemplated thereby, the General Partner will notify Second City in writing a reasonable period of time in advance of any action to be taken by the General Partner or the Board of Directors for the purpose of nominating, electing or designating directors, which, in the case of a proxy statement, information statement or registration statement in which nominees for director would be named, shall be delivered by the General Partner to Second City no later than 30 days prior to the anticipated mailing or filing date, as applicable. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the nature of the action to be taken by the General Partner or the Board of Directors, and the anticipated date thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, Second City will designate any Second City Nominees by written notice (in accordance with Article 14) as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; provided, however, that if Second City shall have failed to designate Second City Nominees in a timely manner, Second City shall be deemed to have designated any incumbent Second City Nominees in a timely manner unless there are no remaining incumbent Second City Nominees or the incumbent Second City Nominee declines to serve, in which case the General Partner or the Board of Directors may nominate another Person.

 

  (3)

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  under the Bylaws. Second City may not nominate any Second City Nominee who, to Second City’s knowledge after due inquiry, (i) has engaged in any of the acts described in Rule 506(d) under the Securities Act, or (ii) has engaged in any “bad boy” actions that require disclosure pursuant to Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

  (4) To the extent required by law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading, the General Partner will take such actions as necessary to ensure that a sufficient number of those members of the Board of Directors that are not Second City Nominees or members of the General Partner’s senior management shall at all times satisfy the standard of independence necessary for a director to qualify as an “Independent Director,” as such term (or any replacement term) is used under the rules and listing standards of such principal securities exchange, as such rules and listing standards may be amended from time to time (the “ Independence Standard ”) in order to maintain such listing.

 

  B. Committee Membership . Unless prohibited by law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading and so long as Second City shall retain designation rights under Section 8.8.A(1) to provide for at least one Second City Nominee serving as a director, then at least one Second City Nominee shall be appointed to each committee of the Board of Directors (provided that such Second City Nominee is qualified as independent under the rules, regulations or listing standards of such securities exchange, as such rules, regulations and listing standards may be amended from time to time, for service on such committee), other than any committee formed for the purpose of evaluating or negotiating any transaction with Second City.

 

  C. Vacancies; Removal . If a vacancy on the Board of Directors arises as a result of the death, disability or retirement, resignation or removal (with or without cause) of a Second City Nominee, or as a result of an increase in the size of the entire Board of Directors, and such vacancy results in the number of Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors being less than the number that Second City would then be entitled to designate for nomination under Section 8.8.A(1) if there were an election of directors at a time which no Second City Nominees are incumbent members of the Board of Directors, then any individual(s) appointed by the Board of Directors to fill such a vacancy or such vacancies shall be approved to do so by a majority of the Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors, and any director so elected or appointed shall be deemed a Second City Nominee.

 

  D. Charter and Bylaws to Be Consistent . The General Partner, acting through the Board of Directors, shall take or cause to be taken all lawful action necessary or appropriate to ensure that none of the Charter or Bylaws contains any provisions inconsistent with this Agreement or which would in any way nullify or impair the terms of this Agreement or the rights of Second City hereunder.

 

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  E. Termination and Reinstatement of Nomination Rights. During any period in which Second City together with its Controlled Entities owns less than 10% of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8.A(1), Second City shall not be entitled to exercise any designation rights set forth in this Section 8.8. If, subsequent to such period, Second City together with its Controlled Entities owns 10% or more of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8A(1), then Second City shall again be entitled to exercise any designation or other applicable rights of Second City set forth in this Section 8.8. During any period in which Second City together with its Controlled Entities then owns at least 5% of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8.A(1), Second City shall be entitled to identify an individual to attend and observe meetings of the Board of Directors of the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Second City together with its Controlled Entities own no outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8A(1), for a period of one (1) year or more, then Second City’s designation or other applicable rights under this Section 8.8 shall terminate.

 

  F. Actions by Second City Recognizing that “Second City” is currently comprised of four separate entities, Second City General Partner II, L.P., CIO OP Limited Partnership, CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership and Gibralt US, Inc. (the “Second City Entities”), all actions required of Second City under this Section 8.8 shall be taken by written consent of, or upon approval made or given in accordance with any means, method or other arrangement otherwise agreed to by, the Second City Entities (or their respective successors, as identified to and accepted by, the General Partner); and the failure of the Second City Entities (or such successors), acting as such or pursuant to any such means, method or other arrangement to act or to provide appropriate and timely direction hereunder in response to notice properly given or a request properly made shall constitute a waiver of the rights of Second City to exercise its rights in that particular instance, but not otherwise.

 

  G. Amendment . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for so long as Second City has the right or prospective right to exercise the designation rights set forth in this Section 8.8, this Section 8.8 may not be amended without the prior written Consent of Second City.

 

  H. Confirmation . Written confirmation by or from Second City, or from a majority of the Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors, of compliance with the provisions of this Section 8.8 in electing or appointing directors from time to time (or as to waiver by Second City of any of the requirements of this Section 8.8), shall be conclusive for all purposes relevant hereto; provided however that the absence of any such confirmation shall in no event be construed to mean that the provisions hereof were not in fact complied with.

ARTICLE 9

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

Section 9.1 Records and Accounting .

 

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The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal place of business of the Partnership those records and documents, if any, required to be maintained by the Act and any other books and records deemed by the General Partner to be appropriate with respect to the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 8.5.A, Section 9.3 or Article 13 hereof. Any records

 

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  maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business may be kept on any information storage device, provided that the records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time.

 

  B. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or on such other basis as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate. To the extent permitted by sound accounting practices and principles, the Partnership and the General Partner may operate with integrated or consolidated accounting records, operations and principles.

Section 9.2 Partnership Year . For purposes of this Agreement, “Partnership Year” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the same as the tax year of the Partnership. The tax year shall be the calendar year unless otherwise required by the Code.

Section 9.3 Reports .

 

  A. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred five (105) days after the close of each Partnership Year, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner of record as of the close of the Partnership Year, financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, for such Partnership Year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such statements to be audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner.

 

  B. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the close of each calendar quarter (except the last calendar quarter of each year), the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner of record as of the last day of the calendar quarter, a report containing unaudited financial statements of the Partnership for such calendar quarter, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, and such other information as may be required by applicable law or regulation or as the General Partner determines to be appropriate.

 

  C. The General Partner shall have satisfied its obligations under Section 9.3.A and Section 9.3.B by posting or making available the reports required by this Section 9.3 on the website maintained from time to time by the Partnership or the General Partner, provided that such reports are able to be printed or downloaded from such website.

ARTICLE 10

TAX MATTERS

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losses and other items required of the Partnership for federal, state and local income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish, within ninety (90) days of the close of each taxable year, the tax information reasonably required by Limited Partners for federal, state and local income tax and any other tax reporting purposes. The Limited Partners shall promptly provide the General Partner with such information relating to the Contributed Properties as is readily available to the Limited Partners, including tax basis and other relevant information, as may be reasonably requested by the General Partner from time to time.

Section 10.2 Tax Elections . Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any available election pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, the election under Code Section 754. The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election (including, without limitation, any election under Code Section 754) upon the General Partner’s determination in its sole and absolute discretion that such revocation is in the best interests of the Partners.

Section 10.3 Tax Matters Partner .

 

  A. The General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. The tax matters partner shall receive no compensation for its services. All third-party costs and expenses incurred by the tax matters partner in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting fees and expenses) shall be borne by the Partnership in addition to any reimbursement pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging its duties hereunder.

 

  B. Except as provided in those certain Tax Protection Agreements entered into by the Partnership on the date hereof, the tax matters partner is authorized, but not required:

 

  (1) to enter into any settlement with the IRS with respect to any administrative or judicial proceedings for the adjustment of Partnership items required to be taken into account by a Partner for income tax purposes (such administrative proceedings being referred to as a “ tax audit ” and such judicial proceedings being referred to as “ judicial review ”), and in the settlement agreement the tax matters partner may expressly state that such agreement shall bind all Partners, except that such settlement agreement shall not bind any Partner (i) who (within the time prescribed pursuant to the Code and Regulations) files a statement with the IRS providing that the tax matters partner shall not have the authority to enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of such Partner (as the case may be) or (ii) who is a “notice partner” (as defined in Code Section 6231) or a member of a “notice group” (as defined in Code Section 6223(b)(2));

 

  (2)

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  matters partner, to seek judicial review of such Final Adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the United States Tax Court or the United States Claims Court, or the filing of a complaint for refund with the District Court of the United States for the district in which the Partnership’s principal place of business is located;

 

  (3) to intervene in any action brought by any other Partner for judicial review of a final adjustment;

 

  (4) to file a request for an administrative adjustment with the IRS at any time and, if any part of such request is not allowed by the IRS, to file an appropriate pleading (petition or complaint) for judicial review with respect to such request;

 

  (5) to enter into an agreement with the IRS to extend the period for assessing any tax that is attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and

 

  (6) to take any other action on behalf of the Partners or any of them in connection with any tax audit or judicial review proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulations.

The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the tax matters partner in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law and as provided in those certain Tax Protection Agreements entered into by the Partnership on the date hereof, is a matter in the sole and absolute discretion of the tax matters partner. The provisions relating to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in Section 7.7 hereof shall be fully applicable to the tax matters partner in its capacity as such.

Section 10.4 Withholding . Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Limited Partner any amount of federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Code Section 1441, Code Section 1442, Code Section 1445 Code Section 1446 or Code Sections 1471 through 1474. Any amount withheld with respect to a Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 10.4 and paid over to the appropriate taxing authorities shall be treated as paid or distributed, as applicable, to such Limited Partner for all purposes under this Agreement. Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner, in excess of any such withheld amount, shall constitute a loan by the Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited Partner within thirty (30) days after the affected Limited Partner receives written notice from the General Partner that such payment must be made, provided that the Limited Partner shall not be required to repay such deemed loan if either (i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a distribution that would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner or (ii) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the Available Cash of the Partnership that would, but for such payment, be distributed to the Limited Partner. Any amounts payable by a

 

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Limited Partner hereunder shall bear interest at the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in the Wall Street Journal (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate) from the date such amount is due (i.e., thirty (30) days after the Limited Partner receives written notice of such amount) until such amount is paid in full.

Section 10.5 Organizational Expenses . The General Partner may cause the Partnership to elect to deduct expenses, if any, incurred by it in organizing the Partnership ratably over a 180-month period as provided in Code Section 709.

ARTICLE 11

PARTNER TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

Section 11.1 Transfer .

 

  A. No part of the interest of a Partner shall be subject to the claims of any creditor, to any spouse for alimony or support, or to legal process, and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily alienated or encumbered except as may be specifically provided for in this Agreement.

 

  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 11. Any Transfer or purported Transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article 11 shall be null and void ab initio .

 

  C. No Transfer of any Partnership Interest may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability, without the Consent of the General Partner; provided , however , that, as a condition to such Consent, the lender may be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to redeem or exchange for the REIT Shares Amount any Partnership Units in which a security interest is held by such lender simultaneously with the time at which such lender would be deemed to be a partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to such lender under Code Section 752 (provided that, for purpose of calculating the REIT Shares Amount in this Section 11.1.C, “ Tendered Units ” shall mean all such Partnership Units in which a security interest is held by such lender).

Section 11.2 Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest .

 

  A.

Except as provided in Section 11.2.B or Section 11.2.C, and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may not Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest (whether by sale, disposition, statutory merger or consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) without the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

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  It is a condition to any Transfer of a Partnership Interest of a General Partner otherwise permitted hereunder (including any Transfer permitted pursuant to Section 11.2.B or Section 11.2.C) that: (i) coincident with such Transfer, the transferee is admitted as a General Partner pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof; (ii) the transferee assumes, by operation of law or express agreement, all of the obligations of the transferor General Partner under this Agreement with respect to such Transferred Partnership Interest; and (iii) the transferee has executed such instruments as may be necessary to effectuate such admission and to confirm the agreement of such transferee to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Partnership Interest so acquired and the admission of such transferee as a General Partner.

 

  B. Certain Transactions of the General Partner . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may, without the Consent of the Limited Partners, Transfer all of its Partnership Interest in connection with (a) a merger, consolidation or other combination of its or the Partnership’s assets with another entity, (b) a sale of all or substantially all of its or the Partnership’s assets not in the ordinary course of the Partnership’s business or (c) a reclassification, recapitalization or change of any outstanding shares of the General Partner’s stock or other outstanding equity interests (each, a “ Termination Transaction ”) if:

 

  (1) in connection with such Termination Transaction, all of the Limited Partners will receive, or will have the right to elect to receive, for each Partnership Common Unit an amount of cash, securities or other property equal to the product of the Adjustment Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid to a holder of one REIT Share in consideration of one REIT Share pursuant to the terms of such Termination Transaction; provided, that if, in connection with such Termination Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the outstanding REIT Shares, each holder of Partnership Common Units shall receive, or shall have the right to elect to receive, the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property which such holder of Partnership Common Units would have received had it exercised its right to Redemption pursuant to Article 15 hereof and received REIT Shares in exchange for its Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the expiration of such purchase, tender or exchange offer and had thereupon accepted such purchase, tender or exchange offer and then such Termination Transaction shall have been consummated; or

 

  (2)

all of the following conditions are met: (w) substantially all of the assets directly or indirectly owned by the surviving entity are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership or another limited partnership or limited liability company which is the survivor of a merger, consolidation or combination of assets with the Partnership and is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (in each case, the “ Surviving

 

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  Partnership ”); (x) Limited Partners that held Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such Termination Transaction own a percentage interest of the Surviving Partnership based on the relative fair market value of the net assets of the Partnership and the other net assets of the Surviving Partnership immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction; (y) the rights, preferences and privileges in the Surviving Partnership of such Limited Partners are at least as favorable in all material respects as those in effect with respect to the Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and as those applicable to any other limited partners or non-managing members of the Surviving Partnership; and (z) the rights of such Limited Partners include at least one of the following: (a) the right to redeem their interests in the Surviving Partnership for the consideration available to such persons pursuant to Section 11.2.B(i) or (b) the right to redeem their interests in the Surviving Partnership for cash on terms substantially equivalent to those in effect with respect to their Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, or, if the ultimate controlling person of the Surviving Partnership has publicly traded common equity securities, such common equity securities, with an exchange ratio based on the determination of relative fair market value of such securities and the REIT Shares.

 

  C. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 11 (other than Section 11.6.D hereof), the General Partner may Transfer all of its Partnership Interests at any time to any Person that is, at the time of such Transfer an Affiliate of the General Partner, including any “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)), without the Consent of any Limited Partners. The provisions of Section 11.2.B, 11.3, 11.4.A and 11.5 hereof shall not apply to any Transfer permitted by this Section 11.2.C.

 

  D.

If the Consent of the Limited Partners has not been obtained, then the General Partner may not engage in, or cause or permit, a Termination Transaction in connection with which the General Partner has or will seek the approval of its common stockholders (a “ Stockholder Vote ”) unless (i) the General Partner first provides the Designated Partners with advance notice at least equal in time to the advance notice given in the case of the Stockholder Vote, (ii) in connection with such advance notice, the General Partner provides the Designated Partners with written materials describing the proposed Termination Transaction as well as the tax effect of the consummation thereof on such Designated Partners and (iii) such Termination Transaction is approved (the “ Partnership Vote ”) by a number of affirmative votes cast by the Designated Partners, together with the deemed vote of the Partnership Common Units owned by the General Partner and its wholly-owned subsidiaries as described below, as would be sufficient (measured as a percentage of the total number of votes cast or entitled to be cast by the Designated Partners) to approve the Termination Transaction if such approval was

 

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  to be given by the holders of REIT Shares. For purposes of the Partnership Vote, each Designated Partner holding Partnership Common Units shall be entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the total votes such Designated Partner would have been entitled to cast at the Stockholder Meeting had such Designated Partner presented its Partnership Common Units for redemption and such Partnership Common Units had been acquired by the General Partner for the REIT Shares Amount as of the record date for the Stockholder Meeting; provided , however , that the General Partner and all of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be entitled to vote with respect to any Partnership Vote and shall instead be deemed to have cast all votes that would otherwise have been entitled to be cast by them, in the aggregate, in proportion to the manner in which all outstanding REIT Shares were voted in the Stockholder Vote (such votes to be “For,” “Against,” “Abstain” and “Not Present”).

 

  E. The General Partner shall not engage in a Termination Transaction effected as a short-form merger without a Stockholder Vote pursuant to Section 3-106 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, unless the General Partner has previously obtained either the consent of Limited Partners with respect to such transaction.

 

  F. Except in connection with Transfers permitted in this Article 11 and as otherwise provided in Section 12.1 in connection with the Transfer of the General Partner’s entire Partnership Interest, the General Partner may not voluntarily withdraw as a general partner of the Partnership without the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

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Section 11.3 Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer .

 

  A. General . No Limited Partner shall Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any transferee without the Consent of the General Partner (but subject to Section 11.1.C, Section 11.2.C and Section 11.6.D; provided , however , that any Limited Partner may, at any time, without the consent or approval of the General Partner, (i) Transfer all or part of its Partnership Interest to any Family Member (including a Transfer by a Family Member that is an inter vivos or testamentary trust (whether revocable or irrevocable) to a Family Member that is a beneficiary of such trust), any Charity, any Controlled Entity or any Affiliate, or (ii) pledge (a “ Pledge ”) all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to a lending institution as collateral or security for a bona fide loan or other extension of credit, and Transfer such pledged Partnership Interest to such lending institution in connection with the exercise of remedies under such loan or extension of credit (any Transfer or Pledge permitted by this proviso is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Transfer ”). After such first Redemption Hold Period, each Limited Partner, and each transferee of Partnership Units or Assignee pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, shall have the right to Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any Person, without the Consent of the General Partner but subject to the provisions of Section 11.4 hereof and to satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

  (1) General Partner Right of First Refusal . The transferor Limited Partner (or the Partner’s estate in the event of the Partner’s death) shall give written notice of the proposed Transfer to the General Partner, which notice shall state (i) the identity and address of the proposed transferee and (ii) the amount and type of consideration proposed to be received for the Transferred Partnership Units. The General Partner shall have ten (10) Business Days upon which to give the transferor Limited Partner notice of its election to acquire the Partnership Units on the terms set forth in such notice. If it so elects, it shall purchase the Partnership Units on such terms within ten (10) Business Days after giving notice of such election; provided , however , that in the event that the proposed terms involve a purchase for cash, the General Partner may at its election deliver in lieu of all or any portion of such cash a note from the General Partner payable to the transferor Limited Partner at a date as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than one hundred eighty (180) days after such purchase, and bearing interest at an annual rate equal to the total dividends declared with respect to one (1) REIT Share for the four (4) preceding fiscal quarters of the General Partner, divided by the Value as of the closing of such purchase; and provided , further , that such closing may be deferred to the extent necessary to effect compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, if applicable, and any other applicable requirements of law. If it does not so elect, the transferor Limited Partner may Transfer such Partnership Units to a third party, on terms no more favorable to the transferee than the proposed terms, subject to the other conditions of this Section 11.3.

 

  (2) Qualified Transferee . Any Transfer of a Partnership Interest shall be made only to a single Qualified Transferee; provided , however , that, for such purposes, all Qualified Transferees that are Affiliates, or that comprise investment accounts or funds managed by a single Qualified Transferee and its Affiliates, shall be considered together to be a single Qualified Transferee; and provided , further , that each Transfer meeting the minimum Transfer restriction of Section 11.3.A(4) hereof may be to a separate Qualified Transferee.

 

  (3)

Opinion of Counsel . The transferor Limited Partner shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the General Partner an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Transfer may be effected without registration under the Securities Act and will not otherwise violate the registration provisions of the Securities Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder or violate any state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Interests Transferred; provided , however , that the General Partner may, in its sole discretion, waive this condition upon the request of the transferor Limited Partner. If, in the opinion of such counsel, such Transfer would require the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act or would otherwise violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the

 

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  Partnership or the Partnership Units, the General Partner may prohibit any Transfer otherwise permitted under this Section 11.3 by a Limited Partner of Partnership Interests.

 

  (4) Minimum Transfer Restriction . Subject to the provisions of this Section 11, any Transferring Partner must Transfer not less than the lesser of (i) five hundred (500) Partnership Units or (ii) all of the remaining Partnership Units owned by such Transferring Partner, without, in each case, the Consent of the General Partner; provided , however , that, for purposes of determining compliance with the foregoing restriction, all Partnership Units owned by Affiliates of a Limited Partner shall be considered to be owned by such Limited Partner.

 

  (5) Exception for Permitted Transfers . The conditions of Sections 11.3.A(1) through 11.3.A(4) hereof shall not apply in the case of a Permitted Transfer.

It is a condition to any Transfer otherwise permitted hereunder (whether or not such Transfer is effected during or after the first Redemption Hold Period) that the transferee assumes by operation of law or express agreement all of the obligations of the transferor Limited Partner under this Agreement with respect to such Transferred Partnership Interest, including any limitations on the Partnership Units, and no such Transfer (other than pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all obligations and liabilities of the transferor Partner are assumed by a successor corporation by operation of law) shall relieve the transferor Partner of its obligations under this Agreement without the Consent of the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transferee of any Transferred Partnership Interest shall be subject to any restrictions on ownership and transfer of stock of the General Partner contained in the Charter that may limit or restrict such transferee’s ability to exercise its Redemption rights, including, without limitation, the Ownership Limit. Any transferee, whether or not admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, shall take subject to the obligations of the transferor hereunder. Unless admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, no transferee, whether by a voluntary Transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, shall have any rights hereunder, other than the rights of an Assignee as provided in Section 11.5 hereof.

 

  B. Incapacity . If a Limited Partner is subject to Incapacity, the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian, conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner’s estate shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of settling or managing the estate, and such power as the Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to Transfer all or any part of its interest in the Partnership. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership.

 

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  C. Adverse Tax Consequences . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have the authority (but shall not be required) to take any steps it determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion to prevent the Partnership from being taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. In furtherance of the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except with the Consent of the General Partner, no Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Interests (including any Redemption, any conversion of LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units, any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) may be made to or by any Person if such Transfer could (i) result in the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a corporation; (ii) result in a termination of the Partnership under Code Section 708; (iii) be treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704 and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) fail to be within at least one of the “safe harbors” set forth in Regulations Section 1.7704-1 (or such other guidance subsequently published by the IRS setting forth safe harbors under which interests will not be treated as “readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704) (the “ Safe Harbors ”) or (v) based on the advice of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to qualify as a REIT or continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981.

Section 11.4 Admission of Substituted Limited Partners .

 

  A. No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a transferee (including any transferees pursuant to Transfers permitted by Section 11.3 hereof) as a Limited Partner in its place. A transferee of a Limited Partner Interest may be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner only with the Consent of the General Partner. The failure or refusal by the General Partner to permit a transferee of any such interests to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the Partnership or the General Partner. Subject to the foregoing, an Assignee shall not be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner until and unless it furnishes to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all the terms, conditions and applicable obligations of this Agreement, (ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such Assignee and (iii) such other documents and instruments as the General Partner may require in its sole discretion to effect such Assignee’s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.

 

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  of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and class and/or series of Partnership Units of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and number of Partnership Units of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner.

 

  C. A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Article 11 shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement.

Section 11.5 Assignees . If the General Partner does not Consent to the admission of any permitted transferee under Section 11.3 hereof as a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.4 hereof, or in the event that any Partnership Interest is deemed to have been Transferred notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in this Article 11, such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a limited partnership interest under the Act, including the right to receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net Income, Net Losses and other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Partnership attributable to the Partnership Interest assigned to such transferee and the rights to Transfer the Partnership Interest provided in this Article 11, but shall not be deemed to be a holder of a Partnership Interest for any other purpose under this Agreement (other than as expressly provided in Section 15.1 hereof with respect to a Qualifying Party that becomes a Tendering Party), and shall not be entitled to effect a Consent or vote with respect to such Partnership Interest on any matter presented to the Partners for approval (such right to Consent or vote, to the extent provided in this Agreement or under the Act, fully remaining with the transferor Limited Partner). In the event that any such transferee desires to make a further Transfer of any such Partnership Interest, such transferee shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 11 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make a Transfer of a Limited Partner Interest.

Section 11.6 General Provisions .

 

  A. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of: (i) a permitted Transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest in accordance with this Article 11 with respect to which the transferee becomes a Substituted Limited Partner; (ii) pursuant to a redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all of its Partnership Interest pursuant to a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation or (iii) the acquisition by the General Partner of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest, whether or not pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof.

 

  B. Any Limited Partner who shall Transfer all of its Partnership Units in a Transfer (i) permitted pursuant to this Article 11 where such transferee was admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, (ii) pursuant to the exercise of its rights to effect a redemption of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation or (iii) to the General Partner, whether or not pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, shall cease to be a Limited Partner.

 

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  C. If any Partnership Unit is Transferred in compliance with the provisions of this Article 11, or is redeemed by the Partnership, or acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit attributable to such Partnership Unit for such Partnership Year shall be allocated to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) and, in the case of a Transfer other than a Redemption, to the transferee Partner, by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using the “interim closing of the books” method or another permissible method selected by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, unless the General Partner decides in its sole and absolute discretion to use another method permitted under the Code, each of such items for the calendar month in which a Transfer occurs shall be allocated to the transferee Partner and none of such items for the calendar month in which a Transfer or a Redemption occurs shall be allocated to the transferor Partner, or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) if such Transfer occurs on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month, otherwise such items shall be allocated to the transferor. All distributions of Available Cash attributable to such Partnership Unit with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such Transfer, assignment or Redemption shall be made to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) and, in the case of a Transfer other than a Redemption, all distributions of Available Cash thereafter attributable to such Partnership Unit shall be made to the transferee Partner.

 

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In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, in no event may any Transfer of a Partnership Interest by any Partner (including any Redemption, any conversion of LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units, any acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) be made: (i) to any person or entity who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation of applicable law; (iii) except with the Consent of the General Partner, of any component portion of a Partnership Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions, separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership Interest; (iv) in the event that such Transfer could cause either the General Partner or any General Partner Affiliate to cease to comply with the REIT Requirements or to cease to qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)); (v) except with the Consent of the General Partner, if such Transfer could, based on the advice of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause a termination of the Partnership for federal or state income tax purposes (except as a result of the Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all Partnership Common Units held by all Limited Partners); (vi) if such Transfer could, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause the Partnership to cease to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (except as a result of the Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all Partnership Common Units held by all Limited Partners); (vii) if such Transfer would cause the Partnership to become, with

 

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  respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a “party-in-interest” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(14)) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(c)); (viii) if such Transfer could, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause any portion of the assets of the Partnership to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101; (ix) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Partnership Interest pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities laws; (x) except with the Consent of the General Partner, if such Transfer could (1) be treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market” (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Code Section 7704 and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, (2) cause the Partnership to become a “publicly traded partnership,” as such term is defined in Code Sections 469(k)(2) or 7704(b), or (3) fail to be within at least one of the Safe Harbors; (xi) if such Transfer causes the Partnership (as opposed to the General Partner) to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act; or (xii) if such Transfer subjects the Partnership to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 or ERISA, each as amended. The General Partner shall, in its sole discretion, be permitted to take all action necessary to prevent the Partnership from being classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under Code Section 7704.

 

  E. Transfers pursuant to this Article 11 may only be made on the first day of a fiscal quarter of the Partnership, unless the General Partner otherwise Consents.

ARTICLE 12

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

Section 12.1 Admission of Successor General Partner . A successor to all of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest pursuant to a Transfer permitted by Section 11.2 hereof who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately upon such Transfer. Upon any such Transfer and the admission of any such transferee as a successor General Partner in accordance with this Section 12.1, the transferor General Partner shall be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement and shall cease to be a general partner of the Partnership without any separate Consent of the Limited Partners or the consent or approval of any other Partners. Any such successor General Partner shall carry on the business and affairs of the Partnership without dissolution. In each case, the admission shall be subject to the successor General Partner executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission of such Person as a General Partner. Upon any such Transfer, the transferee shall become the successor General Partner for all purposes herein, and shall be vested with the powers and rights of the transferor General Partner, and shall be liable for all obligations and responsible for all duties of the General Partner. Concurrently with, and as evidence of, the admission of a successor General Partner, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and classes and/or series of Partnership Units of such successor General Partner. In the event that the General

 

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Partner withdraws from the Partnership, or transfers its entire Partnership Interest, in violation of this Agreement, or otherwise dissolves or terminates or ceases to be the general partner of the Partnership, a Majority in Interest of the Partners may elect to continue the Partnership by selecting a successor general partner in accordance with Section 13.1.A hereof.

Section 12.2 Admission of Additional Limited Partners .

 

  A. After the admission to the Partnership of the Original Limited Partners, a Person (other than an existing Partner) who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in exchange for Partnership Units and in accordance with this Agreement or is issued LTIP Units in exchange for no consideration in accordance with Section 4.2.B hereof shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.4 hereof, (ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such Person and (iii) such other documents or instruments as the General Partner may require in its sole and absolute discretion in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner. Concurrently with, and as evidence of, the admission of an Additional Limited Partner, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and classes and/or series of Partnership Units of such Additional Limited Partner.

 

  B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2, no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the Consent of the General Partner. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the Consent of the General Partner to such admission and the satisfaction of all the conditions set forth in Section 12.2.A.

 

  C. If any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable among Holders for such Partnership Year shall be allocated among such Additional Limited Partner and all other Holders by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using the “interim closing of the books” method or another permissible method selected by the General Partner. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which an admission of any Additional Limited Partner occurs shall be allocated among all the Holders including such Additional Limited Partner, in accordance with the principles described in Section 11.6.C hereof. All distributions of Available Cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such admission shall be made solely to Partners and Assignees other than the Additional Limited Partner, and all distributions of Available Cash thereafter shall be made to all the Partners and Assignees including such Additional Limited Partner.

 

  D. Any Additional Limited Partner admitted to the Partnership that is an Affiliate of the General Partner shall be deemed to be a “General Partner Affiliate” hereunder and shall be reflected as such on the Register and the books and records of the Partnership.

 

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Section 12.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership . For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to update the Register, amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof.

Section 12.4 Limit on Number of Partners . Unless otherwise permitted by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, no Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner if the effect of such admission would be to cause the Partnership to have a number of Partners that would cause the Partnership to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act.

Section 12.5 Admission . A Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner of the Partnership or a general partner of the Partnership only upon strict compliance, and not upon substantial compliance, with the requirements set forth in this Agreement for admission to the Partnership as a Limited Partner or a General Partner.

ARTICLE 13

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

Section 13.1 Dissolution . The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner shall continue the business and affairs of the Partnership without dissolution. However, the Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of any of the following (each a “ Liquidating Event ”):

 

  A. an event of withdrawal, as defined in Section 10-402(2) – (9) of the Act (including, without limitation, bankruptcy), or the withdrawal in violation of this Agreement, of the last remaining General Partner unless, within ninety (90) days after the withdrawal, a Majority in Interest of the Partners remaining agree in writing, in their sole and absolute discretion, to continue the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of such withdrawal, of a successor General Partner;

 

  B. an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, with or without the Consent of the Partners;

 

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  C. entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act; or

 

  D. the Redemption or other acquisition by the Partnership or the General Partner of all Partnership Units other than Partnership Units held by the General Partner.

Section 13.2 Winding Up .

 

  A. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets and satisfying the claims of its creditors and the Holders. After the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, no Holder shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Partnership’s business and affairs. The General Partner (or, in the event that there is no remaining General Partner or the General Partner has dissolved, become bankrupt within the meaning of the Act or ceased to operate, any Person elected by a Majority in Interest of the Partners (the General Partner or such other Person being referred to herein as the “ Liquidator ”)) shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the Partnership’s liabilities and property, and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by the General Partner, include shares of stock in the General Partner) shall be applied and distributed in the following order:

 

  (1) First, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to creditors other than the Holders (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof);

 

  (2) Second, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the General Partner (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof), including, but not limited to, amounts due as reimbursements under Section 7.4 hereof;

 

  (3) Third, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the other Holders (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof); and

 

  (4) Fourth, to the Partners in accordance with their positive Capital Account balances, determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for all prior periods and the Partnership taxable year during which the liquidation occurs (other than those made as a result of the liquidating distribution set forth in this Section 13.2.A(4)).

The General Partner shall not receive any additional compensation for any services performed pursuant to this Article 13 other than reimbursement of its expenses as set forth in Section 7.4.

 

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  B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof that require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the Partnership, the Liquidator determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Holders, the Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Holders as creditors) and/or distribute to the Holders, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof, undivided interests in such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, such distributions in kind are in the best interest of the Holders, and shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at such time. The Liquidator shall determine the fair market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt.

 

  C. If any Holder has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), except as otherwise agreed to by such Holder, such Holder shall have no obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.

 

  D. In the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made to the Holders pursuant to this Article 13 may be:

 

  (1) distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and the Holders for the purpose of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or of the General Partner arising out of or in connection with the Partnership and/or Partnership activities. The assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the Holders, from time to time, in the discretion of the General Partner, in the same proportions and amounts as would otherwise have been distributed to the Holders pursuant to this Agreement; or

 

  (2) withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership, provided that such withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the Holders in the manner and order of priority set forth in Section 13.2.A hereof as soon as practicable.

 

  E. The provisions of Section 7.8 hereof shall apply to any Liquidator appointed pursuant to this Article 13 as though the Liquidator were the General Partner of the Partnership.

 

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Section 13.3 Deemed Contribution and Distribution . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 13, in the event that the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), but no Liquidating Event has occurred, the Partnership’s Property shall not be liquidated, the Partnership’s liabilities shall not be paid or discharged and the Partnership’s affairs shall not be wound up. Instead, for federal income tax purposes the Partnership shall be deemed to have contributed all of its assets and liabilities to a new partnership in exchange for an interest in the new partnership; and immediately thereafter, distributed Partnership Units to the Partners in the new partnership in accordance with their respective Capital Accounts in liquidation of the Partnership, and the new partnership is deemed to continue the business of the Partnership. Nothing in this Section 13.3 shall be deemed to have constituted a Transfer to an Assignee as a Substituted Limited Partner without compliance with the provisions of Section 11.4 or Section 13.3 hereof.

Section 13.4 Rights of Holders . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, (a) each Holder shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of its Capital Contribution, (b) no Holder shall have the right or power to demand or receive property other than cash from the Partnership and (c) no Holder shall have priority over any other Holder as to the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations.

Section 13.5 Notice of Dissolution . In the event that a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for an election or objection by one or more Partners pursuant to Section 13.1 hereof, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner or Liquidator shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each Holder and, in the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s sole and absolute discretion or as required by the Act, to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or Liquidator), and the General Partner or Liquidator may, or, if required by the Act, shall, publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or Liquidator).

Section 13.6 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership . Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 13.2 hereof, the Partnership shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed with the SDAT, all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership or association in jurisdictions other than the State of Maryland shall be cancelled, and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

Section 13.7 Reasonable Time for Winding-Up . A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 13.2 hereof, in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect between and among the Partners during the period of liquidation; provided, however, reasonable efforts shall be made

 

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to complete such winding-up within twenty-four (24) months after the adoption of a plan of liquidation of the General Partner, as provided in Code Section 562(b)(2)(B), if necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner.

ARTICLE 14

PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS

OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS

Section 14.1 Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners . The actions requiring Consent of any Partner or Partners pursuant to this Agreement, including Section 7.3 hereof, or otherwise pursuant to applicable law, are subject to the procedures set forth in this Article 14.

Section 14.2 Amendments . Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed by the General Partner or by Limited Partners holding twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Partnership Interests held by Limited Partners and, except as set forth in Section 7.3.B and Section 7.3.C and subject to Section 7.3.D, Section 16.10 and the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, shall be approved by the Consent of the Partners. Following such proposal, the General Partner shall submit to the Partners entitled to vote thereon any proposed amendment that, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, requires the consent, approval or vote of such Partners. The General Partner shall seek the consent, approval or vote of the Partners entitled to vote thereon on any such proposed amendment in accordance with Section 14.3 hereof. Upon obtaining any such Consent, or any other Consent required by this Agreement, and without further action or execution by any other Person, including any Limited Partner, (i) any amendment to this Agreement may be implemented and reflected in a writing executed solely by the General Partner, and (ii) the Limited Partners shall be deemed a party to and bound by such amendment of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be amended without the Consent of the General Partner.

Section 14.3 Actions and Consents of the Partners .

 

  A. Meetings of the Partners may be called only by the General Partner to transact any business that the General Partner determines. The call shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners entitled to act at the meeting not less than seven (7) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Unless approval by a different number or proportion of the Partners is required by this Agreement, the affirmative vote of Partners holding a majority of the Percentage Interests held by the Partners entitled to act on any proposal shall be sufficient to approve such proposal at a meeting of the Partners. Whenever the vote, consent or approval of Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given at a meeting of Partners or in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 14.3.B hereof.

 

  B.

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  Partners may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission setting forth the action so taken or consented to is given by Partners whose affirmative vote would be sufficient to approve such action or provide such Consent at a meeting of the Partners. Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as the affirmative vote of such Partners at a meeting of the Partners. Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date so certified. For purposes of obtaining a Consent in writing or by electronic transmission, the General Partner may require a response within a reasonable specified time, but not less than fifteen (15) days, and failure to respond in such time period shall constitute a Consent that is consistent with the General Partner’s recommendation with respect to the proposal; provided, however, that an action shall become effective at such time as requisite Consents are received even if prior to such specified time.

 

  C. Each Partner entitled to act at a meeting of the Partners may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Each proxy must be signed by the Partner or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy (or there is receipt of a proxy authorizing a later date). Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Partner executing it, such revocation to be effective upon the Partnership’s receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Partner executing such proxy, unless such proxy states that it is irrevocable and is coupled with an interest.

 

  D. The General Partner may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining the Partners (i) entitled to Consent to any action, (ii) entitled to receive notice of or vote at any meeting of the Partners or (iii) in order to make a determination of Partners for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall be not more than ninety (90) days and, in the case of a meeting of the Partners, not less than five (5) days, before the date on which the meeting is to be held or Consent is to be given. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the determination of Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Partners shall be at the close of business on the day on which the notice of the meeting is sent, and the record date for any other determination of Partners shall be the effective date of such Partner action, distribution or other event. When a determination of the Partners entitled to vote at any meeting of the Partners has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

  E. Each meeting of Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion. Without limitation, meetings of Partners may be conducted in the same manner as meetings of the General Partner’s stockholders and may be held at the same time as, and as part of, the meetings of the General Partner’s stockholders.

 

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ARTICLE 15

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 15.1 Redemption Rights of Qualifying Parties .

 

  A. After the applicable Redemption Hold Period, a Qualifying Party shall have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Partnership Common Units held by such Tendering Party (Partnership Common Units that have in fact been tendered for redemption being hereafter referred to as “ Tendered Units ”) in exchange (a “ Redemption ”) for the Cash Amount payable on the Specified Redemption Date. The Partnership may, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, redeem Tendered Units at the request of the Holder thereof prior to the end of the applicable Redemption Hold Period (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) (a “ Special Redemption ”); provided , however , that the General Partner first receives an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Special Redemption will not cause the Partnership or the General Partner to violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Special Redemption, the issuance and sale of the Tendered Units to the Tendering Party or the issuance and sale of REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to Section 15.1.B of this Agreement. Any Redemption shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by the Qualifying Party when exercising the Redemption right (the “ Tendering Party ”). The Partnership’s obligation to effect a Redemption, however, shall not arise or be binding against the Partnership until the earlier of (i) the date the General Partner notifies the Tendering Party that the General Partner declines to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units under Section 15.1.B hereof following receipt of a Notice of Redemption and (ii) the Business Day following the Cut-Off Date. In the event of a Redemption, the Cash Amount shall be delivered as a certified or bank check payable to the Tendering Party or, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, in immediately available funds, in each case, on or before the Specified Redemption Date; provided , however , that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Redemption Date to be delayed for up to an additional 60 Business Days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued to provide financing to be used to make such payment of the Cash Amount.

 

  B.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.A hereof, on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date, the General Partner may, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion but subject to the Ownership Limit, elect to acquire some or all (such percentage being referred to as the “ Applicable Percentage ”) of the Tendered Units from the Tendering Party in exchange for REIT Shares. If the General Partner elects to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the General Partner shall give written notice thereof to the

 

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  Tendering Party on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date. If the General Partner elects to acquire any of the Tendered Units for REIT Shares, the General Partner shall issue and deliver such REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to the terms of this Section 15.1.B, in which case (1) the General Partner shall assume directly the obligation with respect thereto and shall satisfy the Tendering Party’s exercise of its Redemption right with respect to such Tendered Units and (2) such transaction shall be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a transfer by the Tendering Party of such Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount. If the General Partner so elects, on the Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Party shall sell such number of the Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the REIT Shares Amount and the Applicable Percentage; provided , however , that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Redemption Date to be delayed for up to an additional 60 Business Days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued. The Tendering Party shall submit (i) such information, certification or affidavit as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with the application of the Ownership Limit to any such acquisition and (ii) such written representations, investment letters, legal opinions or other instruments necessary, in the General Partner’s view, to effect compliance with the Securities Act. In the event of a purchase of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the Tendering Party shall no longer have the right to cause the Partnership to effect a Redemption of such Tendered Units and, upon notice to the Tendering Party by the General Partner given on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date that the General Partner has elected to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the obligation of the Partnership to effect a Redemption of the Tendered Units as to which the General Partner’s notice relates shall not accrue or arise. A number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the Applicable Percentage and the REIT Shares Amount, if applicable, shall be delivered by the General Partner as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable REIT Shares and, if applicable, Rights, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than the Ownership Limit, the Securities Act and relevant state securities or “blue sky” laws. Neither any Tendering Party whose Tendered Units are acquired by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, any Partner, any Assignee nor any other interested Person shall have any right to require or cause the General Partner to register, qualify or list any REIT Shares owned or held by such Person, whether or not such REIT Shares are issued pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, with the SEC, with any state securities commissioner, department or agency, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or with any stock exchange; provided , however , that this limitation shall not be in derogation of any registration or similar rights granted pursuant to any other written agreement between the General Partner and any such Person. Notwithstanding any delay in such delivery, the Tendering Party shall be deemed the owner of such REIT Shares and Rights for all purposes, including, without limitation, rights to vote or consent, receive dividends, and exercise rights, as of the Specified Redemption Date. REIT Shares issued upon

 

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  an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B may contain such legends regarding restrictions under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws as the General Partner determines to be necessary or advisable in order to ensure compliance with such laws.

 

  C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.A and 15.1.B hereof, the Tendering Parties shall have no rights under this Agreement that would otherwise be prohibited by the Charter and shall have no rights to require the Partnership to redeem Common Units if the acquisition of such Common Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof would cause any Person (including the Tendering Partner and regardless of whether the General Partner would exercise, or would be permitted to exercise, its rights under Section 15.1.B) to violate the Ownership Limit. To the extent that any attempted Redemption or acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof would be in violation of this Section 15.1.C, it shall be null and void ab initio , and the Tendering Party shall not acquire any rights or economic interests in REIT Shares otherwise issuable by the General Partner under Section 15.1.B hereof or cash otherwise payable under Section 15.1.A hereof.

 

  D. If the General Partner does not elect to acquire the Tendered Units pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof:

 

  (1) The Partnership may elect to raise funds for the payment of the Cash Amount either (a) by requiring that the General Partner contribute to the Partnership funds from the proceeds of a registered public offering by the General Partner of REIT Shares sufficient to purchase the Tendered Units or (b) from any other sources (including, but not limited to, the sale of any Property and the incurrence of additional Debt) available to the Partnership. The General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution of any such amounts to the Partnership for an additional General Partner Interest. Any such contribution shall entitle the General Partner to an equitable Percentage Interest adjustment.

 

  (2) If the Cash Amount is not paid on or before the Specified Redemption Date, interest shall accrue with respect to the Cash Amount from the day after the Specified Redemption Date to and including the date on which the Cash Amount is paid at a rate equal to the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in the Wall Street Journal (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate).

 

  E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.B hereof, the General Partner shall not, under any circumstances, elect to acquire any Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares if such acquisition would be prohibited under the Charter.

 

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  F. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (but subject to Section 15.1.C hereof), with respect to any Redemption (or any tender of Partnership Common Units for Redemption if the Tendered Units are acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof) pursuant to this Section 15.1:

 

  (1) All Partnership Common Units acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof shall automatically, and without further action required, be converted into and deemed to be a General Partner Interest comprised of the same number of Partnership Common Units.

 

  (2) Subject to the Ownership Limit, no Tendering Party may effect a Redemption for less than one thousand (1,000) Partnership Common Units or, if such Tendering Party owns (as a Limited Partner or, economically, as an Assignee) less than one thousand (1,000) Partnership Common Units, all of the Partnership Common Units held by such Tendering Party, without, in each case, the Consent of the General Partner.

 

  (3) If (i) a Tendering Party surrenders its Tendered Units during the period after the Partnership Record Date with respect to a distribution and before the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such Partnership distribution, and (ii) the General Partner elects to acquire any of such Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares pursuant to Section 15.1.B, such Tendering Party shall pay to the General Partner on the Specified Redemption Date an amount in cash equal to the portion of the Partnership distribution in respect of the Tendered Units exchanged for REIT Shares, insofar as such distribution relates to the same period for which such Tendering Party would receive a distribution in respect of such REIT Shares.

 

  (4) The consummation of such Redemption (or an acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, as the case may be) shall be subject to the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

 

  (5) The Tendering Party shall continue to own (subject, in the case of an Assignee, to the provisions of Section 11.5 hereof) all Partnership Common Units subject to any Redemption, and be treated as a Limited Partner or an Assignee, as applicable, with respect to such Partnership Common Units for all purposes of this Agreement, until such Partnership Common Units are either paid for by the Partnership pursuant to Section 15.1.A hereof or transferred to the General Partner and paid for, by the issuance of the REIT Shares, pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date. Until a Specified Redemption Date and an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, the Tendering Party shall have no rights as a stockholder of the General Partner with respect to the REIT Shares issuable in connection with such acquisition.

 

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  G. In connection with an exercise of Redemption rights pursuant to this Section 15.1, except as otherwise Consented to by the General Partner, the Tendering Party shall submit the following to the General Partner, in addition to the Notice of Redemption:

 

  (1) A written affidavit, dated the same date as the Notice of Redemption, (a) disclosing the actual and constructive ownership, as determined for purposes of Code Sections 856(a)(6) and 856(h), of REIT Shares by (i) such Tendering Party and (ii) to the best of their knowledge any Related Party and (b) representing that, after giving effect to the Redemption or an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, neither the Tendering Party nor to the best of their knowledge any Related Party will own REIT Shares in violation of the Ownership Limit;

 

  (2) A written representation that neither the Tendering Party nor to the best of its knowledge any Related Party has any intention to acquire any additional REIT Shares prior to the closing of the Redemption or an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date;

 

  (3) An undertaking to certify, at and as a condition of the closing of (i) the Redemption or (ii) the acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date, that either (a) the actual and constructive ownership of REIT Shares by the Tendering Party and to the best of its knowledge any Related Party remain unchanged from that disclosed in the affidavit required by Section 15.1.G(1) or (b) after giving effect to the Redemption or the acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, neither the Tendering Party nor, to the best of its knowledge, any other Person shall own REIT Shares in violation of the Ownership Limit; and

 

  (4) In connection with any Special Redemption, the General Partner shall have the right to receive an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Special Redemption will not cause the Partnership or the General Partner to violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Special Redemption, the issuance and sale of the Tendered Units to the Tendering Party or the issuance and sale of REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to Section 15.1.B of this Agreement.

 

  H. Holders of LTIP Units shall not be entitled to the right of Redemption provided for in Section 15.1 of this Agreement, unless and until such LTIP Units have been converted into Partnership Common Units (or any other class or series of Partnership Common Units entitled to such right of Redemption) in accordance with their terms.

 

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Section 15.2 Addresses and Notice . Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written or electronic communication (including by telecopy, facsimile, electronic mail or commercial courier service) to the Partner, or Assignee at the address set forth in the Register or such other address of which the Partner shall notify the General Partner in accordance with this Section 15.2.

Section 15.3 Titles and Captions . All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” or “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

Section 15.4 Pronouns and Plurals . Whenever the context may require, any pronouns 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.

Section 15.5 Further Action . The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 15.6 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

Section 15.7 Waiver .

 

  A. 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 or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

  B.

The restrictions, conditions and other limitations on the rights and benefits of the Limited Partners contained in this Agreement, and the duties, covenants and other requirements of performance or notice by the Limited Partners, are for the benefit of the Partnership and, except for an obligation to pay money to the Partnership, may be waived or relinquished by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, on behalf of the Partnership in one or more instances from time to time and at any time; provided , however , that any such waiver or relinquishment may not be made if it would have the effect of (i) creating liability for any other Limited Partner, (ii) causing the Partnership to cease to qualify as a limited partnership, (iii) reducing the amount of cash otherwise distributable to the Limited Partners (other than any such reduction that affects all of the Limited Partners holding the same class or series of Partnership Units on a uniform or pro rata basis, if approved by a Majority in Interest of the Partners holding such class or series of Partnership Units), (iv) resulting in the classification of the

 

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  Partnership as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation or (v) violating the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state “blue sky” or other securities laws; and provided , further , that any waiver relating to compliance with the Ownership Limit or other restrictions in the Charter shall be made and shall be effective only as provided in the Charter.

Section 15.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one 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.

Section 15.9 Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

  A. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Agreement and any non-mandatory provision of the Act, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and take precedence.

 

  B. Each Partner hereby (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in the State of Maryland (collectively, the “ Maryland Courts ”), with respect to any dispute arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby to the extent such courts would have subject matter jurisdiction with respect to such dispute, (ii) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of any of the Maryland Courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the action is brought in an inconvenient forum, or that the venue of the action is improper, (iii) agrees that notice or the service of process in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be properly served or delivered if delivered to such Partner at such Partner’s last known address as set forth in the Partnership’s books and records, and (iv) irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 15.10 Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains all of the understandings and agreements between and among the Partners with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations of the Partners with respect to the Partnership. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Partners hereby acknowledge and agree that the General Partner, without the approval of any Limited Partner, may enter into side letters or similar written agreements with Limited Partners that are not Affiliates of the General Partner, executed contemporaneously with the admission of such Limited Partner to the Partnership, affecting the terms hereof, as negotiated with such Limited Partner and which the General Partner in its sole discretion deems necessary, desirable or appropriate. The parties hereto agree that any terms, conditions or provisions contained in such side letters or similar written agreements with a Limited Partner shall govern with respect to such Limited Partner notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Section 15.11 Invalidity of Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

Section 15.12 Limitation to Preserve REIT Status . Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, to the extent that the amount to be paid, credited, distributed or reimbursed by the Partnership to any REIT Partner or its officers, directors, employees or agents, whether as a reimbursement, fee, expense or indemnity (a “ REIT Payment ”), would constitute gross income to the REIT Partner for purposes of Code Section 856(c)(2) or Code Section 856(c)(3), then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of such REIT Payments, as selected by the General Partner in its discretion from among items of potential distribution, reimbursement, fees, expenses and indemnities, shall be reduced for any Partnership Year so that the REIT Payments, as so reduced, for or with respect to such REIT Partner shall not exceed the lesser of:

(i) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) four percent (4%) of the REIT Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any REIT Payments and any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)) for the Partnership Year that is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(2) over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(2)) derived by the REIT Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(2) (but not including the amount of any REIT Payments or any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)); or

(ii) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) twenty-four percent (24%) of the REIT Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any REIT Payments and any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)) for the Partnership Year that is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(3)) derived by the REIT Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) (but not including the amount of any REIT Payments or any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c));

provided , however , that REIT Payments in excess of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above may be made if the General Partner, as a condition precedent, obtains an opinion of tax counsel that the receipt of such excess amounts should not adversely affect the REIT Partner’s ability to qualify as a REIT. To the extent that REIT Payments may not be made in a Partnership Year as a consequence of the limitations set forth in this Section 15.12, such REIT Payments shall carry over and shall be treated as arising in the following Partnership Year if such carry over does not adversely affect the REIT Partner’s ability to qualify as a REIT, provided, however, that any such REIT Payment shall not be carried over more than three Partnership Years, and any such remaining payments shall no longer be due and payable. The purpose of the

 

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limitations contained in this Section 15.12 is to prevent any REIT Partner from failing to qualify as a REIT under the Code by reason of such REIT Partner’s share of items, including distributions, reimbursements, fees, expenses or indemnities, receivable directly or indirectly from the Partnership, and this Section 15.12 shall be interpreted and applied to effectuate such purpose.

Section 15.13 No Partition . No Partner nor any successor-in-interest to a Partner shall have the right while this Agreement remains in effect to have any property of the Partnership partitioned, or to file a complaint or institute any proceeding at law or in equity to have such property of the Partnership partitioned, and each Partner, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns hereby waives any such right. It is the intention of the Partners that the rights of the parties hereto and their successors-in-interest to Partnership property, as among themselves, shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement, and that the rights of the Partners and their respective successors-in-interest shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions as set forth in this Agreement.

Section 15.14 No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby . The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the purpose of defining the interests of the Holders, inter se; and no other person, firm or entity (i.e., a party who is not a signatory hereto or a permitted successor to such signatory hereto) shall have any right, power, title or interest by way of subrogation or otherwise, in and to the rights, powers, title and provisions of this Agreement. No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership (other than as expressly provided herein with respect to Indemnitees) shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may any such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or any of the Partners.

Section 15.15 No Rights as Stockholders . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders of Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the General Partner, including without limitation any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to stockholders of the General Partner or to vote or to consent or receive notice as stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the General Partner or any other matter.

ARTICLE 16

LTIP UNITS

Section 16.1 Designation . A class of Partnership Units in the Partnership designated as the “LTIP Units” is hereby established. The number of LTIP Units that may be issued is not limited by this Agreement.

 

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Section 16.2 Vesting .

 

  A. Vesting, Generally. LTIP Units may, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on Transfer pursuant to the terms of a an award, vesting or other similar agreement (a “ Vesting Agreement ”). The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion, subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant Vesting Agreement or by the Plan or any other Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan, if applicable. LTIP Units that were fully vested when issued or that have vested and are no longer subject to forfeiture under the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as “ Vested LTIP Units ”; all other LTIP Units shall be treated as “ Unvested LTIP Units.

 

  B. Forfeiture. Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, the Plan or in any applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan or other compensatory arrangement or incentive program pursuant to which LTIP Units are issued, upon the occurrence of any event specified in such Vesting Agreement, Plan, Equity Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program as resulting in either the right of the Partnership or the General Partner to repurchase LTIP Units at a specified purchase price or some other forfeiture of any LTIP Units, then if the Partnership or the General Partner exercises such right to repurchase or upon the occurrence of the event causing forfeiture in accordance with the applicable Vesting Agreement, Plan, Equity Plan, Equity Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program, then the relevant LTIP Units shall immediately, and without any further action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any purpose. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Vesting Agreement, Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program, no consideration or other payment shall be due with respect to any LTIP Units that have been forfeited, other than any distributions declared with respect to a Partnership Record Date and with respect to such units prior to the effective date of the forfeiture. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement (including without limitation Section 6.4.A(ix)) or any agreement relating to the grant of LTIP Units, including any Vesting Agreement, in connection with any repurchase or forfeiture of such units, the balance of the portion of the Capital Account of the Holder of LTIP Units that is attributable to all of his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which it exceeds the target balance contemplated by Section 6.2.D, calculated with respect to such Holder’s remaining LTIP Units, if any.

Section 16.3 Adjustments . The Partnership shall maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between LTIP Units and Partnership Common Units for conversion, distribution and other purposes, including without limitation complying with the following procedures; provided, that the foregoing is not intended to alter the special allocations pursuant to Section 6.2.D, differences between distributions to be made with respect to LTIP Units and Partnership Common Units pursuant to Section 13.2 and Section 16.4.B hereof in the event that the Capital Accounts attributable to the LTIP Units are less than those attributable to Partnership Common Units due to insufficient special allocation pursuant to Section 6.2.D or related provisions. If an Adjustment Event occurs, then the General Partner shall take any action

 

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reasonably necessary, including any amendment to this Agreement or update the Register adjusting the number of outstanding LTIP Units or subdividing or combining outstanding LTIP Units, to maintain a one-for-one conversion and economic equivalence ratio between Partnership Common Units and LTIP Units. The following shall be “Adjustment Events”: (i) the Partnership makes a distribution on all outstanding Partnership Common Units in Partnership Units, (ii) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding Partnership Common Units into a greater number of units or combines the outstanding Partnership Common Units into a smaller number of units, or (iii) the Partnership issues any Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding Partnership Common Units by way of a reclassification or recapitalization of its Partnership Common Units. If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, any adjustment to the LTIP Units need be made only once using a single formula that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be Adjustment Events: (x) the issuance of Partnership Units in a financing, reorganization, acquisition or other similar business transaction, (y) the issuance of Partnership Units pursuant to any employee benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (z) the issuance of any Partnership Units to the General Partner in respect of a Capital Contribution to the Partnership of proceeds from the sale of securities by the General Partner. If the Partnership takes an action affecting the Partnership Common Units other than actions specifically described above as “Adjustment Events” and in the opinion of the General Partner such action would require an action to maintain the one-to-one correspondence described above, the General Partner shall have the right to take such action, to the extent permitted by law, the Plan and by any applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan or other compensatory arrangement or incentive program pursuant to which LTIP Units are issued, in such manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. If an amendment is made to this Agreement adjusting the number of outstanding LTIP Units as herein provided, the Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the Partnership an officer’s certificate setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error. Promptly after filing of such certificate, the Partnership shall mail a notice to each Holder of LTIP Units setting forth the adjustment to his or her LTIP Units and the effective date of such adjustment.

Section 16.4 Distributions .

 

  A. Operating Distributions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Plan, or any other applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan, any applicable Vesting Agreement or by the General Partner with respect to any particular class or series of LTIP Units, Holders of LTIP Units shall be entitled to receive, if, when and as authorized by the General Partner out of funds or other property legally available for the payment of distributions, regular, special, extraordinary or other distributions (other than distributions upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event or proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction) which may be made from time to time, in an amount per unit equal to the amount of any such distributions that would have been payable to such holders if the LTIP Units had been Partnership Common Units (if applicable, assuming such LTIP Units were held for the entire period to which such distributions relate).

 

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  B. Liquidating Distributions . Holders of LTIP Units shall also be entitled to receive, if, when and as authorized by the General Partner out of funds or other property legally available for the payment of distributions, distributions upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event or representing proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction in an amount per LTIP Unit equal to the amount of any such distributions payable on one Partnership Common Unit, whether made prior to, on or after the LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date, provided that the amount of such distributions shall not exceed the positive balances of the Capital Accounts of the holders of such LTIP Units to the extent attributable to the ownership of such LTIP Units.

 

  C. Distributions Generally . Distributions on the LTIP Units, if authorized, shall be payable on such dates and in such manner as may be authorized by the General Partner (any such date, a “LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date”); provided that the LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date shall be the same as the corresponding date relating to the corresponding distribution on the Partnership Common Units. The record date for determining which Holders of LTIP Units are entitled to receive a distributions shall be the Partnership Record Date.

Section 16.5 Allocations . Holders of LTIP Units shall be allocated Net Income and Net Loss in amounts per LTIP Unit equal to the amounts allocated per Partnership Common Unit. The allocations provided by the preceding sentence shall be subject to Sections 6.2.A and 6.2.B and in addition to any special allocations required by Section 6.2.D. The General Partner is authorized in its discretion to delay or accelerate the participation of the LTIP Units in allocations of Net Income and Net Loss under this Section 16.5, or to adjust the allocations made under this Section 16.5, so that the ratio of (i) the total amount of Net Income or Net Loss allocated with respect to each LTIP Unit in the taxable year in which that LTIP Unit’s LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date falls (excluding special allocations under Section 6.2.D), to (ii) the total amount distributed to that LTIP Unit with respect to such period, is more nearly equal to the ratio of (i) the Net Income and Net Loss allocated with respect to the General Partner’s Partnership Common Units in such taxable year to (ii) the amounts distributed to the General Partner with respect to such Partnership Common Units and such taxable year.

Section 16.6 Transfers . Subject to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, a Holder of LTIP Units shall be entitled to transfer his or her LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions as Holders of Partnership Common Units are entitled to transfer their Partnership Common Units pursuant to Article 11.

Section 16.7 Redemption . The Redemption Right provided to Qualifying Parties under Section 15.1 shall not apply with respect to LTIP Units unless and until they are converted to Partnership Common Units as provided in Section 16.9 below.

Section 16.8 Legend . Any certificate evidencing a LTIP Unit shall bear an appropriate legend indicating that additional terms, conditions and restrictions on transfer, including without limitation any Vesting Agreement, apply to the LTIP Unit.

 

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Section 16.9 Conversion to Partnership Common Units .

 

  A. A Qualifying Party holding LTIP Units shall have the right (the “ Conversion Right ”), at his or her option, at any time to convert all or a portion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units; provided, however, that a Qualifying Party may not exercise the Conversion Right for less than one thousand (1,000) Vested LTIP Units or, if such Qualifying Party owns less than one thousand (1,000) Vested LTIP Units, all of the Vested LTIP Units held by such Qualifying Party. Qualifying Parties shall not have the right to convert Unvested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units until they become Vested LTIP Units; provided, however, that when a Qualifying Party is notified of the expected occurrence of an event that will cause his or her Unvested LTIP Units to become Vested LTIP Units, such Qualifying Party may give the Partnership a Conversion Notice conditioned upon and effective as of the time of vesting and such Conversion Notice, unless subsequently revoked by the Qualifying Party, shall be accepted by the Partnership subject to such condition. In all cases, the conversion of any LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units shall be subject to the conditions and procedures set forth in this Section 16.9.

 

  B.

A Qualifying Party may convert his or her Vested LTIP Units into an equal number of fully paid and non-assessable Partnership Common Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 16.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may a Qualifying Party convert a number of Vested LTIP Units that exceeds (x) the Economic Capital Account Balance of such Limited Partner, to the extent attributable to his or her ownership of LTIP Units, divided by (y) the Common Unit Economic Balance, in each case as determined as of the effective date of conversion (the “ Capital Account Limitation ”). In order to exercise his or her Conversion Right, a Qualifying Party shall deliver a notice (a “ Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) not less than 3 nor more than 10 days prior to a date (the “ Conversion Date ”) specified in such Conversion Notice; provided, however, that if the General Partner has not given to the Qualifying Party notice of a proposed or upcoming Transaction (as defined below) at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such Transaction, then the Qualifying Party shall have the right to deliver a Conversion Notice until the earlier of (x) the tenth (10th) day after such notice from the General Partner of a Transaction or (y) the third Business Day immediately preceding the effective date of such Transaction. A Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 15.2. Each Qualifying Party seeking to convert Vested LTIP Units covenants and agrees with the Partnership that all Vested LTIP Units to be converted pursuant to this Section 16.9 shall be free and clear of all liens. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Redemption Hold Period with respect to the Partnership Common Units into which the Vested LTIP Units are convertible has elapsed, a Qualifying Party may deliver a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1.A relating to such Partnership Common Units in advance of the Conversion Date; provided, however, that the redemption of such Partnership Common Units by the Partnership shall in no event take place

 

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  until on or after the Conversion Date. For clarity, it is noted that the objective of this paragraph is to put a Qualifying Party in a position where, if he or she so wishes, the Partnership Common Units into which his or her Vested LTIP Units will be converted can be redeemed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 15.1.A simultaneously with such conversion, with the further consequence that, if the General Partner elects to assume the Partnership’s redemption obligation with respect to such Partnership Common Units under Section 15.1.B by delivering to such Qualifying Party REIT Shares rather than cash, then such Qualifying Party can have such REIT Shares issued to him or her simultaneously with the conversion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units. The General Partner shall cooperate with a Qualifying Party to coordinate the timing of the different events described in the foregoing sentence.

 

  C. The Partnership, at any time at the election of the General Partner, may cause any number of Vested LTIP Units to be converted (a “ Forced Conversion ”) into an equal number of Partnership Common Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 16.3; provided, however, that the Partnership may not cause a Forced Conversion of any LTIP Units that would not at the time be eligible for conversion at the option of such Qualifying Party pursuant to Section 16.9.B. In order to exercise its right of Forced Conversion, the Partnership shall deliver a notice (a “ Forced Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E to the applicable Holder of LTIP Units not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Conversion Date specified in such Forced Conversion Notice. A Forced Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 15.2.

 

  D. A conversion of Vested LTIP Units for which the Holder thereof has given a Conversion Notice or the Partnership has given a Forced Conversion Notice shall occur automatically after the close of business on the applicable Conversion Date without any action on the part of such Holder of LTIP Units, other than the surrender of any certificate or certificates evidencing such Vested LTIP Units, as of which time such Holder of LTIP Units shall be credited on the books and records of the Partnership as of the opening of business on the next day with the number of Partnership Common Units into which such LTIP Units were converted. After the conversion of LTIP Units as aforesaid, the Partnership shall deliver to such Holder of LTIP Units, upon his or her written request, a certificate of the General Partner certifying the number of Partnership Common Units and remaining LTIP Units, if any, held by such person immediately after such conversion. The Assignee of any Limited Partner pursuant to Article 11 hereof may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 16.9 and such Limited Partner shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by the Assignee.

 

  E. For purposes of making future allocations under Section 6.2.D and applying the Capital Account Limitation, the portion of the Economic Capital Account Balance of the applicable Holder of LTIP Units that is treated as attributable to his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced, as of the date of conversion, by the product of the number of LTIP Units converted and the Common Unit Economic Balance.

 

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  F.

If the Partnership or the General Partner shall be a party to any transaction (including without limitation a merger, consolidation, unit exchange, self-tender offer for all or substantially all Partnership Common Units or other business combination or reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, but excluding any transaction which constitutes an Adjustment Event) in each case as a result of which Partnership Common Units shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the Holders shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “ Transaction ”), then the General Partner shall, immediately prior to the Transaction, exercise its right to cause a Forced Conversion with respect to the maximum number of LTIP Units then eligible for conversion, taking into account any allocations that occur in connection with the Transaction or that would occur in connection with the Transaction if the assets of the Partnership were sold at the Transaction price or, if applicable, at a value determined by the General Partner in good faith using the value attributed to the Partnership Common Units in the context of the Transaction (in which case the Conversion Date shall be the effective date of the Transaction). In anticipation of such Forced Conversion and the consummation of the Transaction, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Holder of LTIP Units to be afforded the right to receive in connection with such Transaction in consideration for the Partnership Common Units into which his or her LTIP Units will be converted the same kind and amount of cash, securities and other property (or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Transaction by a Holder of the same number of Partnership Common Units, assuming such Holder is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into which the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a “ Constituent Person ”), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that Holders of Partnership Common Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Transaction, prior to such Transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each Holder of LTIP Units of such opportunity, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to afford the Holder of LTIP Units the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by such Holder into Partnership Common Units in connection with such Transaction. If a Holder of LTIP Units fails to make such an election, such Holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by him or her (or by any of his or her transferees) the same kind and amount of consideration that a Holder of Partnership Common Units would receive if such Holder of Partnership Common Units failed to make such an election. Subject to the rights of the Partnership and the General Partner under any Vesting Agreement and the relevant terms of the Plan or any other applicable Equity Plan, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the terms of any Transaction to be consistent with the

 

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  provisions of this Section 16.9.F and to enter into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of any Holder of LTIP Units whose LTIP Units will not be converted into Partnership Common Units in connection with the Transaction that will (i) contain provisions enabling the Qualifying Parties that remain outstanding after such Transaction to convert their LTIP Units into securities as comparable as reasonably possible under the circumstances to the Partnership Common Units and (ii) preserve as far as reasonably possible under the circumstances the distribution, special allocation, conversion, and other rights set forth in the Agreement for the benefit of the Holder of LTIP Units.

Section 16.10 Voting . LTIP Limited Partners shall have the same voting rights as Limited Partners holding Partnership Common Units, with the LTIP Units voting together as a single class with the Partnership Common Units and having one vote per LTIP Unit and Holders of LTIP Units shall not be entitled to approve, vote on or consent to any other matter. The foregoing voting provision will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the action with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required will be effected, all outstanding LTIP Units shall have been converted or provision is made for such conversion to occur as of or prior to such time into Partnership Common Units.

Section 16.11 Section 83 Safe Harbor . Each Partner authorizes the General Partner to elect to apply the safe harbor (the “ Section 83 Safe Harbor ”) set forth in proposed Regulations Section 1.83-3(l) and proposed IRS Revenue Procedure published in Notice 2005-43 (together, the “ Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation ”) (under which the fair market value of a Partnership Interest that is Transferred in connection with the performance of services is treated as being equal to the liquidation value of the interest) if such Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation or similar Regulations are promulgated as a final or temporary Regulations. If the General Partner determines that the Partnership should make such election, the General Partner is hereby authorized to amend this Agreement without the consent of any other Partner to provide that (i) the Partnership is authorized and directed to elect the Section 83 Safe Harbor, (ii) the Partnership and each of its Partners (including any Person to whom a Partnership Interest, including a LTIP Unit, is Transferred in connection with the performance of services) will comply with all requirements of the Section 83 Safe Harbor with respect to all Partnership Interests Transferred in connection with the performance of services while such election remains in effect and (iii) the Partnership and each of its Partners will take all actions necessary, including providing the Partnership with any required information, to permit the Partnership to comply with the requirements set forth or referred to in the applicable Regulations for such election to be effective until such time (if any) as the General Partner determines, in its sole discretion, that the Partnership should terminate such election. The General Partner is further authorized to amend this Agreement to modify Article 6 to the extent the General Partner determines in its discretion that such modification is necessary or desirable as a result of the issuance of any applicable law, Regulations, notice or ruling relating to the tax treatment of the transfer of a Partnership Interests in connection with the performance of services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Partner expressly confirms that it will be legally bound by any such amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.,
  a Maryland corporation,
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Its: Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/ Anthony Maretic

  Name: Anthony Maretic
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.,
  a Maryland corporation,
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Its: Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/ Anthony Maretic

  Name: Anthony Maretic
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
CIO OP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
  a Delaware limited partnership
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Its:

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LIMITED PARTNER:
SECOND CITY GENERAL PARTNER II,
  LP, a Maryland limited partnership
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Its:
LIMITED PARTNER:
GIBRALT AMBERGLEN LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
GIBRALT US, INC.,
  a Colorado corporation
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:

/s/ Daniel Rapaport

        Daniel Rapaport

 

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EXHIBIT A

EXAMPLES REGARDING ADJUSTMENT FACTOR

For purposes of the following examples, it is assumed that (a) the Adjustment Factor in effect on                      is 1.0 and (b) on                      (the “ Partnership Record Date ” for purposes of these examples), prior to the events described in the examples, there are 100 REIT Shares issued and outstanding.

Example 1

On the Partnership Record Date, the General Partner declares a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares. The amount of the dividend is one REIT Share paid in respect of each REIT Share owned. Pursuant to Paragraph (i) of the definition of “Adjustment Factor,” the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted on the Partnership Record Date, effective immediately after the stock dividend is declared, as follows:

1.0 * 200/100 = 2.0

Accordingly, the Adjustment Factor after the stock dividend is declared is 2.0.

Example 2

On the Partnership Record Date, the General Partner distributes options to purchase REIT Shares to all holders of its REIT Shares. The amount of the distribution is one option to acquire one REIT Share in respect of each REIT Share owned. The strike price is $4.00 a share. The Value of a REIT Share on the Partnership Record Date is $5.00 per share. Pursuant to Paragraph (ii) of the definition of “Adjustment Factor,” the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted on the Partnership Record Date, effective immediately after the options are distributed, as follows:

1.0 * (100 + 100)/(100 + [100 * $4.00/$5.00]) = 1.1111

Accordingly, the Adjustment Factor after the options are distributed is 1.1111. If the options expire or become no longer exercisable, then the retroactive adjustment specified in Paragraph (ii) of the definition of “Adjustment Factor” shall apply.

Example 3

On the Partnership Record Date, the General Partner distributes assets to all holders of its REIT Shares. The amount of the distribution is one asset with a fair market value (as determined by the General Partner) of $1.00 in respect of each REIT Share owned. It is also assumed that the assets do not relate to assets received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership. The Value of a REIT Share on the Partnership Record Date is $5.00 a share. Pursuant to Paragraph (iii) of the definition of “Adjustment Factor,” the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted on the Partnership Record Date, effective immediately after the assets are distributed, as follows:

1.0 * $5.00/($5.00 - $1.00) = 1.25

 

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Accordingly, the Adjustment Factor after the assets are distributed is 1.25.

 

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EXHIBIT B

NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

 

To:    City Office REIT, Inc.
   1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600
   Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

The undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee hereby irrevocably tenders for Redemption Partnership Common Units in City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., dated as of as amended (the “ Agreement ”), and the Redemption rights referred to therein. The undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee:

(a) undertakes (i) to surrender such Partnership Common Units and any certificate therefor at the closing of the Redemption and (ii) to furnish to the General Partner, prior to the Specified Redemption Date, the documentation, instruments and information required under Section 15.1.A and Section 15.1.G of the Agreement;

(b) directs that the certified check representing the Cash Amount, or the REIT Shares Amount, as applicable, deliverable upon the closing of such Redemption be delivered to the address specified below;

(c) represents, warrants, certifies and agrees that:

(i) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee is a Qualifying Party,

(ii) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has, and at the closing of the Redemption will have, good, marketable and unencumbered title to such Partnership Common Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of any other person or entity,

(iii) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has, and at the closing of the Redemption will have, the full right, power and authority to tender and surrender such Partnership Common Units as provided herein, and

(iv) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has obtained the consent or approval of all persons and entities, if any, having the right to consent to or approve such tender and surrender; and

(d) acknowledges that he will continue to own such Partnership Common Units until and unless either (1) such Partnership Common Units are acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B of the Agreement or (2) such redemption transaction closes.

 

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All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning ascribed to them respectively in the Agreement.

 

Dated:  

 

    Name of Limited Partner or Assignee:
     

 

     

 

      (Signature of Limited Partner or Assignee)
     

 

      (Street Address)
     

 

      (City)            (State)            (Zip Code)
      Signature Medallion Guaranteed by:
Issue Check Payable to:    

 

     

 

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EXHIBIT C

SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Initial Property
Owner

  

Second City Capital
Partners II, Limited
Partnership

  

Second City General Partner II, Limited

Partnership

  

City Office REIT,
Inc.

  

CIO OP Limited
Partnership

Core Cherry

Limited

Partnership

   NONE    100% equity interest in Core Cherry GP Co., a Delaware corporation (the general partner of Core Cherry Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner)    34.92% limited partner interest    65.07% limited partner interest

Central

Fairwinds

Limited

Partnership 1

   NONE    100% equity interest in Central Fairwinds GP Corporation, a Florida corporation (the general partner of Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)    31.43% limited partner interest    58.56% limited partner interest

City Centre STF

Limited

Partnership 2

   5% limited partner interest    100% equity interest in City Centre STF GP Corp., a Florida corporation (the general partner of City Centre STF Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)    31.44% limited partner interest    58.56% limited partner interest

SCCP Boise

Limited

Partnership

   10.111% limited partner interest    100% equity interest in SCCP Boise GP Inc., a Delaware corporation (the general partner of SCCP Boise Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)    31.40% limited partner interest    58.49% limited partner interest

SCCP Central

Valley Limited

Partnership

   NONE    100% equity interest in SCCP Central Valley GP Corp., a Delaware corporation (the general partner of SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)    34.93% limited partner interest    65.07% limited partner interest

 

1   Central Fairwinds 135, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, will retain a 10% limited partnership interest in the limited partnership.
2   CC Tower Feldman Partners LLC, a Florida limited liability company, will retain a 5% limited partnership interest in the limited partnership.

 

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Initial Property Owner

  

GCC Amberglen

Investments Limited

Partnership

  

Daniel Rapaport

  

Gibralt U.S., Inc.

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership    88.5775% limited partner interest, representing a 76% economic interest    3.8075% limited partner interest    100% equity interest in Gibralt Amberglen LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the general partner of Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)

 

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EXHIBIT D

NOTICE OF ELECTION BY PARTNER TO CONVERT

LTIP UNITS INTO PARTNERSHIP COMMON UNITS

The undersigned holder of LTIP Units hereby irrevocably (i) elects to convert the number of LTIP Units in City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “ Partnership ”) set forth below into Partnership Common Units in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended; and (ii) directs that any cash in lieu of Partnership Common Units that may be deliverable upon such conversion be delivered to the address specified below. The undersigned hereby represents, warrants, and certifies that the undersigned (a) has title to such LTIP Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of any other person or entity other than the Partnership; (b) has the full right, power, and authority to cause the conversion of such LTIP Units as provided herein; and (c) has obtained the consent or approval of all persons or entities, if any, having the right to consent or approve such conversion.

 

Name of LTIP Unit Holder:    

 

    Please Print Name as Registered with Partnership
Number of LTIP Units to be Converted:    

 

 
Date of this Notice:    

 

 
   

 

    (Signature of LTIP Unit Holder)
   

 

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EXHIBIT E

NOTICE OF ELECTION BY PARTNERSHIP TO FORCE CONVERSION

OF LTIP UNITS INTO PARTNERSHIP COMMON UNITS

City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “ Partnership ”) hereby irrevocably (i) elects to cause the number of LTIP Units held by the LTIP Unit Holder set forth below to be converted into Partnership Common Units in accordance with the terms of Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended.

 

Name of LTIP Unit Holder:    

 

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Number of LTIP Units to be Converted:    

 

 
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Exhibit 10.2

ADVISORY AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF APRIL 21, 2014

BY AND AMONG

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.,

a Maryland corporation ,

CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,

a Maryland limited partnership,

and

CITY OFFICE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT, INC.,

a British Columbia corporation


Table of Contents

 

         Page  
Section 1.  

Definitions

     1   
Section 2.  

Appointment and Duties of the Advisor

     7   
Section 3.  

Devotion of Time; Additional Activities

     11   
Section 4.  

Agency

     11   
Section 5.  

Bank Accounts

     11   
Section 6.  

Records; Confidentiality

     11   
Section 7.  

Obligations of Advisor; Restrictions

     12   
Section 8.  

Compensation

     13   
Section 9.  

Expenses of the Company

     13   
Section 10.  

Calculation and Payment of Expenses

     14   
Section 11.  

Limits of Advisor Responsibility; Indemnification

     15   
Section 12.  

Intellectual Property

     16   
Section 13.  

No Joint Venture

     16   
Section 14.  

Term; Renewal

     16   
Section 15.  

Assignment

     17   
Section 16.  

Termination for Cause

     17   
Section 17.  

Action Upon Termination

     18   
Section 18.  

Release of Money or Other Property Upon Written Request

     18   
Section 19.  

Representations and Warranties

     19   
Section 20.  

Non-Solicitation; Non-Competition; Preferential Acquisition Rights; Restrictions on Leasing

     21   
Section 21.  

Notices

     23   
Section 22.  

Binding Nature of Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Survival

     24   
Section 23.  

Entire Agreement

     24   
Section 24.  

GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     24   

 

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Section 25.  

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

     25   
Section 26.  

Headings

     25   
Section 27.  

Counterparts

     25   
Section 28.  

Severability

     25   
Section 29.  

Gender

     25   

 

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ADVISORY AGREEMENT

This ADVISORY AGREEMENT is made as of April 21, 2014 (the “ Effective Date ”) by and among CITY OFFICE REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “ Operating Partnership ”) and CITY OFFICE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INC., a British Columbia corporation (together with its permitted assignees, the “ Advisor ”).

WHEREAS, the Company is a corporation that intends to elect, and to qualify, to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes; and

WHEREAS, the Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership through which the Company intends to hold substantially all of the assets and conduct substantially all of its business;

WHEREAS, the Company, on behalf of itself and each of the Subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, desires to retain the Advisor to provide management and advisory services to them on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and the Advisor wishes to be retained to provide such services.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions . The following terms have the following meanings assigned to them:

(a) “ Acquisition Fee ” means (A) a fee equal to 1.0% of the gross purchase price of each property acquired by the Company during the preceding calendar month (other than in connection with the initial properties being contributed to the Operating Partnership or another Subsidiary in connection with the Initial Public Offering or properties acquired by a Joint Venture) plus (B) with respect to each property acquired by a Joint Venture during the preceding calendar month, a fee equal to the product of (1) the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s beneficial ownership interest in the Joint Venture and (2) 1.0% of the gross purchase price of each property acquired (other than in connection with the initial properties being contributed to the Operating Partnership or another Subsidiary in connection with the Initial Public Offering), which amount shall be payable at the closing of such acquisition.

(b) “ Administration Agreement ” means that certain Administration Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and between the Advisor and Second City Capital II Corporation, a British Columbia corporation.

(c) “ Advisers Act ” means Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

(d) “ Advisory Fee ” means the base management fee, calculated and payable in cash in arrears on a monthly basis, in an amount equal to 1/12 of the sum of (i) 0.5% multiplied by the value (at the price offered at the Initial Public Offering) of common units and Common Stock that the Second City Group receives in connection with the Initial Public Offering and (ii) 1.0% multiplied by the sum of (x) the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering minus any written-off financing costs minus distributions for costs in connection with the transactions described by the Formation Transaction Documentation plus (y) the difference, if any, between (A) the stockholders’ equity and non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership (pursuant to the financial statements of the Operating Partnership) as of the calculation date plus accumulated depreciation (calculated in accordance with GAAP) as of the calculation date less the accumulated depreciation (calculated in accordance with GAAP) as of the date immediately following completion of the Initial Public Offering and (B) the stockholders’ equity and non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership (pursuant to the financial statements of the Operating Partnership) immediately following the completion of the Initial Public Offering.

 

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(e) “ Advisor ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

(f) “ Advisor Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a) of this Agreement.

(g) “ Affiliate ” means (i) any Person directly, or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other Person, (ii) any executive officer or general partner of such other Person, (iii) any member of the board of directors or board of managers (or bodies performing similar functions) or such Person, and (iv) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer or general partner.

(h) “ Agreement ” means this Advisory Agreement, as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.

(i) “ Bankruptcy ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the filing by such Person of a voluntary petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment, in any form, of its debts under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other federal, state or foreign insolvency law, or such Person’s filing an answer consenting to or acquiescing to an involuntary petition, (b) the making by such Person of any assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (c) the expiration of 60 days after the filing of an involuntary petition under Title 11 of the United States Code, an application for the appointment of a receiver for a material portion of the assets of such Person, or an involuntary petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of its debts under any other federal, state or foreign insolvency law,  provided  that the same shall not have been vacated, set aside or stayed within such 60-day period or (d) the entry against it of a final and non-appealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereinafter in effect.

(j) “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(k) “ Bound Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 19(a) of this Agreement.

(l) “ Business Day ” means any day, except a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open.

(m) “ City Office Property ” has the meaning specified in Section 20(c) of this Agreement.

(n) “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(o) “ Code of Conduct ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(d) of this Agreement.

(p) “ Core FFO ” for any period means the consolidated net income (loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period in conformity with GAAP and without reduction for minority interests, excluding (a) the write-off of unamortized deferred financing fees, (b) prepayment fees, premiums and penalties to extinguish any debt, (c) gains or losses from sales of property (other than from sales of properties acquired with the initial intent to hold for sale), (d) non-cash asset impairment charges and (e) extraordinary items in accordance with and as defined by GAAP, plus depreciation and amortization of real property assets, the value of any stock based compensation distributed by the Company and its Subsidiaries and any costs incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition of property and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures (it being understood that the accounts of the Subsidiaries shall be consolidated only to the extent of the Company’s proportionate interest therein).

(q) “ Core FFO Test ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).

(r) “ Change of Control ” means the direct or indirect acquisition by any Person, or group of Persons, acting jointly or in concert, of voting control or direction over more than 50% of the votes attaching, collectively, to the outstanding voting shares of the Company or the Advisor, as applicable.

(s) “ Common Stock ” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

(t) “ Company ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

(u) “ Company Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement.

 

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(v) “ Company Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b) of this Agreement.

(w) “ Convertible Securities ” means any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or redeemable for Common Stock, including Partnership Common Units, but excluding Options.

(x) “ Default ” means (a) an Event of Default or (b) any event or condition which with notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

(y) “ Equity Grant ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(c) of this Agreement.

(z) “ Event of Default ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) Bankruptcy; (b) such Person engages in any act of fraud, misappropriation of funds, or embezzlement that results in direct, uncompensated harm to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or the Advisor, as the case may be; (c) an event of any bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of such Person in the performance of its duties under this Agreement that results in direct, uncompensated harm to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or the Advisor, as the case may be; (d) the dissolution of such Person, (e) the conviction of such Person of a felony (including a plea of nolo contendere ); or (e) the material breach of this Agreement by such Person or its agents or assignees; provided , however , that with respect to a material breach, an Event of Default shall not be deemed to have occurred until such Person shall have been provided with written notice specifying such breach and such Person fails to cure such breach within 30 days after the receipt thereof (or, if such breach is not capable of being cured within such 30 days period, the lesser of (1) 90 days or (2) such longer period as may be necessary, provided in respect of clause (1) or (2) that the Person is diligently pursuing such cure).

(aa) “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(bb) “ Expenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a) of this Agreement.

(cc) “ Fair Market Value ” as of any date, means the value of one share or unit of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or OPCO Equity, as the case may be, determined as follows:

(i) If the shares are then listed on a National Securities Exchange (as such term is used in Section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), the closing sales price per share on the exchange for the last preceding date on which there was a sale of shares on such exchange;

(ii) If the shares are not then listed on a national stock exchange but are then traded on an over-the-counter market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for the shares in such over-the-counter market for the last preceding date on which there was a sale of such shares on such market; or

(iii) If neither (i) nor (ii) applies, such value as the Compensation Committee of the Company as duly appointed by the Board of Directors in its discretion may in good faith determine.

(dd) “ Fiscal Quarter ” means each of the periods from January 1 to March 31, inclusive; April 1 to June 30, inclusive; July 1 to September 30, inclusive; and October 1 to December 31, inclusive, of each applicable calendar year.

 

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(ee) “ Formation Transaction Documentation ” means the contribution agreements and related documents and agreements pursuant to which the REIT shall acquire certain properties and/or equity interests from CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership and the Operating Partnership shall acquire certain properties and/or equity interests from SCLP, CIO OP Limited Partnership, the Company, SCGP, Gibralt and GCC Amberglen Investments LP in connection with the Initial Public Offering.

(ff) “ Fully-Diluted Market Capitalization ” means

(i) the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding; plus

(ii) the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock multiplied by the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to any outstanding Options or Convertible Securities that are (1) held by any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and (2) In-the-Money; minus the aggregate consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of such Options or Convertible Securities; plus

(iii) the Fair Market Value of one share of Preferred Stock multiplied by the number of shares of such Preferred Stock issued and outstanding; plus

(iv) the Fair Market Value of one share of Preferred Stock multiplied by the maximum number of shares of such Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to any outstanding Preferred Options or Preferred Convertible Securities that are (1) held by any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and (2) In-the-Money; minus the aggregate consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of such Preferred Options or Preferred Convertible Securities; plus

(v) the Fair Market Value of one unit of OPCO Equity multiplied by the number of units of such OPCO Equity issued and outstanding; plus

(vi) the Fair Market Value of one unit of OPCO Equity multiplied by the maximum number of units of such OPCO Equity issuable pursuant to any outstanding OPCO Options or OPCO Convertible Securities that are (1) held by any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and (2) In-the-Money; minus the aggregate consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of such OPCO Options or OPCO Convertible Securities.

(gg) “ Gibralt ” means Gibralt US, Inc., a Colorado corporation.

(hh) “ Governing Instrument s” means, with regard to any entity, the articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws in the case of a corporation, certificate of limited partnership (if applicable) and the partnership agreement in the case of a general or limited partnership, the articles or certificate of formation and the operating agreement in the case of a limited liability company, the trust instrument in the case of a trust, or similar governing documents, in each case as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.

(ii) “ Guidelines ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(i) of this Agreement.

(jj) “ Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b) of this Agreement.

(kk) “ Indemnitor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(c) of this Agreement.

 

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(ll) “ Independent Directors ” means the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers or employees of the Advisor or any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by the Advisor, and who are otherwise “independent” in accordance with the Company’s Governing Instruments and policies and, if applicable, the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.

(mm) “ Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(nn) “ Initial Public Offering ” means the underwritten initial public offering of the Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(oo) “ Initial Term ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(a) of this Agreement.

(pp) “ Internalization Event ” means the achievement by the Company for a period of 20 consecutive trading days of a Fully Diluted Market Capitalization of $500,000,000 or more.

(qq) “ In-the-Money ” means with respect to any security exercisable, convertible into, exchangeable or redeemable for another security, that the amount of consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise, conversion or exchange is less than the Fair Market Value of the security to be received upon such exercise, conversion, exchange or redemption.

(rr) “ Investment Committee ” means the Advisor’s investment committee that will oversee, advise and consult with respect to the Company’s investment strategy, acquisition of Properties, sourcing, financing and leveraging strategies and compliance with the Company’s Guidelines.

(ss) “ Joint Venture ” means any Person for which the Advisor provides investment management and advisory services and for which the Company or the Subsidiaries are partial but not sole beneficial owners.

(tt) “ Managed Property ” has the meaning set forth in Section 20(c) of this Agreement.

(uu) “ Offered Investment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 20(b) of this Agreement.

(vv) “ OPCO Equity ” shall mean all Partnership Units, but excluding Options, Convertible Securities, Preferred Options or Preferred Convertible Securities with respect to the Operating Partnership.

(ww) “ OPCO Convertible Securities ” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or redeemable for OPCO Equity, but excluding OPCO Options.

(xx) “ OPCO Option ” shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire OPCO Equity or OPCO Convertible Securities.

(yy) “ Operating Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

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(zz) “ Option ” shall mean any right, option or warrant to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(aaa) “ Partnership Common Unit ” has the meaning set forth in the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership as may be amended or restated from time to time.

(bbb) “ Partnership Unit ” has the meaning set forth in the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership as may be amended or restated from time to time.

(ccc) “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, unincorporated association, any federal, state, county or municipal government or any bureau, department or agency thereof and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.

(ddd) “ Preferred Convertible Securities ” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or redeemable for Preferred Stock, but excluding Preferred Options.

(eee) “ Preferred Option ” shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Preferred Stock or Preferred Convertible Securities.

(fff) “ Preferred Stock ” shall mean any share of the capital stock of the Company designated as preferred stock.

(ggg) “ Principal ” or “ Principals ” means, individually and collectively, James Farrar, Anthony Maretic, Gregory Tylee and Samuel Belzberg.

(hhh) “ Property ” or “ Properties ” means any real property which is owned or leased, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

(iii) “ REIT ” means a “real estate investment trust” as defined under the Code.

(jjj) “ Registration Statement ” means the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 relating to its initial public offering of Common Stock, as amended at the time it is declared effective by the Securities Exchange Commission.

(kkk) “ Related Proceedings ” has the meaning set forth in Section 24 of this Agreement.

(lll) “ Related Judgment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 24 of this Agreement.

(mmm) “ Renewal Term ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(a) of this Agreement.

(nnn) “ SCGP ” means Second City General Partner II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

(ooo) “ SCLP ” means Second City Capital Partners II Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership.

 

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(ppp) “ Second City Group ” means SCLP, SCGP, CIO OP Limited Partnership, CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, Gibralt and any future funds created by the Principals.

(qqq) “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(rrr) “ Specified Courts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 24 of this Agreement.

(sss) “ Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company; any partnership, the general partner of which is the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; any limited liability company, the managing member of which is the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; and any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity or other beneficial interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or of the Company.

(ttt) “ Suitable Properties ” means (x) developed commercial real estate properties (i) where at least 85% of the net rentable area is allocated for office use, (ii) that have leases in place for at least 85% of the net rentable area of the building and (iii) with leases that have, in the aggregate, a weighted average (based on square footage) of at least three years remaining at the time of acquisition or (y) any undeveloped or unimproved real property that is contiguous to a property owned by the Company.

(uuu) “ Tenant ” has the meaning set forth in Section 19(c) of this Agreement.

(vvv) “ Termination Fee ” means a fee equal to three times the amount of the Advisory Fees and Acquisition Fees earned by the Advisor for the twelve calendar months immediately preceding the month in which this Agreement is terminated up to a maximum of four percent (4%) of the Fully-Diluted Market Capitalization. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Termination Fee shall exclude reimbursements.

(www) “ Treasury Regulations ” means the regulations promulgated under the Code as amended from time to time.

Section 2. Appointment and Duties of the Advisor .

(a) The Company and the Operating Partnership, on behalf of themselves and each of the Subsidiaries, hereby appoints the Advisor to manage the Properties and the day-to-day operations of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries, subject to the further terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Advisor hereby agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to perform each of the duties set forth herein. The appointment of the Advisor shall be exclusive to the Advisor, except to the extent that the Advisor otherwise agrees, in its sole and absolute discretion, and except to the extent that the Advisor elects, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, to cause the duties of the Advisor hereunder to be provided by third parties.

(b) The Advisor, in its capacity as manager of the Properties and the day-to-day operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, at all times shall be subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors and shall have only such functions and authority as the Company may delegate to it, including the functions and authority identified herein and delegated to the Advisor hereby. The Advisor shall be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries and shall perform (or cause to be performed) in accordance with the Guidelines (as defined below) such services and activities relating to the Properties and operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries as may be appropriate, including:

(i) serving as the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ consultant with respect to the periodic review (no less often than annually) of the investment guidelines and other parameters for the acquisition of Properties, financing activities and operations, any modifications to which shall be approved by a majority of the Independent Directors (such guidelines as initially approved and attached hereto as  Exhibit A , as the same may be modified, the “ Guidelines ”), and other policies for approval by the Board of Directors;

 

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(ii) providing (i) executive and administrative personnel, office space and office services required in rendering services to the Company and the Subsidiaries, and (ii) providing to the Company, at the request of the Board of Directors, the services of its senior management team to act as the Company’s chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer and secretary of the Company;

(iii) advising the Board of Directors on strategic matters, including potential acquisitions, dispositions and financings;

(iv) advising and assisting with borrowing, issuances of securities and other capital raising requirements, including assistance in dealings with banks and other lenders, investment dealers and investors;

(v) administering the day-to-day operations and performing and supervising the performance of such other administrative functions necessary to the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s management as may be agreed upon by the Advisor and the Board of Directors, including, without limitation, the collection of revenues and payment of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ debts and obligations and maintenance of appropriate computer services to perform such administrative functions and maintaining and administering separate bank accounts and books of account on behalf of the Company and the Subsidiaries as may be directed by the Board of Directors;

(vi) furnishing reports and statistical and economic research to the Company regarding the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ activities and services performed for the Company and any Subsidiaries by the Advisor;

(vii) assisting the Company in qualifying to do business in all applicable jurisdictions and to obtain and maintain all appropriate licenses;

(viii) identifying, evaluating, recommending and assisting in the structuring of acquisitions, dispositions, financings and other transactions consistent with the Guidelines;

(ix) with respect to prospective purchases, sales or exchanges of Properties, conducting negotiations on the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ behalf with sellers, purchasers and brokers and, if applicable, their respective agents and representatives;

(x) cause the Company to retain qualified accountants and legal counsel, as applicable, to assist in developing appropriate accounting procedures and systems, internal controls and other compliance procedures and testing systems with respect to financial reporting obligations.

(xi) developing and implementing business plans and annual budgets and monitoring the Company’s financial performance;

 

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(xii) advising with respect to investor relations strategies and activities;

(xiii) advising with respect to regulatory compliance requirements, risk management policies and any litigation matters;

(xiv) providing guidance to the managers of the Properties with regards to operating expenses, lease negotiation terms and capital expenditures;

(xv) making recommendations with respect to the payment of distributions, including dividends;

(xvi) evaluating and recommending to the Board of Directors hedging strategies and engaging in hedging activities on the Company’s behalf, consistent with the Company’s qualification as a REIT and the Guidelines;

(xvii) supervising the Company’s compliance with the REIT provisions of the Code and the Company’s qualification and maintenance as a REIT, including soliciting required information from stockholders and complying with the applicable provisions of Company’s Governing Instruments;

(xviii) assisting the Company in taking all necessary action to enable the Company to make required tax filings and reports, including soliciting information from stockholders to the extent required by the Code applicable to REITs;

(xix) supervising the preparation of all financial statements, financial reports, management discussion and analysis and other financial information;

(xx) reporting directly to the audit committee of the Board of Directors with respect to all financial matters;

(xxi) supervising the Company’s disclosure policy and reviewing all news releases and other public announcements;

(xxii) assisting the Company with its public financial reporting and disclosure-related responsibilities;

(xxiii) assisting the Company on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to accounting, budget management, cost benefit analysis, risk management and forecasting needs;

(xxiv) providing guidance on the development of a financial and operational strategy, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve the Company’s Properties and reporting of accurate financial results; and

(xxv) handling and resolving all claims, disputes or controversies (including all litigation, arbitration, settlement or other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company or the Subsidiaries may become subject arising out of the Company’s or the Subsidiaries’ day-to-day operations (other than with the Advisor), subject to such limitations as may be imposed by the Board of Directors;

(xxvi) using commercially reasonable efforts to cause expenses incurred by the Company or the Subsidiaries (or on their behalf) to be commercially reasonable or commercially customary and within any budgeted parameters or guidelines established by the Board of Directors from time to time;

 

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(xxvii) using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company to comply with all applicable laws;

(xxviii) maintaining the Company’s website; and

(xxix) any additional services as may from time-to-time be agreed to in writing by Advisor and the Company for which the Advisor will be compensated on terms to be agreed upon between the Advisor and the Independent Directors of the Company prior to the provision of such services.

(c) The Advisor will maintain the an administration agreement, dated of even date herewith by and between the Advisor and Second City Capital II Corporation (the “ Administrator ”) pursuant to which the Administrator will provide the Advisor the personnel, services and resources as needed by the Advisor to enable the Advisor to carry out its obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement. The Company and the Operating Partnership shall be named third party beneficiaries of the Administration Agreement.

(d) The parties acknowledge that the Advisor does not currently provide property management, leasing and development services to the Company. The Advisor may enter into agreements with third parties (excluding Affiliates of the Advisor) for the purpose of engaging one or more parties for and on behalf of the Company and the Subsidiaries to provide property management, leasing, and/or development services to the Company and the Subsidiaries, provided that such agreements are approved in advance by the Board of Directors. In the event that the Advisor shall desire to provide property management and/or leasing services to the Company and the Subsidiaries in the future, any such agreements must be approved in advance by the Independent Directors and be at customary market rates.

(e) Subject to oversight by the Board of Directors, the Advisor may retain, for and on behalf and at the sole cost and expense of the Company and the Subsidiaries, such services of accountants, legal counsel, appraisers, insurers, brokers, transfer agents, registrars, investment banks, valuation firms, financial advisors, due diligence firms, underwriting review firms, banks and other lenders and others as the Advisor deems necessary or advisable in connection with the management and operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries.

Section 3. Devotion of Time; Additional Activities .

(a) The Advisor shall provide the Company and the Subsidiaries with management personnel (which at the time of the Initial Public Offering shall include, without limitation, a chief executive officer, a president, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, and a secretary) and appropriate administration personnel to provide the management services to be provided by the Advisor to the Company and the Subsidiaries hereunder, the members of which team shall devote such portion of their time to the management of the Company and the Subsidiaries as is necessary to enable the Company and the Subsidiaries to operate their businesses. The Advisor shall not be obligated to dedicate itself exclusively to the management of the Company or the Subsidiaries nor shall the Advisor’s personnel be obligated to dedicate any specific portion of their time to the Company;  provided, however , that (a) the Advisor devotes sufficient resources to the Company’s business to discharge its obligations to the Company under this Agreement and (b) the chief financial officer of the Company will dedicate substantially all of his or her time to the Company. The Company shall have the benefit of the Advisor’s reasonable judgment and effort in rendering services and, in the furtherance of the foregoing, the Advisor shall not undertake activities that in its reasonable judgment will materially adversely affect the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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(b) Advisors, partners, officers, employees, personnel and agents of the Advisor or Affiliates of the Advisor may serve as directors, officers, employees, personnel, agents, nominees or signatories for the Company and/or any Subsidiary, to the extent permitted by their respective Governing Instruments or by any resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Company’s Governing Instruments. When executing documents or otherwise acting in such capacities for the Company or the Subsidiaries, such Persons shall use their respective titles in the Company or the Subsidiaries.

Section 4. Agency . The Advisor shall act as agent of the Company and the Subsidiaries in making, acquiring, financing, managing and disposing of Properties, disbursing and collecting the funds of the Company and the Subsidiaries, paying the debts and fulfilling the obligations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, supervising the performance of professionals engaged by or on behalf of the Company and the Subsidiaries and, at the request of the Board of Directors, handling, prosecuting and settling any claims of or against the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Board of Directors, holders of the Company’s securities or representatives or properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries.

Section 5. Bank Accounts . The Advisor shall establish and maintain one or more bank accounts in the name of the Company or any Subsidiary (any such account, a “ Company Account ”), and shall collect and deposit funds into any such Company Account or Company Accounts, and disburse funds from any such Company Account or Company Accounts; and the Advisor shall from time to time render appropriate accountings of such collections and payments to the Board of Directors and, upon request, to the auditors of the Company or any Subsidiary.

Section 6. Records; Confidentiality . The Advisor shall maintain appropriate books of accounts and records relating to services performed under this Agreement, and such books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by representatives of the Company or any Subsidiary at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice. The Advisor shall keep confidential any and all information obtained in connection with the services rendered under this Agreement and shall not disclose any such information (or use the same except in furtherance of its duties under this Agreement) to any Person other than to (i) its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives or advisor who need to know such confidential information for the purpose of rendering services hereunder; (ii) with the prior written consent of the Board of Directors; (iii) to legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors to the Company; (iv) to appraisers, financing sources and others in the ordinary course of the Company’s business; (v) pursuant to the order of governmental officials having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary; (vi) in connection with any governmental or regulatory filings of the Company or any Subsidiary or disclosure or presentations to the Company’s stockholders or prospective stockholders; (vii) as required by law or legal process to which the Advisor or any Person to whom disclosure is permitted hereunder is a party; (viii) to the extent reasonably required to perform the services under this Agreement; or (ix) to the extent such information is otherwise publicly available. The foregoing shall not apply to information that has previously become publicly available through the actions of a Person other than the Advisor not resulting from the Advisor’s violation of this Section 6. The provisions of this Section 6 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement for a period of one year. The Advisor shall cause its agents, representatives and subcontractors to keep confidential any such information to the same degree set forth in this Section 6; provided that with respect to trade secrets, the obligations under this Section 6 shall survive indefinitely.

 

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Section 7. Obligations of Advisor; Restrictions .

(a) The Advisor shall require each seller or transferor of Properties to the Company and the Subsidiaries to make such representations and warranties regarding such Properties as may, in the judgment of the Advisor, be necessary and appropriate. In addition, the Advisor shall take such other action as it deems necessary or appropriate with regard to the protection of the Properties.

(b) The Advisor shall refrain from any action that, in its sole judgment made in good faith, (i) is not in compliance with the Guidelines, (ii) would adversely and materially affect the status of the Company as a REIT under the Code, (iii) would adversely and materially affect the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s status as an entity intended to be exempted or excluded from investment company status under the Investment Company Act or (iv) would violate any law, rule or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or that would otherwise not be permitted by the Company’s or Subsidiary’s Governing Instruments. If the Advisor is ordered to take any such action by the Board of Directors, the Advisor shall promptly notify the Board of Directors of the Advisor’s judgment that such action would adversely and materially affect such status or violate any such law, rule or regulation or the Governing Instruments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor, its officers, stockholders, members, Advisors, personnel, directors, any Person controlling or controlled by the Advisor and any Person providing sub-advisory services to the Advisor shall not be liable to the Company or any Subsidiary, the Board of Directors, or the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s stockholders, members or partners, for any act or omission ordered by the Board of Directors.

(c) The Advisor shall use its best efforts at all times during the term of this Agreement to maintain “errors and omissions” insurance coverage and other insurance coverage which is customarily carried by property, asset and investment managers performing functions similar to those of the Advisor under this Agreement with respect to assets similar to the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in an amount which is comparable to that customarily maintained by other managers of similar assets.

(d) The Advisor acknowledges receipt of the Company’s Code of Conduct, which includes the Company’s insider trading policy (the “ Code of Conduct ”), and agrees to require the persons who provide services to the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with the Code of Conduct in the performance of such services hereunder or such comparable policies as shall in substance hold such persons to at least the standards of conduct set forth in the Code of Conduct.

(e) If at any time the Advisor shall have reason to believe that there is a conflict between its duties and obligations to the Company and its duties and obligations to any other client, the Advisor shall notify the Board of Directors immediately. In the event of any such conflict of interest, the Advisor and the Board of Directors shall negotiate in good faith regarding the establishment of appropriate policies and procedures to ensure that conflicts of interest are resolved in a manner that is fair and equitable to all parties. Without limiting the foregoing, the Advisor will implement appropriate procedures under the circumstances to ensure that the proprietary data of the Company and the Subsidiaries is protected and is neither disclosed to any third party without the Board of Director’s prior consent nor used to give any party an improper competitive advantage.

Section 8. Compensation . (a) During the Initial Term and any Renewal Term (each as defined below), the Company shall pay the Advisor (i) the Advisory Fee in arrears commencing with the end of the month in which this Agreement was executed (with such initial payment pro-rated based on the number of days during such month that this Agreement was in effect) and (ii) the Acquisition Fees. The Advisory Fee and the Acquisition Fee shall be payable in arrears in cash; provided that up to one-third of any Acquisition Fee may be paid in the form of Common Stock at the discretion of the Board of Directors

 

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based upon the average of the volume weighted sales prices per share of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets for the five (5) consecutive full trading days in which such shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange ending on the second trading day, prior to, but not including, the last day of the applicable month with respect to which such installment is payable.

(b) The Advisor shall compute each installment of the Advisory Fee and the Acquisition Fee within 30 days after the end of the month with respect to which such installment is payable. A copy of the computations made by the Advisor to calculate such installment shall thereafter, for informational purposes only, promptly be delivered to the Board of Directors and, upon such delivery, payment of such installment of the Advisory Fee and the Acquisition Fee shown therein shall be due and payable in cash no later than the date which is five Business Days after the date of delivery to the Board of Directors of such computations.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Core FFO per share of Common Stock for a full Fiscal Quarter is not equal to or greater than one and one-half percent (1.5%) for such Fiscal Quarter (six percent (6%) on an annualized basis) of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock as of the Initial Public Offering (the “ Core FFO Test ”), then the Deferral Amount, up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the Advisory Fee for such Fiscal Quarter shall be deferred until such time as the Core FFO per share of Common Stock for a full Fiscal Quarter exceeds one and one-half percent (1.5%) for such Fiscal Quarter, at which time all Deferral Amounts shall be paid. The Core FFO Test shall apply to each full Fiscal Quarter following completion of the Initial Public Offering and shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the second (2nd) anniversary of the Initial Public Offering and (2) the Core FFO equaling or exceeding the Core FFO Test for a full Fiscal Quarter. If the Core FFO does not equal or exceed the Core FFO Test prior to the second (2nd) anniversary of the Initial Public Offering, none of the Deferral Amounts shall be paid. For the purposes of this section, “ Deferral Amount ” shall mean an amount equal to (1) the difference between (A) the Core FFO per share of Common Stock for a full Fiscal Quarter equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the Fair Market Value as of the Initial Public Offering, minus (B) the actual Core FFO for such Fiscal Quarter per share of Common Stock multiplied by (2) the difference between (A) the number of shares of Common Stock and common units then outstanding minus (B) the number of shares of Common Stock and common units then outstanding that are held by the Second City Group.

Section 9. Expenses of the Company . (a) Excepting any such expenses that are specifically the responsibility of the Advisor as set forth herein, the Company shall reimburse the Advisor for all reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Advisor incurred by the Advisor in the provision of the management and advisory services under this Agreement (collectively, the “ Expenses ”). For the avoidance of doubt, rent, IT services, telephone, utilities, office furniture, equipment, machinery and other office, salaries, bonuses, internal and overhead expenses of the Advisor and its Affiliates shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Advisor and shall not be subject to reimbursement. The Advisor agrees to act prudently to manage the Expenses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Advisor shall be responsible for all compensation paid by the Advisor to its personnel, including those serving as officers of the Company and any directors of the Company who are also directors, officers, employees or agents of the Advisor and its Affiliates), including without limitation, salaries, bonus and other wages, payroll, taxes and the cost of employee benefit plans of such personnel, and costs of insurance with respect to such personnel. The Advisor shall also be responsible for payments of all fees under the Administration Agreement and the parties agree that such fees shall not constitute Expenses subject to reimbursement from the Company hereunder.

(c) Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Advisor an equity grant under the Company’s equity incentive plan (an “ Equity Grant ”) representing a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 3.0% of the total shares of Common Stock and common units issued at the completion of the Initial Public Offering (exclusive of any shares issued or issuable pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option), which shares shall be subject to vesting (in three annual installments over three years subject to continued employment with our Advisor or on the earlier involuntary termination without cause of such employee) as more particularly described in the terms of the Equity Grant and related documents. On or after the first anniversary of the completion of the Initial Public Offering, the Advisor may distribute such Equity Grants to the entities and persons holding ownership interests in the Advisor pro rata in accordance with their respective ownership interests. In addition, the compensation committee of the Board of Directors may issue additional Equity Grants to the Advisor or personnel of the Advisor at its discretion following the completion of the Initial Public Offering. In establishing the total compensation package for a person who receives Equity Grants, the Advisor shall include such Equity Grants as a component of such compensation package, such that Equity Grants represent a portion of total compensation rather than additional compensation for such person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may instead provide the Equity Grants directly to the entities and persons holding ownership interests in the Advisor, as designated by and under the direction of the Advisor, solely for purposes of satisfying applicable requirements so that the shares to be issued under the Equity Grants may be registered on a United States Securities and Exchange Commission Form S-8.

 

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(d) The Advisor may, at its option, elect not to seek reimbursement for certain expenses during a given Fiscal Quarter, which determination shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of reimbursement for similar expenses in future periods. The Company will reimburse the Advisor for all organizational, formation and offering costs it has incurred on behalf of the Company upon consummation of the Company’s Initial Public Offering in the amount disclosed in the Registration Statement.

(e) The provisions of this Section 9 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement to the extent such expenses have previously been incurred or are incurred in connection with such expiration or termination.

Section 10. Calculation and Payment of Expenses . The Advisor shall prepare a statement documenting the Expenses of the Company and the Subsidiaries and the Expenses incurred by the Advisor on behalf of the Company and the Subsidiaries during each month, and shall deliver such statement to the Company within 30 days after the end of each month. Expenses incurred by the Advisor on behalf of the Company and the Subsidiaries shall be reimbursed by the Company to the Advisor on the fifth Business Day immediately following the date of delivery of such statement. The provisions of this Section 10 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement. All obligations of the Company under this Agreement to pay the Advisory Fee, the Acquisition Fee, any other fees, reimbursements, indemnities or other amounts to the Advisor shall be paid by the Operating Partnership.

Section 11. Limits of Advisor Responsibility; Indemnification .

(a) The Advisor assumes no responsibility under this Agreement other than to render the services called for under this Agreement in good faith and shall not be responsible for any action of the Board of Directors in following or declining to follow any advice or recommendations of the Advisor. None of the Advisor, its officers, members, managers and personnel, any Person controlling or controlled by the Advisor and any such Person’s officers, stockholders, members, Advisors, personnel and directors, and any Person providing sub-advisory services to the Advisor will be liable to the Company or any Subsidiary, to the Board of Directors, or the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s stockholders, members or partners for any acts or omissions by any such Person, pursuant to or in accordance with this Agreement, except by reason of acts or omissions constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the their respective duties under this Agreement, as determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company and the Operating Partnership shall, to the full extent lawful, reimburse, indemnify and hold the Advisor, its officers, stockholders, directors, members and personnel, any Person controlling or controlled by the Advisor and any Person providing sub-advisory services to the Advisor with the approval of the Board of Directors, together with the managers, officers, directors and personnel of the Advisor, and their respective managers, officers, members, directors and personnel (each an “ Advisor Indemnified Party ”), harmless of and from any and all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims of any nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) in respect of or arising from any acts or omissions of such Advisor Indemnified Party performed in good faith under this Agreement and not constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the Advisor Indemnified Party’s duties under this Agreement.

(b) The Advisor shall, to the full extent lawful, reimburse, indemnify and hold the Company, the Operating Partnership and each any Subsidiary and its directors, officers, personnel and agents, and each Person, if any, controlling or controlled by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary (each, a “ Company Indemnified Party ” and together with an Advisor Indemnified Party, the “ Indemnitee ”), harmless of and from any and all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims of any nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) in respect of or arising

 

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from any acts or omissions of the Advisor constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duties of the Advisor under this Agreement or any claims by Advisor’s personnel relating to the terms and conditions of their employment with the Advisor.

(c) An Indemnitee will promptly notify the party against whom indemnity is claimed (the “ Indemnitor ”) of any claim for which it seeks indemnification;  provided however , that the failure to so notify the Indemnitor will not relieve the Indemnitor from any liability which it may have hereunder, except to the extent such failure actually and materially prejudices the Indemnitor. The Indemnitor shall have the right to assume the defense and settlement of such claim;  provided , that the Indemnitor notifies the Indemnitee of its election to assume such defense and settlement within 30 days after the Indemnitee gives the Indemnitor notice of such claim. In such case, the Indemnitee will not settle or compromise such claim, and the Indemnitor will not be liable for any such settlement made without its prior written consent. If the Indemnitor is entitled to, and does, assume such defense by delivering the aforementioned notice to the Indemnitee, the Indemnitee will (i) have the right to approve the Indemnitor’s counsel (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (ii) be obligated to cooperate in furnishing evidence and testimony and in any other manner in which the Indemnitor may reasonably request and (iii) be entitled to participate in (but not control) the defense of any such action, with its own counsel and at its own expense. The provisions of this Section 11 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

Section 12. Intellectual Property .

(a) All Intellectual Property created or developed in connection with the Advisor’s performance of this Agreement or otherwise and the Intellectual Property Rights associated therewith shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Advisor (on behalf of itself and any Affiliate) shall assign and do hereby assign to Company all Intellectual Property Rights in such Intellectual Property. For the term of this Agreement, the Company hereby grants the Advisor a non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid up, royalty-free, non-sub-licensable, non-transferable license and right to use the Intellectual Property made in connection with the Advisor’s performance of this Agreement for the purpose of performing its services to the Company. The Advisor will, upon request of the Company, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, deeds, assignments, transfers, conveyances, powers of attorney and assurances as may be requested by the Company to carry out the intent of this Agreement or to otherwise perfect, record, confirm, or enforce the Company’s rights in and to the Intellectual Property.

(b) Definitions .

(i) “ Intellectual Property ” means all work product, documents, code, works of authorship, programs, manuals, developments, processes, formulae, data, specifications, fixtures, tooling, equipment, supplies, processes, inventions, discoveries, improvements, trade secrets, and know-how or similar rights.

(ii) “ Intellectual Property Rights ” means the worldwide right, title, and interest in any Intellectual Property and any goodwill appurtenant thereto, including, without limitation, all copyrights, copyright renewals or reversions, trademarks, trade names, trade dress rights, inventions, priority rights, patent rights, patents, and any other rights or protections in connection therewith or related thereto.

Section 13. No Joint Venture . Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to make the Company (or any Subsidiary) and the Advisor partners or joint venturers or impose any liability as such on either of them.

 

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Section 14. Term; Renewal .

(a) This Agreement shall be in effect, unless sooner terminated, until the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “ Initial Term ”) and shall be automatically renewed for successive one-year terms (each, a “ Renewal Term ”) upon the expiration of the Initial Term and upon the expiration of each Renewal Term unless the Board of Directors or the Advisor elects not to renew.

(b) If the Company elects not to renew this Agreement at the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term as set forth above, the Company shall deliver to the Advisor written notice the Company’s intention not to renew this Agreement not less than 90 days prior to the expiration of the then-existing term. If the Company so elects not to renew this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate effective of the expiration date of the Initial Term or the then-current Renewal Term, as the case may be. The Company is not required to pay to the Advisor the Termination Fee if the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section 14(b).

(c) No later than 180 days prior to the expiration of the then-existing term of this Agreement, the Advisor may deliver written notice to the Company informing it of the Advisor’s intention to decline to renew this Agreement, whereupon this Agreement shall not be renewed and extended and this Agreement shall terminate effective on the expiration date of the Initial Term or the then-current Renewal Term, as the case may be. The Company is not required to pay to the Advisor the Termination Fee if the Advisor terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section 14(c).

(d) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 14 or Section 16 of this Agreement, such termination shall be without any further liability or obligation of either party to the other, except as provided in Sections 6, 9, 10, 16, 17 and 18 of this Agreement. In addition, Sections 11, 12, 22 and 19 of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement.

Section 15. Assignment .

(a) Except as set forth in Section 15(b) of this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its “assignment” (as defined under the Advisers Act), in whole or in part, by the Advisor, unless such assignment is consented to in writing by the Company with the consent of a majority of the Independent Directors. Any such permitted assignment shall bind the assignee under this Agreement in the same manner as the Advisor is bound, and the Advisor shall be liable to the Company for all errors or omissions of the assignee under any such assignment. In addition, the assignee shall execute and deliver to the Company a counterpart of this Agreement naming such assignee as Advisor. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of the Advisor, except in the case of assignment by the Company to another REIT or other organization which is a successor (by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets, or similar transaction) to the Company, in which case such successor organization shall be bound under this Agreement and by the terms of such assignment in the same manner as the Company is bound under this Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor may (i) assign this Agreement to an Affiliate that is a successor to the Advisor solely by reason of a restructuring or other internal reorganization among the Advisor and any one or more of its Affiliates without the consent of the majority of the Independent Directors and (ii) delegate to one or more of its Affiliates the performance of any of its responsibilities hereunder without the consent of the majority of the Independent Directors so long as it remains liable for any such Affiliate’s performance, in each case so long as such assignment or delegation does not require the Company’s consent under the Advisers Act. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude the Advisor’s pledge, hypothecation or other transfer of any amounts payable to the Advisor under this Agreement.

 

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Section 16. Termination for Cause .

(a) The Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement effective upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Advisor, without payment of any Termination Fee or other fees (other than those accrued to the date of termination), as a result of:

(i) an Event of Default by the Advisor (upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Independent Directors or vote of holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding common stock);

(ii) a Change of Control of the Advisor (other than internal transfers among the Principals) (upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Independent Directors); or

(iii) the election of the Board of Directors (i) in accordance with Section 14 hereof or (ii) the occurrence of an Internalization Event.

(b) The Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement effective upon 30 days’ prior written notice of termination from the Board of Directors to the Advisor as a result of a Change of Control of the Company, but shall be required to pay to the Advisor the Termination Fee; provided , however , that the election to terminate and notification thereof to the Advisor must be made within 90 days of such Change of Control or the Company’s right to terminate under this Section 16(b) shall expire.

(c) The Advisor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement effective upon 60 days’ prior written notice by the Advisor to the Board of Directors, and the Company shall be required to pay to the Advisor the Termination Fee, in the event (i) that the Company shall default in the performance or observance or observance of any material term, condition or covenant contained in this Agreement and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Advisor to the Board of Directors specifying such default and requesting that the same be remedied within such 30-day period, or (ii) of a Change of Control of the Company; provided , however , that the election to terminate the notification thereof to the Company must be made within 90 days of such Change of Control or the Advisor’s right to terminate under this Section 16(c) shall expire.

(d) The Advisor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, without payment of any Termination Fee to the Advisor, in the event the Company becomes regulated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act, with such termination deemed to have occurred immediately prior to such event.

(e) If any of the events specified in Section 16(a)(i) or (ii) or Section 16(c) occurs, the Advisor shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Board of Directors. If any of the events specified in Section 16(a)(ii) or Section 16(b) occurs, the Company shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Advisor.

Section 17. Action Upon Termination . From and after the effective date of termination of this Agreement, pursuant to Section 14 or Section 16 of this Agreement, the Advisor shall not be entitled to compensation for further services under this Agreement, but shall be paid all compensation accruing to the date of termination and, if terminated pursuant to Section 16(b) or Section 16(c), the applicable Termination Fee. Upon such termination, the Advisor shall forthwith:

(a) after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled, pay over to the Company or a Subsidiary all money collected and held for the account of the Company or a Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement;

 

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(b) deliver to the Board of Directors a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board of Directors with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary; and

(c) deliver to the Board of Directors all property and documents of the Company or any Subsidiary then in the custody of the Advisor.

Section 18. Release of Money or Other Property Upon Written Request . The Advisor agrees that any money or other property of the Company or any Subsidiary held by the Advisor under this Agreement shall be held by the Advisor as custodian for the Company or such Subsidiary, and the Advisor’s records shall be appropriately marked clearly to reflect the ownership of such money or other property by the Company or such Subsidiary. Upon the receipt by the Advisor of a written request signed by a duly authorized officer or director of the Company requesting the Advisor to release to the Company or any Subsidiary any money or other property then held by the Advisor for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary under this Agreement, the Advisor shall release such money or other property to the Company or such Subsidiary, but in no event later than 10 days following such request. The Advisor shall not be liable to the Company, any Subsidiary, the Independent Directors, or the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s stockholders, members or partners for any acts performed or omissions to act by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the money or other property released to the Company or any Subsidiary in accordance with the second sentence of this Section 18. The Company and any Subsidiary shall indemnify the Advisor and the other Advisor Indemnified Parties against any and all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims of any nature whatsoever, which arise in connection with the Advisor’s release of such money or other property to the Company or such Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Section 18. Indemnification pursuant to this provision shall be in addition to any right of the Advisor or any such other Advisor Indemnified Party to indemnification under Section 11 of this Agreement.

Section 19. Representations and Warranties .

(a) The Company and Operating Partnership hereby represent and warrant to the Advisor as follows:

(i) The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its assets, to lease any property it may operate as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is now engaged and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for failures to be so qualified, authorized or licensed that could not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(ii) The Operating Partnership is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, has the partnership power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its assets, to lease any property it may operate as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is now engaged and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good

 

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standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for failures to be so qualified, authorized or licensed that could not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(iii) Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has the corporate or partnership power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize this Agreement on the terms and conditions hereof and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder. No consent of any other Person, including stockholders, partners and creditors of the Company or the Operating Partnership, and no license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required by the Company or the Operating Partnership in connection with this Agreement or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder. This Agreement has been, and each instrument or document required hereunder will be, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company or general partner of the Operating Partnership, and this Agreement constitutes, and each instrument or document required hereunder when executed and delivered hereunder will constitute, the legally valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Operating Partnership enforceable against the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms.

(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the documents or instruments required hereunder will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation binding on the Company or the Operating Partnership, or any order, judgment, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority binding on the Company or the Operating Partnership, or the Governing Instruments of, or any securities issued by the Company or the Operating Partnership or of any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which the Company or the Operating Partnership is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets may be bound, the violation of which would have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any lien on any of its property, assets or revenues pursuant to the provisions of any such mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking.

(b) The Advisor hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the Operating Partnership as follows:

(i) The Advisor is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the province of British Columbia, has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its assets, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is now engaged and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for failures to be so qualified, authorized or licensed that could not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Advisor.

(ii) The Advisor has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize this Agreement on the terms and conditions hereof and the

 

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execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder. No consent of any other Person, including stockholders or creditors of the Advisor, and no license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with this Agreement or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder. This Agreement has been, and each instrument or document required hereunder will be, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Advisor, and this Agreement constitutes, and each instrument or document required hereunder when executed and delivered hereunder will constitute, the legally valid and binding obligation of the Advisor enforceable against the Advisor in accordance with its terms.

(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the documents or instruments required hereunder will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation binding on the Advisor, or any order, judgment, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority binding on the Advisor, or the Governing Instruments of, or any securities issued by, the Advisor or of any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which the Advisor is a party or by which the Advisor or any of its assets may be bound, the violation of which would have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Advisor, and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any lien on any of its property, assets or revenues pursuant to the provisions of any such mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking.

Section 20. Non-Solicitation; Non-Competition; Preferential Acquisition Rights; Restrictions on Leasing .

(a) Each of the Second City Group, the Advisor, their respective Affiliates, and the Principals, in their individual capacities (each a “ Bound Party ” and collectively, the “ Bound Parties ”), agree that during the term of the Agreement, the Bound Parties shall not, individually or collectively, without the prior approval of the majority of the Independent Directors:

(i) create or manage another entity (A) which is publicly traded on an exchange or (B) which is not publicly traded on an exchange, but which entity’s securities are registered, and in the case of (A) and (B) which entity’s principal investment strategy focuses on the ownership of Suitable Properties or where 50% or more of such entity’s assets are comprised of Suitable Properties. For the avoidance of doubt, any Bound Party shall be permitted to manage any entity the principal investment strategy of which focuses on the ownership of Suitable Properties or manage an entity where 50% or more of such entity’s assets are comprised of Suitable Properties so long as (x) such entity is neither publicly traded on an exchange nor has registered securities, and (y) the Bound Party managing such entity complies with the provisions of Section 20(b) below;

(ii) invest in, purchase or finance the purchase of any assets directly or through an entity in which a Bound Party has a management role that constitute Suitable Properties and meet the Guidelines, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 20(b); and

(iii) solicit tenants and employees away from the Company or its facilities, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 20(c);

 

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(b) (i) During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall have a right of first opportunity to purchase any property or interest in a property that is a Suitable Property (whether within or outside the Company’s target market) identified and being considered for potential acquisition by any Bound Party (each, an “ Offered Investment ”); provided , however , that for the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be deemed to be Offered Investments: (A) properties that are geographically adjacent to properties currently owned by the Second City Group or one of its Affiliates, and (B) investments in which pre-existing contractual obligations to Joint Venture partners prohibit offering a right of first opportunity to purchase to the Company. The Advisor shall notify the Board of Directors in writing when a Bound Party is considering the acquisition of a Suitable Property, which notification shall include the material transaction terms (including the contemplated purchase price). The Company shall have a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of such notice (or such lesser period as may be available under the circumstances from the vendors of the Offered Investment, which shall be specified in the Advisor’s notice) to elect to acquire the Offered Investment on the terms set forth therein. At the time that the Advisor presents the Offered Investment to the Company, the Advisor shall also provide its recommendation regarding whether the Offered Investment would be a suitable investment for the Company in light of the Guidelines, its operating policies and other relevant investment considerations, and with an outline of all of the material terms and conditions of the Offered Investment then known to the Advisor, including relevant summary financial and property information.

(ii) The Independent Directors may elect to acquire an Offered Investment on behalf of the Company, in which event the Advisor shall promptly and diligently undertake to cause the Company to complete such acquisition. If the Independent Directors do not elect to direct the Advisor to acquire the Offered Investment during the relevant period referenced in Section 20(b)(i) above or expressly decline to acquire the Offered Investment, then (A) subject to clause (B) below, the Company shall be deemed to have conclusively waived any further rights with respect of the Offered Investment and (B) the relevant Bound Party shall have the right to acquire the Offered Investment for a purchase price not less than 95% of the price offered to the Company and on the same terms and conditions. In the event that the purchase price is less than 95% of the purchase price offered to the Company or the acquisition terms become, in the reasonable judgment of the Independent Directors, materially different than those presented to the Company, then the Company shall have a period of 5 Business Days from receipt of notice from the relevant Bound Party (or such lesser period as may be available, under the circumstances, from the vendors of the Offered Investment, as specified in such notice) to elect to acquire the Offered Investment at such purchase price and on such terms and conditions.

(c) (i) During the term of the Agreement, the Bound Parties agree to not actively approach or solicit, directly or indirectly, any tenant that currently occupies space at any property in which the Company has an ownership interest (a “ City Office Property ”) for the purpose of engaging in discussions relating to the negotiation of any lease of a property managed or owned by any Bound Party (a “ Managed Property ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a tenant of a City Office Property hires a third-party leasing broker to solicit proposals for a new lease and the Advisor or a Bound Party is contacted by such broker in relation to a Managed Property, the Advisor or such Bound Party shall promptly notify the Independent Directors of such proposal, following which the Company shall be entitled to respond to such proposal or sign a lease with such tenant for a Managed Property.

(ii) In the event that any current or prospective tenant (a “ Tenant ”) of a City Office Property shall approach the Advisor or any Bound Party for the purposes of engaging in discussions relating to the negotiation of any lease at a Managed Property that is within a radius of three miles of any City Office Property, the Advisor or such Bound Party shall be obligated to (i) notify the Independent Directors and keep them apprised of the status of negotiations with the Tenant and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Company with the

 

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opportunity to make a proposal to the Tenant to lease space in a City Office Property. The Advisor or such Bound Party will not be required to take any such action if it is prohibited from doing so by confidentiality obligations explicitly required by the Tenant or its representatives; provided , however , that the Advisor or such Bound Party will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Tenant to waive any such confidentiality restrictions as it relates specifically to notifying the Independent Directors and allowing the Company to make a proposal to the Tenant.

(iii) In the event that the Tenant signs a lease in respect of a Managed Property, the Advisor or such Bound Party shall provide to the Company on a confidential basis, if requested by the Independent Directors, the compensation committee of the Board of Directors or the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board of Directors, an executed copy of such lease (where the Advisor or such Bound Party, acting reasonably, is not prohibited from doing so by confidentiality obligations explicitly required by the Tenant or its representatives).

(d) The Company shall not purchase any Property from any Bound Party unless the transaction is approved in advance by the majority of the Company’s stockholders so voting (other than the Principals or the Advisor or Affiliates of the Advisor).

(e) Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way bind or restrict any Bound Party or its officers, directors, employees or personnel from buying, selling or trading any securities or investments for their own accounts or for the account of others for whom such Bound Party (other than the Advisor), officers, directors, employees or personnel may be acting.

(f) The provisions of this Section 20 shall remain in effect during the term of this Agreement; provided , however , that in the case of a termination of this Agreement by reason of an Event of Default of the Advisor, the provisions of this Section 20 will remain in effect for an additional 12 months following the effective date of termination of this Agreement.

Section 21. Notices . Unless expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, all notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given, made and received when delivered against receipt or upon actual receipt of (i) personal delivery, (ii) delivery by reputable overnight courier, (iii) delivery by facsimile transmission or electronic mail with telephonic confirmation or (iv) delivery by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as set forth below:

 

(a)    If to the Company:
  

c/o City Office REIT, Inc.

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

 

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with a copy to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: 646-848-7325

Email: sgiove@shearman.com

Attention: Stephen T. Giove

(b)   

If to the Advisor:

 

c/o City Office Real Estate Management Inc.

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

 

with a copy to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: 646-848-7325

Email: sgiove@shearman.com

Attention: Stephen T. Giove

Either party may alter the address to which communications or copies are to be sent by giving notice of such change of address in conformity with the provisions of this Section 21 for the giving of notice.

Section 22. Binding Nature of Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Survival . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns as provided in this Agreement. All of the representations and warranties made in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive execution and delivery of this Agreement.

Section 23. Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. The express terms of this Agreement control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be modified or amended other than by an agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto.

Section 24. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY

 

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HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“ Related Proceedings ”) shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “ Specified Courts ”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “ Related Judgment ”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party not located in the United States irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City and County of New York. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.

Section 25. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any party hereto, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. No waiver of any provision hereunder shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.

Section 26. Headings . The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement.

Section 27. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts of this Agreement, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories.

Section 28. Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such

 

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prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 29. Gender . Words used herein regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context requires.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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

 

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Title:    

CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership

By:   City Office REIT, Inc.,
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Title:    

CITY OFFICE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT, INC.

a British Columbia corporation

By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Title:

 


L IMITED J OINDER

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned executes this Agreement as of the date first written above and acknowledges that it agrees to be bound by the Agreement with respect to Section 20 only:

 

SECOND CITY CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Delaware limited partnership
By:   Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership,
  its Sole General Partner
By:   Second City General Partner II, Inc.,
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Title:

SECOND CITY GENERAL PARTNER II, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

a Delaware limited partnership

By:   Second City General Partner II, Inc.,
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Title:

CIO OP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

a Delaware limited partnership

By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name: James Farrar
  Title:

[Signatures continue on the next page.]


CIO REIT STOCK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

GIBRALT US, INC.,

a Colorado corporation

By:

 

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

GCC AMBERGLEN INVESTMENTS LP,

an Oregon limited partnership

By:  

GCC Oregon Amberglen LLC,

its Sole General Partner

By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

[Signatures continue on the next page.]


JAMES FARRAR,

an individual

By:   /s/ James Farrar

ANTHONY MARETIC,

an individual

By:  

/s/ Anthony Maretic

GREGORY TYLEE,

an individual

By:  

/s/ Gregory Tylee

SAMUEL BELZBERG,

an individual

By:  

/s/ Samuel Belzberg


Exhibit A

Investment Guidelines

 

  No investment shall be made that would cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

 

  No investment shall be made that would cause the Company or any Subsidiary to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

 

  Investments shall be in accordance with the disclosure in the Registration Statement.

 

  Until appropriate investments can be identified, the Company may invest available cash in interest-bearing and short-term investments, that are consistent with (i) the Company’s intention to qualify as a REIT, and (ii) the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s exemption from “investment company” status under the Investment Company Act.

 

Exh. A

Exhibit 10.3

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 21, 2014, by and between City Office Real Estate Management Inc., a British Columbia corporation (the “Advisor”) and Second City Capital II Corporation, a British Columbia corporation (the “Administrator”).

WITNESSETH :

WHEREAS, the Advisor has entered into an advisory agreement (as such agreement may be amended from time to time, the ‘‘Advisory Agreement”), dated as of April 21, 2014, among City Office REIT, Inc. (the “Company”), City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and the Advisor;

WHEREAS, the Administrator desires to provide such services, including personnel, services and resources, to the Advisor as shall be necessary to enable the Advisor to perform its duties under the Advisory Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Advisor desires to pay the Administrator, and the Administrator desires to receive, a fee for the Administrator’s services hereunder in the amount specified below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Agreement to Provide Services . The Administrator agrees to provide the Advisor with such personnel, services and resources, and to take all other commercially reasonable actions, as shall be necessary or advisable to enable the Advisor to perform all of its duties, obligations and agreements under the Advisory Agreement.

2. Third Party Beneficiary . The Administrator and the Advisor each understands and agrees that the provisions of Section 1 of this Agreement are for the direct benefit of the Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries, and each of the Administrator and Advisor hereby designates the Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries as a named third party beneficiary of this Agreement. The Administrator acknowledges and agrees that the Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries shall have, as a non-exclusive remedy, a direct right of action against the Administrator in the event of any breach by the Advisor of any of its duties, obligations or agreements under the Advisory Agreement that arise out of or result from any breach by the Administrator of its obligations hereunder.

3. Term . This Agreement will terminate upon the termination of the Advisory Agreement.

4. Fees . As consideration for the performance by the Administrator of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, the Advisor shall pay the Administrator fees in an amount equal to the reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the


Administrator in the provision of services, personnel and resources under this Agreement, plus a mark-up equal to [0.5]% of such costs and expenses. Such fees shall be payable by the Advisor to the Administrator on a quarterly basis in cash within ten (10) days after receipt by the Advisor of the last Advisory Fee payment for each quarter pursuant to the Advisory Agreement. In addition, in the event the Advisory Agreement is terminated or not renewed, the Advisor will reimburse the Administrator for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket termination costs incurred by the Administrator.

5. Assignments . This Agreement may not be assigned by any party hereto, in whole or in part, and shall terminate automatically in the event of any such assignment, unless such assignment is consented to in writing by the other party; provided, however , that the Administrator may delegate to one or more of its affiliates performance of any of its responsibilities hereunder so long as it remains liable for any such affiliate’s performance.

6. Governing Law . The laws of New York shall govern the enforceability and validity of this Agreement, the construction of its terms and the interpretation of the rights and duties of the parties.

7. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed and delivered by the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including telecopy or email transmission of scanned image), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

8. Severability . Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof; and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

9. Binding Nature of Agreement; Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns as provided in this Agreement.

10. No Joint Venture/Independent Contractor . Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed by the parties hereto, or by any third party, as creating the relationship of principal and agent or of partnership or of joint venture between the parties hereto. In the performance of its obligation hereunder, each party shall be an independent contractor with regard to the other.

11. Headings . The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

12. Amendments . This Agreement may not be modified or amended other than by an agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto; provided that Sections 1, 2, 3, 5 and 12 hereof may not be modified or amended without the prior written consent of (i) the parties hereto, (ii) the Company and (iii) the Operating Partnership.

 

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

 

CITY OFFICE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INC.
By:  

/s/ Anthony Maretic

Name:   Anthony Maretic
Title:   Vice President
SECOND CITY CAPITAL II CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

Name:   Ryan Chan
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 10.4

CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF APRIL 14, 2014

BY AND AMONG

CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,

a Maryland limited partnership ,

GIBRALT US, INC.,

a Colorado corporation

DANIEL RAPAPORT,

an individual

AND

GCC AMBERGLEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

an Oregon limited partnership


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ARTICLE I

CONTRIBUTION

 

Section 1.01.

  CONTRIBUTION TRANSACTION      8   

Section 1.02.

  CONSIDERATION      8   

Section 1.03.

  FURTHER ACTION      11   

Section 1.04.

  TREATMENT AS CONTRIBUTION      12   

Section 1.05.

  OP LEASE RESPONSIBILITY      12   

ARTICLE II

CLOSING

  

  

Section 2.01.

  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT      12   

Section 2.02.

  TIME AND PLACE      15   

Section 2.03.

  CLOSING DELIVERABLES.      15   

Section 2.04.

  CLOSING COSTS      16   

Section 2.05.

  TERM OF THE AGREEMENT      17   

Section 2.06.

  EFFECT OF TERMINATION      17   

Section 2.07.

  TAX WITHHOLDING      17   
ARTICLE III   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP   

Section 3.01.

  ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY      17   

Section 3.02.

  DUE AUTHORIZATION      17   

Section 3.03.

  CONSENTS AND APPROVALS      18   

Section 3.04.

  NO VIOLATION      18   

Section 3.05.

  VALIDITY OF OP UNITS      18   

Section 3.06.

  LITIGATION      18   

Section 3.07.

  OP AGREEMENT      18   

Section 3.08.

  LIMITED ACTIVITIES      18   

Section 3.09.

  NO BROKER      18   

Section 3.10.

  NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES      18   
ARTICLE IV   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONTRIBUTORS   

Section 4.01.

  ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY      19   

Section 4.02.

  DUE AUTHORIZATION      19   

Section 4.03.

  OWNERSHIP OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS      19   

Section 4.04.

  OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTIES      20   

Section 4.05.

  CONSENTS AND APPROVALS      21   

Section 4.06.

  NO VIOLATION      21   

Section 4.07.

  NON-FOREIGN PERSON      22   

Section 4.08.

  TAXES      22   

Section 4.09.

  SOLVENCY      22   

Section 4.10.

  LITIGATION      22   

 

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Section 4.11.

  COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS      22   

Section 4.12.

  EMINENT DOMAIN      22   

Section 4.13.

  LICENSES AND PERMITS      23   

Section 4.14.

  ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE      23   

Section 4.15.

  TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY      23   

Section 4.16.

  ZONING      23   

Section 4.17.

  INVESTMENT INTENT      24   

Section 4.18.

  EXISTING LOANS      24   

Section 4.19.

  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS      24   

Section 4.20.

  INSURANCE      25   

Section 4.21.

  EMPLOYEES      25   

Section 4.22.

  NO BROKER      25   

Section 4.23.

  NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES      25   
ARTICLE V   
INDEMNIFICATION   

Section 5.01.

  INDEMNIFICATION.      26   

Section 5.02.

  EXCLUSIVE REMEDY      28   

Section 5.03.

  TAX TREATMENT      28   

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS

  

Section 6.01.

  COVENANTS OF THE CONTRIBUTOR      28   

Section 6.02.

  COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS BY THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND EACH CONTRIBUTOR      30   

Section 6.03.

  TAX AGREEMENT      30   
ARTICLE VII   
WAIVERS AND CONSENTS   

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

  

  

Section 8.01.

  NOTICES      30   

Section 8.02.

  DEFINITIONS      32   

Section 8.03.

  COUNTERPARTS      34   

Section 8.04.

  ENTIRE AGREEMENT; THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES      34   

Section 8.05.

  GOVERNING LAW      35   

Section 8.06.

  ASSIGNMENT      35   

Section 8.07.

  JURISDICTION      35   

Section 8.08.

  SEVERABILITY      35   

Section 8.09.

  RULES OF CONSTRUCTION      35   

Section 8.10.

  EQUITABLE REMEDIES      36   

Section 8.11.

  DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS      36   

Section 8.12.

  NO PERSONAL LIABILITY CONFERRED      36   

Section 8.13.

  AMENDMENT; WAIVER      36   

Section 8.14.

  SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULES      36   

 

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List of Exhibits

 

Exhibit A

   Property

Exhibit B

   Contributing Ownership Interests

Exhibit C

   Formation Transactions

Exhibit D

   Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership

Exhibit E

   Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

List of Schedules

 

Schedule 1.02(a)

   Reimbursable Leases

Schedule 1.02(b)

   Balance Sheet

Schedule 1.02(b)(i)

   Methods of Calculating Net Working Capital

Schedule 3.03

   Summary of Required Consents

Schedule 4.04(a)(i)

   Owned Real Property

Schedule 4.04(a)(ii)

   Rights to Acquire Property

Schedule 4.04(c)

   Schedule of Title Insurance Policy

Schedule 4.04(d)

   Material Agreements

Schedule 4.04(e)

   Leases

Schedule 4.04(g)

   Material Defects

Schedule 4.11

   Compliance with Laws

Schedule 4.14

   Environmental Conditions

Schedule 4.15

   Tangible Personal Property

Schedule 4.16

   Zoning

Schedule 4.18

   Existing Loans


Defined Terms

TERM

  

  SECTION  

A&R OP Agreement

   Section 1.02

Affiliate

   Section 8.02

Agreement

   Introduction

Amberglen

   Introduction

Amberglen Consideration

   Section 1.02

Amberglen Interest

   Recitals

Assignment and Assumption Agreement

   Section 2.03

Business Day

   Section 8.02

CERCLA

   Section 8.02

Closing

   Section 2.02

Closing Date

   Section 2.02

Closing Date Net Working Capital

   Section 1.02

Code

   Section 8.02

Contribution Transactions

   Exhibit C

Contributor

   Introduction

Contributor Indemnified Party

   Section 5.01

Determination Materials

   Section 1.02

Environmental Laws

   Section 8.02

Environmental Permits

   Section 8.02

Existing Loan Document

   Section 4.18

Existing Loans

   Section 4.18

Felton Guarantee

   Section 2.01

Final Resolution Date

   Section 1.02

Financial Statements

   Section 4.19

Formation Transactions

   Recitals

Formation Transaction Documents

   Section 8.02

Fund Material Adverse Effect

   Section 2.01

GAAP

   Section 8.02

Gibralt

   Introduction

Gibralt Consideration

   Section 1.02

Governmental Authority

   Section 8.02

Guggenheim Financing

   Section 8.02

GP Holder Stock

   Recitals

Hazardous Materials

   Section 8.02

Indemnified Party

   Article V

Indemnifying Party

   Article V

Independent Accounting Firm

   Section 1.02

Initial Property Assets

   Section 4.08

Initial Property Owner

   Recitals

Initial Public Offering

   Recitals

Law

   Section 8.02

Leases

   Section 4.04

Liens

   Section 8.02

Losses

   Article V

Minority Partner Interest

   Recitals

Net Working Capital

   Section 1.02

Objection Notice

   Section 1.02

Offering Price

   Recitals

OP Indemnified Party

   Section 5.01

 

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OP Material Adverse Effect

   Section 8.02

OP Units

   Recitals

Operating Partnership

   Introduction

Order

   Section 8.02

Outside Date

   Section 2.06

Ownership Interests

   Recitals

Party

   Introduction

Permitted Lien

   Section 8.02

Person

   Section 8.02

Post-Closing Period

   Section 1.02

Property

   Recitals

Rapaport

   Introduction

Rapaport Consideration

   Section 1.02

Rapaport Interest

   Recitals

Reimbursable Leases

   Section 1.02

REIT

   Introduction

REIT Common Stock

   Section 8.02

Release

   Section 8.02

SCGP

   Section 2.01

Schedule Supplement

   Section 8.14

SCLP

   Section 2.01

Securities Act

   Section 8.02

Solvent

   Section 4.09

Subsidiary

   Section 8.02

Tax

   Section 8.02

Tax Return

   Section 8.02

Third Party Claims

   Article V

Total Consideration

   Section 1.02

 

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CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of April 14, 2014 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), Gibralt US, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ Gibralt ”), Daniel Rapaport, an individual (“ Rapaport ”) and GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership, an Oregon limited partnership (“ Amberglen ”) (each of Gibralt and Amberglen a “ Contributor ,” and collectively, the “ Contributors ”). Each of the Contributors and the Operating Partnership is sometimes referred to herein individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties .”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ REIT ”), as sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, desires to consolidate the ownership of the property identified on Exhibit A (the “ Property ”) through a series of transactions whereby the Operating Partnership will acquire a 92.3849% limited partner interest and all of the general partner interests held by the Contributors in the entity identified as the initial property owner on such exhibit (the “ Initial Property Owner ”), which owns or holds, directly or indirectly, fee simple or leasehold interests in the Property;

WHEREAS, Gibralt owns 100% of the issued and outstanding equity securities of the entity set forth on Exhibit B (the “ GP Holder Stock ”), as the holder of the general partner interest in the Initial Property Owner (the “GP Interest Holder”) Rapaport owns 3.8075% of the limited partner interests in the Initial Property Owner (the “ Rapaport Interest ”) and Amberglen owns 84.7699% of the limited partner interests in the Initial Property Owner (the “ Amberglen Interest ”) and 3.8075% of the limited partner interests in the Initial Property Owner (the “ Minority Partner Interest ” and collectively with the GP Holder Stock, the Amberglen Interest and the Rapaport Interest, the “ Ownership Interests ”), in each case, as set forth on Exhibit B ;

WHEREAS, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and certain other restructuring transactions to be completed prior to or on the Closing Date as set forth on Exhibit C (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”) are related to the proposed initial public offering (the “ Initial Public Offering ”) of common stock (the “ REIT Common Stock ”) of the REIT;

WHEREAS, Gibralt desires to, and the Operating Partnership desires Gibralt to, contribute to the Operating Partnership, all of the GP Holder Stock, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, Gibralt will transfer the GP Holder Stock to the Operating Partnership in exchange for units of limited partnership interest (“ OP Units ”) in the Operating Partnership, with each OP Unit being equal to the Offering Price;

WHEREAS, Rapaport desires to, and the Operating Partnership desires Rapaport to, contribute to the Operating Partnership, all of the Rapaport Interest, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, Rapaport will transfer the Rapaport Interest to the Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units;

WHEREAS, Amberglen desires to, and the Operating Partnership desires Amberglen to, contribute to the Operating Partnership, all of the Amberglen Interest, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

 

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WHEREAS, Amberglen will transfer the Amberglen Interest to the Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units;

WHEREAS, Amberglen desires to, and the Operating Partnership desires Amberglen to, contribute to the Operating Partnership, all of the Minority Partner Interest, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, Amberglen will transfer the Minority Partner Interest to the Operating Partnership in exchange for cash;

WHEREAS, all necessary approvals have been obtained by the parties to this Agreement to consummate the transactions contemplated herein and the other Formation Transactions.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and other terms contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

CONTRIBUTION

Section 1.01. CONTRIBUTION TRANSACTION . At the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, each Contributor shall and does, effective as of the Closing, hereby assign, set over, and transfer to the Operating Partnership, absolutely and unconditionally and free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, all of such Contributor’s right, title and interest in and to the Ownership Interests, in exchange for the consideration set forth in Section 1.02.

Section 1.02. CONSIDERATION

(a) Closing Date Consideration . At the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, the Operating Partnership shall:

(i) in exchange for the Amberglen Interest, issue to Amberglen 123,395 OP Units, which amount is subject to adjustment as set forth in this Section 1.02 (the “ Amberglen Consideration ”);

(ii) in exchange for the Minority Partner Interest, pay to Amberglen $11,675,000 dollars (the “ Minority Partner Consideration ”);

(iii) in exchange for the Rapaport Interests, issue to Rapaport 140,000 OP Units (the “ Rapaport Consideration ”); and

(iv) in exchange for the GP Holder Stock, issue to Gibralt 123 OP Units (the “ Gibralt Consideration ”; the Amberglen Consideration, the Rapaport Consideration and the Gibralt Consideration collectively, the “ Total Consideration ”). The transfer of OP Units to the Contributors and any subsequent transfers required of the Contributors by the Formation Transactions shall be evidenced by an amendment and restatement of the Operating Partnership Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D (the “ A&R OP Agreement ”). The

 

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Parties intend and agree that, in determining the Minority Partner Consideration, there shall be deducted therefrom an amount equal to the sum of (i) any rental payments attributable to the period from and after the Closing Date to the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “ Post-Closing Period ”) which by the current terms of any applicable Lease at any of the Properties in effect as of January 15, 2014 (the “ Reimbursable Leases ”) are agreed to be abated and treated as “free rent” and (ii) any amounts required by the current terms of any such Reimbursable Lease to be paid by the landlord thereunder during the Post-Closing Period as a “tenant work allowance” or to undertake tenant improvements. The Reimbursable Leases are set forth on Schedule 1.02(a) attached hereto.

(b) Post-Closing Adjustments . The Amberglen Consideration shall be adjusted after the Closing Date as follows:

(i) Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, the Operating Partnership shall prepare and deliver to Amberglen a statement setting forth a calculation of the aggregate Net Working Capital of the Initial Property Owners and the Second City Initial Property Owners (as defined in the Second City Contribution Agreement) as of 12:01 A.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date (the “ Closing Date Net Working Capital ”), which calculation shall be prepared in a manner consistent and using the same methodology with the most recent available balance sheet attached hereto as, and any other adjustments shown on, Schedule 1.02(b) , and, to the extent not inconsistent with said Schedule, in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this Agreement “ Net Working Capital ” as of any particular date shall be calculated by subtracting (x) the aggregate balances in the current liabilities accounts identified on Schedule 1.02(b)(i)  as of such date from (y) the aggregate balances of the current asset accounts listed on Schedule 1.02(b)(i)  as of such date, in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP, subject to the modifications described on Schedule 1.02(b)(i) .

(ii) The Operating Partnership shall comply with Amberglen’s reasonable requests for supporting documentation used in the preparation of the Closing Date Net Working Capital and to access the Initial Property Owners books and records pertaining thereto. Except as set forth below, the Closing Date Net Working Capital shall be deemed to be and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties upon the earlier of (the “ Final Resolution Date ”): (a) Amberglen’s delivery of a written notice to the Operating Partnership of its approval of the Closing Date Net Working Capital; (b) the failure of Amberglen to notify the Operating Partnership in writing in accordance with Section 1.02(b)(iii)  of a dispute with the Closing Date Net Working Capital (an “ Objection Notice ”); and (c) the resolution of all disputes, pursuant either to Section 1.02(b)(iv)  or to Section 1.02(c) , by the Independent Accounting Firm.

(iii) If Amberglen disagrees with the Closing Date Net Working Capital, it may, within thirty (30) days of the delivery by the Operating Partnership of the Closing Date Net Working Capital and such supporting documentation as requested pursuant to Section 1.02(b)(ii), deliver an Objection Notice setting forth Amberglen’s calculation of the Closing Date Net Working Capital. Any such Objection Notice shall specify those individual line items in the Closing Date Calculations with which Amberglen disagrees and the items, facts, amounts, calculations, or valuations used to determine such line items. Amberglen shall be deemed to have agreed with all line items or amounts

 

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contained in the Closing Date Net Working Capital and all calculations, items, facts, amounts or valuations used in determining any line item of the Closing Date Net Working Capital unless, and only to the extent, such items, facts, amounts, calculations or valuations are specifically and timely objected to in an Objection Notice. If Amberglen does not timely deliver an Objection Notice, the Closing Date Net Working Capital determined by the Operating Partnership shall be binding and conclusive on the parties hereto.

(iv) If Amberglen timely delivers an Objection Notice to the Operating Partnership in accordance with Section 1.02(a)(iii) , the Operating Partnership and Amberglen shall attempt in good faith to reconcile the parties’ differences, and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties. If the Operating Partnership and Amberglen are unable to reach a resolution within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Objection Notice, the Operating Partnership and Amberglen shall submit their respective determinations and calculations and the items remaining in dispute for resolution to BDO USA, LLP (the “ Independent Accounting Firm ”). The lead partner of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be named by the managing partner of the accounting firm or by such other practice ordinarily employed by the Independent Accounting Firm. While each Party represents that it is not aware of any conflicts as of the date hereof that could negatively impact the Independent Accounting Firm’s ability to serve in such capacity or to allow for the possibility of such a conflict of interest or a refusal by the designated firm to serve as the Independent Accounting Firm, if the designated accounting firm is not eligible or will not serve as the Independent Accounting Firm, Amberglen and the Operating Partnership shall mutually agree to another independent accounting firm of international reputation and the selected firm shall be the Independent Accounting Firm.

(v) The Independent Accounting Firm shall establish such procedures giving due regard to the intention of the Parties to resolve disputes as promptly, efficiently, and inexpensively as possible, which procedures may, but need not, be those proposed by either the Operating Partnership or Amberglen.

(vi) If issues are submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 1.02(b):

(A) The Operating Partnership and Amberglen shall execute any agreement required by the Independent Accounting Firm to accept their engagement pursuant to this Section 1.02(b);

(B) The Operating Partnership and Amberglen shall each bear one-half of the fees and costs of the Independent Accounting Firm; provided, however, that the engagement agreement referred to above may require the Operating Partnership and Amberglen to be bound jointly and severally to the Independent Accounting Firm for those fees and costs, and in the event Operating Partnership or Amberglen pay to the Independent Accounting Firm any amount in excess of one-half of the fees and costs of its engagement, the other Party agrees to reimburse Operating Partnership or Amberglen, as applicable, upon demand, to the extent required to equalize the payments made by Operating Partnership and Amberglen with respect to the fees and costs of the Independent Accounting Firm.

 

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(c) Amberglen and the Operating Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Independent Accounting Firm to resolve all disagreements as soon as practicable, but in any event within sixty (60) days after the dispute is first submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. Amberglen and the Operating Partnership shall each submit within twenty (20) days of the engagement of the Independent Accounting Firm its calculation of the unresolved disputed items in the Objection Notice together with such work papers, calculations and other materials that such party has determined supports such party’s calculation (the “ Determination Materials ”). The Independent Accounting Firm shall base its determination of the disputed amounts solely on the Determination Materials. The Independent Accounting Firm shall only consider those line items and amounts in the Closing Date Calculations to which Amberglen has timely objected pursuant to Section 1.02(b)(iii)  and which the Operating Partnership and Amberglen have been unable to resolve. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not assign a value to any disputed item greater than the greatest value or less than the smallest value for such item assigned to it by the Operating Partnership or Amberglen, as the case may be. The resolution of the dispute by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be final, binding and non-appealable on and by the Parties hereto.

(d) Within three (3) Business Days after the final determination of the Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to Section 1.02(b)  or Section 1.02(c) , as the case may be, (i) if the Closing Date Net Working Capital is less than $0, the Amberglen Consideration shall be decreased, dollar for dollar, by the amount by which the Closing Date Net Working Capital is less than $0, and Amberglen shall pay to the Operating Partnership such negative amount as provided in Section 1.02(e) and (ii) if the Closing Date Net Working Capital is greater than $0, the Amberglen Consideration shall be increased, dollar for dollar, by the amount by which the Closing Date Net Working Capital is greater than $0, and the Operating Partnership shall pay to Amberglen such positive amount as provided in Section 1.02(e) .

(e) Payments pursuant to this Section 1.02 shall be deemed adjustments to the Total Consideration. The payments to be made pursuant to this Section 1.02 shall be made in cash in immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Operating Partnership or to one or more accounts designated by Amberglen, as applicable. Until paid, such amounts shall bear interest determined by computing simple interest on the amount from the Closing Date to the date of payment(s) at that rate of interest identified as the “Prime Rate” of interest on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of payment(s) as published in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal (United States edition) (or the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank, N.A. from time to time as its “reference rate” (on the basis of a 365-day year) if The Wall Street Journal no longer publishes the Prime Rate).

Section 1.03. FURTHER ACTION . If, at any time after the Closing, the Operating Partnership shall determine or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments (including any intellectual property assignments), certificates, affidavits, consents, assurances or other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Operating Partnership the right, title or interest in or to the Ownership Interests contributed by the Contributors or the interests in the Property owned by the Initial Property Owner, the Contributors shall execute and deliver, or take such commercially reasonable actions as are within their respective control to cause to be executed and delivered, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments (including any intellectual property assignments), certificates, affidavits, consents, assurances and do or take such commercially reasonable actions as are within their respective control to cause to be done, all such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in or to the Ownership Interests or otherwise to carry out this Agreement; provided , that the Contributors shall not be obligated to take any action or execute any document if the additional actions or documents impose additional liabilities,

 

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obligations, covenants, responsibilities, representations or warranties on the Contributors that are not contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties shall within thirty (30) days after the Closing and from time to time thereafter as any Party shall request, reconcile cash amounts received by any Party after Closing and to make such monetary adjustments between them as shall be required to allocate to the Operating Partnership or the applicable Subsidiary all rents and other monies received for periods on or after the Closing and to the Contributors all rents and other monies received for periods prior to the Closing. Rental payments received after the Closing shall be allocated first to the rental payments due for the month in which the Closing occurs (prorated on a per diem basis), then any rentals due for the period after the Closing and any excess shall be applied to any rental amounts owing to the Contributors for any period prior to the Closing.

Section 1.04. TREATMENT AS CONTRIBUTION.

(a) Each transfer, assignment and exchange by any Contributor effectuated pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a “Capital Contribution” by such Contributor to the Operating Partnership as defined in Article I of the A&R OP Agreement and is intended to be governed by Section 721(a) of the Code, with the exception of the transfer, assignment and exchange of the Minority Partner Interest by Amberglen, which shall not constitute a Capital Contribution pursuant to the A&R OP Agreement but shall be treated as a sale and governed by Section 1001 of the Code.

(b) The Contributors and the Operating Partnership agree to the tax treatment described in Section 1.04(a), and each Contributor and the Operating Partnership shall file their respective Tax Returns consistent with such treatment, unless otherwise required by applicable Law.

Section 1.05. OP LEASE RESPONSIBILITY. With respect to any lease entered into by the Initial Property Owners or the Contributors at any of the Properties from and after January 15, 2014, the Operating Partnership confirms and agrees that it shall be responsible for and shall pay, or shall reimburse the Contributors for any amounts paid by them in respect of, (i) any amounts required by the terms of any such lease to be paid by the landlord thereunder as a “tenant work allowance” or to undertake tenant improvements or (ii) any leasing commissions, legal fees or other out-of-pocket costs paid or payable by the landlord under any such lease.

ARTICLE II

CLOSING

Section 2.01. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

(a) Condition to Each Party’s Obligations . The respective obligation of each Party to effect the contributions contemplated by this Agreement and to consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to the last sentence of Section 2.01(a)(i) below) of the following conditions:

(i) Registration Statement . The registration statement relating to the Initial Public Offering shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and will not be the subject of any stop order or proceedings by the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking a stop order. This condition may not be waived by any Party.

 

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(ii) No Injunction . No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, judgment, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case which is in effect and which prevents or prohibits consummation of any of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or any of the other Formation Transactions nor shall any litigation with or before a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that seeks the foregoing then be pending.

(iii) RAIT Consent . RAIT Partnership, L.P. (“ RAIT ”) shall have consented to the transfers contemplated by this Agreement.

(iv) Formation Transactions . The Formation Transactions set forth on Exhibit C shall have been consummated not later than concurrently with the Closing.

(b) Conditions to Obligations of the Operating Partnership . The obligations of the Operating Partnership to effect the contributions contemplated by this Agreement and to consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Closing Date are further subject to satisfaction of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by the Operating Partnership in whole or in part):

(i) Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of each Contributor contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty speaks as of an earlier date, in which case it must be true and correct only as of such earlier date).

(ii) Performance by each Contributor . Each Contributor shall have performed and complied with in all material respects all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

(iii) Consents, Licenses, Etc . All necessary consents and approvals, including of any Governmental Authorities or third parties, for each Contributor to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and the other Formation Transactions shall have been obtained. The Operating Partnership shall have received all licenses, permits, certificates, approvals and other authorizations from the appropriate Governmental Authorities that are necessary in connection with the transfer of the Ownership Interests, the operation of the Property and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(iv) No Material Adverse Change . There shall not have occurred between the date hereof and the Closing Date any material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Contributors, the Initial Property Owner and the Property, taken as a whole (a “ Fund Material Adverse Effect ”); provided, however , that none of the following shall be deemed, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Fund Material Adverse Effect: (1) any material adverse change to the extent attributable to the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (2) any material adverse change attributable to conditions affecting (x) the industries in which the Contributors or the Initial Property Owner participate (including fluctuating conditions resulting from cyclicality, seasonality or weather patterns affecting the business of the Contributors or

 

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the Initial Property Owner, including their respective tenants and suppliers) or (y) the United States economy as a whole; provided that such changes do not affect the Property in a disproportionate manner; (3) any material adverse change resulting from or relating to compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required by, this Agreement; (4) any material adverse change arising from or relating to any change in accounting requirements or principles or any change in Laws or the interpretation or enforcement thereof; or (5) any Permitted Lien.

(v) Initial Public Offering Closing . The closing of the Initial Public Offering shall occur substantially concurrently with the Closing.

(vi) Bankruptcy and Similar Events . There shall not have been filed, by or against either Contributor or the Initial Property Owner a petition in bankruptcy or a petition or answer seeking an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or seeking liquidation or dissolution or similar relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, or similar insolvency law, which has not been dismissed before the Closing Date.

(vii) Formation Transactions . The Formation Transactions shall have been or shall be scheduled to be consummated substantially concurrently in accordance with the timing set forth in the respective Formation Transaction Documents.

(viii) Approval of Formation Transactions . The transactions contemplated hereby and the other Formation Transactions shall have been approved or consented to in writing by the general partner and, to the extent required, the holders of the requisite limited partner interests of each Contributor.

(ix) Working Capital . The Initial Property Owner shall have Net Working Capital of not less than zero, as of the Closing Date

(x) Tenant Reserves . The Initial Property Owner shall have sufficient available funds from cash reserves, loan reserves or other financing agreements as of the Closing Date to satisfy all contractual obligations for tenant improvements as of the Closing Date.

(c) Conditions to Obligations of the Contributors . The obligations of each Contributor are further subject to satisfaction of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by such Contributor in whole or in part):

(i) Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty speaks as of an earlier date, in which case it must be true and correct only as of such earlier date).

(ii) Performance by the Operating Partnership . The Operating Partnership shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

(iii) Consents, Licenses, Etc . All necessary consents and approvals, including of any Governmental Authorities or third parties, for each Contributor to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and the other Formation Transactions shall have been

 

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obtained. The Operating Partnership shall have received all licenses, permits, certificates, approvals and other authorizations from the appropriate Governmental Authorities that are necessary in connection with the transfer of the Ownership Interests, the operation of the Property and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(iv) Advisory Agreement . The Advisory Agreement by and among the Operating Partnership, the REIT and City Office Real Estate Management, Inc. shall have been executed.

(v) Excepted Holder Agreement . The Excepted Holder Agreements by and among the REIT, CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, CIO OP Limited Partnership and Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership (“ SCGP ”) shall have been executed.

(vi) Tax Protection Agreements . The Tax Protection Agreements by and among the Operating Partnership, CIO OP Limited Partnership, SCGP, Rapaport, Amberglen and Gibralt shall have been executed.

(vii) Second City Contribution Agreement . The Contribution Agreement (the “ Second City Contribution Agreement ”) by and among, inter alios, the Operating Partnership, SCLP and SCGP, and all documents and instruments contemplated thereby, shall have been executed.

(viii) Post-Closing Limited Indemnity . The Operating Partnership shall have executed and delivered to Felton an indemnity agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Felton and the Operating Partnership, whereby the Operating Partnership agrees to indemnify Felton for Felton’s obligations under that the Felton Guarantee.

Section 2.02. TIME AND PLACE . Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.05, and subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions in Section 2.01, the closing of the transfers contemplated by Sections 1.01 and 1.02 and the other transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Closing ”) shall occur substantially concurrently with closing of, and the receipt by the REIT of the proceeds from, the Initial Public Offering (the “ Closing Date ”). The Closing shall take place at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 or such other place as mutually determined by the parties hereto. The transfers described in Sections 1.01 and 1.02 and all closing deliveries shall be deemed to have occurred concurrently on the Closing Date at the Closing for all purposes.

Section 2.03. CLOSING DELIVERABLES.

(a) At or prior to the Closing, each Contributor shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Operating Partnership all documents necessary or appropriate to consummate the Closing, including the following, all in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Operating Partnership:

(i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit E attached hereto transferring all of such Contributor’s right, title and interest in and to the Initial Property Owner to the Operating Partnership (“ Assignment and Assumption Agreement ”);

 

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(ii) A certificate from such Contributor certifying to the Operating Partnership (i) the accuracy of such Contributor’s representations and warranties made by Contributor hereunder, and (ii) the accuracy and current enforceability of the organizational documents for the Initial Property Owner and (iii) the absence of any Fund Material Adverse Effect;

(iii) all documents and instruments, if any, necessary to reflect the change in the general partner and limited partners of the Initial Property Owner in its state of formation and each state in which the Initial Property Owner is qualified;

(iv) an affidavit certifying that such Contributor is not a “foreign person,” as that term is defined by Section 1445 of the Code;

(v) all documents required by a lender in connection with the assumption or prepayment of any existing loan at or prior to Closing, duly executed by each applicable party;

(vi) a duly executed copy of the A&R OP Agreement; and

(vii) any other documents reasonably requested by the Operating Partnership or reasonably necessary or desirable to assign, transfer, convey, contribute and deliver the Ownership Interests, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) At or prior to the Closing, the Operating Partnership shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Contributor all documents necessary or appropriate to consummate the Closing, including the following, all in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each Contributor:

(i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement;

(ii) the Gibralt Consideration due to Gibralt pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof;

(iii) the Amberglen Consideration due to Amberglen pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof;

(iv) the Minority Partner Consideration due to Amberglen pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof;

(v) The Rapaport Consideration due to Rapaport pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof;

(vi) a duly executed copy of the A&R OP Agreement; and

(vii) any other documents reasonably requested by any Contributor as may be reasonably necessary or proper to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 2.04. CLOSING COSTS. If the Closing occurs, the REIT and the Operating Partnership shall reimburse Gibralt, Amberglen and each Contributor under the SCLP Contribution Agreement for the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with the Formation Transactions (including the related financing and refinancing costs) and the Initial Public Offering (excluding the underwriting discount); provided, however, that such reimbursement shall not in the aggregate exceed $8,450,000.

 

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Section 2.05. TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall terminate automatically if the contributions contemplated by this Agreement shall not have been consummated on or prior to the December 31, 2014 (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “ Outside Date ”), unless extended in writing by the parties to this Agreement.

Section 2.06. EFFECT OF TERMINATION. In the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason, all obligations on the part of the Operating Partnership and each Contributor under this Agreement shall terminate, except as otherwise provided herein.

Section 2.07. TAX WITHHOLDING. The Operating Partnership shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, from the consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement to each Contributor, such amounts as the Operating Partnership is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Operating Partnership, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to such Contributor in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Operating Partnership.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP

The Operating Partnership hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with each Contributor as follows:

Section 3.01. ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY. The Operating Partnership is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the State of Maryland. The Operating Partnership has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument contemplated hereby and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and to own, lease or operate its property, to guarantee the obligations under the Loan Agreement dated as of June 12, 2012 by and between Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership and RAIT Partnership, L.P. covered as of the date hereof by the Felton Guarantee and to carry on its business as presently conducted and, to the extent required under applicable Law, is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the character of its property make such qualification necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified would not have an OP Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.02. DUE AUTHORIZATION. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument contemplated hereby by the Operating Partnership has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action of the Operating Partnership. This Agreement and each agreement, document and instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership pursuant to this Agreement constitutes, or when executed and delivered will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Operating Partnership, each enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Law relating to creditors’ rights and remedies generally and (ii) as to enforceability, to general principles of equity and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief, (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

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Section 3.03. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.03 , no material consent, waiver, approval or authorization of, or filing with, any Person or Governmental Authority or under any applicable Law is required to be obtained by the Operating Partnership in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or the other Formation Transactions.

Section 3.04. NO VIOLATION. None of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or any agreement contemplated hereby between the parties to this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the other Formation Transactions) does or will, with or without the giving of notice, lapse of time, or both, violate, conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under (a) the organizational documents of the Operating Partnership, (b) any term or provision of any judgment, order, writ, injunction, or decree binding on the Operating Partnership or (c) any other agreement to which the Operating Partnership is a party.

Section 3.05. VALIDITY OF OP UNITS. The OP Units to be issued to each Contributor pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Operating Partnership and, when issued against the consideration therefor, will be validly issued by the Operating Partnership, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created by the A&R OP Agreement).

Section 3.06. LITIGATION. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the Operating Partnership’s knowledge, threatened against the Operating Partnership which, if adversely determined, would be reasonably expected to have an OP Material Adverse Effect or which would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Operating Partnership to execute or deliver, or perform its obligations under, this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument executed by it pursuant to this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

Section 3.07. OP AGREEMENT. Attached as Exhibit D hereto is a true and complete copy of the A&R OP Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership to be entered into between the Parties and the REIT, among others, on the Closing.

Section 3.08. LIMITED ACTIVITIES. Except for activities directly connected to the Formation Transactions, the Operating Partnership has not engaged in any business or incurred any obligations.

Section 3.09. NO BROKER. The Operating Partnership has not entered into, and covenants that it will not enter into, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person which would reasonably be expected to result in the obligation of a Contributor or any Affiliates thereof to pay any finder’s fee, brokerage commission or similar payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership.

Section 3.10. NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. Other than the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Article III, neither the Operating Partnership nor any other Person has made or makes any express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of the Operating Partnership or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in Law and the Operating Partnership hereby disclaims any other representations or warranties, whether made or purported to be by the Operating Partnership, or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any agreement, document or instrument contemplated to be delivered by the Operating Partnership, by this Agreement or the Formation Transactions, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Contributors acknowledge and agree that they have not relied and are not relying upon any representations or warranties other than those contained in this Article III.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONTRIBUTORS

Each Contributor hereby represents and warrants to the Operating Partnership and agrees with the Operating Partnership as follows:

Section 4.01. ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY.

(a) (1) Amberglen is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the State of Oregon; (2) Gibralt is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the State of Colorado; and (3) Rapaport is an individual resident of the State of New York. Each Contributor has all requisite power and authority to enter this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument contemplated hereby and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and to own, lease or operate its property and to carry on its business as presently conducted and, to the extent required under applicable Law, is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the character of its property make such qualification necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified could not result in a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Initial Property Owner (i) is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the State indicated on Exhibit A, (ii)  has all limited partnership power and authority to own, lease or operate its property and to carry on its business as presently conducted and, to the extent required under applicable Law, and (iii) is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the character of its property make such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, properties or results of operations of the Initial Property Owner.

Section 4.02. DUE AUTHORIZATION. The execution, delivery and performance by the Contributor of this Agreement and the other Formation Transaction Documents (including any agreement, document and instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Contributor pursuant to this Agreement or the other Formation Transaction Documents) to which it is a party have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary actions required of the Contributor. This Agreement, the other Formation Transaction Documents to which such Contributor is a party and each agreement, document and instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Contributor or Initial Property Owner pursuant to this Agreement or the other Formation Transaction Documents constitutes, or when executed and delivered will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Contributor or the Initial Property Owner, each enforceable against the Contributor or the Initial Property Owner in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Law relating to creditors’ rights and remedies generally and (ii) as to enforceability, to general principles of equity and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief, (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

Section 4.03. OWNERSHIP OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS. Each Contributor is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Ownership Interests set forth on Exhibit B and has the exclusive power and authority to transfer, sell, assign and convey to the Operating Partnership such Ownership Interests free and clear of any Liens, except for Permitted Liens, and, upon delivery of the consideration for such

 

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Ownership Interests as provided herein, the Operating Partnership will acquire good and valid title thereto, free and clear of any Liens, except for Permitted Liens and Liens created by the A&R OP Agreement. Except as provided for or contemplated by this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby, there are no rights, subscriptions, warrants, options, conversion rights, preemptive rights, agreements, instruments or understandings of any kind outstanding (a) relating to the Ownership Interests or (b) to purchase, transfer or to otherwise acquire, or to in any way encumber, any of the interests which comprise such Ownership Interests or any securities or obligations of any kind convertible into any of the interests which comprise such Ownership Interests or other equity interests or profit participation of any kind in the Initial Property Owner. All of the issued and outstanding Ownership Interests have been duly authorized and are validly issued.

Section 4.04. OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTIES.

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.04(a)(i) , the Initial Property Owner that owns the Property that is designated as owned real property in Exhibit A hereto has good and marketable title in fee simple to the Property free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens. No Person has any right or option to acquire all or any portion of the Property, other than the Operating Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule 4.04(a)(ii) .

(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, the Initial Property Owner that leases the Property that is designated as leased real property in Exhibit A hereto has a valid leasehold interest in, and enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession (consistent with historical use) of the Property, pursuant to the terms of said Lease, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens. The Initial Property Owner has not received any written notice of any default under any of the real property leases pursuant to which it leases the Property, and to the Contributors’ knowledge there is no material uncured default by any landlord thereunder.

(c) The Initial Property Owner has in place an owner’s or leasehold owner’s policy of title insurance that is currently effective for the Property it is listed as owning on Exhibit A , insuring title in the name of the Initial Property Owner, as listed on Schedule 4.04(c) hereto.

(d) Except for matters set forth on Schedule 4.04(d) hereto and except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, (1) no Contributor, nor the Initial Property Owner nor the Property nor, to the knowledge of any Contributor, any other party to any material agreement affecting the Property (other than a Lease (as such term is hereinafter defined) for space within the Property), is in default under any such material agreement affecting the Property, (2) to the knowledge of the Contributor, no event has occurred or has been threatened in writing, which with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any such agreement, or would, individually or together with all such other events, reasonably be expected to cause the acceleration of any obligation of any party thereto or the creation of a Lien upon any asset of the Contributor being contributed to the Operating Partnership, Initial Property Owner or the Property and (3) to the Contributor’s knowledge, all agreements affecting the Property required for the continued ownership, use, occupancy, management, leasing and operation of the Property (exclusive of space Leases) are valid and binding and in full force and effect, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of equity.

(e) Schedule 4.04(e) sets forth information with respect to the Leases of the Property which is true and accurate in all material respects, including the tenant, lease term expiration date and current rent terms. No renewal options exist that are not otherwise specified in the Leases.

 

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Subject to the terms of any ground lease identified on Schedule 4.04(e) , no party has any rights of possession or occupancy to the Property, except for such rights as arise pursuant to the Leases or as may be reflected in the Title Policies. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect or that are otherwise disclosed on Schedule 4.04(e) , (1) no Contributor, nor the Initial Property Owner nor the Property nor, to the knowledge of any Contributor, any other party to any Lease, is in monetary default or material non-monetary default under such Lease, (2) no Contributor has received any written threat nor, to the Contributor’s knowledge, has any event occurred, which with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any Lease or would permit termination, modification or acceleration under such Lease and (3) the Contributor has no reason to believe and has not received written notice that the leases (and all amendments thereto or modifications thereof) to which the Initial Property Owner is a party or by which the Initial Property Owner is bound or subject (collectively, the “ Leases ”) are not valid and binding and in full force and effect, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of equity. There exists no unfulfilled matured obligation on the part of either Contributor, Initial Property Owner or the Property to dedicate or grant an easement or easements over any portion or portions of the Property to any Governmental Authority.

(f) To the Contributor’s knowledge, all the buildings, fixtures and leasehold improvements used by the Initial Property Owner (or its agents) or the Property in connection with the use and operation of the improvements located on the Property are located on the Property. Each of the Property abuts on at least one side a public street or road so as to provide and permit adequate vehicular and pedestrian ingress, egress and access to such parcel, or has adequate easements across intervening property to permit adequate vehicular and pedestrian ingress, egress and access to such parcel from a public street or road.

(g) Except as shown on Schedule 4.04(g), there are no material defects in the Property known to the Contributor or the Initial Property Owner, including all systems therein, all structural components of the buildings located thereon (including, without limitation, the roof and the exterior walls and all operating systems, including, without limitation, the air conditioning system, the heating system, the plumbing system, the electrical system, the fire alarm system, if any, and the sprinkling system, if any). To the Contributor’s knowledge, all water, sewer, electric, natural gas, telephone, drainage facilities and all other utilities required for the current use of the Property are installed to the boundary of the Property, are connected with valid permits, comply with all applicable governmental requirements and are adequate to service the Property for its current use, and no utility deposits are on deposit with respect to any such facilities.

Section 4.05. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. Except as shall have been obtained or satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date, no consent, waiver, approval, authorization, order, license, permit or registration of, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Person or any Governmental Authority or under any applicable Laws is required to be obtained by the Contributor or the Initial Property Owner in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Formation Transaction Documents to which the Contributor or the Initial Property Owner is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

Section 4.06. NO VIOLATION. None of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby between the parties to this Agreement, including the Formation Transaction Documents, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the other Formation Transactions) does or will, with or without the giving of notice, lapse of time, or both, violate, conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under or give to

 

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others any right of termination, acceleration, cancelation or other right under, (a) the organizational documents of any Contributor (b) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Contributor is a party or by which any Contributor or its assets or properties is bound or (c) any term or provision of any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree binding on any Contributor (or its assets or properties), except, in the case of (b) and (c), any such breaches or defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.07. NON-FOREIGN PERSON. Each Contributor is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

Section 4.08. TAXES. Except as would not have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, (a) all Tax Returns and reports required to be filed with respect to the Property and all other assets owned by the Initial Property Owner immediately prior to the transactions contemplated by this agreement (collectively, the “ Initial Property Assets ”) have been timely filed (after giving effect to any applicable filing extension periods) and all such returns and reports are accurate and complete in all material respects, (b) all Taxes required to be paid prior to the date hereof with respect to the Initial Property Assets have been paid and (c) no deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed with respect to the Initial Property Assets, and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are pending.

Section 4.09. SOLVENCY. Each Contributor has been and will be Solvent at all times prior to and for the 90-day period following the transfer of the Ownership Interests to the Operating Partnership. For purposes hereof, “Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, as of such date, (a) the value of the assets of such Person (both at fair value and present fair saleable value) is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including, without duplication, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person, (b) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities mature and (c) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such contingent or unliquidated liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

Section 4.10. LITIGATION. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to such Contributor’s knowledge, threatened against such Contributor which, if adversely determined, (i) would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of such Contributor to execute or deliver, or perform its obligations under, this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument executed by it pursuant to this Agreement, the Formation Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the other Formation Transactions or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.11. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 , to the knowledge of the Contributors, the Property has been maintained in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, codes, orders and statutes (including, without limitation, those currently relating to fire safety, conservation, parking, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, zoning and building laws) whether federal, state or local, except where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect. No Contributor nor the Initial Property Owner has received written notice that the Property is not in compliance as set forth in the preceding sentence. Compliance with Environmental Laws is not addressed by this Section 4.11, but rather solely by Section 4.14.

Section 4.12. EMINENT DOMAIN. There is no pending or, to any Contributor’s knowledge, proposed or threatened condemnation, eminent domain or similar proceeding, or private purchase in lieu of such a proceeding, in respect of all or any material portion of the Property.

 

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Section 4.13. LICENSES AND PERMITS. All notices, licenses, permits, certificates and authorizations required for the continued ownership use, occupancy, management, leasing and operation of the Property have been obtained or can be obtained without material cost, are in full force and effect, are in good standing and will not be terminated as a result of the change in ownership contemplated under the Formation Transactions or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except in each case for items that, if not so obtained, obtainable or transferred, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect. None of the Contributors nor the Initial Property Owner, nor, to the knowledge of any Contributor, any third party has taken any action that (or failed to take any action the omission of which) would result in the revocation of any such notice, license, permit, certificate or authorization where such revocation or revocations would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, nor has any Contributor received any written notice of violation from any Governmental Authority or written notice of the intention of any entity or Person to revoke any such notice, license, permit, certificate or authorization, that in each case has not been cured or otherwise resolved to the satisfaction of such Governmental Authority or other entity and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.14. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14 , to each Contributor’s knowledge, the Initial Property Owner and its Subsidiaries are currently in compliance with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, except where the failure to so comply would not have a Fund Material Adverse Effect. No Contributor has received any written notice from the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal, state, county or municipal entity or agency that regulates Hazardous Materials or public health risks or other environmental matters or any other private party or Person claiming any current violation of, or requiring current compliance with, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or demanding payment or contribution for any Release or other environmental damage in, on, under, or upon the Property. No litigation in which any Contributor, the Initial Property Owner is a named party is pending with respect to Hazardous Materials located in, on, under or upon the Property, and, to such Contributor’s knowledge, no investigation in such respect is pending and no such litigation or investigation has been threatened in writing in the last twelve months by any Governmental Entity or any third party. To each Contributor’s knowledge, except as set forth on Schedule 4.14 , there are no environmental conditions existing at, on, under, upon or affecting the Property or any portion thereof that would reasonably be likely to result in any claim, liability or obligation under any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permit or any claim by any third party that would have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.15. TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. To each Contributor’s knowledge, except as set forth on Schedule 4.15 , or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, the Initial Property Owner and its Subsidiaries’ interests in any fixtures or personal property that are reflected on the financial statements of such entity as owned by such entity, are owned free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens or pursuant to the Existing Loans and are in good working condition, normal wear and tear excepted.

Section 4.16. ZONING. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16 the zoning of each parcel comprising the Property permits the presently existing improvements and the continuation of the business presently being conducted on such parcel; no Contributor has received (i) any written notice (which remains uncured) from any Governmental Authority stating that the Property is currently violating any zoning, land use or other similar rules or ordinances in any material respect, or (ii) any written notice of any pending or threatened proceedings for the rezoning (i.e., as opposed to the current zoning) of the Property or any portion thereof except, in each case as would not have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.17. INVESTMENT INTENT. Each Contributor acknowledges that the offering and issuance of the OP Units to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement are intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act and that the Operating Partnership’s reliance on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of such Contributor contained herein. In furtherance thereof, each Contributor represents and warrants to the Operating Partnership as follows:

(a) Such Contributor is an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act).

(b) Such Contributor is acquiring the OP Units solely for its own account for the purpose of investment and not as a nominee or agent for any other Person and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution of any thereof in violation of the federal securities Law.

(c) Such Contributor is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in business and financial matters; such Contributor has previously invested in securities similar to the OP Units and fully understands the limitations on transfer imposed by the federal securities Law. Such Contributor is able to bear the economic risk of holding the OP Units for an indefinite period and is able to afford the complete loss of its investment in the OP Units; such Contributor has received and reviewed all information and documents about or pertaining to the Operating Partnership and the business and prospects of the Operating Partnership and the issuance of the OP Units as such Contributor deems necessary or desirable, and has been given the opportunity to obtain any additional information or documents and to ask questions and receive answers about such information and documents, the Operating Partnership and the business and prospects of the Operating Partnership which such Contributor deems necessary or desirable to evaluate the merits and risks related to its investment in the OP Units; and such Contributor understands and has taken cognizance of all risk factors related to the purchase of the OP Units. Such Contributor is relying upon its own independent analysis and assessment (including with respect to taxes), and the advice of such Contributor’s advisors (including tax advisors), and not upon that of the Operating Partnership or any of the Operating Partnership’s Affiliates, for purposes of evaluating, entering into, and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d) Such Contributor acknowledges that the OP Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, may not be sold unless registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is available.

Section 4.18. EXISTING LOANS. Schedule 4.18 lists, as of the date hereof, all secured loans presently encumbering the Property or any direct or indirect interest in the Initial Property Owner and any unsecured loans relating thereto to be assumed by the REIT or any Subsidiary of the REIT or otherwise to subsist at and after the Closing (collectively, the “ Existing Loans ”). Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect or that are otherwise disclosed on Schedule 4.18 , no monetary default (beyond applicable notice and cure periods) by any party exists under any of the Existing Loans and the documents entered into in connection therewith (collectively, the “ Existing Loan Documents ”) and no material non-monetary default (beyond applicable notice and cure periods) by any party exists under any of such Existing Loan Documents.

Section 4.19. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The consolidated financial statements of each of Gibralt and Amberglen, the Initial Property Owner or the Property delivered to the Operating Partnership (collectively the “ Financial Statements ”) have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), subject, in the case

 

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of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of such Contributor, the Initial Property Owner or the Property as of the dates indicated therein and for the periods ended as indicated therein. The Initial Property Owner has no liability or obligation (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the type required by GAAP to be reflected in the Financial Statements, except (i) as set forth on the March 31, 2014 balance sheet of the Initial Property Owner; or (ii) incurred since March 31, 2014 in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and in an amount that is not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Initial Property Owner. The accounts receivable presently owed to the Initial Property Owner are current and, to the knowledge of the Contributors, collectible in the ordinary course, without resort to third party collections, net of any reserves applicable thereto, and, subject to such reserves, shall be collected in full in the ordinary course consistent with the past practice of the Initial Property Owner. There is no contest, claim, or right of set off, other than rebates in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, under any contract with any obligor of an account receivable relating to the amount or validity of such account receivable.

Section 4.20. INSURANCE. Either the Contributor or the Initial Property Owner has in place the public liability, casualty and other insurance coverage with respect to each of the Property owned by it as the Contributor or Initial Property Owner reasonably deems necessary and in all cases including such coverage as is required under the terms of any continuing loan or Lease. Each of the insurance policies with respect to the Property is in full force and effect in all material respects and all premiums due and payable thereunder have been fully paid when due. To the knowledge of the Contributors, neither Contributor nor the Initial Property Owner has received from any insurance company any notices of cancellation or intent to cancel any insurance.

Section 4.21. EMPLOYEES. The Initial Property Owner has not nor has ever had any employees.

Section 4.22. NO BROKER. Except those fees, commissions or similar payments payable in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the new financing transaction set forth in the registration statement related thereto, the Contributors have not entered into, and they covenant that they will not enter into, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person which will result in the obligation of the REIT, the Operating Partnership or any Affiliate to pay any finder’s fee, brokerage commission or similar payment in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such Contributor.

Section 4.23. NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. Other than the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Article IV and any other agreement entered into by the Contributors in connection with the Formation Transactions, including the Formation Transaction Documents and the Underwriting Agreement of the REIT, no Contributor nor any other Person has made or makes any express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of a Contributor including any representation as to the future revenue, profitability or success of the Initial Property Owner, or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in Law and the Contributors hereby disclaim any other representations or warranties, whether made or purported to be by the Contributors (or any of them), or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any agreement, document or instrument contemplated to be delivered by the Contributors, or any of them, by this Agreement or the Formation Transactions, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Operating Partnership acknowledges and agrees that it has not relied and is not relying upon any representations or warranties other than those contained in this Article IV.

 

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ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 5.01. INDEMNIFICATION.

(a) The Contributors shall, severally and not jointly, in accordance with their percentage ownership in the Initial Property Owner being contributed, indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Operating Partnership and the REIT, and their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders, partners, agents and affiliates (each an “ Indemnified Party ” and collectively the “ Indemnified Parties ”), from and against any and all charges, complaints, claims, actions, causes of action, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, interest, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs of investigation, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals therefrom and costs of attachment or similar bonds (collectively, “ Losses ”) asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the Indemnified Party, to the extent resulting from any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant of the Contributors contained in this Agreement. In each case, the Contributors shall only bear the fees, costs or expenses in connection with the employment of one counsel (regardless of the number of Indemnified Parties).

(b) The Contributors shall also indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the Indemnified Parties to the extent resulting from any third-party claim relating to the Ownership Interests such Contributor contributed which arise from matters that occurred prior to Closing.

(c) With respect to any claim of an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 5.01, to the extent available, such Indemnified Party agrees to use diligent good faith efforts to pursue and collect any and all available proceeds and benefits of any right to defense under any insurance policy that covers the matter which is the subject of the indemnification prior to seeking indemnification from a Contributor (such Contributor, the “ Indemnifying Party ”) until all proceeds and benefits, if any, to which the Indemnified Party is entitled pursuant to such insurance policy having been exhausted; provided , however , that the Indemnified Party may make a claim under this Section 5.01 even if an insurance coverage dispute is pending, in which case, if the Indemnified Party later receives insurance proceeds with respect to any Losses paid by the Indemnifying Party for the benefit of any Indemnified Party, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party in an amount equivalent to such proceeds in excess of any deductible amount up to the amount actually paid (or deemed paid) by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party in connection with such indemnification (it being understood that all costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnifying Party with respect to insurance coverage disputes shall constitute Losses paid by the Indemnifying Party for purposes of Section 5.01(a) hereof).

(d) As soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by the Indemnified Party of notice of any liability or claim incurred by or asserted against the Indemnified Party that is subject to indemnification under this Section 5.01, the Indemnified Party shall give written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, including liabilities or claims to be applied against the indemnification deductible established pursuant to Section 5.01(e) hereof; provided that failure to give notice to the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability that it may have to any Indemnified Party, unless, and only to the extent that, such failure (a) shall have caused prejudice to the defense of such claim or (b) shall have materially increased the costs or potential

 

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liability of the Indemnifying Party by reason of the inability or failure of the Indemnifying Party (due to such lack of prompt notice) to be involved in any investigations or negotiations regarding any such claim. Such notice shall describe in reasonable detail the facts known to such Indemnified Party giving rise to such claim, and the amount or good faith estimate of the amount of Losses arising therefrom, and shall identify specifically the basis under which indemnification is sought pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) above, as applicable. Unless prohibited by law, such Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after such Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents received by such Indemnified Party relating to such claim. The Indemnified Party shall permit the Indemnifying Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s option and expense, to assume the defense of any such claim by counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, and to settle or otherwise dispose of the same; provided , however , that the Indemnified Party may at all times participate in such defense at its sole expense; and provided further , however , that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in defense of any such claim, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party in its sole and absolute discretion, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff in question to all Indemnified Parties a full and complete release of all liabilities in respect of such claims, or that does not result only in the payment of money damages which are paid (or deemed paid) in full by the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party shall not have undertaken such defense within 20 days after such notice, or within such shorter time as may be reasonable under the circumstances to the extent required by applicable law, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such liability or claim on behalf of and for the account of such party’s and at such party’s sole cost and expense (subject to the limitations in Section 5.01(e) and (f) hereof).

(e) Limitations on Indemnification .

(i) The Contributors shall not be liable for any indemnification hereunder unless and until the total amount recoverable by the Indemnified Parties under this Section 5.01 exceeds one percent (1%) of the value of the aggregate Total Consideration (valuing OP Units at a value per OP Unit equal to the Offering Price) and then only to the extent of such excess, provided that in no event shall the Contributors be liable for indemnification hereunder for an aggregate amount exceeding ten percent (10%) of the Total Consideration (valuing OP Units at a value per OP Unit equal to the Offering Price) provided, however, that the liability of each Contributor shall in all cases be limited to its pro rata share of the Total Consideration actually received.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, before taking recourse against any assets of the Contributors, or any of them, and subject to the other limitations contained in this Section 5.01, the Indemnified Parties shall look, first to available insurance proceeds (including without limitation any title insurance proceeds, if applicable) pursuant to Section 5.01(c) above, and then to indemnification under this Section 5.01.

(f) Limitation Period .

(i) Any claim for indemnification under this Section 5.01 must be asserted in writing by the Indemnified Party, stating the nature of the Losses and the basis for indemnification therefor on or prior to the first (1 st ) anniversary of the Closing.

 

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(ii) If an applicable claim is asserted in writing on or prior to the first (1 st ) anniversary of the date of Closing, such claim shall survive until resolved by mutual agreement between the Contributor and the Indemnified Party or by arbitration or court proceeding.

(iii) Any claim for indemnification with respect to any of such matters which is not asserted by notice given as herein provided relating thereto within such specified period of survival may not be pursued and is hereby irrevocably waived as of and after such time.

(g) Delivery of Indemnification Amounts . Indemnification payments may be made by the Contributors in the form of cash or OP Units. To the extent indemnification is made through delivery by the Contributor of OP Units, such OP Units shall be valued at an amount per OP Unit equal to the Offering Price. The Contributors hereby authorize the REIT, as general partner of the Operating Partnership, to take all such action as may be necessary to amend the Partnership Agreement, and any exhibits or schedules thereto, to reflect the delivery of any OP Units by the Contributors to the Operating Partnership as an indemnification payment hereunder and to reflect that the Contributor has no further right, title or interest with respect to any such OP Units. Each of the Parties further agrees to treat any return of OP Units in satisfaction of indemnification obligations hereunder as an adjustment to the consideration delivered to the Contributors hereunder

Section 5.02. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Indemnified Parties, and each of them, (i) hereby acknowledge and agree that their sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims (other than claims arising from fraud on the part of a Contributor hereto) including without limitation, any matter based on the inaccuracy, untruth, incompleteness or breach of any representation or warranty of any Contributor hereto contained herein or based on the failure of any covenant, agreement or undertaking herein or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, shall be pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in Section 5.01 and (ii) hereby waives, as of the Closing, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, any and all rights, claims and causes of action (other than claims of, or causes of action arising from, fraud on the part of a Contributor) it may have against the Contributors, or either of them, arising under or based upon any federal, state, local or foreign Law, other than the right to seek indemnity pursuant to this Section 5. The foregoing sentence shall not limit the Indemnified Party’s right to specific performance or injunctive relief in connection with the breach by the Contributors of the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 5.03. TAX TREATMENT. All indemnity payments made hereunder shall be treated as adjustments to the consideration paid hereunder for United States federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS

Section 6.01. COVENANTS OF THE CONTRIBUTORS. During the period from the date hereof to the Closing Date (except as otherwise provided for or contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the Formation Transactions), the Contributors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of the Initial Property Owner to) conduct its businesses and operate and maintain the Property in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, pay debt obligations as they become due and payable (except as may be being contested), and use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact current business organizations and preserve

 

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relationships with lenders, tenants, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, in each case consistent with past practice. From the date hereof through the Closing, except as otherwise provided for or as contemplated by this Agreement, the Formation Transactions or the other agreements, documents and instruments contemplated hereby or thereby (including for purposes hereof the Second City Contribution Agreement), no Contributor shall:

(a) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its Ownership Interests;

(b)(i) issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any Ownership Interests or make any other changes to the equity capital structure of such Contributor or the Initial Property Owner, or (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Ownership Interests;

(c) issue, deliver, sell, transfer, dispose, mortgage, pledge, assign or otherwise encumber, or cause the issuance, delivery, sale, transfer, disposition, mortgage, pledge, assignment or other encumbrance of, any limited liability company or partnership interests or other equity interests of such Contributor or of the Initial Property Owner, the Property or other assets of the Contributor or the Initial Property Owner;

(d) amend, modify or terminate any lease, contract or other instruments relating to the Property, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(e) take or omit to take any action to cause any Lien to attach to the Property, except for Permitted Liens;

(f) mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, encumber (or permit to become encumbered) all or any portion of its Ownership Interests;

(g) amend the operating or partnership agreement of the Initial Property Owner or any intervening entities, except in connection with the Formation Transactions;

(h) materially alter the manner of keeping the Contributor’s or the Initial Property Owner’s books, accounts or records or the accounting practices therein reflected, except in connection with the Formation Transactions;

(i) adopt a plan of liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or reorganization with respect to the Initial Property Owner or any intervening entities, except in connection with the Formation Transactions;

(j) file an entity classification election pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c) on Internal Revenue Service Form 8832 (Entity Classification Election) to treat the Contributor or any Initial Property Owner as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; make or change any other Tax elections; settle or compromise any claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes; change any annual Tax accounting period; adopt or change any method of Tax accounting; file any amended Tax Return; enter into any tax allocation agreement, tax sharing agreement, tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement relating to any Tax; surrender any right to claim a Tax refund; or consent to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment;

 

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(k) terminate or amend any existing insurance policies affecting the Property that results in a material reduction in insurance coverage for the Property;

(l) violate or knowingly cause or permit the Initial Property Owner to violate in any material respect, or fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure any material violation of, any applicable Laws;

(m) approve or permit the Initial Property Owner hereunder and the “Initial Property Owners” as defined in the Second City Contribution Agreement to distribute cash to their limited partners or general partner in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,900,000 plus the amount of any capital contributions received by the Initial Property Owner after the date hereof;

(n) approve or permit the Initial Property Owner to distribute any non-cash property to their limited partners or general partner; or

(o) authorize, commit or agree to take any of the foregoing actions.

Section 6.02. COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS BY THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND EACH CONTRIBUTOR. The Operating Partnership and each Contributor shall use commercially reasonable efforts and cooperate with each other in (a) promptly determining whether any filings are required to be made or consents, approvals, waivers, permits or authorizations are required to be obtained (under any applicable Law or regulation or from any Governmental Authority or third party) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Formation Transactions and (b) promptly making any such filings, in furnishing information required in connection therewith and in timely seeking to obtain any such consents, approvals, waivers, permits or authorizations.

Section 6.03. TAX AGREEMENT. The Operating Partnership shall account for any variation between the tax basis of any Contributed Asset and its fair market value at the time of its contribution to the Operating Partnership under the traditional method under Section 704(c) of the Code and the applicable regulations.

ARTICLE VII

WAIVERS AND CONSENTS

Effective upon the Closing of the contribution of Ownership Interests and the exchange of OP Units pursuant to Article I herein, each Contributor waives and relinquishes all rights and benefits otherwise afforded to such Contributor under any agreement applicable to or governing the rights and privileges of a holder of such Ownership Interests, including any rights of appraisal or rights of first offer or first refusal, and any and all notice provisions related thereto.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 8.01. NOTICES. All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (a) when delivered personally (with written confirmation of receipt), (b) five (5) Business Days after being mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested and postage

 

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prepaid, (c) one Business Day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier or (d) when transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient, in each case if confirmed within 24 hours thereafter by a signed original sent in the manner provided in clause (a), (b) or (c), in each case to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by notice from such Party to the other Parties from time to time):

if to the Operating Partnership to:

c/o City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

with a copy to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: 646-848-7697

Email: sgiove@shearman.com

Attention: Stephen T. Giove

if to Amberglen, to:

c/o Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

if to Rapaport, to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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if to Gibralt to:

c/o Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

Section 8.02. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings.

(a) “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

(b) “ Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or banking holiday in the State of New York.

(c) “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated or issued thereunder.

(d) “ Environmental Law ” means Laws or Orders of any Governmental Authority relating to pollution or protection of the environment or natural resources (including the generation, use, storage, management, treatment, transportation, disposal, presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material) or occupational health and safety, such as the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq .; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq . and the Water Quality Act of 1987; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq .; the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1401 et seq .; the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 4321 et seq .; the Noise Control Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 4901 et seq .; the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq .; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq ., as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq .; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“ CERCLA ”), 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq ., as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, and Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq .; the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 2011 et seq ., and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 42 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq .

(e) “ Environmental Permits ” means any and all licenses, certificates, permits, directives, requirements, registrations, government approvals, agreements, authorizations, and consents that are required under or are issued pursuant to any Environmental Laws.

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(g) “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied.

(h) “ Governmental Authority ” means any government or agency, bureau, board, commission, court, department, official, political subdivision, tribunal or other instrumentality of any government, whether federal, state or local, domestic or foreign.

(i) “ Hazardous Material ” means any material, substance or waste defined or regulated in relevant form, quantity or concentration as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant (or words of similar import) pursuant to any Environmental Law, including any petroleum, waste oil or petroleum constituents or by-products.

(j) “ Law ” means laws, statutes, rules, regulations, codes, orders, ordinances, judgments, injunctions, decrees and policies of any Governmental Authority.

(k) “ Liens ” means all pledges, claims, liens, charges, restrictions, controls, easements, rights of way, exceptions, reservations, leases, licenses, grants, covenants and conditions, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever.

(l) “ Offering Price ” means the initial offering price of a share of REIT Common Stock in the Initial Public Offering.

(m) “ Operating Partnership Agreement ” means the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership dated as of December 16, 2013.

(n) “ Order ” means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, ruling, assessment, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any court or other Governmental Authority or arbitrator.

(o) “ Permitted Lien ” means:

(i) Liens securing Taxes, the payment of which is not delinquent or the payment of which is actively being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP;

(ii) zoning laws and ordinances applicable to the Property that are not violated by the existing structures or present uses thereof or the transfer of the Property;

(iii) Liens imposed by laws, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ liens, and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business that secure payment of obligations arising in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP; and

(iv) non-exclusive easements for public utilities and other operational purposes the full exercise of which do not materially interfere with the current use or operation of the Property;

(v) Liens securing the Existing Loans set forth on Schedule 4.18 hereto;

 

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(vi) the encumbrances on title to the Property created by the Leases in effect as of the Closing Date; and

(vii) any exceptions contained the title policies listed on Schedule 4.04(c) hereto (except those relating to liens for debt being paid off as of the Closing Date).

(p) “ OP Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse change in any of the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of the OP and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(q) “ Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.

(r) “ REIT Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the REIT.

(s) “ Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, pumping, placing, discarding, abandoning, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata).

(t) “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(u) “ Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other legal entity of which such Person owns (either directly or through or together with another Subsidiary of such Person) either (i) a general partner, managing member or other similar interest or (ii) (A) 10% or more of the voting power of the voting capital stock or other equity interests or (B) 10% or more of the outstanding voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other legal entity.

(v) “ Tax ” means all federal, state, local and foreign income, property, withholding, sales, franchise, employment, excise and other taxes, tariffs or governmental charges of any nature whatsoever, including estimated taxes, together with penalties, interest or additions to Tax with respect thereto.

(w) “ Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement related to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.

Section 8.03. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each Party and delivered to each other Party.

Section 8.04. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement, including the exhibits and schedules hereto constitute the entire agreement and supersede each prior agreement and understanding, whether written or oral, among the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or remedies on any Person other than the parties hereto and the Indemnified Parties.

 

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Section 8.05. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Law of the State of New York.

Section 8.06. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure to the benefit of, the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns; provided , however , that this Agreement may not be assigned (except by operation of Law) by any Party without the prior written consent of each other Party, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void and of no force and effect, except that the Operating Partnership and each Contributor may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate.

Section 8.07. JURISDICTION. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) any New York State court sitting in the County of New York and (b) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, for the purposes of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby (and each agrees that no such action, suit or proceeding relating to this Agreement shall be brought by it or any of its Affiliates except in such courts). Each of the Parties hereto further agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such person’s respective address set forth in Section 8.01 shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in New York with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in the immediately preceding sentence. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any Party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Law. Each of the Parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives (and agrees not to plead or claim) any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in (i) any New York State court sitting in the County of New York or (ii) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 8.08. SEVERABILITY. Each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted so as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been included herein.

Section 8.09. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

(a) The Parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document.

(b) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and article, section, paragraph, exhibit and schedule references are to the articles, sections, paragraphs, exhibits and schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings contained herein when used in any agreement, document or instrument made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter

 

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genders of such terms. Unless explicitly stated otherwise herein, any agreement, document, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement, document or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, document, instrument or statute as from time to time, amended, qualified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements, documents and instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.

Section 8.10. EQUITABLE REMEDIES. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Party shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement by the other parties hereto and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any federal or state court located in New York, this being in addition to any other remedy to which the parties are entitled under this Agreement or otherwise at law or in equity.

Section 8.11. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

Section 8.12. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY CONFERRED. This Agreement shall not create or permit any personal liability or obligation on the part of any officer, director, limited partner, employee or shareholder of the Operating Partnership or the Contributors.

Section 8.13. AMENDMENT; WAIVER. Any amendment hereto shall be in writing and signed by all parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

Section 8.14. SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULES. From time to time prior to the Closing, the Contributors shall have the right (but not the obligation) to supplement or amend the Schedules hereto with respect to any matter hereafter arising or of which Contributors become aware after the date hereof including specifically, but not by way of limitation, information contained in any title insurance or property reports with respect to the Property (each a Schedule Supplement ), and each such Schedule Supplement shall be deemed to be incorporated into and to supplement and amend the Schedules as of the date hereof and the Closing Date; provided , however , that no such Schedule Supplement shall have any effect for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing set forth herein.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective duly authorized officers or representatives, all as of the date first written above.

 

OPERATING PARTNERSHIP:

CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING

PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

By:   City Office REIT, Inc.
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

Name:   James Farrar
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
CONTRIBUTORS:
GIBRALT US, INC.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

Name:   Ryan Chan
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

GCC AMBERGLEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED

PARTNERSHIP

By:   GCC Oregon Amberglen LLC,
  its Sole General Partner
By:   GCC Holdings US, Inc., a Nevada corporation
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

Name:   Ryan Chan
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
 

/s/ Daniel Rapaport

  Daniel Rapaport

 

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Exhibit A

Property

 

Initial Property Owner

  

Jurisdiction of Formation

  

Property Address

  

Leasehold or Fee Interest

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership    Oregon    1195 NW Compton Drive, Beaverton OR 97006, 1400 NW Compton Drive, Beaverton OR 97006, 1600 NW Compton Drive, Beaverton OR 97006, 2345 NW Amberbrook Drive, Beaverton OR 97006, 2430 206 th Avenue, Beaverton OR 97006, 1050 NW Compton Drive, Beaverton OR 97006    Fee & Ground Lease (see Schedule 4.04(a)(i))


Exhibit B

Contributing Ownership Interests

 

Initial Property Owner

  

GCC Amberglen
Investments Limited
Partnership

  

Daniel Rapaport

  

Gibralt U.S., Inc.

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership    88.5775% limited partner interest, representing a 76% economic interest    3.8075% limited partner interest    100% equity interest in Gibralt Amberglen LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the general partner of Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)


Exhibit C

Formation Transactions

A. Amberglen Equities LLC, a Florida limited liability company shall have made a liquidating distribution of 100% of its interest in Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership such that, following such distribution each of the persons or entities set forth below hold the limited partnership interest in Amberglen Properties LP set forth opposite their names:

 

Benjamin L. Friedman Family Limited Partnership

     3.8075

Daniel Rapaport

     3.8075

Amber Felton Holdings LLC

     7.615

B. Pursuant to a limited partnership interest purchase or similar agreement, prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the Contribution Transactions, Amberglen will acquire the entire 3.8075% limited partnership interest in Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership held by the Benjamin L. Friedman Family Limited Partnership. As a result of this transaction the Benjamin L. Friedman Family Limited Partnership will no longer hold any limited partnership interest in Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership.

C. Pursuant to an agreement by and among Amberglen, Gibralt Amberglen, LLC and Amber Felton Holdings LLC, prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the Contribution Transactions, the Limited Partnership Agreement of Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership shall have been or shall be amended substantially in accordance with the terms of such agreement.


Exhibit D

Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership

[ See attached. ]


AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

a Maryland limited partnership

 

 

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,

TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.

dated as of April 21, 2014

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS

     7   

ARTICLE 2 ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

     26   

Section 2.1 Formation

     26   

Section 2.2 Name

     26   

Section 2.3 Principal Office and Resident Agent; Principal Executive Office

     26   

Section 2.4 Power of Attorney

     27   

Section 2.5 Term

     28   

Section 2.6 Partnership Interests Are Securities

     28   

ARTICLE 3 PURPOSE

     28   

Section 3.1 Purpose and Business

     28   

Section 3.2 Powers

     28   

Section 3.3 Partnership Only for Purposes Specified

     29   

Section 3.4 Representations and Warranties by the Partners

     29   

ARTICLE 4 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

     31   

Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the Partners

     31   

Section 4.2 Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests

     32   

Section 4.3 Additional Funds and Capital Contributions

     34   

Section 4.4 Stock Incentive Plans

     35   

Section 4.5 Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan

     36   

Section 4.6 No Interest; No Return

     36   

Section 4.7 Conversion or Redemption of Capital Shares

     36   

Section 4.8 Other Contribution Provisions

     37   

ARTICLE 5 DISTRIBUTIONS

     37   

Section 5.1 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions

     37   

Section 5.2 Distributions in Kind

     38   

Section 5.3 Amounts Withheld

     38   

Section 5.4 Distributions upon Liquidation

     38   

Section 5.5 Distributions to Reflect Additional Partnership Units

     38   

Section 5.6 Restricted Distributions

     38   

ARTICLE 6 ALLOCATIONS

     38   

Section 6.1 Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss

     38   

Section 6.2 General Allocations

     39   

Section 6.3 Additional Allocation Provisions

     40   

Section 6.4 Regulatory Allocation Provisions

     41   

Section 6.5 Tax Allocations

     43   

 

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ARTICLE 7 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

     44   

Section 7.1 Management

     44   

Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership

     49   

Section 7.3 Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority

     50   

Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partner

     52   

Section 7.5 Outside Activities of the General Partner

     54   

Section 7.6 Transactions with Affiliates

     54   

Section 7.7 Indemnification

     55   

Section 7.8 Liability of the General Partner

     58   

Section 7.9 Title to Partnership Assets

     61   

Section 7.10 Reliance by Third Parties

     61   

ARTICLE 8 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

     62   

Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability

     62   

Section 8.2 Management of Business

     62   

Section 8.3 Outside Activities of Limited Partners

     62   

Section 8.4 Return of Capital

     63   

Section 8.5 Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership

     63   

Section 8.6 Partnership Right to Call Partnership Common Units

     64   

Section 8.7 Rights as Objecting Partner

     64   

Section 8.8 Board Nomination Rights

     64   

ARTICLE 9 BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

     67   

Section 9.1 Records and Accounting

     67   

Section 9.2 Partnership Year

     68   

Section 9.3 Reports

     68   

ARTICLE 10 TAX MATTERS

     68   

Section 10.1 Preparation of Tax Returns

     68   

Section 10.2 Tax Elections

     69   

Section 10.3 Tax Matters Partner

     69   

Section 10.4 Withholding

     70   

Section 10.5 Organizational Expenses

     71   

ARTICLE 11 PARTNER TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

     71   

Section 11.1 Transfer

     71   

Section 11.2 Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest

     71   

Section 11.3 Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer

     75   

Section 11.4 Admission of Substituted Limited Partners

     77   

Section 11.5 Assignees

     78   

Section 11.6 General Provisions

     78   

 

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ARTICLE 12 ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

     80   

Section 12.1 Admission of Successor General Partner

     80   

Section 12.2 Admission of Additional Limited Partners

     81   

Section 12.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership

     82   

Section 12.4 Limit on Number of Partners

     82   

Section 12.5 Admission

     82   

ARTICLE 13 DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

     82   

Section 13.1 Dissolution

     82   

Section 13.2 Winding Up

     83   

Section 13.3 Deemed Contribution and Distribution

     85   

Section 13.4 Rights of Holders

     85   

Section 13.5 Notice of Dissolution

     85   

Section 13.6 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership

     85   

Section 13.7 Reasonable Time for Winding-Up

     85   

ARTICLE 14 PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS

     86   

Section 14.1 Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners

     86   

Section 14.2 Amendments

     86   

Section 14.3 Actions and Consents of the Partners

     86   

ARTICLE 15 GENERAL PROVISIONS

     88   

Section 15.1 Redemption Rights of Qualifying Parties

     88   

Section 15.2 Addresses and Notice

     93   

Section 15.3 Titles and Captions

     93   

Section 15.4 Pronouns and Plurals

     93   

Section 15.5 Further Action

     93   

Section 15.6 Binding Effect

     93   

Section 15.7 Waiver

     93   

Section 15.8 Counterparts

     94   

Section 15.9 Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

     94   

Section 15.10 Entire Agreement

     94   

Section 15.11 Invalidity of Provisions

     95   

Section 15.12 Limitation to Preserve REIT Status

     95   

Section 15.13 No Partition

     96   

Section 15.14 No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby

     96   

Section 15.15 No Rights as Stockholders

     96   

ARTICLE 16 LTIP UNITS

     96   

Section 16.1 Designation

     96   

 

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Section 16.2 Vesting

     97   

Section 16.3 Adjustments

     97   

Section 16.4 Distributions

     98   

Section 16.5 Allocations

     99   

Section 16.6 Transfers

     99   

Section 16.7 Redemption

     99   

Section 16.8 Legend

     99   

Section 16.9 Conversion to Partnership Common Units

     100   

Section 16.10 Voting

     103   

Section 16.11 Section 83 Safe Harbor

     103   

 

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Exhibits List

 

Exhibit A   EXAMPLES REGARDING ADJUSTMENT FACTOR    A-1
Exhibit B   NOTICE OF REDEMPTION    B-1
Exhibit C   SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS    C-1
Exhibit D   CONVERSION NOTICE    D-1
Exhibit E   FORCED CONVERSION NOTICE    E-1

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., dated as of April 21, 2014, is made and entered into by and among CITY OFFICE REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation, as the General Partner and the Persons from time to time party hereto, as limited partners.

WHEREAS, a Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership was filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on December 12, 2013 (the “ Formation Date ”), and the General Partner, as initial general partner of the Partnership and Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership, as the initial limited partner of the Partnership entered into an original agreement of limited partnership of the Partnership effective as of the Formation Date (the “ Original Partnership Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, the General Partner, Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership and the remainder of the Partners (as hereinafter defined) now desire to amend and restate the Original Partnership Agreement, remove Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership as a limited partner and admit the Persons signatory hereto as limited partners of the Partnership by entering into this Agreement (as hereinafter defined);

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINED TERMS

The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement:

Act ” means the Maryland Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, Title 10 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

Actions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7 hereof.

Additional Funds ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.A hereof.

Additional Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner pursuant to the Act and Section 4.2 and Section 12.2 hereof and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership.

 

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Adjusted Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the balance in such Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year or other applicable period, after giving effect to the following adjustments:

(i) increase such Capital Account by any amounts that such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to this Agreement upon liquidation of such Partner’s Partnership Interest or that such Partner is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentence of each of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and

(ii) decrease such Capital Account by the items described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).

The foregoing definition of “Adjusted Capital Account” is intended to comply with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means, with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year or other applicable period.

Adjustment Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.3 hereof.

Adjustment Factor ” means 1.0; provided, however, that in the event that:

(i) the General Partner (a) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares, (b) splits or subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares or (c) effects a reverse stock split or otherwise combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in effect by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination has occurred as of such time) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination;

(ii) the General Partner distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its REIT Shares to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise acquire REIT Shares, or other securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issuable pursuant to a Qualified DRIP/COPP), at a price per share less than the Value of a REIT Share on the record date for such distribution (each a “ Distributed Right ”), then, as of the distribution date of such Distributed Rights or, if later, the time such Distributed Rights become exercisable, the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in effect by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on

 

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the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) plus the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights and (b) the denominator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) plus a fraction (1) the numerator of which is the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights times the minimum purchase price per REIT Share under such Distributed Rights and (2) the denominator of which is the Value of a REIT Share as of the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable); provided, however, that, if any such Distributed Rights expire or become no longer exercisable, then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted, effective retroactive to the date of distribution of the Distributed Rights (or, if applicable, the later time that the Distributed Rights become exercisable), to reflect a reduced maximum number of REIT Shares or any change in the minimum purchase price for the purposes of the above fraction; and

(iii) the General Partner shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its REIT Shares evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in subsection (i) or (ii) above), which evidences of indebtedness or assets relate to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership, then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted to equal the amount determined by multiplying the Adjustment Factor in effect immediately prior to the close of business as of the applicable record date by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be such Value of a REIT Share as of the record date and (b) the denominator of which shall be the Value of a REIT Share as of the record date less the then fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed applicable to one REIT Share.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments to the Adjustment Factor will be made for any class or series of Partnership Interests to the extent that the Partnership makes or effects any correlative distribution or payment to all of the Partners holding Partnership Interests of such class or series, or effects any correlative split or reverse split in respect of the Partnership Interests of such class or series. Any adjustments to the Adjustment Factor shall become effective immediately after such event, retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event. For illustrative purposes, examples of adjustments to the Adjustment Factor are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., as now or hereafter amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced.

 

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Applicable Percentage ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.B hereof.

Appraisal ” means, with respect to any assets, the written opinion of an independent third party experienced in the valuation of similar assets, selected by the General Partner. Such opinion may be in the form of an opinion by such independent third party that the value for such property or asset as set by the General Partner is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Partnership.

Assignee ” means a Person to whom a Partnership Interest has been Transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5 hereof.

Available Cash ” means, with respect to any period for which such calculation is being made,

(i) the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) the Partnership’s Net Income or Net Loss (as the case may be) for such period,

(2) Depreciation and all other noncash charges to the extent deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period,

(3) the amount of any reduction in reserves of the Partnership referred to in clause (ii)(6) below (including, without limitation, reductions resulting because the General Partner determines such amounts are no longer necessary),

(4) the excess, if any, of the net cash proceeds from the sale, exchange, disposition, financing or refinancing of Partnership property for such period over the gain (or loss, as the case may be) recognized from such sale, exchange, disposition, financing or refinancing during such period (excluding Terminating Capital Transactions), and

(5) all other cash received (including amounts previously accrued as Net Income and amounts of deferred income) or any net amounts borrowed by the Partnership for such period that was not included in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period;

(ii) less the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) all principal debt payments made during such period by the Partnership,

(2) capital expenditures made by the Partnership during such period,

(3) investments in any entity (including loans made thereto) to the extent that such investments are not otherwise described in clause (ii)(1) or clause (ii)(2) above,

 

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(4) all other expenditures and payments not deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period (including amounts paid in respect of expenses previously accrued),

(5) any amount included in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period that was not received by the Partnership during such period,

(6) the amount of any increase in reserves (including, without limitation, working capital reserves) established during such period that the General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion,

(7) any amount distributed or paid in redemption of any Limited Partner Interest or Partnership Units, including, without limitation, any Cash Amount paid, and

(8) the amount of any working capital accounts and other cash or similar balances that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Available Cash shall not include (a) any cash received or reductions in reserves, or take into account any disbursements made, or reserves established, after dissolution and the commencement of the liquidation and winding up of the Partnership or (b) any Capital Contributions, whenever received or any payments, expenditures or investments made with such Capital Contributions.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by law to close.

Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the capital account maintained by the General Partner for such Partner on the Partnership’s books and records in accordance with the following provisions:

(i) To each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be added such Partner’s Capital Contributions, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Income and any items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof, and the amount of any Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or that are secured by any property distributed to such Partner.

(ii) From each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be subtracted the amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership property distributed to such Partner pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Losses and any items in the nature of expenses or losses that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof, and the amount of any liabilities of such Partner assumed by the Partnership or that are secured by any property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership (except to the extent already reflected in the amount of such Partner’s Capital Contribution).

 

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(iii) In the event any interest in the Partnership is Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent that it relates to the Transferred interest.

(iv) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes of subsections (i) and (ii) hereof, there shall be taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.

(v) The provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. The General Partner may, in its sole discretion, (a) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of Partnership capital reflected on the Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q) and (b) make any modifications that are necessary or appropriate in the event that unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) or Section 1.704-2.

Capital Account Limitation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any Contributed Property that such Partner contributes or is deemed to contribute pursuant to Article 4 hereof.

Capital Share ” means a share of any class or series of stock of the General Partner now or hereafter authorized other than a REIT Share.

Cash Amount ” means an amount of cash equal to the product of (i) the Value of a REIT Share and (ii) the REIT Shares Amount determined as of the applicable Valuation Date.

Certificate ” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the SDAT, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.

Charity ” means an entity described in Code Section 501(c)(3) or any trust all the beneficiaries of which are such entities.

Charter ” means the charter of the General Partner, within the meaning of Section 1-101(e) of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

Closing Price ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Value .”

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time or any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the applicable Regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.

 

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Common Unit Economic Balance ” means (i) the Capital Account balance of the General Partner, plus the amount of the General Partner’s share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partner’s ownership of Partnership Common Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under Section 6.2.D hereof, divided by (ii) the number of the General Partner’s Partnership Common Units.

Consent ” means the consent to, approval of, or vote in favor of a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Article 14 hereof. The terms “ Consented ” and “ Consenting ” have correlative meanings.

Consent of the General Partner ” means the Consent of the sole General Partner, which Consent, except as otherwise specifically required by this Agreement, may be obtained prior to or after the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

Consent of the Limited Partners ” means the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, may be given or withheld by each Limited Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

Consent of the Partners ” means the Consent of the General Partner and the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Partners, which Consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, may be given or withheld by the General Partner or the Limited Partners in their sole and absolute discretion; provided , however , that, if any such action affects only certain classes or series of Partnership Interests, “Consent of the Partners” means the Consent of the General Partner and the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Partners of the affected classes or series of Partnership Interests.

Constituent Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.F hereof.

Contributed Property ” means each Property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash, contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership (or deemed contributed by the Partnership to a “new” partnership pursuant to Code Section 708).

Controlled Entity ” means, as to any Partner, (a) any corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned by such Partner or such Partner’s Family Members, (b) any trust, whether or not revocable, of which such Partner or such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates are the sole beneficiaries, (c) any partnership of which such Partner or its Affiliates are the general partners and in which such Partner, such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates hold partnership interests representing at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such partnership’s capital and profits and (d) any limited liability company of which such Partner or its Affiliates are the managers and in which such Partner, such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates hold membership interests representing at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such limited liability company’s capital and profits.

Conversion Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

 

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Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

Conversion Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.A hereof.

Cut-Off Date ” means the fifth (5th) Business Day after the General Partner’s receipt of a Notice of Redemption.

Debt ” means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other performance of obligations by such Person; (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease obligations of such Person that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized.

Depreciation ” means, for each Partnership Year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.

Designated Partners ” means, collectively, (i) the General Partner and each of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units, (ii) any Controlled Entities of Second City that own Partnership Common Units and (iii) Second City, to the extent of its ownership of Partnership Common Units.

Disregarded Entity ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) of such Person, (ii) any entity treated as a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes with respect to such Person, or (iii) any grantor trust if the sole owner of the assets of such trust for federal income tax purposes is such Person.

Distributed Right ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Adjustment Factor .”

Economic Capital Account Balance ” means, with respect to a Holder of LTIP Units, its Capital Account balance, plus the amount of its share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to its ownership of LTIP Units.

 

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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Equity Plan ” means any stock or equity purchase plan, restricted stock or equity plan or other similar equity compensation plan now or hereafter adopted by the Partnership or the General Partner, including the Plan.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Family Members ” means, as to a Person that is an individual, such Person’s spouse, ancestors, descendants (whether by blood or by adoption or step-descendants by marriage), brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews and inter vivos or testamentary trusts (whether revocable or irrevocable) of which only such Person and his or her spouse, ancestors, descendants (whether by blood or by adoption or step-descendants by marriage), brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews are beneficiaries.

Final Adjustment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.B(2) hereof.

Forced Conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.C hereof.

Forced Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.C hereof.

Funding Debt ” means any Debt incurred by or on behalf of the General Partner for the purpose of providing funds to the Partnership.

General Partner ” means City Office REIT, Inc. and its successors and assigns as a general partner of the Partnership, in each case, that is admitted from time to time to the Partnership as a general partner, and has not ceased to be a general partner, pursuant to the Act and this Agreement, in such Person’s capacity as a general partner of the Partnership.

General Partner Interest ” means the entire Partnership Interest held by a General Partner hereof, and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or any other Partnership Units.

Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

(a) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of contribution, as determined by the General Partner and agreed to by the contributing Person.

(b) The Gross Asset Values of all Partnership assets immediately prior to the occurrence of any event described in clauses (i) through (v) below shall, except as provided below, be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt, as of the following times:

(i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership (other than in connection with the execution of this Agreement but including, without limitation, acquisitions pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof or contributions or deemed contributions by the General Partner pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof) by a new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution;

 

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(ii) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for an interest in the Partnership;

(iii) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);

(iv) the grant of an interest in the Partnership (other than a de minimis interest) as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership by an existing Partner acting in a partner capacity, or by a new Partner acting in a partner capacity or in anticipation of becoming a Partner of the Partnership (including the grant of a LTIP Unit); and

(v) at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may elect not to revalue the property of the Partnership in connection with the issuance of additional Partnership Units to the extent it determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that revaluing the assets of the Partnership is not necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners.

(c) The Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset distributed to a Partner shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution, as determined by the distributee and the General Partner; provided , however , that if the distributee is the General Partner or if the distributee and the General Partner cannot agree on such a determination, such gross fair market value shall be determined by Appraisal.

(d) The Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided , however , that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d) to the extent that the General Partner reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d).

(e) If the Gross Asset Value of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subsection (a), subsection (b) or subsection (d) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Losses.

 

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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

Holder ” means either (a) a Partner or (b) an Assignee owning a Partnership Interest.

Incapacity ” or “ Incapacitated ” means: (i) as to any Partner who is an individual, death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Partner incompetent to manage his or her person or his or her estate; (ii) as to any Partner that is a corporation or limited liability company, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any Partner that is a partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership; (iv) as to any Partner that is an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust that is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of such Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief of or against such Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (b) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and non-appealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been entered against the Partner, (c) the Partner executes and delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above, (e) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s properties, (f) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof, (g) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days of such appointment, or (h) an appointment referred to in clause (g) above is not vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay.

Indemnitee ” means (i) any Person made, or threatened to be made, a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as (a) the General Partner or (b) a director of the General Partner or an officer of the Partnership or the General Partner and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates or employees of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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Limited Partner ” means any Person that is admitted from time to time to the Partnership as a limited partner, and has not ceased to be a limited partner pursuant to the Act and this Agreement, of the Partnership, including any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership.

Limited Partner Interest ” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.

Liquidating Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 hereof.

Liquidating Gains ” means any net gain realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any Liquidating Event or Terminating Capital Transaction), including but not limited to net gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of Partnership assets under the definition of Gross Asset Value in Section 1 of this Agreement.

Liquidator ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.A hereof.

LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.4.C hereof.

LTIP Units ” means the Partnership Units designated as such having the rights, powers, privileges, restrictions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein and in the Plan. LTIP Units can be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes bearing such relationship to one another as to allocations, distributions, and other rights as the General Partner shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion subject to Maryland law and this Agreement.

Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners ” means Limited Partners (other than any Limited Partner fifty percent (50%) or more of whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner) holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests that are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all such Limited Partners entitled to Consent to or withhold Consent from a proposed action.

Majority in Interest of the Partners ” means Partners holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests that are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all Partners entitled to Consent to or withhold Consent from a proposed action.

Market Price ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Value .”

Maryland Courts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.9.B hereof.

Net Income ” or “ Net Loss ” means, for each Partnership Year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such year or other applicable period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:

(a) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss” shall be added to (or subtracted from, as the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);

 

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(b) Any expenditure of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as a Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditure pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,” shall be subtracted from (or added to, as the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);

(c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) or subsection (c) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value,” the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss;

(d) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;

(e) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions that would otherwise be taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Partnership Year or other applicable period;

(f) To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Partner’s interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss; and

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,” any item that is specially allocated pursuant to Article 6 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss. The amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss.”

New Securities ” means (i) any rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares or Preferred Shares, excluding grants under the Stock Option Plans, or (ii) any Debt issued by the General Partner that provides any of the rights described in clause (i).

 

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Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).

Nonrecourse Liability ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(3) and 1.752-1(a)(2).

Notice of Redemption ” means the Notice of Redemption substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached to this Agreement.

Optionee ” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Stock Option Plan.

Original Limited Partner ” means any Person that is a Limited Partner as of the close of business on the date of the closing of the issuance of REIT Shares pursuant to the initial offering of REIT Shares, and does not include any Assignee or other transferee, including, without limitation, any Substituted Limited Partner succeeding to all or any part of the Partnership Interest of any such Person.

Ownership Limit ” means the restriction or restrictions on the ownership and transfer of stock of the General Partner imposed under the Charter.

Partner ” means the General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “ Partners ” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.

Partner Minimum Gain ” means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

Partner Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

Partner Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

Partnership ” means the limited partnership formed and continued under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto.

Partnership Common Unit ” means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 hereof, but does not include any Partnership Preferred Unit, LTIP Unit or any other Partnership Unit specified in a Partnership Unit Designation as being other than a Partnership Common Unit.

 

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Partnership Employee ” means an employee or other service provider of the Partnership or of a Subsidiary of the Partnership, if any, acting in such capacity.

Partnership Equivalent Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7A hereof.

Partnership Interest ” means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by either a Limited Partner or a General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. There may be one or more classes or series of Partnership Interests. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units; however, notwithstanding that the General Partner, and any Limited Partner may have different rights and privileges as specified in this Agreement (including differences in rights and privileges with respect to their Partnership Interests), the Partnership Interest held by the General Partner or any other Partner and designated as being of a particular class or series shall not be deemed to be a separate class or series of Partnership Interest from a Partnership Interest having the same designation as to class and series that is held by any other Partner solely because such Partnership Interest is held by the General Partner or any other Partner having different rights and privileges as specified under this Agreement. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.

Partnership Minimum Gain ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

Partnership Preferred Unit ” means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of a particular class or series that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof that has distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the Partnership Common Units.

Partnership Record Date ” means the record date established by the General Partner for the purpose of determining the Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Partners or to consent to any matter, or to receive any distribution or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of Partners for any other proper purpose, which, in the case of a distribution of Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, shall generally be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution.

Partnership Unit ” means a Partnership Common Unit, a Partnership Preferred Unit, a LTIP Unit or any other unit of the fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof.

Partnership Unit Designation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.A hereof.

Partnership Year ” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the calendar year.

 

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Percentage Interest ” means, with respect to each Partner, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Partnership Units of all classes and series held by such Partner and the denominator of which is the total number of Partnership Units of all classes and series held by all Partners; provided , however , that, to the extent applicable in context, the term “Percentage Interest” means, with respect to a Partner, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Partnership Units of a specified class or series (or specified group of classes and/or series) held by such Partner and the denominator of which is the total number of Partnership Units of such specified class or series (or specified group of classes and/or series) held by all Partners.

Permitted Transfer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.A hereof.

Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability company or other entity.

Plan ” means the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan.

Pledge ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.A hereof.

Preferred Share ” means a share of stock of the General Partner of any class or series now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the REIT Shares.

Properties ” means any assets and property of the Partnership such as, but not limited to, interests in real property and personal property, including, without limitation, fee interests, leasehold interests, easements and rights of way, interests in limited liability companies, joint ventures or partnerships, interests in mortgages, and Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from time to time and “Property” means any one such asset or property.

Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11 hereof.

Qualified DRIP/COPP ” means a dividend reinvestment plan or a cash option purchase plan of the General Partner that permits participants to acquire REIT Shares using the proceeds of dividends paid by the General Partner or cash of the participant, respectively; provided, however, that if such shares are offered at a discount, such discount must (i) be designed to pass along to the stockholders of the General Partner the savings enjoyed by the General Partner in connection with the avoidance of stock issuance costs, and (ii) not exceed 5% of the value of a REIT Share as computed under the terms of such plan.

Qualified Transferee ” means an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Qualifying Party ” means (a) a Limited Partner, (b) an Assignee or (c) a Person, including a lending institution as the pledgee of a Pledge, who is the transferee of a Limited Partner Interest in a Permitted Transfer; provided, however, that a Qualifying Party shall not include the General Partner.

 

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Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Redemption Hold Period ” means (a) as to an Original Limited Partner or any Assignee of an Original Limited Partner that is a Qualifying Party, a one (1) year period ending on the day before the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (b) as to any other Qualifying Party, a one (1) year period ending on the day before the first anniversary of such Qualifying Party’s first becoming a Holder of Partnership Common Units or LTIP Units; provided , however , that the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, by written agreement with a Qualifying Party, shorten or lengthen the first Redemption Hold Period to a period of shorter or longer than one (1) year with respect to a Qualifying Party other than an Original Limited Partner or an Assignee of an Original Limited Partner.

Regulations ” means the income tax regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in proposed, temporary or final form, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

Regulatory Allocations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.A(viii) hereof.

REIT ” means a real estate investment trust qualifying under Code Section 856.

REIT Partner ” means (a) the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner to the extent such person has in place an election to qualify as a REIT and, (b) any Disregarded Entity with respect to any such Person.

REIT Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.12 hereof.

REIT Requirements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 hereof.

REIT Share ” means a share of common stock of the General Partner, $0.01 par value per share, but shall not include any class or series of the General Partner’s common stock classified after the date of this Agreement.

REIT Shares Amount ” means a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of (a) the number of Tendered Units and (b) the Adjustment Factor; provided , however , that, in the event that the General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Shares as of a certain record date rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the General Partner’s stockholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “ Rights ”), with the record date for such Rights issuance falling within the period starting on the date of the Notice of Redemption and ending on the day immediately preceding the Specified Redemption Date, which Rights will not be distributed before the relevant Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include such Rights that a holder of that number of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, expressed, where relevant hereunder, in a number of REIT Shares determined by the General Partner.

Related Party ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person to whom ownership of shares of the General Partner’s stock by the first such Person would be attributed under Code Section 544 (as modified by Code Section 856(h)(1)(B)) or Code Section 318(a) (as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)).

 

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Rights ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ REIT Shares Amount .”

Safe Harbors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.C hereof.

SDAT ” means the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Second City ” means Second City General Partner II, L.P., CIO OP Limited Partnership and CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership and Gibralt US, Inc. and any Affiliate of the foregoing entities who becomes an owner of a Partnership Unit hereunder.

Second City Nominee ” or “ Second City Nominees ” means (i) any person designated as a nominee to the Board of Directors by Second City in accordance with Section 8.8.A, and (ii) any person designated to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 8.8.C.

Section 83 Safe Harbor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11 hereof.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Special Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Specified Redemption Date ” means the first Business Day of the month that is least 60 calendar days after the receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption; provided, however, that no Specified Redemption Date shall occur during the first Redemption Hold Period (except pursuant to a Special Redemption).

Stock Option Plans ” means any stock option plan now or hereafter adopted by the Partnership or the General Partner.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; provided , however , that, with respect to the Partnership, “Subsidiary” means solely a partnership or limited liability company (taxed, for federal income tax purposes, as a partnership or as a Disregarded Entity and not as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation) of which the Partnership is a member or any “taxable REIT subsidiary” of the General Partner in which the Partnership owns shares of stock, unless the ownership of shares of stock of a corporation or other entity (other than a “taxable REIT subsidiary”) will not jeopardize the General Partner’s status as a REIT or any General Partner Affiliate’s status as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)), in which event the term “Subsidiary” shall include such corporation or other entity.

Substituted Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to the Act and (i) Section 11.4 hereof or (ii) pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation.

Surviving Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.B(ii) hereof.

 

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Tax Items ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.A hereof.

Tendered Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Tendering Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Terminating Capital Transaction ” means any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, in any case, not in the ordinary course of the Partnership’s business.

Termination Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.B hereof.

Transfer ” means any sale, assignment, bequest, conveyance, devise, gift (outright or in trust), Pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange, transfer or other disposition or act of alienation, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law; provided , however , that when the term is used in Article 11 hereof, except as otherwise expressly provided, “Transfer” does not include (a) any Redemption of Partnership Common Units by the Partnership, or acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner, pursuant to Section 15.1, (b) any conversion of LTIP Units into Common Units pursuant to Section 16.9 or (c) any redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation. The terms “Transferred” and “Transferring” have correlative meanings.

Valuation Date ” means the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1 herein, or such other date as specified herein, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.

Value ” means, on any Valuation Date with respect to a REIT Share, the average of the daily Market Prices for ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Valuation Date (except that the Market Price for the trading day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock option under any Stock Option Plans shall be substituted for such average of daily market prices for purposes of Section 4.4 hereof). The term “ Market Price ” on any date means, with respect to any class or series of outstanding REIT Shares, the Closing Price for such REIT Shares on such date. The “ Closing Price ” on any date means the last sale price for such REIT Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such REIT Shares, in either case as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such REIT Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such REIT Shares selected by the Board of Directors of the General Partner or, in the event that no trading price is available for such REIT Shares, the fair market value of the REIT Shares, as determined by the Board of Directors of the General Partner.

 

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In the event that the REIT Shares Amount includes Rights that a holder of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, then the Value of such Rights shall be determined by the General Partner on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers appropriate.

Vested LTIP Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.A hereof.

Vesting Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.A hereof.

ARTICLE 2

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Section 2.1 Formation; Removal of Initial Limited Partner . The Partnership is a limited partnership heretofore formed and continued pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all purposes. Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership is hereby removed as a limited partner of the Partnership.

Section 2.2 Name . The name of the Partnership is “City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.” The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Partners.

Section 2.3 Principal Office and Resident Agent; Principal Executive Office . The address of the principal office of the Partnership in the State of Maryland is located at c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or such other place within the State of Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate, and the resident agent of the Partnership in the State of Maryland is The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or such other resident of the State of Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate. The principal office of the Partnership is located at c/o City Office REIT, Inc., 1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9, or such other place as the General Partner 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 Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate.

 

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Section 2.4 Power of Attorney .

 

  A. Each Limited Partner and Assignee hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:

 

  (1) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices: (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments, supplements or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary 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 to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Maryland and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation; (d) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the distribution or exchange of assets of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (e) all instruments relating to the admission, acceptance, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (f) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges relating to Partnership Interests; and

 

  (2) execute, swear to, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Section 14.2 hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

 

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The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a special power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Limited Partners and Assignees will be relying upon the power of the General Partner or the Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and the Transfer of all or any portion of such Person’s Partnership Interest and shall extend to such

 

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  Person’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner and Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or the Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner and Assignee 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 Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General Partner’s or the Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator (as the case may be) deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Section 2.4.B, no Limited Partner shall incur any personal liability for any action of the General Partner or the Liquidator taken under such power of attorney.

Section 2.5 Term . The term of the Partnership commenced on December 12, 2013, the date that the original Certificate was accepted for record by the SDAT in accordance with the Act, and shall continue indefinitely unless the Partnership is dissolved sooner pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 hereof or as otherwise provided by law.

Section 2.6 Partnership Interests Are Securities . All Partnership Interests shall be securities within the meaning of, and governed by, (i) Article 8 of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code and (ii) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 3

PURPOSE

Section 3.1 Purpose and Business . The purpose and nature of the Partnership is to conduct any business, enterprise or activity permitted by or under the Act, including, without limitation, (i) to conduct the business of ownership, construction, reconstruction, development, redevelopment, alteration, improvement, maintenance, operation, sale, leasing, transfer, encumbrance, conveyance and exchange of the Properties, (ii) to acquire and invest in any securities and/or loans relating to the Properties, (iii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture, business trust arrangement, limited liability company or other similar arrangement to engage in any business permitted by or under the Act, or to own interests in any entity engaged in any business permitted by or under the Act, (iv) to conduct the business of providing property and asset management and brokerage services, whether directly or through one or more partnerships, joint ventures, Subsidiaries, business trusts, limited liability companies or similar arrangements, and (v) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

Section 3.2 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 herein and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership including, without limitation, full power and authority, directly or through its ownership interest in other entities, to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of

 

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any kind, to borrow and lend money and to issue evidence of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien, to acquire, own, manage, improve and develop real property and lease, sell, transfer and dispose of real property.

Section 3.3 Partnership Only for Purposes Specified . The Partnership shall be a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act, and this Agreement shall not be deemed to create a company, venture or partnership between or among the Partners or any other Persons with respect to any activities whatsoever other than the activities within the purposes of the Partnership as specified in Section 3.1 hereof; however, to the extent applicable, the Partnership is a “partnership at will” (and is not a partnership formed for a definite term or particular undertaking) within the meaning of the Act. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for, bind, commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of another Partner, nor shall the Partnership be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities, indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by the terms of this Agreement and the Act.

Section 3.4 Representations and Warranties by the Partners .

 

  A.

Each Partner that is an individual (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner) represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner is subject, (ii) if five percent (5%) or more (by value) of the Partnership’s interests are or will be owned by such Partner within the meaning of Code Section 7704(d)(3), such Partner does not, and for so long as it is a Partner will not, own, directly or indirectly, (a) stock of any corporation that is a tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member or (b) an interest in the assets or net profits of any non-corporate tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture, or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member, (iii) such Partner has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Partner that is an individual shall not be subject to the ownership restrictions set forth in clause (ii) of the

 

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  immediately preceding sentence to the extent such Partner obtains the written Consent of the General Partner prior to violating any such restrictions. Each Partner that is an individual shall also represent and warrant to the Partnership that such Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a foreign partner within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e).

 

  B. Each Partner that is not an individual (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner) represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) all transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including, without limitation, that of its general partner(s), committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or stockholder(s) (as the case may be) as required, (ii) the consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, its partnership or operating agreement, trust agreement, charter or bylaws (as the case may be) any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s properties or any of its partners, members, beneficiaries, trustees or stockholders (as the case may be) is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner or any of its partners, members, trustees, beneficiaries or stockholders (as the case may be) is or are subject, (iii) if five percent (5%) or more (by value) of the Partnership’s interests are or will be owned by such Partner within the meaning of Code Section 7704(d)(3), such Partner does not, and for so long as it is a Partner will not, own, directly or indirectly, (a) stock of any corporation that is a tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member or (b) an interest in the assets or net profits of any non-corporate tenant of (I) the General Partner, or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company for which the General Partner, any General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Partner that is not an individual shall not be subject to the ownership restrictions set forth in clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence to the extent such Partner obtains the written Consent of the General Partner prior to violating any such restrictions. Each Partner that is not an individual shall also represent and warrant to the Partnership that such Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a foreign partner within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e).

 

  C.

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  has acquired and continues to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment purposes only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or distribution of all or any part thereof in violation of applicable laws, and not with a view toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances in violation of applicable laws and (ii) it is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it does not anticipate a need for the funds that it has invested in the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment.

 

  D. The representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A, 3.4.B and 3.4.C hereof shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner (and, in the case of an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner, the admission of such Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a Limited Partner in the Partnership) and the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Partnership.

 

  E. Each Partner (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner) hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the Partnership or the General Partner have been made by any Partner or any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and that projections and any other information, including, without limitation, financial and descriptive information and documentation, that may have been in any manner submitted to such Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or nature, express or implied.

 

  F. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit the modification of any of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A, 3.4.B and 3.4.C above as applicable to any Partner (including, without limitation any Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner or any transferee of either), provided that such representations and warranties, as modified, shall be set forth in either (i) a Partnership Unit Designation applicable to the Partnership Units held by such Partner or (ii) a separate writing addressed to the Partnership and the General Partner.

ARTICLE 4

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the Partners . The Partners have heretofore made Capital Contributions to the Partnership as set forth on Exhibit C. Except as provided by law or in Section 4.2, 4.3, or 10.4 hereof, the Partners shall have no obligation or, except with the prior Consent of the General Partner, right to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner shall cause to be maintained in the principal business office of the

 

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Partnership, or such other place as may be determined by the General Partner, the books and records of the Partnership, which shall include, among other things, a register containing the name, address, and number, class and series of Partnership Units of each Partner, and such other information as the General Partner may deem necessary or desirable (the “ Register ”). The Register shall not be part of this Agreement. The General Partner shall from time to time update the Register as necessary to accurately reflect the information therein, including as a result of any sales, exchanges or other Transfers, or any redemptions, issuances or similar events involving Partnership Units. Any reference in this Agreement to the Register shall be deemed a reference to the Register as in effect from time to time. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the General Partner may take any action authorized hereunder in respect of the Register without any need to obtain the consent or approval of any other Partner. No action of any Limited Partner shall be required to amend or update the Register. Except as required by law, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to receive a copy of the information set forth in the Register relating to any Partner other than itself.

Section 4.2 Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation:

 

  A.

General . The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests, in the form of Partnership Units, for any Partnership purpose, at any time or from time to time, to the Partners (including the General Partner) or to other Persons, and to admit such Persons as Additional Limited Partners, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person. Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units (i) upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of any Debt, Partnership Units, or other securities issued by the Partnership, (ii) for less than fair market value, (iii) for no consideration, (iv) in connection with any merger of any other Person into the Partnership or (v) upon the contribution of property or assets to the Partnership. Any additional Partnership Interests may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption (including, without limitation, terms that may be senior or otherwise entitled to preference over existing Partnership Units) as shall be determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person, and set forth in a written document thereafter attached to and made an exhibit to this Agreement, which exhibit shall be an amendment to this Agreement and shall be incorporated herein by this reference (each, a “ Partnership Unit Designation ”), without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Partner shall have authority to specify: (a) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of Partnership Interests; (b) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share (on a pari passu , junior or preferred basis) in Partnership distributions; (c) the

 

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  rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (d) the voting rights, if any, of each such class or series of Partnership Interests; and (e) the conversion, redemption or exchange rights applicable to each such class or series of Partnership Interests. Except as expressly set forth in any Partnership Unit Designation or as may otherwise be required under the Act, a Partnership Interest of any class or series other than a Partnership Common Unit shall not entitle the holder thereof to vote on, or consent to, any matter. Upon the issuance of any additional Partnership Interest, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership as appropriate to reflect such issuance.

 

  B. Issuances of LTIP Units . Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from time to time, the General Partner is hereby authorized to issue LTIP Units to Persons providing services to or for the benefit of the Partnership for such consideration or for no consideration as the General Partner may determine to be appropriate and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner, and admit such Persons as Limited Partners. Except to the extent a Capital Contribution is made with respect to a LTIP Unit, each LTIP Unit is intended to qualify as a profits interests in the Partnership within the meaning of the Code, the Regulations, and any published guidance by the IRS with respect thereto. Except as may be provided from time to time by the General Partner with respect to one or more series of LTIP Units, LTIP Units shall have the terms set forth in Article 16.

 

  C. Issuances to the General Partner . No additional Partnership Units shall be issued to the General Partner unless (i) the additional Partnership Units are issued to all Partners holding Partnership Common Units in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests in Partnership Common Units, (ii) (a) the additional Partnership Units are (x) Partnership Common Units issued in connection with an issuance of REIT Shares, or (y) Partnership Equivalent Units (other than Partnership Common Units) issued in connection with an issuance of Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner (other than REIT Shares), and (b) the General Partner contributes to the Partnership the cash proceeds or other consideration received in connection with the issuance of such REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner, (iii) the additional Partnership Units are issued upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of Debt, Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership or (iv) the additional Partnership Units are issued pursuant to Section 4.3.B, Section 4.3.E, Section 4.4 or Section 4.5.

 

  D. No Preemptive Rights . Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Person, including, without limitation, any Partner or Assignee, shall have any preemptive, preferential, participation or similar right or rights to subscribe for or acquire any Partnership Interest.

 

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Section 4.3 Additional Funds and Capital Contributions .

 

  A. General . The General Partner may, at any time and from time to time, determine that the Partnership requires additional funds (“ Additional Funds ”) for the acquisition or development of additional Properties, for the redemption of Partnership Units or for such other purposes as the General Partner may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion. Additional Funds may be obtained by the Partnership, at the election of the General Partner, in any manner provided in, and in accordance with, the terms of this Section 4.3 without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person.

 

  B. Additional Capital Contributions . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by accepting Capital Contributions from any Partners or other Persons. In connection with any such Capital Contribution (of cash or property), the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue additional Partnership Units (as set forth in Section 4.2 above) in consideration therefor and the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall be adjusted to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units.

 

  C. Loans by Third Parties . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur Debt to any Person (other than the General Partner (but, for this purpose, disregarding any Debt that may be deemed incurred to the General Partner by virtue of clause (iii) of the definition of Debt)) upon such terms as the General Partner determines appropriate, including making such Debt convertible, redeemable or exchangeable for Partnership Units or REIT Shares; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if any Partner would be personally liable for the repayment of such Debt (unless such Partner otherwise agrees).

 

  D. General Partner Loans . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur Debt to the General Partner if (i) such Debt is, to the extent permitted by law, on substantially the same terms and conditions (including interest rate, repayment schedule, and conversion, redemption, repurchase and exchange rights) as Funding Debt incurred by the General Partner, the net proceeds of which are loaned to the Partnership to provide such Additional Funds, or (ii) such Debt is on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Partnership than would be available to the Partnership from any third party; provided, however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if any Partner would be personally liable for the repayment of such Debt (unless such Partner otherwise agrees).

 

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Issuance of Securities by the General Partner . The General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities unless the General Partner contributes the cash proceeds or other consideration received from the issuance of such additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (as the case may be) and from the exercise of the rights contained in

 

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  any such additional Capital Shares or New Securities to the Partnership in exchange for (x) in the case of an issuance of REIT Shares, Partnership Common Units, or (y) in the case of an issuance of Capital Shares or New Securities, Partnership Equivalent Units; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the General Partner may issue REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (i) pursuant to Section 4.4 or Section 15.1.B hereof, (ii) pursuant to a dividend or distribution (including any stock split) of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities to holders of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (as the case may be), (iii) upon a conversion, redemption or exchange of Capital Shares, (iv) upon a conversion, redemption, exchange or exercise of New Securities, or (v) in connection with an acquisition of Partnership Units or a property or other asset to be owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner and (b) only in the case of the proceeds of REIT Shares issued upon the exercise by the underwriters in the initial public offering of REIT Shares by the General Partner of their over-allotment option, the General Partner shall use the net cash proceeds realized therefrom to redeem Partnership Common Units held by Second City or REIT shares held by CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership. In the event of any issuance of additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities by the General Partner, and the contribution to the Partnership, by the General Partner, of the cash proceeds or other consideration received from such issuance (or property acquired with such proceeds), if any, if the cash proceeds actually received by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount equal to the sum of the cash proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such underwriter’s discount and other expenses paid by the General Partner (which discount and expense shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4). In the event that the General Partner issues any additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities and contributes the cash proceeds or other consideration received from the issuance thereof to the Partnership, the Partnership is expressly authorized to issue a number of Partnership Common Units or Partnership Equivalent Units to the General Partner equal to the number of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities so issued, divided by the Adjustment Factor then in effect, in accordance with this Section 4.3.E without any further act, approval or vote of any Partner or any other Persons.

Section 4.4 Stock Incentive Plans . Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the General Partner from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates or from issuing REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities pursuant to any such plans. The General Partner may implement such plans and any actions taken under such plans (such as the grant or exercise of options to acquire REIT Shares, or the issuance of restricted REIT Shares), whether taken with respect to or by an employee or other service provider of the General Partner, the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, in a manner determined by the General Partner, which may be set forth in plan implementation guidelines that the General Partner may establish or amend from time to time. The Partners acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the General Partner, amendments to this Agreement may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or Consent to any such amendments requested by the General Partner shall be deemed granted by the Limited Partners. The Partnership is expressly authorized to issue

 

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Partnership Units (i) in accordance with the terms of any such stock incentive plans, or (ii) in an amount equal to the number of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities issued pursuant to any such stock incentive plans, without any further act, approval or vote of any Partner or any other Persons.

Section 4.5 Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan . Except as may otherwise be provided in this Article 4, all amounts received or deemed received by the General Partner in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, stock incentive or other stock or subscription plan or agreement, either (a) shall be utilized by the General Partner to effect open market purchases of REIT Shares, or (b) if the General Partner elects instead to issue new REIT Shares with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the General Partner to the Partnership in exchange for additional Partnership Common Units. Upon such contribution, the Partnership will issue to the General Partner a number of Partnership Common Units equal to the quotient of (i) the new REIT Shares so issued, divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect.

Section 4.6 No Interest; No Return . No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s Capital Account. Except as provided herein or by law, no Partner shall have any right to demand or receive the return of its Capital Contribution from the Partnership.

Section 4.7 Conversion or Redemption of Capital Shares .

 

  A. Conversion of Capital Shares . If, at any time, any of the Capital Shares are converted into REIT Shares, in whole or in part, then a number of Partnership Units with preferences, conversion and other rights, restrictions (other than restrictions on transfer), rights and limitations as to dividends and other distributions and qualifications that are substantially the same as the preferences, conversion and other rights, restrictions (other than restrictions on transfer), rights and limitations as to distributions and qualifications as those of such Capital Shares (“ Partnership Equivalent Units ”) (for the avoidance of doubt, Partnership Equivalent Units need not have voting rights, redemption rights or restrictions on transfer that are substantially similar to the corresponding Capital Shares) equal to the number of Capital Shares so converted shall automatically be converted into a number of Partnership Common Units equal to the quotient of (i) the number of REIT Shares issued upon such conversion divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect, and the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall be adjusted to reflect such conversion.

 

  B.

Redemption or Repurchase of Capital Shares or REIT Shares . Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.3.E.(b) or 7.4.C., if, at any time, any Capital Shares are redeemed or otherwise repurchased (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) by the General Partner, the Partnership shall, immediately prior to such redemption or repurchase of Capital Shares, redeem an equal number of Partnership Equivalent Units held by the General Partner upon the same terms and for the same price per Partnership Equivalent Unit as such Capital Shares are redeemed or repurchased. If, at any

 

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  time, any REIT Shares are redeemed or otherwise repurchased by the General Partner, the Partnership shall, immediately prior to such redemption or repurchase of REIT Shares, redeem or repurchase a number of Partnership Common Units held by the General Partner equal to the quotient of (i) the REIT Shares so redeemed or repurchased, divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect, such redemption or repurchase to be upon the same terms and for the same price per Partnership Common Unit (after giving effect to application of the Adjustment Factor) as such REIT Shares are redeemed or repurchased.

Section 4.8 Other Contribution Provisions . In the event that any Partner is admitted to the Partnership and is given a Capital Account in exchange for services rendered to the Partnership, such transaction shall be treated by the Partnership and the affected Partner as if the Partnership had compensated such partner in cash and such Partner had contributed the cash that the Partner would have received to the capital of the Partnership. In addition, with the Consent of the General Partner, one or more Partners may enter into contribution agreements with the Partnership which have the effect of providing a guarantee of certain obligations of the Partnership (and/or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Partnership).

ARTICLE 5

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 5.1 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to distribute such amounts, at such times, as the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine, to the Holders as of any Partnership Record Date: (i) first, with respect to any Partnership Units that are entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of Holders of such class(es) of Partnership Units (and, within each such class, among the Holders of each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests of such class on such Partnership Record Date); and (ii) second, with respect to any Partnership Units that are not entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of Holders of such class(es) of Partnership Units, as applicable (and, within each such class, among the Holders of each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests of such class on such Partnership Record Date). Distributions payable with respect to any Partnership Units, other than any Partnership Units issued to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of REIT Shares by the General Partner, that were not outstanding during the entire quarterly period in respect of which any distribution is made shall be prorated based on the portion of the period that such Partnership Units were outstanding. The General Partner shall make such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with the General Partner’s qualification as a REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to enable the General Partner, for so long as the General Partner has determined to qualify as a REIT, to pay stockholder dividends that will (a) satisfy the requirements for qualifying as a REIT under the Code and Regulations (the “ REIT Requirements ”) and (b) except to the extent otherwise determined by the General Partner, eliminate any federal income or excise tax liability of the General Partner. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, a Holder of LTIP Units will only be entitled to distributions with respect to a LTIP Unit as set forth in Article 16 hereof and in making distributions pursuant to this Section 5.1, the General Partner of the Partnership shall take into account the provisions of Section 16.4 hereof.

 

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Section 5.2 Distributions in Kind . Except as expressly provided herein, no right is given to any Holder to demand and receive property other than cash as provided in this Agreement. The General Partner may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, to make a distribution in kind of Partnership assets to the Holders, and such assets shall be distributed in such a fashion as to ensure that the fair market value is distributed and allocated in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 13 hereof; provided, however, that the General Partner shall not make a distribution in kind to any Holder unless the Holder has been given 90 days prior written notice of such distribution.

Section 5.3 Amounts Withheld . All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any state, local or non-United States tax law and Section 10.4 hereof with respect to any allocation, payment or distribution to any Holder and paid over to the appropriate taxing authorities shall be treated as amounts paid or distributed to such Holder pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof for all purposes under this Agreement.

Section 5.4 Distributions upon Liquidation . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 5, net proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction, and any other amounts distributed after the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, shall be distributed to the Holders in accordance with Section 13.2 hereof.

Section 5.5 Distributions to Reflect Additional Partnership Units . In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 hereof, subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner is hereby authorized to make such revisions to this Article 5 and to Articles 6, 11 and 12 hereof as it determines are necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units, including, without limitation, making preferential distributions to Holders of certain classes of Partnership Units.

Section 5.6 Restricted Distributions . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Partnership nor the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall make a distribution to any Holder if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law.

ARTICLE 6

ALLOCATIONS

Section 6.1 Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss . Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to each Partnership Year as of the end of each such year, provided that the General Partner may in its discretion allocate Net Income and Net Loss for a shorter period as of the end of such period (and, for purposes of this Article 6, references to the term “Partnership Year” may include such shorter periods). Except as otherwise provided in this Article 6, and subject to Section 11.6.C hereof, an allocation to a Holder of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss.

 

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Section 6.2 General Allocations . Except as otherwise provided in this Article 6 and Section 11.6.C hereof, Net Income and Net Loss for any Partnership Year shall be allocated to each of the Holders as follows:

 

  A. Net Income.

(i) First, 100% to the General Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to clause (iii) in Section 6.2.B for all prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this clause (i) for all prior Partnership Years;

(ii) Second, 100% to each Holder in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Losses allocated to each such Holder pursuant to clause (ii) in Section 6.2.B for all prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to such Holder pursuant to this clause (ii) for all prior Partnership Years; and

(iii) Third, 100% to the Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the Partnership Common Units.

To the extent the allocations of Net Income set forth above in any paragraph of this Section 6.2.A are not sufficient to entirely satisfy the allocation set forth in such paragraph, such allocation shall be made in proportion to the total amount that would have been allocated pursuant to such paragraph without regard to such shortfall.

 

  B. Net Losses.

(i) First, 100% to the Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the Partnership Common Units (to the extent consistent with this clause (i)) until the Adjusted Capital Account (ignoring for this purpose any amounts a Holder is obligated to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)(2)) of all such Holders is zero;

(ii) Second, 100% to the Holders (other than the General Partner) to the extent of, and in proportion to, the positive balance (if any) in their Adjusted Capital Accounts; and

(iii) Third, 100% to the General Partner.

 

  C. Allocations to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to the General Partner or any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 6.2 or to Section 12.2.C or 13.2.A as it determines are necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests, including making preferential allocations to certain classes of Partnership Interests, subject to the terms of any Partnership Unit Designation with respect to Partnership Interests then outstanding.

 

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  D. Special Allocations with Respect to LTIP Units. In the event that Liquidating Gains are allocated under this Section 6.2.D, Net Income allocable under Section 6.2.A and any Net Losses allocable under Section 6.2.B shall be recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains so allocated. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 6.4.A hereof, and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.2.A and 6.2.B above, any Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to the Holders of LTIP Units until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such Holders, to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units, are equal to (i) the Common Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of their LTIP Units. Any such allocations shall be made among the Holders of LTIP Units in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each under this Section 6.2.D. The parties agree that the intent of this Section 6.2.D is to make the Capital Account balances of the Holders of LTIP Units with respect to their LTIP Units economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance of the General Partner with respect to its Partnership Common Units.

Section 6.3 Additional Allocation Provisions . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6:

 

  A. Special Allocations Upon Liquidation . In the event that the Partnership disposes of all or substantially all of its assets in a transaction that will lead to a liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to Article 13 hereof, then: (i) any Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to each Holder of LTIP Units in accordance with the Holder’s Percentage Interest until the Economic Capital Account Balance of such Holder, to the extent attributable to the Holder’s ownership of LTIP Units, is equal to (a) the Common Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (b) the number of such Holder’s LTIP Units; and (ii) any Net Income or Net Loss realized in connection with such transaction and thereafter (recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains allocated pursuant to clause (i) above) shall be specially allocated for such Partnership Year (and to the extent permitted by Code Section 761(c), for the immediately preceding Partnership Year) among the Holders as required so as to cause liquidating distributions pursuant to Section 13.2.A(4) hereof to be made in the same amounts and proportions as would have resulted had such distributions instead been made pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. In addition, if there is an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of the assets of the Partnership pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, allocations of Net Income or Net Loss arising from such adjustment shall be allocated in the same manner as described in the prior sentence.

 

  B. Offsetting Allocations . Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1, 6.2.A and 6.2.B, but subject to Sections 6.3 and 6.4, in the event Net Income or items thereof are being allocated to a Partner to offset prior Net Loss or items thereof which have been allocated to such Partner (including any allocations of Net Income or items thereof pursuant to Section 6.3.A), the General Partner shall attempt to allocate such offsetting Net Income or items thereof which are of the same or similar character (including without limitation Code Section 704(b) book items versus tax items) to the original allocations with respect to such Partner.

 

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  C. CODI Allocations . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any indebtedness of the Partnership encumbering the Properties contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering is settled or paid off at a discount, any resulting COD Income of the Partnership shall be specially allocated proportionately (as determined by the General Partner) to those Holders that were partners in entities that contributed, or were deemed to contribute, the applicable Property to the Partnership in connection with such initial offering to the extent the number of Partnership Units received by such Holders in exchange for their interests in such entities was determined, in part, by taking into account the anticipated discounted settlement or pay-off of such indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing, “COD Income” shall mean income recognized by the Partnership pursuant to Code Section 61(a)(12).

Section 6.4 Regulatory Allocation Provisions . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6:

 

  A. Regulatory Allocations.

(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.2 hereof, or any other provision of this Article 6, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership Year, each Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.4.A(i) is intended to qualify as a “minimum gain chargeback” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(ii) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) or in Section 6.4.A(i) hereof, if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership Year, each Holder who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4)

 

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and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.4.A(ii) is intended to qualify as a “chargeback of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(iii) Nonrecourse Deductions and Partner Nonrecourse Deductions . Any Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Holder(s) who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).

(iv) Qualified Income Offset . If any Holder unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), to such Holder in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by such Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Holder as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.4.A(iv) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Holder would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided in this Article 6 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.4.A(iv) were not in the Agreement. It is intended that this Section 6.4.A(iv) qualify and be construed as a “qualified income offset” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(v) Gross Income Allocation . In the event that any Holder has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any Partnership Year that is in excess of the sum of (1) the amount (if any) that such Holder is obligated to restore to the Partnership upon complete liquidation of such Holder’s Partnership Interest (including, the Holder’s interest in outstanding Partnership Preferred Units and other Partnership Units) and (2) the amount that such Holder is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess to eliminate such deficit as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.4.A(v) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Holder would have a deficit Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided in this Article 6 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.4.A(v) and Section 6.4.A(iv) hereof were not in the Agreement.

(vi) Limitation on Allocation of Net Loss . To the extent that any allocation of Net Loss would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as to any Holder, such allocation of Net Loss shall be reallocated (x) first, among the other Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests with respect to Partnership Common Units and (y) thereafter, among the Holders of other classes of Partnership Units as determined by the General Partner, subject to the limitations of this Section 6.4.A(vi).

 

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(vii) Section 754 Adjustment . To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Holder in complete liquidation of its interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Holder(s) to whom such distribution was made in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.

(viii) Curative Allocations . The allocations set forth in Sections 6.4.A(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) hereof (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Holders so that to the extent possible without violating the requirements giving rise to the Regulatory Allocations, the net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Holder shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Holder if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

(ix) Forfeiture Allocations . Upon a forfeiture of any Unvested LTIP Units by any Partner, gross items of income, gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated to such Partner if and to the extent required by final Regulations promulgated after the date hereof to ensure that allocations made with respect to all unvested Partnership Interests are recognized as having economic effect under Code Section 704(b).

(x) LTIP Units . For purposes of the allocations set forth in this Section 6.4, each issued and outstanding LTIP Unit will be treated as one outstanding Partnership Common Unit.

 

  B. Allocation of Excess Nonrecourse Liabilities. For purposes of determining a Holder’s proportional share of the “excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each Holder’s respective interest in Partnership profits shall be equal to such Holder’s Percentage Interest with respect to Partnership Common Units (treating LTIP Units as Partnership Common Units for this purpose), except as otherwise determined by the General Partner.

Section 6.5 Tax Allocations .

 

  A. In General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.5, for income tax purposes under the Code and the Regulations, each Partnership item of income, gain, loss and deduction (collectively, “ Tax Items ”) shall be allocated among the Holders in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 6.2 and 6.3 hereof.

 

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  B. Section 704(c) Allocations. Notwithstanding Section 6.5.A hereof, Tax Items with respect to Property that is contributed to the Partnership with an initial Gross Asset Value that varies from its basis in the hands of the contributing Partner immediately preceding the date of contribution shall be allocated among the Holders for income tax purposes pursuant to Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(c) so as to take into account such variation. With respect to Partnership Property that is contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering, such variation between basis and initial Gross Asset Value shall be taken into account under the “traditional method” as described in Regulations Section 1.704-3(b). With respect to other Properties, the Partnership shall account for such variation under any method approved under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations as chosen by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. In the event that the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value” (provided in Article 1 hereof), subsequent allocations of Tax Items with respect to such asset shall take account of the variation, if any, between the adjusted basis of such asset and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations and using the method chosen by the General Partner; provided, however, that the “traditional method” as described in Regulations Section 1.704-3(b) shall be used with respect to Partnership Property that is contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering. Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.5.B are solely for purposes of federal, state and local income taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Partner’s Capital Account or share of Net Income, Net Loss, or any other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 7

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

Section 7.1 Management .

 

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Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, including any Partnership Unit Designation, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. No General Partner may be removed by the Partners, with or without cause, except with the Consent of the General Partner. 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 the other provisions hereof including, without limitation, Section 3.2 and Section 7.3, and the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, shall have full

 

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  and exclusive power and authority, without the consent or approval of any Limited Partner, to do or authorize all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, to exercise or direct the exercise of all of the powers of the Partnership and a general partner under the Act and this Agreement and to effectuate the purposes of the Partnership including, without limitation:

 

  (1) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money or selling of assets (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to the Holders in such amounts as will permit the General Partner to prevent the imposition of any federal income tax on the General Partner (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Code Section 4981), to make distributions to its stockholders and payments to any taxing authority sufficient to permit the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and maintain REIT status or otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements), the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness (including the securing of same by deed to secure debt, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership’s assets) and the incurring of any obligations to conduct the activities of the Partnership;

 

  (2) 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;

 

  (3) the taking of any and all acts to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under Code Section 7704;

 

  (4) subject to Section 11.2 hereof, the acquisition, sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets (including the goodwill) of the Partnership (including, but not limited to, the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity;

 

  (5)

the mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation of any assets of the Partnership, the assignment of any assets of the Partnership in trust for creditors or on the promise of the assignee to pay the debts of the Partnership, the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms that the General Partner sees fit, including, without limitation, the financing of the operations and activities of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the

 

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  General Partner and/or the Partnership’s Subsidiaries) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership, its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and the making of capital contributions to and equity investments in the Partnership’s Subsidiaries;

 

  (6) the management, operation, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition, replacement or improvement of any Property;

 

  (7) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, including leases (including ground leases), easements, management agreements, rights of way and other property-related agreements, conveyances or other instruments to conduct the Partnership’s operations or implement the General Partner’s powers under this Agreement, including contracting with contractors, developers, consultants, governmental authorities, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents and the payment of their expenses and compensation, as applicable, out of the Partnership’s assets;

 

  (8) the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement, the holding, management, investment and reinvestment of cash and other assets of the Partnership, and the collection and receipt of revenues, rents and income of the Partnership;

 

  (9) the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (if any) (including, without limitation, employees having titles or offices such as “president,” “vice president,” “secretary” and “treasurer”), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring;

 

  (10) the maintenance of such insurance (including, without limitation, directors and officers insurance) for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners (including, without limitation, the General Partner);

 

  (11) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, any Subsidiary and any other Person in which the General Partner has an equity investment from time to time);

 

  (12)

the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment, of any claim, cause of action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership, the commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute

 

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  resolution, and the representation of the Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurring of legal expense, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;

 

  (13) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in any Subsidiary or any other Person (including, without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such Persons);

 

  (14) the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as the General Partner may adopt; provided , however , that such methods are otherwise consistent with the requirements of this Agreement;

 

  (15) the enforcement of any rights against any Partner pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities relating to such Partner’s contribution of property or assets to the Partnership;

 

  (16) the exercise, directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership;

 

  (17) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person;

 

  (18) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an interest, pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such Person;

 

  (19) the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases, confessions of judgment or any other legal instruments or agreements in writing;

 

  (20) the issuance of additional Partnership Units in connection with Capital Contributions by Additional Limited Partners and additional Capital Contributions by Partners pursuant to Article 4 hereof;

 

  (21) an election to dissolve the Partnership pursuant to Section 13.1.B hereof;

 

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  (22) the distribution of cash to acquire Partnership Common Units held by a Limited Partner in connection with a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof;

 

  (23) an election to acquire Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares;

 

  (24) the maintenance of the Register from time to time to reflect accurately at all times the Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests of the Partners as the same are adjusted from time to time to reflect redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of Partnership Units, the admission of any Additional Limited Partner or any Substituted Limited Partner or otherwise, which shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement, as long as the matter or event being reflected in the Register otherwise is authorized by this Agreement; and

 

  (25) the registration of any class of securities of the Partnership under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the listing of any debt securities of the Partnership on any exchange.

 

  B. Each of the Limited Partners agrees that, except as provided in Section 7.3 hereof and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner is authorized to execute and deliver any affidavit, agreement, certificate, consent, instrument, notice, power of attorney, waiver or other writing or document in the name and on behalf of the Partnership and to otherwise exercise any power of the General Partner under this Agreement and the Act on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners or any other Persons, notwithstanding any other provision of the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation and, in the absence of any specific corporate action on the part of the General Partner to the contrary, the taking of any action or the execution of any such document or writing by an officer of the General Partner, in the name and on behalf of the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, shall conclusively evidence (1) the approval thereof by the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, (2) the General Partner’s determination that such action, document or writing is necessary, advisable, appropriate, desirable or prudent to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, exercise the powers of the Partnership under this Agreement and the Act or effectuate the purposes of the Partnership, or any other determination by the General Partner required by this Agreement in connection with the taking of such action or execution of such document or writing, and (3) the authority of such officer with respect thereto.

 

  C. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain (i) casualty, liability and other insurance on the Properties and (ii) liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder.

 

  D. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital and other reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines from time to time.

 

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  E. The determination as to any of the following matters, made by or at the direction of the General Partner consistent with this Agreement and the Act, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Partnership and every Limited Partner: the amount of assets at any time available for distribution or the redemption of Partnership Common Units; the amount and timing of any distribution; any determination to redeem Tendered Units; the amount, purpose, time of creation, increase or decrease, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or charges and the propriety thereof (whether or not any obligation or liability for which such reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or discharged); the amount of any Partner’s Capital Account, Adjusted Capital Account or Adjusted Capital Account Deficit; the amount of Net Income, Net Loss or Depreciation for any period; any special allocations of Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to Sections 6.2.C, 6.2.D, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 or 16.5; the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset; the Value of any REIT Share; the timing and amount of any adjustment to the Adjustment Factor; any adjustment to the number of outstanding LTIP Units pursuant to Section 16.3; the timing, number and redemption or repurchase price of the redemption or repurchase of any Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.7.B; any interpretation of the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of Partnership Interest; the fair value, or any sale, bid or asked price to be applied in determining the fair value, of any asset owned or held by the Partnership or of any Partnership Interest; the number of authorized or outstanding Units of any class or series; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any assets by the Partnership; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Partnership or required or permitted by applicable law, this Agreement or otherwise to be determined by the General Partner.

Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership . The General Partner may file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Maryland and each other state, the District of Columbia or any other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of Section 8.5.A hereof, the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner. The General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Maryland and any other state, or the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.

 

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Section 7.3 Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority .

 

  A. The General Partner may not take any action in contravention of an express prohibition or limitation of this Agreement without the Consent of the Limited Partners, and may not, without limitation:

 

  (1) take any action that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;

 

  (2) perform any act that would subject a Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction or any other liability except as provided herein or under the Act; or

 

  (3) enter into any contract, mortgage, loan or other agreement that expressly prohibits or restricts (a) the General Partner or the Partnership from performing its specific obligations under Section 15.1 hereof in full or (b) a Limited Partner from exercising its rights under Section 15.1 hereof to effect a Redemption in full, except, in either case, (x) with the Consent of each Limited Partner affected by the prohibition or restriction or (y) in connection with or as a result of a Termination Transaction that, in accordance with Section 11.2.B(i) and/or (ii), does not require the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

  B. Except as provided in Section 7.3.C hereof, the General Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Partners, amend, modify or terminate this Agreement.

 

  C. Notwithstanding Section 7.3.B and 14.2 hereof but subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner shall have the power, without the Consent of the Partners or the consent or approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person, to amend this Agreement as may be required to facilitate or implement any of the following purposes:

 

  (1) to add to the obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the benefit of the Limited Partners;

 

  (2) to reflect the admission, substitution or withdrawal of Partners, the Transfer of any Partnership Interest, the termination of the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement, or the adjustment of outstanding LTIP Units as contemplated by Section 16.3, and to update the Register in connection with such admission, substitution, withdrawal, Transfer or adjustment;

 

  (3) to reflect a change that is of an inconsequential nature or does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect, or to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement not

 

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  inconsistent with law or with other provisions, or make other changes with respect to matters arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Agreement;

 

  (4) to set forth or amend the designations, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the Holders of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Article 4 (including any changes contemplated by Section 5.5 above);

 

  (5) to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or state agency or contained in federal or state law;

 

  (6) (a) to reflect such changes as are reasonably necessary for the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and maintain its status as a REIT or to satisfy the REIT Requirements, or (b) to reflect the Transfer of all or any part of a Partnership Interest among the General Partner and any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner;

 

  (7) to modify either or both of the manner in which items of Net Income or Net Loss are allocated pursuant to Article VI or the manner in which Capital Accounts are adjusted, computed, or maintained (but in each case only to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement and as may be permitted under applicable law);

 

  (8) to reflect the issuance of additional Partnership Interests in accordance with Section 4.2;

 

  (9) as contemplated by the last sentence of Section 4.3;

 

  (10) to reflect any other modification to this Agreement as is reasonably necessary for the business or operations of the Partnership or the General Partner and which does not violate Section 7.3.D; and

 

  (11) to effect or facilitate a Termination Transaction that, in accordance with Section 11.2.B(i) and/or (ii), does not require the Consent of the Limited Partners and, if the Partnership is the Surviving Partnership in any Termination Transaction, to modify Section 15.1 or any related definitions to provide that the holders of interests in such Surviving Partnership have rights that are consistent with Section 11.2B(ii).

 

  D.

Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B, 7.3.C (other than as set forth below in this Section 7.3.D) and 14.2 hereof, this Agreement shall not be amended, and no action may be taken by the General Partner, without the Consent of each Partner adversely affected thereby, if such amendment or action would (i) convert a Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership into a General Partner Interest (except as a result of the General Partner acquiring such Partnership Interest),

 

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  (ii) adversely modify in any material respect the limited liability of a Limited Partner, (iii) alter the rights of any Partner to receive the distributions to which such Partner is entitled pursuant to Article 5 or Section 13.2.A(4) hereof, or alter the allocations specified in Article 6 hereof (except, in any case, as permitted pursuant to Sections 4.2, 5.5, 7.3.C (including clause (11) thereof) and Article 6 hereof), (iv) alter or modify the Redemption rights, Cash Amount or REIT Shares Amount as set forth in Section 15.1 hereof, or amend or modify any related definitions (except, in any case, as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof), (v) alter or modify Section 11.2 hereof (except as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof), (vi) subject to Section 7.8.I, remove the powers and restrictions related to REIT Requirements or permitting the General Partner to avoid paying tax under Code Sections 857 or 4981 contained in Sections 7.1 and 7.3, or (vii) amend this Section 7.3.D (except as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof). Further, no amendment may alter the restrictions on the General Partner’s authority set forth elsewhere in this Section 7.3 without the Consent specified therein. Any such amendment or action consented to by any Partner shall be effective as to that Partner, notwithstanding the absence of such consent by any other Partner.

Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partner .

 

  A. The General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as General Partner of the Partnership except as provided in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 hereof regarding distributions, payments and allocations to which the General Partner may be entitled in its capacity as the General Partner).

 

  B.

Subject to Sections 7.4.D and 15.12 hereof, the Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating to the Partnership’s and the General Partner’s organization and the ownership of each of their assets and operations. The General Partner is hereby authorized to pay compensation for accounting, administrative, legal, technical, management and other services rendered to the Partnership. The Partnership shall be liable for, and shall reimburse the General Partner, on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all sums expended in connection with the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, (i) expenses relating to the ownership of interests in and management and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership, (ii) compensation of officers and employees, including, without limitation, payments under future compensation plans, of the General Partner, or the Partnership that may provide for stock units, or phantom stock, pursuant to which employees of the General Partner, or the Partnership will receive payments based upon dividends on or the value of REIT Shares, (iii) director fees and expenses of the General Partner or its Affiliates, (iv) any expenses (other than the purchase price) incurred by the General Partner in connection with the redemption or other repurchase of its Capital Shares, (v) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with the preparation of reports and other distributions to its stockholders and any regulatory or governmental authorities or agencies and, as applicable, all costs and expenses of

 

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  the General Partner as a reporting company (including, without limitation, costs of filings with the SEC), (vi) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with its operation as a REIT, and (vii) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests and financing or refinancing of any type related to the Partnership or its assets or activities; provided , however , that the amount of any reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest earned by the General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership as permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof. The Partners acknowledge that all such expenses of the General Partner are deemed to be for the benefit of the Partnership. Such reimbursements shall be in addition to any reimbursement of the General Partner as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.

 

  C. If the General Partner shall elect to purchase from its stockholders Capital Shares for the purpose of delivering such Capital Shares to satisfy an obligation under any dividend reinvestment program adopted by the General Partner, any employee stock purchase plan adopted by the General Partner or any similar obligation or arrangement undertaken by the General Partner in the future, in lieu of the treatment specified in Section 4.7.B., the purchase price paid by the General Partner for such Capital Shares shall be considered expenses of the Partnership and shall be advanced to the General Partner or reimbursed to the General Partner, subject to the condition that: (1) if such REIT Shares subsequently are sold by the General Partner, the General Partner shall pay or cause to be paid to the Partnership any proceeds received by the General Partner for such REIT Shares (which sales proceeds shall include the amount of dividends reinvested under any dividend reinvestment or similar program; provided, that a transfer of REIT Shares for Partnership Units pursuant to Section 15.1 would not be considered a sale for such purposes); and (2) if such REIT Shares are not retransferred by the General Partner within 30 days after the purchase thereof, or the General Partner otherwise determines not to retransfer such REIT Shares, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to redeem a number of Partnership Units determined in accordance with Section 4.7.B, as adjusted, (x) pursuant to Section 7.5 (in the event the General Partner acquires material assets, other than on behalf of the Partnership) and (y) for stock dividends and distributions, stock splits and subdivisions, reverse stock splits and combinations, distributions of rights, warrants or options, and distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets relating to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership (in which case such advancement or reimbursement of expenses shall be treated as having been made as a distribution in redemption of such number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner).

 

  D.

To the extent practicable, Partnership expenses shall be billed directly to and paid by the Partnership and, subject to Section 15.12 hereof, if and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates by the Partnership pursuant to this Section 7.4 constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Partnership),

 

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  such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

Section 7.5 Outside Activities of the General Partner . The General Partner shall not directly or indirectly enter into or conduct any business, other than in connection with, (a) the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Partnership Interests, (b) the management of the business and affairs of the Partnership, (c) the operation of the General Partner as a reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities registered under the Exchange Act, (d) its operations as a REIT, (e) the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests, (f) financing or refinancing of any type related to the Partnership or its assets or activities, and (g) such activities as are incidental thereto; provided , however , that, except as otherwise provided herein, any funds raised by the General Partner pursuant to the preceding clauses (e) and (f) shall be made available to the Partnership, whether as Capital Contributions, loans or otherwise, as appropriate, and, provided , further that the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time hold or acquire assets in its own name or otherwise other than through the Partnership so long as the General Partner takes commercially reasonable measures to ensure that the economic benefits and burdens of such Property are otherwise vested in the Partnership, through assignment, mortgage loan or otherwise or, if it is not commercially reasonable to vest such economic interests in the Partnership, the Partners shall negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement, including, without limitation, the definition of “Adjustment Factor,” to reflect such activities and the direct ownership of assets by the General Partner. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit the General Partner from executing guarantees of Partnership debt. The General Partner and all Disregarded Entities with respect to the General Partner, taken as a group, shall not own any assets or take title to assets (other than temporarily in connection with an acquisition prior to contributing such assets to the Partnership) other than (i) interests in Disregarded Entities with respect to the General Partner, (ii) Partnership Interests as the General Partner, (iii) a minority interest in any Subsidiary of the Partnership that the General Partner owns to maintain such Subsidiary’s status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or otherwise, and (iv) such cash and cash equivalents, bank accounts or similar instruments or accounts as such group deems reasonably necessary, taking into account Section 7.1.D hereof and the requirements necessary for the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and for the General Partner to carry out its responsibilities contemplated under this Agreement and the Charter. Any Partnership Interests acquired by the General Partner, whether pursuant to the exercise by a Limited Partner of its right to Redemption, or otherwise, shall be automatically converted into a General Partner Interest comprised of an identical number of Partnership Units with the same terms as the class or series so acquired. Any Affiliates of the General Partner may acquire Limited Partner Interests and shall, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, be entitled to exercise all rights of a Limited Partner relating to such Limited Partner Interests.

Section 7.6 Transactions with Affiliates .

 

  A. The Partnership may lend or contribute funds to, and borrow funds from, Persons in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds from, and lend or contribute funds to, the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Person.

 

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  B. Except as provided in Section 7.5 hereof, the Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, business trusts or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions consistent with this Agreement and applicable law.

 

  C. The General Partner and its Affiliates may sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, on terms and conditions established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

  D. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Partners or any of them or any other Persons, may propose and adopt (on behalf of the Partnership) employee benefit plans (including without limitation plans that contemplate the issuance of LTIP Units) funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, the Partnership, Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries.

Section 7.7 Indemnification .

 

  A. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership shall indemnify each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the Partnership (“ Actions ”) as set forth in this Agreement in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not indemnify an Indemnitee (i) if the act or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the Action and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, if the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful; or (iii) for any transaction for which such Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement; and provided , further , that no payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by the Partnership to indemnify or advance funds to any Indemnitee (x) with respect to any Action initiated or brought voluntarily by such Indemnitee (and not by way of defense) unless (I) approved or authorized by the General Partner or (II) incurred to establish or enforce such Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement, and (y) in connection with one or more Actions or claims brought by the Partnership or involving such Indemnitee if such Indemnitee is found liable to the Partnership on any portion of any claim in any such Action.

 

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  B. Without limitation, the foregoing indemnity shall extend to any liability of any Indemnitee, pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise, for any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnity agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 7.7 in favor of any Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such indebtedness. It is the intention of this Section 7.7 that the Partnership indemnify each Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law and this Agreement. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 7.7. The termination of any proceeding by conviction of an Indemnitee or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent by an Indemnitee, or an entry of an order of probation against an Indemnitee prior to judgment, does not create a presumption that such Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified in this Section 7.7 with respect to the subject matter of such proceeding. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, and neither the General Partner nor any other Holder shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or otherwise provide funds to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

  C. To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding or otherwise subject to or the focus of or is involved in any Action shall be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership as incurred by the Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of the Action upon receipt by the Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Partnership as authorized in Section 7.7 has been met, and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.

 

  D. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee unless otherwise provided in a written agreement with such Indemnitee or in the writing pursuant to which such Indemnitee is indemnified.

 

  E.

The Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of any of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the

 

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  Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

  F. Any liabilities which an Indemnitee incurs as a result of acting on behalf of the Partnership or the General Partner (whether as a fiduciary or otherwise) in connection with the operation, administration or maintenance of an employee benefit plan or any related trust or funding mechanism (whether such liabilities are in the form of excise taxes assessed by the IRS, penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor, restitutions to such a plan or trust or other funding mechanism or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan, trust or other funding mechanism, or otherwise) shall be treated as liabilities or judgments or fines under this Section 7.7, unless such liabilities arise as a result of (i) an act or omission of such Indemnitee that was material to the matter giving rise to the Action and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, an act or omission that such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe was unlawful, or (iii) any transaction in which such Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement.

 

  G. In no event may an Indemnitee subject any of the Holders to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.

 

  H. 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.

 

  I. The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under 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. Any obligation or liability whatsoever of the General Partner which may arise at any time under this Agreement or any other instrument, transaction, or undertaking contemplated hereby shall be satisfied, if at all, out of the assets of the General Partner or the Partnership only. No such obligation or liability shall be personally binding upon, nor shall resort for the enforcement thereof be had to, any of the General Partner’s directors, stockholders, officers, employees, or agents, regardless of whether such obligation or liability is in the nature of contract, tort or otherwise.

 

  K. It is the intent of the parties that any amounts paid by the Partnership to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

 

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Section 7.8 Liability of the General Partner .

 

  A. To the maximum extent permitted under the Act, the only duties that the General Partner owes to the Partnership, any Partner or any other Person (including any creditor of any Partner or assignee of any Partnership Interest), fiduciary or otherwise, are to perform its contractual obligations as expressly set forth in this Agreement consistently with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing, and to act with the fiduciary duties of care and loyalty which have been, in accordance with the Act, modified as set forth in this Section 7.8. The General Partner, in its capacity as such, shall have no other duty, fiduciary or otherwise, to the Partnership, any Partner or any other Person (including any creditor of any Partner or any assignee of any Partnership Interest). The provisions of this Agreement other than this Section 7.8 shall create contractual obligations of the General Partner only, and no such provision shall be interpreted to expand or modify the fiduciary duties of the General Partner under the Act.

 

  B. The Limited Partners agree that (i) the General Partner is acting for the benefit of the Partnership, the Limited Partners and the General Partner’s stockholders collectively and (ii) in the event of a conflict between the interests of the Partnership or any Partner, on the one hand, and the separate interests of the General Partner or its stockholders, on the other hand, the General Partner may give priority to the separate interests of the General Partner or the stockholders of the General Partner (including, without limitation, with respect to tax consequences to Limited Partners, Assignees or the General Partner’s stockholders), and, in the event of such a conflict, and any action or failure to act on the part of the General Partner that gives priority to the separate interests of the General Partner or its stockholders that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners or violate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.

 

  C. Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in this Agreement and applicable law, 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 employees or agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible to the Partnership or any Partner for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such employee or agent appointed by it in good faith.

 

  D.

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  the General Partner or the Partnership only. No such obligation or liability shall be personally binding upon, nor shall resort for the enforcement thereof be had to, any of the General Partner’s directors, stockholders, officers, employees, or agents, regardless of whether such obligation or liability is in the nature of contract, tort or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, none of the directors or officers of the General Partner shall be directly liable or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Partnership, any Partners, or any Assignees for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as a result of errors in judgment or mistakes of fact or law or of any act or omission or by reason of their service as such. This Agreement is executed by the officers of the General Partner solely as officers of the same and not in their own individual capacities.

 

  E. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the General Partner, or pursuant to any express indemnities given to the Partnership by the General Partner pursuant to any other written instrument, the General Partner shall not have any personal liability whatsoever, to the Partnership or to the other Partners, for any action or omission taken in its capacity as the General Partner or for the debts or liabilities of the Partnership or the Partnership’s obligations hereunder, except pursuant to Section 15.1. Without limitation of the foregoing, and except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence, or pursuant to Section 15.1 or any such express indemnity, no property or assets of the General Partner, other than its interest in the Partnership, shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedures for the satisfaction of any judgment (or other judicial process) in favor of any other Partner(s) and arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement.

 

  F. 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 of any action taken (or not taken) by it, and any action or failure to act on the part of the General Partner that does not take into account any such tax consequences that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners or violate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not have any liability to any Partner under any circumstances as a result of any income tax liability incurred by such Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement.

 

  G.

Whenever in this Agreement the General Partner is permitted or required to make a decision in its “sole and absolute discretion,” “sole discretion” or “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the General Partner shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest or factors affecting the Partnership or the Partners or any of them, and any such

 

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  decision or determination made by the General Partner that does not consider such interests or factors affecting the Partnership or the Partners, or any of them, that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners. If any question should arise with respect to the operation of the Partnership, which is not otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement or the Act, or with respect to the interpretation of this Agreement, the General Partner is hereby authorized to make a final determination with respect to any such question and to interpret this Agreement in such a manner as it shall deem, in its sole discretion, to be fair and equitable, and its determination and interpretations so made shall be final and binding on all parties. The General Partner’s “sole and absolute discretion,” “sole discretion” and “discretion” under this Agreement shall be exercised consistently with the duty of care and the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under the Act (as modified by this Agreement).

 

  H. 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 in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. In performing its duties under this Agreement and the Act, the General Partner shall be entitled to rely on the provisions of this Agreement and on any information, opinion, report or statement, including any financial statement or other financial data or the records or books of account of the Partnership or any subsidiary of the Partnership, prepared or presented by any officer, employee or agent of the General Partner, any agent of the Partnership or any such subsidiary, or by any lawyer, certified public accountant, appraiser or other person engaged by the General Partner, the Partnership or any such subsidiary as to any matter within such person’s professional or expert competence, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon any such information, opinion, report or statement 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 information, opinion, report or statement.

 

  I. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of the General Partner to qualify and continue to qualify as a REIT, (ii) for the General Partner otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements, (iii) for the General Partner to avoid incurring any taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981, or (iv) for any General Partner Affiliate to continue to qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary”(within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) or “taxable REIT subsidiary”(within the meaning of Code Section 856(l)), is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners and does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty or obligation, fiduciary or otherwise, of the General Partner to the Partnership or any other Partner.

 

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  J. 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 General Partner’s and its officers’ and directors’ liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners 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.

Section 7.9 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 with other Partners or Persons, 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 or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner or such nominee or Affiliate for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held.

Section 7.10 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 has full power and authority, without the consent or approval of any other Partner, or Person, to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner 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 in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the General Partner 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 (i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 8

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability . No Limited Partner shall have any liability under this Agreement except for intentional harm or gross negligence on the part of such Limited Partner or as expressly provided in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 10.4 hereof) or under the Act.

Section 8.2 Management of Business . Subject to the rights and powers of the General Partner hereunder, no Limited Partner or Assignee (other than the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such) shall take part in the operations, management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent, representative, or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees under this Agreement.

Section 8.3 Outside Activities of Limited Partners . Subject to any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 7.6 hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or any of its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary (including, without limitation, the Advisory Agreement and any employment agreement), any Limited Partner and any Assignee, officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate, member or stockholder of 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 that are in direct or indirect competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. Subject to such agreements, none of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person (other than the General Partner), and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement, subject to Section 7.6 hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary, to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Limited Partner, or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such Person. In deciding whether to take any actions in such capacity, the Limited Partners and their respective Affiliates shall be under no obligation to consider the separate interests of the Partnership or its subsidiaries and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law shall have no fiduciary duties or similar obligations to the Partnership or any other Partners, or to any subsidiary of the Partnership, and shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by the other Partners in connection with such acts except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

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Section 8.4 Return of Capital . Except pursuant to the rights of Redemption set forth in Section 15.1 hereof or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except to the extent of distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon dissolution of the Partnership as provided herein. Except to the extent provided in Article 5 and Article 6 hereof or otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions.

Section 8.5 Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership .

 

  A. In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by the Act, and except as limited by Section 8.5.C hereof, the General Partner shall deliver to each Limited Partner a copy of any information mailed or electronically delivered to all of the common stockholders of the General Partner as soon as practicable after such mailing.

 

  B. The Partnership shall notify any Limited Partner that is a Qualifying Party, on request, of the then current Adjustment Factor and any change made to the Adjustment Factor shall be set forth in the quarterly report required by Section 9.3.B hereof immediately following the date such change becomes effective.

 

  C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners (or any of them), for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to be reasonable, any information that (i) the General Partner believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or the General Partner or (ii) the Partnership or the General Partner is required by law or by agreement to keep confidential.

 

  D. Upon written request by any Limited Partner, the General Partner shall cause the ownership of Partnership Units by such Limited Partner to be evidenced by a certificate for units in such form as the General Partner may determine with respect to any class of Partnership Units issued from time to time under this Agreement. Any officer of the General Partner may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Partnership alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated. Unless otherwise determined by an officer of the General Partner, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to give the Partnership a bond in such sums as the General Partner may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Partnership.

 

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Section 8.6 Partnership Right to Call Partnership Common Units .

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, on and after the date on which the aggregate Percentage Interests of the Partnership Common Units held by Limited Partners are less than one percent (1%), the Partnership shall have the right, but not the obligation, from time to time and at any time to redeem any and all outstanding Partnership Common Units by treating any Holder thereof as a Tendering Party who has delivered a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof for the amount of Partnership Common Units to be specified by the General Partner, by notice to such Holder that the Partnership has elected to exercise its rights under this Section 8.6. Such notice given by the General Partner to a Holder pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall be treated as if it were a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by such Holder. For purposes of this Section 8.6, (a) the General Partner may treat any Holder (whether or not otherwise a Qualifying Party) as a Qualifying Party that is a Tendering Party and (b) the provisions of Sections 15.1.F(2) and 15.1.F(3) hereof shall not apply, but the remainder of Section 15.1 hereof shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Section 8.7 Rights as Objecting Partner .

No Limited Partner and no Holder of a Partnership Interest shall be entitled to exercise any of the rights of an objecting stockholder provided for under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any successor statute in connection with a merger, consolidation or conversion of the Partnership.

Section 8.8 Board Nomination Rights .

 

  A. Board Nominees .

 

  (1)

So long as Second City, together with its Controlled Entities, owns (a) thirty percent (30%) or more of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for Redemption), Second City shall have the right from time to time to designate individuals for nomination for election by the stockholders to the board of directors of the General Partner, such that the number of directors serving (or who would serve upon election), and who are or had been designated for nomination or nominated to serve by Second City, shall equal (i) if the number of directors comprising the entire board of directors of the General Partner is six or more, two; or (ii) if the number of directors comprising the entire board of directors of the General Partner is five or fewer, one; or (b) less than thirty percent (30%) but at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for

 

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  Redemption), Second City shall have the right from time to time to designate individuals for nomination for election by the stockholders to the board of directors of the General Partner, such that the number of directors serving (or who would serve upon election), and who are or had been designated for nomination or nominated to serve by Second City, shall equal one. If Second City, together with its Controlled Entities, owns less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for Redemption), Second City shall have no right under this Section 8.8 to designate for nomination any individual to serve on the board of directors of the General Partner. The General Partner, acting through its Board of Directors, will recommend and use all commercially reasonable good faith efforts to cause the election of each Second City Nominee designated in accordance with the foregoing. The General Partner agrees to use all reasonable efforts to solicit proxies for such Second City Nominees from all holders of REIT Shares and/or other voting stock entitled to vote thereon.

 

  (2) To facilitate the designation rights set forth above and the nominations contemplated thereby, the General Partner will notify Second City in writing a reasonable period of time in advance of any action to be taken by the General Partner or the Board of Directors for the purpose of nominating, electing or designating directors, which, in the case of a proxy statement, information statement or registration statement in which nominees for director would be named, shall be delivered by the General Partner to Second City no later than 30 days prior to the anticipated mailing or filing date, as applicable. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the nature of the action to be taken by the General Partner or the Board of Directors, and the anticipated date thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, Second City will designate any Second City Nominees by written notice (in accordance with Article 14) as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; provided, however, that if Second City shall have failed to designate Second City Nominees in a timely manner, Second City shall be deemed to have designated any incumbent Second City Nominees in a timely manner unless there are no remaining incumbent Second City Nominees or the incumbent Second City Nominee declines to serve, in which case the General Partner or the Board of Directors may nominate another Person.

 

  (3)

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  under the Bylaws. Second City may not nominate any Second City Nominee who, to Second City’s knowledge after due inquiry, (i) has engaged in any of the acts described in Rule 506(d) under the Securities Act, or (ii) has engaged in any “bad boy” actions that require disclosure pursuant to Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

  (4) To the extent required by law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading, the General Partner will take such actions as necessary to ensure that a sufficient number of those members of the Board of Directors that are not Second City Nominees or members of the General Partner’s senior management shall at all times satisfy the standard of independence necessary for a director to qualify as an “Independent Director,” as such term (or any replacement term) is used under the rules and listing standards of such principal securities exchange, as such rules and listing standards may be amended from time to time (the “ Independence Standard ”) in order to maintain such listing.

 

  B. Committee Membership . Unless prohibited by law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading and so long as Second City shall retain designation rights under Section 8.8.A(1) to provide for at least one Second City Nominee serving as a director, then at least one Second City Nominee shall be appointed to each committee of the Board of Directors (provided that such Second City Nominee is qualified as independent under the rules, regulations or listing standards of such securities exchange, as such rules, regulations and listing standards may be amended from time to time, for service on such committee), other than any committee formed for the purpose of evaluating or negotiating any transaction with Second City.

 

  C. Vacancies; Removal . If a vacancy on the Board of Directors arises as a result of the death, disability or retirement, resignation or removal (with or without cause) of a Second City Nominee, or as a result of an increase in the size of the entire Board of Directors, and such vacancy results in the number of Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors being less than the number that Second City would then be entitled to designate for nomination under Section 8.8.A(1) if there were an election of directors at a time which no Second City Nominees are incumbent members of the Board of Directors, then any individual(s) appointed by the Board of Directors to fill such a vacancy or such vacancies shall be approved to do so by a majority of the Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors, and any director so elected or appointed shall be deemed a Second City Nominee.

 

  D. Charter and Bylaws to Be Consistent . The General Partner, acting through the Board of Directors, shall take or cause to be taken all lawful action necessary or appropriate to ensure that none of the Charter or Bylaws contains any provisions inconsistent with this Agreement or which would in any way nullify or impair the terms of this Agreement or the rights of Second City hereunder.

 

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  E. Termination and Reinstatement of Nomination Rights. During any period in which Second City together with its Controlled Entities owns less than 10% of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8.A(1), Second City shall not be entitled to exercise any designation rights set forth in this Section 8.8. If, subsequent to such period, Second City together with its Controlled Entities owns 10% or more of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8A(1), then Second City shall again be entitled to exercise any designation or other applicable rights of Second City set forth in this Section 8.8. During any period in which Second City together with its Controlled Entities then owns at least 5% of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8.A(1), Second City shall be entitled to identify an individual to attend and observe meetings of the Board of Directors of the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Second City together with its Controlled Entities own no outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8A(1), for a period of one (1) year or more, then Second City’s designation or other applicable rights under this Section 8.8 shall terminate.

 

  F. Actions by Second City Recognizing that “Second City” is currently comprised of four separate entities, Second City General Partner II, L.P., CIO OP Limited Partnership, CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership and Gibralt US, Inc. (the “Second City Entities”), all actions required of Second City under this Section 8.8 shall be taken by written consent of, or upon approval made or given in accordance with any means, method or other arrangement otherwise agreed to by, the Second City Entities (or their respective successors, as identified to and accepted by, the General Partner); and the failure of the Second City Entities (or such successors), acting as such or pursuant to any such means, method or other arrangement to act or to provide appropriate and timely direction hereunder in response to notice properly given or a request properly made shall constitute a waiver of the rights of Second City to exercise its rights in that particular instance, but not otherwise.

 

  G. Amendment . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for so long as Second City has the right or prospective right to exercise the designation rights set forth in this Section 8.8, this Section 8.8 may not be amended without the prior written Consent of Second City.

 

  H. Confirmation . Written confirmation by or from Second City, or from a majority of the Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors, of compliance with the provisions of this Section 8.8 in electing or appointing directors from time to time (or as to waiver by Second City of any of the requirements of this Section 8.8), shall be conclusive for all purposes relevant hereto; provided however that the absence of any such confirmation shall in no event be construed to mean that the provisions hereof were not in fact complied with.

ARTICLE 9

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

Section 9.1 Records and Accounting .

 

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The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal place of business of the Partnership those records and documents, if any, required to be maintained by the Act and any other books and records deemed by the General Partner to be appropriate with respect to the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 8.5.A, Section 9.3 or Article 13 hereof. Any records

 

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  maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business may be kept on any information storage device, provided that the records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time.

 

  B. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or on such other basis as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate. To the extent permitted by sound accounting practices and principles, the Partnership and the General Partner may operate with integrated or consolidated accounting records, operations and principles.

Section 9.2 Partnership Year . For purposes of this Agreement, “Partnership Year” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the same as the tax year of the Partnership. The tax year shall be the calendar year unless otherwise required by the Code.

Section 9.3 Reports .

 

  A. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred five (105) days after the close of each Partnership Year, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner of record as of the close of the Partnership Year, financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, for such Partnership Year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such statements to be audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner.

 

  B. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the close of each calendar quarter (except the last calendar quarter of each year), the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner of record as of the last day of the calendar quarter, a report containing unaudited financial statements of the Partnership for such calendar quarter, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, and such other information as may be required by applicable law or regulation or as the General Partner determines to be appropriate.

 

  C. The General Partner shall have satisfied its obligations under Section 9.3.A and Section 9.3.B by posting or making available the reports required by this Section 9.3 on the website maintained from time to time by the Partnership or the General Partner, provided that such reports are able to be printed or downloaded from such website.

ARTICLE 10

TAX MATTERS

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losses and other items required of the Partnership for federal, state and local income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish, within ninety (90) days of the close of each taxable year, the tax information reasonably required by Limited Partners for federal, state and local income tax and any other tax reporting purposes. The Limited Partners shall promptly provide the General Partner with such information relating to the Contributed Properties as is readily available to the Limited Partners, including tax basis and other relevant information, as may be reasonably requested by the General Partner from time to time.

Section 10.2 Tax Elections . Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any available election pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, the election under Code Section 754. The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election (including, without limitation, any election under Code Section 754) upon the General Partner’s determination in its sole and absolute discretion that such revocation is in the best interests of the Partners.

Section 10.3 Tax Matters Partner .

 

  A. The General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. The tax matters partner shall receive no compensation for its services. All third-party costs and expenses incurred by the tax matters partner in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting fees and expenses) shall be borne by the Partnership in addition to any reimbursement pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging its duties hereunder.

 

  B. Except as provided in those certain Tax Protection Agreements entered into by the Partnership on the date hereof, the tax matters partner is authorized, but not required:

 

  (1) to enter into any settlement with the IRS with respect to any administrative or judicial proceedings for the adjustment of Partnership items required to be taken into account by a Partner for income tax purposes (such administrative proceedings being referred to as a “ tax audit ” and such judicial proceedings being referred to as “ judicial review ”), and in the settlement agreement the tax matters partner may expressly state that such agreement shall bind all Partners, except that such settlement agreement shall not bind any Partner (i) who (within the time prescribed pursuant to the Code and Regulations) files a statement with the IRS providing that the tax matters partner shall not have the authority to enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of such Partner (as the case may be) or (ii) who is a “notice partner” (as defined in Code Section 6231) or a member of a “notice group” (as defined in Code Section 6223(b)(2));

 

  (2)

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  matters partner, to seek judicial review of such Final Adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the United States Tax Court or the United States Claims Court, or the filing of a complaint for refund with the District Court of the United States for the district in which the Partnership’s principal place of business is located;

 

  (3) to intervene in any action brought by any other Partner for judicial review of a final adjustment;

 

  (4) to file a request for an administrative adjustment with the IRS at any time and, if any part of such request is not allowed by the IRS, to file an appropriate pleading (petition or complaint) for judicial review with respect to such request;

 

  (5) to enter into an agreement with the IRS to extend the period for assessing any tax that is attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and

 

  (6) to take any other action on behalf of the Partners or any of them in connection with any tax audit or judicial review proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulations.

The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the tax matters partner in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law and as provided in those certain Tax Protection Agreements entered into by the Partnership on the date hereof, is a matter in the sole and absolute discretion of the tax matters partner. The provisions relating to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in Section 7.7 hereof shall be fully applicable to the tax matters partner in its capacity as such.

Section 10.4 Withholding . Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Limited Partner any amount of federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Code Section 1441, Code Section 1442, Code Section 1445 Code Section 1446 or Code Sections 1471 through 1474. Any amount withheld with respect to a Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 10.4 and paid over to the appropriate taxing authorities shall be treated as paid or distributed, as applicable, to such Limited Partner for all purposes under this Agreement. Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner, in excess of any such withheld amount, shall constitute a loan by the Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited Partner within thirty (30) days after the affected Limited Partner receives written notice from the General Partner that such payment must be made, provided that the Limited Partner shall not be required to repay such deemed loan if either (i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a distribution that would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner or (ii) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the Available Cash of the Partnership that would, but for such payment, be distributed to the Limited Partner. Any amounts payable by a

 

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Limited Partner hereunder shall bear interest at the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in the Wall Street Journal (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate) from the date such amount is due (i.e., thirty (30) days after the Limited Partner receives written notice of such amount) until such amount is paid in full.

Section 10.5 Organizational Expenses . The General Partner may cause the Partnership to elect to deduct expenses, if any, incurred by it in organizing the Partnership ratably over a 180-month period as provided in Code Section 709.

ARTICLE 11

PARTNER TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

Section 11.1 Transfer .

 

  A. No part of the interest of a Partner shall be subject to the claims of any creditor, to any spouse for alimony or support, or to legal process, and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily alienated or encumbered except as may be specifically provided for in this Agreement.

 

  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 11. Any Transfer or purported Transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article 11 shall be null and void ab initio .

 

  C. No Transfer of any Partnership Interest may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability, without the Consent of the General Partner; provided , however , that, as a condition to such Consent, the lender may be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to redeem or exchange for the REIT Shares Amount any Partnership Units in which a security interest is held by such lender simultaneously with the time at which such lender would be deemed to be a partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to such lender under Code Section 752 (provided that, for purpose of calculating the REIT Shares Amount in this Section 11.1.C, “ Tendered Units ” shall mean all such Partnership Units in which a security interest is held by such lender).

Section 11.2 Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest .

 

  A.

Except as provided in Section 11.2.B or Section 11.2.C, and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may not Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest (whether by sale, disposition, statutory merger or consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) without the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

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  It is a condition to any Transfer of a Partnership Interest of a General Partner otherwise permitted hereunder (including any Transfer permitted pursuant to Section 11.2.B or Section 11.2.C) that: (i) coincident with such Transfer, the transferee is admitted as a General Partner pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof; (ii) the transferee assumes, by operation of law or express agreement, all of the obligations of the transferor General Partner under this Agreement with respect to such Transferred Partnership Interest; and (iii) the transferee has executed such instruments as may be necessary to effectuate such admission and to confirm the agreement of such transferee to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Partnership Interest so acquired and the admission of such transferee as a General Partner.

 

  B. Certain Transactions of the General Partner . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may, without the Consent of the Limited Partners, Transfer all of its Partnership Interest in connection with (a) a merger, consolidation or other combination of its or the Partnership’s assets with another entity, (b) a sale of all or substantially all of its or the Partnership’s assets not in the ordinary course of the Partnership’s business or (c) a reclassification, recapitalization or change of any outstanding shares of the General Partner’s stock or other outstanding equity interests (each, a “ Termination Transaction ”) if:

 

  (1) in connection with such Termination Transaction, all of the Limited Partners will receive, or will have the right to elect to receive, for each Partnership Common Unit an amount of cash, securities or other property equal to the product of the Adjustment Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid to a holder of one REIT Share in consideration of one REIT Share pursuant to the terms of such Termination Transaction; provided, that if, in connection with such Termination Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the outstanding REIT Shares, each holder of Partnership Common Units shall receive, or shall have the right to elect to receive, the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property which such holder of Partnership Common Units would have received had it exercised its right to Redemption pursuant to Article 15 hereof and received REIT Shares in exchange for its Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the expiration of such purchase, tender or exchange offer and had thereupon accepted such purchase, tender or exchange offer and then such Termination Transaction shall have been consummated; or

 

  (2)

all of the following conditions are met: (w) substantially all of the assets directly or indirectly owned by the surviving entity are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership or another limited partnership or limited liability company which is the survivor of a merger, consolidation or combination of assets with the Partnership and is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (in each case, the “ Surviving

 

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  Partnership ”); (x) Limited Partners that held Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such Termination Transaction own a percentage interest of the Surviving Partnership based on the relative fair market value of the net assets of the Partnership and the other net assets of the Surviving Partnership immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction; (y) the rights, preferences and privileges in the Surviving Partnership of such Limited Partners are at least as favorable in all material respects as those in effect with respect to the Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and as those applicable to any other limited partners or non-managing members of the Surviving Partnership; and (z) the rights of such Limited Partners include at least one of the following: (a) the right to redeem their interests in the Surviving Partnership for the consideration available to such persons pursuant to Section 11.2.B(i) or (b) the right to redeem their interests in the Surviving Partnership for cash on terms substantially equivalent to those in effect with respect to their Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, or, if the ultimate controlling person of the Surviving Partnership has publicly traded common equity securities, such common equity securities, with an exchange ratio based on the determination of relative fair market value of such securities and the REIT Shares.

 

  C. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 11 (other than Section 11.6.D hereof), the General Partner may Transfer all of its Partnership Interests at any time to any Person that is, at the time of such Transfer an Affiliate of the General Partner, including any “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)), without the Consent of any Limited Partners. The provisions of Section 11.2.B, 11.3, 11.4.A and 11.5 hereof shall not apply to any Transfer permitted by this Section 11.2.C.

 

  D.

If the Consent of the Limited Partners has not been obtained, then the General Partner may not engage in, or cause or permit, a Termination Transaction in connection with which the General Partner has or will seek the approval of its common stockholders (a “ Stockholder Vote ”) unless (i) the General Partner first provides the Designated Partners with advance notice at least equal in time to the advance notice given in the case of the Stockholder Vote, (ii) in connection with such advance notice, the General Partner provides the Designated Partners with written materials describing the proposed Termination Transaction as well as the tax effect of the consummation thereof on such Designated Partners and (iii) such Termination Transaction is approved (the “ Partnership Vote ”) by a number of affirmative votes cast by the Designated Partners, together with the deemed vote of the Partnership Common Units owned by the General Partner and its wholly-owned subsidiaries as described below, as would be sufficient (measured as a percentage of the total number of votes cast or entitled to be cast by the Designated Partners) to approve the Termination Transaction if such approval was

 

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  to be given by the holders of REIT Shares. For purposes of the Partnership Vote, each Designated Partner holding Partnership Common Units shall be entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the total votes such Designated Partner would have been entitled to cast at the Stockholder Meeting had such Designated Partner presented its Partnership Common Units for redemption and such Partnership Common Units had been acquired by the General Partner for the REIT Shares Amount as of the record date for the Stockholder Meeting; provided , however , that the General Partner and all of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be entitled to vote with respect to any Partnership Vote and shall instead be deemed to have cast all votes that would otherwise have been entitled to be cast by them, in the aggregate, in proportion to the manner in which all outstanding REIT Shares were voted in the Stockholder Vote (such votes to be “For,” “Against,” “Abstain” and “Not Present”).

 

  E. The General Partner shall not engage in a Termination Transaction effected as a short-form merger without a Stockholder Vote pursuant to Section 3-106 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, unless the General Partner has previously obtained either the consent of Limited Partners with respect to such transaction.

 

  F. Except in connection with Transfers permitted in this Article 11 and as otherwise provided in Section 12.1 in connection with the Transfer of the General Partner’s entire Partnership Interest, the General Partner may not voluntarily withdraw as a general partner of the Partnership without the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

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Section 11.3 Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer .

 

  A. General . No Limited Partner shall Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any transferee without the Consent of the General Partner (but subject to Section 11.1.C, Section 11.2.C and Section 11.6.D; provided , however , that any Limited Partner may, at any time, without the consent or approval of the General Partner, (i) Transfer all or part of its Partnership Interest to any Family Member (including a Transfer by a Family Member that is an inter vivos or testamentary trust (whether revocable or irrevocable) to a Family Member that is a beneficiary of such trust), any Charity, any Controlled Entity or any Affiliate, or (ii) pledge (a “ Pledge ”) all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to a lending institution as collateral or security for a bona fide loan or other extension of credit, and Transfer such pledged Partnership Interest to such lending institution in connection with the exercise of remedies under such loan or extension of credit (any Transfer or Pledge permitted by this proviso is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Transfer ”). After such first Redemption Hold Period, each Limited Partner, and each transferee of Partnership Units or Assignee pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, shall have the right to Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any Person, without the Consent of the General Partner but subject to the provisions of Section 11.4 hereof and to satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

  (1) General Partner Right of First Refusal . The transferor Limited Partner (or the Partner’s estate in the event of the Partner’s death) shall give written notice of the proposed Transfer to the General Partner, which notice shall state (i) the identity and address of the proposed transferee and (ii) the amount and type of consideration proposed to be received for the Transferred Partnership Units. The General Partner shall have ten (10) Business Days upon which to give the transferor Limited Partner notice of its election to acquire the Partnership Units on the terms set forth in such notice. If it so elects, it shall purchase the Partnership Units on such terms within ten (10) Business Days after giving notice of such election; provided , however , that in the event that the proposed terms involve a purchase for cash, the General Partner may at its election deliver in lieu of all or any portion of such cash a note from the General Partner payable to the transferor Limited Partner at a date as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than one hundred eighty (180) days after such purchase, and bearing interest at an annual rate equal to the total dividends declared with respect to one (1) REIT Share for the four (4) preceding fiscal quarters of the General Partner, divided by the Value as of the closing of such purchase; and provided , further , that such closing may be deferred to the extent necessary to effect compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, if applicable, and any other applicable requirements of law. If it does not so elect, the transferor Limited Partner may Transfer such Partnership Units to a third party, on terms no more favorable to the transferee than the proposed terms, subject to the other conditions of this Section 11.3.

 

  (2) Qualified Transferee . Any Transfer of a Partnership Interest shall be made only to a single Qualified Transferee; provided , however , that, for such purposes, all Qualified Transferees that are Affiliates, or that comprise investment accounts or funds managed by a single Qualified Transferee and its Affiliates, shall be considered together to be a single Qualified Transferee; and provided , further , that each Transfer meeting the minimum Transfer restriction of Section 11.3.A(4) hereof may be to a separate Qualified Transferee.

 

  (3)

Opinion of Counsel . The transferor Limited Partner shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the General Partner an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Transfer may be effected without registration under the Securities Act and will not otherwise violate the registration provisions of the Securities Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder or violate any state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Interests Transferred; provided , however , that the General Partner may, in its sole discretion, waive this condition upon the request of the transferor Limited Partner. If, in the opinion of such counsel, such Transfer would require the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act or would otherwise violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the

 

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  Partnership or the Partnership Units, the General Partner may prohibit any Transfer otherwise permitted under this Section 11.3 by a Limited Partner of Partnership Interests.

 

  (4) Minimum Transfer Restriction . Subject to the provisions of this Section 11, any Transferring Partner must Transfer not less than the lesser of (i) five hundred (500) Partnership Units or (ii) all of the remaining Partnership Units owned by such Transferring Partner, without, in each case, the Consent of the General Partner; provided , however , that, for purposes of determining compliance with the foregoing restriction, all Partnership Units owned by Affiliates of a Limited Partner shall be considered to be owned by such Limited Partner.

 

  (5) Exception for Permitted Transfers . The conditions of Sections 11.3.A(1) through 11.3.A(4) hereof shall not apply in the case of a Permitted Transfer.

It is a condition to any Transfer otherwise permitted hereunder (whether or not such Transfer is effected during or after the first Redemption Hold Period) that the transferee assumes by operation of law or express agreement all of the obligations of the transferor Limited Partner under this Agreement with respect to such Transferred Partnership Interest, including any limitations on the Partnership Units, and no such Transfer (other than pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all obligations and liabilities of the transferor Partner are assumed by a successor corporation by operation of law) shall relieve the transferor Partner of its obligations under this Agreement without the Consent of the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transferee of any Transferred Partnership Interest shall be subject to any restrictions on ownership and transfer of stock of the General Partner contained in the Charter that may limit or restrict such transferee’s ability to exercise its Redemption rights, including, without limitation, the Ownership Limit. Any transferee, whether or not admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, shall take subject to the obligations of the transferor hereunder. Unless admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, no transferee, whether by a voluntary Transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, shall have any rights hereunder, other than the rights of an Assignee as provided in Section 11.5 hereof.

 

  B. Incapacity . If a Limited Partner is subject to Incapacity, the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian, conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner’s estate shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of settling or managing the estate, and such power as the Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to Transfer all or any part of its interest in the Partnership. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership.

 

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  C. Adverse Tax Consequences . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have the authority (but shall not be required) to take any steps it determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion to prevent the Partnership from being taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. In furtherance of the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except with the Consent of the General Partner, no Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Interests (including any Redemption, any conversion of LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units, any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) may be made to or by any Person if such Transfer could (i) result in the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a corporation; (ii) result in a termination of the Partnership under Code Section 708; (iii) be treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704 and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) fail to be within at least one of the “safe harbors” set forth in Regulations Section 1.7704-1 (or such other guidance subsequently published by the IRS setting forth safe harbors under which interests will not be treated as “readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704) (the “ Safe Harbors ”) or (v) based on the advice of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to qualify as a REIT or continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981.

Section 11.4 Admission of Substituted Limited Partners .

 

  A. No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a transferee (including any transferees pursuant to Transfers permitted by Section 11.3 hereof) as a Limited Partner in its place. A transferee of a Limited Partner Interest may be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner only with the Consent of the General Partner. The failure or refusal by the General Partner to permit a transferee of any such interests to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the Partnership or the General Partner. Subject to the foregoing, an Assignee shall not be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner until and unless it furnishes to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all the terms, conditions and applicable obligations of this Agreement, (ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such Assignee and (iii) such other documents and instruments as the General Partner may require in its sole discretion to effect such Assignee’s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.

 

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  of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and class and/or series of Partnership Units of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and number of Partnership Units of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner.

 

  C. A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Article 11 shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement.

Section 11.5 Assignees . If the General Partner does not Consent to the admission of any permitted transferee under Section 11.3 hereof as a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.4 hereof, or in the event that any Partnership Interest is deemed to have been Transferred notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in this Article 11, such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a limited partnership interest under the Act, including the right to receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net Income, Net Losses and other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Partnership attributable to the Partnership Interest assigned to such transferee and the rights to Transfer the Partnership Interest provided in this Article 11, but shall not be deemed to be a holder of a Partnership Interest for any other purpose under this Agreement (other than as expressly provided in Section 15.1 hereof with respect to a Qualifying Party that becomes a Tendering Party), and shall not be entitled to effect a Consent or vote with respect to such Partnership Interest on any matter presented to the Partners for approval (such right to Consent or vote, to the extent provided in this Agreement or under the Act, fully remaining with the transferor Limited Partner). In the event that any such transferee desires to make a further Transfer of any such Partnership Interest, such transferee shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 11 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make a Transfer of a Limited Partner Interest.

Section 11.6 General Provisions .

 

  A. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of: (i) a permitted Transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest in accordance with this Article 11 with respect to which the transferee becomes a Substituted Limited Partner; (ii) pursuant to a redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all of its Partnership Interest pursuant to a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation or (iii) the acquisition by the General Partner of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest, whether or not pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof.

 

  B. Any Limited Partner who shall Transfer all of its Partnership Units in a Transfer (i) permitted pursuant to this Article 11 where such transferee was admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, (ii) pursuant to the exercise of its rights to effect a redemption of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation or (iii) to the General Partner, whether or not pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, shall cease to be a Limited Partner.

 

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  C. If any Partnership Unit is Transferred in compliance with the provisions of this Article 11, or is redeemed by the Partnership, or acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit attributable to such Partnership Unit for such Partnership Year shall be allocated to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) and, in the case of a Transfer other than a Redemption, to the transferee Partner, by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using the “interim closing of the books” method or another permissible method selected by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, unless the General Partner decides in its sole and absolute discretion to use another method permitted under the Code, each of such items for the calendar month in which a Transfer occurs shall be allocated to the transferee Partner and none of such items for the calendar month in which a Transfer or a Redemption occurs shall be allocated to the transferor Partner, or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) if such Transfer occurs on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month, otherwise such items shall be allocated to the transferor. All distributions of Available Cash attributable to such Partnership Unit with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such Transfer, assignment or Redemption shall be made to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) and, in the case of a Transfer other than a Redemption, all distributions of Available Cash thereafter attributable to such Partnership Unit shall be made to the transferee Partner.

 

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In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, in no event may any Transfer of a Partnership Interest by any Partner (including any Redemption, any conversion of LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units, any acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) be made: (i) to any person or entity who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation of applicable law; (iii) except with the Consent of the General Partner, of any component portion of a Partnership Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions, separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership Interest; (iv) in the event that such Transfer could cause either the General Partner or any General Partner Affiliate to cease to comply with the REIT Requirements or to cease to qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)); (v) except with the Consent of the General Partner, if such Transfer could, based on the advice of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause a termination of the Partnership for federal or state income tax purposes (except as a result of the Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all Partnership Common Units held by all Limited Partners); (vi) if such Transfer could, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause the Partnership to cease to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (except as a result of the Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all Partnership Common Units held by all Limited Partners); (vii) if such Transfer would cause the Partnership to become, with

 

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  respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a “party-in-interest” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(14)) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(c)); (viii) if such Transfer could, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause any portion of the assets of the Partnership to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101; (ix) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Partnership Interest pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities laws; (x) except with the Consent of the General Partner, if such Transfer could (1) be treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market” (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Code Section 7704 and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, (2) cause the Partnership to become a “publicly traded partnership,” as such term is defined in Code Sections 469(k)(2) or 7704(b), or (3) fail to be within at least one of the Safe Harbors; (xi) if such Transfer causes the Partnership (as opposed to the General Partner) to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act; or (xii) if such Transfer subjects the Partnership to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 or ERISA, each as amended. The General Partner shall, in its sole discretion, be permitted to take all action necessary to prevent the Partnership from being classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under Code Section 7704.

 

  E. Transfers pursuant to this Article 11 may only be made on the first day of a fiscal quarter of the Partnership, unless the General Partner otherwise Consents.

ARTICLE 12

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

Section 12.1 Admission of Successor General Partner . A successor to all of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest pursuant to a Transfer permitted by Section 11.2 hereof who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately upon such Transfer. Upon any such Transfer and the admission of any such transferee as a successor General Partner in accordance with this Section 12.1, the transferor General Partner shall be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement and shall cease to be a general partner of the Partnership without any separate Consent of the Limited Partners or the consent or approval of any other Partners. Any such successor General Partner shall carry on the business and affairs of the Partnership without dissolution. In each case, the admission shall be subject to the successor General Partner executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission of such Person as a General Partner. Upon any such Transfer, the transferee shall become the successor General Partner for all purposes herein, and shall be vested with the powers and rights of the transferor General Partner, and shall be liable for all obligations and responsible for all duties of the General Partner. Concurrently with, and as evidence of, the admission of a successor General Partner, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and classes and/or series of Partnership Units of such successor General Partner. In the event that the General

 

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Partner withdraws from the Partnership, or transfers its entire Partnership Interest, in violation of this Agreement, or otherwise dissolves or terminates or ceases to be the general partner of the Partnership, a Majority in Interest of the Partners may elect to continue the Partnership by selecting a successor general partner in accordance with Section 13.1.A hereof.

Section 12.2 Admission of Additional Limited Partners .

 

  A. After the admission to the Partnership of the Original Limited Partners, a Person (other than an existing Partner) who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in exchange for Partnership Units and in accordance with this Agreement or is issued LTIP Units in exchange for no consideration in accordance with Section 4.2.B hereof shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.4 hereof, (ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such Person and (iii) such other documents or instruments as the General Partner may require in its sole and absolute discretion in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner. Concurrently with, and as evidence of, the admission of an Additional Limited Partner, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and classes and/or series of Partnership Units of such Additional Limited Partner.

 

  B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2, no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the Consent of the General Partner. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the Consent of the General Partner to such admission and the satisfaction of all the conditions set forth in Section 12.2.A.

 

  C. If any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable among Holders for such Partnership Year shall be allocated among such Additional Limited Partner and all other Holders by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using the “interim closing of the books” method or another permissible method selected by the General Partner. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which an admission of any Additional Limited Partner occurs shall be allocated among all the Holders including such Additional Limited Partner, in accordance with the principles described in Section 11.6.C hereof. All distributions of Available Cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such admission shall be made solely to Partners and Assignees other than the Additional Limited Partner, and all distributions of Available Cash thereafter shall be made to all the Partners and Assignees including such Additional Limited Partner.

 

  D. Any Additional Limited Partner admitted to the Partnership that is an Affiliate of the General Partner shall be deemed to be a “General Partner Affiliate” hereunder and shall be reflected as such on the Register and the books and records of the Partnership.

 

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Section 12.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership . For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to update the Register, amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof.

Section 12.4 Limit on Number of Partners . Unless otherwise permitted by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, no Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner if the effect of such admission would be to cause the Partnership to have a number of Partners that would cause the Partnership to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act.

Section 12.5 Admission . A Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner of the Partnership or a general partner of the Partnership only upon strict compliance, and not upon substantial compliance, with the requirements set forth in this Agreement for admission to the Partnership as a Limited Partner or a General Partner.

ARTICLE 13

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

Section 13.1 Dissolution . The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner shall continue the business and affairs of the Partnership without dissolution. However, the Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of any of the following (each a “ Liquidating Event ”):

 

  A. an event of withdrawal, as defined in Section 10-402(2) – (9) of the Act (including, without limitation, bankruptcy), or the withdrawal in violation of this Agreement, of the last remaining General Partner unless, within ninety (90) days after the withdrawal, a Majority in Interest of the Partners remaining agree in writing, in their sole and absolute discretion, to continue the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of such withdrawal, of a successor General Partner;

 

  B. an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, with or without the Consent of the Partners;

 

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  C. entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act; or

 

  D. the Redemption or other acquisition by the Partnership or the General Partner of all Partnership Units other than Partnership Units held by the General Partner.

Section 13.2 Winding Up .

 

  A. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets and satisfying the claims of its creditors and the Holders. After the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, no Holder shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Partnership’s business and affairs. The General Partner (or, in the event that there is no remaining General Partner or the General Partner has dissolved, become bankrupt within the meaning of the Act or ceased to operate, any Person elected by a Majority in Interest of the Partners (the General Partner or such other Person being referred to herein as the “ Liquidator ”)) shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the Partnership’s liabilities and property, and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by the General Partner, include shares of stock in the General Partner) shall be applied and distributed in the following order:

 

  (1) First, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to creditors other than the Holders (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof);

 

  (2) Second, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the General Partner (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof), including, but not limited to, amounts due as reimbursements under Section 7.4 hereof;

 

  (3) Third, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the other Holders (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof); and

 

  (4) Fourth, to the Partners in accordance with their positive Capital Account balances, determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for all prior periods and the Partnership taxable year during which the liquidation occurs (other than those made as a result of the liquidating distribution set forth in this Section 13.2.A(4)).

The General Partner shall not receive any additional compensation for any services performed pursuant to this Article 13 other than reimbursement of its expenses as set forth in Section 7.4.

 

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  B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof that require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the Partnership, the Liquidator determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Holders, the Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Holders as creditors) and/or distribute to the Holders, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof, undivided interests in such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, such distributions in kind are in the best interest of the Holders, and shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at such time. The Liquidator shall determine the fair market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt.

 

  C. If any Holder has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), except as otherwise agreed to by such Holder, such Holder shall have no obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.

 

  D. In the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made to the Holders pursuant to this Article 13 may be:

 

  (1) distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and the Holders for the purpose of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or of the General Partner arising out of or in connection with the Partnership and/or Partnership activities. The assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the Holders, from time to time, in the discretion of the General Partner, in the same proportions and amounts as would otherwise have been distributed to the Holders pursuant to this Agreement; or

 

  (2) withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership, provided that such withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the Holders in the manner and order of priority set forth in Section 13.2.A hereof as soon as practicable.

 

  E. The provisions of Section 7.8 hereof shall apply to any Liquidator appointed pursuant to this Article 13 as though the Liquidator were the General Partner of the Partnership.

 

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Section 13.3 Deemed Contribution and Distribution . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 13, in the event that the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), but no Liquidating Event has occurred, the Partnership’s Property shall not be liquidated, the Partnership’s liabilities shall not be paid or discharged and the Partnership’s affairs shall not be wound up. Instead, for federal income tax purposes the Partnership shall be deemed to have contributed all of its assets and liabilities to a new partnership in exchange for an interest in the new partnership; and immediately thereafter, distributed Partnership Units to the Partners in the new partnership in accordance with their respective Capital Accounts in liquidation of the Partnership, and the new partnership is deemed to continue the business of the Partnership. Nothing in this Section 13.3 shall be deemed to have constituted a Transfer to an Assignee as a Substituted Limited Partner without compliance with the provisions of Section 11.4 or Section 13.3 hereof.

Section 13.4 Rights of Holders . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, (a) each Holder shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of its Capital Contribution, (b) no Holder shall have the right or power to demand or receive property other than cash from the Partnership and (c) no Holder shall have priority over any other Holder as to the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations.

Section 13.5 Notice of Dissolution . In the event that a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for an election or objection by one or more Partners pursuant to Section 13.1 hereof, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner or Liquidator shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each Holder and, in the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s sole and absolute discretion or as required by the Act, to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or Liquidator), and the General Partner or Liquidator may, or, if required by the Act, shall, publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or Liquidator).

Section 13.6 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership . Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 13.2 hereof, the Partnership shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed with the SDAT, all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership or association in jurisdictions other than the State of Maryland shall be cancelled, and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

Section 13.7 Reasonable Time for Winding-Up . A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 13.2 hereof, in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect between and among the Partners during the period of liquidation; provided, however, reasonable efforts shall be made

 

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to complete such winding-up within twenty-four (24) months after the adoption of a plan of liquidation of the General Partner, as provided in Code Section 562(b)(2)(B), if necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner.

ARTICLE 14

PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS

OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS

Section 14.1 Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners . The actions requiring Consent of any Partner or Partners pursuant to this Agreement, including Section 7.3 hereof, or otherwise pursuant to applicable law, are subject to the procedures set forth in this Article 14.

Section 14.2 Amendments . Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed by the General Partner or by Limited Partners holding twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Partnership Interests held by Limited Partners and, except as set forth in Section 7.3.B and Section 7.3.C and subject to Section 7.3.D, Section 16.10 and the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, shall be approved by the Consent of the Partners. Following such proposal, the General Partner shall submit to the Partners entitled to vote thereon any proposed amendment that, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, requires the consent, approval or vote of such Partners. The General Partner shall seek the consent, approval or vote of the Partners entitled to vote thereon on any such proposed amendment in accordance with Section 14.3 hereof. Upon obtaining any such Consent, or any other Consent required by this Agreement, and without further action or execution by any other Person, including any Limited Partner, (i) any amendment to this Agreement may be implemented and reflected in a writing executed solely by the General Partner, and (ii) the Limited Partners shall be deemed a party to and bound by such amendment of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be amended without the Consent of the General Partner.

Section 14.3 Actions and Consents of the Partners .

 

  A. Meetings of the Partners may be called only by the General Partner to transact any business that the General Partner determines. The call shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners entitled to act at the meeting not less than seven (7) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Unless approval by a different number or proportion of the Partners is required by this Agreement, the affirmative vote of Partners holding a majority of the Percentage Interests held by the Partners entitled to act on any proposal shall be sufficient to approve such proposal at a meeting of the Partners. Whenever the vote, consent or approval of Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given at a meeting of Partners or in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 14.3.B hereof.

 

  B.

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  Partners may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission setting forth the action so taken or consented to is given by Partners whose affirmative vote would be sufficient to approve such action or provide such Consent at a meeting of the Partners. Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as the affirmative vote of such Partners at a meeting of the Partners. Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date so certified. For purposes of obtaining a Consent in writing or by electronic transmission, the General Partner may require a response within a reasonable specified time, but not less than fifteen (15) days, and failure to respond in such time period shall constitute a Consent that is consistent with the General Partner’s recommendation with respect to the proposal; provided, however, that an action shall become effective at such time as requisite Consents are received even if prior to such specified time.

 

  C. Each Partner entitled to act at a meeting of the Partners may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Each proxy must be signed by the Partner or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy (or there is receipt of a proxy authorizing a later date). Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Partner executing it, such revocation to be effective upon the Partnership’s receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Partner executing such proxy, unless such proxy states that it is irrevocable and is coupled with an interest.

 

  D. The General Partner may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining the Partners (i) entitled to Consent to any action, (ii) entitled to receive notice of or vote at any meeting of the Partners or (iii) in order to make a determination of Partners for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall be not more than ninety (90) days and, in the case of a meeting of the Partners, not less than five (5) days, before the date on which the meeting is to be held or Consent is to be given. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the determination of Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Partners shall be at the close of business on the day on which the notice of the meeting is sent, and the record date for any other determination of Partners shall be the effective date of such Partner action, distribution or other event. When a determination of the Partners entitled to vote at any meeting of the Partners has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

  E. Each meeting of Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion. Without limitation, meetings of Partners may be conducted in the same manner as meetings of the General Partner’s stockholders and may be held at the same time as, and as part of, the meetings of the General Partner’s stockholders.

 

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ARTICLE 15

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 15.1 Redemption Rights of Qualifying Parties .

 

  A. After the applicable Redemption Hold Period, a Qualifying Party shall have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Partnership Common Units held by such Tendering Party (Partnership Common Units that have in fact been tendered for redemption being hereafter referred to as “ Tendered Units ”) in exchange (a “ Redemption ”) for the Cash Amount payable on the Specified Redemption Date. The Partnership may, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, redeem Tendered Units at the request of the Holder thereof prior to the end of the applicable Redemption Hold Period (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) (a “ Special Redemption ”); provided , however , that the General Partner first receives an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Special Redemption will not cause the Partnership or the General Partner to violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Special Redemption, the issuance and sale of the Tendered Units to the Tendering Party or the issuance and sale of REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to Section 15.1.B of this Agreement. Any Redemption shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by the Qualifying Party when exercising the Redemption right (the “ Tendering Party ”). The Partnership’s obligation to effect a Redemption, however, shall not arise or be binding against the Partnership until the earlier of (i) the date the General Partner notifies the Tendering Party that the General Partner declines to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units under Section 15.1.B hereof following receipt of a Notice of Redemption and (ii) the Business Day following the Cut-Off Date. In the event of a Redemption, the Cash Amount shall be delivered as a certified or bank check payable to the Tendering Party or, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, in immediately available funds, in each case, on or before the Specified Redemption Date; provided , however , that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Redemption Date to be delayed for up to an additional 60 Business Days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued to provide financing to be used to make such payment of the Cash Amount.

 

  B.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.A hereof, on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date, the General Partner may, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion but subject to the Ownership Limit, elect to acquire some or all (such percentage being referred to as the “ Applicable Percentage ”) of the Tendered Units from the Tendering Party in exchange for REIT Shares. If the General Partner elects to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the General Partner shall give written notice thereof to the

 

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  Tendering Party on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date. If the General Partner elects to acquire any of the Tendered Units for REIT Shares, the General Partner shall issue and deliver such REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to the terms of this Section 15.1.B, in which case (1) the General Partner shall assume directly the obligation with respect thereto and shall satisfy the Tendering Party’s exercise of its Redemption right with respect to such Tendered Units and (2) such transaction shall be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a transfer by the Tendering Party of such Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount. If the General Partner so elects, on the Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Party shall sell such number of the Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the REIT Shares Amount and the Applicable Percentage; provided , however , that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Redemption Date to be delayed for up to an additional 60 Business Days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued. The Tendering Party shall submit (i) such information, certification or affidavit as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with the application of the Ownership Limit to any such acquisition and (ii) such written representations, investment letters, legal opinions or other instruments necessary, in the General Partner’s view, to effect compliance with the Securities Act. In the event of a purchase of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the Tendering Party shall no longer have the right to cause the Partnership to effect a Redemption of such Tendered Units and, upon notice to the Tendering Party by the General Partner given on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date that the General Partner has elected to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the obligation of the Partnership to effect a Redemption of the Tendered Units as to which the General Partner’s notice relates shall not accrue or arise. A number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the Applicable Percentage and the REIT Shares Amount, if applicable, shall be delivered by the General Partner as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable REIT Shares and, if applicable, Rights, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than the Ownership Limit, the Securities Act and relevant state securities or “blue sky” laws. Neither any Tendering Party whose Tendered Units are acquired by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, any Partner, any Assignee nor any other interested Person shall have any right to require or cause the General Partner to register, qualify or list any REIT Shares owned or held by such Person, whether or not such REIT Shares are issued pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, with the SEC, with any state securities commissioner, department or agency, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or with any stock exchange; provided , however , that this limitation shall not be in derogation of any registration or similar rights granted pursuant to any other written agreement between the General Partner and any such Person. Notwithstanding any delay in such delivery, the Tendering Party shall be deemed the owner of such REIT Shares and Rights for all purposes, including, without limitation, rights to vote or consent, receive dividends, and exercise rights, as of the Specified Redemption Date. REIT Shares issued upon

 

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  an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B may contain such legends regarding restrictions under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws as the General Partner determines to be necessary or advisable in order to ensure compliance with such laws.

 

  C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.A and 15.1.B hereof, the Tendering Parties shall have no rights under this Agreement that would otherwise be prohibited by the Charter and shall have no rights to require the Partnership to redeem Common Units if the acquisition of such Common Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof would cause any Person (including the Tendering Partner and regardless of whether the General Partner would exercise, or would be permitted to exercise, its rights under Section 15.1.B) to violate the Ownership Limit. To the extent that any attempted Redemption or acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof would be in violation of this Section 15.1.C, it shall be null and void ab initio , and the Tendering Party shall not acquire any rights or economic interests in REIT Shares otherwise issuable by the General Partner under Section 15.1.B hereof or cash otherwise payable under Section 15.1.A hereof.

 

  D. If the General Partner does not elect to acquire the Tendered Units pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof:

 

  (1) The Partnership may elect to raise funds for the payment of the Cash Amount either (a) by requiring that the General Partner contribute to the Partnership funds from the proceeds of a registered public offering by the General Partner of REIT Shares sufficient to purchase the Tendered Units or (b) from any other sources (including, but not limited to, the sale of any Property and the incurrence of additional Debt) available to the Partnership. The General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution of any such amounts to the Partnership for an additional General Partner Interest. Any such contribution shall entitle the General Partner to an equitable Percentage Interest adjustment.

 

  (2) If the Cash Amount is not paid on or before the Specified Redemption Date, interest shall accrue with respect to the Cash Amount from the day after the Specified Redemption Date to and including the date on which the Cash Amount is paid at a rate equal to the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in the Wall Street Journal (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate).

 

  E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.B hereof, the General Partner shall not, under any circumstances, elect to acquire any Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares if such acquisition would be prohibited under the Charter.

 

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  F. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (but subject to Section 15.1.C hereof), with respect to any Redemption (or any tender of Partnership Common Units for Redemption if the Tendered Units are acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof) pursuant to this Section 15.1:

 

  (1) All Partnership Common Units acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof shall automatically, and without further action required, be converted into and deemed to be a General Partner Interest comprised of the same number of Partnership Common Units.

 

  (2) Subject to the Ownership Limit, no Tendering Party may effect a Redemption for less than one thousand (1,000) Partnership Common Units or, if such Tendering Party owns (as a Limited Partner or, economically, as an Assignee) less than one thousand (1,000) Partnership Common Units, all of the Partnership Common Units held by such Tendering Party, without, in each case, the Consent of the General Partner.

 

  (3) If (i) a Tendering Party surrenders its Tendered Units during the period after the Partnership Record Date with respect to a distribution and before the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such Partnership distribution, and (ii) the General Partner elects to acquire any of such Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares pursuant to Section 15.1.B, such Tendering Party shall pay to the General Partner on the Specified Redemption Date an amount in cash equal to the portion of the Partnership distribution in respect of the Tendered Units exchanged for REIT Shares, insofar as such distribution relates to the same period for which such Tendering Party would receive a distribution in respect of such REIT Shares.

 

  (4) The consummation of such Redemption (or an acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, as the case may be) shall be subject to the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

 

  (5) The Tendering Party shall continue to own (subject, in the case of an Assignee, to the provisions of Section 11.5 hereof) all Partnership Common Units subject to any Redemption, and be treated as a Limited Partner or an Assignee, as applicable, with respect to such Partnership Common Units for all purposes of this Agreement, until such Partnership Common Units are either paid for by the Partnership pursuant to Section 15.1.A hereof or transferred to the General Partner and paid for, by the issuance of the REIT Shares, pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date. Until a Specified Redemption Date and an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, the Tendering Party shall have no rights as a stockholder of the General Partner with respect to the REIT Shares issuable in connection with such acquisition.

 

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  G. In connection with an exercise of Redemption rights pursuant to this Section 15.1, except as otherwise Consented to by the General Partner, the Tendering Party shall submit the following to the General Partner, in addition to the Notice of Redemption:

 

  (1) A written affidavit, dated the same date as the Notice of Redemption, (a) disclosing the actual and constructive ownership, as determined for purposes of Code Sections 856(a)(6) and 856(h), of REIT Shares by (i) such Tendering Party and (ii) to the best of their knowledge any Related Party and (b) representing that, after giving effect to the Redemption or an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, neither the Tendering Party nor to the best of their knowledge any Related Party will own REIT Shares in violation of the Ownership Limit;

 

  (2) A written representation that neither the Tendering Party nor to the best of its knowledge any Related Party has any intention to acquire any additional REIT Shares prior to the closing of the Redemption or an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date;

 

  (3) An undertaking to certify, at and as a condition of the closing of (i) the Redemption or (ii) the acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date, that either (a) the actual and constructive ownership of REIT Shares by the Tendering Party and to the best of its knowledge any Related Party remain unchanged from that disclosed in the affidavit required by Section 15.1.G(1) or (b) after giving effect to the Redemption or the acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, neither the Tendering Party nor, to the best of its knowledge, any other Person shall own REIT Shares in violation of the Ownership Limit; and

 

  (4) In connection with any Special Redemption, the General Partner shall have the right to receive an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Special Redemption will not cause the Partnership or the General Partner to violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Special Redemption, the issuance and sale of the Tendered Units to the Tendering Party or the issuance and sale of REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to Section 15.1.B of this Agreement.

 

  H. Holders of LTIP Units shall not be entitled to the right of Redemption provided for in Section 15.1 of this Agreement, unless and until such LTIP Units have been converted into Partnership Common Units (or any other class or series of Partnership Common Units entitled to such right of Redemption) in accordance with their terms.

 

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Section 15.2 Addresses and Notice . Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written or electronic communication (including by telecopy, facsimile, electronic mail or commercial courier service) to the Partner, or Assignee at the address set forth in the Register or such other address of which the Partner shall notify the General Partner in accordance with this Section 15.2.

Section 15.3 Titles and Captions . All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” or “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

Section 15.4 Pronouns and Plurals . Whenever the context may require, any pronouns 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.

Section 15.5 Further Action . The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 15.6 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

Section 15.7 Waiver .

 

  A. 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 or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

  B.

The restrictions, conditions and other limitations on the rights and benefits of the Limited Partners contained in this Agreement, and the duties, covenants and other requirements of performance or notice by the Limited Partners, are for the benefit of the Partnership and, except for an obligation to pay money to the Partnership, may be waived or relinquished by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, on behalf of the Partnership in one or more instances from time to time and at any time; provided , however , that any such waiver or relinquishment may not be made if it would have the effect of (i) creating liability for any other Limited Partner, (ii) causing the Partnership to cease to qualify as a limited partnership, (iii) reducing the amount of cash otherwise distributable to the Limited Partners (other than any such reduction that affects all of the Limited Partners holding the same class or series of Partnership Units on a uniform or pro rata basis, if approved by a Majority in Interest of the Partners holding such class or series of Partnership Units), (iv) resulting in the classification of the

 

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  Partnership as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation or (v) violating the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state “blue sky” or other securities laws; and provided , further , that any waiver relating to compliance with the Ownership Limit or other restrictions in the Charter shall be made and shall be effective only as provided in the Charter.

Section 15.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one 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.

Section 15.9 Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

  A. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Agreement and any non-mandatory provision of the Act, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and take precedence.

 

  B. Each Partner hereby (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in the State of Maryland (collectively, the “ Maryland Courts ”), with respect to any dispute arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby to the extent such courts would have subject matter jurisdiction with respect to such dispute, (ii) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of any of the Maryland Courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the action is brought in an inconvenient forum, or that the venue of the action is improper, (iii) agrees that notice or the service of process in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be properly served or delivered if delivered to such Partner at such Partner’s last known address as set forth in the Partnership’s books and records, and (iv) irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 15.10 Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains all of the understandings and agreements between and among the Partners with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations of the Partners with respect to the Partnership. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Partners hereby acknowledge and agree that the General Partner, without the approval of any Limited Partner, may enter into side letters or similar written agreements with Limited Partners that are not Affiliates of the General Partner, executed contemporaneously with the admission of such Limited Partner to the Partnership, affecting the terms hereof, as negotiated with such Limited Partner and which the General Partner in its sole discretion deems necessary, desirable or appropriate. The parties hereto agree that any terms, conditions or provisions contained in such side letters or similar written agreements with a Limited Partner shall govern with respect to such Limited Partner notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Section 15.11 Invalidity of Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

Section 15.12 Limitation to Preserve REIT Status . Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, to the extent that the amount to be paid, credited, distributed or reimbursed by the Partnership to any REIT Partner or its officers, directors, employees or agents, whether as a reimbursement, fee, expense or indemnity (a “ REIT Payment ”), would constitute gross income to the REIT Partner for purposes of Code Section 856(c)(2) or Code Section 856(c)(3), then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of such REIT Payments, as selected by the General Partner in its discretion from among items of potential distribution, reimbursement, fees, expenses and indemnities, shall be reduced for any Partnership Year so that the REIT Payments, as so reduced, for or with respect to such REIT Partner shall not exceed the lesser of:

(i) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) four percent (4%) of the REIT Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any REIT Payments and any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)) for the Partnership Year that is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(2) over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(2)) derived by the REIT Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(2) (but not including the amount of any REIT Payments or any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)); or

(ii) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) twenty-four percent (24%) of the REIT Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any REIT Payments and any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)) for the Partnership Year that is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(3)) derived by the REIT Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) (but not including the amount of any REIT Payments or any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c));

provided , however , that REIT Payments in excess of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above may be made if the General Partner, as a condition precedent, obtains an opinion of tax counsel that the receipt of such excess amounts should not adversely affect the REIT Partner’s ability to qualify as a REIT. To the extent that REIT Payments may not be made in a Partnership Year as a consequence of the limitations set forth in this Section 15.12, such REIT Payments shall carry over and shall be treated as arising in the following Partnership Year if such carry over does not adversely affect the REIT Partner’s ability to qualify as a REIT, provided, however, that any such REIT Payment shall not be carried over more than three Partnership Years, and any such remaining payments shall no longer be due and payable. The purpose of the

 

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limitations contained in this Section 15.12 is to prevent any REIT Partner from failing to qualify as a REIT under the Code by reason of such REIT Partner’s share of items, including distributions, reimbursements, fees, expenses or indemnities, receivable directly or indirectly from the Partnership, and this Section 15.12 shall be interpreted and applied to effectuate such purpose.

Section 15.13 No Partition . No Partner nor any successor-in-interest to a Partner shall have the right while this Agreement remains in effect to have any property of the Partnership partitioned, or to file a complaint or institute any proceeding at law or in equity to have such property of the Partnership partitioned, and each Partner, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns hereby waives any such right. It is the intention of the Partners that the rights of the parties hereto and their successors-in-interest to Partnership property, as among themselves, shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement, and that the rights of the Partners and their respective successors-in-interest shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions as set forth in this Agreement.

Section 15.14 No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby . The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the purpose of defining the interests of the Holders, inter se; and no other person, firm or entity (i.e., a party who is not a signatory hereto or a permitted successor to such signatory hereto) shall have any right, power, title or interest by way of subrogation or otherwise, in and to the rights, powers, title and provisions of this Agreement. No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership (other than as expressly provided herein with respect to Indemnitees) shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may any such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or any of the Partners.

Section 15.15 No Rights as Stockholders . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders of Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the General Partner, including without limitation any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to stockholders of the General Partner or to vote or to consent or receive notice as stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the General Partner or any other matter.

ARTICLE 16

LTIP UNITS

Section 16.1 Designation . A class of Partnership Units in the Partnership designated as the “LTIP Units” is hereby established. The number of LTIP Units that may be issued is not limited by this Agreement.

 

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Section 16.2 Vesting .

 

  A. Vesting, Generally. LTIP Units may, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on Transfer pursuant to the terms of a an award, vesting or other similar agreement (a “ Vesting Agreement ”). The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion, subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant Vesting Agreement or by the Plan or any other Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan, if applicable. LTIP Units that were fully vested when issued or that have vested and are no longer subject to forfeiture under the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as “ Vested LTIP Units ”; all other LTIP Units shall be treated as “ Unvested LTIP Units.

 

  B. Forfeiture. Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, the Plan or in any applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan or other compensatory arrangement or incentive program pursuant to which LTIP Units are issued, upon the occurrence of any event specified in such Vesting Agreement, Plan, Equity Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program as resulting in either the right of the Partnership or the General Partner to repurchase LTIP Units at a specified purchase price or some other forfeiture of any LTIP Units, then if the Partnership or the General Partner exercises such right to repurchase or upon the occurrence of the event causing forfeiture in accordance with the applicable Vesting Agreement, Plan, Equity Plan, Equity Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program, then the relevant LTIP Units shall immediately, and without any further action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any purpose. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Vesting Agreement, Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program, no consideration or other payment shall be due with respect to any LTIP Units that have been forfeited, other than any distributions declared with respect to a Partnership Record Date and with respect to such units prior to the effective date of the forfeiture. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement (including without limitation Section 6.4.A(ix)) or any agreement relating to the grant of LTIP Units, including any Vesting Agreement, in connection with any repurchase or forfeiture of such units, the balance of the portion of the Capital Account of the Holder of LTIP Units that is attributable to all of his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which it exceeds the target balance contemplated by Section 6.2.D, calculated with respect to such Holder’s remaining LTIP Units, if any.

Section 16.3 Adjustments . The Partnership shall maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between LTIP Units and Partnership Common Units for conversion, distribution and other purposes, including without limitation complying with the following procedures; provided, that the foregoing is not intended to alter the special allocations pursuant to Section 6.2.D, differences between distributions to be made with respect to LTIP Units and Partnership Common Units pursuant to Section 13.2 and Section 16.4.B hereof in the event that the Capital Accounts attributable to the LTIP Units are less than those attributable to Partnership Common Units due to insufficient special allocation pursuant to Section 6.2.D or related provisions. If an Adjustment Event occurs, then the General Partner shall take any action

 

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reasonably necessary, including any amendment to this Agreement or update the Register adjusting the number of outstanding LTIP Units or subdividing or combining outstanding LTIP Units, to maintain a one-for-one conversion and economic equivalence ratio between Partnership Common Units and LTIP Units. The following shall be “Adjustment Events”: (i) the Partnership makes a distribution on all outstanding Partnership Common Units in Partnership Units, (ii) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding Partnership Common Units into a greater number of units or combines the outstanding Partnership Common Units into a smaller number of units, or (iii) the Partnership issues any Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding Partnership Common Units by way of a reclassification or recapitalization of its Partnership Common Units. If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, any adjustment to the LTIP Units need be made only once using a single formula that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be Adjustment Events: (x) the issuance of Partnership Units in a financing, reorganization, acquisition or other similar business transaction, (y) the issuance of Partnership Units pursuant to any employee benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (z) the issuance of any Partnership Units to the General Partner in respect of a Capital Contribution to the Partnership of proceeds from the sale of securities by the General Partner. If the Partnership takes an action affecting the Partnership Common Units other than actions specifically described above as “Adjustment Events” and in the opinion of the General Partner such action would require an action to maintain the one-to-one correspondence described above, the General Partner shall have the right to take such action, to the extent permitted by law, the Plan and by any applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan or other compensatory arrangement or incentive program pursuant to which LTIP Units are issued, in such manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. If an amendment is made to this Agreement adjusting the number of outstanding LTIP Units as herein provided, the Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the Partnership an officer’s certificate setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error. Promptly after filing of such certificate, the Partnership shall mail a notice to each Holder of LTIP Units setting forth the adjustment to his or her LTIP Units and the effective date of such adjustment.

Section 16.4 Distributions .

 

  A. Operating Distributions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Plan, or any other applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan, any applicable Vesting Agreement or by the General Partner with respect to any particular class or series of LTIP Units, Holders of LTIP Units shall be entitled to receive, if, when and as authorized by the General Partner out of funds or other property legally available for the payment of distributions, regular, special, extraordinary or other distributions (other than distributions upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event or proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction) which may be made from time to time, in an amount per unit equal to the amount of any such distributions that would have been payable to such holders if the LTIP Units had been Partnership Common Units (if applicable, assuming such LTIP Units were held for the entire period to which such distributions relate).

 

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  B. Liquidating Distributions . Holders of LTIP Units shall also be entitled to receive, if, when and as authorized by the General Partner out of funds or other property legally available for the payment of distributions, distributions upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event or representing proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction in an amount per LTIP Unit equal to the amount of any such distributions payable on one Partnership Common Unit, whether made prior to, on or after the LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date, provided that the amount of such distributions shall not exceed the positive balances of the Capital Accounts of the holders of such LTIP Units to the extent attributable to the ownership of such LTIP Units.

 

  C. Distributions Generally . Distributions on the LTIP Units, if authorized, shall be payable on such dates and in such manner as may be authorized by the General Partner (any such date, a “LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date”); provided that the LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date shall be the same as the corresponding date relating to the corresponding distribution on the Partnership Common Units. The record date for determining which Holders of LTIP Units are entitled to receive a distributions shall be the Partnership Record Date.

Section 16.5 Allocations . Holders of LTIP Units shall be allocated Net Income and Net Loss in amounts per LTIP Unit equal to the amounts allocated per Partnership Common Unit. The allocations provided by the preceding sentence shall be subject to Sections 6.2.A and 6.2.B and in addition to any special allocations required by Section 6.2.D. The General Partner is authorized in its discretion to delay or accelerate the participation of the LTIP Units in allocations of Net Income and Net Loss under this Section 16.5, or to adjust the allocations made under this Section 16.5, so that the ratio of (i) the total amount of Net Income or Net Loss allocated with respect to each LTIP Unit in the taxable year in which that LTIP Unit’s LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date falls (excluding special allocations under Section 6.2.D), to (ii) the total amount distributed to that LTIP Unit with respect to such period, is more nearly equal to the ratio of (i) the Net Income and Net Loss allocated with respect to the General Partner’s Partnership Common Units in such taxable year to (ii) the amounts distributed to the General Partner with respect to such Partnership Common Units and such taxable year.

Section 16.6 Transfers . Subject to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, a Holder of LTIP Units shall be entitled to transfer his or her LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions as Holders of Partnership Common Units are entitled to transfer their Partnership Common Units pursuant to Article 11.

Section 16.7 Redemption . The Redemption Right provided to Qualifying Parties under Section 15.1 shall not apply with respect to LTIP Units unless and until they are converted to Partnership Common Units as provided in Section 16.9 below.

Section 16.8 Legend . Any certificate evidencing a LTIP Unit shall bear an appropriate legend indicating that additional terms, conditions and restrictions on transfer, including without limitation any Vesting Agreement, apply to the LTIP Unit.

 

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Section 16.9 Conversion to Partnership Common Units .

 

  A. A Qualifying Party holding LTIP Units shall have the right (the “ Conversion Right ”), at his or her option, at any time to convert all or a portion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units; provided, however, that a Qualifying Party may not exercise the Conversion Right for less than one thousand (1,000) Vested LTIP Units or, if such Qualifying Party owns less than one thousand (1,000) Vested LTIP Units, all of the Vested LTIP Units held by such Qualifying Party. Qualifying Parties shall not have the right to convert Unvested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units until they become Vested LTIP Units; provided, however, that when a Qualifying Party is notified of the expected occurrence of an event that will cause his or her Unvested LTIP Units to become Vested LTIP Units, such Qualifying Party may give the Partnership a Conversion Notice conditioned upon and effective as of the time of vesting and such Conversion Notice, unless subsequently revoked by the Qualifying Party, shall be accepted by the Partnership subject to such condition. In all cases, the conversion of any LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units shall be subject to the conditions and procedures set forth in this Section 16.9.

 

  B.

A Qualifying Party may convert his or her Vested LTIP Units into an equal number of fully paid and non-assessable Partnership Common Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 16.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may a Qualifying Party convert a number of Vested LTIP Units that exceeds (x) the Economic Capital Account Balance of such Limited Partner, to the extent attributable to his or her ownership of LTIP Units, divided by (y) the Common Unit Economic Balance, in each case as determined as of the effective date of conversion (the “ Capital Account Limitation ”). In order to exercise his or her Conversion Right, a Qualifying Party shall deliver a notice (a “ Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) not less than 3 nor more than 10 days prior to a date (the “ Conversion Date ”) specified in such Conversion Notice; provided, however, that if the General Partner has not given to the Qualifying Party notice of a proposed or upcoming Transaction (as defined below) at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such Transaction, then the Qualifying Party shall have the right to deliver a Conversion Notice until the earlier of (x) the tenth (10th) day after such notice from the General Partner of a Transaction or (y) the third Business Day immediately preceding the effective date of such Transaction. A Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 15.2. Each Qualifying Party seeking to convert Vested LTIP Units covenants and agrees with the Partnership that all Vested LTIP Units to be converted pursuant to this Section 16.9 shall be free and clear of all liens. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Redemption Hold Period with respect to the Partnership Common Units into which the Vested LTIP Units are convertible has elapsed, a Qualifying Party may deliver a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1.A relating to such Partnership Common Units in advance of the Conversion Date; provided, however, that the redemption of such Partnership Common Units by the Partnership shall in no event take place

 

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  until on or after the Conversion Date. For clarity, it is noted that the objective of this paragraph is to put a Qualifying Party in a position where, if he or she so wishes, the Partnership Common Units into which his or her Vested LTIP Units will be converted can be redeemed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 15.1.A simultaneously with such conversion, with the further consequence that, if the General Partner elects to assume the Partnership’s redemption obligation with respect to such Partnership Common Units under Section 15.1.B by delivering to such Qualifying Party REIT Shares rather than cash, then such Qualifying Party can have such REIT Shares issued to him or her simultaneously with the conversion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units. The General Partner shall cooperate with a Qualifying Party to coordinate the timing of the different events described in the foregoing sentence.

 

  C. The Partnership, at any time at the election of the General Partner, may cause any number of Vested LTIP Units to be converted (a “ Forced Conversion ”) into an equal number of Partnership Common Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 16.3; provided, however, that the Partnership may not cause a Forced Conversion of any LTIP Units that would not at the time be eligible for conversion at the option of such Qualifying Party pursuant to Section 16.9.B. In order to exercise its right of Forced Conversion, the Partnership shall deliver a notice (a “ Forced Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E to the applicable Holder of LTIP Units not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Conversion Date specified in such Forced Conversion Notice. A Forced Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 15.2.

 

  D. A conversion of Vested LTIP Units for which the Holder thereof has given a Conversion Notice or the Partnership has given a Forced Conversion Notice shall occur automatically after the close of business on the applicable Conversion Date without any action on the part of such Holder of LTIP Units, other than the surrender of any certificate or certificates evidencing such Vested LTIP Units, as of which time such Holder of LTIP Units shall be credited on the books and records of the Partnership as of the opening of business on the next day with the number of Partnership Common Units into which such LTIP Units were converted. After the conversion of LTIP Units as aforesaid, the Partnership shall deliver to such Holder of LTIP Units, upon his or her written request, a certificate of the General Partner certifying the number of Partnership Common Units and remaining LTIP Units, if any, held by such person immediately after such conversion. The Assignee of any Limited Partner pursuant to Article 11 hereof may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 16.9 and such Limited Partner shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by the Assignee.

 

  E. For purposes of making future allocations under Section 6.2.D and applying the Capital Account Limitation, the portion of the Economic Capital Account Balance of the applicable Holder of LTIP Units that is treated as attributable to his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced, as of the date of conversion, by the product of the number of LTIP Units converted and the Common Unit Economic Balance.

 

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  F.

If the Partnership or the General Partner shall be a party to any transaction (including without limitation a merger, consolidation, unit exchange, self-tender offer for all or substantially all Partnership Common Units or other business combination or reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, but excluding any transaction which constitutes an Adjustment Event) in each case as a result of which Partnership Common Units shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the Holders shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “ Transaction ”), then the General Partner shall, immediately prior to the Transaction, exercise its right to cause a Forced Conversion with respect to the maximum number of LTIP Units then eligible for conversion, taking into account any allocations that occur in connection with the Transaction or that would occur in connection with the Transaction if the assets of the Partnership were sold at the Transaction price or, if applicable, at a value determined by the General Partner in good faith using the value attributed to the Partnership Common Units in the context of the Transaction (in which case the Conversion Date shall be the effective date of the Transaction). In anticipation of such Forced Conversion and the consummation of the Transaction, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Holder of LTIP Units to be afforded the right to receive in connection with such Transaction in consideration for the Partnership Common Units into which his or her LTIP Units will be converted the same kind and amount of cash, securities and other property (or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Transaction by a Holder of the same number of Partnership Common Units, assuming such Holder is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into which the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a “ Constituent Person ”), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that Holders of Partnership Common Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Transaction, prior to such Transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each Holder of LTIP Units of such opportunity, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to afford the Holder of LTIP Units the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by such Holder into Partnership Common Units in connection with such Transaction. If a Holder of LTIP Units fails to make such an election, such Holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by him or her (or by any of his or her transferees) the same kind and amount of consideration that a Holder of Partnership Common Units would receive if such Holder of Partnership Common Units failed to make such an election. Subject to the rights of the Partnership and the General Partner under any Vesting Agreement and the relevant terms of the Plan or any other applicable Equity Plan, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the terms of any Transaction to be consistent with the

 

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  provisions of this Section 16.9.F and to enter into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of any Holder of LTIP Units whose LTIP Units will not be converted into Partnership Common Units in connection with the Transaction that will (i) contain provisions enabling the Qualifying Parties that remain outstanding after such Transaction to convert their LTIP Units into securities as comparable as reasonably possible under the circumstances to the Partnership Common Units and (ii) preserve as far as reasonably possible under the circumstances the distribution, special allocation, conversion, and other rights set forth in the Agreement for the benefit of the Holder of LTIP Units.

Section 16.10 Voting . LTIP Limited Partners shall have the same voting rights as Limited Partners holding Partnership Common Units, with the LTIP Units voting together as a single class with the Partnership Common Units and having one vote per LTIP Unit and Holders of LTIP Units shall not be entitled to approve, vote on or consent to any other matter. The foregoing voting provision will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the action with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required will be effected, all outstanding LTIP Units shall have been converted or provision is made for such conversion to occur as of or prior to such time into Partnership Common Units.

Section 16.11 Section 83 Safe Harbor . Each Partner authorizes the General Partner to elect to apply the safe harbor (the “ Section 83 Safe Harbor ”) set forth in proposed Regulations Section 1.83-3(l) and proposed IRS Revenue Procedure published in Notice 2005-43 (together, the “ Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation ”) (under which the fair market value of a Partnership Interest that is Transferred in connection with the performance of services is treated as being equal to the liquidation value of the interest) if such Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation or similar Regulations are promulgated as a final or temporary Regulations. If the General Partner determines that the Partnership should make such election, the General Partner is hereby authorized to amend this Agreement without the consent of any other Partner to provide that (i) the Partnership is authorized and directed to elect the Section 83 Safe Harbor, (ii) the Partnership and each of its Partners (including any Person to whom a Partnership Interest, including a LTIP Unit, is Transferred in connection with the performance of services) will comply with all requirements of the Section 83 Safe Harbor with respect to all Partnership Interests Transferred in connection with the performance of services while such election remains in effect and (iii) the Partnership and each of its Partners will take all actions necessary, including providing the Partnership with any required information, to permit the Partnership to comply with the requirements set forth or referred to in the applicable Regulations for such election to be effective until such time (if any) as the General Partner determines, in its sole discretion, that the Partnership should terminate such election. The General Partner is further authorized to amend this Agreement to modify Article 6 to the extent the General Partner determines in its discretion that such modification is necessary or desirable as a result of the issuance of any applicable law, Regulations, notice or ruling relating to the tax treatment of the transfer of a Partnership Interests in connection with the performance of services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Partner expressly confirms that it will be legally bound by any such amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.,
  a Maryland corporation,
By:  

 

  Name: James Farrar
  Its: Chief Executive Officer
By:  

 

  Name: Anthony Maretic
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.,
  a Maryland corporation,
By:  

 

  Name: James Farrar
  Its: Chief Executive Officer
By:  

 

  Name: Anthony Maretic
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
CIO OP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
  a Delaware limited partnership
By:  

 

  Name: James Farrar
  Its:

[Signatures continue on the next page.]

 

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LIMITED PARTNER:
SECOND CITY GENERAL PARTNER II,
  LP, a Maryland limited partnership
By:  

 

  Name: James Farrar
  Its:
LIMITED PARTNER:
GIBRALT AMBERGLEN LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
By:  

 

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
GIBRALT US, INC.,
  a Colorado corporation
By:  

 

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:

 

        Daniel Rapaport

 

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Exhibit E

Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

[ See Attached. ]


ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS

BY THIS INSTRUMENT, [CONTRIBUTOR] , a [state of formation][type of entity] (“ Assignor ”), for value received and in compliance and in accordance with the terms and provisions of, and pursuant to Assignor’s obligations under the terms of that certain Contribution Agreement dated as of April 14, 2014 (the “ Agreement ”), by and among [GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership, an Oregon limited partnership], [Daniel Rapaport, an individual], [Gibralt US, Inc., a Colorado corporation] City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership and Assignor, hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. (“ Assignee ”) all Ownership Interests owned by Assignor (hereinafter, this “ Assignment ”). Assignee hereby assumes all the rights and liabilities associated with such Ownership Interests from and after the date of this Assignment. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor has made and delivered the within and foregoing instrument as of the      day of April, 2014.

 

[CONTRIBUTOR]
     
By:     
Its:    
CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
     
By:     
Its:    


Schedule 1.02(a)

Reimbursable Leases

[ See attached. ]


Central Fairwinds

135 W Central Blvd

Orlando, FL 32801

Supporting Schedule — Base Rent Abatements

 

                                                                Remaining  
    Month 3     Month 4     Month 5     Month 6     Month 7     Month 8     Month 9     Month 10     Month 11     Month 12     As at  
For the Months   Mar-2014     Apr-2014     May-2014     Jun-2014     Jul-2014     Aug-2014     Sep-2014     Oct-2014     Nov-2014     Dec-2014     28-Feb-14     31-Mar-14  

Tenant

                       

CoAdvantage Resources

    0        9,532        9,532        9,532        9,531        9,532        9,531        0        0        0        57,190        57,190   

Governmental Managemen

    2,921        2,921        2,921        2,921        2,921        2,921        2,921        3,010        3,010        3,010        29,478        26,557   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Amount Per Month

    2,921        12,453        12,453        12,453        12,452        12,453        12,452        3,010        3,010        3,010        86,668        83,747   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Amberglen

Beaverton, OR 97006

Supporting Schedule — Base Rent Abatements

 

                                                                Remaining  
    Month 3     Month 4     Month 5     Month 6     Month 7     Month 8     Month 9     Month 10     Month 11     Month 12     As at  
For the Months   Mar-2014     Apr-2014     May-2014     Jun-2014     Jul-2014     Aug-2014     Sep-2014     Oct-2014     Nov-2014     Dec-2014     28-Feb-14     31-Mar-14  

Tenant

                       

Avnera

    22,955        22,954        22,955        22,955        22,954                  114,773        91,818   

Fluor

    15,133        15,134        15,133        15,134                    60,534        45,401   

Pac

    2,475        2,475        2,475                      7,425        4,950   

Avnera Expansion

    2,227        2,227        2,227                      6,681        4,454   

MCAD Extension

    4,619        4,619        4,619                      13,856        9,237   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Amount Per Month

    47,409        47,409        47,409        38,089        22,954        0        0        0        0        0        203,269        155,860   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


City Center

100 Second Avenue South

St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Supporting Schedule — Base Rent Abatements

 

                                                                Remaining  
    Month 3     Month 4     Month 5     Month 6     Month 7     Month 8     Month 9     Month 10     Month 11     Month 12     As at  
    Mar-2014     Apr-2014     May-2014     Jun-2014     Jul-2014     Aug-2014     Sep-2014     Oct-2014     Nov-2014     Dec-2014     28-Feb-14     31-Mar-14  

Advanced System Design

    2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        1,634        0        0        16,404        14,294   

Ameriprise Holdings, Inc.

    9,260        9,260        9,260        9,259        9,260        9,260        9,259        0        0        0        64,818        55,558   

CRE Models

    770        770        770        770        770        770        770        596            5,989        5,218   

CRS Building Corporation

    1,580        1,579        1,580        1,579        1,580        1,579        1,580        0        0        0        11,057        9,477   

GSA

    0        0        8,501        8,501        8,501        0        0        0        0        0        25,503        25,503   

Kobie Marketing

    16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        10,886        0        139,445        123,376   

Kobie Marketing

    14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        9,595        0        122,907        108,743   

Kobie Marketing

    12,387        12,386        12,387        12,386        12,387        12,386        12,387        12,386        8,390        0        107,482        95,095   

Maxey Law Offices

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

McLain Foods, Inc.

    3,651        3,652        3,652        3,651        0        0        0        0        0        0        14,606        10,955   

Natures Table

    1,300        346        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        1,646        346   

O’Brien International Inc

    1,357        1,357        1,357        1,357        1,357        1,357        1,066        0        0        0        9,210        7,853   

Paradigm Learning

    7,696        7,697        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        15,393        7,697   

Perconti Data Services, I

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

RBC Capital Markets Corp

    15,401        15,401        15,402        15,401        15,402        0        0        0        0        0        77,007        61,606   

Reingruber & Company P.A

    5,551        5,552        5,551        5,552        5,551        5,552        5,551        0        0        0        38,860        33,309   

Riesdorph Reporting Group

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

SquareMouth, Inc.

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

Strategic Innovative Solu

    2,498        2,498        2,498        2,499        2,498        2,498        2,499        2,498        2,498        2,499        24,983        22,485   

The Whittemore Law Group

    3,272        3,272        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        6,545        3,272   

WELLS FARGO

                        —          —     

Westcare Foundation

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

WTA Tour, Incl

    30,182        30,182        30,182        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        90,546        60,364   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    125,140        124,187        121,375        91,190        87,541        63,637        63,347        45,714        31,369        2,499        772,402        645,151   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

LOGO


TI’ & LC

As of February 28, 2013

 

AmberGlen                         
         Ti’s      LC’s      Total  

Avnera—ROFO

       11,530         6,560         18,090   

Pac Soft

       2,500         2,985         5,485   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  -      14,030         9,545         23,575   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Central Fairwinds                         
         Ti’s      LC’s      Total  

CoAdvantage Resources

       23,567         36,984         60,551   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  -      23,567         36,984         60,551   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


Washington Group Plaza—Committed Capital by Project    Remaining Balance as at  
     Feb-14      Mar-14  

Exterior

     

Landscaping

     112,820         112,820   

Walkways and exteriors

     15,384         15,384   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     128,204         128,204   

Central Plaza

     -      

Atrium Gasket & Edge Drainage. Repair

     45,000         45,000   

Caulking & sealant

     45,000         45,000   

Atrium Window Tinting (Completed)

     20,061         (3,867

Interior lobby upgrade

     100,000         100,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     210,061         186,134   

Plaza II

     

Elevator modernization

     381,000         381,000   

Plaza II Elevator Cab Interior Upgrade

     45,000         45,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     426,000         426,000   

Garage

     

Clean steel / repair concrete

     25,000         25,000   

Repair surface drive areas

     83,000         83,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     108,000         108,000   

Code and related items

     

Plaza 1 & 2 Fire / Life Safety (additional egress lights)

     50,000         50,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     50,000         50,000   

Plaza IV

     -      

Elevator modernization

     448,500         448,500   

Lobby Remodel

     55,000         55,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     503,500         503,500   

Common area

     

Fitness facility

     525,000         525,000   

New training room (update from executive dining)

     20,000         20,000   

Auditorium projector

     10,000         10,000   

P1, CP and P4 Lobby Lighting retrofit

     40,000         40,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     595,000         595,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Grand Total

     2,020,765         1,996,838   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


Colorado Department of Health and Environment - TI Allowance Worksheet

Updated March 25, 2014

 

Original TF Balance from prior owner:

   Balance     Approved\Paid    Vendor   

Detail

Starting Balance:

     $190,324.12           

Withdrawal:

     ($14,140.29   April 2013    Forum Engraving    Parking Signs for Garage\Bollards Outside
  

 

 

         

Balance Available:

     $176,183.83           

Withdrawal:

     ($25,691.84   April 2013    Forum Engraving    Parking Signs for Garage
  

 

 

         

Balance Available:

     $150,491.99           

Withdrawal:

     ($687.50   April 2013    Keiding    Space planning for Trash Enclosure
  

 

 

         

Balance Available:

     $149,804.49           

2012 CAM Credit Due to Tenant:

     $141,087.00           

Lease Renewal Tenant Improvement allowance:

     $1,488,028.00           

JLL commission TF credit:

     $234,253.50           
  

 

 

         

Total TF credit as of 6/1/13

     $2,013,172.99           
  

 

 

         

Withdrawal:

     ($13,765.00   June 2013    J&M Sign    CDPHE Monument Sign
  

 

 

         

Balance:

     $1,999,407.99           

Withdrawal:

     ($600.00   June 2013    Keiding    Space planning for cafeteria kitchen

Withdrawal:

     ($800.00   June 2013    Keiding    Space planning for the Lobby \Conf rooms

Withdrawal:

     ($250.00   June 2013    Forum Engraving    Additional Parking signs

Balance:

     $1,998,807.99           

Withdrawal:

     ($4,375.25   August 2013    Student Movers    cafeteria kitchen

Withdrawal:

     ($38,411.00   August 2013    A&B    cafeteria kitchen

Balance:

     $1,956,021.74           

Withdrawal:

     ($880.00   August 2013    Keiding    Space planning for the Lobby \Conf rooms

Balance:

     $1,955,141.74           

Withdrawal:

     ($3,049.00   September 2013    Forum Engraving    Additional Parking signs

Balance:

     $1,952,092.74           

Withdrawal:

     ($7,450.00   September 2013    Brown Brothers    Parking sign posts\bollards

Withdrawal:

     ($5,989.51   September 2013    Chris Electric    Additional Electrical Panels Bldg B

Balance:

     $1,938,653.23           

Withdrawal:

     ($2,580.00   October 2013    Forum Engraving    Additional Parking signs

Withdrawal:

     ($747.50   October 2013    Keiding    Space planning for the Cafeteria Seating Area

Withdrawal:

     ($1,674.00   November 2013    MasterKlean    Cleaning

Withdrawal:

     ($672.50   November 2013    Keiding    Space planning revisions for the cafeteria seating area

Withdrawal:

     ($440.75   November 2013    Keiding    Space planning revisions for the lobby

Balance:

     $1,932,538.48           

Withdrawal:

     ($57,864.00   December 2013    A&B    Trash Enclosure

Withdrawal:

     ($23,670.00   December 2013    A&B    cafeteria kitchen exhaust venting

Balance:

     $1,851,004.48           

Withdrawal:

     ($38,020.55   January 2014    PEAR    Cafeteria Seating area furniture

Withdrawal:

     ($400.00   January 2014    Keiding    Space planning revisions for the lobby

Balance:

     $1,812,583.93           
     $14,140.29      Deleting the Forum invoice above   

Revised Balance as of 01/07/14:

     $1,826,724.22      Reconciled w\Heather   
     ($92,798.00   January 2014    A&B    cafeteria eating area construction

Balance:

     $1,733,926.22           

Withdrawal:

     ($467.50   February 2014    Keiding    Parking Plan Revision

Withdrawal:

     ($1,720.55   February 2014    Forum Engraving    Various Parking Signs

Balance:

     $1,731,738.17           

Withdrawal:

     ($750.78   March 2014    Mathias    Cafeteria Kitchen Area - Lock change

Ending Balance as at March 31, 2013

     $1,730,987.39           


City Center - TI’s / LC’s

 

     As at  
     Feb 2014      Mar 2014  

Tenant Improvement

     

Kobie

     395,916         358,416   

Deacon & Moulds

     6,893         6,893   

ASD

     499         499   

CRE Models

     499         499   

Ferber

     499         499   

O’Brian

     750         750   

Sound Atenuating AD< Ferber, CRE & O’Brian

     2,392         2,392   

McLain Foods

     39,513         39,513   

GSA TI

     470,089         470,089   

GSA Shell

     126,235         126,235   

Strategic Innovative Solutions

     46,538         4,821   

RBC

     142,705         3,670   

Wells Fargo

     140,000         140,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     1,372,528         1,154,276   

Leasing Commissions

     

Strategic Innovative Solutions

     8,157         8,157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     1,380,685         1,162,433   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


Schedule 1.02(b)

Balance Sheet

[See attached.]


Database: NBSRLTY

   BALANCE SHEET      Page:               1   
   Norris, Beggs & Simpson      Date:   3/3/2014   
   AMBERGLEN CONSOLIDATED      Time:  03:09 PM   

Accrual

     
   Report includes an open period. Entries are not final.   

 

          Feb 2014  
ASSETS      
CASH      
1002    CASH-OPERATING      1,716,855.02   
1020    CASH-SECURITY DEPOSITS      446,807.92   
1070    RESERVES-T.I. & LEASING      365,109.18   
1075    RESERVES-TAXES      40,113.88   
1080    RESERVES-INSURANCE      68,721.99   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CASH

     2,637,607.99   

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

  
1110    ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE      43,132.36   
1160    OTHER A/R-FM LENDER      150,545.56   
1161    OTHER A/R-MISC      (11,701.63
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

     181,976.29   
1305    PREPAID INSURANCE      28,739.44   
1340    PREPAID LEASE      6,725.89   
1615    LAND      4,420,847.80   
1618    BUILDING      14,363,929.44   
1620    BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS      490,391.00   
1633    BLDG-FINANCING FEES      280,236.61   
1637    BLDG-LEGAL FEES      14,231.50   
1638    ORGANIZATIONAL FEES      1,000.00   
1679    TENANT IMPROVEMENTS      1,737,129.79   
1684    F/F/E-FURN. & FIXT.-GEN      11,679.00   
1720    ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION      (2,590,220.00
1822    ACQUISITION COSTS      22,507.00   
1826    LEASING COMMISSIONS      1,113,068.04   
1828    ACCUM AMORT-LOAN COSTS      (329,208.00
     

 

 

 

TOTAL OTHER ASSETS

     19,571,057.51   

TOTAL ASSETS

     22,390,641.79   
     

 

 

 
LIABILITIES      
2010    ACCOUNTS PAYABLE      30,299.48   
2020    ACCRUED TAXES      (0.05
2029    ACCRUED EXPENSES-OTHER      41,637.00   
2045    SECURITY DEPOSITS      446,807.92   
2055    PREPAID RENT      196,617.99   
2370    MORTGAGE PAYABLE      23,500,000.00   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     24,215,362.34   
     

 

 

 
EQUITY      
3010    ORIGINAL CAPITALIZATION      (6,600,988.78
3011    OWNERS EQUITY      8,658,729.79   
3020    PRIOR YEAR OWNER CONTRIBU      1,000.00   
3025    PRIOR YEAR OWNER DISTRIB      (2,187,191.07


Database: NBSRLTY   

BALANCE SHEET

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

AMBERGLEN CONSOLIDATED

   Page:                   2

Date:       3/3/2014
Time:     03:09 PM

Accrual

     
   Report includes an open period. Entries are not final.   

 

          Feb 2014  
3041    PRIOR YR EXP PD BY OWNER      (4,064,267.53
3050    PRIOR YEARS’ INCOME(LOSS)      2,011,786.52   
3060    CURRENT YEAR INCOME(LOSS)      356,210.52   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY

     (1,824,720.55
     

 

 

 

TOTAL LIAB. & EQUITY

     22,390,641.79   
     

 

 

 


Database: NBSRLTY   

COMPARATIVE INCOME STATEMENT

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

AMBERGLEN CONSOLIDATED

   Page:                   1

Date:       3/3/2014
Time:    03:09 PM

Accrual

     
   Report includes an open period. Entries are not final.   

 

    

Thru:

   Actual
Feb 2014
    Current Period
Budget
Feb 2014
     Variance           Actual
Feb 2014
    Year-To-Date
Budget
Feb 2014
     Variance           Annual
Budget
 

REVENUE

                    

4030

   BASE RENT-OFFICE      287,836.69        373,415.18         (85,578.49     -22.92     569,587.73        746,830.36         (177,242.63     -23.73     4,725,272.12   

4050

   BASE RENT-INDUSTRIAL      86,081.40        0.00         86,081.40        0.00     172,162.80        0.00         172,162.80        0.00     0.00   

4260

   COMMON AREA REC-OPERATING      87,291.81        85,940.45         1,351.36        1.57     173,573.74        171,880.90         1,692.84        0.98     1,031,285.40   

4270

   COMMON AREA REC-TAXES      743.74        546.00         197.74        36.22     1,487.48        1,092.00         395.48        36.22     6,552.00   

4430

   ESCALATIONS-CPI      (2.04     0.00         (2.04     0.00     (1.04     0.00         (1.04     0.00     0.00   

4540

   GROUND RENT      4,590.36        4,651.54         (61.18     -1.32     9,241.90        9,303.08         (61.18     -0.66     55,958.03   

4935

   MISC. INCOME      0.00        0.00         0.00        0.00     1,168.50        0.00         1,168.50        0.00     0.00   

4952

   UTILITIES REIMBURSE      415.00        415.00         0.00        0.00     830.00        830.00         0.00        0.00     4,980.00   

4972

   HVAC REIMB/OVERTIME      40.00        40.00         0.00        0.00     80.00        80.00         0.00        0.00     480.00   

4976

   INTEREST INCOME      42.20        12.11         30.09        248.47     92.65        22.71         69.94        307.97     91.57   
     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL RENTAL REVENUE

     467,039.16        465,020.28         2,018.88        0.43     928,223.76        930,039.05         (1,815.29     -0.20     5,824,619.12   
     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL REVENUE

     467,039.16        465,020.28         2,018.88        0.43     928,223.76        930,039.05         (1,815.29     -0.20     5,824,619.12   
     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES

                    

OPERATING EXPENSES

                    

5014

   HOLIDAY DECORATIONS      0.00        0.00         0.00        0.00     0.00        0.00         0.00        0.00     2,150.00   

5020

   ANSWERING SERVICE/PAGERS      117.00        148.83         31.83        21.39     252.95        297.66         44.71        15.02     1,786.00   

5035

   ASSOCIATION DUES      6,590.01        7,153.57         563.56        7.88     13,180.62        14,307.14         1,126.52        7.87     85,842.80   

5065

   MISCELLANEOUS ADMIN EXP      5,000.00        5,000.00         0.00        0.00     10,000.00        10,000.00         0.00        0.00     60,000 00   

5090

   SUPPLIES-OFFICE      111.63        350.67         239.04        68.17     167.66        701.34         533.68        76.09     4,208.00   

5095

   TELEPHONE      102.86        1,126.33         1,023.47        90.87     1,299.86        2,252.66         952.80        42.30     13,516.00   

5106

   SIGNAGE      0.00        0.00         0.00        0.00     0.00        0.00         0.00        0.00     5,150.00   

5110

   TRAVEL-OTHER      0.00        85.50         85.50        100.00     57.62        171.00         113.38        66.30     1,026 00   
     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE

     11,921.50        13,864.90         1,943.40        14.02     24,958.71        27,729.80         2,771.09        9.99     173,678 80   

5150

   MANAGEMENT FEES      16,421.57        16,273.62         (147.95     -0.91     32,356.17        32,547.24         191.07        0.59     203,838.43   
     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL MANAGEMENT FEES

     16,421.57        16,273.62         (147.95     -0.91     32,356.17        32,547.24         191.07        0.59     203,838.43   


Database: NBSRLTY

 

Accrual

  

COMPARATIVE INCOME STATEMENT

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

AMBERGLEN CONSOLIDATED

    

 

 

Page:                  2

Date:      3/3/2014

Time:    03:09 PM

  

  

  

   Report includes an open period. Entries are not final.   

 

    

Thru:

   Actual
Feb 2014
     Current Period
Budget
Feb 2014
     Variance           Actual
Feb 2014
    Year-To-Date
Budget
Feb 2014
     Variance           Annual
Budget
 

5180

   ELEVATOR SERVICE      2,235.76         1,295.08         (940.68     -72.63     2,235.76        2,540.16         304.40        11.98     15,840.84   

5207

   WINDOWS & DOORS      0.00         0.00         0.00        0.00     84.00        0.00         (84.00     0.00     0.00   

5219

   PEST CONTROL      0.00         245.00         245.00        100.00     0.00        490.00         490.00        100.00     2,940.00   

5227

   SNOW REMOVAL      0.00         1,300.00         1,300.00        100.00     0.00        2,800.00         2,800.00        100.00     4,100.00   

5240

   UNIFORMS      0.00         0.00         0.00        0.00     0.00        431.00         431.00        100.00     950.00   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL GENERAL OPERATING

     2,235.76         2,840.08         604.32        21.28     2,319.76        6,261.16         3,941.40        62.95     23,830.84   

5368

   ELECTRICAL REPAIR      446.89         500.00         53.11        10.62     862.64        1,300.00         437.36        33.64     12,200.00   

5379

   FIRE PREVENTION      0.00         392.17         392.17        100.00     943.00        3,294.34         2,351.34        71.38     15,336.00   

5400

   HVAC REPAIR/REPL/MAINT      787.32         6,861.67         6,074.35        88.53     6,522.29        10,178.34         3,656.05        35.92     42,450.00   

5405

   LANDSCAPING-EXTERIOR      5,519.00         6,472.50         953.50        14.73     8,009.00        12,615.00         4,606.00        36.51     66,229.00   

5407

   LANDSCAPING-INTERIOR      320.00         358.33         38.33        10.70     320.00        716.66         396.66        55.35     5,050.00   

5409

   MISCELLANEOUS EXTERIOR RE      0.00         0.00         0.00        0.00     (335.16     0.00         335.16        0.00     5,075.00   

5410

   MISCELLANEOUS INTERIOR RE      3,846.00         591.67         (3,254.33     -550.02     3,846.00        1,183.34         (2,662.66     -225.01     9,100.00   

5412

   REP&MAIN-GENERAL REPAIR      0.00         166.67         166.67        100.00     138.95        333.34         194.39        58.32     4,500.00   

5413

   ROOF MAINTENANCE      1,060.00         1,500.00         440.00        29.33     1,616.00        4,900.00         3,284.00        67.02     7,400.00   

5420

   PARKING LOT REPAIRS      0.00         425.00         425.00        100.00     0.00        850.00         850.00        100.00     28,977.00   

5425

   PLUMBING      601.20         125.00         (476.20     -380.96     601.20        250.00         (351.20     -140.48     7,615.00   

5471

   WAGES      22,472.35         17,427.41         (5,044.94     -28.95     40,694.79        34,854.82         (5,839.97     -16.76     209,129.00   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL REPAIRS & MAINT

     35,052.76         34,820.42         (232.34     -0.67     63,218.71        70,475.84         7,257.13        10.30     413,061.00   

5510

   SECURITY SERVICES CONTRAC      793.16         1,222.08         428.92        35.10     1,080.00        2,444.16         1,364.16        55.81     14,665.00   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL SECURITY

     793.16         1,222.08         428.92        35.10     1,080.00        2,444.16         1,364.16        55.81     14,665.00   

5625

   WINDOW WASHING      0.00         0.00         0.00        0.00     0.00        0.00         0.00        0.00     9,970.00   

5627

   DAY PORTER      776.00         965.83         189.83        19.65     776.00        1,931.66         1,155.66        59.83     11,590.00   

5630

   JANITORIAL CONTRACT      9,807.50         10,140.00         332.50        3.28     19,153.99        20,280.00         1,126.01        5.55     125,659.00   

5635

   JANITORIAL SUPPLIES      2,262.93         1,800.00         (462.93     -25.72     3,434.96        3,600.00         165.04        4.58     21,600.00   

5637

   PARKING LOT SWEEPING      287.00         0.00         (287.00     0.00     287.00        0.00         (287.00     0.00     0.00   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL CLEANING

     13,133.43         12,905.83         (227.60     -1.76     23,651.95        25,811.66         2,159.71        8.37     168,819.00   


Database: NBSRLTY

 

Accrual

  

COMPARATIVE INCOME STATEMENT

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

AMBERGLEN CONSOLIDATED

    

 

 

Page:                  3

Date:      3/3/2014

Time:    03:09 PM

  

  

  

   Report includes an open period. Entries are not final.   

 

    

Thru:

  Actual
Feb 2014
    Current Period
Budget
Feb 2014
    Variance           Actual
Feb 2014
    Year-To-Date
Budget
Feb 2014
    Variance           Annual
Budget
 

5705

   UTILITIES-ELECTRIC     27,715.00        39,488.00        11,773.00        29.81     64,380.54        83,872.00        19,491.46        23.24     493,115.00   

5710

   UTILITIES-GAS & OIL     1,982.00        2,150.91        168.91        7.85     4,414.91        5,400.73        985.82        18.25     25,470.22   

5720

   UTILITIES-WATER & SEWER     5,555.83        5,121.00        (434.83     -8.49     9,897.93        10,128.00        230.07        2.27     73,440.00   

5725

   UTILITIES-TRASH REMOVAL     368.57        1,433.36        1,064.79        74.29     1,841.00        2,866.72        1,025.72        35.78     17,567.80   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

    35,621.40        48,193.27        12,571.87        26.09     80,534.38        102,267.45        21,733.07        21.25     609,593.02   

5761

   INSURANCE-PROP/LIAB     7,184.87        7,185.76        0.89        0.01     14,369.74        14,371.52        1.78        0.01     86,241.52   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

    7,184.87        7,185.76        0.89        0.01     14,369.74        14,371.52        1.78        0.01     86,241.52   

5865

   TAX-REAL ESTATE PROPERTY     34,899.02        38,790.25        3,891.23        10.03     69,798.03        77,580.50        7,782.47        10.03     465,483.00   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL TAXES

    34,899.02        38,790.25        3,891.23        10.03     69,798.03        77,580.50        7,782.47        10.03     465,483.00   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL OPERATING & MAINT

    157,263.47        176,096.21        18,832.74        10.69     312,287.45        359,489.33        47,201.88        13.13     2,159,210.61   

NON-REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

                 

6005

   ACCOUNTING FEES     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00     5,700.00   

6010

   ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES     406.63        0.00        (406.63     0.00     406.63        500.00        93.37        18.67     5,815.00   

6015

   ARCHITECT/ENGINEER     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00     2,903.00        350.00        (2,553.00     -729.43     1,150.00   

6025

   BANK CHARGES     494.24        600.00        105.76        17.63     945.52        1,200.00        254.48        21.21     7,200.00   

6062

   MARKETING     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00     83.88        0.00        (83.88     0.00     0.00   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE

    900.87        600.00        (300.87     -50.15     4,339.03        2,050.00        (2,289.03     -111.66     19,865.00   

6412

   R&M-GENERAL REPAIRS     0.00        400.00        400.00        100.00     0.00        400.00        400.00        100.00     2,800.00   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL REPAIRS & MAINT

    0.00        400.00        400.00        100.00     0.00        400.00        400.00        100.00     2,800.00   


Database: NBSRLTY

 

Accrual

  

COMPARATIVE INCOME STATEMENT

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

AMBERGLEN CONSOLIDATED

    

 

 

Page:                  4

Date:      3/3/2014

Time:    03:09 PM

  

  

  

 

Report includes an open period. Entries are not final.   
    

Thru:

  Actual
Feb 2014
    Current Period
Budget
Feb 2014
    Variance           Actual
Feb 2014
    Year-To-Date
Budget
Feb 2014
    Variance           Annual
Budget
 

6708

   UTIL-ELECTRICITY-VACANCY     0.00        1,250.00        1,250.00        100.00     0.00        2,500.00        2,500.00        100.00     15,000.00   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

    0.00        1,250.00        1,250.00        100.00     0.00        2,500.00        2,500.00        100.00     15,000.00   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NON-REIMBURSABLE XPENSES

    900.67        2,250.00        1,349.13        59.96     4,339.03        4,950.00        610.97        12.34     37,665.00   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL EXPENSES

    158,164.34        178,346.21        20,181.87        11.32     316,626.48        364,439.33        47,812.85        13.12     2,196,875.61   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCOME BEFORE CAPITAL EXPENSES

    308,874.82        286,674.07        22,200.75        7.74     611,597.28        565,599.72        45,997.56        8.13     3,627,743.51   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

LEASING COSTS & CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

                 

9110

   LEASE COMMISSION     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00     115,480.81   

9115

   TENANT IMPROVEMENTS     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00     2,435.38        0.00        (2,435.38     0.00     229,551.00   

9117

   TI-CONSTRUCTION MGMT     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00     0.00        3,389.00        3,389.00        100.00     6,887.00   

9118

   CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS     0.00        52,000.00        52,000.00        100.00     0.00        103,000.00        103,000.00        100.00     293,000.00   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL LEASING COSTS & CAPITAL IMPROVEMEN

    0.00        52,000.00        52,000.00        100.00     2,435.38        106,389.00        103,953.62        97.71     644,918.81   

8110

   DEBT SERVICE-1ST MORTGAGE     126,475.69        126,475.70        0.01        0.00     252,951.38        252,951.40        0.02        0.00     1,489,151.71   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT SERVICE

    126,475.69        126,475.70        0.01        0.00     252,951.38        252,951.40        0.02        0.00     1,489,151.71   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCOME AFTER DEBT & LEASING/CAPITAL CO:

    182,399.13        108,198.37        74,200.76        68.58     356,210.52        206,259.32        149,951.20        72.70     1,493.672.99   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

RESERVES


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    Current Period
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Feb 2014
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Feb 2014
    Variance           Annual
Budget
 

1070

   RESERVES-T.I. & LEASING      44,369.70        44,465.58        95.88        0.22     88,747.65        88,931.16        183.51        0.21     533,587.00   

1075

   RESERVES-TAXES      (103,670.08     43,970.50        147,640.58        335.77     (67,724.09     87,941.00        155,665.09        177.01     527,646.00   

1080

   RESERVES-INSURANCE      7,544.11        7,032.25        (511.86     -7.28     15,088.22        14,064.50        (1,023.72     -7.28     84,387.00   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL RESERVES

     (51,756.27     95,468.33        147,224.60        154.21     36,111.78        190,936.66        154,624.88        81.09     1,145,620.00   

RESERVE OFF-SET

                  

1070

   RESERVES-T.I. & LEASING      (44,369.70     (44,465.58     (95.88     -0.22     (88,747.65     (88,931.16     (183.51     -0.21     (533,587.00

1075

   RESERVES-TAXES      103,670.08        (43,970.50     (147,640.58     -335.77     67,724.09        (87,941.00     (155,665.09     -177.01     (527,646.00

1080

   RESERVES-INSURANCE      (7,544.11     (7,032.25     511.86        7.28     (15,088.22     (14,064.50     1,023.72        7.28     (84,387.00
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL RESERVE OFF-SET

     51,756.27        (95,468.33     (147,224.60     -154.21     (36,111.78     (190,936.66     (154,824.88     -81.09     (1,145,620.00
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET CASH FLOW

     182,399.13        108,198.37        74,200.76        68.58     356,210.52        206,259.32        149,951.20        72.70     1,493,672.99   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 


Schedule 1.02(b)(i)

METHODS OF CALCULATING NET WORKING CAPITAL

Reference is hereby made to the Contribution Agreement dated as of [•], 2014 (the “ Agreement ”), by and among [•], [•] and [•]. Capitalized terms used in herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

Basis of Presentation

 

    All amounts reflected in the Closing Date Net Working Capital shall be determined on a consolidated basis as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date. The Closing Date Net Working Capital shall be prepared as if they were being prepared at a year-end and will include all accruals and adjustments, prorated as appropriate to take into account the number of days in the current year elapsed through the Closing Date as a percentage of the entire year.

 

    For purposes of calculating Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to the Agreement, account balances are denominated in United States Dollars (USD).

Calculation of Closing Date Net Working Capital

Assets

For purposes of these Methods of Calculating WC and the Agreement, “ Current Assets ” shall mean the aggregate balances as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date of each of the following assets of the Initial Property Owners: (i) restricted cash, (ii) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) Rents Receivable, net, excluding straight line rent receivables and (iv) Prepaid Expenses and other assets, in each case, as such amount is determined in accordance with the methodologies set forth below.

Restricted cash:

 

    Restricted cash will be included in Closing Date Net Working Capital.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

    Cash and cash equivalents shall consist of cash and highly liquid instruments with remaining maturities of 90 days or less when purchased and consist of all bank accounts.

 

    Deposits in transit will be included in cash and outstanding checks and other payments that have been released will reduce the cash balance.

Rents receivable, net:

 

    Valid rent receivables arising in the ordinary course of business, that are not subject to setoffs or counterclaims, will be included in Closing Date Net Working Capital, except that any receivables due from affiliates, straight line rent receivables and lease inducement costs will be excluded from Closing Date Net Working Capital.

 

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    All rent receivables will be net of reserves for doubtful accounts. For purposes of calculating Closing Date Net Working Capital, the allowance will be based on the specific identification method, plus an additional allowance equal to 50% of the rent receivable balances that are more than 60 days but less than or equal to 90 days outstanding plus 100% of the accounts receivable balances that are more than 90 days outstanding.

Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets:

 

    Prepaid expenses will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital, only to the extent that the Initial Property Owners retain a future benefit for such prepaid expenses and will be valued as of the Closing Date based on such future benefit.

Liabilities

For purposes of these Methods of Calculating WC and the Agreement, “ Current Liabilities ” shall mean the aggregate balances as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date of each of the following liabilities of the Initial Property Owners: (i) accounts payable and accrued liabilities, (ii) deferred rent, (iii) tenant rent deposits, and (iv) Reserves – free rent funded at closing, capital reserve, tenant improvements, and letters of credit.

Accounts Payable and accrued liabilities :

 

    All accounts payable will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital, except that (i) any accounts payable due to affiliates will be excluded from the Closing Date Net Working Capital, unless otherwise required to be paid by any Initial Property Owners, (ii) all legal, accounting and other professional fees or expenses that are paid at or prior to Closing will be excluded from the Closing Date Net Working Capital, and (iii) all payables related to contracts for which no Initial Property Owner will have any continuing obligations or liability will be excluded from the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

 

    Accounts payable are recorded at the aggregate amount due with respect to the obligation.

 

    Any rent payable in arrears will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

 

    Accrued interest payable will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital to the extent not paid prior to the Closing Date.

Deferred Rent:

 

    All deferred rent will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

Tenant Rent Deposits:

 

    All tenant rent deposits will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

 

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Reserves

 

    All remaining reserves set forth on Exhibit A hereto relating to free rent, capital reserves, tenant improvements associated with leases signed before January 15, 2014, and letters of credit reserves will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

Other Adjustments

For purposes of calculating Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to the Agreement, for the avoidance of doubt:

 

    Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude all liabilities associated with the Agreement if and only to the extent that the obligations of the Initial Property Owners with respect to the same are fully discharged or assigned such that the Initial Property Owner shall have no additional liability on and following the Closing Date.

 

    Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude all intercompany and affiliate receivables and liabilities/payables to the extent that the same are not paid on or satisfied prior to the Closing Date.

 

    Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude any assets related to prior organization costs or costs recorded for prior purchases of investments, deferred financing costs, management contracts, property interests, partnership interests or any other assets not owned by the Initial Property Owners immediately following the Closing.

 

    Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude all prepaid assets and other assets not owned by the Initial Property Owners immediately following the Closing.

 

    Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude any furniture, fixtures and equipment.

 

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WORKING CAPITAL SUMMARY

As at February 28, 2014

 

     Corporate
Parkway
    AmberGlen     Central
Fairwinds
    City Center     Washington
Plaza
    Cherry
Creek
    Total  

Current Assets

              

Restricted cash

     347,657        920,753        885,620        923,270       4,801,811        216,062        8,095,173   

Cash & cash equivalents

     3,172        1,716,855        623,835        1,018,997       2,049,324        1,829,226        7,241,409   

Accounts receivable (billed)

     —          181,976        15,804        43,931       136,276        130,146        508,133   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     22,203        35,465        57,091        48,912       43,378        (5,776     201,274   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     373,033        2,855,050        1,582,350        2,035,111       7,030,789        2,169,659        16,045,990   

Current Liabilities

              

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (114,288     (71,937     (57,632     (255,631     (1,631,407     (316,973     (2,447,868

Deferred rent

     —          (196,618     (43,359     (44,739     (815,145     —          (1,099,861

Tenant rent deposits

     —          (446,808     (170,406     (684,655     (44,613     (133,986     (1,480,468
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (114,288     (715,362     (271,397     (985,025     (2,491,165     (450,959     (5,028,196

Net working capital (before reserves

     258,745        2,139,687        1,310,953        1,050,085       4,539,624        1,718,700        11,017,794   

Reserves

              

Free Rent Funded at Closing

     —          (203,269     (86,668     (841,568     —          —          (1,131,505

Capital Reserve

     —          —          (345,054     —          (2,020,765     —          (2,365,818

TI’s / LC’s

     —          (23,575     (60,551     (1,380,685     (2,384,492     (1,731,738     (5,581,042

Accounts receivable reserve

     —          (22,012     —          (5,106     (8,334     —          (35,452
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     —          (248,855     (492,273     (2,227,360     (4,413,591     (1,731,738     (9,113,818

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

     258,745        1,890,832        818,680        (1,177,275     126,033        (13,038     1,903,976   

Ownership Interest

     100     76     90     95     100     100  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SCCP Share

     258,745        1,437,032        736,812        (1,118,411     126,033        (13,038     1,427,172   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Corporate Parkway

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: May 17, 2013

 

     FINAL          WORKING CAPITAL
CLASSIFICATION
   28-Feb-13               
     TB                         

BMO HARRIS BANK

     132.90      CASH    CASH      3,172        

BMO—Bank of Montreal USD

     3,039.26      CASH    RESTRICTED CASH      347,657       

BMO HARRIS BANK

     3.08      RESTRICTED CASH    RENTS RECEIVABLE,
NET
     —          

Clark Wilson LLP—Trust account

     347,654.30      RESTRICTED CASH    PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
     22,203        

Deferred Rent Receivables

     89,372.70      RENTS RECEIVABLE,
NET
   AP AND ACCRUALS      (114,288     

Prepaid Insurance—$ 17,895 (1 year 05/17/13-4/29/14)

     3,085.17      PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
   DEFERRED RENT      —          

Prepaid Insurance—$ 28,257.28 (4 year 05/17/13-05/16/17)

     19,118.28      PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
   TENANT RENT
DEPOSITS
     —          
          

 

 

      

Interest payable

     (114,288.19   AP AND ACCRUALS    TOTAL      258,745       
          

 

 

      

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

     348,117.50         Current Assets      373,033       

Deduct non-working capital acounts:

        Current Liabilities      (114,288     

Deferred Rent Receivables -Striaght Line

     (89,372.70             
  

 

 

              
     258,744.80                

Reserves

               

Free Rent

     —                  

Capital Reserve

     —           Aged receivables      Reserve %        Balance         Reserve   

Tis/LCs

     —           0-30 Days      0     0         —     

Accounts receivable reserve

     —           30-60 Days      0     0         —     
        60-90 Days      50     0         —     
  

 

 

              

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

     258,744.80         90+ Days      100     0         —     
               

 

 

 

Ownership Interest

     100                —     
  

 

 

              

SCCP Share

     258,744.80                
  

 

 

              

Check

     —                  


Amberglen

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: December 11, 2009

 

     FINAL          WORKING CAPITAL                    
     TB          CLASSIFICATION    28-Feb-13               

CASH-OPERATING

     1,716,855.02      CASH    CASH      1,716,855        

CASH-SECURITY DEPOSITS

     446,807.92      RESTRICTED CASH    RESTRICTED CASH      920,753       

RESERVES-T.I. & LEASING

     365,109.18      RESTRICTED CASH    RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET      181,976       

RESERVES-TAXES

     40,113.88      RESTRICTED CASH    PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS      35,465        

RESERVES-INSURANCE

     68,721.99      RESTRICTED CASH    AP AND ACCRUALS      (71,937     

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

     43,132.36      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    DEFERRED RENT      (196,618     

OTHER A/R-FM LENDER

     150,545.56      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    TENANT RENT DEPOSITS      (446,808     
          

 

 

      

OTHER A/R-MISC

     (11,701.63   RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    TOTAL      2,139,687        
          

 

 

      

DEFERRED RENT-GAAP

     —       RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    Current Assets      2,855,050        

PREPAID INSURANCE

     28,739.44      PREPAID AND OTHER
ASSETS
   Current Liabilities      (715,362     

PREPAID LEASE

     6,725.89      PREPAID AND OTHER
ASSETS
          

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

     (30,299.48   AP AND ACCRUALS           

ACCRUED TAXES

     (0.05   AP AND ACCRUALS           

ACCRUED EXPENSES-OTHER

     (41,637.00   AP AND ACCRUALS           

SECURITY DEPOSITS

     (446,807.92   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS           

PREPAID RENT

     (196,617.99   DEFERRED RENT           

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

     2,139,687.17                

Deduct non-working capital acounts:

               

DEFERRED RENT-GAAP - Straight Line

     —                 
  

 

 

              
     2,139,687.17         Aged receivables      Reserve %        Balance         Reserve   

Reserves

        0-30 Days      0     530        —    

Free Rent

     (203,268.50      30-60 Days      0     5,486         —    

Capital Reserve

     —          60-90 Days      50     30,377         15,188  

Tis/LCs

     (23,575.34      90+ Days      100     6,823         6,823  
          

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accounts receivable reserve

     (22,011.63      Total        43,216         22,012  
  

 

 

              

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

     1,890,831.71                

Ownership Interest

     76             
  

 

 

              

SCCP Share

     1,437,032.10                
  

 

 

              

Check

     —                 


Central Fairwinds

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: May 9, 2012

 

     FINAL          WORKING CAPITAL                   
     TB          CLASSIFICATION    12/31/13              

1110 Cash - Operating

     623,835.13      CASH    CASH      623,835      

1115 Cash - R.E. Tax & Insurance Reserve

     90,170.96      RESTRICTED CASH    RESTRICTED CASH      885,620      

1120 Cash - Security Deposit

     170,405.71      RESTRICTED CASH    RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET      15,804       

1866 Interest Escrow

     625,042.91      RESTRICTED CASH    PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
     57,091       

1300 Rents Receivable (Net)

     13,829.68      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    AP AND ACCRUALS      (57,632    

1814 Straight Line Lease

     247,716.97      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    DEFERRED RENT      (43,359    

2260 Sales Tax Payable

     1,973.92      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    TENANT RENT DEPOSITS      (170,406    
          

 

 

     

1315 Prepaid Expenses and Other

     57,091.21      PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
   TOTAL      1,310,953      
          

 

 

     

2240 Deferred Charges

     —       AP AND ACCRUALS    Current Assets      1,582,350      

2200 Accounts Payable

     (42,913.19   AP AND ACCRUALS    Current Liabilities      (271,397    

2220 Accrued Expenses

     (14,719.14   AP AND ACCRUALS          

2276 Prepaid Rent

     (43,358.51   DEFERRED RENT          

2230 Security Deposits Payable

     (170,405.71   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS          

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

     1,558,669.94               

Deduct non-working capital acounts:

        Aged receivables      Reserve %        Balance        Reserve   

1814 Straight Line Lease

     (247,716.97      0-30 Days      0     22,414        —     
  

 

 

             
     1,310,952.97         30-60 Days      0     3,687       —     

Reserves

        60-90 Days      50     0       —     

Free Rent

     (86,668.06      90+ Days      100     (12,271     —     
          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Reserve

     (345,053.82      Total        13,830        —     

Tis/LCs

     (60,551.40            

Accounts receivable reserve

     —                
  

 

 

             

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

     818,679.69               

Ownership Interest

     90            
  

 

 

             

SCCP Share

     736,811.72               
  

 

 

             


City Center

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: December 14, 2010

 

     FINAL          WORKING CAPITAL                    
     TB          CLASSIFICATION    12/31/13               

1110 Cash - Operating

     652,426     CASH    CASH      1,018,997        

1125 Petty Cash

     500.00      CASH    RESTRICTED CASH      923,270       

1140 Cash - CC Checking

     305.35      CASH    RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET      43,931       

1141 Cash - CC MM

     365,764.98      CASH    PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
     48,912       

1120 Cash - Security Deposit

     172,999.07      RESTRICTED CASH    AP AND ACCRUALS      (255,631     

1130 Cash - Restricted

     500,456.66      RESTRICTED CASH    DEFERRED RENT      (44,739     

1860 R/E Tax Escrow

     181,394.22      RESTRICTED CASH    TENANT RENT DEPOSITS      (684,655     
          

 

 

      

1861 Insurance Escrow

     68,420.38      RESTRICTED CASH    TOTAL      1,050,085        
          

 

 

      

1305 Other Receivables

     39,883.77      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    Current Assets      2,035,111        

1317 Lease Inducement Costs

     452,546.09      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    Current Liabilities      (985,025     

1730 Straight Line Rent Receivable

     2,289,644.69      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET           

2260 Sales Tax Payable

     4,047.47      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET           

1810 Utility Deposits

     11,541.00      PREPAID AND OTHER
ASSETS
          

2316 Insurance Payable

     27,174.32      PREPAID AND OTHER
ASSETS
          

1315 Prepaid Expenses and Other

     10,197.14      PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
          

2200 Accounts Payable

     (27,960.26   AP AND ACCRUALS           

2201 Accounts Payable - Other

     (67,005.67   AP AND ACCRUALS           

2210 Accrued Interest Expense

     (104,038.38   AP AND ACCRUALS           

2220 Accrued Expenses

     (56,626.78   AP AND ACCRUALS           

1300 Rents Receivable (Net)

     43,318.20      DEFERRED RENT           

2276 Prepaid Rent

     (88,057.30   DEFERRED RENT           

2230 Security Deposits Payable

     (684,655.22   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS           

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

     3,792,275.95                

Deduct non-working capital acounts:

        Aged receivables      Reserve %        Balance         Reserve   

1317 Lease Inducement Costs

     (452,546.09      0-30 Days      0     18,424        —    

1730 Straight Line Rent Receivable

     (2,289,644.69      30-60 Days      0     16,070        —    
  

 

 

              
     1,050,085.17         60-90 Days      50     7,434         3,717  

Reserves

        90+ Days      100     1,389         1,389  
          

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Free Rent

     (841,568.33      Total        43,318        5,106  

Capital Reserve

     —                 

Tis/LCs

     (1,380,685.00             

Accounts receivable reserve

     (5,106.45             
  

 

 

              

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

     (1,177,274.61             

Ownership Interest

     95             
  

 

 

              

SCCP Share

     (1,118,410.88             
  

 

 

              


Washington Group Plaza

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: June 7, 2013

 

     FINAL          WORKING CAPITAL                    
     TB          CLASSIFICATION    12/31/13               

        Wells Fargo - Operating Ckg

     2,049,323.98      CASH    CASH      2,049,324        

        Wells Fargo - Sec Deposit Ckg

     44,613.13      RESTRICTED CASH    RESTRICTED CASH      4,801,811        

        Wells Fargo - DACA Checking

     5,000.00      RESTRICTED CASH    RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET      136,276       

        Real Estate Tax Escrow

     541,910.64      RESTRICTED CASH    PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
     43,378       

        Insurance Escrow

     112,464.80      RESTRICTED CASH    AP AND ACCRUALS      (1,631,407     

        Reserves - Immediate Repairs

     772,057.00      RESTRICTED CASH    DEFERRED RENT      (815,145     

        Reserves - Replacement

     64,892.22      RESTRICTED CASH    TENANT RENT DEPOSITS      (44,613     
          

 

 

      

        Reserves - TI/LC Obligations

     876,381.00      RESTRICTED CASH    TOTAL      4,539,624        
          

 

 

      

        Reserves - TI/LC Rollovers

     2,384,492.10      RESTRICTED CASH    Current Assets      7,030,789        

        Accounts Receivable Account

     125,619.01      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    Current Liabilities      (2,491,165     

        Tenant TI Reimb Receivable

     10,656.97      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET           

        SL Rent Receivable

     8,697.00      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET           

        Prepaid Insurance

     34,521.72      PREPAID AND OTHER
ASSETS
          

        Prepaid Expenses

     8,856.23      PREPAID AND OTHER
ASSETS
          

        Accounts Payable Account

     (232,734.62   AP AND ACCRUALS           

        Accrued Expenses

     (46,000.00   AP AND ACCRUALS           

        Accrued Interest

     (93,168.60   AP AND ACCRUALS           

        Accrued Property Taxes

     (462,063.97   AP AND ACCRUALS           

        Commissions Payable

     (29,504.48   AP AND ACCRUALS           

        URS TI’s Payable

     (767,935.17   AP AND ACCRUALS           

        Prepaid Rent

     (815,144.90   DEFERRED RENT           

        Tenant Security Deposits

     (44,613.13   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS           

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

     4,548,320.93                

Deduct non-working capital acounts:

        Aged receivables      Reserve %        Balance         Reserve   

SL Rent Receivable

     (8,697.00      0-30 Days      0     117,219        —    
  

 

 

              
     4,539,623.93         30-60 Days      0     66        —    

Reserves

        60-90 Days      50     —          —    

Free Rent

     —          90+ Days      100     8,334         8,334  
          

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital Reserve

     (2,020,764.50          Total        125,619        8,334  

Tis/LCs

     (2,384,492.10             

Accounts receivable reserve

     (8,334.25             
  

 

 

              

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

     126,033.08                

Ownership Interest

     100             
  

 

 

              

SCCP Share

     126,033.08                
  

 

 

              


Cherry Creek

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: July 27, 2011

 

     FINAL         WORKING CAPITAL        
     TB          CLASSIFICATION    12/31/2013               

Oper-KeyBank

     1,829,226      CASH    CASH      1,829,226        

Lender Escrow - Taxes

     121,099      RESTRICTED CASH    RESTRICTED CASH      216,062        

Lender Escrow -Insurances

     73,732     RESTRICTED CASH    RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET      130,146        

Lender Escrow - Reserve

     11,856     RESTRICTED CASH    PREPAID AND
OTHER ASSETS
     (5,776     

Lender Escrow - Repair Reserves

     9,375      RESTRICTED CASH    AP AND ACCRUALS      (316,973     

Accounts Receivable Tenants

     14,544     RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    DEFERRED RENT      —          

AR - SL Rent Receivable

     115,602      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET    TENANT RENT DEPOSITS      (133,986     
          

 

 

      

Prepaid Insurance

     (5,776   PREPAID AND OTHER
ASSETS
        1,718,700        
          

 

 

      

A/P - Expense Accrual

     (120,501   AP AND ACCRUALS    Current Assets      2,169,659        

Management Fees Payable

     (10,741   AP AND ACCRUALS    Current Liabilities      (450,959     

Deferred Rent Liability -Lease Inducements 2M

     (25,016   DEFERRED RENT           

Deferred Rent Liability -TI Construction / Costs applied

     133,407      DEFERRED RENT           

Deferred Rent Liability -Lease Inducements 1M

     (13,514   DEFERRED RENT           

Accrued Property Taxes

     (185,731   AP AND ACCRUALS           

Security Deposits

     (133,986   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS           
  

 

 

              

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

     1,813,576                

Deduct non-working capital acounts:

               

Deferred Rent Liability -Lease Inducements 2M

     25,016               

Deferred Rent Liability -TI Construction /Costs applied

     (133,407             

Deferred Rent Liability -Lease Inducements 1M

     13,514               
  

 

 

              
     1,718,700                

Reserves

        Aged receivables      Reserve %        Balance         Reserve   

Lease inducment ($2M)

     (1,731,738      0-30 Days      0     14,425.65         —     

Accounts receivable reserve

     —           30-60 Days      0     118.38         —     
  

 

 

              

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

     (13,038.36      60-90 Days      50     —           —     

Ownership Interest

     100      90+ Days      100     —           —     
  

 

 

         

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

SCCP Share

     (13,038.36      Total        14,544.03         —     
  

 

 

              
     (0.00             


SCHEDULE 3.03

SUMMARY OF REQUIRED CONSENTS

 

1. Consent of Amberglen Equities, LLC, a Oregon limited partnership (a limited partner of Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership), to the transfer by GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership of its interest in Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership. This consent has been obtained pursuant to Assignment and Waiver of Right of First Refusal dated May 31, 2013, as amended.

 

2. Consent of RAIT Partnership, LP, as the holder of the first mortgage on the property owned by Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership which consent has been provided by letter dated March 10, 2014. The consent requires the execution of such supplemental agreements as are articulated therein. Said supplemental agreements have been finalized and will be dispersed effective as of the closing under the Contribution Agreement.

 

3. Consent of Gibralt Amberglen LLC, Delaware limited liability company (as General Partner of Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership), to the admission of Operating Partnership, and Amber Felton Holdings LLC, on Oregon limited liability company, as substitute limited partners, which consent has been obtained.


SCHEDULE 4.04(a)(i)

OWNED REAL PROPERTY

 

Property

Owner

 

Property Address

    

Unpermitted Liens

Amberglen

Properties

Limited

Partnership

 

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

     None


SCHEDULE 4.04(a)(ii)

RIGHTS TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY

 

Property

Owner

 

Property Address

    

Rights to Acquire Property

Amberglen

Properties

Limited

Partnership

 

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

     Planar Systems, Inc. pursuant to Addendum to Lease Agreement - Section 35 of the Lease Agreement dated August 23,2001, as amended, by and between Planar Systems, Inc. as Tenant and Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership (successor in interest to original landlord), as Landlord for property located at 1195 Northwest Compton Drive Tenant has a Right of First Opportunity to Purchase as to the occupied property only


SCHEDULE 4.04(c)

Schedule of Title Insurance Policy

 

Insured

Property

Owner

 

Property Address

  

Leasehold or

Fee Interest

    

Title Policy Information

Amberglen

Properties

Limited

Partnership

 

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

   Fee      Owner’s Title Insurance Policy issued by American Land Title Insurance Agency
         
         
         

 

Policy Number: 472509474663

          Date of Policy: May 20, 2013
          Policy Amount: $28,400,000.00
         


SCHEDULE 4.04(d)

MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

 

Property

Owner

 

Property Address

    

Defaults Under Material Agreements

Amberglen   1050, 1195, 1400, and      None
Properties   1600 NW Compton     
Limited   Drive, 2345     
Partnership   Amberbrook Drive, and     
  2430 NW 206 th     
  Avenue, Hillsboro,     
  Oregon 97124     


Schedule 4.04(e)

Leases

[ See attached. ]


Database: NBSRLTY    Rent Roll    Page:      1   
Bldg Status: Active only    AMBERGLEN—1050    Date:      4/3/2014   
AMBERGLEN-1050    4/1/2014    Time:      01:26 PM   

 

                  GLA
Sqft
    Monthly     Annual     Monthly     Expense
Stop
  Monthly     Future Rent Increases  

Bldg Id-Suit Id

 

Occupant

Name

  Rent
Start
    Expiration     Base
Rent
    Rate
PSF
    Cost
Recovery
      Other
Income
    Cat     Date     Monthly
Amount
    PSF  

Occupied Suites

                         

768501 -100

  PLANAR SYSTEMS, INC     12/15/1993      11/14/2043     20,000        4,651.54        2.79        4,815.83            CPI        12/16/2014        0.00        0.00   
                      GNT        12/15/2014        4,791.09        2.87   
                      GNT        12/15/2015        4,934.82        2.96   
                      GNT        12/15/2016        5,082.87        3.05   
                      GNT        12/15/2017        5,235.35        3.14   
                      GNT        12/15/2018        5,391.41        3.23   
                      GNT        12/15/2019        5,554.18        3.33   
                      GNT        12/15/2020        5,720.81        3.43   
                      GNT        12/15/2021        5,892.43        3.54   
                      GNT        12/15/2022        6,069.21        3.64   
                      GNT        12/15/2023        6,251.28        3.75   
                      GNT        12/15/2024        6,438.82        3.86   
                      GNT        12/15/2025        6,631.99        3.98   
                      GNT        12/15/2026        6,830.95        4.10   
                      GNT        12/15/2027        7,035.87        4.22   
                      GNT        12/15/2028        7,246.95        4.35   
                      GNT        12/15/2029        7,464.36        4.48   
                      GNT        12/15/2030        7,688.29        4.61   
                      GNT        12/15/2031        7,918.94        4.75   
                      GNT        12/15/2032        8,156.51        4.89   
                      GNT        12/15/2033        8,401.20        5.04   
                      GNT        12/15/2034        8,653.24        5.19   
                      GNT        12/15/2035        8,912.84        5.35   
                      GNT        12/15/2036        9,180.22        5.51   
                      GNT        12/15/2037        9,455.63        5.67   
                      GNT        12/15/2038        9,739.30        5.84   
                      GNT        12/15/2039        10,031.47        6.02   
                      GNT        12/15/2040        10,332.42        6.20   
                      GNT        12/15/2041        10,642.39        6.39   
                      GNT        12/15/2042        10,961.66        6.58   
                      GNT        12/15/2043        11,290.51        6.77   

Totals:

  Occupied Sqft:     100.00   1 Units     20,000        4,651.54          4,815.83          0.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Total Sqft:     1 Units     20,000        4,651.54                   

Total AMBERGLEN-1050:

                         
  Occupied Sqft:     100.00   1 Units     20,000        4,651.54          4,815.83          0.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Total Sqft:     1 Units     20,000        4,651.54                   


Database: NBSRLTY    Rent Roll    Page:      2   
Bldg Status: Active only    AMBERGLEN—1195    Date:      4/3/2014   
AMBERGLEN-1195    4/1/2014    Time:      01:26 PM   

 

                  GLA
Sqft
    Monthly     Annual     Monthly     Expense
Stop
  Monthly     Future Rent Increases  

Bldg Id-Suit Id

 

Occupant

Name

  Rent
Start
    Expiration     Base
Rent
    Rate
PSF
    Cost
Recovery
      Other
Income
    Cat     Date     Monthly
Amount
    PSF  

Occupied Suites

                         

768503 -100

  PLANAR SYSTEMS     11/1/2010      10/31/2016     72,242        71,313.67        11.85        39,931.00            BRO        11/1/2014        73,096.51        12.14   
                      BRO        11/1/2015        74,923.92        12.45   

Totals:

  Occupied Sqft:     100.00   1 Units     72,242        71,313.67          39,931.00          0.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Total Sqft:     1 Units     72,242        71,313.67                   

Total AMBERGLEN-1195:

                         
  Occupied Sqft:     100.00   1 Units     72,242        71,313.67          39,931.00          0.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
 

Total Sqft:

    1 Units     72,242        71,313.67                   

 


Database: NBSRLTY    Rent Roll    Page:      3   
Bldg Status: Active only    AMBERGLEN—1400    Date:      4/3/2014   
AMBERGLEN-1400    4/1/2014    Time:      01:26 PM   

 

                  GLA
Sqft
    Monthly     Annual     Monthly     Expense
Stop
  Monthly     Future Rent Increases  

Bldg Id-Suit Id

 

Occupant

Name

  Rent
Start
    Expiration     Base
Rent
    Rate
PSF
    Cost
Recovery
      Other
Income
    Cat     Date     Monthly
Amount
    PSF  

Vacant Suites

                         

768504 -260

  Vacant         1,728                     

768504 -270

  Vacant         1,609                     

768504 -303

  Vacant         3,394                     

Occupied Suites

                         

768504 -100

  PLANAR SYSTEMS     11/1/2010      1/31/2018     37,487        55,507.92        17.77        1,911.90            BRO        11/1/2014        56,895.62        18.21   
                      BRO        11/1/2015        58,318.01        18.67   
                      BRO        11/1/2016        59,775.96        19.13   
                      BRO        11/1/2017        61,270.36        19.61   

768504 -203

  EORM, INC     1/10/2013      3/31/2016     3,033        4,334.66        17.15        105.67            BRO        9/1/2014        4,464.70        17.66   
                      BRO        9/1/2015        4,598.36        18.19   

768504 -210

  FLUOR ENTERPRISES     10/1/2013      6/30/2017     11,350                  BRO        7/1/2014        15,133.33        16.00   
                      BRO        10/1/2014        15,587.33        16.48   
                      BRO        10/1/2015        16,054.95        16.97   
                      BRO        10/1/2016        16,536.60        17.48   
                      CON        7/1/2014        0.00        0.00   

768504 -250

  CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LA     10/1/2013      9/30/2016     1,422        2,133.00        18.00              BRO        10/1/2014        2,196.99        18.54   
                      BRO        10/1/2015        2,262.89        19.10   

768504 -301

  TENASYS CORPORATION     12/1/2011      1/31/2017     4,790        6,785.83        17.00            115.00        BRO        12/1/2014        6,985.40        17.50   
                      BRO        12/1/2015        7,185.00        18.00   
                      BRO        12/1/2016        7,384.58        18.50   

768504 -315

  ENGINEERING DESIGN TEAM     5/15/2003      8/31/2016     8,403        14,614.22        20.87              BRO        1/1/2015        15,048.37        12.93   
                      BRO        1/1/2016        15,503.54        13.32   
  Additional Space 768504 -305     2/19/2013      8/31/2016     2,172        3,167.50        17.50        108.82            BRO        5/1/2014        3,262.53        18.03   
                      BRO        5/1/2015        3,360.40        18.57   
                      BRO        5/1/2016        3,461.21        19.12   
      Total     10,575        17,781.72          108.82          0.00           

Totals:

  Occupied Sqft:     91.07   7 Units     68,657        86,543.13          2,126.39          115.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     8.93   3 Units     6,731                     
  Total Sqft:     10 Units     75,388        86,543.13                   

Total AMBERGLEN-1400:

                         
  Occupied Sqft:     91.07   7 Units     68,657        86,543.13          2,126.39          115.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     8.93   3 Units     6,731                     
  Total Sqft:     10 Units     75,388        86,543.13                   


Database: NBSRLTY    Rent Roll    Page:      4   
Bldg Status: Active only    AMBERGLEN—1600    Date:      4/3/2014   
AMBERGLEN-1600    4/1/2014    Time:      01:26 PM   

 

                GLA
Sqft
    Monthly     Annual     Monthly     Expense
Stop
  Monthly     Future Rent Increases  

Bldg Id-Suit Id

 

Occupant

Name

  Rent
Start
  Expiration     Base
Rent
    Rate
PSF
    Cost
Recovery
      Other
Income
    Cat     Date     Monthly
Amount
    PSF  

New Leases

                         

768505 -104

  MCAD TECHNOLOGIES INC   5/1/2014   9/30/2019     3,079                     

Vacant Suites

                         

768505 -105

  Vacant         1,087                     

768505 -130

  Vacant         1,538                     

768505 -204

  Vacant         1,446                     

768505 -206

  Vacant         1,305                     

768505 -208

  Vacant         1,116                     

768505 -210

  Vacant         9,413                     

768505 -305

  Vacant         2,425                     

Occupied Suites

                         

768505 -100

  DELTA PRODUCTS CORPORATION   8/1/2012   12/31/2017     19,438        13,347.43        8.24        10,772.40           
 
 
 
BRO
BRO
BRO
BRO
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
8/1/2014
8/1/2015
8/1/2016
8/1/2017
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
13,747.85
14,160.28
14,585.09
15,022.65
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
8.49
8.74
9.00
9.27
  
  
  
  

768505 -104

  MCAD TECHNOLOGIES INC   12/3/2008   4/30/2014     3,079        5,336.93        20.80                 

768505 -106A

  JSR MICRO, INC.   9/1/2012   11/30/2015     2,843        3,883.06        16.39             
 
BRO
BRO
  
  
   
 
9/1/2014
9/1/2015
  
  
   
 
3,999.15
4,119.13
  
  
   
 
16.88
17.39
  
  

768505 -110

  SYMBIO CORPORATION   12/1/2013   1/31/2017     3,981        5,971.50        18.00             
 
 
BRO
BRO
BRO
  
  
  
   
 
 
12/1/2014
12/1/2015
12/1/2016
  
  
  
   
 
 
6,150.64
6,335.16
6,525.21
  
  
  
   
 
 
18.54
19.10
19.67
  
  
  

768505 -140

  VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY, INC   4/15/2012   4/30/2015     1,868        2,335.00        15.00                 

768505 -200

  BUILDING COMMISSIONING ASSOC   6/1/2012   8/31/2015     975        1,545.00        19.02              BRO        9/1/2014        1,600.00        19.69   

768505 -202

  PACSOFT LLC   2/1/2014   5/31/2016     1,980                 
 
 
BRO
BRO
CON
  
  
  
   
 
 
6/1/2014
2/1/2016
6/1/2014
  
  
  
   
 
 
2,475.00
2,549.25
0.00
  
  
  
   
 
 
15.00
15.45
0.00
  
  
  

768505 -230

  CISCO SYSTEMS, INC   9/1/2011   10/31/2016     5,385        7,379.22        16.44        125.87          315.00       
 
 
BRO
BRO
BRO
  
  
  
   
 
 
9/1/2014
9/1/2015
9/1/2016
  
  
  
   
 
 
7,600.60
7,828.62
8,063.48
  
  
  
   
 
 
16.94
17.45
17.97
  
  
  

768505 -300

  AVNERA CORPORATION   9/1/2013   7/31/2017     17,216                 
 
BRO
BRO
  
  
   
 
8/1/2014
8/1/2015
  
  
   
 
22,954.67
23,643.31
  
  
   
 
16.00
16.48
  
  


Database: NBSRLTY    Rent Roll    Page:      5   
Bldg Status: Active only    AMBERGLEN—1600    Date:      4/3/2014   
AMBERGLEN-1600    4/1/2014    Time:      01:26 PM   

 

                  GLA
Sqft
    Monthly     Annual   Monthly     Expense
Stop
  Monthly     Future Rent Increases  

Bldg Id-Suit Id

 

Occupant

Name

  Rent
Start
    Expiration     Base
Rent
    Rate
PSF
  Cost
Recovery
      Other
Income
    Cat     Date     Monthly
Amount
    PSF  
                      BRO        8/1/2016        24,352.61        16.97   
                      CON        7/31/2014        0.00        0.00   
 

Additional Space     768505 -306

    3/1/2014      7/31/2017     1,572                  BRO        6/1/2014        2,227.00        17.00   
                      BRO        6/1/2015        2,293.81        17.51   
                      BRO        6/1/2016        2,362.62        18.04   
                      BRO        6/1/2017        2,433.50        18.58   
                      CON        6/1/2014        0.00        0.00   
      Total     18,788        0.00          0.00          0.00           

Totals:

 

Occupied Sqft:

    76.09%      10 Units     58,337        39,798.14          10,898.27          315.00           
 

Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:

    0 Units     0                     
 

Vacant Sqft:

    23.91%      7 Units     18,330                     
 

Total Sqft:

    17 Units     76,667        39,798.14                   

Total AMBERGLEN-1600:

                         
 

Occupied Sqft:

    76.09%      10 Units     58,337        39,798.14          10,898.27          315.00           
 

Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:

    0 Units     0                     
 

Vacant Sqft:

    23.91%      7 Units     18,330                     
 

Total Sqft:

    17 Units     76,667        39,798.14                   


Database: NBSRLTY    Rent Roll    Page:      6   
Bldg Status: Active only    AMBERGLEN—2345    Date:      4/3/2014   
AMBERGLEN-2345    4/1/2014    Time:      01:26 PM   

 

                  GLA
Sqft
    Monthly     Annual     Monthly     Expense
Stop
  Monthly     Future Rent Increases  

Bldg Id-Suit Id

 

Occupant

Name

  Rent
Start
    Expiration     Base
Rent
    Rate
PSF
    Cost
Recovery
      Other
Income
    Cat     Date     Monthly
Amount
    PSF  

New Leases

                         

768506 -100

 

NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVI

    1/1/2015      12/31/2019     4,244                     

Vacant Suites

                         

768506 -110

 

Vacant

        2,635                     

Occupied Suites

                         

768506 -100

 

NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVI

    7/1/2004      12/31/2014     4,244        8,116.65        22.95        144.01               

768506 -125

 

NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARI

    8/1/2010      1/31/2016     7,469        10,892.29        17.50        1,100.58          25.00        BRO        8/1/2014        11,203.50        18.00   
                      BRO        8/1/2015        11,514.71        18.50   

768506 -140

 

DIABETOMICS

    11/1/2013      10/31/2018     5,129        9,954.53        23.29              BRO        11/1/2014        10,253.17        23.99   
                      BRO        11/1/2015        10,560.77        24.71   
                      BRO        11/1/2016        10,877.59        25.45   
                      BRO        11/1/2017        11,203.92        26.21   
                      CAM        1/1/2015        0.00        0.00   
                      TAX        1/1/2015        0.00        0.00   

768506 -150

 

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION

    12/1/2012      4/30/2018     10,482        14,800.15        16.94              BRO        12/1/2014        15,244.15        17.45   
                      BRO        12/1/2015        15,701.51        17.98   
                      BRO        12/1/2016        16,172.50        18.51   
                      BRO        12/1/2017        16,657.65        19.07   

768506 -200

 

SERENA SOFTWARE

    6/1/2011      11/30/2018     33,352        44,469.33        16.00        1,117.00            BRO        6/1/2014        45,859.00        16.50   
                      BRO        6/1/2015        47,248.67        17.00   
                      BRO        6/1/2016        48,638.33        17.50   
                      BRO        6/1/2017        50,028.00        18.00   
                      BRO        6/1/2018        51,417.67        18.50   

Totals:

  Occupied Sqft:     95.84   5 Units     60,676        88,232.95          2,361.59          25.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     4.16   1 Units     2,635                     
  Total Sqft:     6 Units     63,311        88,232.95                   

Total AMBERGLEN-2345:

                         
  Occupied Sqft:     95.84   5 Units     60,676        88,232.95          2,361.59          25.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     4.16   1 Units     2,635                     
  Total Sqft:     6 Units     63,311        88,232.95                   


Database: NBSRLTY    Rent Roll    Page:      7   
Bldg Status: Active only    AMBERGLEN—2430    Date:      4/3/2014   
AMBERGLEN-2430    4/1/2014    Time:      01:26 PM   

 

                  GLA
Sqft
    Monthly     Annual     Monthly     Expense
Stop
  Monthly     Future Rent Increases  

Bldg Id-Suit Id

 

Occupant

Name

  Rent
Start
    Expiration     Base
Rent
    Rate
PSF
    Cost
Recovery
      Other
Income
    Cat     Date     Monthly
Amount
    PSF  

Vacant Suites

                         

768507 -9999

  Vacant         508                     

Occupied Suites

                         

768507 -100

  CASCADE MICROTECH     7/21/1998      12/31/2015     63,764        86,081.40        16.20        26,133.54           
 
BRI
BRI
  
  
   
 
8/1/2014
8/1/2015
  
  
   
 
88,631.96
91,182.52
  
  
   
 
16.33
16.80
  
  
 

Additional Space 768506 -135

    5/1/2008      12/31/2015     1,359        1,834.65        16.20        759.05           
 
BRO
BRO
  
  
   
 
8/1/2014
8/1/2015
  
  
   
 
1,889.01
1,943.37
  
  
   
 
16.68
17.16
  
  
      Total     65,123        87,916.05          26,892.59          0.00           

Totals:

  Occupied Sqft:     99.23   2 Units     65,123        87,916.05          26,892.59          0.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     0.77   1 Units     508                     
  Total Sqft:     3 Units     65,631        87,916.05                   

Total AMBERGLEN-2430:

                         
  Occupied Sqft:     99.23   2 Units     65,123        87,916.05          26,892.59          0.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     0.77   1 Units     508                     
  Total Sqft:     3 Units     65,631        87,916.05                   

Grand Total:

  Occupied Sqft:     92.44   26 Units     345,035        378,455.48          87,025.67          455.00           
  Leased/Unoccupied Sqft:     0 Units     0                     
  Vacant Sqft:     7.56   12 Units     28,204                     
  Total Sqft:     38 Units     373,239        378,455.48                   

 

187


SCHEDULE 4.04(g)

MATERIAL DEFECTS

 

Property

Owner

 

Property Address

 

Material Defects

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership  

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

  None, unless otherwise referenced in the Property Condition Report for the Property


SCHEDULE 4.11

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

 

Property

Owner

 

Property Address

 

Non-Compliance with Laws

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership  

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

  None


SCHEDULE 4.14

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Adverse Environmental Conditions

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership   

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

   None, unless otherwise identified in the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by EMG dated August 12, 2013


SCHEDULE 4.15

TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Unpermitted Liens

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership   

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

   None


SCHEDULE 4.16

ZONING

 

Property

Owner

 

Property Address

 

Exceptions to Zoning Compliance or Notice of Zoning Violations

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership  

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

  None


SCHEDULE 4.18

EXISTING LOANS

 

Insured

Property

Owner

 

Property Address

 

Existing Debt

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership  

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

  Loan in the original principal amount of $23,500,000.00 by and between Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership as Borrower and RAIT Partnership, L.P. as Lender secured by a Promissory Note dated June 12, 2012 with a maturity date of July 1, 2017; and a Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement dated June 12, 2012 and recorded June 13, 2012

Exhibit 10.5

CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF APRIL 14, 2014

BY AND AMONG

CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,

a Maryland limited partnership ,

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

a Maryland corporation,

CIO OP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

a Delaware limited partnership,

CIO REIT STOCK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

a Delaware limited partnership,

SECOND CITY CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

a Delaware limited partnership

AND

SECOND CITY GENERAL PARTNER II, L.P.,

a Delaware limited partnership


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I   
CONTRIBUTION   

Section 1.01.

 

CONTRIBUTION TRANSACTION

     9   

Section 1.02.

 

CONSIDERATION

     9   

Section 1.03.

 

FURTHER ACTION

     12   

Section 1.04.

 

TREATMENT AS CONTRIBUTION

     13   

Section 1.05.

 

CENTRAL FAIRWINDS EARN-OUT

     13   

Section 1.06.

 

OP LEASE RESPONSIBILITY

     17   
ARTICLE II   
CLOSING   

Section 2.01.

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     17   

Section 2.02.

 

TIME AND PLACE

     20   

Section 2.03.

 

CLOSING DELIVERABLES

     20   

Section 2.04.

 

CLOSING COSTS

     21   

Section 2.05.

 

TERM OF THE AGREEMENT

     21   

Section 2.06.

 

EFFECT OF TERMINATION

     21   

Section 2.07.

 

TAX WITHHOLDING

     21   
ARTICLE III   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND THE REIT   

Section 3.01.

 

ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY

     21   

Section 3.02.

 

DUE AUTHORIZATION

     22   

Section 3.03.

 

CONSENTS AND APPROVALS

     22   

Section 3.04.

 

NO VIOLATION

     22   

Section 3.05.

 

VALIDITY OF OP UNITS

     22   

Section 3.06.

 

VALIDITY OF REIT COMMON STOCK

     22   

Section 3.07.

 

LITIGATION

     22   

Section 3.08.

 

OP AGREEMENT

     22   

Section 3.09.

 

LIMITED ACTIVITIES

     22   

Section 3.10.

 

NO BROKER

     23   

Section 3.11.

 

NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES

     23   
ARTICLE IV   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONTRIBUTORS   

Section 4.01.

 

ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY

     23   

Section 4.02.

 

DUE AUTHORIZATION

     23   

Section 4.03.

 

OWNERSHIP OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS

     24   

Section 4.04.

 

OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTIES

     24   

Section 4.05.

 

CONSENTS AND APPROVALS

     26   

Section 4.06.

 

NO VIOLATION

     26   

 

2


Section 4.07.

 

NON-FOREIGN PERSON

     26   

Section 4.08.

 

TAXES

     26   

Section 4.09.

 

SOLVENCY

     26   

Section 4.10.

 

LITIGATION

     26   

Section 4.11.

 

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

     27   

Section 4.12.

 

EMINENT DOMAIN

     27   

Section 4.13.

 

LICENSES AND PERMITS

     27   

Section 4.14.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

     27   

Section 4.15.

 

TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY

     28   

Section 4.16.

 

ZONING

     28   

Section 4.17.

 

INVESTMENT INTENT

     28   

Section 4.18.

 

EXISTING LOANS

     29   

Section 4.19.

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     29   

Section 4.20.

 

INSURANCE

     29   

Section 4.21.

 

EMPLOYEES

     29   

Section 4.22.

 

NO BROKER

     29   

Section 4.23.

 

NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES

     30   
ARTICLE V   
INDEMNIFICATION   

Section 5.01.

 

INDEMNIFICATION

     30   

Section 5.02.

 

EXCLUSIVE REMEDY

     33   

Section 5.03.

 

TAX TREATMENT

     33   
ARTICLE VI   
COVENANTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS   

Section 6.01.

 

COVENANTS OF THE CONTRIBUTORS

     33   

Section 6.02.

 

COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS BY THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, THE REIT AND EACH CONTRIBUTOR

     34   

Section 6.03.

 

TAX AGREEMENT

     35   
ARTICLE VII   
WAIVERS AND CONSENTS   
ARTICLE VIII   
GENERAL PROVISIONS   

Section 8.01.

 

NOTICES

     35   

Section 8.02.

 

DEFINITIONS

     36   

Section 8.03.

 

COUNTERPARTS

     39   

Section 8.04.

 

ENTIRE AGREEMENT; THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES

     39   

Section 8.05.

 

GOVERNING LAW

     39   

Section 8.06.

 

ASSIGNMENT

     39   

Section 8.07.

 

JURISDICTION

     39   

Section 8.08.

 

SEVERABILITY

     40   

 

3


Section 8.09.

 

RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

     40   

Section 8.10.

 

EQUITABLE REMEDIES

     40   

Section 8.11.

 

DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS

     41   

Section 8.12.

 

NO PERSONAL LIABILITY CONFERRED

     41   

Section 8.13.

 

AMENDMENT; WAIVER

     41   

Section 8.14.

 

SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULES

     41   

 

4


List of Exhibits

Exhibit A

   Properties

Exhibit B

   Contributing Ownership Interests

Exhibit C

   Formation Transactions

Exhibit D

   Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership

Exhibit E

   Form of Limited REIT Indemnity

Exhibit F

   Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

List of Schedules

Schedule 1.02(a)

   Reimbursable Leases

Schedule 1.02(b)

   Balance Sheet

Schedule 1.02(b)(i)

   Net Working Capital

Schedule 1.05

   Central Fairwinds Property

Schedule 1.05(vii)

   Net Operating Income

Schedule 3.03

   Summary of Required Consents

Schedule 4.04(a)(i)

   Owned Real Property

Schedule 4.04(a)(ii)

   Rights to Acquire Property

Schedule 4.04(c)

   Schedule of Title Insurance Policies

Schedule 4.04(d)

   Material Agreements

Schedule 4.04(e)

   Leases

Schedule 4.04(g)

   Material Defects

Schedule 4.11

   Compliance with Laws

Schedule 4.14

   Environmental Conditions

Schedule 4.15

   Tangible Personal Property

Schedule 4.16

   Zoning

Schedule 4.18

   Existing Loans

 

 

5


Defined Terms

 

TERM

  

SECTION

A&R OP Agreement    Section 1.02
Adjustable Consideration    Section 1.02
Adjustable Contributors    Section 1.02
Advisory Agreement    Section 1.05
Affiliate    Section 8.02
Agreement    Introduction
Amberglen    Section 2.01
Assignment and Assumption Agreement    Section 2.03
Base NOI Threshold    Section 1.05
Business Day    Section 8.02
CERCLA    Section 8.02
CIO GP    Recitals
Claw-back Amount    Section 1.05
Closing    Section 2.02
Closing Date    Section 2.02
Closing Date Net Working Capital    Section 1.02
Code    Section 8.02
Contribution Transactions    Exhibit C
Contributor   

Recitals

Contributor Indemnified Party    Section 5.01
Determination Materials    Section 1.02
Earn-Out Payment    Section 1.05
Earn-Out Payment Date    Section 1.05
Earn-Out Term    Section 1.05
Earn-Out Threshold    Section 1.05
Earn-Out NOI    Section 1.05
Eligible New Lease    Section 1.05
Environmental Laws    Section 8.02
Environmental Permits    Section 8.02
Existing Leases    Section 1.05
Existing Loan Document    Section 4.18
Existing Loans    Section 4.18
Final Earn-Out Payment    Section 1.05
Final Resolution Date    Section 1.02
Financial Statements    Section 4.19
Formation Transactions    Recitals
Formation Transaction Documents    Section 8.02
Fund Material Adverse Effect    Section 2.01
GAAP    Section 8.02
Gibralt    Section 2.01
Governmental Authority    Section 8.02
Guggenheim Financing    Section 8.02
Hazardous Materials    Section 8.02
Income Test    Section 1.05
Indemnified Party    Article V
Indemnifying Party    Article V
Independent Accounting Firm    Section 1.02
Initial Property Assets    Section 4.08
Initial Property Owner    Recitals
Initial Public Offering    Recitals
Law    Section 8.02
Leases    Section 4.04

 

6


Liens    Section 8.02
Losses    Article V
Minority Interest Consideration    Section 1.02
Minority Partners    Section 2.01
Minority Partner Interests    Recitals
net operating income    Section 1.05
Natixis    Section 8.02
Natixis Guaranty    Section 8.02
Natixis Loan Agreement    Section 8.02
Net Working Capital    Section 1.02
Objection Notice    Section 1.02
Occupancy    Section 1.05
Offering Price    Recitals
OP Indemnified Party    Section 5.01
OP Material Adverse Effect    Section 8.02
OP Units    Recitals
Operating Partnership    Introduction
Operating Partnership Agreement    Section 1.05
Order    Section 8.02
Outside Date    Section 2.06
Ownership Interests    Recitals
Party    Introduction
Permitted Lien    Section 8.02
Person    Section 8.02
Post-Closing Period    Section 1.02
Properties    Recitals
Reimbursable Leases    Section 1.02
REIT    Introduction
REIT Common Stock    Section 8.02
Release    Section 8.02
SCGP    Introduction
SCGP Consideration    Section 1.02
SCGP Ownership Interests    Recitals
Schedule Supplement    Section 8.14
SCLP    Introduction
SCLP Consideration    Section 1.02
Securities Act    Section 8.02
Solvent    Section 4.09
Sub 1    Introduction
Sub 1 Consideration    Section 1.02
Sub 1 Ownership Interests    Section 1.02
Sub 2    Introduction
Sub 2 Consideration    Section 1.02
Sub 2 Ownership Interests    Section 1.02
Subsidiary    Section 8.02
Tax    Section 8.02
Tax Return    Section 8.02
Third Party Claims    Article V
Total Consideration    Section 1.02
Qualifying Change of Control    Section 1.05
Year 1    Section 1.05
Year 1 Threshold    Section 1.05
Year 2    Section 1.05
Year 2 Threshold    Section 1.05
Year 3    Section 1.05
Year 3 Threshold    Section 1.05
Year 4    Section 1.05
Year 4 Threshold    Section 1.05
Year 5    Section 1.05

 

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CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of April 14, 2014 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ REIT ”), CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Sub 1 ”), CIO OP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Sub 2 ”), Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ SCLP ”) and Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ SCGP ”) (each of Sub 1, Sub 2, SCLP and SCGP, a “ Contributor ,” and collectively, the “ Contributors ”). Each of the Contributors, the REIT and the Operating Partnership is sometimes referred to herein individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties .”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the REIT, as sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, desires to consolidate the ownership of a portfolio of properties identified on Exhibit A (each a “Property” and, collectively, the “ Properties ”) through a series of transactions whereby the Operating Partnership will, through a series of contributions, acquire all of the interests held by the Contributors in each entity identified as an initial property owner on such exhibit (each, an “ Initial Property Owner ,” and collectively, the “ Initial Property Owners ”), which owns or holds, directly or indirectly, fee simple or leasehold interests in the Properties;

WHEREAS, SCLP owns the Minority Partner Interests (as hereinafter defined) in each Initial Property Owner, as set forth on Exhibit B ;

WHEREAS, SCGP owns 100% of the issued and outstanding equity securities in each entity set forth on Exhibit B (collectively, the “ GP Holder Stock ”) as the holder of a general partner interest in an Initial Property Owner (each a “ GP Interest Holder ” and collectively, the “ GP Interest Holders ”)

WHEREAS, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and certain other restructuring transactions to be completed prior to or on the Closing Date as set forth on Exhibit C (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”) are related to the proposed initial public offering (the “ Initial Public Offering ”) of common stock (the “ REIT Common Stock ”) of the REIT;

WHEREAS, SCLP desires to, and the Operating Partnership desires SCLP to, contribute to the Operating Partnership, all of SCLP’s right, title and interest in and to the Minority Partner Interests, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) including, without limitation, all of its voting rights and interests in the capital, profits and losses of each Initial Property Owner in which it holds a Minority Partner Interest or any property distributable therefrom, constituting all of its interests in and to each Initial Property Owner (such rights, title and interests in and to each Initial Property Owner are collectively referred to as the “ Minority Partner Interests ”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, SCLP will transfer the Minority Partner Interests to the Operating Partnership in exchange for cash;

WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the contribution of the balance of the Ownership Interests (as defined below) to the Operating Partnership, (i) SCGP and SCLP have formed Sub 1 as a Delaware limited partnership, the sole general partner of which is SCGP with a 0.01% partnership interest as general partner, and the sole limited partner of which is SCLP with a 99.99% partnership interest as limited partner and (ii) SCGP and SCLP have formed Sub 2 as a Delaware limited partnership, the sole general partner of which is SCGP with a 0.01% partnership interest as general partner and the sole limited partner of which is SCLP with a 99.99% partnership interest as limited partner.

WHEREAS, SCLP shall contribute 34.93% of the limited partner interest in each Initial Property Owner (the “ Initial Property Ownership Interests ”) to Sub 1 (collectively, the “ Sub 1 Ownership Interests ”), and SCLP shall contribute 65.07% of the Initial Property Ownership Interests to Sub 2 (collectively, the “ Sub 2 Ownership Interests ”; the Sub 2 Ownership Interests, the Sub 1 Ownership Interests, the Minority Partner Interests and the GP Holder Stock being collectively referred to as the “ Ownership Interests ”).

WHEREAS, Sub 1 desires to, and the REIT desires Sub 1 to, contribute the Sub 1 Ownership Interests to the REIT, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, Sub 1 will transfer the Sub 1 Ownership Interests to the REIT in exchange for REIT Common Stock;

WHEREAS, Sub 2 desires to, and the Operating Partnership desires Sub 2 to, contribute the Sub 2 Ownership Interests to the Operating Partnership, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, Sub 2 will transfer the Sub 2 Ownership Interests to the Operating Partnership in exchange for units of limited partnership interest (“ OP Units ”) in the Operating Partnership, with each OP Unit being equal to the Offering Price;

WHEREAS, SCGP desires to, and the Operating Partnership desires SCGP to, contribute to the Operating Partnership, all of SCGP’s GP Holder Stock, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, SCGP will transfer the GP Holder Stock to the Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Operating Partnership has accepted the Sub 1 interests from the REIT in exchange for OP Units;

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to document the transfers of the Ownership Interests described above by directed transfers from SCLP and SCGP to the Operating Partnership; and

WHEREAS, all necessary approvals have been obtained by the parties to this Agreement to consummate the transactions contemplated herein and the other Formation Transactions.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and other terms contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

CONTRIBUTION

 

Section 1.01. CONTRIBUTION TRANSACTION. At the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement:

(a) SCLP shall and does, effective as of the Closing, hereby assign, set over and transfer to the Operating Partnership, absolutely and unconditionally and free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, the Minority Partner Interests, in exchange for the consideration set forth in Section 1.02.

(b) SCLP shall and does, effective as of the Closing, hereby assign, set over and transfer the Sub 1 Ownership Interests to Sub 1, and the Sub 2 Ownership Interests to Sub 2.

(c) Sub 1 shall and does, effective as of the Closing, hereby assign, set over and transfer to the REIT, absolutely and unconditionally and free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, the Sub 1 Ownership Interests, in exchange for the consideration set forth in Section 1.02.

(d) Sub 2 shall and does, effective as of the Closing, hereby assign, set over and transfer to the Operating Partnership, absolutely and unconditionally and free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, the Sub 2 Ownership Interests, in exchange for the consideration set forth in Section 1.02.

(e) SCGP shall and does, effective as of the Closing, hereby assign, set over and transfer to the Operating Partnership, absolutely and unconditionally and free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, all of SCGP’s right title and interest in and to the GP Holder Stock, in exchange for the consideration set forth in Section 1.02.

(f) Pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Operating Partnership has accepted the Sub 1 Ownership Interests from the REIT in exchange for OP Units;

Section 1.02. CONSIDERATION.

(a) Closing Date Consideration . At the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, the Operating Partnership or the REIT, as the case may be, shall:

(i) in exchange for the Minority Partner Interests, the Operating Partnership shall issue to SCLP $7,705,050, which amount is subject to adjustment as set forth in this Section 1.02 (the “ Minority Interest Consideration ”);

(ii) in exchange for the Sub 1 Ownership Interests, the REIT shall issue to Sub 1 1,858,860 shares of REIT Common Stock (the “ Sub 1 Consideration ”);

(iii) in exchange for the Sub 1 Ownership Interests, the Operating Partnership shall issue to the REIT 1,858,860 OP Units (the “ REIT Consideration ”);

(iv) in exchange for the Sub 2 Ownership Interests, the Operating Partnership shall issue to Sub 2 3,462,364 OP Units (the “ Sub 2 Consideration ”); and

(v) in exchange for the GP Holder Stock, the Operating Partnership shall issue to SCGP 5,327 OP Units (the “ SCGP Consideration ” and together with the Minority Interest Consideration, the Sub 1 Consideration, the REIT Consideration and the Sub 2 Consideration, collectively, the “ Total Consideration ”).

The transfer of OP Units to the Contributors and any subsequent transfers required of the Contributors by the Formation Transactions shall be evidenced by an amendment and restatement of the Operating Partnership Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D (the “ A&R OP Agreement ”). The Parties intend and agree that, in determining the cash consideration due to SCLP, there shall be deducted therefrom an amount equal to the sum of (x) any rental payments attributable to the period from and after the Closing Date to the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Post-Closing Period”) which by the current terms of any applicable Lease at any of the Properties in effect as of January 15, 2014 (the “Reimbursable Leases”) are agreed to be abated and treated as “free rent”, (y) any amounts required by the current terms of any such Reimbursable Lease to be paid by the landlord thereunder during the Post-Closing Period as a “tenant work allowance” or to undertake tenant improvements and (z) any amounts necessary to satisfy redemption or buy-out obligations due as a result of the Formation Transactions or Initial Public Offering to the extent not paid by the applicable Initial Properties Owners on or before the Closing. The Reimbursable Leases are set forth on Schedule 1.02(a) attached hereto. For the avoidance of doubt and by way of example and not of limitation, the approximately $1,000,000 tenant improvement allowance relating to a tenant at the Cherry Creek Property listed on Exhibit A coming due in 2019 shall not be counted in determining such cash consideration. Each of Sub 1 and Sub 2 shall be deemed to bear a percentage of such adjustment to the Minority Interest Consideration in accordance with their respective percentages of the Total Consideration.

(b) Post-Closing Adjustments . The Sub 1 Consideration, the REIT Consideration and the Sub 2 Consideration (the “Adjustable Consideration”) shall be adjusted after the Closing Date as follows:

(i) Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, the Operating Partnership shall prepare and deliver to Sub 1, Sub 2 and the REIT (the “Adjustable Contributors”) a statement setting forth a calculation of the aggregate Net Working Capital of the Initial Property Owners and the Gibralt Initial Property Owner (as defined in the Gibralt Contribution Agreement) as of 12:01 A.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date (the “ Closing Date Net Working Capital ”), which calculation shall be prepared in a manner consistent and using the same methodology with the most recent available balance sheet attached hereto as, and any other adjustments shown on, Schedule 1.02(b) , and, to the extent not inconsistent with said Schedule, in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this Agreement “ Net Working Capital ” as of any particular date shall be calculated by subtracting (x) the aggregate balances in the current liabilities accounts identified on Schedule 1.02(b)(i) as of such date from (y) the aggregate balances of the current asset accounts listed on Schedule 1.02(b)(i) as of such date, in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP, subject to the modifications described on Schedule 1.02(b)(i) .

 

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(ii) The Operating Partnership shall comply with the Adjustable Contributors’ reasonable requests for supporting documentation used in the preparation of the Closing Date Net Working Capital and to access the Initial Property Owners books and records pertaining thereto. Except as set forth below, the Closing Date Net Working Capital shall be deemed to be and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties upon the earlier of (the “ Final Resolution Date ”): (a) the Adjustable Contributors’ delivery of a written notice to the Operating Partnership of its approval of the Closing Date Net Working Capital; (b) the failure of the Adjustable Contributors to notify the Operating Partnership in writing in accordance with Section 1.02(b)(iii) of a dispute with the Closing Date Net Working Capital (an “ Objection Notice ”); and (c) the resolution of all disputes, pursuant either to Section 1.02(b)(iv) or to Section 1.02(c) , by the Independent Accounting Firm.

(iii) If the Adjustable Contributors disagree with the Closing Date Net Working Capital, the Adjustable Contributors may, within thirty (30) days of the delivery by the Operating Partnership of the Closing Date Net Working Capital and such supporting documentation as requested pursuant to Section 1.02(b)(ii), deliver an Objection Notice setting forth the Adjustable Contributor’s calculation of the Closing Date Net Working Capital. Any such Objection Notice shall specify those individual line items in the Closing Date Calculations with which the Adjustable Contributors disagree and the items, facts, amounts, calculations, or valuations used to determine such line items. The Adjustable Contributors shall be deemed to have agreed with all line items or amounts contained in the Closing Date Net Working Capital and all calculations, items, facts, amounts or valuations used in determining any line item of the Closing Date Net Working Capital unless, and only to the extent, such items, facts, amounts, calculations or valuations are specifically and timely objected to in an Objection Notice. If the Adjustable Contributors do not timely deliver an Objection Notice, the Closing Date Net Working Capital determined by the Operating Partnership shall be binding and conclusive on the parties hereto.

(iv) If the Adjustable Contributors timely deliver an Objection Notice to the Operating Partnership in accordance with Section 1.02(a)(iii) , the Operating Partnership and the Adjustable Contributors shall attempt in good faith to reconcile the parties’ differences, and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties. If the Operating Partnership and the Adjustable Contributors are unable to reach a resolution within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Objection Notice, the Operating Partnership and the Adjustable Contributors shall submit their respective determinations and calculations and the items remaining in dispute for resolution to BDO USA, LLP (the “ Independent Accounting Firm ”). The lead partner of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be named by the managing partner of the accounting firm or by such other practice ordinarily employed by the Independent Accounting Firm. While each Party represents that it is not aware of any conflicts as of the date hereof that could negatively impact the Independent Accounting Firm’s ability to serve in such capacity or to allow for the possibility of such a conflict of interest or a refusal by the designated firm to serve as the Independent Accounting Firm, if the designated accounting firm is not eligible or will not serve as the Independent Accounting Firm, the Adjustable Contributors and the Operating Partnership shall mutually agree to another independent accounting firm of international reputation and the selected firm shall be the Independent Accounting Firm.

 

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(v) The Independent Accounting Firm shall establish such procedures giving due regard to the intention of the Parties to resolve disputes as promptly, efficiently, and inexpensively as possible, which procedures may, but need not, be those proposed by either the Operating Partnership or the Adjustable Contributors.

(vi) If issues are submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 1.02(b):

(A) The Operating Partnership and the Adjustable Contributors shall execute any agreement required by the Independent Accounting Firm to accept their engagement pursuant to this Section 1.02(b);

(B) The Operating Partnership and the Adjustable Contributors shall each bear one-half of the fees and costs of the Independent Accounting Firm; provided, however, that the engagement agreement referred to above may require the Parties to be bound jointly and severally to the Independent Accounting Firm for those fees and costs, and in the event Operating Partnership or the Adjustable Contributors pay to the Independent Accounting Firm any amount in excess of one-half of the fees and costs of its engagement, the other Party(ies) agree(s) to reimburse Operating Partnership and the Adjustable Contributors, as applicable, upon demand, to the extent required to equalize the payments made by Operating Partnership and the Adjustable Contributors with respect to the fees and costs of the Independent Accounting Firm.

(c) The Adjustable Contributors and the Operating Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Independent Accounting Firm to resolve all disagreements as soon as practicable, but in any event within sixty (60) days after the dispute is first submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. The Adjustable Contributors and the Operating Partnership shall each submit within twenty (20) days of the engagement of the Independent Accounting Firm its calculation of the unresolved disputed items in the Objection Notice together with such work papers, calculations and other materials that such party has determined supports such party’s calculation (the “ Determination Materials ”). The Independent Accounting Firm shall base its determination of the disputed amounts solely on the Determination Materials. The Independent Accounting Firm shall only consider those line items and amounts in the Closing Date Calculations to which the Adjustable Contributors have timely objected pursuant to Section 1.02(b)(iii) and which the Operating Partnership and the Adjustable Contributors have been unable to resolve. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not assign a value to any disputed item greater than the greatest value or less than the smallest value for such item assigned to it by the Operating Partnership or the Adjustable Contributors, as the case may be. The resolution of the dispute by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be final, binding and non-appealable on and by the Parties hereto.

(d) Within three (3) Business Days after the final determination of the Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to Section 1.02(b) or Section 1.02(c) , as the case may be, (i) if the Closing Date Net Working Capital is less than $0, the Adjustable Consideration shall be decreased, dollar for dollar, by the amount by which the Closing Date Net Working Capital is less than $0, and the Adjustable Contributors shall pay to the Operating Partnership such negative amount as provided in Section 1.02(e) and (ii) if the Closing Date Net Working Capital is greater than $0, the Adjustable Consideration shall be increased, dollar for dollar, by the amount by which the Closing Date Net Working Capital is greater than $0, and the Operating Partnership shall pay to the Adjustable Contributors such positive amount as provided in Section 1.02(e) , to be allocated among the Adjustable Contributors, pro rata in accordance with their respective percentages of the Adjustable Consideration.

(e) Payments pursuant to this Section 1.02 shall be deemed adjustments to the Total Consideration. The payments to be made pursuant to this Section 1.02 shall be made in cash in immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Operating Partnership or to one or more accounts designated by the Adjustable Contributors, as applicable. Until paid, such amounts shall bear interest determined by computing simple interest on the amount from the Closing Date to the date of payment(s) at that rate of interest identified as the “Prime Rate” of interest on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of payment(s) as published in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal (United States edition) (or the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank, N.A. from time to time as its “reference rate” (on the basis of a 365-day year) if The Wall Street Journal no longer publishes the Prime Rate).

 

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Section 1.03. FURTHER ACTION.

(a) If, at any time after the Closing, the Operating Partnership shall determine or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments (including any intellectual property assignments), certificates, affidavits, consents, assurances or other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Operating Partnership the right, title or interest in or to the Ownership Interests contributed by the Contributors or the interests in the Properties owned by the Initial Property Owners, the Contributors shall execute and deliver, or take such commercially reasonable actions as are within their respective control to cause to be executed and delivered, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments (including any intellectual property assignments), certificates, affidavits, consents, assurances and do or take such commercially reasonable actions as are within their respective control to cause to be done, all such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in or to the Ownership Interests or otherwise to carry out this Agreement; provided , that the Contributors shall not be obligated to take any action or execute any document if the additional actions or documents impose additional liabilities, obligations, covenants, responsibilities, representations or warranties on the Contributors that are not contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties shall within thirty (30) days after the Closing, and from time to time thereafter as any Party shall request, reconcile cash amounts received by any Party after Closing and to make such monetary adjustments between them as shall be required to allocate to the Operating Partnership or the applicable Subsidiary all rents and other monies received for periods on or after the Closing and to the Contributors all rents and other monies received for periods prior to the Closing. Rental payments received after the Closing shall be allocated first to the rental payments due for the month in which the Closing occurs (prorated on a per diem basis), then any rentals due for the period after the Closing and any excess shall be applied to any rental amounts owing to the Contributors for any period prior to the Closing.

(b) The Operating Partnership agrees to apply, promptly after the Closing, to Natixis to assume the obligations under the Natixis Guaranty and to execute and/or deliver to Natixis and the Contributors such information (including without limitation financial information), agreements, documents and instruments as required by Natixis or otherwise reasonably requested by SCGP or reasonably necessary or advisable to evidence the release of SCLP from its obligations under or pursuant to the Natixis Guaranty and the substitution of the Operating Partnership as the guarantor with respect to the applicable obligations under the Natixis Loan Agreement originally covered by the Natixis Guaranty.

 

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Section 1.04. TREATMENT AS CONTRIBUTION.

(a) Each transfer, assignment and exchange by Sub 2, SCGP or the REIT effectuated pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a “ Capital Contribution ” by such entity to the Operating Partnership as defined in Article I of the A&R OP Agreement. The transfer, assignment and exchange by SCLP effectuated pursuant to this Agreement shall not constitute a Capital Contribution pursuant to the A&R OP Agreement but shall be treated as a sale. Each transfer, assignment and exchange by Sub 2 and SCGP is intended to be governed by Section 721(a) of the Code. Each transfer, assignment and exchange by SCLP and Sub 1 is intended to be governed by Section 1001 of the Code.

(b) The Contributors, the Operating Partnership and the REIT agree to the tax treatment described in Section 1.04(a), and each Contributor, the Operating Partnership and the REIT shall file their respective Tax Returns consistent with such treatment, unless otherwise required by applicable Law.

Section 1.05. CENTRAL FAIRWINDS EARN-OUT.

(a) For purposes of this Section 1.05:

(i) “ Base NOI Threshold ” means, with respect to the applicable determination date below, as follows:

 

Determination Date

  

Base NOI Threshold

For any Earn-Out Payment made as of any date up to and including the first anniversary of the Closing Date    $1,250,000 plus the Earn-Out NOI, if any, used in calculating Earn-Out Payments made prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date (the “ Year 1 Threshold ”)
For any Earn-Out Payment made as of any date following the first anniversary of the Closing Date up to and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date (“ Year 2 ”)    The product of (x) 1.02 and (y) the Year 1 Threshold plus (z) the Earn-Out NOI, if any, used in calculating the Earn-Out Payments made during Year 2 (the “ Year 2 Threshold ”).
For any Earn-Out Payment made as of any date following the second anniversary of the Closing Date up to and including the third anniversary of the Closing Date (“ Year 3 ”)    The product of (x) 1.02 and (y) the Year 2 Threshold plus (z) the Earn-Out NOI, if any, used in calculating the Earn-Out Payments made during Year 3 (the “ Year 3 Threshold ”).
For any Earn-Out Payment made as of any date following the third anniversary of the Closing Date up to and including the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date (“ Year 4 ”)    The product of (x) 1.02 and (y) the Year 3 Threshold plus (z) the Earn-Out NOI, if any, used in calculating the Earn-Out Payments made during Year 4 (the “ Year 4 Threshold ”).
For any Earn-Out Payment made as of any date following the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date up to and including the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (“ Year 5 ”)    The product of (x) 1.02 and (y) the Year 4 Threshold plus (z) the Earn-Out NOI, if any, used in calculating the Earn-Out Payments made during Year 5.

(ii) “ Eligible New Lease ” means a real property lease or an amendment thereof, excluding Existing Leases (but including amendments to Existing Leases or new leases of space currently shown as unleased on Schedule 1.05 (“ Unleased Space ”) for the expansion of tenants under Existing Leases entered into during the Earn-Out Term at the Central Fairwinds property (as described on Exhibit A ), which lease or amendment has

 

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the following characteristics (the “ Leasing Criteria ”): (i) the initial lease term shall be at least four (4) years; (ii) the aggregate scheduled rental payments during the initial term shall exceed the direct leasing costs associated with the lease; and (iii) the lease shall have been approved by three quarters of the independent directors of the REIT prior to execution of such lease or amendment if such lease (A) requires $200,000 or more in leasing costs or (B) relates to 10,000 or more square feet of net rentable space. The Leasing Criteria shall cease to apply for, and shall not be a condition to the treatment of any lease or amendment to lease qualifying as, an Eligible New Lease if such lease or amendment is entered into following a Qualifying Change in Control of the REIT. For the avoidance of doubt, an expansion of a tenant into Unleased Space shall be treated as an Eligible New Lease whether or not provided for in an Existing Lease and whether or not memorialized in a separate writing.

(iii) “ Earn-Out NOI ” means the dollar amount of the direct increase in net operating income to the owner of the Central Fairwinds property for the current year resulting from or relating to Eligible New Leases (including any parking rental income associated with an Eligible New Lease with a rental term for parking in excess of four (4) years) using the first year’s rental rate under the applicable lease(s) and the direct incremental operating costs for the current year of the leased space resulting from such Eligible New Leases. In determining net operating income for the application of these tests, the Operating Partnership shall (i) include in its calculation of net operating income the contractual rent payable under any Eligible New Lease without reduction for any rent abatement or free rent, and (ii) otherwise consistent with cash accounting and the methodology used by the Contributors in developing the current budget for the Central Fairwinds property. The Central Fairwinds property shall not be burdened by the application of any internal REIT management fees, general REIT overhead allocation or other non-direct property expenses.

(iv) “ Earn-Out Term ” means the period from the Closing Date until the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Closing Date, as the period may be extended pursuant to Section 1.05(c)  below.

(v) “ Earn-Out Threshold ” means the attainment of property wide Occupancy at the Central Fairwinds property equaling or exceeding 70%, and, if applicable, thereafter the attainment of Occupancy equaling or exceeding 80%, and, if applicable, thereafter the attainment of Occupancy equaling or exceeding, 90%.

(vi) “ Existing Leases ” means those leases in-place as of January 15, 2014 and identified on Schedule 1.05 .

(vii) “ net operating income ” as of any particular period, shall be calculated for the Central Fairwinds property consistent with cash accounting and the methodology used by the Contributors in developing the current budget for the Central Fairwinds property as shown on Schedule 1.05(vii) . The Central Fairwinds property shall not be burdened by the application of any internal REIT management fees, general REIT overhead allocation or other non-direct property expenses.

(viii) “ Occupancy ” means as of any particular date, (x) the total net rentable square feet of the Central Fairwinds property that is leased to tenants pursuant to leases for which rent obligations have commenced, which shall for all purposes be the net rentable square footage as set forth on Schedule 1.05 divided by (y) the total net rentable area of the property as measured in square feet as set forth on Schedule 1.05 .

(ix) “ Qualifying Change of Control ” means the direct or indirect acquisition by any Person, or group of Persons, acting jointly or in concert (other than SCLP, Gibralt or any of their respective Affiliates), of voting control or direction over more than 50% of the votes attaching, collectively, to the outstanding voting shares of the REIT.

 

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(b) The Operating Partnership agrees and confirms that it shall make one or more additional payments (each, an “ Earn-Out Payment ”) to Sub 1, Sub 2 or SCGP or their respective Affiliates during the Earn-Out Term if and when the owner of the Central Fairwinds property enters into one or more Eligible New Leases that results in the achievement of the applicable Earn-Out Threshold. Additionally, within thirty (30) days following the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the Closing Date, the Operating Partnership shall conduct the calculation set forth in Section 1.05(c)  for the Eligible New Leases entered into since the date that the last Earn-Out Threshold was met, if any, which are in addition to the Eligible New Leases used in calculating the most recent prior Earn-Out Payment (such calculated amount, if any, the “ Final Earn-Out Payment ”). For purposes of determining the Occupancy with respect to the Final Earn-Out Payment, the Occupancy shall be calculated as the lower of the Occupancy on the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the Closing Date or on the 30 th day following the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the Closing Date. For illustrative purposes, if Occupancy is 88% on the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the Closing Date and 87% on the thirtieth day following the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, and the most recent prior Earn-Out Threshold achieved was 82%, the Final Earn-Out Payment would be calculated utilizing the Eligible New Leases that resulted in Occupancy increasing from 82% to 87%.

(c) Each Earn-Out Payment shall be calculated by (i) dividing (A) Earn-Out NOI by (B) 7.75%, and (ii) subtracting from the quotient determined pursuant to (i) above any direct out-of-pocket third-party costs incurred in connection with such additional lease up, including, but not limited to, third-party leasing commissions, tenant inducements and free rent. Further, in calculating each Earn-Out Payment, if the tenant under any New Eligible Lease that was included in the calculation of any Earn-Out Payment, defaults in the payment of rent for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or more, an amount equal to the Earn-Out Payment received by SCLP on that affected Eligible New Lease (the “ Claw-back Amount ”) shall be deducted from future Earn-Out Payments; provided , however , that if the non-paying tenant is replaced prior to the later of the next applicable Earn-Out Payment determination date or the first (1 st ) anniversary of termination of the lease of such non-paying tenant, whether before or after the end of the Earn-Out Term, then the deducted amount (net of any incremental costs relating to the new lease) shall be included in the next Earn-Out Payment and the same shall no longer constitute a Claw-back Amount. If upon the expiration of the Earn-Out Term, the Operating Partnership has not been able to offset any Claw-back Amount against Earn-Out Payments, the Contributors shall each make a payment to the Operating Partnership equal to its pro rata portion of any Claw-back Amount then unpaid in cash, OP Units or REIT Common Stock, at the option of such Contributor, which payment shall be due within thirty (30) days of the expiration of the Earn-Out Term. Any OP Units or REIT Common Stock delivered in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be valued in the manner described in Section 1.05(d) . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, payment of any Earn-Out Payment otherwise earned hereunder shall be deferred if the trailing twelve month net operating income to the owner of the Central Fairwinds property for the most recent quarter ended prior to the applicable determination date is less than the applicable Base NOI Threshold (the “ Income Test ”). The deferral shall continue until such time as the trailing twelve month net operating income to the owner of the Central Fairwinds property at any fiscal quarter end exceeds the applicable Base NOI Threshold, whether the same occurs before or within one year after the end of the Earn-Out Term, at which time the deferred Earn-Out Payment shall become immediately payable.

 

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(d) The Operating Partnership shall have the right to pay up to 100% of any Earn-Out Payment in the form of REIT Common Stock in the case of payments due to Sub 1 and unrestricted and convertible OP Units in the case of payments due to Sub 2, with the remainder of the Earn-Out Payments (if any) to be paid in cash. If any portion of an Earn-Out Payment is made in the form of OP Units, the OP Units shall be valued at a value per unit equal to the 20-day volume-weighted average trading price of the REIT Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange or such other principal stock exchange on which the REIT Common Stock is then traded for the twenty (20) day period immediately preceding the date of issuance of the common units.

(e) The calculation of the amount of each Earn-Out Payment and supporting data and documentation shall be made by the Operating Partnership, approved by the Audit Committee of the REIT and delivered to the Contributors together with all back-up information within thirty (30) days of achieving the applicable Earn-Out Threshold or with respect to the Final Earn-Out Payment, thirty (30) days following the fifth (5 th ) anniversary date of the Closing Date, or such later date on which the Income Test is achieved. The Contributors shall notify the Operating Partnership of any objections to the calculation of the Earn-Out Payment within thirty (30) days after receipt of the calculation. If the Contributors do not object within such thirty (30) day period, the Operating Partnership’s calculation of the Earn-Out Payment shall be final and binding on the parties and the applicable Earn-Out Payment shall be due within three (3) Business Days following the expiration of such thirty (30) day period. If a Contributor shall so notify the Operating Partnership of its objection within such thirty (30) day period, the Operating Partnership shall pay to such Contributor or its designee the undisputed portion of the Earn-Out Payment within three (3) Business Days of the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, and either party may elect to resolve the calculation of the disputed portion of the Earn-Out Payment through the process pursuant to Section 1.05(h) below.

(f) The Operating Partnership agrees to provide to each Contributor information regarding the leasing activities at the Central Fairwinds property on a quarterly basis during the Earn-Out Term.

(g) If the Operating Partnership shall directly or indirectly sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Central Fairwinds property during the Earn-Out Term, the Operating Partnership shall, at its option, (i) require the purchaser thereof to assume the obligation to make any Earn-Out Payment(s) thereafter payable as and when due in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement absent the transfer; provided that the Operating Partnership shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder in the event the purchaser fails to timely pay any such Earn-out Payments, or (ii) pay the Contributors the Earn-Out Payment(s), payable at the time of the sale of the Central Fairwinds property, based on an assumed occupancy level of 90% at such sale date and market rent rates, tenant inducements, free rent and leasing commissions as reasonably agreed to with the Audit Committee of the REIT and otherwise complying with the calculations in Section 1.05(c) above. Any failure to resolve shall be resolved through the process pursuant to Section 1.05(h).

(h) Any dispute with respect to the amount of, or the means of calculating any Earn-Out Payment shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures outlined in Section 1.02(b) hereof. The determination of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be final and binding on the Contributors and the Operating Partnership and any Earn-Out Payment determined by the Independent Accounting Firm to be due, shall be paid within three (3) Business Days of such final determination.

 

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Section 1.06. OP LEASE RESPONSIBILITY. With respect to any lease entered into by the Initial Property Owners or the Contributors at any of the Properties from and after January 15, 2014, the Operating Partnership confirms and agrees that it shall be responsible for and shall pay, or shall reimburse the Contributors for any amounts paid by them in respect of, (i) any amounts required by the terms of any such lease to be paid by the landlord thereunder as a “tenant work allowance” or to undertake tenant improvements or (ii) any leasing commissions, legal fees or other out-of-pocket costs paid or payable by the landlord under any such lease.

ARTICLE II

CLOSING

Section 2.01. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

(a) Condition to Each Party’s Obligations . The respective obligation of each Party to effect the contributions contemplated by this Agreement and to consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to the last sentence of Section 2.01(a)(i) below) of the following conditions:

(i) Registration Statement . The registration statement relating to the Initial Public Offering shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and will not be the subject of any stop order or proceedings by the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking a stop order. This condition may not be waived by any Party.

(ii) No Injunction . No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, judgment, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case which is in effect and which prevents or prohibits consummation of any of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or any of the other Formation Transactions nor shall any litigation with or before a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that seeks the foregoing then be pending.

(iii) Guggenheim Financing . The Guggenheim Financing shall have been closed and the transactions contemplated thereby consummated.

(iv) Natixis Notice . Any and all required notices and informational deliveries required under the Natixis Loan Agreement shall have been made and accepted by Natixis.

(v) Formation Transactions . The Formation Transactions set forth on Exhibit C shall have been consummated not later than concurrently with the Closing.

(b) Conditions to Obligations of the Operating Partnership . The obligations of the Operating Partnership to effect the contributions contemplated by this Agreement and to consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Closing Date are further subject to satisfaction of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by the Operating Partnership in whole or in part):

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respects at and as of the Closing (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty speaks as of an earlier date, in which case it must be true and correct only as of such earlier date).

(ii) Performance by each Contributor . Each Contributor shall have performed and complied with in all material respects all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

(iii) Consents, Licenses, Etc . All necessary consents and approvals, including of any Governmental Authorities or third parties, for each Contributor to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and the other Formation Transactions shall have been obtained. The Operating Partnership shall have received all licenses, permits, certificates, approvals and other authorizations from the appropriate Governmental Authorities that are necessary in connection with the transfer of the Ownership Interests, the operation of the Properties and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(iv) No Material Adverse Change . There shall not have occurred between the date hereof and the Closing Date any material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Contributors, the Initial Property Owners and the Properties, taken as a whole (a “ Fund Material Adverse Effect ”); provided, however , that none of the following shall be deemed, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Fund Material Adverse Effect: (1) any material adverse change to the extent attributable to the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (2) any material adverse change attributable to conditions affecting (x) the industries in which the Contributors or the Initial Property Owners participate (including fluctuating conditions resulting from cyclicality, seasonality or weather patterns affecting the business of the Contributors or the Initial Property Owner, including their respective tenants and suppliers) or (y) the United States economy as a whole; provided that such changes do not affect the Properties in a disproportionate manner; (3) any material adverse change resulting from or relating to compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required by, this Agreement; (4) any material adverse change arising from or relating to any change in accounting requirements or principles or any change in Laws or the interpretation or enforcement thereof; or (5) any Permitted Lien.

(v) Initial Public Offering Closing . The closing of the Initial Public Offering shall occur substantially concurrently with the Closing.

(vi) Bankruptcy and Similar Events . There shall not have been filed, by or against any Contributor or any Initial Property Owner a petition in bankruptcy or a petition or answer seeking an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or seeking liquidation or dissolution or similar relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, or similar insolvency law, which has not been dismissed before the Closing Date.

(vii) Formation Transactions . The Formation Transactions shall have been or shall be scheduled to be consummated substantially concurrently in accordance with the timing set forth in the respective Formation Transaction Documents.

 

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(viii) Approval of Formation Transactions . The transactions contemplated hereby and the other Formation Transactions shall have been approved or consented to in writing by the general partner and, to the extent required, the holders of the requisite limited partner interests of each Contributor.

(ix) Working Capital . The Initial Property Owners, in the aggregate, shall have Net Working Capital of not less than zero, as of the Closing Date.

(x) Tenant Reserves . The Initial Property Owners, in the aggregate, shall have sufficient available funds from cash reserves, loan reserves or other financing agreements as of the Closing Date to satisfy all contractual obligations for tenant improvements as of the Closing Date.

(c) Conditions to Obligations of the Contributors . The obligations of each Contributor are further subject to satisfaction of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by such Contributor in whole or in part):

(i) Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty speaks as of an earlier date, in which case it must be true and correct only as of such earlier date).

(ii) Performance by the Operating Partnership and the REIT . The Operating Partnership and the REIT shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

(iii) Consents, Licenses, Etc . All necessary consents and approvals, including of any Governmental Authorities or third parties, for each Contributor to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and the other Formation Transactions shall have been obtained. The REIT and the Operating Partnership shall have received all licenses, permits, certificates, approvals and other authorizations from the appropriate Governmental Authorities that are necessary in connection with the transfer of the Ownership Interests, the operation of the Properties and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(iv) Advisory Agreement . The Advisory Agreement by and among the Operating Partnership, the REIT and City Office Real Estate Management, Inc. shall have been executed.

(v) Excepted Holder Agreement . The Excepted Holder Agreements by and among the REIT, Sub 1, Sub 2 and SCGP shall have been executed.

(vi) Tax Protection Agreements . The Tax Protection Agreements by and among the Operating Partnership, Sub 2, SCGP, Daniel Rapaport, GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership (“Amberglen”) and Gibralt US, Inc. (“Gibralt”) shall have been executed.

(vii) Gibralt Contribution Agreement . The Contribution Agreement (the “Gibralt Contribution Agreement”) by and among the Operating Partnership, Gibralt and Amberglen, and all documents and instruments contemplated thereby, shall have been executed.

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limited liability company and CC Tower Feldman Partners LLC, a Florida limited liability company (collectively, the “ Minority Partners ”) an indemnity agreement substantially in form of Exhibit E attached hereto.

Section 2.02. TIME AND PLACE. Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.05, and subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions in Section 2.01, the closing of the transfers contemplated by Sections 1.01 and 1.02 and the other transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Closing ”) shall occur substantially concurrently with closing of, and the receipt by the REIT of the proceeds from, the Initial Public Offering (the “ Closing Date ”). The Closing shall take place at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 or such other place as mutually determined by the parties hereto. The transfers described in Sections 1.01 and 1.02 and all closing deliveries shall be deemed to have occurred concurrently on the Closing Date at the Closing for all purposes.

Section 2.03. CLOSING DELIVERABLES.

(a) At or prior to the Closing, each Contributor shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Operating Partnership all documents necessary or appropriate to consummate the Closing, including the following, all in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Operating Partnership:

(i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit F attached hereto transferring all of such Contributor’s right, title and interest in and to each Initial Property Owner to the Operating Partnership or the REIT, as applicable (“ Assignment and Assumption Agreement ”);

(ii) A certificate from such Contributor certifying to the Operating Partnership (i) the accuracy of such Contributor’s representations and warranties made by Contributor hereunder, and (ii) the accuracy and current enforceability of the organizational documents for the applicable Initial Property Owner and (iii) the absence of any Fund Material Adverse Effect;

(iii) all documents and instruments, if any, necessary to reflect the change in the general partner and limited partners of each Initial Property Owner in its state of formation and each state in which an Initial Property Owner is qualified;

(iv) an affidavit certifying that such Contributor is not a “foreign person,” as that term is defined by Section 1445 of the Code;

(v) all documents required by a lender in connection with the assumption or prepayment of any existing loan at or prior to Closing, duly executed by each applicable party;

(vi) a duly executed copy of the A&R OP Agreement; and

(vii) any other documents reasonably requested by the Operating Partnership or reasonably necessary or desirable to assign, transfer, convey, contribute and deliver the Ownership Interests, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(b) At or prior to the Closing, the Operating Partnership or the REIT, as applicable shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Contributor all documents necessary or appropriate to consummate the Closing, including the following, all in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each Contributor:

(i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement;

(ii) the Minority Interest Consideration due to SCLP pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof;

(iii) the Sub 1 Consideration due to Sub 1 pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof;

(iv) the Sub 2 Consideration due to Sub 2 pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof;

(v) the SCGP Consideration due to SCGP pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof;

(vi) a duly executed copy of the A&R OP Agreement; and

(vii) any other documents reasonably requested by any Contributor as may be reasonably necessary or proper to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 2.04. CLOSING COSTS. If the Closing occurs, the REIT and the Operating Partnership shall reimburse Gibralt, Amberglen and each Contributor hereunder for the reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with the Formation Transactions (including the related financing and refinancing costs) and the Initial Public Offering (excluding the underwriting discount); provided, however, that such reimbursement shall not in the aggregate exceed $8,450,000.

Section 2.05. TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall terminate automatically if the contributions contemplated by this Agreement shall not have been consummated on or prior to the December 31, 2014 (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “ Outside Date ”), unless extended in writing by the parties to this Agreement.

Section 2.06. EFFECT OF TERMINATION. In the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason, all obligations on the part of the Operating Partnership and each Contributor under this Agreement shall terminate, except as otherwise provided herein.

Section 2.07. TAX WITHHOLDING. The Operating Partnership shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, from the consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement to each Contributor, such amounts as the Operating Partnership is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Operating Partnership, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to such Contributor in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Operating Partnership.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND THE REIT

Each of the REIT and the Operating Partnership hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with each Contributor as follows:

Section 3.01. ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY. The Operating Partnership is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the State of Maryland. The REIT is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the State of Maryland. The Operating Partnership has all requisite power and authority to (a) enter into this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument contemplated hereby, (b) carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (c) own, lease or operate its property, to enter into and consummate the Guggenheim Financing, (d) guarantee the obligations under the Natixis Loan Agreement covered as of the date hereof by the Natixis Guaranty, and (e) carry on its business as presently conducted. The REIT has all requisite power and authority to (a) enter into this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument contemplated hereby and (b) carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. To the extent required under applicable Law, each of the Operating Partnership and the REIT is qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the character of its property make such qualification necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified would not have an OP Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 3.02. DUE AUTHORIZATION. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument contemplated hereby by the Operating Partnership or the REIT has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action of the Operating Partnership or the REIT, respectively. This Agreement and each agreement, document and instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership pursuant to this Agreement constitutes, or when executed and delivered will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Operating Partnership, each enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Law relating to creditors’ rights and remedies generally and (ii) as to enforceability, to general principles of equity and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and to the discretion of the commission, tribunal or adjudicative body before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. This Agreement and each agreement, document and instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of the REIT pursuant to this Agreement constitutes, or when executed and delivered will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the REIT, each enforceable against the REIT in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Law relating to creditors’ rights and remedies generally and (ii) as to enforceability, to general principles of equity and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

Section 3.03. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.03 , no material consent, waiver, approval or authorization of, or filing with, any Person or Governmental Authority or under any applicable Law is required to be obtained by the REIT or the Operating Partnership in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or the other Formation Transactions.

Section 3.04. NO VIOLATION. None of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or any agreement contemplated hereby between the parties to this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the other Formation Transactions) does or will, with or without the giving of notice, lapse of time, or both, violate, conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under (a) the organizational documents of the Operating Partnership or the REIT, (b) any term or provision of any judgment, order, writ, injunction, or decree binding on the Operating Partnership or the REIT or (c) any other agreement to which the Operating Partnership or the REIT is a party.

Section 3.05. VALIDITY OF OP UNITS. The OP Units to be issued to Sub 2, SCGP and the REIT pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Operating Partnership and, when issued against the consideration therefor, will be validly issued by the Operating Partnership, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created by the A&R OP Agreement).

Section 3.06. VALIDITY OF REIT COMMON STOCK. The REIT Common Stock to be issued to Sub 1 pursuant to this Agreement has been duly authorized by the REIT and, when issued against the consideration therefor, will be validly issued by the REIT, free and clear of all Liens (except Permitted Liens).

Section 3.07. LITIGATION. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the Operating Partnership’s knowledge, threatened against the Operating Partnership which, if adversely determined, would be reasonably expected to have an OP Material Adverse Effect or which would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Operating Partnership to execute or deliver, or perform its obligations under, this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument executed by it pursuant to this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the REIT’s knowledge, threatened against the REIT which, if adversely determined, would be reasonably expected to have an OP Material Adverse Effect or which would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the REIT to execute or deliver, or perform its obligations under, this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument executed by it pursuant to this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

Section 3.08. OP AGREEMENT. Attached as Exhibit D hereto is a true and complete copy of the A&R OP Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership to be entered into between SCGP, Sub 2 and the REIT on the Closing.

Section 3.09. LIMITED ACTIVITIES. Except for activities directly connected to the Formation Transactions, neither the REIT nor the Operating Partnership has not engaged in any business or incurred any obligations.

 

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Section 3.10. NO BROKER. Neither the REIT nor the Operating Partnership has entered into, and each of the REIT and the Operating Partnership hereby covenants that it will not enter into, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person which would reasonably be expected to result in the obligation of a Contributor or any Affiliates thereof to pay any finder’s fee, brokerage commission or similar payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the REIT or the Operating Partnership.

Section 3.11. NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. Other than the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Article III, none of the Operating Partnership, the REIT or any other Person has made or makes any express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of the REIT or the Operating Partnership or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in Law and the REIT and the Operating Partnership hereby disclaims any other representations or warranties, whether made or purported to be by the REIT or the Operating Partnership, or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any agreement, document or instrument contemplated to be delivered by the Operating Partnership, by the REIT, by this Agreement or the Formation Transactions, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Contributors acknowledge and agree that they have not relied and are not relying upon any representations or warranties other than those contained in this Article III.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONTRIBUTORS

Each Contributor hereby represents and warrants to the Operating Partnership and agrees with the Operating Partnership as follows:

Section 4.01. ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY.

(a) Each Contributor is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the State of Delaware. Each Contributor has all requisite power and authority to enter this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument contemplated hereby and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and to own, lease or operate its property and to carry on its business as presently conducted and, to the extent required under applicable Law, is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the character of its property make such qualification necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified could not result in a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Each Initial Property Owner (i) is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the State indicated on Exhibit A, (ii)  has all limited partnership power and authority to own, lease or operate its property and to carry on its business as presently conducted and, to the extent required under applicable Law, and (iii) is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the character of its property make such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, properties or results of operations of such Initial Property Owner.

Section 4.02. DUE AUTHORIZATION. The execution, delivery and performance by the Contributor of this Agreement and the other Formation Transaction Documents (including any agreement, document and instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Contributor pursuant to this Agreement or the other Formation Transaction Documents) to which it is a party have been duly and

 

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validly authorized by all necessary actions required of the Contributor. This Agreement, the other Formation Transaction Documents to which such Contributor is a party and each agreement, document and instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Contributor or any Initial Property Owner pursuant to this Agreement or the other Formation Transaction Documents constitutes, or when executed and delivered will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Contributor or such Initial Property Owner, each enforceable against the Contributor or such Initial Property Owner in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Law relating to creditors’ rights and remedies generally and (ii) as to enforceability, to general principles of equity and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

Section 4.03. OWNERSHIP OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS. Each Contributor is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Ownership Interests set forth on Exhibit B and has the exclusive power and authority to transfer, sell, assign and convey to the Operating Partnership such Ownership Interests free and clear of any Liens, except for Permitted Liens, and, upon delivery of the consideration for such Ownership Interests as provided herein, the Operating Partnership will acquire good and valid title thereto, free and clear of any Liens, except for Permitted Liens and Liens created by the A&R OP Agreement. Except as provided for or contemplated by this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby, there are no rights, subscriptions, warrants, options, conversion rights, preemptive rights, agreements, instruments or understandings of any kind outstanding (a) relating to the Ownership Interests or (b) to purchase, transfer or to otherwise acquire, or to in any way encumber, any of the interests which comprise such Ownership Interests or any securities or obligations of any kind convertible into any of the interests which comprise such Ownership Interests or other equity interests or profit participation of any kind in the Initial Property Owners. All of the issued and outstanding Ownership Interests have been duly authorized and are validly issued.

Section 4.04. OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTIES.

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.04(a)(i) , each Initial Property Owner that owns any of the Property that is designated as owned real property in Exhibit A hereto has good and marketable title in fee simple to such Property free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens. No Person has any right or option to acquire all or any portion of any Property, other than the Operating Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule 4.04(a)(ii) .

(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, each Initial Property Owner that leases any of the Property that is designated as leased real property in Exhibit A hereto has a valid leasehold interest in, and enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession (consistent with historical use) of such Property, pursuant to the terms of said Lease, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens. No Initial Property Owner has received any written notice of any default under any of the real property leases pursuant to which it leases such Properties, and to the Contributors’ knowledge there is no material uncured default by any landlord thereunder.

(c) Each Initial Property Owner has in place an owner’s or leasehold owner’s policy of title insurance that is currently effective for the Property it is listed as owning on Exhibit A , insuring title in the name of such Initial Property Owner, as listed on Schedule 4.04(c)  hereto.

(d) Except for matters set forth on Schedule 4.04(d)  hereto and except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, (1) no Contributor, nor any of the Initial Property Owners nor any of the Properties nor, to the knowledge of any Contributor,

 

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any other party to any material agreement affecting any Property (other than a Lease (as such term is hereinafter defined) for space within such Property), is in default under any such material agreement affecting any Property, (2) to the knowledge of the Contributor, no event has occurred or has been threatened in writing, which with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any such agreement, or would, individually or together with all such other events, reasonably be expected to cause the acceleration of any obligation of any party thereto or the creation of a Lien upon any asset of the Contributor being contributed to the Operating Partnership, Initial Property Owners or the Properties and (3) to the Contributor’s knowledge, all agreements affecting any Property required for the continued ownership, use, occupancy, management, leasing and operation of such Property (exclusive of space Leases) are valid and binding and in full force and effect, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of equity.

(e) Schedule 4.04(e)  sets forth information with respect to the Leases of each Property which is true and accurate in all material respects, including the tenant, lease term expiration date and current rent terms. No renewal options exist that are not otherwise specified in the Leases. Subject to the terms of any ground lease identified on Schedule 4.04(e) , no party has any rights of possession or occupancy to any of the Properties, except for such rights as arise pursuant to the Leases as may be reflected in the Title Policies. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect or that are otherwise disclosed on Schedule 4.04(e) , (1) no Contributor, nor any of the Initial Property Owners nor any of the Properties nor, to the knowledge of any Contributor, any other party to any Lease, is in monetary default or material non-monetary default under such Lease, (2) no Contributor has received any written threat nor, to the Contributor’s knowledge, has any event occurred, which with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any Lease or would permit termination, modification or acceleration under such Lease and (3) no Contributor has a reason to believe or has received written notice that the leases (and all amendments thereto or modifications thereof) to which the Initial Property Owners are a party or by which the Initial Property Owners are bound or subject (collectively, the “ Leases ”) are not valid and binding and in full force and effect, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of equity. There exists no matured unfulfilled obligation on the part of any Contributor, Initial Property Owner or any Property to dedicate or grant an easement or easements over any portion or portions of any of the Property to any Governmental Authority.

(f) To each Contributor’s knowledge, all the buildings, fixtures and leasehold improvements used by any Initial Property Owner (or its agents) or any Property in connection with the use and operation of the improvements located on the Properties are located on such Property. Each of the Properties abuts on at least one side a public street or road so as to provide and permit adequate vehicular and pedestrian ingress, egress and access to such parcel, or has adequate easements across intervening property to permit adequate vehicular and pedestrian ingress, egress and access to such parcel from a public street or road.

(g) Except as shown on Schedule 4.04(g), there are no material defects in the Properties known to any Contributor or any Initial Property Owner, including all systems therein, all structural components of the buildings located thereon (including, without limitation, the roof and the exterior walls and all operating systems, including, without limitation, the air conditioning system, the heating system, the plumbing system, the electrical system, the fire alarm system, if any, and the sprinkling system, if any). To each Contributor’s knowledge, all water, sewer, electric, natural gas, telephone, drainage facilities and all other utilities required for the current use of each Property are installed to the boundary of such Property, are connected

 

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with valid permits, comply with all applicable governmental requirements and are adequate to service the Property for its current use, and no utility deposits are on deposit with respect to any such facilities.

Section 4.05. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. Except as shall have been obtained or satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date, no consent, waiver, approval, authorization, order, license, permit or registration of, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Person or any Governmental Authority or under any applicable Laws is required to be obtained by a Contributor or any Initial Property Owner in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Formation Transaction Documents to which a Contributor or any Initial Property Owner is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

Section 4.06. NO VIOLATION. None of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby between the parties to this Agreement, including the Formation Transaction Documents, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the other Formation Transactions) does or will, with or without the giving of notice, lapse of time, or both, violate, conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under or give to others any right of termination, acceleration, cancelation or other right under, (a) the organizational documents of any Contributor (b) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Contributor is a party or by which any Contributor or its assets or properties is bound or (c) any term or provision of any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree binding on any Contributor (or its assets or properties), except, in the case of (b) and (c), any such breaches or defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.07. NON-FOREIGN PERSON. Each Contributor is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

Section 4.08. TAXES. Except as would not have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, (a) all Tax Returns and reports required to be filed with respect to the Properties and all other assets owned by the Initial Property Owners immediately prior to the transactions contemplated by this agreement (collectively, the “ Initial Property Assets ”) have been timely filed (after giving effect to any applicable filing extension periods) and all such returns and reports are accurate and complete in all material respects, (b) all Taxes required to be paid prior to the date hereof with respect to the Initial Property Assets have been paid and (c) no deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed with respect to the Initial Property Assets, and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are pending.

Section 4.09. SOLVENCY. Each Contributor has been and will be Solvent at all times prior to and for the 90-day period following the transfer of the Ownership Interests to the Operating Partnership. For purposes hereof, “Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, as of such date, (a) the value of the assets of such Person (both at fair value and present fair saleable value) is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including, without duplication, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person, (b) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities mature and (c) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such contingent or unliquidated liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

Section 4.10. LITIGATION. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to such Contributor’s knowledge, threatened against such Contributor which, if adversely determined, (i) would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of such Contributor to execute or deliver, or perform its

 

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obligations under, this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument executed by it pursuant to this Agreement, the Formation Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the other Formation Transactions or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.11. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 , to the knowledge of the Contributors, the Properties have been maintained in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, codes, orders and statutes (including, without limitation, those currently relating to fire safety, conservation, parking, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, zoning and building laws) whether federal, state or local, except where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect. No Contributor or Initial Property Owner has received written notice that any such Property is not in compliance as set forth in the preceding sentence. Compliance with Environmental Laws is not addressed by this Section 4.11, but rather solely by Section 4.14.

Section 4.12. EMINENT DOMAIN. There is no pending or, to any Contributor’s knowledge, proposed or threatened condemnation, eminent domain or similar proceeding, or private purchase in lieu of such a proceeding, in respect of all or any material portion of the Properties.

Section 4.13. LICENSES AND PERMITS. All notices, licenses, permits, certificates and authorizations required for the continued ownership use, occupancy, management, leasing and operation of the Properties have been obtained or can be obtained without material cost, are in full force and effect, are in good standing and will not be terminated as a result of the change in ownership contemplated under the Formation Transactions or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except in each case for items that, if not so obtained, obtainable or transferred, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect. None of the Contributors or the Initial Property Owners, or, to the knowledge of the Contributors, any third party has taken any action that (or failed to take any action the omission of which) would result in the revocation of any such notice, license, permit, certificate or authorization where such revocation or revocations would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, nor has any Contributor received any written notice of violation from any Governmental Authority or written notice of the intention of any entity or Person to revoke any such notice, license, permit, certificate or authorization, that in each case has not been cured or otherwise resolved to the satisfaction of such Governmental Authority or other entity and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.14. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14 , to the knowledge of the Contributors, the Initial Property Owners and their Subsidiaries are currently in compliance with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, except where the failure to so comply would not have a Fund Material Adverse Effect. No Contributor has received any written notice from the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal, state, county or municipal entity or agency that regulates Hazardous Materials or public health risks or other environmental matters or any other private party or Person claiming any current violation of, or requiring current compliance with, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or demanding payment or contribution for any Release or other environmental damage in, on, under, or upon any of the Properties. No litigation in which a Contributor or any Initial Property Owner is a named party is pending with respect to Hazardous Materials located in, on, under or upon any of the Properties, and, to any such Contributor’s knowledge, no investigation in such respect is pending and no such litigation or investigation has been threatened in writing in the last twelve months by any Governmental Entity or any third party. To the knowledge of the Contributors, except as set forth on Schedule 4.14 , there are no environmental conditions existing at, on, under, upon or affecting the Properties or any portion thereof that would reasonably be likely to result in any claim, liability or obligation under any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permit or any claim by any third party that would have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.15. TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. To each Contributor’s knowledge, except as set forth on Schedule 4.15 , or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, each Initial Property Owner and its Subsidiaries’ interests in any fixtures or personal property that are reflected on the financial statements of such entity as owned by such entity, are owned free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens or pursuant to the Existing Loans and are in good working condition, normal wear and tear excepted.

Section 4.16. ZONING. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16 the zoning of each parcel comprising the Properties permits the presently existing improvements and the continuation of the business presently being conducted on such parcel; no Contributor has received (i) any written notice (which remains uncured) from any Governmental Authority stating that any of the Properties is currently violating any zoning, land use or other similar rules or ordinances in any material respect, or (ii) any written notice of any pending or threatened proceedings for the rezoning (i.e., as opposed to the current zoning) of any of the Properties or any portion thereof except, in each case as would not have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.17. INVESTMENT INTENT. Each Contributor acknowledges that the offering and issuance of the REIT Common Stock or the OP Units, as applicable, to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement are intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act and that the Operating Partnership’s reliance on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of such Contributor contained herein. In furtherance thereof, each Contributor represents and warrants to the Operating Partnership as follows:

(a) Such Contributor is an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act).

(b) Such Contributor is acquiring the OP Units solely for its own account for the purpose of investment and not as a nominee or agent for any other Person and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution of any thereof in violation of the federal securities Law.

(c) Such Contributor is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in business and financial matters; such Contributor has previously invested in securities similar to the OP Units or REIT Common Stock and fully understands the limitations on transfer imposed by the federal securities Law. Such Contributor is able to bear the economic risk of holding the OP Units or REIT Common Stock for an indefinite period and is able to afford the complete loss of its investment in the OP Units or REIT Common Stock; such Contributor has received and reviewed all information and documents about or pertaining to the Operating Partnership and the business and prospects of the Operating Partnership and the issuance of the OP Units or REIT Common Stock as such Contributor deems necessary or desirable, and has been given the opportunity to obtain any additional information or documents and to ask questions and receive answers about such information and documents, the REIT and the Operating Partnership and the business and prospects of the REIT and the Operating Partnership which such Contributor deems necessary or desirable to evaluate the merits and risks related to its investment in the OP Units or REIT Common Stock; and such Contributor understands and has taken cognizance of all risk factors related to the purchase of the OP Units or REIT Common Stock. Such Contributor is relying upon its own independent analysis and assessment (including with respect to taxes), and the advice of such Contributor’s advisors (including tax advisors), and not upon that of the REIT or the Operating Partnership or any of the REIT’s or Operating Partnership’s Affiliates, for purposes of evaluating, entering into, and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby.

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Section 4.18. EXISTING LOANS. Schedule 4.18 lists, as of the date hereof, all secured loans presently encumbering the Properties or any direct or indirect interest in any Initial Property Owners and any unsecured loans relating thereto to be assumed by the REIT or any Subsidiary of the REIT or otherwise to subsist at and after the Closing (collectively, the “ Existing Loans ”). Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect or that are otherwise disclosed on Schedule 4.18 , no monetary default (beyond applicable notice and cure periods) by any party exists under any of the Existing Loans and the documents entered into in connection therewith (collectively, the “ Existing Loan Documents ”) and no material non-monetary default (beyond applicable notice and cure periods) by any party exists under any of such Existing Loan Documents.

Section 4.19. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The consolidated financial statements of each Contributor, the Initial Property Owners or the Properties delivered to the Operating Partnership (collectively the “ Financial Statements ”) have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Contributor, the Initial Property Owners or the Properties as of the dates indicated therein and for the periods ended as indicated therein. No Initial Property Owner has any liability or obligation (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the type required by GAAP to be reflected in the Financial Statements, except (i) as set forth on the March 31, 2014 balance sheet of the applicable Initial Property Owner; or (ii) incurred since March 31, 2014 in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and in an amount that is not, individually or in the aggregate, material to such Initial Property Owner. The accounts receivable presently owed to each Initial Property Owner are current and, to the knowledge of the Contributors, collectible in the ordinary course, without resort to third party collections, net of any reserves applicable thereto, and, subject to such reserves, shall be collected in full in the ordinary course consistent with the past practice of the Initial Property Owner. There is no contest, claim, or right of set off, other than rebates in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, under any contract with any obligor of an account receivable relating to the amount or validity of such account receivable.

Section 4.20. INSURANCE. Each Contributor or the respective Initial Property Owner has in place the public liability, casualty and other insurance coverage with respect to each of the Properties owned by it as the Contributor or Initial Property Owner reasonably deems necessary and in all cases including such coverage as is required under the terms of any continuing loan or Lease. Each of the insurance policies with respect to each Property is in full force and effect in all material respects and all premiums due and payable thereunder have been fully paid when due. To the knowledge of the Contributors, neither any Contributor nor an Initial Property Owner has received from any insurance company any notices of cancellation or intent to cancel any insurance.

Section 4.21. EMPLOYEES. None of the Initial Property Owners has or has ever had any employees.

Section 4.22. NO BROKER. Except those fees, commissions or similar payments payable in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the new financing transaction set forth in the registration statement related thereto, the Contributors have not entered into, and they covenant that they will not enter into, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person which will result in the obligation of the REIT, the Operating Partnership or any Affiliate to pay any finder’s fee, brokerage commission or similar payment in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such Contributor.

 

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Section 4.23. NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. Other than the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Article IV and any other agreement entered into by the Contributors in connection with the Formation Transactions, including the Formation Transaction Documents and the Underwriting Agreement of the REIT, no Contributor nor any other Person has made or makes any express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of a Contributor including any representation as to the future revenue, profitability or success of the Initial Property Owners, or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in Law and the Contributors hereby disclaim any other representations or warranties, whether made or purported to be by the Contributors (or any of them), or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any agreement, document or instrument contemplated to be delivered by the Contributors, or any of them, by this Agreement or the Formation Transactions, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Operating Partnership acknowledges and agrees that it has not relied and is not relying upon any representations or warranties other than those contained in this Article IV.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 5.01. INDEMNIFICATION.

(a) The Contributors shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Operating Partnership and the REIT, and their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders, partners, agents and affiliates (each an “ OP Indemnified Party ” and collectively the “ OP Indemnified Parties ”), from and against any and all charges, complaints, claims, actions, causes of action, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, interest, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs of investigation, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals therefrom and costs of attachment or similar bonds (collectively, “ Losses ”) asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the OP Indemnified Party, to the extent resulting from any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant of the Contributors contained in this Agreement. In each case, the Contributors shall only bear the fees, costs or expenses in connection with the employment of one counsel (regardless of the number of OP Indemnified Parties). SCLP covenants to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the OP Indemnified Parties from and against all Losses incurred in excess of $250,000 in connection with the minority interest redemption or buy-out provision contained in Section 5.9 of the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership pertaining to the Property known as Corporate Parkway (the “ Buyout Indemnity ”). In addition, SCLP covenants to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the OP Indemnified Parties from and against all transaction expenses incurred in connection with the proposed Refinancing of the Property known as AmberGlen in excess of $475,000 (the “Refinancing Indemnity”). The Operating Partnership shall have the right to set-off any amounts due to the Operating Partnership pursuant to the Refinancing Indemnity against any payments due, if any, to the contributors pursuant to Section 1.02(d).

(b) The Contributors shall also indemnify and hold harmless the OP Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the OP Indemnified Parties to the extent resulting from any third-party claim relating to the Ownership Interests such Contributor contributed which arise from matters that occurred prior to Closing.

(c) The Operating Partnership shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Contributors and their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders, partners, agents and affiliates (each a “ Contributor Indemnified Party ” and collectively the “ Contributor Indemnified Parties ”; the OP Indemnified Parties and the Contributor Indemnified Parties each an “ Indemnified Party ” and collectively the “ Indemnified Parties ”), from and against Losses asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the Contributor Indemnified Party, to the extent resulting from any third party claims arising under the Natixis Guaranty from and after the Closing Date until the Operating Partnership has replaced SCLP as guarantor thereunder. In each case, Operating Partnership shall only bear the fees, costs or expenses in connection with the employment of one counsel (regardless of the number of Contributor Indemnified Parties).

 

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(d) With respect to any claim of an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 5.01, to the extent available, such Indemnified Party agrees to use diligent good faith efforts to pursue and collect any and all available proceeds and benefits of any right to defense under any insurance policy that covers the matter which is the subject of the indemnification prior to seeking indemnification from the other party (such party, the “ Indemnifying Party ”) until all proceeds and benefits, if any, to which the Indemnified Party is entitled pursuant to such insurance policy having been exhausted; provided , however , that the Indemnified Party may make a claim under this Section 5.01 even if an insurance coverage dispute is pending, in which case, if the Indemnified Party later receives insurance proceeds with respect to any Losses paid by the Indemnifying Party for the benefit of any Indemnified Party, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party in an amount equivalent to such proceeds in excess of any deductible amount up to the amount actually paid (or deemed paid) by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party in connection with such indemnification (it being understood that all costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnifying Party with respect to insurance coverage disputes shall constitute Losses paid by the Indemnifying Party for purposes of Section 5.01(a) hereof).

(e) As soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by the Indemnified Party of notice of any liability or claim incurred by or asserted against the Indemnified Party that is subject to indemnification under this Section 5.01, the Indemnified Party shall give written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, including liabilities or claims to be applied against the indemnification deductible established pursuant to Section 5.01(f) hereof; provided that failure to give notice to the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability that it may have to any Indemnified Party, unless, and only to the extent that, such failure (a) shall have caused prejudice to the defense of such claim or (b) shall have materially increased the costs or potential liability of the Indemnifying Party by reason of the inability or failure of the Indemnifying Party (due to such lack of prompt notice) to be involved in any investigations or negotiations regarding any such claim. Such notice shall describe in reasonable detail the facts known to such Indemnified Party giving rise to such claim, and the amount or good faith estimate of the amount of Losses arising therefrom, and shall identify specifically the basis under which indemnification is sought pursuant to Section 5.01(a), (b) or (c) above, as applicable. Unless prohibited by law, such Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after such Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents received by such Indemnified Party relating to such claim. The Indemnified Party shall permit the Indemnifying Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s option and expense, to assume the defense of any such claim by counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, and to settle or otherwise dispose of the same; provided , however , that the Indemnified Party may at all times participate in such defense at its sole expense; and provided further , however , that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in defense of any such claim, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party in its sole and absolute discretion, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff in question to all Indemnified Parties a full and complete release of all liabilities in respect of such claims, or that does not result only in the payment of money damages which are paid (or deemed paid) in full by the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party shall not have undertaken such defense within 20 days after such notice, or within such shorter time as may be reasonable under the circumstances to the extent required by applicable law, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such liability or claim on behalf of and for the account of such party’s and at such party’s sole cost and expense (subject to the limitations in Section 5.01(f) and (g) hereof).

 

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(f) Limitations on Indemnification .

(i) The Contributors shall not be liable for any indemnification hereunder unless and until the total amount recoverable by the Indemnified Parties under this Section 5.01 exceeds one percent (1%) of the value of the aggregate Total Consideration (valuing OP Units at a value per OP Unit equal to the Offering Price) (the “Basket”) and then only to the extent of such excess, provided that in no event shall the Contributors be liable for indemnification hereunder for an aggregate amount exceeding ten percent (10%) of the Total Consideration (valuing OP Units at a value per OP Unit equal to the Offering Price) (the “Cap”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyout Indemnity or the Refinancing Indemnity shall not be subject to the Basket or the Cap. For the avoidance of doubt the parties acknowledge that any Earn-Out Payments earned and received by the Contributors shall be included in calculation of the Total Consideration.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, before taking recourse against any assets of the Contributors, or any of them, and subject to the other limitations contained in this Section 5.01, the Indemnified Parties shall look, first to available insurance proceeds (including without limitation any title insurance proceeds, if applicable) pursuant to Section 5.01(d) above, and then to indemnification under this Section 5.01.

(g) Limitation Period .

(i) Any claim for indemnification under this Section 5.01 (other than with respect to the Buyout Indemnity or a breach of a covenant, which claims for indemnification may be asserted at any time) must be asserted in writing by the Indemnified Party, stating the nature of the Losses and the basis for indemnification therefor on or prior to the first (1 st ) anniversary of the Closing.

(ii) If an applicable claim is asserted in writing on or prior to the first (1 st ) anniversary of the date of Closing (or, in the case of claims under Section 5.01(c)(ii), such date as specified in Section 5.01(g)(iii)) such claim shall survive until resolved by mutual agreement between the Contributor and the Indemnified Party or by arbitration or court proceeding.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, including specifically but not by way of limitation Section 5.01(g)(i) above, any claims for indemnification relating to Section 5.01(c) (other than with respect to the Buyout Indemnity or a breach of a covenant, which claims for indemnification may be asserted at any time) may be asserted in writing by the Contributor Indemnified Parties at any time until the earlier to occur of (x) the date on which SCLP is replaced, and released from any obligations, as the guarantor under the Natixis Guaranty and (y) the date on which all obligations under the Natixis Loan Agreement have been repaid in full.

(iv) Any claim for indemnification with respect to any of such matters which is not asserted by notice given as herein provided relating thereto within such specified period of survival may not be pursued and is hereby irrevocably waived as of and after such time.

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OP Unit equal to the Offering Price. The Contributors hereby authorize the REIT, as general partner of the Operating Partnership, to take all such action as may be necessary to amend the Partnership Agreement, and any exhibits or schedules thereto, to reflect the delivery of any OP Units by the Contributors to the Operating Partnership as an indemnification payment hereunder and to reflect that the Contributor has no further right, title or interest with respect to any such OP Units. Each of the Parties further agrees to treat any return of OP Units in satisfaction of indemnification obligations hereunder as an adjustment to the consideration delivered to the Contributors hereunder

Section 5.02. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Indemnified Parties, and each of them, (i) hereby acknowledge and agree that their sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims (other than claims arising from fraud on the part of a Contributor hereto) including without limitation, any matter based on the inaccuracy, untruth, incompleteness or breach of any representation or warranty of any Contributor hereto contained herein or based on the failure of any covenant, agreement or undertaking herein or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, shall be pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in Section 5.01 and (ii) hereby waives, as of the Closing, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, any and all rights, claims and causes of action (other than claims of, or causes of action arising from, fraud on the part of a Contributor) it may have against the Contributors, or any of them, arising under or based upon any federal, state, local or foreign Law, other than the right to seek indemnity pursuant to this Section 5. The foregoing sentence shall not limit the Indemnified Party’s right to specific performance or injunctive relief in connection with the breach by the Contributors of the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 5.03. TAX TREATMENT. All indemnity payments made hereunder shall be treated as adjustments to the consideration paid hereunder for United States federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS

Section 6.01. COVENANTS OF THE CONTRIBUTORS. During the period from the date hereof to the Closing Date (except as otherwise provided for or contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the Formation Transactions), the Contributors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of the Initial Property Owners to) conduct its businesses and operate and maintain the Properties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, pay debt obligations as they become due and payable (except as may be being contested), and use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact current business organizations and preserve relationships with lenders, tenants, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, in each case consistent with past practice. From the date hereof through the Closing, except as otherwise provided for or as contemplated by this Agreement, the Formation Transactions or the other agreements, documents and instruments contemplated hereby or thereby (including for purposes hereof the Gibralt Contribution Agreement), no Contributor shall:

(a) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its Ownership Interests;

(b) (i) issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any Ownership Interests or make any other changes to the equity capital structure of such Contributor or the Initial Property Owners, or (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Ownership Interests;

 

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(c) issue, deliver, sell, transfer, dispose, mortgage, pledge, assign or otherwise encumber, or cause the issuance, delivery, sale, transfer, disposition, mortgage, pledge, assignment or other encumbrance of, any limited liability company or partnership interests or other equity interests of such Contributor or of the Initial Property Owners, the Properties or other assets of such Contributor or the Initial Property Owners;

(d) amend, modify or terminate any lease, contract or other instruments relating to a Property, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(e) take or omit to take any action to cause any Lien to attach to any Property, except for Permitted Liens;

(f) mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, encumber (or permit to become encumbered) all or any portion of its Ownership Interests;

(g) amend the operating or partnership agreement of any Initial Property Owner or any intervening entities, except in connection with the Formation Transactions;

(h) materially alter the manner of keeping such Contributor’s or the Initial Property Owners’ books, accounts or records or the accounting practices therein reflected, except in connection with the Formation Transactions;

(i) adopt a plan of liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or reorganization with respect to the Initial Property Owners or any intervening entities, except in connection with the Formation Transactions;

(j) file an entity classification election pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c) on Internal Revenue Service Form 8832 (Entity Classification Election) to treat such Contributor or any Initial Property Owner as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; make or change any other Tax elections; settle or compromise any claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes; change any annual Tax accounting period; adopt or change any method of Tax accounting; file any amended Tax Return; enter into any tax allocation agreement, tax sharing agreement, tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement relating to any Tax; surrender any right to claim a Tax refund; or consent to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment;

(k) terminate or amend any existing insurance policies affecting any Property that results in a material reduction in insurance coverage for such Property;

(l) violate or knowingly cause or permit any Initial Property Owner to violate in any material respect, or fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure any material violation of, any applicable Laws;

(m) approve or permit the Initial Property Owners and the “Initial Property Owner” as defined in the Gibralt Contribution Agreement to distribute cash to their limited partners or general partners in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,900,000 plus the amount of any capital contributions received by the Initial Property Owners after the date hereof;

(n) approve or permit the Initial Property Owners to distribute any non-cash property to their limited partners or general partners; or

(o) authorize, commit or agree to take any of the foregoing actions.

Section 6.02. COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS BY THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, THE REIT AND EACH CONTRIBUTOR. The Operating Partnership, the REIT and each Contributor shall use commercially reasonable efforts and cooperate with each other in (a) promptly determining whether any filings are required to be made or consents, approvals, waivers, permits or authorizations are required to be obtained (under any applicable Law or regulation or from any Governmental Authority or third

 

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party) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Formation Transactions and (b) promptly making any such filings, in furnishing information required in connection therewith and in timely seeking to obtain any such consents, approvals, waivers, permits or authorizations.

Section 6.03. TAX AGREEMENT. The Operating Partnership shall account for any variation between the tax basis of any Contributed Asset and its fair market value at the time of its contribution to the Operating Partnership under the traditional method under Section 704(c) of the Code and the applicable regulations.

ARTICLE VII

WAIVERS AND CONSENTS

Effective upon the Closing of the contribution of Ownership Interests and the exchange of OP Units pursuant to Article I herein, each Contributor waives and relinquishes all rights and benefits otherwise afforded to such Contributor under any agreement applicable to or governing the rights and privileges of a holder of such Ownership Interests, including any rights of appraisal or rights of first offer or first refusal, and any and all notice provisions related thereto.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 8.01. NOTICES. All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (a) when delivered personally (with written confirmation of receipt), (b) five (5) Business Days after being mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, (c) one Business Day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier or (d) when transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient, in each case if confirmed within 24 hours thereafter by a signed original sent in the manner provided in clause (a), (b) or (c), in each case to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by notice from such Party to the other Parties from time to time):

if to the Operating Partnership to:

c/o City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

 

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with a copy to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: 646-848-7697

Email: sgiove@shearman.com

Attention: Stephen T. Giove

if to the REIT to:

c/o Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

if to SCLP to:

c/o Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

if to Sub 1 to:

c/o Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

if to Sub 2 to:

c/o Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

if to SCGP to:

c/o Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9

Canada

Facsimile: 604-661-4873

Email: tmaretic@secondcitycapital.com

Attention: Anthony Maretic

Section 8.02. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings.

(a) “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

(b) “ Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or banking holiday in the State of New York.

(c) “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated or issued thereunder.

(d) “ Environmental Law ” means Laws or Orders of any Governmental Authority relating to pollution or protection of the environment or natural resources (including the generation, use, storage, management, treatment, transportation, disposal, presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material) or occupational health and safety, such as the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq .; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et

 

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seq . and the Water Quality Act of 1987; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq .; the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1401 et seq .; the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 4321 et seq .; the Noise Control Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 4901 et seq .; the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq .; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq ., as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq .; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“ CERCLA ”), 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq ., as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, and Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq .; the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 2011 et seq ., and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 42 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq .

(e) “ Environmental Permits ” means any and all licenses, certificates, permits, directives, requirements, registrations, government approvals, agreements, authorizations, and consents that are required under or are issued pursuant to any Environmental Laws.

(f) “ Formation Transaction Documents ” means the documents and agreements required or reasonably necessary to complete the Formation Transactions.

(g) “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied.

(h) “ Governmental Authority ” means any government or agency, bureau, board, commission, court, department, official, political subdivision, tribunal or other instrumentality of any government, whether federal, state or local, domestic or foreign.

(i) “ Guggenheim Financing ” means those financing arrangements contemplated to be entered into by and between the Operating Partnership and Commercial Real Estate Finance LLC or its successors or assigns as contemplated by the “commitment letter” dated November 25, 2013.

(j) “ Hazardous Material ” means any material, substance or waste defined or regulated in relevant form, quantity or concentration as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant (or words of similar import) pursuant to any Environmental Law, including any petroleum, waste oil or petroleum constituents or by-products.

(k) “ Law ” means laws, statutes, rules, regulations, codes, orders, ordinances, judgments, injunctions, decrees and policies of any Governmental Authority.

(l) “ Liens ” means all pledges, claims, liens, charges, restrictions, controls, easements, rights of way, exceptions, reservations, leases, licenses, grants, covenants and conditions, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever.

(m) “ Natixis ” means Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC or such other entity or entities as shall from time to time be the “Lender” under the Natixis Loan Agreement.

(n) “ Natixis Guaranty ” means the Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated as of June 7, 2013 by SCLP, as “Guarantor,” and in favor of Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC, as Lender under the Natixis Loan Agreement.

 

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(o) “ Natixis Loan Agreement ” means the Loan Agreement dated as of June 7, 2013 between SCLP and Natixis, as amended.

(p) “ Offering Price ” means the initial offering price of a share of REIT Common Stock in the Initial Public Offering.

(q) “ Operating Partnership Agreement ” means the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership dated as of December 16, 2013.

(r) “ Order ” means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, ruling, assessment, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any court or other Governmental Authority or arbitrator.

(s) “ Permitted Lien ” means:

(i) Liens securing Taxes, the payment of which is not delinquent or the payment of which is actively being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP;

(ii) zoning laws and ordinances applicable to the Properties that are not violated by the existing structures or present uses thereof or the transfer of the Properties;

(iii) Liens imposed by laws, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ liens, and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business that secure payment of obligations arising in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP;

(iv) non-exclusive easements for public utilities and other operational purposes the full exercise of which do not materially interfere with the current use or operation of the Properties;

(v) Liens securing the Existing Loans set forth on Schedule 4.18 hereto;

(vi) the encumbrances on title to the Properties created by the Leases in effect as of the Closing Date; and

(vii) any exceptions contained the title policies listed on Schedule 4.04(c) hereto (except those relating to liens for debt being paid off as of the Closing Date).

(t) “ OP Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse change in any of the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(u) “ Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.

(v) “ REIT Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the REIT.

 

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(w) “ Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, pumping, placing, discarding, abandoning, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata).

(x) “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(y) “ Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other legal entity of which such Person owns (either directly or through or together with another Subsidiary of such Person) either (i) a general partner, managing member or other similar interest or (ii) (A) 10% or more of the voting power of the voting capital stock or other equity interests or (B) 10% or more of the outstanding voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other legal entity.

(z) “ Tax ” means all federal, state, local and foreign income, property, withholding, sales, franchise, employment, excise and other taxes, tariffs or governmental charges of any nature whatsoever, including estimated taxes, together with penalties, interest or additions to Tax with respect thereto.

(aa) “ Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement related to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.

Section 8.03. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each Party and delivered to each other Party.

Section 8.04. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement, including the exhibits and schedules hereto constitute the entire agreement and supersede each prior agreement and understanding, whether written or oral, among the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or remedies on any Person other than the parties hereto and the Indemnified Parties.

Section 8.05. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Law of the State of New York.

Section 8.06. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure to the benefit of, the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns; provided , however , that this Agreement may not be assigned (except by operation of Law) by any Party without the prior written consent of each other Party, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void and of no force and effect, except that the Operating Partnership and each Contributor may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate.

Section 8.07. JURISDICTION. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) any New York State court sitting in the County of New York and (b) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, for the purposes of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby (and each agrees that no such action, suit or proceeding relating to this Agreement shall be brought by it or any of

 

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its Affiliates except in such courts). Each of the Parties hereto further agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such person’s respective address set forth in Section 8.01 shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in New York with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in the immediately preceding sentence. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any Party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Law. Each of the Parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives (and agrees not to plead or claim) any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in (i) any New York State court sitting in the County of New York or (ii) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 8.08. SEVERABILITY. Each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted so as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been included herein.

Section 8.09. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

(a) The Parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document.

(b) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and article, section, paragraph, exhibit and schedule references are to the articles, sections, paragraphs, exhibits and schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings contained herein when used in any agreement, document or instrument made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms. Unless explicitly stated otherwise herein, any agreement, document, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement, document or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, document, instrument or statute as from time to time, amended, qualified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements, documents and instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.

Section 8.10. EQUITABLE REMEDIES. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Party shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement by the other parties hereto and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any federal or state court located in New York, this being in addition to any other remedy to which the parties are entitled under this Agreement or otherwise at law or in equity.

 

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Section 8.11. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

Section 8.12. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY CONFERRED. This Agreement shall not create or permit any personal liability or obligation on the part of any officer, director, limited partner, employee or shareholder of the Operating Partnership or the Contributors.

Section 8.13. AMENDMENT; WAIVER. Any amendment hereto shall be in writing and signed by all parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

Section 8.14. SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULES. From time to time prior to the Closing, the Contributors shall have the right (but not the obligation) to supplement or amend the Schedules hereto with respect to any matter hereafter arising or of which Contributors become aware after the date hereof including specifically, but not by way of limitation, information contained in any title insurance or property reports with respect to the Properties (each a Schedule Supplement ), and each such Schedule Supplement shall be deemed to be incorporated into and to supplement and amend the Schedules as of the date hereof and the Closing Date; provided , however , that no such Schedule Supplement shall have any effect for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing set forth herein.

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective duly authorized officers or representatives, all as of the date first written above.

 

OPERATING PARTNERSHIP:
CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By:   City Office REIT, Inc.
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name:
  Title:
REIT:
CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name:
  Title:
CONTRIBUTORS:
SECOND CITY CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:   Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership,
  its Sole General Partner
By:   Second City General Partner II, Inc.,
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name:
  Title:
SECOND CITY GENERAL PARTNER II, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:   Second City General Partner II, Inc.,
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name:
  Title:

[signatures continued on the next page]

 

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CIO REIT STOCK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:   Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership,
  its Sole General Partner
By:   Second City General Partner II, Inc.,
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
CIO OP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:   Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership,
  its Sole General Partner
By:   Second City General Partner II, Inc.,
  its Sole General Partner
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit A

Properties

 

Initial Property Owner

  

Jurisdiction of

Formation

  

Property Address

  

Leasehold or Fee
Interest

Core Cherry Limited Partnership    Delaware   

4300 Cherry Creek

Drive South; 700 South

Ash Street; and 710

South Ash Street,

Denver, CO

   Fee
Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership    Florida   

135 W Central Blvd,

Orlando, FL

   Fee
City Centre STF Limited Partnership    Florida   

100 Second Avenue

South, St. Petersburg,

FL

   Fee
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    Delaware   

400 Broadway Avenue;

701 Morrison Drive;

720 Park Blvd.; and 800

Park Blvd., Boise, ID

   Fee
SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership    Delaware   

3501 Corporate

Parkway, Allentown,

PA

   Fee


Exhibit B

Contributing Ownership Interests

 

Initial Property Owner

  

Second City
Capital Partners II,
Limited Partnership

  

Second City General Partner II, Limited Partnership

  

CIO REIT Stock
Limited
Partnership

  

CIO OP Limited
Partnership

Core Cherry Limited

Partnership

   NONE    100% equity interest in Core Cherry GP Co., a Delaware corporation (the general partner of Core Cherry Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner)    34.92% limited
partner interest
   65.07% limited
partner interest

Central Fairwinds

Limited Partnership 1

   NONE    100% equity interest in Central Fairwinds GP Corporation, a Florida corporation (the general partner of Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)    31.43% limited
partner interest
   58.56% limited
partner interest

City Centre STF

Limited Partnership 2

  

5% limited partner

interest

   100% equity interest in City Centre STF GP Corp., a Florida corporation (the general partner of City Centre STF Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)    31.44% limited
partner interest
   58.56% limited
partner interest

SCCP Boise Limited

Partnership

  

10.111% limited

partner interest

   100% equity interest in SCCP Boise GP Inc., a Delaware corporation (the general partner of SCCP Boise Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)    31.40% limited
partner interest
   58.49% limited
partner interest

SCCP Central Valley

Limited Partnership

  

100% of the Class

B limited

partnership interest

   100% equity interest in SCCP Central Valley GP Corp., a Delaware corporation (the general partner of SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership holding a 0.001% general partner interest)    34.93% limited
partner interest
   65.07% limited
partner interest

 

1   Central Fairwinds 135, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, will retain a 10% limited partnership interest in the limited partnership.
2   CC Tower Feldman Partners LLC, a Florida limited liability company, will retain a 5% limited partnership interest in the limited partnership.


Exhibit C

Formation Transactions

For purposes of this Exhibit C:

“Contribution Transactions” means each of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement of which this Exhibit C forms a part.

City Centre STF Limited Partnership

Pursuant to a limited partnership interest purchase or similar agreement, prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the Contribution Transactions, Second City Capital Partners will acquire a five percent (5%) limited partnership interest in City Centre STF Limited Partnership from CC Tower Feldman Partners LLC. Following the consummation of this purchase, CC Tower Feldman will continue to hold a 5% limited partnership interest in City Centre STF Limited Partnership.

SCCP Boise Limited Partnership

Pursuant to a limited partnership interest purchase or similar agreement, prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the Contribution Transactions, Second City Capital Partners will acquire a 2.704% limited partnership interest in SCCP Boise Limited Partnership from WGP LLC. As a result of this transaction, WGP LLC will no longer hold any interest in SCCP Boise Limited Partnership.

Pursuant to a limited partnership interest purchase or similar agreement, prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the Contribution Transactions, Second City Capital Partners will acquire a 7.407% limited partnership interest in SCCP Boise Limited Partnership from GLDC (2012 Trust). As a result of this transaction, GLDC (2012 Trust) will no longer hold any interest in SCCP Boise Limited Partnership.

 

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Exhibit D

Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership

[ See attached. ]


AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

a Maryland limited partnership

 

 

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,

TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.

dated as of April 21, 2014

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS

     7   

ARTICLE 2 ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

     26   

Section 2.1 Formation

     26   

Section 2.2 Name

     26   

Section 2.3 Principal Office and Resident Agent; Principal Executive Office

     26   

Section 2.4 Power of Attorney

     26   

Section 2.5 Term

     28   

Section 2.6 Partnership Interests Are Securities

     28   

ARTICLE 3 PURPOSE

     28   

Section 3.1 Purpose and Business

     28   

Section 3.2 Powers

     28   

Section 3.3 Partnership Only for Purposes Specified

     29   

Section 3.4 Representations and Warranties by the Partners

     29   

ARTICLE 4 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

     31   

Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the Partners

     31   

Section 4.2 Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests

     32   

Section 4.3 Additional Funds and Capital Contributions

     34   

Section 4.4 Stock Incentive Plans

     35   

Section 4.5 Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan

     36   

Section 4.6 No Interest; No Return

     36   

Section 4.7 Conversion or Redemption of Capital Shares

     36   

Section 4.8 Other Contribution Provisions

     37   

ARTICLE 5 DISTRIBUTIONS

     37   

Section 5.1 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions

     37   

Section 5.2 Distributions in Kind

     38   

Section 5.3 Amounts Withheld

     38   

Section 5.4 Distributions upon Liquidation

     38   

Section 5.5 Distributions to Reflect Additional Partnership Units

     38   

Section 5.6 Restricted Distributions

     38   

ARTICLE 6 ALLOCATIONS

     38   

Section 6.1 Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss

     38   

Section 6.2 General Allocations

     39   

Section 6.3 Additional Allocation Provisions

     40   

Section 6.4 Regulatory Allocation Provisions

     41   

Section 6.5 Tax Allocations

     44   

 

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ARTICLE 7 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

     44   

Section 7.1 Management

     44   

Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership

     49   

Section 7.3 Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority

     50   

Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partner

     52   

Section 7.5 Outside Activities of the General Partner

     54   

Section 7.6 Transactions with Affiliates

     55   

Section 7.7 Indemnification

     55   

Section 7.8 Liability of the General Partner

     58   

Section 7.9 Title to Partnership Assets

     61   

Section 7.10 Reliance by Third Parties

     61   

ARTICLE 8 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

     62   

Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability

     62   

Section 8.2 Management of Business

     62   

Section 8.3 Outside Activities of Limited Partners

     62   

Section 8.4 Return of Capital

     63   

Section 8.5 Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership

     63   

Section 8.6 Partnership Right to Call Partnership Common Units

     64   

Section 8.7 Rights as Objecting Partner

     64   

Section 8.8 Board Nomination Rights

     64   

ARTICLE 9 BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

     68   

Section 9.1 Records and Accounting

     68   

Section 9.2 Partnership Year

     68   

Section 9.3 Reports

     68   

ARTICLE 10 TAX MATTERS

     69   

Section 10.1 Preparation of Tax Returns

     69   

Section 10.2 Tax Elections

     69   

Section 10.3 Tax Matters Partner

     69   

Section 10.4 Withholding

     71   

Section 10.5 Organizational Expenses

     71   

ARTICLE 11 PARTNER TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

     71   

Section 11.1 Transfer

     71   

Section 11.2 Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest

     72   

Section 11.3 Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer

     74   

Section 11.4 Admission of Substituted Limited Partners

     78   

Section 11.5 Assignees

     78   

Section 11.6 General Provisions

     79   

 

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ARTICLE 12 ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

     81   

Section 12.1 Admission of Successor General Partner

     81   

Section 12.2 Admission of Additional Limited Partners

     81   

Section 12.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership

     82   

Section 12.4 Limit on Number of Partners

     82   

Section 12.5 Admission

     82   

ARTICLE 13 DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

     83   

Section 13.1 Dissolution

     83   

Section 13.2 Winding Up

     83   

Section 13.3 Deemed Contribution and Distribution

     85   

Section 13.4 Rights of Holders

     85   

Section 13.5 Notice of Dissolution

     86   

Section 13.6 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership

     86   

Section 13.7 Reasonable Time for Winding-Up

     86   

ARTICLE 14 PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS

     86   

Section 14.1 Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners

     86   

Section 14.2 Amendments

     86   

Section 14.3 Actions and Consents of the Partners

     87   

ARTICLE 15 GENERAL PROVISIONS

     88   

Section 15.1 Redemption Rights of Qualifying Parties

     88   

Section 15.2 Addresses and Notice

     93   

Section 15.3 Titles and Captions

     93   

Section 15.4 Pronouns and Plurals

     93   

Section 15.5 Further Action

     94   

Section 15.6 Binding Effect

     94   

Section 15.7 Waiver

     94   

Section 15.8 Counterparts

     94   

Section 15.9 Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

     94   

Section 15.10 Entire Agreement

     95   

Section 15.11 Invalidity of Provisions

     95   

Section 15.12 Limitation to Preserve REIT Status

     95   

Section 15.13 No Partition

     96   

Section 15.14 No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby

     96   

Section 15.15 No Rights as Stockholders

     97   

ARTICLE 16 LTIP UNITS

     97   

Section 16.1 Designation

     97   

 

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Section 16.2 Vesting

     97   

Section 16.3 Adjustments

     98   

Section 16.4 Distributions

     99   

Section 16.5 Allocations

     99   

Section 16.6 Transfers

     100   

Section 16.7 Redemption

     100   

Section 16.8 Legend

     100   

Section 16.9 Conversion to Partnership Common Units

     100   

Section 16.10 Voting

     103   

Section 16.11 Section 83 Safe Harbor

     103   

 

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Exhibits List

 

Exhibit A   EXAMPLES REGARDING ADJUSTMENT FACTOR    A-1
Exhibit B   NOTICE OF REDEMPTION    B-1
Exhibit C   SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS    C-1
Exhibit D   CONVERSION NOTICE    D-1
Exhibit E   FORCED CONVERSION NOTICE    E-1

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., dated as of April 21, 2014, is made and entered into by and among CITY OFFICE REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation, as the General Partner and the Persons from time to time party hereto, as limited partners.

WHEREAS, a Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership was filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on December 12, 2013 (the “ Formation Date ”), and the General Partner, as initial general partner of the Partnership and Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership, as the initial limited partner of the Partnership entered into an original agreement of limited partnership of the Partnership effective as of the Formation Date (the “ Original Partnership Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, the General Partner, Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership and the remainder of the Partners (as hereinafter defined) now desire to amend and restate the Original Partnership Agreement, remove Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership as a limited partner and admit the Persons signatory hereto as limited partners of the Partnership by entering into this Agreement (as hereinafter defined);

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINED TERMS

The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement:

Act ” means the Maryland Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, Title 10 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

Actions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7 hereof.

Additional Funds ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.A hereof.

Additional Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner pursuant to the Act and Section 4.2 and Section 12.2 hereof and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership.

 

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Adjusted Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the balance in such Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year or other applicable period, after giving effect to the following adjustments:

(i) increase such Capital Account by any amounts that such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to this Agreement upon liquidation of such Partner’s Partnership Interest or that such Partner is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentence of each of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and

(ii) decrease such Capital Account by the items described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).

The foregoing definition of “Adjusted Capital Account” is intended to comply with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means, with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year or other applicable period.

Adjustment Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.3 hereof.

Adjustment Factor ” means 1.0; provided, however, that in the event that:

(i) the General Partner (a) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares, (b) splits or subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares or (c) effects a reverse stock split or otherwise combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in effect by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination has occurred as of such time) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination;

(ii) the General Partner distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its REIT Shares to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise acquire REIT Shares, or other securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issuable pursuant to a Qualified DRIP/COPP), at a price per share less than the Value of a REIT Share on the record date for such distribution (each a “ Distributed Right ”), then, as of the distribution date of such Distributed Rights or, if later, the time such Distributed Rights become exercisable, the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in effect by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on

 

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the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) plus the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights and (b) the denominator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) plus a fraction (1) the numerator of which is the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights times the minimum purchase price per REIT Share under such Distributed Rights and (2) the denominator of which is the Value of a REIT Share as of the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable); provided, however, that, if any such Distributed Rights expire or become no longer exercisable, then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted, effective retroactive to the date of distribution of the Distributed Rights (or, if applicable, the later time that the Distributed Rights become exercisable), to reflect a reduced maximum number of REIT Shares or any change in the minimum purchase price for the purposes of the above fraction; and

(iii) the General Partner shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its REIT Shares evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in subsection (i) or (ii) above), which evidences of indebtedness or assets relate to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership, then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted to equal the amount determined by multiplying the Adjustment Factor in effect immediately prior to the close of business as of the applicable record date by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be such Value of a REIT Share as of the record date and (b) the denominator of which shall be the Value of a REIT Share as of the record date less the then fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed applicable to one REIT Share.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments to the Adjustment Factor will be made for any class or series of Partnership Interests to the extent that the Partnership makes or effects any correlative distribution or payment to all of the Partners holding Partnership Interests of such class or series, or effects any correlative split or reverse split in respect of the Partnership Interests of such class or series. Any adjustments to the Adjustment Factor shall become effective immediately after such event, retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event. For illustrative purposes, examples of adjustments to the Adjustment Factor are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., as now or hereafter amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced.

 

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Applicable Percentage ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.B hereof.

Appraisal ” means, with respect to any assets, the written opinion of an independent third party experienced in the valuation of similar assets, selected by the General Partner. Such opinion may be in the form of an opinion by such independent third party that the value for such property or asset as set by the General Partner is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Partnership.

Assignee ” means a Person to whom a Partnership Interest has been Transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5 hereof.

Available Cash ” means, with respect to any period for which such calculation is being made,

(i) the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) the Partnership’s Net Income or Net Loss (as the case may be) for such period,

(2) Depreciation and all other noncash charges to the extent deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period,

(3) the amount of any reduction in reserves of the Partnership referred to in clause (ii)(6) below (including, without limitation, reductions resulting because the General Partner determines such amounts are no longer necessary),

(4) the excess, if any, of the net cash proceeds from the sale, exchange, disposition, financing or refinancing of Partnership property for such period over the gain (or loss, as the case may be) recognized from such sale, exchange, disposition, financing or refinancing during such period (excluding Terminating Capital Transactions), and

(5) all other cash received (including amounts previously accrued as Net Income and amounts of deferred income) or any net amounts borrowed by the Partnership for such period that was not included in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period;

(ii) less the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) all principal debt payments made during such period by the Partnership,

(2) capital expenditures made by the Partnership during such period,

(3) investments in any entity (including loans made thereto) to the extent that such investments are not otherwise described in clause (ii)(1) or clause (ii)(2) above,

 

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(4) all other expenditures and payments not deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period (including amounts paid in respect of expenses previously accrued),

(5) any amount included in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period that was not received by the Partnership during such period,

(6) the amount of any increase in reserves (including, without limitation, working capital reserves) established during such period that the General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion,

(7) any amount distributed or paid in redemption of any Limited Partner Interest or Partnership Units, including, without limitation, any Cash Amount paid, and

(8) the amount of any working capital accounts and other cash or similar balances that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Available Cash shall not include (a) any cash received or reductions in reserves, or take into account any disbursements made, or reserves established, after dissolution and the commencement of the liquidation and winding up of the Partnership or (b) any Capital Contributions, whenever received or any payments, expenditures or investments made with such Capital Contributions.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by law to close.

Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the capital account maintained by the General Partner for such Partner on the Partnership’s books and records in accordance with the following provisions:

(i) To each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be added such Partner’s Capital Contributions, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Income and any items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof, and the amount of any Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or that are secured by any property distributed to such Partner.

(ii) From each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be subtracted the amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership property distributed to such Partner pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Losses and any items in the nature of expenses or losses that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof, and the amount of any liabilities of such Partner assumed by the Partnership or that are secured by any property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership (except to the extent already reflected in the amount of such Partner’s Capital Contribution).

 

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(iii) In the event any interest in the Partnership is Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent that it relates to the Transferred interest.

(iv) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes of subsections (i) and (ii) hereof, there shall be taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.

(v) The provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. The General Partner may, in its sole discretion, (a) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of Partnership capital reflected on the Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q) and (b) make any modifications that are necessary or appropriate in the event that unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) or Section 1.704-2.

Capital Account Limitation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any Contributed Property that such Partner contributes or is deemed to contribute pursuant to Article 4 hereof.

Capital Share ” means a share of any class or series of stock of the General Partner now or hereafter authorized other than a REIT Share.

Cash Amount ” means an amount of cash equal to the product of (i) the Value of a REIT Share and (ii) the REIT Shares Amount determined as of the applicable Valuation Date.

Certificate ” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the SDAT, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.

Charity ” means an entity described in Code Section 501(c)(3) or any trust all the beneficiaries of which are such entities.

Charter ” means the charter of the General Partner, within the meaning of Section 1-101(e) of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

Closing Price ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Value .”

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time or any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the applicable Regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.

 

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Common Unit Economic Balance ” means (i) the Capital Account balance of the General Partner, plus the amount of the General Partner’s share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partner’s ownership of Partnership Common Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under Section 6.2.D hereof, divided by (ii) the number of the General Partner’s Partnership Common Units.

Consent ” means the consent to, approval of, or vote in favor of a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Article 14 hereof. The terms “ Consented ” and “ Consenting ” have correlative meanings.

Consent of the General Partner ” means the Consent of the sole General Partner, which Consent, except as otherwise specifically required by this Agreement, may be obtained prior to or after the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

Consent of the Limited Partners ” means the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, may be given or withheld by each Limited Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

Consent of the Partners ” means the Consent of the General Partner and the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Partners, which Consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, may be given or withheld by the General Partner or the Limited Partners in their sole and absolute discretion; provided , however , that, if any such action affects only certain classes or series of Partnership Interests, “Consent of the Partners” means the Consent of the General Partner and the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Partners of the affected classes or series of Partnership Interests.

Constituent Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.F hereof.

Contributed Property ” means each Property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash, contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership (or deemed contributed by the Partnership to a “new” partnership pursuant to Code Section 708).

Controlled Entity ” means, as to any Partner, (a) any corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned by such Partner or such Partner’s Family Members, (b) any trust, whether or not revocable, of which such Partner or such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates are the sole beneficiaries, (c) any partnership of which such Partner or its Affiliates are the general partners and in which such Partner, such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates hold partnership interests representing at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such partnership’s capital and profits and (d) any limited liability company of which such Partner or its Affiliates are the managers and in which such Partner, such Partner’s Family Members or Affiliates hold membership interests representing at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such limited liability company’s capital and profits.

Conversion Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

 

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Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.B hereof.

Conversion Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.A hereof.

Cut-Off Date ” means the fifth (5th) Business Day after the General Partner’s receipt of a Notice of Redemption.

Debt ” means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other performance of obligations by such Person; (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease obligations of such Person that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized.

Depreciation ” means, for each Partnership Year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.

Designated Partners ” means, collectively, (i) the General Partner and each of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units, (ii) any Controlled Entities of Second City that own Partnership Common Units and (iii) Second City, to the extent of its ownership of Partnership Common Units.

Disregarded Entity ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) of such Person, (ii) any entity treated as a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes with respect to such Person, or (iii) any grantor trust if the sole owner of the assets of such trust for federal income tax purposes is such Person.

Distributed Right ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Adjustment Factor .”

Economic Capital Account Balance ” means, with respect to a Holder of LTIP Units, its Capital Account balance, plus the amount of its share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to its ownership of LTIP Units.

 

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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Equity Plan ” means any stock or equity purchase plan, restricted stock or equity plan or other similar equity compensation plan now or hereafter adopted by the Partnership or the General Partner, including the Plan.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Family Members ” means, as to a Person that is an individual, such Person’s spouse, ancestors, descendants (whether by blood or by adoption or step-descendants by marriage), brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews and inter vivos or testamentary trusts (whether revocable or irrevocable) of which only such Person and his or her spouse, ancestors, descendants (whether by blood or by adoption or step-descendants by marriage), brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews are beneficiaries.

Final Adjustment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.B(2) hereof.

Forced Conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.C hereof.

Forced Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9.C hereof.

Funding Debt ” means any Debt incurred by or on behalf of the General Partner for the purpose of providing funds to the Partnership.

General Partner ” means City Office REIT, Inc. and its successors and assigns as a general partner of the Partnership, in each case, that is admitted from time to time to the Partnership as a general partner, and has not ceased to be a general partner, pursuant to the Act and this Agreement, in such Person’s capacity as a general partner of the Partnership.

General Partner Interest ” means the entire Partnership Interest held by a General Partner hereof, and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or any other Partnership Units.

Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

(a) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of contribution, as determined by the General Partner and agreed to by the contributing Person.

(b) The Gross Asset Values of all Partnership assets immediately prior to the occurrence of any event described in clauses (i) through (v) below shall, except as provided below, be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt, as of the following times:

(i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership (other than in connection with the execution of this Agreement but including, without limitation, acquisitions pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof or contributions or deemed contributions by the General Partner pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof) by a new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution;

 

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(ii) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for an interest in the Partnership;

(iii) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);

(iv) the grant of an interest in the Partnership (other than a de minimis interest) as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership by an existing Partner acting in a partner capacity, or by a new Partner acting in a partner capacity or in anticipation of becoming a Partner of the Partnership (including the grant of a LTIP Unit); and

(v) at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may elect not to revalue the property of the Partnership in connection with the issuance of additional Partnership Units to the extent it determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that revaluing the assets of the Partnership is not necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners.

(c) The Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset distributed to a Partner shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution, as determined by the distributee and the General Partner; provided , however , that if the distributee is the General Partner or if the distributee and the General Partner cannot agree on such a determination, such gross fair market value shall be determined by Appraisal.

(d) The Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided , however , that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d) to the extent that the General Partner reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d).

(e) If the Gross Asset Value of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subsection (a), subsection (b) or subsection (d) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Losses.

 

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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

Holder ” means either (a) a Partner or (b) an Assignee owning a Partnership Interest.

Incapacity ” or “ Incapacitated ” means: (i) as to any Partner who is an individual, death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Partner incompetent to manage his or her person or his or her estate; (ii) as to any Partner that is a corporation or limited liability company, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any Partner that is a partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership; (iv) as to any Partner that is an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust that is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of such Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief of or against such Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (b) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and non-appealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been entered against the Partner, (c) the Partner executes and delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above, (e) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s properties, (f) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof, (g) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days of such appointment, or (h) an appointment referred to in clause (g) above is not vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay.

Indemnitee ” means (i) any Person made, or threatened to be made, a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as (a) the General Partner or (b) a director of the General Partner or an officer of the Partnership or the General Partner and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates or employees of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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Limited Partner ” means any Person that is admitted from time to time to the Partnership as a limited partner, and has not ceased to be a limited partner pursuant to the Act and this Agreement, of the Partnership, including any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership.

Limited Partner Interest ” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.

Liquidating Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 hereof.

Liquidating Gains ” means any net gain realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any Liquidating Event or Terminating Capital Transaction), including but not limited to net gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of Partnership assets under the definition of Gross Asset Value in Section 1 of this Agreement.

Liquidator ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.A hereof.

LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.4.C hereof.

LTIP Units ” means the Partnership Units designated as such having the rights, powers, privileges, restrictions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein and in the Plan. LTIP Units can be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes bearing such relationship to one another as to allocations, distributions, and other rights as the General Partner shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion subject to Maryland law and this Agreement.

Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners ” means Limited Partners (other than any Limited Partner fifty percent (50%) or more of whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner) holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests that are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all such Limited Partners entitled to Consent to or withhold Consent from a proposed action.

Majority in Interest of the Partners ” means Partners holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests that are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all Partners entitled to Consent to or withhold Consent from a proposed action.

Market Price ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Value .”

Maryland Courts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.9.B hereof.

Net Income ” or “ Net Loss ” means, for each Partnership Year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such year or other applicable period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:

(a) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss” shall be added to (or subtracted from, as the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);

 

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(b) Any expenditure of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as a Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditure pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,” shall be subtracted from (or added to, as the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);

(c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) or subsection (c) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value,” the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss;

(d) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;

(e) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions that would otherwise be taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Partnership Year or other applicable period;

(f) To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Partner’s interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss; and

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,” any item that is specially allocated pursuant to Article 6 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss. The amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 or 6.4 hereof shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss.”

New Securities ” means (i) any rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares or Preferred Shares, excluding grants under the Stock Option Plans, or (ii) any Debt issued by the General Partner that provides any of the rights described in clause (i).

 

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Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).

Nonrecourse Liability ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(3) and 1.752-1(a)(2).

Notice of Redemption ” means the Notice of Redemption substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached to this Agreement.

Optionee ” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Stock Option Plan.

Original Limited Partner ” means any Person that is a Limited Partner as of the close of business on the date of the closing of the issuance of REIT Shares pursuant to the initial offering of REIT Shares, and does not include any Assignee or other transferee, including, without limitation, any Substituted Limited Partner succeeding to all or any part of the Partnership Interest of any such Person.

Ownership Limit ” means the restriction or restrictions on the ownership and transfer of stock of the General Partner imposed under the Charter.

Partner ” means the General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “ Partners ” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.

Partner Minimum Gain ” means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

Partner Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

Partner Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

Partnership ” means the limited partnership formed and continued under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto.

Partnership Common Unit ” means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 hereof, but does not include any Partnership Preferred Unit, LTIP Unit or any other Partnership Unit specified in a Partnership Unit Designation as being other than a Partnership Common Unit.

 

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Partnership Employee ” means an employee or other service provider of the Partnership or of a Subsidiary of the Partnership, if any, acting in such capacity.

Partnership Equivalent Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7A hereof.

Partnership Interest ” means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by either a Limited Partner or a General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. There may be one or more classes or series of Partnership Interests. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units; however, notwithstanding that the General Partner, and any Limited Partner may have different rights and privileges as specified in this Agreement (including differences in rights and privileges with respect to their Partnership Interests), the Partnership Interest held by the General Partner or any other Partner and designated as being of a particular class or series shall not be deemed to be a separate class or series of Partnership Interest from a Partnership Interest having the same designation as to class and series that is held by any other Partner solely because such Partnership Interest is held by the General Partner or any other Partner having different rights and privileges as specified under this Agreement. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units, Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.

Partnership Minimum Gain ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

Partnership Preferred Unit ” means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of a particular class or series that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof that has distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the Partnership Common Units.

Partnership Record Date ” means the record date established by the General Partner for the purpose of determining the Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Partners or to consent to any matter, or to receive any distribution or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of Partners for any other proper purpose, which, in the case of a distribution of Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, shall generally be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution.

Partnership Unit ” means a Partnership Common Unit, a Partnership Preferred Unit, a LTIP Unit or any other unit of the fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof.

Partnership Unit Designation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.A hereof.

Partnership Year ” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the calendar year.

 

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Percentage Interest ” means, with respect to each Partner, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Partnership Units of all classes and series held by such Partner and the denominator of which is the total number of Partnership Units of all classes and series held by all Partners; provided , however , that, to the extent applicable in context, the term “Percentage Interest” means, with respect to a Partner, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Partnership Units of a specified class or series (or specified group of classes and/or series) held by such Partner and the denominator of which is the total number of Partnership Units of such specified class or series (or specified group of classes and/or series) held by all Partners.

Permitted Transfer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.A hereof.

Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability company or other entity.

Plan ” means the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan.

Pledge ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.A hereof.

Preferred Share ” means a share of stock of the General Partner of any class or series now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the REIT Shares.

Properties ” means any assets and property of the Partnership such as, but not limited to, interests in real property and personal property, including, without limitation, fee interests, leasehold interests, easements and rights of way, interests in limited liability companies, joint ventures or partnerships, interests in mortgages, and Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from time to time and “Property” means any one such asset or property.

Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11 hereof.

Qualified DRIP/COPP ” means a dividend reinvestment plan or a cash option purchase plan of the General Partner that permits participants to acquire REIT Shares using the proceeds of dividends paid by the General Partner or cash of the participant, respectively; provided, however, that if such shares are offered at a discount, such discount must (i) be designed to pass along to the stockholders of the General Partner the savings enjoyed by the General Partner in connection with the avoidance of stock issuance costs, and (ii) not exceed 5% of the value of a REIT Share as computed under the terms of such plan.

Qualified Transferee ” means an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Qualifying Party ” means (a) a Limited Partner, (b) an Assignee or (c) a Person, including a lending institution as the pledgee of a Pledge, who is the transferee of a Limited Partner Interest in a Permitted Transfer; provided, however, that a Qualifying Party shall not include the General Partner.

 

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Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Redemption Hold Period ” means (a) as to an Original Limited Partner or any Assignee of an Original Limited Partner that is a Qualifying Party, a one (1) year period ending on the day before the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (b) as to any other Qualifying Party, a one (1) year period ending on the day before the first anniversary of such Qualifying Party’s first becoming a Holder of Partnership Common Units or LTIP Units; provided , however , that the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, by written agreement with a Qualifying Party, shorten or lengthen the first Redemption Hold Period to a period of shorter or longer than one (1) year with respect to a Qualifying Party other than an Original Limited Partner or an Assignee of an Original Limited Partner.

Regulations ” means the income tax regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in proposed, temporary or final form, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

Regulatory Allocations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.A(viii) hereof.

REIT ” means a real estate investment trust qualifying under Code Section 856.

REIT Partner ” means (a) the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner to the extent such person has in place an election to qualify as a REIT and, (b) any Disregarded Entity with respect to any such Person.

REIT Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.12 hereof.

REIT Requirements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 hereof.

REIT Share ” means a share of common stock of the General Partner, $0.01 par value per share, but shall not include any class or series of the General Partner’s common stock classified after the date of this Agreement.

REIT Shares Amount ” means a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of (a) the number of Tendered Units and (b) the Adjustment Factor; provided , however , that, in the event that the General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Shares as of a certain record date rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the General Partner’s stockholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “ Rights ”), with the record date for such Rights issuance falling within the period starting on the date of the Notice of Redemption and ending on the day immediately preceding the Specified Redemption Date, which Rights will not be distributed before the relevant Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include such Rights that a holder of that number of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, expressed, where relevant hereunder, in a number of REIT Shares determined by the General Partner.

Related Party ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person to whom ownership of shares of the General Partner’s stock by the first such Person would be attributed under Code Section 544 (as modified by Code Section 856(h)(1)(B)) or Code Section 318(a) (as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)).

 

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Rights ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ REIT Shares Amount .”

Safe Harbors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.C hereof.

SDAT ” means the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Second City ” means Second City General Partner II, L.P., CIO OP Limited Partnership and CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership and Gibralt US, Inc. and any Affiliate of the foregoing entities who becomes an owner of a Partnership Unit hereunder.

Second City Nominee ” or “ Second City Nominees ” means (i) any person designated as a nominee to the Board of Directors by Second City in accordance with Section 8.8.A, and (ii) any person designated to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 8.8.C.

Section 83 Safe Harbor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11 hereof.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Special Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Specified Redemption Date ” means the first Business Day of the month that is least 60 calendar days after the receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption; provided, however, that no Specified Redemption Date shall occur during the first Redemption Hold Period (except pursuant to a Special Redemption).

Stock Option Plans ” means any stock option plan now or hereafter adopted by the Partnership or the General Partner.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; provided , however , that, with respect to the Partnership, “Subsidiary” means solely a partnership or limited liability company (taxed, for federal income tax purposes, as a partnership or as a Disregarded Entity and not as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation) of which the Partnership is a member or any “taxable REIT subsidiary” of the General Partner in which the Partnership owns shares of stock, unless the ownership of shares of stock of a corporation or other entity (other than a “taxable REIT subsidiary”) will not jeopardize the General Partner’s status as a REIT or any General Partner Affiliate’s status as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)), in which event the term “Subsidiary” shall include such corporation or other entity.

Substituted Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to the Act and (i) Section 11.4 hereof or (ii) pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation.

Surviving Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.B(ii) hereof.

 

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Tax Items ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.A hereof.

Tendered Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Tendering Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.A hereof.

Terminating Capital Transaction ” means any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, in any case, not in the ordinary course of the Partnership’s business.

Termination Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.B hereof.

Transfer ” means any sale, assignment, bequest, conveyance, devise, gift (outright or in trust), Pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange, transfer or other disposition or act of alienation, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law; provided , however , that when the term is used in Article 11 hereof, except as otherwise expressly provided, “Transfer” does not include (a) any Redemption of Partnership Common Units by the Partnership, or acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner, pursuant to Section 15.1, (b) any conversion of LTIP Units into Common Units pursuant to Section 16.9 or (c) any redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation. The terms “Transferred” and “Transferring” have correlative meanings.

Valuation Date ” means the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1 herein, or such other date as specified herein, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.

Value ” means, on any Valuation Date with respect to a REIT Share, the average of the daily Market Prices for ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Valuation Date (except that the Market Price for the trading day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock option under any Stock Option Plans shall be substituted for such average of daily market prices for purposes of Section 4.4 hereof). The term “ Market Price ” on any date means, with respect to any class or series of outstanding REIT Shares, the Closing Price for such REIT Shares on such date. The “ Closing Price ” on any date means the last sale price for such REIT Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such REIT Shares, in either case as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such REIT Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such REIT Shares selected by the Board of Directors of the General Partner or, in the event that no trading price is available for such REIT Shares, the fair market value of the REIT Shares, as determined by the Board of Directors of the General Partner.

 

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In the event that the REIT Shares Amount includes Rights that a holder of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, then the Value of such Rights shall be determined by the General Partner on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers appropriate.

Vested LTIP Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.A hereof.

Vesting Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.A hereof.

ARTICLE 2

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Section 2.1 Formation; Removal of Initial Limited Partner . The Partnership is a limited partnership heretofore formed and continued pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all purposes. Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership is hereby removed as a limited partner of the Partnership.

Section 2.2 Name . The name of the Partnership is “City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.” The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Partners.

Section 2.3 Principal Office and Resident Agent; Principal Executive Office . The address of the principal office of the Partnership in the State of Maryland is located at c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or such other place within the State of Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate, and the resident agent of the Partnership in the State of Maryland is The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or such other resident of the State of Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate. The principal office of the Partnership is located at c/o City Office REIT, Inc., 1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9, or such other place as the General Partner 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 Maryland as the General Partner may from time to time designate.

 

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Section 2.4 Power of Attorney .

 

  A. Each Limited Partner and Assignee hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:

 

  (1) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices: (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments, supplements or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary 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 to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Maryland and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation; (d) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the distribution or exchange of assets of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (e) all instruments relating to the admission, acceptance, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (f) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges relating to Partnership Interests; and

 

  (2) execute, swear to, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Section 14.2 hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

 

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The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a special power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Limited Partners and Assignees will be relying upon the power of the General Partner or the Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and the Transfer of all or any portion of such Person’s Partnership Interest and shall extend to such

 

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  Person’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner and Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or the Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner and Assignee 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 Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General Partner’s or the Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator (as the case may be) deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Section 2.4.B, no Limited Partner shall incur any personal liability for any action of the General Partner or the Liquidator taken under such power of attorney.

Section 2.5 Term . The term of the Partnership commenced on December 12, 2013, the date that the original Certificate was accepted for record by the SDAT in accordance with the Act, and shall continue indefinitely unless the Partnership is dissolved sooner pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 hereof or as otherwise provided by law.

Section 2.6 Partnership Interests Are Securities . All Partnership Interests shall be securities within the meaning of, and governed by, (i) Article 8 of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code and (ii) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 3

PURPOSE

Section 3.1 Purpose and Business . The purpose and nature of the Partnership is to conduct any business, enterprise or activity permitted by or under the Act, including, without limitation, (i) to conduct the business of ownership, construction, reconstruction, development, redevelopment, alteration, improvement, maintenance, operation, sale, leasing, transfer, encumbrance, conveyance and exchange of the Properties, (ii) to acquire and invest in any securities and/or loans relating to the Properties, (iii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture, business trust arrangement, limited liability company or other similar arrangement to engage in any business permitted by or under the Act, or to own interests in any entity engaged in any business permitted by or under the Act, (iv) to conduct the business of providing property and asset management and brokerage services, whether directly or through one or more partnerships, joint ventures, Subsidiaries, business trusts, limited liability companies or similar arrangements, and (v) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

Section 3.2 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 herein and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership including, without limitation, full power and authority, directly or through its ownership interest in other entities, to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of

 

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any kind, to borrow and lend money and to issue evidence of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien, to acquire, own, manage, improve and develop real property and lease, sell, transfer and dispose of real property.

Section 3.3 Partnership Only for Purposes Specified . The Partnership shall be a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act, and this Agreement shall not be deemed to create a company, venture or partnership between or among the Partners or any other Persons with respect to any activities whatsoever other than the activities within the purposes of the Partnership as specified in Section 3.1 hereof; however, to the extent applicable, the Partnership is a “partnership at will” (and is not a partnership formed for a definite term or particular undertaking) within the meaning of the Act. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for, bind, commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of another Partner, nor shall the Partnership be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities, indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by the terms of this Agreement and the Act.

Section 3.4 Representations and Warranties by the Partners .

 

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Each Partner that is an individual (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner) represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner is subject, (ii) if five percent (5%) or more (by value) of the Partnership’s interests are or will be owned by such Partner within the meaning of Code Section 7704(d)(3), such Partner does not, and for so long as it is a Partner will not, own, directly or indirectly, (a) stock of any corporation that is a tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member or (b) an interest in the assets or net profits of any non-corporate tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture, or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member, (iii) such Partner has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Partner that is an individual shall not be subject to the ownership restrictions set forth in clause (ii) of the

 

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  immediately preceding sentence to the extent such Partner obtains the written Consent of the General Partner prior to violating any such restrictions. Each Partner that is an individual shall also represent and warrant to the Partnership that such Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a foreign partner within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e).

 

  B. Each Partner that is not an individual (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner) represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) all transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including, without limitation, that of its general partner(s), committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or stockholder(s) (as the case may be) as required, (ii) the consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, its partnership or operating agreement, trust agreement, charter or bylaws (as the case may be) any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s properties or any of its partners, members, beneficiaries, trustees or stockholders (as the case may be) is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner or any of its partners, members, trustees, beneficiaries or stockholders (as the case may be) is or are subject, (iii) if five percent (5%) or more (by value) of the Partnership’s interests are or will be owned by such Partner within the meaning of Code Section 7704(d)(3), such Partner does not, and for so long as it is a Partner will not, own, directly or indirectly, (a) stock of any corporation that is a tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member or (b) an interest in the assets or net profits of any non-corporate tenant of (I) the General Partner, or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company for which the General Partner, any General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Partner that is not an individual shall not be subject to the ownership restrictions set forth in clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence to the extent such Partner obtains the written Consent of the General Partner prior to violating any such restrictions. Each Partner that is not an individual shall also represent and warrant to the Partnership that such Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a foreign partner within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e).

 

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  has acquired and continues to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment purposes only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or distribution of all or any part thereof in violation of applicable laws, and not with a view toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances in violation of applicable laws and (ii) it is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it does not anticipate a need for the funds that it has invested in the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment.

 

  D. The representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A, 3.4.B and 3.4.C hereof shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner (and, in the case of an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner, the admission of such Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a Limited Partner in the Partnership) and the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Partnership.

 

  E. Each Partner (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner) hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the Partnership or the General Partner have been made by any Partner or any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and that projections and any other information, including, without limitation, financial and descriptive information and documentation, that may have been in any manner submitted to such Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or nature, express or implied.

 

  F. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit the modification of any of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A, 3.4.B and 3.4.C above as applicable to any Partner (including, without limitation any Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner or any transferee of either), provided that such representations and warranties, as modified, shall be set forth in either (i) a Partnership Unit Designation applicable to the Partnership Units held by such Partner or (ii) a separate writing addressed to the Partnership and the General Partner.

ARTICLE 4

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the Partners . The Partners have heretofore made Capital Contributions to the Partnership as set forth on Exhibit C. Except as provided by law or in Section 4.2, 4.3, or 10.4 hereof, the Partners shall have no obligation or, except with the prior Consent of the General Partner, right to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner shall cause to be maintained in the principal business office of the

 

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Partnership, or such other place as may be determined by the General Partner, the books and records of the Partnership, which shall include, among other things, a register containing the name, address, and number, class and series of Partnership Units of each Partner, and such other information as the General Partner may deem necessary or desirable (the “ Register ”). The Register shall not be part of this Agreement. The General Partner shall from time to time update the Register as necessary to accurately reflect the information therein, including as a result of any sales, exchanges or other Transfers, or any redemptions, issuances or similar events involving Partnership Units. Any reference in this Agreement to the Register shall be deemed a reference to the Register as in effect from time to time. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the General Partner may take any action authorized hereunder in respect of the Register without any need to obtain the consent or approval of any other Partner. No action of any Limited Partner shall be required to amend or update the Register. Except as required by law, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to receive a copy of the information set forth in the Register relating to any Partner other than itself.

Section 4.2 Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation:

 

  A.

General . The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests, in the form of Partnership Units, for any Partnership purpose, at any time or from time to time, to the Partners (including the General Partner) or to other Persons, and to admit such Persons as Additional Limited Partners, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person. Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units (i) upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of any Debt, Partnership Units, or other securities issued by the Partnership, (ii) for less than fair market value, (iii) for no consideration, (iv) in connection with any merger of any other Person into the Partnership or (v) upon the contribution of property or assets to the Partnership. Any additional Partnership Interests may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption (including, without limitation, terms that may be senior or otherwise entitled to preference over existing Partnership Units) as shall be determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person, and set forth in a written document thereafter attached to and made an exhibit to this Agreement, which exhibit shall be an amendment to this Agreement and shall be incorporated herein by this reference (each, a “ Partnership Unit Designation ”), without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Partner shall have authority to specify: (a) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of Partnership Interests; (b) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share (on a pari passu , junior or preferred basis) in Partnership distributions; (c) the

 

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  rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (d) the voting rights, if any, of each such class or series of Partnership Interests; and (e) the conversion, redemption or exchange rights applicable to each such class or series of Partnership Interests. Except as expressly set forth in any Partnership Unit Designation or as may otherwise be required under the Act, a Partnership Interest of any class or series other than a Partnership Common Unit shall not entitle the holder thereof to vote on, or consent to, any matter. Upon the issuance of any additional Partnership Interest, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership as appropriate to reflect such issuance.

 

  B. Issuances of LTIP Units . Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from time to time, the General Partner is hereby authorized to issue LTIP Units to Persons providing services to or for the benefit of the Partnership for such consideration or for no consideration as the General Partner may determine to be appropriate and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner, and admit such Persons as Limited Partners. Except to the extent a Capital Contribution is made with respect to a LTIP Unit, each LTIP Unit is intended to qualify as a profits interests in the Partnership within the meaning of the Code, the Regulations, and any published guidance by the IRS with respect thereto. Except as may be provided from time to time by the General Partner with respect to one or more series of LTIP Units, LTIP Units shall have the terms set forth in Article 16.

 

  C. Issuances to the General Partner . No additional Partnership Units shall be issued to the General Partner unless (i) the additional Partnership Units are issued to all Partners holding Partnership Common Units in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests in Partnership Common Units, (ii) (a) the additional Partnership Units are (x) Partnership Common Units issued in connection with an issuance of REIT Shares, or (y) Partnership Equivalent Units (other than Partnership Common Units) issued in connection with an issuance of Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner (other than REIT Shares), and (b) the General Partner contributes to the Partnership the cash proceeds or other consideration received in connection with the issuance of such REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner, (iii) the additional Partnership Units are issued upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of Debt, Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership or (iv) the additional Partnership Units are issued pursuant to Section 4.3.B, Section 4.3.E, Section 4.4 or Section 4.5.

 

  D. No Preemptive Rights . Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Person, including, without limitation, any Partner or Assignee, shall have any preemptive, preferential, participation or similar right or rights to subscribe for or acquire any Partnership Interest.

 

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Section 4.3 Additional Funds and Capital Contributions .

 

  A. General . The General Partner may, at any time and from time to time, determine that the Partnership requires additional funds (“ Additional Funds ”) for the acquisition or development of additional Properties, for the redemption of Partnership Units or for such other purposes as the General Partner may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion. Additional Funds may be obtained by the Partnership, at the election of the General Partner, in any manner provided in, and in accordance with, the terms of this Section 4.3 without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person.

 

  B. Additional Capital Contributions . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by accepting Capital Contributions from any Partners or other Persons. In connection with any such Capital Contribution (of cash or property), the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue additional Partnership Units (as set forth in Section 4.2 above) in consideration therefor and the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall be adjusted to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units.

 

  C. Loans by Third Parties . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur Debt to any Person (other than the General Partner (but, for this purpose, disregarding any Debt that may be deemed incurred to the General Partner by virtue of clause (iii) of the definition of Debt)) upon such terms as the General Partner determines appropriate, including making such Debt convertible, redeemable or exchangeable for Partnership Units or REIT Shares; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if any Partner would be personally liable for the repayment of such Debt (unless such Partner otherwise agrees).

 

  D. General Partner Loans . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur Debt to the General Partner if (i) such Debt is, to the extent permitted by law, on substantially the same terms and conditions (including interest rate, repayment schedule, and conversion, redemption, repurchase and exchange rights) as Funding Debt incurred by the General Partner, the net proceeds of which are loaned to the Partnership to provide such Additional Funds, or (ii) such Debt is on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Partnership than would be available to the Partnership from any third party; provided, however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if any Partner would be personally liable for the repayment of such Debt (unless such Partner otherwise agrees).

 

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Issuance of Securities by the General Partner . The General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities unless the General Partner contributes the cash proceeds or other consideration received from the issuance of such additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (as the case may be) and from the exercise of the rights contained in

 

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  any such additional Capital Shares or New Securities to the Partnership in exchange for (x) in the case of an issuance of REIT Shares, Partnership Common Units, or (y) in the case of an issuance of Capital Shares or New Securities, Partnership Equivalent Units; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the General Partner may issue REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (i) pursuant to Section 4.4 or Section 15.1.B hereof, (ii) pursuant to a dividend or distribution (including any stock split) of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities to holders of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities (as the case may be), (iii) upon a conversion, redemption or exchange of Capital Shares, (iv) upon a conversion, redemption, exchange or exercise of New Securities, or (v) in connection with an acquisition of Partnership Units or a property or other asset to be owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner and (b) only in the case of the proceeds of REIT Shares issued upon the exercise by the underwriters in the initial public offering of REIT Shares by the General Partner of their over-allotment option, the General Partner shall use the net cash proceeds realized therefrom to redeem Partnership Common Units held by Second City or REIT shares held by CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership. In the event of any issuance of additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities by the General Partner, and the contribution to the Partnership, by the General Partner, of the cash proceeds or other consideration received from such issuance (or property acquired with such proceeds), if any, if the cash proceeds actually received by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount equal to the sum of the cash proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such underwriter’s discount and other expenses paid by the General Partner (which discount and expense shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4). In the event that the General Partner issues any additional REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities and contributes the cash proceeds or other consideration received from the issuance thereof to the Partnership, the Partnership is expressly authorized to issue a number of Partnership Common Units or Partnership Equivalent Units to the General Partner equal to the number of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities so issued, divided by the Adjustment Factor then in effect, in accordance with this Section 4.3.E without any further act, approval or vote of any Partner or any other Persons.

Section 4.4 Stock Incentive Plans . Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the General Partner from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates or from issuing REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities pursuant to any such plans. The General Partner may implement such plans and any actions taken under such plans (such as the grant or exercise of options to acquire REIT Shares, or the issuance of restricted REIT Shares), whether taken with respect to or by an employee or other service provider of the General Partner, the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, in a manner determined by the General Partner, which may be set forth in plan implementation guidelines that the General Partner may establish or amend from time to time. The Partners acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the General Partner, amendments to this Agreement may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or Consent to any such amendments requested by the General Partner shall be deemed granted by the Limited Partners. The Partnership is expressly authorized to issue

 

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Partnership Units (i) in accordance with the terms of any such stock incentive plans, or (ii) in an amount equal to the number of REIT Shares, Capital Shares or New Securities issued pursuant to any such stock incentive plans, without any further act, approval or vote of any Partner or any other Persons.

Section 4.5 Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan . Except as may otherwise be provided in this Article 4, all amounts received or deemed received by the General Partner in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, stock incentive or other stock or subscription plan or agreement, either (a) shall be utilized by the General Partner to effect open market purchases of REIT Shares, or (b) if the General Partner elects instead to issue new REIT Shares with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the General Partner to the Partnership in exchange for additional Partnership Common Units. Upon such contribution, the Partnership will issue to the General Partner a number of Partnership Common Units equal to the quotient of (i) the new REIT Shares so issued, divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect.

Section 4.6 No Interest; No Return . No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s Capital Account. Except as provided herein or by law, no Partner shall have any right to demand or receive the return of its Capital Contribution from the Partnership.

Section 4.7 Conversion or Redemption of Capital Shares .

 

  A. Conversion of Capital Shares . If, at any time, any of the Capital Shares are converted into REIT Shares, in whole or in part, then a number of Partnership Units with preferences, conversion and other rights, restrictions (other than restrictions on transfer), rights and limitations as to dividends and other distributions and qualifications that are substantially the same as the preferences, conversion and other rights, restrictions (other than restrictions on transfer), rights and limitations as to distributions and qualifications as those of such Capital Shares (“ Partnership Equivalent Units ”) (for the avoidance of doubt, Partnership Equivalent Units need not have voting rights, redemption rights or restrictions on transfer that are substantially similar to the corresponding Capital Shares) equal to the number of Capital Shares so converted shall automatically be converted into a number of Partnership Common Units equal to the quotient of (i) the number of REIT Shares issued upon such conversion divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect, and the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall be adjusted to reflect such conversion.

 

  B.

Redemption or Repurchase of Capital Shares or REIT Shares . Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.3.E.(b) or 7.4.C., if, at any time, any Capital Shares are redeemed or otherwise repurchased (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) by the General Partner, the Partnership shall, immediately prior to such redemption or repurchase of Capital Shares, redeem an equal number of Partnership Equivalent Units held by the General Partner upon the same terms and for the same price per Partnership Equivalent Unit as such Capital Shares are redeemed or repurchased. If, at any

 

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  time, any REIT Shares are redeemed or otherwise repurchased by the General Partner, the Partnership shall, immediately prior to such redemption or repurchase of REIT Shares, redeem or repurchase a number of Partnership Common Units held by the General Partner equal to the quotient of (i) the REIT Shares so redeemed or repurchased, divided by (ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect, such redemption or repurchase to be upon the same terms and for the same price per Partnership Common Unit (after giving effect to application of the Adjustment Factor) as such REIT Shares are redeemed or repurchased.

Section 4.8 Other Contribution Provisions . In the event that any Partner is admitted to the Partnership and is given a Capital Account in exchange for services rendered to the Partnership, such transaction shall be treated by the Partnership and the affected Partner as if the Partnership had compensated such partner in cash and such Partner had contributed the cash that the Partner would have received to the capital of the Partnership. In addition, with the Consent of the General Partner, one or more Partners may enter into contribution agreements with the Partnership which have the effect of providing a guarantee of certain obligations of the Partnership (and/or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Partnership).

ARTICLE 5

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 5.1 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to distribute such amounts, at such times, as the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine, to the Holders as of any Partnership Record Date: (i) first, with respect to any Partnership Units that are entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of Holders of such class(es) of Partnership Units (and, within each such class, among the Holders of each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests of such class on such Partnership Record Date); and (ii) second, with respect to any Partnership Units that are not entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of Holders of such class(es) of Partnership Units, as applicable (and, within each such class, among the Holders of each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests of such class on such Partnership Record Date). Distributions payable with respect to any Partnership Units, other than any Partnership Units issued to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of REIT Shares by the General Partner, that were not outstanding during the entire quarterly period in respect of which any distribution is made shall be prorated based on the portion of the period that such Partnership Units were outstanding. The General Partner shall make such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with the General Partner’s qualification as a REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to enable the General Partner, for so long as the General Partner has determined to qualify as a REIT, to pay stockholder dividends that will (a) satisfy the requirements for qualifying as a REIT under the Code and Regulations (the “ REIT Requirements ”) and (b) except to the extent otherwise determined by the General Partner, eliminate any federal income or excise tax liability of the General Partner. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, a Holder of LTIP Units will only be entitled to distributions with respect to a LTIP Unit as set forth in Article 16 hereof and in making distributions pursuant to this Section 5.1, the General Partner of the Partnership shall take into account the provisions of Section 16.4 hereof.

 

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Section 5.2 Distributions in Kind . Except as expressly provided herein, no right is given to any Holder to demand and receive property other than cash as provided in this Agreement. The General Partner may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, to make a distribution in kind of Partnership assets to the Holders, and such assets shall be distributed in such a fashion as to ensure that the fair market value is distributed and allocated in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 13 hereof; provided, however, that the General Partner shall not make a distribution in kind to any Holder unless the Holder has been given 90 days prior written notice of such distribution.

Section 5.3 Amounts Withheld . All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any state, local or non-United States tax law and Section 10.4 hereof with respect to any allocation, payment or distribution to any Holder and paid over to the appropriate taxing authorities shall be treated as amounts paid or distributed to such Holder pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof for all purposes under this Agreement.

Section 5.4 Distributions upon Liquidation . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 5, net proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction, and any other amounts distributed after the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, shall be distributed to the Holders in accordance with Section 13.2 hereof.

Section 5.5 Distributions to Reflect Additional Partnership Units . In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 hereof, subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner is hereby authorized to make such revisions to this Article 5 and to Articles 6, 11 and 12 hereof as it determines are necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units, including, without limitation, making preferential distributions to Holders of certain classes of Partnership Units.

Section 5.6 Restricted Distributions . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Partnership nor the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall make a distribution to any Holder if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law.

ARTICLE 6

ALLOCATIONS

Section 6.1 Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss . Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to each Partnership Year as of the end of each such year, provided that the General Partner may in its discretion allocate Net Income and Net Loss for a shorter period as of the end of such period (and, for purposes of this Article 6, references to the term “Partnership Year” may include such shorter periods). Except as otherwise provided in this Article 6, and subject to Section 11.6.C hereof, an allocation to a Holder of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss.

 

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Section 6.2 General Allocations . Except as otherwise provided in this Article 6 and Section 11.6.C hereof, Net Income and Net Loss for any Partnership Year shall be allocated to each of the Holders as follows:

 

  A. Net Income.

(i) First, 100% to the General Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to clause (iii) in Section 6.2.B for all prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this clause (i) for all prior Partnership Years;

(ii) Second, 100% to each Holder in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Losses allocated to each such Holder pursuant to clause (ii) in Section 6.2.B for all prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to such Holder pursuant to this clause (ii) for all prior Partnership Years; and

(iii) Third, 100% to the Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the Partnership Common Units.

To the extent the allocations of Net Income set forth above in any paragraph of this Section 6.2.A are not sufficient to entirely satisfy the allocation set forth in such paragraph, such allocation shall be made in proportion to the total amount that would have been allocated pursuant to such paragraph without regard to such shortfall.

 

  B. Net Losses.

(i) First, 100% to the Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the Partnership Common Units (to the extent consistent with this clause (i)) until the Adjusted Capital Account (ignoring for this purpose any amounts a Holder is obligated to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)(2)) of all such Holders is zero;

(ii) Second, 100% to the Holders (other than the General Partner) to the extent of, and in proportion to, the positive balance (if any) in their Adjusted Capital Accounts; and

(iii) Third, 100% to the General Partner.

 

  C. Allocations to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to the General Partner or any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 6.2 or to Section 12.2.C or 13.2.A as it determines are necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests, including making preferential allocations to certain classes of Partnership Interests, subject to the terms of any Partnership Unit Designation with respect to Partnership Interests then outstanding.

 

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  D. Special Allocations with Respect to LTIP Units. In the event that Liquidating Gains are allocated under this Section 6.2.D, Net Income allocable under Section 6.2.A and any Net Losses allocable under Section 6.2.B shall be recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains so allocated. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 6.4.A hereof, and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.2.A and 6.2.B above, any Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to the Holders of LTIP Units until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such Holders, to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units, are equal to (i) the Common Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of their LTIP Units. Any such allocations shall be made among the Holders of LTIP Units in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each under this Section 6.2.D. The parties agree that the intent of this Section 6.2.D is to make the Capital Account balances of the Holders of LTIP Units with respect to their LTIP Units economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance of the General Partner with respect to its Partnership Common Units.

Section 6.3 Additional Allocation Provisions . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6:

 

  A. Special Allocations Upon Liquidation . In the event that the Partnership disposes of all or substantially all of its assets in a transaction that will lead to a liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to Article 13 hereof, then: (i) any Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to each Holder of LTIP Units in accordance with the Holder’s Percentage Interest until the Economic Capital Account Balance of such Holder, to the extent attributable to the Holder’s ownership of LTIP Units, is equal to (a) the Common Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (b) the number of such Holder’s LTIP Units; and (ii) any Net Income or Net Loss realized in connection with such transaction and thereafter (recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains allocated pursuant to clause (i) above) shall be specially allocated for such Partnership Year (and to the extent permitted by Code Section 761(c), for the immediately preceding Partnership Year) among the Holders as required so as to cause liquidating distributions pursuant to Section 13.2.A(4) hereof to be made in the same amounts and proportions as would have resulted had such distributions instead been made pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. In addition, if there is an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of the assets of the Partnership pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, allocations of Net Income or Net Loss arising from such adjustment shall be allocated in the same manner as described in the prior sentence.

 

  B. Offsetting Allocations . Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1, 6.2.A and 6.2.B, but subject to Sections 6.3 and 6.4, in the event Net Income or items thereof are being allocated to a Partner to offset prior Net Loss or items thereof which have been allocated to such Partner (including any allocations of Net Income or items thereof pursuant to Section 6.3.A), the General Partner shall attempt to allocate such offsetting Net Income or items thereof which are of the same or similar character (including without limitation Code Section 704(b) book items versus tax items) to the original allocations with respect to such Partner.

 

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  C. CODI Allocations . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any indebtedness of the Partnership encumbering the Properties contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering is settled or paid off at a discount, any resulting COD Income of the Partnership shall be specially allocated proportionately (as determined by the General Partner) to those Holders that were partners in entities that contributed, or were deemed to contribute, the applicable Property to the Partnership in connection with such initial offering to the extent the number of Partnership Units received by such Holders in exchange for their interests in such entities was determined, in part, by taking into account the anticipated discounted settlement or pay-off of such indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing, “COD Income” shall mean income recognized by the Partnership pursuant to Code Section 61(a)(12).

Section 6.4 Regulatory Allocation Provisions . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6:

 

  A. Regulatory Allocations.

(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.2 hereof, or any other provision of this Article 6, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership Year, each Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.4.A(i) is intended to qualify as a “minimum gain chargeback” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(ii) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) or in Section 6.4.A(i) hereof, if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership Year, each Holder who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4)

 

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and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.4.A(ii) is intended to qualify as a “chargeback of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(iii) Nonrecourse Deductions and Partner Nonrecourse Deductions . Any Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Holder(s) who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).

(iv) Qualified Income Offset . If any Holder unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), to such Holder in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by such Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Holder as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.4.A(iv) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Holder would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided in this Article 6 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.4.A(iv) were not in the Agreement. It is intended that this Section 6.4.A(iv) qualify and be construed as a “qualified income offset” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(v) Gross Income Allocation . In the event that any Holder has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any Partnership Year that is in excess of the sum of (1) the amount (if any) that such Holder is obligated to restore to the Partnership upon complete liquidation of such Holder’s Partnership Interest (including, the Holder’s interest in outstanding Partnership Preferred Units and other Partnership Units) and (2) the amount that such Holder is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess to eliminate such deficit as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.4.A(v) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Holder would have a deficit Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided in this Article 6 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.4.A(v) and Section 6.4.A(iv) hereof were not in the Agreement.

(vi) Limitation on Allocation of Net Loss . To the extent that any allocation of Net Loss would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as to any Holder, such allocation of Net Loss shall be reallocated (x) first, among the other Holders of Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests with respect to Partnership Common Units and (y) thereafter, among the Holders of other classes of Partnership Units as determined by the General Partner, subject to the limitations of this Section 6.4.A(vi).

 

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(vii) Section 754 Adjustment . To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Holder in complete liquidation of its interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Holder(s) to whom such distribution was made in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.

(viii) Curative Allocations . The allocations set forth in Sections 6.4.A(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) hereof (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Holders so that to the extent possible without violating the requirements giving rise to the Regulatory Allocations, the net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Holder shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Holder if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

(ix) Forfeiture Allocations . Upon a forfeiture of any Unvested LTIP Units by any Partner, gross items of income, gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated to such Partner if and to the extent required by final Regulations promulgated after the date hereof to ensure that allocations made with respect to all unvested Partnership Interests are recognized as having economic effect under Code Section 704(b).

(x) LTIP Units . For purposes of the allocations set forth in this Section 6.4, each issued and outstanding LTIP Unit will be treated as one outstanding Partnership Common Unit.

 

  B. Allocation of Excess Nonrecourse Liabilities. For purposes of determining a Holder’s proportional share of the “excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each Holder’s respective interest in Partnership profits shall be equal to such Holder’s Percentage Interest with respect to Partnership Common Units (treating LTIP Units as Partnership Common Units for this purpose), except as otherwise determined by the General Partner.

Section 6.5 Tax Allocations .

 

  A. In General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.5, for income tax purposes under the Code and the Regulations, each Partnership item of income, gain, loss and deduction (collectively, “ Tax Items ”) shall be allocated among the Holders in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 6.2 and 6.3 hereof.

 

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  B. Section 704(c) Allocations. Notwithstanding Section 6.5.A hereof, Tax Items with respect to Property that is contributed to the Partnership with an initial Gross Asset Value that varies from its basis in the hands of the contributing Partner immediately preceding the date of contribution shall be allocated among the Holders for income tax purposes pursuant to Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(c) so as to take into account such variation. With respect to Partnership Property that is contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering, such variation between basis and initial Gross Asset Value shall be taken into account under the “traditional method” as described in Regulations Section 1.704-3(b). With respect to other Properties, the Partnership shall account for such variation under any method approved under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations as chosen by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. In the event that the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value” (provided in Article 1 hereof), subsequent allocations of Tax Items with respect to such asset shall take account of the variation, if any, between the adjusted basis of such asset and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations and using the method chosen by the General Partner; provided, however, that the “traditional method” as described in Regulations Section 1.704-3(b) shall be used with respect to Partnership Property that is contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial offering. Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.5.B are solely for purposes of federal, state and local income taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Partner’s Capital Account or share of Net Income, Net Loss, or any other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 7

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

Section 7.1 Management .

 

  A.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, including any Partnership Unit Designation, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. No General Partner may be removed by the Partners, with or without cause, except with the Consent of the General Partner. 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 the other provisions hereof including, without limitation, Section 3.2 and Section 7.3, and the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, shall have full

 

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  and exclusive power and authority, without the consent or approval of any Limited Partner, to do or authorize all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, to exercise or direct the exercise of all of the powers of the Partnership and a general partner under the Act and this Agreement and to effectuate the purposes of the Partnership including, without limitation:

 

  (1) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money or selling of assets (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to the Holders in such amounts as will permit the General Partner to prevent the imposition of any federal income tax on the General Partner (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Code Section 4981), to make distributions to its stockholders and payments to any taxing authority sufficient to permit the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and maintain REIT status or otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements), the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness (including the securing of same by deed to secure debt, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership’s assets) and the incurring of any obligations to conduct the activities of the Partnership;

 

  (2) 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;

 

  (3) the taking of any and all acts to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under Code Section 7704;

 

  (4) subject to Section 11.2 hereof, the acquisition, sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets (including the goodwill) of the Partnership (including, but not limited to, the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity;

 

  (5)

the mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation of any assets of the Partnership, the assignment of any assets of the Partnership in trust for creditors or on the promise of the assignee to pay the debts of the Partnership, the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms that the General Partner sees fit, including, without limitation, the financing of the operations and activities of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the

 

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  General Partner and/or the Partnership’s Subsidiaries) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership, its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and the making of capital contributions to and equity investments in the Partnership’s Subsidiaries;

 

  (6) the management, operation, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition, replacement or improvement of any Property;

 

  (7) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, including leases (including ground leases), easements, management agreements, rights of way and other property-related agreements, conveyances or other instruments to conduct the Partnership’s operations or implement the General Partner’s powers under this Agreement, including contracting with contractors, developers, consultants, governmental authorities, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents and the payment of their expenses and compensation, as applicable, out of the Partnership’s assets;

 

  (8) the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement, the holding, management, investment and reinvestment of cash and other assets of the Partnership, and the collection and receipt of revenues, rents and income of the Partnership;

 

  (9) the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (if any) (including, without limitation, employees having titles or offices such as “president,” “vice president,” “secretary” and “treasurer”), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring;

 

  (10) the maintenance of such insurance (including, without limitation, directors and officers insurance) for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners (including, without limitation, the General Partner);

 

  (11) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, any Subsidiary and any other Person in which the General Partner has an equity investment from time to time);

 

  (12)

the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment, of any claim, cause of action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership, the commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute

 

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  resolution, and the representation of the Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurring of legal expense, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;

 

  (13) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in any Subsidiary or any other Person (including, without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such Persons);

 

  (14) the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as the General Partner may adopt; provided , however , that such methods are otherwise consistent with the requirements of this Agreement;

 

  (15) the enforcement of any rights against any Partner pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities relating to such Partner’s contribution of property or assets to the Partnership;

 

  (16) the exercise, directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership;

 

  (17) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person;

 

  (18) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an interest, pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such Person;

 

  (19) the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases, confessions of judgment or any other legal instruments or agreements in writing;

 

  (20) the issuance of additional Partnership Units in connection with Capital Contributions by Additional Limited Partners and additional Capital Contributions by Partners pursuant to Article 4 hereof;

 

  (21) an election to dissolve the Partnership pursuant to Section 13.1.B hereof;

 

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  (22) the distribution of cash to acquire Partnership Common Units held by a Limited Partner in connection with a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof;

 

  (23) an election to acquire Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares;

 

  (24) the maintenance of the Register from time to time to reflect accurately at all times the Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests of the Partners as the same are adjusted from time to time to reflect redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of Partnership Units, the admission of any Additional Limited Partner or any Substituted Limited Partner or otherwise, which shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement, as long as the matter or event being reflected in the Register otherwise is authorized by this Agreement; and

 

  (25) the registration of any class of securities of the Partnership under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the listing of any debt securities of the Partnership on any exchange.

 

  B. Each of the Limited Partners agrees that, except as provided in Section 7.3 hereof and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner is authorized to execute and deliver any affidavit, agreement, certificate, consent, instrument, notice, power of attorney, waiver or other writing or document in the name and on behalf of the Partnership and to otherwise exercise any power of the General Partner under this Agreement and the Act on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners or any other Persons, notwithstanding any other provision of the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation and, in the absence of any specific corporate action on the part of the General Partner to the contrary, the taking of any action or the execution of any such document or writing by an officer of the General Partner, in the name and on behalf of the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, shall conclusively evidence (1) the approval thereof by the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, (2) the General Partner’s determination that such action, document or writing is necessary, advisable, appropriate, desirable or prudent to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, exercise the powers of the Partnership under this Agreement and the Act or effectuate the purposes of the Partnership, or any other determination by the General Partner required by this Agreement in connection with the taking of such action or execution of such document or writing, and (3) the authority of such officer with respect thereto.

 

  C. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain (i) casualty, liability and other insurance on the Properties and (ii) liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder.

 

  D. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital and other reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines from time to time.

 

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  E. The determination as to any of the following matters, made by or at the direction of the General Partner consistent with this Agreement and the Act, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Partnership and every Limited Partner: the amount of assets at any time available for distribution or the redemption of Partnership Common Units; the amount and timing of any distribution; any determination to redeem Tendered Units; the amount, purpose, time of creation, increase or decrease, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or charges and the propriety thereof (whether or not any obligation or liability for which such reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or discharged); the amount of any Partner’s Capital Account, Adjusted Capital Account or Adjusted Capital Account Deficit; the amount of Net Income, Net Loss or Depreciation for any period; any special allocations of Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to Sections 6.2.C, 6.2.D, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 or 16.5; the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset; the Value of any REIT Share; the timing and amount of any adjustment to the Adjustment Factor; any adjustment to the number of outstanding LTIP Units pursuant to Section 16.3; the timing, number and redemption or repurchase price of the redemption or repurchase of any Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.7.B; any interpretation of the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of Partnership Interest; the fair value, or any sale, bid or asked price to be applied in determining the fair value, of any asset owned or held by the Partnership or of any Partnership Interest; the number of authorized or outstanding Units of any class or series; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any assets by the Partnership; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Partnership or required or permitted by applicable law, this Agreement or otherwise to be determined by the General Partner.

Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership . The General Partner may file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Maryland and each other state, the District of Columbia or any other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of Section 8.5.A hereof, the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner. The General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Maryland and any other state, or the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.

 

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Section 7.3 Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority .

 

  A. The General Partner may not take any action in contravention of an express prohibition or limitation of this Agreement without the Consent of the Limited Partners, and may not, without limitation:

 

  (1) take any action that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;

 

  (2) perform any act that would subject a Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction or any other liability except as provided herein or under the Act; or

 

  (3) enter into any contract, mortgage, loan or other agreement that expressly prohibits or restricts (a) the General Partner or the Partnership from performing its specific obligations under Section 15.1 hereof in full or (b) a Limited Partner from exercising its rights under Section 15.1 hereof to effect a Redemption in full, except, in either case, (x) with the Consent of each Limited Partner affected by the prohibition or restriction or (y) in connection with or as a result of a Termination Transaction that, in accordance with Section 11.2.B(i) and/or (ii), does not require the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

  B. Except as provided in Section 7.3.C hereof, the General Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Partners, amend, modify or terminate this Agreement.

 

  C. Notwithstanding Section 7.3.B and 14.2 hereof but subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner shall have the power, without the Consent of the Partners or the consent or approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person, to amend this Agreement as may be required to facilitate or implement any of the following purposes:

 

  (1) to add to the obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the benefit of the Limited Partners;

 

  (2) to reflect the admission, substitution or withdrawal of Partners, the Transfer of any Partnership Interest, the termination of the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement, or the adjustment of outstanding LTIP Units as contemplated by Section 16.3, and to update the Register in connection with such admission, substitution, withdrawal, Transfer or adjustment;

 

  (3) to reflect a change that is of an inconsequential nature or does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect, or to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement not

 

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  inconsistent with law or with other provisions, or make other changes with respect to matters arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Agreement;

 

  (4) to set forth or amend the designations, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the Holders of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Article 4 (including any changes contemplated by Section 5.5 above);

 

  (5) to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or state agency or contained in federal or state law;

 

  (6) (a) to reflect such changes as are reasonably necessary for the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and maintain its status as a REIT or to satisfy the REIT Requirements, or (b) to reflect the Transfer of all or any part of a Partnership Interest among the General Partner and any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner;

 

  (7) to modify either or both of the manner in which items of Net Income or Net Loss are allocated pursuant to Article VI or the manner in which Capital Accounts are adjusted, computed, or maintained (but in each case only to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement and as may be permitted under applicable law);

 

  (8) to reflect the issuance of additional Partnership Interests in accordance with Section 4.2;

 

  (9) as contemplated by the last sentence of Section 4.3;

 

  (10) to reflect any other modification to this Agreement as is reasonably necessary for the business or operations of the Partnership or the General Partner and which does not violate Section 7.3.D; and

 

  (11) to effect or facilitate a Termination Transaction that, in accordance with Section 11.2.B(i) and/or (ii), does not require the Consent of the Limited Partners and, if the Partnership is the Surviving Partnership in any Termination Transaction, to modify Section 15.1 or any related definitions to provide that the holders of interests in such Surviving Partnership have rights that are consistent with Section 11.2B(ii).

 

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Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B, 7.3.C (other than as set forth below in this Section 7.3.D) and 14.2 hereof, this Agreement shall not be amended, and no action may be taken by the General Partner, without the Consent of each Partner adversely affected thereby, if such amendment or action would (i) convert a Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership into a General Partner Interest (except as a result of the General Partner acquiring such Partnership Interest),

 

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  (ii) adversely modify in any material respect the limited liability of a Limited Partner, (iii) alter the rights of any Partner to receive the distributions to which such Partner is entitled pursuant to Article 5 or Section 13.2.A(4) hereof, or alter the allocations specified in Article 6 hereof (except, in any case, as permitted pursuant to Sections 4.2, 5.5, 7.3.C (including clause (11) thereof) and Article 6 hereof), (iv) alter or modify the Redemption rights, Cash Amount or REIT Shares Amount as set forth in Section 15.1 hereof, or amend or modify any related definitions (except, in any case, as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof), (v) alter or modify Section 11.2 hereof (except as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof), (vi) subject to Section 7.8.I, remove the powers and restrictions related to REIT Requirements or permitting the General Partner to avoid paying tax under Code Sections 857 or 4981 contained in Sections 7.1 and 7.3, or (vii) amend this Section 7.3.D (except as permitted pursuant to clause (11) of Section 7.3.C hereof). Further, no amendment may alter the restrictions on the General Partner’s authority set forth elsewhere in this Section 7.3 without the Consent specified therein. Any such amendment or action consented to by any Partner shall be effective as to that Partner, notwithstanding the absence of such consent by any other Partner.

Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partner .

 

  A. The General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as General Partner of the Partnership except as provided in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 hereof regarding distributions, payments and allocations to which the General Partner may be entitled in its capacity as the General Partner).

 

  B.

Subject to Sections 7.4.D and 15.12 hereof, the Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating to the Partnership’s and the General Partner’s organization and the ownership of each of their assets and operations. The General Partner is hereby authorized to pay compensation for accounting, administrative, legal, technical, management and other services rendered to the Partnership. The Partnership shall be liable for, and shall reimburse the General Partner, on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all sums expended in connection with the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, (i) expenses relating to the ownership of interests in and management and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership, (ii) compensation of officers and employees, including, without limitation, payments under future compensation plans, of the General Partner, or the Partnership that may provide for stock units, or phantom stock, pursuant to which employees of the General Partner, or the Partnership will receive payments based upon dividends on or the value of REIT Shares, (iii) director fees and expenses of the General Partner or its Affiliates, (iv) any expenses (other than the purchase price) incurred by the General Partner in connection with the redemption or other repurchase of its Capital Shares, (v) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with the preparation of reports and other distributions to its stockholders and any regulatory or governmental authorities or agencies and, as applicable, all costs and expenses of

 

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  the General Partner as a reporting company (including, without limitation, costs of filings with the SEC), (vi) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with its operation as a REIT, and (vii) all costs and expenses of the General Partner in connection with the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests and financing or refinancing of any type related to the Partnership or its assets or activities; provided , however , that the amount of any reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest earned by the General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership as permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof. The Partners acknowledge that all such expenses of the General Partner are deemed to be for the benefit of the Partnership. Such reimbursements shall be in addition to any reimbursement of the General Partner as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.

 

  C. If the General Partner shall elect to purchase from its stockholders Capital Shares for the purpose of delivering such Capital Shares to satisfy an obligation under any dividend reinvestment program adopted by the General Partner, any employee stock purchase plan adopted by the General Partner or any similar obligation or arrangement undertaken by the General Partner in the future, in lieu of the treatment specified in Section 4.7.B., the purchase price paid by the General Partner for such Capital Shares shall be considered expenses of the Partnership and shall be advanced to the General Partner or reimbursed to the General Partner, subject to the condition that: (1) if such REIT Shares subsequently are sold by the General Partner, the General Partner shall pay or cause to be paid to the Partnership any proceeds received by the General Partner for such REIT Shares (which sales proceeds shall include the amount of dividends reinvested under any dividend reinvestment or similar program; provided, that a transfer of REIT Shares for Partnership Units pursuant to Section 15.1 would not be considered a sale for such purposes); and (2) if such REIT Shares are not retransferred by the General Partner within 30 days after the purchase thereof, or the General Partner otherwise determines not to retransfer such REIT Shares, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to redeem a number of Partnership Units determined in accordance with Section 4.7.B, as adjusted, (x) pursuant to Section 7.5 (in the event the General Partner acquires material assets, other than on behalf of the Partnership) and (y) for stock dividends and distributions, stock splits and subdivisions, reverse stock splits and combinations, distributions of rights, warrants or options, and distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets relating to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership (in which case such advancement or reimbursement of expenses shall be treated as having been made as a distribution in redemption of such number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner).

 

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To the extent practicable, Partnership expenses shall be billed directly to and paid by the Partnership and, subject to Section 15.12 hereof, if and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates by the Partnership pursuant to this Section 7.4 constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Partnership),

 

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  such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

Section 7.5 Outside Activities of the General Partner . The General Partner shall not directly or indirectly enter into or conduct any business, other than in connection with, (a) the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Partnership Interests, (b) the management of the business and affairs of the Partnership, (c) the operation of the General Partner as a reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities registered under the Exchange Act, (d) its operations as a REIT, (e) the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests, (f) financing or refinancing of any type related to the Partnership or its assets or activities, and (g) such activities as are incidental thereto; provided , however , that, except as otherwise provided herein, any funds raised by the General Partner pursuant to the preceding clauses (e) and (f) shall be made available to the Partnership, whether as Capital Contributions, loans or otherwise, as appropriate, and, provided , further that the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time hold or acquire assets in its own name or otherwise other than through the Partnership so long as the General Partner takes commercially reasonable measures to ensure that the economic benefits and burdens of such Property are otherwise vested in the Partnership, through assignment, mortgage loan or otherwise or, if it is not commercially reasonable to vest such economic interests in the Partnership, the Partners shall negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement, including, without limitation, the definition of “Adjustment Factor,” to reflect such activities and the direct ownership of assets by the General Partner. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit the General Partner from executing guarantees of Partnership debt. The General Partner and all Disregarded Entities with respect to the General Partner, taken as a group, shall not own any assets or take title to assets (other than temporarily in connection with an acquisition prior to contributing such assets to the Partnership) other than (i) interests in Disregarded Entities with respect to the General Partner, (ii) Partnership Interests as the General Partner, (iii) a minority interest in any Subsidiary of the Partnership that the General Partner owns to maintain such Subsidiary’s status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or otherwise, and (iv) such cash and cash equivalents, bank accounts or similar instruments or accounts as such group deems reasonably necessary, taking into account Section 7.1.D hereof and the requirements necessary for the General Partner to qualify as a REIT and for the General Partner to carry out its responsibilities contemplated under this Agreement and the Charter. Any Partnership Interests acquired by the General Partner, whether pursuant to the exercise by a Limited Partner of its right to Redemption, or otherwise, shall be automatically converted into a General Partner Interest comprised of an identical number of Partnership Units with the same terms as the class or series so acquired. Any Affiliates of the General Partner may acquire Limited Partner Interests and shall, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, be entitled to exercise all rights of a Limited Partner relating to such Limited Partner Interests.

Section 7.6 Transactions with Affiliates .

 

  A. The Partnership may lend or contribute funds to, and borrow funds from, Persons in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds from, and lend or contribute funds to, the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Person.

 

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  B. Except as provided in Section 7.5 hereof, the Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, business trusts or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions consistent with this Agreement and applicable law.

 

  C. The General Partner and its Affiliates may sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, on terms and conditions established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

  D. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Partners or any of them or any other Persons, may propose and adopt (on behalf of the Partnership) employee benefit plans (including without limitation plans that contemplate the issuance of LTIP Units) funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, the Partnership, Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries.

Section 7.7 Indemnification .

 

  A. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership shall indemnify each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the Partnership (“ Actions ”) as set forth in this Agreement in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not indemnify an Indemnitee (i) if the act or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the Action and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, if the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful; or (iii) for any transaction for which such Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement; and provided , further , that no payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by the Partnership to indemnify or advance funds to any Indemnitee (x) with respect to any Action initiated or brought voluntarily by such Indemnitee (and not by way of defense) unless (I) approved or authorized by the General Partner or (II) incurred to establish or enforce such Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement, and (y) in connection with one or more Actions or claims brought by the Partnership or involving such Indemnitee if such Indemnitee is found liable to the Partnership on any portion of any claim in any such Action.

 

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  B. Without limitation, the foregoing indemnity shall extend to any liability of any Indemnitee, pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise, for any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnity agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 7.7 in favor of any Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such indebtedness. It is the intention of this Section 7.7 that the Partnership indemnify each Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law and this Agreement. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 7.7. The termination of any proceeding by conviction of an Indemnitee or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent by an Indemnitee, or an entry of an order of probation against an Indemnitee prior to judgment, does not create a presumption that such Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified in this Section 7.7 with respect to the subject matter of such proceeding. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, and neither the General Partner nor any other Holder shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or otherwise provide funds to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

  C. To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding or otherwise subject to or the focus of or is involved in any Action shall be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership as incurred by the Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of the Action upon receipt by the Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Partnership as authorized in Section 7.7 has been met, and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.

 

  D. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee unless otherwise provided in a written agreement with such Indemnitee or in the writing pursuant to which such Indemnitee is indemnified.

 

  E.

The Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of any of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the

 

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  Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

  F. Any liabilities which an Indemnitee incurs as a result of acting on behalf of the Partnership or the General Partner (whether as a fiduciary or otherwise) in connection with the operation, administration or maintenance of an employee benefit plan or any related trust or funding mechanism (whether such liabilities are in the form of excise taxes assessed by the IRS, penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor, restitutions to such a plan or trust or other funding mechanism or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan, trust or other funding mechanism, or otherwise) shall be treated as liabilities or judgments or fines under this Section 7.7, unless such liabilities arise as a result of (i) an act or omission of such Indemnitee that was material to the matter giving rise to the Action and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, an act or omission that such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe was unlawful, or (iii) any transaction in which such Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement.

 

  G. In no event may an Indemnitee subject any of the Holders to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.

 

  H. 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.

 

  I. The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under 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. Any obligation or liability whatsoever of the General Partner which may arise at any time under this Agreement or any other instrument, transaction, or undertaking contemplated hereby shall be satisfied, if at all, out of the assets of the General Partner or the Partnership only. No such obligation or liability shall be personally binding upon, nor shall resort for the enforcement thereof be had to, any of the General Partner’s directors, stockholders, officers, employees, or agents, regardless of whether such obligation or liability is in the nature of contract, tort or otherwise.

 

  K. It is the intent of the parties that any amounts paid by the Partnership to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

 

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Section 7.8 Liability of the General Partner .

 

  A. To the maximum extent permitted under the Act, the only duties that the General Partner owes to the Partnership, any Partner or any other Person (including any creditor of any Partner or assignee of any Partnership Interest), fiduciary or otherwise, are to perform its contractual obligations as expressly set forth in this Agreement consistently with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing, and to act with the fiduciary duties of care and loyalty which have been, in accordance with the Act, modified as set forth in this Section 7.8. The General Partner, in its capacity as such, shall have no other duty, fiduciary or otherwise, to the Partnership, any Partner or any other Person (including any creditor of any Partner or any assignee of any Partnership Interest). The provisions of this Agreement other than this Section 7.8 shall create contractual obligations of the General Partner only, and no such provision shall be interpreted to expand or modify the fiduciary duties of the General Partner under the Act.

 

  B. The Limited Partners agree that (i) the General Partner is acting for the benefit of the Partnership, the Limited Partners and the General Partner’s stockholders collectively and (ii) in the event of a conflict between the interests of the Partnership or any Partner, on the one hand, and the separate interests of the General Partner or its stockholders, on the other hand, the General Partner may give priority to the separate interests of the General Partner or the stockholders of the General Partner (including, without limitation, with respect to tax consequences to Limited Partners, Assignees or the General Partner’s stockholders), and, in the event of such a conflict, and any action or failure to act on the part of the General Partner that gives priority to the separate interests of the General Partner or its stockholders that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners or violate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.

 

  C. Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in this Agreement and applicable law, 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 employees or agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible to the Partnership or any Partner for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such employee or agent appointed by it in good faith.

 

  D.

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  the General Partner or the Partnership only. No such obligation or liability shall be personally binding upon, nor shall resort for the enforcement thereof be had to, any of the General Partner’s directors, stockholders, officers, employees, or agents, regardless of whether such obligation or liability is in the nature of contract, tort or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, none of the directors or officers of the General Partner shall be directly liable or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Partnership, any Partners, or any Assignees for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as a result of errors in judgment or mistakes of fact or law or of any act or omission or by reason of their service as such. This Agreement is executed by the officers of the General Partner solely as officers of the same and not in their own individual capacities.

 

  E. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the General Partner, or pursuant to any express indemnities given to the Partnership by the General Partner pursuant to any other written instrument, the General Partner shall not have any personal liability whatsoever, to the Partnership or to the other Partners, for any action or omission taken in its capacity as the General Partner or for the debts or liabilities of the Partnership or the Partnership’s obligations hereunder, except pursuant to Section 15.1. Without limitation of the foregoing, and except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence, or pursuant to Section 15.1 or any such express indemnity, no property or assets of the General Partner, other than its interest in the Partnership, shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedures for the satisfaction of any judgment (or other judicial process) in favor of any other Partner(s) and arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement.

 

  F. 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 of any action taken (or not taken) by it, and any action or failure to act on the part of the General Partner that does not take into account any such tax consequences that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners or violate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not have any liability to any Partner under any circumstances as a result of any income tax liability incurred by such Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement.

 

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Whenever in this Agreement the General Partner is permitted or required to make a decision in its “sole and absolute discretion,” “sole discretion” or “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the General Partner shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest or factors affecting the Partnership or the Partners or any of them, and any such

 

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  decision or determination made by the General Partner that does not consider such interests or factors affecting the Partnership or the Partners, or any of them, that does not result in a violation of the contract rights of the Limited Partners under this Agreement does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty owed by the General Partner to the Partnership and/or the Partners. If any question should arise with respect to the operation of the Partnership, which is not otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement or the Act, or with respect to the interpretation of this Agreement, the General Partner is hereby authorized to make a final determination with respect to any such question and to interpret this Agreement in such a manner as it shall deem, in its sole discretion, to be fair and equitable, and its determination and interpretations so made shall be final and binding on all parties. The General Partner’s “sole and absolute discretion,” “sole discretion” and “discretion” under this Agreement shall be exercised consistently with the duty of care and the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under the Act (as modified by this Agreement).

 

  H. 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 in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. In performing its duties under this Agreement and the Act, the General Partner shall be entitled to rely on the provisions of this Agreement and on any information, opinion, report or statement, including any financial statement or other financial data or the records or books of account of the Partnership or any subsidiary of the Partnership, prepared or presented by any officer, employee or agent of the General Partner, any agent of the Partnership or any such subsidiary, or by any lawyer, certified public accountant, appraiser or other person engaged by the General Partner, the Partnership or any such subsidiary as to any matter within such person’s professional or expert competence, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon any such information, opinion, report or statement 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 information, opinion, report or statement.

 

  I. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of the General Partner to qualify and continue to qualify as a REIT, (ii) for the General Partner otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements, (iii) for the General Partner to avoid incurring any taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981, or (iv) for any General Partner Affiliate to continue to qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary”(within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) or “taxable REIT subsidiary”(within the meaning of Code Section 856(l)), is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners and does not violate the duty of loyalty or any other duty or obligation, fiduciary or otherwise, of the General Partner to the Partnership or any other Partner.

 

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  J. 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 General Partner’s and its officers’ and directors’ liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners 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.

Section 7.9 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 with other Partners or Persons, 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 or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner or such nominee or Affiliate for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held.

Section 7.10 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 has full power and authority, without the consent or approval of any other Partner, or Person, to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner 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 in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the General Partner 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 (i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 8

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability . No Limited Partner shall have any liability under this Agreement except for intentional harm or gross negligence on the part of such Limited Partner or as expressly provided in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 10.4 hereof) or under the Act.

Section 8.2 Management of Business . Subject to the rights and powers of the General Partner hereunder, no Limited Partner or Assignee (other than the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such) shall take part in the operations, management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent, representative, or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees under this Agreement.

Section 8.3 Outside Activities of Limited Partners . Subject to any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 7.6 hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or any of its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary (including, without limitation, the Advisory Agreement and any employment agreement), any Limited Partner and any Assignee, officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate, member or stockholder of 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 that are in direct or indirect competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. Subject to such agreements, none of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person (other than the General Partner), and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement, subject to Section 7.6 hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary, to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Limited Partner, or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such Person. In deciding whether to take any actions in such capacity, the Limited Partners and their respective Affiliates shall be under no obligation to consider the separate interests of the Partnership or its subsidiaries and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law shall have no fiduciary duties or similar obligations to the Partnership or any other Partners, or to any subsidiary of the Partnership, and shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by the other Partners in connection with such acts except for liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

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Section 8.4 Return of Capital . Except pursuant to the rights of Redemption set forth in Section 15.1 hereof or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except to the extent of distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon dissolution of the Partnership as provided herein. Except to the extent provided in Article 5 and Article 6 hereof or otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Partnership Unit Designation, no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions.

Section 8.5 Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership .

 

  A. In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by the Act, and except as limited by Section 8.5.C hereof, the General Partner shall deliver to each Limited Partner a copy of any information mailed or electronically delivered to all of the common stockholders of the General Partner as soon as practicable after such mailing.

 

  B. The Partnership shall notify any Limited Partner that is a Qualifying Party, on request, of the then current Adjustment Factor and any change made to the Adjustment Factor shall be set forth in the quarterly report required by Section 9.3.B hereof immediately following the date such change becomes effective.

 

  C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners (or any of them), for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to be reasonable, any information that (i) the General Partner believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or the General Partner or (ii) the Partnership or the General Partner is required by law or by agreement to keep confidential.

 

  D. Upon written request by any Limited Partner, the General Partner shall cause the ownership of Partnership Units by such Limited Partner to be evidenced by a certificate for units in such form as the General Partner may determine with respect to any class of Partnership Units issued from time to time under this Agreement. Any officer of the General Partner may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Partnership alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated. Unless otherwise determined by an officer of the General Partner, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to give the Partnership a bond in such sums as the General Partner may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Partnership.

 

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Section 8.6 Partnership Right to Call Partnership Common Units .

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, on and after the date on which the aggregate Percentage Interests of the Partnership Common Units held by Limited Partners are less than one percent (1%), the Partnership shall have the right, but not the obligation, from time to time and at any time to redeem any and all outstanding Partnership Common Units by treating any Holder thereof as a Tendering Party who has delivered a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof for the amount of Partnership Common Units to be specified by the General Partner, by notice to such Holder that the Partnership has elected to exercise its rights under this Section 8.6. Such notice given by the General Partner to a Holder pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall be treated as if it were a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by such Holder. For purposes of this Section 8.6, (a) the General Partner may treat any Holder (whether or not otherwise a Qualifying Party) as a Qualifying Party that is a Tendering Party and (b) the provisions of Sections 15.1.F(2) and 15.1.F(3) hereof shall not apply, but the remainder of Section 15.1 hereof shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Section 8.7 Rights as Objecting Partner .

No Limited Partner and no Holder of a Partnership Interest shall be entitled to exercise any of the rights of an objecting stockholder provided for under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any successor statute in connection with a merger, consolidation or conversion of the Partnership.

Section 8.8 Board Nomination Rights .

 

  A. Board Nominees .

 

  (1)

So long as Second City, together with its Controlled Entities, owns (a) thirty percent (30%) or more of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for Redemption), Second City shall have the right from time to time to designate individuals for nomination for election by the stockholders to the board of directors of the General Partner, such that the number of directors serving (or who would serve upon election), and who are or had been designated for nomination or nominated to serve by Second City, shall equal (i) if the number of directors comprising the entire board of directors of the General Partner is six or more, two; or (ii) if the number of directors comprising the entire board of directors of the General Partner is five or fewer, one; or (b) less than thirty percent (30%) but at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for

 

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  Redemption), Second City shall have the right from time to time to designate individuals for nomination for election by the stockholders to the board of directors of the General Partner, such that the number of directors serving (or who would serve upon election), and who are or had been designated for nomination or nominated to serve by Second City, shall equal one. If Second City, together with its Controlled Entities, owns less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding REIT Shares (assuming all outstanding Partnership Common Units not held by the General Partner or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that owns Partnership Common Units are tendered for Redemption and exchanged for REIT Shares, regardless of whether such Partnership Common Units are then eligible for Redemption), Second City shall have no right under this Section 8.8 to designate for nomination any individual to serve on the board of directors of the General Partner. The General Partner, acting through its Board of Directors, will recommend and use all commercially reasonable good faith efforts to cause the election of each Second City Nominee designated in accordance with the foregoing. The General Partner agrees to use all reasonable efforts to solicit proxies for such Second City Nominees from all holders of REIT Shares and/or other voting stock entitled to vote thereon.

 

  (2) To facilitate the designation rights set forth above and the nominations contemplated thereby, the General Partner will notify Second City in writing a reasonable period of time in advance of any action to be taken by the General Partner or the Board of Directors for the purpose of nominating, electing or designating directors, which, in the case of a proxy statement, information statement or registration statement in which nominees for director would be named, shall be delivered by the General Partner to Second City no later than 30 days prior to the anticipated mailing or filing date, as applicable. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the nature of the action to be taken by the General Partner or the Board of Directors, and the anticipated date thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, Second City will designate any Second City Nominees by written notice (in accordance with Article 14) as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; provided, however, that if Second City shall have failed to designate Second City Nominees in a timely manner, Second City shall be deemed to have designated any incumbent Second City Nominees in a timely manner unless there are no remaining incumbent Second City Nominees or the incumbent Second City Nominee declines to serve, in which case the General Partner or the Board of Directors may nominate another Person.

 

  (3)

Second City will provide the General Partner with such information about each Second City Nominee as is reasonably requested by the General Partner in order to comply with applicable disclosure rules, including without limitation, any information that a stockholder of the General Partner must provide to the General Partner in order to nominate a director

 

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  under the Bylaws. Second City may not nominate any Second City Nominee who, to Second City’s knowledge after due inquiry, (i) has engaged in any of the acts described in Rule 506(d) under the Securities Act, or (ii) has engaged in any “bad boy” actions that require disclosure pursuant to Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

  (4) To the extent required by law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading, the General Partner will take such actions as necessary to ensure that a sufficient number of those members of the Board of Directors that are not Second City Nominees or members of the General Partner’s senior management shall at all times satisfy the standard of independence necessary for a director to qualify as an “Independent Director,” as such term (or any replacement term) is used under the rules and listing standards of such principal securities exchange, as such rules and listing standards may be amended from time to time (the “ Independence Standard ”) in order to maintain such listing.

 

  B. Committee Membership . Unless prohibited by law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading and so long as Second City shall retain designation rights under Section 8.8.A(1) to provide for at least one Second City Nominee serving as a director, then at least one Second City Nominee shall be appointed to each committee of the Board of Directors (provided that such Second City Nominee is qualified as independent under the rules, regulations or listing standards of such securities exchange, as such rules, regulations and listing standards may be amended from time to time, for service on such committee), other than any committee formed for the purpose of evaluating or negotiating any transaction with Second City.

 

  C. Vacancies; Removal . If a vacancy on the Board of Directors arises as a result of the death, disability or retirement, resignation or removal (with or without cause) of a Second City Nominee, or as a result of an increase in the size of the entire Board of Directors, and such vacancy results in the number of Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors being less than the number that Second City would then be entitled to designate for nomination under Section 8.8.A(1) if there were an election of directors at a time which no Second City Nominees are incumbent members of the Board of Directors, then any individual(s) appointed by the Board of Directors to fill such a vacancy or such vacancies shall be approved to do so by a majority of the Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors, and any director so elected or appointed shall be deemed a Second City Nominee.

 

  D. Charter and Bylaws to Be Consistent . The General Partner, acting through the Board of Directors, shall take or cause to be taken all lawful action necessary or appropriate to ensure that none of the Charter or Bylaws contains any provisions inconsistent with this Agreement or which would in any way nullify or impair the terms of this Agreement or the rights of Second City hereunder.

 

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  E. Termination and Reinstatement of Nomination Rights. During any period in which Second City together with its Controlled Entities owns less than 10% of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8.A(1), Second City shall not be entitled to exercise any designation rights set forth in this Section 8.8. If, subsequent to such period, Second City together with its Controlled Entities owns 10% or more of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8A(1), then Second City shall again be entitled to exercise any designation or other applicable rights of Second City set forth in this Section 8.8. During any period in which Second City together with its Controlled Entities then owns at least 5% of the outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8.A(1), Second City shall be entitled to identify an individual to attend and observe meetings of the Board of Directors of the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Second City together with its Controlled Entities own no outstanding REIT Shares, as determined in the same manner in which the percentage of outstanding REIT Shares is determined in Section 8.8A(1), for a period of one (1) year or more, then Second City’s designation or other applicable rights under this Section 8.8 shall terminate.

 

  F. Actions by Second City Recognizing that “Second City” is currently comprised of four separate entities, Second City General Partner II, L.P., CIO OP Limited Partnership, CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership and Gibralt US, Inc. (the “Second City Entities”), all actions required of Second City under this Section 8.8 shall be taken by written consent of, or upon approval made or given in accordance with any means, method or other arrangement otherwise agreed to by, the Second City Entities (or their respective successors, as identified to and accepted by, the General Partner); and the failure of the Second City Entities (or such successors), acting as such or pursuant to any such means, method or other arrangement to act or to provide appropriate and timely direction hereunder in response to notice properly given or a request properly made shall constitute a waiver of the rights of Second City to exercise its rights in that particular instance, but not otherwise.

 

  G. Amendment . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for so long as Second City has the right or prospective right to exercise the designation rights set forth in this Section 8.8, this Section 8.8 may not be amended without the prior written Consent of Second City.

 

  H. Confirmation . Written confirmation by or from Second City, or from a majority of the Second City Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors, of compliance with the provisions of this Section 8.8 in electing or appointing directors from time to time (or as to waiver by Second City of any of the requirements of this Section 8.8), shall be conclusive for all purposes relevant hereto; provided however that the absence of any such confirmation shall in no event be construed to mean that the provisions hereof were not in fact complied with.

ARTICLE 9

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

Section 9.1 Records and Accounting .

 

  A.

The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal place of business of the Partnership those records and documents, if any, required to be maintained by the Act and any other books and records deemed by the General Partner to be appropriate with respect to the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 8.5.A, Section 9.3 or Article 13 hereof. Any records

 

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  maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business may be kept on any information storage device, provided that the records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time.

 

  B. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or on such other basis as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate. To the extent permitted by sound accounting practices and principles, the Partnership and the General Partner may operate with integrated or consolidated accounting records, operations and principles.

Section 9.2 Partnership Year . For purposes of this Agreement, “Partnership Year” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the same as the tax year of the Partnership. The tax year shall be the calendar year unless otherwise required by the Code.

Section 9.3 Reports .

 

  A. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred five (105) days after the close of each Partnership Year, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner of record as of the close of the Partnership Year, financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, for such Partnership Year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such statements to be audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner.

 

  B. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the close of each calendar quarter (except the last calendar quarter of each year), the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner of record as of the last day of the calendar quarter, a report containing unaudited financial statements of the Partnership for such calendar quarter, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, and such other information as may be required by applicable law or regulation or as the General Partner determines to be appropriate.

 

  C. The General Partner shall have satisfied its obligations under Section 9.3.A and Section 9.3.B by posting or making available the reports required by this Section 9.3 on the website maintained from time to time by the Partnership or the General Partner, provided that such reports are able to be printed or downloaded from such website.

ARTICLE 10

TAX MATTERS

Section 10.1 Preparation of Tax Returns . The General Partner shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns with respect to Partnership income, gains, deductions,

 

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losses and other items required of the Partnership for federal, state and local income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish, within ninety (90) days of the close of each taxable year, the tax information reasonably required by Limited Partners for federal, state and local income tax and any other tax reporting purposes. The Limited Partners shall promptly provide the General Partner with such information relating to the Contributed Properties as is readily available to the Limited Partners, including tax basis and other relevant information, as may be reasonably requested by the General Partner from time to time.

Section 10.2 Tax Elections . Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any available election pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, the election under Code Section 754. The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election (including, without limitation, any election under Code Section 754) upon the General Partner’s determination in its sole and absolute discretion that such revocation is in the best interests of the Partners.

Section 10.3 Tax Matters Partner .

 

  A. The General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. The tax matters partner shall receive no compensation for its services. All third-party costs and expenses incurred by the tax matters partner in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting fees and expenses) shall be borne by the Partnership in addition to any reimbursement pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging its duties hereunder.

 

  B. Except as provided in those certain Tax Protection Agreements entered into by the Partnership on the date hereof, the tax matters partner is authorized, but not required:

 

  (1) to enter into any settlement with the IRS with respect to any administrative or judicial proceedings for the adjustment of Partnership items required to be taken into account by a Partner for income tax purposes (such administrative proceedings being referred to as a “ tax audit ” and such judicial proceedings being referred to as “ judicial review ”), and in the settlement agreement the tax matters partner may expressly state that such agreement shall bind all Partners, except that such settlement agreement shall not bind any Partner (i) who (within the time prescribed pursuant to the Code and Regulations) files a statement with the IRS providing that the tax matters partner shall not have the authority to enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of such Partner (as the case may be) or (ii) who is a “notice partner” (as defined in Code Section 6231) or a member of a “notice group” (as defined in Code Section 6223(b)(2));

 

  (2)

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  matters partner, to seek judicial review of such Final Adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the United States Tax Court or the United States Claims Court, or the filing of a complaint for refund with the District Court of the United States for the district in which the Partnership’s principal place of business is located;

 

  (3) to intervene in any action brought by any other Partner for judicial review of a final adjustment;

 

  (4) to file a request for an administrative adjustment with the IRS at any time and, if any part of such request is not allowed by the IRS, to file an appropriate pleading (petition or complaint) for judicial review with respect to such request;

 

  (5) to enter into an agreement with the IRS to extend the period for assessing any tax that is attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and

 

  (6) to take any other action on behalf of the Partners or any of them in connection with any tax audit or judicial review proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulations.

The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the tax matters partner in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law and as provided in those certain Tax Protection Agreements entered into by the Partnership on the date hereof, is a matter in the sole and absolute discretion of the tax matters partner. The provisions relating to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in Section 7.7 hereof shall be fully applicable to the tax matters partner in its capacity as such.

Section 10.4 Withholding . Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Limited Partner any amount of federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Code Section 1441, Code Section 1442, Code Section 1445 Code Section 1446 or Code Sections 1471 through 1474. Any amount withheld with respect to a Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 10.4 and paid over to the appropriate taxing authorities shall be treated as paid or distributed, as applicable, to such Limited Partner for all purposes under this Agreement. Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner, in excess of any such withheld amount, shall constitute a loan by the Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited Partner within thirty (30) days after the affected Limited Partner receives written notice from the General Partner that such payment must be made, provided that the Limited Partner shall not be required to repay such deemed loan if either (i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a distribution that would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner or (ii) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the Available Cash of the Partnership that would, but for such payment, be distributed to the Limited Partner. Any amounts payable by a

 

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Limited Partner hereunder shall bear interest at the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in the Wall Street Journal (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate) from the date such amount is due (i.e., thirty (30) days after the Limited Partner receives written notice of such amount) until such amount is paid in full.

Section 10.5 Organizational Expenses . The General Partner may cause the Partnership to elect to deduct expenses, if any, incurred by it in organizing the Partnership ratably over a 180-month period as provided in Code Section 709.

ARTICLE 11

PARTNER TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

Section 11.1 Transfer .

 

  A. No part of the interest of a Partner shall be subject to the claims of any creditor, to any spouse for alimony or support, or to legal process, and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily alienated or encumbered except as may be specifically provided for in this Agreement.

 

  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 11. Any Transfer or purported Transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article 11 shall be null and void ab initio .

 

  C. No Transfer of any Partnership Interest may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability, without the Consent of the General Partner; provided , however , that, as a condition to such Consent, the lender may be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to redeem or exchange for the REIT Shares Amount any Partnership Units in which a security interest is held by such lender simultaneously with the time at which such lender would be deemed to be a partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to such lender under Code Section 752 (provided that, for purpose of calculating the REIT Shares Amount in this Section 11.1.C, “ Tendered Units ” shall mean all such Partnership Units in which a security interest is held by such lender).

Section 11.2 Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest .

 

  A.

Except as provided in Section 11.2.B or Section 11.2.C, and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may not Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest (whether by sale, disposition, statutory merger or consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) without the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

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  It is a condition to any Transfer of a Partnership Interest of a General Partner otherwise permitted hereunder (including any Transfer permitted pursuant to Section 11.2.B or Section 11.2.C) that: (i) coincident with such Transfer, the transferee is admitted as a General Partner pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof; (ii) the transferee assumes, by operation of law or express agreement, all of the obligations of the transferor General Partner under this Agreement with respect to such Transferred Partnership Interest; and (iii) the transferee has executed such instruments as may be necessary to effectuate such admission and to confirm the agreement of such transferee to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Partnership Interest so acquired and the admission of such transferee as a General Partner.

 

  B. Certain Transactions of the General Partner . Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may, without the Consent of the Limited Partners, Transfer all of its Partnership Interest in connection with (a) a merger, consolidation or other combination of its or the Partnership’s assets with another entity, (b) a sale of all or substantially all of its or the Partnership’s assets not in the ordinary course of the Partnership’s business or (c) a reclassification, recapitalization or change of any outstanding shares of the General Partner’s stock or other outstanding equity interests (each, a “ Termination Transaction ”) if:

 

  (1) in connection with such Termination Transaction, all of the Limited Partners will receive, or will have the right to elect to receive, for each Partnership Common Unit an amount of cash, securities or other property equal to the product of the Adjustment Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid to a holder of one REIT Share in consideration of one REIT Share pursuant to the terms of such Termination Transaction; provided, that if, in connection with such Termination Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the outstanding REIT Shares, each holder of Partnership Common Units shall receive, or shall have the right to elect to receive, the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property which such holder of Partnership Common Units would have received had it exercised its right to Redemption pursuant to Article 15 hereof and received REIT Shares in exchange for its Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the expiration of such purchase, tender or exchange offer and had thereupon accepted such purchase, tender or exchange offer and then such Termination Transaction shall have been consummated; or

 

  (2)

all of the following conditions are met: (w) substantially all of the assets directly or indirectly owned by the surviving entity are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership or another limited partnership or limited liability company which is the survivor of a merger, consolidation or combination of assets with the Partnership and is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (in each case, the “ Surviving

 

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  Partnership ”); (x) Limited Partners that held Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such Termination Transaction own a percentage interest of the Surviving Partnership based on the relative fair market value of the net assets of the Partnership and the other net assets of the Surviving Partnership immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction; (y) the rights, preferences and privileges in the Surviving Partnership of such Limited Partners are at least as favorable in all material respects as those in effect with respect to the Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and as those applicable to any other limited partners or non-managing members of the Surviving Partnership; and (z) the rights of such Limited Partners include at least one of the following: (a) the right to redeem their interests in the Surviving Partnership for the consideration available to such persons pursuant to Section 11.2.B(i) or (b) the right to redeem their interests in the Surviving Partnership for cash on terms substantially equivalent to those in effect with respect to their Partnership Common Units immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, or, if the ultimate controlling person of the Surviving Partnership has publicly traded common equity securities, such common equity securities, with an exchange ratio based on the determination of relative fair market value of such securities and the REIT Shares.

 

  C. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 11 (other than Section 11.6.D hereof), the General Partner may Transfer all of its Partnership Interests at any time to any Person that is, at the time of such Transfer an Affiliate of the General Partner, including any “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)), without the Consent of any Limited Partners. The provisions of Section 11.2.B, 11.3, 11.4.A and 11.5 hereof shall not apply to any Transfer permitted by this Section 11.2.C.

 

  D.

If the Consent of the Limited Partners has not been obtained, then the General Partner may not engage in, or cause or permit, a Termination Transaction in connection with which the General Partner has or will seek the approval of its common stockholders (a “ Stockholder Vote ”) unless (i) the General Partner first provides the Designated Partners with advance notice at least equal in time to the advance notice given in the case of the Stockholder Vote, (ii) in connection with such advance notice, the General Partner provides the Designated Partners with written materials describing the proposed Termination Transaction as well as the tax effect of the consummation thereof on such Designated Partners and (iii) such Termination Transaction is approved (the “ Partnership Vote ”) by a number of affirmative votes cast by the Designated Partners, together with the deemed vote of the Partnership Common Units owned by the General Partner and its wholly-owned subsidiaries as described below, as would be sufficient (measured as a percentage of the total number of votes cast or entitled to be cast by the Designated Partners) to approve the Termination Transaction if such approval was

 

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  to be given by the holders of REIT Shares. For purposes of the Partnership Vote, each Designated Partner holding Partnership Common Units shall be entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the total votes such Designated Partner would have been entitled to cast at the Stockholder Meeting had such Designated Partner presented its Partnership Common Units for redemption and such Partnership Common Units had been acquired by the General Partner for the REIT Shares Amount as of the record date for the Stockholder Meeting; provided , however , that the General Partner and all of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be entitled to vote with respect to any Partnership Vote and shall instead be deemed to have cast all votes that would otherwise have been entitled to be cast by them, in the aggregate, in proportion to the manner in which all outstanding REIT Shares were voted in the Stockholder Vote (such votes to be “For,” “Against,” “Abstain” and “Not Present”).

 

  E. The General Partner shall not engage in a Termination Transaction effected as a short-form merger without a Stockholder Vote pursuant to Section 3-106 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, unless the General Partner has previously obtained either the consent of Limited Partners with respect to such transaction.

 

  F. Except in connection with Transfers permitted in this Article 11 and as otherwise provided in Section 12.1 in connection with the Transfer of the General Partner’s entire Partnership Interest, the General Partner may not voluntarily withdraw as a general partner of the Partnership without the Consent of the Limited Partners.

 

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Section 11.3 Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer .

 

  A. General . No Limited Partner shall Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any transferee without the Consent of the General Partner (but subject to Section 11.1.C, Section 11.2.C and Section 11.6.D; provided , however , that any Limited Partner may, at any time, without the consent or approval of the General Partner, (i) Transfer all or part of its Partnership Interest to any Family Member (including a Transfer by a Family Member that is an inter vivos or testamentary trust (whether revocable or irrevocable) to a Family Member that is a beneficiary of such trust), any Charity, any Controlled Entity or any Affiliate, or (ii) pledge (a “ Pledge ”) all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to a lending institution as collateral or security for a bona fide loan or other extension of credit, and Transfer such pledged Partnership Interest to such lending institution in connection with the exercise of remedies under such loan or extension of credit (any Transfer or Pledge permitted by this proviso is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Transfer ”). After such first Redemption Hold Period, each Limited Partner, and each transferee of Partnership Units or Assignee pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, shall have the right to Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any Person, without the Consent of the General Partner but subject to the provisions of Section 11.4 hereof and to satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

  (1) General Partner Right of First Refusal . The transferor Limited Partner (or the Partner’s estate in the event of the Partner’s death) shall give written notice of the proposed Transfer to the General Partner, which notice shall state (i) the identity and address of the proposed transferee and (ii) the amount and type of consideration proposed to be received for the Transferred Partnership Units. The General Partner shall have ten (10) Business Days upon which to give the transferor Limited Partner notice of its election to acquire the Partnership Units on the terms set forth in such notice. If it so elects, it shall purchase the Partnership Units on such terms within ten (10) Business Days after giving notice of such election; provided , however , that in the event that the proposed terms involve a purchase for cash, the General Partner may at its election deliver in lieu of all or any portion of such cash a note from the General Partner payable to the transferor Limited Partner at a date as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than one hundred eighty (180) days after such purchase, and bearing interest at an annual rate equal to the total dividends declared with respect to one (1) REIT Share for the four (4) preceding fiscal quarters of the General Partner, divided by the Value as of the closing of such purchase; and provided , further , that such closing may be deferred to the extent necessary to effect compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, if applicable, and any other applicable requirements of law. If it does not so elect, the transferor Limited Partner may Transfer such Partnership Units to a third party, on terms no more favorable to the transferee than the proposed terms, subject to the other conditions of this Section 11.3.

 

  (2) Qualified Transferee . Any Transfer of a Partnership Interest shall be made only to a single Qualified Transferee; provided , however , that, for such purposes, all Qualified Transferees that are Affiliates, or that comprise investment accounts or funds managed by a single Qualified Transferee and its Affiliates, shall be considered together to be a single Qualified Transferee; and provided , further , that each Transfer meeting the minimum Transfer restriction of Section 11.3.A(4) hereof may be to a separate Qualified Transferee.

 

  (3)

Opinion of Counsel . The transferor Limited Partner shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the General Partner an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Transfer may be effected without registration under the Securities Act and will not otherwise violate the registration provisions of the Securities Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder or violate any state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Interests Transferred; provided , however , that the General Partner may, in its sole discretion, waive this condition upon the request of the transferor Limited Partner. If, in the opinion of such counsel, such Transfer would require the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act or would otherwise violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the

 

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  Partnership or the Partnership Units, the General Partner may prohibit any Transfer otherwise permitted under this Section 11.3 by a Limited Partner of Partnership Interests.

 

  (4) Minimum Transfer Restriction . Subject to the provisions of this Section 11, any Transferring Partner must Transfer not less than the lesser of (i) five hundred (500) Partnership Units or (ii) all of the remaining Partnership Units owned by such Transferring Partner, without, in each case, the Consent of the General Partner; provided , however , that, for purposes of determining compliance with the foregoing restriction, all Partnership Units owned by Affiliates of a Limited Partner shall be considered to be owned by such Limited Partner.

 

  (5) Exception for Permitted Transfers . The conditions of Sections 11.3.A(1) through 11.3.A(4) hereof shall not apply in the case of a Permitted Transfer.

It is a condition to any Transfer otherwise permitted hereunder (whether or not such Transfer is effected during or after the first Redemption Hold Period) that the transferee assumes by operation of law or express agreement all of the obligations of the transferor Limited Partner under this Agreement with respect to such Transferred Partnership Interest, including any limitations on the Partnership Units, and no such Transfer (other than pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all obligations and liabilities of the transferor Partner are assumed by a successor corporation by operation of law) shall relieve the transferor Partner of its obligations under this Agreement without the Consent of the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transferee of any Transferred Partnership Interest shall be subject to any restrictions on ownership and transfer of stock of the General Partner contained in the Charter that may limit or restrict such transferee’s ability to exercise its Redemption rights, including, without limitation, the Ownership Limit. Any transferee, whether or not admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, shall take subject to the obligations of the transferor hereunder. Unless admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, no transferee, whether by a voluntary Transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, shall have any rights hereunder, other than the rights of an Assignee as provided in Section 11.5 hereof.

 

  B. Incapacity . If a Limited Partner is subject to Incapacity, the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian, conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner’s estate shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of settling or managing the estate, and such power as the Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to Transfer all or any part of its interest in the Partnership. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership.

 

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  C. Adverse Tax Consequences . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have the authority (but shall not be required) to take any steps it determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion to prevent the Partnership from being taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. In furtherance of the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except with the Consent of the General Partner, no Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Interests (including any Redemption, any conversion of LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units, any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) may be made to or by any Person if such Transfer could (i) result in the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a corporation; (ii) result in a termination of the Partnership under Code Section 708; (iii) be treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704 and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) fail to be within at least one of the “safe harbors” set forth in Regulations Section 1.7704-1 (or such other guidance subsequently published by the IRS setting forth safe harbors under which interests will not be treated as “readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704) (the “ Safe Harbors ”) or (v) based on the advice of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to qualify as a REIT or continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981.

Section 11.4 Admission of Substituted Limited Partners .

 

  A. No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a transferee (including any transferees pursuant to Transfers permitted by Section 11.3 hereof) as a Limited Partner in its place. A transferee of a Limited Partner Interest may be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner only with the Consent of the General Partner. The failure or refusal by the General Partner to permit a transferee of any such interests to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the Partnership or the General Partner. Subject to the foregoing, an Assignee shall not be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner until and unless it furnishes to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all the terms, conditions and applicable obligations of this Agreement, (ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such Assignee and (iii) such other documents and instruments as the General Partner may require in its sole discretion to effect such Assignee’s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.

 

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  of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and class and/or series of Partnership Units of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and number of Partnership Units of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner.

 

  C. A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Article 11 shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement.

Section 11.5 Assignees . If the General Partner does not Consent to the admission of any permitted transferee under Section 11.3 hereof as a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.4 hereof, or in the event that any Partnership Interest is deemed to have been Transferred notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in this Article 11, such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a limited partnership interest under the Act, including the right to receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net Income, Net Losses and other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Partnership attributable to the Partnership Interest assigned to such transferee and the rights to Transfer the Partnership Interest provided in this Article 11, but shall not be deemed to be a holder of a Partnership Interest for any other purpose under this Agreement (other than as expressly provided in Section 15.1 hereof with respect to a Qualifying Party that becomes a Tendering Party), and shall not be entitled to effect a Consent or vote with respect to such Partnership Interest on any matter presented to the Partners for approval (such right to Consent or vote, to the extent provided in this Agreement or under the Act, fully remaining with the transferor Limited Partner). In the event that any such transferee desires to make a further Transfer of any such Partnership Interest, such transferee shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 11 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make a Transfer of a Limited Partner Interest.

Section 11.6 General Provisions .

 

  A. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of: (i) a permitted Transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest in accordance with this Article 11 with respect to which the transferee becomes a Substituted Limited Partner; (ii) pursuant to a redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all of its Partnership Interest pursuant to a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation or (iii) the acquisition by the General Partner of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest, whether or not pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof.

 

  B. Any Limited Partner who shall Transfer all of its Partnership Units in a Transfer (i) permitted pursuant to this Article 11 where such transferee was admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, (ii) pursuant to the exercise of its rights to effect a redemption of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation or (iii) to the General Partner, whether or not pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, shall cease to be a Limited Partner.

 

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  C. If any Partnership Unit is Transferred in compliance with the provisions of this Article 11, or is redeemed by the Partnership, or acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit attributable to such Partnership Unit for such Partnership Year shall be allocated to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) and, in the case of a Transfer other than a Redemption, to the transferee Partner, by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using the “interim closing of the books” method or another permissible method selected by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, unless the General Partner decides in its sole and absolute discretion to use another method permitted under the Code, each of such items for the calendar month in which a Transfer occurs shall be allocated to the transferee Partner and none of such items for the calendar month in which a Transfer or a Redemption occurs shall be allocated to the transferor Partner, or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) if such Transfer occurs on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month, otherwise such items shall be allocated to the transferor. All distributions of Available Cash attributable to such Partnership Unit with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such Transfer, assignment or Redemption shall be made to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party (as the case may be) and, in the case of a Transfer other than a Redemption, all distributions of Available Cash thereafter attributable to such Partnership Unit shall be made to the transferee Partner.

 

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In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, in no event may any Transfer of a Partnership Interest by any Partner (including any Redemption, any conversion of LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units, any acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) be made: (i) to any person or entity who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation of applicable law; (iii) except with the Consent of the General Partner, of any component portion of a Partnership Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions, separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership Interest; (iv) in the event that such Transfer could cause either the General Partner or any General Partner Affiliate to cease to comply with the REIT Requirements or to cease to qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)); (v) except with the Consent of the General Partner, if such Transfer could, based on the advice of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause a termination of the Partnership for federal or state income tax purposes (except as a result of the Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all Partnership Common Units held by all Limited Partners); (vi) if such Transfer could, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause the Partnership to cease to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (except as a result of the Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all Partnership Common Units held by all Limited Partners); (vii) if such Transfer would cause the Partnership to become, with

 

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  respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a “party-in-interest” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(14)) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(c)); (viii) if such Transfer could, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause any portion of the assets of the Partnership to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101; (ix) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Partnership Interest pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities laws; (x) except with the Consent of the General Partner, if such Transfer could (1) be treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market” (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Code Section 7704 and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, (2) cause the Partnership to become a “publicly traded partnership,” as such term is defined in Code Sections 469(k)(2) or 7704(b), or (3) fail to be within at least one of the Safe Harbors; (xi) if such Transfer causes the Partnership (as opposed to the General Partner) to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act; or (xii) if such Transfer subjects the Partnership to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 or ERISA, each as amended. The General Partner shall, in its sole discretion, be permitted to take all action necessary to prevent the Partnership from being classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under Code Section 7704.

 

  E. Transfers pursuant to this Article 11 may only be made on the first day of a fiscal quarter of the Partnership, unless the General Partner otherwise Consents.

ARTICLE 12

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

Section 12.1 Admission of Successor General Partner . A successor to all of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest pursuant to a Transfer permitted by Section 11.2 hereof who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately upon such Transfer. Upon any such Transfer and the admission of any such transferee as a successor General Partner in accordance with this Section 12.1, the transferor General Partner shall be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement and shall cease to be a general partner of the Partnership without any separate Consent of the Limited Partners or the consent or approval of any other Partners. Any such successor General Partner shall carry on the business and affairs of the Partnership without dissolution. In each case, the admission shall be subject to the successor General Partner executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission of such Person as a General Partner. Upon any such Transfer, the transferee shall become the successor General Partner for all purposes herein, and shall be vested with the powers and rights of the transferor General Partner, and shall be liable for all obligations and responsible for all duties of the General Partner. Concurrently with, and as evidence of, the admission of a successor General Partner, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and classes and/or series of Partnership Units of such successor General Partner. In the event that the General

 

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Partner withdraws from the Partnership, or transfers its entire Partnership Interest, in violation of this Agreement, or otherwise dissolves or terminates or ceases to be the general partner of the Partnership, a Majority in Interest of the Partners may elect to continue the Partnership by selecting a successor general partner in accordance with Section 13.1.A hereof.

Section 12.2 Admission of Additional Limited Partners .

 

  A. After the admission to the Partnership of the Original Limited Partners, a Person (other than an existing Partner) who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in exchange for Partnership Units and in accordance with this Agreement or is issued LTIP Units in exchange for no consideration in accordance with Section 4.2.B hereof shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.4 hereof, (ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such Person and (iii) such other documents or instruments as the General Partner may require in its sole and absolute discretion in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner. Concurrently with, and as evidence of, the admission of an Additional Limited Partner, the General Partner shall update the Register and the books and records of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number and classes and/or series of Partnership Units of such Additional Limited Partner.

 

  B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2, no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the Consent of the General Partner. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the Consent of the General Partner to such admission and the satisfaction of all the conditions set forth in Section 12.2.A.

 

  C. If any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable among Holders for such Partnership Year shall be allocated among such Additional Limited Partner and all other Holders by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using the “interim closing of the books” method or another permissible method selected by the General Partner. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which an admission of any Additional Limited Partner occurs shall be allocated among all the Holders including such Additional Limited Partner, in accordance with the principles described in Section 11.6.C hereof. All distributions of Available Cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such admission shall be made solely to Partners and Assignees other than the Additional Limited Partner, and all distributions of Available Cash thereafter shall be made to all the Partners and Assignees including such Additional Limited Partner.

 

  D. Any Additional Limited Partner admitted to the Partnership that is an Affiliate of the General Partner shall be deemed to be a “General Partner Affiliate” hereunder and shall be reflected as such on the Register and the books and records of the Partnership.

 

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Section 12.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership . For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to update the Register, amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof.

Section 12.4 Limit on Number of Partners . Unless otherwise permitted by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, no Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner if the effect of such admission would be to cause the Partnership to have a number of Partners that would cause the Partnership to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act.

Section 12.5 Admission . A Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner of the Partnership or a general partner of the Partnership only upon strict compliance, and not upon substantial compliance, with the requirements set forth in this Agreement for admission to the Partnership as a Limited Partner or a General Partner.

ARTICLE 13

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

Section 13.1 Dissolution . The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner shall continue the business and affairs of the Partnership without dissolution. However, the Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of any of the following (each a “ Liquidating Event ”):

 

  A. an event of withdrawal, as defined in Section 10-402(2) – (9) of the Act (including, without limitation, bankruptcy), or the withdrawal in violation of this Agreement, of the last remaining General Partner unless, within ninety (90) days after the withdrawal, a Majority in Interest of the Partners remaining agree in writing, in their sole and absolute discretion, to continue the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of such withdrawal, of a successor General Partner;

 

  B. an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, with or without the Consent of the Partners;

 

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  C. entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act; or

 

  D. the Redemption or other acquisition by the Partnership or the General Partner of all Partnership Units other than Partnership Units held by the General Partner.

Section 13.2 Winding Up .

 

  A. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets and satisfying the claims of its creditors and the Holders. After the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, no Holder shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Partnership’s business and affairs. The General Partner (or, in the event that there is no remaining General Partner or the General Partner has dissolved, become bankrupt within the meaning of the Act or ceased to operate, any Person elected by a Majority in Interest of the Partners (the General Partner or such other Person being referred to herein as the “ Liquidator ”)) shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the Partnership’s liabilities and property, and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by the General Partner, include shares of stock in the General Partner) shall be applied and distributed in the following order:

 

  (1) First, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to creditors other than the Holders (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof);

 

  (2) Second, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the General Partner (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof), including, but not limited to, amounts due as reimbursements under Section 7.4 hereof;

 

  (3) Third, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the other Holders (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof); and

 

  (4) Fourth, to the Partners in accordance with their positive Capital Account balances, determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for all prior periods and the Partnership taxable year during which the liquidation occurs (other than those made as a result of the liquidating distribution set forth in this Section 13.2.A(4)).

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  B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof that require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the Partnership, the Liquidator determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Holders, the Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Holders as creditors) and/or distribute to the Holders, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof, undivided interests in such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, such distributions in kind are in the best interest of the Holders, and shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at such time. The Liquidator shall determine the fair market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt.

 

  C. If any Holder has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), except as otherwise agreed to by such Holder, such Holder shall have no obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.

 

  D. In the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made to the Holders pursuant to this Article 13 may be:

 

  (1) distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and the Holders for the purpose of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or of the General Partner arising out of or in connection with the Partnership and/or Partnership activities. The assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the Holders, from time to time, in the discretion of the General Partner, in the same proportions and amounts as would otherwise have been distributed to the Holders pursuant to this Agreement; or

 

  (2) withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership, provided that such withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the Holders in the manner and order of priority set forth in Section 13.2.A hereof as soon as practicable.

 

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Section 13.3 Deemed Contribution and Distribution . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 13, in the event that the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), but no Liquidating Event has occurred, the Partnership’s Property shall not be liquidated, the Partnership’s liabilities shall not be paid or discharged and the Partnership’s affairs shall not be wound up. Instead, for federal income tax purposes the Partnership shall be deemed to have contributed all of its assets and liabilities to a new partnership in exchange for an interest in the new partnership; and immediately thereafter, distributed Partnership Units to the Partners in the new partnership in accordance with their respective Capital Accounts in liquidation of the Partnership, and the new partnership is deemed to continue the business of the Partnership. Nothing in this Section 13.3 shall be deemed to have constituted a Transfer to an Assignee as a Substituted Limited Partner without compliance with the provisions of Section 11.4 or Section 13.3 hereof.

Section 13.4 Rights of Holders . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, (a) each Holder shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of its Capital Contribution, (b) no Holder shall have the right or power to demand or receive property other than cash from the Partnership and (c) no Holder shall have priority over any other Holder as to the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations.

Section 13.5 Notice of Dissolution . In the event that a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for an election or objection by one or more Partners pursuant to Section 13.1 hereof, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner or Liquidator shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each Holder and, in the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s sole and absolute discretion or as required by the Act, to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or Liquidator), and the General Partner or Liquidator may, or, if required by the Act, shall, publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or Liquidator).

Section 13.6 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership . Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 13.2 hereof, the Partnership shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed with the SDAT, all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership or association in jurisdictions other than the State of Maryland shall be cancelled, and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

Section 13.7 Reasonable Time for Winding-Up . A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 13.2 hereof, in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect between and among the Partners during the period of liquidation; provided, however, reasonable efforts shall be made

 

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to complete such winding-up within twenty-four (24) months after the adoption of a plan of liquidation of the General Partner, as provided in Code Section 562(b)(2)(B), if necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner.

ARTICLE 14

PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS

OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS

Section 14.1 Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners . The actions requiring Consent of any Partner or Partners pursuant to this Agreement, including Section 7.3 hereof, or otherwise pursuant to applicable law, are subject to the procedures set forth in this Article 14.

Section 14.2 Amendments . Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed by the General Partner or by Limited Partners holding twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Partnership Interests held by Limited Partners and, except as set forth in Section 7.3.B and Section 7.3.C and subject to Section 7.3.D, Section 16.10 and the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, shall be approved by the Consent of the Partners. Following such proposal, the General Partner shall submit to the Partners entitled to vote thereon any proposed amendment that, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, requires the consent, approval or vote of such Partners. The General Partner shall seek the consent, approval or vote of the Partners entitled to vote thereon on any such proposed amendment in accordance with Section 14.3 hereof. Upon obtaining any such Consent, or any other Consent required by this Agreement, and without further action or execution by any other Person, including any Limited Partner, (i) any amendment to this Agreement may be implemented and reflected in a writing executed solely by the General Partner, and (ii) the Limited Partners shall be deemed a party to and bound by such amendment of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be amended without the Consent of the General Partner.

Section 14.3 Actions and Consents of the Partners .

 

  A. Meetings of the Partners may be called only by the General Partner to transact any business that the General Partner determines. The call shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners entitled to act at the meeting not less than seven (7) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Unless approval by a different number or proportion of the Partners is required by this Agreement, the affirmative vote of Partners holding a majority of the Percentage Interests held by the Partners entitled to act on any proposal shall be sufficient to approve such proposal at a meeting of the Partners. Whenever the vote, consent or approval of Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given at a meeting of Partners or in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 14.3.B hereof.

 

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  Partners may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission setting forth the action so taken or consented to is given by Partners whose affirmative vote would be sufficient to approve such action or provide such Consent at a meeting of the Partners. Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as the affirmative vote of such Partners at a meeting of the Partners. Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date so certified. For purposes of obtaining a Consent in writing or by electronic transmission, the General Partner may require a response within a reasonable specified time, but not less than fifteen (15) days, and failure to respond in such time period shall constitute a Consent that is consistent with the General Partner’s recommendation with respect to the proposal; provided, however, that an action shall become effective at such time as requisite Consents are received even if prior to such specified time.

 

  C. Each Partner entitled to act at a meeting of the Partners may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Each proxy must be signed by the Partner or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy (or there is receipt of a proxy authorizing a later date). Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Partner executing it, such revocation to be effective upon the Partnership’s receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Partner executing such proxy, unless such proxy states that it is irrevocable and is coupled with an interest.

 

  D. The General Partner may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining the Partners (i) entitled to Consent to any action, (ii) entitled to receive notice of or vote at any meeting of the Partners or (iii) in order to make a determination of Partners for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall be not more than ninety (90) days and, in the case of a meeting of the Partners, not less than five (5) days, before the date on which the meeting is to be held or Consent is to be given. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the determination of Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Partners shall be at the close of business on the day on which the notice of the meeting is sent, and the record date for any other determination of Partners shall be the effective date of such Partner action, distribution or other event. When a determination of the Partners entitled to vote at any meeting of the Partners has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

  E. Each meeting of Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion. Without limitation, meetings of Partners may be conducted in the same manner as meetings of the General Partner’s stockholders and may be held at the same time as, and as part of, the meetings of the General Partner’s stockholders.

 

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ARTICLE 15

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 15.1 Redemption Rights of Qualifying Parties .

 

  A. After the applicable Redemption Hold Period, a Qualifying Party shall have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Partnership Common Units held by such Tendering Party (Partnership Common Units that have in fact been tendered for redemption being hereafter referred to as “ Tendered Units ”) in exchange (a “ Redemption ”) for the Cash Amount payable on the Specified Redemption Date. The Partnership may, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, redeem Tendered Units at the request of the Holder thereof prior to the end of the applicable Redemption Hold Period (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) (a “ Special Redemption ”); provided , however , that the General Partner first receives an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Special Redemption will not cause the Partnership or the General Partner to violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Special Redemption, the issuance and sale of the Tendered Units to the Tendering Party or the issuance and sale of REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to Section 15.1.B of this Agreement. Any Redemption shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by the Qualifying Party when exercising the Redemption right (the “ Tendering Party ”). The Partnership’s obligation to effect a Redemption, however, shall not arise or be binding against the Partnership until the earlier of (i) the date the General Partner notifies the Tendering Party that the General Partner declines to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units under Section 15.1.B hereof following receipt of a Notice of Redemption and (ii) the Business Day following the Cut-Off Date. In the event of a Redemption, the Cash Amount shall be delivered as a certified or bank check payable to the Tendering Party or, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, in immediately available funds, in each case, on or before the Specified Redemption Date; provided , however , that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Redemption Date to be delayed for up to an additional 60 Business Days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued to provide financing to be used to make such payment of the Cash Amount.

 

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.A hereof, on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date, the General Partner may, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion but subject to the Ownership Limit, elect to acquire some or all (such percentage being referred to as the “ Applicable Percentage ”) of the Tendered Units from the Tendering Party in exchange for REIT Shares. If the General Partner elects to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the General Partner shall give written notice thereof to the

 

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  Tendering Party on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date. If the General Partner elects to acquire any of the Tendered Units for REIT Shares, the General Partner shall issue and deliver such REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to the terms of this Section 15.1.B, in which case (1) the General Partner shall assume directly the obligation with respect thereto and shall satisfy the Tendering Party’s exercise of its Redemption right with respect to such Tendered Units and (2) such transaction shall be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a transfer by the Tendering Party of such Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount. If the General Partner so elects, on the Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Party shall sell such number of the Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the REIT Shares Amount and the Applicable Percentage; provided , however , that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Redemption Date to be delayed for up to an additional 60 Business Days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued. The Tendering Party shall submit (i) such information, certification or affidavit as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with the application of the Ownership Limit to any such acquisition and (ii) such written representations, investment letters, legal opinions or other instruments necessary, in the General Partner’s view, to effect compliance with the Securities Act. In the event of a purchase of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the Tendering Party shall no longer have the right to cause the Partnership to effect a Redemption of such Tendered Units and, upon notice to the Tendering Party by the General Partner given on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date that the General Partner has elected to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, the obligation of the Partnership to effect a Redemption of the Tendered Units as to which the General Partner’s notice relates shall not accrue or arise. A number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the Applicable Percentage and the REIT Shares Amount, if applicable, shall be delivered by the General Partner as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable REIT Shares and, if applicable, Rights, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than the Ownership Limit, the Securities Act and relevant state securities or “blue sky” laws. Neither any Tendering Party whose Tendered Units are acquired by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, any Partner, any Assignee nor any other interested Person shall have any right to require or cause the General Partner to register, qualify or list any REIT Shares owned or held by such Person, whether or not such REIT Shares are issued pursuant to this Section 15.1.B, with the SEC, with any state securities commissioner, department or agency, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or with any stock exchange; provided , however , that this limitation shall not be in derogation of any registration or similar rights granted pursuant to any other written agreement between the General Partner and any such Person. Notwithstanding any delay in such delivery, the Tendering Party shall be deemed the owner of such REIT Shares and Rights for all purposes, including, without limitation, rights to vote or consent, receive dividends, and exercise rights, as of the Specified Redemption Date. REIT Shares issued upon

 

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  an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 15.1.B may contain such legends regarding restrictions under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws as the General Partner determines to be necessary or advisable in order to ensure compliance with such laws.

 

  C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.A and 15.1.B hereof, the Tendering Parties shall have no rights under this Agreement that would otherwise be prohibited by the Charter and shall have no rights to require the Partnership to redeem Common Units if the acquisition of such Common Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof would cause any Person (including the Tendering Partner and regardless of whether the General Partner would exercise, or would be permitted to exercise, its rights under Section 15.1.B) to violate the Ownership Limit. To the extent that any attempted Redemption or acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof would be in violation of this Section 15.1.C, it shall be null and void ab initio , and the Tendering Party shall not acquire any rights or economic interests in REIT Shares otherwise issuable by the General Partner under Section 15.1.B hereof or cash otherwise payable under Section 15.1.A hereof.

 

  D. If the General Partner does not elect to acquire the Tendered Units pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof:

 

  (1) The Partnership may elect to raise funds for the payment of the Cash Amount either (a) by requiring that the General Partner contribute to the Partnership funds from the proceeds of a registered public offering by the General Partner of REIT Shares sufficient to purchase the Tendered Units or (b) from any other sources (including, but not limited to, the sale of any Property and the incurrence of additional Debt) available to the Partnership. The General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution of any such amounts to the Partnership for an additional General Partner Interest. Any such contribution shall entitle the General Partner to an equitable Percentage Interest adjustment.

 

  (2) If the Cash Amount is not paid on or before the Specified Redemption Date, interest shall accrue with respect to the Cash Amount from the day after the Specified Redemption Date to and including the date on which the Cash Amount is paid at a rate equal to the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in the Wall Street Journal (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate).

 

  E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.1.B hereof, the General Partner shall not, under any circumstances, elect to acquire any Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares if such acquisition would be prohibited under the Charter.

 

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  F. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (but subject to Section 15.1.C hereof), with respect to any Redemption (or any tender of Partnership Common Units for Redemption if the Tendered Units are acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof) pursuant to this Section 15.1:

 

  (1) All Partnership Common Units acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof shall automatically, and without further action required, be converted into and deemed to be a General Partner Interest comprised of the same number of Partnership Common Units.

 

  (2) Subject to the Ownership Limit, no Tendering Party may effect a Redemption for less than one thousand (1,000) Partnership Common Units or, if such Tendering Party owns (as a Limited Partner or, economically, as an Assignee) less than one thousand (1,000) Partnership Common Units, all of the Partnership Common Units held by such Tendering Party, without, in each case, the Consent of the General Partner.

 

  (3) If (i) a Tendering Party surrenders its Tendered Units during the period after the Partnership Record Date with respect to a distribution and before the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such Partnership distribution, and (ii) the General Partner elects to acquire any of such Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares pursuant to Section 15.1.B, such Tendering Party shall pay to the General Partner on the Specified Redemption Date an amount in cash equal to the portion of the Partnership distribution in respect of the Tendered Units exchanged for REIT Shares, insofar as such distribution relates to the same period for which such Tendering Party would receive a distribution in respect of such REIT Shares.

 

  (4) The consummation of such Redemption (or an acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, as the case may be) shall be subject to the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

 

  (5) The Tendering Party shall continue to own (subject, in the case of an Assignee, to the provisions of Section 11.5 hereof) all Partnership Common Units subject to any Redemption, and be treated as a Limited Partner or an Assignee, as applicable, with respect to such Partnership Common Units for all purposes of this Agreement, until such Partnership Common Units are either paid for by the Partnership pursuant to Section 15.1.A hereof or transferred to the General Partner and paid for, by the issuance of the REIT Shares, pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date. Until a Specified Redemption Date and an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, the Tendering Party shall have no rights as a stockholder of the General Partner with respect to the REIT Shares issuable in connection with such acquisition.

 

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  G. In connection with an exercise of Redemption rights pursuant to this Section 15.1, except as otherwise Consented to by the General Partner, the Tendering Party shall submit the following to the General Partner, in addition to the Notice of Redemption:

 

  (1) A written affidavit, dated the same date as the Notice of Redemption, (a) disclosing the actual and constructive ownership, as determined for purposes of Code Sections 856(a)(6) and 856(h), of REIT Shares by (i) such Tendering Party and (ii) to the best of their knowledge any Related Party and (b) representing that, after giving effect to the Redemption or an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, neither the Tendering Party nor to the best of their knowledge any Related Party will own REIT Shares in violation of the Ownership Limit;

 

  (2) A written representation that neither the Tendering Party nor to the best of its knowledge any Related Party has any intention to acquire any additional REIT Shares prior to the closing of the Redemption or an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date;

 

  (3) An undertaking to certify, at and as a condition of the closing of (i) the Redemption or (ii) the acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof on the Specified Redemption Date, that either (a) the actual and constructive ownership of REIT Shares by the Tendering Party and to the best of its knowledge any Related Party remain unchanged from that disclosed in the affidavit required by Section 15.1.G(1) or (b) after giving effect to the Redemption or the acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner pursuant to Section 15.1.B hereof, neither the Tendering Party nor, to the best of its knowledge, any other Person shall own REIT Shares in violation of the Ownership Limit; and

 

  (4) In connection with any Special Redemption, the General Partner shall have the right to receive an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Special Redemption will not cause the Partnership or the General Partner to violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Special Redemption, the issuance and sale of the Tendered Units to the Tendering Party or the issuance and sale of REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to Section 15.1.B of this Agreement.

 

  H. Holders of LTIP Units shall not be entitled to the right of Redemption provided for in Section 15.1 of this Agreement, unless and until such LTIP Units have been converted into Partnership Common Units (or any other class or series of Partnership Common Units entitled to such right of Redemption) in accordance with their terms.

 

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Section 15.2 Addresses and Notice . Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written or electronic communication (including by telecopy, facsimile, electronic mail or commercial courier service) to the Partner, or Assignee at the address set forth in the Register or such other address of which the Partner shall notify the General Partner in accordance with this Section 15.2.

Section 15.3 Titles and Captions . All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” or “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

Section 15.4 Pronouns and Plurals . Whenever the context may require, any pronouns 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.

Section 15.5 Further Action . The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 15.6 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

Section 15.7 Waiver .

 

  A. 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 or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

  B.

The restrictions, conditions and other limitations on the rights and benefits of the Limited Partners contained in this Agreement, and the duties, covenants and other requirements of performance or notice by the Limited Partners, are for the benefit of the Partnership and, except for an obligation to pay money to the Partnership, may be waived or relinquished by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, on behalf of the Partnership in one or more instances from time to time and at any time; provided , however , that any such waiver or relinquishment may not be made if it would have the effect of (i) creating liability for any other Limited Partner, (ii) causing the Partnership to cease to qualify as a limited partnership, (iii) reducing the amount of cash otherwise distributable to the Limited Partners (other than any such reduction that affects all of the Limited Partners holding the same class or series of Partnership Units on a uniform or pro rata basis, if approved by a Majority in Interest of the Partners holding such class or series of Partnership Units), (iv) resulting in the classification of the

 

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  Partnership as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation or (v) violating the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state “blue sky” or other securities laws; and provided , further , that any waiver relating to compliance with the Ownership Limit or other restrictions in the Charter shall be made and shall be effective only as provided in the Charter.

Section 15.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one 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.

Section 15.9 Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

  A. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Agreement and any non-mandatory provision of the Act, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and take precedence.

 

  B. Each Partner hereby (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in the State of Maryland (collectively, the “ Maryland Courts ”), with respect to any dispute arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby to the extent such courts would have subject matter jurisdiction with respect to such dispute, (ii) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of any of the Maryland Courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the action is brought in an inconvenient forum, or that the venue of the action is improper, (iii) agrees that notice or the service of process in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be properly served or delivered if delivered to such Partner at such Partner’s last known address as set forth in the Partnership’s books and records, and (iv) irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 15.10 Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains all of the understandings and agreements between and among the Partners with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations of the Partners with respect to the Partnership. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Partners hereby acknowledge and agree that the General Partner, without the approval of any Limited Partner, may enter into side letters or similar written agreements with Limited Partners that are not Affiliates of the General Partner, executed contemporaneously with the admission of such Limited Partner to the Partnership, affecting the terms hereof, as negotiated with such Limited Partner and which the General Partner in its sole discretion deems necessary, desirable or appropriate. The parties hereto agree that any terms, conditions or provisions contained in such side letters or similar written agreements with a Limited Partner shall govern with respect to such Limited Partner notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Section 15.11 Invalidity of Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

Section 15.12 Limitation to Preserve REIT Status . Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, to the extent that the amount to be paid, credited, distributed or reimbursed by the Partnership to any REIT Partner or its officers, directors, employees or agents, whether as a reimbursement, fee, expense or indemnity (a “ REIT Payment ”), would constitute gross income to the REIT Partner for purposes of Code Section 856(c)(2) or Code Section 856(c)(3), then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of such REIT Payments, as selected by the General Partner in its discretion from among items of potential distribution, reimbursement, fees, expenses and indemnities, shall be reduced for any Partnership Year so that the REIT Payments, as so reduced, for or with respect to such REIT Partner shall not exceed the lesser of:

(i) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) four percent (4%) of the REIT Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any REIT Payments and any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)) for the Partnership Year that is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(2) over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(2)) derived by the REIT Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(2) (but not including the amount of any REIT Payments or any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)); or

(ii) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) twenty-four percent (24%) of the REIT Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any REIT Payments and any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c)) for the Partnership Year that is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(3)) derived by the REIT Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) (but not including the amount of any REIT Payments or any amounts excluded from gross income pursuant to Code Section 856(c));

provided , however , that REIT Payments in excess of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above may be made if the General Partner, as a condition precedent, obtains an opinion of tax counsel that the receipt of such excess amounts should not adversely affect the REIT Partner’s ability to qualify as a REIT. To the extent that REIT Payments may not be made in a Partnership Year as a consequence of the limitations set forth in this Section 15.12, such REIT Payments shall carry over and shall be treated as arising in the following Partnership Year if such carry over does not adversely affect the REIT Partner’s ability to qualify as a REIT, provided, however, that any such REIT Payment shall not be carried over more than three Partnership Years, and any such remaining payments shall no longer be due and payable. The purpose of the

 

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limitations contained in this Section 15.12 is to prevent any REIT Partner from failing to qualify as a REIT under the Code by reason of such REIT Partner’s share of items, including distributions, reimbursements, fees, expenses or indemnities, receivable directly or indirectly from the Partnership, and this Section 15.12 shall be interpreted and applied to effectuate such purpose.

Section 15.13 No Partition . No Partner nor any successor-in-interest to a Partner shall have the right while this Agreement remains in effect to have any property of the Partnership partitioned, or to file a complaint or institute any proceeding at law or in equity to have such property of the Partnership partitioned, and each Partner, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns hereby waives any such right. It is the intention of the Partners that the rights of the parties hereto and their successors-in-interest to Partnership property, as among themselves, shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement, and that the rights of the Partners and their respective successors-in-interest shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions as set forth in this Agreement.

Section 15.14 No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby . The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the purpose of defining the interests of the Holders, inter se; and no other person, firm or entity (i.e., a party who is not a signatory hereto or a permitted successor to such signatory hereto) shall have any right, power, title or interest by way of subrogation or otherwise, in and to the rights, powers, title and provisions of this Agreement. No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership (other than as expressly provided herein with respect to Indemnitees) shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may any such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or any of the Partners.

Section 15.15 No Rights as Stockholders . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders of Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the General Partner, including without limitation any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to stockholders of the General Partner or to vote or to consent or receive notice as stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the General Partner or any other matter.

ARTICLE 16

LTIP UNITS

Section 16.1 Designation . A class of Partnership Units in the Partnership designated as the “LTIP Units” is hereby established. The number of LTIP Units that may be issued is not limited by this Agreement.

 

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Section 16.2 Vesting .

 

  A. Vesting, Generally. LTIP Units may, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on Transfer pursuant to the terms of a an award, vesting or other similar agreement (a “ Vesting Agreement ”). The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion, subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant Vesting Agreement or by the Plan or any other Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan, if applicable. LTIP Units that were fully vested when issued or that have vested and are no longer subject to forfeiture under the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as “ Vested LTIP Units ”; all other LTIP Units shall be treated as “ Unvested LTIP Units.

 

  B. Forfeiture. Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, the Plan or in any applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan or other compensatory arrangement or incentive program pursuant to which LTIP Units are issued, upon the occurrence of any event specified in such Vesting Agreement, Plan, Equity Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program as resulting in either the right of the Partnership or the General Partner to repurchase LTIP Units at a specified purchase price or some other forfeiture of any LTIP Units, then if the Partnership or the General Partner exercises such right to repurchase or upon the occurrence of the event causing forfeiture in accordance with the applicable Vesting Agreement, Plan, Equity Plan, Equity Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program, then the relevant LTIP Units shall immediately, and without any further action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any purpose. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Vesting Agreement, Plan, Stock Option Plan, arrangement or program, no consideration or other payment shall be due with respect to any LTIP Units that have been forfeited, other than any distributions declared with respect to a Partnership Record Date and with respect to such units prior to the effective date of the forfeiture. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement (including without limitation Section 6.4.A(ix)) or any agreement relating to the grant of LTIP Units, including any Vesting Agreement, in connection with any repurchase or forfeiture of such units, the balance of the portion of the Capital Account of the Holder of LTIP Units that is attributable to all of his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which it exceeds the target balance contemplated by Section 6.2.D, calculated with respect to such Holder’s remaining LTIP Units, if any.

Section 16.3 Adjustments . The Partnership shall maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between LTIP Units and Partnership Common Units for conversion, distribution and other purposes, including without limitation complying with the following procedures; provided, that the foregoing is not intended to alter the special allocations pursuant to Section 6.2.D, differences between distributions to be made with respect to LTIP Units and Partnership Common Units pursuant to Section 13.2 and Section 16.4.B hereof in the event that the Capital Accounts attributable to the LTIP Units are less than those attributable to Partnership Common Units due to insufficient special allocation pursuant to Section 6.2.D or related provisions. If an Adjustment Event occurs, then the General Partner shall take any action

 

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reasonably necessary, including any amendment to this Agreement or update the Register adjusting the number of outstanding LTIP Units or subdividing or combining outstanding LTIP Units, to maintain a one-for-one conversion and economic equivalence ratio between Partnership Common Units and LTIP Units. The following shall be “Adjustment Events”: (i) the Partnership makes a distribution on all outstanding Partnership Common Units in Partnership Units, (ii) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding Partnership Common Units into a greater number of units or combines the outstanding Partnership Common Units into a smaller number of units, or (iii) the Partnership issues any Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding Partnership Common Units by way of a reclassification or recapitalization of its Partnership Common Units. If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, any adjustment to the LTIP Units need be made only once using a single formula that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be Adjustment Events: (x) the issuance of Partnership Units in a financing, reorganization, acquisition or other similar business transaction, (y) the issuance of Partnership Units pursuant to any employee benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (z) the issuance of any Partnership Units to the General Partner in respect of a Capital Contribution to the Partnership of proceeds from the sale of securities by the General Partner. If the Partnership takes an action affecting the Partnership Common Units other than actions specifically described above as “Adjustment Events” and in the opinion of the General Partner such action would require an action to maintain the one-to-one correspondence described above, the General Partner shall have the right to take such action, to the extent permitted by law, the Plan and by any applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan or other compensatory arrangement or incentive program pursuant to which LTIP Units are issued, in such manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. If an amendment is made to this Agreement adjusting the number of outstanding LTIP Units as herein provided, the Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the Partnership an officer’s certificate setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error. Promptly after filing of such certificate, the Partnership shall mail a notice to each Holder of LTIP Units setting forth the adjustment to his or her LTIP Units and the effective date of such adjustment.

Section 16.4 Distributions .

 

  A. Operating Distributions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Plan, or any other applicable Equity Plan or Stock Option Plan, any applicable Vesting Agreement or by the General Partner with respect to any particular class or series of LTIP Units, Holders of LTIP Units shall be entitled to receive, if, when and as authorized by the General Partner out of funds or other property legally available for the payment of distributions, regular, special, extraordinary or other distributions (other than distributions upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event or proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction) which may be made from time to time, in an amount per unit equal to the amount of any such distributions that would have been payable to such holders if the LTIP Units had been Partnership Common Units (if applicable, assuming such LTIP Units were held for the entire period to which such distributions relate).

 

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  B. Liquidating Distributions . Holders of LTIP Units shall also be entitled to receive, if, when and as authorized by the General Partner out of funds or other property legally available for the payment of distributions, distributions upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event or representing proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction in an amount per LTIP Unit equal to the amount of any such distributions payable on one Partnership Common Unit, whether made prior to, on or after the LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date, provided that the amount of such distributions shall not exceed the positive balances of the Capital Accounts of the holders of such LTIP Units to the extent attributable to the ownership of such LTIP Units.

 

  C. Distributions Generally . Distributions on the LTIP Units, if authorized, shall be payable on such dates and in such manner as may be authorized by the General Partner (any such date, a “LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date”); provided that the LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date shall be the same as the corresponding date relating to the corresponding distribution on the Partnership Common Units. The record date for determining which Holders of LTIP Units are entitled to receive a distributions shall be the Partnership Record Date.

Section 16.5 Allocations . Holders of LTIP Units shall be allocated Net Income and Net Loss in amounts per LTIP Unit equal to the amounts allocated per Partnership Common Unit. The allocations provided by the preceding sentence shall be subject to Sections 6.2.A and 6.2.B and in addition to any special allocations required by Section 6.2.D. The General Partner is authorized in its discretion to delay or accelerate the participation of the LTIP Units in allocations of Net Income and Net Loss under this Section 16.5, or to adjust the allocations made under this Section 16.5, so that the ratio of (i) the total amount of Net Income or Net Loss allocated with respect to each LTIP Unit in the taxable year in which that LTIP Unit’s LTIP Unit Distribution Payment Date falls (excluding special allocations under Section 6.2.D), to (ii) the total amount distributed to that LTIP Unit with respect to such period, is more nearly equal to the ratio of (i) the Net Income and Net Loss allocated with respect to the General Partner’s Partnership Common Units in such taxable year to (ii) the amounts distributed to the General Partner with respect to such Partnership Common Units and such taxable year.

Section 16.6 Transfers . Subject to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, a Holder of LTIP Units shall be entitled to transfer his or her LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions as Holders of Partnership Common Units are entitled to transfer their Partnership Common Units pursuant to Article 11.

Section 16.7 Redemption . The Redemption Right provided to Qualifying Parties under Section 15.1 shall not apply with respect to LTIP Units unless and until they are converted to Partnership Common Units as provided in Section 16.9 below.

Section 16.8 Legend . Any certificate evidencing a LTIP Unit shall bear an appropriate legend indicating that additional terms, conditions and restrictions on transfer, including without limitation any Vesting Agreement, apply to the LTIP Unit.

 

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Section 16.9 Conversion to Partnership Common Units .

 

  A. A Qualifying Party holding LTIP Units shall have the right (the “ Conversion Right ”), at his or her option, at any time to convert all or a portion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units; provided, however, that a Qualifying Party may not exercise the Conversion Right for less than one thousand (1,000) Vested LTIP Units or, if such Qualifying Party owns less than one thousand (1,000) Vested LTIP Units, all of the Vested LTIP Units held by such Qualifying Party. Qualifying Parties shall not have the right to convert Unvested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units until they become Vested LTIP Units; provided, however, that when a Qualifying Party is notified of the expected occurrence of an event that will cause his or her Unvested LTIP Units to become Vested LTIP Units, such Qualifying Party may give the Partnership a Conversion Notice conditioned upon and effective as of the time of vesting and such Conversion Notice, unless subsequently revoked by the Qualifying Party, shall be accepted by the Partnership subject to such condition. In all cases, the conversion of any LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units shall be subject to the conditions and procedures set forth in this Section 16.9.

 

  B.

A Qualifying Party may convert his or her Vested LTIP Units into an equal number of fully paid and non-assessable Partnership Common Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 16.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may a Qualifying Party convert a number of Vested LTIP Units that exceeds (x) the Economic Capital Account Balance of such Limited Partner, to the extent attributable to his or her ownership of LTIP Units, divided by (y) the Common Unit Economic Balance, in each case as determined as of the effective date of conversion (the “ Capital Account Limitation ”). In order to exercise his or her Conversion Right, a Qualifying Party shall deliver a notice (a “ Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) not less than 3 nor more than 10 days prior to a date (the “ Conversion Date ”) specified in such Conversion Notice; provided, however, that if the General Partner has not given to the Qualifying Party notice of a proposed or upcoming Transaction (as defined below) at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such Transaction, then the Qualifying Party shall have the right to deliver a Conversion Notice until the earlier of (x) the tenth (10th) day after such notice from the General Partner of a Transaction or (y) the third Business Day immediately preceding the effective date of such Transaction. A Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 15.2. Each Qualifying Party seeking to convert Vested LTIP Units covenants and agrees with the Partnership that all Vested LTIP Units to be converted pursuant to this Section 16.9 shall be free and clear of all liens. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Redemption Hold Period with respect to the Partnership Common Units into which the Vested LTIP Units are convertible has elapsed, a Qualifying Party may deliver a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 15.1.A relating to such Partnership Common Units in advance of the Conversion Date; provided, however, that the redemption of such Partnership Common Units by the Partnership shall in no event take place

 

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  until on or after the Conversion Date. For clarity, it is noted that the objective of this paragraph is to put a Qualifying Party in a position where, if he or she so wishes, the Partnership Common Units into which his or her Vested LTIP Units will be converted can be redeemed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 15.1.A simultaneously with such conversion, with the further consequence that, if the General Partner elects to assume the Partnership’s redemption obligation with respect to such Partnership Common Units under Section 15.1.B by delivering to such Qualifying Party REIT Shares rather than cash, then such Qualifying Party can have such REIT Shares issued to him or her simultaneously with the conversion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into Partnership Common Units. The General Partner shall cooperate with a Qualifying Party to coordinate the timing of the different events described in the foregoing sentence.

 

  C. The Partnership, at any time at the election of the General Partner, may cause any number of Vested LTIP Units to be converted (a “ Forced Conversion ”) into an equal number of Partnership Common Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 16.3; provided, however, that the Partnership may not cause a Forced Conversion of any LTIP Units that would not at the time be eligible for conversion at the option of such Qualifying Party pursuant to Section 16.9.B. In order to exercise its right of Forced Conversion, the Partnership shall deliver a notice (a “ Forced Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E to the applicable Holder of LTIP Units not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Conversion Date specified in such Forced Conversion Notice. A Forced Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 15.2.

 

  D. A conversion of Vested LTIP Units for which the Holder thereof has given a Conversion Notice or the Partnership has given a Forced Conversion Notice shall occur automatically after the close of business on the applicable Conversion Date without any action on the part of such Holder of LTIP Units, other than the surrender of any certificate or certificates evidencing such Vested LTIP Units, as of which time such Holder of LTIP Units shall be credited on the books and records of the Partnership as of the opening of business on the next day with the number of Partnership Common Units into which such LTIP Units were converted. After the conversion of LTIP Units as aforesaid, the Partnership shall deliver to such Holder of LTIP Units, upon his or her written request, a certificate of the General Partner certifying the number of Partnership Common Units and remaining LTIP Units, if any, held by such person immediately after such conversion. The Assignee of any Limited Partner pursuant to Article 11 hereof may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 16.9 and such Limited Partner shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by the Assignee.

 

  E. For purposes of making future allocations under Section 6.2.D and applying the Capital Account Limitation, the portion of the Economic Capital Account Balance of the applicable Holder of LTIP Units that is treated as attributable to his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced, as of the date of conversion, by the product of the number of LTIP Units converted and the Common Unit Economic Balance.

 

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  F.

If the Partnership or the General Partner shall be a party to any transaction (including without limitation a merger, consolidation, unit exchange, self-tender offer for all or substantially all Partnership Common Units or other business combination or reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, but excluding any transaction which constitutes an Adjustment Event) in each case as a result of which Partnership Common Units shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the Holders shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “ Transaction ”), then the General Partner shall, immediately prior to the Transaction, exercise its right to cause a Forced Conversion with respect to the maximum number of LTIP Units then eligible for conversion, taking into account any allocations that occur in connection with the Transaction or that would occur in connection with the Transaction if the assets of the Partnership were sold at the Transaction price or, if applicable, at a value determined by the General Partner in good faith using the value attributed to the Partnership Common Units in the context of the Transaction (in which case the Conversion Date shall be the effective date of the Transaction). In anticipation of such Forced Conversion and the consummation of the Transaction, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Holder of LTIP Units to be afforded the right to receive in connection with such Transaction in consideration for the Partnership Common Units into which his or her LTIP Units will be converted the same kind and amount of cash, securities and other property (or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Transaction by a Holder of the same number of Partnership Common Units, assuming such Holder is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into which the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a “ Constituent Person ”), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that Holders of Partnership Common Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Transaction, prior to such Transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each Holder of LTIP Units of such opportunity, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to afford the Holder of LTIP Units the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by such Holder into Partnership Common Units in connection with such Transaction. If a Holder of LTIP Units fails to make such an election, such Holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by him or her (or by any of his or her transferees) the same kind and amount of consideration that a Holder of Partnership Common Units would receive if such Holder of Partnership Common Units failed to make such an election. Subject to the rights of the Partnership and the General Partner under any Vesting Agreement and the relevant terms of the Plan or any other applicable Equity Plan, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the terms of any Transaction to be consistent with the

 

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  provisions of this Section 16.9.F and to enter into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of any Holder of LTIP Units whose LTIP Units will not be converted into Partnership Common Units in connection with the Transaction that will (i) contain provisions enabling the Qualifying Parties that remain outstanding after such Transaction to convert their LTIP Units into securities as comparable as reasonably possible under the circumstances to the Partnership Common Units and (ii) preserve as far as reasonably possible under the circumstances the distribution, special allocation, conversion, and other rights set forth in the Agreement for the benefit of the Holder of LTIP Units.

Section 16.10 Voting . LTIP Limited Partners shall have the same voting rights as Limited Partners holding Partnership Common Units, with the LTIP Units voting together as a single class with the Partnership Common Units and having one vote per LTIP Unit and Holders of LTIP Units shall not be entitled to approve, vote on or consent to any other matter. The foregoing voting provision will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the action with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required will be effected, all outstanding LTIP Units shall have been converted or provision is made for such conversion to occur as of or prior to such time into Partnership Common Units.

Section 16.11 Section 83 Safe Harbor . Each Partner authorizes the General Partner to elect to apply the safe harbor (the “ Section 83 Safe Harbor ”) set forth in proposed Regulations Section 1.83-3(l) and proposed IRS Revenue Procedure published in Notice 2005-43 (together, the “ Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation ”) (under which the fair market value of a Partnership Interest that is Transferred in connection with the performance of services is treated as being equal to the liquidation value of the interest) if such Proposed Section 83 Safe Harbor Regulation or similar Regulations are promulgated as a final or temporary Regulations. If the General Partner determines that the Partnership should make such election, the General Partner is hereby authorized to amend this Agreement without the consent of any other Partner to provide that (i) the Partnership is authorized and directed to elect the Section 83 Safe Harbor, (ii) the Partnership and each of its Partners (including any Person to whom a Partnership Interest, including a LTIP Unit, is Transferred in connection with the performance of services) will comply with all requirements of the Section 83 Safe Harbor with respect to all Partnership Interests Transferred in connection with the performance of services while such election remains in effect and (iii) the Partnership and each of its Partners will take all actions necessary, including providing the Partnership with any required information, to permit the Partnership to comply with the requirements set forth or referred to in the applicable Regulations for such election to be effective until such time (if any) as the General Partner determines, in its sole discretion, that the Partnership should terminate such election. The General Partner is further authorized to amend this Agreement to modify Article 6 to the extent the General Partner determines in its discretion that such modification is necessary or desirable as a result of the issuance of any applicable law, Regulations, notice or ruling relating to the tax treatment of the transfer of a Partnership Interests in connection with the performance of services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Partner expressly confirms that it will be legally bound by any such amendment.

[Remainder of Page Left Blank Intentionally]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.,
  a Maryland corporation,
By:  

 

  Name: James Farrar
  Its: Chief Executive Officer
By:  

 

  Name: Anthony Maretic
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.,
  a Maryland corporation,
By:  

 

  Name: James Farrar
  Its: Chief Executive Officer
By:  

 

  Name: Anthony Maretic
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
CIO OP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
  a Delaware limited partnership
By:  

 

  Name: James Farrar
  Its:

[Signatures continue on the next page.]

 

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LIMITED PARTNER:
SECOND CITY GENERAL PARTNER II,
  LP, a Maryland limited partnership
By:  

 

  Name: James Farrar
  Its:
LIMITED PARTNER:
GIBRALT AMBERGLEN LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
By:  

 

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
GIBRALT US, INC.,
  a Colorado corporation
By:  

 

  Name: Ryan Chan
  Its: Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:

 

        Daniel Rapaport

 

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Exhibit E

Form of Limited REIT Indemnity

[ See attached. ]


EXHIBIT E – Form of Limited REIT Indemnity

LIMITED REIT INDEMNITY

ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN SUBSTITUTE PROMOTE

AGREEMENT BETWEEN CENTRAL FAIRWINDS 135, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED

PARTNERSHIP, AND SECOND CITY CAPITAL PARTNERSHIP II, LIMITED

PARTNERSHIP, A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, DATED             , 2013

The undersigned, by execution below, issues this Limited Reit Indemnity in satisfaction of City II’s obligations expressly set forth in the Substitute Promote Agreement to which this joinder page is attached. Specifically, the undersigned agrees to indemnify Central for any monetary losses which may be incurred by Central as a result of any legal proceeding, action or claim made by a lender to the undersigned or any of the undersigned’s subsidiaries and affiliates (each a “REIT Lender”) which may exercise remedies against the Property for reasons not caused by the performance, occupancy and/or condition of the Property, and for capital losses incurred by Central as a result of a foreclosure by the REIT Lender or the diversion and foreclosure of cash flow from the Property due to the liabilities relating to, or the performance or activities of, any other Property owned and/or controlled by the undersigned or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other liabilities of the undersigned or its subsidiaries or affiliates which are not issued and/or incurred in connection with actions taken by the Limited Partnership or the Property and/or which are cross-collateralized with the Property.

Any obligation under this Limited Reit Indemnity which (i) creates an obligation which is or includes the granting by the/REIT of a mortgage; or (ii) which is, in the judgment of the Trustees of the REIT (the “Trustees”) (as determined by the Trustees to be practicable and consistent with their fiduciary duties to act in the best interest of the Unitholders), a material obligation, is not personally binding upon the Trustees and resort will not be had to, nor will recourse or satisfaction be sought from, by lawsuit or otherwise, the private property of any of the Trustees, Unitholders, annuitants or beneficiaries under a plan of which a Unitholder acts as a trustee or carrier, or officers, employees or agents of the REIT, and recourse may only be had to the property of the REIT or a specific portion thereof; the REIT, however, is not required, but must use all reasonable efforts, to comply with this requirement in respect of obligations assumed by the REIT upon the acquisition of real property.

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has caused its signature to be placed on the      day of             , 2014.

 

  CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP, A Maryland limited partnership
  By:   City Office Reit, Inc., sole General Partner
By:  

 

Its:  

 


Exhibit F

Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

[ See attached. ]


ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS

BY THIS INSTRUMENT, [CONTRIBUTOR] , a [state of formation][type of entity] (“ Assignor ”), for value received and in compliance and in accordance with the terms and provisions of, and pursuant to Assignor’s obligations under the terms of that certain Contribution Agreement dated as of April 14, 2014 (the “ Agreement ”), by and among [CIO OP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership], [CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership], [Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership][Second City General Partner II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership], City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership, City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation and Assignor, hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to [City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.][City Office REIT, Inc.] (“ Assignee ”) all Ownership Interests owned by Assignor (hereinafter, this “ Assignment ”). Assignee hereby assumes all the rights and liabilities associated with such Ownership Interests from and after the date of this Assignment. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor has made and delivered the within and foregoing instrument as of the      day of April, 2014.

 

[CONTRIBUTOR]

 

By:  

 

Its:  

 

[CITY OFFICE REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.]

[CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.]

 

By:  

 

Its:  

 


Schedule 1.02(a)

Reimbursable Leases

[ See attached. ]


City Center

100 Second Avenue South

St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Supporting Schedule — Base Rent Abatements

 

                                                                                                    Remaining  
                            Month 1     Month 2     Month 3     Month 4     Month 5     Month 6     Month 7     Month 8     Month 9     Month 10     Month 11     Month 12     As at  
                            Jan-2014     Feb-2014     Mar-2014     Apr-2014     May-2014     Jun-2014     Jul-2014     Aug-2014     Sep-2014     Oct-2014     Nov-2014     Dec-2014     28-Feb-14     31-Mar-14  

Advanced System Design

    S-0707        PARTIAL            2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        2,110        1,634        0        0        16,404        14,294   

Ameriprise Holdings, Inc.

    S-0904        5,368.00        10/01/12        9/30/19        9,260        9,260        9,260        9,260        9,260        9,259        9,260        9,260        9,259        0        0        0        64,818        55,558   

CRE Models

              770        770        770        770        770        770        770        770        596            5,989        5,218   

CRS Building Corporation

    S-0301        2,375.00        10/01/11        9/30/18        1,579        1,579        1,580        1,579        1,580        1,579        1,580        1,579        1,580        0        0        0        11,057        9,477   

GSA

    N-0300              0        0        0        0        8,501        8,501        8,501        0        0        0        0        0        25,503        25,503   

Kobie Marketing

    S-0400          2/01/14        6/30/24        5,184        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        16,070        10,886        0        139,445        123,376   

Kobie Marketing

    S-1000          2/01/14        6/30/24        4,569        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        14,164        9,595        0        122,907        108,743   

Kobie Marketing

    S-1001          2/01/14        6/30/24        3,996        12,387        12,387        12,386        12,387        12,386        12,387        12,386        12,387        12,386        8,390        0        107,482        95,095   

Maxey Law Offices

    N-0401        3,900.00        8/01/13        2/28/19        6,500        6,500        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

McLain Foods, Inc.

    S-0202        4,069.00        20414.8        6/30/18        3,652        3,652        3,651        3,652        3,652        3,651        0        0        0        0        0        0        14,606        10,955   

Natures Table

            1,300        1,300        1,300        346        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        1,646        346   

O’Brien International Inc

    N-0402          9/10/13        2/10/19        3,233        2,831        1,357        1,357        1,357        1,357        1,357        1,357        1,066        0        0        0        9,210        7,853   

Paradigm Learning

    S-1201        7,472.00        5/01/12        4/30/19        7,696        7,696        7,696        7,697        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        15,393        7,697   

Perconti Data Services, I

    S-0101        2,386.00        2/01/12        2/28/22        2,983        2,982        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

RBC Capital Markets Corp

    S-0800        16,312.00        8/01/12        7/31/18        15,401        15,401        15,401        15,401        15,402        15,401        15,402        0        0        0        0        0        77,007        61,606   

Reingruber & Company P.A

    S-0300        6,123.00        10/01/11        9/30/18        5,552        5,552        5,551        5,552        5,551        5,552        5,551        5,552        5,551        0        0        0        38,860        33,309   

Riesdorph Reporting Group

    S-0104        1,401.00        10/01/11        10/31/17        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

SquareMouth, Inc.

    S-1200        3,381.00        12/01/11        12/31/18        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

Strategic Innovative Solu

    N-0201          4/1/2014        12/31/19        0        0        2,498        2,498        2,498        2,499        2,498        2,498        2,499        2,498        2,498        2,499        24,983        22,485   

The Whittemore Law Group

    S-0304        3,466.00        5/01/12        4/30/17        3,272        3,272        3,272        3,272        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        6,545        3,272   

WELLS FARGO

    N-0400          41671        44227        6,917        6,917        6,917        6,917        6916.67        6916.67        6916.67        6916.67        6916.67        6916.67        6916.67        6916.67        69,167        62,250   

Westcare Foundation

    S-0901        4,760.00        12/01/11        12/31/18        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        —          —     

WTA Tour, Incl

    S-1100        15,360.00        5/01/12        5/31/22        30,182        30,182        30,182        30,182        30,182        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        90,546        60,364   
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

            111,276        140,516        132,057        131,104        128,291        98,106        94,457        70,553        70,263        52,631        38,286        9,416        841,568        707,401   
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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City Center - TI’s / LC’s              
     As at  
     Feb 2014      Mar 2014  

Tenant Improvement

     

Kobie

     395,916         358,416   

Deacon & Moulds

     6,893         6,893   

ASD

     499         499   

CRE Models

     499         499   

Ferber

     499         499   

O’Brian

     750         750   

Sound Atenuating AD< Ferber, CRE & O’Brian

     2,392         2,392   

McLain Foods

     39,513         39,513   

GSA TI

     470,089         470,089   

GSA Shell

     126,235         126,235   

Strategic Innovative Solutions

     46,538         4,821   

RBC

     142,705         20,415   

Wells Fargo

     140,000         140,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     1,372,528         1,171,021   

Leasing Commissions

     

Strategic Innovative Solutions

     8,157         8,157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     1,380,685         1,179,178   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


Central Fairwinds

135 W Central Blvd

Orlando, FL 32801

Supporting Schedule — Base Rent Abatements

 

                                                                Remaining  
    Month 3     Month 4     Month 5     Month 6     Month 7     Month 8     Month 9     Month 10     Month 11     Month 12     As at  
For the Months   Mar-2014     Apr-2014     May-2014     Jun-2014     Jul-2014     Aug-2014     Sep-2014     Oct-2014     Nov-2014     Dec-2014     28-Feb-14     31-Mar-14  

Tenant

                       

CoAdvantage Resources

    0        9,532        9,532        9,532        9,531        9,532        9,531        0        0        0        57,190        57,190   

Governmental Managemen

    2,921        2,921        2,921        2,921        2,921        2,921        2,921        3,010        3,010        3,010        29,478        26,557   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Amount Per Month

    2,921        12,453        12,453        12,453        12,452        12,453        12,452        3,010        3,010        3,010        86,668        83,747   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Amberglen

Beaverton, OR 97006

Supporting Schedule — Base Rent Abatements

 

                                                                Remaining  
    Month 3     Month 4     Month 5     Month 6     Month 7     Month 8     Month 9     Month 10     Month 11     Month 12     As at  
For the Months   Mar-2014     Apr-2014     May-2014     Jun-2014     Jul-2014     Aug-2014     Sep-2014     Oct-2014     Nov-2014     Dec-2014     28-Feb-14     31-Mar-14  

Tenant

                       

Avnera

    22,955        22,954        22,955        22,955        22,954                  114,773        91,818   

Fluor

    15,133        15,134        15,133        15,134                    60,534        45,401   

Pac

    2,475        2,475        2,475                      7,425        4,950   

Avnera Expansion

    2,227        2,227        2,227                      6,681        4,454   

MCAD Extension

    4,619        4,619        4,619                      13,856        9,237   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Amount Per Month

    47,409        47,409        47,409        38,089        22,954        0        0        0        0        0        203,269        155,860   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


TI’ & LC

As of February 28, 2013

 

AmberGlen                          
          Ti’s      LC’s      Total  

Avnera - ROFO

        11,530         6,560         18,090   

Pac Soft

        2,500         2,985         5,485   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   -      14,030         9,545         23,575   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Central Fairwinds                          
          Ti’s      LC’s      Total  

CoAdvantage Resources

        23,567         36,984         60,551   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   -      23,567         36,984         60,551   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


Washington Group Plaza - Committed Capital by Project    Remaining Balance as at  
     Feb-14      Mar-14  

Exterior

     

Landscaping

     112,820         112,820   

Walkways and exteriors

     15,384         15,384   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     128,204         128,204   

Central Plaza

     —        

Atrium Gasket & Edge Drainage. Repair

     45,000         45,000   

Caulking & sealant

     45,000         45,000   

Atrium Window Tinting (Completed)

     20,061         (3,867

Interior lobby upgrade

     100,000         100,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     210,061         186,134   

Plaza II

     

Elevator modernization

     381,000         381,000   

Plaza II Elevator Cab Interior Upgrade

     45,000         45,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     426,000         426,000   

Garage

     

Clean steel / repair concrete

     25,000         25,000   

Repair surface drive areas

     83,000         83,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     108,000         108,000   

Code and related items

     

Plaza 1 & 2 Fire / Life Safety (additional egress lights)

     50,000         50,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     50,000         50,000   

Plaza IV

     —        

Elevator modernization

     448,500         448,500   

Lobby Remodel

     55,000         55,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     503,500         503,500   

Common area

     

Fitness facility

     525,000         525,000   

New training room (update from executive dining)

     20,000         20,000   

Auditorium projector

     10,000         10,000   

P1, CP and P4 Lobby Lighting retrofit

     40,000         40,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     595,000         595,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Grand Total

     2,020,765         1,996,838   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


Colorado Department of Health and Environment - TI Allowance Worksheet

Updated March 25, 2014

 

Original TF Balance from prior owner:

   Balance     Approved\Paid    Vendor   

Detail

Starting Balance:

    $ 190,324.12           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 14,140.29   April 2013    Forum Engraving    Parking Signs for Garage\Bollards Outside
  

 

 

         

Balance Available:

    $ 176,183.83           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 25,691.84   April 2013    Forum Engraving    Parking Signs for Garage
  

 

 

         

Balance Available:

    $ 150,491.99           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 687.50   April 2013    Keiding    Space planning for Trash Enclosure
  

 

 

         

Balance Available:

    $ 149,804.49           

2012 CAM Credit Due to Tenant:

    $ 141,087.00           

Lease Renewal Tenant Improvement allowance:

    $ 1,488,028.00           

JLL commission TF credit:

    $ 234,253.50           
  

 

 

         

Total TF credit as of 6/1/13

    $ 2,013,172.99           
  

 

 

         

Withdrawal:

   ($ 13,765.00   June 2013    J&M Sign    CDPHE Monument Sign
  

 

 

         

Balance:

    $ 1,999,407.99           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 600.00   June 2013    Keiding    Space planning for cafeteria kitchen

Withdrawal:

   ($ 800.00   June 2013    Keiding    Space planning for the Lobby \Conf rooms

Withdrawal:

   ($ 250.00   June 2013    Forum Engraving    Additional Parking signs

Balance:

    $ 1,998,807.99           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 4,375.25   August 2013    Student Movers    cafeteria kitchen

Withdrawal:

   ($ 38,411.00   August 2013    A&B    cafeteria kitchen

Balance:

    $ 1,956,021.74           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 880.00   August 2013    Keiding    Space planning for the Lobby \Conf rooms

Balance:

    $ 1,955,141.74           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 3,049.00   September 2013    Forum Engraving    Additional Parking signs

Balance:

    $ 1,952,092.74           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 7,450.00   September 2013    Brown Brothers    Parking sign posts\bollards

Withdrawal:

   ($ 5,989.51   September 2013    Chris Electric    Additional Electrical Panels Bldg B

Balance:

    $ 1,938,653.23           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 2,580.00   October 2013    Forum Engraving    Additional Parking signs

Withdrawal:

   ($ 747.50   October 2013    Keiding    Space planning for the Cafeteria Seating Area

Withdrawal:

   ($ 1,674.00   November 2013    MasterKlean    Cleaning

Withdrawal:

   ($ 672.50   November 2013    Keiding    Space planning revisions for the cafeteria seating area

Withdrawal:

   ($ 440.75   November 2013    Keiding    Space planning revisions for the lobby

Balance:

    $ 1,932,538.48           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 57,864.00   December 2013    A&B    Trash Enclosure

Withdrawal:

   ($ 23,670.00   December 2013    A&B    cafeteria kitchen exhaust venting

Balance:

    $ 1,851,004.48           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 38,020.55   January 2014    PEAR    Cafeteria Seating area furniture

Withdrawal:

   ($ 400.00   January 2014    Keiding    Space planning revisions for the lobby

Balance:

    $ 1,812,583.93           
    $ 14,140.29      Deleting the Forum invoice above   

Revised Balance as of 01/07/14:

    $ 1,826,724.22      Reconciled w\Heather   
   ($ 92,798.00   January 2014    A&B    cafeteria eating area construction

Balance:

    $ 1,733,926.22           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 467.50   February 2014    Keiding    Parking Plan Revision

Withdrawal:

   ($ 1,720.55   February 2014    Forum Engraving    Various Parking Signs

Balance:

    $ 1,731,738.17           

Withdrawal:

   ($ 750.78   March 2014    Mathias    Cafeteria Kitchen Area - Lock change

Ending Balance as at March 31, 2013

    $ 1,730,987.39           


Schedule 1.02(b)

Balance Sheet

[ See attached. ]


SCCP CENTRAL VALLEY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

BALANCE SHEET

February 28, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

     Feb 28
2014
    DEC 31
2013
 

ASSETS

    

Cash

   $ 3,172      $ 11,509   

Cash in Trust

     347,654        262,654   

Land

     3,756,354        3,756,354   

Building Improvements

     16,964,181        16,964,181   

Accumulated Depreciation: Building Improvements

     (312,325     (246,572

Site Improvements

     1,615,636        1,615,636   

Accumulated Depreciation: Site Improvements

     (213,174     (168,295

Tenant Improvements

     1,909,302        1,909,302   

Accumulated Depreciation: Tenant Improvements

     (431,866     (340,947

Lease Intangibles

     3,448,757        3,448,757   

Accumulated Amortization: Lease Intangibles

     (780,076     (615,849

Leasing Commissions

     700,416        700,416   

Accumulated Amortization: Leasing Commissions

     (158,427     (125,074

Deferred Rent Receivables

     89,373        94,398   

Deferred Financing Cost

     291,199        308,506   

Prepaid Insurance

     22,203        27,161   

Other receivables

     1        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 27,252,380      $ 27,602,138   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

    

Mortgage Payables

   $ 18,916,667      $ 19,133,333   

Interest Payable

     114,288        108,139   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

   $ 19,030,955      $ 19,241,473   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PARTNERS’ EQUITY

    

General Partner - SCCP Central Valley GP Corp (0.001%)

   $ 1      $ 1   

Limited Partner - SCCP II LP (99.999%)

     9,873,167        9,873,167   

Retained Earnings

     (1,512,503     —     

Current Earnings

     (139,240     (1,512,503
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PARTNERS’ EQUITY

   $ 8,221,425      $ 8,360,665   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ EQUITY

   $ 27,252,380      $ 27,602,138   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

2014 FEBRUARY SCCP Central Valley LP REVISED


SCCP CENTRAL VALLEY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

STATEMENT OF INCOME

February 28, 2014

 

     Feb 28
2014
    DEC 31
2013
 

Revenue

    

Rental Income

   $ 524,746      $ 1,914,016   

Deferred Rental Income

     (5,026     94,398   

Interest Income

     0        1,154   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     519,720        2,009,569   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Acquisition Cost

     0        1,057,910   

Mortgage interest expenses

     236,689        875,666   

Depreciation expenses

     201,551        755,815   

Insurance expenses

     4,958        18,991   

Amortization expenses

     214,887        806,016   

Travel expenses

     0        5,610   

Legal expenses

     522        1,135   

Bank charges

     355        929   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     658,961        3,522,071   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income

   $ (139,240   $ (1,512,503
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

2014 FEBRUARY SCCP Central Valley LP REVISED


31/03/2014    11:13:35 AM   

SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership

 

Trial Balance as of 28/02/2014

   Page 1

 

Report (GLTRLR1)

     

 

In Functional Currency

     

 

Sort By    [Account No.]   
Include Accounts With No Activity    [No]      
For Year-Period    [2014 - 02]      
From Account No.    [    ] To [ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ]   
From Account Group    [    ] To [ZZZZZZZZZZZZ]   
Use Rolled Up Amounts    [No]      

Account Number

  

Description

   Debits      Credits  

1000

  

BMO HARRIS BANK - 3990314

     129.82      

1001

  

BMO HARRIS BANK - 3991197

     3.08      

1002

  

BMO - Bank of Montreal USD 0004-4770858

     3,039.26      

1100

  

Clark Wilson LLP - Trust account

     347,654.30      

1200

  

Deferred Rent Receivables

     89,372.70      

1500

  

Inv in D&B Land - 3501 Corporate Parkway, Cent

     3,756,354.00      

1501

  

Inv in D&B Building Improvement

     16,964,181.00      

1502

  

Accumulated Depreciation - Building Improvement

        312,325.04   

1503

  

Deferred Financing Cost

     291,198.83      

1504

  

Prepaid Insurance - $17,895 (1 year 05/17/13-4/2

     3,085.17      

1505

  

Prepaid Insurance - $28,257.28 (4 year 05/17/13-

     19,118.28      

1506

  

Inv in D&B Site Improvement

     1,615,636.00      

1507

  

Accumulated Depreciation - Site Improvement

        213,174.20   

1508

  

Inv in D&B Tenant Improvement

     1,909,302.00      

1509

  

Accumulated Depreciation - Tenant Improvement

        431,865.95   

1510

  

Inv in D&B - Lease Intangibles

     3,448,757.00      

1511

  

Amortization - Lease Intangibles

        780,075.98   

1512

  

Inv in D&B - Leasing Commissions

     700,416.00      

1513

  

Amortization - Leasing Commissions

        158,427.45   

1550

  

Interest Payable

        114,288.19   

1600

  

Loan US$15,000,000 (TCE $15mm)

        15,000,000.00   

1602

  

Loan US$5,000,000 (Timbercreek)

        5,000,000 00   

1603

  

Amortization: Loan US$5,000,000 (TimberCreek)

     1,083,333.30      

1620

  

Limited Partner: SCCP II LP 99.999% (Profit/Loss

        9,873,166.97   

1622

  

General Partner: SCCP Central Valley GP Corp

        1.00   

1623

  

Due to SCCP Central Valley GP Corp 0.001 %(Pr

     1.00      

2000

  

Rental income - D&B

        524,746.00   

2100

  

Deferred rental income - D&B

     5,025.57      

3000

  

Insurance

     4,957.83      

3029

  

Interest expense - Accrual

     6,148.85      

3030

  

Interest expense - Timbercreek

     61,527.43      

3031

  

Interest expense - TCE Beta Services Inc.

     169,012.50      

3032

  

Depreciation Expense

     201,550.58      

3033

  

Service Charge

     354.50      

3035

  

Amortization Expense - Financing Cost

     17,307.41      

3036

  

Amortization Expense - Lease Intangibles

     164,226.52      

3037

  

Amortization Expense - Leasing commissions

     33,353.16      

3500

  

Retained Earnings

     1,512,502.69      

3800

  

Legal Fee

     522.00      

4200

  

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

        0.00   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Net Income (Loss) for Accounts Listed:

     139,240.35      
     

 

 

    


  

Trial Balance (Accrual)

CITY CENTER STF LP - (city)

February 2014

 

Page 1

4/1/2014

10:12 AM

 

          Balance
Forward
     Debit      Credit      Ending
Balance
 

1110

  

Cash - Operating

     507,316.13         145,110.09            652,426.22   

1120

  

Cash - Security Deposit

     172,999.07               172,999.07   

1125

  

Petty Cash

     500.00               500.00   

1130

  

Cash - Restricted

     500,410.60         46.06            500,456.66   

1140

  

Cash - CC Checking

     325.33            19.98         305.35   

1141

  

Cash - CC MM

     365,750.95         14.03            365,764.98   

1300

  

Rents Receivable (Net)

     33,617.10         9,701.10            43,318.20   

1305

  

Other Receivables

     31,962.73         7,921.04            39,883.77   

1315

  

Prepaid Expenses and Other

     14,641.60            4,444.46         10,197.14   

1317

  

Lease Inducement Costs

     458,309.02            5,762.93         452,546.09   

1610

  

Land

     3,123,027.00               3,123,027.00   

1620

  

Buildings

     7,905,160.65               7,905,160.65   

1622

  

Less: Accumulated Depreciation Bldg

     -705,025.02            21,486.50         -726,511.52   

1625

  

Building Improvements

     2,408,358.92               2,408,358.92   

1626

  

Building Improvements - WIP

     226,206.67               226,206.67   

1630

  

Tenant Improvements

     3,893,995.31         13,760.00            3,907,755.31   

1631

  

Tenant Improvements - WIP

     1,038,547.32         2,546.25            1,041,093.57   

1633

  

Less: Accum Depr (Tenant Improv)

     -1,619,871.70            47,323.32         -1,667,195.02   

1639

  

Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment

     138,983.21               138,983.21   

1642

  

Less: Accum Depr (FFE)

     -37,548.19            1,654.56         -39,202.75   

1670

  

Parking Deck

     1,171,135.00               1,171,135.00   

1671

  

Less: Accum Depr (Parking Deck)

     -159,121.60            4,243.25         -163,364.85   

1672

  

Site Improvements

     99,787.64               99,787.64   

1673

  

Less: Accum Depr (Site Improvemts)

     -42,341.32            1,187.95         -43,529.27   

1730

  

Straight Line Rent Receivable

     2,289,644.69               2,289,644.69   

1740

  

Other Fixed Assets

     2,500.00               2,500.00   

1810

  

Utility Deposits

     11,541.00               11,541.00   

1815

  

Lease In Place

     2,198,365.00               2,198,365.00   

1816

  

Less: Accum Depr (Lease In Place)

     -1,873,606.71            49,962.84         -1,923,569.55   

1817

  

Above/Below Market Leases - (Asset)

     17,156.00               17,156.00   

1818

  

Less: Accum Amort (Above/Below Mkt)

     -16,245.98            433.22         -16,679.20   

1820

  

Lease Commissions

     1,717,346.59               1,717,346.59   

1822

  

Less: Accum Amort (Lease Comm Other)

     -413,368.81            17,916.47         -431,285.28   

1823

  

Leasing Commission-PPA

     562,151.00               562,151.00   

1824

  

Less: Accum Amort (Leasing Comm) PPA

     -357,022.40            5,362.82         -362,385.22   

1841

  

Legal/Marketing Fees

     83,263.00               83,263.00   

1842

  

Less: Accum Amort (Legal/Mktg fees)

     -83,263.00               -83,263.00   

1843

  

Above/below market lease (liabilities)

     -140,051.00               -140,051.00   

1844

  

Less: Accum Amort (Above/below Liab)

     111,250.82         1,024.94            112,275.76   

1850

  

Loan Costs

     522,296.87               522,296.87   

1851

  

Amortization - Loan Costs

     -494,132.87            9,388.00         -503,520.87   

1860

  

R/E Tax Escrow

     151,892.70         29,501.52            181,394.22   

1861

  

Insurance Escrow

     66,941.25         1,479.13            68,420.38   

2200

  

Accounts Payable

     -82,365.56         54,405.30            -27,960.26   

2201

  

Accounts Payable - Other

     -67,005.67               -67,005.67   

2210

  

Accrued Interest Expense

     -115,543.64         11,505.26            -104,038.38   

2220

  

Accrued Expenses

     -12,559.48            44,067.30         -56,626.78   

2230

  

Security Deposits Payable

     -684,655.22               -684,655.22   

2260

  

Sales Tax Payable

     5,322.60            1,275.13         4,047.47   

2276

  

Prepaid Rent

     -98,163.06         10,105.76            -88,057.30   

2310

  

Mortgages Payable

     -22,313,938.21            177,381.30         -22,491,319.51   

2315

  

R/E Tax Payable

     -25,475.00            25,475.00         -50,950.00   

2316

  

Insurance Payable

     24,366.75         2,807.57            27,174.32   

3020

  

Current Earnings

     2,950,777.71               2,950,777.71   

3064

  

Member Cont - CCTFP - (10%)

     -353,225.00               -353,225.00   

3065

  

Member Cont - CCSTF GP (.0001%)

     -2.82               -2.82   


  

Trial Balance (Accrual)

CITY CENTER STF LP - (city)

February 2014

 

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          Balance
Forward
     Debit      Credit      Ending
Balance
 

3070

  

Member Cont - SCCPII, LP (89.9999%)

     -3,179,022.18               -3,179,022.18   

4010

  

Anticipated Gross Rent

     -392,571.00            393,000.98         -785,571.98   

4015

  

Straight Line Rent

     -79,072.57               -79,072.57   

4016

  

Above/Below Market Income

     -591.70            591.72         -1,183.42   

4038

  

Operating Expense Escalation

     -8,083.14            8,005.27         -16,088.41   

4040

  

Operating Expenses - Prior Year

     491.64               491.64   

4041

  

HVAC OT Income

     -660.00            430.00         -1,090.00   

4042

  

Miscellaneous Ten. Svc. Income

     -200.00            280.00         -480.00   

4045

  

Storage Rent Income

     -114.75            114.75         -229.50   

4046

  

Parking Income

     -34,347.23            41,256.77         -75,604.00   

4048

  

Parking Income - Non Taxable

     0.00            640.54         -640.54   

4050

  

Rent Concessions / Allowances

     136,111.18         142,625.85            278,737.03   

4051

  

Leasing Inducement Costs

     19,113.61         5,762.93            24,876.54   

4100

  

Interest Income

     -66.52            14.03         -80.55   

4124

  

Additional Income

     -30.00            30.00         -60.00   

4150

  

Miscellaneous Income

     -1,710.00            855.00         -2,565.00   

5300

  

Maintenance Salary

     6,394.37         5,775.56            12,169.93   

5320

  

Administrative Salary

     17,822.98         16,098.14            33,921.12   

5380

  

Elevator Service Contract

     0.00         1,985.00            1,985.00   

5382

  

Elevator R & M

     904.35         842.09            1,746.44   

5400

  

HVAC Service Contract

     3,715.44         3,715.44            7,430.88   

5402

  

HVAC R & M

     270.00               270.00   

5422

  

Electrical R &M

     996.00               996.00   

5440

  

Plumbing R & M

     209.01               209.01   

5480

  

Fire & Sprinkler Svc. Contract

     0.00         2,313.88            2,313.88   

5516

  

Keys & Locks

     2,641.30               2,641.30   

5519

  

Lobby Music Contract

     75.25         75.25            150.50   

5520

  

Miscellaneous R & M

     173.52         862.52            1,036.04   

5542

  

Parking Lot R & M

     10,100.69               10,100.69   

5544

  

Parking Lot Supplies

     0.00         432.84            432.84   

5562

  

Exterior R & M

     1,300.00         1,538.00            2,838.00   

5564

  

Exterior Supplies

     610.50               610.50   

5600

  

Exterminating Service Contract

     417.40         417.40            834.80   

5611

  

Fitness Center

     116.20         94.68            210.88   

5620

  

Landscaping Service Contract

     1,100.00         1,100.00            2,200.00   

5623

  

Interior Plant Maintenance

     417.30         224.70            642.00   

5654

  

Signage & Directory Strips

     643.50         929.18            1,572.68   

5680

  

Electric - Common Area

     37,529.80         40,854.39            78,384.19   

5681

  

Electric - Tenant

     -3,051.17            3,499.64         -6,550.81   

5683

  

Water

     2,256.66         3,427.58            5,684.24   

5693

  

Security Contract

     6,756.95         5,617.65            12,374.60   

5716

  

Training

     0.00         215.83            215.83   

5720

  

Dues & Subscriptions

     66.00         383.39            449.39   

5722

  

Office Equipment Leasing

     589.85         385.58            975.43   

5726

  

Office Expense

     0.00         518.66            518.66   

5728

  

Telephone

     1,044.14         956.78            2,000.92   

5732

  

Postage & Messenger

     71.45         139.47            210.92   

5734

  

Office Supplies & Stationary

     196.38         159.24            355.62   

5736

  

Computer R & M

     1,777.53               1,777.53   

5742

  

Bank Charges

     709.03         1,117.29            1,826.32   

5744

  

Moving Expense

     0.00         508.87            508.87   

5748

  

Miscellaneous Admin. Expense

     904.39         369.63            1,274.02   

5750

  

Travel Expense

     0.00         447.43            447.43   

5752

  

Entertainment Expense

     256.20               256.20   

5793

  

Legal Fees-New Lease-Non-Reimb

     2,569.88               2,569.88   

5794

  

Legal Fees - General

     1,164.38         150.00            1,314.38   


  

Trial Balance (Accrual)

CITY CENTER STF LP - (city)

February 2014

 

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          Balance
Forward
     Debit      Credit      Ending
Balance
 

5800

  

Janitorial Contract

     10,541.91         10,865.26            21,407.17   

5801

  

Janitorial Supplies

     1,433.16         1,294.47            2,727.63   

5804

  

Window Cleaning

     64.20               64.20   

5805

  

Rubbish Removal

     1,046.41         1,232.47            2,278.88   

5806

  

Other Cleaning

     2,318.33         2,318.34            4,636.67   

5820

  

Management Fees

     7,756.10         8,626.46            16,382.56   

5830

  

R/E Taxes

     25,475.00         25,475.00            50,950.00   

5835

  

Insurance

     18,972.45         18,033.12            37,005.57   

5851

  

Holiday Decorations

     44.79               44.79   

6100

  

Travel - Non-Operating

     233.65               233.65   

6140

  

Other Expenses

     305.95         2,400.00            2,705.95   

6145

  

Advertising-New Tenant Non-Rei

     300.95         2,001.91            2,302.86   

6147

  

Marketing Costs - NXT Escrow

     0.00         1,319.31            1,319.31   

8010

  

Mortgage Interest Expense

     115,543.64         104,038.38            219,582.02   

9055

  

Amortization Expense

     59,350.85         59,350.84            118,701.69   

9058

  

Amortization Exp - Other

     21,739.66         23,279.29            45,018.95   

9060

  

Depreciation Expense

     63,558.36         75,895.58            139,453.94   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        0.00         866,103.73         866,103.73         0.00   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


  

Trial Balance (Accrual)

CENTRAL FAIRWINDS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - (century)

February 2014

 

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          Balance
Forward
     Debit      Credit      Ending
Balance
 
1110   

Cash - Operating

     424,228.72         199,606.41            623,835.13   
1115   

Cash - R.E. Tax & Insurance Reserve

     45,085.48         45,085.48            90,170.96   
1120   

Cash - Security Deposit

     170,405.71               170,405.71   
1300   

Rents Receivable (Net)

     30,963.20            17,133.52         13,829.68   
1315   

Prepaid Expenses and Other

     82,623.01            25,531.80         57,091.21   
1610   

Land

     1,746,721.00               1,746,721.00   
1620   

Buildings

     9,024,725.00               9,024,725.00   
1625   

Building Improvements

     359,696.56               359,696.56   
1626   

Building Improvements - WIP

     219,493.57         7,491.98            226,985.55   
1630   

Tenant Improvements

     875,475.94         74,740.25            950,216.19   
1631   

Tenant Improvements - WIP

     56,913.27            27,280.55         29,632.72   
1640   

Furnitures and Fixtures

     47,451.53               47,451.53   
1750   

Less: Accumulated Depreciation

     -816,454.88            37,013.15         -853,468.03   
1814   

Straight Line Lease

     247,716.97               247,716.97   
1815   

Lease In Place

     1,230,255.00               1,230,255.00   
1816   

Less: Accum Depr (Lease In Place)

     -958,474.44            191,694.89         -1,150,169.33   
1817   

Above/Below Market Leases - (Asset)

     935,088.00               935,088.00   
1818   

Less: Accum Amort (Above/Below Mkt)

     -418,872.97            19,946.33         -438,819.30   
1823   

Leasing Commission - PPA

     479,454.00               479,454.00   
1824   

Less: Accum Amort (Leasing Comm) PPA

     -226,084.86            8,732.84         -234,817.70   
1831   

Leasing Commissions - Other

     161,972.77         4,687.53            166,660.30   
1832   

Less: Accumulated Amortization - Other

     -35,595.96            4,543.40         -40,139.36   
1850   

Loan Costs

     268,067.93               268,067.93   
1851   

Amortization - Loan Costs

     -133,249.40            6,419.93         -139,669.33   
1866   

Interest Escrow

     625,042.91               625,042.91   
2200   

Accounts Payable

     -21,680.57            21,232.62         -42,913.19   
2220   

Accrued Expenses

     -58,275.08         43,555.94            -14,719.14   
2230   

Security Deposits Payable

     -170,405.71               -170,405.71   
2240   

Deferred Charges

     -2,073.88         2,073.88            0.00   
2260   

Sales Tax Payable

     2,059.09            85.17         1,973.92   
2276   

Prepaid Rent

     -39,719.68            3,638.83         -43,358.51   
2310   

Mortgages Payable

     -10,000,000.00               -10,000,000.00   
2315   

R/E Tax Payable

     -30,064.00            30,064.00         -60,128.00   
3020   

Current Earnings

     776,898.67               776,898.67   
3075   

Member Cont - SCCPII, LP (89.999)

     -4,607,375.00            179,998.00         -4,787,373.00   
3076   

Member Cont - CF GP (.001%)

     -5,125.00            2.00         -5,127.00   
3077   

Member Cont - CF 135 LLC (10%)

     -512,500.00            20,000.00         -532,500.00   
4010   

Anticipated Gross Rent

     -219,704.80            223,056.38         -442,761.18   
4016   

Above/Below Market Income

     19,946.33         19,946.33            39,892.66   
4040   

Operating Expenses - Prior Year

     0.00         2,464.69            2,464.69   
4041   

HVAC OT Income

     -3,300.00            6,600.00         -9,900.00   
4042   

Miscellaneous Ten. Svc. Income

     -50.00            50.00         -100.00   
4046   

Parking Income

     -2,794.05            8,505.12         -11,299.17   
4048   

Parking Income - Non Taxable

     -16,141.27            16,369.63         -32,510.90   
4050   

Rent Concessions / Allowances

     2,921.31         2,921.31            5,842.62   
4124   

Additional Income

     -30.00            30.00         -60.00   
5300   

Maintenance Salary

     8,107.50         7,050.00            15,157.50   
5320   

Administrative Salary

     13,196.62         11,475.34            24,671.96   
5380   

Elevator Service Contract

     4,229.70         340.07            4,569.77   
5382   

Elevator R & M

     0.00         860.13            860.13   
5400   

HVAC Service Contract

     319.50         367.96            687.46   
5402   

HVAC R & M

     481.23         5,779.03            6,260.26   
5422   

Electrical R & M

     279.02         4.24            283.26   
5424   

Electrical Supplies

     0.00         84.35            84.35   
5440   

Plumbing R & M

     0.00         309.85            309.85   
5442   

Plumbing Supplies

     125.93               125.93   


  

Trial Balance (Accrual)

CENTRAL FAIRWINDS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - (century)

February 2014

 

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          Balance
Forward
     Debit      Credit      Ending
Balance
 
5480   

Fire & Sprinkler Svc. Contract

     707.03         393.67            1,100.70   
5482   

Fire & Sprinkler R & M

     655.63         295.00            950.63   
5516   

Keys & Locks

     190.10         484.58            674.68   
5518   

Doors & Glass

     0.00         394.67            394.67   
5519   

Lobby Music Contract

     58.58         58.58            117.16   
5520   

Miscellaneous R & M

     194.44         259.04            453.48   
5541   

Parking Lot Rental

     24,793.20         24,793.20            49,586.40   
5542   

Parking Lot R & M

     153.25         1,022.28            1,175.53   
5544   

Parking Lot Supplies

     0.00         50.66            50.66   
5562   

Exterior R & M

     -174.66               -174.66   
5600   

Exterminating Service Contract

     85.20         85.20            170.40   
5620   

Landscaping Service Contract

     1,257.00         1,190.00            2,447.00   
5623   

Interior Plant Maintenance

     158.87         158.57            317.44   
5653   

Uniforms

     0.00         204.48            204.48   
5654   

Signage & Directory Strips

     3,673.01         458.00            4,131.01   
5680   

Electric - Common Area

     19,473.62         21,294.46            40,768.08   
5683   

Water

     2,757.56         3,163.34            5,920.90   
5693   

Security Contract

     6,698.77         8,378.57            15,077.34   
5720   

Dues & Subscriptions

     0.00         250.00            250.00   
5726   

Office Expense

     8.79         6.03            14.82   
5728   

Telephone

     59.48         113.12            172.60   
5732   

Postage & Messenger

     24.03         40.22            64.25   
5734   

Office Supplies & Stationary

     42.59               42.59   
5742   

Bank Charges

     145.00         60.00            205.00   
5746   

Permits & Fees

     0.00         100.00            100.00   
5748   

Miscellaneous Admin. Expense

     300.00         300.00            600.00   
5752   

Entertainment Expense

     188.27         93.49            281.76   
5794   

Legal Fees - General

     1,558.50               1,558.50   
5795   

Architectural Fees - Non-Reimb

     101.25         228.09            329.34   
5800   

Janitorial Contract

     6,537.18         6,698.96            13,236.14   
5801   

Janitorial Supplies

     377.08         226.87            603.95   
5804   

Window Cleaning

     174.66         174.66            349.32   
5805   

Rubbish Removal

     347.39         349.92            697.31   
5820   

Management Fees

     7,039.24         7,936.55            14,975.79   
5830   

R/E Taxes

     30,064.00         30,064.00            60,128.00   
5835   

Insurance

     9,973.54         9,269.64            19,243.18   
6156   

R&M-General-Non-Reimb

     1,100.00               1,100.00   
8010   

Mortgage Interest Expense

     52,083.33         52,083.33            104,166.66   
9055   

Amortization Expense

     204,783.64         204,971.13            409,754.77   
9057   

Amortization Expense - Loan Costs

     6,419.93         6,419.93            12,839.86   
9060   

Depreciation Expense

     36,016.58         37,013.15            73,029.73   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        0.00         847,928.16         847,928.16         0.00   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


CORE Cherry Limited Partnership

Budget Comparison Income Statement

For the period ending 2/28/14

 

    ACTUAL-CURR.     BUDGET-CURR.     VARIANCE-CURR.     ACTUAL-YTD     BUDGET-YTD     VARIANCE-YTD     ANNUAL BUDGET     ANNUAL BGDT PSF  
                INCOME / REVENUE                    

RENTAL INCOME

           

Base Rent

  $ 486,499.43      $ 486,499      $ 0      $ 957,207.63      $ 972,998      ($ 15,790   $ 5,906,610      $ 16.61   

Straight-Line Rent Adjustment/Revenue

    57,801.00        0        57,801        115,602.00        0        115,602        0        0.00   

Straight-Line Rent Adjustment/Lease Inducements 2M

    (12,508.00     0        (12,508     (25,016.00     0        (25,016     0        0.00   

Straight-Line Rent Adjustment/Lease Inducements 1M

    (673.85     0        (674     (1,347.70     0        (1,348     0        0.00   

Parking Rent

    1,040.00        1,040        0        2,046.45        2,080        (34     12,480        0.04   

CAM Reimbursements

    39,125.00        39,241        (116     71,891.77        78,482        (6,590     470,892        1.32   

Utilities Reimbursements

    (800.31     4,800        (5,600     9,578.49        9,600        (22     57,600        0.16   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL RENTAL INCOME

  $ 570,483.27      $ 531,580      $ 38,903      $ 1,129,962.64      $ 1,063,160      $ 66,803      $ 6,447,582      $ 18.13   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTHER INCOME/REIMB

               

Misc Expense Recoveries

    525.00        0        525        525.00        0        525        0        0.00   

Other Income

    0.00        0        0        4,474,644.00        0        4,474,644        0        0.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL OTHER INCOME/REIMB

    525.00        0        525        4,475,169.00        0        4,475,169        0        0.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INCOME

    571,008.27        531,580        39,428        5,605,131.64        1,063,160        4,541,972        6,447,582        10.13   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                REIMBURSEABLE EXPENSES              

UTILITIES

               

Gas (Common Area)

    12,389.83        6,575        (5,815     31,895.26        13,150        (18,745     54,400        0.15   

Electricity (Common Area)

    20,547.87        41,850        21,302        54,500.60        83,700        29,199        496,800        1.40   

Sewer (& Water,if combnd)

    0.00        0        0        0.00        11,095        11,095        66,570        0.19   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

    32,937.70        48,425        15,487        86,395.86        107,945        21,549        617,770        1.74   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CLEANING & PROPERTY SVCS

               

Cleaning Contract/Supply

    38,085.37        35,105        (2,980     79,355.85        70,210        (9,146     421,260        1.18   

Trash Removal

    1,698.60        1,541        (158     3,352.98        3,082        (271     18,492        0.05   

Snow Removal

    26,638.50        11,000        (15,639     50,868.00        22,000        (28,868     54,000        0.15   

Window Cleaning

    0.00        0        0        0.00        0        0        7,840        0.02   

Sweeping Contract/Service

    250.00        250        0        491.94        500        8        3,000        0.01   

Security Systems/Services

    3,632.00        3,590        (42     5,341.51        7,180        1,838        43,080        0.12   

Fire Protection Systems

    2,680.69        4,075        1,394        4,248.75        4,750        501        18,300        0 05   

Extermination Services

    347.00        0        (347     447.00        0        (447     0        0.00   

Interior Plants

    160.00        172        12        474.84        344        (131     2,064        0.01   

Other Contract Services

    419.52        0        (420     4,824.48        0        (4,024     0        0.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PROPERTY SERVICES

    73,911.68        55,733        (18,179     149,405.35        108,066        (41,339     568,036        1.59   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

               

General R & M

    8,831.10        5,000        (3,831     22,160.73        10,000        (12,161     68,970        0.19   

Landscaping

    2,500.00        1,343        (1,157     4,713.52        2,686        (2,028     35,916        0.10   

HVAC Systems

    5,493.33        31,160        25,667        15,826.30        37,660        21,834        174,755        0.49   

Parking Lot & Sidewalk

    11.91        0        (12     7,777.91        0        (7,770     5,000        0.01   

Roof R & M

    0.00        0        0        0.00        0        0        1,200        0.00   

Elevator Systems

    1,204.60        900        (305     2,380.33        1,800        (580     64,800        0.18   

Int/Ext Lighting Systems

    0.00        0        0        0.00        0        0        4,000        0.01   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL REPAIRS & MAINT.

    18,040.94        38,403        20,362        52,850.79        52,146        (713     354,641        0.98   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

               

Management Fees

    10,740.86        10,757        16        20,830.49        21,514        684        130,452        0.37   

 

P.S.F. amount on this report are based on Rental Square Feet

Applicable square footages may differ between line items.


CORE Cherry Limited Partnership

Budget Comparison Income Statement

For the period ending 2/28/14

 

     ACTUAL-CURR.      BUDGET-CURR.      VARIANCE-CURR.      ACTUAL-YTD      BUDGET-YTD      VARIANCE-YTD     ANNUAL BUDGET      ANNUAL BGDT PSF  

General Office Svcs/Costs

     5,494.93         12,092         6,597         10,083.58         24,184         14,100        146,604         0.41   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ADMINIST. COSTS

     16,235.79         22,849         6,613         30,914.07         45,698         14,784        277,056         0.78   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TAXES, INSURANCE, & FEES

                      

Real Estate Taxes

     5,289.00         5,289         0         10,578.00         10,578         0        63,468         0.18   

Insurance - Liability

     2,888.00         2,888         0         5,776.00         5,776         0        35,520         0.10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL TAXES, INS, & FEES

     8,177.00         8,177         0         16,354.00         16,354         0        98,988         0.28   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL REIMBURSEABLE EXPS

   $ 149,303.11       $ 173,587       $ 24,284       $ 335,928.07       $ 330,209       ($ 5,719   $ 1,916,491       $ 5.37   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET OPERATING INCOME

     421,705.16         357,993         63,712         5,269,203.57         732,951         4,536,253        4,531,091         12.76   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

P.S.F. amount on this report are based on Rental Square Feet

Applicable square footages may differ between line items.


CORE Cherry Limited Partnership

Budget Comparison Income Statement

For the period ending 2/28/14

 

     ACTUAL-CURR.     BUDGET-CURR.      VARIANCE-CURR.     ACTUAL-YTD      BUDGET-YTD      VARIANCE-YTD     ANNUAL BUDGET      ANNUAL BGDT PSF  

OWNER EXPENSES (NON-OP)

                    

Legal & Professional

     0.00        0         0        808,203.95         0         (808,204     2,000         0.01   

General Office & Admin

     2,976.94        975         (2,002     3,501.94         1,950         (1,552     11,700         0.03   

Interest Exp - Creditors

     208,083.01        81,500         (126,583     416,416.34         163,000         (253,416     978,000         2.75   

Amortization Expenses

     0.00        0         0        22,609.46         0         (22,609     0         0.00   

Amortization Expense-Leasing Commissions

     39,522.84        0         (39,523     79,045.68         0         (79,046     0         0.00   

Amortization Expense-ln Place Leases

     79,055.86        0         (79,056     158,111.72         0         (158,112     0         0.00   

Amortization-Loan Fees

     19,547.57        0         (19,548     39,095.14         0         (39,095     0         0.00   

Depreciation Expense-Building

     32,185.81        0         (32,186     64,371.62         0         (64,372     0         0.00   

Depreciation Expense-Land/Site Improvements

     38,895.94        0         (38,896     77,791.88         0         (77,792     0         0.00   

Depreciation Expense-Tenant Improvements

     37,237.20        0         (37,237     74,474.40         0         (74,474     0         0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL OWNER EXPENSES

     457,505.17        82,475         (375,030     1,743,622.13         164,950         (1,578,672     991,700         2.79   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS)

     (35,800.01     275,518         (311,318     3,525,581.44         568,001         2,957,580        3,539,391         9.97   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

P.S.F. amount on this report are based on Rental Square Feet

Applicable square footages may differ between line items.


CORE Cherry Limited Partnership

BALANCE SHEET

As of 2/28/14

 

ASSETS   

AVAILABLE CASH

      

Oper- KeyBank

     $ 1,829,226.27     
    

 

 

   

TOTAL AVAILABLE CASH

       $ 1,829,226.27   

RESTRICTED CASH

      

Lender Escrow-Taxes

       121,098.99     

Lender Escrow-Insurance

       73,731.99     

Lender Escrow-Reserve

       11,856.24     

Lender Escrow-Repair Reserves

       9,375.00     
    

 

 

   

TOTAL RESTRICTED CASH

         216,062.22   

ACCTS & NOTES RECEIVABLE

      

A/R-Tenants (Property Management)

       14,544.03     

A/R - Straight Line Rent Receivable

       115,602.00     
    

 

 

   

TOTAL ACCTS & NOTES REC.

         130,146.03   

PREPAID/REFUNDABLE ITEMS

      

Prepaid Insurance

       (5,776.00  
    

 

 

   

TOTAL PREPAIDS/REFUNDABLE

         (5,776.00

LAND & DEPRECIABLE ASSETS

      

Land

       25,745,012.40     

Buildings & Related Costs

     13,904,271.97       

Accum.Depr-Building Costs

     (64,371.62     13,839,900.35     

Land / Site Improvements

     1,867,004.72       

Accum.Depr-Land/Site Impr

     (77,791.88     1,789,212.84     

Tenant Improvements

     4,372,849.20       

Accum.Depr-Tenant Imprs

     (74,474.40     4,298,374.80     
    

 

 

   

NET LAND & DEPR. ASSETS

         45,672,500.39   

AMORTIZABLE ASSETS

      

Lease Commissions/Costs

     5,345,783.89       

Accum.Amort-Lease Comms

     (79,045.68     5,266,738.21     

In Place Leases

     6,640,692.08       

Accum. Amort-In Place Leases

     (158,111.72     6,482,580.36     

Loan Fees & Related Costs

     1,172,764.11       

Accum.Amort-Loan Costs

     (39,095.14     1,133,668.97     

Legal / Marketing Fees

     22,609.46       

Accum. Amortortization-Legal/Marketing Fees

     (22,609.46     0.00     
    

 

 

   

NET AMORTIZABLE ASSETS

         12,882,987.54   
      

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       $ 60,725,146.45   
      

 

 

 


CORE Cherry Limited Partnership

BALANCE SHEET

As of 2/28/14

 

LIABILITIES   

A/P & ACCRUED LIABILITIES

      

A/P - Expense Accruals

       120,501.01     

Management Fees Payable

       10,740.86     

Deferred Rent Liability-Lease Inducements 2M

     25,016.00       

Deferred Rent Liability-TI Constr. Costs Applied

     (133,406.60     (108,390.60  

Deferred Rent Liability-Lease Inducements 1M

       13,514.00     

Accrued Property Taxes

       185,730.84     
    

 

 

   

TOTAL A/P & ACCRUED LIABS

       $ 222,096.11   

TENANT DEPOSITS & DEF.REV

      

Above/Below Market Leases

     249,408.95       

Accum Amortization-Above/Below Market Leases

     (12,166.30     237,242.65     

Security Deposits

       133,985.75     
    

 

 

   

TOTAL DEPOSITS & DEF.REV.

         371,228.40   

MORTGAGES & NOTES PAYABLE

      

1st Mortgage-Midland National Life

       49,879,594.72     
    

 

 

   

TOTAL MORTGAGES & N/P’s

         49,879,594.72   
      

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       $ 50,472,919.23   
OWNERS’/PARTNERS’ EQUITY   

OWNERS’ CAPITAL/CONTRIBS

      

TOTAL OWNERS’ CAPITAL

       6,726,645.78     

DISTRIBUTIONS TO OWNERS

      

Curr. Yr. Earnings (Loss)

       3,525,581.44     
    

 

 

   

TOTAL EQUITY

         10,252,227.22   
      

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABS & EQUITY

       $ 60,725,146.45   
      

 

 

 


CORE Cherry Limited Partnership

Budget Comparison Income Statement

For the period ending 2/28/14

 

     ACTUAL-CURR     BUDGET-CURR     VARIANCE-CURR     ACTUAL-YTD     BUDGET-YTD     VARIANCE-YTD     ANNUAL BUDGET     ANNUAL BGDT PSF  

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS

                

Rents Received

     532,158.58        487,539        44,620        1,048,492.38        975,078        73,414        5,919,090        16.65   

Escalation Reimbursement

     38,324.69        44,041        (5,716     81,470.26        88,082        (6,612     528,492        1.48   

Reimbursable Expenses

     (149,303.11     (173,587     24,284        (335,928.07     (330,209     (5,719     (1,916,491     (5.37

Owner Expenses

     (211,059.95     (82,475     (128,585     (1,228,122.23     (164.950     (1,063,172     (991,700     (2.79
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL OPERATING CASH FLOW

     210,120.21        275,518        (65,398     (434,087.66     568,001        (1,002,089     3,539,391        9.97   

OTHER NON-OPER REVENUE

     525.00        0        525        4,475,169.00        0        4,475,169        0        0.00   

CASH FLOW ADJUSTMENTS

                

Lender Escrow (Taxes)

     (10,091.58     0        (10,092     (121,098.99     0        (121,099     0        0.00   

Lender Escrow (Insurance)

     (6,144.33     0        (6,144     (73,731.99     0        (73,732     0        0.00   

Lender Escrow-Reserve

     (5,928.12     0        (5,928     (11,856.24     0        (11,856     0        0.00   

Lender Escrow-Repair Reserves

     0.00        0        0        (9,375.00     0        (9,375     0        0.00   

A/R-Tenants (Property Management)

     (14,544.03     0        (14,544     (14,544.03     0        (14,544     0        0.00   

Tenant Reimbursables

     10,497.18        0        10,497        0.00        0        0        0        0.00   

A/R-Straight Line Receivable

     (57.801.00     0        (57,801     (115,602.00     0        (115,602     0        0.00   

Prepaid Insurance

     2,888.00        0        2,888        5,776.00        0        5,776        0        0.00   

Land

     0.00        0        0        (25,745,012.40     0        (25,745,012     0        0.00   

Building Improvements

     0.00        0        0        (13,904,271.97     0        (13,904,272     0        0.00   

Land/Site Improvements

     0.00        0        0        (1,867,004.72     0        (1,867,005     0        0.00   

Tenant Improvements

     0.00        0        0        (4,372,849.20     0        (4,372,849     0        0.00   

Lease Commissions

     0.00        0        0        (5,345,783.89     0        (5,345,784     0        0.00   

In Place Leases

     0.00        0        0        (6,640,692.08     0        (6,640,692     0        0.00   

Loan Fees & Related

     0.00        0        0        (1,172,764.11     0        (1,172,764     0        0.00   

Legal/Marketing Fees

     0.00        0        0        (22,609.46     0        (22,609     0        0.00   

A/P-Expense Accruals

     10,276.04        0        10,276        120,501.01        0        120,501        0        0.00   

Management Fees Payable

     651.23        0        651        10,740.86        0        10,741        0        0.00   

Deferred Rent Liability-Lease Inducements 2M

     12,508.00        0        12,508        25,016.00        0        25,016        0        0.00   

Deferred Rent Liability-TI Const Costs Applied

     (1,720.55     0        (1,721     (133,406.60     0        (133,407     0        0.00   

Deferred Rent Liability-Lease Inducements 1M

     6,757.00        0        6,757        13,514.00        0        13,514        0        0.00   

Accrued Property Taxes

     5,289.00        0        5,289        185,730.84        0        185,731        0        0.00   

Above/Below Market Leases

     0.00        0        0        249,408.95        0        249,409        0        0.00   

Amortization of Above/Below Market Leases

     (6,083.15     0        (6,083     (12,166.30     0        (12,166     0        0.00   

Security Deposits

     0.00        0        0        133,985.75        0        133,986        0        0.00   

Loan Principal

     (60,327.80     0        (60,328     49,879,594.72        0        49,879,595        0        0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS TO CASH

     96,871.10        275,518        (178,647     (4,897,419.51     568,001        (5,465,421     3,539,391        9.97   

CHANGES TO EQUITY/DISTRIB

     0.00        0        0        6,726,645.78        0        6,726,646        0        0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET CASH FLOW

     96,871.10        275,518        (178,647     1,829,226.27        568,001        1,261,225        3,539,391        9.97   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CHANGES TO CASH POSITION

                

Beginning Cash Balance

     1,732,355.17        0        (1,732,355     0.00        0        0        0        0.00   

NET CASH FLOW

     96,871.10        0        (96,871     1,829,226.27        0        (1,829,226     0        0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ENDING CASH BALANCE

     1,829,226.27        0        (1,829,226     1,829,226.27        0        (1,829,226     0        0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

P.S.F. amount on this report are based on Rental Square Feet

Applicable square footages may differ between line items.


Washington Group Plaza

Balance Sheet (Accrual)

As Of February 28, 2014

 

ASSETS

  

Land

  

Land

     12,748,491.00   
  

 

 

 

Total Land

     12,748,491.00   

Buildings

  

Buildings

     16,593,274.00   

Accum Depr - Buildings

     (429,136.39

Site Improvements

     1,406,381.00   

Accum Depr - Site Improvements

     (105,478.57

Building Improvements

     347,108.78   

Accum Depr - Bldg Improvements

     (1,991.69

BLDG Leasehold Improvements

     121,686.44   

Accum Depr - Leasehold Imprmnt

     (9,511.51

Tenant Improvements

     2,717,043.00   

Accum Depr - Tenant Improvmnts

     (605,945.59

Leases in Place

     6,255,647.00   

Accum Amort - In Place Leases

     (1,193,600.56

Below Market Leases

     1,203,696.00   

Accum Amort - Below Mkt Leases

     (198,710.88

Above Market Leases

     (17,936.00

Accum Amort Above Market Lease

     3,116.52   

Lease Commissions - PPA

     3,011,096.00   

Accum Amort - Lease Comm PPA

     (620,168.26

Lease Commissions - Others

     38,681.60   

Accum Amort - Lease Comm - Oth

     (8,014.27
  

 

 

 

Total Buildings

     28,507,236.62   

Restricted Cash

  

Real Estate Tax Escrow

     541,910.64   

Insurance Escrow

     112,464.80   

Reserves - Immediate Repairs

     772,056.74   

Reserves - Replacement

     64,892.22   

Reserves - TI/LC Obligations

     866,070.60   

Reserves - TI/LC Rollovers

     2,384,492.10   
  

 

 

 

Total Restricted Cash

     4,741,887.10   

 

Management Purposes Only

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Washington Group Plaza

Balance Sheet (Accrual)

As Of February 28, 2014

 

Accounts Receivable

  

Accounts Receivable Account

     125,619.01   

Tenant TI Reimb Receivable

     10,656.97   

SL Rent Receivable

     8,697.00   
  

 

 

 

Total Accounts Receivable

     144,972.98   

Cash and Cash Equivalents

  

Wells Fargo - Operating Ckg

     2,049,323.98   

Wells Fargo - Sec Deposit Ckg

     44,613.13   

Wells Fargo - DACA Checking

     5,000.00   
  

 

 

 

Total Cash and Cash Equivalents

     2,098,937.11   

Other Current Assets

  

Prepaid Insurance

     34,521.72   

Prepaid Expenses

     8,856.23   
  

 

 

 

Total Other Current Assets

     43,377.95   

TOTAL ASSETS

     48,284,902.76   
  

 

 

 

 

Management Purposes Only

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Washington Group Plaza

Balance Sheet (Accrual)

As Of February 28, 2014

 

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

  

Mortgages Payable

  

Mortgage - Natixis

     34,219,055.35   

Loan Fees

     (339,439.24

Accum Amort - Loan Fees

     25,000.71   
  

 

 

 

Total Mortgages Payable

     33,904,616.82   

Current Portion of Mtg Payable

  

Current Portion of Mtg Payable

     631,591.80   
  

 

 

 

Total Current Portion of Mtg Payable

     631,591.80   

Tenant Rental Deposits

  

Tenant Security Deposits

     44,613.13   
  

 

 

 

Total Tenant Rental Deposits

     44,613.13   

Prepaid Rent

  

Prepaid Rent

     815,144.90   
  

 

 

 

Total Prepaid Rent

     815,144.90   

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liability

  

Accounts Payable Account

     232,734.62   

Accrued Expenses

     46,000.00   

Accrued Interest

     93,168.60   

Accrued Property Taxes

     462,063.97   

Commissions Payable

     29,504.48   

URS TI’s Payable

     767,935.17   
  

 

 

 

Total Accounts Payable and Accrued Liability

     1,631,406.84   

Total Liabilities

     37,027,373.49   

Equity

  

Draw - SCCP Boise GP Inc

     (15.00

Draw - SCCP II LP

     (1,348,318.33

Draw - WGP LLC LP

     (40,555.56

Draw - GLDC (2012) Trust LP

     (111,111.11

Contribution - SCCP Boise GP

     135.00   

Contribution - SCCP II LP

     12,134,865.00   

Contribution - WGP LLC LP

     365,000.00   

Contribution - GLDC Trust LP

     1,000,000.00   

Past Earnings

     (656,705.62

Current Earnings - Accrual Bas

     (85,765.11
  

 

 

 

Total Equity

     11,257,529.27   

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY

     48,284,902.76   
  

 

 

 

 

Management Purposes Only

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Washington Group Plaza

Income Statement (Accrual)

February 2014

 

     Month to Date     %      Year to Date     %  

INCOME

         

Rental Income

         

Rent

     705,008.63        95.25         1,414,345.37        96.29   

Above/Below Mkt Rent Adj

     (21,732.68     -2.94         (43,465.36     -2.96   

Roof Rent

     9,153.75        1.24         18,307.50        1.25   

Tenant Improvement Rent

     5,343.33        0.72         10,686.66        0.73   

Storage Rent

     297.34        0.04         (805.32     -0.05   

Parking Income

     19,490.00        2.63         19,490.00        1.33   

Miscellaneous Income

     228.42        0.03         764.83        0.05   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Rental Income

     717,788.79        96.98         1,419,323.68        96.63   

Expense Recovery Income

         

Operating Expense Recovery

     19,915.16        2.69         40,362.79        2.75   

Tenant Expense Recovery

     2,450.20        0.33         9,080.31        0.62   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expense Recovery Income

     22,365.36        3.02         49,443.10        3.37   

TOTAL INCOME

     740,154.15        100.00         1,468,766.78        100.00   

EXPENSES

         

Operating Exp - Recoverable

         

Property Taxes

         

Property Taxes

     57,829.23        7.81         115,587.23        7.87   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Property Taxes

     57,829.23        7.81         115,587.23        7.87   

Insurance

         

Insurance

     10,918.91        1.48         21,837.82        1.49   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Insurance

     10,918.91        1.48         21,837.82        1.49   

Utilities / HVAC / Contracts

         

Electric

     46,148.49        6.23         92,515.84        6.30   

Electric-Parking Lot

     210.81        0.03         390.46        0.03   

Natural Gas

     26,225.66        3.54         55,996.94        3.81   

Water

     3,170.47        0.43         3,754.67        0.26   

Sewer

     2,354.54        0.32         4,959.07        0.34   

Trash Removal

     1,904.94        0.26         4,402.11        0.30   

HVAC Contract

     1,871.25        0.25         1,871.25        0.13   

HVAC Repair & Maintenance

     10,979.34        1.48         10,979.34        0.75   

Security Contract

     11,162.35        1.51         23,395.42        1.59   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Utilities / HVAC / Contracts

     104,027.85        14.05         198,265.10        13.50   

Janitorial

         

Janitorial

     29,810.14        4.03         59,545.28        4.05   

Cleaning Supplies

     5,400.18        0.73         9,362.20        0.64   

Window Cleaning

     2,780.00        0.38         4,390.00        0.30   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Janitorial

     37,990.32        5.13         73,297.48        4.99   

Repairs & Maintenance

         

Carpet Cleaning

     375.00        0.05         750.00        0.05   

 

Management Purposes Only

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Washington Group Plaza

Income Statement (Accrual)

February 2014

 

     Month to Date     %      Year to Date      %  

Doors

     2,923.69        0.40         3,606.47         0.25   

Electrical Repairs

     510.20        0.07         1,885.42         0.13   

Elevator Contract

     4,699.23        0.63         9,398.46         0.64   

Elevator Repairs & Maintenance

     —          0.00         109.10         0.01   

Equipment Supplies

     3,818.04        0.52         4,481.93         0.31   

Lighting Repairs & Maintenance

     99.47        0.01         359.44         0.02   

Maint Payroll & Benefits

     44,443.38        6.00         88,524.39         6.03   

Pest Control

     304.15        0.04         608.30         0.04   

Plant Maintenance - Interior

     1,525.21        0.21         2,317.31         0.16   

Landscape Maintenance

     5,638.75        0.76         11,277.50         0.77   

General Maint - Grounds

     169.38        0.02         327.33         0.02   

Snow Removal

     17,760.50        2.40         48,738.45         3.32   

Fire Protection

     12,102.98        1.64         17,233.18         1.17   

Plumbing Repairs & Maintenance

     452.16        0.06         1,193.99         0.08   

Signage

     37.10        0.01         597.00         0.04   

Repairs & Maint-Tnt Specific

     120.63        0.02         543.31         0.04   

Misc Repairs & Maintenance

     —          0.00         2,355.70         0.16   

Cafeteria Expense

     2,527.00        0.34         2,527.00         0.17   

Cafeteria Repair & Maintenance

     1,941.28        0.26         2,545.69         0.17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Repairs & Maintenance

     99,448.15        13.44         199,379.97         13.57   

Property Management Fees

          

Property Management Fees

     13,348.85        1.80         27,295.04         1.86   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Property Management Fees

     13,348.85        1.80         27,295.04         1.86   

Other Recoverable Expenses

          

Phone Line

     284.66        0.04         825.33         0.06   

Security Miscellaneous

     (3,219.00     -0.43         75.00         0.01   

Licenses & Permits

     —          0.00         655.03         0.04   

Mgmt/Admin Payroll & Benefits

     10,257.96        1.39         24,793.38         1.69   

Administrative Supplies

     1,850.56        0.25         2,124.89         0.14   

Misc Management & Admin

     2,160.50        0.29         3,892.95         0.27   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Recoverable Expenses

     11,334.68        1.53         32,366.58         2.20   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Oper Exp - Recoverable

     334,897.99        45.25         668,029.22         45.48   

Operating Exp - Nonrecoverable

          

Bank Charges

     690.30        0.09         1,248.12         0.08   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Oper Exp - NonRecoverable

     690.30        0.09         1,248.12         0.08   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

     335,588.29        45.34         669,277.34         45.57   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET OPERATING INCOME

     404,565.86        54.66         799,489.44         54.43   

Depreciation Expense

          

Depreciation Expense

     128,334.22        17.34         256,447.11         17.46   

Amort - Lease Comm/Closng Fees

     201,977.93        27.29         403,955.86         27.50   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Depreciation Expense

     330,312.15        44.63         660,402.97         44.96   

 

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Washington Group Plaza

Income Statement (Accrual)

February 2014

 

     Month to Date     %      Year to Date     %  

Interest Expense

         

Interest Expense - Natixis

     94,592.14        12.78         210,225.66        14.31   

Deferred Financing Cost Amort

     2,828.66        0.38         5,657.32        0.39   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Interest Expense

     97,420.80        13.16         215,882.98        14.70   

Landlord Expenses

         

Legal Fees - Other

     —          0.00         7,380.00        0.50   

Professional Services

     625.33        0.08         625.33        0.04   

Space Planning

     —          0.00         963.27        0.07   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Landlord Expenses

     625.33        0.08         8,968.60        0.61   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME

     (23,792.42     -3.21         (85,765.11     -5.84   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 1.02(b)(i)

Net Working Capital

Basis of Presentation

 

    All amounts reflected in the Closing Date Net Working Capital shall be determined on a consolidated basis as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date. The Closing Date Net Working Capital shall be prepared as if they were being prepared at a year-end and will include all accruals and adjustments, prorated as appropriate to take into account the number of days in the current year elapsed through the Closing Date as a percentage of the entire year.

 

    For purposes of calculating Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to the Agreement, account balances are denominated in United States Dollars (USD).

Calculation of Closing Date Net Working Capital

Assets

For purposes of this Schedule 1.02(b)(i) and this Agreement, “ Current Assets ” shall mean the aggregate balances as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date of each of the following assets of the Initial Property Owners: (i) restricted cash, (ii) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) Rents Receivable, net, excluding straight line rent receivables and (iv) Prepaid Expenses and other assets, in each case, as such amount is determined in accordance with the methodologies set forth below.

Restricted cash:

 

    Restricted cash will be included in Closing Date Net Working Capital.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

    Cash and cash equivalents shall consist of cash and highly liquid instruments with remaining maturities of 90 days or less when purchased and consist of all bank accounts.

 

    Deposits in transit will be included in cash and outstanding checks and other payments that have been released will reduce the cash balance.

Rents receivable, net:

 

    Valid rent receivables arising in the ordinary course of business, that are not subject to setoffs or counterclaims, will be included in Closing Date Net Working Capital, except that any receivables due from affiliates, straight line rent receivables and lease inducement costs will be excluded from Closing Date Net Working Capital.

 

    All rent receivables will be net of reserves for doubtful accounts. For purposes of calculating Closing Date Net Working Capital, the allowance will be based on the specific identification method, plus an additional allowance equal to 50% of the rent receivable balances that are more than 60 days but less than or equal to 90 days outstanding plus 100% of the accounts receivable balances that are more than 90 days outstanding.


Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets:

 

    Prepaid expenses will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital, only to the extent that the Initial Property Owners retain a future benefit for such prepaid expenses and will be valued as of the Closing Date based on such future benefit.

Liabilities

For purposes of these Methods of Calculating WC and the Agreement, “ Current Liabilities ” shall mean the aggregate balances as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date of each of the following liabilities of the Initial Property Owners: (i) accounts payable and accrued liabilities, (ii) deferred rent, (iii) tenant rent deposits, and (iv) Reserves – free rent funded at closing, capital reserve, tenant improvements, and letters of credit.

Accounts Payable and accrued liabilities :

 

    All accounts payable will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital, except that (i) any accounts payable due to affiliates will be excluded from the Closing Date Net Working Capital, unless otherwise required to be paid by any Initial Property Owners, (ii) all legal, accounting and other professional fees or expenses that are paid at or prior to Closing will be excluded from the Closing Date Net Working Capital, and (iii) all payables related to contracts for which no Initial Property Owner will have any continuing obligations or liability will be excluded from the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

 

    Accounts payable are recorded at the aggregate amount due with respect to the obligation.

 

    Any rent payable in arrears will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

 

    Accrued interest payable will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital to the extent not paid prior to the Closing Date.

Deferred Rent:

 

    All deferred rent will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

Tenant Rent Deposits:

 

    All tenant rent deposits will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital.


Reserves

 

    All remaining reserves set forth on Exhibit A hereto relating to free rent, capital reserves, tenant improvements associated with leases signed before January 15, 2014, and letters of credit reserves will be included in the Closing Date Net Working Capital.

Other Adjustments

For purposes of calculating Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to the Agreement, for the avoidance of doubt:

 

  Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude all liabilities associated with the Agreement if and only to the extent that the obligations of the Initial Property Owners with respect to the same are fully discharged or assigned such that the Initial Property Owner shall have no additional liability on and following the Closing Date.

 

  Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude all intercompany and affiliate receivables and liabilities/payables to the extent that the same are not paid on or satisfied prior to the Closing Date.

 

  Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude any assets related to prior organization costs or costs recorded for prior purchases of investments, deferred financing costs, management contracts, property interests, partnership interests or any other assets not owned by the Initial Property Owners immediately following the Closing.

 

  Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude all prepaid assets and other assets not owned by the Initial Property Owners immediately following the Closing.

 

  Closing Date Net Working Capital shall exclude any furniture, fixtures and equipment.


WORKING CAPITAL SUMMARY

As at February 28, 2014

 

     Corporate Parkway     AmberGlen     Central Fairwinds     City Center     Washington Plaza     Cherry Creek     Total  

Current Assets

              

Restricted cash

     347,657        920,753        885,620        923,270       4,801,811        216,062        8,095,173   

Cash & cash equivalents

     3,172        1,716,855        623,835        1,018,997       2,049,324        1,829,226        7,241,409   

Accounts receivable (billed)

     —          181,976        15,804        43,931       136,276        130,146        508,133   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     22,203        35,465        57,091        48,912       43,378        (5,776     201,274   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     373,033        2,855,050        1,582,350        2,035,111       7,030,789        2,169,659        16,045,990   

Current Liabilities

              

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (114,288     (71,937     (57,632     (255,631     (1,631,407     (316,973     (2,447,868

Deferred rent

     —          (196,618     (43,359     (44,739     (815,145     —          (1,099,861

Tenant rent deposits

     —          (446,808     (170,406     (684,655     (44,613     (133,986     (1,480,468
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (114,288     (715,362     (271,397     (985,025     (2,491,165     (450,959     (5,028,196

Net working capital (before reserves

              
     258,745        2,139,687        1,310,953        1,050,085       4,539,624        1,718,700        11,017,794   

Reserves

              

Free Rent Funded at Closing

     —          (203,269     (86,668     (841,568     —          —          (1,131,505

Capital Reserve

     —          —          (345,054     —          (2,020,765     —          (2,365,818

TI’s / LC’s

     —          (23,575     (60,551     (1,380,685     (2,384,492     (1,731,738     (5,581,042

Accounts receivable reserve

     —          (22,012     —          (5,106     (8,334     —          (35,452
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     —          (248,855     (492,273     (2,227,360     (4,413,591     (1,731,738     (9,113,818

Net Working Capital Surplus / Deficit

     258,745        1,890,832        818,680        (1,177,275     126,033        (13,038     1,903,976   

Ownership Interest

     100     76     90     95     100     100  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SCCP Share

     258,745        1,437,032        736,812        (1,118,411     126,033        (13,038     1,427,172   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Corporate Parkway

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: May 17, 2013

 

    FINAL      
    TB      

BMO HARRIS BANK

    132.90      CASH

BMO - Bank of Montreal USD

    3,039.26      CASH

BMO HARRIS BANK

    3.08      RESTRICTED CASH

Clark Wilson LLP - Trust account

    347,654.30      RESTRICTED CASH

Deferred Rent Receivables

    89,372.70      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

Prepaid Insurance - $17,895 (1 year 05/17/13-4/29/14)

    3,085.17      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

Prepaid Insurance - $28,257.28 (4 year 05/17/13-05/16/17)

    19,118.28      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

Interest payable

    (114,288.19   AP AND ACCRUALS

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

    348,117.50     

Deduct non-working capital accounts:

   

Deferred Rent Receivables - Straight Line

    (89,372.70  
 

 

 

   
    258,744.80     

Reserves

   

Free Rent

    —       

Capital Reserve

    —       

Tis/LCs

    —       

Accounts receivable reserve

    —       
 

 

 

   

Net Working Capital Surplus / Deficit

    258,744.80     

Ownership Interest

    100  
 

 

 

   

SCCP Share

    258,744.80     
 

 

 

   

Check

    —       

WORKING CAPITAL CLASSIFICATION

   28-Feb-13  

CASH

     3,172   

RESTRICTED CASH

     347,657   

RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

     —     

PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

     22,203   

AP AND ACCRUALS

     (114,288

DEFERRED RENT

     —     

TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

     —     
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

     258,745   
  

 

 

 

Current Assets

     373,033   

Current Liabilities

     (114,288

 

Aged receivables

   Reserve %     Balance      Reserve  

0-30 Days

     0     0         —     

30-60 Days

     0     0         —     

60-90 Days

     50     0         —     

90+ Days

     100     0         —     
       

 

 

 
          —     
 


Amberglen

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: December 11, 2009

 

    FINAL      
    TB      

CASH-OPERATING

    1,716,855.02      CASH

CASH-SECURITY DEPOSITS

    446,807.92      RESTRICTED CASH

RESERVES-T.I. & LEASING

    365,109.18      RESTRICTED CASH

RESERVES-TAXES

    40,113.88      RESTRICTED CASH

RESERVES-INSURANCE

    68,721.99      RESTRICTED CASH

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

    43,132.36      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

OTHER A/R-FM LENDER

    150,545.56      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

OTHER A/R-MISC

    (11,701.63   RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

DEFERRED RENT-GAAP

    —        RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

PREPAID INSURANCE

    28,739.44      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

PREPAID LEASE

    6,725.89      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

    (30,299.48   AP AND ACCRUALS

ACCRUED TAXES

    (0.05   AP AND ACCRUALS

ACCRUED EXPENSES-OTHER

    (41,637.00   AP AND ACCRUALS

SECURITY DEPOSITS

    (446,807.92   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

PREPAID RENT

    (196,617.99   DEFERRED RENT

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

    2,139,687.17     

Deduct non-working capital accounts:

   

DEFERRED RENT-GAAP - Straight Line

    —       
 

 

 

   
    2,139,687.17     

Reserves

   

Free Rent

    (203,268.50  

Capital Reserve

    —       

Tis/LCs

    (23,575.34  

Accounts receivable reserve

    (22,011.63  
 

 

 

   

Net Working Capital Surplus / Deficit

    1,890,831.71     

Ownership Interest

    76  
 

 

 

   

SCCP Share

    1,437,032.10     
 

 

 

   

Check

    —       

WORKING CAPITAL CLASSIFICATION

   28-Feb-13  

CASH

     1,716,855   

RESTRICTED CASH

     920,753   

RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

     181,976   

PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

     35,465   

AP AND ACCRUALS

     (71,937

DEFERRED RENT

     (196,618

TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

     (446,808
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

     2,139,687   
  

 

 

 

Current Assets

     2,855,050   

Current Liabilities

     (715,362

 

Aged receivables

   Reserve %     Balance      Reserve  

0-30 Days

     0     530        —     

30-60 Days

     0     5,486         —     

60-90 Days

     50     30,377         15,188  

90+ Days

     100     6,823         6,823  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

       43,216         22,012  
 


Central Fairwinds

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: May 9, 2012

 

    FINAL      
    TB      

1110 Cash - Operating

    623,835.13      CASH

1115 Cash - R.E. Tax & Insurance Reserve

    90,170.96      RESTRICTED CASH

1120 Cash - Security Deposit

    170,405.71      RESTRICTED CASH

1866 Interest Escrow

    625,042.91      RESTRICTED CASH

1300 Rents Receivable (Net)

    13,829.68      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

1814 Straight Line Lease

    247,716.97      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

2260 Sales Tax Payable

    1,973.92      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

1315 Prepaid Expenses and Other

    57,091.21      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

2240 Deferred Charges

    —        AP AND ACCRUALS

2200 Accounts Payable

    (42,913.19   AP AND ACCRUALS

2220 Accrued Expenses

    (14,719.14   AP AND ACCRUALS

2276 Prepaid Rent

    (43,358.51   DEFERRED RENT

2230 Security Deposits Payable

    (170,405.71   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

    1,558,669.94     

Deduct non-working capital accounts:

   

1814 Straight Line Lease

    (247,716.97  
 

 

 

   
    1,310,952.97     

Reserves

   

Free Rent

    (86,668.06  

Capital Reserve

    (345,053.82  

Tis/LCs

    (60,551.40  

Accounts receivable reserve

    —       
 

 

 

   

Net Working Capital Surplus / Deficit

    818,679.69     

Ownership Interest

    90  
 

 

 

   

SCCP Share

    736,811.72     
 

 

 

   

WORKING CAPITAL CLASSIFICATION

   12/31/13  

CASH

     623,835   

RESTRICTED CASH

     885,620   

RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

     15,804   

PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

     57,091   

AP AND ACCRUALS

     (57,632

DEFERRED RENT

     (43,359

TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

     (170,406
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

     1,310,953   
  

 

 

 

Current Assets

     1,582,350   

Current Liabilities

     (271,397

 

Aged receivables

   Reserve %     Balance     Reserve  

0-30 Days

     0     22,414        —     

30-60 Days

     0     3,687        —     

60-90 Days

     50     0        —     

90+ Days

     100     (12,271     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

       13,830        —     
 


City Center

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: December 14, 2010

 

    FINAL      
    TB      

1110 Cash - Operating

    652,426      CASH

1125 Petty Cash

    500.00      CASH

1140 Cash - CC Checking

    305.35      CASH

1141 Cash - CC MM

    365,764.98      CASH

1120 Cash - Security Deposit

    172,999.07      RESTRICTED CASH

1130 Cash - Restricted

    500,456.66      RESTRICTED CASH

1860 R/E Tax Escrow

    181,394.22      RESTRICTED CASH

1861 Insurance Escrow

    68,420.38      RESTRICTED CASH

1305 Other Receivables

    39,883.77      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

1317 Lease Inducement Costs

    452,546.09      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

1730 Straight Line Rent Receivable

    2,289,644.69      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

2260 Sales Tax Payable

    4,047.47      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

1810 Utility Deposits

    11,541.00      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

2316 Insurance Payable

    27,174.32      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

1315 Prepaid Expenses and Other

    10,197.14      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

2200 Accounts Payable

    (27,960.26   AP AND ACCRUALS

2201 Accounts Payable - Other

    (67,005.67   AP AND ACCRUALS

2210 Accrued Interest Expense

    (104,038.38   AP AND ACCRUALS

2220 Accrued Expenses

    (56,626.78   AP AND ACCRUALS

1300 Rents Receivable (Net)

    43,318.20      DEFERRED RENT

2276 Prepaid Rent

    (88,057.30   DEFERRED RENT

2230 Security Deposits Payable

    (684,655.22   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

    3,792,275.95     

Deduct non-working capital accounts:

   

1317 Lease Inducement Costs

    (452,546.09  

1730 Straight Line Rent Receivable

    (2,289,644.69  
 

 

 

   
    1,050,085.17     

Reserves

   

Free Rent

    (841,568.33  

Capital Reserve

    —       

Tis/LCs

    (1,380,685.00  

Accounts receivable reserve

    (5,106.45  
 

 

 

   

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

    (1,177,274.61  

Ownership Interest

    95  
 

 

 

   

SCCP Share

    (1,118,410.88  
 

 

 

   

WORKING CAPITAL CLASSIFICATION

   12/31/13  

CASH

     1,018,997   

RESTRICTED CASH

     923,270   

RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

     43,931   

PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

     48,912   

AP AND ACCRUALS

     (255,631

DEFERRED RENT

     (44,739

TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

     (684,655
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

     1,050,085   
  

 

 

 

Current Assets

     2,035,111   

Current Liabilities

     (985,025

 

Aged receivables

   Reserve %     Balance      Reserve  

0-30 Days

     0     18,424         —     

30-60 Days

     0     16,070         —     

60-90 Days

     50     7,434         3,717   

90+ Days

     100     1,389         1,389   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

       43,318         5,106   
 


Washington Group Plaza

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: June 7, 2013

 

    FINAL      
    TB      

Wells Fargo - Operating Ckg

    2,049,323.98      CASH

Wells Fargo - Sec Deposit Ckg

    44,613.13      RESTRICTED CASH

Wells Fargo - DACA Checking

    5,000.00      RESTRICTED CASH

Real Estate Tax Escrow

    541,910.64      RESTRICTED CASH

Insurance Escrow

    112,464.80      RESTRICTED CASH

Reserves - Immediate Repairs

    772,057.00      RESTRICTED CASH

Reserves - Replacement

    64,892.22      RESTRICTED CASH

Reserves - TI/LC Obligations

    876,381.00      RESTRICTED CASH

Reserves - TI/LC Rollovers

    2,384,492.10      RESTRICTED CASH

Accounts Receivable Account

    125,619.01      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

Tenant TI Reimb Receivable

    10,656.97      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

SL Rent Receivable

    8,697.00      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

Prepaid Insurance

    34,521.72      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

Prepaid Expenses

    8,856.23      PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

Accounts Payable Account

    (232,734.62   AP AND ACCRUALS

Accrued Expenses

    (46,000.00   AP AND ACCRUALS

Accrued Interest

    (93,168.60   AP AND ACCRUALS

Accrued Property Taxes

    (462,063.97   AP AND ACCRUALS

Commissions Payable

    (29,504.48   AP AND ACCRUALS

URS TI’s Payable

    (767,935.17   AP AND ACCRUALS

Prepaid Rent

    (815,144.90   DEFERRED RENT

Tenant Security Deposits

    (44,613.13   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

    4,548,320.93     

Deduct non-working capital accounts:

   

SL Rent Receivable

    (8,697.00  
 

 

 

   
    4,539,623.93     

Reserves

   

Free Rent

    —       

Capital Reserve

    (2,020,764.50  

Tis/LCs

    (2,384,492.10  

Accounts receivable reserve

    (8,334.25  
 

 

 

   

Net Working Capital Surplus /Deficit

    126,033.08     

Ownership Interest

    100  
 

 

 

   

SCCP Share

    126,033.08     
 

 

 

   

WORKING CAPITAL CLASSIFICATION

   12/31/13  

CASH

     2,049,324   

RESTRICTED CASH

     4,801,811   

RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

     136,276   

PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

     43,378   

AP AND ACCRUALS

     (1,631,407

DEFERRED RENT

     (815,145

TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

     (44,613
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

     4,539,624   
  

 

 

 

Current Assets

     7,030,789   

Current Liabilities

     (2,491,165

 

Aged receivables

   Reserve %     Balance      Reserve  

0-30 Days

     0     117,219         —     

30-60 Days

     0     66         —     

60-90 Days

     50     —           —     

90+ Days

     100     8,334         8,334   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

       125,619         8,334   
 


Cherry Creek

28-Feb-13

Acquisition Date: July 27, 2011

 

    FINAL      
    TB      

Oper-KeyBank

    1,829,226      CASH

Lender Escrow - Taxes

    121,099      RESTRICTED CASH

Lender Escrow - Insurances

    73,732      RESTRICTED CASH

Lender Escrow - Reserve

    11,856      RESTRICTED CASH

Lender Escrow - Repair Reserves

    9,375      RESTRICTED CASH

Accounts Receivable Tenants

    14,544      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

AR - SL Rent Receivable

    115,602      RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

Prepaid Insurance

    (5,776   PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

A/P - Expense Accrual

    (120,501   AP AND ACCRUALS

Management Fees Payable

    (10,741   AP AND ACCRUALS

Deferred Rent Liability - Lease Inducements 2M

    (25,016   DEFERRED RENT

Deferred Rent Liability - TI Construction / Costs applied

    133,407      DEFERRED RENT

Deferred Rent Liability - Lease Inducements 1M

    (13,514   DEFERRED RENT

Accrued Property Taxes

    (185,731   AP AND ACCRUALS

Security Deposits

    (133,986   TENANT RENT DEPOSITS
 

 

 

   

Total Current Assets and Liabilities

    1,813,576     

Deduct non-working capital accounts:

   

Deferred Rent Liability - Lease Inducements 2M

    25,016     

Deferred Rent Liability - TI Construction / Costs applied

    (133,407  

Deferred Rent Liability -Lease Inducements 1M

    13,514     
 

 

 

   
    1,718,700     

Reserves

   

Lease inducement ($2M)

    (1,731,738  

Accounts receivable reserve

    —       
 

 

 

   

Net Working Capital Surplus / Deficit

    (13,038.36  

Ownership Interest

    100  
 

 

 

   

SCCP Share

    (13,038.36  
 

 

 

   
    (0.00  

WORKING CAPITAL CLASSIFICATION

   12/31/2013  

CASH

     1,829,226   

RESTRICTED CASH

     216,062   

RENTS RECEIVABLE, NET

     130,146   

PREPAID AND OTHER ASSETS

     (5,776

AP AND ACCRUALS

     (316,973

DEFERRED RENT

     —     

TENANT RENT DEPOSITS

     (133,986
  

 

 

 
     1,718,700   
  

 

 

 

Current Assets

     2,169,659   

Current Liabilities

     (450,959

 

Aged receivables

   Reserve %     Balance      Reserve  

0-30 Days

     0     14,425.65         —     

30-60 Days

     0     118.38         —     

60-90 Days

     50     —           —     

90+ Days

     100     —           —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

       14,544.03         —     
 


Schedule 1.05

Central Fairwinds Property

[ See attached. ]


Central Fairwinds

135 W Central Blvd

Orlando, FL 32801

Tenant Rent Roll

 

Tenant Name

   Suite    Lease Type    Lease
Status
   Tenant Size     % of NRA  

Bryant, Miller, & Olive P.A.

   700    Office    Contract      7,737        4.6

Clark & Washington

   650    Office    Contract      2,750        1.6

CoAdvantage Resources 24, Inc.

   600    Office    Contract      5,320        3.2

Cuban-American Cafe

   160    Office    Contract      829        0.5

EDSA, Inc. (410)

   410    Office    Contract      3,574        2.1

Fairwinds Credit Unions (100)

   100    Office    Contract      7,438        4.4

Fairwinds Credit Unions (120)

   120    Office    Contract      2,116        1.3

Fairwinds Credit Unions (1200)

   1,200    Office    Contract      14,406        8.5

Fairwinds Credit Unions (140)

   140    Office    Contract      1,103        0.7

Fairwinds Credit Unions (200)

   200    Office    Contract      14,368        8.5

Governmental Management Service

   320    Office    Contract      3,261        1.9

GSA - ATF

   740    Office    Contract      4,656        2.8

Kissinger Campo & Associates

   300    Office    Contract      3,259        1.9

Mitel Technologies, Inc.

   720    Office    Contract      1,989        1.2

Office - Attorney General (100

   1,000    Office    Contract      14,412        8.5

Pitney Bowes Management

   340    Office    Contract      1,000        0.6

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company

   1,100    Office    Contract      5,805        3.4

The Association Law Firm

   1,150    Office    Contract      8,800        5.2

Tindale - Oliver

   450    Office    Contract      2,779        1.6
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

In-place leases at the time of closing

              105,602        62.6

Vacant

             

Vacant (460)

   460    Office    Speculative      2,012        1.2

Vacant (840)

   840    Office    Speculative      4,524        2.7

Vacant (800)

   800    Office    Speculative      9,923        5.9

Vacant (345)

   345    Office    Speculative      1,569        0.9

Vacant (670)

   670    Office    Speculative      6,314        3.7

Vacant (310)

   310    Office    Speculative      2,261        1.3

Vacant (430)

   430    Office    Speculative      4,530        2.7

Vacant (500)

   500    Office    Speculative      14,496        8.6

Vacant (900)

   900    Office    Speculative      14,506        8.6

Vacant (330)

   330    Office    Speculative      3,039        1.8
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Vacant

              63,174        31.8

Total NRA

              168,776        94

In-place and committed occupancy

              62.6  

Management Office and additional potentially leasable SF

              824     
           

 

 

   
              169,600     


Schedule 1.05(b)(vii)

Net Operating Income

[ See attached. ]


FAIRWINDS TOWER

2014 Budget

 

    Jan-2014     Feb-2014     Mar-2014     Apr-2014     May-2014     Jun-2014     Jul-2014     Aug-2014     Sep-2014     Oct-2014     Nov-2014     Dec-2014     Total Yr  

Net Rentable SF: 169,600

                         

REVENUES

    59.61     62.39     66.47     66.47     66.47     66.47     70.33     71.66     71.66     76.12     76.12     81.97     Total   

Gross Potential Rent

    222,529        231,164        243,710        243,687        243,941        243,941        255,926        260,071        259,780        274,310        275,236        293,983        3,048,279   

Bad Debt/Rent Write-Off/Credit Loss 1

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Reimbursable Expenses

    1,050        1,050        1,350        1,050        1,050        1,050        1,050        1,050        1,050        1,050        1,050        1,050        12,900   

Rent Concessions/Allowances

    (2,921     (11,556     (21,088     (24,801     (27,640     (27,640     (35,910     (28,581     (25,024     (29,325     (25,180     (43,372     (303,040

TI Reimbursement 2

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Rental Revenue

    220,658        220,658        223,973        219,936        217,351        217,351        221,066        232,540        235,806        246,035        251,106        251,660        2,758,139   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Revenue

    18,423        18,423        74,698        15,123        15,123        15,123        15,123        15,123        15,123        15,123        15,123        15,123        247,647   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL REVENUES

    239,081        239,081        298,671        235,058        232,473        232,473        236,188        247,663        250,929        261,157        266,229        266,783        3,005,785   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

                         

Payroll and Benefits

    27,788        18,525        18,525        18,525        18,525        18,525        27,788        18,525        18,525        18,525        18,525        27,788        250,091   

Repairs and Maintenance

    33,925        30,898        31,997        33,569        29,525        31,052        34,972        29,748        31,052        34,014        32,608        31,175        384,538   

Utilities

    26,500        27,500        27,500        29,500        29,500        29,500        29,500        29,500        29,500        27,500        27,500        27,500        341,000   

Security

    7,300        6,347        6,665        3,885        4,856        3,885        3,885        4,856        3,885        4,856        3,885        3,885        58,192   

Administrative

    712        812        762        712        1,362        762        712        1,317        762        712        712        1,761        11,098   

Marketing/Promotions

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          1,200        —          —          —          —          1,200   

Cleaning

    10,762        8,632        9,219        9,219        9,219        9,219        11,744        9,614        9,614        9,808        9,765        10,816        117,632   

Management Fees

    7,172        7,172        8,959        7,051        6,973        6,973        7,085        7,429        7,527        7,834        7,986        8,003        90,163   

Real Estate Taxes

    30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        30,064        360,770   

Real Estate Tax - Other

    —          500        —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          500   

Insurance

    9,270        9,270        9,270        9,270        9,700        9,700        9,700        9,700        9,700        9,700        9,700        9,700        114,681   

Professional Fees

    —          —          2,000        —          —          2,000        —          —          2,000        —          —          2,000        8,000   

Miscellaneous

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

    153,492        139,720        144,962        141,796        139,726        141,682        155,450        141,954        142,630        143,015        140,747        152,692        1,737,864   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET OPERATING INCOME

    85,588        99,360        153,709        93,263        92,747        90,792        80,739        105,709        108,299        118,143        125,482        114,091        1,267,921   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Note 1: Bad debt expense is evaluated on a case by case basis.

Note 2: Recognize when cash is received from tenant.


SCHEDULE 3.03

SUMMARY OF REQUIRED CONSENTS

 

1. Consent of Central Fairwinds 135, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (same being a limited partner of Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership), to the transfer by Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership to Operating Partnership, said consent having been obtained pursuant to consent to Assignment and Waiver of Rights dated October 10, 2013, as amended by a letter agreement dated March 3, 2014.

 

2. Consent of CC Tower Feldman Partners, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (a limited partner in City Center STF, LP, a Florida limited partnership), to the transfer by Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership to Operating Partnership, which consent has been obtained pursuant to consent to Assignment and Waiver of Rights dated September 18, 2013, as amended by letter agreement dated February 3, 2014.

 

3. Consent of Midland Loan Servicing as servicing agent for U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the Benefit of Holders of Comm 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, as the holder of the first position mortgage loan on the real property owned by SCCP Boise Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, which consent has been obtained pursuant to documents ready to be dispersed from escrow upon the consummation of the contribution agreement.

 

4. Consent of SCCP Boise GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as general partnership of SCCP Boise limited partnership to the admission of Operating Partnership of a Substitute of Limited Partnership, which consent has been obtained.

 

5. Consent of SCCP Boise Outlot GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to the admission of Operating Partnership as a substitute limited partner which consent has been obtained.

 

6. Consent of Central Fairwinds GP Corporation, a Florida Corporation to the admission of OP as a substitute limited partner which consent has been obtained.

 

7. Consent of CORE Cherry GP Corp., a Delaware corporation, to the admission of Operating Partnership as a substitute limited partner which consent has been obtained.

 

8. Consent of SCCP Central Valley GP Corp., a Delaware corporation, to the admission of Operating Partnership as a substitute limited partner which consent has been obtained.

 

9. Consent of City Center STF GP Corp., a Florida corporation, to the admission of Operating Partnership as a substitute limited partner which consent has been obtained.


SCHEDULE 4.04(a)(i)

OWNED REAL PROPERTY

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Unpermitted Liens

Core Cherry Limited Partnership   

4300 Cherry Creek

Drive South; 700 South

Ash Street; and 710

South Ash Street,

Denver, CO

   None
Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership   

135 W Central Blvd,

Orlando, FL

   None
City Centre STF, LP   

100 Second Avenue

South, St. Petersburg,

FL

   None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership   

400 Broadway Avenue;

701 Morrison Drive;

720 Park Blvd.; and

800 Park Blvd., Boise,

ID

   None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership   

Boise Outlot – Vacant

Land

   None
SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership   

3501 Corporate

Parkway, Allentown,

PA

   None


SCHEDULE 4.04(a)(ii)

RIGHTS TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Rights to Acquire Property

Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership   

1050, 1195, 1400, and

1600 NW Compton

Drive, 2345

Amberbrook Drive, and

2430 NW 206 th

Avenue, Hillsboro,

Oregon 97124

   Planar Systems, Inc. pursuant to Addendum to Lease Agreement - Section 35 of the Lease Agreement dated August 23,2001, as amended, by and between Planar Systems, Inc. as Tenant and Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership (successor in interest to original landlord), as Landlord for property located at 1195 Northwest Compton Drive Tenant has a Right of First Opportunity to Purchase as to the occupied property only


SCHEDULE 4.04(c)

Schedule of Title Insurance Policies

 

Insured

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Leasehold or

Fee Interest

  

Title Policy Information

Core Cherry Limited Partnership   

4300 Cherry Creek

Drive South; 700 South

Ash Street; and 710

South Ash Street,

Denver, CO

   Fee   

Owner’s Title Insurance Policy issued by First American Title Insurance Company

 

Policy Number: NCS-612429-CAST

Date of Policy: January 6, 2014

Policy Amount: $59,500,000.00

Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership   

135 W Central Blvd,

Orlando, FL

   Fee   

Owner’s Title Insurance Policy issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company

 

Policy Number: FL6750-46-3434043-2012.7230609-86196818

Date of Policy: May 11, 2012

Policy Amount: $14,200,000.00

City Centre

STF Limited Partnership

  

100 Second Avenue

South, St. Petersburg,

FL

   Fee   

Owner’s Title Insurance Policy issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company

 

Policy Number: 7210609-82858435

Date of Policy: December 16, 2010

Policy Amount: $16,500,000.00

SCCP Boise Limited Partnership   

400 Broadway Avenue;

701 Morrison Drive;

720 Park Blvd.; and

800 Park Blvd., Boise,

ID

   Fee   

Owner’s Title Insurance Policy issued by First American Title Insurance Company

 

Policy Number: NCS-565917-MPLS

Date of Policy: June 10, 2013

Policy Amount: $39,500,000.00

SCCP Boise Limited Partnership   

Boise Outlot – Vacant

Land

   Fee   

Owner’s Title Insurance Policy issued by First American Title Insurance Company

 

Policy Number: NCS-565917-1 MPLS

Date of Policy: June 10, 2013

Policy Amount: $250,000.00

SCCP Central Valley

Limited

Partnership

  

3501 Corporate

Parkway, Allentown,

PA

   Fee   

Owner’s Title Insurance Policy issued by Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

 

Policy Number: A31409-SV-00016040

Date of Policy: May 20, 2013

Policy Amount: $28,400,000.00


SCHEDULE 4.04(d)

MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Defaults Under Material Agreements

Core Cherry Limited Partnership   

4300 Cherry Creek

Drive South; 700 South

Ash Street; and 710

South Ash Street,

Denver, CO

   None
Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership   

135 W Central Blvd,

Orlando, FL

   None
City Centre STF, LP   

100 Second Avenue

South, St. Petersburg,

FL

   None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership   

400 Broadway Avenue;

701 Morrison Drive;

720 Park Blvd.; and

800 Park Blvd., Boise,

ID

   None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership   

Boise Outlot – Vacant

Land

   None

SCCP Central

Valley

Limited

Partnership

  

3501 Corporate

Parkway, Allentown,

PA

   None


Schedule 4.04(e)

Leases

[ See attached. ]

 

69


Central Fairwinds

135 W Central Blvd

Orlando, FL 32801

Tenant Rent Roll

 

Tenant Name

   Suite    Lease Type    Lease
Status
   Tenant Size     % of NRA  

Bryant, Miller, & Olive P.A.

   700    Office    Contract      7,737        4.6

Clark & Washington

   650    Office    Contract      2,750        1.6

CoAdvantage Resources 24, Inc.

   600    Office    Contract      5,320        3.2

Cuban-American Cafe

   160    Office    Contract      829        0.5

EDSA, Inc. (410)

   410    Office    Contract      3,574        2.1

Fairwinds Credit Unions (100)

   100    Office    Contract      7,438        4.4

Fairwinds Credit Unions (120)

   120    Office    Contract      2,116        1.3

Fairwinds Credit Unions (1200)

   1,200    Office    Contract      14,406        8.5

Fairwinds Credit Unions (140)

   140    Office    Contract      1,103        0.7

Fairwinds Credit Unions (200)

   200    Office    Contract      14,368        8.5

Governmental Management Servic

   320    Office    Contract      3,261        1.9

GSA-ATF

   740    Office    Contract      4,656        2.8

Kissinger Campo & Associates

   300    Office    Contract      3,259        1.9

Mitel Technologies, Inc.

   720    Office    Contract      1,989        1.2

Office - Attorney General (100

   1,000    Office    Contract      14,412        8.5

Pitney Bowes Management

   340    Office    Contract      1,000        0.6

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company

   1,100    Office    Contract      5,805        3.4

The Association Law Firm

   1,150    Office    Contract      8,800        5.2

Tindale-Oliver

   450    Office    Contract      2,779        1.6
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

In-place leases at the time of closing

              105,602        62.6

Vacant

             

Vacant (460)

   460    Office    Speculative      2,012        1.2

Vacant (840)

   840    Office    Speculative      4,524        2.7

Vacant (800)

   800    Office    Speculative      9,923        5.9

Vacant (345)

   345    Office    Speculative      1,569        0.9

Vacant (670)

   670    Office    Speculative      6,314        3.7

Vacant (310)

   310    Office    Speculative      2,261        1.3

Vacant (430)

   430    Office    Speculative      4,530        2.7

Vacant (500)

   500    Office    Speculative      14,496        8.6

Vacant (900)

   900    Office    Speculative      14,506        8.6

Vacant (330)

   330    Office    Speculative      3,039        1.8
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Vacant

              63,174        37.4

Total NRA

              168,776        100

In-place and committed occupancy

              62.6  

Management Office and additional potentially leasable SF

              824     
           

 

 

   
              169,600     


RENT ROLL

3501 Corporate Parkway

 

a) Lease dated October 12, 1999, as amended, between SCCP Central Valley, Limited Partnership (successor in interest to Rosewood Real Estate Enterprises, L.P., a DE limited partnership), as landlord, and Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as tenant.

 

Entire building occupancy   
Lease Commencement Date:    November 22, 2006
Rent Commencement Date:    November 22, 2006
Expiration Date:    November 30, 2016
Current Basic Monthly Rental:    $262,273.00 (through November 30, 2014)


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TENANT    BLDG    UNIT    TENANT NAME                                         

RENT INCREASES

  

MONTHLY
REIMB

     SECURITY
DEPOSIT
 
    

SQUARE
FEET

  

LEASE
DATE

  

% GLA

   

COMMENCEMT
DATE

  

EXPIRATION
DATE

  

MONTHLY
BASE RENT

    

ANNUALIZED
BASE RENT

     RENT PER SQ FT     

RENEWAL
OPTIONS

        
                         MONTHLY      YEARLY         DATE    AMOUNT      

URS1100

   1    000001   

 

URS E&C HOLDINGS, INC.

  

            N            772.62         OPERATING   
   125,568    01/05/2005      22.52   09/12/2003    12/31/2015      172,656.00         2,071,872.00         1.38         16.50                  772.62         2,000.00   
  

 

             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

             

 

 

    

 

 

 

BLDG 1

                                        

* TOTAL

   125,568                 172,656.00         2,071,872.00         1.38         16.50                  772.62         2,000.00   

HMSBSI

   2    000100   

 

HMS BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC

  

            N            173.59         OPERATING   
   6,510    06/01/2013      1.16      06/01/2013    06/30/2014      9,222.50         110,670.00         1.42         17.00                  173.59         .00   

URS2101

   2    000101   

 

URS E&C HOLDINGS, INC.

  

            N            37.66         OPERATING   
   6,130    07/09/2004      1.09      07/09/2004    12/31/2015      8,428.75         101,145.00         1.38         16.50                  37.66         .00   

MEXICAN

   2    000102   

 

CONSULATE OF MEXICO IN BOISE

  

            N            103.92         OPERATING   
   6,395    04/21/2008      1.14      04/17/2004    04/16/2014      9,592.50         115,110.00         1.50         18.00                  103.92         9,592.50   

~000001

   2    000103   

 

VACANT UNIT 103

  

            N            
   6,075    01/01/2013      1.08      01/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   

~000011

   2    000104   

 

VACANT UNIT 104

  

            N            
   2,200    06/01/2013      0.39      06/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   

URS2200

   2    000200   

 

URS E&C HOLDINGS, INC.

  

            N            172.19         OPERATING   
   28,022    01/05/2005      5.02      09/12/2003    12/31/2015      38,530.25         462,363.00         1.38         16.50                  172.19         .00   

IGI2

   2    000300   

 

IGI RESOURCES, INC

  

            N            46.77         OPERATING   
   10,022    05/21/2013      1.79      07/01/2013    02/28/2017      14,197.48         170,369.76         1.42         17.00                  46.77         .00   

~000012

   2    000303   

 

VACANT UNIT 303

  

            N            
   5,095    07/01/2013      0.91      07/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   

~000002

   2    000305   

 

VACANT UNIT 305

  

            N            
   2,301    01/01/2013      0.41      01/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   


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TENANT    BLDG    UNIT    TENANT NAME                                         

RENT INCREASES

    

MONTHLY
REIMB

     SECURITY
DEPOSIT
 
    

SQUARE
FEET

  

LEASE
DATE

  

% GLA

    

COMMENCEMT
DATE

  

EXPIRATION
DATE

  

MONTHLY
BASE RENT

    

ANNUALIZED
BASE RENT

     RENT PER SQ FT     

RENEWAL
OPTIONS

        
                          MONTHLY      YEARLY         DATE    AMOUNT        

URS2310

   2    000310   

 

URS E&C HOLDINGS, INC.

  

            N            17.46         OPERATING   
   2,871    07/09/2004      0.51       07/09/2004    12/31/2015      3,947.63         47,371.56         1.38         16.50                  17.46         .00   

URS2320

   2    000320   

 

URS E&C HOLDINGS, INC.

  

            N            60.25         OPERATING   
   9,732    07/09/2004      1.74       07/09/2004    12/31/2015      13,381.50         160,578.00         1.38         16.50                  60.25         .00   

TSYSTEM

   2    000400   

 

TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC

  

            Y    06/01/2015      30,549.00         3,594.67         OPERATING   
   20,366    01/22/2013      3.65       06/01/2008    05/31/2018      29,700.42         356,405.04         1.46         17.50                  3,594.67         .00   

COOPER

   2    000410   

 

COOPER NORMAN CPAS PLLC

  

            Y            111.15         OPERATING   
   6,800    08/31/2008      1.21       12/01/2008    01/11/2016      10,766.67         129,200.04         1.58         19.00                  111.15         .00   

~000003

   2    000415   

 

VACANT UNIT 415

  

            N            
   2,343    01/01/2013      0.42       01/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   
  

 

              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

             

 

 

    

 

 

 

BLDG 2

                                         

* TOTAL

   114,862                  137,767.70         1,653,212.40         1.20         14.39                  4,317.66         9,592.50   

SPECTAG

   3    000102   

 

SPECTAGUARD ACQUISITIONS LLC

  

            N    08/01/2014      2,124.79         
   1,645    06/30/2012      0.29       08/01/2012    09/30/2017      2,056.25         24,675.00         1.25         15.00                  .00         2,467.50   

TOK MGR

   3    000104   

 

TOK PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OFFICE

  

            N            
      01/01/2001      0.00       01/01/2001    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   

NNU

   3    000105   

 

NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

  

         N    10/01/2016      7,522.09         
   5,158    04/06/2011      0.92       09/15/2011    09/30/2021      7,092.25         85,107.00         1.38         16.50                  .00         .00   

~000015

   3    000107   

 

VACANT 3-107

  

            N            
   2,878    02/01/2014      0.51       02/01/2014    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   

~000004

   3    000108   

 

VACANT UNIT 108

  

            N            
   10,045    01/01/2013      1.80       01/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   


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TENANT    BLDG    UNIT    TENANT NAME                                         

RENT INCREASES

    

MONTHLY
REIMB

    SECURITY
DEPOSIT
 
    

SQUARE
FEET

  

LEASE
DATE

  

% GLA

    

COMMENCEMT
DATE

  

EXPIRATION
DATE

  

MONTHLY
BASE RENT

    

ANNUALIZED
BASE RENT

     RENT PER SQ FT     

RENEWAL
OPTIONS

       
                          MONTHLY      YEARLY         DATE    AMOUNT       

TAX3110

   3    000110   

 

IDAHO STATE TAX COMMISSION

  

            N            51.81     ANNUAL PR   
   1,405    08/01/2000      0.25       07/01/2000    06/30/2017      1,726.98         20,723.76         1.23         14.75                  51.81     .00   

AUDITOR

   3    000114   

 

AUDITORIUM

  

            N           
      01/01/2013      0.00       01/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00        .00   

~000005

   3    000115   

 

VACANT UNIT 115

  

            N           
   5,935    01/01/2013      1.06       01/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00        .00   

QUALIS

   3    000120   

 

QUALIS HEALTH

  

            Y            12.32        OPERATING   
   1,998    11/25/2008      0.35       05/01/1998    09/30/2014      3,080.25         36,963.00         1.54         18.50                  12.32        6,736.04   

GALLAG1

   3    000125   

 

GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES, IN

  

            Y            53.51        OPERATING   
   3,293    05/01/2013      0.59       06/01/2008    04/30/2018      4,802.29         57,627.48         1.46         17.50                  53.51        .00   

BMHC

   3    000200   

 

BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING COR

  

            Y            131.52        OPERATING   
   27,413    11/29/2012      4.91       10/01/2009    02/29/2016      39,977.29         479,727.48         1.46         17.50                  131.52        .00   

TRUSTEE

   3    000220   

 

US TRUSTEES

  

            Y    11/28/2014      8,071.00        
   4,612    11/25/2009      0.82       07/28/2004    11/29/2019      7,494.50         89,934.00         1.63         19.50          11/29/2019      8,455.33         .00        .00   

DCAA

   3    000230   

 

GSA – DCAA

  

            N    09/28/2014      3,849.00         1,858.21        TI RENT/R   
   2,566    12/14/2012      0.46       01/01/2007    09/27/2018      3,688.63         44,263.56         1.44         17.25                  1,858.21        .00   

PLUSONE

   3    000240   

 

PlusOne SOLUTIONS, INC

  

            Y           
   4,068    05/23/2011      0.72       07/01/2011    06/30/2015      5,593.50         67,122.00         1.38         16.50                  .00        5,000.00   

~000013

   3    000245   

 

VACANT UNIT 245

  

            N           
   2,409    05/01/2013      0.43       05/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00        .00   

NANA’MA

   3    000250   

 

NANA’MA’I LLC

  

            N           
   3,099    01/08/2014      0.55       07/15/2013    07/13/2014      2,000.00         24,000.00         .65         7.74                  .00        3,000.00   


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TENANT    BLDG    UNIT    TENANT NAME                                         

RENT INCREASES

    

MONTHLY
REIMB

    SECURITY
DEPOSIT
 
    

SQUARE
FEET

  

LEASE
DATE

  

% GLA

    

COMMENCEMT
DATE

  

EXPIRATION
DATE

  

MONTHLY
BASE RENT

    

ANNUALIZED
BASE RENT

     RENT PER SQ FT     

RENEWAL
OPTIONS

       
                          MONTHLY      YEARLY         DATE    AMOUNT       

ARMYCOR

   3    000255   

 

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

  

            N           
   1,591    07/27/2010      0.28       07/30/2010    07/29/2015      2,154.48         25,853.76         1.35         16.25                  .00        .00   

SSA 260

   3    000260   

 

GSA – SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN

  

            N            961.41        CPI ESCAL   
   1,803    06/14/2012      0.32       07/01/2012    09/21/2025      1,660.10         19,921.20         .92         11.05                  961.41        .00   

~000014

   3    000265   

 

VACANT SUITE 265

  

            N           
   1,580    10/19/2013      0.28       10/19/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00        .00   

SSA 275

   3    000275   

 

GSA SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINSTRAT

  

            N            1,840.13        TI RENT/R   
                                         2,417.11        CPI ESCAL   
   4,533    07/01/2012      0.81       09/23/2010    09/21/2025      4,363.02         52,356.24         .96         11.55                  4,257.24        .00   

URS3B01

   3    B01   

 

URS E&C HOLDINGS, INC.

  

            N            112.28        OPERATING   
   18,260    01/05/2005      3.27       07/09/2004    12/31/2015      25,107.50         301,290.00         1.38         16.50                  112.28        .00   
  

 

              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

             

 

 

   

 

 

 

BLDG 3

                                        

* TOTAL

   104,291                  110,797.04         1,329,564.48         1.06         12.75                  7,334.68        17,203.54   

TAX410 0

   4    000100   

 

IDAHO STATE TAX COMMISSION

  

            N            4,062.87     ANNUAL PR   
   90,286    11/01/1992      16.19       11/01/1992    06/30/2017      135,429.00         1,625,148.00         1.50         18.00                  4,062.87     .00   

USDA

   4    000150   

 

USDA

  

            N    06/29/2014      17,325.00         6,114.65        CPI ESCAL   
                                 06/29/2015      17,325.00        
                                 06/29/2016      17,325.00        
                                 06/29/2017      17,325.00        
                                 06/29/2018      17,325.00        
                                 06/29/2019      17,325.00        
   11,488    06/28/2011      2.06       06/26/1990    06/28/2020      11,285.17         135,422.04         .98         11.79                  6,114.65        .00   

FINANC

   4    000200   

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

  

            N            797.24     ANNUAL PR   
   18,814    06/06/2011      3.37       08/01/2005    07/31/2016      26,574.78         318,897.36         1.41         16.95                  797.24     .00   


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TENANT    BLDG    UNIT    TENANT NAME                                                       

MONTHLY
REIMB

   

SECURITY

DEPOSIT

 
     SQUARE
FEET
  

LEASE

DATE

   % GLA     

COMMENCEMT

DATE

  

EXPIRATION

DATE

  

MONTHLY

BASE RENT

    

ANNUALIZED

BASE RENT

     RENT PER SQ FT     

RENEWAL

OPTIONS

   RENT INCREASES       
                        MONTHLY      YEARLY         DATE      AMOUNT       

HUD

   4    000220   

 

HUD

  

            N            1,644.99        TI REIMB   
                                         3,149.98        CPI ESCAL  
   5,393    08/16/2011      0.96       12/17/1990    08/31/2015      5,586.69         67,040.28         1.04         12.43                  4,794.97        .00   

USATTY1

   4    000600   

 

US ATTORNEYS

  

            N      05/21/2014         58,110.50         1,667.60        CPI ESCAL   
   33,206    06/12/2009      5.95       05/21/2004    05/20/2019      52,576.17         630,914.04         1.58         19.00                  1,667.60        .00   

USATTY2

   4    000700   

 

US ATTORNEYS

  

            N      05/21/2014         8,407.00         244.45        CPI ESCAL   
   4,804    06/12/2009      0.86       11/01/2003    05/20/2019      7,606.33         91,275.96         1.58         19.00                  244.45        .00   

CRDL

   4    000706   

 

CRADLEPOINT

  

            N           
   8,718    03/01/2014      1.56       03/01/2014    02/28/2015      12,000.00         144,000.00         1.38         16.52                  .00        12,000.00   

~000009

   4    000710   

 

VACANT UNIT 710

  

            N           
   581    01/01/2013      0.10       01/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00        .00   

FAST

   4    000720   

 

FAST ENTERPRISES, LLC

  

            N           
   5,761    08/22/2011      1.03       06/01/2000    07/31/2017      8,401.46         100,817.52         1.46         17.50                  .00        3,602.09   

R HALF

   4    000770   

 

ROBERT HALF INT’L INC

  

            Y           
   2,469    09/24/2010      0.44       04/23/2001    04/30/2016      3,446.31         41,355.72         1.40         16.75                  .00        .00   

~000010

   4    000775   

 

VACANT UNIT 775

  

            N           
   1,471    01/01/2013      0.26       01/01/2013    M-T-M      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00        .00   

COSHO

   4    000790   

 

COSHO HUMPHREY LLC

  

            N           
   9,362    10/27/2010      1.67       02/01/2005    01/31/2016      12,872.75         154,473.00         1.38         16.50                  .00        12,215.00   

TAX400A

   4    00A   

 

IDAHO STATE TAX COMMISSION

  

            N            599.80     ANNUAL PR   
   13,329    07/01/1998      2.39       07/01/1998    06/30/2017      19,993.50         239,922.00         1.50         18.00                  599.80     .00   

TAX4B01

   4    B01   

 

IDAHO STATE TAX COMMISSION

  

            N            170.95     ANNUAL PR   
   6,361    11/01/1992      1.14       11/01/1992    06/30/2017      5,698.40         68,380.80         .90         10.75                  170.95     .00   


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TENANT    BLDG    UNIT    TENANT NAME                                                       

MONTHLY
REIMB

    

SECURITY

DEPOSIT

 
     SQUARE
FEET
  

LEASE

DATE

   % GLA     

COMMENCEMT

DATE

  

EXPIRATION

DATE

  

MONTHLY

BASE RENT

    

ANNUALIZED

BASE RENT

     RENT PER SQ FT     

RENEWAL

OPTIONS

   RENT INCREASES        
                        MONTHLY      YEARLY         DATE      AMOUNT        

HUDSTOR

   4    B02   

 

HUD STORAGE

  

            N            
   300    08/16/2011      0.05       12/17/1990    08/31/2015      .00         .00         .00         .00                  .00         .00   

AT&T

   4    ROOF1   

 

AT&T

  

            N      02/01/2018         3,300.00         2,800.00         ROOF RENT   
      01/31/2013      0.00       02/01/2003    01/31/2018      .00         .00         .00         .00                  2,800.00         .00   

CRICKET

   4    ROOF2   

 

CRICKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC

  

            Y            2,300.00         ROOF RENT   
      07/07/2011      0.00       09/01/2001    08/31/2016      .00         .00         .00         .00                  2,300.00         .00   

UBIQUIT

   4    ROOF3   

 

UBIQUITEL LEASING COMPANY

  

            Y            2,070.00         ROOF RENT   
      05/25/2011      0.00       10/01/2002    01/16/2017      .00         .00         .00         .00                  2,070.00         .00   

VOICE

   4    ROOF4   

 

T-MOBILE

  

            N            1,983.75         ROOF RENT   
      05/03/2002      0.00       10/01/2002    09/30/2017      .00         .00         .00         .00                  1,983.75         .00   

COSTSTO

   4      STORAG COSHO HUMPHREY LLC                N            297.34         STORAGE R   
   446    01/01/2011      0.08       01/01/2011    01/31/2016      .00         .00         .00         .00                  297.34         .00   
  

 

              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

             

 

 

    

 

 

 

BLDG 4

                                         

* TOTAL

   212,789                  301,470.56         3,617,646.72         1.42         17.00                  16,641.90         27,817.09   

* TOTAL

   557,510                  722,691.30         8,672,295.60         1.30         15.56                  29,066.86         56,613.13   


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** PROJECT SUMMARY **

 

Project: WGP   Washington Group Plaza  

June 2013 leaseable 556,105 sf.    July 2013 change to 557,099

 

Total Square Footage:

     557,510.0000     

Total Occupied Units:

     44     

Total Occupied Square Feet:

     514,597     

Percent of Project Occupied:

     92.30  

Total Rent Potential:

     722,691.30/Month        8,672,295.60/Year   

Avg. Rent/Square Foot:

     1.40/Month        16.85/Year   

Total Vacant Units:

     12     

Total Vacant Square Feet:

     42,913     

Percent of Project Vacant:

     7.70  

Total Units:

     56     

Total Square Feet:

     557,510     

Total Percentage:

     100.00  


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Property: CORE Cherry Creek Campus

 

Unit Reference
Number

  

Occupant

Name

   Monthly
Rent
     Square
Feet
     Rent Per
Square
Feet
     Lease
Starting
Date
     Lease Exp
Date
     Deposits
Held
 

420-A100

   State of CO DoPH&E      448,725.59         312,338         17.24/yr         5/01/2013         4/30/2026         0.00   
              1.44/mth            

420-B100

   State of CO DoPH&E(see Bldg A)      0.00         0         0.00/yr         5/01/2013         4/30/2026         0.00   
              0.00/mth            

420-C100

   State of CO DoPH&E(see Bldg A)      0.00         0         0.00/yr         5/01/2013         4/30/2026         0.00   
              0.00/mth            

420-C150

   State of CO DoPH&E(see Bldg A)      0.00         0         0.00/yr         5/01/2013         4/30/2026         0.00   
              0.00/mth            

420-C170

   Physio Pro, PC      8,117.71         6,661         14.62/yr         6/01/2008         12/31/2014         11,717.81   
              1.22/mth            

420-C200

   Lenderlive Network, Inc.      29,656.13         36,688         9.70/yr         7/01/2010         6/30/2017         122,267.94   
              0.81/mth            

420-C220

   State of CO DoPH&E(see Bldg A)      0.00         0         0.00/yr         5/01/2013         4/30/2026         0.00   
              0.00/mth            

420-C230

   State of CO DoPH&E(see Bldg A)      0.00         0         0.00/yr         5/01/2013         4/30/2026         0.00   
              0.00/mth            

420-C250

   State of CO DoPH&E(see Bldg A)      0.00         0         0.00/yr         5/01/2013         4/30/2026         0.00   
              0.00/mth            

 

PROPERTY TOTALS:

 

Total Occupied Rents

     486,499.43   

Total Vacant Rents

     0.00   

Total Gross Rents

     486,499.43   

Total Square Footage

     355,687   

Average Rent/Sq. Ft. /Yr.

     16.41   

Average Rent/Sq. Ft. /Mth

     1.37   

Total Security Deposits

     133,985.75   

 

Percentage of Occupied Units

 
Total Occupied Units      9   
Total Vacant Units      0   
Total Units      9   
Percentage Occupied      100

Percentage of Occupied Sq. Feet

 
Total Occupied Sq. Feet      355,687   
Total Vacant Sq. Feet      0   
Total Square Footage      355,687   
Percentage Occupied      100
 


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Property: CORE Cherry Creek Campus

 

Unit Reference
Number

  

Occupant

Name

   Monthly
Rent
   Square
Feet
   Rent Per
Square
Feet
   Lease
Starting
Date
   Lease Exp
Date
   Deposits
Held
                    
                    
                    

 

GRAND TOTALS:

 

Total Occupied Rents

     486,499.43   

Total Vacant Rents

     0.00   

Total Gross Rents

     486,499.43   

Total Square Footage

     355,687   

Average Rent/Sq. Ft. /Yr.

     16.41   

Average Rent/Sq. Ft. /Mth

     1.37   

Total Security Deposits

     133,985.75   

 

Percentage of Occupied Units

 
Total Occupied Units      9   
Total Vacant Units      0   
Total Units      9   
Percentage Occupied      100

Percentage of Occupied Sq. Feet

 
Total Occupied Sq. Feet      355,687   
Total Vacant Sq. Feet      0   
Total Square Footage      355,687   
Percentage Occupied      100
 


  

 

Rent Roll

city - CITY CENTER STF LP

As of Date: 04/01/2014

Select By: Lease From Date

 

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Unit

  Unit
Type
  Code  

Name

  Sqft     Potential
Rent
    Actual
Rent
    Rent/Sqft     Deposit     Lease
From
    Lease
To
 

ANTENNA

    sirius   Sirius XM Radio, Inc.     0.0        1,900.15        1,900.15        0.00        0.00        01/01/06        12/31/15   

ANTENNA

    verizon   Verizon Wireless Personal     0.0        3,364.05        3,364.05        0.00        0.00        07/01/08        06/30/28   

ANTENNA

    tw   TW Telecom of Florida, L.     0.0        200.00        200.00        0.00        0.00        06/01/12        05/31/17   

N0101

    northno   The Northern Trust Compa     8,106.0        18,272.26        18,272.26        27.05        1,000.00        07/26/93        10/31/18   

N0102

      VACANT     640.0        0.00             

N0103

    nature   Nature’s Table     2,022.0        953.33        953.33        5.66        1,300.00        04/09/13        04/30/23   

N0104

    info   Infoquest Publishing, Inc.     794.0        1,404.06        1,404.06        21.22        1,323.67        09/01/11        08/31/16   

N0200

      VACANT     7,191.0        0.00             

N0201

      VACANT     1,499.0        0.00             

N0202

    confroom   Conference Room     1,385.0        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        05/01/08     

N0203

    4points   4Points Dental Design, Inc.     1,731.0        3,174.94        3,174.94        22.01        5,333.33        08/01/11        07/31/18   

N0204

      VACANT     1,716.0        4,076.14             

N0300

      VACANT     3,061.0        0.00             

N0301

      VACANT     3,416.0        0.00             

N0302

      VACANT     2,445.0        0.00             

N0303

    mgmtoffc   Management Office     2,579.0        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        01/01/08     

N0304

      VACANT     936.0        0.00             

N0305

      VACANT     1,101.0        0.00             

N0400

    wellsf   Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC     8,000.0        6,916.66        6,916.66        10.37        0.00        12/14/12        01/31/21   

N0401

    maxey   Maxey Law Offices, PLLC     3,900.0        6,500.00        6,500.00        20.00        0.00        08/02/13        03/31/19   

N0402

    obrian   O’Brian International, Inc.     1,940.0        1,876.00        1,876.00        11.60        3,459.67        09/23/13        02/28/19   

S0100

    deacstg   Deacon & Moulds, P.A.     1,225.0        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        11/01/09        03/31/19   

S0101

    perconti   Perconti Data Services, Inc     2,386.0        4,076.08        4,076.08        20.50        0.00        02/17/12        02/28/22   

S0103

    fitness1   Fitness Center     1,300.0        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        12/01/10     

S0104

    reisdor   Riesdorph Reporting Grou     1,401.0        2,477.44        2,477.44        21.22        1,704.56        10/21/11        10/30/17   

S0105

    northso   The Northern Trust Compa     1,510.0        3,403.79        3,403.79        27.05        0.00        04/26/93        10/31/18   

S0200

    powerch   Powerchord, Inc.     10,354.0        18,765.00        18,765.00        21.75        11,792.00        09/16/11        09/30/16   

S0201

      VACANT     1,429.0        0.00             

S0202

    mclain   McLain Foods, Inc.     4,069.0        3,650.94        3,650.94        10.77        7,211.31        07/01/12        06/30/18   

S0300

    reingru   Reingruber & Company P.     6,123.0        5,546.42        5,546.42        10.87        10,460.13        10/01/11        09/30/18   

S0301

    crs   CRS Building Corporation     2,375.0        2,756.00        2,756.00        13.93        3,972.50        10/01/11        09/30/18   

S0302

    aqua   Aqua Marketing & Commu     1,485.0        2,691.56        2,691.56        21.75        2,536.88        02/01/12        10/31/15   

S0303

    humanr   Human Resources, Inc.     3,528.0        6,861.96        6,861.96        23.34        0.00        05/01/11        02/28/17   

S0304

    whit   The Whittemore Law Grou     3,466.0        3,474.67        3,474.67        12.03        6,354.33        05/01/12        04/30/17   

S0400

    kobie4   Kobie Marketing, Inc.     9,764.0        0.00        0.00        0.00        500,000.00        10/25/13        03/31/24   

S0401

      VACANT     8,158.0        0.00             

S0500

    statefar   State Farm Mutual Automo     9,415.0        18,822.16        18,822.16        23.99        0.00        05/01/96        09/30/16   

S0501

      VACANT     4,553.0        0.00             

S0502

    bonezzi   Bonezzi Switzer Murphy P     1,651.0        2,919.52        2,919.52        21.22        2,944.28        02/03/12        02/28/17   

S0503

    barbara   Barbara Clark & Company     951.0        1,682.48        1,682.48        21.23        1,635.00        10/01/12        09/30/17   

S0600

    gregory   Gregory, Sharer & Stuart,     16,192.0        34,408.00        34,408.00        25.50        0.00        11/01/89        06/30/19   

S0701

    fisher   Fisher & Sauls, P.A.     8,981.0        20,178.62        20,178.62        26.96        0.00        07/01/04        11/30/14   

S0704

    insco   Insco Insurance Services, I     3,050.0        6,110.17        6,110.17        24.04        6,603.67        01/01/11        11/30/17   

S0704A

    inscoexp   Insco Insurance Services, I     552.0        1,073.64        1,073.64        23.34        0.00        07/01/12        11/30/17   

S0705

    ferber   The Ferber Company     936.0        1,647.36        1,647.36        21.12        1,599.00        08/01/12        07/31/15   

S0706

    cre   CREModels, LLC     842.0        632.92        632.92        9.02        3,003.13        10/25/13        10/31/18   

S0707

    advsys2   Advanced System Design     2,532.0        2,110.00        2,110.00        10.00        1,835.00        10/25/13        04/30/19   

S0708

      VACANT     395.0        0.00             

S0800

    rbc800   RBC Capital Markets Corp.     16,312.0        15,401.25        15,401.25        11.33        0.00        07/08/05        07/31/18   

S0901

    westcare   WESTCARE Foundation, I     4,760.0        9,583.47        9,583.47        24.16        9,123.34        12/13/11        12/31/18   

S0902

    deacon   Deacon & Moulds, P.A.     5,312.0        10,960.43        10,960.43        24.76        7,746.67        11/01/99        03/31/19   

S0903

    public   Public Resources Advisory     1,310.0        2,432.23        2,432.23        22.28        0.00        07/01/11        06/30/16   

S0904

    amer   Ameriprise Holdings, Inc.     5,368.0        3,086.60        3,086.60        6.90        0.00        10/01/12        09/30/19   

S1000

    kobie   Kobie Marketing, Inc.     16,132.0        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        07/01/03        03/31/24   

S1100

    wta   WTA Tour, Inc.     15,360.0        0.00        0.00        0.00        29,440.00        05/29/12        05/31/22   

S1103

    mph   MPH Hotels, INC.     2,773.0        5,328.78        5,328.78        23.06        5,199.38        02/01/13        01/31/18   

S1200

    square   SquareMouth, Inc.     3,381.0        6,874.90        6,874.90        24.40        12,650.00        12/16/11        12/31/18   

S1201

    paradigm   Paradigm Learning, Inc.     7,472.0        7,696.16        7,696.16        12.36        28,944.00        05/01/12        04/30/21   

S1202

    gibb   B. Gray Gibbs & Elite Air, I     1,968.0        4,175.44        4,175.44        25.46        5,764.80        08/01/11        07/31/18   

S1203

    marcus   Marcus & Associates, LLC     2,330.0        4,271.67        4,271.67        22.00        4,570.69        10/01/12        09/30/17   

STORAG

      VACANT     0.0        0.00             
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

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      Total - Less Excluded Units     243,563.0        261,737.25        257,661.11        12.69        677,507.34       

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      Total Occupied     207,023.0        257,661.11        257,661.11        14.94         

77.05

      % Occupied     85.00        98.44        98.44           

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      Total Vacant     36,540.0        4,076.14          1.34         

22.95

      % Vacant     15.00        1.56             


CITY CENTER TENANT RENEWAL OPTIONS

 

TENANT

  

SUITE #

  

RENEWAL OPTIONS

Verizon Wireless    Antenna    3 – 5 year renewal terms
TW Telecom    Antenna    1 – 5 year renewal term
The Northern Trust Company    N101 & S105    2 – 5 year renewal terms
Nature’s Table    N103    1 – 5 year renewal term
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC    N400    2 – 5 year renewal terms
Maxey Law Office, PLLC    N401    1 – 5 year renewal term
Deacon & Moulds, PA    S100 & S902    1 – 5 year renewal term
Powerchord, Inc.    S200    1 – 5 year renewal term
McLain Foods, Inc.    S202    1 – 4 year renewal term
Aqua Marketing & Communications    S302    1 – 5 year renewal term
The Whittmore Law Group    S304    1 – 5 year renewal term
Kobie Marketing, Inc.    S400 & S1000    2 – 5 year renewal terms
State Farm Mutual Automotive    S500    1 – 5 year renewal term
Gregory, Sharer, Stuart    S600    1 – 5 year renewal term
Insco Insurance Services, Inc.    S704 & S704A    1 – 3 year renewal term
The Ferber Company    S705    1 – 3 year renewal term
RBC Capital Markets Corporation    S800    2 – 5 year renewal terms
Public Resources Advisory    S903    1 – 5 year renewal term
Ameriprise Holdings, Inc.    S904    2 – 5 year renewal terms
MPH Hotels, Inc.    S1103    1 – 5 year renewal term


SCHEDULE 4.04(g)

MATERIAL DEFECTS

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Material Defects

Core Cherry Limited Partnership    4300 Cherry Creek Drive South; 700 South Ash Street; and 710 South Ash Street, Denver, CO    None, unless otherwise referenced in the Property Condition Report for the Property
Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership    135 W Central Blvd, Orlando, FL    None, unless otherwise referenced in the Property Condition Report for the Property
City Centre STF, LP    100 Second Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL    None, unless otherwise referenced in the Property Condition Report for the Property
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    400 Broadway Avenue; 701 Morrison Drive; 720 Park Blvd.; and
800 Park Blvd., Boise, ID
   None, unless otherwise referenced in the Property Condition Report for the Property
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    Boise Outlot – Vacant Land    None, unless otherwise referenced in the Property Condition Report for the Property
SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership    3501 Corporate Parkway, Allentown, PA    None, unless otherwise referenced in the Property Condition Report for the Property


SCHEDULE 4.11

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Non-Compliance with Laws

Core Cherry Limited Partnership    4300 Cherry Creek Drive South; 700 South Ash Street; and 710 South Ash Street, Denver, CO    None, unless otherwise identified in the Zoning Report prepared by Zoning-Info. dated April 8, 2014
Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership    135 W Central Blvd, Orlando, FL    None, unless otherwise identified in the Zoning Report prepared by Zoning-Info. dated April 8, 2014
City Centre STF, LP    100 Second Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL    None, unless otherwise identified in the Zoning Report prepared by Zoning-Info. dated April 8, 2014
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    400 Broadway Avenue; 701 Morrison Drive; 720 Park Blvd.; and
800 Park Blvd., Boise, ID
   None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    Boise Outlot – Vacant Land    None
SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership    3501 Corporate Parkway, Allentown, PA    None, unless otherwise identified in the Zoning Report prepared by Zoning-Info. dated April 8, 2014


SCHEDULE 4.14

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Adverse Environmental Conditions or Non-Compliance with Environmental Laws or Permits

Core Cherry Limited Partnership    4300 Cherry Creek Drive South; 700 South Ash Street; and 710 South Ash Street, Denver, CO    None, unless otherwise identified in the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by PSI dated December 31, 2014
Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership    135 W Central Blvd, Orlando, FL    None, unless otherwise identified in the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by PSI dated May 22, 2013
City Centre STF, LP    100 Second Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL    None, unless otherwise identified in the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by PSI dated December 20, 2013
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    400 Broadway Avenue; 701 Morrison Drive; 720 Park Blvd.; and
800 Park Blvd., Boise, ID
   None, unless otherwise identified in the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by EMG dated May 14, 2013
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    Boise Outlot – Vacant Land    None, unless otherwise identified in the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by EMG dated May 14, 2013
SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership    3501 Corporate Parkway, Allentown, PA    None, unless otherwise identified in the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by Enercon dated December 31, 2013


SCHEDULE 4.15

TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Unpermitted Liens

Core Cherry Limited Partnership    4300 Cherry Creek Drive South; 700 South Ash Street; and 710 South Ash Street, Denver, CO    None
Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership    135 W Central Blvd, Orlando, FL    None

City Centre

STF, LP

   100 Second Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL    None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    400 Broadway Avenue; 701 Morrison Drive; 720 Park Blvd.; and
800 Park Blvd., Boise, ID
   None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    Boise Outlot – Vacant Land    None

SCCP Central Valley

Limited Partnership

   3501 Corporate Parkway, Allentown, PA    None


SCHEDULE 4.16

ZONING

 

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Exceptions to Zoning Compliance or Notice of Zoning Violations

Core Cherry Limited Partnership    4300 Cherry Creek Drive South; 700 South Ash Street; and 710 South Ash Street, Denver, CO    None
Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership    135 W Central Blvd, Orlando, FL    None
City Centre STF, LP    100 Second Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL    None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    400 Broadway Avenue; 701 Morrison Drive; 720 Park Blvd.; and
800 Park Blvd., Boise, ID
   None
SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    Boise Outlot – Vacant Land    None
SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership    3501 Corporate Parkway, Allentown, PA    None


SCHEDULE 4.18

EXISTING LOANS

 

Insured

Property

Owner

  

Property Address

  

Existing Debt

SCCP Boise Limited Partnership    400 Broadway Avenue; 701 Morrison Drive; 720 Park Blvd.; and
800 Park Blvd., Boise, ID
   Loan in the original principal amount of $35,200,000.00 by and between SCCP Boise Limited Partnership as Borrower and Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC as Lender secured by a Promissory Note dated June 7, 2013 with a maturity date of July 5, 2018; and a Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement dated June 7, 2013 and recorded June 10, 2013

Exhibit 10.6

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is entered into as of April 21 by and among City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and the holders listed on Schedule I hereto (each an “ Initial Holder ” and, collectively, the “ Initial Holders ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), the Company and City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), have concurrently engaged in certain formation transactions (the “ Formation Transactions ”), pursuant to which the Initial Holders have concurrently received, in exchange for their respective interests in the entities participating in the Formation Transactions, shares of Common Stock or common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“ Common OP Units ”), which may be redeemable for cash or, at the Company’s option, exchangeable for shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement;

WHEREAS, in connection with the Formation Transactions, the Company has agreed to grant to the Initial Holders and their permitted assignees and transferees the registration rights set forth in Article II hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1 Definitions . In addition to the definitions set forth above, the following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

Affiliate ” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Agreement ” means this Registration Rights Agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Beneficially Own .” A Person shall be deemed to “ Beneficially Own ” securities if such Person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement.

Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

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Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by law to close.

Charter ” means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Maryland on April 10, 2014, as the same may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common OP Units ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Demand ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Demand Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Demand Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Disadvantageous Condition ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Holder ” means (i) any Initial Holder who is the record or beneficial owner of any Registrable Security or (ii) any assignee or transferee of such Initial Holder (including assignments or transfers of Registrable Securities to such assignees or transferees as a result of the foreclosure on any loans secured by such Registrable Securities) (x) to the extent permitted under the Operating Partnership Agreement or the Charter, as applicable, and (y) provided such assignee or transferee agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions hereof.

Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

Initial Holder ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Inspectors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)(viii).

IPO ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

FINRA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)(xviii).

 

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Formation Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.

Minimum Registration Amount ” means not less than the number of shares of Registrable Securities that represent 5% of the Common Stock outstanding on the date thereof.

Notice and Questionnaire ” means a written notice, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A , delivered by a Holder to the Company (i) notifying the Company of such Holder’s desire to include Registrable Securities held by it in a Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) containing all information about such Holder required to be included in such registration statement in accordance with applicable law, including Item 507 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto, and (iii) pursuant to which such Holder agrees to bound by the terms and conditions hereof.

“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange, or any successor exchange thereto.

Operating Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Operating Partnership Agreement ” means the Amended & Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, dated as of April 21, 2014, as the same may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

Piggy-Back Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Records ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)(viii).

Registrable Securities ” means with respect to any Holder, shares of Common Stock owned, either of record or beneficially, by such Holder that were issued in the Formation Transactions or issued or issuable upon exchange of Common OP Units issued in the Formation Transactions and any additional shares of Common Stock issued as a dividend or distribution on, in exchange for, or otherwise in respect of, such shares (including as a result of combinations, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, reorganizations or otherwise).

As to any particular Registrable Securities, they shall cease to be Registrable Securities at the earliest time as one of the following shall have occurred: (i) a registration statement (including a Shelf Registration Statement) covering such shares has been declared effective by the Commission and all such shares have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement or unless such shares (other than Restricted Shares) were issued pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) such shares have been publicly sold under Rule 144, (iii) all such shares may be sold in one transaction pursuant to Rule 144 or (iv) such shares have been otherwise transferred in a transaction that constitutes a sale thereof under the Securities Act, the Company has delivered to the Holder’s transferee a new certificate or other evidence of

 

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ownership for such shares not bearing the Securities Act restricted stock legend and such shares subsequently may be resold or otherwise transferred by such transferee without registration under the Securities Act.

Registration Expenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

Restricted Shares ” means shares of Common Stock issued under a Shelf Registration Statement which if sold by the holder thereof would constitute “restricted securities” as defined under Rule 144.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be promulgated by the Commission.

Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder).

Selling Holder ” means a Holder who is selling Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms hereof.

Shelf Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Shelf Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Suspension Notice ” means any written notice delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 2.15 with respect to the suspension of rights under a Shelf Registration Statement or any prospectus contained therein.

Underwriter ” means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

SECTION 2.1 Underwritten Demand Registration .

(a) Commencing on or after the date that is 365 days after the consummation date of the IPO, any Holder or Holders may make a written request to the Company (a “ Demand ”) for registration of an underwritten offering under the Securities Act of all or part of its or their Common Stock constituting Registrable Securities that in the aggregate equals or is greater than the Minimum Registration Amount (a “ Demand Registration ”). The Company shall prepare and file a registration statement on an appropriate form with respect to any Demand Registration (the “ Demand Registration Statement ”). Any request for a Demand Registration will specify (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration, (ii) the intended method of disposition in connection with such Demand

 

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Registration, to the extent then known, and (iii) the identity of the Holder (or Holders). Within five days after receipt of a Demand, the Company shall give written notice of such Demand to any other Person that, on the date such Demand is delivered to the Company, is a Holder. Subject to Section 2.3, the Company shall include in the Demand Registration covered by such Demand all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein within five days after such notice by the Company has been given. Such written request shall comply with the requirements of a Demand as set forth in this Section 2.1(a). The Company will, subject to the terms of this Agreement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of: (i) the Registrable Securities that the Company has been so requested to register by the Holder or Holders for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in such Demand; (ii) all other Registrable Securities that the Company has been requested to register by any Holders pursuant to this Section 2.1(a); and (iii) all other shares of Common Stock that the Company may elect to register in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.1, but subject to Section 2.3. Unless the Holders participating in such Demand Registration that hold a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration shall consent in writing, no party, other than the Company, shall be permitted to offer securities in connection with any such Demand Registration. The Company shall not be obligated to effect more than one Demand Registration.

(b) The Company shall not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration (A) within three months of a “firm commitment” underwritten offering in which all of the Holders were given the opportunity to exercise “piggyback” rights pursuant to Section 2.2(a) (provided that at least 50% of the number of Registrable Securities requested by such Holders to be included in such Demand Registration were included), (B) within three months of any other underwritten offering pursuant to Sections 2.2(a) or (C) so long as a Shelf Registration Statement is on file and effective. In addition, the Company shall be entitled to postpone (upon written notice to all Holders) for a reasonable period of time not to exceed 30 days in succession the filing or the effectiveness of a registration statement for any Demand Registration (but no more than twice, or for more than 60 days in the aggregate, in any twelve-month period) if the Board determines in good faith and in its reasonable judgment that the filing or effectiveness of the registration statement relating to such Demand Registration could cause the disclosure of (i) material, non-public information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential, (ii) a significant business opportunity (including a potential acquisition or disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any merger, consolidation, share exchange, tender offer or other similar transaction) available to the Company that the Board reasonably determines to be significantly disadvantageous for the Company to disclose or (iii) any other event or condition of similar significance to the Company that the Board reasonably determines to be significantly disadvantageous for the Company to disclose and that the Company is not otherwise required to disclose at such time (each of the conditions in (i), (ii) and (iii), a “ Disadvantageous Condition ”), and the Company shall furnish to the Holders a notice stating that the Company is deferring such registration pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) and an approximation of the anticipated duration of the delay. In the event of a postponement by the Company of the filing or effectiveness of a registration statement for a Demand Registration due to a Disadvantageous Condition, the Holder(s) shall have the right to withdraw such Demand in accordance with Section 2.6.

 

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(c) A registration requested by the Holder(s) under Section 2.1(a) will not count as a Demand Registration unless and until the registration statement related to such request has been declared effective by the Commission.

(d) The Company shall select the book-running managing Underwriter in connection with any Demand Registration. The Company may select any additional investment banks and managers to be used in connection with the offering.

SECTION 2.2 Piggy-Back Registration .

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, if the Company proposes to register any Common Stock for its own account or for the account of others at any time following the first anniversary of the IPO (other than (i) on a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 (or any substitute form that may be adopted by the Commission) or (ii) in connection with an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing securityholders), then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the Holders as soon as practicable; such notice shall specify, at a minimum, the number of equity securities proposed to be registered, the proposed date of filing of such registration statement with the Commission, the proposed means of distribution and the proposed managing underwriter or underwriters (if any and if known) and offer such Holders the opportunity to register such number of shares of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request (a “ Piggy-Back Registration ”); provided , that if and so long as a Shelf Registration Statement is on file and effective, then the Company shall have no obligation to effect a Piggy-Back Registration. The Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter(s) of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities equal to or greater than the Minimum Registration Amount held by the Holders requested to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration to be included on the same terms and conditions as any equity securities of the Company included therein. Participation in a Piggy-Back Registration as provided in this Section 2.2 shall not count as a Demand Registration for purposes of Section 2.1.

(b) In connection with any Piggy-Back Registration under this Section 2.2 for the Company’s account, the Company shall not be required to include a Holder’s Registrable Securities in the Piggy-Back Registration unless such Holder accepts the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by the Company.

(c) If, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any of its equity securities as set forth in this Section 2.2 and prior to the time the registration statement filed in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration is declared effective, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such equity securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each Holder and thereupon shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such particular withdrawn or abandoned Piggy-Back Registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses (as defined below) in connection therewith as provided herein); provided that the Holder may continue the registration as a Demand Registration pursuant to the terms of Section 2.1.

 

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SECTION 2.3 Reduction of Offering . Notwithstanding anything contained in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, if the managing Underwriter(s) of an offering described in Section 2.1 or 2.2 advise in writing the Company and the Selling Holders that the size of the intended offering is such that the success of the offering or price per share of the securities to be sold would be adversely affected by inclusion of the Registrable Securities requested to be included by the Selling Holders and the Company, then: (x) in the case of a Demand Registration, the amount of the Common Stock to be offered for the account of the Company shall be reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing Underwriter(s), provided that the amount of securities to be offered by the Company shall not be reduced to less than fifty (50) percent of the total number of securities to be included in such offering; and (y) in the case of a Piggy-Back Registration, the amount of securities to be offered for the accounts of Selling Holders shall be reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing Underwriter(s), provided that the amount of securities to be offered by the Selling Holders shall not be reduced to less than thirty (30) percent of the total number of securities to be included in such offering.

SECTION 2.4 Shelf Registration .

(a) Subject to Section 2.15, and further subject to the availability to the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or a successor form, the Company shall prepare and file, not later than 365 days after the consummation date of the IPO, a “shelf” registration statement with respect to the resale of the Registrable Securities (“ Shelf Registration ”) by the Holders thereof on an appropriate form for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (“ Shelf Registration Statement ”) and permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the Holders and set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, and, subject to Sections 2.4(c) and 2.15, to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period ending when the Holders, together, Beneficially Own less than a Minimum Registration Amount.

At the time the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, each Holder that has delivered a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to the date ten (10) Business Days prior to such time of effectiveness shall be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law.

(b) Any offering under a Shelf Registration Statement shall be underwritten at the written request of Holders of Registrable Securities under such registration statement that hold in the aggregate at least 10% of the Registrable Securities originally issued in the Formation Transactions ( provided that the number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such underwritten offering equals or is greater than the Minimum Registration Amount; provided further that the Company shall not be obligated to effect more than one underwritten offering under this Section 2.4(b) and Section 2.1(a), taken together; and provided further that the

 

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Company shall not be obligated to effect, or take any action to effect, an underwritten offering (i) within 120 days following the last date on which an underwritten offering was effected pursuant to this Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.1(a) or during any lock-up period required by the underwriters in any prior underwritten offering conducted by the Company on its own behalf or on behalf of selling stockholders, or (ii) during the period commencing with the date thirty (30) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration statement with respect to an offering by the Company ( provided that the Company is actively engaged in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to file such registration statement). Any request for an underwritten offering hereunder shall be made to the Company in accordance with the notice provisions of this Agreement.

(c) The Company shall prepare and file such additional registration statements as necessary every three (3) years and use its reasonable efforts to cause such registration statements to be declared effective by the Commission so that a Shelf Registration Statement remains continuously effective, subject to Section 2.15, with respect to resales of Registrable Securities as and for the periods required under Section 2.4(a) (such subsequent registration statements to constitute a Shelf Registration Statement hereunder).

(d) Each Holder acknowledges that by participating in its registration rights pursuant to this Agreement, such Holder will be deemed a party to this Agreement and will be bound by its terms, notwithstanding such Holder’s failure to deliver a Notice and Questionnaire; provided that any Holder that has not delivered a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire shall not be entitled to be named as a Selling Holder in, or have the Registrable Securities held by it covered by, a Shelf Registration Statement.

SECTION 2.5 Reduction of Offering Under a Shelf Registration . Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if the managing Underwriter(s) of an offering described in Section 2.4(b) advise in writing the Company and the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities included in such offering that the size of the intended offering is such that the success of the offering or price per share of the securities to be sold would be adversely affected by inclusion of all the Registrable Securities requested to be included, then the amount of securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders shall be reduced pro rata (according to the Registrable Securities requested for inclusion) to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing Underwriter(s) but in priority to any securities proposed to be sold by any other holders of securities of the Company with registration rights to participate therein. The Company shall have the opportunity to include such number of securities as it may elect in an offering described in Section 2.4(b); provided that if the managing Underwriter(s) of such offering advise in writing the Company and the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities requested to be included that the success of the offering would be adversely affected by inclusion of all the securities requested to be included by the Company, then the amount of securities to be offered for the account of the Company shall be reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing Underwriter(s); provided further that the amount of securities to be offered by the Company shall not be reduced to less than fifty (50) percent of the total number of securities to be included in such offering.

 

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SECTION 2.6 Withdrawal Rights . Any Holder, after notifying or directing the Company to include any or all of its Registrable Securities in a registration statement under the Securities Act, shall have the right to withdraw any such notice or direction with respect to any or all of the Registrable Securities designated by it for registration by giving written notice to such effect to the Company prior to the effective date of such registration statement. In the event of any such withdrawal, the Company shall not include such Registrable Securities in the applicable registration and such Registrable Securities shall continue to be Registrable Securities for all purposes of this Agreement. No such withdrawal shall affect the obligations of the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities not so withdrawn; provided , however , that in the case of a Demand Registration, if such withdrawal shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included in such registration below the Minimum Registration Amount, then the Company shall as promptly as practicable give each Holder of Registrable Securities sought to be registered notice to such effect and, within ten days following the mailing of such notice, such Holder, if still seeking registration, shall by written notice to the Company elect to register additional Registrable Securities to satisfy the Minimum Registration Amount or elect that such registration statement not be filed or, if previously filed, be withdrawn. During such 10 day period, the Company shall not file such registration statement if not previously filed or, if such registration statement has been previously filed, the Company shall not seek, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent, the effectiveness of such registration statement.

SECTION 2.7 Registration Procedures . If and whenever the Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4, the Company shall as promptly as practicable (in each case, to the extent applicable):

(i) prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement to effect such registration, cause such registration statement to become effective at the earliest possible date permitted under the rules and regulations of the Commission, and thereafter use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to remain effective pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided , however , that the Company may discontinue any registration of its securities that are not Registrable Securities at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to such securities; provided further that before filing such registration statement or any amendments thereto, the Company will furnish to the counsel selected by the Selling Holders copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of and comment by such counsel (it being understood that counsel to the Selling Holders will conduct its review and provide any comments promptly);

(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith and any Exchange Act reports incorporated by reference therein as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement until the earlier of such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of

 

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disposition by the Selling Holder(s) set forth in such registration statement or (i) in the case of a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, the expiration of 60 days after such registration statement becomes effective or (ii) in the case of a Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, the expiration of 60 days after such registration statement becomes effective;

(iii) furnish to each Selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, of the securities being sold by such Selling Holder such number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies of the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such number of copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and such other documents as such Selling Holder and underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder; provided , however , that no reports or documents need to be furnished to the extent they have been filed with the Commission and are publicly available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system.

(iv) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Selling Holder and any underwriter of the securities being sold by such Selling Holder shall reasonably request, and take any other action which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Selling Holder and underwriter to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (iv) be obligated to be so qualified, to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or to file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(v) use best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and, if no such securities are so listed, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be listed on the NYSE or the Nasdaq Stock Market;

(vi) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the Selling Holder(s) thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

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(vii) in connection with an underwritten offering, obtain for each underwriter:

(1) an opinion of counsel for the Company, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such underwriters, and

(2) a “comfort” letter signed by the independent registered public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included in such registration statement (and, if necessary, any other independent registered public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any business acquired by the Company from which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the registration statement);

(viii) promptly make available for inspection by any Selling Holder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to any registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent or representative retained by any Selling Holder or underwriter (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “ Records ”), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such Selling Holder or underwriter to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any such Inspector in connection with such registration statement promptly; provided , however , that, unless the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in the registration statement or the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, the Company shall not be required to provide any information under this clause (viii) if (i) the Company believes, after consultation with counsel for the Company, that to do so would cause the Company to forfeit an attorney-client privilege that was applicable to such information or (ii) if either (A) the Company has requested and been granted from the Commission confidential treatment of such information contained in any filing with the Commission or documents provided supplementally or otherwise or (B) the Company reasonably determines in good faith that such Records are confidential and so notifies the Inspectors in writing unless prior to furnishing any such information with respect to (i) or (ii) such Selling Holder agrees, and causes each of the Inspectors to agree, to enter into a confidentiality agreement on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company; and provided further that each of the Selling Holders agree that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential;

(ix) promptly notify in writing each Selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, of the following events:

(1) the filing of the registration statement, the prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment to the registration statement, and, with respect to the registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective;

 

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(2) any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the registration statement or the prospectus or for additional information;

(3) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings by any Person for that purpose;

(4) when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes information that may conflict with the information contained in the registration statement; and

(5) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose;

(x) notify each Selling Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, at the request of any Selling Holder, promptly prepare and furnish to such Selling Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(xi) use every reasonable best effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement;

(xii) use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to the Selling Holders, as promptly as practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months, but not more than 18 months, beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full quarter after the effective date of such registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder (or any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission);

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denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or such Selling Holder may request and keep available and make available to the Company’s transfer agent prior to the effectiveness of such registration statement a supply of such certificates as necessary or appropriate;

(xiv) have appropriate officers of the Company prepare and participate in customary “road shows” as requested by the managing underwriter(s);

(xv) have appropriate officers of the Company, and cause representatives of the Company’s independent registered public accountants to, participate in any due diligence discussions reasonably requested by any Selling Holder or any underwriter;

(xvi) if requested by any underwriter, agree, and cause the Company, any directors or officers of the Company to agree, to be bound by customary “lock-up” agreements restricting the ability to dispose of Company securities;

(xvii) if requested by any Selling Holders or any underwriter, promptly incorporate in the registration statement or any prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Selling Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Registrable Securities;

(xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”) and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter that is required to be undertaken in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA;

(xix) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate as reasonably requested by the Selling Holders and the underwriters in the offering, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities;

(xx) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and all reporting requirements under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act; and

(xxi) use commercially reasonable efforts to take any action requested by the Selling Holders, including any action described in clauses (i) through (xx) above to prepare for and facilitate any “over-night deal” or other proposed sale of Registrable Securities over a limited time frame.

The Company may require each Selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, to furnish the Company in writing such information regarding each Selling Holder or underwriter and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request to complete or amend the information required by such registration statement.

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an underwriting agreement with a managing underwriter or underwriters containing representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements customarily included (but not inconsistent with the covenants and agreements of the Company contained herein) by an issuer of common stock in underwriting agreements with respect to offerings of common stock for the account of, or on behalf of, such issuers. In connection with any offering of Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the underwriter, if any (or, if no underwriter, the Selling Holder), unlegended certificates representing ownership of the Registrable Securities being sold (unless, in the Company’s sole discretion, such Registrable Securities are to be issued in uncertificated form pursuant to the customary arrangements for issuing shares in such form), in such denominations as requested, and instruct any transfer agent and registrar of the Registrable Securities to release any stop transfer order with respect thereto.

Each Selling Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.7(a)(x), such Selling Holder shall forthwith discontinue such Selling Holder’s disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the applicable registration statement and prospectus relating thereto until such Selling Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.7(a)(ix) and, if so directed by the Company, deliver to the Company, at the Company’s expense, all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Selling Holder’s possession of the prospectus current at the time of receipt of such notice relating to such Registrable Securities. In the event the Company shall give such notice, any applicable 60 day period during which such registration statement must remain effective pursuant to this Agreement shall be extended by the number of days during the period from the date of giving of a notice regarding the happening of an event of the kind described in Section 2.7(a)(ix) to the date when all such Selling Holders shall receive such a supplemented or amended prospectus and such prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission.

SECTION 2.8 Registration Expenses . In connection with any registration statement required to be filed hereunder, the Company shall pay the following registration expenses incurred in connection with the registration hereunder (the “ Registration Expenses ”), regardless of whether such registration statement is declared effective by the Commission: (i) all registration and filing fees, (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) all fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with FINRA (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” as such term is defined in FINRA Rule 5121), (iv) printing expenses, (v) internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities, (vii) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and customary fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company, (viii) all fees and disbursements of the Company’s auditors, including in connection with the preparation of comfort letters, and any transfer agent and registrar fees, (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration and (x) any expenses described in clauses (i) through (ix) above incurred in connection with the marketing and sale of Registrable Securities. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities, or any out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders (or the agents who manage their accounts) or any transfer taxes relating to the registration or sale of the Registrable Securities.

 

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SECTION 2.9 Indemnification by the Company . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors, agents, partners, members, employees, managers, advisors, sub-advisors, attorneys, representatives and affiliates, and each Person, if any, who controls such Selling Holder or such other indemnified Person within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against, as incurred, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, or actions in respect thereof (collectively, the “ Losses ”), that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as Losses arise out of or are based upon any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Selling Holder or on such Selling Holder’s behalf expressly for inclusion therein.

SECTION 2.10 Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities . In connection with any registration statement, each Selling Holder agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, representatives and affiliates and each Person, if any, who controls the Company or such other indemnified Person within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against all Losses caused by, resulting from or relating to (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but, in each case, only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is caused by and contained in such information so furnished in writing by such Selling Holder expressly for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Selling Holder shall be liable to the Company for amounts in excess of the net amount received by such Selling Holder in the offering giving rise to such liability.

SECTION 2.11 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 2.9 or 2.10, such person (an “ Indemnified Party ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (an “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided , however , that the failure of any

 

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Indemnified Party to give such notice will not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any obligations under Section 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 or 2.12, except to the extent such Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Party will not (so long as it shall continue to have the right to defend, contest, litigate and settle the matter in question in accordance with this paragraph) be liable to such Indemnified Party hereunder for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, supervision and monitoring (unless (i) such Indemnified Party reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that there may be defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such Indemnifying Party or (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and the Indemnified Party is or is reasonably likely to be prejudiced by such delay; in either event the Indemnified Party shall be promptly reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party for the expenses incurred in connection with retaining one separate legal counsel). In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) representation of the Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party. It is understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Indemnified Parties, such firm shall be designated in writing by (i) in the case of Persons indemnified pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof, the Selling Holders which owned a majority of the Registrable Securities sold under the applicable registration statement and (ii) in the case of Persons indemnified pursuant to Section 2.10, the Company. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Parties from and against any Losses (to the extent stated above) by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such proceeding without any admission of liability by such Indemnified Party.

SECTION 2.12 Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 2.9 or 2.10 hereof is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient in respect of any Losses that otherwise would have been covered by Section 2.9 or 2.10 hereof, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of each Selling Holder, on the other hand, in connection with such statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant

 

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equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of each Selling Holder, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such party and by such parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and the Selling Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.12 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the Losses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.12, no Selling Holder shall be required to contribute any amount which in the aggregate exceeds the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Selling Holder from the sale of its securities to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Selling Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Selling Holder’s obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 2.12, if any, are several in proportion to the proceeds of the offering actually received by such Selling Holder to the total proceeds of the offering received by all the Selling Holders and not joint.

SECTION 2.13 Rule 144 . The Company covenants that it will (a) make and keep public information regarding the Company available as those terms are defined in Rule 144, (b) file in a timely manner any reports and documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (c) furnish to any Holder forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time more than 90 days after the effective date of the registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering), the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (d) take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable Holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.

SECTION 2.14 Participation in Underwritten Offerings . No Person may participate in any underwritten offerings hereunder unless such Person (a) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and the registration rights provided for in this Article II.

 

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SECTION 2.15 Suspension of Use of Registration Statement . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled, from time to time, by providing notice to the Holders who elected to participate in the Shelf Registration Statement, to require such Holders to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement for a reasonable period of time not to exceed 60 days in succession or 90 days in the aggregate in any twelve month period (a “ Suspension Period ”) if the Board determines in good faith and in its reasonable judgment that it is required to disclose in the Shelf Registration a Disadvantageous Condition. Immediately upon receipt of such notice, the Holders covered by the Shelf Registration Statement shall suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made as required below. Any Suspension Period shall terminate at such time as the public disclosure of such information is made. After the expiration of any Suspension Period and without any further request from a Holder, the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

SECTION 2.17 Additional Shares . The Company, at its option, may register under a Shelf Registration Statement and any filings with any state securities commissions filed pursuant to this Agreement, any number of unissued shares of Common Stock or any shares of Common Stock owned by any other stockholder or stockholders of the Company; provided that in no event shall the inclusion of such shares on a registration statement reduce the amount offered for the account of the Holders in any underwritten offering at the request of the Holders pursuant to Section 2.4(b).

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 3.1 Remedies . In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein and granted by law, including recovery of damages, the Holders shall be entitled to specific performance of their rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

SECTION 3.2 Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, in each case without the written consent of the Company and the Holders against whom enforcement is sought. No failure or delay 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 any breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

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SECTION 3.3 Notices . All notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement shall be made in writing by hand delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

(i) if to any Holder, initially to the address indicated in such Holder’s Notice and Questionnaire or, if no Notice and Questionnaire has been delivered, c/o City Office REIT, Inc., 1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 3C9, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, or to such other address and to such other Persons as any Holder may hereafter specify in writing; and

(ii) if to the Company, initially at 1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2600, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 3C9, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, or to such other address as the Company may hereafter specify in writing.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when received if deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

SECTION 3.4 Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Registration Rights . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties. Any Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement without the consent of the Company in connection with a transfer of such Holder’s Registrable Securities; provided that the Holder notifies the Company of such proposed transfer and assignment and the transferee or assignee of such rights assumes in writing the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

SECTION 3.5 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.

SECTION 3.6 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.

SECTION 3.7 Submission to Jurisdiction . Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process,

 

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summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

SECTION 3.8 Entire Agreement . This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

SECTION 3.9 Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

SECTION 3.10 Termination . The obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate, and be of no further force and effect, with respect to each Holder, at such earlier time as such Holder ceases to Beneficially Own a Minimum Registration Amount, except, in each case, for any obligations under Sections 2.4(c), 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12 and this Article III.

SECTION 3.11 Waiver of Jury Trial . The parties hereto (including any Initial Holder and any subsequent Holder) irrevocably waive any right to trial by jury.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name:   James Farrar
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer
CIO OP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name:   James Farrar
  Title:  
CIO REIT STOCK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  Name:   James Farrar
  Title:  
GCC AMBERGLEN INVESTMENTS LP
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name:   Ryan Chan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
GIBRALT US, INC.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  Name:   Ryan Chan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
DANIEL RAPAPORT

/s/ Daniel Rapaport

Daniel Rapaport


Schedule I

Initial Holders

 

1. CIO OP Limited Partnership

 

2. CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership

 

3. GCC Amberglen Investments LP

 

4. Gibralt US, Inc.

 

5. Daniel Rapaport


Exhibit A

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

FORM OF NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE

The undersigned beneficial holder of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”), of City Office REIT, Inc. (the “ Company ”) and/or units of limited partnership interests (“ OP Units ” and, together with the Common Stock, the “ Registrable Securities ”) of City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “ Operating Partnership ”) understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) one or more registration statements (collectively, the “ Shelf Registration Statement ”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), dated April 21, 2014, among the Company and the holders listed on Schedule I thereto. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement. In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, a beneficial owner of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling security holder in the related prospectus, deliver a prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities and be bound by those provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such beneficial owner (including certain indemnification provisions as described below). To be included in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Notice and Questionnaire must be completed, executed and delivered to the Company at the address set forth herein on or prior to the tenth business day before the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement. We will give notice of the filing and effectiveness of the initial Shelf Registration Statement by issuing a press release and by mailing a notice to the holders at their addresses set forth in the register of the registrar.

Beneficial owners that do not complete this Notice and Questionnaire and deliver it to the Company as provided below will not be named as selling security holders in the prospectus and therefore will not be permitted to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. Beneficial owners are encouraged to complete and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire prior to the effectiveness of the initial Shelf Registration Statement so that such beneficial owners may be named as selling security holders in the related prospectus at the time of effectiveness. Upon receipt of a completed Notice and Questionnaire from a beneficial owner following the effectiveness of the initial Shelf Registration Statement, in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will file such amendments to the initial Shelf Registration Statement or additional shelf registration statements or supplements to the related prospectus as are necessary to permit such holder to deliver such prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities.

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as selling security holders in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial


owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling security holder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

NOTICE

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “ Selling Security Holder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the prospectus forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item 3 (unless otherwise specified under Item 3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the undersigned has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against certain losses arising in connection with statements concerning the undersigned made in the Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus in reliance upon the information provided in this Notice and Questionnaire.

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants to the Company that such information is accurate and complete:

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1.   (a)    Full Legal Name of Selling Security Holder:
    

 

  (b)    Full Legal Name of registered holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 below are held:
    

 

  (c)    Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 below are held:
    

 

  (c)    List below the individual or individuals who exercise voting and/or dispositive powers with respect to the Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 below:
    

 

2.   Address for Notices to Selling Security Holder:
 

 

 

 

  Telephone:   

 

  Fax:   

 

  E-mail address:   

 

  Contact Person:   

 


3.   Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities:
  Type of Registrable Securities beneficially owned, and number of shares of Common Stock and/or OP Units, as the case may be, beneficially owned:
 

 

4.   Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Security Holder:
  Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company, other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.
  Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Security Holder:
 

 

5.   Relationship with the Company
  Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
  State any exceptions here:
 

 

 

 

6.   Plan of Distribution
  Except as set forth below, the undersigned (including its donees or pledgees) intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3 pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement only as follows and will not be offering any of such Registrable Securities pursuant to an agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into with a broker or dealer prior to the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement. Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned or, alternatively, through underwriters or broker-dealers or agents. If the Registrable Securities are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the Selling Security Holder will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions)
  (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registrable Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;


  (ii) in the over-the-counter market;
  (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market; or
  (iv) through the writing of options
  In connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise, the undersigned may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities.
  State any exceptions here:
 

 

 

 

Note:   In no event may such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities without the prior written agreement of the Company.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder relating to stock manipulation, particularly Regulation M thereunder (or any successor rules or regulations), in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. The undersigned agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation of such provisions.

The Selling Security Holder hereby acknowledges its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to indemnify and hold harmless certain persons set forth therein. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed under certain circumstances to indemnify the Selling Security Holders against certain liabilities.

In accordance with the undersigned’s obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains effective. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing at the address set forth below.

In the event that the undersigned transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 above after the date on which such information is provided to the Company, the undersigned agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

By signing this Notice and Questionnaire, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Security Holder and received by the Company, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire and the representations and warranties contained herein shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the Company and the Selling Security Holder with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Security Holder and listed in Item 3 above.

This Notice and Questionnaire shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Beneficial Owner
By  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

Dated:


Please return the completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire to:

1075 West Georgia Street

Suite 2600

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 3C9

Tel: (604) 806-3366

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 10.7

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

1. Purpose . This Plan is intended (a) to provide incentives to key personnel, employees, officers, directors, advisors, consultants and other individuals expected to provide significant services to the Company and its subsidiaries, including the personnel, employees, officers and directors of the Participating Companies, and (b) to encourage a proprietary interest in the Company thereby aligning the interests of Company service providers with the interests of the Company’s stockholders.

The Plan permits awards of equity-based incentives to key personnel, employees, officers and directors of, and certain other providers of services to, the Company, either directly or through a Participating Company.

2. Definitions . As used in this Plan, the following definitions apply:

(a) “ Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(b) “ Advisor ” shall mean City Office Real Estate Management, Inc. the Company’s advisor.

(c) “ Agreement ” shall mean a written agreement entered into between the Company and a Grantee pursuant to the Plan.

(d) “ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(e) “ Cause ” shall mean, unless otherwise provided in the Grantee’s Agreement, (i) engaging in (A) willful or gross misconduct or (B) willful or gross neglect, (ii) repeatedly failing to adhere to the directions of superiors or the Board or the written policies and practices of the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Advisor or any of their respective affiliates, (iii) the Grantee’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, or any crime involving the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Advisor or any of their respective affiliates, (iv) fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement or material or repeated insubordination, (v) a material breach of the Grantee’s employment agreement (if any) with the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Advisor or any of their respective affiliates (other than a termination of employment by the Grantee), or (vi) any illegal act detrimental to the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Advisor or any of their respective affiliates, all as determined by the Committee.

(f) “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(g) “ Committee ” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Company as appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan; provided , however , that the Committee shall at all times consist solely of persons who, at the time of their appointment, are qualified as a “Non-Employee Director” under Rule 16b-3(b)(3)(i) promulgated under the Exchange Act and, to the extent that relief from the limitation of Section 162(m) of the Code is sought, as an “Outside Director” under Section 1.162-27(e)(3)(i) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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(h) “ Common Stock ” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, either currently existing or authorized hereafter.

(i) “ Company ” shall mean City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

(j) “ DER ” shall mean a right awarded under Section 12 of the Plan to receive (or have credited) the equivalent value (in cash or Shares) of dividends paid on Common Stock.

(k) “ Disability ” shall mean, unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the Grantee’s Agreement, the occurrence of an event which would entitle the Grantee to the payment of disability income under one of the Company’s approved long-term disability income plan or a long-term disability as determined by the Committee in its absolute discretion pursuant to any other standard as may be adopted by the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no circumstances or condition shall constitute a Disability to the extent that, if it were, an excise tax would be imposed under Section 409A of the Code.

(l) “ Eligible Persons ” shall mean officers, directors, advisors, personnel and employees of the Participating Companies, but only to the extent Shares to be issued hereunder to any such potential Eligible Person is eligible for registration under a United States Securities and Exchange Commission Form S-8.

(m) “ Employee ” shall mean an individual, including an officer of a Participating Company, who is employed by the Participating Company.

(n) “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(o) “ Exercise Price ” shall mean the price per Share of Common Stock, determined by the Board or the Committee, at which an Option may be exercised.

(p) “ Fair Market Value ” shall mean the value of one share of Common Stock, determined as follows:

(i) If the Shares are then listed on a national stock exchange, the closing sales price per Share on the exchange for the last preceding date on which there was a sale of Shares on such exchange, as determined by the Committee.

(ii) If the Shares are not then listed on a national stock exchange but are then traded on an over-the-counter market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for the Shares in such over-the-counter market for the last preceding date on which there was a sale of such Shares in such market, as determined by the Committee.

(iii) If neither (i) nor (ii) applies, such value as the Committee in its discretion may in good faith determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the Shares are listed or traded, the Committee may make discretionary determinations in good faith where the Shares have not been traded for 10 trading days.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any “stock right” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, Fair Market Value shall not be less than the “fair market value” of the Shares determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv).

(q) “ Grant ” shall mean the issuance of an Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Phantom Share, DER, or other equity-based grant as contemplated herein or any combination thereof as applicable to an Eligible Person.

(r) “ Grantee ” shall mean an Eligible Person to whom Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Phantom Shares, DERs or other equity-based awards are granted hereunder.

(s) “ Incentive Stock Option ” shall mean an Option of the type described in Section 422(b) of the Code issued to an Employee of (i) the Company, or (ii) a “subsidiary corporation” or a “parent corporation” as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

(t) “ LTIP Unit ” means an LTIP Unit as set forth in the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.

(u) “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” shall mean an Option not described in Section 422(b) of the Code.

(v) “ Option ” shall mean any option, whether an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option, to purchase, at a price and for the term fixed by the Committee in accordance with the Plan, and subject to such other limitations and restrictions in the Plan and the applicable Agreement, a number of Shares determined by the Committee.

(w) “ Optionee ” shall mean any Eligible Person to whom an Option is granted, or the Successors of the Optionee, as the context so requires.

(x) “ Participating Companies ” shall mean the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Advisor and any of their respective affiliates, which, with the consent of the Board participates in the Plan.

(y) “ Phantom Share ” shall mean a right, pursuant to the Plan, of the Grantee to payment of the Phantom Share Value.

(z) “ Phantom Share Value ,” per Phantom Share, shall mean the Fair Market Value of a Share or, if so provided by the Committee, such Fair Market Value to the extent in excess of a base value established by the Committee at the time of grant.

(aa) “ Plan ” shall mean this Equity Incentive Plan, as the same may from time to time be amended.

(bb) “ Purchase Price ” shall mean the Exercise Price times the number of Shares with respect to which an Option is exercised.

 

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(cc) “ Restricted Stock ” shall mean an award of Shares that are subject to restrictions hereunder.

(dd) “ Restricted Stock Unit ” shall mean a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share, granted pursuant to Section 10. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company.

(ee) “ Shares ” shall mean shares of Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 16 of the Plan (if applicable).

(ff) “ Subsidiary ” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity at least 50% of the economic interest in the equity of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by another subsidiary.

(gg) “ Successors of the Optionee ” shall mean the legal representative of the estate of a deceased Optionee or the person or persons who shall acquire the right to exercise an Option by bequest or inheritance upon the death of the Optionee.

(hh) “ Termination of Service ” shall mean the time when the employee-employer relationship or directorship, or other service relationship, between the Grantee and the Participating Companies is terminated for any reason, with or without Cause, including, but not limited to, any termination by resignation, discharge, death or Disability; provided , however , Termination of Service shall not include a termination where there is a simultaneous continuation of service by the Grantee for a different Participating Company. For this purpose, the service relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the Grantee is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence (to be determined in the discretion of the Committee). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Grant that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, Termination of Service shall be interpreted to mean a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h).

3. Effective Date . The effective date of the Plan is April 14, 2014.

4. Administration .

(a) Membership on Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee appointed by the Board. If no Committee is designated by the Board to act for those purposes, the full Board shall have the rights and responsibilities of the Committee hereunder and under the Agreements.

(b) Grant of Awards .

(i) The Committee shall from time to time at its discretion select the Eligible Persons who are to be issued Grants and determine the number and type of Grants to be issued under any Agreement to an Eligible Person. In particular, the Committee shall (A) determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Grants awarded hereunder (including, but not limited to, the performance goals and periods applicable to the award of Grants and whether Grants cover Common Stock or LTIP Units); (B) determine the time or times when and the manner and condition in which each Option shall be exercisable

 

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and the duration of the exercise period; and (C) determine or impose other conditions to the Grant or exercise of Options under the Plan as it may deem appropriate. The Committee may establish such rules, regulations and procedures for the administration of the Plan as it deems appropriate (including, without limitation, establishing rules, regulations and procedures or creation of a sub-plan for the purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws, for qualifying for favorable tax treatment under applicable foreign laws or facilitating compliances with foreign laws), determine the extent, if any, to which Options, Phantom Shares, Shares (whether or not Shares of Restricted Stock), Restricted Stock Units, DERs or other equity-based awards shall be forfeited (whether or not such forfeiture is expressly contemplated hereunder), and take any other actions and make any other determinations or decisions that it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the Plan or the administration or interpretation thereof. The Committee shall also cause each Option to be designated as an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option, except that no Incentive Stock Options may be granted to an Eligible Person who is not an Employee of the Company or a “subsidiary corporation” or a “parent corporation” as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code. The Grantee shall take whatever additional actions and execute whatever additional documents the Committee may in its reasonable judgment deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on the Grantee pursuant to the express provisions of the Plan and the Agreement. DERs will be exercisable separately or together with Options, and paid in cash or other consideration at such times and in accordance with such rules, as the Committee shall determine in its discretion. Unless expressly provided hereunder, the Committee, with respect to any Grant, may exercise its discretion hereunder at the time of the award or thereafter. The Committee shall have the right and responsibility to interpret the Plan, and make all decisions necessary under the Plan, and the interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of the Plan or of any Grant thereunder, or any decision made by the Committee with respect to the Plan or Grants, including, without limitation, in the event of a dispute, shall be final and binding on all Grantees and other persons to the maximum extent permitted by law. Without limiting the generality of Section 24, no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Grant hereunder.

(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i) of this Section 4(c), any award under the Plan to an Eligible Person who is a member of the Committee shall be made by the full Board, but for these purposes the directors of the Corporation who are on the Committee shall be required to be recused in respect of such awards and shall not be permitted to vote.

(c) Awards .

(i) Agreements . Grants to Eligible Persons shall be evidenced by written Agreements in such form as the Committee shall from time to time determine. Such Agreements shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

(ii) Number of Shares . Each Grant issued to an Eligible Person shall state the number of Shares to which it pertains or which otherwise underlie the Grant and shall provide for the adjustment thereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 16 hereof.

 

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5. Participation .

(a) Eligibility . Only Eligible Persons shall be eligible to receive Grants under the Plan.

(b) Limitation of Ownership . No Grants shall be issued under the Plan to any person who after such Grant (including settlement or exercise thereof) would beneficially own more than 9.8% by value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, or 9.8% by value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding capital stock of the Company, unless the foregoing restriction is expressly and specifically waived by action of the independent directors of the Board.

(c) Stock Ownership . For purposes of Section 5(b) above, in determining stock ownership a Grantee shall be considered as owning the stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for his brothers, sisters, spouses, ancestors and lineal descendants. Stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a corporation, partnership, estate or trust shall be considered as being owned proportionately by or for its stockholders, partners or beneficiaries. Stock with respect to which any person holds an Option shall be considered to be owned by such person. Ownership of LTIP Units shall be treated as ownership of shares of Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis.

6. Stock . Subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 16, Grants with respect to an aggregate of no more than 1,263,580 Shares may be granted under the Plan (all of which may be issued as Options). Subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 16, in the case of Grants intended to qualify for relief from the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, (i) the maximum number of Shares with respect to which any Options may be granted in any one year to any Grantee shall not exceed 150,000, and (ii) the maximum number of Shares that may underlie Grants, other than Grants of Options, in any one year to any Grantee shall not exceed 150,000. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 6, (i) Shares that have been granted as Restricted Stock or that have been reserved for distribution in payment for Options, Restricted Stock Units or Phantom Shares but are later forfeited or for any other reason are not payable under the Plan; and (ii) Shares as to which an Option is granted under the Plan that remains unexercised at the expiration, forfeiture or other termination of such Option, may be the subject of the issue of further Grants. Shares of Common Stock issued hereunder may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares, or treasury shares. The certificates for Shares issued hereunder may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer hereunder or under the Agreement, or as the Committee may otherwise deem appropriate. For the avoidance of doubt, Shares subject to DERs shall be subject to the limitation of this Section 6. Notwithstanding the limitations above in this Section 6, except in the case of Grants intended to qualify for relief from the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, there shall be no limit on the number of Phantom Shares or DERs to the extent they are paid out in cash that may be granted under the Plan. If any Phantom Shares or DERs are paid out in cash, the underlying Shares may again be made the subject of Grants under the Plan, notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 6. A Grant of LTIP Units under Section 13 hereof shall be treated for purposes of the limits in this Section 6 as a Grant covering Shares on a 1 Share for 1 LTIP Unit basis.

 

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7. Terms and Conditions of Options .

(a) Exercise Price . Each Agreement with an Eligible Person shall state the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price for any Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value on the date of Grant.

(b) Medium and Time of Payment . Except as may otherwise be provided below, the Purchase Price for each Option granted to an Eligible Person shall be payable in full in United States dollars upon the exercise of the Option. In the event the Company determines that it is required to withhold taxes as a result of the exercise of an Option, as a condition to the exercise thereof, an Employee may be required to make arrangements satisfactory to the Company to enable it to satisfy such withholding requirements in accordance with Section 21. If the applicable Agreement so provides, or the Committee otherwise so permits, the Purchase Price may be paid in one or a combination of the following:

(i) by a certified or bank cashier’s check;

(ii) by the surrender of Shares in good form for transfer, owned by the person exercising the Option and having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the Purchase Price, or in any combination of cash and Shares, as long as the sum of the cash so paid and the Fair Market Value of the Shares so surrendered equals the Purchase Price and provided that accepting such Shares will not result in any adverse accounting consequences to the Company as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion;

(iii) by cancellation of indebtedness owed by the Company to the Grantee;

(iv) subject to Section 18(e), by a loan or extension of credit from the Company evidenced by a full recourse promissory note executed by the Grantee. The interest rate and other terms and conditions of such note shall be determined by the Committee (in which case the Committee may require that the Grantee pledge his or her Shares to the Company for the purpose of securing the payment of such note, and in no event shall the certificate(s) representing such Shares be released to the Grantee until such note shall have been paid in full); or

(v) by any combination of such methods of payment or any other method acceptable to the Committee in its discretion.

Except in the case of Options exercised by certified or bank cashier’s check, the Committee may impose such limitations and prohibitions on the exercise of Options as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, any limitation or prohibition designed to avoid accounting consequences which may result from the use of Common Stock as payment upon exercise of an Option. Any fractional shares of Common Stock resulting from a Grantee’s election that are accepted by the Company shall in the discretion of the Committee be paid in cash.

 

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(c) Term and Nontransferability of Grants and Options .

(i) Each Agreement reflecting the Grant of an Option shall state the time or times which all or part of the Option becomes exercisable, subject to the restrictions set forth in this subsection (c).

(ii) No Option shall be exercisable except by the Grantee or a transferee permitted hereunder.

(iii) No Option shall be assignable or transferable, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution of the state wherein the Grantee is domiciled at the time of his death; provided , however , that the Committee may (but need not) permit other transfers, where the Committee concludes that such transferability is otherwise appropriate and desirable.

(iv) No Option shall be exercisable until such time as set forth in the applicable Agreement (but in no event after the expiration of such Grant).

(v) No Option may be exercised more than 10 years after the date the Option was granted.

(vi) No modification of an Option shall, without the consent of the Optionee, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Option previously granted.

(d) Termination of Service, Other Than by Death or Disability . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement, upon any Termination of Service for any reason other than his or her death or Disability, an Optionee shall have the right, subject to the restrictions of Section 4(c) above, to exercise his or her Option at any time within three months after Termination of Service, but only to the extent that, at the date of Termination of Service, the Optionee’s right to exercise such Option had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Agreement and had not previously been exercised; provided , however , that, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement, if there occurs a Termination of Service by a Participating Company for Cause, any Option not exercised in full prior to such termination shall be canceled.

(e) Death of Optionee . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement, if an Optionee dies while an Eligible Person and has not fully exercised the Option, then the Option may be exercised in full, subject to the restrictions of Section 4(c) above, at any time within 12 months after the Optionee’s death, by the Successor of the Optionee, but only to the extent that, at the date of death, the Optionee’s right to exercise such Option had vested and had not been forfeited pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and had not previously been exercised.

(f) Disability of Optionee . Unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, upon any Termination of Service for reason of his or her Disability, an Optionee shall have the right, subject to the restrictions of Section 4(c) above, to exercise the Option at any time within 12 months after Termination of Service, but only to the extent that, at the date of Termination of Service, the Optionee’s right to exercise such Option had accrued pursuant to the terms of the applicable Agreement and had not previously been exercised.

 

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(g) Rights as an Owner . An Optionee, a Successor of the Optionee, or the holder of a DER shall have no rights as the owner of the Shares covered thereby (including rights as a stockholder, if applicable) until, in the case of an Optionee, the date of the issuance of a certificate for such Shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property), distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 16.

(h) Stock Appreciation Rights . The Committee, in its discretion, may (taking into account, without limitation, the application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate) also permit the Optionee to elect to exercise an Option by receiving Shares, cash or a combination thereof, in the discretion of the Committee, with an aggregate Fair Market Value (or, to the extent of payment in cash, in an amount) equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised over the aggregate Purchase Price, as determined as of the day the Option is exercised.

(i) Deferral . The Committee may establish a program (taking into account, without limitation, the application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate) under which Optionees will have Phantom Shares subject to Section 10 credited upon their exercise of Options, rather than receiving Shares at that time.

(j) Other Provisions . The Agreement authorized under the Plan may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan (including, without limitation, restrictions upon the exercise of the Option) as the Committee shall deem advisable. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in no event may the Company provide any payment, cash or otherwise, to cancel or replace an Option with an Exercise Price greater than then Fair Market Value without first obtaining stockholder approval.

8. Special Rules for Incentive Stock Options .

(a) Each Option will be designated in the Award Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any parent corporation or Subsidiary) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), such Options will be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 8(a), Incentive Stock Options will be taken into account in the order in which they were granted. The Fair Market Value of the Shares will be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted.

(b) In the case of an individual described in Section 422(b)(6) of the Code (relating to certain 10% owners), the Exercise Price with respect to an Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the day the Option is granted and the term of an Incentive Stock Option shall be no more than five years from the date of grant.

 

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(c) If Shares acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option are disposed of in a disqualifying disposition within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, such Optionee shall notify the Company in writing as soon as practicable thereafter of the date and terms of such disposition and, if the Company thereupon has a tax-withholding obligation, shall pay to the Company an amount equal to any withholding tax the Company is required to pay as a result of the disqualifying disposition.

9. Provisions applicable to Restricted Stock .

(a) Vesting Periods . In connection with the grant of Restricted Stock, whether or not Performance Goals apply thereto, the Committee shall establish one or more vesting periods with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock granted, the length of which shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee. Subject to the provisions of this Section 9, the applicable Agreement and the other provisions of the Plan, restrictions on Restricted Stock shall lapse if the Grantee satisfies all applicable employment or other service requirements through the end of the applicable vesting period.

(b) Grant of Restricted Stock . Subject to the other terms of the Plan, the Committee may, in its discretion as reflected by the terms of the applicable Agreement: (i) authorize the granting of Restricted Stock to Eligible Persons; (ii) provide a specified purchase price for the Restricted Stock (whether or not the payment of a purchase price is required by any state law applicable to the Company); (iii) determine the restrictions applicable to Restricted Stock and (iv) determine or impose other conditions to the grant of Restricted Stock under the Plan as it may deem appropriate. As a condition to the Grant of Restricted Stock, the Grantee must agree to not file, with respect to such Grant, an election to recognize income under Section 83(b) of the Code without the permission of the Company.

(c) Certificates .

(i) Each Grantee of Restricted Stock shall be issued a certificate in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan. Such certificate shall be registered in the name of the Grantee. Without limiting the generality of Section 6, in addition to any legend that might otherwise be required by the Board or the Company’s charter, bylaws or other applicable documents, the certificates for Shares of Restricted Stock issued hereunder may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer hereunder or under the applicable Agreement, or as the Committee may otherwise deem appropriate, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall bear a legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Grant, substantially in the following form:

THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE) OF THE CITY OFFICE REIT, INC. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, AND AN AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE REGISTERED OWNER AND CITY OFFICE REIT, INC. COPIES OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICES OF CITY OFFICE REIT, INC. AT 1075 WEST GEORGIA STREET, SUITE 2600, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, V6E 3C9.

 

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(ii) The Committee shall require that the certificates evidencing such Shares be held in custody by the Company until the restrictions hereunder shall have lapsed and that, as a condition of any grant of Restricted Stock, the Grantee shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the stock covered by such Grant. If and when such restrictions so lapse, the certificates shall be delivered by the Company to the Grantee or his or her designee as provided in Section 9(d).

(d) Restrictions and Conditions . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Agreement, the Shares of Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:

(i) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Agreement, during a period commencing with the date of such Grant and ending on the date the period of forfeiture with respect to such Shares lapses, the Grantee shall not be permitted voluntarily or involuntarily to sell, transfer, pledge, anticipate, alienate, encumber or assign Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan (or have such Shares attached or garnished). Subject to the provisions of the applicable Agreement and clauses (iii) and (iv) below, the period of forfeiture with respect to Shares granted hereunder shall lapse as provided in the applicable Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise expressly provided by the Committee, the period of forfeiture with respect to such Shares shall only lapse as to whole Shares.

(ii) Except as provided in the foregoing clause (i) or in Section 16, the Grantee shall have, in respect of the Shares of Restricted Stock, all of the rights as an owner of such Shares, including the right to vote the Shares if applicable and, as provided in the applicable Agreement, to receive dividends; provided , however , that if the Shares of Restricted Stock will not vest solely on account of continued employment or service, cash dividends on such Shares shall be held by the Company (unsegregated as a part of its general assets) until the period of forfeiture lapses (and forfeited if the underlying Shares are forfeited), and paid over to the Grantee as soon as practicable after such period lapses (if not forfeited) to the extent that the underlying Shares vest. Certificates for Shares (not subject to restrictions hereunder) shall be delivered to the Grantee or his or her designee (or where permitted, transferee) promptly after, and only after, the period of forfeiture shall lapse without forfeiture in respect of such Shares of Restricted Stock.

(iii) Termination of Service. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement, and subject to clause (iv) below, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service, during the applicable period of forfeiture, then (A) all Restricted Stock still subject to restriction shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited by the Grantee, along with any dividends or other amounts paid with respect to those Shares of Restricted Stock and (B) the Company shall pay to the Grantee as soon as practicable (and in no event more than 30 days) after such termination an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount paid by the Grantee for such forfeited Restricted Stock as contemplated by Section 9(b), and (y) the Fair Market Value on the date of termination of the forfeited Restricted Stock.

 

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10. Provisions applicable to Restricted Stock Units .

(a) Vesting .

(i) In connection with the grant of Restricted Stock Units, whether or not Performance Goals apply thereto, the Committee shall establish one or more vesting periods with respect to the Restricted Stock Units, the length of which shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee.

(ii) Subject to the provisions of this Section 10, the applicable Agreement and the other provisions of the Plan, Restricted Stock Units shall vest as provided in the applicable Agreement.

(b) Termination of Service . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Agreement, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service, all of the Grantee’s unvested Restricted Stock Units, and any dividends or other amounts paid with respect to those unvested Restricted Stock Units, shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited by the Grantee and cease to be outstanding, and no payments shall be made with respect to such forfeited Restricted Stock Units.

(c) Earning Restricted Stock Units . Upon meeting the applicable vesting criteria, the Grantee will be entitled to receive a payout as determined by the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the grant of Restricted Stock Units, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any vesting criteria that must be met to receive a payout.

(d) Form and Timing of Payment . Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units will be made upon the date(s) determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may only settled earned Restricted Stock Units in cash, Shares or a combination of both.

(e) Cancellation . On the date set forth in the applicable Agreement, all unearned Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited to the Company.

(f) Other Restricted Stock Unit Provisions .

(i) The Committee may establish a program (taking into account, without limitation, the possible application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate) under which settlement of Restricted Stock Units may be deferred for periods in addition to those otherwise contemplated by the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.

(ii) Rights to payments with respect to Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, garnishment, levy, execution, or other legal or equitable process, either voluntary or involuntary; and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, attach or garnish, or levy or execute on any right to payments or other benefits payable hereunder, shall be void.

 

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11. Provisions applicable to Phantom Shares .

(a) Term . The Committee may provide in an Agreement that any particular Phantom Share shall expire at the end of a specified term.

(b) Vesting . Subject to Section 11(c), Phantom Shares shall vest as provided in the applicable Agreement.

(c) Termination of Service . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service, all of the Grantee’s unvested Phantom Shares, and any dividends, or other amounts paid with respect to more unvested Phantom Shares, shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited by the Grantee and cease to be outstanding, and no payments shall be made with respect to such forfeited Phantom Shares.

(d) Settlement of Phantom Shares .

(i) Each vested and outstanding Phantom Share shall be settled by the transfer to the Grantee of one Share; provided , however , that, the Committee at the time of grant (or, in the appropriate case, as determined by the Committee, thereafter) may provide that a Phantom Share may be settled (A) in cash at the applicable Phantom Share Value, (B) in cash or by transfer of Shares as elected by the Grantee in accordance with procedures established by the Committee or (C) in cash or by transfer of Shares as elected by the Company.

(ii) Each Phantom Share shall be settled with a single-sum payment by the Company; provided , however , that, with respect to Phantom Shares of a Grantee which have a common Settlement Date (as defined below), the Committee may permit the Grantee to elect in accordance with procedures established by the Committee (taking into account, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate) to receive installment payments over a period not to exceed 10 years. If the Grantee’s Phantom Shares are paid out in installment payments, such installment payments shall be treated as a series of separate payments for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

(iii) Unless determined otherwise by the Committee in the applicable Agreement, the settlement date with respect to a Grantee is the first day of the month to follow the Grantee’s Termination of Service (“Settlement Date”); provided , however , that a Grantee may elect, in accordance with procedures to be adopted by the Committee, that such Settlement Date will be deferred as elected by the Grantee to a time permitted by the Committee under procedures to be established by the Committee. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, all initial elections to defer the Settlement Date shall be made in accordance with the requirements of `Section 409A of the Code.

(e) Other Phantom Share Provisions .

(i) Rights to payments with respect to Phantom Shares granted under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment,

 

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pledge, encumbrance, attachment, garnishment, levy, execution, or other legal or equitable process, either voluntary or involuntary; and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, attach or garnish, or levy or execute on any right to payments or other benefits payable hereunder, shall be void.

(ii) A Grantee may designate in writing, on forms to be prescribed by the Committee, a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive any payments payable after his or her death and may amend or revoke such designation at any time. If no beneficiary designation is in effect at the time of a Grantee’s death, payments hereunder shall be made to the Grantee’s estate. If a Grantee with a vested Phantom Share dies, such Phantom Share shall be settled and the Phantom Share Value in respect of such Phantom Shares paid, and any payments deferred with respect thereto shall be accelerated and paid, as soon as practicable (but no later than 60 days) after the date of death to such Grantee’s beneficiary or estate, as applicable.

(iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10, any fractional Phantom Share will be paid out in cash at the Phantom Share Value as of the Settlement Date.

(iv) No Phantom Share shall give any Grantee any rights with respect to Shares or any ownership interest in the Company. Except as may be provided in accordance with Section 12, no provision of the Plan shall be interpreted to confer upon any Grantee of a Phantom Share any voting, dividend or derivative or other similar rights with respect to any Phantom Share.

(v) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in no event may the Company provide any payment, cash or otherwise, to cancel or replace a Grant of Phantom Shares with a base value per Phantom Share greater than then Fair Market Value without first obtaining stockholder approval.

(f) Claims Procedures .

(i) The Grantee, or his beneficiary hereunder or authorized representative, may file a claim for payments with respect to Phantom Shares under the Plan by written communication to the Committee or its designee. A claim is not considered filed until such communication is actually received. Within 90 days (or, if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, 180 days, in which case notice of such special circumstances should be provided within the initial 90-day period) after the filing of the claim, the Committee will either:

(1) approve the claim and take appropriate steps for satisfaction of the claim; or

(2) if the claim is wholly or partially denied, advise the claimant of such denial by furnishing to him or her a written notice of such denial setting forth (A) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (B) specific reference to pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based and, if the denial is based in whole or in part on any rule of construction or interpretation adopted by the Committee, a reference to such rule, a copy of which shall be provided to the claimant; (C) a description of any additional material or

 

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information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of the reasons why such material or information is necessary; and (D) a reference to this Section 11(f) as the provision setting forth the claims procedure under the Plan.

(ii) The claimant may request a review of any denial of his or her claim by written application to the Committee within 60 days after receipt of the notice of denial of such claim. Within 60 days (or, if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, 120 days, in which case notice of such special circumstances should be provided within the initial 60-day period) after receipt of written application for review, the Committee will provide the claimant with its decision in writing, including, if the claimant’s claim is not approved, specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the Plan provisions on which the decision is based.

12. Provisions applicable to Dividend Equivalent Rights .

(a) Grant of DERs . Subject to the other terms of the Plan, the Committee shall, in its discretion as reflected by the terms of the Agreements, authorize the granting of DERs to Eligible Persons based on the dividends declared on Common Stock, to be credited as of the dividend payment dates, during the period between the date a Grant is issued, and the date such Grant is exercised, vests or expires, as determined by the Committee. Such DERs shall be converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitation as may be determined by the Committee. With respect to DERs granted with respect to Options intended to be qualified performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, such DERs shall be payable regardless of whether such Option is exercised. If a DER is granted in respect of another Grant hereunder, then, unless otherwise stated in the Agreement, or, in the appropriate case, as determined by the Committee, in no event shall the DER be in effect for a period beyond the time during which the applicable related portion of the underlying Grant has been exercised or otherwise settled, or has expired, been forfeited or otherwise lapsed, as applicable. With respect to DERs granted with respect to Grants that vest upon satisfaction of criteria other than solely continued service, payment in settlement of the DERs shall not be made to the Grantee prior to the date on which, and only to the extent that, the related Grant vests and the DERs shall be forfeited in the event, and to the extent, the related Grant is forfeited.

(b) Certain Terms .

(i) The term of a DER shall be set by the Committee in its discretion.

(ii) Payment of the amount determined in accordance with Section 12(a) shall be in cash, in Shares or a combination of the both, as determined by the Committee at the time of grant.

(c) Other Types of DERs . The Committee may establish a program under which DERs of a type whether or not described in the foregoing provisions of this Section 12 may be granted to Eligible Persons. For example, without limitation, the Committee may grant a DER in respect of each Share subject to an Option or with respect to a Phantom Share, which right would consist of the right (subject to Section 12(d)) to receive a cash payment in an amount equal to the dividend distributions paid on a Share from time to time.

 

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(d) Deferral . The Committee may establish a program under which distributions with respect to DERs may be deferred. Such program may include, without limitation, provisions for the crediting of earnings and losses on unpaid amounts, and, if permitted by the Committee, provisions under which Grantees may select from among hypothetical investment alternatives for such deferred amounts in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.

13. Other Equity-Based Awards . The Board shall have the right to issue other Grants based upon the Shares or upon or covering LTIP Units having such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, including, without limitation, the grant of Shares or LTIP Units based upon specified conditions and the grant of securities convertible into Common Stock.

14. Performance Goals . The Committee, in its discretion, shall in the case of Grants (including, in particular, Grants other than Options) intended to qualify for an exception from the limitation imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code (“Performance-Based Grants”) (i) establish one or more performance goals (“Performance Goals”) as a precondition to the issue of Grants, and (ii) provide, in connection with the establishment of the Performance Goals, for predetermined Grants to those Grantees (who continue to meet all applicable eligibility requirements) with respect to whom the applicable Performance Goals are satisfied. The Performance Goals shall be based upon the criteria set forth in Exhibit A hereto which is hereby incorporated herein by reference as though set forth in full. The Performance Goals shall be established in a timely fashion such that they are considered preestablished for purposes of the rules governing performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. Performance Goals which do not satisfy the foregoing provisions of this Section 14 may be established by the Committee with respect to Grants not intended to qualify for an exception from the limitations imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code.

15. Term of Plan . Grants may be granted pursuant to the Plan until the expiration of 10 years from the effective date of the Plan.

16. Recapitalization and Changes of Control .

(a) Subject to any required action by stockholders and to the specific provisions of Section 17, if (i) the Company shall at any time be involved in a merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, reorganization, exchange of shares, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the Company or a transaction similar thereto, (ii) any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than ordinary cash dividends, shall occur or (iii) any other event shall occur which in the judgment of the Committee necessitates action by way of adjusting the terms of the outstanding Grants, then:

(i) the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be made subject to Options and DERs under the Plan, the maximum aggregate number and kind of Shares

 

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of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that may be granted under the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Phantom Shares and other Grants which may be granted under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee in its discretion; and

(ii) the Committee shall take any such action as in its discretion shall be necessary to maintain each Grantees’ rights hereunder (including under their applicable Agreements) so that they are, in their respective Grants, substantially proportionate to the rights existing in such Grants prior to such event, including, without limitation, adjustments in (A) the number and kind of shares or other property to be distributed in respect of the Grant, (B) the Exercise Price, Purchase Price and Phantom Share Value, and (C) performance-based criteria established in connection with Grants (to the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable); provided that, in the discretion of the Committee, the foregoing clause (C) may also be applied in the case of any event relating to a Subsidiary if the event would have been covered under this Section 16(a) had the event related to the Company. In addition, the Committee may provide a cash bonus in lieu of adjustment if it determines such a bonus is appropriate.

To the extent that such action shall include an increase or decrease in the number of Shares (or units of other property then available) subject to all outstanding Grants, the number of Shares (or units) available under Section 6 above shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, proportionately.

(b) Any Shares or other securities distributed to a Grantee with respect to Restricted Stock or otherwise issued in substitution of Restricted Stock pursuant to this Section 16 shall be subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed by Section 9, including depositing the certificates therefor with the Company together with a stock power and bearing a legend as provided in Section 9(c)(i).

(c) If the Company shall be consolidated or merged with another corporation or other entity, each Grantee who has received Restricted Stock that is then subject to restrictions imposed by Section 9(d) may be required to deposit with the successor corporation the certificates for the stock or securities or the other property that the Grantee is entitled to receive by reason of ownership of Restricted Stock in a manner consistent with Section 9(c)(ii), and such stock, securities or other property shall become subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed by Section 9(d), and the certificates therefor or other evidence thereof shall bear a legend similar in form and substance to the legend set forth in Section 9(c)(i).

(d) The judgment of the Committee with respect to any matter referred to in this Section 16 shall be conclusive and binding upon each Grantee without the need for any amendment to the Plan.

(e) Subject to any required action by stockholders, if the Company is the surviving corporation in any merger or consolidation, the rights under any outstanding Grant shall pertain and apply to the securities to which a holder of the number of Shares subject to the Grant would have been entitled.

 

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(f) To the extent that the foregoing adjustment related to securities of the Company, such adjustments shall be made by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

(g) Except as expressly provided in this Section 16 , a Grantee shall have no rights by reason of subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any stock dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class or by reason of any dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation or spin-off of assets or stock of another corporation, and any issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of Shares subject to a Grant or the Exercise Price of Shares subject to an Option.

(h) Grants made pursuant to the Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure, to merge or consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business assets.

(i) Unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control:

(i) The Committee as constituted immediately before the Change of Control may make such adjustments to Grants as it, in its discretion, determines are necessary or appropriate in light of the Change of Control (including, without limitation, the substitution of stock other than stock of the Company as the Shares optioned hereunder), provided that the Committee determines that such adjustments do not have a substantial adverse economic impact on the Grantee as determined at the time of the adjustments.

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10 (taking into account, without limitation, the application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate), the Settlement Date for Phantom Shares shall be the date of such Change of Control and all amounts due with respect to Phantom Shares to a Grantee hereunder shall be paid as soon as practicable (but in no event more than 30 days) after such Change of Control, unless such Grantee elects otherwise in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.

(iii) Vesting of all Grants shall accelerate in full, with Options being exercisable as to all of the covered Shares and all vesting criteria applicable to other Grants treated as having been fully satisfied, immediately prior to, put contingent on, the Change of Control.

(j) “ Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following events:

(i) any “person,” including a “group,” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding the Company or the Advisor, any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company or the Advisor, any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or the Advisor or any such entity, and, with respect to any particular

 

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Eligible Employee, the Eligible Employee and any “group,” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of which the Eligible Employee is a member), is or becomes the “beneficial owner,” (as defined in Rule 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of either (A) the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities or (B) the then outstanding Shares; or

(ii) members of the Board at the beginning of any consecutive 12-calendar-month period (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason other than due to death to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided that any Director whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved or ratified by a vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board then still in office who were members of the Board at the beginning of such 12-calendar-month period, shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; or

(iii) there shall occur (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company or any Subsidiary where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate 50% or more of the voting securities of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the consolidation or merger (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any), (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or (C) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no event or condition described in clauses (i) through (iii) above shall constitute a Change of Control if it results from a transaction between the Company and the Advisor, or an affiliate of the Advisor.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i) solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of Shares or other voting securities outstanding, increases (x) the proportionate number of Shares beneficially owned by any person to 50% or more of the Shares then outstanding or (y) the proportionate voting power represented by the voting securities beneficially owned by any person to 50% or more of the combined voting power of all then outstanding voting securities; provided , however , that, if any person referred to in clause (x) or (y) of this sentence shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional Shares or other voting securities (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction), then a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this subsection (j).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no event or condition shall constitute a Change of Control to the extent that, if it were, an excise tax would be imposed upon or with respect to any Grant under Section 409A of the Code; provided that, in such a case, the event or condition shall continue to constitute a Change of Control to the maximum extent possible (e.g., if applicable, in respect of vesting without an acceleration of distribution) without causing the imposition of such excise tax.

 

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17. Effect of Certain Transactions . In the case of (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination in which the Company is acquired by another entity or in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or (iii) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Plan and the Grants issued hereunder shall terminate upon the effectiveness of any such transaction or event, unless provision is made in connection with such transaction for the assumption of Grants theretofore granted, or the substitution for such Grants of new Grants, by the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and the per share exercise prices, as provided in Section 16.

18. Securities Law Requirements .

(a) Legality of Issuance . The issuance of any Shares pursuant to Grants under the Plan and the issuance of any Grant shall be contingent upon the following:

(i) the obligation of the Company to sell Shares with respect to Grants issued under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee;

(ii) the Committee may make such changes to the Plan as may be necessary or appropriate to comply with the rules and regulations of any government authority or to obtain tax benefits applicable to stock options; and

(iii) each grant of Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Phantom Shares (or issuance of Shares in respect thereof) or DERs (or issuance of Shares in respect thereof), or other Grant under Section 13 (or issuance of Shares in respect thereof), is subject to the requirement that, if at any time the Committee determines, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan is required by any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance of Options, Shares of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Phantom Shares, DERs, other Grants or other Shares, no payment shall be made, or Phantom Shares or Shares issued or grant of Restricted Stock or other Grant made, in whole or in part, unless listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been effected or obtained free of any conditions in a manner acceptable to the Committee.

(b) Restrictions on Transfer . Regardless of whether the offering and sale of Shares under the Plan has been registered under the Act or has been registered or qualified under the securities laws of any state, the Company may impose restrictions on the sale, pledge or other transfer of such Shares (including the placement of appropriate legends on stock certificates) if, in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, such restrictions are necessary or desirable in order to achieve compliance with the provisions of the Act, the securities laws of any state or any other law. In the event that the sale of Shares under the Plan is not registered under the Act but an exemption is available which requires an investment representation or other representation, each Grantee shall be required to represent that such Shares are being acquired for investment,

 

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and not with a view to the sale or distribution thereof, and to make such other representations as are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Company and its counsel. Any determination by the Company and its counsel in connection with any of the matters set forth in this Section 18 shall be conclusive and binding on all persons. Without limiting the generality of Section 6, certificates evidencing Shares acquired under the Plan pursuant to an unregistered transaction shall bear a restrictive legend, substantially in the following form, and such other restrictive legends as are required or deemed advisable under the provisions of any applicable law:

“THE SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”). ANY TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES WILL BE INVALID UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT IS IN EFFECT AS TO SUCH TRANSFER OR IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE ISSUER SUCH REGISTRATION IS UNNECESSARY IN ORDER FOR SUCH TRANSFER TO COMPLY WITH THE ACT.”

(c) Registration or Qualification of Securities . The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, register or qualify the issuance of Grants and/or the sale of Shares under the Act or any other applicable law. The Company shall not be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the issuance of Grants or the sale of Shares under the Plan to comply with any law.

(d) Exchange of Certificates . If, in the opinion of the Company and its counsel, any legend placed on a certificate representing Shares sold under the Plan is no longer required, the holder of such certificate shall be entitled to exchange such certificate for a certificate representing the same number of Shares but lacking such legend.

(e) Certain Loans . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall not be required to take or permit any action under the Plan or any Agreement which, in the good-faith determination of the Company, would result in a risk of a violation by the Company of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

19. Amendment of the Plan/Awards . The Board may from time to time, with respect to any Shares at the time not subject to Grants, suspend or discontinue the Plan or revise or amend it, or any outstanding Grants, in any respect, subject to the limitations of the Plan. The Board may amend the Plan as it shall deem advisable, except that no amendment may adversely affect a Grantee with respect to Grants previously granted; provided , however , that the Plan may not be amended without stockholder approval (a) to increase the total number of Shares that may be subject to Awards set forth in Section 6 (other than through an adjustment as provided otherwise in the Plan), (b) to change the class of Eligible Persons, (c) to reprice any awards under the Plan, or (d) in any other manner that in the absence of stockholder approval would cause the Plan to fail to comply with any applicable legal requirement or applicable exchange or similar state law requirements.

20. Application of Funds . The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Shares pursuant to the exercise of an Option, the sale of Restricted Stock or in connection with other Grants under the Plan will be used for general corporate purposes.

 

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21. Tax Withholding . Each Grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of any Grant first becomes includable in the gross income of the Grantee for federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding payment of any federal, state or local taxes of any kind that are required by law to be withheld with respect to such income. A Grantee may elect to have such tax withholding satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold a number of Shares to be issued pursuant to a Grant equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date withholding is effected that would satisfy the withholding amount due, (ii) transferring to the Company Shares owned by the Grantee with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of the required withholding tax, or (iii) in the case of a Grantee who is an Employee of the Company at the time such withholding is effected, by withholding from the Grantee’s cash compensation. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, the Grantee’s satisfaction of any tax-withholding requirements imposed by the Committee shall be a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation as may otherwise by provided hereunder to provide Shares to the Grantee, and the failure of the Grantee to satisfy such requirements with respect to a Grant shall cause such Grant to be forfeited.

22. Notices . All notices under the Plan shall be in writing, and if to the Company, shall be delivered to the Board or mailed to its principal office, addressed to the attention of the Board; and if to the Grantee, shall be delivered personally or mailed to the Grantee at the address appearing in the records of the Participating Company. Such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the other party given in accordance with this Section 22.

23. Rights to Employment or Other Service . Nothing in the Plan or in any Grant issued pursuant to the Plan shall confer on any individual any right to continue in the employ or other service of the Participating Company (if applicable) or interfere in any way with the right of the Participating Company and its stockholders to terminate the individual’s employment or other service at any time.

24. Exculpation and Indemnification . To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Board and the members of the Committee from and against any and all liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by such persons as a result of any act or omission to act in connection with the performance of such person’s duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Plan, other than such liabilities, costs and expenses as may result from the gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or criminal acts of such persons.

25. Compliance with Section 409A of the Code .

(a) Any Agreement issued under the Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code shall include such additional terms and conditions as may be required to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

(b) With respect to any Grant issued under the Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, and with respect to which a payment or distribution is to be made upon a Termination of Service, if the Grantee is determined by the Company to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and any of the

 

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Company’s stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, such payment or distribution may not be made before the date which is six months after the date of Termination of Service (to the extent required under Section 409A of the Code). Any payments or distributions delayed in accordance with the prior sentence shall be paid to the Grantee on the first day of the seventh month following the Grantee’s Termination of Service.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Board and the Committee shall administer the Plan, and exercise authority and discretion under the Plan, to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or any exemption thereto.

26. No Fund Created . Any and all payments hereunder to any Grantee under the Plan shall be made from the general funds of the Company (or, if applicable, a Participating Company). The obligations of the Company (or, if applicable, a Participating Company) under the Plan are unsecured and constitute a mere promise by the Company (or, if applicable, a Participating Company) to make benefit payments in the future and, to the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments under the Plan from the Company (or, if applicable, a Participating Company), such right shall be no greater than the right of a general unsecured creditor of the Company (or, if applicable, a Participating Company). Without limiting the foregoing, Phantom Shares and any other similar devices issued hereunder to account for Plan obligations are solely a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Grantee under the Plan, and each Grantee’s right in the Phantom Shares and any such other devices is limited to the right to receive payment, if any, as may herein be provided.

27. No Fiduciary Relationship . Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, shall create or shall be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company, the Participating Companies, or their officers or the Committee, on the one hand, and the Grantee, the Company, the Participating Companies or any other person or entity, on the other.

28. Captions . The use of captions in the Plan is for convenience. The captions are not intended to provide substantive rights.

29. Governing Law . THE PLAN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF MARYLAND, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

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CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.
By:   /s/ Anthony Maretic
  Anthony Maretic
 
Consented and Agreed to:

/s/ James Farrar

James Farrar

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Performance-Based Grants intended to qualify as “performance based” compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, may be payable upon the attainment of objective performance goals that are established by the Committee and relate to one or more Performance Criteria, in each case on specified date or over any period, up to 10 years, as determined by the Committee. Performance Criteria may be based on the achievement of the specified levels of performance under one or more of the measures set out below relative to the performance of one or more other corporations or indices.

Performance Criteria ” means the following business criteria (or any combination thereof) with respect to one or more of the Company, any Participating Company or any division or operating unit thereof:

 

  i) pre-tax income,

 

  ii) after-tax income,

 

  iii) net income (meaning net income as reflected in the Company’s financial reports for the applicable period, on an aggregate, diluted and/or per share basis),

 

  iv) operating income,

 

  v) cash flow,

 

  vi) earnings per share,

 

  vii) return on equity,

 

  viii) return on invested capital or assets,

 

  ix) cash and/or funds available for distribution,

 

  x) appreciation in the fair market value of the Common Stock,

 

  xi) return on investment,

 

  xii) total return to stockholders (meaning the aggregate Common Stock price appreciation and dividends paid (assuming full reinvestment of dividends) during the applicable period),

 

  xiii) net earnings growth,

 

  xiv) stock appreciation (meaning an increase in the price or value of the Common Stock after the date of grant of an award and during the applicable period),

 

  xv) related return ratios,

 

  xvi) increase in revenues,

 

  xvii) the Company’s published ranking against its peer group of real estate investment trusts based on total stockholder return,

 

  xviii) net earnings,

 

  xix) changes (or the absence of changes) in the per share or aggregate market price of the Company’s Common Stock,

 

  xx) number of securities sold,

 

  xxi) earnings before any one or more of the following items: interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization for the applicable period, as reflected in the Company’s financial reports for the applicable period, and

 

  xxii) total revenue growth (meaning the increase in total revenues after the date of grant of an award and during the applicable period, as reflected in the Company’s financial reports for the applicable period).

 

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Except as otherwise expressly provided, all financial terms are used as defined under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and all determinations shall be made in accordance with GAAP, as applied by the Company in the preparation of its periodic reports to stockholders.

To the extent permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code, unless the Committee provides otherwise at the time of establishing the performance goals, for each fiscal year of the Company, the Committee may provide for objectively determinable adjustments, as determined in accordance with GAAP, to any of the Performance Criteria described above for one or more of the items of gain, loss, profit or expense: (A) determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, (B) related to the disposal of a segment of a business, (C) related to a change in accounting principle under GAAP, (D) related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under GAAP, and (E) attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Company during the fiscal year.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

TAX PROTECTION AGREEMENT

Daniel Rapaport, GCC, Gibralt

This TAX PROTECTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of April 21, 2014, by and among City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ REIT ”), City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), Daniel Rapaport, an individual, GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership, an Oregon limited partnership (“GCC”), and Gibralt US, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ Gibralt ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the REIT, the Operating Partnership and Protected Partners desire to consolidate the ownership of a portfolio of properties currently owned, directly or indirectly, by certain entities, as set forth in the Contribution Agreement and related documentation.

WHEREAS, the Formation Transactions relate to the proposed offering of the common stock of the REIT, par value $.01 per share, following which the REIT will operate as a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, as a condition to engaging in the Formation Transactions, and as an inducement to do so, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

For purposes of this Agreement the following terms shall apply:

Section 1.1 “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Section 1.2 “ Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Section 1.3 “ Approval ” means written approval with respect to any matter or transaction (for the avoidance of doubt, no vote in favor of any transaction by any of the Protected Partners or any of their Affiliates in their capacity as owner of shares of the REIT or OP Units, shall constitute such approval).


Section 1.4 “ Approved Liability ” means:

(a) A liability of the Operating Partnership (or of an entity of which the Operating Partnership owns at least eighty (80%) percent of the outstanding ownership interests determined on the basis of the value to be received upon a liquidation of the entity) with respect to which all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(i) the liability is secured by real property or other assets (the “ Collateral ”) owned directly or indirectly by the Operating Partnership or by an entity of which the Operating Partnership owns at least eighty (80%) percent of the outstanding ownership interests (determined on the basis of the value to be received upon a liquidation of the entity);

(ii) the Approved Liability is designated as such by the Operating Partnership and on the date on which the Operating Partnership designated such liability as an Approved Liability, the outstanding principal amount (and any accrued and unpaid interest) of the liability and any other Approved Liabilities secured by such Collateral at such time was no more than 70% of the fair market value (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Operating Partnership) of the Collateral at such time, provided that if interest on such liability is not required to be paid at least annually or if the documents evidencing such liability permit the borrower to borrow additional amounts that are secured by the Collateral, the outstanding principal amount of such liability shall include the maximum amount that could be so added to the principal amount of such liability without a default;

(iii) the liability constitutes “qualified nonrecourse financing” as defined in Section 465(b)(6) of the Code with respect to the Protected Partners;

(iv) no other person has executed any guarantees with respect to such liability other than: (A) guarantees by the Protected Partners; (B) guarantees by Affiliates of the Operating Partnership, provided that each applicable Protected Partner indemnifies each such Affiliate against any liability of such Affiliate (to the extent such liability does not exceed such Protected Partner’s Required Liability Amount) arising solely from the existence or performance of such guaranty; and (C) recourse carve out guaranties ( i.e ., bad-boy guaranties); and

(v) the Collateral does not provide security for another liability (other than another Approved Liability) that ranks senior to, or pari passu with, the liability described in clause (i) above.

For purposes of determining whether clause (ii) has been satisfied in situations where one or more potential Approved Liabilities are secured by more than one item of Collateral, the Operating Partnership shall allocate such liabilities among such items of Collateral in proportion to their relative fair market values (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Operating Partnership);

(b) A liability of the Operating Partnership that:

(i) is not secured by any of the assets of the Operating Partnership and is a general, recourse obligation of the Operating Partnership; and

 

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(ii) is not provided by a lender that has an interest in the Operating Partnership or is related to the Operating Partnership within the meaning of Section 465(b)(3)(C) of the Code; or

(c) Any other indebtedness approved by the Protected Partners in their respective absolute discretion.

Section 1.5 “ Closing Date ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Contribution Agreement.

Section 1.6 “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Section 1.7 “ Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Approved Liability .”

Section 1.8 “ Contribution Agreement ” means that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2014, by and among the Operating Partnership, GCC, Daniel Rapaport and Gibralt.

Section 1.9 “ Debt Gross Up Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Make Whole Amount .”

Section 1.10 “ Debt Notification Event ” means, with respect to an Approved Liability, any transaction in which such liability shall be refinanced, otherwise repaid (excluding for this purpose, scheduled payments of principal occurring prior to the maturity date of such liability), or guaranteed by any of the REIT, the Operating Partnership, or one or more of their Affiliates, or guaranteed by one or more partners of the Operating Partnership.

Section 1.11 “ Exchange ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) .

Section 1.12 “ Formation Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

Section 1.13 “ Fundamental Transaction ” means a merger, consolidation or other combination of the Operating Partnership with or into any other entity, a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Operating Partnership, any reclassification, recapitalization or change of the outstanding equity interests of the Operating Partnership, or a conversion of the Operating Partnership into another form of entity.

Section 1.14 “ Gross Up Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Make Whole Amount .”

Section 1.15 “ Guaranteed Liability ” means any Approved Liability that is guaranteed, in whole or in part, by one or more Protected Partners in accordance with this Agreement.

Section 1.16 “ Guaranty Indemnification Period ” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the fourth (4 th ) anniversary of the Closing Date.

Section 1.17 “ Guaranty Opportunity ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) .

 

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Section 1.18 “ Make Whole Amount ” means:

(a) with respect to any Protected Partner that recognizes gain under Section 704(c) of the Code as a result of a Property Indemnification Period Transfer, the sum of (i)  the product of (x) the income and gain recognized by such Protected Partner under Section 704(c) of the Code in respect of such Property Indemnification Period Transfer (taking into account any adjustments under Section 743 of the Code to which such Protected Partner is entitled) multiplied by (y) the Make Whole Tax Rate, plus (ii) an amount equal to the combined Federal, applicable state and local income taxes (calculated using the Make Whole Tax Rate) imposed on such Protected Partner as a result of the receipt by such Protected Partner of a payment under Section 2.2 (the “ Gross Up Amount ”); provided , however , that the Gross Up Amount shall be computed without regard to any losses, credit, or other tax attributes that such Protected Partner might have that would reduce its actual tax liability; and

(b) with respect to any Protected Partner that recognizes gain as a result of a breach by the Operating Partnership of the provisions of Section 2.4 hereof, the sum of (i)  the product of (x) the income and gain recognized by such Protected Partner by reason of such breach, multiplied by (y) the Make Whole Tax Rate, plus (ii) an amount equal to the combined Federal, applicable state and local income taxes (calculated using the Make Whole Tax Rate) imposed on such Protected Partner as a result of the receipt by such Protected Partner of a payment under Section 2.4 (the “ Debt Gross Up Amount ”); provided , however , that the Debt Gross Up Amount shall be computed without regard to any losses, credit, or other tax attributes that such Protected Partner might have that would reduce its actual tax liability.

For purposes of calculating the amount of Section 704(c) gain that is allocated to a Protected Partner, (i) subject to clause (ii) below, any “reverse Section 704(c) gain” allocated to such Protected Partner pursuant to Treasury Regulations § 1.704-3(a)(6) shall not be taken into account, and (ii) if, as a result of adjustments to the Gross Asset Value (as defined in the OP Agreement) of the Protected Properties, all or a portion of the gain recognized by the Operating Partnership that would have been Section 704(c) gain without regard to such adjustments becomes or is treated as “reverse Section 704(c) gain” or Section 704(b) gain under Section 704 of the Code, then such gain shall continue to be treated as Section 704(c) gain; provided that the total amount of Section 704(c) gain and income taken into account for purpose of calculating the Make Whole Amount shall not exceed the initial Section 704(c) gain amount as of the Closing Date (whether or not equal to the estimated amount set forth on Exhibit A ).

Section 1.19 “ Make Whole Tax Rate ” means, with respect to a Protected Partner who is entitled to receive a payment under Section 2.2 or under Section 2.4 , the highest combined statutory Federal, state and local tax rate in respect of the income or gain that gave rise to such payment, taking into account the character of the income and gain in the hands of such Protected Partner (reduced, in the case of Federal taxes, by the deduction allowed for income taxes paid to a state or locality), for the taxable year in which the event that gave rise to such payment under Section 2.2 or Section 2.4 occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Protected Partner demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Operating Partnership that such Protected Partner is not entitled to a Federal income tax deduction for all or a portion of the income taxes paid to a state or locality or does not receive a full Federal income tax benefit for all or a portion of the income taxes paid to a state or locality, the Make Whole Tax Rate applicable to such Protected Partner shall be reduced only by the deduction, if any, or the benefit, if any, the Protected Partner is entitled to take or receive for such taxes.

 

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Section 1.20 “ OP Agreement ” means the Agreement of Limited Partnership of City Office Operating Partnership, L.P., as amended from time to time.

Section 1.21 “ OP Units ” means common units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership.

Section 1.22 “ Operating Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Section 1.23 “ Other Protected Person ” has the meaning assigned to the term “Protected Partner” in the Second City Tax Protection Agreement.

Section 1.24 “ Pass Through Entity ” means a partnership, grantor trust, or S corporation for Federal income tax purposes.

Section 1.25 “ Permitted Disposition ” means a sale, exchange or other disposition of OP Units (i) by a Protected Partner: (a) to such Protected Partner’s children, spouse or issue; (b) to a trust for such Protected Partner or such Protected Partner’s children, spouse or issue; (c) in the case of a trust which is a Protected Partner, to its beneficiaries, or any of them, whether current or remainder beneficiaries; (d) to a revocable inter vivos trust of which such Protected Partner is a trustee; (e) in the case of any partnership or limited liability company which is a Protected Partner, to its partners or members; and/or (f) in the case of any corporation which is a Protected Partner, to its shareholders, and (ii) by a party described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) to a partnership, limited liability company or corporation of which the only partners, members or shareholders, as applicable, are parties described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d); provided , that for purposes of the definition of Property Indemnification Period and Guaranty Indemnification Period, such Protected Partner shall be treated as continuing to own any OP Units which were subject to a Permitted Disposition unless and until there has been a sale, exchange or other disposition of such OP Units by a permitted transferee which is not another Permitted Disposition.

Section 1.26 “ Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability company or other entity.

Section 1.27 “ Property Indemnification Period ” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the fourth (4 th ) anniversary of the Closing Date.

Section 1.28 “ Property Indemnification Period Transfer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) .

Section 1.29 “ Protected Partner ” means: (i) Gibralt; (ii) GCC; (iii) Daniel Rapaport; (iv) any person who holds OP Units and who acquired such OP Units from another Protected Partner in a transaction in which such person’s adjusted basis in such OP Units, as determined for Federal income tax purposes, is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the adjusted basis of the other Protected Partner in such OP Units; and (v) with respect to a Protected Partner that is Pass Through Entity, and solely for purposes of computing the amount to be paid under Section 2.2 with respect to such

 

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Protected Partner, any person who (y) holds an interest in such Protected Partner, either directly or through one or more Pass Through Entities, and (z) is required to include all or a portion of the income of such Protected Partner in its own gross income.

Section 1.30 “ Protected Property ” means each property identified on Exhibit A hereto and each property acquired in Exchange for a Protected Property as set forth in Section 2.1(b) .

Section 1.31 “ Qualifying Liability ” means (i) any Approved Liability and (ii) any liability that qualifies as an Approved Liability under the Second City Tax Protection Agreement.

Section 1.32 “ Required Liability Amount ” means: (i) with respect to each Protected Partner, 110% of such Protected Partner’s estimated “negative tax capital account” as of the Closing Date, a current estimate of which is set forth on Exhibit B hereto for each such Protected Partner, and (ii) with respect to each Other Protected Person, the amount set forth as the relevant Required Liability Amount in the Second City Tax Protection Agreement.

Section 1.33 “ REIT ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Section 1.34 “ Second City Tax Protection Agreement ” means that certain Tax Protection Agreement by and among the Operating Partnership, the REIT and Second City General Partner II, LP and CIO OP Limited Partnership.

Section 1.35 “ Section 2.4 Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) .

Section 1.36 “ Tax Claim ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

Section 1.37 “ Tax Proceeding ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

Section 1.38 “ Transfer ” means any direct or indirect sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition, whether voluntary or involuntary.

Section 1.39 “ Treasury Regulations ” means the income tax regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in proposed, temporary or final form, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

ARTICLE II

TAX MATTERS

Section 2.1 Taxable Transfers .

(a) Unless the Operating Partnership receives the Approval of the Protected Partners with respect to a Property Indemnification Period Transfer, during the Property Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall indemnify the Protected Partners as set forth in Section 2.2 if the Operating Partnership or any entity in which the Operating Partnership holds a direct or indirect interest shall cause or permit (i) any Transfer of all or any portion of a Protected Property (including any interest therein or in the entity owning, directly or indirectly, the Protected

 

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Property) in a transaction that would result in the recognition of taxable income or gain by any Protected Partner under Section 704(c) of the Code, or (ii) any Fundamental Transaction that would result in the recognition of taxable income or gain to any Protected Partner (such a Fundamental Transaction and such a Transfer, collectively a “ Property Indemnification Period Transfer ”).

(b) Section 2.1(a) shall not apply to any Property Indemnification Period Transfer of a Protected Property (including any interest therein or in the entity owning, directly or indirectly, the Protected Property): (i) in a transaction in which no gain is required to be recognized by a Protected Partner (an “ Exchange ”), including a transaction qualifying under Section 1031 or Section 721 (or any successor statutes) of the Code; provided , however , that any property acquired by the Operating Partnership in the Exchange shall remain subject to the provisions of this Article II in place of the exchanged Protected Property for the remainder of the Property Indemnification Period; (ii) as a result of the condemnation or other taking of any Protected Property by a governmental entity in an eminent domain proceeding or otherwise, provided that the Operating Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to structure such disposition as either a tax-free like-kind exchange under Section 1031 or a tax-free reinvestment of proceeds under Section 1033, but in no event shall the Operating Partnership be obligated to acquire or invest in any property that it otherwise would not have acquired or invested in.

(c) For any Transfer of all or any portion of any property of the Operating Partnership which is not a Property Indemnification Period Transfer, the Operating Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Protected Partners to minimize any taxes payable by the Protected Partners in connection with any such Transfers.

Section 2.2 Indemnification for Transfers .

(a) In the event of a Property Indemnification Period Transfer described in Section 2.1(a) , the Operating Partnership shall pay to the Protected Partners described in clauses (i) through (iv) of the definition of such term, within 30 days after the closing of such Property Indemnification Period Transfer, an amount of cash equal to the estimated Make Whole Amount applicable to such Property Indemnification Period Transfer for all Protected Partners affected by the Property Indemnification Period Transfer. If it is later determined that the true Make Whole Amount applicable to a Protected Partner exceeds the estimated Make Whole Amount applicable to such Protected Partner, then the Operating Partnership shall pay such excess for the benefit of such Protected Partner within 90 days after the closing of the Property Indemnification Period Transfer, and if such estimated Make Whole Amount exceeds the true Make Whole Amount, then each Protected Partner shall promptly refund such excess to the Operating Partnership, but only to the extent such excess was actually received by such Protected Partner.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the sole and exclusive rights and remedies of any Protected Partner under Section 2.1(a) shall be a claim against the Operating Partnership for the Make Whole Amount as set forth in this Section 2.2 , and no Protected Partner shall be entitled to pursue a claim for specific performance of the covenants set forth in Section 2.1(a) or bring a claim against any person that acquires a Protected Property from the Operating Partnership in violation of Section 2.1(a) .

 

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(c) For the avoidance of doubt, a vote in favor of a Property Indemnification Period Transfer by a Protected Partner in its capacity as an owner of OP Units or shares of the REIT shall not constitute a waiver of such Protected Partner’s right to indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.2 as a result of such Property Indemnification Period Transfer.

Section 2.3 Section 704(c) Gain . A good faith estimate of the initial amount of Section 704(c) gain as of the Closing Date of the Formation Transactions is set forth on Exhibit A hereto. The parties acknowledge that the initial amount of such Section 704(c) gain may be adjusted over time as required by Section 704(c) of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 2.4 Approved Liability Maintenance and Allocation .

(a) During the Guaranty Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall: (i) maintain on a continuous basis an amount of Qualifying Liabilities at least equal to the aggregate Required Liability Amount of all Protected Partners and Other Protected Persons; and (ii) provide the Protected Partners, promptly upon request, with a description of the nature and amount of any Approved Liabilities that are available to be guaranteed by the Protected Partners pursuant to Section 2.4(b) of this Agreement.

(b) (i) During the Guaranty Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall provide each Protected Partner with the opportunity to execute a guaranty in a form and manner that receives the Approval of the Protected Partners of one or more Approved Liabilities in an amount up to such Protected Partner’s Required Liability Amount (each such opportunity and each opportunity required by Section 2.4(c) , a “ Guaranty Opportunity ”), and (ii) after the Guaranty Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make Guaranty Opportunities available to each Protected Partner, provided that in the case of this clause (ii), the Operating Partnership shall not be required to incur any indebtedness that it would not otherwise have incurred, as determined by the Operating Partnership in its reasonable discretion; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all guarantees required to be made available by the Operating Partnership for execution by all Protected Partners need not exceed the aggregate Required Liability Amount of all Protected Partners. The Operating Partnership shall have the discretion to identify the Approved Liability or Approved Liabilities that shall be made available for guaranty by each Protected Partner. Each Protected Partner may allocate the Guaranty Opportunity afforded to such Protected Partner in any manner determined to be desirable by the Protected Partner. The Operating Partnership agrees to file its tax returns allocating any debt subject to a Guaranty to the applicable Protected Partners. Each Protected Partner shall bear the costs incurred by it in connection with the execution of any guaranty to which it is a party. To the extent a Protected Partner executes a guaranty, the Operating Partnership shall deliver a copy of such guaranty to the lender under the Guaranteed Liability promptly after receiving such copy from the relevant Protected Partner.

(c) During the Guaranty Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall not allow a Debt Notification Event to occur unless the Operating Partnership provides at least thirty (30) days’ written notice (a “ Section 2.4 Notice ”) to the Protected Partners. The Section 2.4 Notice shall describe the Debt Notification Event and designate one or more Approved Liabilities that may be guaranteed by the Protected Partners pursuant to Section 2.4(b) of this Agreement in an amount

 

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equal to the amount of the refinanced or repaid Approved Liability that was guaranteed by such Protected Partner immediately prior to the date of the Debt Notification Event. The Section 2.4 Notice shall be deemed to have been provided when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written or electronic communication (including by telecopy, facsimile, electronic mail or commercial courier service) to the Protected Partners at the addresses set forth in the Register (as defined in the OP Agreement). Any Protected Partner that desires to execute a guaranty following a Section 2.4 Notice shall provide the Operating Partnership with notice thereof within ten (10) days after the date of the Section 2.4 Notice.

(d) Provided the Operating Partnership satisfies its obligations under Section 2.4(a) , (b)  and (c)  of this Agreement, the Operating Partnership shall have no liability to a Protected Partner under Section 2.4(e) for breach of Section 2.4 , whether or not such Protected Partner timely accepts its Guaranty Opportunity. Furthermore, the Operating Partnership makes no representation or warranty to any Protected Partner concerning the treatment or effect of any guaranty under Federal, state, local, or foreign tax law, and bears no responsibility for any tax liability of any Protected Partner or Affiliate thereof that is attributable to a reallocation, by a taxing authority, of debt subject to a guaranty (other than a reallocation that results from any act or omission taken by the Operating Partnership or one of its Affiliates in violation of this Section 2.4 or an act or omission that is indemnifiable under Section 2.4(e) of this Agreement).

(e) If the Operating Partnership shall fail to comply with any provision of this Section 2.4 , the Operating Partnership shall pay, within thirty (30) days of such failure, a Make Whole Payment with respect to each Protected Partner who recognizes income or gain as a result of such failure equal to the estimated Make Whole Amount applicable to such failure. In the case of a Protected Partner not described in clauses (i) through (iv) of the definition of that term, such payment shall be made to the relevant Pass Through Entity on behalf of such Protected Partner. If it is determined that the true Make Whole Amount applicable to a Protected Partner exceeds the estimated Make Whole Amount applicable to such Protected Partner, then the Operating Partnership shall pay such excess within thirty (30) days after the date of such determination, and if such estimated Make Whole Amount exceeds the true Make Whole Amount, then such Protected Partner shall pay such excess to the Operating Partnership within thirty (30) days after the date of such determination, but only to the extent such excess was actually received.

(f) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the sole and exclusive rights and remedies of any Protected Partner for a breach or violation of the covenants set forth in Section 2.4 shall be a claim a claim against the Operating Partnership for the Make Whole Amount as set forth in Section 2.4(e) , and no Protected Partner shall be entitled to pursue a claim for specific performance of the covenants set forth in Section 2.4 .

ARTICLE III

SECTION 704(c) METHOD AND ALLOCATIONS

Section 3.1 Notwithstanding any provision of the OP Agreement, the Operating Partnership shall use, and shall cause any other entity in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest to use, the “traditional method” under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(b) for purposes of making all allocations under Section 704(c) of the Code with respect to each

 

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property included on Exhibit A to take into account the book-tax disparities as of the Closing Date and with respect to any revaluation of such property pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), or 1.704-3(a)(6) with no “curative allocations”, “remedial allocations” or adjustments to other items to offset the effects of the “ceiling rule,” including upon any sale of any property listed on Exhibit A.

ARTICLE IV

TAX PROCEEDINGS

Section 4.1 Notice of Tax Audits . If any claim, demand, assessment (including a notice of proposed assessment) or other assertion is made with respect to taxes against the Protected Partners or the Operating Partnership or any entity of which the Operating Partnership owns at least eighty (80%) per cent of the outstanding ownership interests (determined on the basis of the value to be received upon a liquidation of the entity), that could result in tax liability to a Protected Partner (“ Tax Claim ”) or if the REIT or the Operating Partnership receives any notice from any jurisdiction with respect to any current or future audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding (“ Tax Proceeding ”) involving the Protected Partners or the Operating Partnership or that otherwise could involve a matter covered in this Agreement and could directly or indirectly affect the Protected Partners (adversely or otherwise), the REIT or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Protected Partners of such Tax Claim or Tax Proceeding.

Section 4.2 Control of Tax Proceedings . The Operating Partnership, shall have the right to control the defense, settlement or compromise of any Tax Proceeding or Tax Claim; provided, however, that the Operating Partnership shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to such Tax Claim or Tax Proceeding that could result in tax liability to a Protected Partner without the prior written consent of the potentially affected Protected Partner(s) (unless, and only to the extent, that any taxes required to be paid by the Protected Partner as a result thereof would be required to be reimbursed by the Operating Partnership under this Agreement and the Operating Partnership agrees in connection with such settlement or consent to make such required payments); provided further that the Operating Partnership shall keep the potentially affected Protected Partner(s) duly informed of the progress thereof to the extent that such Proceeding or Tax Claim could directly or indirectly affect (adversely or otherwise) such Protected Partners and (ii) any potentially affected Protected Partner shall have the right to review and comment on any and all submissions made to the Internal Revenue Service, a court, or other governmental body with respect to such Tax Claim or Tax Proceeding and the Operating Partnership will consider such comments in good faith.

ARTICLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 5.1 Notices . All notices, demands, declarations, consents, directions, approvals, instructions, requests and other communications required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement shall be given in the same manner as in the OP Agreement.

 

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Section 5.2 Titles and Captions . All Article or Section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” and “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

Section 5.3 Pronouns and Plurals . Whenever the context may require, 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.

Section 5.4 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 5.5 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

Section 5.6 Creditors . Other than as expressly set forth herein, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Operating Partnership.

Section 5.7 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 or any covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

Section 5.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all of 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.

Section 5.9 Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.

Section 5.10 Invalidity of Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality or enforceability of other remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

Section 5.11 Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement among the Partners with respect to the subject matter hereof and amends, restates and supersedes the OP Agreement and any other prior written or oral understandings or agreements among them with respect thereto.

 

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Section 5.12 Dispute Resolution . Any controversy, dispute, or claim of any nature arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to the interpretation, performance, enforcement or breach of this Agreement (and any closing document executed in connection herewith) shall be governed by the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Section 6.08 of the Contribution Agreement.

Section 5.13 No Rights as Stockholders . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the holders of the OP Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the REIT, including, without limitation, any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to stockholders of the REIT or to vote or to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the REIT or any other matter.

Section 5.14 Successors; Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of the dissolution, liquidation or other termination of Gibralt or GCC, that party shall appoint one of its owners to act on its behalf and that owner shall succeed to the obligations, duties, rights and privileges under this Agreement. Such owner shall act as the exclusive representative on behalf of those persons who are or would be Protected Partners with respect to such party.

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

 

REIT:
City Office REIT, Inc. a Maryland corporation
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  name James Farrar
Its:  

Chief Executive Officer

  title

 

OPERATING PARTNERSHIP:
City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  City Office REIT, Inc. a Maryland corporation
Its:   General Partner


GIBRALT:
Gibralt US, Inc., a Colorado corporation
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  name Ryan Chan
Its:  

Chief Financial Officer

  title
GCC:
GCC AMBERGLEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:   GCC Oregon Amberglen LLC, its Sole General Partner
By:   GCC Holdings US, Inc., a Nevada corporation
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  name
Its:  

Chief Financial Officer

  title
DANIEL RAPAPORT :

/s/ Daniel Rapaport

Daniel Rapaport


EXHIBIT A

 

Contributor

  

Protected Property

   Estimated Initial
Section 704(c) Gain
 

GCC

   88.58% of Amberglen Properties LP    $ 22,672,978   

Gibralt

   0.001% of Amberglen Properties LP    $ 236   

Rapaport

   3.8073% of Amberglen Properties LP    $ 934,371   

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

Protected Partner

   Required Liability Amount  

GCC

   $ 1,647,544   

Gibralt

   $ 2   

Rapaport

   $ 141,902   

 

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Exhibit 10.9

TAX PROTECTION AGREEMENT

CIO OP Limited Partnership and Second City GP

This TAX PROTECTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of April 21, 2014, by and among City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ REIT ”), City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”) and CIO OP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ CIO OP ”) and Second City General Partner II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Second City GP ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the REIT, the Operating Partnership and Protected Partners, as well as CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“CIO REIT”), desire to consolidate the ownership of a portfolio of properties currently owned, directly or indirectly, by certain entities, as set forth in the Contribution Agreement and related documentation;

WHEREAS, the Formation Transactions relate to the proposed offering of the common stock of the REIT, par value $.01 per share, following which the REIT will operate as a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, as a condition to engaging in the Formation Transactions, and as an inducement to do so, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

For purposes of this Agreement the following terms shall apply:

Section 1.1 “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Section 1.2 “ Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Section 1.3 “ Approval ” means written approval with respect to any matter or transaction (for the avoidance of doubt, no vote in favor of any transaction by any of the Protected Partners or any of their Affiliates in their capacity as owner of shares of the REIT or OP Units, shall constitute such approval).


Section 1.4 “ Approved Liability ” means:

(a) A liability of the Operating Partnership (or of an entity of which the Operating Partnership owns at least eighty (80%) percent of the outstanding ownership interests determined on the basis of the value to be received upon a liquidation of the entity) with respect to which all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(i) the liability is secured by real property or other assets (the “ Collateral ”) owned directly or indirectly by the Operating Partnership or by an entity of which the Operating Partnership owns at least eighty (80%) percent of the outstanding ownership interests (determined on the basis of the value to be received upon a liquidation of the entity);

(ii) the Approved Liability is designated as such by the Operating Partnership and on the date on which the Operating Partnership designated such liability as an Approved Liability, the outstanding principal amount (and any accrued and unpaid interest) of the liability and any other Approved Liabilities secured by such Collateral at such time was no more than 70% of the fair market value (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Operating Partnership) of the Collateral at such time, provided that if interest on such liability is not required to be paid at least annually or if the documents evidencing such liability permit the borrower to borrow additional amounts that are secured by the Collateral, the outstanding principal amount of such liability shall include the maximum amount that could be so added to the principal amount of such liability without a default;

(iii) the liability constitutes “qualified nonrecourse financing” as defined in Section 465(b)(6) of the Code with respect to the Protected Partners;

(iv) no other person has executed any guarantees with respect to such liability other than: (A) guarantees by the Protected Partners; (B) guarantees by Affiliates of the Operating Partnership, provided that each applicable Protected Partner indemnifies each such Affiliate against any liability of such Affiliate (to the extent such liability does not exceed such Protected Partner’s Required Liability Amount) arising solely from the existence or performance of such guaranty; and (C) recourse carve out guaranties ( i.e. , bad-boy guaranties); and

(v) the Collateral does not provide security for another liability (other than another Approved Liability) that ranks senior to, or pari passu with, the liability described in clause (i) above.

For purposes of determining whether clause (ii) has been satisfied in situations where one or more potential Approved Liabilities are secured by more than one item of Collateral, the Operating Partnership shall allocate such liabilities among such items of Collateral in proportion to their relative fair market values (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Operating Partnership);

(b) A liability of the Operating Partnership that:

(i) is not secured by any of the assets of the Operating Partnership and is a general, recourse obligation of the Operating Partnership; and

 

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(ii) is not provided by a lender that has an interest in the Operating Partnership or is related to the Operating Partnership within the meaning of Section 465(b)(3)(C) of the Code; or

(c) Any other indebtedness approved by both CIO OP and Second City GP in their respective sole and absolute discretion.

Section 1.5 “ Closing Date ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Contribution Agreement.

Section 1.6 “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Section 1.7 “ Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Approved Liability .”

Section 1.8 “ Contribution Agreement ” means that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2014, by and among the Operating Partnership, the REIT, CIO OP, CIO REIT, Second City GP and Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership.

Section 1.9 “ Debt Gross Up Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Make Whole Amount .”

Section 1.10 “ Debt Notification Event ” means, with respect to an Approved Liability, any transaction in which such liability shall be refinanced, otherwise repaid (excluding for this purpose, scheduled payments of principal occurring prior to the maturity date of such liability), or guaranteed by any of the REIT, the Operating Partnership, or one or more of their Affiliates, or guaranteed by one or more partners of the Operating Partnership.

Section 1.11 “ Exchange ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) .

Section 1.12 “ Formation Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

Section 1.13 “ Fundamental Transaction ” means a merger, consolidation or other combination of the Operating Partnership with or into any other entity, a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Operating Partnership, any reclassification, recapitalization or change of the outstanding equity interests of the Operating Partnership, or a conversion of the Operating Partnership into another form of entity.

Section 1.14 “ Gibralt Tax Protection Agreement ” means that certain Tax Protection Agreement by and among the Operating Partnership, GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership, Daniel Rapaport, the REIT and Gibralt US, Inc.

Section 1.15 “ Gross Up Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Make Whole Amount .”

Section 1.16 “ Guaranteed Liability ” means any Approved Liability that is guaranteed, in whole or in part, by one or more Protected Partners in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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Section 1.17 “ Guaranty Indemnification Period ” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the fourth (4 th ) anniversary of the Closing Date.

Section 1.18 “ Guaranty Opportunity ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) .

Section 1.19 “ Make Whole Amount ” means:

(a) with respect to any Protected Partner that recognizes gain under Section 704(c) of the Code as a result of a Property Indemnification Period Transfer, the sum of (i)  the product of (x) the income and gain recognized by such Protected Partner under Section 704(c) of the Code in respect of such Property Indemnification Period Transfer (taking into account any adjustments under Section 743 of the Code to which such Protected Partner is entitled) multiplied by (y) the Make Whole Tax Rate, plus (ii) an amount equal to the combined Federal, applicable state and local income taxes (calculated using the Make Whole Tax Rate) imposed on such Protected Partner as a result of the receipt by such Protected Partner of a payment under Section 2.2 (the “ Gross Up Amount ”); provided , however , that the Gross Up Amount shall be computed without regard to any losses, credit, or other tax attributes that such Protected Partner might have that would reduce its actual tax liability; and

(b) with respect to any Protected Partner that recognizes gain as a result of a breach by the Operating Partnership of the provisions of Section 2.4 hereof, the sum of (i)  the product of (x) the income and gain recognized by such Protected Partner by reason of such breach, multiplied by (y) the Make Whole Tax Rate, plus (ii) an amount equal to the combined Federal, applicable state and local income taxes (calculated using the Make Whole Tax Rate) imposed on such Protected Partner as a result of the receipt by such Protected Partner of a payment under Section 2.4 (the “ Debt Gross Up Amount ”); provided , however , that the Debt Gross Up Amount shall be computed without regard to any losses, credit, or other tax attributes that such Protected Partner might have that would reduce its actual tax liability.

For purposes of calculating the amount of Section 704(c) gain that is allocated to a Protected Partner, (i) subject to clause (ii) below, any “reverse Section 704(c) gain” allocated to such Protected Partner pursuant to Treasury Regulations § 1.704-3(a)(6) shall not be taken into account, and (ii) if, as a result of adjustments to the Gross Asset Value (as defined in the OP Agreement) of the Protected Properties, all or a portion of the gain recognized by the Operating Partnership that would have been Section 704(c) gain without regard to such adjustments becomes or is treated as “reverse Section 704(c) gain” or Section 704(b) gain under Section 704 of the Code, then such gain shall continue to be treated as Section 704(c) gain; provided that the total amount of Section 704(c) gain and income taken into account for purpose of calculating the Make Whole Amount shall not exceed the initial Section 704(c) gain amount as of the Closing Date (whether or not equal to the estimated amount set forth on Exhibit A ).

Section 1.20 “ Make Whole Tax Rate ” means, with respect to a Protected Partner who is entitled to receive a payment under Section 2.2 or under Section 2.4 , the highest combined statutory Federal, state and local tax rate in respect of the income or gain that gave rise to such payment, taking into account the character of the income and gain in the hands of such Protected Partner (reduced, in the case of Federal taxes, by the deduction allowed for income taxes paid to a state or locality), for the taxable year in which the event that gave rise to such payment under

 

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Section 2.2 or Section 2.4 occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Protected Partner demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Operating Partnership that such Protected Partner is not entitled to a Federal income tax deduction for all or a portion of the income taxes paid to a state or locality or does not receive a full Federal income tax benefit for all or a portion of the income taxes paid to a state or locality, the Make Whole Tax Rate applicable to such Protected Partner shall be reduced only by the deduction, if any, or the benefit, if any, the Protected Partner is entitled to take or receive for such taxes.

Section 1.21 “ OP Agreement ” means the Agreement of Limited Partnership of City Office Operating Partnership, L.P., as amended from time to time.

Section 1.22 “ OP Units ” means common units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership.

Section 1.23 “ Operating Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Section 1.24 “ Other Protected Person ” has the meaning assigned to the term “Protected Partner” in the Gibralt Tax Protection Agreement.

Section 1.25 “ Pass Through Entity ” means a partnership, grantor trust, or S corporation for Federal income tax purposes.

Section 1.26 “ Permitted Disposition ” means a sale, exchange or other disposition of OP Units (i) by a Protected Partner: (a) to such Protected Partner’s children, spouse or issue; (b) to a trust for such Protected Partner or such Protected Partner’s children, spouse or issue; (c) in the case of a trust which is a Protected Partner, to its beneficiaries, or any of them, whether current or remainder beneficiaries; (d) to a revocable inter vivos trust of which such Protected Partner is a trustee; (e) in the case of any partnership or limited liability company which is a Protected Partner, to its partners or members; and/or (f) in the case of any corporation which is a Protected Partner, to its shareholders, and (ii) by a party described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) to a partnership, limited liability company or corporation of which the only partners, members or shareholders, as applicable, are parties described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d); provided , that for purposes of the definition of Property Indemnification Period and Guaranty Indemnification Period, such Protected Partner shall be treated as continuing to own any OP Units which were subject to a Permitted Disposition unless and until there has been a sale, exchange or other disposition of such OP Units by a permitted transferee which is not another Permitted Disposition.

Section 1.27 “ Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability company or other entity.

Section 1.28 “ Property Indemnification Period ” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the fourth (4 th ) anniversary of the Closing Date.

Section 1.29 “ Property Indemnification Period Transfer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) .

 

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Section 1.30 “ Protected Partner ” means: (i) Second City GP; (ii) CIO OP; (iii) any person who holds OP Units and who acquired such OP Units from another Protected Partner in a transaction in which such person’s adjusted basis in such OP Units, as determined for Federal income tax purposes, is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the adjusted basis of the other Protected Partner in such OP Units; and (iv) with respect to a Protected Partner that is Pass Through Entity, and solely for purposes of computing the amount to be paid under Section 2.2 with respect to such Protected Partner, any person who (y) holds an interest in such Protected Partner, either directly or through one or more Pass Through Entities, and (z) is required to include all or a portion of the income of such Protected Partner in its own gross income.

Section 1.31 “ Protected Property ” means each property identified on Exhibit A hereto and each property acquired in Exchange for a Protected Property as set forth in Section 2.1(b) .

Section 1.32 “ Qualifying Liability ” means (i) any Approved Liability and (ii) any liability that qualifies as an Approved Liability under the Gibralt Tax Protection Agreement.

Section 1.33 “ Required Liability Amount ” means: (i) with respect to each Protected Partner, 110% of such Protected Partner’s estimated “negative tax capital account” as of the Closing Date, a current estimate of which is set forth on Exhibit B hereto for each such Protected Partner, and (ii) with respect to each Other Protected Person, the amount set forth as the relevant Required Liability Amount in the Gibralt Tax Protection Agreement.

Section 1.34 “ REIT ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Section 1.35 “ Section 2.4 Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) .

Section 1.36 “ Tax Claim ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

Section 1.37 “ Tax Proceeding ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

Section 1.38 “ Transfer ” means any direct or indirect sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition, whether voluntary or involuntary.

Section 1.39 “ Treasury Regulations ” means the income tax regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in proposed, temporary or final form, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

ARTICLE II

TAX MATTERS

Section 2.1 Taxable Transfers .

(a) Unless the Operating Partnership receives the Approval of both CIO OP and Second City GP with respect to a Property Indemnification Period Transfer, during the Property Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall indemnify the Protected Partners as set forth in Section 2.2 if the Operating Partnership or any entity in which the

 

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Operating Partnership holds a direct or indirect interest shall cause or permit (i) any Transfer of all or any portion of a Protected Property (including any interest therein or in the entity owning, directly or indirectly, the Protected Property) in a transaction that would result in the recognition of taxable income or gain by any Protected Partner under Section 704(c) of the Code, or (ii) any Fundamental Transaction that would result in the recognition of taxable income or gain to any Protected Partner (such a Fundamental Transaction and such a Transfer, collectively a “ Property Indemnification Period Transfer ”).

(b) Section 2.1(a) shall not apply to any Property Indemnification Period Transfer of a Protected Property (including any interest therein or in the entity owning, directly or indirectly, the Protected Property): (i) in a transaction in which no gain is required to be recognized by a Protected Partner (an “ Exchange ”), including a transaction qualifying under Section 1031 or Section 721 (or any successor statutes) of the Code; provided , however , that any property acquired by the Operating Partnership in the Exchange shall remain subject to the provisions of this Article II in place of the exchanged Protected Property for the remainder of the Property Indemnification Period; (ii) as a result of the condemnation or other taking of any Protected Property by a governmental entity in an eminent domain proceeding or otherwise, provided that the Operating Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to structure such disposition as either a tax-free like-kind exchange under Section 1031 or a tax-free reinvestment of proceeds under Section 1033, but in no event shall the Operating Partnership be obligated to acquire or invest in any property that it otherwise would not have acquired or invested in.

(c) For any Transfer of all or any portion of any property of the Operating Partnership which is not a Property Indemnification Period Transfer, the Operating Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Protected Partners to minimize any taxes payable by the Protected Partners in connection with any such Transfers.

Section 2.2 Indemnification for Transfers .

(a) In the event of a Property Indemnification Period Transfer described in Section 2.1(a) , the Operating Partnership shall pay to CIO OP and Second City GP within 30 days after the closing of such Property Indemnification Period Transfer an amount of cash equal to the estimated Make Whole Amount applicable to such Property Indemnification Period Transfer for all Protected Partners affected by the Property Indemnification Period Transfer. If it is later determined that the true Make Whole Amount applicable to a Protected Partner exceeds the estimated Make Whole Amount applicable to such Protected Partner, then the Operating Partnership shall pay such excess to CIO OP and Second City GP for the benefit of such Protected Partner within 90 days after the closing of the Property Indemnification Period Transfer, and if such estimated Make Whole Amount exceeds the true Make Whole Amount, then CIO OP and Second City GP shall promptly refund such excess to the Operating Partnership, but only to the extent such excess was actually received by CIO OP and Second City GP.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the sole and exclusive rights and remedies of any Protected Partner under Section 2.1(a) shall be a claim against the Operating Partnership for the Make Whole Amount as set forth in this Section 2.2 , and no Protected Partner shall be entitled to pursue a claim for specific performance of the covenants set forth in Section 2.1(a) or bring a claim against any person that acquires a Protected Property from the Operating Partnership in violation of Section 2.1(a) .

 

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(c) For the avoidance of doubt, a vote in favor of a Property Indemnification Period Transfer by a Protected Partner in its capacity as an owner of OP Units or shares of the REIT shall not constitute a waiver of such Protected Partner’s right to indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.2 as a result of such Property Indemnification Period Transfer.

Section 2.3 Section 704(c) Gain . A good faith estimate of the initial amount of Section 704(c) gain as of the Closing Date of the Formation Transactions is set forth on Exhibit A hereto. The parties acknowledge that the initial amount of such Section 704(c) gain may be adjusted over time as required by Section 704(c) of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 2.4 Approved Liability Maintenance and Allocation .

(a) During the Guaranty Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall: (i) maintain on a continuous basis an amount of Qualifying Liabilities at least equal to the aggregate Required Liability Amount of all Protected Partners and Other Protected Persons; and (ii) provide to CIO OP and Second City GP, promptly upon request, with a description of the nature and amount of any Approved Liabilities that are available to be guaranteed by the Protected Partners pursuant to Section 2.4(b) of this Agreement.

(b) (i) During the Guaranty Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall provide each Protected Partner with the opportunity to execute a guaranty in a form and manner that receives the Approval of CIO OP and Second City GP of one or more Approved Liabilities in an amount up to such Protected Partner’s Required Liability Amount (each such opportunity and each opportunity required by Section 2.4(c) , a “ Guaranty Opportunity ”), and (ii) after the Guaranty Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make Guaranty Opportunities available to each Protected Partner, provided that in the case of this clause (ii), the Operating Partnership shall not be required to incur any indebtedness that it would not otherwise have incurred, as determined by the Operating Partnership in its reasonable discretion; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all guarantees required to be made available by the Operating Partnership for execution by all Protected Partners need not exceed the aggregate Required Liability Amount of all Protected Partners. The Operating Partnership shall have the discretion to identify the Approved Liability or Approved Liabilities that shall be made available for guaranty by each Protected Partner. Each Protected Partner may allocate the Guaranty Opportunity afforded to such Protected Partner in any manner determined to be desirable by the Protected Partner. The Operating Partnership agrees to file its tax returns allocating any debt subject to a Guaranty to the applicable Protected Partners. Each Protected Partner shall bear the costs incurred by it in connection with the execution of any guaranty to which it is a party. To the extent a Protected Partner executes a guaranty, the Operating Partnership shall deliver a copy of such guaranty to the lender under the Guaranteed Liability promptly after receiving such copy from the relevant Protected Partner.

 

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(c) During the Guaranty Indemnification Period, the Operating Partnership shall not allow a Debt Notification Event to occur unless the Operating Partnership provides at least thirty (30) days’ written notice (a “ Section 2.4 Notice ”) to CIO OP and Second City GP. The Section 2.4 Notice shall describe the Debt Notification Event and designate one or more Approved Liabilities that may be guaranteed by the Protected Partners pursuant to Section 2.4(b) of this Agreement in an amount equal to the amount of the refinanced or repaid Approved Liability that was guaranteed by such Protected Partner immediately prior to the date of the Debt Notification Event. The Section 2.4 Notice shall be deemed to have been provided when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written or electronic communication (including by telecopy, facsimile, electronic mail or commercial courier service) to CIO OP and Second City GP at the address set forth in the Register (as defined in the OP Agreement). Any Protected Partner that desires to execute a guaranty following the receipt of a Section 2.4 Notice by CIO OP and Second City GP shall provide the Operating Partnership with notice thereof within ten (10) days after the date of the Section 2.4 Notice.

(d) Provided the Operating Partnership satisfies its obligations under Section 2.4(a) , (b)  and (c)  of this Agreement, the Operating Partnership shall have no liability to a Protected Partner under Section 2.4(e) for breach of Section 2.4 , whether or not such Protected Partner timely accepts its Guaranty Opportunity. Furthermore, the Operating Partnership makes no representation or warranty to any Protected Partner concerning the treatment or effect of any guaranty under Federal, state, local, or foreign tax law, and bears no responsibility for any tax liability of any Protected Partner or Affiliate thereof that is attributable to a reallocation, by a taxing authority, of debt subject to a guaranty (other than a reallocation that results from any act or omission taken by the Operating Partnership or one of its Affiliates in violation of this Section 2.4 or an act or omission that is indemnifiable under Section 2.4(e) of this Agreement).

(e) If the Operating Partnership shall fail to comply with any provision of this Section 2.4 , the Operating Partnership shall pay, within thirty (30) days of such failure, a Make Whole Payment with respect to each Protected Partner who recognizes income or gain as a result of such failure equal to the estimated Make Whole Amount applicable to such failure. Such payment shall be made to CIO OP and Second City GP on behalf of such Protected Partner. If it is determined that the true Make Whole Amount applicable to a Protected Partner exceeds the estimated Make Whole Amount applicable to such Protected Partner, then the Operating Partnership shall pay such excess to CIO OP and Second City GP, on behalf of such Protected Partner, within thirty (30) days after the date of such determination, and if such estimated Make Whole Amount exceeds the true Make Whole Amount, then CIO OP and Second City GP shall pay such excess to the Operating Partnership within thirty (30) days after the date of such determination, but only to the extent such excess was actually received.

(f) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the sole and exclusive rights and remedies of any Protected Partner for a breach or violation of the covenants set forth in Section 2.4 shall be a claim a claim against the Operating Partnership for the Make Whole Amount as set forth in Section 2.4(e) , and no Protected Partner shall be entitled to pursue a claim for specific performance of the covenants set forth in Section 2.4 .

 

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ARTICLE III

SECTION 704(c) METHOD AND ALLOCATIONS

Section 3.1 Notwithstanding any provision of the OP Agreement, the Operating Partnership shall use, and shall cause any other entity in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest to use, the “traditional method” under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(b) for purposes of making all allocations under Section 704(c) of the Code with respect to each property included on Exhibit A to take into account the book-tax disparities as of the Closing Date and with respect to any revaluation of such property pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), or 1.704-3(a)(6) with no “curative allocations”, “remedial allocations” or adjustments to other items to offset the effects of the “ceiling rule,” including upon any sale of any property listed on Exhibit A.

ARTICLE IV

TAX PROCEEDINGS

Section 4.1 Notice of Tax Audits . If any claim, demand, assessment (including a notice of proposed assessment) or other assertion is made with respect to taxes against the Protected Partners or the Operating Partnership or any entity of which the Operating Partnership owns at least eighty (80%) per cent of the outstanding ownership interests (determined on the basis of the value to be received upon a liquidation of the entity), that could result in tax liability to a Protected Partner (“ Tax Claim ”) or if the REIT or the Operating Partnership receives any notice from any jurisdiction with respect to any current or future audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding (“ Tax Proceeding ”) involving the Protected Partners or the Operating Partnership or that otherwise could involve a matter covered in this Agreement and could directly or indirectly affect the Protected Partners (adversely or otherwise), the REIT or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Protected Partners of such Tax Claim or Tax Proceeding.

Section 4.2 Control of Tax Proceeding s . The Operating Partnership, shall have the right to control the defense, settlement or compromise of any Tax Proceeding or Tax Claim; provided, however, that the Operating Partnership shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to such Tax Claim or Tax Proceeding that could result in tax liability to a Protected Partner without the prior written consent of CIO OP and Second City GP (unless, and only to the extent, that any taxes required to be paid by the Protected Partner as a result thereof would be required to be reimbursed by the Operating Partnership under this Agreement and the Operating Partnership agrees in connection with such settlement or consent to make such required payments); provided further that the Operating Partnership shall keep CIO OP and Second City GP duly informed of the progress thereof to the extent that such Proceeding or Tax Claim could directly or indirectly affect (adversely or otherwise) the Protected Partners and that CIO OP and Second City GP shall have the right to review and comment on any and all submissions made to the Internal Revenue Service, a court, or other governmental body with respect to such Tax Claim or Tax Proceeding and that the Operating Partnership will consider such comments in good faith.

 

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ARTICLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 5.1 Notices . All notices, demands, declarations, consents, directions, approvals, instructions, requests and other communications required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement shall be given in the same manner as in the OP Agreement.

Section 5.2 Titles and Captions . All Article or Section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” and “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

Section 5.3 Pronouns and Plurals . Whenever the context may require, 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.

Section 5.4 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 5.5 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

Section 5.6 Creditors . Other than as expressly set forth herein, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Operating Partnership.

Section 5.7 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 or any covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

Section 5.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all of 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.

Section 5.9 Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.

Section 5.10 Invalidity of Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality or enforceability of other remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

 

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Section 5.11 Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement among the Partners with respect to the subject matter hereof and amends, restates and supersedes the OP Agreement and any other prior written or oral understandings or agreements among them with respect thereto.

Section 5.12 Dispute Resolution . Any controversy, dispute, or claim of any nature arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to the interpretation, performance, enforcement or breach of this Agreement (and any closing document executed in connection herewith) shall be governed by the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Section 6.08 of the Contribution Agreement.

Section 5.13 No Rights as Stockholders . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the holders of the OP Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the REIT, including, without limitation, any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to stockholders of the REIT or to vote or to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the REIT or any other matter.

Section 5.14 Successors; Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of the dissolution, liquidation or other termination of CIO OP or Second City GP, that party (either CIO OP or Second City GP) shall appoint one of its owners to act on behalf of CIO OP or Second City GP and that owner shall succeed to the obligations, duties, rights and privileges under this Agreement. Such owner shall act as the exclusive representative on behalf of those persons who are or would be Protected Partners with respect to CIO OP or Second City GP, as the case may be.

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

 

REIT:
City Office REIT, Inc. a Maryland corporation
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  name James Farrar
Its:  

Chief Executive Officer

  title

 

OPERATING PARTNERSHIP:
City Office Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership
By:  

/s/ James Farrar

  City Office REIT, Inc. a Maryland corporation
Its:   General Partner


SECOND CITY GP:
Second City General Partner II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership

By: Second City General Partner II, Inc., a

Delaware corporation

Its:   General Partner
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  name Ryan Chan
Its:  

Chief Financial Officer

  title

 

CIO OP:

CIO OP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership

By:

  Second City General Partner II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
Its:   General Partner
By:  

/s/ Ryan Chan

  name Ryan Chan
Its:  

Chief Financial Officer

  title


EXHIBIT A

 

Contributor

  

Protected Property

   Estimated Initial
Section 704(c) Gain
 

CIO OP

   61.8134% of City Centre STF LP    $ 10,474,960   

CIO OP

   65.0671% of SCCP Boise LP    $ 9,355,838   

CIO OP

   65.0671% of SCCP Central Valley LP    $ 2,421,239   

CIO OP

   65.0671% of Central Fairwinds LP    $ 330,100   

CIO OP

   65.0671% of Core Cherry Creek LP    $ 5,234,204   

Second City GP

   0.001% of City Centre STF LP    $ 105   

Second City GP

   0.001% of SCCP Boise LP    $ 94   

Second City GP

   0.001% SCCP Central Valley LP    $ 24   

Second City GP

   0.001% of Central Forwards LP    $ 3   

Second City GP

   0.1% of Core Cherry Creek LP    $ 5,329   

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

Protected Partner

  

Required Liability Amount

CIO OP    None
Second City GP    None

 

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Exhibit 10.10

EXCEPTED HOLDER AGREEMENT

This Excepted Holder Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of April 21, 2014, by and between City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”) and CIO OP Limited Partnership (“ CIO OP ”).

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company intends to offer its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ Common Stock ”), for sale in an initial public offering (the “ Offering ”) and use the proceeds from the Offering to indirectly acquire a portfolio of office properties in the United States by contributing the net proceed from the Offering to City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “ OP ”), in exchange for common units of partnership interest in the OP (the “ OP Units ”).

B. Concurrent with the Offering, CIO OP will contribute its partnership interest in various property level partnerships to the OP in exchange for OP Units (the “ Contribution ”). The OP Units provide CIO OP the right, beginning 12 months after the completion of the Offering, to require the OP to redeem part or all of the OP Units for cash equal to the then-current market value of an equal number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (determined in accordance with and subject to adjustment under the limited partnership agreement of the OP (the “ Partnership Agreement ”)), or, at the election of the Company, to exchange the OP Units for Company Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments under the Partnership Agreement and the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company’s stock set forth in the Company’s charter (the “ Charter ”) and the Partnership Agreement. Assuming that all of the OP Units held by CIO OP were redeemed in exchange for Common Stock as of the date of this Agreement, CIO OP would own thirty and five tenths percent (30.5%) of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company.

C. To help the Company maintain its status as a real estate investment trust (a “ REIT ”) under the Code, the Charter imposes certain limitations on the ownership of the Company’s stock. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to them in the Charter. The Charter contains a general restriction prohibiting any person from actually owning, Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning more than a specified percentage (initially set at 9.8%) (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or more than a specified percentage (initially set at 9.8%) (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company’s stock (each an “ Ownership Limit ” and collectively the “ Ownership Limits ”).

D. Pursuant to Section 7.2.7 of the Charter, the Company’s Board of Directors is permitted to increase either or both of the Ownership Limits with respect to a stockholder (as to such stockholder, an “ Excepted Holder Limit ”) and allow ownership in excess of either or both of the Ownership Limits if certain conditions described in Section 7.2.7 of the Charter are satisfied.

E. This Agreement is intended to recognize that upon the exercise by CIO OP of its right to require the OP to redeem part or all of its OP Units, the Company may, in turn, exercise its right to exchange the OP Units for Company Common Stock, which could result in CIO OP receiving stock of the Company in excess of the Ownership Limits described above. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has, by resolution, provided for the establishment of an Excepted Holder Limit for CIO OP if certain conditions are satisfied, and CIO OP intends to satisfy such conditions by execution of this Agreement.

 

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NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

A G R E E M E N T

 

  1. Representations of CIO OP.

To induce the Company to enter into this Agreement, CIO OP represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

1.1 This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by an authorized representative of CIO OP, and is a valid and binding obligation of CIO OP, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

1.2 The execution and delivery of this Agreement by CIO OP does not, and will not: (i) violate or conflict with any agreement, order, injunction, decree, or judgment to which CIO OP is a party or by which CIO OP is bound; or (ii) violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to CIO OP;

1.3 No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, registration, declaration or filing with, any governmental entity or third Person is required on the part of CIO OP in connection with the execution or delivery of this Agreement;

1.4 CIO OP does not actually or Constructively Own 9.8% or more of any tenant of the Company (or any entity owned or controlled by the Company);

1.5 No Individual will be treated as Beneficially Owning more than 9.8% of the Company as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  2. On-Going Covenants of CIO OP.

Beginning on the date hereof, and during any period that an Excepted Holder Limit established pursuant to this Agreement (as subsequently adjusted) remains in effect, CIO OP covenants and agrees as follows:

2.1 Assuming that all of the OP Units held by CIO OP were redeemed in exchange for Common Stock, CIO OP will not Beneficially Own more than thirty and five tenths percent (30.5%) of the number of any outstanding class of stock of the Company (such percentage, as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Section 2.1, being the Excepted Holder Limit granted to CIO OP), and no Individual will be treated as Beneficially Owning more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or more than 9.8% (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company’s stock as a result of CIO OP’s ownership of Common Stock; provided, however, if the Company redeems, repurchases or cancels shares of Common Stock, the effect of which would be to cause CIO OP to exceed CIO OP’s Excepted Holder Limit, CIO OP’s Excepted Holder Limit shall, automatically and without need of any action on the part of the Company, its Board of Directors, or CIO OP, be increased so that CIO OP’s then Beneficial Ownership is not in excess of the new limit; provided, further, that if such increase would cause the Company to Constructively Own more than a 9.8% interest (within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in a tenant or would cause any Individual to Beneficially Own more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or more than 9.8% (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company’s stock, such Excepted Holder Limit shall be increased only to the extent it would not cause the Company to have such an ownership interest in a tenant and would not cause any Individual to Beneficially Own more than 9.8% of the Company’s stock;

 

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2.2 Assuming that all of the OP Units held by CIO OP were redeemed in exchange for Common Stock, CIO OP does not and will not actually own or Constructively Own an interest in any tenant of the Company (or a tenant of any entity owned or controlled by the Company) that would cause the Company to Constructively Own more than a 9.8% interest (within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant; provided, however, that solely for the purpose of this Section 2.2, a tenant from whom the Company (or any entity owned or controlled by the Company in whole or in part) derives or is expected to continue to derive a sufficiently small amount of revenue such that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect the Company’s ability to qualify as a REIT (within the meaning of the Code), shall not be treated as a tenant of the Company.

2.3 Assuming that all of the OP Units held by CIO OP were redeemed in exchange for Common Stock, CIO OP will not own, actually or Beneficially, shares of the Company’s stock that would violate the Excepted Holder Limit established for CIO OP pursuant to this Agreement or that would cause any Individual to be treated as Beneficially Owning 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or more than 9.8% (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company’s stock or that would cause the Company to become “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT.

2.4 CIO OP agrees that any violation or attempted violation of Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3 of this Agreement (whether with respect to actual, Beneficial or Constructive ownership by CIO OP or any Individual) (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.6 of the Charter) will automatically cause the shares of Company stock that otherwise would result in the violation to be transferred to a Trust in accordance with Sections 7.2.1(b) and 7.3 of the Charter, and such shares shall be subject to all the terms and limitations set forth in the Charter (without regard to any exception due to an Excepted Holder Agreement).

2.5 To minimize damages for a breach of Section 2.2 hereof, any party hereto who becomes aware of such beach shall promptly notify the other party in writing of such breach.

2.6 CIO OP will maintain an accurate record of its investors for the purpose of monitoring the actual, Beneficial and Constructive Ownership of the Company’s stock. No later than March 31 of each calendar year beginning in 2015 (but only for so long as CIO OP actually or Beneficially Owns at least 9.8 percent of the stock of the Company, treating the OP Units held by CIO OP as having been converted into Common Stock for this purpose), CIO OP shall deliver upon written request to the Company a schedule listing CIO OP’s then current actual and Beneficial Ownership of stock with detail sufficient for the Company to independently determine CIO OP’s then current actual and Beneficial Ownership of stock.

 

  3. On-Going Covenants of the Company

3.1 Notwithstanding any provisions of the Charter to the contrary, the Company agrees that the Excepted Holder Limit granted to CIO OP by this Agreement and this Agreement shall not be revoked unless the Board of Directors determines based upon the written advice of counsel that such revocation is required for the preservation of the Company’s qualification as a REIT under the Code.

 

  4. Company’s Authorization of Agreement

4.1 Based on the above representations and agreements, the Company hereby grants to CIO OP, and agrees that CIO OP shall have, an initial Excepted Holder Limit of thirty and five tenths percent (30.5%); provided, however, that such Excepted Holder Limit shall be subject to adjustment as contemplated by Section 2.1 above. The Company represents that a true and correct copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company granting such exception and authorizing the Company to enter into this Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit “A.”

 

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  5. Applicability of Charter Provisions

5.1 CIO OP and the Company agree that, in addition to the applicable provisions of Section 7.2.4 of the Charter, by which CIO OP would otherwise be bound upon the exchange the its OP Units for Company Common Stock, the parties hereto agree to provide the following information:

 

  (a) CIO OP shall provide the information described in Section 7.2.4 of the Charter in accordance with the provisions thereof.

 

  (b) No later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Company will compile a list of its tenants (and tenants of any entity owned or controlled by the Company, in whole or part) (the “ Tenant List ”) and provide such information to CIO OP. No later than 30 days after the receipt of the Tenant List, CIO OP will inform the Company of its direct or indirect equity ownership of any tenant in which it owns a 9.8% or greater equity interest (within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) and whose name appears on the Tenant List.

 

  6. Definitions

6.1 “Beneficial Ownership” shall mean ownership of Company stock by a Person who is an actual owner, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of such shares of Company stock or who is treated as an owner of such shares of Company stock under Section 542(a)(2) of the Code either directly, indirectly, or constructively through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Sections 856(h)(1)(B) and 856(h)(3) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have correlative meanings. For example, if a corporation is the actual beneficial owner of Company stock, the shares will be treated as Beneficially Owned by that corporation (due to its direct ownership of the shares), and the stockholders of that corporation will Beneficially Own their respective proportionate interests in those shares (due to their deemed ownership under Code Section 544(a)(l)), and interests in the same shares may also be treated as Beneficially Owned by others, depending upon the identity of, and relationships between, the stockholders and those related to the stockholders.

6.2 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

6.3 “Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Company stock by a Person, whether the interest in the shares of Company stock is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have correlative meanings. For example, if a corporation is the actual beneficial owner of Company stock, the shares will be treated as Constructively Owned by that corporation (due to its direct ownership of the shares), and the 10% or more stockholders of that corporation will Constructively Own their respective proportionate interests in those shares (due to their deemed ownership under Code Section 318(a)(2)(C) as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)), and interests in the same shares may also be treated as Constructively Owned by others, depending upon the identity of, and relationships between, the stockholders and those related to the stockholders.

6.4 “Individual” shall mean individual, a trust qualified under Section 401(a) or Section 501(c)(17) of the Code, a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, or a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, provided that, except as set forth in Section 856(h)(3)(A)(ii) of the Code, a trust described in Section 401(a) of the Code and exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code shall be excluded from this definition

 

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6.5 “Person” shall mean an Individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust, joint stock company or other entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; but does not include an underwriter which participated in the Offering of the Company’s Common Stock for a period of 30 days following the purchase by such underwriter of shares of the Common Stock.

 

  7. Miscellaneous

7.1 All questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision (whether of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland.

7.2 This Agreement may be signed by the parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so signed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

7.3 This Agreement shall terminate, and CIO OP shall cease to be an “Excepted Holder” (as defined in the Charter) as set forth herein and in the Charter of the Company, as existing on the date of this Agreement, and as amended thereafter, upon reduction of CIO OP’s Beneficial Ownership and Constructive Ownership to or below 9.8% of all outstanding classes of stock of the Company. In the event of termination of this Agreement, CIO OP shall immediately become subject to all rules and restrictions regarding the ownership of the Company’s stock, including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in the Charter of the Company, as amended.

7.4 Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if in writing and signed by the Company and CIO OP. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.

7.5 The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

7.6 This Agreement (together with the Exhibit attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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C ITY O FFICE REIT I NC ., a Maryland Corporation
By:   /s/ James Farrar
 

 

Name:  

James Farrar

Title:  

 

CIO OP L IMITED P ARTNERSHIP , a Delaware limited partnership
By:   /s/ James Farrar
 

 

Name:  

James Farrar

Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Excepted Holder Agreement]

 

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E XHIBIT A

 

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WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE SOLE MEMBER OF

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

April 14, 2014

THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), acting by written consent without a meeting pursuant to Section 2-408(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), does hereby consent to, approve and adopt the following preambles and resolutions:

Formation Transactions

Contribution Agreements

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”) has determined that, in connection with the initial public offering of the Corporation previously approved by the Board (the “ Public Offering ”), it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to acquire, directly and indirectly through City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P.. a Maryland limited partnership of which the Corporation is the general partner (the “ Operating Partnership ”), upon the terms and conditions set forth in certain contribution agreements, from Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Second City ”), Second City General Partner II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Second City GP ”), CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ CIO REIT ”), CIO OP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ CIO OP ”), Gibralt US, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ Gibralt ”), GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership, an Oregon limited partnership (“ GCC Amberglen ”), and Daniel Rapaport (“ Rapaport ”, and collectively with Second City, Second City GP, CIO REIT, CIO OP, Gibralt, and GCC Amberglen, the “ Second City Group ”), all of the interests owned by such parties in certain entities owning portfolios of office properties, all as further described in the Registration Statement, as amended (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”), in consideration of the payment of a combination of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation (“ Common Stock ”), common units of limited partnership interest of the Operating Partnership (“ OP Units ”) and cash; and

WHEREAS, the Board now desires to adopt resolutions relating to the Formation Transactions and certain other matters related thereto or in furtherance thereof, and to authorize and approve, or to provide for the authorization and approval of, among other things, the issuance of shares of Common Stock and OP Units in connection with the Formation Transactions.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Formation Transactions, individually and in the aggregate, are hereby determined to be fair and reasonable to, and in the best interests of, the Corporation and its stockholders; and it is


FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby approves the acquisition of all of (i) Second City’s limited partner interests in City Centre STF Limited Partnership, SCCP Boise Limited Partnership, SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership and SCCP Boise Outlot Limited Partnership, (ii) Second City GP’s equity interests in Core Cherry GP Co., Central Fairwinds GP Corporation, City Centre STG GP Corp., SCCP Boise GP, Inc., SCCP Central Valley GP Corp., and SCCP Boise Outlot GP, Inc., and (iii) CIO REIT’s and CIO OP’s respective limited partner interests in Core Cherry Limited Partnership, Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership, City Centre STF Limited Partnership, SCCP Boise Limited Partnership and SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the proposed Contribution Agreement to be entered into by the Corporation, the Operating Partnership, Second City, Second City GP, CIO REIT and CIO OP, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Second City Contribution Agreement ,” and together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, including indemnity agreements, collectively, the “ Second City Contribution Documents ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Operating Partnership will become the owner of all or a majority of the limited partner interests in Core Cherry Limited Partnership, Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership, City Centre STF Limited Partnership, SCCP Boise Limited Partnership, SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership and SCCP Boise Outlot Limited Partnership; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby approves the acquisition of all of (i) Gibralt’s equity interests in Gibralt Amberglen LLC, and (ii) GCC Amberglen’s and Rapaport’s respective limited partner interests in Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the proposed Contribution Agreement to be entered into by the Operating Partnership, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Gibralt Contribution Agreement ,” and together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, collectively, the “ Gibralt Contribution Documents ,” and together with the Second City Contribution Documents, the “ Formation Transaction Documents ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Operating Partnership will become the owner of a majority of the limited partner interests in Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that in connection with the Formation Transactions, the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, to enter into and perform its obligations under, and to cause the Operating Partnership to enter into and perform its obligations under, the Formation Transaction Documents, each in substantially the form reviewed by this Board, together with such changes, amendments and additions thereto as the Authorized Officers (as defined herein) executing the same shall approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution thereof; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, any Vice President (including any Senior Vice President), the Secretary and the Treasurer of the Corporation (each an “ Authorized Officer ” and, together, the “ Authorized Officers ”) be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its own capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to prepare, execute and deliver, or cause to be prepared, executed and delivered, and to cause the Corporation and the

 

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Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under, the Formation Transaction Documents and such other agreements, notices, certificates, documents, letters or other instruments as the officer or officers executing the same deem necessary or advisable to effectuate the foregoing, and such agreements, notices, certificates, documents, letters and other instruments shall be in such forms as the Authorized Officer executing the same shall approve, as conclusively evidenced by the execution thereof; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to prepare and file all such applications and any and all agreements, undertakings, notices, certificates, documents, letters and other instruments to be filed with any appropriate governmental entity for approval of the Formation Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by the Formation Transaction Documents, with full power and authority to take any and all such actions which they may deem to be necessary or advisable in connection therewith; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to take all other actions, and do or cause to be done any and all other acts, including, without limitation, execution of any and all papers, agreements, documents, instruments and certificates of the Corporation or Operating Partnership in order to carry out the purposes and intent of the foregoing resolutions, and the performance of any such actions and acts, and the execution by such Authorized Officers of any such papers, agreements, documents, instruments and certificates, shall conclusively establish their authority therefor; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby adopts the form of any required resolution or resolutions to be filed by the Corporation that may be required by any person or entity in connection with the Formation Transactions if (a) in the opinion of the officers of the Corporation executing the same, the adoption of such resolution or resolutions is necessary or desirable, and (b) the Secretary of the Corporation evidences such adoption by inserting copies of such resolution or resolutions into the minute book of the Corporation, which will thereupon be deemed to be adopted by the Board with the same force and effect as if presented and expressly adopted at a meeting thereof.

Issuance of OP Units in Connection with Formation Transactions

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized to cause to be issued by the Operating Partnership to Second City GP, CIO OP, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport up to $60,000,000 maximum aggregate amount of OP Units as consideration for and in connection with the consummation of the Formation Transactions, with the actual number of OP Units so issued to be determined by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof at a later date, at the price (or deemed value) per unit equal to the price per share of the Common Stock issued to the public in the Public Offering, all as contemplated by the Formation Transaction Documents; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to execute, deliver and cause to be performed, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, as applicable, all documents relating to the issuance of the OP Units as provided above and pursuant to the Formation Transaction Documents; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon the issuance of the OP Units to be issued to Second City GP, CIO OP, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport in connection with the Formation Transactions, there is and shall be reserved for issuance by the Corporation such shares (initially one per OP Unit) of Common Stock as may be issuable from time to time upon exchange of each such OP Unit pursuant to and in accordance with the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, as further amended from time to time, and such shares be and hereby are authorized to be issued if, as and when determined by the Authorized Officers or any of them to be appropriate following a proper request for conversion or exchange, and each such share, when so issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, this Board hereby acknowledging that delivery of the OP Units upon conversion or exchange will constitute good and valuable consideration for such issuance, such consideration having in any event a value as determined by this Board equal to not less than the par value per share; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to execute, deliver and cause to be performed, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, all documents relating to the issuance of the Common Stock from time to time upon the conversion or exchange of the OP Units as aforesaid.

Issuance of Common Stock in Connection with Formation Transactions

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, subject to and in any event following the acceptance for record of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement (as defined herein) with the Department, the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized to issue to CIO REIT up to $30,000,000 maximum aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock as consideration for and in connection with the consummation of the Formation Transactions, with the actual number of shares to be determined by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof at a later date, at the price (or deemed value) per share of the Common Stock issued to the public in the Public Offering, all as contemplated by the Second City Contribution Documents; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation be and hereby is authorized and directed to contribute to the Operating Partnership the assets received by the Corporation in consideration for the share issuance authorized by the immediately preceding resolutions, in exchange for the issuance by the Operating Partnership to the Corporation of a number of OP Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock so issued, and the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized to cause the Operating Partnership to issue to the Corporation the number of OP Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation to CIO REIT; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to, or in accordance with, the Second City Contribution Documents, shall upon consummation of the Formation Transactions and issuance pursuant to the preceding resolutions, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, this Board hereby acknowledging that good and valuable consideration shall have thereupon been received in consideration for such issuance, such consideration having in any event a value as determined by this Board equal to not less than the par value per share; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cause to be issued and delivered to CIO REIT certificates representing the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Corporation to CIO REIT in accordance with the Second City Contribution Documents.

Registration Rights Agreement

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to enter into one or more registration rights agreements with the Second City Group.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the form, terms and provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form presented to the Board and attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), which generally provides, among other things, for the Corporation to grant registration rights to certain holders of Common Stock and OP Units (in respect of any Common Stock issued upon conversion or exchange therefor) in connection with the Formation Transactions, together with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, are authorized and approved, and the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into, and perform its obligations under, one or more Registration Rights Agreements;

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of Common Stock upon exchange of the OP Units in accordance with and as contemplated by the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement and the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to finalize, execute and deliver, and to cause the Corporation to perform its obligations under, one or more Registration Rights Agreements, substantially in the form presented to the Board, with such revisions and amendments thereto and other related agreements, certificates, instruments or documents as such Registration Rights Agreement contemplates, or as such officers may otherwise deem appropriate, the execution of such further revisions, amendments, agreements, certificates, instruments or documents to be conclusive evidence of the appropriateness thereof.

Tax Protection Agreements

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the form, terms and provisions of the Tax Protection Agreements substantially in the forms presented to the Board and attached collectively hereto as Exhibit D (the “ Tax Protection Agreements ”), which generally provide, among other things, that the Operating Partnership will not sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any properties during

 

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the four years following completion of the Formation Transactions in a transaction that would cause the Second City Group or any of their direct and indirect owners to realize built-in gain and requires the Operating Partnership to maintain a minimum level of indebtedness, are authorized and approved, and the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into and perform its obligations under, and to cause the Operating Partnership to enter into and perform its obligations under, the Tax Protection Agreements; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to finalize, execute and deliver, and to cause the Corporation and the Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under, the Tax Protection Agreements, substantially in the forms presented to the Board, with such revisions and amendments thereto and other related agreements, certificates, instruments or documents as such Tax Protection Agreements contemplate, or as such officers may otherwise deem appropriate, the execution of such further revisions, amendments, agreements, certificates, instruments or documents to be conclusive evidence of the appropriateness thereof.

Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that, in furtherance of the consummation of the Formation Transactions and the Public Offering, it is advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to approve the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership (the “ Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement ”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E , and for the Corporation to enter into and perform its obligations as general partner, and to cause the Operating Partnership to perform its obligations, under such agreement.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to negotiate, execute and deliver, and to cause the Corporation and the Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under, the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement substantially in the form reviewed by this Board, with such additions, deletions and changes as the officer executing the same may determine to be advisable, such determination and the ratification and approval thereof by this Board to be evidenced conclusively by such officer’s execution thereof.

Advisory Agreement

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation and the Operating Partnership to enter into an advisory agreement with City Office Real Estate Management, Inc., a British Columbia corporation (the “ Advisor ”), pursuant to which the Advisor will provide management and advisory services to the Corporation and the Operating Partnership.

 

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IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby approves the Advisory Agreement in substantially the form presented to the Board and attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “ Advisory Agreement ”), which generally provides, among other things, for the Advisor to administer the day-to-day operation of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, determine investment criteria in cooperation with the Board and pursuant to the investment guidelines set forth in the Advisory Agreement, advise the Board on potential acquisitions, dispositions and financing, and perform other financial, accounting and tax management services, and hereby authorizes the performance by the Corporation, on its own behalf and, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, on behalf of the Operating Partnership, of the obligations of the Corporation and the Operating Partnership under the Advisory Agreement; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to finalize, execute and deliver, and to cause the Corporation and the Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under, the Advisory Agreement, substantially in the form reviewed by this Board, with such additions, deletions and changes as the officer executing the same may determine to be advisable, such determination and the ratification and approval thereof by this Board to be evidenced conclusively by such officer’s execution thereof.

Public Offering Matters

WHEREAS, the Board desires to ratify, confirm and supplement prior resolutions adopted by the Board with respect to the Public Offering.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the Public Offering by the Corporation of up to 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, including any shares of Common Stock to be sold, if at all, pursuant to any underwriters’ over-allotment option, with the actual aggregate offering price and number of shares and the other terms of the Public Offering to be determined by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof at a later date; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to contribute to the Operating Partnership the net proceeds of the Public Offering received by the Corporation in exchange for OP Units, and the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized to cause the Operating Partnership to issue to the Corporation the number of OP Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock sold by the Corporation in the Public Offering; provided, however, that the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized to use the net proceeds, if any, received by the Corporation from the sale of shares of Common Stock sold in the Public Offering pursuant to any underwriters’ over-allotment option to (i) redeem from CIO REIT up to all of the shares of Common Stock issued to CIO REIT pursuant to the Formation Transactions at a redemption price per share equal to the public offering price per share in the Public Offering, and (ii) redeem or repurchase, or cause to be redeemed or repurchased, up to all of the OP Units issued to Second City GP, CIO OP, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport pursuant to the Formation Transactions at a redemption price per OP Unit equal to the public offering price per share in the Public Offering; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered to cause the Operating Partnership to use the net proceeds of the Public Offering contributed by the Corporation to the Operating Partnership pursuant to the foregoing resolution in substantially the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the Registration Statement, including, without limitation, for general working capital purposes, which may include payment of expenses associated with the Formation Transactions, acquiring properties and repaying outstanding debt, and for the redemption of OP Units issued to Second City GP, CIO OP, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport pursuant to the Formation Transactions at a redemption price per OP Unit equal to the public offering price per share in the Public Offering; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that all prior resolutions adopted by the Board regarding the Public Offering be, and hereby are, supplemented, ratified and confirmed in all respects.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to obtain a transfer agent and registrar with respect to the shares of Common Stock of the Corporation.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, or such other transfer agent and registrar as may be selected by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, is hereby selected and appointed as the transfer agent and registrar (the “ Transfer Agent ”) for all shares of Common Stock of the Corporation either upon the original issue of said stock or by reason of transfer of said stock; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the purpose of any issue of Common Stock, the Transfer Agent is authorized and empowered:

(a) to record and countersign, as transfer agent, when signed manually or by facsimile by the officers of the Corporation and bearing the manual or facsimile seal of the Corporation, original certificates for up to the aggregate number of the shares to be registered, in such names as the respective purchasers or transferees of the shares (or their representatives) may request; and

(b) to deliver such certificates to the registrar for registration and countersignature; and

(c) to deliver the shares of Common Stock when so countersigned, if applicable, upon order of the Corporation, to the respective purchasers or transferees of such shares, as the case may be, or their representatives;

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them individually is, hereby authorized and empowered to sign on behalf of the Corporation written instructions to the Transfer Agent with respect to the Common Stock; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation shall direct the Transfer Agent as to the existence or termination of any restrictions on the transfer of stock covered by this appointment and in the application to or removal from any certificate of stock of any legend restricting the transfer of such stock or the substitution for such certificate of a certificate without such legend; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Transfer Agent is hereby authorized, in the case of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificates representing Common Stock of the Corporation, to issue and countersign a replacement certificate or certificates for the number of shares represented by such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, upon being furnished with an affidavit of such loss, theft or destruction and an open penalty bond of indemnity in form satisfactory to the Transfer Agent, indemnifying them, the Corporation and all agents; and the Transfer Agent is hereby authorized to register such replacement certificate or certificates; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby adopts the standard form of resolutions relating to such appointment as may be required by such Transfer Agent, and the Secretary of the Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to certify the adoption of any such resolutions as though the same were presented to this meeting and to insert all such resolutions in the minute books of the Corporation following these resolutions; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, authorized to complete and execute any and all agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, and to take any such other action, as any of them may determine to be necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of the foregoing resolutions with regard to the designation and appointment of the Transfer Agent, such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof or the taking of such other action.

Approval and Execution of Common Stock Certificate

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to adopt a form of public company stock certificate.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the form of stock certificate attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “ Common Stock Certificate ”) be, and the same hereby is, approved as a true, correct and complete specimen certificate representing shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, including the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Public Offering, together with such changes or modifications thereto as any of the Authorized Officers executing the same (by manual or facsimile signature) from time to time may deem appropriate, the approval thereof by this Board to be conclusively evidenced by such execution and delivery; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the certificates shall be signed by the appropriate officers of the Corporation as set forth in the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and in accordance with applicable law; provided, however, that each such signature may be, but need not be, a facsimile signature imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the certificates; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that certificates for shares of Common Stock issued prior to the date hereof in the form previously approved by the Board shall be, and remain, valid certificates representing shares of Common Stock of the Corporation.

Appointment of Independent Auditor

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the selection of KPMG LLP, represented to be a registered independent accounting firm, as the Corporation’s independent auditor, to assist the Corporation in establishing its books of account, to audit its financial statements and otherwise to advise the Corporation with respect to all matters in connection with the preparation of any necessary financial or accounting matters, is hereby authorized, approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that such firm shall continue to act as the Corporation’s registered independent public accountants and auditor until so notified otherwise by a member of the Board or a member of the Audit Committee (as defined herein).

Equity Incentive Plan

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to adopt the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Equity Incentive Plan ”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-1 , for the benefit of eligible employees, directors, advisors, consultants and other personnel of the Corporation and the Advisor.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective upon acceptance for record of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement with the Department, the Board hereby adopts the Equity Incentive Plan, and the Board does further direct that the Equity Incentive Plan be submitted for approval by the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance therewith within twelve months of the date hereof; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective upon acceptance for record of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement with the Department, 1,263,580 shares of Common Stock are hereby reserved for issuance under the Equity Incentive Plan, and such shares are authorized for issuance in accordance with the Equity Incentive Plan, and when issued in accordance with the provisions of the Equity Incentive Plan and the applicable stock options, restricted stock agreements and other award agreements utilized thereunder or contemplated thereby, shall constitute validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, and the consideration received therefor shall be credited to the appropriate capital account; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the form of standard RSU Award Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-2 is hereby approved for use with the Equity Incentive Plan; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that subject to stockholder approval of the Equity Incentive Plan within twelve months of the date hereof, the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Corporation, to take all action and to prepare, execute and deliver all documents which such officer deems appropriate or advisable in order to implement the Equity Incentive Plan hereby adopted, including without limitation the following:

1. the preparation, execution and filing with the Commission of the requisite Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “ Form S-8 ”) registering the shares issuable under the Equity Incentive Plan under the federal securities laws, including all exhibits and other documents to be filed in connection therewith;

 

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2. the preparation and distribution to Equity Incentive Plan participants, as applicable, prospectuses relating to the Equity Incentive Plan in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; and

3. the filing of the appropriate listing applications to list all of the shares subject to future awards for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”); and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the purpose of executing the Form S-8 and any amendments and supplements thereto, and in connection with the filing of all other documents necessary, appropriate, advisable or desirable in connection with the Form S-8, the officers and directors of the Corporation are authorized, for themselves and on behalf of the Corporation, to execute and deliver their several powers of attorney to any and all of the following persons: James Farrar, Gregory Tylee and Anthony Maretic; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to prepare and execute all documents and instruments, and to take such other action, including the preparation of stock option agreements, restricted stock agreements and award agreements consistent with the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan, as such officer or officers shall determine to be necessary or advisable in order to carry out the purposes of these resolutions, with such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution of such documents or instruments or the taking of such action; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to take all action which such officer or officers may determine to be necessary or desirable to cause the Corporation to reserve such number of shares of Common Stock as may be required to meet its obligations to issue shares of Common Stock as a result of the exercise of awards granted pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Compensation Committee (as defined here) shall be the plan administrator of the Equity Incentive Plan; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to take all action which such officer or officers may determine to be necessary or desirable to cause the sale and issuance of shares of the Common Stock which may be sold and issued upon the exercise of the

 

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options or other awards hereafter granted pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan, with such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the taking of such action by such officer or officers.

Board of Directors

WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board as of March 25, 2014 (the “ March 25, 2014 Board Resolutions ”), the Board increased the number of directors from one director to six directors, effective as of or immediately prior to the initial trading date of the shares of Common Stock to be issued in the Public Offering on the NYSE (the “ Trading Date ”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the March 25, 2014 Board Resolutions, the Board appointed, such appointment not to be effective until the Trading Date (but in any event immediately upon the creation of the vacancies created by the increase to the size of the Board), Samuel Belzberg, William Flatt, John McLernon, Mark Murski and Stephen Shraiberg as directors of the Corporation to serve, together with the undersigned sole director of the Corporation, until the Corporation’s next annual meeting and their respective successors have been duly elected and qualify.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with his appointment to the Board, John McLernon be, and hereby is, appointed as Chairman of the Board to serve in such capacity, subject to the terms and provisions of the bylaws of the Corporation, until his successor is elected and qualifies; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board acknowledges that James Farrar and Samuel Belzberg have been or will be appointed to the Board pursuant to the March 25, 2014 Board Resolutions as designees of, and pursuant to designation by, the Second City Group under the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement.

Committees of the Board

Audit Committee

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, there be, and hereby is, created an audit committee of the Board (the “ Audit Committee ”) to, among other things, review, act on and report to the Board on various auditing and accounting matters, including, without limitation, the recommendation of independent auditors, the scope of the annual audits, fees to be paid to the independent auditors, the performance of independent auditors and the Corporation’s accounting practices; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with their appointment to the Board, William Flatt, Mark Murski and John McLernon be, and hereby are, appointed as members of the Audit Committee, each to serve on the Audit Committee until his resignation or removal in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation and until his respective successor is duly appointed and qualified; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with his appointment to the Board, William Flatt be, and hereby is, elected as the chairman of the Audit Committee; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, the Audit Committee Charter, in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto, be, and hereby is, adopted and approved.

Compensation Committee

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, there be, and hereby is, created a compensation committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”) to, among other things, review and make recommendations to the Board regarding the compensation and other benefits payable to the executive officers of the Corporation and to administer the Equity Incentive Plan and other incentive compensation and benefit plans of the Corporation; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with their appointment to the Board, Mark Murski, Stephen Shraiberg and William Flatt be, and they hereby are, appointed as members of the Compensation Committee, each to serve on the Compensation Committee until his resignation or removal in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation and until his respective successor is duly appointed and qualified; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with his appointment to the Board, Mark Murski be, and hereby is, elected as the chairman of the Compensation Committee; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, the Compensation Committee Charter, in the form attached as Exhibit J hereto, be, and hereby is, adopted and approved.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, there be, and hereby is, created a nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board (the “ Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ”) to, among other things, (i) nominate persons to fill vacancies on the Board, (ii) recommend to the Board the slate of director nominees to be proposed by the Board annually, (iii) evaluate the corporate governance practices of the Corporation, and (iv) recommend to the Board corporate governance practices and policies; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with their appointment to the Board, Stephen Shraiberg, Mark Murski and John McLernon be, and hereby are, appointed as members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, each to serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee until his resignation or removal in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation and until his respective successor is duly appointed and qualified; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with his appointment to the Board, Stephen Shraiberg be, and hereby is, elected as the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter, in the form attached as Exhibit K hereto, be, and hereby is, adopted and approved.

Determination of “Independence” of the Board of Directors and Members of the Committees of the Board of Directors

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby determines, in the exercise of its business judgment, that William Flatt, John McLernon, Mark Murski and Stephen Shraiberg are “independent” within the meaning of the applicable rules, regulations, and standards promulgated by the NYSE and the Commission; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that each of the proposed members of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee is “independent” within the meaning of the applicable rules, regulations, and standards promulgated by the NYSE and the Commission.

Determination of “Financially Literate” Status of Audit Committee Members

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby determines, in the exercise of its business judgment, that each of the proposed members of the Audit Committee: (i) is “financially literate” as defined under the applicable rules promulgated by the NYSE; (ii) has “accounting or related financial management expertise” as defined under the applicable rules promulgated by the NYSE; and (iii) is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.

Determination of “Outside Director” and “Non-Employee” Status of Members of the Compensation Committee

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby determines, in the exercise of its business judgment, that each of the proposed members of the Compensation Committee is an “outside director” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and a “non-employee” director within the meaning of the Exchange Act.

NYSE Written Affirmation

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, authorized and empowered to execute and deliver to the NYSE an appropriate written affirmation confirming the items set forth above, and such other items as may be required by the NYSE with respect to those matters.

 

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Corporate Governance

WHEREAS, drafts of certain policies regarding corporate governance have been presented to the Board.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, attached hereto as Exhibit L , is hereby adopted and approved; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporate Governance Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit M , is hereby adopted and approved; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Investment Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit N , is hereby adopted and approved; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Whistleblower Policy, attached hereto as Exhibit O , is hereby adopted and approved.

Section 16 Reporting Persons

WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Exchange Act places certain reporting requirements on officers, directors and principal stockholders of a corporation; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to name the officers required to make reports pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act (the “ Reporting Persons ”).

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the following officers of the Corporation are hereby identified as the Reporting Persons for the Corporation:

James Farrar

Anthony Maretic

Gregory Tylee

REIT Election

WHEREAS, the Corporation has been organized and has been operating in a manner that will allow it to qualify for taxation as a real estate investment trust (“ REIT ”) under Section 856 through 860 of the Code.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to take such actions as may be necessary for the Corporation to qualify and be taxed as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2014; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that once qualified, the Corporation shall be operated in such a manner so as to allow it to maintain its REIT status until such time as the Board shall make a contrary determination.

 

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Exception / Exemption from Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that consummation of the Formation Transactions will result in the issuance of (i) shares of Common Stock to CIO REIT in number or value in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit (such terms and other capitalized terms in these resolutions under the above heading, “Exception / Exemption from Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership,” and not otherwise defined, have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Corporation previously authorized and approved by the Board (the “ Articles of Amendment and Restatement ”)), and (ii) OP Units to CIO OP, which, assuming that all such OP Units are redeemed in exchange for shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in number or value in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit; and

WHEREAS, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements to be made by CIO REIT and CIO OP in an Excepted Holder Agreement to be entered into by the Corporation and each of CIO REIT and CIO OP, prepared with the advice of Shearman & Sterling LLP, tax counsel to the Corporation, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit P (each an “ Excepted Holder Agreement ”), and on the basis of such advice and such other and additional considerations by this Board as it has determined to be appropriate, this Board has further determined that, notwithstanding the grant to each of CIO REIT and CIO OP of an exemption from the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit as provided for below, and the establishment in lieu thereof of each Excepted Holder Limit set forth below, (i) no individual’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Common Stock will cause a violation of Section 7.2.1(a)(ii) of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement and (ii) each of CIO REIT and CIO OP does not and will not own, actually or Constructively, an interest in a tenant of the Corporation (or a tenant in an entity owned or controlled by the Corporation) that would cause the Corporation to own, actually or Constructively, more than a 9.8% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant; and

WHEREAS, the Board desires to provide for the grant to each of CIO REIT and CIO OP, subject to their respective execution and delivery of an Excepted Holder Agreement, of an exemption to the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, and the establishment of an Excepted Holder Limit, as follows.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, pursuant to Section 7.2.7 of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement, effective upon and subject to the delivery by each of CIO REIT and CIO OP of a fully executed Excepted Holder Agreement, as applicable, this Board does hereby (i) exempt CIO REIT and CIO OP (each, an “ Exempted Stockholder ”) from the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, and (ii) establish, for each Exempted Stockholder in lieu of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit as applied to such Exempted Stockholder, an Excepted Holder Limit allowing such Exempted Stockholder to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Common Stock in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and in excess of the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, and up to the Excepted Holder Limit, which is equal to 16.4% in the case of CIO REIT

 

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and 30.5% in the case of CIO OP (in each case by value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of Common Stock, and which is each subject to adjustment as provided for in the applicable Excepted Holder Agreement; provided, however, that the Board hereby acknowledges that, as provided in Section 2.4 of each Excepted Holder Agreement, any violation or attempted violation of the covenants of such Exempted Stockholder in the applicable Excepted Holder Agreement (whether with respect to actual, Beneficial or Constructive ownership by such Exempted Stockholder or any Individual (as defined in the Excepted Holder Agreement)) (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.6 of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement) will automatically cause the shares of Common Stock that otherwise would result in the violation of such covenant to be transferred to a Trust in accordance with Sections 7.2.1(b) and 7.3 of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement, and such shares shall be subject to all the terms and limitations set forth in the Articles of Amendment and Restatement without regard to the applicable Excepted Holder Limit provided for herein and described in the applicable Excepted Holder Agreement; and provided further, however, that the Board may modify this resolution and/or the terms and conditions under which such exemption has been granted to each or either such Exempted Stockholder and may establish any other applicable Excepted Holder Limit for each or either such Exempted Stockholder, at any time or from time to time hereafter; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to finalize, execute and deliver the Excepted Holder Agreement, substantially in the form presented to the Board, with such revisions and amendments thereto as such officer or officers may deem appropriate, the execution of such agreement to be conclusive evidence of the appropriateness thereof.

Repurchase of Initial Shares

WHEREAS, in connection with the formation and initial capitalization of the Corporation, the Corporation sold 1,000 shares of Common Stock to Second City, for the consideration of $1.00 per share (the “ Initial Shares ”);

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to repurchase the Initial Shares.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby approves the repurchase of the Initial Shares from Second City for the consideration of $1.00 per share; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to cause the Corporation to repurchase the Initial Shares, to reflect such repurchase on the books and records of the Corporation, to instruct the Transfer Agent with respect to the repurchase and to prepare and issue such notices and written statements as may be required by law and requested by Second City, or deemed necessary or desirable by such Authorized Officer.

FINRA Authorization

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the appropriate filings be made to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) relating to the sale of the Common Stock and that the Authorized Officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, in the name and on behalf

 

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of the Corporation, designated to appear before any person or body with the authority to make such changes in any agreements between the Corporation and such person or body relating thereto as may be required by the FINRA.

General Authorization and Ratification

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed from time to time to take, or cause to be taken, all such further actions and to execute, certify, deliver and file all such further certificates, instruments and other documents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, under its corporate seal or otherwise, and to pay all such costs and expenses as such officers shall approve as necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of the foregoing resolutions and the transactions contemplated thereby, the taking of such actions and the execution, certification, delivery and filing of such documents to be conclusive evidence of such approval; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that all actions taken and expenses incurred by any officer or director heretofore in furtherance of carrying out the intent and accomplishing the purposes of the foregoing resolutions are hereby expressly ratified, confirmed, adopted and approved in all respects.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned sole member of the Board of Directors of City Office REIT, Inc. has executed this Written Consent as of the date first written above and does hereby direct that this Written Consent be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ James Farrar
James Farrar


LIST OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    Second City Contribution Agreement
Exhibit B    Gibralt Contribution Agreement
Exhibit C    Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit D    Tax Protection Agreements
Exhibit E    Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement
Exhibit F    Advisory Agreement
Exhibit G    Common Stock Certificate
Exhibit H-1    Equity Incentive Plan
Exhibit H-2    RSU Award Agreement
Exhibit I    Audit Committee Charter
Exhibit J    Compensation Committee Charter
Exhibit K    Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee Charter
Exhibit L    Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Exhibit M    Corporate Governance Guidelines
Exhibit N    Investment Guidelines
Exhibit O    Whistleblower Policy
Exhibit P    Excepted Holder Agreement

Exhibit 10.11

EXCEPTED HOLDER AGREEMENT

This Excepted Holder Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of April 21, 2014, by and between City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”) and CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership (“ CIO REIT ”).

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company intends to offer its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ Common Stock ”), for sale in an initial public offering (the “ Offering ”) and use the proceeds from the Offering to indirectly acquire a portfolio of office properties in the United States by contributing the net proceed from the Offering to City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the “ OP ”), in exchange for common units of partnership interest in the OP (the “ OP Units ”).

B. Concurrent with the Offering, CIO REIT will contribute its partnership interest in various property level partnerships to the Company in exchange for Common Stock (the “ Contribution ”). Accordingly, as a result of the Contribution, as of the date of this Agreement, CIO REIT would own sixteen and four tenths percent (16.4%) of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company.

C. To help the Company maintain its status as a real estate investment trust (a “ REIT ”) under the Code, the Company’s charter (the “ Charter ”) imposes certain limitations on the ownership of the Company’s stock. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to them in the Charter. The Charter contains a general restriction prohibiting any person from actually owning, Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning more than a specified percentage (initially set at 9.8%) (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or more than a specified percentage (initially set at 9.8%) (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company’s stock (each an “ Ownership Limit ” and collectively the “ Ownership Limits ”).

D. Pursuant to Section 7.2.7 of the Charter, the Company’s Board of Directors is permitted to increase either or both of the Ownership Limits with respect to a stockholder (as to such stockholder, an “ Excepted Holder Limit ”) and allow ownership in excess of either or both of the Ownership Limits if certain conditions described in Section 7.2.7 of the Charter are satisfied.

E. This Agreement is intended to recognize that CIO REIT will be receiving stock of the Company in excess of the Ownership Limits described above as a result of the Contribution. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has, by resolution, provided for the establishment of an Excepted Holder Limit for CIO REIT if certain conditions are satisfied, and CIO REIT intends to satisfy such conditions by execution of this Agreement.

 

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NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

A G R E E M E N T

 

  1. Representations of CIO REIT.

To induce the Company to enter into this Agreement, CIO REIT represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

1.1 This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by an authorized representative of CIO REIT, and is a valid and binding obligation of CIO REIT, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

1.2 The execution and delivery of this Agreement by CIO REIT does not, and will not: (i) violate or conflict with any agreement, order, injunction, decree, or judgment to which CIO REIT is a party or by which CIO REIT is bound; or (ii) violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to CIO REIT;

1.3 No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, registration, declaration or filing with, any governmental entity or third Person is required on the part of CIO REIT in connection with the execution or delivery of this Agreement;

1.4 CIO REIT does not actually or Constructively Own 9.8% or more of any tenant of the Company (or any entity owned or controlled by the Company);

1.5 No Individual will be treated as Beneficially Owning more than 9.8% of the Company as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  2. On-Going Covenants of CIO REIT.

Beginning on the date hereof, and during any period that an Excepted Holder Limit established pursuant to this Agreement (as subsequently adjusted) remains in effect, CIO REIT covenants and agrees as follows:

2.1 CIO REIT will not Beneficially Own more than sixteen and four tenths percent (16.4%) of the number of any outstanding class of stock of the Company (such percentage, as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Section 2.1, being the Excepted Holder Limit granted to CIO REIT), and no Individual will be treated as Beneficially Owning more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or more than 9.8% (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company’s stock as a result of CIO REIT’s ownership of Common Stock; provided, however, if the Company redeems, repurchases or cancels shares of Common Stock, the effect of which would be to cause CIO REIT to exceed CIO REIT’s Excepted Holder Limit, CIO REIT’s Excepted Holder Limit shall, automatically and without need of any action on the part of the Company, its Board of Directors, or CIO REIT, be increased so that CIO REIT’s then Beneficial Ownership is not in excess of the new limit; provided, further, that if such increase would cause the Company to Constructively Own more than a 9.8% interest (within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in a tenant or would cause any Individual to Beneficially Own more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or more than 9.8% (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company’s stock, such Excepted Holder Limit shall be increased only to the extent it would not cause the Company to have such an ownership interest in a tenant and would not cause any Individual to Beneficially Own more than 9.8% of the Company’s stock;

2.2 CIO REIT does not and will not actually own or Constructively Own an interest in any tenant of the Company (or a tenant of any entity owned or controlled by the Company) that would cause the Company to Constructively Own more than a 9.8% interest (within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant; provided, however, that solely for the purpose of this Section 2.2, a tenant from whom the Company (or any entity owned or controlled by the Company in whole or in part) derives or is expected to continue to derive a sufficiently small amount of revenue such that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect the Company’s ability to qualify as a REIT (within the meaning of the Code), shall not be treated as a tenant of the Company.

 

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2.3 CIO REIT will not own, actually or Beneficially, shares of the Company’s stock that would violate the Excepted Holder Limit established for CIO REIT pursuant to this Agreement or that would cause any Individual to be treated as Beneficially Owning 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or more than 9.8% (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company’s stock or that would cause the Company to become “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT.

2.4 CIO REIT agrees that any violation or attempted violation of Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3 of this Agreement (whether with respect to actual, Beneficial or Constructive ownership by CIO REIT or any Individual) (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.6 of the Charter) will automatically cause the shares of Company stock that otherwise would result in the violation to be transferred to a Trust in accordance with Sections 7.2.1(b) and 7.3 of the Charter, and such shares shall be subject to all the terms and limitations set forth in the Charter (without regard to any exception due to an Excepted Holder Agreement).

2.5 To minimize damages for a breach of Section 2.2 hereof, any party hereto who becomes aware of such beach shall promptly notify the other party in writing of such breach.

2.6 CIO REIT will maintain an accurate record of its investors for the purpose of monitoring the actual, Beneficial and Constructive Ownership of the Company’s stock. No later than March 31 of each calendar year beginning in 2015 (but only for so long as CIO REIT actually or Beneficially Owns at least 9.8 percent of the stock of the Company), CIO REIT shall deliver upon written request to the Company a schedule listing CIO REIT’s then current actual and Beneficial Ownership of stock with detail sufficient for the Company to independently determine CIO REIT’s then current actual and Beneficial Ownership of stock.

 

  3. On-Going Covenants of the Company

3.1 Notwithstanding any provisions of the Charter to the contrary, the Company agrees that the Excepted Holder Limit granted to CIO REIT by this Agreement and this Agreement shall not be revoked unless the Board of Directors determines based upon the written advice of counsel that such revocation is required for the preservation of the Company’s qualification as a REIT under the Code.

 

  4. Company’s Authorization of Agreement

4.1 Based on the above representations and agreements, the Company hereby grants to CIO REIT, and agrees that CIO REIT shall have, an initial Excepted Holder Limit of sixteen and four tenths percent (16.4%) ; provided, however, that such Excepted Holder Limit shall be subject to adjustment as contemplated by Section 2.1 above. The Company represents that a true and correct copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company granting such exception and authorizing the Company to enter into this Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit “A.”

 

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  5. Applicability of Charter Provisions

5.1 CIO REIT and the Company agree that, in addition to the applicable provisions of Section 7.2.4 of the Charter, the parties hereto agree to provide the following information:

 

  (a) CIO REIT shall provide the information described in Section 7.2.4 of the Charter in accordance with the provisions thereof.

 

  (b) No later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Company will compile a list of its tenants (and tenants of any entity owned or controlled by the Company, in whole or part) (the “ Tenant List ”) and provide such information to CIO REIT. No later than 30 days after the receipt of the Tenant List, CIO REIT will inform the Company of its direct or indirect equity ownership of any tenant in which it owns a 9.8% or greater equity interest (within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) and whose name appears on the Tenant List.

 

  6. Definitions

6.1 “Beneficial Ownership” shall mean ownership of Company stock by a Person who is an actual owner, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of such shares of Company stock or who is treated as an owner of such shares of Company stock under Section 542(a)(2) of the Code either directly, indirectly, or constructively through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Sections 856(h)(1)(B) and 856(h)(3) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have correlative meanings. For example, if a corporation is the actual beneficial owner of Company stock, the shares will be treated as Beneficially Owned by that corporation (due to its direct ownership of the shares), and the stockholders of that corporation will Beneficially Own their respective proportionate interests in those shares (due to their deemed ownership under Code Section 544(a)(l)), and interests in the same shares may also be treated as Beneficially Owned by others, depending upon the identity of, and relationships between, the stockholders and those related to the stockholders.

6.2 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

6.3 “Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Company stock by a Person, whether the interest in the shares of Company stock is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have correlative meanings. For example, if a corporation is the actual beneficial owner of Company stock, the shares will be treated as Constructively Owned by that corporation (due to its direct ownership of the shares), and the 10% or more stockholders of that corporation will Constructively Own their respective proportionate interests in those shares (due to their deemed ownership under Code Section 318(a)(2)(C) as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)), and interests in the same shares may also be treated as Constructively Owned by others, depending upon the identity of, and relationships between, the stockholders and those related to the stockholders.

6.4 “Individual” shall mean individual, a trust qualified under Section 401(a) or Section 501(c)(17) of the Code, a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, or a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, provided that, except as set forth in Section 856(h)(3)(A)(ii) of the Code, a trust described in Section 401(a) of the Code and exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code shall be excluded from this definition

6.5 “Person” shall mean an Individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust, joint stock company or other entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; but does not include an underwriter which participated in the Offering of the Company’s Common Stock for a period of 30 days following the purchase by such underwriter of shares of the Common Stock.

 

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  7. Miscellaneous

7.1 All questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision (whether of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland.

7.2 This Agreement may be signed by the parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so signed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

7.3 This Agreement shall terminate, and CIO REIT shall cease to be an “Excepted Holder” (as defined in the Charter) as set forth herein and in the Charter of the Company, as existing on the date of this Agreement, and as amended thereafter, upon reduction of CIO REIT’s Beneficial Ownership and Constructive Ownership to or below 9.8% of all outstanding classes of stock of the Company. In the event of termination of this Agreement, CIO REIT shall immediately become subject to all rules and restrictions regarding the ownership of the Company’s stock, including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in the Charter of the Company, as amended.

7.4 Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if in writing and signed by the Company and CIO REIT. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.

7.5 The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

7.6 This Agreement (together with the Exhibit attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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C ITY O FFICE REIT I NC ., a Maryland Corporation
By:   /s/ James Farrar
 

 

Name:   James Farrar
 

 

Title:  
 

 

CIO REIT S TOCK L IMITED P ARTNERSHIP , a Delaware limited partnership
By:   /s/ James Farrar
 

 

Name:   James Farrar
 

 

Title:  
 

 

[Signature Page to the Excepted Holder Agreement]

 

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E XHIBIT A

 

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WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE SOLE MEMBER OF

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

April 14, 2014

THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), acting by written consent without a meeting pursuant to Section 2-408(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), does hereby consent to, approve and adopt the following preambles and resolutions:

Formation Transactions

Contribution Agreements

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”) has determined that, in connection with the initial public offering of the Corporation previously approved by the Board (the “ Public Offering ”), it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to acquire, directly and indirectly through City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. a Maryland limited partnership of which the Corporation is the general partner (the “ Operating Partnership ”), upon the terms and conditions set forth in certain contribution agreements, from Second City Capital Partners II, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Second City ”), Second City General Partner II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Second City GP ”), CIO REIT Stock Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ CIO REIT ”), CIO OP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ CIO OP ”), Gibralt US, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ Gibralt ”), GCC Amberglen Investments Limited Partnership, an Oregon limited partnership (“ GCC Amberglen ”), and Daniel Rapaport (“ Rapaport ”, and collectively with Second City, Second City GP, CIO REIT, CIO OP, Gibralt, and GCC Amberglen, the “ Second City Group ”), all of the interests owned by such parties in certain entities owning portfolios of office properties, all as further described in the Registration Statement, as amended (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”), in consideration of the payment of a combination of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation (“ Common Stock ”), common units of limited partnership interest of the Operating Partnership (“ OP Units ”) and cash; and

WHEREAS, the Board now desires to adopt resolutions relating to the Formation Transactions and certain other matters related thereto or in furtherance thereof, and to authorize and approve, or to provide for the authorization and approval of, among other things, the issuance of shares of Common Stock and OP Units in connection with the Formation Transactions.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Formation Transactions, individually and in the aggregate, are hereby determined to be fair and reasonable to, and in the best interests of, the Corporation and its stockholders; and it is


FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby approves the acquisition of all of (i) Second City’s limited partner interests in City Centre STF Limited Partnership, SCCP Boise Limited Partnership, SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership and SCCP Boise Outlot Limited Partnership, (ii) Second City GP’s equity interests in Core Cherry GP Co., Central Fairwinds GP Corporation, City Centre STG GP Corp., SCCP Boise GP, Inc., SCCP Central Valley GP Corp., and SCCP Boise Outlot GP, Inc., and (iii) CIO REIT’s and CIO OP’s respective limited partner interests in Core Cherry Limited Partnership, Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership, City Centre STF Limited Partnership, SCCP Boise Limited Partnership and SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the proposed Contribution Agreement to be entered into by the Corporation, the Operating Partnership, Second City, Second City GP, CIO REIT and CIO OP, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Second City Contribution Agreement ,” and together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, including indemnity agreements, collectively, the “ Second City Contribution Documents ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Operating Partnership will become the owner of all or a majority of the limited partner interests in Core Cherry Limited Partnership, Central Fairwinds Limited Partnership, City Centre STF Limited Partnership, SCCP Boise Limited Partnership, SCCP Central Valley Limited Partnership and SCCP Boise Outlot Limited Partnership; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby approves the acquisition of all of (i) Gibralt’s equity interests in Gibralt Amberglen LLC, and (ii) GCC Amberglen’s and Rapaport’s respective limited partner interests in Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the proposed Contribution Agreement to be entered into by the Operating Partnership, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Gibralt Contribution Agreement ,” and together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, collectively, the “ Gibralt Contribution Documents ,” and together with the Second City Contribution Documents, the “ Formation Transaction Documents ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Operating Partnership will become the owner of a majority of the limited partner interests in Amberglen Properties Limited Partnership; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that in connection with the Formation Transactions, the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, to enter into and perform its obligations under, and to cause the Operating Partnership to enter into and perform its obligations under, the Formation Transaction Documents, each in substantially the form reviewed by this Board, together with such changes, amendments and additions thereto as the Authorized Officers (as defined herein) executing the same shall approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution thereof; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, any Vice President (including any Senior Vice President), the Secretary and the Treasurer of the Corporation (each an “ Authorized Officer ” and, together, the “ Authorized Officers ”) be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its own capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to prepare, execute and deliver, or cause to be prepared, executed and delivered, and to cause the Corporation and the

 

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Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under, the Formation Transaction Documents and such other agreements, notices, certificates, documents, letters or other instruments as the officer or officers executing the same deem necessary or advisable to effectuate the foregoing, and such agreements, notices, certificates, documents, letters and other instruments shall be in such forms as the Authorized Officer executing the same shall approve, as conclusively evidenced by the execution thereof; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to prepare and file all such applications and any and all agreements, undertakings, notices, certificates, documents, letters and other instruments to be filed with any appropriate governmental entity for approval of the Formation Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by the Formation Transaction Documents, with full power and authority to take any and all such actions which they may deem to be necessary or advisable in connection therewith; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to take all other actions, and do or cause to be done any and all other acts, including, without limitation, execution of any and all papers, agreements, documents, instruments and certificates of the Corporation or Operating Partnership in order to carry out the purposes and intent of the foregoing resolutions, and the performance of any such actions and acts, and the execution by such Authorized Officers of any such papers, agreements, documents, instruments and certificates, shall conclusively establish their authority therefor; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby adopts the form of any required resolution or resolutions to be filed by the Corporation that may be required by any person or entity in connection with the Formation Transactions if (a) in the opinion of the officers of the Corporation executing the same, the adoption of such resolution or resolutions is necessary or desirable, and (b) the Secretary of the Corporation evidences such adoption by inserting copies of such resolution or resolutions into the minute book of the Corporation, which will thereupon be deemed to be adopted by the Board with the same force and effect as if presented and expressly adopted at a meeting thereof.

Issuance of OP Units in Connection with Formation Transactions

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized to cause to be issued by the Operating Partnership to Second City GP, CIO OP, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport up to $60,000,000 maximum aggregate amount of OP Units as consideration for and in connection with the consummation of the Formation Transactions, with the actual number of OP Units so issued to be determined by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof at a later date, at the price (or deemed value) per unit equal to the price per share of the Common Stock issued to the public in the Public Offering, all as contemplated by the Formation Transaction Documents; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to execute, deliver and cause to be performed, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, as applicable, all documents relating to the issuance of the OP Units as provided above and pursuant to the Formation Transaction Documents; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon the issuance of the OP Units to be issued to Second City GP, CIO OP, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport in connection with the Formation Transactions, there is and shall be reserved for issuance by the Corporation such shares (initially one per OP Unit) of Common Stock as may be issuable from time to time upon exchange of each such OP Unit pursuant to and in accordance with the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, as further amended from time to time, and such shares be and hereby are authorized to be issued if, as and when determined by the Authorized Officers or any of them to be appropriate following a proper request for conversion or exchange, and each such share, when so issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, this Board hereby acknowledging that delivery of the OP Units upon conversion or exchange will constitute good and valuable consideration for such issuance, such consideration having in any event a value as determined by this Board equal to not less than the par value per share; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to execute, deliver and cause to be performed, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, all documents relating to the issuance of the Common Stock from time to time upon the conversion or exchange of the OP Units as aforesaid.

Issuance of Common Stock in Connection with Formation Transactions

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, subject to and in any event following the acceptance for record of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement (as defined herein) with the Department, the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized to issue to CIO REIT up to $30,000,000 maximum aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock as consideration for and in connection with the consummation of the Formation Transactions, with the actual number of shares to be determined by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof at a later date, at the price (or deemed value) per share of the Common Stock issued to the public in the Public Offering, all as contemplated by the Second City Contribution Documents; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation be and hereby is authorized and directed to contribute to the Operating Partnership the assets received by the Corporation in consideration for the share issuance authorized by the immediately preceding resolutions, in exchange for the issuance by the Operating Partnership to the Corporation of a number of OP Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock so issued, and the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized to cause the Operating Partnership to issue to the Corporation the number of OP Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation to CIO REIT; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to, or in accordance with, the Second City Contribution Documents, shall upon consummation of the Formation Transactions and issuance pursuant to the preceding resolutions, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, this Board hereby acknowledging that good and valuable consideration shall have thereupon been received in consideration for such issuance, such consideration having in any event a value as determined by this Board equal to not less than the par value per share; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cause to be issued and delivered to CIO REIT certificates representing the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Corporation to CIO REIT in accordance with the Second City Contribution Documents.

Registration Rights Agreement

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to enter into one or more registration rights agreements with the Second City Group.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the form, terms and provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form presented to the Board and attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), which generally provides, among other things, for the Corporation to grant registration rights to certain holders of Common Stock and OP Units (in respect of any Common Stock issued upon conversion or exchange therefor) in connection with the Formation Transactions, together with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, are authorized and approved, and the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into, and perform its obligations under, one or more Registration Rights Agreements;

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of Common Stock upon exchange of the OP Units in accordance with and as contemplated by the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement and the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to finalize, execute and deliver, and to cause the Corporation to perform its obligations under, one or more Registration Rights Agreements, substantially in the form presented to the Board, with such revisions and amendments thereto and other related agreements, certificates, instruments or documents as such Registration Rights Agreement contemplates, or as such officers may otherwise deem appropriate, the execution of such further revisions, amendments, agreements, certificates, instruments or documents to be conclusive evidence of the appropriateness thereof.

Tax Protection Agreements

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the form, terms and provisions of the Tax Protection Agreements substantially in the forms presented to the Board and attached collectively hereto as Exhibit D (the “ Tax Protection Agreements ”), which generally provide, among other things, that the Operating Partnership will not sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any properties during

 

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the four years following completion of the Formation Transactions in a transaction that would cause the Second City Group or any of their direct and indirect owners to realize built-in gain and requires the Operating Partnership to maintain a minimum level of indebtedness, are authorized and approved, and the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into and perform its obligations under, and to cause the Operating Partnership to enter into and perform its obligations under, the Tax Protection Agreements; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to finalize, execute and deliver, and to cause the Corporation and the Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under, the Tax Protection Agreements, substantially in the forms presented to the Board, with such revisions and amendments thereto and other related agreements, certificates, instruments or documents as such Tax Protection Agreements contemplate, or as such officers may otherwise deem appropriate, the execution of such further revisions, amendments, agreements, certificates, instruments or documents to be conclusive evidence of the appropriateness thereof.

Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that, in furtherance of the consummation of the Formation Transactions and the Public Offering, it is advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to approve the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership (the “ Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement ”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E , and for the Corporation to enter into and perform its obligations as general partner, and to cause the Operating Partnership to perform its obligations, under such agreement.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to negotiate, execute and deliver, and to cause the Corporation and the Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under, the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement substantially in the form reviewed by this Board, with such additions, deletions and changes as the officer executing the same may determine to be advisable, such determination and the ratification and approval thereof by this Board to be evidenced conclusively by such officer’s execution thereof.

Advisory Agreement

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation and the Operating Partnership to enter into an advisory agreement with City Office Real Estate Management, Inc., a British Columbia corporation (the “ Advisor ”), pursuant to which the Advisor will provide management and advisory services to the Corporation and the Operating Partnership.

 

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IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby approves the Advisory Agreement in substantially the form presented to the Board and attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “ Advisory Agreement ”), which generally provides, among other things, for the Advisor to administer the day-to-day operation of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, determine investment criteria in cooperation with the Board and pursuant to the investment guidelines set forth in the Advisory Agreement, advise the Board on potential acquisitions, dispositions and financing, and perform other financial, accounting and tax management services, and hereby authorizes the performance by the Corporation, on its own behalf and, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, on behalf of the Operating Partnership, of the obligations of the Corporation and the Operating Partnership under the Advisory Agreement; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to finalize, execute and deliver, and to cause the Corporation and the Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under, the Advisory Agreement, substantially in the form reviewed by this Board, with such additions, deletions and changes as the officer executing the same may determine to be advisable, such determination and the ratification and approval thereof by this Board to be evidenced conclusively by such officer’s execution thereof.

Public Offering Matters

WHEREAS, the Board desires to ratify, confirm and supplement prior resolutions adopted by the Board with respect to the Public Offering.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the Public Offering by the Corporation of up to 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, including any shares of Common Stock to be sold, if at all, pursuant to any underwriters’ over-allotment option, with the actual aggregate offering price and number of shares and the other terms of the Public Offering to be determined by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof at a later date; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to contribute to the Operating Partnership the net proceeds of the Public Offering received by the Corporation in exchange for OP Units, and the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized to cause the Operating Partnership to issue to the Corporation the number of OP Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock sold by the Corporation in the Public Offering; provided, however, that the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized to use the net proceeds, if any, received by the Corporation from the sale of shares of Common Stock sold in the Public Offering pursuant to any underwriters’ over-allotment option to (i) redeem from CIO REIT up to all of the shares of Common Stock issued to CIO REIT pursuant to the Formation Transactions at a redemption price per share equal to the public offering price per share in the Public Offering, and (ii) redeem or repurchase, or cause to be redeemed or repurchased, up to all of the OP Units issued to Second City GP, CIO OP, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport pursuant to the Formation Transactions at a redemption price per OP Unit equal to the public offering price per share in the Public Offering; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered to cause the Operating Partnership to use the net proceeds of the Public Offering contributed by the Corporation to the Operating Partnership pursuant to the foregoing resolution in substantially the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the Registration Statement, including, without limitation, for general working capital purposes, which may include payment of expenses associated with the Formation Transactions, acquiring properties and repaying outstanding debt, and for the redemption of OP Units issued to Second City GP, CIO OP, Gibralt, GCC Amberglen and Rapaport pursuant to the Formation Transactions at a redemption price per OP Unit equal to the public offering price per share in the Public Offering; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that all prior resolutions adopted by the Board regarding the Public Offering be, and hereby are, supplemented, ratified and confirmed in all respects.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to obtain a transfer agent and registrar with respect to the shares of Common Stock of the Corporation.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, or such other transfer agent and registrar as may be selected by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, is hereby selected and appointed as the transfer agent and registrar (the “ Transfer Agent ”) for all shares of Common Stock of the Corporation either upon the original issue of said stock or by reason of transfer of said stock; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the purpose of any issue of Common Stock, the Transfer Agent is authorized and empowered:

(a) to record and countersign, as transfer agent, when signed manually or by facsimile by the officers of the Corporation and bearing the manual or facsimile seal of the Corporation, original certificates for up to the aggregate number of the shares to be registered, in such names as the respective purchasers or transferees of the shares (or their representatives) may request; and

(b) to deliver such certificates to the registrar for registration and countersignature; and

(c) to deliver the shares of Common Stock when so countersigned, if applicable, upon order of the Corporation, to the respective purchasers or transferees of such shares, as the case may be, or their representatives;

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them individually is, hereby authorized and empowered to sign on behalf of the Corporation written instructions to the Transfer Agent with respect to the Common Stock; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation shall direct the Transfer Agent as to the existence or termination of any restrictions on the transfer of stock covered by this appointment and in the application to or removal from any certificate of stock of any legend restricting the transfer of such stock or the substitution for such certificate of a certificate without such legend; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Transfer Agent is hereby authorized, in the case of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificates representing Common Stock of the Corporation, to issue and countersign a replacement certificate or certificates for the number of shares represented by such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, upon being furnished with an affidavit of such loss, theft or destruction and an open penalty bond of indemnity in form satisfactory to the Transfer Agent, indemnifying them, the Corporation and all agents; and the Transfer Agent is hereby authorized to register such replacement certificate or certificates; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby adopts the standard form of resolutions relating to such appointment as may be required by such Transfer Agent, and the Secretary of the Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to certify the adoption of any such resolutions as though the same were presented to this meeting and to insert all such resolutions in the minute books of the Corporation following these resolutions; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, authorized to complete and execute any and all agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, and to take any such other action, as any of them may determine to be necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of the foregoing resolutions with regard to the designation and appointment of the Transfer Agent, such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof or the taking of such other action.

Approval and Execution of Common Stock Certificate

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to adopt a form of public company stock certificate.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the form of stock certificate attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “ Common Stock Certificate ”) be, and the same hereby is, approved as a true, correct and complete specimen certificate representing shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, including the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Public Offering, together with such changes or modifications thereto as any of the Authorized Officers executing the same (by manual or facsimile signature) from time to time may deem appropriate, the approval thereof by this Board to be conclusively evidenced by such execution and delivery; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the certificates shall be signed by the appropriate officers of the Corporation as set forth in the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and in accordance with applicable law; provided, however, that each such signature may be, but need not be, a facsimile signature imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the certificates; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that certificates for shares of Common Stock issued prior to the date hereof in the form previously approved by the Board shall be, and remain, valid certificates representing shares of Common Stock of the Corporation.

Appointment of Independent Auditor

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the selection of KPMG LLP, represented to be a registered independent accounting firm, as the Corporation’s independent auditor, to assist the Corporation in establishing its books of account, to audit its financial statements and otherwise to advise the Corporation with respect to all matters in connection with the preparation of any necessary financial or accounting matters, is hereby authorized, approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that such firm shall continue to act as the Corporation’s registered independent public accountants and auditor until so notified otherwise by a member of the Board or a member of the Audit Committee (as defined herein).

Equity Incentive Plan

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to adopt the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Equity Incentive Plan ”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-1 , for the benefit of eligible employees, directors, advisors, consultants and other personnel of the Corporation and the Advisor.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective upon acceptance for record of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement with the Department, the Board hereby adopts the Equity Incentive Plan, and the Board does further direct that the Equity Incentive Plan be submitted for approval by the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance therewith within twelve months of the date hereof; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective upon acceptance for record of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement with the Department, 1,263,580 shares of Common Stock are hereby reserved for issuance under the Equity Incentive Plan, and such shares are authorized for issuance in accordance with the Equity Incentive Plan, and when issued in accordance with the provisions of the Equity Incentive Plan and the applicable stock options, restricted stock agreements and other award agreements utilized thereunder or contemplated thereby, shall constitute validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, and the consideration received therefor shall be credited to the appropriate capital account; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the form of standard RSU Award Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-2 is hereby approved for use with the Equity Incentive Plan; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that subject to stockholder approval of the Equity Incentive Plan within twelve months of the date hereof, the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Corporation, to take all action and to prepare, execute and deliver all documents which such officer deems appropriate or advisable in order to implement the Equity Incentive Plan hereby adopted, including without limitation the following:

1. the preparation, execution and filing with the Commission of the requisite Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “ Form S-8 ”) registering the shares issuable under the Equity Incentive Plan under the federal securities laws, including all exhibits and other documents to be filed in connection therewith;

 

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2. the preparation and distribution to Equity Incentive Plan participants, as applicable, prospectuses relating to the Equity Incentive Plan in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; and

3. the filing of the appropriate listing applications to list all of the shares subject to future awards for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”); and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the purpose of executing the Form S-8 and any amendments and supplements thereto, and in connection with the filing of all other documents necessary, appropriate, advisable or desirable in connection with the Form S-8, the officers and directors of the Corporation are authorized, for themselves and on behalf of the Corporation, to execute and deliver their several powers of attorney to any and all of the following persons: James Farrar, Gregory Tylee and Anthony Maretic; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to prepare and execute all documents and instruments, and to take such other action, including the preparation of stock option agreements, restricted stock agreements and award agreements consistent with the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan, as such officer or officers shall determine to be necessary or advisable in order to carry out the purposes of these resolutions, with such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution of such documents or instruments or the taking of such action; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to take all action which such officer or officers may determine to be necessary or desirable to cause the Corporation to reserve such number of shares of Common Stock as may be required to meet its obligations to issue shares of Common Stock as a result of the exercise of awards granted pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Compensation Committee (as defined here) shall be the plan administrator of the Equity Incentive Plan; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to take all action which such officer or officers may determine to be necessary or desirable to cause the sale and issuance of shares of the Common Stock which may be sold and issued upon the exercise of the

 

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options or other awards hereafter granted pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan, with such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the taking of such action by such officer or officers.

Board of Directors

WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board as of March 25, 2014 (the “ March 25, 2014 Board Resolutions ”), the Board increased the number of directors from one director to six directors, effective as of or immediately prior to the initial trading date of the shares of Common Stock to be issued in the Public Offering on the NYSE (the “ Trading Date ”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the March 25, 2014 Board Resolutions, the Board appointed, such appointment not to be effective until the Trading Date (but in any event immediately upon the creation of the vacancies created by the increase to the size of the Board), Samuel Belzberg, William Flatt, John McLernon, Mark Murski and Stephen Shraiberg as directors of the Corporation to serve, together with the undersigned sole director of the Corporation, until the Corporation’s next annual meeting and their respective successors have been duly elected and qualify.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with his appointment to the Board, John McLernon be, and hereby is, appointed as Chairman of the Board to serve in such capacity, subject to the terms and provisions of the bylaws of the Corporation, until his successor is elected and qualifies; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board acknowledges that James Farrar and Samuel Belzberg have been or will be appointed to the Board pursuant to the March 25, 2014 Board Resolutions as designees of, and pursuant to designation by, the Second City Group under the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement.

Committees of the Board

Audit Committee

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, there be, and hereby is, created an audit committee of the Board (the “ Audit Committee ”) to, among other things, review, act on and report to the Board on various auditing and accounting matters, including, without limitation, the recommendation of independent auditors, the scope of the annual audits, fees to be paid to the independent auditors, the performance of independent auditors and the Corporation’s accounting practices; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with their appointment to the Board, William Flatt, Mark Murski and John McLernon be, and hereby are, appointed as members of the Audit Committee, each to serve on the Audit Committee until his resignation or removal in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation and until his respective successor is duly appointed and qualified; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with his appointment to the Board, William Flatt be, and hereby is, elected as the chairman of the Audit Committee; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, the Audit Committee Charter, in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto, be, and hereby is, adopted and approved.

Compensation Committee

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, there be, and hereby is, created a compensation committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”) to, among other things, review and make recommendations to the Board regarding the compensation and other benefits payable to the executive officers of the Corporation and to administer the Equity Incentive Plan and other incentive compensation and benefit plans of the Corporation; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with their appointment to the Board, Mark Murski, Stephen Shraiberg and William Flatt be, and they hereby are, appointed as members of the Compensation Committee, each to serve on the Compensation Committee until his resignation or removal in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation and until his respective successor is duly appointed and qualified; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with his appointment to the Board, Mark Murski be, and hereby is, elected as the chairman of the Compensation Committee; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, the Compensation Committee Charter, in the form attached as Exhibit J hereto, be, and hereby is, adopted and approved.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, there be, and hereby is, created a nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board (the “ Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ”) to, among other things, (i) nominate persons to fill vacancies on the Board, (ii) recommend to the Board the slate of director nominees to be proposed by the Board annually, (iii) evaluate the corporate governance practices of the Corporation, and (iv) recommend to the Board corporate governance practices and policies; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with their appointment to the Board, Stephen Shraiberg, Mark Murski and John McLernon be, and hereby are, appointed as members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, each to serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee until his resignation or removal in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation and until his respective successor is duly appointed and qualified; and it is

 

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FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date and concurrent with his appointment to the Board, Stephen Shraiberg be, and hereby is, elected as the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Trading Date, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter, in the form attached as Exhibit K hereto, be, and hereby is, adopted and approved.

Determination of “Independence” of the Board of Directors and Members of the Committees of the Board of Directors

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby determines, in the exercise of its business judgment, that William Flatt, John McLernon, Mark Murski and Stephen Shraiberg are “independent” within the meaning of the applicable rules, regulations, and standards promulgated by the NYSE and the Commission; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that each of the proposed members of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee is “independent” within the meaning of the applicable rules, regulations, and standards promulgated by the NYSE and the Commission.

Determination of “Financially Literate” Status of Audit Committee Members

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby determines, in the exercise of its business judgment, that each of the proposed members of the Audit Committee: (i) is “financially literate” as defined under the applicable rules promulgated by the NYSE; (ii) has “accounting or related financial management expertise” as defined under the applicable rules promulgated by the NYSE; and (iii) is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.

Determination of “Outside Director” and “Non-Employee” Status of Members of the Compensation Committee

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby determines, in the exercise of its business judgment, that each of the proposed members of the Compensation Committee is an “outside director” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and a “non-employee” director within the meaning of the Exchange Act.

NYSE Written Affirmation

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, authorized and empowered to execute and deliver to the NYSE an appropriate written affirmation confirming the items set forth above, and such other items as may be required by the NYSE with respect to those matters.

 

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Corporate Governance

WHEREAS, drafts of certain policies regarding corporate governance have been presented to the Board.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, attached hereto as Exhibit L , is hereby adopted and approved; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporate Governance Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit M , is hereby adopted and approved; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Investment Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit N , is hereby adopted and approved; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Whistleblower Policy, attached hereto as Exhibit O , is hereby adopted and approved.

Section 16 Reporting Persons

WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Exchange Act places certain reporting requirements on officers, directors and principal stockholders of a corporation; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to name the officers required to make reports pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act (the “ Reporting Persons ”).

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the following officers of the Corporation are hereby identified as the Reporting Persons for the Corporation:

James Farrar

Anthony Maretic

Gregory Tylee

REIT Election

WHEREAS, the Corporation has been organized and has been operating in a manner that will allow it to qualify for taxation as a real estate investment trust (“ REIT ”) under Section 856 through 860 of the Code.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to take such actions as may be necessary for the Corporation to qualify and be taxed as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2014; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that once qualified, the Corporation shall be operated in such a manner so as to allow it to maintain its REIT status until such time as the Board shall make a contrary determination.

 

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Exception / Exemption from Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that consummation of the Formation Transactions will result in the issuance of (i) shares of Common Stock to CIO REIT in number or value in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit (such terms and other capitalized terms in these resolutions under the above heading, “Exception / Exemption from Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership,” and not otherwise defined, have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Corporation previously authorized and approved by the Board (the “ Articles of Amendment and Restatement ”)), and (ii) OP Units to CIO OP, which, assuming that all such OP Units are redeemed in exchange for shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in number or value in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit; and

WHEREAS, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements to be made by CIO REIT and CIO OP in an Excepted Holder Agreement to be entered into by the Corporation and each of CIO REIT and CIO OP, prepared with the advice of Shearman & Sterling LLP, tax counsel to the Corporation, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit P (each an “ Excepted Holder Agreement ”), and on the basis of such advice and such other and additional considerations by this Board as it has determined to be appropriate, this Board has further determined that, notwithstanding the grant to each of CIO REIT and CIO OP of an exemption from the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit as provided for below, and the establishment in lieu thereof of each Excepted Holder Limit set forth below, (i) no individual’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Common Stock will cause a violation of Section 7.2.1(a)(ii) of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement and (ii) each of CIO REIT and CIO OP does not and will not own, actually or Constructively, an interest in a tenant of the Corporation (or a tenant in an entity owned or controlled by the Corporation) that would cause the Corporation to own, actually or Constructively, more than a 9.8% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant; and

WHEREAS, the Board desires to provide for the grant to each of CIO REIT and CIO OP, subject to their respective execution and delivery of an Excepted Holder Agreement, of an exemption to the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, and the establishment of an Excepted Holder Limit, as follows.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that, pursuant to Section 7.2.7 of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement, effective upon and subject to the delivery by each of CIO REIT and CIO OP of a fully executed Excepted Holder Agreement, as applicable, this Board does hereby (i) exempt CIO REIT and CIO OP (each, an “ Exempted Stockholder ”) from the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, and (ii) establish, for each Exempted Stockholder in lieu of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit as applied to such Exempted Stockholder, an Excepted Holder Limit allowing such Exempted Stockholder to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Common Stock in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit and in excess of the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, and up to the Excepted Holder Limit, which is equal to 16.4% in the case of CIO REIT

 

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and 30.5% in the case of CIO OP (in each case by value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of Common Stock, and which is each subject to adjustment as provided for in the applicable Excepted Holder Agreement; provided, however, that the Board hereby acknowledges that, as provided in Section 2.4 of each Excepted Holder Agreement, any violation or attempted violation of the covenants of such Exempted Stockholder in the applicable Excepted Holder Agreement (whether with respect to actual, Beneficial or Constructive ownership by such Exempted Stockholder or any Individual (as defined in the Excepted Holder Agreement)) (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.6 of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement) will automatically cause the shares of Common Stock that otherwise would result in the violation of such covenant to be transferred to a Trust in accordance with Sections 7.2.1(b) and 7.3 of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement, and such shares shall be subject to all the terms and limitations set forth in the Articles of Amendment and Restatement without regard to the applicable Excepted Holder Limit provided for herein and described in the applicable Excepted Holder Agreement; and provided further, however, that the Board may modify this resolution and/or the terms and conditions under which such exemption has been granted to each or either such Exempted Stockholder and may establish any other applicable Excepted Holder Limit for each or either such Exempted Stockholder, at any time or from time to time hereafter; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to finalize, execute and deliver the Excepted Holder Agreement, substantially in the form presented to the Board, with such revisions and amendments thereto as such officer or officers may deem appropriate, the execution of such agreement to be conclusive evidence of the appropriateness thereof.

Repurchase of Initial Shares

WHEREAS, in connection with the formation and initial capitalization of the Corporation, the Corporation sold 1,000 shares of Common Stock to Second City, for the consideration of $1.00 per share (the “ Initial Shares ”);

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to repurchase the Initial Shares.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board hereby approves the repurchase of the Initial Shares from Second City for the consideration of $1.00 per share; and it is

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to cause the Corporation to repurchase the Initial Shares, to reflect such repurchase on the books and records of the Corporation, to instruct the Transfer Agent with respect to the repurchase and to prepare and issue such notices and written statements as may be required by law and requested by Second City, or deemed necessary or desirable by such Authorized Officer.

FINRA Authorization

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the appropriate filings be made to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) relating to the sale of the Common Stock and that the Authorized Officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, in the name and on behalf

 

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of the Corporation, designated to appear before any person or body with the authority to make such changes in any agreements between the Corporation and such person or body relating thereto as may be required by the FINRA.

General Authorization and Ratification

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed from time to time to take, or cause to be taken, all such further actions and to execute, certify, deliver and file all such further certificates, instruments and other documents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, in its own capacity and in its capacity as general partner of and on behalf of the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, under its corporate seal or otherwise, and to pay all such costs and expenses as such officers shall approve as necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of the foregoing resolutions and the transactions contemplated thereby, the taking of such actions and the execution, certification, delivery and filing of such documents to be conclusive evidence of such approval; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that all actions taken and expenses incurred by any officer or director heretofore in furtherance of carrying out the intent and accomplishing the purposes of the foregoing resolutions are hereby expressly ratified, confirmed, adopted and approved in all respects.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned sole member of the Board of Directors of City Office REIT, Inc. has executed this Written Consent as of the date first written above and does hereby direct that this Written Consent be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ James Farrar
James Farrar


LIST OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    Second City Contribution Agreement
Exhibit B    Gibralt Contribution Agreement
Exhibit C    Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit D    Tax Protection Agreements
Exhibit E    Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement
Exhibit F    Advisory Agreement
Exhibit G    Common Stock Certificate
Exhibit H-1    Equity Incentive Plan
Exhibit H-2    RSU Award Agreement
Exhibit I    Audit Committee Charter
Exhibit J    Compensation Committee Charter
Exhibit K    Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee Charter
Exhibit L    Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Exhibit M    Corporate Governance Guidelines
Exhibit N    Investment Guidelines
Exhibit O    Whistleblower Policy
Exhibit P    Excepted Holder Agreement

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, James Farrar, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of City Office REIT, Inc.;

 

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)) 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. 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

 

c. 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 fiscal 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: May 23, 2014

 

 /s/ James Farrar

James Farrar

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Anthony Maretic, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of City Office REIT, Inc.;

 

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)) 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. 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

 

c. 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 fiscal 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: May 23, 2014

 

 /s/ Anthony Maretic

Anthony Maretic

Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

Exhibit 32.1

Certification 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 Quarterly Report of City Office REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, James Farrar, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify 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 Company.

 

 /s/ James Farrar

James Farrar

Chief Executive Officer and Director

May 23, 2014

This written statement is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Report. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to City Office REIT, Inc. and will be retained by City Office REIT, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Exhibit 32.2

Certification 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 Quarterly Report of City Office REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Anthony Maretic, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify 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 Company.

 

 /s/ Anthony Maretic

Anthony Maretic

Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

May 23, 2014

This written statement is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Report. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to City Office REIT, Inc. and will be retained by City Office REIT, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.