eps3336.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
13D/A
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment
No. 2)
Franklin
Street Properties Corp.
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(Name
of Issuer)
Common
Stock, par value $.0001 per share
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(Title
of Class of Securities)
35471F102
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(CUSIP
Number)
Barry
Silverstein
5111
Ocean Boulevard, Suite C
Sarasota,
FL 34242
(941)
349-9200
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(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive
Notices and Communications)
May
8, 2009
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(Date
of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If
the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the
acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of §§
240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box
|X|.
NOTE:
Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies
of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §§ 240.13d-7
for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
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The
remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The
information required on the remainder of this cover shall not be deemed to be
"filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but
shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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1 NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Silverstein
Investments Limited Partnership III
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2 CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC
USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE
OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK
IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
ITEMS
2(d) OR
2(e) [
]
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6 CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 SOLE
VOTING POWER
3,592,168
NUMBER
OF ---------------------------------------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED
VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 0
OWNED
BY ---------------------------------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 0
PERSON
WITH ---------------------------------------------------------------
10 SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,592,168
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11 AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,592,168
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12 CHECK
IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN
SHARES [
]
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13 PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
5.1%
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14 TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
PN
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1 NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Barry
Silverstein
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2 CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC
USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE
OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK
IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
ITEMS
2(d) OR
2(e) [
]
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6 CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
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7 SOLE
VOTING POWER
1,319,166
NUMBER
OF ---------------------------------------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED
VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 37,740
OWNED
BY ---------------------------------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 1,319,166
PERSON
WITH ---------------------------------------------------------------
10 SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
4,188,415.5
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11 AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
5,507,581.5
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12 CHECK
IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN
SHARES [
]
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13 PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
7.8%
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14 TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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SCHEDULE
13D
This
statement constitutes Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed on June 25,
2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on May 3, 2005. The following items in
the Schedule 13D are hereby amended to include the following information.
Item
4. Purpose of Transaction.
The
Reporting Persons have no present plans or proposals which relate to or would
result in any of the actions enumerated in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of
Schedule 13D. However, one or both of the Reporting Persons may
determine to purchase additional shares of the Issuer’s common stock (the
“Common Stock”) or sell some or all of the shares of Common Stock held by such
person in the open market, depending upon price, market conditions, availability
of funds, evaluation of alternative investments and other factors.
Item
5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a)
The percentages set forth in this Item 5 are based on 70,480,705 shares of
Common Stock outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q for the three
months ended March 31, 2009.
Silverstein
Investments Limited Partnership III (“SILP III”) directly owns 3,592,168 shares
of Common Stock representing approximately 5.1% of the outstanding Common
Stock.
S.B.
Investment Management, Inc. and Mr. Blechner indirectly own 4,682,113 shares of
Common Stock representing approximately 6.6% of the outstanding Common Stock,
which consists of 27,070 shares of Common Stock owned by Silverstein Investments
Limited Partnership (“SILP”) of which Mr. Silverstein is the sole limited
partner and S.B. Investment Management, Inc. is the general partner, 1,062,875
shares of Common Stock held by Silverstein Investments Limited Partnership II
(“SILP II”), and 3,592,168 shares of Common Stock held by SILP III.
Mr.
Silverstein indirectly owns 5,507,581.5 shares of Common Stock representing
approximately 7.8% of the outstanding Common Stock, which includes 3,592,168
shares of Common Stock are held by SILP III, 743,311 shares of Common Stock held
by MSTB Family Limited Partnership, 531,437.5 shares of Common Stock held by
SILP II, 494,856 shares of Common Stock held by JMB Family Limited Partnership,
80,999 shares of common stock held by Silverstein Family Limited Partnership
2002, Ltd., 37,740 shares of Common Stock held by Mr. Silverstein’s spouse, and
27,070 shares of Common Stock held by SILP I.
(b)
SILP III has sole voting power with respect to its 3,592,168 shares of Common
Stock.
S.B.
Investment Management, Inc. and Mr. Blechner have sole voting and shared
dispositive power with respect to 4,682,113 shares of Common Stock.
Mr.
Silverstein has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to
1,319,166 shares of Common Stock and shared dispositive power and no voting
power with respect to 3,619,195 shares of Common Stock. In addition, Mr.
Silverstein may share voting power of 37,740 shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by his wife and dispositive power of 569,177.5 shares of Common Stock
beneficially held by his wife.
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(c)
The following table sets forth all transactions with respect to the Common Stock
effected during the past sixty (60) days by any of the Reporting
Persons. All such transactions were sales by SILP III of shares of
Common Stock effected in the open market.
Trade
Date
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Number
of
Shares
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Weighted-Average
Price Per Share
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May
4, 2009
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200,000
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$13.28
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May
5, 2009
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50,000
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$13.25
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May
6, 2009
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150,100
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$13.37
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May
8, 2009
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337,036
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$13.18
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(d)
Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of
dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons. Of such persons, S.B. Investment
Management, Inc., as the general partner of SILP, SILP II and SILP III, has the
power to direct the receipt of dividends or the proceeds from the sale of shares
of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons in excess of 5% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(e)
Not applicable.
Item
7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit
1 Joint Filing Agreement by and between
Silverstein
Investments
Limited Partnership, III and Barry
Silverstein,
dated June 24, 2004*
Exhibit
2 Agreement and Plan of Merger among Franklin
Street
Properties
Corp. and thirteen real estate
investment
trusts, dated as of January 14, 2003,
which
is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit
2.1 of Franklin Street Properties Corp.'s
Report
on Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2003**
Exhibit
3 Limited Partnership Agreement of
Silverstein
Investments
Limited Partnership, III, dated as of
September
28, 2000*
Exhibit
4 Limited Partnership Agreement of
Silverstein
Investments
Limited Partnership, II, dated
November
22, 1999, as amended on September 16,
2003
and March __, 2004*
Exhibit
5 Limited Partnership Agreement of JMB
Family
Limited
Partnership, dated May 23, 2001*
Exhibit
6 Limited Partnership Agreement of MSTB
Family
Limited
Partnership, dated May 23, 2001*
Exhibit
7 Limited Partnership Agreement of
Silverstein
Family
Limited Partnership 2002, Ltd., dated May
17,
2002*
Exhibit
8 Indenture of Trust for the JM Silverstein
2003
CLAT
by and between Barry Silverstein, Trudy
Silverstein
and Dennis McGillicuddy, dated
September
22, 2003*
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Exhibit
9 Indenture of Trust for the Mark S.
Silverstein
2003
CLAT by and between Barry Silverstein, Mark
Shale
Silverstein and Dennis McGillicuddy, dated
September
22, 2003*
Exhibit
10 Indenture of Trust for the Susan S. Potter
2003
CLAT
by and between Barry Silverstein, Mark Shale
Silverstein
and Dennis McGillicuddy, dated
September
22, 2003*
Exhibit
11 Indenture of Trust for the Thomas
Benjamin
Silverstein
2003 CLAT by and between Barry
Silverstein,
Mark Shale Silverstein and Dennis
McGillicuddy,
dated September 22, 2003*
Exhibit
12 Agreement and Plan of Merger among Franklin
Street
Properties
Corp. and four real estate
investment
trusts, dated as of August 13, 2004,
which
is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit
2.1 of Franklin Street Properties Corp.'s
Report
on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2004.**
Exhibit
13 Limited Partnership Agreement of
Silverstein
Investments
Limited Partnership dated as of
December
28, 1998, as amended on October 5, 1999.***
*
- Previously filed as an exhibit to the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting
Persons on June 25, 2004.
**
- Previously filed as an exhibit to the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting
Persons on May 3, 2005.
***
- Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
After
reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned
certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated:
May 18, 2009
By:
/s/ Barry Silverstein
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Barry
Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
S.B.
Investment Management, Inc.
General
Partner
By:
/s/ Steven Blechner
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Steven
Blechner
President,
S.B. Investment Management, Inc.
Exhibit 13
LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
A
Delaware limited partnership
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
No.
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ARTICLE
I
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FORM AND
INTERPRETATION
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Definitions
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Captions
and Certain Terms
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Severability
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-9-
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Limitation
of Grant
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-9-
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ARTICLE
II
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ORGANIZATION OF
PARTNERSHIP
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Formation,
Name, Office and Registered Agent
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-9-
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Purpose
of Partnership
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Term
of Partnership
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-11-
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Authorized
Acts
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-11-
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Co-Ownership
of Partnership Interests
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Representations
and Warranties of the Limited Partners
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ARTICLE
III
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PARTNERSHIP
CAPITAL
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Capital
Contributions
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Capital
Account
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Expenses
Paid by Partners
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-16-
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Loans
by Partners; Restrictions on Borrowing
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-16-
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ARTICLE
IV
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PROFITS AND LOSSES AND
TAXABLE INCOME AND TAXABLE LOSS
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Allocations
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-16-
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ARTICLE
V
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DISTRIBUTIONS,
WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
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Distributions
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Limitation
on Distributions to Partners
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ARTICLE
VI
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AUTHORITY, DUTIES, AND
LIABILITIES OF PARTNERS
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Duties
of Managing General Partner
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Managing
General Partner’s Fees and Expenses
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Authority
of Managing General Partner
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Special
Limitation
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Dealing
with Affiliates
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Indemnification
of General Partner
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Liability
of Limited Partners
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Authority
of Limited Partners and Non-Managing General Partners
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ARTICLE
VII
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TRANSFER OF
PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
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Limited
Partners
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General
Partner
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Restriction
on Transfer
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Admission
of Substitute Partner
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Rights
of Partner After Assignment and Substitution
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Allocations
and Distributions After Assignment
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ARTICLE
VIII
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RETIREMENT,
WITHDRAWAL, OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS
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Withdrawal
of General Partner or Limited Partner
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Retirement,
Removal, or Withdrawal of Managing General Partner
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Retirement
of Limited Partner
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Rights
of Partner After Retirement, Removal, or Withdrawal
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ARTICLE
IX
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DISSOLUTION
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Events
of Dissolution
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Winding-Up
and Distributions
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-28-
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Distribution
of Liquidation Proceeds and Assets and Allocation of Gains and
Losses
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-29-
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Limitation
of Liability of Partners
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Waiver
of Right of Partition of Assets
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ARTICLE
X
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ACCOUNTING YEAR,
BOOKS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS
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Books
and Records
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Reports
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Bank
Accounts
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Tax
Elections
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Accounting
Method and Fiscal Year
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ARTICLE
XI
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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Power
of Attorney
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Partnership
Contracts
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Conveyances
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Notices
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Consents
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Meetings
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Binding
Effect; Counterparts
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-33-
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Choice
of Law
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Complete
Agreement; Modification
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-34-
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Evidence
of Partnership Interests
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-34-
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Tax
Matters Partner
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Gender
and Number
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Title
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SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
This
Limited Partnership Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into, pursuant to the
provisions of the Delaware Uniform Limited Partnership Act, and shall be
retroactively effective as of the date of filing of the Certificate of Limited
Partnership with the Delaware Secretary of State, by Carol Allison, who was the
initial Managing General Partner, Carol Allison has since resigned and been
replaced by Steven Blechner, a resident of Massachusetts whose address is 40
Harvestwood Drive, West, Bridgewater, MA 02379 (as the “Managing General
Partner”). Barry Silverstein, whose address is 5111 Ocean Boulevard,
Suite C, Sarasota, Florida 33581 is the only limited partner in the
Partnership. This agreement is on the following terms and
conditions:
ARTICLE
I
FORM AND
INTERPRETATION
1. Definitions. The
following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement and in the attached
exhibits, which constitute a part of this Agreement, have the meanings ascribed
to them below and include the plural as well as the singular
number:
“Act” means the
Delaware law pertaining to Limited Partnerships, as amended, or any subsequent
Delaware law concerning partnerships that are enacted in substitution for the
Act.
“Affiliate” of a
Partner means (1) another Partner of the Partnership; (2) a legal or personal
representative of any Partner; (3) the Partner’s lineal descendants and spouse
(other than a spouse who is legally separated from the Partner under a decree of
divorce or separate maintenance); (4) a trustee of a trust for the benefit of
any Person referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3); (5) a Person, other than an
individual, of which 80% or more of the voting or equity interests is owned
directly or indirectly by a Partner and/or one or more of the Persons referred
to in clauses (1) through (4); (6) a Person owning 80% or more of the voting or
equity interests of a Partner that is not an individual; or (7) a Person other
than an individual, 80% or more of the voting or equity interests of which is
owned by the same Person that owns 80% or more of the voting or equity interests
of a Partner that is not an individual.
“Agreement” means this
Limited Partnership Agreement as originally executed and as subsequently amended
or supplemented from time to time in accordance with section 54.
“Assignment” means a
sale, exchange, gift, pledge, transfer or disposition of any kind whatsoever
and, in the case of a Person that is not an individual, it includes the sale,
exchange, pledge, transfer or disposition of a majority of either voting control
or the equity interests in such Person.
“Bankruptcy” means
taking advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency act (including the Bankruptcy
Reform Act of 1978 or similar law, and also any proceeding under state or local
insolvency or debtor relief laws), or a final adjudication of insolvency or an
assignment of a major portion of a Person’s assets for the benefit of
creditors.
“Capital Account” has
the meaning set forth in section 12.
“Capital Contribution”
means the total amount of cash, and net fair market value of securities and
other property contributed by a Partner to the equity of the Partnership, or
agreed to be contributed by a Partner to the equity of the Partnership, pursuant
to section 11(a), and reduced by any return of capital to the Partner within the
meaning of section 11(c). Any reference in this Agreement to the
Capital Contribution of either a Partner or an assignee of a Partner shall
include the Capital Contribution of any prior Partner to whose Partnership
Interest the then existing Partner or assignee succeeded.
“Cash Flow” means the
excess of cash derived by the Partnership from all sources, including from
capital contributions, loans, sales of securities and other activities, (but
excluding cash derived from the winding-up and liquidation of the Partnership
pursuant to section 37) over the sum of all cash disbursements, including
repayments of loans from Partners, loans to Partners for the Partnership, and
distributions to Partners pursuant to section 16(a) or (b) (but excluding
disbursements pursuant to section 16(c), plus a reasonable allowance for
reserves for repairs, investments in Property (including Marketable Securities),
replacements, contingencies and anticipated obligations (including debt service,
capital improvements and replacements to the extent not funded by reserves) as
reasonably determined by the Managing General
Partner. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in determining the
reasonable allowance for reserves, the Managing General Partner shall reduce
such allowance to the extent necessary to ensure that annual distributions of
Cash Flow to each Partner will be in an amount at least equal to the annual
income tax liability (exclusive of income tax liability resulting from a
transaction pursuant to section 16(b) or (c)) of each such Partner (determined
assuming that the maximum possible income tax rate is applicable) resulting from
the allocation to the Partner of his share of the Partnership’s Taxable Income
and Taxable Loss. Cash Flow is to be calculated separately for each
Partner on the theory that each Partner owns the assets of the Partnership
contributed by such Person directly. For this purpose, if a Partner
has contributed Marketable Securities to the Partnership, such Marketable
Securities (including stock dividends thereon, stock splits or other
recapitalizations) shall be allocated to the contributing Partner (or such
Partner’s assigns). In addition, Cash Flow shall be calculated and
distributed separately for each of the Class A Partnership Interests and the
Class B Partnership Interests and the assets of the Partnership allocated to
such interests.
“Class A Partnership
Interest” means an interest in the Partnership represented by the Capital
Account associated only with the Partnership’s ownership of those assets listed
on Exhibit A-1 attached hereto and made a part hereof (the “Class A
Properties”), and the right to receive a percentage share of the income, gain,
loss, deduction, cash and other distributions and liquidation proceeds
associated with such property, all subject to and interpreted in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement. A Class A Partnership Interest may be
expressed in units with each unit representing ownership of a one percent
interest in the class A Properties.
“Class B Partnership
Interest” means an interest in the Partnership represented by a partner’s
Capital Account relating to all assets of the Partnership other than those
assets listed on Exhibit A-1 attached hereto and made apart hereof, (i.e., excluding the
Capital Account relating to the Class A Properties), and the right to receive
his percentage share of the income, gain, loss, deduction, cash and other
distributions and liquidation proceeds of the Partnership (other than those
associated with Class A Partnership Interests), all subject to and interpreted
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any subsequent federal law
concerning income taxes that is enacted in substitution for the
Code.
“General Partner”
means any Person admitted as a general partner in accordance with this
Agreement.
“General Partnership
Interest” means the Partnership Interest of a General Partner, in his
capacity as a General Partner.
“Limited Partner”
means any Person admitted as a limited partner in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Limited Partnership
Interest” means the Partnership Interest of Limited Partner,
in the capacity as a Limited Partner.
“Majority in Interest”
when used in regard to the degree of consent, approval or agreement required
among the Partners, means Partners whose aggregate Percentage Interests
constitute over 50% of the total aggregate Percentage Interests then
outstanding.
“Managing General
Partner” means the Person designated in this Agreement as the general
partner responsible for management of the affairs of the Partnership, including
all voting rights with respect to, and control over, Marketable Securities, and
thereafter any Person which becomes a general partner responsible for management
of the affairs of the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, in the Person’s
capacity as a managing general partner of the Partnership.
“Marketable
Securities” means securities, including stock, which are traded on an
established securities market, whether or not registered under the Securities
Act of 1933.
“Partner” means each
Person which is a General Partner or a Limited Partner.
“Partnership” means
the SILVERSTEIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, the limited partnership formed
in accordance with the Act pursuant to this Agreement.
“Partnership Interest”
includes only a Partner’s Capital Contribution and right to receive his
Percentage Interest and excludes Partnership Rights.
“Partnership Rights”
excludes the Partnership Interest of a Partner, and includes, in addition to
other rights provided in this Agreement, the rights provided to him by the Act
except to the extent such rights are inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement.
“Percentage Interest”
shall mean a partner’s percentage share from time to time of the Net Profits and
Net Losses, taxable income or taxable loss, Cash Receipts, cash and other
distributions and liquidation proceeds of the capital of the Partnership
attributable to a particular class of Partnership Interests all subject to and
interpreted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The
Percentage Interest of partners for each class of Partnership Interests shall be
proportionate to the Capital Accounts of the partners in that class of
Partnership Interest at all times so that, for example, if a Partner’s Capital
Account in one class is 100 and the aggregate of all Capital Accounts in the
same class of Partnership is 1000, the partner’s Percentage in that class of the
Partnership is 10%. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
in the event of a change among the partners in the Percentage Interest in the
Partnership during the year, the Partnership shall use a closing-of-the-books
method with respect to such change or changes in Percentage Interest in
computing a partner’s share of profits and losses, taxable income and taxable
losses, and entitlement to distributions during such year.
“Person” means any
individual and any general or limited partnership, corporation, estate, joint
venture, trust, business trust, cooperative, association or other
organization.
“Profits and Losses”
means the annual net income or loss of the Partnership determined on a generally
accepted accounting principles basis, as disclosed on the annual financial
statements of the Partnership, except that Profits and Losses shall be computed
separately for each of the Class A Partnership Interests and Class B Partnership
Interests. If the Partners have elected for the Partnership to be
excluded from the application of Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of the Code, the
provisions relating
to
Profits and Losses shall be of no effect during such period at the Partnership
level, but will be separately computed for each Partner.
“Property” means any
real, personal, tangible or intangible property contributed by a Partner to the
equity of the Partnership or otherwise acquired by the Partnership.
“Pro Rata” means in
the proportion that the Percentage Interest of each Partner bears to the total
Percentage Interests of all the Partners.
“Retirement” means the
death, Bankruptcy, adjudication of incompetency as determined by a court of
appropriate jurisdiction, dissolution and liquidation or termination of
existence, merger or consolidation (except as provided in sections 33 and 34) of
a Partner, or the sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all
the property of a Partner (except as provided in sections 33 and
34).
“Taxable Income or Taxable
Loss” means the net income or loss of the Partnership for federal income
tax purposes, as determined at the close of the Partnership’s fiscal year by the
accountants employed by the Partnership to prepare its income tax
returns. If the Partners have elected for the Partnership to be
excluded from the application of Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of the Code, the
provision shall be of no effect for federal income tax purposes during such
period, but will be separately computed for each Partner.
2. Captions and Certain
Terms. The titles and captions preceding the text of the
articles and sections of this Agreement are solely for the convenience of
reference and neither constitute a part of this Agreement nor affect its
meaning, interpretation, or effect. The words “hereby,” “herein,”
“hereof,” “hereto,” “hereunder,” and terms of similar import refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular article, section, subsection or
other part of this Agreement.
3. Severability. If
any article, section or other provision of this Agreement, or its application,
is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect or for any
reason, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such article,
section or other provision to a person or circumstance with respect to which it
is valid, legal and enforceable is not affected.
4. Limitation of
Grant. Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied,
is intended or may be construed to confer upon, or to grant to, any creditor or
any other Person (other than the Partners and their legal and personal
representatives, heirs, successors and permitted assignees) any right, remedy or
claim under or because of this Agreement or any covenant, condition or
stipulation of it.
ARTICLE
II
ORGANIZATION OF
PARTNERSHIP
5. A. Formation, Name, Office and
Registered Agent. The Partnership was organized as of the
effective date of this Agreement and the signatories to this Agreement
constitute the members of the Partnership under the Act as of such date and as
of the date hereof. The rights and obligations of the Partners are
determined by the Act, except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement. The name of the Partnership is “SILVERSTEIN INVESTMENTS
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.” The recordkeeping office of the Partnership and
its principal place of business are located at the residence of the Managing
General Partner where the Managing General Partner performs administrative
services on behalf of the Partnership. The Partnership does not have
a principal business office. The Managing General Partner may change
the name of the Partnership or may designate the location of its principal
business office at any time and from time to time by giving written notice of
such change to each Partner. The registered agent and registered
office of the Partnership is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, DE 19801.
B. General and Limited
Partners. Carol Allison was the initial Managing General
Partner of the Partnership but Carol Allison resigned on the date indicated on
the signature page hereto and was replaced by Steven Blechner as the General
Partner of the Partnership. The initial Limited Partner of the
Partnership is Barry Silverstein.
C. Certificate of Limited
Partnership. In connection with the execution of this
Agreement, the Managing General Partner signed a certificate of limited
partnership, pursuant to the Act. The Managing General Partner shall
cause the certificate to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of
State. The certificate also has been amended to implement the changes
in General Partners. The Managing General Partner shall amend the
certificate when required under this Agreement and shall execute the amended
certificate as required by the Act.
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6.
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Purpose of
Partnership.
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(a)
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Except
as provided in 6(c) below, the purposes of the Partnership are
to:
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(i)
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invest
in, own, sell, acquire, manage and exercise the voting rights associated
with Marketable Securities,
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(ii)
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after
approval by a Majority in Interest, acquire, hold, sell, own, improve,
develop or lease other types of property in addition to Marketable
Securities, and
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(i)
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engage
in any other lawful activity for profit approved by an affirmative vote of
a Majority in Interest.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
Section 6(a), unless unanimously approved by the Partners, the Partnership
shall not engage in any activity(ies) which would result, based upon
opinion of tax counsel, in the characterization of the Partnership as an
investment company as that term is used in Section 721(b) or any successor
provision of the Code.
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(c)
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Subsequent
to the date of commencement of existence of the Partnership, the Partners
may make the election set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.761-2 to have the
Partnership excluded from the application of Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of
the Code until such time as a Majority of Interest determine to have the
Partnership engage in an activity other than investing in Marketable
Securities and other intangible assets. Until such time as the
Partnership engages in other than investment activities, and if the
aforementioned election is made, it is the intention of the Partners that
the Partnership shall be only for investment purposes and shall not
actively conduct business. It is the intention of the Partners
that the Partnership shall have legal title to, and ownership of,
Marketable Securities, so as to effectuate the co-ownership of the
Marketable Securities by the Partners. As is evidenced by
various provisions of this Agreement, each Partner reserves the right
separately to take or dispose of their shares or interests in the
Marketable Securities and the other assets contributed by such Partner to
the Partnership. Further, during the period Subchapter K does
not apply to the Partnership, this Agreement is to be interpreted in a
manner that will give effect to such
election.
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7. Term of
Partnership. The term of the Partnership shall continue until
the earlier of (i) December 31, 2020, or (ii) the death or adjudication of
incompetency as determined by a court of appropriate jurisdiction of Barry
Silverstein, unless the Partnership is earlier dissolved and terminated under
this Agreement.
8. Authorized
Acts. In furtherance of its purposes, but subject to every
other provision of this Agreement, the Partnership, through, and only through,
the actions of the Managing General Partner acting alone, is authorized to do
the following:
(a) acquire
by purchase, lease or otherwise, any real or personal, tangible or intangible
property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment
of the purposes of the Partnership;
(b) construct,
operate, maintain, finance, improve, own, sell, convey, exchange, assign,
mortgage or lease any property (or a part thereof) as may be necessary,
convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the
Partnership;
(c) borrow
money and issue evidences of indebtedness in furtherance of any purpose of the
Partnership and secure the same by a mortgage, pledge, security interest or
other liens on the property, any part thereof, any interest therein or on any
improvements thereto;
(d) prepay,
in whole or in part, refinance, increase, renew, modify or extend any
indebtedness of the Partnership and, in connection therewith, extend, renew or
modify any mortgage, pledge, security interest or other lien affecting any
property;
(e) invest
and reinvest the assets of the Partnership in, and purchase, acquire, hold,
sell, transfer and exchange securities of all kinds, including Marketable
Securities;
(f) lend
money to Partners;
(g) exercise
the voting rights associated with property owned by the Partnership;
and
(h) enter
into any activity and perform and carry out any contract in connection with, or
necessary or incidental to, the accomplishment of the purposes of the
Partnership.
9. Co-Ownership of Partnership
Interests. Any consent required by a Partner shall require the
action or vote of each Person (or in such other manner as such Persons have
designated in writing to the Partnership) having an interest in such Partnership
Interest, with a majority approval needed for consent. On the death
of a co-owner of a Partnership Interest held in either joint tenancy with right
of survivorship or tenancy by the entirety, the Partnership Interest is owned
solely by the survivor as a Partner, and not as an assignee. The
Partnership need not (although it may) recognize the death of a co-owner of a
Partnership Interest until the Managing General Partner receives notice of the
death. A co-owner of a Partnership Interest may sever the tenancy by
giving to the Managing General Partner notice to that effect, and signed by the
co-owner requesting the severance in the case of a joint tenancy, and by both
co-owners in the case of a tenancy by the entirety. Upon receipt of
the notice and
the
certificate evidencing the Partnership Interest owned by the co-owners, the
Managing General Partner shall cause the Partnership Interest to be allocated as
directed by the co-owners and shall indicate on the Partnership records such
allocation. In absence of joint direction, the interests shall be
allocated between the owners as the severed ownership interests would be valued
for federal estate tax purposes.
10. Representations and
Warranties of the Limited Partners. As a condition to becoming
a Limited Partner of the Partnership, each Limited Partner represents, warrants,
and covenants to each General Partner and the Partnership as
follows:
(a) He
will not assign, sell, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise transfer or encumber any
of his rights under this Agreement except as expressly permitted under this
Agreement and applicable laws;
(b) He
was granted full and unrestricted access to the Partnership’s business premises,
offices and properties and its business, partnership and financial books and
records as he required, and was permitted to examine the foregoing, to question
the General Partner, and to make all other investigations that he considered
appropriate to determine or verify the business or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Partnership and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement;
(c) The
Partnership furnished him all additional information concerning the
Partnership’s business and affairs that he requested;
(d) He
was permitted to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, the General
Partner concerning the terms and conditions of an investment in a Limited
Partnership Interest, and to obtain all additional information he considered
necessary to verify the accuracy of the information received by him from the
General Partner, and he understands the risks associated with an investment in
the Partnership and that such an investment is highly speculative;
(e) Because
of his considerable knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
in general and securities investments in particular, he is able to evaluate the
merits, risks, and other factors bearing on the suitability of a Limited
Partnership Interest as an investment;
(f) His
income and net worth are such that he is not now, and does not contemplate
being, required to dispose of any investment in the Partnership to satisfy any
existing or expected obligation, and he is otherwise fully able to bear the
economic risks of his proposed investment in the Partnership, including the risk
of losing all or any part of his investment in the Partnership and the probably
inability to sell, transfer, or pledge, or otherwise dispose of an investment in
the Partnership for an indefinite period;
(g) He
is acquiring a Limited Partnership Interest solely for his own account, as
principal, for investment purposes and not with a view to or for resale in
connection with any distribution or underwriting of any Partnership
Interests;
(h) He
understands that the Limited Partnership Interest that he will purchase has not
been and will not be registered under either the Securities Act of 1933 or any
state securities law, that he must hold the Limited Partnership Interest
indefinitely unless the Partnership Interests are subsequently registered under
those laws or transferred in reliance on advice of counsel satisfactory to the
Partnership that registration under those laws is not required, and that
stop-transfer instructions will be noted in the appropriate records of the
Partnership;
(i) He
understands that the document evidencing a Limited Partnership Interest acquired
by him will bear the following legend:
These
Securities have not been registered under either the Securities Act of 1933 or
any state securities law and were acquired pursuant to an investment
representation by the record owner. These securities are not
transferable absent either registration under the Act and every applicable state
securities law or advice of counsel satisfactory to the Partnership that
registration in not required. Additionally, these securities are
subject to certain transfer restrictions set forth in the Limited Partnership
Agreement of the Partnership. Reference may be made to the Limited
Partnership Agreement for the details of those restrictions.
(j) He
understands that a legend substantially identical to the one described above
will be placed on every new document issued upon a transfer of a Limited
Partnership Interest;
(k) He
shall not sell, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of any part of his
Limited Partnership Interest, unless the Partnership Interests are registered
under the Securities Act of 1933 and under every applicable state securities law
or unless the Partnership is furnished with advice of counsel satisfactory to it
that registration under those laws is not required; and
(l) He
understands that the Partnership does not file periodic reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
ARTICLE
III
PARTNERSHIP
CAPITAL
11. Capital
Contributions.
(a) Upon
executing this Agreement, each Partner shall make or has made a Capital
Contribution in the amount and of the type, and initially shall have a
Percentage Interest equal to the percentage, set forth opposite his name on
Exhibit
A. Partners may make (but Limited Partners are not required to
make) additional Capital Contributions at such time and in such amount as they
in their sole discretion shall determine but only if the Managing General
Partner and a Majority in Interest consent to such additional Capital
Contributions. Upon the assignment of any Partnership Interest, the
making of an additional Capital Contribution or any return of a Capital
Contribution, or any substitution of a Partner, Exhibit A shall be amended to
accurately reflect the name, address, Capital Contribution and Percentage
Interest of each Partner. Each Parties will also be assigned either
or both as Class A and Class B Partnership Interest depending on the assets
contributed by each Partner and as they shall mutually agree at the time of
contribution.
(b) Notwithstanding
(a) above, no Capital Contributions shall be made or permitted by any Partner
which would result, directly or indirectly, in the Partnership being treated as
an investment company under section 721(b) of the Code, and any such attempted
Capital Contribution shall be void ab initio. The Managing General
Partner shall withhold its consent to the making of an additional Capital
Contribution, unless it has satisfied itself (by seeking advice of legal counsel
or otherwise) that the making of the additional Capital Contribution will not
result, directly or indirectly, in the Partnership being treated as an
investment company under section 721(b) of the Code.
(c) A
Partner shall not receive from the Managing General Partner or out of
Partnership Property, and the Managing General Partner and the Partnership shall
not return to a Partner, any part of his Capital Contribution, except as set
forth in Articles V, VIII and IX of this Agreement and such distribution is
determined to be a return of a Partner’s Capital Contribution, and then only if
all liabilities of the Partnership, except liabilities to the Partners on
account of their Capital Contributions, have been paid or there remains property
of the Partnership sufficient to pay them. The Partnership shall not
pay interest on Capital Contributions, and, a Partner may demand and receive
only cash in return for his Capital Contribution, except to the extent provided
for in Articles V and IX of this Agreement or unless the Liquidator (as defined
in section 37) decides to distribute Partnership property in kind upon the
dissolution, winding-up, and termination of the Partnership, or unless the
distribution of property to a Partner is unanimously approved by the
Partners. Each Partner, by signing this Agreement or a
counterpart
of
it, consents to all distributions authorized by this Agreement and releases all
other Partners from all liability to both him and the Partnership for all
distributions made in accordance with this Agreement.
12. Capital
Account.
(a) The
Managing General Partner shall establish and maintain a Capital Account for each
Partner in the Partnership’s books of account. Capital Accounts shall be
maintained and adjusted in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. A Limited Partner shall not be obligated to restore a deficit
balance in its Capital Account, except to the extent required by the Act.
Consistent with these capital account maintenance rules, the Managing General
Partner shall credit to each Partner’s Capital Account the amounts of the
Partner’s Capital Contributions and any Profits allocated to the Partner. The
Managing General Partner shall charge to or deduct from each Partner’s Capital
Account the amounts of all distributions (in cash
or other property) or the Partner and any Losses allocated to the Partner. If
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
transferror to the extent it relates to the transferred interest.
(b) The
provisions of this section and the other provisions of this Agreement pertaining
to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) (or any successor provision thereto), and shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. In the
event that Managing General Partner determines that it is prudent to modify the
manner in which the Capital Accounts are computed in order to comply with such
Regulations, provided that it is not likely to have a material effect on the
amounts distributable to any Partner without such Partner’s consent and upon
receipt of an opinion of tax counsel to the Partnership concluding that such
modification will be given effect for federal income tax purposes, the Managing
General Partner may make such modification.
(c) The
Managing General Partner shall revalue the Partnership’s Property (based on its
fair market value as of the moment immediately preceding the relevant event) and
shall adjust Capital Accounts to take into account any resulting Profit or Loss
(determined as if the Partnership sold all its Property for cash equal to the
Property’s fair market value) upon the occurrence of either of the following
events: (1) the making by any Partner of any non-Pro Rata additional Capital
Contribution, (2) the partial or complete withdrawal of a Partner’s Partnership
Interest, or (3) the admission of a Partner.
(d) For
the purposes of determining Percentage Interests, making allocations and
distributions pursuant to Articles IV and
V, and wherever else relevant in this Agreement, multiple Capital Accounts shall
be maintained for each partner who
owns
more than one class of Partnership Interest. A combined Capital Account shall
also be maintained for each partner who has more than one class of Partnership
Interest. The combined Capital Account shall be relevant for determining the
total amount of distributions to a partner in the event of the liquidation of
the Partnership. In the event that a Partner with more than one class of
Partnership Interest has a positive combined Capital Account balance at the time
of the liquidation of the Partnership, but has a deficit in one of the separate
Capital Accounts, liquidating distributions shall be made only to the extent of
the net positive balance.
13. Expenses Paid by
Partners. Any Partnership expense reasonably paid by any Partner on
behalf of the Partnership is an indebtedness of the Partnership to the Partner
and does not increase the Partner’s Partnership Interest or Percentage Interest.
The Partnership shall reimburse the Partner as soon as practicable and may pay
interest on the indebtedness.
14. Loans by Partners;
Restrictions on Borrowing. The Managing General Partner may borrow money
on behalf of the Partnership from any Partner in such amounts and for such
purposes as it considers necessary, convenient or incidental to the
accomplishment of the purposes of the Partnership. Each loan to the Partnership
by a Partner (excluding reimbursable expenses) shall be evidenced by a
promissory note or similar instrument of the Partnership, may be secured by a
lien on the Property, may bear interest at a rate determined by agreement
between such Partner and the Managing General Partner and may be subject to such
other terms and conditions as are agreed to by such
Partner and the Managing General Partner. The Partnership may prepay each loan
from a Partner in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, without
premium or penalty. The Managing General Partner may not borrow money from
persons other than Partners or pledge Partnership assets without the express
written consent of the non-managing general partner.
ARTICLE
IV
PROFITS AND LOSSES AND
TAXABLE INCOME AND TAXABLE LOSS
15. Allocations.
(a) Allocation of Profits and
Losses.
(i) Profits
and Losses of the Partnership shall be determined for each fiscal year of the
Partnership in accordance with the cash method of accounting, with such
exceptions thereto as are set forth in this Agreement, and otherwise in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied in a consistent
manner.
(ii) Except
as otherwise provided, the Partnership’s Losses, if any, arising in a fiscal
year shall be allocated among the Partners as follows:
(1) FIRST: To the extent
of the aggregate positive Capital Account balances of the Partners as of the end
of the fiscal year, Pro Rata to the Partners taking into account any changes in
Partnership Percentage Interests during the fiscal year.
(2) SECOND: Pro Rata, to
the General Partner.
(iii) Profits
arising in a fiscal year shall be allocated among the Partners as
follows:
(1) FIRST: To the General
Partner until Profits allocated to the General Partner during the term of the
Partnership pursuant to this Section 15(a)(ii)(1) equal Losses allocated to the
General Partner during the term of the Partnership pursuant to Section
15(a)(ii)(2) then
(2) SECOND: To the
Partners Pro Rata taking into account any changes in Partnership Percentage
Interests during the fiscal year.
(b) Allocation of Taxable Income
and Taxable Loss.
(i) Except
as otherwise provided in this section 15(b), allocations of tax items among the
Partners shall be consistent with corresponding book (Profits and Losses) items
(if any). For tax purposes, Profits and Losses, or any item thereof, shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect Taxable Income and Taxable Loss, or any item
thereof, as determined under the Code and shall be allocated among the Partners
in such a manner as to comply with the provisions of the Code and Regulations
thereunder (including, if necessary, the “minimum gain chargeback provisions” of
the Regulations under Section 704 of the Code). For example, any gain or loss
recognized by the Partnership with respect to property contributed to the
Partnership by a Partner shall be shared among the Partners so as to take
account of the variation, if any, between the basis of the property to the
Partnership and its fair market value at the time of contribution or
revaluation, whichever is applicable, so as to comply with the requirements of
Section 704 of the Code. Thus, for example, if a Partner contributes Property to
the Partnership whose agreed fair market value exceeds its adjusted basis in the
hands of the contributing Partner (“built-in gain”), and there have been no
events giving rise to a revaluation, built-in gain with respect to such
contributed Property shall first be allocated to such contributing Partner when
the Partnership recognizes gain upon a disposition of such contributed Property,
but not in an amount in excess of such built-in gain; the remaining balance of
such recognized gain, if any, shall be allocated among the Partners as set forth
herein. The allocation of built-in gain to a contributing Partner shall not
increase such Partner’s Capital
Account,
because such gain was already taken into account when the built-in gain property
was contributed to the Partnership. A Partner who contributes property other
than cash shall provide the Managing General Partner with information necessary
to verify the contributing Partner’s adjusted tax basis in the items of property
contributed by him to the Partnership.
(ii) Generally,
except as provided in section 15(b)(i), Taxable Income and Taxable Loss (and
each such income and loss item) shall be allocated Pro Rata among the Partners.
In the event, however, that non-Pro Rata distributions of property are made to a
Partner or the net proceeds from the sale of property are distributed non-Pro
Rata to a Partner, Taxable Income and Taxable Loss derived from such
distributions or sales shall be allocated 100% to such Partner, subject only to
such modifications as are necessary to comply
with Section 704 of the Code. In addition, no allocations of Taxable Loss shall
be made to a Limited Partner that would create a deficit balance in the Limited
Partner’s Capital Account.
ARTICLE
V
DISTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS
AND LOANS
16. Distributions.
(a) Cash Flow
Distributions. Cash Flow is to be distributed periodically as the Managing General
Partner shall determine.
(b) Partial or Complete
Withdrawal by a Partner From the Partnership.
(i) In
the event of a partial or complete withdrawal of a Partner from the Partnership
pursuant to Article VIII, the Managing General Partner shall, as promptly
as is reasonably
possible, distribute to the Partner any assets then owned by the Partnership
that were previously contributed by such Partner to the Partnership but this
distribution shall be limited to the extent it would cause the Capital Account
of such Partner to be negative. If the Partner has a positive Capital Account
balance, then the Partnership shall distribute to the Partner his Pro Rata share
of the Marketable Securities, cash and other readily divisible assets of the
Partnership. The withdrawing Partner shall also be entitled to receive cash
equal in value to his Pro Rata share of the fair market value (as reasonably determined by
the Managing General Partner) of any non-readily divisible assets owned by the
Partnership. The Managing General Partner shall, as promptly as possible,
distribute this additional amount of cash, if any, to the withdrawing Partner.
Cash distributions
to the withdrawing Partner shall be reduced by such Partner’s Pro Rata share of
the
liabilities
of the Partnership and by any expenses incurred by the Partnership with respect
to the withdrawal of the Partner.
(ii) A Partner may request that
all or a portion of the Marketable Securities subject to the requested
withdrawal be sold by the Partnership and the net proceeds (after selling and
other expenses) distributed as directed by him. In the
event that the Managing General Partner is unable or unwilling to sell these
Marketable Securities, it shall distribute them to the Partner, unless it is
notified by the Partner to cancel the withdrawal.
(iii) The
Managing General Partner shall not be required to distribute to the requesting
Partner any assets that the Partnership is legally restricted or prohibited from
distributing to the Partner, unless steps can be taken to remove the restriction
or prohibition; in which case the requesting Partner shall be charged with the
expense of removing such restriction or prohibition. Any distribution hereunder
shall also be subject to the limitations set forth in sections 11(c) and 17,
respectively.
(c) Liquidating
Distributions. The net proceeds from liquidation of the Partnership’s
assets pursuant to its dissolution, winding-up, and termination shall be
distributed, and all Profits and Losses
resulting from the liquidation of the Partnership Property shall be allocated,
among the Partners in the proportions and orders of priority specified in this
section 16(c).
(i) The
Liquidator shall distribute the net proceeds from liquidation of the
Partnership’s assets as follows:
(1) FIRST: To pay all the
liabilities of the Partnership that are then due and payable, except for both
Capital Contributions of Partners and liabilities to the Partners, in the order
of priority required by Delaware law; then
(2) SECOND: To establish
any reasonable reserve that the Liquidator may determine is required for unpaid,
future, or contingent liabilities or obligations of the Partnership;
then
(3) THIRD: To pay
all liabilities of
the Partnership to the Partners; Pro Rata according to the amounts of their
respective liabilities; then
(4) FOURTH: To the
Partners to the extent of any positive balances in their Capital Accounts, Pro
Rata according to the amounts of their respective positive balances;
then
(5) FIFTH: Any remaining
net proceeds shall be distributed Pro Rata among the Partners.
(ii) Any
Profits and Losses
and Taxable Income and Taxable Loss resulting from the disposition of the
Partnership’s assets in the process of liquidation shall be allocated among the
Partners in the manner provided in section 15. Any Property distributed in kind
in the liquidation shall be valued and treated as if the Property were sold and
the cash proceeds were distributed. The Profits and Losses arising from the
constructive sale of the Property described in the preceding sentence shall be
allocated among the Partners in the manner provided in section 15.
17. Limitation on Distributions
to Partners. A Partner may receive distributions from the Partnership
only to the extent the Partnership’s total assets exceed its total liabilities,
other than liabilities to the Partners on account of their Capital
Contributions.
ARTICLE
VI
AUTHORITY, DUTIES,
AND LIABILITIES OF
PARTNERS
18. Duties of Managing General
Partner. The Managing General Partner, and no other Partners, shall
manage the affairs of the Partnership, shall apply himself diligently for the
Partnership, and shall devote to the Partnership such time as is necessary and
appropriate to manage the business of the Partnership. The Managing General
Partner is not required to devote all its business time to the Partnership, and
it may engage in other business ventures and employment, including those in
competition with the Partnership. In the performance of its duties, the Managing
General Partner may hire employees and agents of the Partnership and generally
shall supervise and direct all the daily operations of the
Partnership.
19. Managing General Partner’s
Fees and Expenses.
(a) Fees to Managing General
Partner. In consideration for performing services described herein, the
Managing General Partner may be paid a fee as agreed to by a Majority in
Interest. Such fees shall be deemed earned when the services have been performed
and, regardless of when paid, shall be non-executory from the date earned and
shall be the obligation of the Partnership from and after that
date.
(b) Expenses. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the Partnership shall pay all expenses of the
Partnership (which expenses may be either billed directly to the Partnership or
reimbursed to the Managing General Partner) which may include, but are not
limited to: (i) all costs of borrowed money, taxes and assessments on the
Property and other taxes applicable to the Partnership; (ii) all costs for goods
and materials, whether purchased by the Partnership directly or by the Managing
General Partner on behalf of the Partnership; (iii) legal, audit,
accounting,
brokerage
and other professional fees; (iv) fees and expenses paid to independent
contractors, mortgage bankers, brokers, insurance brokers and other agents; (v)
expenses of organizing, revising, amending, converting, modifying or terminating
the Partnership; (vi) expenses in connection with distributions made by the
Partnership to, and communications and bookkeeping work necessary in maintaining
relations with, Partners; (vii) expenses in connection with preparing and
mailing reports to Partners; (viii) costs of any accounting, statistical or
bookkeeping equipment necessary for the maintenance of the books and records of
the Partnership; (ix) the cost of preparation
and dissemination of informational material and documentation relating to the
Partnership; (x) except with respect to
litigation solely among the Partners as such, costs incurred in connection with
any litigation in which the Partnership is involved, as well as in the
examination, investigation or other proceedings, conducted against the
Partnership by any regulatory agency, including legal and accounting fees
incurred in connection therewith; (xi) costs of any computer services or
equipment or services of personnel used for or by the Partnership; and (xii)
expenses of professionals employed by the Partnership in connection with any of
the foregoing, including attorneys, accountants and appraisers.
20. Authority of Managing
General Partner. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Managing
General Partner may bind the Partnership to do all acts that are necessary,
appropriate, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the
Partnership. Any person dealing with the Partnership or the Managing General
Partner may rely on a certificate signed by the Managing General Partner as to
the identity of any Partner, the existence or absence of any fact or condition
that is necessary to permit action by either the Partnership or the Managing
General Partner or germane in any other way to the affairs
of the Partnership, and the persons who are authorized to execute and deliver
any documents or instruments of or on behalf of the Partnership. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Managing General Partner is
specifically authorized to do the following:
(a) to
negotiate and enter into leases and agreements with land or building owners or
other Persons, and to incur obligations for, and on behalf of, the Partnership
in connection with Partnership business;
(b) to
borrow money on behalf of the Partnership and, as security therefor, to encumber
the Property;
(c) to
prepay, in whole or in part, refinance, increase, modify or extend any
obligation affecting the Property;
(d) to
sell, exchange, convey and lease the Property;
(e) to
employ from time to time, at the expense of the Partnership, other Persons
required for the operation and management of the
Partnership
business, including accountants, attorneys and others, who may be Partners, on
such terms and for such compensation as the Managing General Partner determines
to be reasonable and this may include Persons which are Affiliates;
(f) to
pay all attorney’s and accountant’s fees and other costs incurred in connection
with the formation of the Partnership business and the completion of all steps
necessary or advisable for the Partnership to comply with applicable
laws;
(g) to
assume the responsibilities imposed on the Managing General Partner by the
Act;
(h) to
compromise, arbitrate or otherwise adjust claims in favor of or against the
Partnership and to carry such insurance as the Managing General Partner
considers advisable;
(i) to
exercise the voting rights associated with the securities and other Property
owned by the Partnership;
(j) to
commence or defend litigation with respect to the Partnership or any assets of
the Partnership as the Managing General Partner considers advisable, at the
expense of the Partnership;
(k) to
make, execute, acknowledge and deliver documents of transfer and conveyance and
any other instruments that may be necessary or appropriate to carry out its
powers; and
(l) to
do all such acts and take all such proceedings and execute all such rights and
privileges, although not specifically mentioned herein, as the Managing General
Partner considers necessary to conduct the business of the Partnership and to
carry out the purposes of the Partnership.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Managing General Partner shall not take any of the following
actions without the consent of a Majority in Interest:
(1) assign
all or any part of the property for the benefit of its creditors or confess a
judgment against the Partnership;
(2) take
any action in contravention of the Act, the certificate of limited partnership
or this Agreement;
(3) sell,
lease, transfer, assign, pledge or encumber the property of the Partnership
(except with respect to transactions to which section 32 or section 37 applies);
(4) loan
an amount of money in excess of $100,000 to a Partner; or
(5) admit
a Person as a General Partner of the Partnership.
21. Special Limitation.
During the period the Partners have determined that the Partnership will only be
availed of only for investment purposes, which shall be the period, if any,
contemplated by Section 6(c), the Managing General Partner may not purchase,
sell, or exchange Marketable Securities or assets that pertain to a Class B
Partnership Interest or other security without the consent of the Partners to
whom the Marketable Securities are deemed owned or allocated for federal income
tax purposes, but the Managing General Partner shall have voting rights and all
other aspects of management and control over such Marketable Securities and
assets to which a Class B Partnership Interest pertains.
22. Dealing with
Affiliates. The Managing General Partner may employ and enter into
contracts and other arrangements with any Person, including an Affiliate, and
may obligate the Partnership to pay reasonable compensation for services
rendered by such Persons on terms that, in the judgment of the Managing General
Partner, are not less favorable to the Partnership than would be available from
an unrelated party.
23. Indemnification of General
Partner. The Managing General Partner need not secure the performance of
its duties by bond or otherwise. A General Partner is not liable, responsible,
or accountable in damages or otherwise to any Partner or to the Partnership for
any act taken or omission made in good faith on behalf of the Partnership and in
a manner that such General Partner reasonably believes to be within the scope of
the authority granted to it by this Agreement and in the best interest of the
Partnership, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct. Any loss,
expense (including attorneys’ fees) or damage incurred by a General Partner by
reason of any act or omission by it in good faith on behalf of the Partnership
and in a manner that it reasonably believes to be within the scope of the
authority granted to it by this Agreement and in the best interest of the
Partnership (but not, in any event, any loss, expense or damage
incurred by a General Partner by reason of gross negligence or willful
misconduct) shall be paid to the indemnified General Partner from the
Partnership’s assets, to the extent available.
24. Liability of Limited
Partners. The liability of each Limited Partner is limited to its Capital
Contributions. Except as provided by the Act, a Limited Partner is not required
to contribute money to, or for the liabilities of the Partnership, and is not
personally liable for any loss, liability or other obligations of the
Partnership.
25. Authority of Limited
Partners and Non-Managing General Partners. The Limited Partners shall
not participate in the management of, or have any control
over,
the
business or policies of the Partnership, nor any control over Marketable
Securities, except as required by the Act or permitted by section 20, and the
Limited Partners shall not transact any business in the name of the Partnership.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partners may make the election set forth in
Treas. Reg. § 1.761-2 to have the
Partnership excluded from the provisions of Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of the
Code. In the event a Partner ceases (whether through removal, death, or
resignation) to serve as Managing General Partner, a Majority in Interest of the
Partners shall appoint another Partner to serve as the Managing General
Partner.
ARTICLE
VII
TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP
INTERESTS
26. Limited Partners.
A Limited Partner
shall not pledge, encumber or hypothecate his interest in the Partnership
without the consent of the Managing Partner. Otherwise, subject to sections
28 and 29, and only
if the Managing General Partner consents, a Limited Partner may make an
Assignment of a Limited Partnership Interest. However, an Assignment does not
relieve the Limited Partner of his obligations and liabilities under this
Agreement, or constitute the assignee a Limited Partner, or confer on the
assignee any Partnership Rights. An assignee of a Limited Partner’s Partnership
Interest may be admitted and substituted as a Limited Partner and acquire
Partnership Rights only upon the satisfactory completion of the requirements
specified in section 29. The failure or refusal of the Managing General Partner
to consent to the admission of an assignee as a Limited Partner does not affect
the right of the assignee to the Partnership Interest of his predecessor in
interest.
27. General Partner.
Subject to section 28, a General Partner may make an Assignment, directly or
indirectly, of all or any part of its Partnership
Interest. However, an Assignment does not relieve such General Partner of its
obligations and liabilities under this Agreement, or constitute the assignee a
General Partner, or confer on the assignee any Partnership Rights. Subject to
section 28, and only if a Majority in Interest consents, a General Partner may
make an Assignment of both its Partnership Interest and its Partnership Rights
if the assignee assumes in writing all such General Partner’s obligations and
liabilities under this Agreement and if all the applicable requirements of
section 29 are satisfied. Upon compliance with the immediately preceding
sentence, an assignee of such General Partner has all the rights and powers
granted to such General Partner under this Agreement and has all the obligations
and liabilities of such General Partner under this Agreement.
28. Restriction on
Transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, an
assignment of a Partnership Interest shall not be made, and consent thereto
shall be withheld:
(a) Unless
the Managing General Partner has satisfied itself (by seeking advice of legal
counsel or otherwise, with any resulting Partnership expense to be reimbursed by
the assignor) that the assignment will not have any significant adverse tax
effect upon the Partnership or the other Partners;
(b) Unless
the Managing General Partner has satisfied itself (by advice of legal counsel,
with any resulting Partnership expense to be reimbursed by the assignor) that
the proposed assignment may be made without registration under any applicable
securities law; and it will not violate any applicable securities law (including
investor suitability standards);
(c) If
the Assignment is sought to be made to:
(i) a
minor or incompetent, except if made by will or intestate succession,
or
(ii) to
a Person which is not an Affiliate.
29. Admission of Substitute
Partner. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, an assignee
of a Partnership Interest may be admitted as a Partner and granted Partnership
Rights only if:
(a) the
Assignment is made pursuant to a written instrument in a form satisfactory to
the Managing General Partner and specifies the intention of the assignor that
the assignee be substituted as a Partner;
(b) the
Managing General Partner consents to the admission by executing two counterparts
of this Agreement that evidences the Partnership Rights of the assignee, and if
the assignee is to be admitted as a Partner a Majority in Interest consent to
the admission;
(c) the
assignee accepts, signs and agrees to be bound by this Agreement, by executing
two counterparts of this Agreement, including an amended Exhibit A, and such other
documents or instruments as the Managing General Partner requires to effect the
admission of the assignee as a Partner;
(d) the
assignee provides the Managing General Partner with evidence satisfactory to it
of the assignee’s authority to become a Partner under the terms of this
Agreement;
(e) the
assignee pays all filing, publication and other costs (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees) incurred by either the Partnership or the Managing General
Partner in connection with the admission and substitution of the assignee as a
Partner.
Notwithstanding
an assignee’s satisfaction of any or all of the conditions
specified above, the Managing General Partner, in its absolute discretion, may
refuse to consent to the assignee’s admission as a Partner, in which event the
assignee will not obtain any Partnership Rights, but will retain only the rights
of an assignee under sections 26 or 27.
30. Rights of Partner After
Assignment and Substitution. Upon the Assignment of all his Partnership
Interest, and the admission of a substitute partner, a Partner shall cease to be
a Partner and to have any Partnership Rights.
31. Allocations and
Distributions After Assignment. For the purposes of allocations of
Profits and Losses, Taxable Income or Taxable Loss, and distributions, an
Assignment of a Partnership Interest is effective as to the Partnership, and
shall be reflected in the records of the Partnership, as of the date that the
Managing General Partner receives written notice of the Assignment. The Taxable
Income or Taxable Loss, Profits and Losses and cash and other distributions in
respect of the assigned Partnership Interest with respect to the fiscal year in
which the Assignment of the Partnership Interest occurs shall be divided between
the assignor and the assignee according to the method provided to the Managing
General Partner by the assignor and the assignee, so long as such method is
permitted under the Code and does not adversely affect the other Partners or the
Partnership from a tax or economic perspective. The method of allocation shall
be provided to the Managing General Partner in the written notice of the
Assignment. Any additional costs for
computing the allocations hereunder shall be paid by the assignor or assignee,
as the case may be. The written notice referred to above shall also contain
information as to whether the assignor or assignee shall be responsible for the
payment of such additional cost, if any.
ARTICLE
VIII
RETIREMENT, WITHDRAWAL, OR
REMOVAL OF PARTNERS
32. Withdrawal of General
Partner or Limited Partner.
(a) A Limited Partner may, at
any time, withdraw
all or part of his Partnership Interest from the Partnership by providing
written notice thereof to the Managing General Partner. Immediately after the
receipt of such written notice from a Partner, the Managing General Partner
shall make the appropriate distributions to the Partner in partial or complete
redemption of his Partnership Interest as set forth in section
16(b).
(b) A partial withdrawal by a
Partner shall be made in increments of one-tenth (1/10th) of one percent (1%) of
a Percentage Interest. The written notice of withdrawal from a Partner to the
Managing General Partner must
state
whether the withdrawal is a partial or complete withdrawal and, if a partial
withdrawal, must state the Percentage Interest that is being withdrawn. A Partner shall not make a
partial withdrawal that will result in his remaining Percentage Interest
becoming less than one-tenth (l/10th) of one percent (1%) immediately after the
withdrawal.
(c) The
Managing General Partner agrees that it will fully cooperate to the extent
permitted by law to accomplish a withdrawal requested by a Partner hereunder. It
also agrees that it will not take any action that will obstruct or render
impossible the application of this section 32 (such as to pledge the
Partnership’s Marketable Securities as collateral to creditors of the
Partnership), unless such action is essential to accomplish the purposes of the
Partnership.
(d) The
partial withdrawal of a Limited Partner does not dissolve or terminate the
Partnership unless there is only one Partner then remaining. The remaining
Partners shall amend this Agreement to reflect the partial or complete
withdrawal of the Partner from the Partnership, if and to the extent
necessary.
(e) Upon
the giving of the notice of withdrawal pursuant to Paragraph (a), and upon the
dissolution of the Partnership, the voting rights with respect to any Marketable
Securities allocable to the Percentage Interest being withdrawn shall be vested
in the withdrawing Partner or Partners, and the Partnership shall have no voting
rights with respect to such stock.
(f) The
complete withdrawal of all the Limited Partners shall constitute a dissolution
of the Partnership pursuant to Article IX.
33. Retirement, Removal, or
Withdrawal of Managing General Partner. The Managing General Partner may
withdraw any part of its General Partnership Interest without the consent of a
Majority in Interest. The Retirement, removal, or withdrawal of the Managing
General Partner shall dissolve the Partnership only if there is no successor
General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this
Agreement to the contrary, a merger, consolidation, or reorganization of a
Managing General Partner who is not a natural person, or a sale of all or
substantially all its assets that includes its Partnership Interest, is not a
Retirement or withdrawal of such Managing General Partner if the resulting,
surviving or acquiring Person is an Affiliate and becomes substituted as the
Managing General Partner of the Partnership. The resulting, surviving or
acquiring Person is substituted as the Managing General Partner without further
act if it gives notice of the substitution to the Partners before the effective
date of the merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale. Each Partner consents
to the admission and substitution of such substitute Managing General Partner
pursuant to this section 33, and no further consent or approval of any Partner
is required.
34. Retirement of Limited
Partner. The Retirement of a Limited Partner does not dissolve or
terminate the Partnership except as provided in section 36(g), but the legal or
personal representatives, heirs, successors, assignees, or stockholders of a
Retired Limited Partner, subject to section 26, shall succeed to the Partnership
Interests of the Retired Limited Partner and may make an Assignment of the
Partnership Interests within the limitations set forth in this
Agreement.
35. Rights of Partner After
Retirement, Removal, or Withdrawal. A Partner ceases to have any Partnership Rights upon
his Retirement, removal, or complete withdrawal from the Partnership. However,
until the appropriate distributions, if any, are made to a Retired, removed, or
withdrawn Partner for his Partnership Interest, the Retired, removed, or
withdrawn Partner is entitled to receive the allocations of Profits and Losses,
Taxable Income or Taxable Loss and all distributions referred to in section 16
applicable to his Partnership Interest.
ARTICLE
IX
DISSOLUTION
36. Events of
Dissolution. The Partnership shall be dissolved, and unless reconstituted
shall be terminated, upon:
(a) the
expiration of its term;
(b) the
vote of a Majority in Interest to dissolve the Partnership;
(c) the
Partnership being adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt;
(d) the
Retirement, removal, or withdrawal of the Managing General Partner;
(e) the
death of Barry Silverstein; or
(f) the
sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s Property.
(g) the
complete withdrawal of the Limited Partners.
37. Winding-Up and
Distributions. Upon the dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to
section 36, and unless the Partnership is reconstituted, the winding-up of the
Partnership’s business and the liquidation and distribution of Partnership
assets must be carried out with due diligence and in a timely manner, and
consistent with both the requirements of applicable law and the following
provisions of this section:
(a) The
Managing General Partner shall be responsible for taking all actions relating to
the winding-up, liquidation, and distribution of assets of the Partnership,
unless its Retirement, removal, or withdrawal causes the dissolution, in which
case the fiscal agent, liquidator, or receiver appointed (without judicial
action) by a Majority in Interest shall be so responsible. The Managing General
Partner, or the appointed fiscal agent, liquidator, or receiver, is referred to
in this Agreement as the “Liquidator.” A Limited Partner can be appointed to be
the Liquidator. The Liquidator shall file all certificates or notices of the
dissolution of the Partnership as required by law. Upon the complete liquidation
and distribution of the Partnership assets, the Partnership shall terminate, and
the Liquidator shall execute, acknowledge, and cause to be filed all
certificates and notices required by law to terminate the
Partnership.
(b) The
Liquidator shall proceed without unnecessary delay to sell and otherwise
liquidate the Partnership’s assets. Unless directed otherwise by a Majority in
Interest, all Marketable Securities, cash and other readily divisible or
fungible assets of the Partnership shall be distributed directly to the Partners
in the manner set forth in section 16(c)(i). The Liquidator shall promptly sell
the other assets of the Partnership unless it determines that an immediate sale
of part or all of such assets would cause undue loss to the Partners. In such
case, the Liquidator, to avoid such loss, may defer the liquidation of the
Partnership assets for a reasonable time, except for those liquidations that are
necessary to satisfy the debts and liabilities of the Partnership to persons and
parties other than the Partners. The Liquidator shall distribute the proceeds
from the liquidation of the Partnership’s assets as provided in section
16(c).
(c) Upon
the dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to section 36, and unless the
Partnership is reconstituted, the Liquidator shall cause the accountants for the
Partnership to prepare within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the event
of dissolution, and immediately thereafter shall furnish to each Partner, a
statement setting forth the assets and liabilities of the Partnership as of the
date of its dissolution. The Liquidator, promptly following the complete
liquidation and distribution of the Partnership’s assets, shall cause the
Partnership’s accountants to prepare, and the Liquidator shall furnish to each
person who is a Partner immediately before the dissolution, a statement showing
the manner in which the Partnership assets were liquidated and
distributed.
38. Distribution of Liquidation
Proceeds and Assets and Allocation of Gains and Losses. Subject to the
last sentence of 12(d), the net proceeds from liquidation of the Partnership’s
assets and the unliquidated Property of the Partnership shall be distributed,
and all Profits and Losses resulting from the liquidation of the Partnership
shall be allocated, among the Partners in the proportions and orders of priority
specified in section 16(c).
39. Limitation of Liability of
Partners. Upon the dissolution of the Partnership and the distribution of
the net liquidation proceeds pursuant to section 36 and section 16(c), each
Partner shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the payment of
his unreturned Capital Contributions, and if the Partnership’s assets remaining
after the payment or discharge of the debts and liabilities of the Partnership
are insufficient to pay the full amount of the unreturned Capital Contributions
of each Partner, the Partner shall have no recourse or claim against any Partner
or the Partnership with respect to its unreturned Capital Contributions, except
for claims for fraud, gross negligence, or breach of fiduciary
duty.
40. Waiver of Right of Partition
of Assets. Each Partner, and for his heirs, successors, and assigns,
waives his right to the partition of the assets of the Partnership upon the
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership.
ARTICLE
X
ACCOUNTING YEAR, BOOKS,
RECORDS, AND REPORTS
41. Books and Records. In
accordance with the Act, the Managing General Partner shall maintain at the principal office
of the Partnership a complete and accurate set of books of records and accounts,
in which it shall make full and complete entries of all dealings or transactions
relating to the Partnership’s business and where it shall keep all supporting
documentation of transactions with respect to the conduct of the Partnership’s
business. The Managing General Partner may delegate responsibility to those
persons as a Majority in Interest and agree to compile and maintain all required
information and prepare all required materials provided for in this Agreement.
Each Partner or his duly authorized representative, upon five days’ advance
notice to the Managing General Partner, may examine during normal business hours
the books of the Partnership and all other records and information concerning
the operation of the Partnership.
42. Reports. If requested
by a Partner at least 30 days prior to the end of a quarter, within 60 days
after the end of each fiscal quarter in each fiscal year of the Partnership, the
Managing General Partner shall cause to be prepared and sent to each Partner a
balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement of the Partnership for
and as of the end of that fiscal quarter, in each case unaudited but accompanied
by a report of the activities of the Partnership for that quarter. Within 90
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, the Managing General
Partner shall cause to be prepared and sent to each Partner a financial report
consisting of (a) a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year; (b)
statements of income, partner’s equity, and changes in financial position for
the fiscal year; (c) if requested by a Partner, the opinion of the Partnership’s
certified public accountant concerning the foregoing financial statements; (d) a
summary of the Partnership’s activities for the fiscal year;
(e)
a statement showing the distributions to each Partner during the fiscal year and
identifying any distributions which constitute a return of Capital Contribution;
and (f) a statement showing the amount of Taxable Income or Taxable Loss, and
listing each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or
credit allocated or charged against the Partner for federal and state income tax
purposes.
43. Bank Accounts. The
Managing General Partner shall maintain the bank accounts of the Partnership in
such financial institutions as the Managing General Partner considers
appropriate. The Managing General Partner shall make or permit withdrawals from
the Partnership’s bank accounts on the signature of the Managing General
Partner.
44. Tax Elections. If the
Partnership has not made the election set froth in Treas. Reg. § 1.761-2, or if Subchapter K
of Chapter 1 of the Code applies to the Partnership, the Partnership shall file
an election under Section 754 of the Code, relating to the optional adjustment
to the basis of partnership property, at the first time it is permitted to do so
after the beginning of the term of this Partnership. The Managing General
Partner shall make or waive, at its discretion, all other tax elections
required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code.
45. Accounting Method and Fiscal
Year. The Managing General Partner shall maintain the Partnership records
and books of accounts in accordance with the cash method of accounting, with
such modifications as are set forth in this Agreement, and otherwise in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
The fiscal year of the Partnership is the calendar year.
ARTICLE
XI
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
46. Power of Attorney.
Each Limited Partner (including each substitute Limited Partner), by executing a
counterpart of this Agreement, irrevocably constitutes and appoints, with full
power of substitution, the General Partner as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his name, place and stead to
make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, swear to, publish, record and
file:
(a) any
certificate or other instrument that may be required to be filed, published or
recorded by the Partnership under the Act or any other law of Delaware or that the
Managing General Partner considers advisable to file, publish or
record;
(b) all
documents (including schedules and amendments to this Agreement) that may be
required to effect the continuation or reinstatement of the
Partnership,
admit an additional or substitute Partner (other than any approval required of
Limited Partners), reduce the Capital Contributions of a Partner, or dissolve
and terminate the Partnership; and
(c) all
amendments to this Agreement adopted in accordance with section 54.
The
foregoing power of attorney is coupled with an interest, resulting from each
Limited Partner’s reliance on the power of the attorney-in-fact to act as
contemplated by this Agreement for the purposes described in this section 46.
The foregoing power of attorney shall survive the Retirement of a Limited
Partner and the Assignment by any Limited Partner of all or any part of his
Partnership Interest, except that when an assignee is granted Partnership Rights
and admitted as a substitute Limited Partner the power of Attorney of the
assignor Limited Partner shall survive the Assignment only for the purpose of
enabling the non-managing General Partner to make, execute, acknowledge,
deliver, swear to, publish, record and file every instrument necessary to effect
the substitution.
47. Partnership
Contracts. The Managing General Partner may enter into agreements and
contracts on behalf of the Partnership only if they are in writing and clearly
indicate to the other parties that the Partnership is a general partnership of
which the Managing General Partner is a general partner.
48. Conveyances. Subject
to section 20, the Managing General Partner may sign any deed, mortgage, lease,
bill of sale, security agreement, pledge, contract or other instrument or
commitment purporting to convey or encumber any of the Partnership’s Property or
any interest therein, whether now or subsequently owned or leased at any time by
the Partnership, and no other signature is required.
49. Notices. To be
effective, a notice required or permitted by this Agreement must be in writing,
or by telegram, telex or telecopy if promptly confirmed in writing. A notice is
given when delivered or, if mailed, when deposited in a United States postal
service letterbox to be sent by first-class, postage-prepaid, certified mail,
with return receipt requested (whether or not the sender receives the return
receipt), and addressed, if to a Partner, at his registered address listed on
Exhibit A and, if to the
Managing General Partner or the Partnership, to the attention of such Managing
General Partner at the Partnership’s principal business office.
50. Consents. Any consent
required by this Agreement may be given as follows:
(a) by
a writing given by the consenting Partner and received by the Managing General
Partner or other appropriate recipient at or before the
occurrence
of the action or other thing for which the consent was solicited, unless the
consent is nullified by:
(i) A
writing from the consenting Partner that is received by the Managing General
Partner before the occurrence of the action or other thing for which the consent
was solicited; or
(ii) the
negative vote by the consenting Partner at any meeting called for the purpose of
considering the action or other thing.
(b) by
the affirmative vote of the consenting Partner at any meeting called for the
purpose of considering the action or other thing for which the Partner’s consent
was solicited.
51. Meetings. The
Managing General Partner may call meetings of the Partners for any purpose, at
any, time. The Managing General Partner shall call a meeting of the Partners
within 30 days after he receives from a Majority in Interest a written request
for a meeting, stating the purpose of the requested meeting and the matters
proposed for consideration. Meetings of the Partners may be held at such time,
date and place as the Managing General Partner designates. The Managing General
Partner shall give notice of any meeting of the Partners not less than ten nor
more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, to each Partner at his
registered address listed on Exhibit A. The notice shall
state the time, date and place of the meeting, the purpose of the meeting and
the Partner at whose direction or request the meeting is called. Except in the
case of emergency, meetings of the Partnership shall be held in Delaware or
South Carolina. If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice of
the adjourned meeting is not required if the time and place of the adjournment
is announced at the called meeting. The presence in person or by proxy of a
Majority in Interest constitutes a quorum at a meeting. Any notice of a meeting
required by this section may be waived in writing at, before or after the
meeting and shall be deemed to be waived by each Partner who is present in
person or by proxy at the meeting. Only those persons who are Partners at the
close of business on the day before the meeting are entitled to vote at the
meeting. Any Partner entitled to vote at a meeting may authorize any person to
act for him by written proxy if a copy of the proxy is delivered to the Managing
General Partner before the commencement of the meeting. To be effective, a proxy
must be signed by the Partner (and, if applicable, each co-owner) or his duly
appointed attorney-in-fact, and no proxy shall be valid for more than 11 months
after its date. A proxy is revocable at
the pleasure of the Partner granting it.
52. Binding Effect;
Counterparts. The covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement
are binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the legal and personal
representatives, heirs, successors and permitted assignees of the parties to
this Agreement. The parties may execute this Agreement in any number of
counterparts,
each
of which will be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and
the same agreement.
53. Choice of Law. This
Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Partners under it are governed
by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of
Delaware.
54. Complete Agreement;
Modification. This Agreement contains the final, complete and exclusive
expression of the understanding among the Partners with respect to the
Partnership and its purposes and objectives and supersedes any prior or
contemporaneous agreement or representation, oral or written, by any of them.
Except to admit a new or a substitute Partner or to reflect the withdrawal or
Retirement of a Partner, this Agreement and every provision of it may be
modified or amended only by an agreement in writing signed by or on behalf of
all Partners.
55. Evidence of Partnership
Interests. The Partnership Interest of each Partner is evidenced
exclusively by a counterpart of this Agreement (including Exhibit A) that has been
signed and dated by the Managing General Partner.
56. Tax Matters Partner. The
General Partner or its designee shall be the “tax matters partner” of the
Partnership for federal income tax purposes. Pursuant to Section 6223(c)(2) of
the Code, upon receipt of notice from the Internal Revenue Service of the
beginning of an administrative proceeding with respect to the Partnership, the
General Partner, as the tax matters partner, shall furnish the Internal Revenue
Service with the names, addresses, and Percentage Interests of each of the
Partners. The General Partner agrees not to enter into a settlement agreement
pursuant to Section 6224 of the Code without providing at least 30 days advance
written notice to each Partner. As tax matters partner, the
General Partner shall have absolute discretion regarding whether to seek
judicial review of any administrative determination and, if it determines to
seek judicial review of Internal Revenue Service action pursuant to Section 6226
of the Code, then the General Partner shall select the judicial forum for such
review. The tax matters partner shall receive no compensation for its services
as such. The Partnership shall bear all third party costs and expenses incurred
by the tax matters partner in performing its duties as such. Nothing herein
shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting firm
or law firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging its duties
hereunder.
57. Gender and Number. As
used in this Agreement, the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter,
and the singular includes the plural.
58. Title. Title to any
Property acquired by the Partnership shall be taken in the name of the
Partnership.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by or on behalf of each
Partner as of the date written beside his name.
GENERAL
PARTNER:
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GENERAL
PARTNER:
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/s/ Carol Allison
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/s/ Steven
Blechner
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Carol
Allison
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Steven
Blechner
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From
December 1, 1998 to
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Effective
December 28, 1998
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December
27, 1998
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LIMITED
PARTNER:
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/s/ Barry
Silverstein
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Barry
Silverstein
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RESIGNATION
OF GENERAL PARTNER
OF
SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
The
undersigned, Carol Allison, hereby resign as the General Partner of
SILVERSTEIN INVESTMENTS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP effective December 28, 1998 and
hereby assign all of my Partnership Interest to Steven Blechner who has agreed
to become a General Partner in the Partnership on the terms and conditions set
forth in the Agreement of Limited Partnership dated December 28, 1998.
/s/ Carol Allison
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/s/ Steven
Blechner
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Carol
Allison
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Steven
Blechner
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Withdrawing
General Partner
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Successor
General Partner
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CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT
TO
CERTIFICATE
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
It
is hereby certified that:
1. The
name of the limited partnership (hereinafter called the “partnership”) is
SILVERSTEIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
2. Pursuant
to provisions of Section 17-202, Title 6, Delaware Code, the Certificate of
Limited Partnership is amended as follows:
Carol
Allison has withdrawn as the General Partner and the name and business address
of the General Partner who has replaced Carol Allison is as
follows:
Steven
Blechner
40
Harvestwood Drive
West
Bridgewater, MA 02379
The
undersigned, the withdrawing and successor general partners of the partnership,
executed this Certificate of Amendment on December 28, 1998.
/s/ Carol Allison
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/s/ Steven
Blechner
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Carol
Allison
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Steven
Blechner
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Withdrawing
General Partner
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General
Partner
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RESIGNATION
OF GENERAL PARTNER
OF
SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
The
undersigned, Carol Allison, hereby resign as the General Partner of SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP effective December 28, 1998 and hereby assign
all of my Partnership Interest to Steven Blechner who has agreed to become a
General Partner in the Partnership on the terms and conditions set forth in the
Agreement of Limited Partnership dated December 28, 1998.
/s/ Carol Allison
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/s/ Steven
Blechner
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Carol
Allison
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Steven
Blechner
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Withdrawing
General Partner
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Successor
General Partner
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AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO THE
LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
This
is Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”), to the Limited Partnership Agreement (the
“Agreement”) of Silverstein Investments Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Partnership), entered into by and among Steven Blechner, as
the Managing General Partner, and Barry Silverstein, as the sole limited partner
(“Silverstein”) effective as of October 5, 1999.
BACKGROUND
Steven
Blechner, the sole managing general partner of the Partnership, is
simultaneously with the execution of this Amendment withdrawing and assigning
all of his interest in the Partnership and desires to be replaced by S.B.
Investment Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SB Investment”), as the
managing general partner of the Partnership, and SB Investment desires to be the
substitute managing general partner of the Partnership. Silverstein is the sole
limited partner of the Partnership. The parties hereto wish to amend the
Partnership Agreement to reflect the change of the general partner of the
Partnership. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have
the meaning ascribed to them by the Agreement.
AGREEMENTS
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the
parties agree as follows:
1. Steven
Blechner hereby withdraws as the Managing General Partner of the Partnership and
is replaced by SB Investment.
2. Silverstein
hereby acknowledges and consents to the withdrawal of Steven Blechner and to the
replacement of SB Investment as the Managing General Partner.
3. Article
II Section 5(B) of the Agreement is amended to change the name of the Managing
General Partner from “Steven Blechner,” to “S.B. Investment Management, Inc., a
Delaware corporation”.
4. All
references to the Managing General Partner shall mean solely SB Investment. All
references to the Partner shall mean Silverstein.
5. Except
as modified herein, the terms of the Agreement are unchanged.
6. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
The
parties hereto have executed this Amendment effective as of the date and year
stated above.
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WITHDRAWING
MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER:
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/s/ Steven
Blechner
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Steven
Blechner
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REPLACEMENT
MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER:
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MANAGING
GENERAL PARTNER
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S.B.
Investment Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation
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/s/ Steven
Blechner
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Steven
Blechner, President
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LIMITED
PARTNER
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/s/ Barry
Silverstein
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Barry
Silverstein
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CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT
TO
CERTIFICATE
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
SILVERSTEIN
INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
It
is hereby certified that:
1. The
name of the limited partnership (hereinafter called the “partnership”) is
SILVERSTEIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
2. Pursuant
to provisions of Section 17-202, Title 6, Delaware Code, the Certificate of
Limited Partnership is amended as follows:
Steven
Blechner has withdrawn as the General Partner and the name and business address
of the General Partner who has replaced Steven Blechner is as
follows:
S.B.
Investment Management, Inc.
40
Harvestwood Drive
West
Bridgewater, MA 02379
The
undersigned, the withdrawing and successor general partners of the partnership,
executed this Certificate of Amendment on October 5,1999.
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S.B.
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
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/s/ Steven
Blechner
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By:
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/s/ Steven
Blechner
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Steven
Blechner
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Steven
Blechner, President
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Withdrawing
General Partner
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General
Partner
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