SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
13D
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
The
Howard Hughes Corporation
(Name
of Issuer)
COMMON
STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
(Title
of Class of Securities)
44267D107
(CUSIP
Number)
Joseph
S. Freedman
Brookfield
Asset Management, Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181
Bay Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Telephone:
(416) 956-5182
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
Copy
to:
Gregory
B. Astrachan, Esq.
Michael
A. Schwartz, Esq.
Willkie
Farr & Gallagher LLP
787
Seventh Avenue
New
York, NY 10019−6099
(212)
728−8000
November
9, 2010
(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. ¨
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.
* The
remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the
remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to
all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
CUSIP No.
44267D107
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Page 2 of 27 Pages
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SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Holdings LLC
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
WC
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
OO
|
* By virtue of certain voting rights,
the Reporting Person may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of 6,257,951
shares of Common Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate,
representing 15.1% of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
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Page 3 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Holdings II LLC
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
WC
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
OO
|
* By virtue of certain voting rights,
the Reporting Person may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of 6,257,951
shares of Common Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate,
representing 15.1% of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
|
Page 4 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Holdings III LLC
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
WC
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
OO
|
* By
virtue of certain voting rights, the Reporting Person may be deemed to share
beneficial ownership of 6,257,951 shares of Common Stock held by all of the
Reporting Persons in the aggregate, representing 15.1% of the shares of Common
Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
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Page 5 of 27 Pages
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SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Holdings IV-A LLC
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
WC
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
185,357*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
185,357*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
185,357*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
þ
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.5%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
OO
|
* The Reporting Person may be deemed to
be a member of a “group” with the other Reporting Persons and, therefore, may be
deemed beneficially own the 6,257,951 shares of Common Stock held by all of the
Reporting Persons in the aggregate, representing 15.1% of the shares of Common
Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
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Page 6 of 27 Pages
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SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Holdings IV-B LLC
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
WC
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
369,967*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
369,967*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
369,967*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
þ
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.0%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
OO
|
* The
Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a “group” with the other
Reporting Persons and, therefore, may be deemed beneficially own the 6,257,951
shares of Common Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate,
representing 15.1% of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
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Page 7 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Holdings IV-C LLC
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
WC
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
123,947*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
123,947*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
123,947*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
þ
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.3%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
OO
|
* The
Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a “group” with the other
Reporting Persons and, therefore, may be deemed beneficially own the 6,257,951
shares of Common Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate,
representing 15.1% of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
|
Page 8 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Holdings IV-D LLC
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
WC
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
123,947*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
123,947*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
123,947*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
þ
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.3%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
OO
|
* The
Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a “group” with the other
Reporting Persons and, therefore, may be deemed beneficially own the 6,257,951
shares of Common Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate,
representing 15.1% of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
|
Page 9 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Holdings V LP
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
WC
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
417,115*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
417,115*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
417,115*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
þ
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
PN
|
* The
Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a “group” with the other
Reporting Persons and, therefore, may be deemed beneficially own the 6,257,951
shares of Common Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate,
representing 15.1% of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
|
Page 10 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Asset Management Inc.
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
AF
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Canada
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
|
* See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
|
Page 11 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Trilon
Bancorp Inc.
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
AF
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Canada
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
|
* See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
|
Page 12 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
LP
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
AF
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Canada
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
PN
|
* See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
|
Page 13 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc.
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
AF
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Canada
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
|
* See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
|
|
Page 14 of 27 Pages
|
SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
Retail Split LP
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
AF
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
PN
|
* By
virtue of certain voting rights of Brookfield Retail Holdings LLC, the Reporting
Person may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of 6,257,951 shares of Common
Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate, representing 15.1%
of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
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Page 15 of 27 Pages
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1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
US Holdings Inc.
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
AF
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Canada
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
|
* By
virtue of certain voting rights of Brookfield Retail Holdings LLC, the Reporting
Person may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of 6,257,951 shares of Common
Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate, representing 15.1%
of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
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Page 16 of 27 Pages
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SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
US Corporation
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
AF
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
|
* By
virtue of certain voting rights of Brookfield Retail Holdings LLC, the Reporting
Person may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of 6,257,951 shares of Common
Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate, representing 15.1%
of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
CUSIP No.
44267D107
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Page 17 of 27 Pages
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SCHEDULE
13D
1
|
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Brookfield
REP GP Inc.
|
2
|
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
(b)
þ
|
3
|
SEC
USE ONLY
|
4
|
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
AF
|
5
|
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
or 2(e)
o
|
6
|
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
|
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
7
|
SOLE
VOTING POWER
0
|
8
|
SHARED
VOTING POWER
6,257,951*
|
9
|
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
|
10
|
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,257,951*
|
11
|
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
6,257,951*
|
12
|
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
o
|
13
|
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.1%*
|
14
|
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
|
*
By virtue of certain voting rights of Brookfield Retail Holdings LLC, the
Reporting Person may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of 6,257,951 shares
of Common Stock held by all of the Reporting Persons in the aggregate,
representing 15.1% of the shares of Common Stock. See Item 5.
Item
1. Security and Issuer
This
statement on Schedule 13D (this “Schedule 13D”)
relates to the common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of
The Howard Hughes Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The
address of the Company’s principal executive offices is The Howard Hughes
Corporation, One Galleria Tower, 13355 Noel Road, Suite 950, Dallas, Texas,
75240.
Item
2. Identity and Background
(a) This
Schedule 13D is being filed by each of the following persons (each, a
“Reporting Person” and
collectively, the “Reporting
Persons”):
(i) Brookfield Asset
Management Inc. (“Brookfield”), a
corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario;
(ii) Trilon Bancorp Inc. (“Trilon Bancorp”), a
corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Brookfield;
(iii) Brookfield Private Funds Holdings
Inc. (“Brookfield
Holdings”), a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of
Ontario and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trilon Bancorp;
(iv) Brookfield Asset Management
Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada) LP (“BAM Canada”), a
limited partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Manitoba, of which
Brookfield Holdings is the sole general partner;
(v) Brookfield US Holdings Inc. (“US Holdings”), a
corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Brookfield;
(vi) Brookfield US Corporation (“US Corp.”), a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Holdings;
(vii) Brookfield REP GP Inc. (“BRGP”), a Delaware
corporation, of which US Corp is the sole shareholder;
(viii) Brookfield Retail Split LP
(“Split LP”), a
Delaware limited partnership, of which BRGP is the sole general
partner;
(ix) Brookfield Retail Holdings LLC
(“BRH”)
(formerly known as REP Investments LLC), a Delaware limited liability
corporation, of which BAM Canada is the sole managing member;
(x) Brookfield Retail Holdings II LLC
(“BRH II”), a
Delaware limited liability company, of which BAM Canada is the sole managing
member;
(xi) Brookfield Retail Holdings III LLC
(“BRH III”), a
Delaware limited liability company, of which BAM Canada is the sole managing
member;
(xii) Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-A
LLC (“BRH
IV-A”), a Delaware limited liability company, of which BAM Canada is the
sole managing member;
(xiii) Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-B
LLC (“BRH
IV-B”), a Delaware limited liability company, of which BAM Canada is the
sole managing member;
(xiv) Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-C
LLC (“BRH
IV-C”), a Delaware limited liability company, of which BAM Canada is the
sole managing member;
(xv) Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-D
LLC (“BRH
IV-D”), a Delaware limited liability company, of which BAM Canada is the
sole managing member; and
(xvi) Brookfield Retail Holdings V LP
(“BRH V”), a
Delaware limited partnership, of which BAM Canada is the sole general
partner.
Schedule
I hereto, with respect to Brookfield, Schedule II hereto, with respect to Trilon
Bancorp, Schedule III hereto, with respect to Brookfield Holdings, Schedule IV
hereto with respect to US Holdings., Schedule V hereto with respect to US Corp,
Schedule VI hereto with respect to BRGP, Schedule VII hereto with respect to
BRH, Schedule VIII hereto with respect to BRH II, Schedule IX hereto with
respect to BRH X, Schedule X hereto with respect to BRH IV-A, Schedule XI hereto
with respect to BRH IV-B, Schedule XII hereto with respect to BRH IV-C, Schedule
XIII hereto with respect to BRH IV-D and Schedule XIV hereto with respect to BRH
V set forth lists of all of the directors and executive officers or persons
holding equivalent positions (the “Scheduled Persons”)
of each such Reporting Person.
(b) The
principal business address of each of Brookfield and Trilon Bancorp is 181 Bay
Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2T3. The principal address
of each of Brookfield Holdings, BAM Canada, US Holdings, US Corp., BRGP, Split
LP, BRH, BRH II, BRH III, BRH IV-A, BRH IV-B, BRH IV-C, BRH IV-D and BRH V is
Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281-1021.
Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, Schedule V, Schedule VI,
Schedule VII, Schedule VIII, Schedule IX, Schedule X, Schedule XI, Schedule XII,
Schedule XIII and Schedule XIV hereto sets forth the principal business address
of each Scheduled Person.
(c) The
principal business of Brookfield is to invest and operate businesses in the real
estate, power generation and infrastructure sectors. The principal
business of each of Trilon Bancorp, Brookfield Holdings, US Holdings and US
Corp. is to serve as an investment holding company. The principal
business of BRGP is to serve as general partner of Split LP. The
principal business of Split LP is to invest in the Company and General Growth
Properties, Inc. The principal business of BAM Canada is to serve as
investment manager, managing member or general partner, as applicable, for a
variety of certain private investment vehicles, including each of the Investment
Vehicles (as defined below). The principal activity of each of BRH,
BRH II, BRH III, BRH IV-A, BRH IV-B, BRH IV-C, BRH IV-D, BRH V (each, an “Investment Vehicle”)
is to serve as a special purpose entity for the purpose of making certain
investments in the Company and General Growth Properties,
Inc. Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, Schedule V,
Schedule VI, Schedule VII, Schedule VIII, Schedule IX, Schedule X, Schedule XI,
Schedule XII, Schedule XIII and Schedule XIV hereto set forth the principal
occupation or employment of each Scheduled Person.
(d),(e)
During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons nor any of the
Scheduled Persons (i) has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding
traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) has been a party to a civil
proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as
a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree, or final
order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities
subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with
respect to such laws.
(f) Schedule
I, Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, Schedule V, Schedule VI, Schedule
VII, Schedule VIII, Schedule IX, Schedule X, Schedule XI, Schedule XII, Schedule
XIII and Schedule XIV hereto set forth the citizenships of each of the Scheduled
Persons who is natural person.
Item
3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Funds for
the purchase of the shares of Common Stock and the acquisition of the Warrants
reported herein by the Reporting Persons were derived from the working capital
of the Investment Vehicles. The number of shares of Common Stock
purchased by or on behalf of each Investment Vehicle, the number of Warrants
acquired by or on behalf of each Investment Vehicle, and the approximate amounts
paid by each Investment Vehicle for such securities, are set forth
below.
Investment Vehicle
|
|
Number of Shares of
Common Stock
|
|
|
Number of Warrants
|
|
|
Aggregate Amount (1)
|
|
BRH
|
|
|
789,145 |
|
|
|
1,247,643 |
|
|
$ |
37,578,333.63 |
|
BRH
II
|
|
|
541,513 |
|
|
|
856,134 |
|
|
$ |
25,786,333.54 |
|
BRH
III
|
|
|
621,147 |
|
|
|
982,036 |
|
|
$ |
29,578,428.81 |
|
BRH
IV-A
|
|
|
71,816 |
|
|
|
113,541 |
|
|
$ |
3,419,809.55 |
|
BRH
IV-B (2)
|
|
|
143,342 |
|
|
|
226,625 |
|
|
$ |
6,825,809.58 |
|
BRH
IV-C (2)
|
|
|
48,023 |
|
|
|
75,924 |
|
|
$ |
2,286,809.54 |
|
BRH
IV-D
|
|
|
48,023 |
|
|
|
75,924 |
|
|
$ |
2,286,809.54 |
|
BRH
V
|
|
|
161,609 |
|
|
|
255,506 |
|
|
$ |
7,695,666.73 |
|
Total:
|
|
|
2,424,618 |
|
|
|
3,833,333 |
|
|
$ |
115,458,000 |
|
|
(1)
|
The
Warrants were issued to the Investment Vehicles pursuant to the terms of
the Cornerstone Agreement (defined below) and no consideration was paid by
the Investment Vehicles for the
Warrants.
|
|
(2)
|
The
shares of Common Stock and Warrants are held directly by Brookfield US
Retail Holdings LLC. Pursuant to the BRH IV-B Agreement and BRH IV-C
Agreement, as applicable, the applicable Investment Vehicle shares
investment and voting power (but not with Brookfield US Retail Holdings
LLC) over the shares of Common Stock and Warrants held directly by
Brookfield US Retail Holdings LLC. See Item
6.
|
Item
4. Purpose of the Transaction
Overview
On
April 16, 2009 and April 22, 2009, General Growth Properties, Inc.
(“GGP”) and
certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief (the “Chapter 11
Cases”) in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”)
under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code. On
August 27, 2010, GGP filed with the Bankruptcy Court the third amended and
restated joint Chapter 11 plan of reorganization of the Debtors (as supplemented
on September 30, 2010, the “Plan”) and the
related disclosure statement for the debtors remaining in the Chapter 11
Cases (the “Debtors”). On
October 21, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Plan and on November 9,
2010 (the “Closing
Date”), the Plan became effective and GGP and the other Debtors emerged
from bankruptcy. The Plan set forth the structure of GGP and the other Debtors
following the Closing Date.
Cornerstone
Investment Agreement
GGP and
BRH entered into a Cornerstone Investment Agreement on March 31, 2010 (as
amended and restated from time to time, the “Cornerstone
Agreement”) providing for, among other things, the purchase
and sale of shares of common stock in the Company in connection with the
emergence of GGP and the other Debtors from bankruptcy and the separation of the
Company from GGP. The Cornerstone Agreement was amended and restated
on August 2, 2010 and on November 9, 2010. In accordance with the
Plan and pursuant to the terms of the Cornerstone Agreement, on the Closing Date
GGP was restructured and the Company was separated from GGP. On the
Closing Date, pursuant to the terms of the Cornerstone Agreement, (a) BRH and
the other Investment Vehicles purchased an aggregate of 2,424,618 shares of
Common Stock at a purchase price of $47.619048 per share and (b) BRH and the
other Investment Vehicles were issued an aggregate of 3,833,333 warrants to
purchase shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to the Cornerstone
Agreement, upon the consummation of the Plan, the Company’s board of directors
consisted of nine members, one of whom, David Arthur (pursuant to an agreement
with Brookfield, Trilon Bancorp, Brookfield Holdings, BAM Canada, US Holdings,
US Corp, BRGP and Split LP), was designated by BRH.
The
summary contained herein of the Cornerstone Agreement is not intended to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Cornerstone Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1 hereto and which is
incorporated herein by reference.
Stockholder
Agreement
Pursuant
to the terms of the Cornerstone Agreement and the Plan, the Company and BRH
entered into a Stockholder Agreement (the “Stockholder
Agreement”) on the Closing Date. The Stockholder Agreement
provides that BRH has the right to nominate one director to the Company’s board
of directors so long as BRH and the other “Brookfield Consortium
Members” (which includes Brookfield and certain entities controlled by it
and/or for which it acts as a general partner, managing member or the equivalent
thereof, including the Investment Vehicles) beneficially own in the aggregate at
least 10% of the Common Stock on a fully diluted basis. In addition,
the Stockholder Agreement provides that following the Closing Date, for so long
as BRH and the Brookfield Consortium Members beneficially own in the aggregate
at least 5% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company on a fully diluted
basis, BRH has a right (the “Pre-emptive Right”),
in connection with offerings of Common Stock by the Company, to purchase up to
such number of shares of Common Stock from the Company as is necessary to allow
BRH and the Brookfield Consortium Members collectively to maintain their
proportionate ownership interest in the Company on a fully diluted
basis. BRH can also designate other Brookfield Consortium Members to
exercise such Pre-emptive Right.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Plan and the Cornerstone Agreement, the Stockholder
Agreement provides that the Investment Vehicles are subject to restrictions,
with certain exceptions, on their ability to sell, transfer or dispose of their
shares of Common Stock and Warrants for 18 months following the Closing
Date (the “lock-up
period”). In the first six months of the lock-up period, the Investment
Vehicles may not sell, transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or
Warrants. In the second six months of the lock-up period, the Investment
Vehicles may sell, transfer or dispose of up to an aggregate of 8.25% of the
shares of Common Stock held by them and up to an aggregate of 8.25% of their
Warrants. In the final six months of the lock-up period, the Investment Vehicles
may sell, transfer or dispose of up to an aggregate of 16.5% of the shares of
Common Stock held by them and up to an aggregate of 16.5% of their Warrants (in
each case including any shares transferred or sold during the second six months
of the lock-up period). After 18 months following the Closing Date, the
Investment Vehicles will not be restricted from any transfer of their shares of
Common Stock or the Warrants.
The
summary contained herein of the Stockholder Agreement is not intended to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Stockholder Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2 hereto and which is
incorporated herein by reference.
Warrant
Agreement
As
described above, on the Closing Date BRH and the other Investment Vehicles
received an aggregate of 3,833,333 warrants (“Warrants”), each of
which entitles the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at an initial
exercise price of $50.00 per share, subject to adjustments as provided in the
warrant agreement, dated as of November 9, 2010, by and among Mellon Investor
Services LLC, as warrant agent, and the Company (the “Warrant
Agreement”). Each Warrant has a term of seven years from the date
of issuance. The Warrants (i) are subject to certain adjustments in
connection with dividends and certain other events and (ii) provide each
holder with a cash redemption right at a Black-Scholes-based formula value upon
certain change in control events.
The
summary contained herein of the Warrant Agreement is not intended to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Warrant
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3 hereto and which is
incorporated herein by reference.
Registration
Rights Agreement
Pursuant
to the terms of the Cornerstone Agreement, the Company entered into a
registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”) with the Investment Vehicles directly holding shares of
Common Stock or Warrants and BUSRH (with respect to the securities held by BUSRH
on behalf of BRH IV-B and BRH IV-C) on November 9, 2010, with respect to the
Common Stock and Warrants issued to or held by the Investment Vehicles and
BUSRH, as applicable. The Registration Rights Agreement provides for
(i) unlimited demand registrations, provided that (a) the Company is not
obligated to undertake more than three underwritten offerings requested by BRH
and the Investment Vehicles during the term of the Registration Rights Agreement
and (b) the Company is not obligated to undertake more than one underwritten
offering in any 12-month period pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement,
and (ii) piggyback registration rights. In addition, the Company is
required to use reasonable best efforts to keep the shelf registration statement
contemplated by the Cornerstone Agreement continuously effective for use by BRH
and the Investment Vehicles so long as there remain any registrable securities
outstanding under Registration Rights Agreement.
The
summary contained herein of the Registration Rights Agreement is not intended to
be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4 hereto
and which is incorporated herein by reference.
Operating
Agreements
The
shares of Common Stock and Warrants reported herein are directly held by the
Investment Vehicles or, in the case of BRH IV-B and BRH IV-C, by BUSRH as
nominee for such Investment Vehicles under the BRH IV-B Agreement and the
BRH-IV-C Agreement. Each Investment Vehicle is governed by a
substantially similar limited liability company agreement or limited
partnership agreement in the form attached as an exhibit hereto (collectively,
the “Operating
Agreements”).
BAM
Canada acts as managing member or general partner, as applicable, of each of the
Investment Vehicles. As managing member or general partner, BAM
Canada will have the primary role in structuring and monitoring the investment
in the Company, as well as strategy related to the shares of Common Stock,
Warrants and other securities directly held by the Investment Vehicles, subject
to the approval of Tier One Actions as described below. In addition,
BAM Canada will be empowered to take any and all actions incident to the conduct
of the Investment Vehicle’s business, which is making investments in the
Company, subject to the approval of Tier One Actions as described
below. Additionally, the Operating Agreements provide that an
Investment Vehicle will be designated as a “Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicle” if such Investment Vehicle includes a member (or a group of
affiliated members) which owns 10% or more of the aggregate interests of all of
the Investment Vehicles. Each Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle
will be governed by a separate board of directors (as applicable to each Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicle, the “Board”) comprised of
representatives appointed by each member of such Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicle that owns 10% or more of the aggregate interests of all of the
Investment Vehicles. Each Investment Vehicle which is not a Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicle will have a board of directors comprised of
representatives appointed by BAM Canada.
Pursuant
to the terms of each Operating Agreement, the members of each Investment Vehicle
agreed, among other things, (i) to use such Investment Vehicle’s voting power
and other rights to nominate and elect one or more directors to the board of
directors of the Company, provided that Brookfield (or an affiliate thereof
other than an Investment Vehicle) shall have the right to appoint the first
nominee (and any replacement nominee), (ii) to provide other members of the
Investment Vehicle with “tag-along” rights to the extent that any member
receives and intends to accept a bona fide offer to transfer interests in the
Investment Vehicle, (iii) subject to the provisions of the Voting Agreement
(defined below), to provide for the pro rata exercise by each Investment Vehicle
of, the Pre-emptive Rights (as defined above) to purchase shares of Common Stock
or other securities of the Company or to establish one or more vehicles to
exercise such Pre-emptive Rights, and (iv) to provide for a liquidation of the
Investment Vehicle (and disposition or distribution of the shares of Common
Stock, the Warrants and other assets held by such Investment Vehicle) upon the
occurrence of certain specified events, including the removal of BAM Canada as
the managing member or general partner, as applicable, or a vote of a specified
percentage of interests in such Investment Vehicle. Pursuant to the
terms of each Operating Agreement, Brookfield (US) Investments Ltd., a Bermuda
limited company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield, holds a carried
interest in BRH II, BRH III, BRH IV-A, BRH IV-B, BRH IV-C and BRH
IV-D. In addition, the Operating Agreements provide for, following
the third anniversary of the Closing Date, (i) a sale of Common Stock and
Warrants held by the applicable Investment Vehicle upon the recommendation by
BAM Canada that such securities be sold and (ii) the right of members of the
Investment Vehicle to offer to sell their interests in the Investment Vehicle to
other members, or, if no other members elect to purchase such interests, the
right to cause the sale of the shares of Common Stock and Warrants relating to
such member’s interest in the Investment Vehicle and the distribution of the
proceeds from such sales to such requesting member, in exchange for its
membership interest in the Investment Vehicle.
The
summary contained herein of the Operating Agreements is not intended to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
form of limited liability company agreement for each Investment Vehicle that is
a limited liability company, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 5 hereto and
which is incorporated herein by reference, and the form of limited partnership
agreement for each Investment Vehicle that is a limited partnership, a copy of
which is filed as Exhibit 6 hereto and which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Voting
Agreement
In connection with the transactions
described herein, and pursuant to the terms of the applicable Operating
Agreement, each of the Investment Vehicles entered into a Voting Agreement,
dated as of October 25, 2010 (the “Voting Agreement”),
pursuant to which each Investment Vehicle agreed not to take certain actions
unless the consent of a specified percentage of the interests of the Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles is obtained. Pursuant to the terms of
the Voting Agreement, certain actions (including but not limited to (i) any
matter that the Investment Vehicles, in their capacity as stockholders of the
Company, are entitled to vote upon and (ii) dispositions of material assets of
the Investment Vehicles) (“Tier One Actions”)
with respect to the securities of the Company will require either a “majority
vote” of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (i.e., more than 50% of the
aggregate ownership interests held by all Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles), a “super-majority vote” of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles
(i.e., 66 2/3% of the aggregate ownership interests held by all Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles), or a “hyper-majority vote” of the Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles (i.e., 86% of the aggregate ownership interests
held by all Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles). For any Tier One
Action, the Board will instruct BAM Canada, as the Managing Member of each Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicle, how to vote such Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicle’s interest. Under the respective Operating Agreements, each
Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle has agreed to act in accordance with the
result of the majority vote, super-majority vote, or hyper-majority vote, as
applicable, with respect to each Tier One Action which is presented to the Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles in accordance with the Voting
Agreement.
The
summary contained herein of the Voting Agreement is not intended to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Voting
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 7 hereto and which is
incorporated herein by reference.
* * * * *
The
Reporting Persons intend to review continuously their respective investments in
the Company and the Company’s business affairs, financial position, capital
needs and general industry and economic conditions and, as part of the Reporting
Persons’ continuing evaluation of, and preservation of the value of their
investment in the Common Stock of the Company, the Reporting Persons may from
time to time (i) engage in discussions with certain persons, including, without
limitation, members of the Company’s board of directors, management or
representatives of the Company, other shareholders of the Company and other
relevant parties, concerning matters with respect to the Reporting Persons’
investment in the Common Stock, including, without limitation, the business,
operations, governance, management, strategy and future plans of the Company and
(ii) write letters to, and respond to inquiries from, various parties including,
without limitation, members of the Company’s board of directors, management or
representatives of the Company, other shareholders of the Company and other
relevant parties regarding the Company’s affairs. Based on such
review as well as general economic, market and industry conditions and prospects
existing at the time, the Reporting Persons may, from time to time (subject to
any then existing legal or contractual limitations), determine to increase their
respective ownership of Common Stock (including through the exercise of options
to acquire shares of Common Stock, through open market purchases, in privately
negotiated transactions, through a tender or exchange offer or a merger,
reorganization or comparable transaction or otherwise), approve an extraordinary
corporate transaction with regard to the Company or engage in any of the events
set forth in subparagraphs (a)-(j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Alternatively,
subject to market conditions, any legal or contractual limitations and other
considerations, the Reporting Persons may sell all or a portion of Common Stock
or Warrants owned by the Reporting Persons in the open market, in privately
negotiated transactions, through a public offering or otherwise, but, except as
otherwise provided herein, the Reporting Persons currently have no intention of
selling any shares of Common Stock or Warrants.
Except as
set forth herein, or as would occur upon completion of any of the matters
discussed herein, the Reporting Persons have no present plan or proposal that
would relate to or result in any of the matters set forth in subparagraphs
(a)-(j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D, although the Reporting Persons reserve the
right to develop such plans or proposals.
Item
5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a)-(b) As of the close of business on
November 19, 2010, the Investment Vehicles directly held and beneficially owned
the shares of Common Stock and Warrants indicated on the following
table. Each of the Investment Vehicles shares voting and investment
power as indicated in the paragraphs below the table. All
calculations of percentages of beneficial ownership in this Item 5 and elsewhere
in this Schedule 13D are based on the 37,718,326 shares
of Common Stock reported as outstanding as of November 9, 2010 by the Company in
its Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 8, 2010 plus, where such beneficial ownership includes
Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants included in any such beneficial ownership calculation.
Investment Vehicle
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Beneficial Ownership
|
|
BRH
|
|
|
789,145 |
|
|
|
1,247,643 |
|
|
|
5.23 |
% |
BRH
II
|
|
|
541,513 |
|
|
|
856,134 |
|
|
|
3.62 |
% |
BRH
III
|
|
|
621,147 |
|
|
|
982,036 |
|
|
|
4.14 |
% |
BRH
IV-A
|
|
|
71,816 |
|
|
|
113,541 |
|
|
|
0.49 |
% |
BRH
IV-B (1)
|
|
|
143,342 |
|
|
|
226,625 |
|
|
|
0.98 |
% |
BRH
IV-C (1)
|
|
|
48,023 |
|
|
|
75,924 |
|
|
|
0.33 |
% |
BRH
IV-D
|
|
|
48,023 |
|
|
|
75,924 |
|
|
|
0.33 |
% |
BRH
V
|
|
|
161,609 |
|
|
|
255,506 |
|
|
|
1.10 |
% |
Total:
|
|
|
2,424,618 |
|
|
|
3,833,333 |
|
|
|
15.06 |
% |
(1) The
shares of Common Stock and Warrants are held directly by Brookfield US Retail
Holdings LLC. Pursuant to the BRH IV-B Agreement and BRH IV-C Agreement, as
applicable, the applicable Investment Vehicle shares investment and voting power
(but not with Brookfield US Retail Holdings LLC) over the shares of Common Stock
and Warrants held directly by Brookfield US Retail Holdings LLC.
As
managing member or general partner, as applicable, of each of the Investment
Vehicles, BAM Canada may be deemed, subject to restrictions on its authority
imposed by the Voting Agreement, to beneficially own all shares of Common Stock
and Warrants owned by each of the Investment Vehicles, consisting of 2,424,618
shares of Common Stock and Warrants exercisable to purchase 3,833,333 shares of
Common Stock, collectively representing 15.1% of the Common Stock. As
direct and indirect controlling persons of BAM Canada, each of Brookfield
Holdings, Trilon Bancorp and Brookfield may be deemed to share with BAM Canada
beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock and Warrants.
Split LP
is the non-managing member of BRH. By virtue of (i) its ability under
the Operating Agreement of BRH to appoint and remove the board of directors of
BRH and (ii) the ability of the board of directors of BRH to direct BAM Canada
on behalf of BRH to veto any action requiring a hyper-majority vote under the
Voting Agreement (including voting decisions with respect to, and material
dispositions of, Common Stock by the Investment Vehicles), Split LP may be
deemed to share voting and investment power with respect to the 6,257,951 shares
of Common Stock owned by the Investment Vehicles, representing approximately
15.1% of the shares of the Common Stock. As direct and indirect
controlling persons of Split LP, BRGP, US Holdings, US Corp and Brookfield may
be deemed to share with Split LP beneficial ownership of such shares of Common
Stock and Warrants.
None of
the Reporting Persons has sole voting or investment power with respect to any
shares of Common Stock or Warrants.
By virtue
of the various agreements and arrangements among the Reporting Persons described
in this Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to constitute a
“group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) under the Act and Rule
13d-5(b)(1) thereunder and each member of the “group” may be deemed to
beneficially own all shares of Common Stock and Warrants held by all members of
the “group.” Accordingly, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed
to beneficially own 6,257,951 shares of Common Stock (which includes the
3,833,333 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by
all Reporting Persons), constituting beneficial ownership of 15.1% of the shares
of the Common Stock. Each of the Investment Vehicles expressly
disclaims, to the extent permitted by applicable law, beneficial ownership of
any shares of Common Stock and Warrants held by each of the other Investment
Vehicles.
By virtue
of (i) the ability of the Northern Trust Company, acting in its capacity as
custodian for the Future Fund Board of Guardians (“Future Fund”) under
the Operating Agreement of BRH II to appoint and remove the members of the board
of directors of BRH II and (ii) the ability of the board of directors of BRH II
to direct BAM Canada on behalf of BRH II to veto any action requiring a
hyper-majority vote under the Voting Agreement (including voting decisions and
material dispositions of Common Stock by the Investment Vehicles), Future Fund
may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the Common Stock and
Warrants held by each of the Investment Vehicles. By virtue of (i)
the ability of Stable Investment Corporation (“Stable”) and Best Investment
Corporation (“Best” and,
together with Stable, “SB”)
(both subsidiaries of China Investment Corporation) under the Operating
Agreement of BRH III to appoint and remove the members of the board of directors
of BRH III and (ii) the ability of the board of directors of BRH III to direct
BAM Canada on behalf of BRH III to veto any action requiring a hyper-majority
vote under the Voting Agreement (including voting decisions and material
dispositions of Common Stock by the Investment Vehicles), SB may be deemed to
share voting and investment power over the Common Stock and Warrants held by
each of the Investment Vehicles. Additionally, by virtue of the various
agreements and arrangements among the Reporting Persons described in this
Schedule 13D, Future Fund and/or SB may be deemed to be members of a “group”
with the Reporting Persons. Neither Future Fund nor SB
are Reporting Persons on this Schedule 13D, and any obligations either of
them may have under Section 13(d) of the Act would have to be satisfied on one
or more separate filings. To the extent that either Future Fund or SB
beneficially owns shares of Common Stock or Warrants that are not held by one of
the Investment Vehicles, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own
any such shares of Common Stock or Warrants, but expressly disclaim, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, beneficial ownership thereof.
(c) Other
than the purchase of the shares of Common Stock and the acquisition of Warrants
described in Item 4, none of the Reporting Persons, nor, to their knowledge, any
of the Scheduled Persons, has effected any transaction in Common Stock during
the past sixty (60) days.
(d) As
described in Item 4, pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreements,
Brookfield (US) Investments Ltd., a Bermuda limited company and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Brookfield, holds a Class B interest in BRH II, BRH III, BRH IV-A,
BRH IV-B, BRH IV-C and BRH IV-D, which entitles Brookfield (US) Investments Ltd.
to receive a portion (up to 20%) of the aggregate investment proceeds
distributed to non-managing members or limited partners, as applicable,
of such Investment Vehicles. Pursuant to the terms of the BRH
IV-B Agreement and the BRH IV-C Agreement (described in Item 6), BUSRH, as the
holder of shares of Common Stock and Warrants, has agreed to distribute to BRH
IV-B and BRH IV-C, as applicable, any distributions or cash payments received by
BUSRH with respect to the shares of Common Stock or Warrants held by
it.
(e) Not
applicable.
Item
6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to
Securities of the Issuer
Item 4
and Item 5 of this statement on Schedule 13D are incorporated herein by
reference.
Pursuant
to Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Act, the Reporting Persons have entered
into an agreement on November 19, 2010, with respect to the joint filing of this
Schedule 13D and any amendment or amendments hereto (the “Joint Filing
Agreement”). The Joint Filing Agreement is attached hereto as
Exhibit 8.
On
October 25, 2010, Future Fund entered into and delivered a letter agreement (the
“Future Fund Letter
Agreement”) in connection with its purchase of a limited liability
company interest in BRH II, and the entering into of the Operating Agreement of
BRH II and the subscription agreement related thereto. The Future
Fund Letter Agreement establishes certain aspects of the relationship between
BAM Canada and Future Fund in connection with BAM Canada’s responsibilities as
the managing member of BRH II. Among other things, the Future Fund
Letter Agreement includes provisions (x) permitting the acquisition by Future
Fund (or its subsidiaries) of up to 3% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
outside of the Investment Vehicles (provided that (i) Future Fund notifies BAM
Canada of such transactions and (ii) such shares are voted in the same manner
and in conformance with how BRH II votes its shares of Common Stock) and (y)
relating to transfers of interests, capital calls and commitments, carried
interest and other amounts payable to the managing member of BRH II, and
additional tax matters arrangements between BAM Canada and Future
Fund.
On
October 25, 2010, Stable entered into and delivered a letter agreement (the
“Stable Letter
Agreement”) in connection with its purchase of a limited liability
company interest in BRH III, and the entering into of the Operating Agreement of
BRH III and the subscription agreement related thereto. The Stable Letter
Agreement establishes certain aspects of the relationship between BAM Canada and
Stable in connection with BAM Canada’s responsibilities as the managing member
of BRH III. Among other things, the Stable Letter Agreement includes
provisions (x) permitting the acquisition by Stable and Best (or their
subsidiaries) of up to 3% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock outside of
the Investment Vehicles (provided that (i) Stable or Best, as applicable,
notifies BAM Canada of such transactions and (ii) such shares are voted in the
same manner and in conformance with how BRH III votes its shares of Common
Stock) and (y) relating to transfers of interests, capital calls and
commitments, carried interest and other amounts payable to the managing member
of BRH III, and additional tax matters arrangements between BAM Canada and
Stable and Best.
On
October 25, 2010, BRH IV-B entered into an agreement (the “BRH IV-B Agreement”)
with Brookfield and Brookfield US Retail Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of US Corp (“BUSRH”). Under the
BRH IV-B Agreement, BUSRH holds the 143,342 shares of Common Stock and 226,625
Warrants reported herein as beneficially owned by BRH IV-B and has agreed to
distribute to BRH IV-B any distributions or cash payments received by BUSRH with
respect to such shares of Common Stock and Warrants. BUSRH cannot exercise any
voting or investment power with respect to such shares of
Common Stock and Warrants held by it except at the express
direction of BRH IV-B.
On
October 25, 2010, BRH IV-C entered into an agreement (the “BRH IV-C Agreement”)
with Brookfield and BUSRH. Under the BRH IV-C Agreement, BUSRH holds the 48,023
shares of Common Stock and 75,924 Warrants reported herein as beneficially owned
by BRH IV-C and has agreed to distribute to BRH IV-C any distributions or cash
payments received by BUSRH with respect to such shares of Common Stock and
Warrants. BUSRH cannot exercise any voting or investment power with respect
to such shares of Common
Stock and Warrants held by it except at the express
direction of BRH IV-C.
The
summary contained herein of each of the Future Fund Letter Agreement, the Stable
Letter Agreement, the BRH IV-B Agreement and the BRH IV-C Agreement
is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the full text of such agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 9, 10,
11 and 12 hereto, respectively, and which are incorporated herein by
reference.
Except as
referenced above or as described in Item 4 hereof, there are no contracts,
arrangements, understandings or relationships among the persons named in Item 2
or between such persons and any other person with respect to any securities of
the Company.
Item
7. Material To Be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit
1
|
Amended
and Restated Cornerstone Investment Agreement, effective as of March 31,
2010, by and between Brookfield Retail Holdings LLC (formerly REP
Investments LLC) and General Growth Properties, Inc. (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
General Growth Properties, Inc. on November 12,
2010).
|
Exhibit
2
|
Stockholder
Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2010, by and between Brookfield Retail
Holdings LLC and The Howard Hughes Corporation (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by The
Howard Hughes Corporation on November 12,
2010).
|
Exhibit
3
|
Warrant
Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2010, by and among Mellon Investor
Services LLC, as warrant agent, and The Howard Hughes Corporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed by The Howard Hughes Corporation on November 12,
2010).
|
Exhibit
4
|
Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2010, by and among Brookfield
Retail Holdings LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings II LLC, Brookfield Retail
Holdings III LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-A LLC, Brookfield US
Retail Holdings LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-D LLC, Brookfield
Retail Holdings V LP and The Howard Hughes Corporation (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K
filed by The Howard Hughes Corporation on November 12,
2010).
|
Exhibit
5
|
Form
of Limited Liability Company
Agreement.
|
Exhibit
6
|
Form
of Limited Partnership Agreement.
|
Exhibit
7
|
Voting
Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2010, by and among Brookfield Retail
Holdings LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings II LLC, Brookfield Retail
Holdings III LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-A LLC, Brookfield Retail
Holdings IV-B LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-C LLC, Brookfield Retail
Holdings IV-D LLC and Brookfield Retail Holdings V
LP.
|
Exhibit
8
|
Joint
Filing Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2010, by and among Brookfield
Asset Management Inc., Trilon Bancorp Inc., Brookfield Private Funds
Holdings Inc., Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital
Adviser (Canada) LP, Brookfield US Holdings Inc., Brookfield US
Corporation, Brookfield REP GP Inc., Brookfield Retail Split LP,
Brookfield Retail Holdings LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings II LLC,
Brookfield Retail Holdings III LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-A LLC,
Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-B LLC, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-C LLC,
Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-D LLC and Brookfield Retail Holdings V
LP.
|
Exhibit
9
|
Amended
and Restated Letter Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2010, by and
between the Northern Trust Company, acting in its capacity as custodian
for the Future Fund Board of Guardians and Brookfield Retail Holdings II
LLC.
|
Exhibit
10
|
Amended
and Restated Letter Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2010, by and
between the Stable Investment Corporation and Brookfield Retail Holdings
III LLC.
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Exhibit
11
|
Agreement,
dated as of October 25, 2010, by and among Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-B
LLC, Brookfield and Brookfield US Retail Holdings
LLC.
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Exhibit
12
|
Agreement,
dated as of October 25, 2010, by and among Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-C
LLC, Brookfield and Brookfield US Retail Holdings
LLC.
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SIGNATURES
After
reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, the undersigned
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: November
19, 2010
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BROOKFIELD
ASSET MANAGEMENT
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By:
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Name:
Aleks Novakovic
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Title:
Senior Vice President, Taxation
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By:
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Name:
Joseph Freedman
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Title:
Senior Managing Partner
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BROOKFIELD
ASSET MANAGEMENT PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONAL
CAPITAL ADVISER (CANADA) L.P.
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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Name:
Karen Ayre
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Title:
Vice President
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BROOKFIELD
PRIVATE FUNDS HOLDINGS INC.
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By:
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By:
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Name:
Moshe Mandelbaum
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Title:
Vice President
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TRILON
BANCORP INC.
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By:
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Name:
Aleks Novakovic
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Title:
Vice President
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL SPLIT LP
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By:
Brookfield REP GP Inc., its general partner
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By:
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Title:
Vice President
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL PREFERRED LLC
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By:
Brookfield US Corporation, its managing member
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By:
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Title: Vice
President |
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BROOKFIELD
US HOLDINGS INC.
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
US CORPORATION
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By:
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Title:
Vice President
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS LLC
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By:
Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS II LLC
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By:
Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS III LLC
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By:
Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS IV-A LLC
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By:
Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS IV-B LLC
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By:
Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS IV-C LLC
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By:
Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS IV-D LLC
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By:
Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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By:
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS V LP
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By:
Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its general partner
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By:
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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By:
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By:
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SCHEDULE
I
Brookfield Asset Management
Inc.
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Jack
L. Cockwell, Director
|
51
Yong Street, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J1, Canada
|
Group
Chairman of Brookfield.
|
Canada
|
Marcel
R. Coutu, Director
|
Canadian
Oil Sands Limited, 2500 First Canadian Centre, 350 – 7th
Ave. S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 3N9, Canada
|
President
and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Oil Sands Limited
|
Canada
|
Trevor
J. Eyton, Director
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c/o 130
Adelaide Street W., Suite 3303, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3P5,
Canada
|
Corporate
Director of Brookfield c.
|
Canada
|
Bruce
J. Flatt, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada
|
Managing
Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
James
Gray, Director
|
c/o
335 – 8th
Avenue S.W., Suite 1700, Royal Bank Building, Calgary, Alberta T2P 1C9,
Canada
|
Corporate
Director of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Robert
J. Harding, Director
|
Brookfield
Asset Management Inc, 181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Brookfield Place,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada
|
Corporate
Director of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Maureen
Kempston Drakes, Director
|
c/o
21 Burkebrook Place, Apt. 712, Toronto, Ontario M4G 0A1,
Canada
|
Formerly
GM Group Vice-President
|
Canada
|
David
W. Kerr, Director
|
c/o
51 Yonge Street, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J1,
Canada
|
Corporate
Director of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Lance
Liebman, Director
|
Columbia
Law School, 435 West 116th
Street, New York, New York 10027 – 7297, U.S.A.
|
William
S. Beinecke Professor of Law
|
U.S.A
|
Philip
B. Lind, Director
|
Rogers
Communications Inc., 333 Bloor Street East, 10th
Floor, Toronto, Ontario M4W 1G9, Canada
|
Vice-Chairman
of Rogers Communications Inc.
|
Canada
|
G.
Wallace F. McCain, Director
|
Maple
Leaf Foods Inc., 30 St. Clair Ave. West, Suite 1500, Toronto, Ontario M4V
3A2
|
Chairman
of Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
|
Canada
|
Frank
K. McKenna, Director
|
TD
Bank Financial Group, P.O. Box 1, TD Centre, 66 Wellington St. West,
4th
Floor, TD Tower, Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2, Canada
|
Deputy
Chair of TD Bank Financial Group
|
Canada
|
Jack
M. Mintz, Director
|
University
of Calgary, Suite 926, Earth Sciences Building, 2500 University Drive
N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
|
Palmer
Chair in Public Policy
|
Canada
|
Youssef
A. Nasr, Director
|
P.O.
Box 16 5927, Beirut, Lebanon
|
Formerly
Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
|
Lebanon
and U.S.A
|
James
A. Pattison, Director
|
The
Jim Pattison Group, 1800 – 1067 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C
1C7, Canada
|
Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Jim Pattison
Group
|
Canada
|
George
S. Taylor, Director
|
c/o
R.R. #3, 4675 Line 3, St. Marys, Ontario N4X 1C6, Canada
|
Corporate
Director of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
II
Trilon Bancorp Inc.
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Joseph
Freedman, Director, Vice-President
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner,
Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Jeffrey
Haar, Director, Vice-President and Secretary
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Vice-President, Legal
Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Aleks
Novakovic, Director, Vice-President
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Vice-President, Taxation
Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Sachin
Shah, Director, President
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Managing
Partner,
Brookfield
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
III
Brookfield Private Funds Holdings
Inc.
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Ric
Clark, President
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Joseph Freedman,
Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Sachin
Shah, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Managing
Partner of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Aleks
Novakovic, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Vice President of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Brett
Fox, General Counsel, Secretary
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
General
Counsel, Chief Compliance and Administrative Officer of Brookfield Office
Properties
|
U.S.A
|
Bryan
Davis, Treasurer
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Chief
Financial Officer of Brookfield Office Properties
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
IV
Brookfield US Holdings
Inc.
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Joseph
Freedman, Director, Vice-President
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner,
Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Jeffrey
Haar, Director, Vice-President and Secretary
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Vice-President, Legal
Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Aleks
Novakovic, Director, Vice-President
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Vice-President, Taxation
Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Sachin
Shah, Director, President
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Managing
Partner,
Brookfield
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
V
Brookfield US
Corporation
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Barry
Blattman, Director, President
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
William
Powell, Director, Vice President
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Partner
of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
John
Stinebaugh, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Managing
Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
SCHEDULE
VI
Brookfield REP GP
Inc.
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Ric
Clark, President
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Brett
Fox, General Counsel
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
General
Counsel, Chief Compliance and Administrative Officer of Brookfield Office
Properties
|
U.S.A
|
Bryan
Davis, Treasurer
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Chief
Financial Officer of Brookfield Office Properties
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
VII
Brookfield Retail Holdings
LLC
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Ric
Clark, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Barry
Blattman, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Cyrus
Madon, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
VIII
Brookfield
Retail Holdings II LLC
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Stewart
Tillyard, Director
|
Level
43, 120 Collins St.
Melbourne
VIC 3000
Australia
|
Director,
Property Future Funds Board of Guardians
|
Australia
|
SCHEDULE
IX
Brookfield
Retail Holdings III LLC
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Collin
Lau, Director
|
New Poly Plaza
1 Chaoyangmen
Beidajie
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, P.R.
China
|
Managing
Director in the Private Market Investment Department of China Investment
Corporation
|
Hong
Kong
|
SCHEDULE
X
Brookfield
Retail Holdings IV-A LLC
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Ric
Clark, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Barry
Blattman, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Cyrus
Madon, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
XI
Brookfield
Retail Holdings IV-B LLC
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Ric
Clark, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Barry
Blattman, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Cyrus
Madon, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
XII
Brookfield
Retail Holdings IV-C LLC
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Ric
Clark, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Barry
Blattman, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Cyrus
Madon, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
XIII
Brookfield
Retail Holdings IV-D LLC
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Ric
Clark, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Barry
Blattman, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Cyrus
Madon, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
SCHEDULE
XIV
Brookfield
Retail Holdings V LP
Name and Position of
Officer or Director
|
Principal Business
Address
|
Principal Occupation or
Employment
|
Citizenship
|
Ric
Clark, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Barry
Blattman, Director
|
Three
World Finance Center, 200 Vesey Street, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
U.S.A
|
Cyrus
Madon, Director
|
181
Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3,
Canada
|
Senior
Managing Partner of Brookfield
|
Canada
|
Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
5
FORM
OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
[_________]
A
DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
THE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS (“INTERESTS”) IN [______] LLC HAVE NOT BEEN
AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. INTERESTS MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS
AVAILABLE. IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT INTERESTS WILL BE REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN
ADDITION, TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
ARTICLE 10 HEREOF.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
|
Page
|
|
|
ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
|
2
|
1.1
|
Definitions
|
2
|
|
|
ARTICLE
2 FORMATION AND PURPOSE
|
18
|
2.1
|
Formation
|
18
|
2.2
|
Name
|
18
|
2.3
|
Registered
Office and Registered Agent; Principal Office
|
18
|
2.4
|
Term
|
19
|
2.5
|
Purpose
|
19
|
2.6
|
Admission
of Members; Classes of Interests
|
19
|
2.7
|
Members
Not Agents
|
19
|
2.8
|
ERISA
|
19
|
|
|
ARTICLE
3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
|
20
|
3.1
|
Capital
Contributions
|
20
|
3.2
|
Minimum
Commitment of Brookfield
|
24
|
3.3
|
Subsequent
Closings
|
25
|
3.4
|
Withdrawals
|
26
|
3.5
|
Liability
of Members
|
26
|
3.6
|
Defaulting
Members
|
28
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
4 MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY
|
30
|
4.1
|
Management
Generally
|
30
|
4.2
|
Approval
of Actions Pursuant to the Voting Agreement
|
31
|
4.3
|
Composition
of the Board of Directors
|
34
|
4.4
|
Meetings;
Action by the Board of Directors
|
36
|
4.5
|
Executive
Authority of the Managing Member
|
37
|
4.6
|
Removal
of the Managing Member
|
39
|
4.7
|
Transaction
Costs
|
41
|
4.8
|
Segregation
of Funds
|
43
|
4.9
|
Standard
of Care
|
43
|
4.10
|
Non-Managing
Members
|
43
|
4.11
|
Member
Meetings; Voting; Member Approval Rights
|
43
|
4.12
|
Parallel
Investment Vehicles
|
46
|
4.13
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
48
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
5 INVESTMENT
|
48
|
5.1
|
Investment
|
48
|
5.2
|
Subsequent
GGP Financing
|
48
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
6 DISTRIBUTIONS
|
50
|
6.1
|
Distributions
Attributable to Investments
|
50
|
6.2
|
Adjustments to
Distributions
|
51
|
6.3
|
Distributions in Kind
|
53
|
6.4
|
Limitation on Distributions
|
53
|
6.5
|
Reports on Distributions to Managing
Member
|
53
|
6.6
|
Reinvestment
|
53
|
6.7
|
Clawback
|
54
|
6.8
|
DIP Loan Proceeds
|
54
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE 7
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS OF NET INCOME OR
LOSS
|
55
|
7.1
|
Capital Accounts
|
55
|
7.2
|
No Interest Payable on
Accounts
|
55
|
7.3
|
Allocation of Net Income or
Loss
|
55
|
7.4
|
Allocation of Income or Loss for Tax
Purposes
|
56
|
7.5
|
Tax Returns
|
56
|
7.6
|
Guaranteed Payments
|
56
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE 8
ACCOUNTING AND TAX MATTERS
|
57
|
8.1
|
Books and Records; Reports
|
57
|
8.2
|
Tax Election
|
58
|
8.3
|
Returns
|
59
|
8.4
|
Withholding Tax Payments and
Obligations
|
59
|
8.5
|
Tax Matters Partner; Partnership Status; Certain
Tax Elections
|
61
|
8.6
|
Advice
|
61
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE 9
EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
|
61
|
9.1
|
Exculpation
|
61
|
9.2
|
Indemnification
|
62
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE 10
TRANSFERS BY NON-MANAGING MEMBERS; WITHDRAWAL OF AND
TRANSFER
BY MANAGING MEMBER; LIQUIDITY
EVENTS
|
64
|
10.1
|
Restrictions on Transfer by Non-Managing
Members
|
64
|
10.2
|
Withdrawal of and Transfer by the Managing
Member
|
67
|
10.3
|
Additional Requirements and
Conditions
|
67
|
10.4
|
Substituted Non-Managing
Member
|
69
|
10.5
|
Incapacity of a Non-Managing
Member
|
70
|
10.6
|
Tag-Along Rights
|
70
|
10.7
|
Syndication
|
72
|
10.8
|
Liquidity Events
|
72
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE 11
DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP OF THE COMPANY
|
76
|
11.1
|
Events of Dissolution
|
76
|
11.2
|
Winding Up
|
76
|
11.3
|
Liquidation
|
77
|
11.4
|
Termination of Company
|
78
|
11.5
|
Other Dissolution and Termination
Provisions
|
78
|
ARTICLE 12
GENERAL PROVISIONS
|
79
|
12.1
|
Notices
|
79
|
12.2
|
Title to Company Property
|
80
|
12.3
|
Confidentiality
|
80
|
12.4
|
Exclusivity
|
82
|
12.5
|
Relations with Members
|
83
|
12.6
|
Appointment of Managing Member as
Attorney-in-Fact
|
83
|
12.7
|
Managing Member Discretion
|
85
|
12.8
|
Other Instruments and Acts
|
85
|
12.9
|
Binding Agreement
|
85
|
12.10
|
Payments by Members
|
85
|
12.11
|
No Third Party
Beneficiaries
|
85
|
12.12
|
Reliance on Authority of Person Signing
Agreement
|
85
|
12.13
|
Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury
Trial
|
85
|
12.14
|
Arbitration
|
86
|
12.15
|
Submission to Jurisdiction and Service of
Process
|
87
|
12.16
|
Remedies and Waivers
|
87
|
12.17
|
Amendments
|
88
|
12.18
|
Counterparts
|
88
|
12.19
|
Construction; Headings
|
88
|
12.20
|
Severability
|
88
|
12.21
|
Side Letters
|
89
|
12.22
|
Entire Agreement
|
89
|
12.23
|
Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist
Laws
|
89
|
12.24
|
Investment by Certain Employee Benefit
Plans
|
90
|
12.25
|
Disclosures and Restrictions Regarding Employee
Benefit Plans
|
90
|
12.26
|
Custodian
|
91
|
12.27
|
Certain Protections
|
91
|
SCHEDULE
A
|
Schedule
of Members and Investors in Parallel Investment
Vehicles
|
SCHEDULE
B
|
Transaction
Costs
|
SCHEDULE
C
|
Initial
Members of Board of Directors
|
|
|
EXHIBIT
A
|
Form
of Escrow Agreement
|
EXHIBIT
B
|
Restructuring
Proposal
|
EXHIBIT
C
|
Redemption
Procedure
|
LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
[_________________]
LLC
THIS
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of
[_________________] LLC (the “Company”) is made and
entered into October __, 2010, by and among Brookfield Asset Management Private
Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., a Manitoba limited partnership, as
the managing member (the “Managing Member”) and
those persons who become members of the Company in accordance with the
provisions hereof and whose names are set forth as “Members” on the books and
records of the Company.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS,
the Company was formed pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6
Del. C. Section 18-101 et
seq., as amended from time to time (the “Act”), by filing a Certificate
of Formation of the Company with the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware on [____], 2010 (the “Certificate”);
WHEREAS,
from that date the Company has been governed by a Limited Liability Company
Agreement dated [____], 2010 (the “LLC Agreement”) and
the Managing Member was admitted to the Company as a member pursuant to the LLC
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Investment (as defined below) is one of the investments contemplated by the
Protocol for a Real Estate Turnaround Investment Program (the “Protocol”) dated June
2009 among BAM and certain institutional investors;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to this Agreement, each Person whose subscription to the Company is
accepted by the Managing Member is admitted to the Company as a non-managing
member of the Company (each, a “Non-Managing Member”
and together with the Managing Member, collectively, the “Members”);
and
WHEREAS,
the Managing Member wishes to continue the Company and to amend and restate the
LLC Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements made herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Members hereby amend and restate the LLC
Agreement in its entirety to read as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS;
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
1.1 Definitions. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth
below:
“Acceptance Notice”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(iii)
hereof.
“Acceptance Notice
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(iii)
hereof.
“Acquiring Members”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)
hereof.
“Acquisition Notice”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)(C)
hereof.
“Act” has the meaning
set forth in the Recitals hereof.
“Additional Member”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
“Advisers Act” means
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
“Affiliate” of a
Person means any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under common control with such Person. For purposes of transactions
between one another, the Company and any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall not
be considered “Affiliates” of each other or of Brookfield.
“Affiliate
Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13
hereof.
“Aggregate
Commitments” means the sum of the Commitments of all Members or any
subset of the Members, as the context may require.
“Aggregate Consortium
Commitments” means the sum of (i) the Aggregate Commitments plus (ii) the
aggregate Commitments of the Parallel Vehicle Members to each of the Parallel
Investment Vehicles. For avoidance of doubt, each Consortium Member’s
Commitment within a single subscription agreement shall only be included in
either clause (i) or clause (ii) in the preceding sentence.
“Agreement” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof, including all schedules
and exhibits hereto, as subsequently amended or restated from time to time in
accordance with the provisions hereof and the Act.
“Available Commitment”
means, with respect to any Member as of any date of determination, such Member’s
Commitment, less the excess of
(i) the aggregate amount of all previously funded Capital Contributions over
(ii) the aggregate amount of any Capital Contributions returned to such Member
pursuant to Section
3.1(e) or 3.3(d)
hereof.
“BAM” means Brookfield
Asset Management Inc., an Ontario corporation.
“Bankruptcy” of a
Person, means: (a) such Person (i) makes an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; (iii) is
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief,
in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; (iv) files a petition or answer
seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law, or
regulation; (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to
contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any
proceeding of such nature; or (vi) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or
any substantial part of its properties; or (b) if one hundred and twenty (120)
days after the commencement of any proceeding against such Person seeking
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation, the
proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within ninety (90) days after the
appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee,
receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its
properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within ninety (90) days
after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not
vacated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a
Person is a partnership, Bankruptcy of such Person shall also include the
Bankruptcy of any general partner of such Person. The foregoing
definition of “Bankruptcy” is intended to replace and shall supersede and
replace the definition of “Bankruptcy” in Section 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the
Act.
“Beneficial Owner” has
the meaning set forth in Section 12.26
hereof.
“Benefit Plan” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.24
hereof.
“Benefit Plan
Fiduciary” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.24
hereof.
“Board of Directors”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3
hereof.
“Brookfield” means BAM
or any Affiliate thereof, other than the Company and any Parallel Investment
Vehicle.
“Brookfield Minimum
Hold” means the minimum aggregate Commitments of BAM and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any account
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis unless 100% of the economic and
beneficial interests in such account are owned by BAM or any its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries) to the Company and/or any Parallel Investment Vehicle, which shall
be the lesser of (i) twenty percent (20%) of the Aggregate Consortium
Commitments, (ii) $600 million or (iii) such lesser amount resulting solely from
any permitted Disposition contemplated by Section 10.8(a)
or 10.8(d)(i)
that reduces the Commitment of BAM and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries (which, for
the avoidance of doubt, does not include any account managed by Brookfield on a
discretionary basis unless 100% of the economic and beneficial interests in such
account are owned by BAM or any its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) below the
applicable thresholds in clauses (i) and (ii).
“Business Day” means
any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial
banks in either New York, New York or Beijing, China are authorized or required
to be closed.
“Business Hours” means
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on a Business Day at the address of the
recipient for a notice or other communication under Article 12
hereof.
“Business Plan” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a)(iii)
hereof.
“Capital Account”
means, with respect to any Member, the capital account in respect of its
Interest maintained for such Member in accordance with Section 7.1
hereof.
“Capital Call Payment
Date” means a date specified in a Funding Notice for the payment of a
Capital Contribution by one (1) or more Members to the Company or any date on
which an Additional Member makes its initial Capital Contribution to the
Company.
“Capital Contribution”
means, with respect to any Member, the (i) value of any property contributed or
deemed contributed as capital by such Member to the Company and (ii) cash
contributions contributed as capital by such Member to the Company.
“Carried Interest”
means the distributions actually received or deemed to be received by the Class
B Member in respect of its Class B Interest pursuant to Sections 6.1(d)
and 6.1(e)
hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, “deemed” Carried Interest
distributions shall refer to distributions deemed made to the Class B Member in
respect of its Class B Interest pursuant to Sections 8.4 and
11.3
hereof.
“Certificate” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof, as originally filed in the office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and as subsequently amended
and/or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof and
the Act.
“Change of Control”
means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) any Person or group of related
Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, becomes the
beneficial owner, as defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or
regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act, directly or indirectly, of 50% or
more of the total voting power of BAM (on a direct or indirect basis); (2) there
will be consummated any consolidation or merger or amalgamation of BAM in which
BAM is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which the
common voting shares of BAM would be converted into cash, securities or other
property, other than a merger or consolidation or amalgamation of BAM in which
the holders of the voting common shares of BAM outstanding immediately prior to
the consolidation or merger or amalgamation hold, directly or indirectly, at
least a majority of the voting common shares or voting interests of the
surviving corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger or
amalgamation; (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board
of directors of BAM are not Continuing Directors or (4) the first day that 100%
of the economic and beneficial interests in the Managing Member are not owned
and controlled, directly or indirectly, by BAM.
“Chapter 11 Case”
means the cases pending as of the Initial Closing Date before the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York involving GGP and certain
of its Affiliates which are being jointly administered under Case No. 09-11977
(ALG).
“Class”, “Class A Interest”,
“Class B Interest” and “Class C Interest” each has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.6(b)
hereof.
“Class B Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b)
hereof.
“Class C Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b)
hereof.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment” means,
(i) with respect to any Member, such Member’s obligation to make Capital
Contributions to the Company (or a Parallel Investment Vehicle, to the extent
set forth in such Member’s Subscription Agreement) in an aggregate amount not to
exceed the amount set forth in such Member’s Subscription Agreement and opposite
such Member’s name on Schedule A hereto in
the column entitled “Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced or increased, as
applicable, by assignment, transfer, or syndication or otherwise adjusted from
time to time in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) with respect to any
Parallel Vehicle Member, such Parallel Vehicle Member’s obligation to make
capital contributions to the applicable Parallel Investment Vehicle in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Parallel Vehicle Agreement and the
Parallel Vehicle Member’s applicable subscription agreement.
“Commitment Account”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f)
hereof.
“Commitment Account
Draw” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f)(i)
hereof.
“Commitment LC” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g)
hereof.
“Commitment LC Draw”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g)(i)
hereof.
“Company” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Company Business” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.5
hereof.
“Company Percentage
Interest” means, with respect to any Member as of any date of
determination, the interest, expressed as a percentage, in the Company held by
such Member, determined by dividing the Invested Capital of such Member by the
aggregate Invested Capital of all Members, or if the Invested Capital of all
Members is zero, determined by dividing the Commitment of such Member by the
Aggregate Commitments.
“Consortium” means,
collectively, the Company and all the Parallel Investment Vehicles.
“Consortium Member”
means any Member or any Parallel Vehicle Member.
“Consortium Percentage
Interest” means, (i) with respect to any Consortium Member as of any date
of determination, the interest, expressed as a percentage, in the Consortium
held by such Consortium Member, determined by dividing the Invested Capital of
such Consortium Member by the aggregate Invested Capital of all Consortium
Members, (ii) with respect to the Company as of any date of determination, the
interest, expressed as a percentage, in the Consortium held by the Company,
determined by dividing the Invested Capital of all the Members by the aggregate
Invested Capital of all Consortium Members and (iii) with respect to any
Parallel Investment Vehicle as of any date of determination, the interest,
expressed as a percentage, in the Consortium held by such Parallel Investment
Vehicle, determined by dividing the Invested Capital of all Consortium Members
holding an Interest in such Parallel Investment Vehicle by the aggregate
Invested Capital of all Consortium Members, provided that in each case,
if the Invested Capital of all Consortium Members is zero, the determinations
above shall be based on the Commitment of each Consortium Member and the
Aggregate Consortium Commitments.
“Constituent Member”
of a specified Person, means any other Person that is an officer, director,
member, partner or shareholder in such specified Person, or any Person that,
indirectly through one or more limited liability companies, partnerships or
other entities, is an officer, director, member, partner or shareholder in such
specified Person.
“Continuing Director”
means with respect to BAM, as of any date of determination, any member of the
board of directors of BAM: (i) who was a member of the board of directors of BAM
on the Initial Closing Date; or (ii) whose appointment or election was approved
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were
members of the board of directors of BAM at the time of that director's
nomination or election.
“control”, “controlled”, and
“controlling” mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting Securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“Daily VWAP” means,
for any trading day in respect of a Security trading on a national stock
exchange or active over-the-counter market, the per Security volume weighted
average price as displayed on Bloomberg (or its equivalent successor if such
service is not available) in respect of the period from scheduled open of
trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on
such trading day on the national stock exchange or active over-the-counter
market for such Security (or if such volume weighted average price is not
reported by Bloomberg, then as reported by another recognized source selected by
the Managing Member; provided, that the selection
is consistent with previous selections made in respect of such Security). The
Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other
trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
“Debt” means any
notes, bonds, evidences of indebtedness or debt of GGP not secured by real
property, including the 3.98% Exchangeable Senior Notes issued by GGP Limited
Partnership, under Rule 144A of the Securities Act, pursuant to an indenture
dated April 16, 2007, five (5) series of public bonds issued by The Rouse
Company LP pursuant to an indenture dated February 24, 1995, one (1) series of
bonds in a private placement issued by The Rouse Company LP and TRC Co-Issuer,
Inc. pursuant to an indenture dated May 5, 2006, and a term and revolving credit
facility pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of February 24, 2006, by and among General Growth Properties, Inc., GGP Limited
Partnership and GGPLP, L.L.C., as borrowers, Eurohypo AG, New York Branch, as
administrative agent, and the lenders from time to time party
thereto.
“Default Amount” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a)
hereof.
“Defaulting Member”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a)
hereof.
“Delaware Arbitration
Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.14
hereof.
“DIP Loan” means that
certain Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security and Guaranty
Agreement dated July 23, 2010 among certain lenders, Barclays Capital as the
sole arranger, Barclays Bank PLC, as the administration and collateral agent,
General Growth Properties, Inc. and GGP Limited Partnership, as the borrowers
and the guarantors party thereto.
“DIP Loan
Contributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h)(i)
hereof.
“DIP Loan Funding
Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h)(i)
hereof.
“DIP Loan Investment”
means the lender interests in the DIP Loan held directly or indirectly by the
Company or a Subsidiary thereof.
“DIP Loan Investment
Funds” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h)(i)
hereof.
“DIP Loan Purchase
Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h)(i)
hereof.
“Disposing Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)
hereof.
“Disposition” means
any transaction or series of transactions whereby the Company sells or otherwise
disposes of all or any portion of its right, title and interest in and to the
Investment or other assets of the Company, including any merger or
consolidation, any distribution in kind of all or any portion of the Investment
or other assets of the Company to any Member, and any deemed sales or other
dispositions pursuant to Sections 6.1(a)-6.1(d),
8.4, 10.8(d) or 11.3(c)
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sale or disposition of all
or any portion of the Investment in connection with the substitution or exchange
of any part of the Investment in the ordinary course of business under the terms
of the Investment or in connection with or as a result of the Chapter 11 Case
shall not be deemed a Disposition in whole or in part, unless such sale or
disposition is for cash, which cash is not required to be immediately reinvested
in GGP pursuant to the Plan.
“Dispose” and “Disposed of” have
meanings correlative thereto.
“Dispute” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.14
hereof.
“Distribution Date”
means any date of distribution under Sections 3.3(d),
6.1, 10.8(a), 10.8(b), 10.8(d) or 11.3
hereof.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful
money of the United States of America.
“Electing Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(g)
hereof.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the related provisions of the
Code, and the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each
case, as amended from time to time, and the judicial and administrative rulings
and interpretations thereof.
“Escrow Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f)
hereof.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Existing Consortium
Members” means, collectively, the Managing Member and any Consortium
Member admitted or deemed admitted to REP prior to September 1,
2010.
“Exit Price” has the
meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(B) hereof.
“Fair Market Value”
means on a valuation date:
(a) with
respect to Securities, (i) if traded on one (1) or more securities exchanges or
the Nasdaq National Market System, the Twenty-One-Day Average VWAP of the
Securities; (ii) if actively traded over-the-counter (other than on the Nasdaq
National Market System), the Twenty-One-Day Average VWAP of such Securities; or
(iii) if there is no active public market, determined based on a valuation as of
such valuation date by an appropriately qualified independent third-party
valuation agent, designated by the Managing Member and approved pursuant to the
Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on the approval of a
Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles;
(b) with
respect to Debt (other than Debt that is a Security), (i) the average of three
(3) quotes, or such lesser number of quotes as available, each provided by a
different nationally recognized banking institution that actively trades such
Debt or different market maker for such Debt designated by the Managing Member
as to the amount in cash in immediately available funds that such nationally
recognized banking institution or market maker would be willing to pay to the
Company as of such date to purchase the Debt held on such date by the Company,
or (ii) in the event such quote(s) are unavailable, determined based on a
valuation as of such valuation date by an appropriately qualified independent
third-party valuation agent, designated by the Managing Member and approved
pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on the
approval of a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles;
and
(c) with
respect to any other Company asset or liability, (i) the market value as of the
valuation date as reasonably determined pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which
such determination shall be based on the determination of a Super-Majority Vote
of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, or (ii) in the event under the Voting
Agreement a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles is
unable to agree on such valuation within 30 days of the first consideration by
the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles of the need to determine Fair Market
Value, determined based on a valuation made by an appropriately qualified
independent third-party valuation agent, designated by the Managing Member and
approved pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on
the approval of a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles.
“Fiscal Year” means
the calendar year, unless otherwise determined pursuant to the Voting Agreement,
which such determination shall be based on the determination of a Hyper-Majority
Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles.
“FOIA” has the meaning
set forth in Section
12.3(d) hereof.
“FOIA Member” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.3(b)
hereof.
“Funding Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c)
hereof.
“Funding Notice” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1
hereof.
“GAAP” means the
United States generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a consistent
basis.
“GGP” means General
Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, including its successor(s)
(including, for greater certainty, General Growth Opportunities (as defined in
the Restructuring Proposal)), and its subsidiaries.
“GGP Director” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a)(viii)
hereof.
“GGP Financing Allocation
Percentage” means, for each GGP Financing Member, an amount, expressed as
a percentage, equal to such GGP Financing Member’s Consortium Percentage
Interest divided by the aggregate Consortium Percentage Interests of all GGP
Financing Members.
“GGP Financing
Interests” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a)
hereof.
“GGP Financing Member”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b)
hereof.
“GGP Financing
Vehicle” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a)
hereof.
“GGP Holdco” means an
entity or entities which directly or indirectly owns and controls all or
substantially all of the business of the entities comprising GGP (including, for
greater certainty, General Growth Opportunities (as defined in the Restructuring
Proposal)) as of the date hereof.
“Hyper-Majority Vote of Board
of Directors” means the affirmative vote of the members of the Board of
Directors representing Consortium Members who in the aggregate hold Consortium
Percentage Interests of at least eighty-six percent (86%) of all of the
Consortium Percentage Interests of all Consortium Members represented on the
Board of Directors. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain
Interests shall not be included as provided in Section 4.4(c)
hereof.
“Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members” means (i) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or
determination of only the Members, the affirmative vote, consent, approval or
determination of the Members who in the aggregate hold Company Percentage
Interests of at least eighty-six percent (86%) of all of the Company Percentage
Interests and (ii) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or determination
of the Consortium Members (which the Members agree will include the votes,
consents, approvals and determinations referenced in Sections 4.6(c),
4.11(f), 10.2, 10.8(c) and 12.17 and such other
votes, consents, approvals and determinations for matters pertaining to all of
the members of the Consortium as set forth in this Agreement) the affirmative
vote, consent, approval or determination of the Consortium Members who in the
aggregate hold Consortium Percentage Interests of at least eighty-six percent
(86%) of all of the Consortium Percentage Interests. For purposes of
the preceding sentence, certain Interests shall not be included as provided in
Section 4.11(d)
hereof.
“Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles” means the affirmative vote of the Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles who in the aggregate hold Consortium Percentage
Interests of at least eighty-six percent (86%) of all of the Consortium
Percentage Interests held by Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests
shall not be included as provided in the Voting Agreement.
“IFRS” means the
International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the International
Accounting Standards Board.
“Indemnified Party”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a)
hereof.
“Indemnifying Party”
means any Person responsible for making payments of amounts constituting
indemnification pursuant to Article 9
hereof.
“Independent Accounting
Firm” means Deloitte & Touche LLP, or any other “Big Four” accounting
firm selected by the Managing Member and approved pursuant to the Voting
Agreement, which such approval shall be based on the approval of a
Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles.
“Initial Closing Date”
means March 31, 2010.
“Initial Members”
means, collectively, the Managing Member and any Consortium Member admitted or
deemed admitted to the Company (or REP, if applicable) on the Initial Closing
Date for so long as such Consortium Member maintains a Consortium Percentage
Interest of at least fifteen percent (15%).
“Interest” means (i)
with respect to any Member, the limited liability company interest of any Class
owned by a Member in the Company at any particular time, including the right of
such Member to any and all benefits to which such Member may be entitled as
provided in this Agreement or applicable law, together, with any and all
obligations of such Member to comply with all terms and provisions of this
Agreement and (ii) with respect to any Parallel Vehicle Member, the limited
liability company, limited partner or other similar interest owned by a Parallel
Vehicle Member in a Parallel Investment Vehicle at any particular time,
including the right of such Parallel Vehicle Member to any and all benefits to
which such Parallel Vehicle Member may be entitled as provided in the applicable
Parallel Vehicle Agreement or applicable law, together, with any and all
obligations of such Parallel Vehicle Member to comply with all terms and
provisions of the applicable Parallel Vehicle Agreement.
“Internal Dispute”
means any claim in which (a) one or more members of the Board of Directors, the
Managing Member, the Managing Member’s Affiliates or their respective employees
or managers are suing one or more other members of the Board of Directors, the
Managing Member, the Managing Member’s Affiliates or their respective employees
or managers and (b) neither the Company nor a Parallel Investment Vehicle is a
plaintiff, defendant or other participant in such claim and/or will (or could
reasonably be expected to) receive any monetary benefit from the outcome of such
claim.
“Internal Rate of
Return” means, with respect to a Member as of any Distribution Date, the
annual percentage rate, which when utilized to calculate the present value of
all distributions (i.e., cash inflows) received
by such Member from the Company shall cause such present value to equal the
present value of all Capital Contributions (i.e., cash outflows) made by
such Member. In order for a Member to receive a positive Internal
Rate of Return, a Member must receive an aggregate amount equal to (a) its
aggregate Capital Contributions, plus (b) a return thereon. The
Internal Rate of Return with respect to a Member, at any Distribution Date,
shall be computed with annual compounding. For purposes of computing
such Internal Rate of Return, (i) all Capital Contributions of such Member shall
be treated as Capital Contributions made on the applicable Capital Call Payment
Date, (ii) each distribution or payment of cash received by such Member
(including pursuant to Sections 3.3(d),
6.1, 10.8(a), 10.8(b), 10.8(d) or 11.3 hereof) shall be
treated as a distribution on the date such funds are distributed by the Company,
and (iii) each distribution or payment of non-cash property received by such
Member in kind (including pursuant to Sections 6.1 or
11.3 hereof)
shall be treated as a distribution on the Distribution Date such non-cash
property is distributed by the Company; provided, however, that with
respect to clause (iii), for purposes of calculating the Internal Rate of Return
with respect to a Member, such Member shall be deemed to have received cash in
an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (determined as of the applicable
Distribution Date) of all non-cash property distributed (or deemed distributed)
to such Member by the Company.
“Invested Capital”
means, (i) with respect to any Member as of any date of determination, the sum
of all Capital Contributions made by such Member as of such date reduced by any
Invested Capital returned to such Member pursuant to Sections 3.1(e)
or 3.3(d)
hereof; provided, that,
except for any Invested Capital returned to a Member pursuant to Sections 3.1(e)
and 3.3(d)
hereof, the amount of Invested Capital at any time shall not take into account
any return of, or distribution with respect to, such Invested Capital, and (ii)
with respect to any Parallel Vehicle Member as of any date of determination,
such Parallel Vehicle Member’s “invested capital” as determined in accordance
with the applicable Parallel Vehicle Agreement.
“Investment” means,
collectively, the Debt and New Equity held by the Company from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“Investment Company
Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to
time.
“Investment Proceeds”
means all cash, other proceeds or Securities available for distribution by the
Company, net of (a) Reserves and (b) amounts necessary to pay Transaction Costs,
liabilities and obligations of the Company then due and owing (to the extent the
Members have not made Capital Contributions in respect of such Transaction
Costs, liabilities and obligations of the Company or such Transaction Costs,
liabilities and obligations of the Company were not otherwise covered by
Reserves).
“LLC Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.
“Long Stop Date”
means, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Initial Members or extended
pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such extension shall be based on the
consent of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, the
later of (a) the earlier of (i) the final day of the Standstill Period and
(ii) October 31, 2010 and (b) the date the Restructuring Proposal is (I)
terminated or (II) terminable by the Company in accordance with its terms
without default by the Company thereunder.
“Majority Vote of Board of
Directors” means the affirmative vote of the members of the Board of
Directors representing Consortium Members who in the aggregate hold Consortium
Percentage Interests greater than fifty percent (50%) of all of the Consortium
Percentage Interests of all Consortium Members represented on the Board of
Directors. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests
shall not be included as provided in Section 4.4(c)
hereof.
“Majority Vote of
Members” means (i) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or
determination of only the Members, the affirmative vote, consent, approval or
determination of the Members who in the aggregate hold Company Percentage
Interests representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of all of the Company
Percentage Interests and (ii) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or
determination of the Consortium Members (which the Members agree will include
the votes, consents, approvals and determinations referenced in Section 4.11(a)
and such other votes, consents, approvals and determinations for matters
pertaining to all of the members of the Consortium as set forth in this
Agreement), the affirmative vote, consent, approval or determination of the
Consortium Members who in the aggregate hold Consortium Percentage Interests
representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of all of the Consortium
Percentage Interests. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain
Interests shall not be included as provided in Section 4.11(d)
hereof.
“Majority Vote of Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles” means the affirmative vote of the Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles who in the aggregate hold Consortium Percentage
Interests representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of all of the Consortium
Percentage Interests held by Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests
shall not be included as provided in the Voting Agreement.
“Managing Member” has
the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof, or any temporary
replacement managing member from time to time while and for so long as it is a
managing member.
“Members” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.
“Minimum Condition”
means, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Initial Members, either (a)
the transaction contemplated by the Restructuring Proposal has been consummated,
or (b)(i) the Consortium holds or controls at least twenty-five (25%) of the
common voting equity of GGP Holdco on a fully diluted basis, and (ii) the
Consortium has representation on the board of directors of GGP Holdco (or the
right thereto) (which, in the case of agreement by General Growth Properties
Inc. to the Restructuring Proposal as amended from time to time, shall be
representation by two directors (or the right thereto)), in each case by the
Long Stop Date.
“New Equity” means
common equity of GGP Holdco, including common shares, preferred shares,
convertible preferred shares or any other type of security instrument or
contract that grants equity-like rights and interests or is convertible or
exchangeable into common equity of GGP Holdco.
“Non-Managing Member”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof until any such Person ceases to
be a non-managing member, and any other Person from time to time while and for
so long as it is a non-managing member.
“Notional Interest”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
“Notional Principal
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
“OFAC List” means the
list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons subject to financial
sanctions that is maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign
Development Assets Control, pursuant to applicable law, including, without
limitation, trade embargo, economic sanctions or other prohibitions imposed by
the executive order of the President of the United States. As of the
date hereof, the OFAC List is accessible through the internet website
www.treas.gov/ofac/t11sdn.pdf.
“Offer Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(ii)
hereof.
“Offer Price” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(ii)
hereof.
“Offer Terms” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(ii)
hereof.
“Offered Interest” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)
hereof.
“Offeree Members” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)
hereof.
“Operating Expenses”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(b)
hereof.
“Organizational
Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)
hereof.
“Parallel Investment
Vehicle” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12
hereof.
“Parallel Vehicle
Agreement” means the limited liability company agreement, limited
partnership agreement or similar agreement of a Parallel Investment Vehicle, as
amended from time to time.
“Parallel Vehicle
Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12
hereof.
“Partially Adjusted Exit
Price” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(E).
“Participating GGP Financing
Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(c)
hereof.
“Person” means any
individual, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company,
unlimited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, business trust,
statutory trust, cooperative, association, or other entity, and, where the
context so permits, the legal representatives, successors in interest and
permitted assigns of such Person.
“Plan” means GGP’s
plan of reorganization with respect to the Chapter 11 Case.
“Potential Transfer
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(i)
hereof.
“Prime Rate” means, on
any date of determination, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of
interest published, from time to time, by The Wall Street Journal
(United States edition) designated therein as the “prime rate” at large United
States money center banks.
“Proceeding” has the
meaning set forth in Section 1)a)i)(2)
hereof.
“Prohibited Person”
means any Person identified on the OFAC List or any other Person with whom a
U.S. Person (as defined below) may not conduct business or transactions by
prohibition of federal law or executive order of the President of the United
States of America. For the purposes of this definition, the term “U.S. Person”
means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized
under the laws of the United States (including foreign branches), or any person
in the United States.
“Protocol” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.
“Provisional Sale
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(A) hereof.
“Redemption Procedure”
means the procedure set forth in Exhibit C
hereto.
“Remaining GGP Financing
Percentage” means, for each Participating GGP Financing Member, an
amount, expressed as a percentage, equal to such Participating GGP Financing
Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest divided by the aggregate Consortium
Percentage Interests of all Participating GGP Financing Members.
“Removal Conduct
Event” means (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control with respect to
the Managing Member or BAM; (b) the failure of BAM and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries to comply with the requirements of Section 3.2
hereof; (c) the failure of the Managing Member or BAM (or any of its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries) to fund any of their respective Commitments; (d) the
Managing Member or BAM (or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that are
Members) being subject to any event of Bankruptcy or (e) the occurrence of a
“Removal Conduct Event” (as defined in each Parallel Vehicle Agreement) under
any Parallel Vehicle Agreement (unless such “Removal Conduct Event” is waived
pursuant to the terms of such Parallel Vehicle Agreement).
“Removal Liquidating
Trustee” means Deloitte & Touche LLP, or any other liquidating
trustee approved pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be
based on the approval of a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles.
“REP” means REP
Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Reply” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.6(b)
hereof.
“Reserves” means the
amount of cash, other proceeds or Securities that the Managing Member determines
in good faith and in its reasonable discretion, subject to different
instructions in writing by a Hyper-Majority Vote of Members (excluding from both
the numerator and denominator of such percentage the Interests held by the
Managing Member and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest
of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis), is necessary to be
maintained by the Company for the purpose of paying reasonably anticipated
Transaction Costs, liabilities and obligations of the Company, regardless of
whether such Transaction Costs, liabilities and obligations are actual or
contingent.
“Restructuring
Proposal” means that certain Amended and Restated Cornerstone Investment
Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, by and between GGP and the Company,
in the form as submitted to the Company by the Managing Member prior to the
Initial Closing Date and attached hereto as Exhibit B, as the
same may be amended from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Restructuring Proposal
Termination” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h)(iv).
“Reports” has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.3(b)
hereof.
“Returns” has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a)
hereof.
“Rules” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.14
hereof.
“Sale Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(B) hereof.
“Sale Offer” has the
meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(B) hereof.
“Sale Recommendation”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(i)(A)
hereof.
“Sale Recommendation
Acceptance Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(i)(A)
hereof.
“Securities” means,
for purposes of this Agreement, securities of every kind and nature and rights
and options with respect thereto, including stock, shares, notes, bonds,
evidences of indebtedness, New Equity and other business interests of every
type, including interests in GGP.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Selling Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)
hereof.
“Services Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a)
hereof.
“Sharing Percentage”
means, with respect to any Member as of any date of determination, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is an amount equal to the
Invested Capital of such Member, and the denominator of which is an aggregate
amount equal to the sum of the Invested Capital of all Members.
“Standstill Period”
means the period ending on the later of (a) the date the Consortium is required
to continue to hold all or any portion of the Investment under the Restructuring
Proposal, and (b) the period ending on the date ninety (90) calendar days after
the earlier of (i) the date an order confirming the Plan becomes final and no
longer subject to an outstanding appeal or (ii) the date the Plan becomes
effective.
“Subject Interest” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)
hereof.
“Subscription
Agreement” means, with respect to any Non-Managing Member, any
subscription agreement (together with any amendments, supplements or
modifications thereto) entered into between the Company and such Non-Managing
Member pursuant to the terms of which such Non-Managing Member has agreed or
shall agree to purchase an Interest.
“Subsequent Closing
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
“Subsidiary” of a
Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares or securities
or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other governing body are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of
which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
“Super-Majority Vote of
Members” means (i) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or
determination of only the Members, the affirmative vote, consent, approval or
determination of Members who in the aggregate hold Company Percentage Interests
representing at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of all of the
Company Percentage Interests and (ii) with respect to any vote, consent,
approval or determination of the Consortium Members (which the Members agree
will include the votes, consents and approvals referenced in Sections 4.6(a),
4.11(h), 4.13, and 5.2(a) and such other
votes, consents, approvals and determinations for matters pertaining to all of
the members of the Consortium as set forth in this Agreement), the affirmative
vote, consent, approval or determination of Consortium Members who in the
aggregate hold Consortium Percentage Interests representing at least sixty-six
and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of all of the Consortium Percentage
Interests. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests
shall not be included as provided in Section 4.11(d)
hereof.
“Super-Majority Vote of Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles” means the affirmative vote of the Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles who in the aggregate hold Consortium Percentage
Interests of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of all of the
Consortium Percentage Interests held by Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests
shall not be included as provided in the Voting Agreement.
“Tag-Along Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(a)
hereof.
“Tag-Along Notice” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(a)
hereof.
“Tag-Along Transfer”
has the meaning set forth Section 10.6(a)
hereof.
“Tagging Members” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(c)
hereof.
“Tax Indemnified
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(e)
hereof.
“Tax Matters Partner”
has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5
hereof.
“Temporary
Investments” means any of the following: (a) cash; (b) debt securities
issued or directly or indirectly fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof and having a maturity of one
year or less; and (c) demand deposits of any commercial bank having capital and
surplus in excess of $10 billion on the date of acquisition thereof and rated A
or better.
“Ten-Day Average VWAP”
means the arithmetic average of the Daily VWAP for each trading day during the
ten (10) trading day period commencing on the tenth (10th) trading day prior to
the valuation date and ending on the valuation date, rounded to two decimal
places.
“Tier One Action”
means any action by the Company or the Consortium, as applicable, which is
subject to the vote, consent, approval or determination of the Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles under this Agreement, which the Members hereby agree shall
include, without limitation, the actions set forth in (i) the following
defined terms: Fair Market Value, Fiscal Year, Independent Accounting Firm, Long
Stop Date and Removal Liquidating Trustee and (ii) Sections 3.6,
4.2(a) - 4.2(c), 4.3(a), 4.5, 8.2(a), 9.2(e), 9.2(f), 11.1 and 11.2 and such other
votes, consents, approvals and determinations for matters pertaining to all of
the members of the Consortium as set forth in this Agreement.
“Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles” means each Parallel Investment Vehicle (including for purposes
of this definition, the Company) that, at the time a particular vote, consent,
approval or determination is required under the Voting Agreement, has a
Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%); provided, however, that if any
Consortium Member holding an interest in such Parallel Investment Vehicle has a
Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%), but is a
Defaulting Member (as defined hereunder or the applicable Parallel Investment
Agreement), then either (i) if such Defaulting Member is the only
Non-Managing Member in such Parallel Investment Vehicle that has a Consortium
Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%), such Parallel Investment
Vehicle shall not be a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle and shall be
excluded from both the numerator and denominator of the calculation of the
percentage of such vote, consent, approval or determination hereunder for so
long as such Consortium Member is a Defaulting Member or (ii) if such
Defaulting Member is not the only Non-Managing Member in such Parallel
Investment Vehicle that has a Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten
percent (10%), the Consortium Percentage Interest of such Defaulting Member
shall be excluded for purposes of such Tier One Investment Vehicle’s voting,
consent and approval rights under the Voting Agreement.
“Transaction Costs”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7
hereof.
“Transaction Distribution
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b)
hereof.
“Transfer” means (i)
as a noun, any transfer, sale, pledge, assignment, hypothecation or other
disposition, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether direct or indirect
(including any transfer or other disposition of a direct or indirect ownership
interest in or in an interest held by any Member) and (ii) as a verb, to
transfer, sell, pledge, assign, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of whether
voluntarily or involuntarily and whether directly or indirectly (including to
transfer or otherwise dispose of a direct or indirect ownership interest in or
in an interest held by any Member), except that, Transfer shall not include any
transfer of equity or beneficial interests in a public company listed on a
national exchange or a pension plan. “Transferor” means a
Person that Transfers or proposes to Transfer; and “Transferee” means a
Person to whom a Transfer is made or is proposed to be made.
“Treasury Regulations”
means all final and temporary United States federal tax regulations issued under
the Code from time to time.
“True Up Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h)(ii)
hereof.
“Twenty-One-Day Average
VWAP” means the arithmetic average of the Daily VWAP for each trading day
during the twenty-one (21) trading day period commencing on the tenth (10th)
trading day prior to the valuation date and ending on the tenth (10th) trading
day after the valuation date, rounded to two decimal places.
“Unsecured Creditors
Committee” means the official committee of unsecured creditors of GGP,
appointed under the Chapter 11 Case.
“Voting Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a)
hereof.
“Voting Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a)
hereof.
ARTICLE
2
FORMATION
AND PURPOSE
2.1 Formation. The
Company has previously been formed as a limited liability company pursuant to
the Act by filing the Certificate in the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and such Certificate has not been withdrawn as of the date
hereof. The rights and liabilities of the Members shall be as
provided for in the Act if not otherwise expressly provided for in this
Agreement.
2.2 Name. The
name of the Company is [_______] LLC. The business and affairs of the
Company shall be managed and conducted under such name or under such other names
as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate upon written notice to the
Members.
2.3 Registered Office and
Registered Agent; Principal Office. The address of the
Company’s registered office in Delaware is c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. The name and
address of the registered agent in the State of Delaware for service of process
is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. The Board of Directors may change the registered office and
the registered agent of the Company in its discretion. The initial
principal place of business of the Company shall be located at Level 22, 135
King Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. The Managing Member may
change the location of the principal place of business of the Company to such
other place as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate in
accordance with the Act. The Managing Member shall provide prompt
written notice to the Non-Managing Members of any change in the Company’s
principal place of business.
2.4 Term. The
term of the Company commenced upon the date of filing of the Certificate in the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Act
and shall continue in full force and effect in perpetuity; provided, that the term of
the Company shall not extend beyond the date of dissolution of the Company as
contemplated by Article 11
hereof. The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall
continue until cancellation of the Certificate as provided in the
Act.
2.5 Purpose. The
primary purpose of the activities to be conducted by the Company is to make
certain investments in GGP, as part of the Plan and as otherwise contemplated in
this Agreement (the “Company
Business”). The Company’s ultimate purpose is to obtain a
significant ownership interest in GGP following the effective date of the
Plan. The Company shall also deal in all manners and ways as are
customary for an investment vehicle with such purposes, carry on any activities
relating thereto or arising therefrom, and do anything reasonably incidental or
necessary with respect to the foregoing.
2.6 Admission of Members;
Classes of Interests.
(a) The
Non-Managing Members set forth on Schedule A
hereto are admitted to the Company as members of the Company upon
acceptance of the Subscription Agreements of such Non-Managing Members by the
Managing Member on behalf of the Company and the execution and delivery of
counterparts of this Agreement (whether directly or through a power of attorney)
and the acceptance thereof by the Managing Member, on behalf of the
Company. Each Member admitted to the Company on any Subsequent
Closing Date shall be admitted to the Company in accordance with Section 3.3
hereof.
(b) Interests
shall be issued in classes (each, a “Class”), designated
as follows: each Non-Managing Member shall be issued an Interest designated as a
“Class A
Interest”; a wholly-owned Subsidiary of BAM designated by BAM (the “Class B Member”)
shall be issued an Interest designated as a “Class B Interest”;
and, the Managing Member shall be issued an Interest designated as a “Class C Interest”
(the Managing Member, in its capacity as holder of the Class C Interest, the
“Class C
Member”). Interests of each Class shall be treated as
Interests with the same rights and obligations of each other Class, except as
expressly provided in this Agreement. Each Member’s Class shall be set forth on
Schedule
A.
2.7 Members Not
Agents. Except as specifically provided herein, nothing
contained herein shall be construed to constitute any Member as the agent of any
other Member or the Company.
2.8 ERISA. The
Managing Member shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to manage the
operations and affairs of the Company such that the assets of the Company are
not, and are not deemed to be, “plan assets” within the meaning of ERISA or the
Code.
ARTICLE
3
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1 Capital
Contributions.
(a) Commitment. The
Commitment of each Member is set forth in such Member’s Subscription Agreement
and opposite such Member’s name on Schedule A hereto in
the column entitled “Commitment”.
(b) Capital
Contributions. Subject to the next following sentence and
Sections 3.1(c)
and 3.1(d),
each Member shall make Capital Contributions to the Company upon notice (a
“Funding
Notice”) from the Managing Member and in such amounts and at such times
as the Managing Member shall deem appropriate, as specified in the Funding
Notice; provided, however, no Member shall be
required to make a Capital Contribution (including Capital Contributions
required by Section 3.6(c)
hereof) to the Company in excess of such Member’s Available Commitment, except
with respect to such Member’s obligation to return distributions for the purpose
of meeting such Member’s indemnity obligations under Section 3.5
hereof or as otherwise required by the Act. Such Capital
Contributions may only be called by the Managing Member, (i) to fund (A) the
purchase of the Investment (in accordance with the Business Plan and the
Restructuring Proposal), (B) the payment of Transaction Costs, (C) any shortfall
arising as a result of any default by a Member and (D) the payment of the DIP
Loan Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.1(h)(iv),
(ii) except as set forth in Sections 3.1(h)
or 3.6(c),
pro rata in
accordance with each Member’s Company Percentage Interest and (iii) if the
Managing Member reasonably expects that such Capital Contributions will be used
for their intended purposes within thirty (30) days. No interest
shall be paid to any Member on any Capital
Contributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x)
no Capital Contributions shall be called by the Managing Member in respect of
any indemnity obligations under this Agreement, (y) the Managing Member shall
not have the right to call capital after the six (6) month anniversary of the
effective date of the Plan, and (z) the Managing Member may, in its discretion,
accept Capital Contributions in kind of New Equity and/or claims against the
Debtors (as defined in the Restructuring Proposal) held directly or indirectly
by a Member and able to be tendered to pay the Purchase Price in accordance with
Section 1.1(a)
of the Restructuring Proposal rather than in Dollars. No Member shall
be required to make any loans or Capital Contributions to the Company other than
as provided for in Sections 3.1 and
3.6(c).
(c) Funding
Notice. The Managing Member shall give a Funding Notice in the
manner specified in Section 12.1
hereof, and a Funding Notice shall specify: (i) the date and time at
which such Capital Contribution is to be made, which time shall not be earlier
than 12:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on the tenth (10th) Business Day
after the deemed receipt of the Funding Notice (such date, the “Funding Date”), (ii)
the place in the United States at which such Capital Contribution is to be made,
including, if applicable, the account of the Company to which such Capital
Contribution should be made, (iii) the amount of such Capital Contribution to be
made, (iv) the aggregate amount of Capital Contributions to be made to the
Company, and (v) whether such Capital Contribution shall be used (A) in
connection with the Investment (and, if so, a brief description and the amount
of the proposed Investment), (B) to pay Transaction Costs (and, if so, a brief
description and the amount thereof), (C) to meet any shortfall arising as a
result of any default by a Member (and if so, the amount of such default), or
(D) to fund the payment of the DIP Loan Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.1(h)(iv).
(d) United States Dollar
Denominated Capital Contributions and Distributions. The
Managing Member shall call all Capital Contributions (subject to clause (z) of
the penultimate sentence of Section 3.1(b))
and shall make all cash distributions in Dollars.
(e) Temporary Investment of
Capital Contributions; Return of Capital
Contributions. Capital Contributions made by a Member to fund
the Investment may be held in Temporary Investments prior to the making of the
Investment. Capital Contributions made by a Member for the purpose of
funding a portion of the Investment shall be returned (together with any
interest or profits earned thereon) to such Member if such portion of the
Investment is not made within thirty (30) days after the applicable Capital Call
Payment Date.
(f) Commitment
Account. The Managing Member may permit any Member to fund as
of any date an amount up to such Member’s Available Commitment as of such date
into an escrow account or other separate account of the Company to be held in
respect of such Member separate and apart from any other assets of the Company
(the “Commitment
Account”), to be held by the Company until released in accordance with
this Section 3.1(f). Each
Member agrees that any Commitment Account held in respect of its Interest shall
be governed by an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”)
substantially similar to the Form of Escrow Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit
A. Any Member may at any time, with two (2) Business Days
prior written notice to the Managing Member, elect to establish a Commitment LC
pursuant to Section 3.1(g),
and the Managing Member shall thereafter return to such Member all funds
remaining in the related Commitment Account in accordance with clause (vi),
below.
(i) On
each Capital Call Payment Date, the Managing Member shall transfer from each
Commitment Account to the Company’s general account an amount equal to the
Capital Contribution specified in the Funding Notice to the related Member (each
such transfer, a “Commitment Account
Draw”), provided that such funds are available for release from escrow in
accordance with the Escrow Agreement.
(ii) Except
as provided in this Section 3.1(f),
each Commitment Account Draw shall be subject to all terms and conditions
provided in this Agreement applicable to the obligation of the related Member to
fund any Capital Contribution, including the provisions of Section 3.1(a)-3.1(e)
hereof, in each case as modified by any applicable side letter or similar
agreement entered into with such Member pursuant to Section 12.21
hereof. Each Commitment Account Draw shall be deemed to be a Capital
Contribution and Invested Capital for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no amount funded by such Member
into the related Commitment Account shall be deemed Invested Capital or a
Capital Contribution with respect to such Member or included in the Capital
Account of such Member until (and to the extent of) a Capital Call Payment Date
and a Commitment Account Draw.
(iii) Amounts
that would otherwise be returned pursuant to Section 3.1(e)
or 3.3(d)
hereof to a Member, in respect of which the Company holds a Commitment Account,
shall be returned to such Commitment Account.
(iv) Funds
in the Commitment Account held by the Company in respect of any Member shall be
invested in Temporary Investments in the discretion of the Managing Member until
transferred as Commitment Account Draws or returned to the related Member, in
each case in accordance with this Section 3.1(f). Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, such Member may direct the particular Temporary
Investments in which funds in the related Commitment Account may be invested or
that funds in the related Commitment Account be invested in other investments,
provided, in each case, such investments are permitted under the Restructuring
Proposal and reasonably acceptable to the Managing Member. Any
interest or other returns on such Temporary Investments or other investments
shall be distributed only to the related Member and on a quarterly
basis.
(v) The
Company shall return all funds remaining in each Commitment Account, if any, to
the related Member on the earliest of (A) the date on which a Commitment LC is
established in respect of such Member or such Member requires such funds in
connection with the establishment of such Commitment LC, (B) the date on which
the release conditions have been satisfied in the applicable Escrow Agreement
and (C) the date of dissolution of the Company.
(vi) Amounts
in the Commitment Account held in respect of any Member shall be solely for the
benefit of such Member. For the avoidance of doubt, funds in a
Commitment Account shall not be available for any purpose other than to satisfy
Commitment Account Draws on such Capital Call Payment Dates and in the amounts
of such Capital Contributions, as the Company would otherwise determine
applicable to the related Member if no Commitment Account were held in respect
of such Member.
(g) Commitment
LC. The Managing Member may permit any Member to establish as
of any date a letter of credit for the benefit of the Company in an amount up to
such Member’s Available Commitment (a “Commitment LC”),
which shall meet the requirements of an Acceptable LC (as defined in the Form of
Escrow Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A). Any
Member may at any time, with two (2) Business Days prior written notice to the
Managing Member, elect to fund a Commitment Account pursuant to Section 3.1(f)
and require the Company to surrender the Commitment LC to the issuer thereof for
cancellation.
(i) The
terms of each Commitment LC shall provide in substance that, on each Capital
Call Payment Date, the Managing Member shall be permitted to draw on the
Commitment LC an amount equal to the Capital Contribution specified in the
Funding Notice to the related Member (each such draw, a “Commitment LC Draw”)
subject to the conditions required of an Acceptable LC (as defined in the Escrow
Agreement).
(ii) Except
as provided in this Section 3.1(g),
each Commitment LC Draw shall be subject to all terms and conditions provided in
this Agreement applicable to the obligation of the related Member to fund any
Capital Contribution, including the provisions of Section 3.1(a)
and 3.1(b)
hereof, in each case as modified by any applicable side letter or similar
agreement entered into with such Member pursuant to Section 12.21
hereof. Each Commitment LC Draw shall be deemed to be a Capital Contribution for
all purposes of this Agreement.
(iii) Each
Member, in respect of which the Company is the beneficiary of a Commitment LC,
hereby agrees that to the extent amounts are returned to it pursuant to Section 3.1(e)
or 3.3(d)
hereof, the Commitment LC shall be promptly amended in order to increase the
face amount of the Commitment LC by an amount equal to the amounts so returned.
Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, a Commitment LC shall
not be amended without the prior written consent of the related Member, the
Managing Member and GGP.
(iv) On
the earlier of (i) the date on which the applicable Member requires funds in
connection with the funding of a Commitment Account, (ii) the date which is two
(2) Business Days (or as otherwise provided in the Restructuring Proposal)
following the date that the agreement between GGP and the Company in respect of
the Restructuring Proposal terminates or expires and (iii) the date of
dissolution of the Company, the Company shall surrender the Commitment LC to the
issuing bank for cancellation.
(v) For
the avoidance of doubt, the undrawn face amount of a Commitment LC shall not be
available for any purpose other than to satisfy Commitment LC Draws on such
Capital Call Payment Dates and in the amounts of such Capital Contributions, as
the Company would otherwise determine applicable to the related Member in
accordance with this Agreement if no Commitment LC had been established in favor
of the Company in respect of such Member.
(h) The DIP Loan
Investment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 3.1,
including Sections 3.1(b)
and 3.1(f), the
Company may fund the DIP Loan Investment indirectly through a Subsidiary (the
shares of which shall be held for the benefit of the DIP Loan Funding Members)
as follows:
(i)
In connection with the DIP Loan Investment, the Company
and each Member who has funded amounts into a Commitment Account (each, together
with each Parallel Vehicle Member that has funded amounts into a “Commitment
Account” with respect to a Parallel Investment Vehicle, a “DIP Loan Funding
Member”) shall, pursuant to joint written instructions and to the extent
it has not already done so, direct the Escrow Agent (as defined in the Escrow
Agreement) to transfer to a Subsidiary of the Company from its respective
Commitment Account an amount (the “DIP Loan Investment
Funds”) equal to either, at the Managing Member’s discretion, (A) the
product of (x) the amount necessary to acquire the DIP Loan (provided that it
does not exceed $400 million) (the “DIP Loan Purchase
Price”) multiplied by (y) the
ratio, expressed as a percentage, that such DIP Loan Funding Member’s Commitment
bears to the aggregate Commitments of all DIP Loan Funding Members or (B) an
equal dollar amount from each Commitment Account (i.e., an amount equal to the
DIP Loan Purchase Price divided by the number of Commitment
Accounts). The amounts transferred by the DIP Loan Funding Members
pursuant to this Section 3.1(h)(i)
shall be referred to herein as the “DIP Loan
Contributions”. The DIP Loan Contributions shall not be deemed
Invested Capital or a Capital Contribution or be included in the Capital Account
of such DIP Loan Funding Member until (and to the extent of) (x) a Capital Call
Payment Date and a Commitment Account Draw or (y) a Restructuring Proposal
Termination. Unless and until the occurrence of an event described
below in Section 3.1(h)(iv),
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the beneficial ownership of such
Subsidiary shall be vested in the DIP Loan Funding Members.
(ii)
The Company shall utilize the DIP Loan Investment
Funds to acquire the DIP Loan. In the event that the DIP Loan is not
acquired within a reasonable period of time or to the extent the DIP Loan
Investment Funds exceed the DIP Loan Purchase Price, the Company and the
Existing Consortium Members shall use all reasonable endeavors to return or
procure that the relevant Subsidiary returns such amounts to the relevant
Commitment Accounts. Subject to Section 3.1(h)(iv),
any Existing Consortium Member that did not previously fund any amounts into a
Commitment Account (each, a “True-Up Member”)
shall not be required to make a DIP Loan Contribution in connection with the
acquisition of the DIP Loan Investment.
(iii) The
Capital Contributions required to be made by the DIP Loan Funding Members upon a
closing under the Restructuring Proposal to fund the purchase of the Investment
(in accordance with the Business Plan and the Restructuring Proposal) may be
partially satisfied by an in-kind contribution of their respective direct or
indirect share of the DIP Loan Investment.
(iv) On
the earlier to occur of (A) the Termination Date (as defined in the
Restructuring Proposal) without repayment of the DIP Loan and (B) the
termination of the Restructuring Proposal for any reason (in either case, a
“Restructuring
Proposal Termination”), the Managing Member shall issue a Funding Notice
to each Existing Consortium Member pursuant to which each Existing Consortium
Member shall be required to make a Capital Contribution in an amount equal to
such Existing Consortium Member’s Company Percentage Interest of the DIP Loan
Purchase Price, which shall be satisfied as an in-kind Capital Contribution by
each DIP Loan Funding Member and a cash Capital Contribution by each True-Up
Member. The Capital Contributions made by the True-Up Members shall
be distributed to the DIP Loan Funding Members (pursuant to this Section 3.1(h)(iv)
and not pursuant to Article 6) in an
amount necessary such that once received each such DIP Loan Funding Member will
have only funded an amount equal to its pro rata share (based
on its Company Percentage Interest) of the DIP Loan Purchase Price (such funded
amount to be calculated disregarding any amounts distributed to the DIP Loan
Funding Member under Section 6.8
prior to the Restructuring Proposal Termination). For purposes of
calculating the Company Percentage Interest of each Member under this Section 3.1(h)(iv),
the Invested Capital of all Members shall be deemed to be zero, such that the
calculations shall be based upon the Members’ Commitments. As of the
Funding Date, the Capital Contributions made by the DIP Loan Funding Members and
the True-Up Members in accordance with this Section 3.1(h)(iv)
shall be deemed Invested Capital and a Capital Contribution and included in the
Capital Account of such DIP Loan Funding Member or True-Up Member.
(v) Following
(but not before) a Restructuring Proposal Termination, the DIP Loan Investment
shall be deemed to be an “Investment” under and subject to the terms of this
Agreement.
3.2 Minimum Commitment of
Brookfield. The aggregate Commitment of BAM and its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be less than the Brookfield Minimum Hold;
provided, that, to the
extent that the aggregate Commitments of such Persons exceeds the Brookfield
Minimum Hold, BAM or any its wholly-owned Affiliates may exercise their partial
syndication and/or additional rights as provided in Section 10.7
hereof, and thereby reduce the aggregate Commitment of BAM and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries to an amount not less than the Brookfield Minimum
Hold. In the event the rights under Section 10.7
hereof are exercised, the Managing Member shall update Schedule A
accordingly.
(a) Additional
Members. The Managing Member, in its discretion, may admit
additional members to the Company at any time up to the earlier of (I) six (6)
months following the effective date of the Plan and (II) the first (1st)
anniversary of the Initial Closing Date (each, an “Additional Member”)
(each date upon which an Additional Member is admitted to the Company, a “Subsequent Closing
Date”). Each such Additional Member shall be required to
inform the Managing Member of the Commitment such Additional Member wishes to
acquire and to make a payment to the Company, on the relevant Subsequent Closing
Date, in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (i) the Capital Contributions
such Additional Member would have made had all Members been admitted to the
Company at the Initial Closing Date (the “Notional Principal
Amount”), less (ii) such Additional Member’s pro rata share of any
Investment Proceeds (other than Invested Capital returned pursuant to Sections 3.1(e)
and 3.3(d)
hereof) distributed to the Members admitted on any prior Subsequent Closing
Dates and the Initial Closing Date, plus (iii) notional interest on the average
daily balance of the Notional Principal Amount from the date such Capital
Contribution would have been funded if such Additional Member had been a Member
on the Initial Closing Date until the relevant Subsequent Closing Date at an
effective annual rate equal to eight percent (8%) compounding annually (such
notional interest, “Notional
Interest”). For the avoidance of doubt, any payments made by
an Additional Member in respect of Notional Interest shall not be deemed a
Capital Contribution for the purposes hereof and shall not reduce the Available
Commitment of such Additional Member.
(b) Increases in
Commitment. The Managing Member may, in its discretion,
subject to the terms and conditions of Section 3.3(a)
hereof, allow any Non-Managing Member to increase its Commitment in connection
with a Subsequent Closing Date. For purposes of this Section 3.3, a
Non-Managing Member that increases its Commitment shall be treated as an
Additional Member with respect to the amount by which its Commitment is
increased (and shall be required to make such payments as would be required of
an Additional Member under Section 3.3(a)),
except that for the purposes of determining under Section 3.3(e)
hereof whether the Commitment of a Member is equal to or in excess of $400
million, the existing Commitment of such Member and any increase in its
Commitment shall be aggregated.
(c) Execution of
Documents. Each Additional Member shall be required to execute
(directly or through a power of attorney) and deliver a written instrument
satisfactory to the Managing Member in its discretion, whereby such Additional
Member becomes a party to this Agreement, as well as any other documents
(including a Subscription Agreement) required by the Managing
Member. Upon such execution and delivery of such instrument and such
other documents, and acceptance thereof by the Managing Member on behalf of the
Company, such Person shall be admitted as a Non-Managing Member. Each
such Additional Member shall thereafter be entitled to all the rights and
subject to all the obligations of Non-Managing Members as set forth
herein.
(d) Use of
Proceeds. Proceeds from payments made to the Company pursuant
to this Section 3.3
shall be distributed on the applicable Subsequent Closing Date to the Members
that participated in prior closings, pro rata, in
accordance with their respective Sharing Percentages (determined immediately
prior to the Capital Contributions made by the Additional Member being admitted
to the Company on such Subsequent Closing Date) and the Notional Principal
Amount distributed to a Member shall be added to such Member’s Available
Commitment and may be redrawn by the Company in accordance with Section 3.1
hereof.
(e) Certain
Consents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
consent of each Initial Member shall be required to admit any Additional Member
that (A) seeks to make a Commitment or increase an existing Commitment such that
its aggregate Commitment equals or exceeds $400 million or (B) is not an
institutional investor, in each case other than any Additional Member that is
either (x) a participant in the Protocol or, (y) a Person or account the
Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis. In addition, any increase of the amount of Aggregate
Consortium Commitments in excess of $2.7 billion shall require the consent of
each Initial Member.
3.4 Withdrawals. Except
as expressly provided elsewhere herein, no Member shall have any right (a) to
withdraw as a Member from the Company, (b) to withdraw from the Company all or
any part of such Member’s Capital Contributions, (c) to receive property other
than cash in return for such Member’s Capital Contributions or (d) to receive
any distribution from the Company.
3.5 Liability of
Members.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the
Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the
debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Member shall be
obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company
solely by reason of being a Member of the Company.
(b) (1) Except
as required by the Act or other applicable law, no Member, in its capacity as
such, shall be required to repay to the Company, any other Member or any
creditor of the Company all or any part of the distributions made to such Member
pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 3.5(c)
hereof, the Managing Member may require a Member to return to the Company
distributions made to such Member in an amount equal to such Member’s Sharing
Percentage of the Company’s indemnity obligations under Section 9.2, to
the extent the Company has insufficient liquid assets (including, for greater
certainty, marketable securities that are freely transferrable) to pay such
indemnity obligations; provided, however, a
Non-Managing Member shall not be required to return distributions pursuant to
this Section 1)a)i)(1)
(a) if all Members are not required to return their Sharing Percentage of the
Company’s indemnity obligations under Section 9.2, or
(b) to the extent that any amount required to be returned to the Company
pursuant to Section 3.5(b)(iv)
below is not so returned (pro rata based on the
percentage of the amount required to be returned that was not so
returned).
(i) If,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, it is determined
under applicable law that any Member has received a distribution which is
required to be returned to or for the account of the Company or Company
creditors, then the obligation under applicable law of any Member to return all
or any part of a distribution made to such Member shall be the obligation of
such Member and not of any other Member.
(ii) Any
amount returned by a Member pursuant to this Section 3.5(b)
shall be treated as a contribution of capital to the Company (but not as a
Capital Contribution for purposes hereof) and shall be treated as if such
returned amount was not previously distributed to such Member.
(iii) For
the avoidance of doubt, the Managing Member shall be required to return at the
same time as Non-Managing Members its Sharing Percentage of any amounts required
to be returned by Non-Managing Members under this Section 3.5(b).
(iv) At
any time that the Managing Member requires a Member to return distributions
under this Section 3.5(b)
for the purpose of meeting such Member’s pro rata share of
indemnity obligations under Section 9.2
hereof, the Class B Member and the Class C Member shall return a portion of any
Carried Interest and Transaction Distribution Amount that the Class B Member or
Class C Member, as the case may be, received in respect of such other Member
equal to (A) the amount of such Carried Interest and Transaction Distribution
Amount received by the Class B Member or Class C Member, as the case may be,
less (B) the Carried Interest and Transaction Distribution Amount that the Class
B Member or Class C Member, as the case may be, would have received in respect
of such other Member, if the amounts payable by such other Member under this
Section 3.5(b)
(but for this Section 3.5(b)(iv)
had been paid by the Company and not distributed to such other Member and the
Class B Member or Class C Member, as the case may be.
(c) (2) The
obligation of a Member to return distributions pursuant to this Section 3.5
shall survive the termination of the Company and this Agreement; provided, however, that to
the fullest extent permitted by law, no Member shall be required to return a
distribution under this Agreement prior to the date of termination of the
Company or after the second (2nd) anniversary of the date of termination of the
Company; provided,
further, that if at such second (2nd) anniversary, there are any legal
actions, suits or proceedings by or before any court, arbitrator, governmental
body or other agency then pending that were pending, threatened or reasonably
foreseeable on the date of termination of the Company (a “Proceeding”) or any
other liability (whether contingent or otherwise) or claim then outstanding, the
Managing Member shall so notify each Member at or prior to the second (2nd)
anniversary of the date of termination of the Company (which notice shall
include a brief description of each such Proceeding (and of the liabilities
asserted in such Proceeding) or of such liabilities and claims) and the
obligation of each Member to return any distribution for the purpose of meeting
the Company’s obligations in respect of indemnity obligations under Section 9.2
hereof shall survive with respect to each such Proceeding, liability and claim
set forth in such notice (or any related Proceeding, liability or claim based
upon the same or a similar claim) until the date that such Proceeding, liability
or claim is ultimately resolved and satisfied.
(i) The
aggregate amount of distributions which a Member may be required to return under
this Section 3.5(c)
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not exceed the lesser of (a) an
amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Investment Proceeds distributed to such
Member pursuant to Article 6 hereof and
(b) an amount equal to such Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest multiplied
by $100 million.
3.6 Defaulting
Members.
(a) If
at any time a Member shall fail to make a required Capital Contribution to the
Company when due under a Funding Notice (a “Defaulting Member”),
a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, acting under the
Voting Agreement, may subject such Defaulting Member to certain adverse
consequences, including, but not limited to: (i) interest accruing on the amount
of such default and any costs of collection associated therewith commencing on
the date such Capital Contribution was due at the lesser of (A) the rate of
twenty percent (20%) per annum and (B) the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law (such default amount, together with any associated collection costs,
including legal fees and expenses, plus any other liability or obligation
incurred by the Company in connection with such default (but specifically
excluding punitive and consequential damages) plus interest being the “Default Amount”); and
(ii) causing distributions that would otherwise be made to the Defaulting Member
to be credited against the Default Amount in a manner to be determined pursuant
to the Voting Agreement (which such determination shall be based on the
determination of a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles). In addition, while any of the Default Amount remains
outstanding, the Defaulting Member shall forfeit its right to vote on matters on
which such Defaulting Member or its representative(s) on the Board of Directors
would otherwise be entitled to vote and if the Company is a Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicle, the Company shall forfeit such portion of its right to vote
under the Voting Agreement attributable to such Defaulting Member’s Consortium
Percentage Interest.
(b) If
a Defaulting Member shall fail to make a required Capital Contribution as and
when due and, except in the case of a Capital Contribution called in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Restructuring
Proposal, such failure continues for a period of three (3) Business Days
following notice of such default, the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles
(acting in accordance with the Voting Agreement) also shall be entitled, but not
required, to (i) reduce the Defaulting Member’s Capital Account without taking
into account any increase or decrease in the value of the Company, in an amount
up to fifty percent (50%) of the Capital Account of such Defaulting Member,
which amount (A) shall be allocated to the other non-Defaulting Members pro rata in
accordance with their relative Company Percentage Interests (as determined with
regard to the applicable Funding Notices), and (B) shall increase the amount to
which such non-Defaulting Members are entitled pursuant to Section 6.1
hereof and upon liquidation of the Company, (ii) reduce all or any portion of
the Defaulting Member’s Invested Capital and/or Sharing Percentages, as
determined pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such determination shall be
based on the determination of a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles), which reduced portion of Invested Capital and/or Sharing Percentages
shall increase the Invested Capital and/or Sharing Percentages of the
non-Defaulting Members pro rata in
accordance with their relative Company Percentage Interests (as determined with
regard to the applicable Funding Notices), (iii) transfer such Defaulting
Member’s Interest to any Person (which Persons may be third parties, Members or
Parallel Vehicle Members) at a price equal to fifty percent (50%) of such
Defaulting Member’s Capital Account or such other price determined pursuant to
the Voting Agreement (which such determination shall be based on the
determination of a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles) (with
any cash proceeds payable to the Defaulting Member pursuant to such transfer
being applied pursuant to the decision made under the Voting Agreement (which
such decision shall be based on the decision of a Majority Vote of Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles) in full or partial satisfaction of such Defaulting
Member’s outstanding Default Amount) and/or (iv) reduce all or any portion of
the Defaulting Member’s Available Commitment, in each case as determined
pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such determination shall be based on the
determination of a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles). If all or any portion of a Defaulting Member’s Available
Commitment is reduced pursuant to clause (iv) of this Section 3.6(b),
a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, acting under the
Voting Agreement, may offer any Person the right (x) to subscribe for such
Defaulting Member’s reduced Available Commitment and, if such Person is not a
Non-Managing Member, be admitted as a member of the Company in accordance with
Sections 3.3(a)
and 10.4 hereof
or (y) to subscribe for an amount equal to such Defaulting Member’s reduced
Available Commitment in a Parallel Investment Vehicle and, if such Person is not
a Parallel Vehicle Member, be admitted as a member of such Parallel Investment
Vehicle in accordance with the terms of the applicable Parallel Vehicle
Agreement. The Members agree that if a Parallel Vehicle Member elects
to acquire a Defaulting Member’s Interest in accordance with this Section 3.6, the
Managing Member may, in its discretion, offer to transfer a portion of the
Investment to the Parallel Vehicle Member’s respective Parallel Investment
Vehicle in lieu of such Parallel Vehicle Member acquiring an Interest in the
Company.
(c) A
Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, acting under the Voting
Agreement, may require the non-Defaulting Members to make Capital Contributions
to the Company to make up any shortfall in Capital Contributions resulting from
the failure of a Defaulting Member to fund its required amount; provided, however, that no Member shall
be obligated as a result thereof to contribute an amount in excess of such
Member’s Available Commitment. If the non-Defaulting Members are
required to make additional Capital Contributions pursuant to this Section 3.6(c),
the Managing Member shall deliver to such Members an additional Funding Notice
in accordance with Section 3.1(c)
hereof.
(d) Each
Member hereby consents to the application to it of the remedies provided in this
Section 3.6 as
specified penalties or consequences permitted by the Act. No right,
power or remedy conferred upon the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (acting
in accordance with the Voting Agreement) in this Section 3.6
shall be exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative and
in addition to every other right, power or remedy whether conferred in this
Section 3.6 or
now or hereafter available at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, all
of which are retained. No course of dealing between the Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles or the Managing Member, in each case, acting in
accordance with the Voting Agreement and any Defaulting Member and no delay in
exercising any right, power or remedy conferred in this Section 3.6 or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall
operate as a waiver or otherwise prejudice any such right, power or remedy. The
provisions of this Section 3.6 are
not intended to be for the benefit of any creditor or other Person (other than a
Member) to whom any debts, liabilities or obligations are owed by, or who
otherwise has any claim against, the Company or any of the Members; and no such
creditor or other Person shall obtain any right under any such provision or by
reason of any such liability, obligation or otherwise against the Company or any
of the Members.
ARTICLE
4
MANAGEMENT
OF THE COMPANY
4.1 Management
Generally.
(a) Except
for such matters as are expressly reserved hereunder or under the Act to the
Members for decision or to the Managing Member hereunder, the management and
control of the business of the Company and the Consortium shall be implemented
by the Managing Member (and the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of each Parallel Investment Vehicle) based on the direction of the
Board of Directors (and the board of directors (or equivalent) of each Parallel
Investment Vehicle); provided, that in all events
with respect to Tier One Actions, such matters shall be implemented by the
Managing Member (and the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of each Parallel Investment Vehicle) based on the written direction
of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles pursuant to that certain Voting
Agreement, by and among the Parallel Investment Vehicles dated on or about the
date hereof (the “Voting
Agreement”). Each Tier One Action shall be subject to a vote,
consent, approval or determination of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles
under the Voting Agreement, and in connection therewith, the Company and each
Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be required to act solely in accordance with
the result of the decision made under the Voting Agreement. To the
extent an applicable voting percentage is not expressly stated in this Agreement
with respect to any Tier One Action, such Tier One Action shall be determined by
a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles. Each Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicle shall act at the direction of its board of
directors, as set forth in further detail in Section 4.1(c).
(b) The
Members hereby agree that the Board of Directors shall direct the Managing
Member to cause the Company to enter into the Voting Agreement on or about the
date hereof and that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Company shall be bound by the result of any vote, consent,
approval or determination made in accordance with the Voting Agreement,
regardless of whether the Company participated in or was in favor of or against
any such vote, consent, approval or determination, and the Managing Member is
hereby directed to cause the Company to act in accordance
therewith. Each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be a party to such
Voting Agreement and be bound to act in accordance with the decisions made
thereunder in the same manner as the Company. If, for any reason, a
Parallel Investment Vehicle is not a party to the Voting Agreement either
because it was established after the date such Voting Agreement was executed or
for any other reason whatsoever, then the managing member, general partner or
manager (or equivalent) of such Parallel Investment Vehicle (acting at the
direction of the board of directors (or equivalent) of such Parallel Investment
Vehicle) shall cause such Parallel Investment Vehicle to execute a joinder to
the Voting Agreement and thereby be bound to act in accordance with the
decisions made thereunder in the same manner as the Company.
(c) If
and for so long as the Company is a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle, the
decision as to how the Managing Member shall cause the Company to act under the
Voting Agreement with respect to any Tier One Action shall be vested exclusively
in the Board of Directors acting in accordance with the Voting
Agreement. No individual member of the Board of Directors, in its
capacity as such, shall have any authority or power to act for or on behalf of
the Company or to take any action or do any thing that would be binding on the
Company, or to make any expenditures or to incur any indebtedness in the name or
on behalf of the Company. The powers and responsibilities of the
Board of Directors shall be to direct the Managing Member, including, in the
event the Company is a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle, with respect to
voting decisions on Tier One Actions under the Voting Agreement and to supervise
the adherence of the Managing Member to the terms of the Voting Agreement, and
the Managing Member shall be bound, subject to the Voting Agreement, to follow
the direction of the Board of Directors; provided, that the Board of
Directors shall not owe fiduciary or other duties to the Company or to the other
Members except for the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing as set
forth in Section
4.9 of this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, Non-Managing Members of the Company, in their capacity as such, shall
have no part in the management of the Company, and shall have no authority or
right in their capacity as Non-Managing Members to act on behalf of the Company
in connection with any matter or to bind the Company. By directing
the managing member, general partner or manager (or equivalent) of its
respective Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle, the board of directors of each
Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be responsible for causing such Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicle to set policy, approve the overall direction of
the Consortium and make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the
Consortium, which shall be accomplished by causing the Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles to, collectively as a group, cause all the Parallel
Investment Vehicles in the Consortium to act in accordance with the decision
made pursuant to the Voting Agreement. If more than one Consortium
Member is entitled, in accordance with Section 4.3(a),
to appoint an individual to the board of directors of any Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicle and to thereby cause such Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicle to act at its direction under the Voting Agreement, then each such
Consortium Member shall cause the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle to act
only with respect to its respective Consortium Percentage
Interest. For example, if two Consortium Members each hold a fifteen
percent (15%) Consortium Percentage Interest, then the individual appointed to
the Board of Directors by each such Consortium Member shall direct the Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicle how to vote a fifteen percent (15%) Consortium
Percentage Interest under the Voting Agreement, such that the Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicle may vote a fifteen percent (15%) Consortium Percentage
Interest in favor of such matter and a fifteen percent (15%) Consortium
Percentage Interest against such matter.
4.2 Approval of Actions Pursuant
to the Voting Agreement.
(a) The
Managing Member shall not cause the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to
take or agree to take any of the following actions without first obtaining
approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on
the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles:
(i) During
the Chapter 11 Case, amending, modifying or granting any waiver to any material
terms and conditions of the Restructuring Proposal; it being understood that the
Restructuring Proposal attached hereto as Exhibit B is hereby
approved; provided that
an amendment, modification or grant of a waiver of a material term and condition
requiring the approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such approval
shall be based on the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles) shall include, but not be limited to, any amendment,
modification, grant of a waiver or other agreement or arrangement that has the
effect of: (A) extending the Long Stop Date, Standstill Period or any period
during which the Company is prohibited from transferring all or any portion of
the Investment; (B) increasing the consideration to be paid by the Company
(either in the aggregate or on a per security basis); or (C) decreasing the
percentage ownership of GGP contemplated to be acquired by the Company;
and
(ii) Solely
in the event that (1) the Restructuring Proposal has been terminated, or (2) the
transactions contemplated by the Restructuring Proposal have been
consummated:
(A) Declaring
an event of default, granting any waivers, or exercising any remedies under the
portion of the Investment comprised of Debt, if any;
(B) Restructuring
the portion of the Investment comprised of Debt, if any, including any exchange
of such Debt for any New Equity (other than common equity of GGP), other Debt or
other property;
(C) Making
any material amendment or modification to, or the conversion or extension of,
the portion of the Investment comprised of Debt, if any;
(D) Any
matter that the Company, in its capacity as a holder of any Investment, is
entitled to vote upon; and
(E) If
applicable, deciding whether to vote for or against the Plan, provided, that if the
approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such approval shall be based on
the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles)
is not obtained, the Investment shall be voted against the Plan;
(iii) Other
than the Investment, making any loans or issuing guaranties of obligations of
any Person;
(iv) Other
than the Investment, acquiring any material assets or forming or acquiring any
Subsidiary of the Company, except wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(v)
Making any material decision with respect to
any lawsuit, claim, counterclaim or other legal proceeding by or against the
Consortium involving in excess of $20,000,000 (determined in the aggregate on a
Consortium-wide basis), including confessing a judgment against the Consortium,
accepting the settlement, compromise or payment of any claim asserted against
the Consortium (including claims covered by the policies of insurance maintained
by the Consortium) or asserted by the Consortium in respect of the foregoing
(other than settlements, compromises or payments not to exceed the Consortium’s
expenditure of $20,000,000 (determined in the aggregate on a Consortium-wide
basis), not reimbursed by insurance, and in connection therewith, the Consortium
admits no wrongdoing and agrees to no other non-monetary
penalties);
(vi) Incurring
indebtedness for borrowed money or creating any mortgage, lien, charge, security
interest or other form of encumbrance with respect to any of the assets of the
Company;
(vii) Dispositions
of any material assets, other than in accordance with the Redemption Procedure
or Section 10.8,
11.2 or 11.3;
(viii) Any
matter described in Section 4.2(c)
that a member of the board of directors of GGP Holdco (a “GGP Director”) is
entitled to vote upon;
(ix)
Adopting, or materially modifying, amending or departing
from the Business Plan;
(x)
Admitting any Additional Member, other than in accordance with
Section 3.3(a)
hereof;
(xi) Amending
the constituent agreements governing the Company, including this Agreement,
except as expressly provided in Section 12.17;
(xii) Other
than as approved in the Restructuring Proposal or the Business Plan or as
permitted by Section 4.13
hereof, the entering into (including the approval of the terms and conditions
of) or any material amendment or modification to, or the granting of, any
material waiver under, or the assignment, extension, termination or cancellation
of any contract, agreement or other arrangement of the Company, in each case
either (A) requiring the expenditure by the Consortium of $2,000,000 (determined
in the aggregate on a Consortium-wide basis and including all automatic or
non-discretionary increases, but excluding any Transaction Costs) or more, (B)
having a term in excess of one (1) year, or (C) requiring the consent of any
party to any direct or indirect Transfer of Interests;
(xiii) Upon
the occurrence of any event, or the failure of an event to occur, which gives
rise to the right of the Company to terminate the Restructuring Proposal without
default by the Company in accordance with its terms, the decision not to so
terminate the Restructuring Proposal thereunder; and
(xiv) Approving
or taking any action with respect to any other matter in this Agreement
specified as requiring the approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such
approval shall be based on the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles);
(b) Except
as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, including without limitation Section 4.2(a),
all decisions to be made regarding any Tier One Actions pursuant to the Voting
Agreement shall be made by Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles;
(c) Subject
to the fiduciary obligations of a GGP Director, and when possible, a GGP
Director shall not approve any merger, any change in the chief executive officer
of GGP, material change in corporate policy, material corporate financing or
disposition of assets in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions having a net asset value in excess of $1 billion, if the same
requires a vote by the members of the board of directors of GGP Holdco without
first obtaining the approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such
approval shall be based on the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles); and
(d) Any
act, matter or thing in respect of a Subsidiary of the Company shall require the
same majority vote or approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which majority
vote or approval shall be based on the majority vote or approval of the Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles) as such act, matter or thing would require if such
act, matter or thing were undertaken by the Company, and the Company shall not
permit any such act, matter or thing to be undertaken in respect of a Subsidiary
of the Company without such vote or approval.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, but without limiting Section 4.2(a)(i)
hereof, each Member hereby acknowledges that such Member has consented to the
entering into of the Restructuring Proposal and that no further consent is
required from such Member to permit the Company to fulfill its obligations
thereunder or consummate the transactions contemplated thereby in accordance
with the terms thereof. Each Consortium Member further acknowledges
and agrees that in connection with any amendments to the Restructuring Proposal
entered into in accordance with this Agreement, the Managing Member is
authorized to make conforming amendments to this Agreement and any Parallel
Vehicle Agreements, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.17
hereof.
4.3 Composition of the Board of
Directors.
(a) The
Company shall have a board of directors (the “Board of Directors”)
that consists of at least one (1) individual and no more than three (3)
individuals as contemplated in this Section 4.3, with
such replacements or successors thereto as may be approved in the manner set
forth in this Section 4.3. Each
non-Defaulting Member that has a Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten
percent (10%) shall be entitled to appoint at least one (1) individual and no
more than three (3) individuals to the Board of Directors of the Company for so
long as such non-Defaulting Member has a Consortium Percentage Interest of at
least ten percent (10%); provided, that to the extent
no Member has a Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%),
then the Company shall not be a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle entitled to
participate in the decisions to be made under the Voting Agreement, unless and
until such time that a non-Defaulting Member of the Company has a Consortium
Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%); and, provided, further, that in the event
the Company is not a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle, the Board of
Directors shall be appointed by the Managing Member. The initial
Board of Directors shall be composed of the individuals listed on Schedule C
hereto. Except upon a Hyper-Majority Vote of Board of Directors,
there shall be no members of the Board of Directors except those appointed
pursuant to the second preceding sentence. In addition, each Member
that is entitled to appoint an individual or individuals to the Board of
Directors may by written notice to the Managing Member designate one or more
individuals (and remove or replace such individual or individuals) as alternate
representatives, any one of whom may participate in any activities of the Board
of Directors (including receiving information and voting and exercising any
other power) in the event that such Member’s member of the Board of Directors
does not (but would be permitted to) participate in such activities as if such
person were a member of the Board of Directors for all purposes including, for
the avoidance of doubt, in determining the rights and obligations of such person
and whether there is a quorum for a meeting of the Board of
Directors. A Member may give notice to the Managing Member that the
Consortium Percentage Interests of the Member (in such capacity, the “Voting Member”) and
its Affiliates and other Members over whose account such Voting Member or any of
its Affiliates has discretionary authority will all be aggregated and treated as
held by such Voting Member for the purposes of appointing members to the Board
of Directors and voting as a member of the Board of Directors for so long as
such Consortium Percentage Interests are not held by a non-Defaulting
Member. For the avoidance of doubt, the Consortium Percentage
Interests of Brookfield and any other Member to which Brookfield has syndicated
a portion of its Commitment pursuant to Section 10.7
hereof (other than any Affiliate, or Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis) shall not be aggregated for the
purposes of appointing representatives to the Board of Directors or
voting. A member of the Board of Directors may resign his or her
appointment as such at any time upon notice to each of the other members of the
Board of Directors. In addition, (i) any member of the Board of
Directors of a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle may be removed if the member
is a representative of a Consortium Member that holds less than ten percent
(10%) of Aggregate Consortium Commitments if such removal is effected in
accordance with the Voting Agreement (based upon a Super-Majority Vote of the
Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles) and (ii) any member of the Board of
Directors that is the representative of a Member that becomes a Defaulting
Member shall be automatically removed. Any vacancy, whether
caused by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a member of the Board
of Directors shall be filled by appointment of the Member whose appointee
created such vacancy, provided, that it remains
entitled to do so, or, in the case of a non-Tier One Parallel Investment, by the
Managing Member.
(b) If
Brookfield is entitled to appoint a member or members to the Board of Directors
under Section 4.3(a),
then Brookfield shall have the right to appoint one (1) representative from
among the representatives of Brookfield appointed under Section 4.3(a)
to serve as the chairman of the Board of Directors for so long as Brookfield is
the Managing Member. In all other cases, the chairman shall be
selected by a Majority Vote of Board of Directors. For the avoidance
of doubt, in no event shall the chairman have a second casting vote, or any
other special powers.
(c) Except
as provided in Section 4.7(c)(vi)
hereof, no member of the Board of Directors (including the chairman thereof)
shall be entitled to any fees with respect to its membership on the Board of
Directors.
(d) Any
member of the Board of Directors shall be permitted to disclose information
obtained by such member in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of
Directors to the Member which appointed such member to the Board of Directors
and such Member may require such information to be given to it.
4.4 Meetings; Action by the
Board of Directors.
(a) Meetings. Meetings
of the Board of Directors shall be held pursuant to this Section 4.4,
provided, that the
Managing Member agrees that the meetings of the Board of Directors for each Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicle in the Consortium shall be noticed, called and
held simultaneously when any Tier One Actions are being considered, provided, however, that notwithstanding
the foregoing, due regard will be given to the separateness of the Company and
the Parallel Investment Vehicles and their respective boards of directors and
the meetings shall be recorded as such. Meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at least quarterly during each Fiscal Year and whenever
else called by the chairman thereof or any two (2) members of the Board of
Directors at any time (but whenever possible on the same date as a meeting of
participants in the Protocol), upon not less than three (3) Business Days’
advance written notice by the chairman of the Board of Directors (or the members
of the Board of Directors calling such meeting, as the case may be) to the other
members of the Board of Directors. Meetings of the Board of Directors
shall take place outside the United States and Canada. Attendance at
any meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute waiver of notice of such
meeting. Any member of the Board of Directors may also provide
written waiver of notice of a meeting, or consent to short notice, either before
or after such meeting. Members of the Board of Directors may
participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors in person or by conference
telephone facilities or similar communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear and be heard by each
other.
(b) Quorum.
(i) With
respect to matters other than Tier One Actions, the quorum for a meeting of the
Board of Directors shall be no less than all members of the Board of
Directors (x) appointed by the Managing Member in the event the Company is not a
Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle or (y) appointed by Members who hold at
least fifteen percent (15%) of the Aggregate Commitments at the time of such
meeting, if any, in the event the Company is a Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicle.
(ii) With
respect to Tier One Actions, the quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be no less than all members of the Board of Directors plus the
members of the board of directors for all the Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles who constitute, as a group, at least fifty percent (50%) of Aggregate
Consortium Commitments at the time of such meeting; provided, however, that the
presence of at least one (1) member of the Board of Directors and the board of
directors of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles other than a member
appointed by Brookfield (or any Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis) shall be required for a quorum;
provided, further, that
the presence of any such member of the Board of Directors or of any such member
of a board of directors for a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle shall not be
necessary to constitute a quorum at any meeting called under this Section 4.4 if
the member failed to attend the two (2) most recent prior meetings properly
called under this Section 4.4 and
for the same purpose.
(c) Voting. For
all purposes of voting, consent or approval rights of the Board of Directors or
any members thereof, in determining whether the requisite percentage or majority
has been obtained, the following Interests shall be excluded from both the
numerator and denominator of the relevant percentage: (i) Interests of
Defaulting Members; and (ii) Interests that this Agreement provides shall not be
included with respect to the relevant matter. Except as expressly
provided herein, the Board of Directors shall conduct its business in such
manner and by such procedures as a Majority Vote of Board of Directors deems
appropriate; provided,
that the procedures of the Board of Directors shall be substantially similar to
the procedures of the board of directors for each Parallel Investment Vehicle in
relation to any Tier One Action.
(d) Action By Written
Consent. The Board of Directors may also take action without
any meeting of the members of the Board of Directors by unanimous written
consent setting forth the action to be approved.
4.5 Executive Authority of the
Managing Member.
(a) The
Managing Member has the right and is hereby empowered and authorized to perform
the following acts and services, subject to any express consent or approval
under the Voting Agreement or of the Board of Directors required by the terms of
this Agreement (and in the case of the acts and services referred to in clauses
(ii), (iii), (x) and (xi) below, such acts and services shall constitute
obligations of the Managing Member):
(i) To
take a primary role in structuring the manner and strategy in making the
Investment;
(ii) To
prepare, before the Initial Closing Date, the Restructuring
Proposal;
(iii) To
prepare, after the effective date of the Plan, a business plan relating to the
operations of the Company and the Investment, which, subject to Section 4.2(a), shall
be updated on an annual basis or on a more frequent basis as determined by the
Managing Member (the “Business
Plan”);
(iv) To
represent the Company in all discussions and negotiations with GGP, its agents
and advisers, the Unsecured Creditors Committee, the principal stakeholders in
GGP and each of their agents and advisors, and all other stakeholders and
constituents in connection with the Plan;
(v)
To communicate and coordinate with
Members;
(vi) To
coordinate due diligence and generally take all other steps in connection with
the making of the Investment;
(vii)
To make recommendations regarding the appointment and
compensation of senior officers of the Company and generally monitor
management’s adherence to the Business Plan;
(viii) To
provide advice and assistance with respect to any future borrowings, financings
or re-financings;
(ix) To
generally seek to ensure that the Investment meets the investment objectives and
generates the expected returns;
(x) To
use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Board of Directors is promptly
informed of material changes affecting the Company;
(xi) To
advise with respect to an exit plan with respect to the Investment;
(xii) To
form Subsidiaries in connection with the Company Business;
(xiii)
To form Parallel Investment Vehicles pursuant to Section 4.12
hereof;
(xiv) To
enter into any kind of activity and to enter into, perform and carry out
contracts of any kind necessary, in connection with, or incidental to the
accomplishment of the purposes of the Company, including, without limitation,
any Subscription Agreements, side letters or similar agreements, subject to the
terms of this Agreement;
(xv) To
open, maintain and close bank accounts and draw checks or other orders for the
payment of money and open, maintain and close brokerage, money market fund and
similar accounts;
(xvi) To
hire, for usual and customary payments and expenses, consultants, brokers,
attorneys, accountants and such other agents for the Company as it may deem
necessary or advisable, and authorize any such agent to act for and on behalf of
the Company, subject to Section 4.13
hereof;
(xvii) To
purchase insurance policies on behalf of the Managing Member and the Company,
including for director and officer liability and other liabilities of the
Managing Member and the Company;
(xviii) To
pay all Transaction Costs of the Company and the Managing Member in accordance
with Section 4.7
hereof; and
(xix) To
take any and all other actions which are determined by the Managing Member to be
necessary, convenient or incidental to the conduct of the Company
Business.
In
addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Managing Member has the right and is hereby empowered and authorized to delegate
certain of its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement pursuant to that
certain Amended and Restated Advisory Services Agreement, entered into on or
about the date hereof by and among the Company and BAM and the Parallel
Investment Vehicles (as may be amended from time to time, the “Services
Agreement”). The Company shall not amend, terminate or waive,
or consent to any amendment to or termination or waiver of, any material
provision of the Services Agreement without the consent required pursuant to the
Voting Agreement (which such approval shall be based on the approval of a
Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (other than Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles acting at the direction of representatives of
the Managing Member and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the
Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis)).
(b) Each
Non-Managing Member agrees that if any transaction, including any transaction
effected between the Company, the Managing Member or any of its Affiliates,
shall be subject to the disclosure and consent requirements of Section 206(3) of
the Advisers Act, such requirements shall be satisfied with respect to the
Company and all Non-Managing Members if disclosure shall be given to the Board
of Directors, and consent obtained pursuant to the Voting Agreement by a
Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (other than Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles acting at the direction of representatives of the
Managing Member and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest
of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis).
(c) The
Company, by or through the Managing Member on behalf of the Company, may enter
into and perform the (i) the Services Agreement, (ii) any Subscription
Agreement, (iii) the Voting Agreement, (iv) the Amendment No. 1 to the Guarantee
entered into on or about the date hereof by BAM for the benefit of the Company
and the Parallel Investment Vehicles, (v) the Purchase Agreement entered into on
or about the date hereof between the Company and certain of the Parallel
Investment Vehicles and (vi) all documents, agreements, certificates, or
financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto, all without any
further act, vote or approval of any other Person, subject to any other
provision of this Agreement, the Act or applicable law, rule or
regulation. The foregoing authorization shall not be deemed a
restriction on the powers of the Company or the Managing Member to enter into
other agreements on behalf of the Company.
4.6 Removal of the Managing
Member.
(a) The
Managing Member may be removed as the managing member of the Company within
sixty (60) days after notice pursuant to Section 4.6(a)
of a Removal Conduct Event (or the discovery by the Members of the failure to
give such notice whichever is later) and upon a Super-Majority Vote of Members
(other than the Managing Member and its Affiliates, including any Person or
account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis), at which time the Removal Liquidating Trustee shall be appointed to wind
up and liquidate the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 11.3
hereof (except that if the Managing Member is removed prior to the end of the
Standstill Period, the assets of the Company shall not be liquidated until the
end of the Standstill Period, except to the extent permitted by the
Restructuring Proposal).
(b) The
Managing Member shall provide prompt (and in any event within two (2) Business
Days) written notice to the Non-Managing Members if and when any of the events
described in the definition of “Removal Conduct
Event” occurs.
(c) In
addition to the foregoing, the Managing Member shall be suspended and
temporarily replaced as managing member of the Company by Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members (other than the Managing Member and its Affiliates, including any Person
or account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis) if a Hyper-Majority Vote of Members claims that the Managing Member has
committed fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful and knowing
breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the management of the
affairs of the Company and/or GGP (including misappropriation of funds), which
has a material adverse effect on the Company or GGP. The Managing
Member may, in its sole discretion, dispute any such claim made against it by
bringing such matter to arbitration pursuant to Section 12.14
hereof within thirty (30) days of such suspension and temporary
replacement. If the Managing Member does not dispute any such claim
made against it within thirty (30) days of such suspension and temporary
replacement or if by final determination of such arbitration process it has been
determined that the Managing Member has committed such an act (whether as
claimed or otherwise), the Managing Member shall be removed as the managing
member of the Company, at which time the Removal Liquidating Trustee shall be
appointed to wind up and liquidate the assets of the Company in accordance with
Section 11.3
hereof (except that if the Managing Member is removed prior to the end of the
Standstill Period, the assets of the Company shall not be liquidated until the
end of the Standstill Period, except to the extent permitted by the
Restructuring Proposal); provided, that if it is
determined in such arbitration process that the Managing Member committed an act
constituting grounds for the removal of the Managing Member, but such act is not
the same act that was claimed, the Managing Member shall not be removed as the
managing member of the Company unless such removal is approved by a
Hyper-Majority Vote of Members (other than the Managing Member and its
Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest of which is managed by
Brookfield on a discretionary basis). If by final determination of
such arbitration process it is determined that the Managing Member has not
committed such an act (whether as claimed or otherwise), the Managing Member
shall be reinstated as managing member of the Company. For greater
certainty, any reduction in the Transaction Distribution Amount and the Carried
Interest pursuant to Section 6.2(a)
hereof shall not take effect unless and until the Managing Member has been
finally removed as managing member of the Company in accordance with the
foregoing; provided,
that, during the period the Managing Member is suspended pursuant to this Section 4.6(c),
any Transaction Distribution Amount or Carried Interest otherwise payable shall
be withheld from the Managing Member and the Class B Member, respectively, and
held in escrow and paid immediately to the Managing Member and the Class B
Member, respectively, if and when the Managing Member is reinstated as managing
member.
(d) In
the event the Managing Member is removed or temporarily replaced in accordance
with Sections 4.6(a)
or 4.6(c)
hereof, the removed or temporarily replaced Managing Member shall, until the
Company is dissolved and wound up or the temporarily replaced Managing Member is
reinstated:
(i) become,
without any further action being required of any Person, a Non-Managing Member
and shall cease being the managing member of the Company;
(ii) subject
to Section 6.2(a)
hereof, be entitled to receive (in its capacity as a Non-Managing Member) all
distributions that otherwise would have been distributable to it pursuant to
Article 6
hereof as if it had not been removed as the managing member of the Company;
and
(iii) together
with its Affiliates, continue to be Indemnified Parties and be entitled to
indemnification in accordance with Section 9.2
hereof in respect of conduct prior to such removal or temporary
replacement.
4.7 Transaction
Costs. Except as otherwise provided herein (including, without
limitation, Section 4.12
hereof), the Company, in the discretion of the Managing Member, shall pay or
reimburse the Managing Member and its Affiliates and each of their respective
employees, agents, advisors, managers and Constituent Members for any and all
third-party expenses, costs and liabilities reasonably and properly incurred by
them in the furtherance of the Company Business including in connection with the
Investment, the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the
conduct of the business of the Managing Member (in that capacity and with
respect to the Company) and the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof
(“Transaction
Costs”), including by way of example and without
limitation:
(a) Organizational
Expenses. Expenses, costs and liabilities incurred in
connection with (i) the structuring and formation of the Company and any
Parallel Investment Vehicle, (ii) the offering and sale of the Interests and
interests in any Parallel Investment Vehicle, and (iii) the negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement, any Parallel Vehicle Agreement, any
agreement with or among the Members and any related or similar documents,
including, without limitation, any related legal and accounting fees and
expenses, travel expenses and filing fees (“Organizational
Expenses”).
(b) Operating
Expenses. Expenses, costs and liabilities incurred in
connection with the operation of the Company and the Investment and the
performance by the Managing Member, the Company and their respective Affiliates
of their respective obligations under this Agreement, including, without
limitation, (i) all expenses, costs and liabilities incurred in connection with
the identification, structuring, negotiation, making, monitoring, ownership,
operation, administration, management, financing, sale, proposed sale,
enforcement, other disposition or valuation of the Investment and Temporary
Investments or the Investment and Temporary Investments considered for the
Company (including due diligence in connection therewith), whether or not
consummated, (ii) costs and liabilities incurred in connection with litigation
or other extraordinary events, directors and officers liability and other
insurance expenses, (iii) all taxes, fees and other governmental charges payable
by the Company, and all expenses incidental to the transfer, servicing and
accounting for the Company’s cash and Securities, including all charges of
depositories and custodians, (iv) communications expenses, (v) all expenses and
costs associated with meetings of the Members, (vi) all reasonable expenses and
costs of the Board of Directors, (vii) brokerage commissions, custodial
expenses, appraisal fees and other investment costs actually incurred in
connection with the Investment and Temporary Investments, (viii) expenses of
liquidating the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ix) expenses incurred in
connection with the maintenance of the Company’s books of account and the
preparation of audited or unaudited financial statements required to implement
the provisions of this Agreement or by any governmental authority with
jurisdiction over the Company (including, without limitation, fees and expenses
of independent auditors, accountants and counsel, the costs and expenses of
preparing and circulating the reports called for by Section 8.1
hereof and any fees or imposts of a governmental authority imposed in connection
with such books and records and statements) and other routine administrative
expenses of the Company or its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, the
cost of the preparation of Returns, cash management expenses and insurance and
legal expenses, (x) all expenses incurred in connection with any indebtedness of
the Company or other credit arrangement (including any line of credit, loan
commitment or letter of credit for the Company or related to the Investment (or
any underlying asset)), (xi) all legal, accounting, investment banking, real
estate, tax, financial or other consulting, audit, appraisal and other expenses
(to the extent not subject to reimbursement) incurred by the Company or any
Parallel Investment Vehicle in respect of its operation and affairs, (xii) all
expenses and costs associated with the acquisition of the Investment and (xiii)
all expenses and costs associated with the administration and enforcement of the
portion of the Investment comprised of the Debt (including if such Debt remains
outstanding following the effective date of the Plan and the appointment of a
receiver, if necessary) (“Operating
Expenses”).
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the following shall not constitute Transaction Costs and the
Company shall not be responsible for payment of the following expenses, and such
payment shall not be borne by or reimbursed by the Company:
(i) ordinary
operating expenses of the Managing Member or its Affiliates;
(ii) lease
or other payments for the Managing Member’s or its Affiliates’ office space,
utilities and office equipment;
(iii)
salaries and benefits of employees of the Managing Member or
its Affiliates;
(iv)
placement agent fees, if any, incurred in connection with the offering of
the Interests;
(v) costs
and expenses of any third-party advisors retained by any Member, including BAM,
for its own advice; provided, that the costs and
expenses of Sidley Austin LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP incurred in connection
with the organization, formation and operation of the Company and the Parallel
Investment Vehicles, including, without limitation, the drafting of this
Agreement, the Subscription Agreement and other related documentation, shall be
included in Transaction Costs;
(vi) except
as set forth in clause (v) above, costs and expenses of the Managing Member or
its Affiliates, in their capacity as a Member, to the extent similar costs and
expenses incurred by any Non-Managing Member are not paid or reimbursed by the
Company to such Non-Managing Member; and
(vii) costs
and expenses incurred in connection with providing any services to the Company,
GGP or any of their Affiliates pursuant to any Affiliate Transaction approved in
accordance with this Agreement (except, that such costs and
expenses may be paid or reimbursed if provided for pursuant to the terms of any
such Affiliate Transaction approved in accordance with this
Agreement).
Schedule B hereto
sets forth an estimate of the Transaction Costs incurred by the Managing Member
and the Company prior to October 15, 2010. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Transaction Costs to be borne or reimbursed by the Company in
respect of the period up to and including the October 15, 2010 shall not exceed
the amount set out in Schedule B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Transaction Costs to be borne or reimbursed by the Company shall not include any
Transaction Costs resulting from acts or omissions by the Managing Member or its
Affiliates or any of their respective employees, agents, advisors, managers or
Constituent Members with respect to which an arbitration panel, in accordance
with Section 12.14
hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such Person was
grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful and knowing
material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the management
of the Company.
4.8 Segregation of
Funds. Funds of the Company shall be kept exclusively in one
(1) or more bank or brokerage accounts in the name of the Company or its
designee.
4.9 Standard of
Care.
(a) Members and Directors
Generally. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in
this Section 4.9 and
except for the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing, the
Members hereby agree and acknowledge that all fiduciary obligations of the
Members and any member of the Board of Directors designated by a Member (or any
member of a board of directors of a Parallel Investment Vehicle designated by a
Consortium Member) to one another, the Company or the Consortium (as set forth
in the Voting Agreement), in their capacity as Members or members of the Board
of Directors or a board of directors of a Parallel Investment Vehicle, are
hereby eliminated to the maximum extent permissible under Section 18-1101 of the
Act.
(b) Managing
Member. The Managing Member, in its capacity as such, shall
owe to the Company and to the other Members such duties as are owed by the
officers of a Delaware business corporation to the corporation and its
stockholders.
4.10 Non-Managing
Members. No Non-Managing Member, in his, her or its capacity
as such, has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Company or to
take any action or do any thing that would be binding on the Company, or to make
any expenditures or incur any indebtedness in the name or on behalf of the
Company. The Non-Managing Members (or any class, designation or other
subset of the Non-Managing Members) shall have only such rights of consent or
approval as are expressly reserved for them by this Agreement or the
Act.
4.11 Member Meetings; Voting;
Member Approval Rights.
(a) Meetings. The
Company and the Parallel Investment Vehicles shall hold an annual meeting of the
Consortium Members, and may hold special meetings of the Consortium Members from
time to time (but whenever possible on the same date as a meeting of
participants in the Protocol) at such place as the Managing Member may
determine, or may at any time call for a vote without a meeting of the
Consortium Members on matters on which they are entitled to vote. In
addition, a meeting of Consortium Members may be called by a Majority Vote of
Members to discuss any matter put forward by the Consortium Members calling the
meeting and for any other purpose reasonably related to their interests as
Consortium Members and to vote on any matters on which Consortium Members are
entitled to vote pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Notice;
Attendance. Written notice of any meeting or vote shall be
given to the Consortium Members not less than thirty (30) days before the date
of the meeting or vote. Each notice of meeting or vote, if any, shall
contain a description of any resolution to be adopted by the Consortium
Members. Any Consortium Member may provide written waiver of notice
of a meeting or vote, or consent to short notice of the meeting or vote, either
before or after such meeting or vote and attendance at any meeting shall be
deemed conclusive evidence that notice of such meeting was properly
given. Consortium Members may participate in any meeting of
Consortium Members by conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear and be heard
by each other. Attendance at any meeting of Consortium Members may
also be by proxy or delegate.
(c)
Quorum. The
quorum for a meeting of the Consortium Members shall be no less than each
Consortium Member who individually holds at least fifteen percent (15%) of the
Aggregate Consortium Commitments at the time of such meeting; provided, however, that the
presence of at least one Consortium Member other than Brookfield (or any Person
or account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis) shall be required for a quorum; provided, further, that the
presence of any such Member shall not be necessary to constitute a quorum at any
meeting of the Consortium Members if such member failed to attend the two (2)
most recent prior meetings of the Consortium Members properly called and for the
same purpose.
(d) Voting. For
all purposes of voting, consent or approval rights of the Consortium Members,
each Consortium Member shall be entitled to cast a number of votes corresponding
to such Consortium Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest. However,
in determining whether the requisite percentage or majority has been obtained,
the following Interests shall be excluded from both the numerator and
denominator of such percentage: (i) Interests of Defaulting Members
and any defaulting Parallel Vehicle Member; and (ii) Interests that this
Agreement provides shall not be included with respect of the relevant
matter. A Voting Member may give notice to the Managing Member that
the Consortium Percentage Interests of such Voting Member and its Affiliates and
other Consortium Members over whose account such Voting Member or any of its
Affiliates has discretionary authority will all be aggregated and treated as
held by such Voting Member for the purposes of appointing representatives to the
Board of Directors and voting as a Consortium Member for so long as such
Consortium Percentage Interests are held by a non-Defaulting Member or a
non-defaulting Parallel Vehicle Member. A Consortium Member shall be
entitled to vote at a meeting in person or by written proxy delivered to the
Managing Member prior to the meeting. When voting with respect to
matters arising under this Agreement or the Act, all such Consortium Members
shall be considered one class. The individual votes of each of the
Consortium Members cast at any meeting shall be recorded by the Managing Member
in the minutes of the meeting, which shall be filed in the Company’s and each
Parallel Investment Vehicle’s books and records and available for inspection by
each Consortium Member.
(e) Company Member
Meetings. In accordance with Section 4.12(d),
the Managing Member and the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of each such Parallel Investment Vehicle may determine (acting
reasonably) that the subject matter of such vote or consent is such that an
aggregate vote or aggregate consent of the Consortium Members is inappropriate,
for example with respect to matters which relate solely to the Company and do
not also apply to or affect the other members of the Consortium, in which case
the Members or the applicable Parallel Vehicle Members shall be the only
Consortium Members to vote or consent to such action. The procedures
set forth in this Section 4.11
shall be applicable, provided that all references to “Consortium Member” shall
be replaced with “Member” and references to “Consortium Percentage Interest”
shall be replaced with “Company Percentage Interest.”
(f)
Actions Requiring Member
Approval. The Managing Member shall not cause the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company to take or agree to take any of the following
actions without first obtaining approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members:
(i) Purchasing
or redeeming any Interests, other than in accordance with Article 10
hereof;
(ii) Modifying
or amending the distribution provisions set forth in Article 6 hereof, or
making any distribution or Disposition other than as set forth in this
Agreement;
(iii) Conducting
an initial public offering, merging or consolidating with or into any Person, or
selling all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, other than as set forth in Section 10.8 and
Article 11
hereof;
(iv) Dissolution,
liquidation, winding-up or voluntary Bankruptcy of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.6 and
10.8 and Article 11
hereof;
(v)
Approving or taking any action with respect to any
other matter in this Agreement specified as requiring the approval of a
Hyper-Majority Vote of Members of the Company or with respect to the Consortium,
as applicable; and
(vi) Approving
any en bloc sale or other orderly disposition of the Investment and other assets
of the Company in accordance with Section 10.8, to
the extent provided therein.
(g) With
the requisite vote of the Members as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the
Members may also take action without any meeting of the Members (and without any
prior notice from the Managing Member) by written consent setting forth the
action to be approved.
(h) In
conjunction with or following the effective date of the Plan, the Company shall
seek to use its voting power and other rights held pursuant to the Investment
with GGP to nominate and elect one (1) or more GGP Directors. Such
nominee(s) will be approved or, subject to the cooperation or consent of GGP
where required, removed by a Super-Majority Vote of Members, subject to the
following: (i) so long as Brookfield is the Managing Member, Brookfield shall
have the right to appoint the first nominee (provided, that if by a
Super-Majority Vote of Members, the Members vote to remove such person as a
director of GGP Holdco, or such person otherwise ceases to be a GGP Director,
Brookfield shall have the right to appoint a replacement nominee); (ii) the
second nominee shall be selected from a list of candidates identified by any
Member other than Brookfield (or any Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis) (provided, that, for greater
certainty, Brookfield (and any Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis) shall be included in any vote to
approve or remove such nominee); and (iii) each additional nominee shall be
selected from a list of candidates identified by Brookfield and any other
Member.
4.12 Parallel Investment
Vehicles. The Managing Member may, in its discretion,
establish one (1) or more additional limited liability companies, limited
partnerships or similar investment vehicles to facilitate the ability of certain
investors to invest with the Company generally on a side-by-side basis (each, a
“Parallel Investment
Vehicle” and collectively, the “Parallel Investment
Vehicles”). The following provisions, to the extent
practicable, subject to legal, regulatory, tax or other considerations
particular to one or more of the Company and any Parallel Investment Vehicle and
their respective investors or other beneficial owners (each, a “Parallel Vehicle
Member” and collectively, the “Parallel Vehicle
Members”), shall apply with respect to the operation of the Company and
any Parallel Investment Vehicle:
(a) The
Managing Member and the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall at all times be the same
Person and the governing documents of a Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be on
substantially the same terms as for the Company.
(b) Each
Parallel Investment Vehicle shall make an investment in GGP in the same class or
type as the Investment made by the Company in GGP. Subject to the
preceding sentence and Sections 3.1(f),
3.1(g) and
3.1(h), all
transactions in respect of the Investment, any Temporary Investment or otherwise
by the Company and any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be made, to the extent
feasible, at the same time, on the same terms and pro rata based on the
Company’s and each Parallel Investment Vehicle’s Consortium Percentage
Interest.
(c) Except
to the extent borne directly by the Company or a Parallel Investment Vehicle
pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 4.12(c),
the Company and each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall share, pro rata, on the
basis of the Company’s and each Parallel Investment Vehicle’s Consortium
Percentage Interest to the extent feasible, all Transaction Costs, including
Organizational Expenses (and any organizational expenses incurred in connection
with the formation of the Company or any Parallel Investment Vehicle), Operating
Expenses which relate to the Company or any Parallel Investment Vehicle and are
payable by such entities rather than their respective managing members, general
partners or managers (or equivalent) and any fees and expenses relating,
directly or indirectly, to the transactions in respect of the Investment, any
Temporary Investment or otherwise, which are undertaken by the Company and any
Parallel Investment Vehicle together. Notwithstanding the above or
Section 10.8(d)(i)
to the contrary, the Company and each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall bear and
be responsible for its taxes and any Operating Expenses (including
indemnification obligations or liabilities to third parties) that are
attributable solely to or from actions solely of the Company or such Parallel
Investment Vehicle, as applicable.
(d) Any
vote or consent by a specified percentage in interest of the Members or the
Parallel Vehicle Members shall, unless the Managing Member and the managing
member, general partner or manager (or equivalent) of each such Parallel
Investment Vehicle determine (acting reasonably) that the subject matter of such
vote or consent is such that an aggregate vote or aggregate consent of the
Members and the Parallel Vehicle Members is inappropriate, for example with
respect to matters which relate solely to the Company and do not also apply to
or affect the other members of the Consortium, be deemed to require the
aggregate vote or aggregate consent of the Members and the Parallel Vehicle
Members and subject to quorum requirements as if each commitment of any Parallel
Vehicle Member in respect of each Parallel Investment Vehicle comprised part of
the Aggregate Commitments, and such action shall be deemed to be valid if taken
upon the aggregate written vote or aggregate written consent by those Members
Parallel Vehicle Members who represent the specified percentage in interest of
all Non-Managing Members and non-managing Parallel Vehicle Members at the time
voting as a single class.
(e) The
Carried Interest and the carried interest in respect of a Parallel Investment
Vehicle (and adjustments) shall, in the case of a Member which is also a
Parallel Vehicle Member, be calculated taking into account the interests of the
Member in respect of both the Company and the Parallel Investment Vehicle
including by calculating the distributions to be apportioned between the Member
(on one hand) and the Class B Member and the Person entitled to carried interest
in respect of such Parallel Investment Vehicle (on the other hand) as if all
cumulative distributions to such Member from the Company and the Parallel
Investment Vehicle were aggregated, the cumulative distributions to the Class B
Member in respect of such Member from the Company and to such other Person in
respect of such Member from the Parallel Investment Vehicle were aggregated, all
Invested Capital of such Member and invested capital of such Member in its
capacity as a Parallel Vehicle Member were aggregated, the Commitment of the
Member and the commitment of such Member in its capacity as a Parallel Vehicle
Member were aggregated and the Internal Rate of Return were calculated taking
into account the interests of the Member in respect of both the Company and the
Parallel Investment Vehicle.
(f) The
Managing Member shall have discretion to and shall take such actions as are
necessary or the Managing Member deems advisable in order to carry out the
intent of this Section 4.12,
including, if necessary, allocating the Investment among the Company and any
Parallel Investment Vehicle and making transfers related thereto in order to
effect a pro
rata allocation. At the request of any Member, the Managing
Member shall deliver a certificate to such Member certifying that any Parallel
Investment Vehicle established by the Managing Member complies with the
requirements of this Agreement.
(g) For
the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of (i) determining whether the Minimum
Condition has been satisfied, any common voting equity of GGP Holdco held or
controlled by the Company and any common voting equity of GGP Holdco held or
controlled by any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be aggregated and any
representation on the board of GGP Holdco (or rights thereto) of the Company and
any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be aggregated, (ii) determining whether a
Removal Conduct Event has occurred, references to the Managing Member shall
include the managing member, general partner or manager (or equivalent) of any
Parallel Investment Vehicle (if such entity is not the Managing Member),
references to Section 3.3
hereof shall include the corresponding provisions of the governing documents of
a Parallel Investment Vehicle and references to a failure to fund any Commitment
shall include any failure to fund a commitment to a Parallel Investment Vehicle,
(iii) Section 4.6, any
references to the removal, conduct or reinstatement of the Managing Member or an
effect on the Company shall include and result in the corresponding removal,
conduct or reinstatement of the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of any Parallel Investment Vehicle (if such entity is not the
Managing Member) or effect in respect of any Parallel Investment Vehicle, and
(iv) Section 10.1(b),
Section 10.6 and
Section 10.8(d)(ii),
the Company and any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be treated as a single
entity.
4.13 Transactions with
Affiliates. The Managing Member or its Affiliates may provide
services (other than those set forth in Section 4.5(a)
hereof) to the Company or GGP, including, asset management, consulting,
operational, financial and advisory services (the provision of any such
services, an “Affiliate
Transaction”), subject, in each case, to approval of such Affiliate
Transaction by a Super-Majority Vote of Members on a Consortium-wide basis
(other than the Managing Member and its Affiliates, including any Person or
account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis). The terms on which Affiliate Transactions relating to the
Company are entered into must be on terms no less favorable to the Company than
would reasonably be expected to be obtained in an arm’s length negotiation
between unaffiliated parties (including, but not limited to, fees, termination
rights, required service levels and default provisions). The terms on
which Affiliate Transactions relating to GGP are entered into must be on terms
no less favorable to GGP than would reasonably be expected to be obtained in an
arm’s length negotiation between unaffiliated parties as to fees and otherwise
consistent with industry standards. In either case, any such fees
will be disclosed to the Members of the Consortium on a quarterly
basis. For the avoidance of doubt, any fees paid to the Managing
Member or its Affiliates in respect of an Affiliate Transaction will not be
applied to reduce the amounts payable to the Managing Member under Section 6.1
hereof.
ARTICLE
5
INVESTMENT
5.1 Investment. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Managing Member shall have the
authority to make the Investment and Temporary Investments on behalf of the
Company as contemplated by the Business Plan and the Restructuring
Proposal.
5.2 Subsequent GGP
Financing.
(a) If
GGP conducts any financing, including any rights offering, at any time (i) when
the Managing Member is not permitted to call Capital Contributions pursuant to
Section 3.1(b)
or (ii) after the effective date of the Plan, in each case, upon the approval of
a Super-Majority Vote of Members, the Managing Member shall establish one or
more vehicles to raise additional capital to participate in such GGP financing
(collectively, a “GGP
Financing Vehicle”) by selling interests therein (the “GGP Financing
Interests”) pursuant to the terms on this Section 5.2.
(b) If
the Managing Member has established a GGP Financing Vehicle, each Consortium
Member shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase, on the same
terms and conditions as all other equity owners of the GGP Financing Vehicle, up
to a percentage of the GGP Financing Interests equal to such GGP Financing
Member’s GGP Financing Allocation Percentage (each such Consortium Member that
exercises such right, a “GGP Financing
Member”). The GGP Financing Vehicle shall be on such terms and
conditions as the GGP Financing Members shall agree in good faith, but for the
avoidance of doubt, shall not provide for any Carried Interest or Transaction
Distribution Amount or similar fees or payments.
(c) If,
after the sale (if any) of GGP Financing Interests pursuant to Section 5.2(b)
hereof, less than 100% of the GGP Financing Interests have been purchased by GGP
Financing Members, each GGP Financing Member purchasing GGP Financing Interests
pursuant to Section 5.2(b)
hereof (the “Participating GGP Financing
Members”) shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase up to
a percentage of any GGP Financing Interests not sold to Participating GGP
Financing Members equal to such Participating GGP Financing Member’s Remaining
GGP Financing Percentage.
(d) If,
after the sale (if any) of GGP Financing Interests pursuant to Section 5.2(c)
hereof, less than 100% of the GGP Financing Interests have been purchased by GGP
Financing Members, the GGP Financing Vehicle shall have the right (but not the
obligation) to sell any remaining GGP Financing Interests to any
Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no GGP Financing Interests
sold pursuant to this Section 5.2(d)
may be sold for an amount less than the price at which such GGP Financing
Interests were offered to the GGP Financing Members pursuant to Section 5.2(b)
or 5.2(c)
hereof.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 5.2, no
Member shall have any obligation to purchase any GGP Financing Interests and no
such purchase shall provide any such Member with any rights pursuant to this
Agreement.
(f) If
(i) approval by a Super-Majority Vote of Members is not obtained pursuant to
Section 5.2(a)
hereof, (ii) the Company or any Parallel Investment Vehicle holds pre-emptive
rights in respect of the applicable GGP financing or such financing is pursuant
to a rights offering and (iii) such pre-emptive rights or rights are
transferable, the Company or such Parallel Investment Vehicle shall distribute
or cause to be transferred such pre-emptive rights or rights to each Consortium
Member that elects to receive such pre-emptive rights or rights in an amount
commensurate with such Consortium Member’s pro rata share
(determined based on such Consortium Member’s Invested Capital as a proportion
of the aggregate Invested Capital of all Consortium Members that elect to
receive such pre-emptive rights or rights) and such Consortium Member shall be
entitled to exercise such pre-emptive rights or rights. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, such pre-emptive rights or rights
shall not constitute Investment Proceeds and shall not be distributed in
accordance with Article 6
hereof.
(g) If
(i) approval by a Super-Majority Vote of Members is not obtained pursuant to
Section 5.2(a)
hereof, (ii) the Company or any Parallel Investment Vehicle holds pre-emptive
rights in respect of the applicable GGP financing or such financing is pursuant
to a rights offering and (iii) such pre-emptive rights or rights are
non-transferable, within five (5) Business Days following the date the vote was
held pursuant to Section 5.2(a)
hereof, each Consortium Member that elected to receive such non-transferable
pre-emptive rights or rights (each, an “Electing Member”) may
notify the Managing Member of the portion of such pre-emptive rights or rights
that such Electing Member desires the Company or such Parallel Investment
Vehicle to exercise on its behalf. If a Consortium Member fails to so
notify the Managing Member within such period, such Consortium Member shall be
deemed to have irrevocably waived such Consortium Member’s rights under this
Section 5.2(g).
If the aggregate pre-emptive rights or rights that all Electing Members have
requested that the Company or such Parallel Investment Vehicle exercise on their
behalf exceeds the aggregate pre-emptive rights or rights available to be
exercised, the pre-emptive rights or rights to be exercised by the Company or
such Parallel Investment Vehicle on behalf of the Electing Members shall be
allocated among the Electing Members as follows: (1) first, to each Electing
Member the lesser of (A) the portion of such pre-emptive rights or rights that
such Electing Member desires the Company or such Parallel Investment Vehicle to
exercise on its behalf to the extent it has not been allocated to such Electing
Member on a previous application of this Section 5.2(g)(1)
and (B) its pro
rata share (determined based on such Electing Member’s Invested Capital
as a proportion of the aggregate Invested Capital of all Electing Members) of
the pre-emptive rights or rights which have not been allocated on a previous
application of this Section 5.2(g)(1);
and (2) second, by repeating the allocation process in Section 5.2(g)(1)
until all of the pre-emptive rights or rights to be exercised by the Company or
such Parallel Investment Vehicle on behalf of the Electing Members have been
allocated. Promptly following allocation of the pre-emptive rights or rights
among the Electing Members, the Managing Member shall by written notice to each
Electing Member call a special capital contribution (which shall not constitute
a Capital Contribution for the purposes of this Agreement or the Parallel
Vehicle Agreements) from each Electing Member in an amount required to exercise
such Electing Member’s pro rata share
(determined based on such Electing Member’s Invested Capital as a proportion of
the aggregate Invested Capital of all Electing Members) of the pre-emptive
rights or rights and all costs and expenses related thereto. Promptly following
receipt of such special capital contribution, the Managing Member, on behalf of
the Electing Members (and not on behalf of all Consortium Members), shall
exercise the pre-emptive rights or rights and shall promptly distribute the
interests in GGP acquired through the exercise of such pre-emptive rights or
rights to each Electing Member in accordance with its pro rata share
(determined based on such Electing Member’s Invested Capital as a proportion of
the aggregate Invested Capital of all Electing Members). Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, such interests in GGP
shall not constitute Investment Proceeds and shall not be distributed in
accordance with Article 6
hereof.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 5.2, the
participation by the Company, any Parallel Investment Vehicle and any Consortium
Members in any financing, including any rights offering, conducted by GGP shall
be structured in such a manner as to prevent liability under Section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act with respect to any Consortium Member and the Consortium
Members agree to work together in good faith to prevent such
liability. In furtherance of the foregoing, no Consortium Member
shall, without its consent, (i) receive any allocation of the Company’s or
any Parallel Investment Vehicle’s participation rights in such financing in
excess of such Consortium Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest, or (ii) have
the portion of the Company’s or any Parallel Investment Vehicle’s participation
rights in such financing attributable to such Consortium Member’s Consortium
Percentage Interest reallocated or sold to any other Person.
ARTICLE
6
DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Distributions Attributable
to Investments. Investment Proceeds shall be distributed by
the Managing Member in cash (except as otherwise herein expressly provided) at
least quarterly, and in no event later than thirty (30) days after the
availability of such Investment Proceeds for distribution by the
Company. Subject to Sections 6.2,
6.3, 6.4 and 6.8 hereof,
Investments Proceeds shall initially be apportioned among the Members, including
the Managing Member, in proportion to their Sharing Percentages at such
time. Except as otherwise provided herein, the amount apportioned to
the Managing Member shall be distributed to the Managing Member, and the amount
apportioned to each Member shall be distributed as follows:
(a) Return of
Capital. First, 100% to such Member until the cumulative
amount distributed to such Member (taking into account all prior distributions
made or deemed made to such Member pursuant to this Section 6.1(a))
is equal to the aggregate amount of Invested Capital of such
Member;
(b) Transaction Distribution
Amount. Second, 100% as a transaction distribution (the “Transaction Distribution
Amount”) to the Managing Member in respect of its Class C Interest, until
the cumulative amount distributed to the Managing Member in respect of its Class
C Interest (taking into account all prior distributions made or deemed made to
the Managing Member in respect of its Class C Interest pursuant to this Section 6.1(b))
is equal to 3.75% of such Member’s Invested Capital; except, that if the Minimum
Condition has not been satisfied by the Long Stop Date, the Transaction
Distribution Amount distributable pursuant to this Section 6.1(b)
shall be reduced to an amount equal to 1.25% of such Member’s Invested
Capital;
(c) Return. Third,
100% to such Member until the cumulative amount distributed to such Member
(taking into account all prior distributions made or deemed made to such Member
pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)
and Section 6.1(a)
hereof) would provide such Member an Internal Rate of Return of twelve percent
(12%);
(d) Catch
Up. Fourth, 60% to the Class B Member in respect of its Class
B Interests and 40% to such Member until the cumulative amount distributed (or
deemed distributed) to the Class B Member in respect of its Class B Interest
pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)
is equal to twenty percent (20%) of the sum of (A) the cumulative amounts
distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 6.1(c)
hereof and (B) the cumulative amounts distributed to the Class B Member in
respect of its Class B Interest and such Member pursuant to this Section 6.1(d);
and
(e) Residual
Amounts. Thereafter, eighty percent (80%) to such Member and
twenty percent (20%) to the Class B Member in respect of its Class B
Interest.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the Managing Member may, in its
sole discretion, waive any Transaction Distribution Amount distributable to the
Managing Member on account of Interests held by Affiliates of the Managing
Member and any amount so waived shall be distributed to the applicable Affiliate
of the Managing Member and (ii) the Class B Member may, in its sole discretion,
waive any Carried Interest distributable to the Class B Member on account of
Interests held by Affiliates of the Class B Member and any amount so waived
shall be distributed to the applicable Affiliate of the Class B
Member.
6.2 Adjustments to
Distributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Section 6.1
hereof:
(a) If
the Managing Member is removed as managing member as a result of any of the
events described in clauses (b) or (c) of the definition of “Removal Conduct
Event” having occurred, or in accordance with Section 4.6(a)
hereof, notwithstanding Section 6.1
hereof the Managing Member shall only be entitled to receive fifty percent (50%)
of the Transaction Distribution Amount vested as of the date of its removal, and
the Class B Member shall only be entitled to receive fifty percent (50%) of the
Carried Interest to be received, in each case, based for valuation purposes on
the winding up and liquidation of the assets of the Company in accordance with
Article 11
hereof as of the date of such Removal Conduct Event, and if such reduced
Transaction Distribution Amount and Carried Interest, if any, is distributed in
kind, the same shall be held by a trustee in trust for the benefit of the
Managing Member and the Class B Member, respectively, until the date which is
six (6) months following the date of removal of the Managing Member as managing
member.
(b) On
any relevant Distribution Date, the Transaction Distribution Amount and the
Carried Interest, if any, shall be paid in cash, to the extent the relevant
distribution is in cash, or in kind, to the extent the relevant distribution is
in kind. In the event a Member does not accept the Managing Member’s
recommendation of sale of its pro rata share of the
Investment in accordance with clause (i) of Section 10.8(d)
hereof, any Transaction Distribution Amount and Carried Interest with respect to
such Member shall be paid in kind, and such Carried Interest shall be required
to be held by the Class B Member until the earlier of (i) the date that is five
(5) years from the date such payment in kind was made, (ii) the date such Member
ceases to be a Member of the Company, (iii) the date none of the Managing Member
or any of its Affiliates is the managing member of the Company, and (iv) the
date that is ten years from the Initial Closing Date.
(c) If,
pursuant to Sections 10.1(c)
or 10.8(c)
hereof, the Company Disposes of a Member’s pro rata share of the
Investment and other assets of the Company, but does not Dispose of the entire
Investment and other assets of the Company, the proceeds of such Disposition
shall be apportioned in their entirety to such Member (and not among all Members
in proportion to their Sharing Percentages as provided in the first paragraph of
Section 6.1
hereof).
(d) For
the avoidance of doubt, if (i) a Member has Transferred its entire Interest or
(ii) a Member’s pro
rata share of the Investment and other assets of the Company have been
Disposed of by the Company and the Investment Proceeds related thereto have been
distributed in accordance with this Article 6, in each
case such Member (but, for greater certainty, not its Transferee in the case of
clause (i) above) shall have no further right to any distributions under this
Article
6.
6.3 Distributions in
Kind. In the event of any distribution in kind, the Managing
Member shall provide written notice to each Member of such distribution which
notice shall set forth the date on which the Managing Member has determined to
cause such distribution to be made and shall offer to each Member the right to
elect not to receive such in kind distribution. If the Managing
Member receives written notice from any Non-Managing Member within five (5)
Business Days following receipt of the Managing Member’s notice of an in kind
distribution of assets of the Company, that, in lieu of receiving such in kind
distribution, such Non-Managing Member desires that the Managing Member Dispose
of such Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets of the Company to be
distributed in kind and distribute the cash proceeds, net of all Disposition
commissions and expenses, to such Non-Managing Member, the Managing Member shall
use its commercially reasonable efforts to Dispose of such Non-Managing Member’s
share of the assets of the Company to be distributed in kind; provided, however, that, for
the purposes of this Agreement, such Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets
of the Company to be distributed in kind shall be deemed to have been Disposed
of for their Fair Market Value as of the date of the in-kind distribution of
such assets of the Company to the Non-Managing Members who did not provide such
notice. In the event the Managing Member is unable to Dispose of such
Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets of the Company within two (2) weeks,
such Non-Managing Member may deliver a written notice to the Managing Member
requesting that the Managing Member distribute such Non-Managing Member’s share
of the assets of the Company in kind to such Non-Managing Member and the
Managing Member shall promptly do so. If the Managing Member does not
receive a written notice of the type referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence from such Non-Managing Member, the Managing Member shall continue its
efforts to sell such Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets of the Company
for an additional period of one (1) week and if the Managing Member is not
successful in selling such Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets of the
Company to be distributed in kind during such period, at the end of such
one-week period the Managing Member shall distribute such Non-Managing Member’s
share of the assets of the Company in kind to such Member. The
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek that any shares of GGP
that are distributed in kind pursuant to this Section 6.3 be
freely tradeable under applicable securities laws, it being acknowledged by each
of the Members that, to the extent the Company is then a minority shareholder of
GGP, the Company may be significantly limited in its ability to control the free
tradeability of such shares.
6.4 Limitation on
Distributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Company and the Managing Member on behalf of the Company,
shall not make a distribution to any Member on account of its Interest if such
distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law.
6.5 Reports on Distributions to
Managing Member. The Managing Member shall, for each Fiscal
Year and each fiscal quarter, provide to each Member within sixty (60) days
after the end of each Fiscal Year or fiscal quarter, as applicable, a written
report setting out the amount of distributions payable to the Class B Member and
the Class C Member, during such Fiscal Year or fiscal quarter, as applicable,
and the basis for calculation of such distributions for the relevant period,
including any offsets. The Managing Member shall also provide such reports to
each former Member to the extent relating to the period during which such former
Member was a Member.
6.6 Reinvestment. The
Company may not reinvest any Investment Proceeds; provided, that for the
avoidance of doubt, such prohibition shall not apply to the conversion of the
portion of the Investment comprised of Debt to common equity in GGP Holdco;
provided, further, that proceeds
received on account of payments in respect of the portion of the Investment
comprised of Debt under the Plan may be retained by the Company and invested as
part of an equity investment in GGP Holdco by the Company, to the extent
provided for in the Restructuring Proposal or Business Plan; provided, further, that
proceeds received on account of payments in respect of the DIP Loan may be
retained by the Company and invested as part of an equity investment in GGP
Holdco by the Company or transferred into the relevant Commitment Account; provided, further, that
Investment Proceeds from Temporary Investments may be reinvested to Temporary
Investments and/or in the Investment.
6.7 Clawback. If
a Member is required to make a Capital Contribution to the Company on a Capital
Call Payment Date at a time after the Class C Member has received Transaction
Distribution Amount or the Class B Member has received Carried Interest, the
Class C Member or the Class B Member, as applicable, shall return funds to the
Company on such Capital Call Payment Date equal to the difference between (a)
the aggregate amount of Transaction Distribution Amount or Carried Interest, as
applicable, actually received by such Member, and (b) the aggregate amount of
Transaction Distribution Amount or Carried Interest, as applicable, that such
Member would have received if such additional Capital Contributions had been
made immediately prior to the receipt of Transaction Distribution Amount or
Carried Interest by the Class C Member or the Class B Member, as applicable,
(and such difference shall be reduced by (i) all taxes that the Managing Member
reasonably determines have been or may be imposed on the Class C Member or the
Class B Member, as applicable, or their respective direct or indirect owners in
respect of the portion of Transaction Distribution Amount or the Carried
Interest, as applicable, to be returned to the Company, and increased by (ii)
the tax benefit that the Managing Member reasonably determines would be realized
by the Class C Member or the Class B Member, as applicable, or their respective
direct or indirect owners due to the return of such portion if such payment was
deductible at the same rates the Managing Member utilized in calculating the
amounts in clause (i) above). In making the determination of taxes
and tax benefits under this Section 6.7, the
Managing Member may take into account the maximum combined federal, provincial,
state and city tax rate applicable to individuals or corporations (whichever is
higher) on ordinary income and capital gain (taking into account the applicable
holding period), as the case may be, the amounts of ordinary income and capital
gain allocated to the Class C Member or the Class B Member, as applicable,
pursuant to this Agreement, and otherwise based on such reasonable assumptions
as the Managing Member determines in good faith to be appropriate.
6.8 DIP Loan
Proceeds. Subject to the next sentence, any proceeds received
by the Company or any Parallel Investment Vehicle (directly or through a
distribution from a Subsidiary) in respect of the DIP Loan Investment shall,
from time to time in the discretion of the Managing Member and the managing
member, general partner or manager (or equivalent) of the applicable Parallel
Investment Vehicle, be distributed by the Company and/or the applicable Parallel
Investment Vehicle to the DIP Loan Funding Members in proportion to their DIP
Loan Contributions and any repayment of principal in respect of the DIP Loan
Investment prior to any closing under the Restructuring Proposal shall be
transferred to the applicable Commitment Account of such DIP Loan Funding
Member. In the event of a Restructuring Proposal Termination, (i) any
interest income or repayments of principal received by the Company or any
Parallel Investment Vehicle (directly or through a distribution from a
Subsidiary) in respect of the DIP Loan Investment (x) prior to the payment of
the Capital Contributions by the True-Up Members in accordance with Section 3.1(h)(iv),
shall be distributed by the Company and/or the applicable Parallel Investment
Vehicle to the DIP Loan Funding Members in accordance with Section 3.1(h)(iv)
and not pursuant to the other provisions of this Article 6 or the
corresponding provisions of the applicable Parallel Vehicle Agreements and (y)
after the payment of the Capital Contributions by the True-Up Members in
accordance with Section 3.1(h)(iv),
shall be distributed by the Company and/or the applicable Parallel Investment
Vehicle to all Consortium Members pursuant to the other provisions of this Article 6 and/or the
corresponding provisions of the applicable Parallel Vehicle
Agreements.
ARTICLE
7
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS OF NET INCOME OR LOSS
7.1 Capital
Accounts. The Managing Member shall maintain a separate
Capital Account for each Member and shall, on receipt of a Capital Contribution
from a Member, credit the Capital Account of such Member with such
amount. The Managing Member shall also credit to the Capital Account
of each Member the amount of all income and gains of the Company allocated to
such Member and shall debit the Capital Account of each Member with the amount
of all losses and expenses of the Company allocated to such Member and the
amount of any cash and Fair Market Value of any property distributed, or deemed
distributed, from time to time by the Company to such
Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Member shall have
the authority to make other Capital Account allocations, in its discretion, to
reflect the intended economics of the Company. Where allocations are
made more often than annually, the relevant item of income, expense, gain, loss,
credit and deduction being allocated shall be estimated and, if subsequent
year-end or other adjustments affect allocations previously made, such
adjustments shall be recorded when determined. The Interest of a
Member shall not terminate by reason of there being a negative or nil balance in
the Member’s Capital Account, nor shall any Member have any obligation to
restore any negative balance in such Member’s Capital Account. If all
or any portion of an Interest is Transferred in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, the Transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the
Transferor to the extent it relates to the Transferred Interest. No
Member shall be responsible for any losses or expenses of any other Member, nor
share in the income or gain or, if applicable, allocation of tax deductible
expenses attributable to any other Member. To the extent not provided
for in this Article
7, the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted and maintained
in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv),
as the same may be amended or revised; provided, that such
adjustment and maintenance does not have a material adverse effect on the
economic interests of the Members. Subject to the foregoing sentence,
in maintaining Capital Accounts, the Managing Member may make such adjustments
as it deems reasonably necessary to give effect to the provisions of this
Agreement taking into account such facts and circumstances as the Managing
Member deems reasonably necessary or appropriate for this purpose.
7.2 No Interest Payable on
Accounts. No interest shall be paid to any Member on any
amount that it has contributed to the Company or on any balance in its Capital
Account, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
7.3 Allocation of Net Income or
Loss. Items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the Company
for a Fiscal Year shall be allocated among the Members in a manner that is
consistent with the interests of the Members in the Company determined under
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(3), it being intended that such
allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction will be reflected in the Capital
Accounts that are maintained under Section 7.1
hereof and will result in Capital Account balances that are, as nearly as
possible, equal (proportionately) to the amounts that would be distributed to
each Member if (a) the Company were to sell its assets for their book values as
maintained for purposes of Code Section 704(b), (b) all Company liabilities were
satisfied (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the book value
of the assets securing such liability), (c) the Company were to distribute the
proceeds of the sale pursuant to Section 6.1
hereof, and (d) the Company were to dissolve, minus any minimum gain and Member
minimum gain (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2) and the
amount, if any, that such Member is obligated (or deemed obligated) to
contribute to the Company. It is the intention of the parties that,
to the extent possible and consistent with the economics of this Agreement, the
foregoing allocations be respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, in
furtherance of that intention, a “qualified income offset” provision, a “minimum
gain chargeback” provision, and any other such provision described in applicable
regulations and deemed desirable by the Managing Member shall be incorporated by
reference into this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, the Managing Member may make such allocations as it deems
reasonably necessary to give economic effect to the provisions of this Agreement
taking into account such facts and circumstances as the Managing Member deems
reasonably necessary or appropriate for this purpose.
7.4 Allocation of Income or Loss
for Tax Purposes. Subject to the following sentence, items of
income, gain, loss or deduction of the Company for tax purposes for a Fiscal
Year, and its items of income, gain, loss or deduction from a particular source
or a source in a particular place, capital gains and capital losses, shall be
allocated to the Members in the same proportions as amounts are allocated to the
Members pursuant to Section 7.3
hereof; provided, that
in the case of any Company asset the Fair Market Value of which differs from its
adjusted tax basis for United States federal income tax purposes, income, gain,
loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall be allocated solely for
income tax purposes in accordance with the principles of Sections 704(b) and (c)
of the Code (and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) (in any manner
determined by the Managing Member) so as to take account of the difference
between the Fair Market Value and adjusted tax basis of such
asset. Subject to the prior sentence, amounts recognized as income,
expenses, gains, losses, deductions or credits of the Company for income tax
purposes in a fiscal period but not taken into account in Section 7.3
hereof in such fiscal period shall be allocated for income tax purposes among
the Members on the basis on which they would be allocated pursuant to Section 7.3
hereof if such amounts were taken into account in computing net income or loss
of the Company, and the allocation of income, loss, capital gains and capital
losses for income tax purposes in subsequent Fiscal Years shall be made taking
such prior allocations into account.
7.5 Tax
Returns. Each Member shall prepare and file such documents as
may be required to be prepared and filed under the Code (and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder) and other similar legislation to which such
Member may be subject and shall include in its computation of income the income
or loss of the Company.
7.6 Guaranteed
Payments. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement, the Company and the Members agree to treat and report any
distributions made to the holders of the Class C Interest pursuant to Section 6.1(b)
hereof as determined without regard to the income of the Company and as
“guaranteed payments” for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of
Section 707(c) of the Code, and the provisions of this Agreement shall be
interpreted consistently with such treatment.
ARTICLE
8
ACCOUNTING
AND TAX MATTERS
8.1 Books and Records;
Reports.
(a) The
Managing Member shall keep or cause to be kept books and records reflecting all
of the Company’s activities and transactions and all other information required
by law. The books and records shall be kept at the principal place of business
of the Company or of Brookfield. Subject to Section 12.3,
each Non-Managing Member and its respective agents and representatives shall be
afforded access to the Company’s register of Members and the Company’s books and
records for inspection and copying and any other purpose reasonably related to
such Non-Managing Member’s interest as a non-managing member of the Company, at
any reasonable time during regular business hours upon five (5) Business Days’
notice to the Managing Member; provided, however, that any
expenses incurred in connection with any such access to the Company’s register
of Members and the Company’s books and records shall be expenses of such
Non-Managing Member and not of the Company. Each former Non-Managing
Member shall also be afforded access to the Company’s register of Members and
the Company’s books and records on the same terms to the extent relating to the
period during which such former Non-Managing Member was a Non-Managing Member.
The Managing Member shall preserve the register of Members and all books and
records that it keeps pursuant to this Section 8.1(a)
for a period of seven (7) years after the date of termination of the
Company. The Company books and records and all original copies of
agreements entered into by the Company shall be the property of the
Company.
(b) The
Managing Member shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to furnish or
cause to be furnished the following reports to each Non-Managing Member (and to
each former Non-Managing Member to the extent relating to the period during
which such former Non-Managing Member was a Non-Managing Member):
(i) as
soon as practicable (but in no event later than ninety (90) days) following the
end of each Fiscal Year, a balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such
Fiscal Year and statements of operations, changes in Members’ capital and a
statement of cash flows of the Company for such Fiscal Year, accompanied by an
audited report from an Independent Accounting Firm containing an opinion of such
accountants. All such reports shall be prepared in accordance with
GAAP;
(ii) as
soon as practicable (but in no event later than sixty (60) days following the
end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each Fiscal Year, a report which
shall contain unaudited financial statements with respect to the
Company. All such reports shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except for the absence of notes to the financial statements and typical
year-end adjustments); and
(iii) as
soon as practicable (but in no event later than ninety (90) days) following the
end of each Fiscal Year, (A) in the case of the Investment, a statement of the
Fair Market Value (provided, that with respect
to any Securities referred to in clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of the definition of
“Fair Market Value”, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined using the
closing price on the last day of the Fiscal Year, or if such day is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day (rather than the
Twenty-One-Day Average VWAP)) of the Investment determined as of the last
Business Day of such Fiscal Year, and (B) in the case of any property (other
than the Investment) held by the Company during such Fiscal Year, an
appropriately qualified third-party independent expert valuation of such
property (it being understood valuations of property (other than the Investment)
shall be updated only on a triennial basis).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 8.1(b),
the Managing Member shall have the right to transition the Company’s financial
reporting from reporting in accordance with GAAP to reporting in accordance with
IFRS.
(c) The
Managing Member shall use commercially reasonable efforts to send, as soon as
possible after the end of each Fiscal Year, but by no later than April 1st of
each Fiscal Year, to each Non-Managing Member (or a former Member with respect
to the period during which such former Member was a Member) a schedule K-1 and
such other information and documents as are necessary to make appropriate tax
filings with respect to such Fiscal Year, as requested in writing by the
Non-Managing Member or former Non-Managing Member acting
reasonably.
(d) If
requested by a Member (or a former member with respect to the period during
which such former member was a Member) in writing, the Managing Member shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to provide such Person with such information as
such Person may reasonably require for the purpose of discharging its taxation
obligations or the taxation obligations of its Affiliates (in any country or
jurisdiction) arising out of its investment (or former investment) in the
Company. Further, the Managing Member shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain the requested information and to provide such information to such
Person on a timely basis. The costs incurred by the Company in obtaining and
providing such information shall be borne by the Company unless the information
is not readily available to the Company from its own records or such Person (in
its absolute discretion) agrees otherwise. In the event the costs of obtaining
and providing such information are to be borne by the Person requesting the
same, the Managing Member shall provide to such Person with a written estimate
of the costs to be incurred by the Company to obtain the requested information
before commencing to obtain such information.
8.2 Tax
Election.
(a) Elections by
Company. The Managing Member may, but shall not be obligated
to make, in its discretion, any tax election provided under the Code (and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder), or any provision of state, local
or foreign tax law, and the Managing Member shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, be absolved from all liability for any and all consequences to
any previously admitted or subsequently admitted Members resulting from its
making or failing to make any such election; provided, however, the
Managing Member shall consult with the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (in
accordance with the Voting Agreement) regarding any material tax election under
the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. All
decisions and other matters concerning the computation and allocation of items
of income, expense, gain, loss, credit and deduction among the Members, and
accounting procedures not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms
of this Agreement shall be determined by the Managing Member in its discretion
(acting reasonably). Any determination made pursuant to this Section 8.2 by
the Managing Member shall be conclusive and binding on all Members.
(b) Elections by
Members. If any Member makes any tax election that requires
the Company to furnish information to such Member to enable such Member to
compute its own tax liability, or requires the Company to file any tax return or
report with any tax authority, in either case that would not be required in the
absence of such election made by such Member, the Managing Member may, as a
condition to furnishing such information or filing such return or report,
require such Member to pay to the Company any incremental expenses incurred in
connection therewith.
8.3 Returns.
(a) The
Managing Member shall prepare or cause to be prepared all United States federal,
state and local tax and information returns of the Company (the “Returns”) for each
year for which such Returns are required to be filed.
(b) The
Managing Member shall prepare or cause to be prepared all Exchange Act reports
of the Company (including, without limitation, Schedule 13D and Forms 3, 4 and
5) (the “Reports”) at such
times and for such periods for which such Reports are required to be filed and
provide copies of those Reports to each Non-Managing Member within two (2)
Business Days after filing, provided, however, that each
Non-Managing Member shall cooperate and provide any and all documentation or
information necessary in connection with such Reports to the Managing Member
promptly (taking into account the filing period requirements) upon the request
of the Managing Member.
8.4 Withholding Tax Payments and
Obligations. If withholding taxes are paid or required to be
paid in respect of payments made to or by the Company, such payments or
obligations shall be treated as follows:
(a) Payments to the
Company. If the Company receives proceeds in respect of which
a tax has been withheld, the Company shall be treated as having received cash in
an amount equal to the amount of such withheld tax, and, for all purposes of
this Agreement, each Member shall be treated as having received a distribution
pursuant to Section 6.1
hereof equal to the portion of the withholding tax allocable to such Member, as
determined by the Managing Member in its reasonable discretion.
(b) Payments by the Company and
Others. The Company is authorized to withhold from any payment
made to, or any distributive share of, a Member any taxes that are, in the
Managing Member’s reasonable determination, required by law to be
withheld. If, and to the extent, the Company is required to make any
such tax payments with respect to any distributive share of income or gain of a
Member, the Managing Member shall, except in the case of any such tax payments
which are required by applicable law to be made sooner, give written notice to
the Member and give such Member five (5) Business Days to elect that either (i)
such Member’s proportionate share of such distribution shall be reduced by the
amount of such tax payments (which tax payments shall be treated as a
distribution to such Member pursuant to Section 6.1
hereof), or (ii) such Member shall pay to the Company prior to such distribution
an amount of cash equal to such tax payments (which payment of cash shall not be
deemed a Capital Contribution for purposes hereof and shall not reduce the
Available Commitment of such Member) and the Member shall receive such
distribution without reduction so long as the Company has received the full
amount of such cash payment prior to such distribution. In the event
a portion of a distribution in kind is retained by the Company pursuant to
clause (i) above, such retained in kind amounts may, in the discretion of the
Managing Member, either (A) be distributed to the other Members, or (B) the
Managing Member as agent on behalf of such Member may sell such retained in kind
amounts for the account of such Member, with the Managing Member retaining the
amounts necessary to satisfy such tax payments and remitting any excess amount
to such Member.
(c) Overwithholding. None
of the Company or the Managing Member shall be liable for any excess taxes
withheld and remitted in respect of any Non-Managing Member’s Interest, and, in
the event of overwithholding, a Non-Managing Member’s sole recourse shall be to
apply for a refund from the appropriate governmental authority.
(d) Certain Withheld Taxes
Treated as Demand Loans. Any taxes withheld pursuant to Section 8.4(a)
or 8.4(b)
hereof shall be treated as if distributed to the relevant Member to the extent
an amount equal to such withheld taxes would then be distributable to such
Member, and, to the extent in excess of such distributable amounts, as a demand
loan payable by the Member to the Company with interest at the Prime Rate in
effect from time to time plus two percent (2%), compounded annually, such
interest to accrue from and after the date the Managing Member is deemed to have
given notice to the Member hereunder. The Managing Member may, in its
discretion, either demand payment of the principal and accrued interest on such
demand loan at any time, and enforce payment thereof by legal process, or may
withhold from one (1) or more distributions to a Member amounts sufficient to
satisfy such Member’s obligations under any such demand loan. The Member may at
any time voluntarily repay any outstanding amounts in respect of a demand loan
in whole or part.
(e) Tax
Indemnity. If the Company, the Managing Member, or any of
their respective Affiliates, or any of their respective shareholders, partners,
members, officers, directors, employees, managers and, as determined by the
Managing Member in its discretion, consultants or agents (each a “Tax Indemnified
Party”, each of which is a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement
solely for purposes of this Section 8.4(e)),
becomes liable as a result of a failure to withhold and remit taxes in respect
of any Member (other than a failure to remit amounts withheld or that have been
paid to the Company by the Member in cash pursuant to Section 8.4(b)
hereof), then, in addition to, and without limiting, any indemnities for which
such Member may be liable under Article 9 hereof,
such Member shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold
harmless each Tax Indemnified Party, in respect of all taxes, including interest
and penalties, and any expenses incurred in any examination, determination,
resolution and payment of such liability incurred by such Tax Indemnified Party,
except any such amount arising as a result of any act or omission with respect
to which an arbitration panel, in accordance with Section 12.14
hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such Tax Indemnified
Party was grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful
and knowing material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of
law. The provisions contained in this Section 8.4(e)
shall survive the termination of the Company, the termination of this Agreement
and the Transfer of any Interest.
(f) Refunds of Withholding
Taxes. In the event that the Company receives a refund of
taxes previously withheld by a third party from one (1) or more payments to the
Company, the economic benefit of such refund shall be apportioned among the
Members in a manner reasonably determined by the Managing Member to offset the
prior operation of this Section 8.4 in
respect of such withheld taxes.
8.5 Tax Matters Partner;
Partnership Status; Certain Tax Elections. The Managing Member
is designated as the “Tax Matters Partner” for all purposes pursuant to Sections
6221 – 6231 of the Code (and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder). The Tax Matters Partner shall have the right to retain
professional assistance in respect of any audit of the Company and all expenses
and fees reasonably and properly incurred by the Tax Matters Partner on behalf
of the Company as Tax Matters Partner shall be reimbursed by the
Company. The Company shall not file an election under Section 7701 of
the Code (or any similar provision of state law) to be classified as a
corporation. No election shall be made by the Company to be excluded
from the provisions of Subchapter K, Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code or from
any similar provision of any state tax law. The Managing Member may,
in its sole discretion, make a Section 754 of the Code election or an election
to have the Company treated as an “electing investment partnership” for purposes
of Section 743 of the Code.
8.6 Advice. A
Member may, by written notice to the Managing Member, request that the Managing
Member provide a copy of any written taxation advice the Managing Member has
obtained from external taxation and other advisers, and the Managing Member
shall provide such copy to the Member (with a copy being provided to all other
Members within a reasonable period of time). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (a) a Member shall not be entitled to a copy of any written taxation
advice unless such Member shall have executed and delivered to the taxation or
other advisor that provided such written tax advice, such waiver of reliance and
release from liability in respect of such advice as may be requested by such
taxation or other advisor, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
tax advisor (provided,
that no Member shall be required to sign any such waiver or release if the
effect thereof would be to prevent the Persons entitled to rely on such advice
from being able to exercise all rights available to such Persons in respect of
such advice), and (b) the Managing Member may impose such reasonable
restrictions and conditions in respect of such written tax advice as the
Managing Member determines are necessary or appropriate to preserve any
privilege which exists with respect to such advice.
ARTICLE
9
EXCULPATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Exculpation. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Indemnified Party shall be
liable, in damages or otherwise, to the Company, the Members or any of their
Affiliates for any act or omission performed or omitted by any of them
(including, without limitation, any act or omission performed or omitted by any
of them in good faith reliance upon and in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement or in reasonable reliance upon and in accordance with the opinion
or advice of experts, including, without limitation, of legal counsel as to
matters of law, of accountants as to matters of accounting, or of investment
bankers or appraisers as to matters of valuation), except with respect to, in
the case of any Indemnified Party other than any member of the Board of
Directors (including any Non-Managing Member represented by any member of the
Board of Directors in respect of acts or omissions by such Person as a member
thereof), any act or omission with respect to which an arbitration panel, in
accordance with Section 12.14
hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such Indemnified
Party was grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful
and knowing material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the
management of the Company. The provisions of this Agreement, to the
extent that they expressly eliminate or restrict the duties (including fiduciary
duties) and liabilities of an Indemnified Party otherwise existing at law or in
equity, are agreed by the Members to replace such other duties and liabilities
of such Indemnified Party.
9.2 Indemnification.
(a) To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall and does
hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Managing Member, any Affiliate
thereof, the members of the Board of Directors (including any Non-Managing
Member represented by any member of the Board of Directors in respect of the
actions by such Person as a member thereof), any officer of the Company and
their respective Constituent Members, representatives, employees, managers,
consultants or agents (each, an “Indemnified Party”,
each of which shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement solely for
purposes of this Section 9.2),
from and against any loss or damage incurred by them or by the Company for any
act or omission taken or suffered by each Indemnified Party (including, without
limitation, any act or omission performed or omitted by any of them in
reasonable reliance upon and in accordance with the opinion or advice of
experts, including, without limitation, of legal counsel as to matters of law,
of accountants as to matters of accounting, or of investment bankers or
appraisers as to matters of valuation) in connection with the Company Business
(including, without limitation, acting as a director, officer, manager or member
of GGP), and to pay all judgments and claims against such Indemnified Party
including costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any amount expended in the
settlement of any claims (to the extent permitted by Section 9.2(e)
below) or loss or damage, except that no amount shall be paid under this Section 9.2 with
respect to (i) in the case of any Indemnified Party other than any member of the
Board of Directors (including any Non-Managing Member represented by any member
of the Board of Directors in respect of acts or omissions by such Person as a
member thereof) any act or omission with respect to which an arbitration panel,
in accordance with Section 12.14
hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such Indemnified
Party was grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful
and knowing material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the
management of the Company and (ii) in the case of any Indemnified Party who is a
member of the Board of Directors (other than the Managing Member) (including any
Non-Managing Member represented by any member of the Board of Directors in
respect of acts or omissions by such Person as a member thereof), any act or
omission which was taken by such Indemnified Party in bad faith. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.2, (A)
no Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification in its capacity or in
respect of its obligations as a Non-Managing Member, (B) neither a member of the
Board of Directors, the Managing Member, any of its Affiliates nor their
respective Constituent Members, employees, managers, consultants or agents shall
be entitled to indemnification by the Company in respect of any Internal Dispute
and (C) no Person shall be entitled to indemnification for costs or expenses
incurred by such Person in a litigation in which such Person is a plaintiff and
is not acting on behalf of the Company, the Managing Member, GGP or any of their
respective Affiliates, other than with respect to costs or expenses incurred by
such Person to establish and/or enforce such Person’s right to indemnification
or exculpation as an Indemnified Party pursuant to this
Agreement. The provisions set forth in this Section 9.2
shall survive the termination of the Company and this Agreement.
(b) The
Managing Member shall, at the Company’s expense, maintain directors and officers
insurance for the benefit of the members of the Board of Directors and officers
of the Company on terms customary with industry practice and the Managing Member
shall promptly provide the Members with written notice if there is a material
adverse change in the type of, or a reduction in the level of coverage under,
the directors and officers insurance or any other insurance policy disclosed by
the Managing Member to a Member prior to the Initial Closing
Date. Prior to any Indemnified Party seeking indemnification from the
Company pursuant to Section 9.2(a)
hereof, such Indemnified Party shall seek payment, to the extent available,
under the directors and officers insurance policy of the Company.
(c) The
Managing Member shall have the right and authority to require to be included in
any and all Company contracts that it and the Non-Managing Members shall not be
personally liable thereon and that the Person contracting with the Company shall
look solely to the Company and its assets for satisfaction.
(d) Except
as otherwise provided herein, the satisfaction of any indemnification obligation
pursuant to Section 9.2(a)
hereof shall be from and limited to Company assets. No Member shall
have any obligation to make Capital Contributions to fund its share of any
indemnification obligations hereunder; provided, however, that each
Member shall be obligated to return amounts distributed to it in order to fund
any deficiency in the Company’s indemnity obligations hereunder to the extent
provided in Section 3.5
hereof.
(e) An
Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to receive any payments under Section 9.2(a)
hereof for amounts in connection with the settlement of any claim involving
potential losses in excess of $2,000,000 (determined, in the aggregate, on a
Consortium-wide basis) without such settlement having been approved pursuant to
the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on the approval of a
Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles.
(f) Expenses
reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in defense or settlement of any
claim that may be subject to a right of indemnification hereunder shall be
advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition thereof upon receipt of
an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party to repay such amount to
the extent that it shall be determined upon final decision, judgment or order
that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder; provided, that the Company
shall not advance such expenses if the Managing Member believes (acting
reasonably) that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified
hereunder or there is a reasonable possibility that such Indemnified Party is
not entitled and that the Indemnified Party may be unable to repay such amount;
provided, further, that
if the Indemnified Party seeking the advance of such expenses is the Managing
Member or an Affiliate of the Managing Member, such determination shall be made
pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such determination shall be based on the
determination of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles
(excluding from both the numerator and denominator of such percentage the
Consortium Percentage Interests voted at the direction of any board of directors
of any Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle consisting only of the Managing
Member and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest of which
is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis). No advances shall
be made by the Company under this Section 9.2(f)
without the prior written approval of the Managing Member.
(g) Any
repeal or modification of this Article 9 shall not
adversely affect any rights of any Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 9, including
the right to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a Indemnified
Party existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any
acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE
10
TRANSFERS
BY NON-MANAGING MEMBERS; WITHDRAWAL OF AND
TRANSFER BY MANAGING MEMBER;
LIQUIDITY EVENTS
10.1 Restrictions on Transfer by
Non-Managing Members.
(a) General.
(i) During the Standstill
Period. During the time period through the date the Standstill
Period expires, except in accordance with Sections 10.1(a)(iii),
10.6 and 10.8, no Non-Managing
Member may Transfer, and each Non-Managing Member shall ensure that no Transfer
by any other Person occurs in respect of, all or any portion of its Interest
(including by way of Transfer of an interest in or in an interest held by such
Member).
(ii) Following the Standstill
Period. Following the date the Standstill Period expires,
except in accordance with Sections 10.1(a)(iii),
10.6 and 10.8 and subject to
compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 10.1(b)
(as applicable), no Non-Managing Member may Transfer, and each Non-Managing
Member shall ensure that no Transfer by any other Person occurs in respect of,
all or any portion of its Interest (including by way of Transfer of an interest
in or in an interest held by such Member) without the prior written consent of
the Managing Member, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(iii) Affiliate
Transfers. Notwithstanding Sections 10.1(a)(i)
and 10.1(a)(ii)
(but in any event subject to Sections 10.3
and 10.4), at
any time during or following the expiration of the Standstill Period, any
Non-Managing Member may Transfer all or any portion of its Interest (including
by way of Transfer of an interest in or in an interest held by such Member) to
an Affiliate of such Non-Managing Member without the prior written consent of
the Managing Member (it being understood that a Non-Managing Member effecting
such a Transfer shall thereafter remain liable for its Available Commitment,
unless released therefrom by the Managing Member in its sole and absolute
discretion).
(iv) Consequences of Prohibited
Transfers. Any purported Transfer of or in respect of all or
any part of the Interest of any Non-Managing Member (whether by way of a
Transfer by any Non-Managing Member of its Interest or by way of a Transfer by
any other Person in respect such Interest or of an interest in such Non-Managing
Member) not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1(a)
or without satisfaction of the other requirements of Sections 10.1,
10.3 or 10.4 hereof shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void and of no force or effect
and the Managing Member shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
entitled to cause the Transfer or re-Transfer thereof to another Person for an
amount equal to the relevant portion of the Capital Account associated with such
Non-Managing Member’s Interest at the time of Transfer or re-Transfer (or, in
the case of a purported Transfer by any other Person in respect of all or any
portion of such Non-Managing Member’s Interest including by way of Transfer of
an interest in or in an interest held by a Member, the Transfer of all or any
portion of such Non-Managing Member’s Interest for an amount equal to the
relevant portion of the Capital Account associated with such Non-Managing
Member’s Interest at the time of such Transfer). Further, in the
event of any Transfer of or in respect of all or any part of the Interest of any
Non-Managing Member (whether by way of a Transfer by any Non-Managing Member of
its Interest or by way of a Transfer by any other Person in respect such
Interest) without satisfaction of the requirements of Section 10.1(b),
such Non-Managing Member shall be deemed to be a “Defaulting Member” for the
purposes of Section 3.6(b)
hereof and for the purposes of such Member’s voting rights under this
Agreement.
(b) Right of First
Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein (but still subject to Section 10.3(c),
(d) and (e) hereof), at any
time after the Standstill Period, a Member may Transfer all or any portion of
its Interest, subject to compliance by such Member with the requirements of this
Section 10.1(b);
provided, that such
Member shall not be required to comply with the requirements of the next
following sentence, including clauses (i) through (vi) thereof, in connection
with a Transfer to an Affiliate of such Member. Such Member (the
“Selling
Member”) must first offer such Interest (the “Offered Interest”) to
the remaining Consortium Members (the “Offeree Members”)
pursuant to the following procedures:
(i) the
Selling Member shall provide notice to the Company, the Managing Member and the
Offeree Members of its desire to potentially sell, assign or transfer its
Interest (the “Potential Transfer
Notice”);
(ii)
at any time during the ten (10) day period beginning thirty
(30) days following the date of deemed receipt of the Potential Transfer Notice,
the Selling Member may give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to the
Company, the Managing Member and the Offeree Members of its offer to sell,
assign or transfer the Offered Interest and the price (the “Offer Price”) and
terms under which it is prepared to do so (the “Offer
Terms”);
(iii) each
Offeree Member shall have fifteen (15) days from the date of deemed receipt of
the Offer Notice (such period, the “Acceptance Notice
Period”) to elect to purchase all or any portion of the Offered Interest
at the Offer Price and under the Offer Terms by providing notice to the Company,
the Managing Member and the Selling Member (the “Acceptance
Notice”);
(iv) the
purchase by any Offeree Member of the Offered Interest or any portion thereof
shall take place within five (5) Business Days of the date of deemed receipt of
the Acceptance Notice;
(v) if
the aggregate amount of Interests that the Offeree Members elect to purchase
under the Acceptance Notices is in excess of the Offered Interest, the portion
of the Offered Interest which each Offeree Member providing an Acceptance Notice
shall acquire shall be determined by allocating the Offered Interest among the
Offeree Members as follows: (1) first, to each Offeree Member the lesser of (A)
the portion of the Offered Interest indicated in its Acceptance Notice to the
extent it has not been allocated to such Offeree Member on a previous
application of this Section 10.1(b)(v)(1)
and (B) its pro
rata share (determined based on such Offeree Member’s Commitment as a
proportion of the aggregate Commitments of all Offeree Members providing an
Acceptance Notice) of the Offered Interest which has not been allocated on a
previous application of this Section 10.1(b)(v)(1);
and (2) second, by repeating the allocation process in Section 10.1(b)(v)(1)
until all of the Offered Interest has been allocated;
(vi) if
the aggregate amount of Interests under the Acceptance Notices is less than the
Offered Interest, the Selling Member may, in its discretion, for a period of 90
days following the end of the Acceptance Notice Period, sell, assign or transfer
all or any portion of the Offered Interest (including such portion as the
Offeree Members may have elected to purchase pursuant to Section 10.1(b)(iii)
hereof) to a third party at a price that equals or exceeds the Offer Price and
otherwise on substantially no more favorable terms to such third party than the
Offer Terms; and
(vii) for
the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.1(b)
shall not be applicable to a sale, assignment or transfer of Interests by BAM or
its wholly-owned Affiliates in accordance with Section 10.7
hereof or by a Member in accordance with Section 10.8.
(c) If
any Member is unable, despite good faith efforts, to transfer its Interests in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 10.1(b)
hereof for a period of six (6) months, upon notice to all other Members, such
Member may require that the Company Dispose of all, but not less than all, of
such Member’s pro
rata share of the Investment and other assets of the Company, the
proceeds of which shall be subject to reduction by a reasonable estimate of the
Disposing Member’s proportionate share of all of the Company’s liabilities and
the costs reasonably expected to be incurred in connection with a Disposition of
the Investment and the other assets of the Company, in each case as determined
by the Independent Accounting Firm.
(d) With
respect to any sale, assignment or transfer contemplated by Section 10.1(b)
hereof, the Company and the Managing Member shall cooperate and provide such
assistance as may be reasonably requested by a Selling Member to enable such
Selling Member to gather and disclose such information as may be reasonably
necessary or desirable to facilitate a sale, assignment or transfer of its
Interest to a third party (subject to commercially reasonable confidentiality
undertakings having regard to market practice as determined by the Managing
Member (acting reasonably)); provided, that all costs
incurred in connection with any such sale, assignment or transfer shall be for
the account of such Selling Member.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if elected in writing by a
Selling Member or an Offeree Member to the Company and the Managing Member, in
lieu of a direct sale, assignment or transfer of the Offered Interest to the
purchaser(s) thereof as contemplated by Section 10.1(b),
such Selling Member or Offeree Member may comply with the Redemption Procedure,
such that in the event of such an election by a Selling Member or an Offeree
Member, the Selling Member’s pro rata share
(determined in accordance with its Consortium Percentage Interest) of the
Investment shall be sold, assigned and transferred by the Company to the Offeree
Member’s respective Parallel Investment Vehicle.
10.2 Withdrawal of and Transfer
by the Managing Member. Neither the Managing Member nor the
Class B Member may voluntarily withdraw from the Company or Transfer its
Interest prior to the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Initial Closing Date,
unless such withdrawal or Transfer has been approved by a Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members (not including the Managing Member or its Affiliates, including any
Person or account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a
discretionary basis); provided, however, that the
Managing Member or the Class B Member may, at its expense, without the consent
of any Non-Managing Member, (i) be reconstituted as or converted into a
corporation or other form of entity (any such reconstituted or converted entity
being deemed to be the Managing Member or the Class B Member, as applicable, for
all purposes hereof) by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, plan of arrangement
or otherwise, so long as such transaction does not result in a Change of
Control, or (ii) (A) in the case of the Managing Member, Transfer its Class C
Interest (or any portion thereof) or (B) in the case of the Class B Member,
Transfer its Class B Interest (or any portion thereof), in each case to one (1)
or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of BAM so long as such other entity shall have
assumed in writing the obligations of the Managing Member or the Class B Member,
as applicable, with respect to such Transferred Interest under this Agreement,
the Subscription Agreements and any other related agreements of the Managing
Member, or the Class B Member, as applicable, including any obligations under
Sections 3.5(b)(iii)
and 6.7 hereof
in respect of distributions of Carried Interest received by the Class B
Member. In the event of a Transfer of all of its Interest as a
managing member of the Company in accordance with this Section 10.2,
its Transferee shall be substituted in its place and admitted to the Company as
managing member of the Company upon its execution of a counterpart of this
Agreement, and immediately thereafter, the former managing member shall cease to
be a managing member of the Company, and such substituted managing member is
hereby authorized to, and shall, continue the business of the Company without
dissolution as the Managing Member.
10.3 Additional Requirements and
Conditions.
(a) In
addition to the requirements and conditions set forth in Section 10.1
hereof, any Transfer, in whole or in part, of a Non-Managing Member’s Interest
(including any Transfer structured to comply with the Redemption Procedure) must
be documented in writing and such documentation must (i) be in a form acceptable
to the Managing Member (determined in the reasonable discretion of the Managing
Member), (ii) have terms that are not in contravention of any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of applicable law and (iii) be duly executed by the
Transferor and Transferee of such Interest. For greater certainty,
the documentation referred to in the immediately preceding sentence may, in the
discretion of the Managing Member, include a subscription agreement in the form
of the Subscription Agreement. Each Transferor agrees that it shall
pay all reasonable expenses, including legal fees, incurred by the Company or
the Managing Member in connection with a Transfer of its Interest, except to the
extent that the Transferee thereof agrees to bear such expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company and the Managing Member
shall be entitled to treat the Transferor of a Non-Managing Member’s Interest as
the absolute owner thereof in all respects, and the Company shall incur no
liability for allocations of income, losses, other items or distributions, or
transmittal of reports and notices required to be given to Non-Managing Members
hereunder which are made in good faith to such Transferor until (i) such time as
the written instrument of the Transfer has been physically received by the
Company; (ii) compliance with Sections 10.1,
10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 hereof has taken
place; (iii) the documentation in the form required by Section 10.3(a)
hereof has been recorded on the Company books (which the Managing Member must do
as soon as practicable) and (iv) the effective date of such Transfer has
passed. The effective date of the Transfer of an Interest shall be
the first day of the month following the day on which the last of clauses (i)
through (iv) of this Section 10.3(b)
occurs or at such earlier time as the Managing Member determines in its
discretion, being a time no earlier than the time at which the last of clauses
(i) through (iv) of this Section 10.3(b)
occurs.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no Transfer of any Non-Managing
Member’s Interest (including any Transfer structured to comply with the
Redemption Procedure) may be made unless the Managing Member, (i) if so
requested of the Transferor by the Managing Member, shall have received from the
Transferor an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member
(or waived such requirement) that such Transfer would not reasonably be expected
to (A) result in a violation of, or require the Company or the Managing Member
to register as an investment company, investment advisor or similar registration
requirement under, any United States federal or state securities laws or cause
the assets of the Company to be or to be deemed to be “plan assets” within the
meaning of ERISA or the Code, (B) result in a termination of the Company’s
status as a partnership for tax purposes, (C) result in a violation of any law,
rule or regulation by the Transferor, the Transferee, the Company or the
Managing Member, (D) result in (I) the Company being treated as a “publicly
traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code (and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder), or (II) a termination of the
Company pursuant to Section 708 of the Code (and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder) (provided, however, that the
Managing Member may waive the restrictions in subclause (II) in its discretion),
(ii) shall have determined that the effect of such Transfer would not
likely result in a material adverse effect on the Company or any of its
Affiliates, or any portion of the Investment (including, without limitation,
that the Company would, as a result of such Transfer, be required to register as
an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act or that the Company or
any Member would, as a result of such Transfer, be subject to any liability
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act), and (iii) received a guaranty in
favor of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Managing Member, of the obligations of such Transferee under this Agreement or
evidence satisfactory to the Managing Member that such Transferee is of good
standing and has financial capabilities adequate to fund the Transferred
Commitment; provided,
that no such guaranty shall be required after all of the Transferor’s Commitment
has been drawn or is no longer available to be drawn. The Managing Member agrees
to promptly provide any Non-Managing Member seeking to Transfer its Interest in
accordance with this Section 10.3
with such information as such Non-Managing Member may reasonably request to
enable it to satisfy the requirements of this Section 10.3(c). In
addition, no Transfer of any Non-Managing Member’s Interest shall be made to a
Prohibited Person or, except as provided in Section 3.3(e),
any Person that is not an institutional investor.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i) the requirements and conditions set forth in Section 10.3(c)(ii)
shall apply to any Transfer, in whole or in part, of the Managing Member’s or
the Class B Member’s Interest pursuant to Section 10.2,
and (ii) no Transfer of the Managing Member’s or the Class B Member’s Interest
shall be made to a Prohibited Person.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no Transfer of (i) any Member’s
Interest or (ii) any portion of any Member’s pro rata share of the
Investment following an in-kind distribution thereof to such Member, may, in
each case, be made hereunder or otherwise if such Transfer would cause the
Company to breach any transfer restrictions applicable to the Company under the
Restructuring Proposal.
10.4 Substituted Non-Managing
Member.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no Transferee of a Non-Managing
Member shall have the right to become a substituted Non-Managing Member unless
(i) the Managing Member shall have consented thereto, which consent may be
granted or withheld in the discretion of the Managing Member, (ii) the
Transferee shall have executed such documentation as the Managing Member may
reasonably require to acknowledge the obligation of the Transferee to contribute
the amount of the Available Commitment of the Transferor pursuant to Article 3 hereof and
all such other instruments as shall be reasonably required by the Managing
Member to signify such Transferee’s agreement to be bound by all provisions of
this Agreement and all other documents reasonably required by the Managing
Member to effect the admission of the Transferee as a Non-Managing Member and
(iii) the Transferee or Transferor shall have paid to the Company the estimated
costs and expenses (including legal fees and filing costs and other
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company) incurred in effecting the
Transfer and substitution. For the avoidance of doubt, any payment
made pursuant to clause (iii) in the immediately preceding sentence shall not be
considered a Capital Contribution. Such substituted Non-Managing
Member shall reimburse the Company for any excess of the actual costs and
expenses so incurred over the amount of such estimate. A Transferee
shall be deemed admitted as a substituted Non-Managing Member with respect to
the Interest Transferred upon its execution and delivery of a counterpart of
this Agreement (but not earlier than the effective date of the
Transfer). By execution of this Agreement or a counterpart hereof, or
by authorizing such execution on its behalf, each Non-Managing Member consents
and agrees that any Transferee may be admitted as a substituted Non-Managing
Member and this Agreement may be amended accordingly by the Managing Member
through the exercise of the power of attorney granted under Section 12.6
hereof, without the necessity of any further action by, or consent of, the
Non-Managing Members.
(b) Upon
the admission of a Transferee as a substituted Non-Managing Member, Schedule A
shall be amended accordingly to reflect the name and address of such Transferee,
Class of Interests held by such Transferee, and Commitment, Company Percentage
Interest and Consortium Percentage Interest of such Transferee, in each case as
a substituted Non-Managing Member.
(c) A
Transferee of a Non-Managing Member’s Interest who is not admitted as a
substituted Non-Managing Member pursuant to Section 10.4(a)
hereof shall be entitled only to allocations and distributions with respect to
the Interest of such Non-Managing Member in accordance with this Agreement, and
shall have no right to vote on any Company matters or, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to any information or accounting of the affairs of the
Company, shall not be entitled to inspect the books or records of the Company
and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have none of the rights of a
Member under the Act or this Agreement.
10.5 Incapacity of a Non-Managing
Member.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the death, Bankruptcy, dissolution or
incompetence of a Non-Managing Member shall not, in and of itself, cause a
dissolution of the Company, and upon the occurrence of such an event, the
Company shall continue without dissolution. If any such event shall
occur with respect to a Non-Managing Member, the trustee, successors or assigns
of such Non-Managing Member shall succeed only to the economic interest of such
Non-Managing Member herein, but no such trustee, successor or assignee shall
become a substituted Non-Managing Member unless and until the requirements of
Sections 10.1,
10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 hereof with
respect thereto have been satisfied.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Bankruptcy of a Member shall not
cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company, and, upon the
occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution,
except to the extent provided in Section 4.6
hereof.
10.6 Tag-Along
Rights.
(a) In
the event that (i) any Member or Members, acting together or at the same or
substantially the same time in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, receives a bona fide offer from any potential Transferee(s) to
Transfer to such Transferee(s) more than fifty percent (50%) of the Interests of
the Consortium or (ii) Brookfield receives a bona fide offer from any potential
Transferee(s) to Transfer to such Transferee(s) its Interests such that BAM and
its wholly-owned Affiliates would own less than the Brookfield Minimum Hold (any
Member which is the recipient of any such offer, a “Tag-Along Member” and
any such Transfer, a “Tag-Along Transfer”),
such Tag-Along Member(s) shall comply with the requirements of Section 10.1(b)
and if the Offeree Members do not elect to purchase the entire Offered Interest
of such Tag-Along Member(s), then such Tag-Along Member(s) may proceed to enter
into a definitive agreement to consummate such Tag-Along Transfer and as
promptly as reasonably practicable after entering into any such definitive
agreement, then such Tag-Along Member(s) shall notify each other Member of such
Tag-Along Transfer in accordance with Article 12 hereof,
such notice to contain a copy of the definitive agreement and state in
reasonable detail the material terms of such agreement including the Transfer
price and, in the case of a Tag-Along Transfer comprising multiple transactions
or at multiple prices, such Transfer price shall for the purposes of this Section 10.6 be
the volume weighted average price (each, a “Tag-Along
Notice”).
(b) Each
Member who receives a Tag-Along Notice shall deliver to the Tag-Along Member or
the Managing Member, as applicable, not more than fifteen (15) Business Days
after the Tag-Along Notice, a written reply stating whether or not such Member
intends to exercise such Member’s rights under Section 10.6(c)
hereof with respect to such Tag-Along Transfer (each, a “Reply”). If
a Member receives a Tag-Along Notice but fails to deliver a Reply to a Tag-Along
Notice within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, such Member shall be deemed
to have irrevocably waived such Member’s rights under this Section 10.6
with respect to the subject Tag-Along Transfer.
(c) With
respect to any Tag-Along Transfer, each Member may, but is under no obligation
to, elect to sell, assign or transfer to the Transferee(s), on substantially the
same terms as the relevant Tag-Along Member, a portion of such Member’s
Interests not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of such Member’s Interests
(the “Tagging
Members”). The Tag-Along Member shall negotiate in good faith
with the Transferee(s) with the objective of consummating a Tag-Along Transfer
involving the sale, assignment or transfer of Interests in an aggregate amount
equal to the aggregate Interests desired to be sold, assigned or transferred by
the Tag-Along Member and each of the Tagging Members. In the event
the Tag-Along Member is successful in negotiating a Tag-Along Transfer involving
the sale, assignment or transfer of such Interests on substantially the terms in
the Tag-Along Notice, all such Interests shall be sold, assigned and transferred
to the Transferee(s) in connection with the Tag-Along Transfer. In
the event the Tag-Along Member is only successful in negotiating a Tag-Along
Transfer involving the sale, assignment or transfer of some of such Interests on
substantially the terms in the Tag-Along Notice, the Interests which the
Tag-Along Member and each Tagging Member shall sell, assign and transfer in
connection with such Tag-Along Transfer shall be determined by allocating the
Interests among the Tag-Along Members and Tagging Members as follows: (1) first,
to each such Member the lesser of (A) the portion of such Interests that such
Member desires to sell, assign or transfer to the extent it has not been
allocated to such Member on a previous application of this Section 10.6(c)(1)
and (B) its pro
rata share (determined based on such Member’s Commitment as a proportion
of the aggregate Commitments of all Tag-Along Members and Tagging Members) of
the Interests which have not been allocated on a previous application of this
Section 10.6(c)(1)
and (2) second, by repeating the allocation process in Section 10.6(c)(1)
until all of the Interests have been allocated. The aggregate amount of
consideration from the Transferee(s) for the Interests being sold, assigned and
transferred in connection with the Tag-Along Transfer shall be divided among the
Tag-Along Member and the Tagging Members pro rata in
proportion to the Interests being sold, assigned and transferred by each of them
in connection with such Tag-Along Transfer. If such consideration is
in more than one form, the aggregate amount of the consideration of each form
shall be apportioned among the Tag-Along Member and the Tagging Members pro rata in
proportion to the Interests being transferred by each of them in connection with
such Tag-Along Transfer.
(d) Each
sale, assignment or transfer in connection with a Tag-Along Transfer shall be
effectuated as promptly as practicable but in no event more than fifteen (15)
Business Days after the expiration of the fifteen (15) Business Day period set
forth in Section 10.6(b)
hereof or the earlier date on which the Tag-Along Member has received a Reply
from each Member to the relevant Tag-Along Notice. Each sale,
assignment or transfer to be made in connection with a Tag-Along Transfer shall
be effectuated simultaneously on substantially the terms in the Tag-Along Notice
and no Tagging Member or Tag-Along Member shall consummate any sale, assignment
or transfer in connection with a Tag-Along Transfer unless the Tag-Along Member
and each Tagging Member are permitted to consummate all such sales, assignments
and transfers. At the time such Transfers are consummated, the
Tag-Along Member shall require that the Transferee remit directly to the
Tag-Along Member and the Tagging Members that portion of the consideration to
which each of them is entitled. In the event that any Tag-Along
Transfer and its related sales, assignments and transfers are not consummated
prior to the expiration of the fifteen (15) Business Day period set forth in
this Section 10.6(d)
or the Transferee fails timely to remit any portion of the consideration, such
Tag-Along Transfer shall be deemed to be in violation of this Section 10.6
unless a new Tag-Along Notice is delivered and the procedures set forth in this
Section 10.6 are
repeated.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if requested in writing by
any Tag-Along Member or any Tagging Member to the Company and the Managing
Member, in lieu of a direct sale, assignment or transfer of such Member’s
Interest to the Transferee as contemplated by this Section 10.6,
such Member may comply with the Redemption Procedure.
10.7 Syndication. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Article 10 to the
contrary (but subject to Section 10.3(c)
hereof), so long as the aggregate Commitments of BAM and its wholly-owned
Affiliates represent more than the Brookfield Minimum Hold, then, for a period
ending six (6) months following the effective date of the Plan, Brookfield shall
have the right, at its sole cost and expense, at any time and from time to time,
to syndicate its Commitment to one or more third parties and/or one or more
investment vehicles managed by Brookfield; provided, that BAM and its
wholly-owned Affiliates shall, in the aggregate, maintain Commitments of no less
than the Brookfield Minimum Hold.
10.8 Liquidity
Events.
(a) Failure to Satisfy Minimum
Condition. If the Minimum Condition has not been satisfied by
the Long Stop Date, the Managing Member shall attempt to Dispose of the
Investment and other assets of the Consortium through an en bloc sale or other
orderly disposition to maximize value; provided, that if such sale
is not completed within three (3) weeks following the Long Stop Date, the
Investment shall be Disposed of through an in-kind distribution to the
Consortium Members in accordance with Article 6 (and the
corresponding provision of each Parallel Investment Vehicle) and the Fair Market
Value thereof shall be determined at the date of such distribution.
(b) Managing Member
Removal. Upon the removal of the Managing Member as the
managing member of the Company in accordance with Section 4.6
hereof, the Company will be wound up and the assets of the Company liquidated in
accordance with Section 11.3.
(c) Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members. Upon the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members, the Managing Member shall make a Disposition of the Investment and
other assets of the Company through an en bloc sale or other orderly disposition
to maximize value. For greater certainty, subject to Section 4.5, no
Member shall be entitled to, or be restricted from, acquiring the Investment
from the Company at such time; provided that any acquisition
of all or any part of the Investment by the Managing Member or its Affiliates
shall require the Hyper-Majority Vote of Members (other than the Managing Member
and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis).
(d) Rights Following the Third
Anniversary. At any time following the third (3rd) anniversary of the
effective date of the Plan, Managing Member or any Member, as applicable, may
exercise on the following liquidity rights:
(i) Managing Member Sale
Recommendation.
(A) The
Managing Member may recommend (a “Sale Recommendation”)
that the Investment and all other assets of the Consortium be sold, which
recommendation, if any, shall include reasonable details relating to the
intended strategy or exit plan to be pursued and such other information as the
Managing Member determines may be relevant to Members in deciding whether to
accept such recommendation. Any Member may accept such Sale Recommendation
within the ten (10) Business Day period following the date of such
recommendation (the “Sale Recommendation
Acceptance Period”). If one or more Members accepts such Sale
Recommendation, the Managing Member in its discretion shall Dispose of such
Members’ Consortium Percentage Interests of the Investment and other assets of
the Consortium in the manner set forth in the Sale Recommendation or by such
other means of maximizing value as the Managing Member may determine, including,
without limitation, through an en bloc sale or other orderly disposition (it
being understood that the proceeds from such sale distributable to each such
Member shall be reduced by such Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest of the
liabilities of the Consortium, such Member’s Company Percentage Interest of any
Company-specific liabilities (as determined in accordance with Section 4.12(c))
and the Member’s proportionate share (determined by dividing such Member’s
Invested Capital by the aggregate sum of the Invested Capital of all the
Consortium Members participating in the Sale Recommendation) of the costs
incurred in connection with the Disposition of such portion of the Investment
and other assets of the Consortium, as determined by the Independent Accounting
Firm as of the date such portion of the Investment and other assets of the
Consortium are sold). At any time following the Sale Recommendation Acceptance
Period, a Member that did not accept the Sale Recommendation may nonetheless
request that its pro
rata share (determined in accordance with its Consortium Percentage
Interest) of the Investment and other assets of the Consortium be sold by the
Consortium and the proceeds distributed (it being understood that the proceeds
from such sale distributable to each such Member shall be reduced by such
Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest of the liabilities of the Consortium,
such Member’s Company Percentage Interest of any Company-specific liabilities
(as determined in accordance with Section 4.12(c))
and the Member’s proportionate share (determined by dividing such Member’s
Invested Capital by the aggregate sum of the Invested Capital of all the
Consortium Members participating in the Sale Recommendation) of the costs
incurred in connection with the Disposition of such portion of the Investment
and other assets of the Consortium, as determined by the Independent Accounting
Firm as of the date such portion of the Investment and other assets of the
Consortium are sold). In the event that such request is made prior to completion
of the Disposition being made pursuant to the Sale Recommendation, the Managing
Member will endeavor to cause such pro rata share to be
included in the en bloc sale being made pursuant to the Sale Recommendation, and
otherwise will seek to sell such pro rata share of the
Investment and other assets of the Consortium in the market or otherwise in a
manner that seeks to maximize value.
(B) In
connection with any Sale Recommendation, and solely for the purpose of Sections 6.1(b),
6.1(d) and
6.1(e) hereof,
the entire Investment and other assets of the Consortium will be deemed to be
Disposed of and the proceeds distributed as follows: (x) in the event any Member
accepts the Sale Recommendation within the Sale Recommendation Acceptance
Period, such distribution shall be based on the price received under such
Disposition and taking into account the liabilities of the Consortium, such
Member’s Company Percentage Interest of any Company-specific liabilities (as
determined in accordance with Section 4.12(c))
and the costs reasonably expected to be incurred on a Disposition of the
Investment and other assets of the Consortium, in each case as determined by the
Independent Accounting Firm, and (y) in the event the Sale Recommendation is not
accepted by any Member within the Sale Recommendation Acceptance Period, such
distribution shall be based on the deemed Disposition of the Investment and
other assets of the Consortium at the then-current Fair Market Value, taking
into account the liabilities of the Consortium, such Member’s Company Percentage
Interest of any Company-specific liabilities (as determined in accordance with
Section 4.12(c))
and the costs reasonably expected to be incurred in connection with a
Disposition of the Investment and other assets of the Consortium, in each case
as determined by the Independent Accounting Firm.
(ii) Single Member
Sale. If the Managing Member has not made a recommendation as
provided in clause (ii) above, any Member (other than the Managing Member) (the
“Disposing
Member”) may seek to sell its Interests (the “Subject Interest”) to
the other Consortium Members (the “Acquiring Members”)
pursuant to the following procedures:
(A) the
Disposing Member shall provide notice to the Company and the Acquiring Members
of its desire to potentially sell its Interest (the “Provisional Sale
Notice”);
(B) at
any time during the ten (10) day period beginning thirty (30) days following the
date of deemed receipt of the Provisional Sale Notice, the Disposing Member may
give notice (the “Sale
Notice”) to the Company and the Acquiring Members of its offer to sell
its Interests (the “Sale Offer”) and the
price (the “Exit
Price”) under which it is prepared to do so;
(C) within
seven (7) days of the date of deemed receipt of the Sale Notice, each Acquiring
Member may elect by notice to the Company and the Disposing Member (the “Acquisition Notice”)
to acquire all or any portion of the Subject Interest (expressed as a percentage
of the Subject Interests) at the Exit Price; provided, however that at any time
during such seven-day period, the Disposing Member may, in its sole discretion,
elect to withdraw the Sale Offer and to reject the sale of any portion of the
Subject Interest to any Acquiring Member and, if the Sale Offer is so withdrawn
and any sale is so rejected, the Disposing Member shall give prompt written
notice thereof to the Acquiring Members; provided, further, that if the
Disposing Member elects to withdraw its Sale Offer and to reject the sale of any
portion of the Subject Interest, the Disposing Member may, in its sole
discretion, elect to re-offer the Subject Interest for sale in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)(E);
(D) the
closing of any acquisition by the Acquiring Members shall take place within five
(5) Business Days of the date of deemed receipt of the Acquisition
Notice;
(E) the
Exit Price with respect to any portion of the Subject Interest to be acquired by
any Acquiring Member shall be an amount equal to the sum of (I) the product of
(x) a fraction, the numerator of which is such portion of the Subject Interest,
and the denominator of which is all Interests, and (y) an amount equal to the
sale proceeds that would have been obtained if all assets of the Company had
been sold at Fair Market Value on the date of the Sale Notice (provided, that (i) with
respect to any Securities referred to in clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of the
definition of “Fair Market Value”, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be
determined using the Ten-Day Average VWAP (rather than the Twenty-One-Day
Average VWAP) and (ii) with respect to any assets of the Company the Fair Market
Value of which is required to be determined based on a valuation made by an
appropriately qualified independent third-party valuation agent, such valuation
shall have been completed within three (3) months prior to the date of the Sale
Notice, and if no such valuation is available, the Company shall obtain a
valuation by an appropriately qualified independent third-party valuation agent
prior to the date the Acquisition Notice is required to be given), less
(II) (x) a reasonable estimate of the proportionate share of all of
the Company’s liabilities attributable to such portion of the Subject Interest
determined by the Independent Accounting Firm (the sum of clause (I) and clause
(II)(x), “Partially
Adjusted Exit Price”) and (y) the Transaction Distribution Amount and the
Carried Interest attributable to such portion of the Subject Interest determined
based on the Partially Adjusted Exit Price (it being understood that the
acquisition of the Subject Interest by the Acquiring Members shall have no
effect on the Transaction Distribution Amount and the Carried Interest, if any,
distributable to the Managing Member and the Class B Member, respectively, in
respect the Subject Interest after the date of acquisition thereof by the
Acquiring Members), in each case determined by the Independent Accounting
Firm;
(F) if
the aggregate amount of Interests under the Acquisition Notices is in excess of
the Subject Interest, the Subject Interest which each Acquiring Member providing
an Acquisition Notice shall acquire shall be determined by allocating the
Subject Interest among the Acquiring Members as follows: (1) first, to each
Acquiring Member the lesser of (A) the portion of the Subject Interests
indicated in its Acquisition Notice to the extent it has not been allocated to
such Acquiring Member on a previous application of this Section 10.8(d)(ii)(F)(1) and (B) its
pro rata share
(determined based on such Acquiring Member’s Commitment as a proportion of the
aggregate Commitments of all Acquiring Members providing an Acquisition Notice)
of the Subject Interest which has not been allocated on a previous application
of this Section 10.8(d)(ii)(F)(1); and (2)
second, by repeating the allocation process in Section 10.8(d)(ii)(F)(1) until all of
the Subject Interest has been allocated; and
(G) if
the aggregate amount of Interests under the Acquisition Notices is less than the
entire Subject Interest, then the Disposing Member may elect to withdraw the
Sale Offer or elect to have the Company Dispose of the Disposing Member’s
remaining share of the Investment and other assets of the Company, the proceeds
of which shall be subject to reduction by a reasonable estimate of the Disposing
Member’s remaining share of all of the Company’s liabilities and the costs
incurred in connection with the Disposition of such remaining share of the
Investment and other assets of the Company, in each case as determined by the
Independent Accounting Firm.
(H) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if requested in writing by
any Disposing Member to the Company and the Managing Member, in lieu of a direct
sale of the Subject Interest to the Acquiring Members as contemplated by this
Section 10.8(d)(ii), such
Disposing Member may comply with the Redemption Procedure.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, Dispositions made pursuant to this Section 10.8 shall be
structured solely in a manner as to prevent any liability under Section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act with respect to any Consortium Member or any entity within the
Consortium.
ARTICLE 11
DISSOLUTION
AND WINDING
UP
OF THE COMPANY
11.1 Events of
Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve upon the happening of
any of the following events:
(a) the
decision of the Managing Member to dissolve the Company with the consent
pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such consent shall be based on the
approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles;
(b) the
occurrence of any event that results in the Managing Member ceasing to be a
managing member of the Company pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof or under
the Act (other than in connection with a Transfer of its entire Interest in
accordance with this Agreement or if it has only been temporarily replaced);
provided, however, that
the Company shall not be dissolved and required to be wound up in connection
with any such event if the Company is continued without dissolution in a manner
permitted by this Agreement;
(c) a
judicial decree of dissolution has been obtained; or
(d) at
any time there are no Non-Managing Members, unless the business of the Company
is continued without dissolution in accordance with the Act.
11.2 Winding
Up. Upon a dissolution of the Company, the Company shall not
terminate, but shall cease to engage in further business, except to the extent
necessary to perform existing contracts and preserve the value of its assets,
and subject to Section 4.6 the Managing
Member, or if there is no managing member of the Company, a liquidating trustee
selected by a Majority Vote of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (in
accordance with the Voting Agreement), shall act as liquidator to wind up the
Company’s affairs and liquidate its assets (including, if applicable, by means
of the distribution in kind of any assets of the Company, in accordance with
Section 11.3(c)
hereof). During the course of the winding up and liquidation of the
Company, all of the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to bind the
parties and apply to the activities of the Company (including, without
limitation, the distribution provisions of Article 6 hereof),
except as specifically provided herein to the contrary. As promptly as possible
following dissolution of the Company, the Managing Member (or other liquidating
trustee if applicable) shall cause to be prepared a statement setting forth the
assets and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of
dissolution, a copy of which statement shall be furnished to all of the
Members.
11.3 Liquidation.
(a) As
soon as practicable following the effective date of dissolution, the proceeds
from liquidation shall be applied and distributed as follows:
(i) First,
to the satisfaction (whether by payment or the reasonable provision for payment)
of the obligations of the Company to creditors in the order of priority
established by the instruments creating or governing such obligations and to the
extent otherwise permitted by law, including to establish of any reserves which
the Managing Member or other liquidating trustee as may be selected considers
necessary for any anticipated contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities
or obligations of the Company and to satisfy all applicable formalities in such
circumstances as may be prescribed by applicable law. All such
reserves shall be paid over to a national bank selected by the Managing Member
(or other liquidating trustee if applicable) and authorized to conduct business
as an escrowee to be held by such bank as escrowee for the purpose of disbursing
such reserves in payment in respect of any of the aforementioned liabilities or
obligations. At the expiration of such period as the Managing Member
(or other liquidating trustee, if applicable) shall deem advisable, any balance
of any such reserves not required to discharge such liabilities or obligations
shall be distributed as provided in subsection (ii) below; and
(ii) Second,
to the Members in accordance with Article 6
hereof.
(b) Each
Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for all distributions with
respect to the Company and shall have no recourse therefor, upon dissolution or
otherwise, against the Managing Member or a Non-Managing
Member. Subject to Section 11.3(c) hereof, no
Member shall have any right to demand or receive property other than cash upon
dissolution of the Company.
(c) If
upon the winding up and liquidation of the Company there shall be any assets of
the Company to be distributed in kind, the Managing Member shall provide written
notice to each Member of such distribution which notice shall set forth the date
on which the Managing Member has determined to cause such distribution to be
made and shall offer to each Member the right to elect not to receive such in
kind distribution. If the Managing Member receives written notice
from any Non-Managing Member within five (5) Business Days following receipt of
the Managing Member’s notice of an in kind distribution of assets of the
Company, that, in lieu of receiving such in kind distribution, such Non-Managing
Member desires that the Managing Member dispose of such Non-Managing Member’s
share of the assets of the Company to be distributed in kind and distribute the
cash proceeds, net of all Disposition commissions and expenses, to such
Non-Managing Member, the Managing Member shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to Dispose of such Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets of the
Company to be distributed in kind; provided, however, that, for
the purposes of this Agreement, such Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets
of the Company to be distributed in kind shall be deemed to have been Disposed
of for their Fair Market Value as of the date of the in-kind distribution of
such assets of the Company to the Non-Managing Members who did not provide such
notice. In the event the Managing Member is unable to dispose of such
Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets of the Company within two (2) weeks,
such Non-Managing Member may deliver a written notice to the Managing Member
requesting that the Managing Member distribute such Non-Managing Member’s share
of the assets of the Company in kind to such Non-Managing Member and the
Managing Member shall promptly do so. If the Managing Member does not
receive a written notice of the type referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence from such Non-Managing Member, the Managing Member shall continue its
efforts to sell such Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets of the Company to
be distributed in kind for an additional period of one (1) week and if the
Managing Member is not successful in selling such Non-Managing Member’s share of
the assets of the Company to be distributed in kind during such period, at the
end of such one-week period the Managing Member shall distribute such
Non-Managing Member’s share of the assets of the Company in kind to such
Member. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek
that any shares of GGP that are distributed in kind pursuant to this Section 11.3(c) be freely
tradeable under applicable securities laws, it being acknowledged by each of the
Members that, to the extent the Company is then a minority shareholder of GGP,
the Company may be significantly limited in its ability to control the free
tradeability of such shares.
11.4 Termination of
Company. Upon the application and distribution of the proceeds
of liquidation and the assets of the Company as provided in Section 11.3 hereof, the
Company shall file its certificate of cancellation of the Certificate in
accordance with the Act, whereupon the Company shall terminate. Upon
cancellation of the Certificate in accordance with the Act, this Agreement shall
terminate (other than the rights and obligations under Sections 3.5(b), 3.5(c), 6.5, 6.7, 8.1, 8.4(e), 9.2, 12.1, 12.3, 12.11 and 12.13 to 12.23).
11.5 Other Dissolution and
Termination Provisions. Subject to Section 11.1 hereof, none of
the following shall automatically affect the existence of, dissolve or terminate
the Company:
(a) the
substitution, death, incompetency, (voluntary or involuntary) dissolution,
winding up, liquidation, insolvency, Bankruptcy or other disability or the
withdrawal of a Non-Managing Member;
(b) the
amalgamation, reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger, sale of
all or substantially all of the securities or assets of, or other change in the
ownership or nature of the Managing Member;
(c) the
substitution, death, incompetency, (voluntary or involuntary) dissolution,
winding up, liquidation, insolvency, Bankruptcy or other disability or the
withdrawal of the Managing Member or of any direct or indirect shareholder in
the Managing Member;
(d) the
admission of any additional shareholder in the Managing Member;
(e) the
admission of any additional Member to the Company or the transfer of any
Interest; or
(f) the
pledge, mortgage, grant of a security interest in or other encumbrance of any
Interest by a Member.
ARTICLE 12
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
12.1 Notices.
(a) All
notices or other communications to be given hereunder to a Member shall be in
writing and shall be sent by delivery in person, by courier service, by
electronic mail transmission or telecopy addressed as follows or such other
address as may be substituted by notice as herein provided:
(i) If
to the Company:
[____]
LLC
c/o
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181 Bay
Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416)
956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
(ii) If
to the Managing Member:
Brookfield
Asset Management Private
Institutional
Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P.
c/o
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181 Bay
Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416)
956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
(iii) If
to the Non-Managing Members, at the addresses set forth in their respective
Subscription Agreement.
(b) Any
notice given hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earliest of,
in the case of notices to and from parties within the same country: (i) if
delivered by hand during Business Hours, on the date of delivery and (ii) one
(1) day after being sent by any recognized overnight delivery service, return
receipt requested. In the case of notices to and from parties in one
country to any other country, such notices shall be deemed to have been given
upon the earlier of (A) receipt during Business Hours, and (B) five (5) days
after being sent by any internationally recognized courier service, return
receipt requested. In the case of notices sent by electronic mail
transmission, telecopy or by posting to IntraLinks (or similar online service),
such notices shall be deemed to have been given upon receipt during Business
Hours; provided,
however, that any notice sent by electronic mail transmission or by
posting to IntraLinks (or similar online service) shall only be effective upon
confirmation (by telephone, telecopy or electronic confirmation of
receipt (other than a confirmation generated automatically) or access
notification, as applicable) from the Member to whom such notice was
sent.
12.2 Title to Company
Property. Legal title to Company property shall at all times
be held by and in the name of the Company or its nominee or custodian, other
than securities held in “street name” by a broker or dealer for the benefit of
the Company.
12.3 Confidentiality.
(a) Except
with the consent of the Managing Member or as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, no Non-Managing Member shall disclose to any Person any information
related to the Managing Member, the Company, any Parallel Investment Vehicle,
the Board of Directors (or the board of directors of any Parallel Investment
Vehicle), GGP, or any of their respective Affiliates, in each case, that is not
publicly available (or that is publicly available only as a result of a
disclosure by such Non-Managing Member or any director, employee, officer,
legal, financial or tax advisor or auditor of such Non-Managing Member or its
Affiliates in violation of this Section 12.3); provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall prevent any Non-Managing Member from furnishing (i) any
required information to any governmental regulatory agency or self-regulating
body or in connection with any judicial, governmental or other regulatory
proceeding or as otherwise required by law (provided, that any disclosure
that is either (A) not to a governmental regulatory agency or (B) not on a
confidential basis, shall require prior written notice thereof to the Managing
Member to the extent allowed by law) or (ii) any information, so long as such
disclosure is for a bona fide business purpose of such Non-Managing Member in
respect of its Interest, to directors, officers, employees, legal, financial and
tax advisors or auditors of such Non-Managing Member or its Affiliates who are
informed of the confidential nature of the information and who agree to be bound
by the provisions of this Section 12.3, and each
Non-Managing Member agrees to be bound hereby. Without limitation of
the foregoing, each Non-Managing Member acknowledges that notices and reports to
such Non-Managing Member hereunder may contain material non-public information
concerning, among other things, GGP and the Investment, and agrees not to use
such information other than in connection with monitoring its investment in the
Company and agrees, in that regard, not to trade in any Securities (other than
its Interest as permitted hereunder), Debt, New Equity or any other interests in
GGP or any other investment likely to effect the value thereof on the basis of
any such information. The Managing Member agrees that it shall use information
required to be kept confidential by this Section 12.3 only in
connection with the performance of its duties under this Agreement.
(b) Except
as otherwise agreed by the Managing Member or as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, in order to preserve the confidentiality of certain information
disseminated by the Managing Member or the Company under this Agreement that a
Non-Managing Member that is subject to FOIA or any Non-Managing Member that has
one or more equity owners that are subject to FOIA (any such Non-Managing Member
a “FOIA
Member”) is entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, quarterly, annual and other reports
(other than such information necessary to file such Non-Managing Member’s tax
and information returns), information provided to the Board of Directors and any
information provided at meetings of the Non-Managing Members, the Managing
Member may (i) provide to such FOIA Member access to such information only on
the Company’s (or Managing Member’s) website in password protected,
non-downloadable, non-printable format or (ii) require such FOIA Member to
return any copies of information provided to it by the Managing Member or the
Company (including any subsequent copies made by such Non-Managing
Member).
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 12.3(a) hereof, the
Managing Member agrees that each Member that (i) is a private fund of funds (or
other similar private collective investment vehicle) having reporting
obligations to its investors and (ii) has, prior to the date on which such
Member was admitted to the Company, notified the Managing Member in writing that
it is electing the benefits of this Section 12.3(c) may, in order
to satisfy such reporting obligations, provide the following information to its
investors (but only to the extent that such investors are informed of the
confidential nature of the information and either agree to be bound by the
provisions of this Section 12.3 or are otherwise
bound by substantially similar obligations of confidentiality): (A)
the name and address of the Company; (B) the fact that such Member is a member
of the Company; (C) the identity of the Managing Member; (D) the date the Member
was admitted as a Member; (E) the amount of such Member’s Commitment; (F) the
aggregate amount of such Member’s Capital Contributions; (G) the aggregate
amount of distributions received by such Member from the Company; (H) the
reported value of such Member’s Interest (as set forth in the reports furnished
by the Managing Member to such Non-Managing Member pursuant to Sections 8.1(b)(i) and 8.1(b)(ii) hereof);
(I) a total of the amounts set forth in clauses (G) and (H) above; (J) such
Member’s net internal rate of return with respect to the Company’s performance
as a whole as prepared by such Member; (K) the name of GGP, a description of the
business of GGP and information regarding the industry and geographic location
of GGP and (L) and any other information that can be derived from the
information referred to in clauses (A) through (K) above (with or without any
other publicly available information). With respect to any disclosure
referred to in clauses (A) through (L) above, each Non-Managing Member shall
indicate that such disclosure was not prepared, reviewed or approved, by the
Managing Member or the Company.
(d) Except
as otherwise agreed by the Managing Member or as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, each Non-Managing Member shall promptly notify the Managing Member if
at any time such Non-Managing Member is or becomes subject to any public
disclosure law, rule or regulation of any governmental or non-governmental
entity that could require similar or broader public disclosure of confidential
information provided to such Non-Managing Member (collectively such laws, rules
or regulations, “FOIA”). To
the extent that any such Non-Managing Member receives a request for public
disclosure of any confidential Company information provided to it, such
Non-Managing Member agrees that: (i) it shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to (A) promptly notify the Managing Member of such disclosure
request and promptly provide the Managing Member with a copy of such disclosure
request or a detailed summary of the information being requested, (B) inform the
Managing Member of the timing for responding to such disclosure request, and (C)
consult with the Managing Member regarding the response to such disclosure
request; (ii) it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to oppose and prevent
the requested disclosure unless (A) such Non-Managing Member is advised by
counsel that there exists no reasonable basis on which to oppose such disclosure
or (B) such disclosure relates solely to the information contained in clauses
(A) through (L) of Section 12.3(c) hereof (and
does not include any information relating to GGP or the Investment (except as it
relates to such Non-Managing Member’s Interest) and/or copies of this Agreement
or related documents); and (iii) notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the Managing Member may, in order to prevent any such potential
disclosure that the Managing Member determines in good faith is likely to occur,
withhold all or any part of the information otherwise to be provided to such
Non-Managing Member; provided,
however, that the Managing Member shall not withhold any such information
if such Non-Managing Member confirms in writing to the Managing Member, based
upon advice of counsel, that compliance with the procedures in Section 12.3(b) hereof is
legally sufficient to prevent such potential disclosure.
(e) Each
Member agrees not to, and shall ensure that each of their respective Affiliates
does not, make any press release or other announcement or other marketing
disclosure about any other Member’s investment in the Company (or any indirect
investment in the Company by any other Person) without such other Member’s prior
written approval; provided, however, that the
Managing Member and its Affiliates may indicate that a Member has invested in
the Company (or any other Person has invested indirectly); provided, further, that prior
written notice has been given to the Member of any indication in a public forum
(e.g., on a
website)).
(f) The
obligations and undertakings of each Non-Managing Member under this Section 12.3 shall be
continuing and shall survive termination of the Company and this
Agreement. Any restriction or obligation imposed on a Non-Managing
Member pursuant to this Section 12.3 may be waived by
the Managing Member in its discretion. Any such waiver or
modification by the Managing Member shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, of any duty stated or
implied in law or in equity to any Non-Managing Member, regardless of whether
different agreements are reached with different Non-Managing
Members.
(g) The
parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if the provisions of
this Section 12.3 were
breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, be entitled to an injunction or injunctions
to prevent breaches of this Section 12.3 as modified or
waived and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof as modified
or waived in any court having jurisdiction, in addition to any other remedy to
which they are entitled at law or in equity.
12.4 Exclusivity. Until
the winding up and dissolution of the Company in accordance with Article 11 hereof
(or, if earlier, the Disposition of the entire Investment and the distribution
of the proceeds therefrom in accordance with Article 6 hereof),
each Member agrees to work exclusively with the Company in connection
with: (a) any potential plan of reorganization of GGP or any of its
Affiliates; (b) any proposal for, and the provision of, financing to GGP or any
of its Affiliates; or (c) any acquisition, merger, consolidation, tender or
exchange offer, leveraged buy-out, share, asset, debt, claim or security
purchase, exchange of capital stock or assets, joint venture, liquidation,
dissolution or business combination involving GGP, its Affiliates or any of
their assets during the term of the Chapter 11 Case or in connection with the
effectiveness of the Plan (other than pursuant to investments in mutual funds,
hedge funds and other investment vehicles or accounts over which such person has
no direct or indirect investment discretion and to which neither it nor any of
its representatives has conveyed any confidential information in breach of this
Agreement), and agrees not to, directly or indirectly, make, be involved in,
promote, discuss, encourage or finance, either independently or with any other
person, any of the events or actions under clauses (a), (b) or (c) hereof to
GGP, its Affiliates or any representative of GGP; provided, that if a
Super-Majority Vote of Members approving the establishment of a GGP Financing
Vehicle in accordance with Section 5.2 hereof is not
obtained, any Member that desires to participate in such financing and is
permitted to do so under Section 5.2(f) or (g) hereof shall be
exempted from the exclusivity requirements of this Section 12.4 solely to the
extent necessary to permit such Member to participate in such
financing. The Managing Member shall be entitled to exercise the
Company’s rights to enforce this Section 12.4 and Section 12.3 hereof on behalf
of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this
Section 12.4 shall not
restrict any Member (either independently or with any other Person) from
pursuing or entering into any property or asset-level investments with GGP
following the effective date of the Plan.
12.5 Relations with
Members. Unless named in this Agreement as a Member, or unless
admitted to the Company as a substituted Non-Managing Member, an Additional
Member or a substituted or temporary replacement managing member of the Company,
as provided in this Agreement, no Person shall be considered a
Member. Subject to Article 10 hereof,
the Company and Managing Member need deal only with Persons so named or admitted
as Members.
12.6 Appointment of Managing
Member as Attorney-in-Fact. Subject to the receipt of any
required approval under the Voting Agreement or of the Board of Directors or the
Members with respect to any matter as required under the Voting Agreement, this
Agreement or applicable law, each Non-Managing Member (including any substituted
Non-Managing Member or Additional Member) hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes
and appoints the Managing Member and each of its duly authorized officers,
managers, successors and assignees, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, in its name, place and
stead and for its use and benefit, to execute, certify, acknowledge, file,
record and swear to all instruments, agreements and documents necessary or
advisable to carrying out the following:
(a) any
and all amendments to this Agreement that may be authorized, permitted or
required by this Agreement or the Act, including, without limitation, amendments
required to effect the admission of Additional Members or substituted
Non-Managing Members pursuant to and as permitted by this Agreement or to revoke
any admission of a Non-Managing Member which is prohibited by this
Agreement;
(b) any
amendment to the Certificate and all certificates and other instruments
necessary or appropriate to qualify or to continue the qualification of the
Company as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware
and in each other jurisdiction where the Company may conduct its activities or
where such qualification is necessary or desirable to maintain limited liability
of Non-Managing Members in that jurisdiction;
(c) all
instruments and certificates and any amendment to the Certificate necessary or
appropriate to reflect any amendment, change or modification of this Agreement,
subject to the terms and restrictions of this Agreement;
(d) all
conveyances and other instruments and documents necessary to reflect the
dissolution and liquidation of the Company, subject to the terms and
restrictions of this Agreement;
(e) all
elections, determinations or designations under the Code (and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder) or any other taxation or other legislation
or laws of like import of the United States or of any states, provinces or
jurisdictions in respect of the affairs of the Company, subject to the terms and
restrictions of this Agreement;
(f) any
business certificate, certificate of limited liability company, amendment
thereto, or other instrument or document of any kind necessary to accomplish the
Company Business, subject to the terms and restrictions of this Agreement;
and
(g) all
other instruments that may be required or permitted by law to be filed on behalf
of the Company and that are not inconsistent with this Agreement.
Each
Non-Managing Member authorizes such attorney-in-fact to take any further action
which such attorney-in-fact shall consider necessary or advisable in connection
with any of the foregoing, hereby giving such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act or thing whatsoever necessary or
advisable to be done in and about the foregoing as fully as such Non-Managing
Member might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. The appointment by each Non-Managing Member of the
Managing Member and each of its duly authorized officers, managers, successors
and assigns with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as aforesaid, as
attorneys in fact is a power coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable and
shall survive and not be affected by the dissolution, Bankruptcy, incapacity,
disability or death of any Non-Managing Member, in recognition of the fact that
each of the Non-Managing Members under this Agreement shall be relying upon the
power of the Managing Member and such officers, managers, successors and assigns
to act as contemplated by this Agreement in such filing and other action by it
on behalf of the Company. The foregoing power of attorney shall
survive the Transfer by any Non-Managing Member of the whole or any part of its
Interest hereunder, except that if any assignee of such Non-Managing Member has
been approved for admission to the Company as a substitute Non-Managing Member,
the power of attorney granted hereby shall survive the delivery of the
assignment for the sole purpose of (a) enabling the Managing Member to execute,
acknowledge and file any instrument necessary to effect the substitution and (b)
approving any actions that relate to the period of time prior to such
substitution. With respect to each Non-Managing Member, the granting
of this power of attorney shall not terminate any continuing power of attorney
previously granted by such Non-Managing Member and shall not be terminated by
such Non-Managing Member on the execution of a continuing power of attorney in
the future, and such Non-Managing Member hereby agrees not to take any action in
the future which results in the termination of this power of
attorney. The power of attorney granted herein shall
not: (x) entitle the Managing Member to vote on any matter or to
consent to any written resolution of the Non-Managing Members on behalf of the
Non-Managing Members; (y) be deemed to constitute a written consent of any
Non-Managing Member for purposes of this Agreement; or (z) be exercised in
contravention of this Agreement.
12.7 Managing Member
Discretion. To the fullest extent permitted by law, except
where expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, whenever in this Agreement
the Managing Member is permitted or required to make a decision (a) in its
“discretion,” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Managing
Member shall be entitled to act “in its sole and absolute discretion” and to
consider only such interests and factors as it desires and, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, shall have no duty or obligation to give any
consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company, the Members
or any other Person, so long as such action does not constitute gross negligence
or an engagement in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful and knowing material
breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the management of the
Company or (b) in its “good faith”, “reasonably” or under another express
standard, the Managing Member shall act under such express standard and shall
not be subject to any other or different standard.
12.8 Other Instruments and
Acts. The Members agree to execute any other instruments or
perform any other acts that are or may be necessary to effectuate and carry on
the Company created by this Agreement.
12.9 Binding
Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
transferees, successors, permitted assigns, and legal representatives of the
Members.
12.10 Payments by
Members. Any amount payable by any Member to the Company in
respect of such Member’s Commitment shall be paid to the bank account of the
Company designated by the Managing Member prior to the Initial Closing Date or
such other bank account of the Company as the Managing Member may designate by
written notice to such Member not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the
earliest date on which such Member is required or entitled to make a payment to
the Company in respect of its Commitment.
12.11 No Third Party
Beneficiaries. It is understood and agreed among the parties
that this Agreement and the covenants made herein are made expressly and solely
for the benefit of the parties hereto (and their respective transferees,
successors and permitted assigns), and that no other Person, other than a Tax
Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 8.4(e) hereof or an
Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof, shall be
entitled or be deemed to be entitled to any benefits or rights hereunder, nor be
authorized or entitled to enforce any rights, claims or remedies hereunder or by
reason hereof.
12.12 Reliance on Authority of
Person Signing Agreement. If a Member is not a natural Person,
neither the Company nor any Member shall (a) be required to determine the
authority of the individual signing this Agreement to make any commitment or
undertaking on behalf of such entity or to determine any fact or circumstance
bearing upon the existence of the authority of such individual or (b) be
responsible for the application or distribution of proceeds paid or credited to
individuals signing this Agreement on behalf of such entity.
12.13 Applicable Law; Waiver of
Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and
enforced in accordance with, and the respective rights and obligations of the
parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Delaware. TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH MEMBER WAIVES, AND
COVENANTS THAT SUCH MEMBER WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR
OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE,
CLAIM OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF
OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE DEALINGS OF ANY MEMBER OR THE COMPANY IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER
ARISING AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. THE COMPANY OR
ANY MEMBER MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 12.13 HEREOF WITH ANY
COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE MEMBERS TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR
RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY.
12.14 Arbitration. Any
dispute, controversy or claim (“Dispute”) arising out
of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, including any question
regarding its existence, validity or termination, or regarding a breach hereof
which cannot be resolved by good faith discussions between the relevant parties
within ninety (90) days of the date on which the Dispute is deemed to arise in
accordance with this Section 12.14 shall be
referred by any such party to, and shall be finally settled by, arbitration
under and in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of the International
Chamber of Commerce (the “Rules”). A
Dispute shall be deemed to have arisen when a relevant party (or parties) gives
notice to the other to that effect, pursuant to Section 12.1
hereof. The place of arbitration shall be London, United Kingdom, and
shall be conducted in the English language. The decision or award of
three (3) arbitrators, appointed in accordance with the Rules and in accordance
with the requirements following in this Section 12.14, shall be in
writing and is final and binding on the relevant parties. Each of the
three (3) arbitrators shall be an attorney with at least ten (10) years of
practice (at least five (5) of which must be predominately in the areas of
corporate law) and who has served as an arbitrator in at least five (5)
International Chamber of Commerce arbitrations. The arbitration panel
shall award the prevailing party (or parties) its attorneys’ fees and costs,
arbitration administrative fees, panel member fees and costs, and any other
costs associated with the arbitration, proceedings for the recognition and
enforcement of any arbitral award and the costs and attorney’s fees involved in
the recognition and enforcement proceedings. The parties further
agree that (i) attorney’s fees and costs associated with the successful
recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award shall always be paid by the
non-enforcing party (or parties) and (ii) notwithstanding anything in this Section 12.14 to the contrary
and without inconsistency with this arbitration provision, the parties consent
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any court identified in Section 12.15 hereof for the
purpose of any proceeding for recognition and enforcement of both the arbitral
award and the parties’ agreement as to costs of that proceeding in accordance
with this Section 12.14. The
arbitration panel may only award damages as provided for under the terms of this
Agreement and in no event may punitive, consequential and special damages be
awarded. In the event of any conflict between the Rules and any
provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall
govern. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 12.14 to the
contrary, any party may, without inconsistency with this arbitration provision,
apply to any court identified in Section 12.15 hereof to seek
interim provisional or injunctive relief until the arbitration award is rendered
or the controversy is otherwise resolved or to enforce an arbitration decision
or award.
Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 12.14 shall be
construed to the maximum extent possible to comply with the laws of the State of
Delaware, including the Uniform Arbitration Act (10 Del. C. § 5701 et seq.) (the “Delaware Arbitration
Act”). If, nevertheless, it shall be determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction that any provision or wording of this Section 12.14, including the
Rules, shall be invalid or unenforceable under the Delaware Arbitration Act, or
other applicable law, such invalidity shall not invalidate all of this Section 12.14. In
that case, this Section 12.14 shall be
construed so as to limit any term or provision so as to make it valid or
enforceable within the requirements of the Delaware Arbitration Act or other
applicable law, and, in the event such term or provision cannot be so limited,
this Section 12.14 shall be
construed to omit such invalid or unenforceable provision, but for the avoidance
of doubt, the parties have no desire to have the Delaware Arbitration Act apply
to this Agreement.
12.15 Submission to Jurisdiction
and Service of Process.
(a) Each
of the parties hereby irrevocably consents and agrees that any action, suit or
proceeding with respect to or relating in any way to the enforcement of the
arbitration provisions contained in this Agreement, the enforcement of an
arbitration decision or award, or any matter permitted by the terms of Section 12.14 hereof to be
brought in a court in the first instance, may be brought in the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware (or if jurisdiction is not available
in such court, then in the state court of Delaware sitting in Wilmington) and
each of the parties hereby irrevocably accepts and submits, for itself and in
respect of its properties, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such court in personam, generally and
unconditionally, with respect to any such action, suit or
proceeding.
(b) Each
of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process in any such
action, suit or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, to another party at the address specified in
this Agreement for notices to such other party. In addition to or in
lieu of any such service, service of process may also be made in any other
manner permitted by applicable law.
(c) Each
of the Members hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection or
defense which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue to any such
action, suit or proceeding in the United States District Court for the District
of Delaware (or if jurisdiction is not available in such court, then in the
state court of Delaware sitting in Wilmington) and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim that any such action,
suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
12.16 Remedies and
Waivers. No delay or omission on the part of any party to this
Agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or provided
hereunder shall impair such right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver
thereof. The single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy
provided by law or provided hereunder shall not preclude any other or further
exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and
remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights,
powers and remedies provided by law.
12.17 Amendments. Subject
to Section 4.2(e), this
Agreement may not be amended and no provision hereof may be waived without the
consent of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Members; provided, however, that amendments
made (a) to reflect the admission of one (1) or more Additional Members or
Transfers of Interests of Non-Managing Members or permitted withdrawals of
Non-Managing Members, (b) to change the name of the Company, to clarify any
inaccuracy or ambiguity herein or to reconcile any inconsistent provision herein
or (c) that have no material adverse effect on any Non-Managing Member or
benefit all Non-Managing Members in substantially the same way, may be made by
the Managing Member unilaterally without the consent of any other
Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 12.17 (other than
clauses (a), (b) and (c) which shall be controlling and except where approval of
the Members is specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement), without
the approval or written consent of each of the Members affected thereby, no
amendment shall (A) materially and adversely affect a Member in a different
manner than all of the other Members (including any change to the ownership
structure of the Company that could have a material and adverse effect on a
Member’s tax position, as notified in writing by such Member to the Company),
(B) modify the limited liability of any Member or increase any Member’s
Commitment, or (C) dilute the Sharing Percentage, Company Percentage Interest or
Consortium Percentage Interest of any Member, except as a result of the
admission of an Additional Member, increases in Commitments, defaults,
withdrawals or Transfers, in each case in accordance with this
Agreement. No amendment shall alter in a materially adverse manner
any provision hereof that requires approval or consent of any specified
percentage of Interests of Members, of the Board of Directors or of the Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles without the approval or written consent of Members
holding such specified percentage of Interests, such specified percentage of the
Board of Directors or such specified percentage of the Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles. If the Voting Agreement is amended by the terms
thereof and the provision so amended is also reflected in this Agreement, the
Managing Member shall cause this Agreement to be so amended. The
Managing Member shall give written notice to all Members promptly after any
amendment has become effective, other than amendments solely for the purpose of
the admission of Additional Members or substitute Non-Managing Members to the
Company.
12.18 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each one of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement.
12.19 Construction;
Headings. Whenever the feminine, masculine, neuter, singular
or plural shall be used in this Agreement, such construction shall be given to
such words or phrases as shall impart to this Agreement a construction
consistent with the interest of the Members entering into this
Agreement. As used herein, “including”, “includes” or “include” shall
mean, in each case, “including without limitation.” Reference to any
agreement or other instrument in writing means such agreement or other
instrument in writing as amended, modified, replaced or supplemented from time
to time. Unless otherwise indicated, time periods within which a
payment is to be made or any other action is to be taken hereunder shall be
calculated excluding the day on which the period commences and including the day
on which the period ends. Whenever any payment to be made or action
to be taken hereunder is required to be made or taken on a day other than a
Business Day, such payment shall be made or action taken on the next following
Business Day. The headings and captions herein are inserted for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to govern, limit or aid in
the construction of any term or provision hereof. It is the intention
of the parties that every covenant, term, and provision of this Agreement shall
be construed simply according to its fair meaning, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, and not strictly for or against any party (notwithstanding any
rule of law requiring an Agreement to be strictly construed against the drafting
party), it being understood that the parties to this Agreement are sophisticated
and have had adequate opportunity and means to retain counsel to represent their
interests and to otherwise negotiate the provisions of this
Agreement.
12.20 Severability. If
any term or provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person
or circumstances shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms and
provisions hereof and the application of such term or provision to Persons or
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid or unenforceable
shall not be affected thereby.
12.21 Side
Letters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein (including, without limitation, Section 12.17 hereof) or the
provisions of any Subscription Agreement, it is hereby acknowledged and agreed
that the Managing Member, on its own behalf or on behalf of the Company, and
without the approval of any Non-Managing Member or any other Person, may enter
into a side letter or similar agreement to or with a Non-Managing Member or
Non-Managing Members which has the effect of establishing rights thereunder, or
altering or supplementing the terms hereof (including, but not limited to, any
Transfer to an Affiliate or similar Person) or any Subscription Agreement with
respect to any such Non-Managing Member entering into a side letter or similar
agreement. The parties hereto agree that any terms contained in a
side letter or similar agreement to or with a Non-Managing Member shall govern
with respect to such Non-Managing Member, and to the extent disclosed to a
Person other than such Non-Managing Member prior to such Person’s admission to
the Company as a Member, may affect rights or obligations of such Person,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including, without
limitation, Section 12.17 hereof) or the
provisions of any Subscription Agreement, and each Non-Managing Member
acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no rights and shall make no claims
under this Agreement with respect to another Non-Managing Member that are
inconsistent with the terms of any such side letter or similar agreement with
such other Non-Managing Member. The admission of a Person as a Member
is subject to and conditional upon the Managing Member having disclosed to such
Person prior to such Person’s admission as a Member any terms contained in a
side letter or similar agreement to or with a Non-Managing Member that, under
this Section 12.21, affects rights
or obligations of such Person if disclosed to such Person.
12.22 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, each Subscription Agreement, the
Voting Agreement and any side letters constitute the entire agreement among the
Members with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior
agreement or understanding among or between them with respect to such subject
matter. The representations and warranties of the Non-Managing
Members in, and the other provisions of, the Subscription Agreements shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
12.23 Anti-Money Laundering and
Anti-Terrorist Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, the Managing Member, in its own name and on behalf
of the Company, shall be authorized without the consent of any Person, including
any other Member, to take such action as it determines in its discretion to be
necessary or advisable to comply with any anti-money laundering or
anti-terrorist laws, rules, regulations, directives or special measures,
including the actions contemplated in any Subscription
Agreement.
12.24 Investment by Certain
Employee Benefit Plans. Each Member that is, or is investing
assets on behalf of, an “employee benefit plan,” as defined in and subject to
ERISA, or a “plan,” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code (each
such employee benefit plan and plan, a “Benefit Plan”), and
each fiduciary thereof who has caused the Benefit Plan to become a Member (a
“Benefit Plan
Fiduciary”), represents and warrants that (a) the Benefit Plan Fiduciary
has considered an investment in the Company for such Benefit Plan in light of
the risks relating thereto; (b) the Benefit Plan Fiduciary has determined that,
in view of such considerations, the investment in the Company for such Benefit
Plan is consistent with the Benefit Plan Fiduciary’s responsibilities under
ERISA; (c) the investment in the Company by the Benefit Plan does not violate
and is not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of any legal document
constituting the Benefit Plan or any trust agreement thereunder; (d) the Benefit
Plan’s investment in the Company has been duly authorized and approved by all
necessary parties; (e) none of the Managing Member, any broker-dealer that sells
Interests, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective agents
or employees: (i) has investment discretion with respect to the
investment of assets of the Benefit Plan used to purchase the Interest; (ii) has
authority or responsibility to or regularly gives investment advice with respect
to the assets of the Benefit Plan used to purchase the Interest for a fee and
pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will serve as a
primary basis for investment decisions with respect to the Benefit Plan and that
such advice will be based on the particular investment needs of the Benefit
Plan; or (iii) is an employer maintaining or contributing to the Benefit Plan;
and (f) the Benefit Plan Fiduciary (i) is authorized to make, and is responsible
for, the decision for the Benefit Plan to invest in the Company, including the
determination that such investment is consistent with the requirement imposed by
Section 404 of ERISA that Benefit Plan investments be diversified so as to
minimize the risks of large losses; (ii) is independent of the Managing Member,
each broker-dealer that sells Interests and each of their respective affiliates,
and (iii) is qualified to make such investment decision.
12.25 Disclosures and Restrictions
Regarding Employee Benefit Plans. Each Member that is a
“benefit plan investor” (defined as any Benefit Plan, any other employee benefit
plan or plan as defined in but not subject to either ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code and any entity deemed for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code to hold assets of any employee benefit plan or plan) represents that the
individual signing the Subscription Agreement has disclosed such Member’s status
as a benefit plan investor by checking the appropriate box in the Subscription
Agreement. Each Member that is not a “benefit plan investor”
represents and agrees that if at a later date such Member becomes a benefit plan
investor, such Member will immediately notify the Managing Member of such change
of status. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Managing Member, on behalf of the Company, may take any and all action
including, but not limited to, refusing to admit persons as Members or refusing
to accept additional subscriptions, and requiring the Transfer of some or all of
the Interests of any Member, as may be necessary or desirable to assure that at
all times the aggregate investment by all benefit plan investors with respect to
each class of equity interests in the Company as determined pursuant to United
States Department of Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101 (as modified by Section
3(42) of ERISA) do not amount to or exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the
total value of such class of equity interests of all Members (not including the
investments of the Managing Member or any Person (other than a benefit plan
investor) who provides investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with
respect to the assets of the Company, who has discretionary authority or control
with respect to the assets of the Company, or who is an “affiliate,” as such
term is defined in the applicable regulation promulgated under ERISA, of any
such Person) or to otherwise prevent the Company from holding “plan assets”
under ERISA or the Code with respect to any Benefit Plan.
12.26 Custodian. It
is understood and agreed by each of the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement,
the Subscription Agreement and any side letter or similar agreement that is
executed and delivered by a Member that is a custodian or a nominee for any
other Person (such other Person, a “Beneficial Owner”)
are executed and delivered only in such Member’s capacity as custodian or
nominee and (b) the Managing Member may, on behalf of the Company, pursuant to
Section 12.21 hereof, agree
that such Member is liable under this Agreement, such Subscription Agreement and
any such side letter or similar agreement solely to the extent that it is
actually indemnified by the Beneficial Owner in respect of which it acts as
custodian or nominee; provided, that such Member’s
liability under this Agreement, such Subscription Agreement and any such side
letter or similar agreement shall be reduced only to the extent that the
Beneficial Owner enters into a side letter or similar agreement for the benefit
of each Person in respect of which such Member owes obligations under this
Agreement, such Subscription Agreement and any side letter or similar agreement
to which such Member is a party pursuant to which the Beneficial Owner agrees to
be directly responsible and liable for any obligations of such Member and to pay
or cause to be paid any amounts owing by, or any other liabilities of, such
Member to the extent such Member is relieved of liability therefor by this Section 12.26.
12.27 Certain
Protections. The Managing Member acknowledges and agrees that
the letter agreement, dated February 24, 2010, among BAM, Pershing Square,
LP and certain affiliates of Pershing Square, LP that provides for certain bid
protections is being held by BAM for the benefit of the Consortium. The Managing
Member agrees to pay, or to cause to be paid, to the Consortium, any amounts
payable to BAM under such letter agreement.
[Signature
Pages Follow]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
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Title:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional
Capital
Adviser (Canada), L.P.
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc.,
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its
general partner
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
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NON-MANAGING
MEMBERS:
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[_________________]
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE
A
SCHEDULE OF MEMBERS
AND
INVESTORS IN PARALLEL
INVESTMENT VEHICLES
SCHEDULE
B
TRANSACTION
COSTS
SCHEDULE
C
INITIAL MEMBERS OF BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
EXHIBIT
A
FORM OF ESCROW
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
B
RESTRUCTURING
PROPOSAL
EXHIBIT
C
REDEMPTION
PROCEDURE
1. Defined
Terms.
As used
in this Exhibit C, the
following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Applicable Interest”
means (i) the Offered Interest, (ii) the Interests (or portion thereof) of any
Tag-Along Member or Tagging Member to be transferred in any Tag-Along Transfer
or (iii) the Subject Interest, as applicable.
“Contributing Party”
means (i) any Offeree Member or any third-party purchaser under Section
10.1(b)(vi) of the Agreement, (ii) any Transferee under Section 10.6 of the
Agreement or (iii) any Acquiring Member, as applicable, or any group of any of
the foregoing.
“Redeeming Party”
means (i) any Selling Member, (ii) Tag-Along Member or Tagging Member or (iii)
Disposing Member, as applicable.
“Redemption Price”
means an amount in Dollars equal to the purchase price to be paid for the
Applicable Interest.
2. Redemption
Procedure.
A
Redeeming Party may have its Applicable Interest redeemed by the Company in
accordance with the following procedures:
(t) The
Redeeming Party shall designate a Contributing Party, the Managing Member shall
establish a Parallel Investment Vehicle, and the Contributing Party shall make a
contribution to such Parallel Investment Vehicle equal to the Redemption
Price.
(u) The
Company shall sell, assign and transfer the Redeeming Party’s pro rata share
(determined in accordance with its Consortium Percentage Interest) of the
Investment corresponding to the Applicable Interest to such Parallel Investment
Vehicle in exchange for the Redemption Price.
(v) The
Company shall redeem the Applicable Interest and distribute to the Redeeming
Party an amount in Dollars equal to the Redemption Price (it being understood
that such distribution shall not constitute Investment Proceeds and shall not be
distributed in accordance with Article 6 of the
Agreement). If the Applicable Interest is the entire Interest of the Redeeming
Party, the Redeeming Party shall cease to be a Member upon receipt of such
distribution.
(w) As
a condition to the admission of the Contributing Party as an investor in the
Parallel Investment Vehicle, the Contributing Party shall agree that the
interest to be issued by the Parallel Investment Vehicle shall have the same
rights, privileges and obligations as the portion of the Applicable Interest
redeemed pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof (it being understood that such
Contributing Party shall be liable for its pro rata portion of
the liabilities of the Redeeming Party in respect of the Applicable Interest
which would otherwise have been directly sold, assigned or transferred,
including, without limitation, liability for Transaction Distribution Amount and
Carried Interest).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2, any Parallel Investment
Vehicle established by the Managing Member pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof shall
not (i) be merged with or otherwise consolidated into the Company or (ii) be
dissolved, in each case for a period of two (2) years following the date the
sale, assignment and transfer of the relevant portion of the Investment to such
Parallel Investment Vehicle is completed.
Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
6
FORM
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
[______________]
A
DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
THE
LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS (“INTERESTS”) IN [______________] HAVE NOT BEEN AND
WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. INTERESTS MAY NOT
BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS
AVAILABLE. IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT INTERESTS WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION,
TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 10
HEREOF.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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2
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1.1
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Definitions
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2
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1.2
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Transaction
Document Terms
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ARTICLE
2 FORMATION AND PURPOSE
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2.1
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Formation
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2.2
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Name
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2.3
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Registered
Office and Registered Agent; Principal Office
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2.4
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Term
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2.5
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Purpose
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2.6
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Admission
of Partners; Classes of Interests
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2.7
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Partners
Not Agents
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2.8
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ERISA
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ARTICLE
3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.1
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Capital
Contributions
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3.2
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Minimum
Commitment of Brookfield
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3.3
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Subsequent
Closings
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3.4
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Withdrawals
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3.5
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Liability
of Partners
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3.6
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Defaulting
Limited Partners
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ARTICLE
4 MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY
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4.1
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Management
Generally
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4.2
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Approval
of Actions Pursuant to the Voting Agreement
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4.3
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Composition
of the Board of Directors
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4.4
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Meetings;
Action by the Board of Directors
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4.5
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Executive
Authority of the General Partner
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4.6
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Removal
of the General Partner
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4.7
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Transaction
Costs
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4.8
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Segregation
of Funds
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4.9
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Standard
of Care
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4.10
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Limited
Partners
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4.11
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Partner
Meetings; Voting; Limited Partner Approval Rights
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4.12
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Parallel
Investment Vehicles
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4.13
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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ARTICLE
5 INVESTMENT
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5.1
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Investment
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5.2
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Subsequent
GGP Financing
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ARTICLE
6 DISTRIBUTIONS
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6.1
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Distributions
Attributable to Investments
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6.2
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Adjustments
to Distributions
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6.3
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Distributions
in Kind
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6.4
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Limitation
on Distributions
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6.5
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Reports
on Distributions to General Partner
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6.6
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Reinvestment
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6.7
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Clawback
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6.8
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DIP
Loan Proceeds
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ARTICLE
7 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS OF NET INCOME OR LOSS
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7.1
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Capital
Accounts
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7.2
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No
Interest Payable on Accounts
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7.3
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Allocation
of Net Income or Loss
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7.4
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Allocation
of Income or Loss for Tax Purposes
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7.5
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Tax
Returns
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7.6
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Guaranteed
Payments
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ARTICLE
8 ACCOUNTING AND TAX MATTERS
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8.1
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Books
and Records; Reports
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8.2
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Tax
Election
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8.3
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Returns
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8.4
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Withholding
Tax Payments and Obligations
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8.5
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Tax
Matters Partner; Partnership Status; Certain Tax Elections
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8.6
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Advice
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ARTICLE
9 EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
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9.1
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Exculpation
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9.2
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Indemnification
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ARTICLE
10 TRANSFERS BY LIMITED PARTNERS; WITHDRAWAL OF AND TRANSFER BY GENERAL
PARTNER; LIQUIDITY EVENTS
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10.1
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Restrictions
on Transfer by Limited Partners
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10.2
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Withdrawal
of and Transfer by the General Partner
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10.3
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Additional
Requirements and Conditions
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10.4
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Substituted
Limited Partner
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10.5
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Incapacity
of a Limited Partner
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10.6
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Tag-Along
Rights
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10.7
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Syndication
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10.8
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Liquidity
Events
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ARTICLE
11 DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP OF THE COMPANY
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11.1
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Events
of Dissolution
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11.2
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Winding
Up
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11.3
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Liquidation
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11.4
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Termination
of Partnership
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11.5
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Other
Dissolution and Termination Provisions
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ARTICLE
12 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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12.1
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Notices
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12.2
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Title
to Partnership Property
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12.3
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Confidentiality
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12.4
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Exclusivity
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12.5
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Relations
with Partners
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12.6
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Appointment
of General Partner as Attorney-in-Fact
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12.7
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General
Partner Discretion
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12.8
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Other
Instruments and Acts
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12.9
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Binding
Agreement
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12.10
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Payments
by Partners
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12.11
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No
Third Party Beneficiaries
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12.12
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Reliance
on Authority of Person Signing Agreement
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12.13
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Applicable
Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
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12.14
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Arbitration
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12.15
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Submission
to Jurisdiction and Service of Process
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12.16
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Remedies
and Waivers
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12.17
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Amendments
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12.18
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Counterparts
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12.19
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Construction;
Headings
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12.20
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Severability
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12.21
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Side
Letters
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12.22
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Entire
Agreement
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12.23
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Anti-Money
Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Laws
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12.24
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Investment
by Certain Employee Benefit Plans
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12.25
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Disclosures
and Restrictions Regarding Employee Benefit Plans
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12.26
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Custodian
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12.27
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Certain
Protections
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SCHEDULE
A
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Schedule
of Partners and Investors in Parallel Investment
Vehicles
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SCHEDULE
B
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Transaction
Costs
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SCHEDULE
C
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Initial
Members of Board of Directors
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EXHIBIT
A
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Form
of Escrow Agreement
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EXHIBIT
B
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Restructuring
Proposal
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EXHIBIT
C
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Redemption
Procedure
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LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
[______________]
THIS
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of
[______________] (the “Partnership”) is made
and entered into [_______], 2010, by and among Brookfield Asset Management
Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., a Manitoba limited
partnership, as the general partner (the “General Partner”),
and those persons who become limited partners of the Partnership in accordance
with the provisions hereof and whose names are set forth as “Limited Partners”
on the books and records of the Partnership.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS,
the Partnership was formed pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act (6 Del. C. Section 17-101, et seq.), as amended
from time to time (the “Act”), by filing a Certificate of Limited Partnership of
the Partnership with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on [_______], 2010 (the “Certificate”);
WHEREAS,
from that date the Partnership has been governed by a Limited Partnership
Agreement dated [_______] (the “Partnership
Agreement”) pursuant to which the General Partner was admitted as the
general partner of the Partnership and [______________] (the “Withdrawing Limited
Partner” and together with the General Partner, the “Original Partners”)
was admitted as the initial limited partner of the Partnership;
WHEREAS,
the Investment (as defined below) is one of the investments contemplated by the
Protocol for a Real Estate Turnaround Investment Program (the “Protocol”) dated June
2009 among BAM and certain institutional investors;
WHEREAS,
as of the date of this Agreement, each Person whose subscription to the
Partnership is accepted by the General Partner is admitted to the Partnership as
a limited partner of the Partnership (each, a “Limited Partner” and
together with the General Partner, collectively, the “Partners”);
WHEREAS,
following the admission of the Limited Partners, the Withdrawing Limited Partner
desires to withdraw as a limited partner of the Partnership as of the date
hereof, and the General Partner hereby accepts and permits such withdrawal;
and
WHEREAS,
the Partners wish to continue the Partnership and to amend and restate the
Partnership Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements made herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Partners hereby amend and restate the
Partnership Agreement in its entirety to read as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS;
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
1.1 Definitions. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth
below:
“Acceptance Notice”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(iii)
hereof.
“Acceptance Notice
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(iii)
hereof.
“Acquiring Members”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)
hereof.
“Acquisition Notice”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)(C)
hereof.
“Act” has the meaning
set forth in the Recitals hereof.
“Additional Limited
Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
“Advisers Act” means
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
“Affiliate” of a
Person means any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under common control with such Person. For purposes of transactions
between one another, the Partnership and any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall
not be considered “Affiliates” of each other or of Brookfield.
“Affiliate
Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13
hereof.
“Aggregate
Commitments” means the sum of the Commitments of all Partners or any
subset of the Partners, as the context may require.
“Aggregate Consortium
Commitments” means the sum of (i) the Aggregate Commitments plus (ii) the
aggregate Commitments of the Parallel Vehicle Members to each of the Parallel
Investment Vehicles. For avoidance of doubt, each Consortium Member’s
Commitment within a single subscription agreement shall only be included in
either clause (i) or clause (ii) in the preceding sentence.
“Agreement” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof, including all schedules
and exhibits hereto, as subsequently amended or restated from time to time in
accordance with the provisions hereof and the Act.
“Available Commitment”
means, with respect to any Partner as of any date of determination, such
Partner’s Commitment, less the excess of
(i) the aggregate amount of all previously funded Capital Contributions over
(ii) the aggregate amount of any Capital Contributions returned to such Partner
pursuant to Section
3.1(e) or 3.3(d)
hereof.
“BAM” means Brookfield
Asset Management Inc., an Ontario corporation.
“Bankruptcy” of a
Person, means: (a) such Person (i) makes an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; (iii) is
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief,
in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; (iv) files a petition or answer
seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law, or
regulation; (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to
contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any
proceeding of such nature; or (vi) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or
any substantial part of its properties; or (b) if one hundred and twenty (120)
days after the commencement of any proceeding against such Person seeking
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation, the
proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within ninety (90) days after the
appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee,
receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its
properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within ninety (90) days
after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a Person is a partnership,
Bankruptcy of such Person shall also include the Bankruptcy of any general
partner of such Person.
“Beneficial Owner” has
the meaning set forth in Section 12.26
hereof.
“Benefit Plan” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.24
hereof.
“Benefit Plan
Fiduciary” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.24
hereof.
“Board of Directors”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3
hereof.
“BRH” means Brookfield
Retail Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a REP Investments
LLC).
“Brookfield” means BAM
or any Affiliate thereof, other than the Partnership and any Parallel Investment
Vehicle.
“Brookfield Minimum
Hold” means the minimum aggregate Commitments of BAM and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any account
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis unless 100% of the economic and
beneficial interests in such account are owned by BAM or any its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries) to the Partnership and/or any Parallel Investment Vehicle, which
shall be the lesser of (i) twenty percent (20%) of the Aggregate Consortium
Commitments, (ii) $600 million or (iii) such lesser amount resulting solely from
any permitted Disposition contemplated by Section 10.8(a)
or 10.8(d)(i)
that reduces the Commitment of BAM and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries (which, for
the avoidance of doubt, does not include any account managed by Brookfield on a
discretionary basis unless 100% of the economic and beneficial interests in such
account are owned by BAM or any its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) below the
applicable thresholds in clauses (i) and (ii).
“Business Day” means
any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial
banks in either New York, New York or Beijing, China are authorized or required
to be closed.
“Business Hours” means
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on a Business Day at the address of the
recipient for a notice or other communication under Article 12
hereof.
“Business Plan” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a)(iii)
hereof.
“Capital Account”
means, with respect to any Partner, the capital account in respect of its
Interest maintained for such Partner in accordance with Section 7.1
hereof.
“Capital Call Payment
Date” means a date specified in a Funding Notice for the payment of a
Capital Contribution by one (1) or more Partners to the Partnership or any date
on which an Additional Limited Partner makes its initial Capital Contribution to
the Partnership.
“Capital Contribution”
means, with respect to any Partner, the (i) value of any property contributed or
deemed contributed as capital by such Partner to the Partnership and (ii) cash
contributions contributed as capital by such Partner to the
Partnership.
“Carried Interest”
means the distributions actually received or deemed to be received by the Class
B Limited Partner in respect of its Class B Interest pursuant to Sections 6.1(d)
and 6.1(e)
hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, “deemed” Carried Interest
distributions shall refer to distributions deemed made to the Class B Limited
Partner in respect of its Class B Interest pursuant to Sections 8.4 and
11.3
hereof.
“Certificate” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof, as originally filed in the office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and as subsequently amended
and/or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof and
the Act.
“Change of Control”
means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) any Person or group of related
Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, becomes the
beneficial owner, as defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or
regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act, directly or indirectly, of 50% or
more of the total voting power of BAM (on a direct or indirect basis); (2) there
will be consummated any consolidation or merger or amalgamation of BAM in which
BAM is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which the
common voting shares of BAM would be converted into cash, securities or other
property, other than a merger or consolidation or amalgamation of BAM in which
the holders of the voting common shares of BAM outstanding immediately prior to
the consolidation or merger or amalgamation hold, directly or indirectly, at
least a majority of the voting common shares or voting interests of the
surviving corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger or
amalgamation; (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board
of directors of BAM are not Continuing Directors or (4) the first day that 100%
of the economic and beneficial interests in the General Partner are not owned
and controlled, directly or indirectly, by BAM.
“Chapter 11 Case”
means the cases pending as of the Initial Closing Date before the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York involving GGP and certain
of its Affiliates which are being jointly administered under Case No. 09-11977
(ALG).
“Class”, “Class A Interest”,
“Class B
Interest” and “Class C Interest”
each has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b)
hereof.
“Class B Limited
Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b)
hereof.
“Class C Partner” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b)
hereof.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment” means,
(i) with respect to any Partner, such Partner’s obligation to make Capital
Contributions to the Partnership (or a Parallel Investment Vehicle, to the
extent set forth in such Partner’s Subscription Agreement) in an aggregate
amount not to exceed the amount set forth in such Partner’s Subscription
Agreement and opposite such Partner’s name on Schedule A hereto in
the column entitled “Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced or increased, as
applicable, by assignment, transfer, or syndication or otherwise adjusted from
time to time in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) with respect to any
Parallel Vehicle Member, such Parallel Vehicle Member’s obligation to make
capital contributions to the applicable Parallel Investment Vehicle in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Parallel Vehicle Agreement and the
Parallel Vehicle Member’s applicable subscription agreement.
“Commitment Account”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f)
hereof.
“Commitment Account
Draw” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f)(i)
hereof.
“Commitment LC” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g)
hereof.
“Commitment LC Draw”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g)(i)
hereof.
“Consortium” means,
collectively, the Partnership and all the Parallel Investment
Vehicles.
“Consortium Member”
means any Partner or any Parallel Vehicle Member.
“Consortium Percentage
Interest” means, (i) with respect to any Consortium Member as of any date
of determination, the interest, expressed as a percentage, in the Consortium
held by such Consortium Member, determined by dividing the Invested Capital of
such Consortium Member by the aggregate Invested Capital of all Consortium
Members, (ii) with respect to the Partnership as of any date of determination,
the interest, expressed as a percentage, in the Consortium held by the
Partnership, determined by dividing the Invested Capital of all the Partners by
the aggregate Invested Capital of all Consortium Members and (iii) with respect
to any Parallel Investment Vehicle as of any date of determination, the
interest, expressed as a percentage, in the Consortium held by such Parallel
Investment Vehicle, determined by dividing the Invested Capital of all
Consortium Members holding an Interest in such Parallel Investment Vehicle by
the aggregate Invested Capital of all Consortium Members, provided that in each case,
if the Invested Capital of all Consortium Members is zero, the determinations
above shall be based on the Commitment of each Consortium Member and the
Aggregate Consortium Commitments.
“Constituent Member”
of a specified Person, means any other Person that is an officer, director,
member, partner or shareholder in such specified Person, or any Person that,
indirectly through one or more limited liability companies, partnerships or
other entities, is an officer, director, member, partner or shareholder in such
specified Person.
“Continuing Director”
means with respect to BAM, as of any date of determination, any member of the
board of directors of BAM: (i) who was a member of the board of directors of BAM
on the Initial Closing Date; or (ii) whose appointment or election was approved
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were
members of the board of directors of BAM at the time of that director's
nomination or election.
“control”, “controlled”, and
“controlling”
mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting Securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Daily VWAP” means,
for any trading day in respect of a Security trading on a national stock
exchange or active over-the-counter market, the per Security volume weighted
average price as displayed on Bloomberg (or its equivalent successor if such
service is not available) in respect of the period from scheduled open of
trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on
such trading day on the national stock exchange or active over-the-counter
market for such Security (or if such volume weighted average price is not
reported by Bloomberg, then as reported by another recognized source selected by
the General Partner; provided, that the selection
is consistent with previous selections made in respect of such Security). The
Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other
trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
“Debt” means any
notes, bonds, evidences of indebtedness or debt of GGP not secured by real
property, including the 3.98% Exchangeable Senior Notes issued by GGP Limited
Partnership, under Rule 144A of the Securities Act, pursuant to an indenture
dated April 16, 2007, five (5) series of public bonds issued by The Rouse
Company LP pursuant to an indenture dated February 24, 1995, one (1) series of
bonds in a private placement issued by The Rouse Company LP and TRC Co-Issuer,
Inc. pursuant to an indenture dated May 5, 2006, and a term and revolving credit
facility pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of February 24, 2006, by and among General Growth Properties, Inc., GGP Limited
Partnership and GGPLP, L.L.C., as borrowers, Eurohypo AG, New York Branch, as
administrative agent, and the lenders from time to time party
thereto.
“Default Amount” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a)
hereof.
“Defaulting Limited
Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a)
hereof.
“Delaware Arbitration
Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.14
hereof.
“DIP Loan” means that
certain Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security and Guaranty
Agreement dated July 23, 2010 among certain lenders, Barclays Capital as the
sole arranger, Barclays Bank PLC, as the administration and collateral agent,
General Growth Properties, Inc. and GGP Limited Partnership, as the borrowers
and the guarantors party thereto.
“DIP Loan
Contributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h)(i)
hereof.
“DIP Loan Funding
Member” has the meaning set forth in the Operating Agreement of
REP.
“DIP Loan Investment”
means the lender interests in the DIP Loan held directly or indirectly by the
Partnership or a Subsidiary thereof.
“DIP Loan Purchase
Price” means the amount necessary to fund the DIP Loan (provided it does
not exceed $400 million).
“Disposing Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)
hereof.
“Disposition” means
any transaction or series of transactions whereby the Partnership sells or
otherwise disposes of all or any portion of its right, title and interest in and
to the Investment or other assets of the Partnership, including any merger or
consolidation, any distribution in kind of all or any portion of the Investment
or other assets of the Partnership to any Limited Partner, and any deemed sales
or other dispositions pursuant to Sections 6.1(a)-6.1(d),
8.4, 10.8(d) or 11.3(c) hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sale or disposition of all or any portion of
the Investment in connection with the substitution or exchange of any part of
the Investment in the ordinary course of business under the terms of the
Investment or in connection with or as a result of the Chapter 11 Case shall not
be deemed a Disposition in whole or in part, unless such sale or disposition is
for cash, which cash is not required to be immediately reinvested in GGP
pursuant to the Plan.
“Dispose” and “Disposed of” have
meanings correlative thereto.
“Dispute” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.14
hereof.
“Distribution Date”
means any date of distribution under Sections 3.3(d),
6.1, 10.8(a), 10.8(b), 10.8(d) or 11.3
hereof.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful
money of the United States of America.
“Electing Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(g)
hereof.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the related provisions of the
Code, and the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each
case, as amended from time to time, and the judicial and administrative rulings
and interpretations thereof.
“Escrow Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f)
hereof.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Existing Consortium
Members” means, collectively, the General Partner and any Consortium
Member admitted or deemed admitted to BRH prior to September 1,
2010.
“Exit Price” has the
meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(B) hereof.
“Fair Market Value”
means on a valuation date:
(a) with
respect to Securities, (i) if traded on one (1) or more securities exchanges or
the Nasdaq National Market System, the Twenty-One-Day Average VWAP of the
Securities; (ii) if actively traded over-the-counter (other than on the Nasdaq
National Market System), the Twenty-One-Day Average VWAP of such Securities; or
(iii) if there is no active public market, determined based on a valuation as of
such valuation date by an appropriately qualified independent third-party
valuation agent, designated by the General Partner and approved pursuant to the
Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on the approval of a
Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles;
(b) with
respect to Debt (other than Debt that is a Security), (i) the average of three
(3) quotes, or such lesser number of quotes as available, each provided by a
different nationally recognized banking institution that actively trades such
Debt or different market maker for such Debt designated by the General Partner
as to the amount in cash in immediately available funds that such nationally
recognized banking institution or market maker would be willing to pay to the
Partnership as of such date to purchase the Debt held on such date by the
Partnership, or (ii) in the event such quote(s) are unavailable, determined
based on a valuation as of such valuation date by an appropriately qualified
independent third-party valuation agent, designated by the General Partner and
approved pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on
the approval of a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles;
and
(c) with
respect to any other Partnership asset or liability, (i) the market value as of
the valuation date as reasonably determined pursuant to the Voting Agreement,
which such determination shall be based on the determination of a Super-Majority
Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, or (ii) in the event under the
Voting Agreement a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles
is unable to agree on such valuation within 30 days of the first consideration
by the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles of the need to determine Fair
Market Value, determined based on a valuation made by an appropriately qualified
independent third-party valuation agent, designated by the General Partner and
approved pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on
the approval of a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles.
“Fiscal Year” means
the calendar year, unless otherwise determined pursuant to the Voting Agreement,
which such determination shall be based on the determination of a Hyper-Majority
Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles.
“FOIA” has the meaning
set forth in Section
12.3(d) hereof.
“FOIA Partner” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.3(b)
hereof.
“Funding Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c)
hereof.
“Funding Notice” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1
hereof.
“GAAP” means the
United States generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a consistent
basis.
“General Partner” has
the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof, or any temporary
replacement general partner from time to time while and for so long as it is a
general partner.
“GGP” means General
Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, including its successor(s)
(including, for greater certainty, General Growth Opportunities (as defined in
the Restructuring Proposal)), and its subsidiaries.
“GGP Director” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a)(viii)
hereof.
“GGP Financing Allocation
Percentage” means, for each GGP Financing Member, an amount, expressed as
a percentage, equal to such GGP Financing Member’s Consortium Percentage
Interest divided by the aggregate Consortium Percentage Interests of all GGP
Financing Members.
“GGP Financing
Interests” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a)
hereof.
“GGP Financing Member”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b)
hereof.
“GGP Financing
Vehicle” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a)
hereof.
“GGP Holdco” means an
entity or entities which directly or indirectly owns and controls all or
substantially all of the business of the entities comprising GGP (including, for
greater certainty, General Growth Opportunities (as defined in the Restructuring
Proposal)) as of the date hereof.
“Hyper-Majority Vote of Board
of Directors” means the affirmative vote of the members of the Board of
Directors representing Limited Partners who in the aggregate hold Partnership
Percentage Interests of at least eighty-six percent (86%). For purposes of
the preceding sentence, certain Interests shall not be included as provided in
Section 4.4(c)
hereof.
“Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members” means (i) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or
determination of only the Partners, the affirmative vote, consent, approval or
determination of the Partners who in the aggregate hold Partnership Percentage
Interests of at least eighty-six percent (86%) of all of the Partnership
Percentage Interests and (ii) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or
determination of the Consortium Members (which the Partners agree will include
the votes, consents, approvals and determinations referenced in Sections 4.6(c),
4.11(f), 10.2, 10.8(c) and 12.17 and such other
votes, consents, approvals and determinations for matters pertaining to all of
the Consortium Members as set forth in this Agreement) the affirmative vote,
consent, approval or determination of the Consortium Members who in the
aggregate hold Consortium Percentage Interests of at least eighty-six percent
(86%) of all of the Consortium Percentage Interests. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, certain Interests shall not be included as provided in Section 4.11(d)
hereof.
“Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles” means the affirmative vote of the Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles who in the aggregate hold Consortium Percentage
Interests of at least eighty-six percent (86%) of all of the Consortium
Percentage Interests held by Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests shall not be included as
provided in the Voting Agreement.
“IFRS” means the
International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the International
Accounting Standards Board.
“Indemnified Party”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a)
hereof.
“Indemnifying Party”
means any Person responsible for making payments of amounts constituting
indemnification pursuant to Article 9
hereof.
“Independent Accounting
Firm” means Deloitte & Touche LLP, or any other “Big Four” accounting
firm selected by the General Partner and approved pursuant to the Voting
Agreement, which such approval shall be based on the approval of a
Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles.
“Initial Closing Date”
means March 31, 2010.
“Initial Members”
means, collectively, the Managing Member of BRH and any Consortium Member
admitted or deemed admitted to BRH on the Initial Closing Date for so long as
such Consortium Member maintains a Consortium Percentage Interest of at least
fifteen percent (15%).
“Interest” means (i)
with respect to any Partner, the limited partnership interest of any Class owned
by a Partner in the Partnership at any particular time, including the right of
such Partner to any and all benefits to which such Partner may be entitled as
provided in this Agreement or applicable law, together, with any and all
obligations of such Partner to comply with all terms and provisions of this
Agreement and (ii) with respect to any Parallel Vehicle Member, the limited
liability company, limited partner or other similar interest owned by a Parallel
Vehicle Member in a Parallel Investment Vehicle at any particular time,
including the right of such Parallel Vehicle Member to any and all benefits to
which such Parallel Vehicle Member may be entitled as provided in the applicable
Parallel Vehicle Agreement or applicable law, together, with any and all
obligations of such Parallel Vehicle Member to comply with all terms and
provisions of the applicable Parallel Vehicle Agreement.
“Internal Dispute”
means any claim in which (a) one or more members of the Board of Directors, the
General Partner, the General Partner’s Affiliates or their respective employees
or managers are suing one or more other members of the Board of Directors, the
General Partner, the General Partner’s Affiliates or their respective employees
or managers and (b) neither the Partnership nor a Parallel Investment Vehicle is
a plaintiff, defendant or other participant in such claim and/or will (or could
reasonably be expected to) receive any monetary benefit from the outcome of such
claim.
“Internal Rate of
Return” means, with respect to a Partner as of any Distribution Date, the
annual percentage rate, which when utilized to calculate the present value of
all distributions (i.e., cash inflows) received
by such Partner from the Partnership shall cause such present value to equal the
present value of all Capital Contributions (i.e., cash outflows) made by
such Partner. In order for a Partner to receive a positive Internal Rate
of Return, a Partner must receive an aggregate amount equal to (a) its aggregate
Capital Contributions, plus (b) a return thereon. The Internal Rate of
Return with respect to a Partner, at any Distribution Date, shall be computed
with annual compounding. For purposes of computing such Internal Rate of
Return, (i) all Capital Contributions of such Partner shall be treated as
Capital Contributions made on the applicable Capital Call Payment Date, (ii)
each distribution or payment of cash received by such Partner (including
pursuant to Sections 3.3(d),
6.1, 10.8(a), 10.8(b), 10.8(d) or 11.3 hereof) shall be
treated as a distribution on the date such funds are distributed by the
Partnership, and (iii) each distribution or payment of non-cash property
received by such Partner in kind (including pursuant to Sections 6.1 or
11.3 hereof)
shall be treated as a distribution on the Distribution Date such non-cash
property is distributed by the Partnership; provided, however, that with
respect to clause (iii), for purposes of calculating the Internal Rate of Return
with respect to a Partner, such Partner shall be deemed to have received cash in
an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (determined as of the applicable
Distribution Date) of all non-cash property distributed (or deemed distributed)
to such Partner by the Partnership.
“Invested Capital”
means, (i) with respect to any Partner as of any date of determination, the sum
of all Capital Contributions made by such Partner as of such date reduced by any
Invested Capital returned to such Partner pursuant to Sections 3.1(e)
or 3.3(d)
hereof; provided, that,
except for any Invested Capital returned to a Partner pursuant to Sections 3.1(e)
and 3.3(d)
hereof, the amount of Invested Capital at any time shall not take into account
any return of, or distribution with respect to, such Invested Capital, and (ii)
with respect to any Parallel Vehicle Member as of any date of determination,
such Parallel Vehicle Member’s “invested capital” as determined in accordance
with the applicable Parallel Vehicle Agreement.
“Investment” means,
collectively, the Debt and New Equity held by the Partnership from time to time
in accordance with this Agreement.
“Investment Company
Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to
time.
“Investment Proceeds”
means all cash, other proceeds or Securities available for distribution by the
Partnership, net of (a) Reserves and (b) amounts necessary to pay Transaction
Costs, liabilities and obligations of the Partnership then due and owing (to the
extent the Partner have not made Capital Contributions in respect of such
Transaction Costs, liabilities and obligations of the Partnership or such
Transaction Costs, liabilities and obligations of the Partnership were not
otherwise covered by Reserves).
“Long Stop Date”
means, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Initial Members or extended
pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such extension shall be based on the
consent of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, the
later of (a) the earlier of (i) the final day of the Standstill Period and
(ii) October 31, 2010 and (b) the date the Restructuring Proposal is (I)
terminated or (II) terminable by BRH in accordance with its terms without
default by BRH thereunder.
“Majority Vote of Board of
Directors” means the affirmative vote of the members of the Board of
Directors representing Partners who in the aggregate hold Partnership Percentage
Interests greater than fifty percent (50%) of all of the Partnership Percentage
Interests. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests shall
not be included as provided in Section 4.4(c)
hereof.
“Majority Vote of
Members” means (i) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or
determination of only the Partners, the affirmative vote, consent, approval or
determination of the Partners who in the aggregate hold Partnership Percentage
Interests representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of all of the
Partnership Percentage Interests and (ii) with respect to any vote, consent,
approval or determination of the Consortium Members (which the Partners agree
will include the votes, consents, approvals and determinations referenced in
Section 4.11(a)
and such other votes, consents, approvals and determinations for matters
pertaining to all of the Consortium Members as set forth in this Agreement), the
affirmative vote, consent, approval or determination of the Consortium Members
who in the aggregate hold Consortium Percentage Interests representing greater
than fifty percent (50%) of all of the Consortium Percentage Interests.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests shall not be included
as provided in Section 4.11(d)
hereof.
“Majority Vote of Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles” means the affirmative vote of the Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles who in the aggregate hold Consortium Percentage
Interests representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of all of the Consortium
Percentage Interests held by Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests shall not be included as
provided in the Voting Agreement.
“Minimum Condition”
means, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Initial Members, either (a)
the transaction contemplated by the Restructuring Proposal has been consummated,
or (b)(i) the Consortium holds or controls at least twenty-five (25%) of the
common voting equity of GGP Holdco on a fully diluted basis, and (ii) the
Consortium has representation on the board of directors of GGP Holdco (or the
right thereto) (which, in the case of agreement by General Growth Properties
Inc. to the Restructuring Proposal as amended from time to time, shall be
representation by two directors (or the right thereto)), in each case by the
Long Stop Date.
“New Equity” means
common equity of GGP Holdco, including common shares, preferred shares,
convertible preferred shares or any other type of security instrument or
contract that grants equity-like rights and interests or is convertible or
exchangeable into common equity of GGP Holdco.
“Limited Partner” has
the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof until any such Person ceases to be
a limited partner, and any other Person from time to time while and for so long
as it is a limited partner.
“Notional Interest”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
“Notional Principal
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
“OFAC List” means the
list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons subject to financial
sanctions that is maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign
Development Assets Control, pursuant to applicable law, including, without
limitation, trade embargo, economic sanctions or other prohibitions imposed by
the executive order of the President of the United States. As of the date
hereof, the OFAC List is accessible through the internet website
www.treas.gov/ofac/t11sdn.pdf.
“Offer Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(ii)
hereof.
“Offer Price” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(ii)
hereof.
“Offer Terms” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(ii)
hereof.
“Offered Interest” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)
hereof.
“Offeree Members” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)
hereof.
“Operating Expenses”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(b)
hereof.
“Organizational
Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)
hereof.
“Original Partners”
has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Parallel Investment
Vehicle” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12
hereof.
“Parallel Vehicle
Agreement” means the limited liability company agreement, limited
partnership agreement or similar agreement of a Parallel Investment Vehicle, as
amended from time to time.
“Parallel Vehicle
Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12
hereof.
“Partially Adjusted Exit
Price” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(E).
“Participating GGP Financing
Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(c)
hereof.
“Partners” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.
“Partnership” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Partnership Business”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5
hereof.
“Partnership Percentage
Interest” means, with respect to any Partner as of any date of
determination, the interest, expressed as a percentage, in the Partnership held
by such Partner, determined by dividing the Invested Capital of such Partner by
the aggregate Invested Capital of all Partners, or if the Invested Capital of
all Partners is zero, determined by dividing the Commitment of such Partner by
the Aggregate Commitments.
“Person” means any
individual, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company,
unlimited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, business trust,
statutory trust, cooperative, association, or other entity, and, where the
context so permits, the legal representatives, successors in interest and
permitted assigns of such Person.
“Plan” means GGP’s
plan of reorganization with respect to the Chapter 11 Case.
“Potential Transfer
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)(i)
hereof.
“Prime Rate” means, on
any date of determination, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of
interest published, from time to time, by The Wall Street Journal
(United States edition) designated therein as the “prime rate” at large United
States money center banks.
“Proceeding” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.5(c)(i)
hereof.
“Prohibited Person”
means any Person identified on the OFAC List or any other Person with whom a
U.S. Person (as defined below) may not conduct business or transactions by
prohibition of federal law or executive order of the President of the United
States of America. For the purposes of this definition, the term “U.S. Person”
means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized
under the laws of the United States (including foreign branches), or any person
in the United States.
“Protocol” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.
“Provisional Sale
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(A) hereof.
“Redemption Procedure”
means the procedure set forth in Exhibit C
hereto.
“Remaining GGP Financing
Percentage” means, for each Participating GGP Financing Member, an
amount, expressed as a percentage, equal to such Participating GGP Financing
Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest divided by the aggregate Consortium
Percentage Interests of all Participating GGP Financing Members.
“Removal Conduct
Event” means (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control with respect to
the General Partner or BAM; (b) the failure of BAM and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries to comply with the requirements of Section 3.2
hereof; (c) the failure of the General Partner or BAM (or any of its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries) to fund any of their respective Commitments; (d) the
General Partner or BAM (or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that are
Partners) being subject to any event of Bankruptcy or (e) the occurrence of a
“Removal Conduct Event” (as defined in each Parallel Vehicle Agreement) under
any Parallel Vehicle Agreement (unless such “Removal Conduct Event” is waived
pursuant to the terms of such Parallel Vehicle Agreement).
“Removal Liquidating
Trustee” means Deloitte & Touche LLP, or any other liquidating
trustee approved pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be
based on the approval of a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles.
“Reports” has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.3(b)
hereof.
“Reply” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.6(b)
hereof.
“Reserves” means the
amount of cash, other proceeds or Securities that the General Partner determines
in good faith and in its reasonable discretion, subject to different
instructions in writing by a Hyper-Majority Vote of Members (excluding from both
the numerator and denominator of such percentage the Interests held by the
General Partner and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest
of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis), is necessary to be
maintained by the Partnership for the purpose of paying reasonably anticipated
Transaction Costs, liabilities and obligations of the Partnership, regardless of
whether such Transaction Costs, liabilities and obligations are actual or
contingent.
“Restructuring
Proposal” means that certain Amended and Restated Cornerstone Investment
Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, by and between GGP and the
Partnership, in the form as submitted to the Partnership by the General Partner
prior to the Initial Closing Date and attached hereto as Exhibit B, as the
same may be amended from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Restructuring Proposal
Termination” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h)(iv).
“Returns” has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a)
hereof.
“Rules” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.14
hereof.
“Sale Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(B) hereof.
“Sale Offer” has the
meaning set forth in Section
10.8(d)(ii)(B) hereof.
“Sale Recommendation”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(i)(A)
hereof.
“Sale Recommendation
Acceptance Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(i)(A)
hereof.
“Securities” means,
for purposes of this Agreement, securities of every kind and nature and rights
and options with respect thereto, including stock, shares, notes, bonds,
evidences of indebtedness, New Equity and other business interests of every
type, including interests in GGP.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Selling Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)
hereof.
“Services Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a)
hereof.
“Sharing Percentage”
means, with respect to any Partner as of any date of determination, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is an amount equal to the
Invested Capital of such Partner, and the denominator of which is an aggregate
amount equal to the sum of the Invested Capital of all Partners.
“Standstill Period”
means the period ending on the later of (a) the date the Consortium is required
to continue to hold all or any portion of the Investment under the Restructuring
Proposal, and (b) the period ending on the date ninety (90) calendar days after
the earlier of (i) the date an order confirming the Plan becomes final and no
longer subject to an outstanding appeal or (ii) the date the Plan becomes
effective.
“Subject Interest” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)
hereof.
“Subscription
Agreement” means, with respect to any Limited Partner, any subscription
agreement (together with any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto)
entered into between the Partnership and such Limited Partner pursuant to the
terms of which such Limited Partner has agreed or shall agree to purchase an
Interest.
“Subsequent Closing
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
“Subsidiary” of a
Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares or securities
or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other governing body are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of
which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
“Super-Majority Vote of
Members” means (i) with respect to any vote, consent, approval or
determination of only the Partners, the affirmative vote, consent, approval or
determination of Partners who in the aggregate hold Partnership Percentage
Interests representing at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of
all of the Partnership Percentage Interests and (ii) with respect to any vote,
consent, approval or determination of the Consortium Members (which the Partners
agree will include the votes, consents and approvals referenced in Sections 4.6(a),
4.11(h), 4.13, and 5.2(a) and such other
votes, consents, approvals and determinations for matters pertaining to all of
the Consortium Members as set forth in this Agreement), the affirmative vote,
consent, approval or determination of Consortium Members who in the aggregate
hold Consortium Percentage Interests representing at least sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of all of the Consortium Percentage
Interests. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests shall
not be included as provided in Section 4.11(d)
hereof.
“Super-Majority Vote of Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles” means the affirmative vote of the Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles who in the aggregate hold Consortium Percentage
Interests of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of all of the
Consortium Percentage Interests held by Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles. For purposes of the preceding sentence, certain Interests shall
not be included as provided in the Voting Agreement.
“Tag-Along Partner”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(a)
hereof.
“Tag-Along Notice” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(a)
hereof.
“Tag-Along Transfer”
has the meaning set forth Section 10.6(a)
hereof.
“Tagging Partners” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(c)
hereof.
“Tax Indemnified
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(e)
hereof.
“Tax Matters Partner”
has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5
hereof.
“Temporary
Investments” means any of the following: (a) cash; (b) debt securities
issued or directly or indirectly fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof and having a maturity of one
year or less; and (c) demand deposits of any commercial bank having capital and
surplus in excess of $10 billion on the date of acquisition thereof and rated A
or better.
“Ten-Day Average VWAP”
means the arithmetic average of the Daily VWAP for each trading day during the
ten (10) trading day period commencing on the tenth (10th) trading day prior to
the valuation date and ending on the valuation date, rounded to two decimal
places.
“Tier One Action”
means any action by the Partnership or the Consortium, as applicable, which is
subject to the vote, consent, approval or determination of the Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles under this Agreement, which the Partners hereby agree shall
include, without limitation, the actions set forth in (i) the following
defined terms: Fair Market Value, Fiscal Year, Independent Accounting Firm, Long
Stop Date and Removal Liquidating Trustee and (ii) Sections 3.6,
4.2(a) - 4.2(c), 4.3(a), 4.5, 8.2(a), 9.2(e), 9.2(f), 11.1 and 11.2 and such other
votes, consents, approvals and determinations for matters pertaining to all of
the Consortium Members as set forth in this Agreement.
“Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles” means each Parallel Investment Vehicle (including for purposes
of this definition, the Partnership) that, at the time a particular vote,
consent, approval or determination is required under the Voting Agreement, has a
Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%); provided, however, that if any
Consortium Member holding an interest in such Parallel Investment Vehicle has a
Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%), but is a
Defaulting Limited Partner (as defined hereunder or the applicable Parallel
Investment Agreement), then either (i) if such Defaulting Limited Partner
is the only Limited Partner in such Parallel Investment Vehicle that has a
Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%), such Parallel
Investment Vehicle shall not be a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle and shall
be excluded from both the numerator and denominator of the calculation of the
percentage of such vote, consent, approval or determination hereunder for so
long as such Consortium Member is a Defaulting Limited Partner or (ii) if
such Defaulting Limited Partner is not the only Limited Partner in such Parallel
Investment Vehicle that has a Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten
percent (10%), the Consortium Percentage Interest of such Defaulting Limited
Partner shall be excluded for purposes of such Tier One Investment Vehicle’s
voting, consent and approval rights under the Voting Agreement.
“Transaction Costs”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7
hereof.
“Transaction
Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.5(c).
“Transaction Distribution
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b)
hereof.
“Transfer” means (i)
as a noun, any transfer, sale, pledge, assignment, hypothecation or other
disposition, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether direct or indirect
(including any transfer or other disposition of a direct or indirect ownership
interest in or in an interest held by any Partner) and (ii) as a verb, to
transfer, sell, pledge, assign, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of whether
voluntarily or involuntarily and whether directly or indirectly (including to
transfer or otherwise dispose of a direct or indirect ownership interest in or
in an interest held by any Partner), except that, Transfer shall not include any
transfer of equity or beneficial interests in a public company listed on a
national exchange or a pension plan. “Transferor” means a
Person that Transfers or proposes to Transfer; and “Transferee” means a
Person to whom a Transfer is made or is proposed to be made.
“Treasury Regulations”
means all final and temporary United States federal tax regulations issued under
the Code from time to time.
“True-Up Member” means
each Existing Consortium Member who is not a DIP Loan Funding Member (as
described in the Operating Agreement of REP).
“Twenty-One-Day Average
VWAP” means the arithmetic average of the Daily VWAP for each trading day
during the twenty-one (21) trading day period commencing on the tenth (10th)
trading day prior to the valuation date and ending on the tenth (10th) trading
day after the valuation date, rounded to two decimal places.
“Unsecured Creditors
Committee” means the official committee of unsecured creditors of GGP,
appointed under the Chapter 11 Case.
“Voting Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a)
hereof.
“Voting Member” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a)
hereof.
1.2 Transaction Document
Terms. To the extent that any of the Transaction Documents define a
term by reference to this Agreement which is not defined in this Agreement, the
following definitions shall apply: (1) any references to the “Company” shall be
replaced with “Partnership” (as defined herein), (2) any references to the
“Managing Member” shall be replaced with “General Partner” (as defined herein),
(3) any references to “Member” or “Members” shall be replaced with “Partner” or
“Partners” respectively (as defined herein), and (4) any references to the
“Company Percentage Interest” shall be replaced with “Partnership Percentage
Interest” (as defined herein).
ARTICLE
2
FORMATION
AND PURPOSE
2.1 Formation. The
Partnership has previously been formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the
Act by filing the Certificate in the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and such Certificate has not been withdrawn as of the date
hereof. The rights and liabilities of the Partners shall be as provided
for in the Act if not otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement. The
Partnership was initially formed by the Original Partners.
2.2 Name. The name
of the Partnership is [______________]. The business and affairs of the
Partnership shall be managed and conducted under such name or under such other
names as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate upon written notice to the
Partners.
2.3 Registered Office and
Registered Agent; Principal Office. The address of the
Partnership’s registered office in Delaware is c/o Corporation Service Company,
2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. The name and
address of the registered agent in the State of Delaware for service of process
is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. The Board of Directors may change the registered office and the
registered agent of the Partnership in its discretion. The initial
principal place of business of the Partnership shall be located at Level 22, 135
King Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. The General Partner may change
the location of the principal place of business of the Partnership to such other
place as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate in accordance
with the Act. The General Partner shall provide prompt written notice to
the Limited Partners of any change in the Partnership’s principal place of
business.
2.4 Term. The term
of the Partnership commenced upon the date of filing of the Certificate in the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Act
and shall continue in full force and effect in perpetuity; provided, that the term of
the Partnership shall not extend beyond the date of dissolution of the
Partnership as contemplated by Article 11
hereof. The existence of the Partnership as a separate legal entity shall
continue until cancellation of the Certificate as provided in the
Act.
2.5 Purpose. The
primary purpose of the activities to be conducted by the Partnership is to make
certain investments in GGP, as part of the Plan and as otherwise contemplated in
this Agreement (the “Partnership
Business”). The Partnership’s ultimate purpose is to obtain a
significant ownership interest in GGP following the effective date of the
Plan. The Partnership shall also deal in all manners and ways as are
customary for an investment vehicle with such purposes, carry on any activities
relating thereto or arising therefrom, and do anything reasonably incidental or
necessary with respect to the foregoing.
2.6 Admission of Partners;
Classes of Interests.
(a) The
General Partner hereby continues as the general partner of the
Partnership. The Limited Partners set forth on Schedule A hereto are
admitted to the Partnership as limited partners of the Partnership upon
acceptance of the Subscription Agreements of such Limited Partners by the
General Partner on behalf of the Partnership and the execution and delivery of
counterparts of this Agreement (whether directly or through a power of attorney)
and the acceptance thereof by the General Partner, on behalf of the
Partnership. Following the admission of such Limited Partners, the
Withdrawing Limited Partner withdraws as a limited partner and executes this
Agreement solely to evidence such withdrawal. Each Limited Partner
admitted to the Partnership on any Subsequent Closing Date shall be admitted to
the Partnership in accordance with Section 3.3
hereof.
(b) Interests
shall be issued in classes (each, a “Class”), designated
as follows: each Limited Partner shall be issued an Interest designated as a
“Class A
Interest”; a wholly-owned Subsidiary of BAM designated by BAM (the “Class B Limited
Partner”) may be issued an Interest designated as a “Class B Interest”,
provided, that, as of
the date hereof, no such Class B Limited Partner has been designated by BAM;
and, the General Partner shall be issued an Interest designated as a “Class C Interest”
(the General Partner, in its capacity as holder of the Class C Interest, the
“Class C
Partner”). Interests of each Class shall be treated as Interests
with the same rights and obligations of each other Class, except as expressly
provided in this Agreement. Each Partner’s Class shall be set forth on Schedule
A.
2.7 Partners Not
Agents. Except as specifically provided herein, nothing contained
herein shall be construed to constitute any Partner as the agent of any other
Partner or the Partnership.
2.8 ERISA. The
General Partner shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to manage the
operations and affairs of the Partnership such that the assets of the
Partnership are not, and are not deemed to be, “plan assets” within the meaning
of ERISA or the Code.
ARTICLE
3
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1 Capital
Contributions.
(a) Commitment. The
Commitment of each Partner is set forth in such Partner’s Subscription Agreement
and opposite such Partner’s name on Schedule A hereto in
the column entitled “Commitment”.
(b) Capital
Contributions. Subject to the next following sentence and Sections 3.1(c)
and 3.1(d),
each Partner shall make Capital Contributions to the Partnership upon notice (a
“Funding
Notice”) from the General Partner and in such amounts and at such times
as the General Partner shall deem appropriate, as specified in the Funding
Notice; provided, however, that no Partner
shall be required to make a Capital Contribution (including Capital
Contributions required by Section 3.6(c)
hereof) to the Partnership in excess of such Partner’s Available Commitment,
except with respect to such Partner’s obligation to return distributions for the
purpose of meeting such Partner’s indemnity obligations under Section 3.5
hereof or as otherwise required by the Act. Such Capital Contributions may
only be called by the General Partner, (i) to fund (A) the purchase of the
Investment (in accordance with the Business Plan and the Restructuring
Proposal), (B) the payment of Transaction Costs, (C) any shortfall arising as a
result of any default by a Partner and (D) the payment of the DIP Loan Purchase
Price pursuant to Section 3.1(h)(iv),
(ii) except as set forth in Sections 3.1(h)
or 3.6(c),
pro rata in
accordance with each Partner’s Partnership Percentage Interest and (iii) if the
General Partner reasonably expects that such Capital Contributions will be used
for their intended purposes within thirty (30) days. No interest shall be
paid to any Partner on any Capital Contributions. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, (x) no Capital Contributions shall be called by the
General Partner in respect of any indemnity obligations under this Agreement,
(y) the General Partner shall not have the right to call capital after the six
(6) month anniversary of the effective date of the Plan, and (z) the General
Partner may, in its discretion, accept Capital Contributions in kind of New
Equity and/or claims against the Debtors (as defined in the Restructuring
Proposal) held directly or indirectly by a Partner and able to be tendered to
pay the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1.1(a)
of the Restructuring Proposal rather than in Dollars. No Partner shall be
required to make any loans or Capital Contributions to the Partnership other
than as provided for in Sections 3.1 and
3.6(c).
(c) Funding Notice.
The General Partner shall give a Funding Notice in the manner specified in Section 12.1
hereof, and a Funding Notice shall specify: (i) the date and time at
which such Capital Contribution is to be made, which time shall not be earlier
than 12:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on the tenth (10th) Business Day
after the deemed receipt of the Funding Notice (such date, the “Funding Date”), (ii)
the place in the United States at which such Capital Contribution is to be made,
including, if applicable, the account of the Partnership to which such Capital
Contribution should be made, (iii) the amount of such Capital Contribution to be
made, (iv) the aggregate amount of Capital Contributions to be made to the
Partnership, and (v) whether such Capital Contribution shall be used (A) in
connection with the Investment (and, if so, a brief description and the amount
of the proposed Investment), (B) to pay Transaction Costs (and, if so, a brief
description and the amount thereof), (C) to meet any shortfall arising as a
result of any default by a Partner (and if so, the amount of such default), or
(D) to fund the payment of the DIP Loan Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.1(h)(iv).
(d) United States Dollar
Denominated Capital Contributions and Distributions. The General
Partner shall call all Capital Contributions (subject to clause (z) of the
penultimate sentence of Section 3.1(b))
and shall make all cash distributions in Dollars.
(e) Temporary Investment of
Capital Contributions; Return of Capital Contributions. Capital
Contributions made by a Partner to fund the Investment may be held in Temporary
Investments prior to the making of the Investment. Capital Contributions
made by a Partner for the purpose of funding a portion of the Investment shall
be returned (together with any interest or profits earned thereon) to such
Partner if such portion of the Investment is not made within thirty (30) days
after the applicable Capital Call Payment Date.
(f) Commitment
Account. The General Partner may permit any Partner to fund as of
any date an amount up to such Partner’s Available Commitment as of such date
into an escrow account or other separate account of the Partnership to be held
in respect of such Partner separate and apart from any other assets of the
Partnership (the “Commitment Account”),
to be held by the Partnership until released in accordance with this Section 3.1(f).
Each Partner agrees that any Commitment Account held in respect of its Interest
shall be governed by an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”)
substantially similar to the Form of Escrow Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A. Any
Partner may at any time, with two (2) Business Days prior written notice to the
General Partner, elect to establish a Commitment LC pursuant to Section 3.1(g),
and the General Partner shall thereafter return to such Partner all funds
remaining in the related Commitment Account in accordance with clause (vi),
below.
(i) On
each Capital Call Payment Date, the General Partner shall transfer from each
Commitment Account to the Partnership’s general account an amount equal to the
Capital Contribution specified in the Funding Notice to the related Partner
(each such transfer, a “Commitment Account
Draw”), provided, that such funds are
available for release from escrow in accordance with the Escrow
Agreement.
(ii) Except
as provided in this Section 3.1(f),
each Commitment Account Draw shall be subject to all terms and conditions
provided in this Agreement applicable to the obligation of the related Partner
to fund any Capital Contribution, including the provisions of Section 3.1(a)-3.1(e)
hereof, in each case as modified by any applicable side letter or similar
agreement entered into with such Partner pursuant to Section 12.21
hereof. Each Commitment Account Draw shall be deemed to be a Capital
Contribution and Invested Capital for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no amount funded by such
Partner into the related Commitment Account shall be deemed Invested Capital or
a Capital Contribution with respect to such Partner or included in the Capital
Account of such Partner until (and to the extent of) a Capital Call Payment Date
and a Commitment Account Draw.
(iii) Amounts
that would otherwise be returned pursuant to Section 3.1(e)
or 3.3(d)
hereof to a Partner, in respect of which the Partnership holds a Commitment
Account, shall be returned to such Commitment Account.
(iv) Funds
in the Commitment Account held by the Partnership in respect of any Partner
shall be invested in Temporary Investments in the discretion of the General
Partner until transferred as Commitment Account Draws or returned to the related
Partner, in each case in accordance with this Section 3.1(f).
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, such Partner may direct the particular
Temporary Investments in which funds in the related Commitment Account may be
invested or that funds in the related Commitment Account be invested in other
investments, provided, in each case, such investments are permitted under the
Restructuring Proposal and reasonably acceptable to the General Partner.
Any interest or other returns on such Temporary Investments or other investments
shall be distributed only to the related Partner and on a quarterly
basis.
(v) The
Partnership shall return all funds remaining in each Commitment Account, if any,
to the related Partner on the earliest of (A) the date on which a Commitment LC
is established in respect of such Partner or such Partner requires such funds in
connection with the establishment of such Commitment LC, (B) the date on which
the release conditions have been satisfied in the applicable Escrow Agreement
and (C) the date of dissolution of the Partnership.
(vi) Amounts
in the Commitment Account held in respect of any Partner shall be solely for the
benefit of such Partner. For the avoidance of doubt, funds in a Commitment
Account shall not be available for any purpose other than to satisfy Commitment
Account Draws on such Capital Call Payment Dates and in the amounts of such
Capital Contributions, as the Partnership would otherwise determine applicable
to the related Partner if no Commitment Account were held in respect of such
Partner.
(g) Commitment LC.
The General Partner may permit any Partner to establish as of any date a letter
of credit for the benefit of the Partnership in an amount up to such Partner’s
Available Commitment (a “Commitment LC”),
which shall meet the requirements of an Acceptable LC (as defined in the Form of
Escrow Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A).
Any Partner may at any time, with two (2) Business Days prior written notice to
the General Partner, elect to fund a Commitment Account pursuant to Section 3.1(f)
and require the Partnership to surrender the Commitment LC to the issuer thereof
for cancellation.
(i) The
terms of each Commitment LC shall provide in substance that, on each Capital
Call Payment Date, the General Partner shall be permitted to draw on the
Commitment LC an amount equal to the Capital Contribution specified in the
Funding Notice to the related Partner (each such draw, a “Commitment LC Draw”)
subject to the conditions required of an Acceptable LC (as defined in the Escrow
Agreement).
(ii) Except
as provided in this Section 3.1(g),
each Commitment LC Draw shall be subject to all terms and conditions provided in
this Agreement applicable to the obligation of the related Partner to fund any
Capital Contribution, including the provisions of Section 3.1(a)
and 3.1(b)
hereof, in each case as modified by any applicable side letter or similar
agreement entered into with such Partner pursuant to Section 12.21
hereof. Each Commitment LC Draw shall be deemed to be a Capital Contribution for
all purposes of this Agreement.
(iii) Each
Partner, in respect of which the Partnership is the beneficiary of a Commitment
LC, hereby agrees that to the extent amounts are returned to it pursuant to
Section 3.1(e)
or 3.3(d)
hereof, the Commitment LC shall be promptly amended in order to increase the
face amount of the Commitment LC by an amount equal to the amounts so returned.
Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, a Commitment LC shall
not be amended without the prior written consent of the related Partner, the
General Partner and GGP.
(iv) On
the earlier of (i) the date on which the applicable Partner requires funds in
connection with the funding of a Commitment Account, (ii) the date which is two
(2) Business Days (or as otherwise provided in the Restructuring Proposal)
following the date that the agreement between GGP and the Partnership in respect
of the Restructuring Proposal terminates or expires and (iii) the date of
dissolution of the Partnership, the Partnership shall surrender the Commitment
LC to the issuing bank for cancellation.
(v) For
the avoidance of doubt, the undrawn face amount of a Commitment LC shall not be
available for any purpose other than to satisfy Commitment LC Draws on such
Capital Call Payment Dates and in the amounts of such Capital Contributions, as
the Partnership would otherwise determine applicable to the related Partner in
accordance with this Agreement if no Commitment LC had been established in favor
of the Partnership in respect of such Partner.
(h) The DIP Loan
Investment.
(i) Intentionally
Omitted.
(ii) Intentionally
Omitted.
(iii) Intentionally
Omitted.
(iv) On
the earlier to occur of (A) the Termination Date (as defined in the
Restructuring Proposal) without repayment of the DIP Loan and (B) the
termination of the Restructuring Proposal for any reason (in either case, a
“Restructuring
Proposal Termination”), the General Partner shall issue a Funding Notice
to each Existing Consortium Member pursuant to which each Existing Consortium
Member shall be required to make a Capital Contribution in an amount equal to
such Existing Consortium Member’s Partnership Percentage Interest of the DIP
Loan Purchase Price, which shall be satisfied as an in-kind Capital Contribution
by each DIP Loan Funding Member (as defined in the Operating Agreement of REP)
and a cash Capital Contribution by each True-Up Member. The Capital
Contributions made by the True-Up Members shall be distributed to the DIP Loan
Funding Members (pursuant to this Section 3.1(h)(iv)
and not pursuant to Article 6) in an
amount necessary such that once received each such DIP Loan Funding Member will
have only funded an amount equal to its pro rata share (based
on its Partnership Percentage Interest) of the DIP Loan Purchase Price (such
funded amount to be calculated disregarding any amounts distributed to the DIP
Loan Funding Member under Section 6.8
prior to the Restructuring Proposal Termination). For purposes of
calculating the Partnership Percentage Interest of each Partner under this Section 3.1(h)(iv),
the Invested Capital of all Partners shall be deemed to be zero, such that the
calculations shall be based upon the Partners’ Commitments. As of the
Funding Date, the Capital Contributions made by the DIP Loan Funding Members and
the True-Up Members in accordance with this Section 3.1(h)(iv)
shall be deemed Invested Capital and a Capital Contribution and included in the
Capital Account of such DIP Loan Funding Member or True-Up Member.
(v) Following
(but not before) a Restructuring Proposal Termination, the DIP Loan Investment
shall be deemed to be an “Investment” under and subject to the terms of this
Agreement.
3.2 Minimum Commitment of
Brookfield. The aggregate Commitment of BAM and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries shall not be less than the Brookfield Minimum Hold; provided, that, to the extent
that the aggregate Commitments of such Persons exceeds the Brookfield Minimum
Hold, BAM or any its wholly-owned Affiliates may exercise their partial
syndication and/or additional rights as provided in Section 10.7
hereof, and thereby reduce the aggregate Commitment of BAM and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries to an amount not less than the Brookfield Minimum Hold. In
the event the rights under Section 10.7
hereof are exercised, the General Partner shall update Schedule A
accordingly.
3.3 Subsequent
Closings.
(a) Additional Limited
Partners. The General Partner, in its discretion, may admit
additional Limited Partners to the Partnership at any time up to the earlier of
(I) six (6) months following the effective date of the Plan and (II) the first
(1st) anniversary of the Initial Closing Date (each, an “Additional Limited
Partner”) (each date upon which an Additional Limited Partner is admitted
to the Partnership, a “Subsequent Closing
Date”). Each such Additional Limited Partner shall be required to
inform the General Partner of the Commitment such Additional Limited Partner
wishes to acquire and to make a payment to the Partnership, on the relevant
Subsequent Closing Date, in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (i) the
Capital Contributions such Additional Limited Partner would have made had all
Partners been admitted to the Partnership at the Initial Closing Date (the
“Notional Principal
Amount”), less (ii) such Additional Limited Partner’s pro rata share of any
Investment Proceeds (other than Invested Capital returned pursuant to Sections 3.1(e)
and 3.3(d)
hereof) distributed to the Partners admitted on any prior Subsequent Closing
Dates and the Initial Closing Date, plus (iii) notional interest on the average
daily balance of the Notional Principal Amount from the date such Capital
Contribution would have been funded if such Additional Limited Partner had been
a Partner on the Initial Closing Date until the relevant Subsequent Closing Date
at an effective annual rate equal to eight percent (8%) compounding annually
(such notional interest, “Notional
Interest”). For the avoidance of doubt, any payments made by an
Additional Limited Partner in respect of Notional Interest shall not be deemed a
Capital Contribution for the purposes hereof and shall not reduce the Available
Commitment of such Additional Limited Partner.
(b)
Increases in
Commitment. The General Partner may, in its discretion, subject to
the terms and conditions of Section 3.3(a)
hereof, allow any Limited Partner to increase its Commitment in connection with
a Subsequent Closing Date. For purposes of this Section 3.3, a
Limited Partner that increases its Commitment shall be treated as an Additional
Limited Partner with respect to the amount by which its Commitment is increased
(and shall be required to make such payments as would be required of an
Additional Limited Partner under Section 3.3(a)),
except that for the purposes of determining under Section 3.3(e)
hereof whether the Commitment of a Partner is equal to or in excess of $400
million, the existing Commitment of such Partner and any increase in its
Commitment shall be aggregated.
(c) Execution of
Documents. Each Additional Limited Partner shall be required to
execute (directly or through a power of attorney) and deliver a written
instrument satisfactory to the General Partner in its discretion, whereby such
Additional Limited Partner becomes a party to this Agreement, as well as any
other documents (including a Subscription Agreement) required by the General
Partner. Upon such execution and delivery of such instrument and such
other documents, and acceptance thereof by the General Partner on behalf of the
Partnership, such Person shall be admitted as a Limited Partner. Each such
Additional Limited Partner shall thereafter be entitled to all the rights and
subject to all the obligations of Limited Partners as set forth
herein.
(d)
Use of
Proceeds. Proceeds from payments made to the Partnership pursuant
to this Section 3.3
shall be distributed on the applicable Subsequent Closing Date to the Partners
that participated in prior closings, pro rata, in
accordance with their respective Sharing Percentages (determined immediately
prior to the Capital Contributions made by the Additional Limited Partner being
admitted to the Partnership on such Subsequent Closing Date) and the Notional
Principal Amount distributed to a Partner shall be added to such Partner’s
Available Commitment and may be redrawn by the Partnership in accordance with
Section 3.1
hereof.
(e) Certain
Consents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
consent of each Initial Member shall be required to admit any Additional Limited
Partner that (A) seeks to make a Commitment or increase an existing Commitment
such that its aggregate Commitment equals or exceeds $400 million or (B) is not
an institutional investor, in each case other than any Additional Limited
Partner that is either (x) a participant in the Protocol or, (y) a Person or
account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis. In addition, any increase of the amount of Aggregate Consortium
Commitments in excess of $2.7 billion shall require the consent of each Initial
Member.
3.4 Withdrawals.
Except as expressly provided elsewhere herein, no Partner shall have any right
(a) to withdraw as a Partner from the Partnership, (b) to withdraw from the
Partnership all or any part of such Partner’s Capital Contributions, (c) to
receive property other than cash in return for such Partner’s Capital
Contributions or (d) to receive any distribution from the
Partnership.
3.5 Liability of
Partners.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the
Partnership, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the
debts, obligations and liabilities of the Partnership, and no Partner shall be
obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the
Partnership solely by reason of being a Partner of the Partnership.
(b) (i)
Except as
required by the Act or other applicable law, no Partner, in its capacity as
such, shall be required to repay to the Partnership, any other Partner or any
creditor of the Partnership all or any part of the distributions made to such
Partner pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 3.5(c)
hereof, the General Partner may require a Partner to return to the Partnership
distributions made to such Partner in an amount equal to such Partner’s Sharing
Percentage of the Partnership’s indemnity obligations under Section 9.2, to
the extent the Partnership has insufficient liquid assets (including, for
greater certainty, marketable securities that are freely transferrable) to pay
such indemnity obligations; provided, however, a Limited
Partner shall not be required to return distributions pursuant to this Section 3.5(b)(i)
(a) if all Partners are not required to return their Sharing Percentage of the
Partnership’s indemnity obligations under Section 9.2, or
(b) to the extent that any amount required to be returned to the Partnership
pursuant to Section 3.5(b)(v)
below is not so returned (pro rata based on the
percentage of the amount required to be returned that was not so
returned).
(i) If,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, it is determined
under applicable law that any Partner has received a distribution which is
required to be returned to or for the account of the Partnership or Partnership
creditors, then the obligation under applicable law of any Partner to return all
or any part of a distribution made to such Partner shall be the obligation of
such Partner and not of any other Partner.
(ii) Any
amount returned by a Partner pursuant to this Section 3.5(b)
shall be treated as a contribution of capital to the Partnership (but not as a
Capital Contribution for purposes hereof) and shall be treated as if such
returned amount was not previously distributed to such Partner.
(iii) For
the avoidance of doubt, the General Partner shall be required to return at the
same time as Limited Partners its Sharing Percentage of any amounts required to
be returned by Limited Partners under this Section 3.5(b).
(iv) At
any time that the General Partner requires a Partner to return distributions
under this Section 3.5(b)
for the purpose of meeting such Partner’s pro rata share of
indemnity obligations under Section 9.2
hereof, the Class B Limited Partner and the Class C Partner shall return a
portion of any Carried Interest and Transaction Distribution Amount that the
Class B Limited Partner or Class C Partner, as the case may be, received in
respect of such other Partner equal to (A) the amount of such Carried Interest
and Transaction Distribution Amount received by the Class B Limited Partner or
Class C Partner, as the case may be, less (B) the Carried Interest and
Transaction Distribution Amount, if any, that the Class B Limited Partner or
Class C Partner, as the case may be, would have received, if any, in respect of
such other Partner, if the amounts payable by such other Partner under this
Section 3.5(b)
(but for this Section 3.5(b)(v)
had been paid by the Partnership and not distributed to such other Partner and
the Class B Limited Partner or Class C Partner, as the case may be.
(c) (i)
The obligation
of a Partner to return distributions pursuant to this Section 3.5
shall survive the termination of the Partnership and this Agreement; provided, however, that to the fullest
extent permitted by law, no Partner shall be required to return a distribution
under this Agreement prior to the date of termination of the Partnership or
after the second (2nd) anniversary of the date of termination of the
Partnership; provided,
further, that if at such second (2nd) anniversary, there are any legal
actions, suits or proceedings by or before any court, arbitrator, governmental
body or other agency then pending that were pending, threatened or reasonably
foreseeable on the date of termination of the Partnership (a “Proceeding”) or any
other liability (whether contingent or otherwise) or claim then outstanding, the
General Partner shall so notify each Partner at or prior to the second (2nd)
anniversary of the date of termination of the Partnership (which notice shall
include a brief description of each such Proceeding (and of the liabilities
asserted in such Proceeding) or of such liabilities and claims) and the
obligation of each Partner to return any distribution for the purpose of meeting
the Partnership’s obligations in respect of indemnity obligations under Section 9.2
hereof shall survive with respect to each such Proceeding, liability and claim
set forth in such notice (or any related Proceeding, liability or claim based
upon the same or a similar claim) until the date that such Proceeding, liability
or claim is ultimately resolved and satisfied.
(i) The
aggregate amount of distributions which a Partner may be required to return
under this Section 3.5(c)
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not exceed the lesser of (a) an
amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Investment Proceeds distributed to such
Partner pursuant to Article 6 hereof and
(b) an amount equal to such Partner’s Consortium Percentage Interest multiplied
by $100 million.
3.6 Defaulting Limited
Partners.
(a) If
at any time a Partner shall fail to make a required Capital Contribution to the
Partnership when due under a Funding Notice (a “Defaulting Limited
Partner”), a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles,
acting under the Voting Agreement, may subject such Defaulting Limited Partner
to certain adverse consequences, including, but not limited to: (i) interest
accruing on the amount of such default and any costs of collection associated
therewith commencing on the date such Capital Contribution was due at the lesser
of (A) the rate of twenty percent (20%) per annum and (B) the maximum rate
permitted by applicable law (such default amount, together with any associated
collection costs, including legal fees and expenses, plus any other liability or
obligation incurred by the Partnership in connection with such default (but
specifically excluding punitive and consequential damages) plus interest being
the “Default
Amount”); and (ii) causing distributions that would otherwise be made to
the Defaulting Limited Partner to be credited against the Default Amount in a
manner to be determined pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such
determination shall be based on the determination of a Majority Vote of Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles). In addition, while any of the Default
Amount remains outstanding, the Defaulting Limited Partner shall forfeit its
right to vote on matters on which such Defaulting Limited Partner would
otherwise be entitled to vote and if the Partnership is a Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicle, the Partnership shall forfeit such portion of its right to
vote under the Voting Agreement attributable to such Defaulting Limited
Partner’s Consortium Percentage Interest.
(b)
If a
Defaulting Limited Partner shall fail to make a required Capital Contribution as
and when due and, except in the case of a Capital Contribution called in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Restructuring Proposal, such failure continues for a period of three (3)
Business Days following notice of such default, the Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles (acting in accordance with the Voting Agreement) also shall be
entitled, but not required, to (i) reduce the Defaulting Limited Partner’s
Capital Account without taking into account any increase or decrease in the
value of the Partnership, in an amount up to fifty percent (50%) of the Capital
Account of such Defaulting Limited Partner, which amount (A) shall be allocated
to the other non-Defaulting Limited Partners pro rata in
accordance with their relative Partnership Percentage Interests (as determined
with regard to the applicable Funding Notices), and (B) shall increase the
amount to which such non-Defaulting Limited Partners are entitled pursuant to
Section 6.1
hereof and upon liquidation of the Partnership, (ii) reduce all or any portion
of the Defaulting Limited Partner’s Invested Capital and/or Sharing Percentages,
as determined pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such determination shall
be based on the determination of a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles), which reduced portion of Invested Capital and/or Sharing Percentages
shall increase the Invested Capital and/or Sharing Percentages of the
non-Defaulting Limited Partners pro rata in
accordance with their relative Partnership Percentage Interests (as determined
with regard to the applicable Funding Notices), (iii) transfer such Defaulting
Limited Partner’s Interest to any Person (which Persons may be third parties,
Partners or Parallel Vehicle Members) at a price equal to fifty percent (50%) of
such Defaulting Limited Partner’s Capital Account or such other price determined
pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such determination shall be based on the
determination of a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles) (with
any cash proceeds payable to the Defaulting Limited Partner pursuant to such
transfer being applied pursuant to the decision made under the Voting Agreement
(which such decision shall be based on the decision of a Majority Vote of Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles) in full or partial satisfaction of such
Defaulting Limited Partner’s outstanding Default Amount) and/or (iv) reduce all
or any portion of the Defaulting Limited Partner’s Available Commitment, in each
case as determined pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such determination
shall be based on the determination of a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles). If all or any portion of a Defaulting Limited
Partner’s Available Commitment is reduced pursuant to clause (iv) of this Section 3.6(b),
a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, acting under the
Voting Agreement, may offer any Person the right (x) to subscribe for such
Defaulting Limited Partner’s reduced Available Commitment and, if such Person is
not a Limited Partner, be admitted as a member of the Partnership in accordance
with Sections 3.3(a)
and 10.4 hereof
or (y) to subscribe for an amount equal to such Defaulting Limited Partner’s
reduced Available Commitment in a Parallel Investment Vehicle and, if such
Person is not a Parallel Vehicle Member, be admitted as a member of such
Parallel Investment Vehicle in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Parallel Vehicle Agreement. The Partners agree that if a Parallel Vehicle
Member elects to acquire a Defaulting Limited Partner’s Interest in accordance
with this Section 3.6, the
General Partner may, in its discretion, offer to transfer a portion of the
Investment to the Parallel Vehicle Member’s respective Parallel Investment
Vehicle in lieu of such Parallel Vehicle Member acquiring an Interest in the
Partnership.
(c) A
Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles, acting under the Voting
Agreement, may require the non-Defaulting Limited Partners to make Capital
Contributions to the Partnership to make up any shortfall in Capital
Contributions resulting from the failure of a Defaulting Limited Partner to fund
its required amount; provided, however, that no Partner
shall be obligated as a result thereof to contribute an amount in excess of such
Partner’s Available Commitment. If the non-Defaulting Limited Partners are
required to make additional Capital Contributions pursuant to this Section 3.6(c),
the General Partner shall deliver to such Partners an additional Funding Notice
in accordance with Section 3.1(c)
hereof.
(d)
Each Partner hereby
consents to the application to it of the remedies provided in this Section 3.6 as
specified penalties or consequences permitted by the Act. No right, power
or remedy conferred upon the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (acting in
accordance with the Voting Agreement) in this Section 3.6
shall be exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative and
in addition to every other right, power or remedy whether conferred in this
Section 3.6 or
now or hereafter available at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, all
of which are retained. No course of dealing between the Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles or the General Partner, in each case, acting in accordance
with the Voting Agreement and any Defaulting Limited Partner and no delay in
exercising any right, power or remedy conferred in this Section 3.6 or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall
operate as a waiver or otherwise prejudice any such right, power or remedy. The
provisions of this Section 3.6 are
not intended to be for the benefit of any creditor or other Person (other than a
Partner) to whom any debts, liabilities or obligations are owed by, or who
otherwise has any claim against, the Partnership or any of the Partners; and no
such creditor or other Person shall obtain any right under any such provision or
by reason of any such liability, obligation or otherwise against the Partnership
or any of the Partners.
ARTICLE
4
MANAGEMENT
OF THE COMPANY
4.1 Management
Generally.
(a) Except
for such matters as are expressly reserved hereunder or under the Act to the
Partners for decision or to the General Partner hereunder, the management and
control of the business of the Partnership and the Consortium shall be
implemented by the General Partner (and the managing member, general partner or
manager (or equivalent) of each Parallel Investment Vehicle) based on the
direction of the Board of Directors (and the board of directors (or equivalent)
of each Parallel Investment Vehicle); provided, that in all events
with respect to Tier One Actions, such matters shall be implemented by the
General Partner (and the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of each Parallel Investment Vehicle) based on the written direction
of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles pursuant to that certain Voting
Agreement, by and among the Parallel Investment Vehicles dated on or about the
date hereof (the “Voting
Agreement”). Each Tier One Action shall be subject to a vote,
consent, approval or determination of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles
under the Voting Agreement, and in connection therewith, the Partnership and
each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be required to act solely in accordance
with the result of the decision made under the Voting Agreement. To the
extent an applicable voting percentage is not expressly stated in this Agreement
with respect to any Tier One Action, such Tier One Action shall be determined by
a Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles. Each Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicle shall act at the direction of its board of
directors, as set forth in further detail in Section 4.1(c).
(b) The
Partners hereby agree that the Board of Directors shall direct the General
Partner to cause the Partnership to enter into the Voting Agreement on or about
the date hereof and that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Partnership shall be bound by the result of any vote, consent,
approval or determination made in accordance with the Voting Agreement,
regardless of whether the Partnership participated in or was in favor of or
against any such vote, consent, approval or determination, and the General
Partner is hereby directed to cause the Partnership to act in accordance
therewith. Each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be a party to such
Voting Agreement and be bound to act in accordance with the decisions made
thereunder in the same manner as the Partnership. If, for any reason, a
Parallel Investment Vehicle is not a party to the Voting Agreement either
because it was established after the date such Voting Agreement was executed or
for any other reason whatsoever, then the managing member, general partner or
manager (or equivalent) of such Parallel Investment Vehicle (acting at the
direction of the board of directors (or equivalent) of such Parallel Investment
Vehicle) shall cause such Parallel Investment Vehicle to execute a joinder to
the Voting Agreement and thereby be bound to act in accordance with the
decisions made thereunder in the same manner as the Partnership.
(c) If
and for so long as the Partnership is a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle,
the decision as to how the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to act
under the Voting Agreement with respect to any Tier One Action shall be vested
exclusively in the Board of Directors acting in accordance with the Voting
Agreement. No individual member of the Board of Directors, in its capacity
as such, shall have any authority or power to act for or on behalf of the
Partnership or to take any action or do any thing that would be binding on the
Partnership, or to make any expenditures or to incur any indebtedness in the
name or on behalf of the Partnership. The powers and responsibilities of
the Board of Directors shall be to direct the General Partner, including, in the
event the Partnership is a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle, with respect to
voting decisions on Tier One Actions under the Voting Agreement and to supervise
the adherence of the General Partner to the terms of the Voting Agreement, and
the General Partner shall be bound, subject to the Voting Agreement, to follow
the direction of the Board of Directors; provided, that the Board of
Directors shall not owe fiduciary or other duties to the Partnership or to the
other Partners except for the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing as
set forth in Section
4.9 of this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, Limited Partners of the Partnership, in their capacity as such, shall
have no part in the management of the Partnership, and shall have no authority
or right in their capacity as Limited Partners to act on behalf of the
Partnership in connection with any matter or to bind the Partnership. By
directing the managing member, general partner or manager (or equivalent) of its
respective Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle, the board of directors of each
Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be responsible for causing such Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicle to set policy, approve the overall direction of
the Consortium and make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the
Consortium, which shall be accomplished by causing the Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles to, collectively as a group, cause all the Parallel
Investment Vehicles in the Consortium to act in accordance with the decision
made pursuant to the Voting Agreement. If more than one Consortium Member
is entitled, in accordance with Section 4.3(a),
to appoint an individual to the board of directors of any Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicle and to thereby cause such Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicle to act at its direction under the Voting Agreement, then each such
Consortium Member shall cause the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle to act
only with respect to its respective Consortium Percentage Interest. For
example, if two Consortium Members each hold a fifteen percent (15%) Consortium
Percentage Interest, then the individual appointed to the Board of Directors by
each such Consortium Member shall direct the Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicle how to vote a fifteen percent (15%) Consortium Percentage Interest under
the Voting Agreement, such that the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle may
vote a fifteen percent (15%) Consortium Percentage Interest in favor of such
matter and a fifteen percent (15%) Consortium Percentage Interest against such
matter.
4.2 Approval of Actions Pursuant
to the Voting Agreement.
(a) The
General Partner shall not cause the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the
Partnership to take or agree to take any of the following actions without first
obtaining approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall
be based on the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles:
(i) During
the Chapter 11 Case, amending, modifying or granting any waiver to any material
terms and conditions of the Restructuring Proposal; it being understood that the
Restructuring Proposal attached hereto as Exhibit B is hereby
approved; provided that
an amendment, modification or grant of a waiver of a material term and condition
requiring the approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such approval
shall be based on the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles) shall include, but not be limited to, any amendment,
modification, grant of a waiver or other agreement or arrangement that has the
effect of: (A) extending the Long Stop Date, Standstill Period or any period
during which the Partnership is prohibited from transferring all or any portion
of the Investment; (B) increasing the consideration to be paid by the
Partnership (either in the aggregate or on a per security basis); or (C)
decreasing the percentage ownership of GGP contemplated to be acquired by the
Partnership; and
(ii) Solely
in the event that (1) the Restructuring Proposal has been terminated, or (2) the
transactions contemplated by the Restructuring Proposal have been
consummated:
(A) Declaring
an event of default, granting any waivers, or exercising any remedies under the
portion of the Investment comprised of Debt, if any;
(B) Restructuring
the portion of the Investment comprised of Debt, if any, including any exchange
of such Debt for any New Equity (other than common equity of GGP), other Debt or
other property;
(C) Making
any material amendment or modification to, or the conversion or extension of,
the portion of the Investment comprised of Debt, if any;
(D) Any
matter that the Consortium, in its capacity as a holder of any Investment, is
entitled to vote upon; and
(E) If
applicable, deciding whether to vote for or against the Plan, provided, that if the
approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such approval shall be based on
the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles)
is not obtained, the Investment shall be voted against the Plan;
(iii) Other
than the Investment, making any loans or issuing guaranties of obligations of
any Person;
(iv) Other
than the Investment, acquiring any material assets or forming or acquiring any
Subsidiary of the Partnership, except wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(v) Making
any material decision with respect to any lawsuit, claim, counterclaim or other
legal proceeding by or against the Consortium involving in excess of $20,000,000
(determined in the aggregate on a Consortium-wide basis), including confessing a
judgment against the Consortium, accepting the settlement, compromise or payment
of any claim asserted against the Consortium (including claims covered by the
policies of insurance maintained by the Consortium) or asserted by the
Consortium in respect of the foregoing (other than settlements, compromises or
payments not to exceed the Consortium’s expenditure of $20,000,000 (determined
in the aggregate on a Consortium-wide basis), not reimbursed by insurance, and
in connection therewith, the Consortium admits no wrongdoing and agrees to no
other non-monetary penalties);
(vi) Incurring
indebtedness for borrowed money or creating any mortgage, lien, charge, security
interest or other form of encumbrance with respect to any of the assets of the
Partnership;
(vii) Dispositions
of any material assets, other than in accordance with the Redemption Procedure
or Section 10.8,
11.2 or 11.3;
(viii) Any
matter described in Section 4.2(c)
that a member of the board of directors of GGP Holdco (a “GGP Director”) is
entitled to vote upon;
(ix) Adopting,
or materially modifying, amending or departing from the Business
Plan;
(x) Admitting
any Additional Limited Partner, other than in accordance with Section 3.3(a)
hereof;
(xi) Amending
the constituent agreements governing the Partnership, including this Agreement,
except as expressly provided in Section 12.17;
(xii) Other
than as approved in the Restructuring Proposal or the Business Plan or as
permitted by Section 4.13
hereof, the entering into (including the approval of the terms and conditions
of) or any material amendment or modification to, or the granting of, any
material waiver under, or the assignment, extension, termination or cancellation
of any contract, agreement or other arrangement of the Partnership, in each case
either (A) requiring the expenditure by the Consortium of $2,000,000 (determined
in the aggregate on a Consortium-wide basis and including all automatic or
non-discretionary increases, but excluding any Transaction Costs) or more, (B)
having a term in excess of one (1) year, or (C) requiring the consent of any
party to any direct or indirect Transfer of Interests;
(xiii) Upon
the occurrence of any event, or the failure of an event to occur, which gives
rise to the right of BRH to terminate the Restructuring Proposal without default
by BRH in accordance with its terms, the decision not to so terminate the
Restructuring Proposal thereunder; and
(xiv) Approving
or taking any action with respect to any other matter in this Agreement
specified as requiring the approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such
approval shall be based on the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles);
(b) Except
as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, including without limitation Section 4.2(a),
all decisions to be made regarding any Tier One Actions pursuant to the Voting
Agreement shall be made by Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles;
(c)
Subject to the
fiduciary obligations of a GGP Director, and when possible, a GGP Director shall
not approve any merger, any change in the chief executive officer of GGP,
material change in corporate policy, material corporate financing or disposition
of assets in a single transaction or a series of related transactions having a
net asset value in excess of $1 billion, if the same requires a vote by the
members of the board of directors of GGP Holdco without first obtaining the
approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which such approval shall be based on
the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles);
and
(d) Any
act, matter or thing in respect of a Subsidiary of the Partnership shall require
the same majority vote or approval pursuant to the Voting Agreement (which
majority vote or approval shall be based on the majority vote or approval of the
Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles) as such act, matter or thing would
require if such act, matter or thing were undertaken by the Partnership, and the
Partnership shall not permit any such act, matter or thing to be undertaken in
respect of a Subsidiary of the Partnership without such vote or
approval.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, but without limiting Section 4.2(a)(i)
hereof, each Partner hereby acknowledges that such Partner has consented to the
entering into of the Restructuring Proposal and that no further consent is
required from such Partner to permit the Partnership to fulfill its obligations
thereunder or consummate the transactions contemplated thereby in accordance
with the terms thereof. Each Consortium Member further acknowledges and
agrees that in connection with any amendments to the Restructuring Proposal
entered into in accordance with this Agreement, the General Partner is
authorized to make conforming amendments to this Agreement and any Parallel
Vehicle Agreements, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.17
hereof.
4.3 Composition of the Board of
Directors.
(a)
The Partnership
shall have a board of directors (the “Board of Directors”)
that consists of at least one (1) individual and no more than three (3)
individuals as contemplated in this Section 4.3, with
such replacements or successors thereto as may be approved in the manner set
forth in this Section 4.3.
Each non-Defaulting Limited Partner that has a Consortium Percentage Interest of
at least ten percent (10%) shall be entitled to appoint at least one (1)
individual and no more than three (3) individuals to the Board of Directors of
the Partnership for so long as such non-Defaulting Limited Partner has a
Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%); provided, that to the extent
no Partner has a Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%),
then the Partnership shall not be a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle
entitled to participate in the decisions to be made under the Voting Agreement,
unless and until such time that a non-Defaulting Limited Partner of the
Partnership has a Consortium Percentage Interest of at least ten percent (10%);
and, provided, further, that in the event
the Partnership is not a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle, the Board of
Directors shall be appointed by the General Partner. The initial Board of
Directors shall be composed of the individuals listed on Schedule C
hereto. Except upon a Hyper-Majority Vote of Board of Directors, there
shall be no members of the Board of Directors except those appointed pursuant to
the second preceding sentence. In addition, each Partner that is entitled
to appoint an individual or individuals to the Board of Directors may by written
notice to the General Partner designate one or more individuals (and remove or
replace such individual or individuals) as alternate representatives, any one of
whom may participate in any activities of the Board of Directors (including
receiving information and voting and exercising any other power) in the event
that such Partner’s member of the Board of Directors does not (but would be
permitted to) participate in such activities as if such person were a member of
the Board of Directors for all purposes including, for the avoidance of doubt,
in determining the rights and obligations of such person and whether there is a
quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors. A Partner may give notice
to the General Partner that the Consortium Percentage Interests of the Partner
(in such capacity, the “Voting Member”) and
its Affiliates and other Partners over whose account such Voting Members or any
of its Affiliates has discretionary authority will all be aggregated and treated
as held by such Voting Members for the purposes of appointing members to the
Board of Directors and voting as a member of the Board of Directors for so long
as such Consortium Percentage Interests are not held by a non-Defaulting Limited
Partner. For the avoidance of doubt, the Consortium Percentage Interests
of Brookfield and any other Partner to which Brookfield has syndicated a portion
of its Commitment pursuant to Section 10.7
hereof (other than any Affiliate, or Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis) shall not be aggregated for the
purposes of appointing representatives to the Board of Directors or
voting. A member of the Board of Directors may resign his or her
appointment as such at any time upon notice to each of the other members of the
Board of Directors. In addition, (i) any member of the Board of
Directors of a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle may be removed if the member
is a representative of a Consortium Member that holds less than ten percent
(10%) of Aggregate Consortium Commitments if such removal is effected in
accordance with the Voting Agreement (based upon a Super-Majority Vote of the
Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles) and (ii) any member of the Board of
Directors that is the representative of a Partner that becomes a Defaulting
Limited Partner shall be automatically removed. Any vacancy, whether
caused by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a member of the Board
of Directors shall be filled by appointment of the Partner whose appointee
created such vacancy, provided, that it remains
entitled to do so, or, in the case of a non-Tier One Parallel Investment, by the
General Partner.
(b)
If Brookfield
is entitled to appoint a member or members to the Board of Directors under Section 4.3(a),
then Brookfield shall have the right to appoint one (1) representative from
among the representatives of Brookfield appointed under Section 4.3(a)
to serve as the chairman of the Board of Directors for so long as Brookfield is
the General Partner. In all other cases, the chairman shall be selected by
a Majority Vote of Board of Directors. For the avoidance of doubt, in no
event shall the chairman have a second casting vote, or any other special
powers.
(c) Except
as provided in Section 4.7(c)(vi)
hereof, no member of the Board of Directors (including the chairman thereof)
shall be entitled to any fees with respect to its membership on the Board of
Directors.
(d)
Any member of
the Board of Directors shall be permitted to disclose information obtained by
such member in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors to the
Partner which appointed such member to the Board of Directors and such Partner
may require such information to be given to it.
4.4 Meetings; Action by the
Board of Directors.
(a) Meetings.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held pursuant to this Section 4.4,
provided, that the
General Partner agrees that the meetings of the Board of Directors for each Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicle in the Consortium shall be noticed, called and
held simultaneously when Tier One Actions are being considered, provided, however, that notwithstanding
the foregoing, due regard will be given to the separateness of the Partnership
and the Parallel Investment Vehicles and their respective boards of directors
and the meetings shall be recorded as such. Meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at least quarterly during each Fiscal Year and whenever
else called by the chairman thereof or any two (2) members of the Board of
Directors at any time (but whenever possible on the same date as a meeting of
participants in the Protocol), upon not less than three (3) Business Days’
advance written notice by the chairman of the Board of Directors (or the members
of the Board of Directors calling such meeting, as the case may be) to the other
members of the Board of Directors. Meetings of the Board of Directors
shall take place outside the United States and Canada. Attendance at any
meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute waiver of notice of such
meeting. Any member of the Board of Directors may also provide written
waiver of notice of a meeting, or consent to short notice, either before or
after such meeting. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in
any meeting of the Board of Directors in person or by conference telephone
facilities or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear and be heard by each
other.
(b) Quorum.
(i) With
respect to matters other than Tier One Actions, the quorum for a meeting of the
Board of Directors shall be no less than all members of the Board of
Directors (x) appointed by the General Partner in the event the Partnership is
not a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle or (y) appointed by Partners who hold
at least fifteen percent (15%) of the Aggregate Commitments at the time of such
meeting, if any, in the event the Partnership is a Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicle.
(ii) With
respect to Tier One Actions, the quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be no less than all members of the Board of Directors plus the
members of the board of directors for all the Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles who constitute, as a group, at least fifty percent (50%) of Aggregate
Consortium Commitments at the time of such meeting; provided, however, that the
presence of at least one (1) member of the Board of Directors and the board of
directors of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles other than a member
appointed by Brookfield (or any Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis) shall be required for a quorum;
provided, further, that
the presence of any such member of the Board of Directors or of any such member
of a board of directors for a Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle shall not be
necessary to constitute a quorum at any meeting called under this Section 4.4 if
the member failed to attend the two (2) most recent prior meetings properly
called under this Section 4.4 and
for the same purpose.
(c) Voting. For all
purposes of voting, consent or approval rights of the Board of Directors or any
members thereof, in determining whether the requisite percentage or majority has
been obtained, the following Interests shall be excluded from both the numerator
and denominator of the relevant percentage: (i) Interests of Defaulting Limited
Partners; and (ii) Interests that this Agreement provides shall not be included
with respect to the relevant matter. Except as expressly provided herein,
the Board of Directors shall conduct its business in such manner and by such
procedures as a Majority Vote of Board of Directors deems appropriate; provided, that the procedures
of the Board of Directors shall be substantially similar to the procedures of
the board of directors for each Parallel Investment Vehicle in relation to any
Tier One Action.
(d) Action By Written
Consent. The Board of Directors may also take action without any
meeting of the members of the Board of Directors by unanimous written consent
setting forth the action to be approved.
4.5 Executive Authority of the
General Partner.
(a) The
General Partner has the right and is hereby empowered and authorized to perform
the following acts and services, subject to any express consent or approval
under the Voting Agreement or of the Board of Directors required by the terms of
this Agreement (and in the case of the acts and services referred to in clauses
(ii), (iii), (x) and (xi) below, such acts and services shall constitute
obligations of the General Partner):
(i) To
take a primary role in structuring the manner and strategy in making the
Investment;
(ii) To
prepare, before the Initial Closing Date, the Restructuring
Proposal;
(iii) To
prepare, after the effective date of the Plan, a business plan relating to the
operations of the Partnership and the Investment, which, subject to Section 4.2(a), shall
be updated on an annual basis or on a more frequent basis as determined by the
General Partner (the “Business
Plan”);
(iv) To
represent the Partnership in all discussions and negotiations with GGP, its
agents and advisers, the Unsecured Creditors Committee, the principal
stakeholders in GGP and each of their agents and advisors, and all other
stakeholders and constituents in connection with the Plan;
(v) To
communicate and coordinate with Partners;
(vi) To
coordinate due diligence and generally take all other steps in connection with
the making of the Investment;
(vii) To
make recommendations regarding the appointment and compensation of senior
officers of the Partnership and generally monitor management’s adherence to the
Business Plan;
(viii) To
provide advice and assistance with respect to any future borrowings, financings
or re-financings;
(ix) To
generally seek to ensure that the Investment meets the investment objectives and
generates the expected returns;
(x) To
use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Board of Directors is promptly
informed of material changes affecting the Partnership;
(xi) To
advise with respect to an exit plan with respect to the Investment;
(xii) To
form Subsidiaries in connection with the Partnership Business;
(xiii) To
form Parallel Investment Vehicles pursuant to Section 4.12
hereof;
(xiv) To
enter into any kind of activity and to enter into, perform and carry out
contracts of any kind necessary, in connection with, or incidental to the
accomplishment of the purposes of the Partnership, including, without
limitation, any Subscription Agreements, side letters or similar agreements,
subject to the terms of this Agreement;
(xv) To
open, maintain and close bank accounts and draw checks or other orders for the
payment of money and open, maintain and close brokerage, money market fund and
similar accounts;
(xvi) To
hire, for usual and customary payments and expenses, consultants, brokers,
attorneys, accountants and such other agents for the Partnership as it may deem
necessary or advisable, and authorize any such agent to act for and on behalf of
the Partnership, subject to Section 4.13
hereof;
(xvii) To
purchase insurance policies on behalf of the General Partner and the
Partnership, including for director and officer liability and other liabilities
of the General Partner and the Partnership;
(xviii) To
pay all Transaction Costs of the Partnership and the General Partner in
accordance with Section 4.7
hereof; and
(xix) To
take any and all other actions which are determined by the General Partner to be
necessary, convenient or incidental to the conduct of the Partnership
Business.
In
addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the General
Partner has the right and is hereby empowered and authorized to delegate certain
of its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement pursuant to that certain
Amended and Restated Advisory Services Agreement, entered into on or about the
date hereof by and among the Partnership and BAM and the Parallel Investment
Vehicles (as may be amended from time to time, the “Services
Agreement”). The Partnership shall not amend, terminate or waive,
or consent to any amendment to or termination or waiver of, any material
provision of the Services Agreement without the consent required pursuant to the
Voting Agreement (which such approval shall be based on the approval of a
Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (other than Tier
One Parallel Investment Vehicles acting at the direction of representatives of
the General Partner and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the
Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis)).
(b) Each
Limited Partner agrees that if any transaction, including any transaction
effected between the Partnership, the General Partner or any of its Affiliates,
shall be subject to the disclosure and consent requirements of Section 206(3) of
the Advisers Act, such requirements shall be satisfied with respect to the
Partnership and all Limited Partners if disclosure shall be given to the Board
of Directors, and consent obtained pursuant to the Voting Agreement by a
Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (other than Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicles acting at the direction of representatives of the
General Partner and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest
of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis).
(c) The
Partnership, by or through the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, may
enter into and perform the (i) the Services Agreement, (ii) any Subscription
Agreement, (iii) the Voting Agreement, (iv) the Amendment No. 1 to the Guarantee
entered into on or about the date hereof by BAM for the benefit of the
Partnership and the Parallel Investment Vehicles, (v) the Purchase Agreement
entered into on or about the date hereof between the Company and certain of the
Parallel Investment Vehicles and (vi) all documents, agreements, certificates,
or financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto, all without any
further act, vote or approval of any other Person, subject to any other
provision of this Agreement, the Act or applicable law, rule or regulation (any
and all such documents, agreements, certificates, or financing statements, the
“Transaction
Documents”). The foregoing authorization shall not be deemed a
restriction on the powers of the Partnership or the General Partner to enter
into other agreements on behalf of the Partnership.
4.6 Removal of the General
Partner.
(a)
The General
Partner may be removed as the general partner of the Partnership within sixty
(60) days after notice pursuant to Section 4.6(a)
of a Removal Conduct Event (or the discovery by the Partners of the failure to
give such notice whichever is later) and upon a Super-Majority Vote of Members
(other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, including any Person or
account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis), at which time the Removal Liquidating Trustee shall be appointed to wind
up and liquidate the assets of the Partnership in accordance with Section 11.3
hereof (except that if the General Partner is removed prior to the end of the
Standstill Period, the assets of the Partnership shall not be liquidated until
the end of the Standstill Period, except to the extent permitted by the
Restructuring Proposal).
(b) The
General Partner shall provide prompt (and in any event within two (2) Business
Days) written notice to the Limited Partners if and when any of the events
described in the definition of “Removal Conduct
Event” occurs.
(c) In
addition to the foregoing, the General Partner shall be suspended and
temporarily replaced as general partner of the Partnership by Hyper-Majority
Vote of Members (other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, including
any Person or account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a
discretionary basis) if a Hyper-Majority Vote of Members claims that the General
Partner has committed fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful and
knowing breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the management
of the affairs of the Partnership and/or GGP (including misappropriation of
funds), which has a material adverse effect on the Partnership or GGP. The
General Partner may, in its sole discretion, dispute any such claim made against
it by bringing such matter to arbitration pursuant to Section 12.14
hereof within thirty (30) days of such suspension and temporary
replacement. If the General Partner does not dispute any such claim made
against it within thirty (30) days of such suspension and temporary replacement
or if by final determination of such arbitration process it has been determined
that the General Partner has committed such an act (whether as claimed or
otherwise), the General Partner shall be removed as the general partner of the
Partnership, at which time the Removal Liquidating Trustee shall be appointed to
wind up and liquidate the assets of the Partnership in accordance with Section 11.3
hereof (except that if the General Partner is removed prior to the end of the
Standstill Period, the assets of the Partnership shall not be liquidated until
the end of the Standstill Period, except to the extent permitted by the
Restructuring Proposal); provided, that if it is
determined in such arbitration process that the General Partner committed an act
constituting grounds for the removal of the General Partner, but such act is not
the same act that was claimed, the General Partner shall not be removed as the
general partner of the Partnership unless such removal is approved by a
Hyper-Majority Vote of Members (other than the General Partner and
its Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest of which is managed
by Brookfield on a discretionary basis). If by final determination of such
arbitration process it is determined that the General Partner has not committed
such an act (whether as claimed or otherwise), the General Partner shall be
reinstated as general partner of the Partnership. For greater certainty,
any reduction in the Transaction Distribution Amount and the Carried Interest
pursuant to Section 6.2(a)
hereof shall not take effect unless and until the General Partner has been
finally removed as general partner of the Partnership in accordance with the
foregoing; provided,
that, during the period the General Partner is suspended pursuant to this Section 4.6(c),
any Transaction Distribution Amount or Carried Interest otherwise payable, if
any, shall be withheld from the General Partner and the Class B Limited Partner,
respectively, and held in escrow and paid immediately to the General Partner and
the Class B Limited Partner, respectively, if and when the General Partner is
reinstated as general partner.
(d) In
the event the General Partner is removed or temporarily replaced in accordance
with Sections 4.6(a)
or 4.6(c)
hereof, the removed or temporarily replaced General Partner shall, until the
Partnership is dissolved and wound up or the temporarily replaced General
Partner is reinstated:
(i) become,
without any further action being required of any Person, a Limited Partner and
shall cease being the general partner of the Partnership;
(ii) subject
to Section 6.2(a)
hereof, be entitled to receive (in its capacity as a Limited Partner) all
distributions that otherwise would have been distributable to it pursuant to
Article 6
hereof as if it had not been removed as the general partner of the Partnership;
and
(iii) together
with its Affiliates, continue to be Indemnified Parties and be entitled to
indemnification in accordance with Section 9.2
hereof in respect of conduct prior to such removal or temporary
replacement.
4.7 Transaction
Costs. Except as otherwise provided herein (including, without
limitation, Section
4.12 hereof), the Partnership, in the discretion of the General Partner,
shall pay or reimburse the General Partner and its Affiliates and each of their
respective employees, agents, advisors, managers and Constituent Members for any
and all third-party expenses, costs and liabilities reasonably and properly
incurred by them in the furtherance of the Partnership Business including in
connection with the Investment, the other transactions contemplated in this
Agreement and the conduct of the business of the General Partner (in that
capacity and with respect to the Partnership) and the Partnership in accordance
with the provisions hereof (“Transaction Costs”),
including by way of example and without limitation:
(a) Organizational
Expenses. Expenses, costs and liabilities incurred in connection
with (i) the structuring and formation of the Partnership and any Parallel
Investment Vehicle, (ii) the offering and sale of the Interests and interests in
any Parallel Investment Vehicle, and (iii) the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement, any Parallel Vehicle Agreement, any agreement with
or among the Partners and any related or similar documents, including, without
limitation, any related legal and accounting fees and expenses, travel expenses
and filing fees (“Organizational
Expenses”).
(b) Operating
Expenses. Expenses, costs and liabilities incurred in connection
with the operation of the Partnership and the Investment and the performance by
the General Partner, the Partnership and their respective Affiliates of their
respective obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, (i)
all expenses, costs and liabilities incurred in connection with the
identification, structuring, negotiation, making, monitoring, ownership,
operation, administration, management, financing, sale, proposed sale,
enforcement, other disposition or valuation of the Investment and Temporary
Investments or the Investment and Temporary Investments considered for the
Partnership (including due diligence in connection therewith), whether or not
consummated, (ii) costs and liabilities incurred in connection with litigation
or other extraordinary events, directors and officers liability and other
insurance expenses, (iii) all taxes, fees and other governmental charges payable
by the Partnership, and all expenses incidental to the transfer, servicing and
accounting for the Partnership’s cash and Securities, including all charges of
depositories and custodians, (iv) communications expenses, (v) all expenses and
costs associated with meetings of the Partners, (vi) all reasonable expenses and
costs of the Board of Directors, (vii) brokerage commissions, custodial
expenses, appraisal fees and other investment costs actually incurred in
connection with the Investment and Temporary Investments, (viii) expenses of
liquidating the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, (ix) expenses incurred in
connection with the maintenance of the Partnership’s books of account and the
preparation of audited or unaudited financial statements required to implement
the provisions of this Agreement or by any governmental authority with
jurisdiction over the Partnership (including, without limitation, fees and
expenses of independent auditors, accountants and counsel, the costs and
expenses of preparing and circulating the reports called for by Section 8.1
hereof and any fees or imposts of a governmental authority imposed in connection
with such books and records and statements) and other routine administrative
expenses of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to,
the cost of the preparation of Returns, cash management expenses and insurance
and legal expenses, (x) all expenses incurred in connection with any
indebtedness of the Partnership or other credit arrangement (including any line
of credit, loan commitment or letter of credit for the Partnership or related to
the Investment (or any underlying asset)), (xi) all legal, accounting,
investment banking, real estate, tax, financial or other consulting, audit,
appraisal and other expenses (to the extent not subject to reimbursement)
incurred by the Partnership or any Parallel Investment Vehicle in respect of its
operation and affairs, (xii) all expenses and costs associated with the
acquisition of the Investment and (xiii) all expenses and costs associated with
the administration and enforcement of the portion of the Investment comprised of
the Debt (including if such Debt remains outstanding following the effective
date of the Plan and the appointment of a receiver, if necessary) (“Operating
Expenses”).
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the following shall not constitute Transaction Costs and the
Partnership shall not be responsible for payment of the following expenses, and
such payment shall not be borne by or reimbursed by the
Partnership:
(i) ordinary
operating expenses of the General Partner or its Affiliates;
(ii) lease
or other payments for the General Partner’s or its Affiliates’ office space,
utilities and office equipment;
(iii) salaries
and benefits of employees of the General Partner or its Affiliates;
(iv) placement
agent fees, if any, incurred in connection with the offering of the
Interests;
(v) costs
and expenses of any third-party advisors retained by any Partner, including BAM,
for its own advice; provided, that the costs and
expenses of Sidley Austin LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP incurred in connection
with the organization, formation and operation of the Partnership and the
Parallel Investment Vehicles, including, without limitation, the drafting of
this Agreement, the Subscription Agreement and other related documentation,
shall be included in Transaction Costs;
(vi) except
as set forth in clause (v) above, costs and expenses of the General Partner or
its Affiliates, in their capacity as a Partner, to the extent similar costs and
expenses incurred by any Limited Partner are not paid or reimbursed by the
Partnership to such Limited Partner; and
(vii) costs
and expenses incurred in connection with providing any services to the
Partnership, GGP or any of their Affiliates pursuant to any Affiliate
Transaction approved in accordance with this Agreement (except, that such costs and
expenses may be paid or reimbursed if provided for pursuant to the terms of any
such Affiliate Transaction approved in accordance with this
Agreement).
Schedule B hereto
sets forth an estimate of the Transaction Costs incurred by the General Partner
and the Partnership prior to October 15, 2010. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Transaction Costs to be borne or reimbursed by the Partnership in
respect of the period up to and including October 15, 2010 shall not exceed the
amount set out in Schedule B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Transaction Costs to be borne or reimbursed by the Partnership shall not include
any Transaction Costs resulting from acts or omissions by the General Partner or
its Affiliates or any of their respective employees, agents, advisors, managers
or Constituent Partners with respect to which an arbitration panel, in
accordance with Section 12.14
hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such Person was
grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful and knowing
material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the management
of the Partnership.
4.8 Segregation of
Funds. Funds of the Partnership shall be kept exclusively in one
(1) or more bank or brokerage accounts in the name of the Partnership or its
designee.
4.8 Standard of
Care.
(a) Partners and Directors
Generally. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this
Section 4.9 and
except for the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing, the
Partners hereby agree and acknowledge that all fiduciary obligations of the
Partners and any member of the Board of Directors designated by a Partner (or
any member of a board of directors of a Parallel Investment Vehicle designated
by a Consortium Member) to one another, the Partnership or the Consortium (as
set forth in the Voting Agreement), in their capacity as Partners or members of
the Board of Directors or a board of directors of a Parallel Investment Vehicle,
are hereby eliminated to the maximum extent permissible under Section 17-1101 of
the Act.
(b) General
Partner. The General Partner, in its capacity as such, shall owe to
the Partnership and to the other Partners such duties as are owed by the
officers of a Delaware business corporation to the corporation and its
stockholders.
4.10 Limited
Partners. No Limited Partner, in his, her or its capacity as such,
has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Partnership or to take
any action or do any thing that would be binding on the Partnership, or to make
any expenditures or incur any indebtedness in the name or on behalf of the
Partnership. The Limited Partners (or any class, designation or other
subset of the Limited Partners) shall have only such rights of consent or
approval as are expressly reserved for them by this Agreement or the
Act.
4.11 Partner Meetings; Voting;
Limited Partner Approval Rights.
(a) Meetings. The
Partnership and the Parallel Investment Vehicles shall hold an annual meeting of
the Consortium Members, and may hold special meetings of the Consortium Members
from time to time (but whenever possible on the same date as a meeting of
participants in the Protocol) at such place as the General Partner may
determine, or may at any time call for a vote without a meeting of the
Consortium Members on matters on which they are entitled to vote. In
addition, a meeting of Consortium Members may be called by a Majority Vote of
Members to discuss any matter put forward by the Consortium Members calling the
meeting and for any other purpose reasonably related to their interests as
Consortium Members and to vote on any matters on which Consortium Members are
entitled to vote pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Notice;
Attendance. Written notice of any meeting or vote shall be given to
the Consortium Members not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the
meeting or vote. Each notice of meeting or vote, if any, shall contain a
description of any resolution to be adopted by the Consortium Members. Any
Consortium Member may provide written waiver of notice of a meeting or vote, or
consent to short notice of the meeting or vote, either before or after such
meeting or vote and attendance at any meeting shall be deemed conclusive
evidence that notice of such meeting was properly given. Consortium
Members may participate in any meeting of Consortium Members by conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear and be heard by each other.
Attendance at any meeting of Consortium Members may also be by proxy or
delegate.
(c) Quorum. The
quorum for a meeting of the Consortium Members shall be no less than each
Consortium Member who individually holds at least fifteen percent (15%) of the
Aggregate Consortium Commitments at the time of such meeting; provided, however, that the
presence of at least one Consortium Member other than Brookfield (or any Person
or account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis) shall be required for a quorum; provided, further, that the
presence of any such Partner shall not be necessary to constitute a quorum at
any meeting of the Consortium Members if such member failed to attend the two
(2) most recent prior meetings of the Consortium Members properly called and for
the same purpose.
(d) Voting. For all
purposes of voting, consent or approval rights of the Consortium Members, each
Consortium Member shall be entitled to cast a number of votes corresponding to
such Consortium Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest. However, in
determining whether the requisite percentage or majority has been obtained, the
following Interests shall be excluded from both the numerator and denominator of
such percentage: (i) Interests of Defaulting Limited Partners and any
defaulting Parallel Vehicle Member; and (ii) Interests that this Agreement
provides shall not be included with respect of the relevant matter. A
Voting Member may give notice to the General Partner that the Consortium
Percentage Interests of such Voting Member and its Affiliates and other
Consortium Members over whose account such Voting Member or any of its
Affiliates has discretionary authority will all be aggregated and treated as
held by such Voting Member for the purposes of appointing representatives to the
Board of Directors and voting as a Consortium Member for so long as such
Consortium Percentage Interests are held by a non-Defaulting Limited Partner or
a non-defaulting Parallel Vehicle Member. A Consortium Member shall be
entitled to vote at a meeting in person or by written proxy delivered to the
General Partner prior to the meeting. When voting with respect to matters
arising under this Agreement or the Act, all such Consortium Members shall be
considered one class. The individual votes of each of the Consortium
Members cast at any meeting shall be recorded by the General Partner in the
minutes of the meeting, which shall be filed in the Partnership’s and each
Parallel Investment Vehicle’s books and records and available for inspection by
each Consortium Member.
(e) Partnership Partner
Meetings. In accordance with Section 4.12(d),
the General Partner and the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of each such Parallel Investment Vehicle may determine (acting
reasonably) that the subject matter of such vote or consent is such that an
aggregate vote or aggregate consent of the Consortium Members is inappropriate,
for example with respect to matters which relate solely to the Partnership and
do not also apply to or affect the other Consortium Members, in which case the
Partners or the applicable Parallel Vehicle Members shall be the only Consortium
Members to vote or consent to such action. The procedures set forth in
this Section 4.11
shall be applicable, provided that all references to “Consortium Member” shall
be replaced with “Partner” and references to “Consortium Percentage Interest”
shall be replaced with “Partnership Percentage Interest.”
(f) Actions Requiring Partner
Approval. The General Partner shall not cause the Partnership or
any Subsidiary of the Partnership to take or agree to take any of the following
actions without first obtaining approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members:
(i) Purchasing
or redeeming any Interests, other than in accordance with Article 10
hereof;
(ii) Modifying
or amending the distribution provisions set forth in Article 6 hereof, or
making any distribution or Disposition other than as set forth in this
Agreement;
(iii) Conducting
an initial public offering, merging or consolidating with or into any Person, or
selling all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or any of its
Subsidiaries, other than as set forth in Section 10.8 and
Article 11
hereof;
(iv) Dissolution,
liquidation, winding-up or voluntary Bankruptcy of the Partnership or any of its
Subsidiaries, except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.6 and
10.8 and Article 11
hereof;
(v) Approving
or taking any action with respect to any other matter in this Agreement
specified as requiring the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members of the Partnership or with respect to the Consortium, as
applicable; and
(vi) Approving
any en bloc sale or other orderly disposition of the Investment and other assets
of the Partnership in accordance with Section 10.8, to
the extent provided therein.
(g) With
the requisite vote of the Partners as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the
Partners may also take action without any meeting of the Partners (and without
any prior notice from the General Partner) by written consent setting forth the
action to be approved.
(h) In
conjunction with or following the effective date of the Plan, BRH shall seek to
use its voting power and other rights held pursuant to the Investment with GGP
to nominate and elect one (1) or more GGP Directors. Such nominee(s) will
be approved or, subject to the cooperation or consent of GGP where required,
removed by a Super-Majority Vote of Members, subject to the following: (i) so
long as Brookfield is the General Partner, Brookfield shall have the right to
appoint the first nominee (provided, that if by a
Super-Majority Vote of Members, the Members vote to remove such person as a
director of GGP Holdco, or such person otherwise ceases to be a GGP Director,
Brookfield shall have the right to appoint a replacement nominee); (ii) the
second nominee shall be selected from a list of candidates identified by any
Consortium Member other than Brookfield (or any Person or account the Interest
of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis) (provided, that, for greater
certainty, Brookfield (and any Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis) shall be included in any vote to
approve or remove such nominee); and (iii) each additional nominee shall be
selected from a list of candidates identified by Brookfield and any other
Consortium Member.
4.12 Parallel Investment
Vehicles. The General Partner may, in its discretion, establish one
(1) or more additional limited liability companies, limited partnerships or
similar investment vehicles to facilitate the ability of certain investors to
invest with the Partnership generally on a side-by-side basis (each, a “Parallel Investment
Vehicle” and collectively, the “Parallel Investment
Vehicles”). The following provisions, to the extent practicable,
subject to legal, regulatory, tax or other considerations particular to one or
more of the Partnership and any Parallel Investment Vehicle and their respective
investors or other beneficial owners (each, a “Parallel Vehicle
Member” and collectively, the “Parallel Vehicle
Members”), shall apply with respect to the operation of the Partnership
and any Parallel Investment Vehicle:
(a) The
General Partner and the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall at all times be the same
Person and the governing documents of a Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be on
substantially the same terms as for the Partnership.
(b)
Each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall make an
investment in GGP in the same class or type as the Investment made by the
Partnership in GGP. Subject to the preceding sentence and Sections 3.1(f),
3.1(g) and
3.1(h), all
transactions in respect of the Investment, any Temporary Investment or otherwise
by the Partnership and any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be made, to the
extent feasible, at the same time, on the same terms and pro rata based on the
Partnership’s and each Parallel Investment Vehicle’s Consortium Percentage
Interest.
(c)
Except to the extent borne directly by the
Partnership or a Parallel Investment Vehicle pursuant to the second sentence of
this Section 4.12(c),
the Partnership and each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall share, pro rata, on the
basis of the Partnership’s and each Parallel Investment Vehicle’s Consortium
Percentage Interest to the extent feasible, all Transaction Costs, including
Organizational Expenses (and any organizational expenses incurred in connection
with the formation of the Partnership or any Parallel Investment Vehicle),
Operating Expenses which relate to the Partnership or any Parallel Investment
Vehicle and are payable by such entities rather than their respective managing
members, general partners or managers (or equivalent) and any fees and expenses
relating, directly or indirectly, to the transactions in respect of the
Investment, any Temporary Investment or otherwise, which are undertaken by the
Partnership and any Parallel Investment Vehicle together. Notwithstanding
the above or Section 10.8(d)(i)
to the contrary, the Partnership and each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall bear
and be responsible for its taxes and any Operating Expenses (including
indemnification obligations or liabilities to third parties) that are
attributable solely to or from actions solely of the Partnership or such
Parallel Investment Vehicle, as applicable.
(d)
Any vote or consent by a specified percentage in interest of
the Partners or the Parallel Vehicle Members shall, unless the General Partner
and the managing member, general partner or manager (or equivalent) of each such
Parallel Investment Vehicle determine (acting reasonably) that the subject
matter of such vote or consent is such that an aggregate vote or aggregate
consent of the Partners and the Parallel Vehicle Members is inappropriate, for
example with respect to matters which relate solely to the Partnership and do
not also apply to or affect the other Consortium Members, be deemed to require
the aggregate vote or aggregate consent of the Partners and the Parallel Vehicle
Members and subject to quorum requirements as if each commitment of any Parallel
Vehicle Member in respect of each Parallel Investment Vehicle comprised part of
the Aggregate Commitments, and such action shall be deemed to be valid if taken
upon the aggregate written vote or aggregate written consent by those Partners
and Parallel Vehicle Members who represent the specified percentage in interest
of all Limited Partners and non-managing Parallel Vehicle Members at the time
voting as a single class.
(e)
The Carried Interest (if any) and the
carried interest in respect of a Parallel Investment Vehicle (and adjustments)
shall, in the case of a Partner which is also a Parallel Vehicle Member, be
calculated taking into account the interests of the Partner in respect of both
the Partnership and the Parallel Investment Vehicle including by calculating the
distributions to be apportioned between the Partner (on one hand) and the Class
B Limited Partner and the Person entitled to carried interest in respect of such
Parallel Investment Vehicle (on the other hand) as if all cumulative
distributions to such Partner from the Partnership and the Parallel Investment
Vehicle were aggregated, the cumulative distributions to the Class B Limited
Partner in respect of such Partner from the Partnership and to such other Person
in respect of such Partner from the Parallel Investment Vehicle were aggregated,
all Invested Capital of such Partner and invested capital of such Partner in its
capacity as a Parallel Vehicle Member were aggregated, the Commitment of the
Partner and the commitment of such Partner in its capacity as a Parallel Vehicle
Member were aggregated and the Internal Rate of Return were calculated taking
into account the interests of the Partner in respect of both the Partnership and
the Parallel Investment Vehicle.
(f)
The General Partner shall have discretion to
and shall take such actions as are necessary or the General Partner deems
advisable in order to carry out the intent of this Section 4.12,
including, if necessary, allocating the Investment among the Partnership and any
Parallel Investment Vehicle and making transfers related thereto in order to
effect a pro
rata allocation. At the request of any Partner, the General Partner
shall deliver a certificate to such Partner certifying that any Parallel
Investment Vehicle established by the General Partner complies with the
requirements of this Agreement.
(g)
For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of (i)
determining whether the Minimum Condition has been satisfied, any common voting
equity of GGP Holdco held or controlled by the Partnership and any common voting
equity of GGP Holdco held or controlled by any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall
be aggregated and any representation on the board of GGP Holdco (or rights
thereto) of the Partnership and any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be
aggregated, (ii) determining whether a Removal Conduct Event has occurred,
references to the General Partner shall include the managing member, general
partner or manager (or equivalent) of any Parallel Investment Vehicle (if such
entity is not the General Partner), references to Section 3.3
hereof shall include the corresponding provisions of the governing documents of
a Parallel Investment Vehicle and references to a failure to fund any Commitment
shall include any failure to fund a commitment to a Parallel Investment Vehicle,
(iii) Section 4.6, any
references to the removal, conduct or reinstatement of the General Partner or an
effect on the Partnership shall include and result in the corresponding removal,
conduct or reinstatement of the managing member, general partner or manager (or
equivalent) of any Parallel Investment Vehicle (if such entity is not the
General Partner) or effect in respect of any Parallel Investment Vehicle, and
(iv) Section 10.1(b),
Section 10.6 and
Section 10.8(d)(ii),
the Partnership and any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall be treated as a single
entity.
4.13 Transactions with
Affiliates. The General Partner or its Affiliates may provide
services (other than those set forth in Section 4.5(a)
hereof) to the Partnership or GGP, including, asset management, consulting,
operational, financial and advisory services (the provision of any such
services, an “Affiliate
Transaction”), subject, in each case, to approval of such Affiliate
Transaction by a Super-Majority Vote of Members on a Consortium-wide basis
(other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, including any Person or
account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis). The terms on which Affiliate Transactions relating to the
Partnership are entered into must be on terms no less favorable to the
Partnership than would reasonably be expected to be obtained in an arm’s length
negotiation between unaffiliated parties (including, but not limited to, fees,
termination rights, required service levels and default provisions). The
terms on which Affiliate Transactions relating to GGP are entered into must be
on terms no less favorable to GGP than would reasonably be expected to be
obtained in an arm’s length negotiation between unaffiliated parties as to fees
and otherwise consistent with industry standards. In either case, any such
fees will be disclosed to the Consortium Members on a quarterly basis. For
the avoidance of doubt, any fees paid to the General Partner or its Affiliates
in respect of an Affiliate Transaction will not be applied to reduce the amounts
payable to the General Partner under Section 6.1
hereof.
ARTICLE
5
INVESTMENT
5.1 Investment.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have
the authority to make the Investment and Temporary Investments on behalf of the
Partnership as contemplated by the Business Plan and the Restructuring
Proposal.
5.2 Subsequent GGP
Financing.
(a) If
GGP conducts any financing, including any rights offering, at any time (i) when
the General Partner is not permitted to call Capital Contributions pursuant to
Section 3.1(b)
or (ii) after the effective date of the Plan, in each case, upon the approval of
a Super-Majority Vote of Members, the General Partner shall establish one or
more vehicles to raise additional capital to participate in such GGP financing
(collectively, a “GGP
Financing Vehicle”) by selling interests therein (the “GGP Financing
Interests”) pursuant to the terms on this Section 5.2.
(b) If
the General Partner has established a GGP Financing Vehicle, each Consortium
Member shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase, on the same
terms and conditions as all other equity owners of the GGP Financing Vehicle, up
to a percentage of the GGP Financing Interests equal to such GGP Financing
Member’s GGP Financing Allocation Percentage (each such Consortium Member that
exercises such right, a “GGP Financing
Member”). The GGP Financing Vehicle shall be on such terms and
conditions as the GGP Financing Members shall agree in good faith, but for the
avoidance of doubt, shall not provide for any Carried Interest or Transaction
Distribution Amount or similar fees or payments.
(c) If,
after the sale (if any) of GGP Financing Interests pursuant to Section 5.2(b)
hereof, less than 100% of the GGP Financing Interests have been purchased by GGP
Financing Members, each GGP Financing Member purchasing GGP Financing Interests
pursuant to Section 5.2(b)
hereof (the “Participating GGP Financing
Members”) shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase up to
a percentage of any GGP Financing Interests not sold to Participating GGP
Financing Members equal to such Participating GGP Financing Member’s Remaining
GGP Financing Percentage.
(d) If,
after the sale (if any) of GGP Financing Interests pursuant to Section 5.2(c)
hereof, less than 100% of the GGP Financing Interests have been purchased by GGP
Financing Members, the GGP Financing Vehicle shall have the right (but not the
obligation) to sell any remaining GGP Financing Interests to any Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no GGP Financing Interests sold pursuant to this
Section 5.2(d)
may be sold for an amount less than the price at which such GGP Financing
Interests were offered to the GGP Financing Members pursuant to Section 5.2(b)
or 5.2(c)
hereof.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 5.2, no
Partner shall have any obligation to purchase any GGP Financing Interests and no
such purchase shall provide any such Partner with any rights pursuant to this
Agreement.
(f) If
(i) approval by a Super-Majority Vote of Members is not obtained pursuant to
Section 5.2(a)
hereof, (ii) the Partnership or any Parallel Investment Vehicle holds
pre-emptive rights in respect of the applicable GGP financing or such financing
is pursuant to a rights offering and (iii) such pre-emptive rights or rights are
transferable, the Partnership or such Parallel Investment Vehicle shall
distribute or cause to be transferred such pre-emptive rights or rights to each
Consortium Member that elects to receive such pre-emptive rights or rights in an
amount commensurate with such Consortium Member’s pro rata share
(determined based on such Consortium Member’s Invested Capital as a proportion
of the aggregate Invested Capital of all Consortium Members that elect to
receive such pre-emptive rights or rights) and such Consortium Member shall be
entitled to exercise such pre-emptive rights or rights. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, such pre-emptive rights or rights
shall not constitute Investment Proceeds and shall not be distributed in
accordance with Article 6
hereof.
(g) If
(i) approval by a Super-Majority Vote of Members is not obtained pursuant to
Section 5.2(a)
hereof, (ii) the Partnership or any Parallel Investment Vehicle holds
pre-emptive rights in respect of the applicable GGP financing or such financing
is pursuant to a rights offering and (iii) such pre-emptive rights or rights are
non-transferable, within five (5) Business Days following the date the vote was
held pursuant to Section 5.2(a)
hereof, each Consortium Member that elected to receive such non-transferable
pre-emptive rights or rights (each, an “Electing Member”) may
notify the General Partner of the portion of such pre-emptive rights or rights
that such Electing Member desires the Partnership or such Parallel Investment
Vehicle to exercise on its behalf. If a Consortium Member fails to so
notify the General Partner within such period, such Consortium Member shall be
deemed to have irrevocably waived such Consortium Member’s rights under this
Section 5.2(g).
If the aggregate pre-emptive rights or rights that all Electing Members have
requested that the Partnership or such Parallel Investment Vehicle exercise on
their behalf exceeds the aggregate pre-emptive rights or rights available to be
exercised, the pre-emptive rights or rights to be exercised by the Partnership
or such Parallel Investment Vehicle on behalf of the Electing Members shall be
allocated among the Electing Members as follows: (1) first, to each Electing
Member the lesser of (A) the portion of such pre-emptive rights or rights that
such Electing Member desires the Partnership or such Parallel Investment Vehicle
to exercise on its behalf to the extent it has not been allocated to such
Electing Member on a previous application of this Section 5.2(g)(1)
and (B) its pro
rata share (determined based on such Electing Member’s Invested Capital
as a proportion of the aggregate Invested Capital of all Electing Members) of
the pre-emptive rights or rights which have not been allocated on a previous
application of this Section 5.2(g)(1);
and (2) second, by repeating the allocation process in Section 5.2(g)(1)
until all of the pre-emptive rights or rights to be exercised by the Partnership
or such Parallel Investment Vehicle on behalf of the Electing Members have been
allocated. Promptly following allocation of the pre-emptive rights or rights
among the Electing Members, the General Partner shall by written notice to each
Electing Member call a special capital contribution (which shall not constitute
a Capital Contribution for the purposes of this Agreement or the Parallel
Vehicle Agreements) from each Electing Member in an amount required to exercise
such Electing Member’s pro rata share
(determined based on such Electing Member’s Invested Capital as a proportion of
the aggregate Invested Capital of all Electing Members) of the pre-emptive
rights or rights and all costs and expenses related thereto. Promptly following
receipt of such special capital contribution, the General Partner, on behalf of
the Electing Members (and not on behalf of all Consortium Members), shall
exercise the pre-emptive rights or rights and shall promptly distribute the
interests in GGP acquired through the exercise of such pre-emptive rights or
rights to each Electing Member in accordance with its pro rata share
(determined based on such Electing Member’s Invested Capital as a proportion of
the aggregate Invested Capital of all Electing Members). Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, such interests in GGP
shall not constitute Investment Proceeds and shall not be distributed in
accordance with Article 6
hereof.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 5.2, the
participation by the Partnership, any Parallel Investment Vehicle and any
Consortium Members in any financing, including any rights offering, conducted by
GGP shall be structured in such a manner as to prevent liability under Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act with respect to any Consortium Member and the
Consortium Members agree to work together in good faith to prevent such
liability. In furtherance of the foregoing, no Consortium Member
shall, without its consent, (i) receive any allocation of the Partnership’s
or any Parallel Investment Vehicle’s participation rights in such financing in
excess of such Consortium Member’s Consortium Percentage Interest, or (ii) have
the portion of the Partnership’s or any Parallel Investment Vehicle’s
participation rights in such financing attributable to such Consortium Member’s
Consortium Percentage Interest reallocated or sold to any other
Person.
ARTICLE
6
DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Distributions Attributable
to Investments. Investment Proceeds shall be distributed by
the General Partner in cash (except as otherwise herein expressly provided) at
least quarterly, and in no event later than thirty (30) days after the
availability of such Investment Proceeds for distribution by the
Partnership. Subject to Sections 6.2,
6.3, 6.4 and 6.8 hereof,
Investments Proceeds shall initially be apportioned among the Partners,
including the General Partner, in proportion to their Sharing Percentages at
such time. Except as otherwise provided herein, the amount
apportioned to the General Partner shall be distributed to the General Partner,
and the amount apportioned to each Partner shall be distributed as
follows:
(a) Return of
Capital. First, 100% to such Partner until the cumulative
amount distributed to such Partner (taking into account all prior distributions
made or deemed made to such Partner pursuant to this Section 6.1(a))
is equal to the aggregate amount of Invested Capital of such
Partner;
(b) Transaction Distribution
Amount. Second, 100% as a transaction distribution (the “Transaction Distribution
Amount”) to the General Partner in respect of its Class C Interest, until
the cumulative amount distributed to the General Partner in respect of its Class
C Interest (taking into account all prior distributions made or deemed made to
the General Partner in respect of its Class C Interest pursuant to this Section 6.1(b))
is equal to 3.75% of such Partner’s Invested Capital; except, that if the
Minimum Condition has not been satisfied by the Long Stop Date, the Transaction
Distribution Amount distributable pursuant to this Section 6.1(b)
shall be reduced to an amount equal to 1.25% of such Partner’s Invested
Capital;
(c) Return. Third,
100% to such Partner until the cumulative amount distributed to such Partner
(taking into account all prior distributions made or deemed made to such Partner
pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)
and Section 6.1(a)
hereof) would provide such Partner an Internal Rate of Return of twelve percent
(12%);
(d) Catch
Up. Fourth, 60% to the Class B Limited Partner in respect of
its Class B Interests and 40% to such Partner until the cumulative amount
distributed (or deemed distributed) to the Class B Limited Partner in respect of
its Class B Interest pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)
is equal to twenty percent (20%) of the sum of (A) the cumulative amounts
distributed to such Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(c)
hereof and (B) the cumulative amounts distributed to the Class B Limited Partner
in respect of its Class B Interest and such Partner pursuant to this Section 6.1(d);
and
(e) Residual
Amounts. Thereafter, eighty percent (80%) to such Partner and
twenty percent (20%) to the Class B Limited Partner in respect of its Class B
Interest.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the General Partner may, in its
sole discretion, waive any Transaction Distribution Amount distributable to the
General Partner on account of Interests held by Affiliates of the General
Partner and any amount so waived shall be distributed to the applicable
Affiliate of the General Partner and (ii) the Class B Limited Partner may, in
its sole discretion, waive any Carried Interest distributable to the Class B
Limited Partner on account of Interests held by Affiliates of the Class B
Limited Partner and any amount so waived shall be distributed to the applicable
Affiliate of the Class B Limited Partner. The General Partner does
hereby waive any Transaction Distribution Amount distributable to the Partners
hereunder and acknowledges that no Class B Member has been appointed, and
therefore, no Carried Interest shall be payable hereunder.
6.2 Adjustments to
Distributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Section 6.1
hereof:
(a) If
the General Partner is removed as general partner as a result of any of the
events described in clauses (b) or (c) of the definition of “Removal Conduct
Event” having occurred, or in accordance with Section 4.6(a)
hereof, notwithstanding Section 6.1
hereof the General Partner shall only be entitled to receive fifty percent (50%)
of the Transaction Distribution Amount vested as of the date of its removal, and
the Class B Limited Partner shall only be entitled to receive fifty percent
(50%) of the Carried Interest to be received (if any), in each case, based for
valuation purposes on the winding up and liquidation of the assets of the
Partnership in accordance with Article 11 hereof as
of the date of such Removal Conduct Event, and if such reduced Transaction
Distribution Amount and Carried Interest, if any, is distributed in kind, the
same shall be held by a trustee in trust for the benefit of the General Partner
and the Class B Limited Partner, respectively, until the date which is six (6)
months following the date of removal of the General Partner as general
partner.
(b) On
any relevant Distribution Date, the Transaction Distribution Amount and the
Carried Interest, if any, shall be paid in cash, to the extent the relevant
distribution is in cash, or in kind, to the extent the relevant distribution is
in kind. In the event a Partner does not accept the General Partner’s
recommendation of sale of its pro rata share of the
Investment in accordance with clause (i) of Section 10.8(d)
hereof, any Transaction Distribution Amount and Carried Interest with respect to
such Partner shall be paid in kind, and such Carried Interest shall be required
to be held by the Class B Limited Partner until the earlier of (i) the date that
is five (5) years from the date such payment in kind was made, (ii) the date
such Partner ceases to be a Partner of the Partnership, (iii) the date none of
the General Partner or any of its Affiliates is the general partner of the
Partnership, and (iv) the date that is ten years from the Initial Closing
Date.
(c) If,
pursuant to Sections 10.1(c)
or 10.8(c)
hereof, the Partnership Disposes of a Partner’s pro rata share of the
Investment and other assets of the Partnership, but does not Dispose of the
entire Investment and other assets of the Partnership, the proceeds of such
Disposition shall be apportioned in their entirety to such Partner (and not
among all Partners in proportion to their Sharing Percentages as provided in the
first paragraph of Section 6.1
hereof).
(d) For
the avoidance of doubt, if (i) a Partner has Transferred its entire Interest or
(ii) a Parnter’s pro
rata share of the Investment and other assets of the Partnership have
been Disposed of by the Partnership and the Investment Proceeds related thereto
have been distributed in accordance with this Article 6, in each
case such Partner (but, for greater certainty, not its Transferee in the case of
clause (i) above) shall have no further right to any distributions under this
Article
6.
6.3 Distributions in
Kind. In the event of any distribution in kind, the General
Partner shall provide written notice to each Partner of such distribution which
notice shall set forth the date on which the General Partner has determined to
cause such distribution to be made and shall offer to each Partner the right to
elect not to receive such in kind distribution. If the General
Partner receives written notice from any Limited Partner within five (5)
Business Days following receipt of the General Partner’s notice of an in kind
distribution of assets of the Partnership, that, in lieu of receiving such in
kind distribution, such Limited Partner desires that the General Partner Dispose
of such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of the Partnership to be
distributed in kind and distribute the cash proceeds, net of all Disposition
commissions and expenses, to such Limited Partner, the General Partner shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to Dispose of such Limited Partner’s share
of the assets of the Partnership to be distributed in kind; provided, however, that, for
the purposes of this Agreement, such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of
the Partnership to be distributed in kind shall be deemed to have been Disposed
of for their Fair Market Value as of the date of the in-kind distribution of
such assets of the Partnership to the Limited Partners who did not provide such
notice. In the event the General Partner is unable to Dispose of such
Limited Partner’s share of the assets of the Partnership within two (2) weeks,
such Limited Partner may deliver a written notice to the General Partner
requesting that the General Partner distribute such Limited Partner’s share of
the assets of the Partnership in kind to such Limited Partner and the General
Partner shall promptly do so. If the General Partner does not receive
a written notice of the type referred to in the immediately preceding sentence
from such Limited Partner, the General Partner shall continue its efforts to
sell such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of the Partnership for an
additional period of one (1) week and if the General Partner is not successful
in selling such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of the Partnership to be
distributed in kind during such period, at the end of such one-week period the
General Partner shall distribute such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of
the Partnership in kind to such Partner. The Partnership shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to seek that any shares of GGP that are
distributed in kind pursuant to this Section 6.3 be
freely tradeable under applicable securities laws, it being acknowledged by each
of the Partners that, to the extent the Partnership is then a minority
shareholder of GGP, the Partnership may be significantly limited in its ability
to control the free tradeability of such shares.
6.4 Limitation on
Distributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Partnership and the General Partner on behalf of the
Partnership, shall not make a distribution to any Partner on account of its
Interest if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable
law.
6.5 Reports on Distributions to
General Partner. The General Partner shall, for each Fiscal
Year and each fiscal quarter, provide to each Partner within sixty (60) days
after the end of each Fiscal Year or fiscal quarter, as applicable, a written
report setting out the amount of distributions payable to the Class B Limited
Partner and the Class C Partner, during such Fiscal Year or fiscal quarter, as
applicable, and the basis for calculation of such distributions for the relevant
period, including any offsets. The General Partner shall also provide such
reports to each former Partner to the extent relating to the period during which
such former Partner was a Partner.
6.6 Reinvestment. The
Partnership may not reinvest any Investment Proceeds; provided, that for the
avoidance of doubt, such prohibition shall not apply to the conversion of the
portion of the Investment comprised of Debt to common equity in GGP Holdco;
provided, further, that proceeds
received on account of payments in respect of the portion of the Investment
comprised of Debt under the Plan may be retained by the Partnership and invested
as part of an equity investment in GGP Holdco by the Partnership, to the extent
provided for in the Restructuring Proposal or Business Plan; provided, further, that
proceeds received on account of payments in respect of the DIP Loan may be
retained by the Partnership and invested as part of an equity investment in GGP
Holdco by the Partnership or transferred into the relevant Commitment Account;
provided, further, that
Investment Proceeds from Temporary Investments may be reinvested to Temporary
Investments and/or in the Investment.
6.7 Clawback. If
a Partner is required to make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership on a
Capital Call Payment Date at a time after the Class C Partner has received
Transaction Distribution Amount or the Class B Limited Partner has received
Carried Interest, the Class C Partner or the Class B Limited Partner, as
applicable, shall return funds to the Partnership on such Capital Call Payment
Date equal to the difference between (a) the aggregate amount of Transaction
Distribution Amount or Carried Interest, as applicable, actually received by
such Partner, and (b) the aggregate amount of Transaction Distribution Amount or
Carried Interest, as applicable, that such Partner would have received if such
additional Capital Contributions had been made immediately prior to the receipt
of Transaction Distribution Amount or Carried Interest by the Class C Partner or
the Class B Limited Partner, as applicable, (and such difference shall be
reduced by (i) all taxes that the General Partner reasonably determines have
been or may be imposed on the Class C Partner or the Class B Limited Partner, as
applicable, or their respective direct or indirect owners in respect of the
portion of Transaction Distribution Amount or the Carried Interest, as
applicable, to be returned to the Partnership, and increased by (ii) the tax
benefit that the General Partner reasonably determines would be realized by the
Class C Partner or the Class B Limited Partner, as applicable, or their
respective direct or indirect owners due to the return of such portion if such
payment was deductible at the same rates the General Partner utilized in
calculating the amounts in clause (i) above). In making the
determination of taxes and tax benefits under this Section 6.7, the
General Partner may take into account the maximum combined federal, provincial,
state and city tax rate applicable to individuals or corporations (whichever is
higher) on ordinary income and capital gain (taking into account the applicable
holding period), as the case may be, the amounts of ordinary income and capital
gain allocated to the Class C Partner or the Class B Limited Partner, as
applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, and otherwise based on such reasonable
assumptions as the General Partner determines in good faith to be
appropriate.
6.8 DIP Loan
Proceeds. Subject to the next sentence, any proceeds received
by the Partnership or any Parallel Investment Vehicle (directly or through a
distribution from a Subsidiary) in respect of the DIP Loan Investment shall,
from time to time in the discretion of the General Partner and the managing
member, general partner or manager (or equivalent) of the applicable Parallel
Investment Vehicle, be distributed by the Partnership and/or the applicable
Parallel Investment Vehicle to the DIP Loan Funding Members in proportion to
their DIP Loan Contributions and any repayment of principal in respect of the
DIP Loan Investment prior to any closing under the Restructuring Proposal shall
be transferred to the applicable Commitment Account of such DIP Loan Funding
Member. In the event of a Restructuring Proposal Termination, (i) any
interest income or repayments of principal received by the Partnership or any
Parallel Investment Vehicle (directly or through a distribution from a
Subsidiary) in respect of the DIP Loan Investment (x) prior to the payment of
the Capital Contributions by the True-Up Members in accordance with Section 3.1(h)(iv),
shall be distributed by the Partnership and/or the applicable Parallel
Investment Vehicle to the DIP Loan Funding Members in accordance with Section 3.1(h)(iv)
and not pursuant to the other provisions of this Article 6 or the
corresponding provisions of the applicable Parallel Vehicle Agreements and (y)
after the payment of the Capital Contributions by the True-Up Members in
accordance with Section 3.1(h)(iv),
shall be distributed by the Partnership and/or the applicable Parallel
Investment Vehicle to all Consortium Members pursuant to the other provisions of
this Article 6
and/or the corresponding provisions of the applicable Parallel Vehicle
Agreements.
ARTICLE
7
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS OF NET INCOME OR LOSS
7.1 Capital
Accounts. The General Partner shall maintain a separate
Capital Account for each Partner and shall, on receipt of a Capital Contribution
from a Partner, credit the Capital Account of such Partner with such
amount. The General Partner shall also credit to the Capital Account
of each Partner the amount of all income and gains of the Partnership allocated
to such Partner and shall debit the Capital Account of each Partner with the
amount of all losses and expenses of the Partnership allocated to such Partner
and the amount of any cash and Fair Market Value of any property distributed, or
deemed distributed, from time to time by the Partnership to such
Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner shall
have the authority to make other Capital Account allocations, in its discretion,
to reflect the intended economics of the Partnership. Where
allocations are made more often than annually, the relevant item of income,
expense, gain, loss, credit and deduction being allocated shall be estimated
and, if subsequent year-end or other adjustments affect allocations previously
made, such adjustments shall be recorded when determined. The
Interest of a Partner shall not terminate by reason of there being a negative or
nil balance in the Partner’s Capital Account, nor shall any Partner have any
obligation to restore any negative balance in such Partner’s Capital
Account. If all or any portion of an Interest is Transferred in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Transferee shall succeed to the
Capital Account of the Transferor to the extent it relates to the Transferred
Interest. No Partner shall be responsible for any losses or expenses
of any other Partner, nor share in the income or gain or, if applicable,
allocation of tax deductible expenses attributable to any other
Partner. To the extent not provided for in this Article 7, the
Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted and maintained in accordance
with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), as the same
may be amended or revised; provided, that such
adjustment and maintenance does not have a material adverse effect on the
economic interests of the Partners. Subject to the foregoing
sentence, in maintaining Capital Accounts, the General Partner may make such
adjustments as it deems reasonably necessary to give effect to the provisions of
this Agreement taking into account such facts and circumstances as the General
Partner deems reasonably necessary or appropriate for this purpose.
7.2 No Interest Payable on
Accounts. No interest shall be paid to any Partner on any
amount that it has contributed to the Partnership or on any balance in its
Capital Account, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
7.3 Allocation of Net Income or
Loss. Items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the
Partnership for a Fiscal Year shall be allocated among the Partners in a manner
that is consistent with the interests of the Partners in the Partnership
determined under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(3), it being intended
that such allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction will be reflected in
the Capital Accounts that are maintained under Section 7.1
hereof and will result in Capital Account balances that are, as nearly as
possible, equal (proportionately) to the amounts that would be distributed to
each Partner if (a) the Partnership were to sell its assets for their book
values as maintained for purposes of Code Section 704(b), (b) all Partnership
liabilities were satisfied (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability
to the book value of the assets securing such liability), (c) the Partnership
were to distribute the proceeds of the sale pursuant to Section 6.1
hereof, and (d) the Partnership were to dissolve, minus any minimum gain and
Partner minimum gain (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2) and
the amount, if any, that such Partner is obligated (or deemed obligated) to
contribute to the Partnership. It is the intention of the parties
that, to the extent possible and consistent with the economics of this
Agreement, the foregoing allocations be respected for U.S. federal income tax
purposes and, in furtherance of that intention, a “qualified income offset”
provision, a “minimum gain chargeback” provision, and any other such provision
described in applicable regulations and deemed desirable by the General Partner
shall be incorporated by reference into this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
General Partner may make such allocations as it deems reasonably necessary to
give economic effect to the provisions of this Agreement taking into account
such facts and circumstances as the General Partner deems reasonably necessary
or appropriate for this purpose.
7.4 Allocation of Income or Loss
for Tax Purposes. Subject to the following sentence, items of
income, gain, loss or deduction of the Partnership for tax purposes for a Fiscal
Year, and its items of income, gain, loss or deduction from a particular source
or a source in a particular place, capital gains and capital losses, shall be
allocated to the Partners in the same proportions as amounts are allocated to
the Partners pursuant to Section 7.3
hereof; provided, that
in the case of any Partnership asset the Fair Market Value of which differs from
its adjusted tax basis for United States federal income tax purposes, income,
gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall be allocated solely
for income tax purposes in accordance with the principles of Sections 704(b) and
(c) of the Code (and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) (in any
manner determined by the General Partner) so as to take account of the
difference between the Fair Market Value and adjusted tax basis of such
asset. Subject to the prior sentence, amounts recognized as income,
expenses, gains, losses, deductions or credits of the Partnership for income tax
purposes in a fiscal period but not taken into account in Section 7.3
hereof in such fiscal period shall be allocated for income tax purposes among
the Partners on the basis on which they would be allocated pursuant to Section 7.3
hereof if such amounts were taken into account in computing net income or loss
of the Partnership, and the allocation of income, loss, capital gains and
capital losses for income tax purposes in subsequent Fiscal Years shall be made
taking such prior allocations into account.
7.5 Tax
Returns. Each Partner shall prepare and file such documents as
may be required to be prepared and filed under the Code (and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder) and other similar legislation to which such
Partner may be subject and shall include in its computation of income the income
or loss of the Partnership.
7.6 Guaranteed
Payments. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement, the Partnership and the Partners agree to treat and report any
distributions made to the holders of the Class C Interest pursuant to Section 6.1(b)
hereof as determined without regard to the income of the Partnership and as
“guaranteed payments” for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of
Section 707(c) of the Code, and the provisions of this Agreement shall be
interpreted consistently with such treatment.
ARTICLE
8
ACCOUNTING
AND TAX MATTERS
8.1 Books and Records;
Reports.
(a) The
General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept books and records reflecting all
of the Partnership’s activities and transactions and all other information
required by law. The books and records shall be kept at the principal place of
business of the Partnership or of Brookfield. Subject to Section 12.3,
each Limited Partner and its respective agents and representatives shall be
afforded access to the Partnership’s register of Partners and the Partnership’s
books and records for inspection and copying and any other purpose reasonably
related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a limited partner of the
Partnership, at any reasonable time during regular business hours upon five (5)
Business Days’ notice to the General Partner; provided, however, that any
expenses incurred in connection with any such access to the Partnership’s
register of Partners and the Partnership’s books and records shall be expenses
of such Limited Partner and not of the Partnership. Each former
Limited Partner shall also be afforded access to the Partnership’s register of
Partners and the Partnership’s books and records on the same terms to the extent
relating to the period during which such former Limited Partner was a Limited
Partner. The General Partner shall preserve the register of Partners and all
books and records that it keeps pursuant to this Section 8.1(a)
for a period of seven (7) years after the date of termination of the
Partnership. The Partnership books and records and all original
copies of agreements entered into by the Partnership shall be the property of
the Partnership.
(b)
The General Partner shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
furnish or cause to be furnished the following reports to each Limited Partner
(and to each former Limited Partner to the extent relating to the period during
which such former Limited Partner was a Limited Partner):
(i) as
soon as practicable (but in no event later than ninety (90) days) following the
end of each Fiscal Year, a balance sheet of the Partnership as of the end of
such Fiscal Year and statements of operations, changes in Partners’ capital and
a statement of cash flows of the Partnership for such Fiscal Year, accompanied
by an audited report from an Independent Accounting Firm containing an opinion
of such accountants. All such reports shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP;
(ii) as
soon as practicable (but in no event later than sixty (60) days following the
end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each Fiscal Year, a report which
shall contain unaudited financial statements with respect to the
Partnership. All such reports shall be prepared in accordance with
GAAP (except for the absence of notes to the financial statements and typical
year-end adjustments); and
(iii) as
soon as practicable (but in no event later than ninety (90) days) following the
end of each Fiscal Year, (A) in the case of the Investment, a statement of the
Fair Market Value (provided, that with respect
to any Securities referred to in clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of the definition of
“Fair Market Value”, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined using the
closing price on the last day of the Fiscal Year, or if such day is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day (rather than the
Twenty-One-Day Average VWAP)) of the Investment determined as of the last
Business Day of such Fiscal Year, and (B) in the case of any property (other
than the Investment) held by the Partnership during such Fiscal Year, an
appropriately qualified third-party independent expert valuation of such
property (it being understood valuations of property (other than the Investment)
shall be updated only on a triennial basis).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 8.1(b),
the General Partner shall have the right to transition the Partnership’s
financial reporting from reporting in accordance with GAAP to reporting in
accordance with IFRS.
(c) The
General Partner shall use commercially reasonable efforts to send, as soon as
possible after the end of each Fiscal Year, but by no later than April 1st of
each Fiscal Year, to each Limited Partner (or a former Partner with respect to
the period during which such former Partner was a Partner) a schedule K-1 and
such other information and documents as are necessary to make appropriate tax
filings with respect to such Fiscal Year, as requested in writing by the Limited
Partner or former Limited Partner acting reasonably.
(d) If
requested by a Partner (or a former partner with respect to the period during
which such former partner was a Partner) in writing, the General Partner shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such Person with such information
as such Person may reasonably require for the purpose of discharging its
taxation obligations or the taxation obligations of its Affiliates (in any
country or jurisdiction) arising out of its investment (or former investment) in
the Partnership. Further, the General Partner shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain the requested information and to provide such information to
such Person on a timely basis. The costs incurred by the Partnership in
obtaining and providing such information shall be borne by the Partnership
unless the information is not readily available to the Partnership from its own
records or such Person (in its absolute discretion) agrees otherwise. In the
event the costs of obtaining and providing such information are to be borne by
the Person requesting the same, the General Partner shall provide to such Person
with a written estimate of the costs to be incurred by the Partnership to obtain
the requested information before commencing to obtain such
information.
8.2 Tax
Election.
(a) Elections by
Partnership. The General Partner may, but shall not be
obligated to make, in its discretion, any tax election provided under the Code
(and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder), or any provision of
state, local or foreign tax law, and the General Partner shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, be absolved from all liability for any and all
consequences to any previously admitted or subsequently admitted Partners
resulting from its making or failing to make any such election; provided, however, the
General Partner shall consult with the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (in
accordance with the Voting Agreement) regarding any material tax election under
the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. All
decisions and other matters concerning the computation and allocation of items
of income, expense, gain, loss, credit and deduction among the Partners, and
accounting procedures not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms
of this Agreement shall be determined by the General Partner in its discretion
(acting reasonably). Any determination made pursuant to this Section 8.2 by
the General Partner shall be conclusive and binding on all
Partners.
(b) Elections by
Partners. If any Partner makes any tax election that requires
the Partnership to furnish information to such Partner to enable such Partner to
compute its own tax liability, or requires the Partnership to file any tax
return or report with any tax authority, in either case that would not be
required in the absence of such election made by such Partner, the General
Partner may, as a condition to furnishing such information or filing such return
or report, require such Partner to pay to the Partnership any incremental
expenses incurred in connection therewith.
8.3 Returns.
(a) The
General Partner shall prepare or cause to be prepared all United States federal,
state and local tax and information returns of the Partnership (the “Returns”) for each
year for which such Returns are required to be filed.
(b) The
General Partner shall prepare or cause to be prepared all Exchange Act reports
of the Partnership (including, without limitation, Schedule 13D and Forms 3, 4
and 5) (the “Reports”) at such
times and for such periods for which such Reports are required to be filed and
provide copies of those Reports to each Limited Partner within two (2) Business
Days after filing, provided, however, that each Limited
Partner shall cooperate and provide any and all documentation or information
necessary in connection with such Reports to the General Partner promptly
(taking into account the filing period requirements) upon the request of the
General Partner.
8.4 Withholding Tax Payments and
Obligations. If withholding taxes are paid or required to be
paid in respect of payments made to or by the Partnership, such payments or
obligations shall be treated as follows:
(a) Payments to the
Partnership. If the Partnership receives proceeds in respect
of which a tax has been withheld, the Partnership shall be treated as having
received cash in an amount equal to the amount of such withheld tax, and, for
all purposes of this Agreement, each Partner shall be treated as having received
a distribution pursuant to Section 6.1
hereof equal to the portion of the withholding tax allocable to such Partner, as
determined by the General Partner in its reasonable discretion.
(b) Payments by the Partnership
and Others. The Partnership is authorized to withhold from any
payment made to, or any distributive share of, a Partner any taxes that are, in
the General Partner’s reasonable determination, required by law to be
withheld. If, and to the extent, the Partnership is required to make
any such tax payments with respect to any distributive share of income or gain
of a Partner, the General Partner shall, except in the case of any such tax
payments which are required by applicable law to be made sooner, give written
notice to the Partner and give such Partner five (5) Business Days to elect that
either (i) such Partner’s proportionate share of such distribution shall be
reduced by the amount of such tax payments (which tax payments shall be treated
as a distribution to such Partner pursuant to Section 6.1
hereof), or (ii) such Partner shall pay to the Partnership prior to such
distribution an amount of cash equal to such tax payments (which payment of cash
shall not be deemed a Capital Contribution for purposes hereof and shall not
reduce the Available Commitment of such Partner) and the Partner shall receive
such distribution without reduction so long as the Partnership has received the
full amount of such cash payment prior to such distribution. In the
event a portion of a distribution in kind is retained by the Partnership
pursuant to clause (i) above, such retained in kind amounts may, in the
discretion of the General Partner, either (A) be distributed to the other
Partners, or (B) the General Partner as agent on behalf of such Partner may sell
such retained in kind amounts for the account of such Partner, with the General
Partner retaining the amounts necessary to satisfy such tax payments and
remitting any excess amount to such Partner.
(c) Overwithholding. None
of the Partnership or the General Partner shall be liable for any excess taxes
withheld and remitted in respect of any Limited Partner’s Interest, and, in the
event of overwithholding, a Limited Partner’s sole recourse shall be to apply
for a refund from the appropriate governmental authority.
(d) Certain Withheld Taxes
Treated as Demand Loans. Any taxes withheld pursuant to Section 8.4(a)
or 8.4(b)
hereof shall be treated as if distributed to the relevant Partner to the extent
an amount equal to such withheld taxes would then be distributable to such
Partner, and, to the extent in excess of such distributable amounts, as a demand
loan payable by the Partner to the Partnership with interest at the Prime Rate
in effect from time to time plus two percent (2%), compounded annually, such
interest to accrue from and after the date the General Partner is deemed to have
given notice to the Partner hereunder. The General Partner may, in its
discretion, either demand payment of the principal and accrued interest on such
demand loan at any time, and enforce payment thereof by legal process, or may
withhold from one (1) or more distributions to a Partner amounts sufficient to
satisfy such Partner’s obligations under any such demand loan. The Partner may
at any time voluntarily repay any outstanding amounts in respect of a demand
loan in whole or part.
(e) Tax
Indemnity. If the Partnership, the General Partner, or any of
their respective Affiliates, or any of their respective shareholders, partners,
members, officers, directors, employees, managers and, as determined by the
General Partner in its discretion, consultants or agents (each a “Tax Indemnified
Party”, each of which is a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement
solely for purposes of this Section 8.4(e)),
becomes liable as a result of a failure to withhold and remit taxes in respect
of any Partner (other than a failure to remit amounts withheld or that have been
paid to the Partnership by the Partner in cash pursuant to Section 8.4(b)
hereof), then, in addition to, and without limiting, any indemnities for which
such Partner may be liable under Article 9 hereof,
such Partner shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold
harmless each Tax Indemnified Party, in respect of all taxes, including interest
and penalties, and any expenses incurred in any examination, determination,
resolution and payment of such liability incurred by such Tax Indemnified Party,
except any such amount arising as a result of any act or omission with respect
to which an arbitration panel, in accordance with Section 12.14
hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such Tax Indemnified
Party was grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful
and knowing material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of
law. The provisions contained in this Section 8.4(e)
shall survive the termination of the Partnership, the termination of this
Agreement and the Transfer of any Interest.
(f) Refunds of Withholding
Taxes. In the event that the Partnership receives a refund of
taxes previously withheld by a third party from one (1) or more payments to the
Partnership, the economic benefit of such refund shall be apportioned among the
Partners in a manner reasonably determined by the General Partner to offset the
prior operation of this Section 8.4 in
respect of such withheld taxes.
8.5 Tax Matters Partner;
Partnership Status; Certain Tax Elections. The General Partner
is designated as the “Tax Matters Partner” for all purposes pursuant to Sections
6221 – 6231 of the Code (and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder). The Tax Matters Partner shall have the right to retain
professional assistance in respect of any audit of the Partnership and all
expenses and fees reasonably and properly incurred by the Tax Matters Partner on
behalf of the Partnership as Tax Matters Partner shall be reimbursed by the
Partnership. The Partnership shall not file an election under Section
7701 of the Code (or any similar provision of state law) to be classified as a
corporation. No election shall be made by the Partnership to be
excluded from the provisions of Subchapter K, Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the
Code or from any similar provision of any state tax law. The General
Partner may, in its sole discretion, make a Section 754 of the Code election or
an election to have the Partnership treated as an “electing investment
partnership” for purposes of Section 743 of the Code.
8.6 Advice. A
Partner may, by written notice to the General Partner, request that the General
Partner provide a copy of any written taxation advice the General Partner has
obtained from external taxation and other advisers, and the General Partner
shall provide such copy to the Partner (with a copy being provided to all other
Partners within a reasonable period of time). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (a) a Partner shall not be entitled to a copy of any written taxation
advice unless such Partner shall have executed and delivered to the taxation or
other advisor that provided such written tax advice, such waiver of reliance and
release from liability in respect of such advice as may be requested by such
taxation or other advisor, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
tax advisor (provided,
that no Partner shall be required to sign any such waiver or release if the
effect thereof would be to prevent the Persons entitled to rely on such advice
from being able to exercise all rights available to such Persons in respect of
such advice), and (b) the General Partner may impose such reasonable
restrictions and conditions in respect of such written tax advice as the General
Partner determines are necessary or appropriate to preserve any privilege which
exists with respect to such advice.
ARTICLE
9
EXCULPATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Exculpation. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Indemnified Party shall be
liable, in damages or otherwise, to the Partnership, the Partners or any of
their Affiliates for any act or omission performed or omitted by any of them
(including, without limitation, any act or omission performed or omitted by any
of them in good faith reliance upon and in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement or in reasonable reliance upon and in accordance with the opinion
or advice of experts, including, without limitation, of legal counsel as to
matters of law, of accountants as to matters of accounting, or of investment
bankers or appraisers as to matters of valuation), except with respect to, in
the case of any Indemnified Party other than any member of the Board of
Directors (including any Limited Partner represented by any member of the Board
of Directors in respect of acts or omissions by such Person as a member
thereof), any act or omission with respect to which an arbitration panel, in
accordance with Section 12.14
hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such Indemnified
Party was grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful
and knowing material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the
management of the Partnership. The provisions of this Agreement, to
the extent that they expressly eliminate or restrict the duties (including
fiduciary duties) and liabilities of an Indemnified Party otherwise existing at
law or in equity, are agreed by the Partners to replace such other duties and
liabilities of such Indemnified Party.
9.2 Indemnification.
(a) To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership shall and does
hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the General Partner, any Affiliate
thereof, the members of the Board of Directors (including any Limited Partner
represented by any member of the Board of Directors in respect of the actions by
such Person as a member thereof), any officer of the Partnership and their
respective Constituent Members, representatives, employees, managers,
consultants or agents (each, an “Indemnified Party”,
each of which shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement solely for
purposes of this Section 9.2),
from and against any loss or damage incurred by them or by the Partnership for
any act or omission taken or suffered by each Indemnified Party (including,
without limitation, any act or omission performed or omitted by any of them in
reasonable reliance upon and in accordance with the opinion or advice of
experts, including, without limitation, of legal counsel as to matters of law,
of accountants as to matters of accounting, or of investment bankers or
appraisers as to matters of valuation) in connection with the Partnership
Business (including, without limitation, acting as a director, officer, manager
or member of GGP), and to pay all judgments and claims against such Indemnified
Party including costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any amount expended in
the settlement of any claims (to the extent permitted by Section 9.2(e)
below) or loss or damage, except that no amount shall be paid under this Section 9.2 with
respect to (i) in the case of any Indemnified Party other than any member of the
Board of Directors (including any Limited Partner represented by any member of
the Board of Directors in respect of acts or omissions by such Person as a
member thereof) any act or omission with respect to which an arbitration panel,
in accordance with Section 12.14
hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such Indemnified
Party was grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful
and knowing material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the
management of the Partnership and (ii) in the case of any Indemnified Party who
is a member of the Board of Directors (other than the General Partner)
(including any Limited Partner represented by any member of the Board of
Directors in respect of acts or omissions by such Person as a member thereof),
any act or omission which was taken by such Indemnified Party in bad faith.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.2, (A)
no Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification in its capacity or in
respect of its obligations as a Limited Partner, (B) neither a member of the
Board of Directors, the General Partner, any of its Affiliates nor their
respective Constituent Members, employees, managers, consultants or agents shall
be entitled to indemnification by the Partnership in respect of any Internal
Dispute and (C) no Person shall be entitled to indemnification for costs or
expenses incurred by such Person in a litigation in which such Person is a
plaintiff and is not acting on behalf of the Partnership, the General Partner,
GGP or any of their respective Affiliates, other than with respect to costs or
expenses incurred by such Person to establish and/or enforce such Person’s right
to indemnification or exculpation as an Indemnified Party pursuant to this
Agreement. The provisions set forth in this Section 9.2
shall survive the termination of the Partnership and this
Agreement.
(b) The
General Partner shall, at the Partnership’s expense, maintain directors and
officers insurance for the benefit of the members of the Board of Directors and
officers of the Partnership on terms customary with industry practice and the
General Partner shall promptly provide the Partners with written notice if there
is a material adverse change in the type of, or a reduction in the level of
coverage under, the directors and officers insurance or any other insurance
policy disclosed by the General Partner to a Partner prior to the Initial
Closing Date. Prior to any Indemnified Party seeking indemnification
from the Partnership pursuant to Section 9.2(a)
hereof, such Indemnified Party shall seek payment, to the extent available,
under the directors and officers insurance policy of the
Partnership.
(c) The
General Partner shall have the right and authority to require to be included in
any and all Partnership contracts that it and the Limited Partners shall not be
personally liable thereon and that the Person contracting with the Partnership
shall look solely to the Partnership and its assets for
satisfaction.
(d) Except
as otherwise provided herein, the satisfaction of any indemnification obligation
pursuant to Section 9.2(a)
hereof shall be from and limited to Partnership assets. No Partner
shall have any obligation to make Capital Contributions to fund its share of any
indemnification obligations hereunder; provided, however, that each
Partner shall be obligated to return amounts distributed to it in order to fund
any deficiency in the Partnership’s indemnity obligations hereunder to the
extent provided in Section 3.5
hereof.
(e) An
Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to receive any payments under Section 9.2(a)
hereof for amounts in connection with the settlement of any claim involving
potential losses in excess of $2,000,000 (determined, in the aggregate, on a
Consortium-wide basis) without such settlement having been approved pursuant to
the Voting Agreement, which such approval shall be based on the approval of a
Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles.
(f)
Expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in
defense or settlement of any claim that may be subject to a right of
indemnification hereunder shall be advanced by the Partnership prior to the
final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
Indemnified Party to repay such amount to the extent that it shall be determined
upon final decision, judgment or order that such Indemnified Party is not
entitled to be indemnified hereunder; provided, that the
Partnership shall not advance such expenses if the General Partner believes
(acting reasonably) that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be
indemnified hereunder or there is a reasonable possibility that such Indemnified
Party is not entitled and that the Indemnified Party may be unable to repay such
amount; provided,
further, that if the Indemnified Party seeking the advance of such
expenses is the General Partner or an Affiliate of the General Partner, such
determination shall be made pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such
determination shall be based on the determination of a Hyper-Majority Vote of
Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles (excluding from both the numerator and
denominator of such percentage the Consortium Percentage Interests voted at the
direction of any board of directors of any Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicle
consisting only of the General Partner and its Affiliates, including any Person
or account the Interest of which is managed by Brookfield on a discretionary
basis). No advances shall be made by the Partnership under this Section 9.2(f)
without the prior written approval of the General Partner.
(g) Any
repeal or modification of this Article 9 shall not
adversely affect any rights of any Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 9, including
the right to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a Indemnified
Party existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any
acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE
10
TRANSFERS
BY LIMITED PARTNERS; WITHDRAWAL OF AND TRANSFER BY GENERAL PARTNER; LIQUIDITY
EVENTS
10.1 Restrictions on Transfer by
Limited Partners.
(a) General.
(i) During the Standstill
Period. During the time period through the date the Standstill
Period expires, except in accordance with Sections 10.1(a)(iii),
10.6 and 10.8, no Limited
Partner may Transfer, and each Limited Partner shall ensure that no Transfer by
any other Person occurs in respect of, all or any portion of its Interest
(including by way of Transfer of an interest in or in an interest held by such
Partner).
(ii) Following the Standstill
Period. Following the date the Standstill Period expires,
except in accordance with Sections 10.1(a)(iii),
10.6 and 10.8 and subject to
compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 10.1(b)
(as applicable), no Limited Partner may Transfer, and each Limited Partner shall
ensure that no Transfer by any other Person occurs in respect of, all or any
portion of its Interest (including by way of Transfer of an interest in or in an
interest held by such Partner) without the prior written consent of the General
Partner, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(iii) Affiliate
Transfers. Notwithstanding Sections 10.1(a)(i)
and 10.1(a)(ii)
(but in any event subject to Sections 10.3
and 10.4), at
any time during or following the expiration of the Standstill Period, any
Limited Partner may Transfer all or any portion of its Interest (including by
way of Transfer of an interest in or in an interest held by such Partner) to an
Affiliate of such Limited Partner without the prior written consent of the
General Partner (it being understood that a Limited Partner effecting such a
Transfer shall thereafter remain liable for its Available Commitment, unless
released therefrom by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion).
(iv) Consequences of Prohibited
Transfers. Any purported Transfer of or in respect of all or
any part of the Interest of any Limited Partner (whether by way of a Transfer by
any Limited Partner of its Interest or by way of a Transfer by any other Person
in respect such Interest or of an interest in such Limited Partner) not made in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1(a)
or without satisfaction of the other requirements of Sections 10.1,
10.3 or 10.4 hereof shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void and of no force or effect
and the General Partner shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
entitled to cause the Transfer or re-Transfer thereof to another Person for an
amount equal to the relevant portion of the Capital Account associated with such
Limited Partner’s Interest at the time of Transfer or re-Transfer (or, in the
case of a purported Transfer by any other Person in respect of all or any
portion of such Limited Partner’s Interest including by way of Transfer of an
interest in or in an interest held by a Partner, the Transfer of all or any
portion of such Limited Partner’s Interest for an amount equal to the relevant
portion of the Capital Account associated with such Limited Partner’s Interest
at the time of such Transfer). Further, in the event of any Transfer
of or in respect of all or any part of the Interest of any Limited Partner
(whether by way of a Transfer by any Limited Partner of its Interest or by way
of a Transfer by any other Person in respect such Interest) without satisfaction
of the requirements of Section 10.1(b),
such Limited Partner shall be deemed to be a “Defaulting Limited Partner” for
the purposes of Section 3.6(b)
hereof and for the purposes of such Partner’s voting rights under this
Agreement.
(b) Right of First
Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein (but still subject to Section 10.3(c),
(d) and (e) hereof), at any
time after the Standstill Period, a Partner may Transfer all or any portion of
its Interest, subject to compliance by such Partner with the requirements of
this Section 10.1(b);
provided, that such
Partner shall not be required to comply with the requirements of the next
following sentence, including clauses (i) through (vi) thereof, in connection
with a Transfer to an Affiliate of such Partner. Such Partner (the
“Selling
Member”) must first offer such Interest (the “Offered Interest”) to
the remaining Consortium Members (the “Offeree Members”)
pursuant to the following procedures:
(i) the
Selling Members shall provide notice to the Partnership, the General Partner and
the Offeree Members of its desire to potentially sell, assign or transfer its
Interest (the “Potential Transfer
Notice”);
(ii) at
any time during the ten (10) day period beginning thirty (30) days following the
date of deemed receipt of the Potential Transfer Notice, the Selling Members may
give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to the
Partnership, the General Partner and the Offeree Members of its offer to sell,
assign or transfer the Offered Interest and the price (the “Offer Price”) and
terms under which it is prepared to do so (the “Offer
Terms”);
(iii) each
Offeree Member shall have fifteen (15) days from the date of deemed receipt of
the Offer Notice (such period, the “Acceptance Notice
Period”) to elect to purchase all or any portion of the Offered Interest
at the Offer Price and under the Offer Terms by providing notice to the
Partnership, the General Partner and the Selling Members (the “Acceptance
Notice”);
(iv) the
purchase by any Offeree Member of the Offered Interest or any portion thereof
shall take place within five (5) Business Days of the date of deemed receipt of
the Acceptance Notice;
(v) if
the aggregate amount of Interests that the Offeree Members elect to purchase
under the Acceptance Notices is in excess of the Offered Interest, the portion
of the Offered Interest which each Offeree Member providing an Acceptance Notice
shall acquire shall be determined by allocating the Offered Interest among the
Offeree Members as follows: (1) first, to each Offeree Member the lesser of (A)
the portion of the Offered Interest indicated in its Acceptance Notice to the
extent it has not been allocated to such Offeree Member on a previous
application of this Section 10.1(b)(v)(1)
and (B) its pro
rata share (determined based on such Offeree Member’s Commitment as a
proportion of the aggregate Commitments of all Offeree Members providing an
Acceptance Notice) of the Offered Interest which has not been allocated on a
previous application of this Section 10.1(b)(v)(1);
and (2) second, by repeating the allocation process in Section 10.1(b)(v)(1)
until all of the Offered Interest has been allocated;
(vi) if
the aggregate amount of Interests under the Acceptance Notices is less than the
Offered Interest, the Selling Members may, in its discretion, for a period of 90
days following the end of the Acceptance Notice Period, sell, assign or transfer
all or any portion of the Offered Interest (including such portion as the
Offeree Members may have elected to purchase pursuant to Section 10.1(b)(iii)
hereof) to a third party at a price that equals or exceeds the Offer Price and
otherwise on substantially no more favorable terms to such third party than the
Offer Terms; and
(vii) for
the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.1(b)
shall not be applicable to a sale, assignment or transfer of Interests by BAM or
its wholly-owned Affiliates in accordance with Section 10.7
hereof or by a Partner in accordance with Section 10.8.
(c) If
any Partner is unable, despite good faith efforts, to transfer its Interests in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 10.1(b)
hereof for a period of six (6) months, upon notice to all other Partners, such
Partner may require that the Partnership Dispose of all, but not less than all,
of such Partner’s pro
rata share of the Investment and other assets of the Partnership, the
proceeds of which shall be subject to reduction by a reasonable estimate of the
Disposing Member’s proportionate share of all of the Partnership’s liabilities
and the costs reasonably expected to be incurred in connection with a
Disposition of the Investment and the other assets of the Partnership, in each
case as determined by the Independent Accounting Firm.
(d) With
respect to any sale, assignment or transfer contemplated by Section 10.1(b)
hereof, the Partnership and the General Partner shall cooperate and provide such
assistance as may be reasonably requested by a Selling Members to enable such
Selling Members to gather and disclose such information as may be reasonably
necessary or desirable to facilitate a sale, assignment or transfer of its
Interest to a third party (subject to commercially reasonable confidentiality
undertakings having regard to market practice as determined by the General
Partner (acting reasonably)); provided, that all costs
incurred in connection with any such sale, assignment or transfer shall be for
the account of such Selling Members.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if elected in writing by a
Selling Members or an Offeree Member to the Partnership and the General Partner,
in lieu of a direct sale, assignment or transfer of the Offered Interest to the
purchaser(s) thereof as contemplated by Section 10.1(b),
such Selling Members or Offeree Member may comply with the Redemption Procedure,
such that in the event of such an election by a Selling Members or an Offeree
Member, the Selling Members’s pro rata share
(determined in accordance with its Consortium Percentage Interest) of the
Investment shall be sold, assigned and transferred by the Partnership to the
Offeree Member’s respective Parallel Investment Vehicle.
10.2 Withdrawal of and Transfer
by the General Partner. Neither the General Partner nor the
Class B Limited Partner may voluntarily withdraw from the Partnership or
Transfer its Interest prior to the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Initial
Closing Date, unless such withdrawal or Transfer has been approved by a
Hyper-Majority Vote of Members (not including the General Partner or its
Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest of which is managed by
Brookfield on a discretionary basis); provided, however, that the
General Partner or the Class B Limited Partner may, at its expense, without the
consent of any Limited Partner, (i) be reconstituted as or converted into a
corporation or other form of entity (any such reconstituted or converted entity
being deemed to be the General Partner or the Class B Limited Partner, as
applicable, for all purposes hereof) by merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
plan of arrangement or otherwise, so long as such transaction does not result in
a Change of Control, or (ii) (A) in the case of the General Partner, Transfer
its Class C Interest (or any portion thereof) or (B) in the case of the Class B
Limited Partner, Transfer its Class B Interest (or any portion thereof), in each
case to one (1) or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of BAM so long as such other
entity shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the General Partner or
the Class B Limited Partner, as applicable, with respect to such Transferred
Interest under this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and any other related
agreements of the General Partner, or the Class B Limited Partner, as
applicable, including any obligations under Sections 3.5(b)(iv)
and 6.7 hereof
in respect of distributions of Carried Interest received by the Class B Limited
Partner. In the event of a Transfer of all of its Interest as a
general partner of the Partnership in accordance with this Section 10.2,
its Transferee shall be substituted in its place and admitted to the Partnership
as general partner of the Partnership upon its execution of a counterpart of
this Agreement, and immediately thereafter, the former general partner shall
cease to be a general partner of the Partnership, and such substituted general
partner is hereby authorized to, and shall, continue the business of the
Partnership without dissolution as the General Partner.
10.3 Additional Requirements and
Conditions.
(a)
In addition to the
requirements and conditions set forth in Section 10.1
hereof, any Transfer, in whole or in part, of a Limited Partner’s Interest
(including any Transfer structured to comply with the Redemption Procedure) must
be documented in writing and such documentation must (i) be in a form acceptable
to the General Partner (determined in the reasonable discretion of the General
Partner), (ii) have terms that are not in contravention of any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of applicable law and (iii) be duly executed by the
Transferor and Transferee of such Interest. For greater certainty,
the documentation referred to in the immediately preceding sentence may, in the
discretion of the General Partner, include a subscription agreement in the form
of the Subscription Agreement. Each Transferor agrees that it shall
pay all reasonable expenses, including legal fees, incurred by the Partnership
or the General Partner in connection with a Transfer of its Interest, except to
the extent that the Transferee thereof agrees to bear such
expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Partnership and the General
Partner shall be entitled to treat the Transferor of a Limited Partner’s
Interest as the absolute owner thereof in all respects, and the Partnership
shall incur no liability for allocations of income, losses, other items or
distributions, or transmittal of reports and notices required to be given to
Limited Partners hereunder which are made in good faith to such Transferor until
(i) such time as the written instrument of the Transfer has been physically
received by the Partnership; (ii) compliance with Sections 10.1,
10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 hereof has taken
place; (iii) the documentation in the form required by Section 10.3(a)
hereof has been recorded on the Partnership books (which the General Partner
must do as soon as practicable) and (iv) the effective date of such Transfer has
passed. The effective date of the Transfer of an Interest shall be
the first day of the month following the day on which the last of clauses (i)
through (iv) of this Section 10.3(b)
occurs or at such earlier time as the General Partner determines in its
discretion, being a time no earlier than the time at which the last of clauses
(i) through (iv) of this Section 10.3(b)
occurs.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no Transfer of any Limited Partner’s
Interest (including any Transfer structured to comply with the Redemption
Procedure) may be made unless the General Partner, (i) if so requested of the
Transferor by the General Partner, shall have received from the Transferor an
opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the General Partner (or waived
such requirement) that such Transfer would not reasonably be expected to (A)
result in a violation of, or require the Partnership or the General Partner to
register as an investment company, investment advisor or similar registration
requirement under, any United States federal or state securities laws or cause
the assets of the Partnership to be or to be deemed to be “plan assets” within
the meaning of ERISA or the Code, (B) result in a termination of the
Partnership’s status as a partnership for tax purposes, (C) result in a
violation of any law, rule or regulation by the Transferor, the Transferee, the
Partnership or the General Partner, (D) result in (I) the Partnership being
treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of
the Code (and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder), or (II) a
termination of the Partnership pursuant to Section 708 of the Code (and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) (provided, however, that the
General Partner may waive the restrictions in subclause (II) in its discretion),
(ii) shall have determined that the effect of such Transfer would not
likely result in a material adverse effect on the Partnership or any of its
Affiliates, or any portion of the Investment (including, without limitation,
that the Partnership would, as a result of such Transfer, be required to
register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act or that the
Partnership or any Partner would, as a result of such Transfer, be subject to
any liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act), and (iii) received
a guaranty in favor of the Partnership, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the General Partner, of the obligations of such Transferee under
this Agreement or evidence satisfactory to the General Partner that such
Transferee is of good standing and has financial capabilities adequate to fund
the Transferred Commitment; provided, that no such
guaranty shall be required after all of the Transferor’s Commitment has been
drawn or is no longer available to be drawn. The General Partner agrees to
promptly provide any Limited Partner seeking to Transfer its Interest in
accordance with this Section 10.3
with such information as such Limited Partner may reasonably request to enable
it to satisfy the requirements of this Section 10.3(c). In
addition, no Transfer of any Limited Partner’s Interest shall be made to a
Prohibited Person or, except as provided in Section 3.3(e),
any Person that is not an institutional investor.
(d)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the requirements and
conditions set forth in Section 10.3(c)(ii)
shall apply to any Transfer, in whole or in part, of the General Partner’s or
the Class B Limited Partner’s Interest pursuant to Section 10.2,
and (ii) no Transfer of the General Partner’s or the Class B Limited Partner’s
Interest shall be made to a Prohibited Person.
(e)
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, no Transfer of (i) any Partner’s Interest or
(ii) any portion of any Partner’s pro rata share of the
Investment following an in-kind distribution thereof to such Partner, may, in
each case, be made hereunder or otherwise if such Transfer would cause the
Partnership to breach any transfer restrictions applicable to the Partnership
under the Restructuring Proposal.
10.4 Substituted Limited
Partner.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no Transferee of a Limited Partner
shall have the right to become a substituted Limited Partner unless (i) the
General Partner shall have consented thereto, which consent may be granted or
withheld in the discretion of the General Partner, (ii) the Transferee shall
have executed such documentation as the General Partner may reasonably require
to acknowledge the obligation of the Transferee to contribute the amount of the
Available Commitment of the Transferor pursuant to Article 3 hereof and
all such other instruments as shall be reasonably required by the General
Partner to signify such Transferee’s agreement to be bound by all provisions of
this Agreement and all other documents reasonably required by the General
Partner to effect the admission of the Transferee as a Limited Partner and (iii)
the Transferee or Transferor shall have paid to the Partnership the estimated
costs and expenses (including legal fees and filing costs and other
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Partnership) incurred in effecting the
Transfer and substitution. For the avoidance of doubt, any payment
made pursuant to clause (iii) in the immediately preceding sentence shall not be
considered a Capital Contribution. Such substituted Limited Partner
shall reimburse the Partnership for any excess of the actual costs and expenses
so incurred over the amount of such estimate. A Transferee shall be
deemed admitted as a substituted Limited Partner with respect to the Interest
Transferred upon its execution and delivery of a counterpart of this Agreement
(but not earlier than the effective date of the Transfer). By
execution of this Agreement or a counterpart hereof, or by authorizing such
execution on its behalf, each Limited Partner consents and agrees that any
Transferee may be admitted as a substituted Limited Partner and this Agreement
may be amended accordingly by the General Partner through the exercise of the
power of attorney granted under Section 12.6
hereof, without the necessity of any further action by, or consent of, the
Limited Partners.
(b)
Upon the admission of a Transferee as
a substituted Limited Partner, Schedule A shall be amended accordingly to
reflect the name and address of such Transferee, Class of Interests held by such
Transferee, and Commitment, Partnership Percentage Interest and Consortium
Percentage Interest of such Transferee, in each case as a substituted Limited
Partner.
(c) A
Transferee of a Limited Partner’s Interest who is not admitted as a substituted
Limited Partner pursuant to Section 10.4(a)
hereof shall be entitled only to allocations and distributions with respect to
the Interest of such Limited Partner in accordance with this Agreement, and
shall have no right to vote on any Partnership matters or, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to any information or accounting of the affairs of the
Partnership, shall not be entitled to inspect the books or records of the
Partnership and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have none of the
rights of a Partner under the Act or this Agreement.
10.5 Incapacity of a Limited
Partner.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the death, Bankruptcy, dissolution or
incompetence of a Limited Partner shall not, in and of itself, cause a
dissolution of the Partnership, and upon the occurrence of such an event, the
Partnership shall continue without dissolution. If any such event
shall occur with respect to a Limited Partner, the trustee, successors or
assigns of such Limited Partner shall succeed only to the economic interest of
such Limited Partner herein, but no such trustee, successor or assignee shall
become a substituted Limited Partner unless and until the requirements of Sections 10.1,
10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 hereof with
respect thereto have been satisfied.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Bankruptcy of a Partner shall not
cause the Partner to cease to be a partner of the Partnership, and, upon the
occurrence of such an event, the Partnership shall continue without dissolution,
except to the extent provided in Section 4.6
hereof.
10.6 Tag-Along
Rights.
(a) In
the event that (i) any Partner or Partners, acting together or at the same or
substantially the same time in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, receives a bona fide offer from any potential Transferee(s) to
Transfer to such Transferee(s) more than fifty percent (50%) of the Interests of
the Consortium or (ii) Brookfield receives a bona fide offer from any potential
Transferee(s) to Transfer to such Transferee(s) its Interests such that BAM and
its wholly-owned Affiliates would own less than the Brookfield Minimum Hold (any
Partner which is the recipient of any such offer, a “Tag-Along Partner”
and any such Transfer, a “Tag-Along Transfer”),
such Tag-Along Partner(s) shall comply with the requirements of Section 10.1(b)
and if the Offeree Members do not elect to purchase the entire Offered Interest
of such Tag-Along Partner(s), then such Tag-Along Partner(s) may proceed to
enter into a definitive agreement to consummate such Tag-Along Transfer and as
promptly as reasonably practicable after entering into any such definitive
agreement, then such Tag-Along Partner(s) shall notify each other Partner of
such Tag-Along Transfer in accordance with Article 12 hereof,
such notice to contain a copy of the definitive agreement and state in
reasonable detail the material terms of such agreement including the Transfer
price and, in the case of a Tag-Along Transfer comprising multiple transactions
or at multiple prices, such Transfer price shall for the purposes of this Section 10.6 be
the volume weighted average price (each, a “Tag-Along
Notice”).
(b) Each
Partner who receives a Tag-Along Notice shall deliver to the Tag-Along Partner
or the General Partner, as applicable, not more than fifteen (15) Business Days
after the Tag-Along Notice, a written reply stating whether or not such Partner
intends to exercise such Partner’s rights under Section 10.6(c)
hereof with respect to such Tag-Along Transfer (each, a “Reply”). If
a Partner receives a Tag-Along Notice but fails to deliver a Reply to a
Tag-Along Notice within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, such Partner
shall be deemed to have irrevocably waived such Partner’s rights under this
Section 10.6
with respect to the subject Tag-Along Transfer.
(c) With
respect to any Tag-Along Transfer, each Partner may, but is under no obligation
to, elect to sell, assign or transfer to the Transferee(s), on substantially the
same terms as the relevant Tag-Along Partner, a portion of such Partner’s
Interests not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of such Partner’s Interests
(the “Tagging
Partners”). The Tag-Along Partner shall negotiate in good
faith with the Transferee(s) with the objective of consummating a Tag-Along
Transfer involving the sale, assignment or transfer of Interests in an aggregate
amount equal to the aggregate Interests desired to be sold, assigned or
transferred by the Tag-Along Partner and each of the Tagging
Partners. In the event the Tag-Along Partner is successful in
negotiating a Tag-Along Transfer involving the sale, assignment or transfer of
such Interests on substantially the terms in the Tag-Along Notice, all such
Interests shall be sold, assigned and transferred to the Transferee(s) in
connection with the Tag-Along Transfer. In the event the Tag-Along
Partner is only successful in negotiating a Tag-Along Transfer involving the
sale, assignment or transfer of some of such Interests on substantially the
terms in the Tag-Along Notice, the Interests which the Tag-Along Partner and
each Tagging Partner shall sell, assign and transfer in connection with such
Tag-Along Transfer shall be determined by allocating the Interests among the
Tag-Along Partners and Tagging Partners as follows: (1) first, to each such
Partner the lesser of (A) the portion of such Interests that such Partner
desires to sell, assign or transfer to the extent it has not been allocated to
such Partner on a previous application of this Section 10.6(c)(1)
and (B) its pro
rata share (determined based on such Partner’s Commitment as a proportion
of the aggregate Commitments of all Tag-Along Partners and Tagging Partners) of
the Interests which have not been allocated on a previous application of this
Section 10.6(c)(1)
and (2) second, by repeating the allocation process in Section 10.6(c)(1)
until all of the Interests have been allocated. The aggregate amount of
consideration from the Transferee(s) for the Interests being sold, assigned and
transferred in connection with the Tag-Along Transfer shall be divided among the
Tag-Along Partner and the Tagging Partners pro rata in
proportion to the Interests being sold, assigned and transferred by each of them
in connection with such Tag-Along Transfer. If such consideration is
in more than one form, the aggregate amount of the consideration of each form
shall be apportioned among the Tag-Along Partner and the Tagging Partners pro rata in
proportion to the Interests being transferred by each of them in connection with
such Tag-Along Transfer.
(d) Each
sale, assignment or transfer in connection with a Tag-Along Transfer shall be
effectuated as promptly as practicable but in no event more than fifteen (15)
Business Days after the expiration of the fifteen (15) Business Day period set
forth in Section 10.6(b)
hereof or the earlier date on which the Tag-Along Partner has received a Reply
from each Partner to the relevant Tag-Along Notice. Each sale,
assignment or transfer to be made in connection with a Tag-Along Transfer shall
be effectuated simultaneously on substantially the terms in the Tag-Along Notice
and no Tagging Partner or Tag-Along Partner shall consummate any sale,
assignment or transfer in connection with a Tag-Along Transfer unless the
Tag-Along Partner and each Tagging Partner are permitted to consummate all such
sales, assignments and transfers. At the time such Transfers are
consummated, the Tag-Along Partner shall require that the Transferee remit
directly to the Tag-Along Partner and the Tagging Partners that portion of the
consideration to which each of them is entitled. In the event that
any Tag-Along Transfer and its related sales, assignments and transfers are not
consummated prior to the expiration of the fifteen (15) Business Day period set
forth in this Section 10.6(d)
or the Transferee fails timely to remit any portion of the consideration, such
Tag-Along Transfer shall be deemed to be in violation of this Section 10.6
unless a new Tag-Along Notice is delivered and the procedures set forth in this
Section 10.6 are
repeated.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if requested in writing by
any Tag-Along Partner or any Tagging Partner to the Partnership and the General
Partner, in lieu of a direct sale, assignment or transfer of such Partner’s
Interest to the Transferee as contemplated by this Section 10.6,
such Partner may comply with the Redemption Procedure.
10.7 Syndication. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Article 10 to the
contrary (but subject to Section 10.3(c)
hereof), so long as the aggregate Commitments of BAM and its wholly-owned
Affiliates represent more than the Brookfield Minimum Hold, then, for a period
ending six (6) months following the effective date of the Plan, Brookfield shall
have the right, at its sole cost and expense, at any time and from time to time,
to syndicate its Commitment to one or more third parties and/or one or more
investment vehicles managed by Brookfield; provided, that BAM and its
wholly-owned Affiliates shall, in the aggregate, maintain Commitments of no less
than the Brookfield Minimum Hold.
10.8 Liquidity
Events.
(a) Failure to Satisfy Minimum
Condition. If the Minimum Condition has not been satisfied by
the Long Stop Date, the General Partner shall attempt to Dispose of the
Investment and other assets of the Consortium through an en bloc sale or other
orderly disposition to maximize value; provided, that if such sale
is not completed within three (3) weeks following the Long Stop Date, the
Investment shall be Disposed of through an in-kind distribution to the
Consortium Members in accordance with Article 6 (and the
corresponding provision of each Parallel Investment Vehicle) and the Fair Market
Value thereof shall be determined at the date of such distribution.
(b) General Partner
Removal. Upon the removal of the General Partner as the
general partner of the Partnership in accordance with Section 4.6
hereof, the Partnership will be wound up and the assets of the Partnership
liquidated in accordance with Section 11.3.
(c) Hyper-Majority Vote of
Members. Upon the approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Members
, the General Partner shall make a Disposition of the Investment and other
assets of the Partnership through an en bloc sale or other orderly disposition
to maximize value. For greater certainty, subject to Section 4.5, no
Partner shall be entitled to, or be restricted from, acquiring the Investment
from the Partnership at such time; provided that any acquisition
of all or any part of the Investment by the General Partner or its Affiliates
shall require the Hyper-Majority Vote of Members (other than the General Partner
and its Affiliates, including any Person or account the Interest of which is
managed by Brookfield on a discretionary basis).
(d)
Rights Following the Third
Anniversary. At any time following the third (3rd) anniversary of the
effective date of the Plan, General Partner or any Partner, as applicable, may
exercise on the following liquidity rights:
(i) General Partner Sale
Recommendation.
(A) The
General Partner may recommend (a “Sale Recommendation”)
that the Investment and all other assets of the Consortium be sold, which
recommendation, if any, shall include reasonable details relating to the
intended strategy or exit plan to be pursued and such other information as the
General Partner determines may be relevant to Partners in deciding whether to
accept such recommendation. Any Partner may accept such Sale Recommendation
within the ten (10) Business Day period following the date of such
recommendation (the “Sale Recommendation
Acceptance Period”). If one or more Partners accepts such Sale
Recommendation, the General Partner in its discretion shall Dispose of such
Partners’ Consortium Percentage Interests of the Investment and other assets of
the Consortium in the manner set forth in the Sale Recommendation or by such
other means of maximizing value as the General Partner may determine, including,
without limitation, through an en bloc sale or other orderly disposition (it
being understood that the proceeds from such sale distributable to each such
Partner shall be reduced by such Partner’s Consortium Percentage Interest of the
liabilities of the Consortium, such Partner’s Partnership Percentage Interest of
any Partnership-specific liabilities (as determined in accordance with Section 4.12(c))
and the Partner’s proportionate share (determined by dividing such Partner’s
Invested Capital by the aggregate sum of the Invested Capital of all the
Consortium Members participating in the Sale Recommendation) of the costs
incurred in connection with the Disposition of such portion of the Investment
and other assets of the Consortium, as determined by the Independent Accounting
Firm as of the date such portion of the Investment and other assets of the
Consortium are sold). At any time following the Sale Recommendation Acceptance
Period, a Partner that did not accept the Sale Recommendation may nonetheless
request that its pro
rata share (determined in accordance with its Consortium Percentage
Interest) of the Investment and other assets of the Consortium be sold by the
Consortium and the proceeds distributed (it being understood that the proceeds
from such sale distributable to each such Partner shall be reduced by such
Partner’s Consortium Percentage Interest of the liabilities of the Consortium,
such Partner’s Partnership Percentage Interest of any Partnership-specific
liabilities (as determined in accordance with Section 4.12(c))
and the Partner’s proportionate share (determined by dividing such Partner’s
Invested Capital by the aggregate sum of the Invested Capital of all the
Consortium Members participating in the Sale Recommendation) of the costs
incurred in connection with the Disposition of such portion of the Investment
and other assets of the Consortium, as determined by the Independent Accounting
Firm as of the date such portion of the Investment and other assets of the
Consortium are sold). In the event that such request is made prior to completion
of the Disposition being made pursuant to the Sale Recommendation, the General
Partner will endeavor to cause such pro rata share to be
included in the en bloc sale being made pursuant to the Sale Recommendation, and
otherwise will seek to sell such pro rata share of the
Investment and other assets of the Consortium in the market or otherwise in a
manner that seeks to maximize value.
(B) In
connection with any Sale Recommendation, and solely for the purpose of Sections 6.1(b),
6.1(d) and
6.1(e) hereof,
the entire Investment and other assets of the Consortium will be deemed to be
Disposed of and the proceeds distributed as follows: (x) in the event any
Partner accepts the Sale Recommendation within the Sale Recommendation
Acceptance Period, such distribution shall be based on the price received under
such Disposition and taking into account the liabilities of the Consortium, such
Partner’s Partnership Percentage Interest of any Partnership-specific
liabilities (as determined in accordance with Section 4.12(c))
and the costs reasonably expected to be incurred on a Disposition of the
Investment and other assets of the Consortium, in each case as determined by the
Independent Accounting Firm, and (y) in the event the Sale Recommendation is not
accepted by any Partner within the Sale Recommendation Acceptance Period, such
distribution shall be based on the deemed Disposition of the Investment and
other assets of the Consortium at the then-current Fair Market Value, taking
into account the liabilities of the Consortium, such Partner’s Partnership
Percentage Interest of any Partnership-specific liabilities (as determined in
accordance with Section 4.12(c))
and the costs reasonably expected to be incurred in connection with a
Disposition of the Investment and other assets of the Consortium, in each case
as determined by the Independent Accounting Firm.
(ii) Single Partner
Sale. If the General Partner has not made a recommendation as
provided in clause (ii) above, any Partner (other than the General Partner) (the
“Disposing
Member”) may seek to sell its Interests (the “Subject Interest”) to
the other Consortium Members (the “Acquiring Members”)
pursuant to the following procedures:
(A) the
Disposing Member shall provide notice to the Partnership and the Acquiring
Members of its desire to potentially sell its Interest (the “Provisional Sale
Notice”);
(B) at
any time during the ten (10) day period beginning thirty (30) days following the
date of deemed receipt of the Provisional Sale Notice, the Disposing Member may
give notice (the “Sale
Notice”) to the Partnership and the Acquiring Members of its offer to
sell its Interests (the “Sale Offer”) and the
price (the “Exit
Price”) under which it is prepared to do so;
(C) within
seven (7) days of the date of deemed receipt of the Sale Notice, each Acquiring
Member may elect by notice to the Partnership and the Disposing Member (the
“Acquisition
Notice”) to acquire all or any portion of the Subject Interest (expressed
as a percentage of the Subject Interests) at the Exit Price; provided, however
that at any time during such seven-day period, the Disposing Member may, in its
sole discretion, elect to withdraw the Sale Offer and to reject the sale of any
portion of the Subject Interest to any Acquiring Member and, if the Sale Offer
is so withdrawn and any sale is so rejected, the Disposing Member shall give
prompt written notice thereof to the Acquiring Members; provided, further, that
if the Disposing Member elects to withdraw its Sale Offer and to reject the sale
of any portion of the Subject Interest, the Disposing Member may, in its sole
discretion, elect to re-offer the Subject Interest for sale in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Section 10.8(d)(ii)(E);
(D) the
closing of any acquisition by the Acquiring Members shall take place within five
(5) Business Days of the date of deemed receipt of the Acquisition
Notice;
(E) the
Exit Price with respect to any portion of the Subject Interest to be acquired by
any Acquiring Member shall be an amount equal to the sum of (I) the product of
(x) a fraction, the numerator of which is such portion of the Subject Interest,
and the denominator of which is all Interests, and (y) an amount equal to the
sale proceeds that would have been obtained if all assets of the Partnership had
been sold at Fair Market Value on the date of the Sale Notice (provided, that (i) with
respect to any Securities referred to in clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of the
definition of “Fair Market Value”, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be
determined using the Ten-Day Average VWAP (rather than the Twenty-One-Day
Average VWAP) and (ii) with respect to any assets of the Partnership the Fair
Market Value of which is required to be determined based on a valuation made by
an appropriately qualified independent third-party valuation agent, such
valuation shall have been completed within three (3) months prior to the date of
the Sale Notice, and if no such valuation is available, the Partnership shall
obtain a valuation by an appropriately qualified independent third-party
valuation agent prior to the date the Acquisition Notice is required to be
given), less (II) (x) a reasonable estimate of the proportionate
share of all of the Partnership’s liabilities attributable to such portion of
the Subject Interest determined by the Independent Accounting Firm (the sum of
clause (I) and clause (II)(x), “Partially Adjusted Exit
Price”) and (y) the Transaction Distribution Amount and the Carried
Interest attributable to such portion of the Subject Interest determined based
on the Partially Adjusted Exit Price (it being understood that the acquisition
of the Subject Interest by the Acquiring Members shall have no effect on the
Transaction Distribution Amount and the Carried Interest, if any, distributable
to the General Partner and the Class B Limited Partner, respectively, in respect
the Subject Interest after the date of acquisition thereof by the Acquiring
Members), in each case determined by the Independent Accounting
Firm;
(F) if
the aggregate amount of Interests under the Acquisition Notices is in excess of
the Subject Interest, the Subject Interest which each Acquiring Member providing
an Acquisition Notice shall acquire shall be determined by allocating the
Subject Interest among the Acquiring Members as follows: (1) first, to each
Acquiring Member the lesser of (A) the portion of the Subject Interests
indicated in its Acquisition Notice to the extent it has not been allocated to
such Acquiring Member on a previous application of this Section 10.8(d)(ii)(F)(1)
and (B) its pro
rata share (determined based on such Acquiring Member’s Commitment as a
proportion of the aggregate Commitments of all Acquiring Members providing an
Acquisition Notice) of the Subject Interest which has not been allocated on a
previous application of this Section 10.8(d)(ii)(F)(1);
and (2) second, by repeating the allocation process in Section 10.8(d)(ii)(F)(1)
until all of the Subject Interest has been allocated; and
(G) if
the aggregate amount of Interests under the Acquisition Notices is less than the
entire Subject Interest, then the Disposing Member may elect to withdraw the
Sale Offer or elect to have the Partnership Dispose of the Disposing Member’s
remaining share of the Investment and other assets of the Partnership, the
proceeds of which shall be subject to reduction by a reasonable estimate of the
Disposing Member’s remaining share of all of the Partnership’s liabilities and
the costs incurred in connection with the Disposition of such remaining share of
the Investment and other assets of the Partnership, in each case as determined
by the Independent Accounting Firm.
(H) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if requested in writing by
any Disposing Member to the Partnership and the General Partner, in lieu of a
direct sale of the Subject Interest to the Acquiring Members as contemplated by
this Section 10.8(d)(ii),
such Disposing Member may comply with the Redemption Procedure.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, Dispositions made pursuant to this Section 10.8
shall be structured solely in a manner as to prevent any liability under Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act with respect to any Consortium Member or any entity
within the Consortium.
ARTICLE
11
DISSOLUTION
AND WINDING
UP
OF THE COMPANY
11.1 Events of
Dissolution. The Partnership shall dissolve upon the happening
of any of the following events:
(a) the
decision of the General Partner to dissolve the Partnership with the consent
pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which such consent shall be based on the
approval of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles;
(b) the
occurrence of any event that results in the General Partner ceasing to be a
general partner of the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.6
hereof or under the Act (other than in connection with a Transfer of its entire
Interest in accordance with this Agreement or if it has only been temporarily
replaced); provided,
however, that the
events set forth in Section 17-402(a)(4) of the Act shall not be events of
withdrawal and upon the happening of any of the events set forth in Section
17-402(a)(4) of the Act the Partnership shall continue without dissolution;
provided, however, that
the Partnership shall not be dissolved and required to be wound up in connection
with any such event if the Partnership is continued without dissolution in a
manner permitted by this Agreement;
(c) a
judicial decree of dissolution has been obtained; or
(d) at
any time there are no Limited Partners, unless the business of the Partnership
is continued without dissolution in accordance with the Act.
11.2 Winding
Up. Upon a dissolution of the Partnership, the Partnership
shall not terminate, but shall cease to engage in further business, except to
the extent necessary to perform existing contracts and preserve the value of its
assets, and subject to Section 4.6 the
General Partner, or if there is no general partner of the Partnership, a
liquidating trustee selected by a Majority Vote of the Tier One Parallel
Investment Vehicles (in accordance with the Voting Agreement), shall act as
liquidator to wind up the Partnership’s affairs and liquidate its assets
(including, if applicable, by means of the distribution in kind of any assets of
the Partnership, in accordance with Section 11.3(c)
hereof). During the course of the winding up and liquidation of the
Partnership, all of the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to bind the
parties and apply to the activities of the Partnership (including, without
limitation, the distribution provisions of Article 6 hereof),
except as specifically provided herein to the contrary. As promptly as possible
following dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner (or other
liquidating trustee if applicable) shall cause to be prepared a statement
setting forth the assets and liabilities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries
as of the date of dissolution, a copy of which statement shall be furnished to
all of the Partners.
11.3 Liquidation.
(a) As
soon as practicable following the effective date of dissolution, the proceeds
from liquidation shall be applied and distributed as follows:
(i) First,
to the satisfaction (whether by payment or the reasonable provision for payment)
of the obligations of the Partnership to creditors in the order of priority
established by the instruments creating or governing such obligations and to the
extent otherwise permitted by law, including to establish of any reserves which
the General Partner or other liquidating trustee as may be selected considers
necessary for any anticipated contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities
or obligations of the Partnership and to satisfy all applicable formalities in
such circumstances as may be prescribed by applicable law. All such
reserves shall be paid over to a national bank selected by the General Partner
(or other liquidating trustee if applicable) and authorized to conduct business
as an escrowee to be held by such bank as escrowee for the purpose of disbursing
such reserves in payment in respect of any of the aforementioned liabilities or
obligations. At the expiration of such period as the General Partner
(or other liquidating trustee, if applicable) shall deem advisable, any balance
of any such reserves not required to discharge such liabilities or obligations
shall be distributed as provided in subsection (ii) below; and
(ii) Second,
to the Partners in accordance with Article 6
hereof.
(b) Each
Partner shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for all distributions
with respect to the Partnership and shall have no recourse therefor, upon
dissolution or otherwise, against the General Partner or a Limited
Partner. Subject to Section 11.3(c)
hereof, no Partner shall have any right to demand or receive property other than
cash upon dissolution of the Partnership.
(c) If
upon the winding up and liquidation of the Partnership there shall be any assets
of the Partnership to be distributed in kind, the General Partner shall provide
written notice to each Partner of such distribution which notice shall set forth
the date on which the General Partner has determined to cause such distribution
to be made and shall offer to each Partner the right to elect not to receive
such in kind distribution. If the General Partner receives written
notice from any Limited Partner within five (5) Business Days following receipt
of the General Partner’s notice of an in kind distribution of assets of the
Partnership, that, in lieu of receiving such in kind distribution, such Limited
Partner desires that the General Partner dispose of such Limited Partner’s share
of the assets of the Partnership to be distributed in kind and distribute the
cash proceeds, net of all Disposition commissions and expenses, to such Limited
Partner, the General Partner shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
Dispose of such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of the Partnership to be
distributed in kind; provided,
however, that, for the purposes of this Agreement, such Limited Partner’s
share of the assets of the Partnership to be distributed in kind shall be deemed
to have been Disposed of for their Fair Market Value as of the date of the
in-kind distribution of such assets of the Partnership to the Limited Partners
who did not provide such notice. In the event the General Partner is
unable to dispose of such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of the
Partnership within two (2) weeks, such Limited Partner may deliver a written
notice to the General Partner requesting that the General Partner distribute
such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of the Partnership in kind to such
Limited Partner and the General Partner shall promptly do so. If the
General Partner does not receive a written notice of the type referred to in the
immediately preceding sentence from such Limited Partner, the General Partner
shall continue its efforts to sell such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of
the Partnership to be distributed in kind for an additional period of one (1)
week and if the General Partner is not successful in selling such Limited
Partner’s share of the assets of the Partnership to be distributed in kind
during such period, at the end of such one-week period the General Partner shall
distribute such Limited Partner’s share of the assets of the Partnership in kind
to such Partner. The Partnership shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to seek that any shares of GGP that are distributed in kind pursuant to
this Section 11.3(c)
be freely tradeable under applicable securities laws, it being acknowledged by
each of the Partners that, to the extent the Partnership is then a minority
shareholder of GGP, the Partnership may be significantly limited in its ability
to control the free tradeability of such shares.
11.4 Termination of
Partnership. Upon the application and distribution of the
proceeds of liquidation and the assets of the Partnership as provided in Section 11.3
hereof, the Partnership shall file its certificate of cancellation of the
Certificate in accordance with the Act, whereupon the Partnership shall
terminate. Upon cancellation of the Certificate in accordance with
the Act, this Agreement shall terminate (other than the rights and obligations
under Sections 3.5(b),
3.5(c), 6.5, 6.7, 8.1, 8.4(e), 9.2, 12.1, 12.3, 12.11 and 12.13 to 12.23).
11.5 Other Dissolution and
Termination Provisions. Subject to Section 11.1
hereof, none of the following shall automatically affect the existence of,
dissolve or terminate the Partnership:
(a) the
substitution, death, incompetency, (voluntary or involuntary) dissolution,
winding up, liquidation, insolvency, Bankruptcy or other disability or the
withdrawal of a Limited Partner;
(b) the
amalgamation, reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger, sale of
all or substantially all of the securities or assets of, or other change in the
ownership or nature of the General Partner;
(c) the
substitution, death, incompetency, (voluntary or involuntary) dissolution,
winding up, liquidation, insolvency, Bankruptcy or other disability or the
withdrawal of the General Partner or of any direct or indirect shareholder in
the General Partner;
(d) the
admission of any additional shareholder in the General Partner;
(e)
the admission of any additional Limited Partner to the
Partnership or the transfer of any Interest; or
(f) the
pledge, mortgage, grant of a security interest in or other encumbrance of any
Interest by a Partner.
ARTICLE
12
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
12.1 Notices.
(a) All
notices or other communications to be given hereunder to a Partner shall be in
writing and shall be sent by delivery in person, by courier service, by
electronic mail transmission or telecopy addressed as follows or such other
address as may be substituted by notice as herein provided:
(i) If
to the Partnership:
[______________]
c/o
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181 Bay
Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416)
956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
(ii) If
to the General Partner:
Brookfield
Asset Management Private
Institutional
Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P.
c/o
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181 Bay
Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416)
956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
(iii) If
to the Limited Partners, at the addresses set forth in their respective
Subscription Agreement.
(b) Any
notice given hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earliest of,
in the case of notices to and from parties within the same country: (i) if
delivered by hand during Business Hours, on the date of delivery and (ii) one
(1) day after being sent by any recognized overnight delivery service, return
receipt requested. In the case of notices to and from parties in one
country to any other country, such notices shall be deemed to have been given
upon the earlier of (A) receipt during Business Hours, and (B) five (5) days
after being sent by any internationally recognized courier service, return
receipt requested. In the case of notices sent by electronic mail
transmission, telecopy or by posting to IntraLinks (or similar online service),
such notices shall be deemed to have been given upon receipt during Business
Hours; provided,
however, that any notice sent by electronic mail transmission or by
posting to IntraLinks (or similar online service) shall only be effective upon
confirmation (by telephone, telecopy or electronic confirmation of
receipt (other than a confirmation generated automatically) or access
notification, as applicable) from the Partner to whom such notice was
sent.
12.2 Title to Partnership
Property. Legal title to Partnership property shall at all
times be held by and in the name of the Partnership or its nominee or custodian,
other than securities held in “street name” by a broker or dealer for the
benefit of the Partnership.
12.3 Confidentiality.
(a) Except
with the consent of the General Partner or as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, no Limited Partner shall disclose to any Person any information
related to the General Partner, the Partnership, any Parallel Investment
Vehicle, the Board of Directors (or the board of directors of any Parallel
Investment Vehicle), GGP, or any of their respective Affiliates, in each case,
that is not publicly available (or that is publicly available only as a result
of a disclosure by such Limited Partner or any director, employee, officer,
legal, financial or tax advisor or auditor of such Limited Partner or its
Affiliates in violation of this Section 12.3);
provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall prevent any Limited Partner from furnishing (i) any
required information to any governmental regulatory agency or self-regulating
body or in connection with any judicial, governmental or other regulatory
proceeding or as otherwise required by law (provided, that any disclosure
that is either (A) not to a governmental regulatory agency or (B) not on a
confidential basis, shall require prior written notice thereof to the General
Partner to the extent allowed by law) or (ii) any information, so long as such
disclosure is for a bona fide business purpose of such Limited Partner in
respect of its Interest, to directors, officers, employees, legal, financial and
tax advisors or auditors of such Limited Partner or its Affiliates who are
informed of the confidential nature of the information and who agree to be bound
by the provisions of this Section 12.3,
and each Limited Partner agrees to be bound hereby. Without
limitation of the foregoing, each Limited Partner acknowledges that notices and
reports to such Limited Partner hereunder may contain material non-public
information concerning, among other things, GGP and the Investment, and agrees
not to use such information other than in connection with monitoring its
investment in the Partnership and agrees, in that regard, not to trade in any
Securities (other than its Interest as permitted hereunder), Debt, New Equity or
any other interests in GGP or any other investment likely to effect the value
thereof on the basis of any such information. The General Partner agrees that it
shall use information required to be kept confidential by this Section 12.3
only in connection with the performance of its duties under this
Agreement.
(b) Except
as otherwise agreed by the General Partner or as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, in order to preserve the confidentiality of certain information
disseminated by the General Partner or the Partnership under this Agreement that
a Limited Partner that is subject to FOIA or any Limited Partner that has one or
more equity owners that are subject to FOIA (any such Limited Partner a “FOIA Partner”) is
entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, quarterly, annual and other reports (other than such
information necessary to file such Limited Partner’s tax and information
returns), information provided to the Board of Directors and any information
provided at meetings of the Limited Partners, the General Partner may (i)
provide to such FOIA Partner access to such information only on the
Partnership’s (or General Partner’s) website in password protected,
non-downloadable, non-printable format or (ii) require such FOIA Partner to
return any copies of information provided to it by the General Partner or the
Partnership (including any subsequent copies made by such Limited
Partner).
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 12.3(a)
hereof, the General Partner agrees that each Partner that (i) is a private fund
of funds (or other similar private collective investment vehicle) having
reporting obligations to its investors and (ii) has, prior to the date on which
such Partner was admitted to the Partnership, notified the General Partner in
writing that it is electing the benefits of this Section 12.3(c)
may, in order to satisfy such reporting obligations, provide the following
information to its investors (but only to the extent that such investors are
informed of the confidential nature of the information and either agree to be
bound by the provisions of this Section 12.3 or
are otherwise bound by substantially similar obligations of
confidentiality): (A) the name and address of the Partnership; (B)
the fact that such Partner is a member of the Partnership; (C) the identity of
the General Partner; (D) the date the Partner was admitted as a Partner; (E) the
amount of such Partner’s Commitment; (F) the aggregate amount of such Partner’s
Capital Contributions; (G) the aggregate amount of distributions received by
such Partner from the Partnership; (H) the reported value of such Partner’s
Interest (as set forth in the reports furnished by the General Partner to such
Limited Partner pursuant to Sections 8.1(b)(i)
and 8.1(b)(ii)
hereof); (I) a total of the amounts set forth in clauses (G) and (H) above; (J)
such Partner’s net internal rate of return with respect to the Partnership’s
performance as a whole as prepared by such Partner; (K) the name of GGP, a
description of the business of GGP and information regarding the industry and
geographic location of GGP and (L) and any other information that can be derived
from the information referred to in clauses (A) through (K) above (with or
without any other publicly available information). With respect to
any disclosure referred to in clauses (A) through (L) above, each Limited
Partner shall indicate that such disclosure was not prepared, reviewed or
approved, by the General Partner or the Partnership.
(d)
Except as otherwise agreed by the General Partner
or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Limited Partner shall promptly
notify the General Partner if at any time such Limited Partner is or becomes
subject to any public disclosure law, rule or regulation of any governmental or
non-governmental entity that could require similar or broader public disclosure
of confidential information provided to such Limited Partner (collectively such
laws, rules or regulations, “FOIA”). To
the extent that any such Limited Partner receives a request for public
disclosure of any confidential Partnership information provided to it, such
Limited Partner agrees that: (i) it shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to (A) promptly notify the General Partner of such disclosure
request and promptly provide the General Partner with a copy of such disclosure
request or a detailed summary of the information being requested, (B) inform the
General Partner of the timing for responding to such disclosure request, and (C)
consult with the General Partner regarding the response to such disclosure
request; (ii) it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to oppose and prevent
the requested disclosure unless (A) such Limited Partner is advised by counsel
that there exists no reasonable basis on which to oppose such disclosure or (B)
such disclosure relates solely to the information contained in clauses (A)
through (L) of Section 12.3(c)
hereof (and does not include any information relating to GGP or the Investment
(except as it relates to such Limited Partner’s Interest) and/or copies of this
Agreement or related documents); and (iii) notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, the General Partner may, in order to prevent any such
potential disclosure that the General Partner determines in good faith is likely
to occur, withhold all or any part of the information otherwise to be provided
to such Limited Partner; provided, however, that the
General Partner shall not withhold any such information if such Limited Partner
confirms in writing to the General Partner, based upon advice of counsel, that
compliance with the procedures in Section 12.3(b)
hereof is legally sufficient to prevent such potential disclosure.
(e) Each
Partner agrees not to, and shall ensure that each of their respective Affiliates
does not, make any press release or other announcement or other marketing
disclosure about any other Partner’s investment in the Partnership (or any
indirect investment in the Partnership by any other Person) without such other
Partner’s prior written approval; provided, however, that the
General Partner and its Affiliates may indicate that a Partner has invested in
the Partnership (or any other Person has invested indirectly); provided, further, that prior
written notice has been given to the Partner of any indication in a public forum
(e.g., on a
website)).
(f) The
obligations and undertakings of each Limited Partner under this Section 12.3
shall be continuing and shall survive termination of the Partnership and this
Agreement. Any restriction or obligation imposed on a Limited Partner
pursuant to this Section 12.3 may
be waived by the General Partner in its discretion. Any such waiver
or modification by the General Partner shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, of any duty stated or
implied in law or in equity to any Limited Partner, regardless of whether
different agreements are reached with different Limited Partners.
(g)
The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage
would occur if the provisions of this Section 12.3
were breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches of this Section 12.3 as
modified or waived and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof
as modified or waived in any court having jurisdiction, in addition to any other
remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
12.4 Exclusivity. Until
the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership in accordance with Article 11 hereof
(or, if earlier, the Disposition of the entire Investment and the distribution
of the proceeds therefrom in accordance with Article 6 hereof),
each Partner agrees to work exclusively with the Partnership in connection
with: (a) any potential plan of reorganization of GGP or any of its
Affiliates; (b) any proposal for, and the provision of, financing to GGP or any
of its Affiliates; or (c) any acquisition, merger, consolidation, tender or
exchange offer, leveraged buy-out, share, asset, debt, claim or security
purchase, exchange of capital stock or assets, joint venture, liquidation,
dissolution or business combination involving GGP, its Affiliates or any of
their assets during the term of the Chapter 11 Case or in connection with the
effectiveness of the Plan (other than pursuant to investments in mutual funds,
hedge funds and other investment vehicles or accounts over which such person has
no direct or indirect investment discretion and to which neither it nor any of
its representatives has conveyed any confidential information in breach of this
Agreement), and agrees not to, directly or indirectly, make, be involved in,
promote, discuss, encourage or finance, either independently or with any other
person, any of the events or actions under clauses (a), (b) or (c) hereof to
GGP, its Affiliates or any representative of GGP; provided, that if a
Super-Majority Vote of Members approving the establishment of a GGP Financing
Vehicle in accordance with Section 5.2
hereof is not obtained, any Partner that desires to participate in such
financing and is permitted to do so under Section 5.2(f)
or (g) hereof
shall be exempted from the exclusivity requirements of this Section 12.4
solely to the extent necessary to permit such Partner to participate in such
financing. The General Partner shall be entitled to exercise the
Partnership’s rights to enforce this Section 12.4 and
Section 12.3
hereof on behalf of the Partnership. For the avoidance of doubt, the
provisions of this Section 12.4
shall not restrict any Partner (either independently or with any other Person)
from pursuing or entering into any property or asset-level investments with GGP
following the effective date of the Plan.
12.5 Relations with
Partners. Unless named in this Agreement as a Partner, or
unless admitted to the Partnership as a substituted Limited Partner, an
Additional Limited Partner or a substituted or temporary replacement general
partner of the Partnership, as provided in this Agreement, no Person shall be
considered a Partner. Subject to Article 10 hereof,
the Partnership and General Partner need deal only with Persons so named or
admitted as Partners.
12.6 Appointment of General
Partner as Attorney-in-Fact. Subject to the receipt of any
required approval under the Voting Agreement or of the Board of Directors or the
Partners with respect to any matter as required under the Voting Agreement, this
Agreement or applicable law, each Limited Partner (including any substituted
Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner) hereby irrevocably makes,
constitutes and appoints the General Partner and each of its duly authorized
officers, managers, successors and assignees, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, in its name, place
and stead and for its use and benefit, to execute, certify, acknowledge, file,
record and swear to all instruments, agreements and documents necessary or
advisable to carrying out the following:
(a) any
and all amendments to this Agreement that may be authorized, permitted or
required by this Agreement or the Act, including, without limitation, amendments
required to effect the admission of Additional Limited Partners or substituted
Limited Partners pursuant to and as permitted by this Agreement or to revoke any
admission of a Limited Partner which is prohibited by this
Agreement;
(b) any
amendment to the Certificate and all certificates and other instruments
necessary or appropriate to qualify or to continue the qualification of the
Partnership as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware and
in each other jurisdiction where the Partnership may conduct its activities or
where such qualification is necessary or desirable to maintain limited liability
of Limited Partners in that jurisdiction;
(c) all
instruments and certificates and any amendment to the Certificate necessary or
appropriate to reflect any amendment, change or modification of this Agreement,
subject to the terms and restrictions of this Agreement;
(d) all
conveyances and other instruments and documents necessary to reflect the
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership, subject to the terms and
restrictions of this Agreement;
(e) all
elections, determinations or designations under the Code (and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder) or any other taxation or other legislation
or laws of like import of the United States or of any states, provinces or
jurisdictions in respect of the affairs of the Partnership, subject to the terms
and restrictions of this Agreement;
(f) any
business certificate, certificate of limited partnership, amendment thereto, or
other instrument or document of any kind necessary to accomplish the Partnership
Business, subject to the terms and restrictions of this Agreement;
and
(g) all
other instruments that may be required or permitted by law to be filed on behalf
of the Partnership and that are not inconsistent with this
Agreement.
Each
Limited Partner authorizes such attorney-in-fact to take any further action
which such attorney-in-fact shall consider necessary or advisable in connection
with any of the foregoing, hereby giving such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act or thing whatsoever necessary or
advisable to be done in and about the foregoing as fully as such Limited Partner
might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. The appointment by each Limited Partner of the General
Partner and each of its duly authorized officers, managers, successors and
assigns with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as aforesaid, as
attorneys in fact is a power coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable and
shall survive and not be affected by the dissolution, Bankruptcy, incapacity,
disability or death of any Limited Partner, in recognition of the fact that each
of the Limited Partners under this Agreement shall be relying upon the power of
the General Partner and such officers, managers, successors and assigns to act
as contemplated by this Agreement in such filing and other action by it on
behalf of the Partnership. The foregoing power of attorney shall
survive the Transfer by any Limited Partner of the whole or any part of its
Interest hereunder, except that if any assignee of such Limited Partner has been
approved for admission to the Partnership as a substitute Limited Partner, the
power of attorney granted hereby shall survive the delivery of the assignment
for the sole purpose of (a) enabling the General Partner to execute, acknowledge
and file any instrument necessary to effect the substitution and (b) approving
any actions that relate to the period of time prior to such
substitution. With respect to each Limited Partner, the granting of
this power of attorney shall not terminate any continuing power of attorney
previously granted by such Limited Partner and shall not be terminated by such
Limited Partner on the execution of a continuing power of attorney in the
future, and such Limited Partner hereby agrees not to take any action in the
future which results in the termination of this power of
attorney. The power of attorney granted herein shall
not: (x) entitle the General Partner to vote on any matter or to
consent to any written resolution of the Limited Partners on behalf of the
Limited Partners; (y) be deemed to constitute a written consent of any Limited
Partner for purposes of this Agreement; or (z) be exercised in contravention of
this Agreement.
12.7 General Partner
Discretion. To the fullest extent permitted by law, except
where expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, whenever in this Agreement
the General Partner is permitted or required to make a decision (a) in its
“discretion,” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the General
Partner shall be entitled to act “in its sole and absolute discretion” and to
consider only such interests and factors as it desires and, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, shall have no duty or obligation to give any
consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Partnership, the
Partners or any other Person, so long as such action does not constitute gross
negligence or an engagement in fraud, willful misconduct, a willful and knowing
material breach of this Agreement or willful violation of law in the management
of the Partnership or (b) in its “good faith”, “reasonably” or under another
express standard, the General Partner shall act under such express standard and
shall not be subject to any other or different standard.
12.8 Other Instruments and
Acts. The Partners agree to execute any other instruments or
perform any other acts that are or may be necessary to effectuate and carry on
the Partnership created by this Agreement.
12.9 Binding
Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
transferees, successors, permitted assigns, and legal representatives of the
Partners.
12.10 Payments by
Partners. Any amount payable by any Partner to the Partnership
in respect of such Partner’s Commitment shall be paid to the bank account of the
Partnership designated by the General Partner prior to the Initial Closing Date
or such other bank account of the Partnership as the General Partner may
designate by written notice to such Partner not less than five (5) Business Days
prior to the earliest date on which such Partner is required or entitled to make
a payment to the Partnership in respect of its Commitment.
12.11 No Third Party
Beneficiaries. It is understood and agreed among the parties
that this Agreement and the covenants made herein are made expressly and solely
for the benefit of the parties hereto (and their respective transferees,
successors and permitted assigns), and that no other Person, other than a Tax
Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 8.4(e)
hereof or an Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 9.2
hereof, shall be entitled or be deemed to be entitled to any benefits or rights
hereunder, nor be authorized or entitled to enforce any rights, claims or
remedies hereunder or by reason hereof.
12.12 Reliance on Authority of
Person Signing Agreement. If a Partner is not a natural
Person, neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall (a) be required to
determine the authority of the individual signing this Agreement to make any
commitment or undertaking on behalf of such entity or to determine any fact or
circumstance bearing upon the existence of the authority of such individual or
(b) be responsible for the application or distribution of proceeds paid or
credited to individuals signing this Agreement on behalf of such
entity.
12.13 Applicable Law; Waiver of
Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and
enforced in accordance with, and the respective rights and obligations of the
parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Delaware. TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTNER WAIVES, AND
COVENANTS THAT SUCH PARTNER WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR
OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE,
CLAIM OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF
OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE DEALINGS OF ANY PARTNER OR THE COMPANY IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER
ARISING AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. THE COMPANY OR
ANY PARTNER MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 12.13
HEREOF WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTNERS TO THE
WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY.
12.14 Arbitration. Any
dispute, controversy or claim (“Dispute”) arising out
of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, including any question
regarding its existence, validity or termination, or regarding a breach hereof
which cannot be resolved by good faith discussions between the relevant parties
within ninety (90) days of the date on which the Dispute is deemed to arise in
accordance with this Section 12.14
shall be referred by any such party to, and shall be finally settled by,
arbitration under and in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of the
International Chamber of Commerce (the “Rules”). A
Dispute shall be deemed to have arisen when a relevant party (or parties) gives
notice to the other to that effect, pursuant to Section 12.1
hereof. The place of arbitration shall be London, United Kingdom, and
shall be conducted in the English language. The decision or award of
three (3) arbitrators, appointed in accordance with the Rules and in accordance
with the requirements following in this Section 12.14,
shall be in writing and is final and binding on the relevant
parties. Each of the three (3) arbitrators shall be an attorney with
at least ten (10) years of practice (at least five (5) of which must be
predominately in the areas of corporate law) and who has served as an arbitrator
in at least five (5) International Chamber of Commerce
arbitrations. The arbitration panel shall award the prevailing party
(or parties) its attorneys’ fees and costs, arbitration administrative fees,
panel member fees and costs, and any other costs associated with the
arbitration, proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of any arbitral
award and the costs and attorney’s fees involved in the recognition and
enforcement proceedings. The parties further agree that (i)
attorney’s fees and costs associated with the successful recognition and
enforcement of an arbitral award shall always be paid by the non-enforcing party
(or parties) and (ii) notwithstanding anything in this Section 12.14 to
the contrary and without inconsistency with this arbitration provision, the
parties consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any court identified in
Section 12.15
hereof for the purpose of any proceeding for recognition and enforcement of both
the arbitral award and the parties’ agreement as to costs of that proceeding in
accordance with this Section 12.14. The
arbitration panel may only award damages as provided for under the terms of this
Agreement and in no event may punitive, consequential and special damages be
awarded. In the event of any conflict between the Rules and any
provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall
govern. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 12.14 to
the contrary, any party may, without inconsistency with this arbitration
provision, apply to any court identified in Section 12.15
hereof to seek interim provisional or injunctive relief until the arbitration
award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise resolved or to enforce an
arbitration decision or award.
Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 12.14
shall be construed to the maximum extent possible to comply with the laws of the
State of Delaware, including the Uniform Arbitration Act (10 Del. C. § 5701
et seq.) (the
“Delaware Arbitration
Act”). If, nevertheless, it shall be determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction that any provision or wording of this Section 12.14,
including the Rules, shall be invalid or unenforceable under the Delaware
Arbitration Act, or other applicable law, such invalidity shall not invalidate
all of this Section 12.14. In
that case, this Section 12.14
shall be construed so as to limit any term or provision so as to make it valid
or enforceable within the requirements of the Delaware Arbitration Act or other
applicable law, and, in the event such term or provision cannot be so limited,
this Section 12.14
shall be construed to omit such invalid or unenforceable provision, but for the
avoidance of doubt, the parties have no desire to have the Delaware Arbitration
Act apply to this Agreement.
12.15 Submission to Jurisdiction
and Service of Process.
(a) Each
of the parties hereby irrevocably consents and agrees that any action, suit or
proceeding with respect to or relating in any way to the enforcement of the
arbitration provisions contained in this Agreement, the enforcement of an
arbitration decision or award, or any matter permitted by the terms of Section 12.14
hereof to be brought in a court in the first instance, may be brought in the
United States District Court for the District of Delaware (or if jurisdiction is
not available in such court, then in the state court of Delaware sitting in
Wilmington) and each of the parties hereby irrevocably accepts and submits, for
itself and in respect of its properties, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of
such court in personam,
generally and unconditionally, with respect to any such action, suit or
proceeding.
(b) Each
of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process in any such
action, suit or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, to another party at the address specified in
this Agreement for notices to such other party. In addition to or in
lieu of any such service, service of process may also be made in any other
manner permitted by applicable law.
(c) Each
of the Partners hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection or
defense which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue to any such
action, suit or proceeding in the United States District Court for the District
of Delaware (or if jurisdiction is not available in such court, then in the
state court of Delaware sitting in Wilmington) and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim that any such action,
suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
12.16 Remedies and
Waivers. No delay or omission on the part of any party to this
Agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or provided
hereunder shall impair such right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver
thereof. The single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy
provided by law or provided hereunder shall not preclude any other or further
exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and
remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights,
powers and remedies provided by law.
12.17 Amendments. Subject
to Section 4.2(e),
this Agreement may not be amended and no provision hereof may be waived without
the consent of a Hyper-Majority Vote of Members; provided, however, that
amendments made (a) to reflect the admission of one (1) or more Additional
Limited Partners or Transfers of Interests of Limited Partners or permitted
withdrawals of Limited Partners, (b) to change the name of the Partnership, to
clarify any inaccuracy or ambiguity herein or to reconcile any inconsistent
provision herein or (c) that have no material adverse effect on any Limited
Partner or benefit all Limited Partners in substantially the same way, may be
made by the General Partner unilaterally without the consent of any other
Partner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 12.17
(other than clauses (a), (b) and (c) which shall be controlling and except where
approval of the Partners is specifically provided for elsewhere in this
Agreement), without the approval or written consent of each of the Partners
affected thereby, no amendment shall (A) materially and adversely affect a
Partner in a different manner than all of the other Partners (including any
change to the ownership structure of the Partnership that could have a material
and adverse effect on a Partner’s tax position, as notified in writing by such
Partner to the Partnership), (B) modify the limited liability of any Partner or
increase any Partner’s Commitment, or (C) dilute the Sharing Percentage,
Partnership Percentage Interest or Consortium Percentage Interest of any
Partner, except as a result of the admission of an Additional Limited Partner,
increases in Commitments, defaults, withdrawals or Transfers, in each case in
accordance with this Agreement. No amendment shall alter in a
materially adverse manner any provision hereof that requires approval or consent
of any specified percentage of Interests of Partners, of the Board of Directors
or of the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles without the approval or written
consent of Partners holding such specified percentage of Interests, such
specified percentage of the Board of Directors or such specified percentage of
the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles. If the Voting Agreement is
amended by the terms thereof and the provision so amended is also reflected in
this Agreement, the General Partner shall cause this Agreement to be so
amended. The General Partner shall give written notice to all
Partners promptly after any amendment has become effective, other than
amendments solely for the purpose of the admission of Additional Limited
Partners or substitute Limited Partners to the Partnership.
12.18 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each one of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement.
12.19 Construction;
Headings. Whenever the feminine, masculine, neuter, singular
or plural shall be used in this Agreement, such construction shall be given to
such words or phrases as shall impart to this Agreement a construction
consistent with the interest of the Partners entering into this
Agreement. As used herein, “including”, “includes” or “include” shall
mean, in each case, “including without limitation.” Reference to any
agreement or other instrument in writing means such agreement or other
instrument in writing as amended, modified, replaced or supplemented from time
to time. Unless otherwise indicated, time periods within which a
payment is to be made or any other action is to be taken hereunder shall be
calculated excluding the day on which the period commences and including the day
on which the period ends. Whenever any payment to be made or action
to be taken hereunder is required to be made or taken on a day other than a
Business Day, such payment shall be made or action taken on the next following
Business Day. The headings and captions herein are inserted for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to govern, limit or aid in
the construction of any term or provision hereof. It is the intention
of the parties that every covenant, term, and provision of this Agreement shall
be construed simply according to its fair meaning, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, and not strictly for or against any party (notwithstanding any
rule of law requiring an Agreement to be strictly construed against the drafting
party), it being understood that the parties to this Agreement are sophisticated
and have had adequate opportunity and means to retain counsel to represent their
interests and to otherwise negotiate the provisions of this
Agreement.
12.20 Severability. If
any term or provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person
or circumstances shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms and
provisions hereof and the application of such term or provision to Persons or
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid or unenforceable
shall not be affected thereby.
12.21 Side
Letters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein (including, without limitation, Section 12.17
hereof) or the provisions of any Subscription Agreement, it is hereby
acknowledged and agreed that the General Partner, on its own behalf or on behalf
of the Partnership, and without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other
Person, may enter into a side letter or similar agreement to or with a Limited
Partner or Limited Partners which has the effect of establishing rights
thereunder, or altering or supplementing the terms hereof (including, but not
limited to, any Transfer to an Affiliate or similar Person) or any Subscription
Agreement with respect to any such Limited Partner entering into a side letter
or similar agreement. The parties hereto agree that any terms
contained in a side letter or similar agreement to or with a Limited Partner
shall govern with respect to such Limited Partner, and to the extent disclosed
to a Person other than such Limited Partner prior to such Person’s admission to
the Partnership as a Partner, may affect rights or obligations of such Person,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including, without
limitation, Section 12.17
hereof) or the provisions of any Subscription Agreement, and each Limited
Partner acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no rights and shall make no
claims under this Agreement with respect to another Limited Partner that are
inconsistent with the terms of any such side letter or similar agreement with
such other Limited Partner. The admission of a Person as a Partner is
subject to and conditional upon the General Partner having disclosed to such
Person prior to such Person’s admission as a Partner any terms contained in a
side letter or similar agreement to or with a Limited Partner that, under this
Section 12.21,
affects rights or obligations of such Person if disclosed to such
Person.
12.22 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, each Subscription Agreement, the
Voting Agreement and any side letters constitute the entire agreement among the
Partners with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior
agreement or understanding among or between them with respect to such subject
matter. The representations and warranties of the Limited Partners
in, and the other provisions of, the Subscription Agreements shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement.
12.23 Anti-Money Laundering and
Anti-Terrorist Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, the General Partner, in its own name and on behalf
of the Partnership, shall be authorized without the consent of any Person,
including any other Partner, to take such action as it determines in its
discretion to be necessary or advisable to comply with any anti-money laundering
or anti-terrorist laws, rules, regulations, directives or special measures,
including the actions contemplated in any Subscription Agreement.
12.24 Investment by Certain
Employee Benefit Plans. Each Partner that is, or is investing
assets on behalf of, an “employee benefit plan,” as defined in and subject to
ERISA, or a “plan,” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code (each
such employee benefit plan and plan, a “Benefit Plan”), and
each fiduciary thereof who has caused the Benefit Plan to become a Partner (a
“Benefit Plan
Fiduciary”), represents and warrants that (a) the Benefit Plan Fiduciary
has considered an investment in the Partnership for such Benefit Plan in light
of the risks relating thereto; (b) the Benefit Plan Fiduciary has determined
that, in view of such considerations, the investment in the Partnership for such
Benefit Plan is consistent with the Benefit Plan Fiduciary’s responsibilities
under ERISA; (c) the investment in the Partnership by the Benefit Plan does not
violate and is not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of any legal document
constituting the Benefit Plan or any trust agreement thereunder; (d) the Benefit
Plan’s investment in the Partnership has been duly authorized and approved by
all necessary parties; (e) none of the General Partner, any broker-dealer that
sells Interests, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective
agents or employees: (i) has investment discretion with respect to
the investment of assets of the Benefit Plan used to purchase the Interest; (ii)
has authority or responsibility to or regularly gives investment advice with
respect to the assets of the Benefit Plan used to purchase the Interest for a
fee and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will serve as
a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to the Benefit Plan and
that such advice will be based on the particular investment needs of the Benefit
Plan; or (iii) is an employer maintaining or contributing to the Benefit Plan;
and (f) the Benefit Plan Fiduciary (i) is authorized to make, and is responsible
for, the decision for the Benefit Plan to invest in the Partnership, including
the determination that such investment is consistent with the requirement
imposed by Section 404 of ERISA that Benefit Plan investments be diversified so
as to minimize the risks of large losses; (ii) is independent of the General
Partner, each broker-dealer that sells Interests and each of their respective
affiliates, and (iii) is qualified to make such investment
decision.
12.25 Disclosures and Restrictions
Regarding Employee Benefit Plans. Each Partner that is a
“benefit plan investor” (defined as any Benefit Plan, any other employee benefit
plan or plan as defined in but not subject to either ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code and any entity deemed for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code to hold assets of any employee benefit plan or plan) represents that the
individual signing the Subscription Agreement has disclosed such Partner’s
status as a benefit plan investor by checking the appropriate box in the
Subscription Agreement. Each Partner that is not a “benefit plan
investor” represents and agrees that if at a later date such Partner becomes a
benefit plan investor, such Partner will immediately notify the General Partner
of such change of status. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may take any and
all action including, but not limited to, refusing to admit persons as Partners
or refusing to accept additional subscriptions, and requiring the Transfer of
some or all of the Interests of any Partner, as may be necessary or desirable to
assure that at all times the aggregate investment by all benefit plan investors
with respect to each class of equity interests in the Partnership as determined
pursuant to United States Department of Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101 (as
modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) do not amount to or exceed twenty-five
percent (25%) of the total value of such class of equity interests of all
Partners (not including the investments of the General Partner or any Person
(other than a benefit plan investor) who provides investment advice for a fee
(direct or indirect) with respect to the assets of the Partnership, who has
discretionary authority or control with respect to the assets of the
Partnership, or who is an “affiliate,” as such term is defined in the applicable
regulation promulgated under ERISA, of any such Person) or to otherwise prevent
the Partnership from holding “plan assets” under ERISA or the Code with respect
to any Benefit Plan.
12.26 Custodian. It
is understood and agreed by each of the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement,
the Subscription Agreement and any side letter or similar agreement that is
executed and delivered by a Partner that is a custodian or a nominee for any
other Person (such other Person, a “Beneficial Owner”)
are executed and delivered only in such Partner’s capacity as custodian or
nominee and (b) the General Partner may, on behalf of the Partnership, pursuant
to Section 12.21
hereof, agree that such Partner is liable under this Agreement, such
Subscription Agreement and any such side letter or similar agreement solely to
the extent that it is actually indemnified by the Beneficial Owner in respect of
which it acts as custodian or nominee; provided, that such Partner’s
liability under this Agreement, such Subscription Agreement and any such side
letter or similar agreement shall be reduced only to the extent that the
Beneficial Owner enters into a side letter or similar agreement for the benefit
of each Person in respect of which such Partner owes obligations under this
Agreement, such Subscription Agreement and any side letter or similar agreement
to which such Partner is a party pursuant to which the Beneficial Owner agrees
to be directly responsible and liable for any obligations of such Partner and to
pay or cause to be paid any amounts owing by, or any other liabilities of, such
Partner to the extent such Partner is relieved of liability therefor by this
Section 12.26.
12.27 Certain
Protections. The General Partner acknowledges and agrees that
the letter agreement, dated February 24, 2010, among BAM, Pershing Square,
LP and certain affiliates of Pershing Square, LP that provides for certain bid
protections is being held by BAM for the benefit of the Consortium. The General
Partner agrees to pay, or to cause to be paid, to the Consortium, any amounts
payable to BAM under such letter agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date
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PROPOSAL
EXHIBIT
C
REDEMPTION
PROCEDURE
1.
Defined
Terms.
As used
in this Exhibit C, the
following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Applicable Interest”
means (i) the Offered Interest, (ii) the Interests (or portion thereof) of any
Tag-Along Partner or Tagging Partner to be transferred in any Tag-Along Transfer
or (iii) the Subject Interest, as applicable.
“Contributing Party”
means (i) any Offeree Member or any third-party purchaser under Section
10.1(b)(vi) of the Agreement, (ii) any Transferee under Section 10.6 of the
Agreement or (iii) any Acquiring Member, as applicable, or any group of any of
the foregoing.
“Redeeming Party”
means (i) any Selling Members, (ii) Tag-Along Partner or Tagging Partner or
(iii) Disposing Member, as applicable.
“Redemption Price”
means an amount in Dollars equal to the purchase price to be paid for the
Applicable Interest.
2.
Redemption
Procedure.
A
Redeeming Party may have its Applicable Interest redeemed by the Partnership in
accordance with the following procedures:
(t)
The Redeeming Party shall designate a Contributing Party, the General Partner
shall establish a Parallel Investment Vehicle, and the Contributing Party shall
make a contribution to such Parallel Investment Vehicle equal to the Redemption
Price.
(u) The
Partnership shall sell, assign and transfer the Redeeming Party’s pro rata share
(determined in accordance with its Consortium Percentage Interest) of the
Investment corresponding to the Applicable Interest to such Parallel Investment
Vehicle in exchange for the Redemption Price.
(v) The
Partnership shall redeem the Applicable Interest and distribute to the Redeeming
Party an amount in Dollars equal to the Redemption Price (it being understood
that such distribution shall not constitute Investment Proceeds and shall not be
distributed in accordance with Article 6 of the
Agreement). If the Applicable Interest is the entire Interest of the Redeeming
Party, the Redeeming Party shall cease to be a Partner upon receipt of such
distribution.
(w) As
a condition to the admission of the Contributing Party as an investor in the
Parallel Investment Vehicle, the Contributing Party shall agree that the
interest to be issued by the Parallel Investment Vehicle shall have the same
rights, privileges and obligations as the portion of the Applicable Interest
redeemed pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof (it being understood that such
Contributing Party shall be liable for its pro rata portion of
the liabilities of the Redeeming Party in respect of the Applicable Interest
which would otherwise have been directly sold, assigned or transferred,
including, without limitation, liability for Transaction Distribution Amount and
Carried Interest).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2, any Parallel Investment
Vehicle established by the General Partner pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof shall
not (i) be merged with or otherwise consolidated into the Partnership or (ii) be
dissolved, in each case for a period of two (2) years following the date the
sale, assignment and transfer of the relevant portion of the Investment to such
Parallel Investment Vehicle is completed.
Exhibit
C-2
Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
7
VOTING
AGREEMENT
THIS
VOTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of
October 25, 2010 is entered into by and among REP Investments LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“REP”), Brookfield REP
Investments II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP II”), Brookfield REP
Investments III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP III”), Brookfield REP
Investments IV-A LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP IV-A”), Brookfield REP
Investments IV-B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP IV-B”), Brookfield REP
Investments IV-C LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP IV-C”), Brookfield REP
Investments IV-D LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP IV-D”), Brookfield REP
Investments V LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“REP V”, and collectively with
REP, REP II, REP III, REP IV-A, REP IV-B, REP IV-C and REP IV-D, the “Consortium”, and each, a
“Parallel Investment
Vehicle”) and Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital
Adviser (Canada), L.P., a Manitoba limited partnership, in its capacity as the
managing member or general partner, as applicable, of each Parallel Investment
Vehicle (the “Managing
Member”).
WHEREAS, in accordance with
Section 4.1(a) of the Governing Agreements of the Parallel Investment
Vehicles, each of the Parallel Investment Vehicles has agreed to enter into a
voting rights agreement with respect to certain matters requiring a vote,
consent or approval under its respective Governing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto
wish to set forth certain procedures and requirements governing such votes, consents,
approvals and determinations, desire to facilitate the voting arrangements set
forth herein, and desire to bind themselves to the outcomes hereunder by
agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Defined
Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the respective limited liability company or
limited partnership agreement of each of REP, REP II, REP III, REP IV-A, REP
IV-B, REP IV-C, REP IV-D and REP V, as applicable, and as each may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (each, a “Governing Agreement,” and
collectively, the “Governing
Agreements”).
2. Votes,
Consents, Approvals and Determinations.
(a) Each
of REP, REP II, REP III, REP IV-A, REP IV-B, REP IV-C, REP IV-D and REP V hereby
acknowledges that it is a “Parallel Investment Vehicle”, that such entities
together constitute the “Consortium” as of the date hereof, and that this
Agreement is the “Voting Agreement”, as such terms are defined in the Governing
Agreements.
(b) Each
Parallel Investment Vehicle hereby agrees that all the various votes, consents,
approvals and determinations that are required or permitted to be put forth to
the Tier One Parallel Investment Vehicles pursuant to the Governing Agreements
shall be done in compliance with the terms of the Governing Agreements
(including with respect to required percentages set forth therein) pursuant to
this Agreement. Each Parallel Investment Vehicle further hereby
agrees to be bound by, and hereby irrevocably directs the Managing Member to
cause such Parallel Investment Vehicle to effect the outcomes of all Tier One
Parallel Investment Vehicle votes, consents, approvals and determinations as
determined pursuant to this Agreement.
3. Standard
of Care. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this
Agreement, and except for the implied contractual covenant of good faith and
fair dealing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Parallel Investment
Vehicles hereby agree and acknowledge that the Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles do not owe any fiduciary or other duties to the Parallel Investment
Vehicles, in their capacity as Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles.
4. Expense
and Liability Sharing. Each Parallel
Investment Vehicle hereby acknowledges and confirms for the benefit of each
other Parallel Investment Vehicle and the Managing Member its obligations
relating to sharing of costs, expenses, liabilities and obligations as expressly
set forth in the Governing Agreements, including Sections 4.7(b) and 4.12(c)
thereof and any potential liabilities, obligations and claims against REP under
the Restructuring Proposal. Subject to and in accordance with any
applicable limitations in the Governing Agreements (including limitations on the
liability of Non-Managing Members in such documents), each Parallel Investment
Vehicle, including REP, further acknowledges that all liabilities and claims
(known or unknown as of the date of this Agreement) against REP relating to the
period prior to the date hereof and the establishment of the Parallel Investment
Vehicles shall be shared among all the Parallel Investment Vehicles in
accordance with their respective Consortium Percentage Interests. If
any Parallel Investment Vehicle is called upon or is otherwise exposed to pay
and actually does pay amounts in excess of its Consortium Percentage Interest
thereof, then each other Parallel Investment Vehicle does hereby absolutely,
irrevocably and unconditionally agree to reimburse such Parallel Investment
Vehicle upon demand, and does hereby authorize and direct the Managing Member to
take reasonable actions in furtherance thereof, an amount such that after giving
effect to such reimbursement, each Parallel Investment Vehicle shall have borne
only its Consortium Percentage Interest thereof.
5. Exculpation. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Parallel Investment Vehicle
hereby acknowledges and confirms for the benefit of each other Parallel
Investment Vehicle, the Managing Member, the Members or any of their Affiliates
the limitations on liability and duties (and carve-outs therefrom) of
Indemnified Parties (as defined below) as expressly set forth in the Governing
Agreements, including Section 9.1 thereof.
6. Indemnification. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, but subject to the terms and
limitations of the Governing Agreements, each Parallel Investment Vehicle hereby
acknowledges and confirms for the benefit of each Indemnified Party (as defined
below) its obligations to indemnify and hold harmless, on a joint and several
basis, the Managing Member of each Parallel Investment Vehicle, any Affiliate of
such Managing Member, any member of the Board of Directors of any Parallel
Investment Vehicle, any officer of any Parallel Investment Vehicle and each of
their respective Constituent Members, representatives, employees, managers,
consultants or agents (each, an “Indemnified Party”, each of
which shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement solely for purposes
of this Section
6) as set forth in the Governing Agreements, including Section 9.2
thereof; provided,
however, that in no
event shall any Parallel Investment Vehicle be liable for more than its pro rata
share of any indemnification obligation hereunder, based on the aggregate
Consortium Percentage Interest of the members of such Parallel Investment
Vehicle. The provisions set forth in this Section 6 shall
survive the termination of the Parallel Investment Vehicles and this
Agreement.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and any and all
other written or oral agreements relating to the subject matter hereof existing
between the parties are expressly canceled.
(b) Successors and
Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement
and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall inure to the
benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ respective successors, assigns and
legal representatives. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied,
is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their
respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or
liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided
in this Agreement.
(c) Amendments and
Waivers. No term of this Agreement may be amended or waived
without the prior written consent of all of the Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this
Section 7(c) shall be binding
upon the Parallel Investment Vehicles, and each of their respective successors
and assigns. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall
not under any circumstances impact the requisite voting percentages under the
Governing Agreements.
(d) Severability. If
one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under
applicable law, the parties agree to renegotiate such provision in good
faith. In the event that the parties cannot reach a mutually
agreeable and enforceable replacement for such provision, then (i) such
provision shall be excluded from this Agreement, (ii) the balance of the
Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and
(iii) the balance of the Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with
its terms.
(e) Governing Law. This
Agreement and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and
obligations of the parties shall be governed, construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to
principles of conflicts of law. Each of the parties
hereto agrees that this agreement involves at least U.S. $100,000.00 and that
this Agreement has been entered into in express reliance upon 6 Del. C. § 2708. Each
of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally confirms and agrees that
it is and shall continue to be (i) subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of
the State of Delaware and of the federal courts sitting in
the State of Delaware, and (ii) subject to service of process
in the State of Delaware.
(f) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
(g) Titles and
Subtitles. The titles and
subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be
considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
[Signature
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The
Parties have executed this Voting Agreement as of the date first written
above.
REP
INVESTMENTS LLC
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., its
managing member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS II LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., its
managing member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS III LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., its
managing member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS IV-A LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., its
managing member
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS IV-B LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., its
managing member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS IV-C LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., its
managing member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS IV-D LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., its
managing member
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS V LP
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., its
general partner
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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BROOKFIELD
ASSET MANAGEMENT PRIVATE INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL ADVISER (CANADA),
L.P.
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Private Funds Holdings Inc.,
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Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
8
JOINT
FILING AGREEMENT
THIS
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT is entered into as of November 19, 2010, by and among the
parties hereto. The undersigned hereby agree that the Statement on
Schedule 13D with respect to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
“Common
Stock”), of General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
any amendment thereafter signed by each of the undersigned shall be (unless
otherwise determined by the undersigned) filed on behalf of each of the
undersigned pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Rule
13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Dated: November
19, 2010
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ASSET MANAGEMENT
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Aleks Novakovic
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Title:
Senior Vice President, Taxation
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Joseph Freedman
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Senior Managing Partner
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BROOKFIELD
ASSET MANAGEMENT PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONAL
CAPITAL ADVISER (CANADA) L.P.
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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Karen Ayre
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Vice President
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BROOKFIELD
PRIVATE FUNDS HOLDINGS INC.
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Vice President
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TRILON
BANCORP INC.
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Aleks Novakovic
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Vice President
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL SPLIT LP
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Brookfield REP GP Inc., its general partner
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Vice President
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL PREFERRED LLC
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Brookfield US Corporation, its managing member
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US HOLDINGS INC.
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BROOKFIELD
US CORPORATION
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Vice President
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS LLC
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Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS II LLC
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Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS III LLC
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Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS IV-A LLC
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Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS IV-B LLC
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Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS IV-C LLC
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Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS IV-D LLC
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Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its managing member
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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BROOKFIELD
RETAIL HOLDINGS V LP
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Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada)
L.P., its general partner
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Brookfield Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
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Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
9
FUTURE
FUND LETTER AGREEMENT
Effective
as of March 31, 2010
The
Northern Trust Company
in its
capacity as custodian for
the
Future Fund Board of Guardians
Level 47,
80 Collins Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000
Australia
Future
Fund Board of Guardians
Level 43,
120 Collins Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000
Australia
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
amended and restated letter agreement, dated as of October 25, 2010 and
effective as of March 31, 2010, is being entered into and delivered
by and among The Northern Trust Company (the “Future Fund Member”)
only in its capacity as custodian for the Future Fund Board of Guardians (the
“Beneficial
Member”) and REP Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“REP”) and, in
the event of a Closing (as defined in the Restructuring Proposal), Brookfield
REP Investments II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP II”, and REP or
REP II, as applicable, the “Company”) in order to
amend and restate in its entirety that certain letter agreement dated as of
March 31, 2010 entered into by and between the Future Fund Member, in its
capacity as the custodian for the Beneficial Member and REP (the “Original Side
Letter”) for the purpose of granting, effective as of March 31, 2010,
additional rights to the Future Fund Member pursuant to paragraph 2
below. This letter agreement is being entered into in connection with
the purchase by Future Fund Member of a limited liability company interest in
the Company and the entering into by the Future Fund Member (i) in the event of
a Closing (as defined in the Restructuring Proposal), of that certain Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company of REP II dated as of October 25, 2010,
as subsequently amended and restated from time to time or (ii) in the event of a
Restructuring Proposal Termination, of that certain Second Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of October 25, 2010,
as subsequently amended and restated from time to time (the agreement referenced
in clause (i) or (ii) as applicable, the “LLC Agreement”) and
that certain Subscription Agreement related thereto entered into between the
Future Fund Member and the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company,
effective as of March 31, 2010 (as amended by that certain Joinder and Amendment
to Subscription Agreement dated as of October 25, 2010, the “Subscription
Agreement”); provided, that nothing in the
foregoing shall prejudice any rights or claims that the Future Fund Member or
the Beneficial Member has or may have in connection with its acquisition and
holding of interests in REP or arising out of the LLC Agreement or
otherwise. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the LLC Agreement. This letter
agreement amends and restates the Original Side Letter in its
entirety.
1. Other Side
Letters. The Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company hereby agrees to promptly furnish the Future Fund Member with a copy of
all side letters or similar agreements entered into between the Managing Member,
the Company or any of their Affiliates and any Non-Managing Member in the
Company (or between any Parallel Investment Vehicle or the managing member,
general partner or similar controlling party of any Parallel Investment Vehicle
or any of their Affiliates and any investor in such Parallel Investment Vehicle)
that establish rights under, or alter or supplement the terms of, the LLC
Agreement or the constituent documents of any Parallel Investment Vehicle, as
applicable (each, a “Side
Letter”).
2. Most Favored
Nation. Without limiting paragraph 39(a) below, the Managing
Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, hereby agrees that the Future Fund
Member shall be entitled, upon written election to the Managing Member within
twenty (20) days of receipt of a copy of any Side Letter, to the rights and
benefits of such Side Letter that have the effect of establishing rights or
otherwise benefiting any other Non-Managing Member (or any investor in any
Parallel Investment Vehicle) in a manner different and more favorable, in any
material respect, than the rights and benefits established in favor of the
Future Fund Member hereunder or pursuant to the LLC Agreement; provided, that the
Future Fund Member hereby agrees to assume the obligations, if any, assumed by
such other Non-Managing Member (or such other investor in a Parallel Investment
Vehicle) in receiving such rights or benefits; provided, further, that the
Future Fund Member shall not be entitled to the rights or benefits of any Side
Letter provisions (a) that were established for the benefit of any other
Non-Managing Member (or any investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle) to
reflect any legal or regulatory requirement to which such Non-Managing Member
(or such investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle) is bound (including,
without limitation, provisions concerning the disclosure or use of information
or relating to the reporting obligations of the Company or any Parallel
Investment Vehicle) or any accounting practice or policy which such Non-Managing
Member (or such investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle) has adopted and, in
each case, to which the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial Member is not
similarly bound or the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial Member has not
similarly adopted, or (b) that are personal to any other Non-Managing
Member (or any investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle) based solely on the
place of organization or headquarters or organizational form of such other
Non-Managing Member (or such investor in a Parallel Investment Vehicle) and
provide no material economic benefit not provided to the Future Fund Member. The
Managing Member hereby represents and warrants that, other than as already
disclosed to the Future Fund Member, (i) there are no other Side Letters that
have the effect of establishing rights with respect to the governance of the
Consortium benefitting any other Non-Managing Member (or any investor in any
Parallel Investment Vehicle) in a manner different and more favorable than the
governance rights established in favor of the Future Fund Member hereunder or
pursuant to the LLC Agreement and (ii) there are no rights currently provided to
another Non-Managing Member (or any investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle)
that can reasonably be expected to interfere with the exercise of the Future
Fund Member’s governance rights with respect to the Consortium and no such
rights will be provided to another Non-Managing Member (or any investor in any
Parallel Investment Vehicle).
3. Consent to
Transfer.
(a) The
Managing Member shall not withhold its consent to a Transfer by the Future Fund
Member of all or any portion of its Interest in the Company to the Beneficial
Member, an Affiliate of the Beneficial Member, the trustee of a trust in which
all or substantially all of the beneficial interests are held directly or
indirectly by the Beneficial Member or an Affiliate of the Beneficial Member or
any additional or replacement custodian of any of the foregoing (a “Permitted
Transferee”) and to such Permitted Transferee’s admission to the Company
as a substituted Non-Managing Member in accordance with the terms of the LLC
Agreement, and the Managing Member waives the requirement that the Future Fund
Member provide it with an opinion of counsel pursuant to Section 10.3(c)(i)
of the LLC Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all other
conditions of Section 10.3 of the LLC Agreement shall apply in respect of
any Transfer contemplated by this paragraph 3(a).
4. Consent for Additional Debt
and Total Return Swap.
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(a)
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(i)
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The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, hereby agrees that
the written consent of the Future Fund Member shall be required in order
to call more than $200 million of the Future Fund Member’s Commitment to
acquire Debt (which $200 million limit shall be reduced further by the
amount paid by the Future Fund Member as the Upfront Payment Amount (as
defined below) under the Total Return Swap (as defined below) less the
excess of (x) the amount of payments made by BAM to the Future Fund Member
under the Total Return Swap over (y) the amount of such payments referred
to in (x) which have been repaid by the Future Fund Member to BAM under
the Total Return Swap (the difference between the Upfront Payment Amount
and such excess of such payments by BAM being referred to herein as the
“Net Future Fund
TRS Payment”)). For greater certainty, the Net Future
Fund TRS Payment may not be less than zero for purposes
hereof. If such consent is not given by the Future Fund Member,
the Future Fund Member agrees that any such additional Debt may be
acquired by another Parallel Investment Vehicle or another Member (other
than the Future Fund Member). For the purposes of this letter,
“Total Return
Swap” means The GGP Loan Total Return Swap Confirmation executed by
BAM, the Future Fund Member and the Beneficial Member dated on or about
the date hereof and “Upfront Payment
Amount” has the meaning ascribed thereto under the Total Return
Swap.
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(ii)
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The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, agrees that the
Available Commitment of the Future Fund Member shall be reduced at any
time by the amount of the Net Future Fund TRS Payment at such
time.
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(b) For
the purposes of calculating Transaction Distribution Amount and Carried Interest
under the LLC Agreement, the Upfront Payment Amount (as defined in the Total
Return Swap) shall be treated as a Capital Contribution made as of the date it
was actually made.
(c) The
Managing Member and the Class B Member hereby agree that the amount of any
Transaction Distribution Amount or Carried Interest payable on any Distribution
Date which is attributable to the Interest of the Future Fund Member (including
any similar amount received by the managing member or an equivalent controlling
entity which is attributable to the interest of the Future Fund Member in a
Parallel Investment Vehicle) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount
of any Adjustment Amount (as defined in the Total Return Swap) that would be
payable if such Distribution Date was an Adjustment Amount Payment Date (as
defined in the Total Return Swap).
5. Frequency of Calls for
Capital Contributions. The Managing Member agrees to use
reasonable efforts to minimize the number of separate calls it makes for Capital
Contributions in a short period of time from the Future Fund
Member.
6. Liability as a
Custodian.
(a) Brookfield
Asset Management Inc. agrees that the Future Fund Member enters into this letter
agreement only in its capacity as custodian of the Beneficial
Member. The Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, and
the Class B Member agree that the liability of the Future Fund Member under the
LLC Agreement, the Subscription Agreement and any side letter or similar
agreement and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. agrees that the liability of the
Future Fund Member under this letter agreement, in each case, shall be limited
solely to the extent that it is actually indemnified by the Beneficial Member in
respect of which it acts as custodian as provided in Section 12.26(b) of
the LLC Agreement. Subject to paragraph 6(b) hereof, the
Beneficial Member agrees that, to the extent the immediately preceding sentence
or Section 12.26(b) of the LLC Agreement operates to reduce the amounts for
which the Future Fund Member would otherwise be liable to any Person to whom the
Future Fund Member owes obligations under the LLC Agreement, the Subscription
Agreement or any side letter or similar agreement, the Beneficial Member agrees
to be directly responsible and liable for any such obligations of the Future
Fund Member and to pay or cause to be paid any amounts owing by, or any other
liabilities of, the Future Fund Member to the extent the Future Fund Member is
relieved of liability therefor by Section 12.26 of the LLC
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
any provision in this letter agreement to the contrary (whether express or
implied), (i) the Beneficial Member represents that it enters into this letter
agreement in accordance with its authorized functions as set out in the Future
Fund Act (as defined below) and in no other capacity and (ii) no Person will
have any claim against individual members of the Beneficial Member or any
delegates of the Beneficial Member in connection with the obligations of the
Beneficial Member under this letter agreement and the rights of individual
members and delegates of the Beneficial Member under this paragraph are held in
trust for them by the Beneficial Member.
7. Transaction Distribution
Amount.
(a) The
Managing Member hereby agrees that the Transaction Distribution Amount
distributable to the Managing Member in respect of the Future Fund Member’s
Interest (including any portion of such Interest held by a Permitted Transferee)
shall be capped at $18 million, and one-fifth (1/5) of such
Transaction Distribution Amount shall vest on each anniversary of the Initial
Closing Date, such that the full Transaction Distribution Amount shall be fully
vested on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Initial Closing Date; provided, that
(i) if the Future Fund Member has Transferred a portion of the Interest it
held as at the Initial Closing Date (other than to a Permitted Transferee),
(a) the Transaction Distribution Amount distributable to the Managing
Member in respect of the Future Fund Member’s retained Interest (including any
portion of such Interest held by a Permitted Transferee) shall be
capped at an amount equal to the product of (1) $18 million
and (2) a fraction the numerator of which is the retained portion of the
Future Fund Member’s Interest (including any portion of such Interest held by a
Permitted Transferee) and the denominator of which is the Future Fund Member’s
Interest held at the Initial Closing Date and (b) for greater certainty,
the Transaction Distribution Amount distributable to the Managing Member in
respect of the portion of the Interest transferred by the Future Fund Member
(other than to a Permitted Transferee) shall not be capped as provided herein,
(ii) if the Future Fund Member’s Invested Capital on a Distribution Date is
less than $600 million, the cap on the Transaction Distribution Amount
distributable to the Managing Member in respect of the Future Fund Member’s
Interest (including any portion of such Interest held by a Permitted Transferee)
shall be reduced by a percentage equal to one minus a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Future Fund Member’s Invested Capital at such Distribution Date and
the denominator of which is the Future Fund Member’s Commitment and
(iii) unless and until the Minimum Condition is achieved, the cap on the
Transaction Distribution Amount distributable to the Managing Member in respect
of the Future Fund Member’s Interest (including any Interest held by a Future
Fund Member’s Permitted Transferee or Affiliate) shall be $3.6
million.
(b) The
Managing Member and the Class B Member hereby agree that, solely for the purpose
of calculating Carried Interest distributable to the Class B Member in respect
of the Interest of the Future Fund Member, the Future Fund Member will be deemed
to have made Capital Contributions equal to the cost of funds associated with
the Commitment LC or Commitment Account established in respect of the Interest
of the Future Fund Member in an amount, which amount shall be equal to forty
(40) basis points times (i) the average daily principal balance, if any, on
deposit in the Commitment Account held by the Company in respect of the Interest
of the Future Fund Member or (ii) the average daily outstanding face amount of
the Commitment LC of the Future Fund Member, as applicable, during the period
commencing on the date the Commitment Account was funded or the Commitment LC of
the Future Fund Member was issued to the Company, as applicable, and ending on
the earlier of (x) October 1, 2010, and (y) the date on which the amount on
deposit in the Commitment Account is reduced to zero or the Commitment LC of the
Future Fund Member is fully drawn by the Company or surrendered to the issuing
bank and cancelled, as applicable, computed on the basis of a three hundred
sixty (360) day year and the actual number of days elapsed, compounded monthly
in arrears. Furthermore, the amount, if any, that remains on deposit
in the Commitment Account or the undrawn face amount, if any, of the Commitment
LC of the Future Fund Member, as applicable, on October 1, 2010 shall be deemed
to be Invested Capital contributed by the Future Fund Member to the Company
solely for the purpose of calculating Carried Interest distributable to the
Class B Member in respect of the Interest of the Future Fund
Member.
8. Other Subscription
Agreements. The Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company, hereby represents and warrants that each Subscription Agreement (and
each equivalent subscription agreement entered into by any Parallel Investment
Vehicle, on one hand, and any prospective investor, on the other hand) shall be
substantially similar in all material respects to the Subscription Agreement the
Future Fund Member signed, except as to (a) the amount of Commitment made
thereby, (b) particular additions, deletions or modifications that reflect
any legal or regulatory requirement binding on, or accounting practice or policy
adopted by, any other Non-Managing Member (or an investor in any Parallel
Investment Vehicle), and (c) the content of each prospective investor
questionnaire as completed by any other Non-Managing Member (or an investor in
any Parallel Investment Vehicle).
9. Tax Matters
Partner. The Managing Member agrees not to take any action as
the Tax Matters Partner that could reasonably be expected to adversely impact
the Future Fund Member or any of its Tax Affiliates (as defined in
paragraph 30 of this letter agreement) in any material respect, without the
Future Fund Member’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld; provided, that, if
the Future Fund Member or any of its Tax Affiliates would be required to file an
income tax return (other than any return necessary to claim a reduced rate of
tax or any tax treaty benefit) as a result of such action taken by the Managing
Member as the Tax Matters Partner that the Future Fund Member or any of its Tax
Affiliates would not otherwise have been required to file, such requirement will
be considered to adversely impact the Future Fund Member or any of its Tax
Affiliates in a material respect for purposes of this
paragraph 9.
10. Withholding
Taxes.
(a) The
Future Fund Member will provide the Managing Member a valid and properly
executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9 as appropriate (and
applicable accompanying documentation, as necessary) and will ensure that the
Beneficial Member will provide to the Managing Member a valid and properly
executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8EXP claiming an exemption from
U.S. income tax under Section 892 of the Code.
(b) The
Managing Member agrees that, under current law, the Company does not intend to
withhold under Sections 1441 or 1442 of the Code on the Future Fund
Member’s distributive share of any item of income for which the Tax Affiliate
(as defined in paragraph 30 of this letter agreement) is exempt from U.S.
federal income taxation under Section 892 of the Code, provided, that the
Company has received from such Person a valid and properly completed IRS
Form W-8EXP (which has not expired under applicable regulations and/or
instructions) certifying as to its status as a foreign government (and not a
“controlled commercial entity”) prior to the time the Company would otherwise
have to withhold on such item. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Managing Member makes no representation as to the Managing Member’s withholding
obligations if and to the extent that (i) under applicable Code sections,
regulations or instructions, the Managing Member has knowledge or reason to
believe that any information or certifications provided by such Person are
incorrect, (ii) the Managing Member cannot reliably associate the payment
with the documentation provided by such Person, (iii) the item in question
is not exempt from taxation under Section 892 of the Code as reasonably
determined by the Managing Member (including, without limitation, as a result of
being derived from a controlled commercial entity with respect to such Person or
from the conduct of a commercial activity, in each case within the meaning of
Section 892 of the Code and the regulations thereunder) or (iv) there
is a Change in Law that imposes an obligation on the Company to withhold on the
Future Fund Member’s distributive share of any item of income of the Company as
reasonably determined by the Managing Member. For purposes of this
paragraph 10, (i) “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of
this letter agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption
or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty by any Governmental Authority,
(b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the
administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) by
any Governmental Authority and (ii) “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United
States, or of any political subdivision thereof and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or
functions of or pertaining to government thereof.
(c) INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED.
(d) The
Managing Member will, to the extent practicable, notify the Future Fund Member
promptly if it determines that the Company is required to withhold any amount
purportedly representing a tax liability to the Future Fund Member or any of its
Tax Affiliates (as defined in paragraph 30 of this letter agreement) and
will (i) consider in good faith any position that such Person raises as to
why withholding is not required or alternative arrangements proposed by such
Person that may avoid the need for withholding and (ii) provide such Person
with the opportunity to contest the requirement to withhold with the appropriate
taxing authority (to the extent permitted by applicable law) during any period
such contest does not subject the Company or the Managing Member to any
potential liability to such taxing authority for any such claimed withholding
and payment.
(e) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, hereby agrees to use its
commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that the affairs of the Company
are conducted in such a manner that the Company is not engaged in a trade or
business within the United States within the meaning of Sections 871 and 881 of
the Code and does not have any income received directly or indirectly from
commercial activities within the meaning of Section 892 of the
Code. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Managing Member shall use
commercially reasonable best efforts not to cause the Company to do any of the
following without the Future Fund Member’s consent: (i) own any assets other
than Securities of GGP, Debt of GGP, cash and/or cash equivalents; (ii) conduct
activities restricted by the LLC Agreement; or (iii) have any employees; provided, however, that the
Future Fund Member’s consent shall not be required so long as either (A) the
ownership of any assets not described in clause (i) are made through a
subsidiary of the Company classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, (B) the conduct of any activities not described in clause (ii) are
conducted through a subsidiary of the Company classified as a corporation for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, or (C) the Company has received a written
opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel, on which the Future Fund Member
may rely, to the effect that such ownership of assets or conduct of activities
should not result in the Company being engaged in a trade or business within the
United States within the meaning of Sections 871 and 881 of the Code and should
not result in the Company being engaged in a commercial activity within the
meaning of Section 892 of the Code. The Managing Member agrees that
it will provide prompt written notice to the Future Fund Member as soon as
reasonably practicable after the Managing Member becomes aware that the Future
Fund Member or any of its Tax Affiliates (as defined in paragraph 29 of this
letter agreement) will be deemed to be engaged in the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States for purposes of Sections 871 and 881 of
the Code solely as a result of the activities and investments of the Company or
that the Future Fund Member Tax Affiliates (as defined in paragraph 29 of this
letter agreement) will be deemed to have any income attributable to commercial
activities within the meaning of Section 892 of the Code. In the
event that the Company derives any income, gain or loss that is effectively
connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States
and/or any income from commercial activities that is allocable to the Future
Fund Member or any of its Tax Affiliates (as defined in paragraph 29 of this
letter agreement), the Managing Member will, at the Future Fund Member’s
request, obtain and provide in a timely fashion all necessary and reasonably
available tax-related information concerning the source, character and amount of
such income required for the Future Fund Member or any of its Tax Affiliates (as
defined in paragraph 29 of this letter agreement) to make required tax
filings.
11. Returns.
(a) If
the Managing Member is required to make a filing (including a Schedule 13D or
Form 3, 4 or 5 filing or amendment thereto) under the Exchange Act on behalf of
the Company or itself, and if the Managing Member is aware that a Non-Managing
Member may also be required to make a filing under the Exchange Act based on the
circumstances requiring Managing Member's filing on behalf of the Company or
itself, then the Managing Member shall endeavor to provide to the Non-Managing
Member, as soon as reasonably practicable, a draft of any such filing on behalf
of the Company or itself prior to making such filing, and, in addition, shall
provide the Non-Managing Member a copy of such filing as filed within two (2)
business days following such filing.
(b) In
addition to the obligations set forth in this paragraph 11, the Managing Member
and Non-Managing Member agree to provide reasonable cooperation with the other
at the other's request in connection with any such filing.
12. Taxes
Paid.
(a) Notwithstanding
Sections 8.4(a) and 8.4(b) of the LLC Agreement, as modified by this
letter, if (i) the Company receives (or is deemed to receive) a distribution
from GGP (including capital gains dividends and distributions in liquidation of
GGP) that is attributable to gain from sales or exchanges by GGP of United
States real property interests (i.e., a distribution subject
to Section 897(h)(1) of the Code) or (ii) the Company earns income directly
or indirectly from commercial activities of the Company within the meaning of
Section 892 of the Code, then, for purposes of determining the amounts
distributable to the Managing Member pursuant to Section 6.1 of the LLC
Agreement and the provisions of the LLC Agreement that refer to Section 6.1, the
Future Fund Member shall not be treated as having received a distribution equal
to the lower of (x) the amount described in clause (i) or (ii) above multiplied
by thirty-five percent (35%) and (y) the actual amount of tax paid to the
applicable taxing authorities with respect to the amounts described in clause
(i) or (ii); provided, however, that
(I) this paragraph 10(e)(a) shall continue to apply following a change
in rate or with respect to a withholding tax (or similar tax) imposed under any
successor provision to Section 1445 or 1446 of the Code and Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder resulting from a Change in Law, and (II)
clause (ii) of this paragraph 10(e)(a) shall not apply to the extent that
the Beneficial Member is not an “integral part” of a foreign sovereign or a
“controlled entity” of a foreign sovereign that is not a “controlled commercial
entity” (all within the meaning of Section 892 of the Code and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder). For the avoidance of doubt, and
not in contravention of paragraph 10(b) of this letter, this
paragraph 10(e)(a) shall not apply with respect to any amounts withheld in
connection with the Redemption Procedures or a liquidation of the Company
(except to the extent attributable to gain from sales or exchanges by GGP of
United States real property interests in connection with a liquidation of
GGP). For purposes of Section 7.4 of the LLC Agreement, all
allocations shall be made without regard to this paragraph.
(b) In
the event the Future Fund Member (or the Beneficial Member) reasonably believes
that, or the Managing Member notifies the Future Fund Member that it believes
that it is more likely than not that, any amount of income described in clause
(i) or (ii) in paragraph 10(e)(a) of this letter agreement is not subject
to U.S. federal income tax, the Future Fund Member (or the Beneficial Member, as
applicable) hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to apply for
and obtain a refund of such amounts and the Managing Member shall cooperate with
the Future Fund Member (or the Beneficial Member, as applicable), as reasonably
requested, in applying for or obtaining such refund. The Future Fund
Member (or the Beneficial Member, as applicable) hereby agrees to promptly
notify the Managing Member of such claim for refund no less than five days prior
to filing such claim with the applicable taxing authorities. In the
event the Future Fund Member (or the Beneficial Member, as applicable) receives
an actual refund of any amounts described in clause (i) or (ii) in
paragraph 10(e)(a) of this letter agreement, such amounts shall be treated
as a distribution for purposes of Section 6.1 of the LLC Agreement to the extent
such amounts were previously excluded from amounts deemed distributed for
purposes of Section 6.1 of the LLC Agreement.
13. Withholding Tax Payments and
Obligations.
(a) With
respect to the Future Fund Member, Section 8.4(a) of the LLC Agreement is
restated as follows:
“If the
Company receives proceeds in respect of which a tax has been withheld, the
Company shall be treated as having received cash in an amount equal to the
amount of such withheld tax, and, for all purposes of this Agreement, except as
provided in paragraph 12(a) of the amended and restated letter agreement
(the “Side
Letter”) between The Northern Trust Company (the “Future Fund Member”)
only in its capacity as custodian for the Future Fund Board of Guardians (the
“Beneficial
Member”) and the Company effective as of March 31, 2010, each Member
shall be treated as having received a distribution pursuant to Section 6.1
hereof equal to the portion of the withholding tax allocable to such Member, as
determined by the Managing Member in its reasonable discretion.
(b) With
respect to the Future Fund Member, Section 8.4(b) of the LLC Agreement is
restated as follows:
“Subject
to paragraph 10(b) of the Side Letter, the Company is authorized to withhold
from any payment made to, or any distributive share of, a Member any taxes that
are, in the Managing Member’s reasonable determination, required by law to be
withheld. If, and to the extent, the Company is required to make any
such tax payments with respect to any distributive share of income or gain of a
Member, then such Member’s proportionate share of such distribution or, without
duplication, future distributions shall be reduced by the amount of such tax
payments (which, except as provided in paragraph 12(a) of the Side Letter, tax
payments shall be treated as a distribution to such Member pursuant to Section
6.1 hereof). In the event a portion of a distribution in kind is
retained by the Company pursuant to the prior sentence, such retained in kind
amounts may, in the discretion of the Managing Member, either (A) be distributed
to the other Members, or (B) the Managing Member as agent on behalf of such
Member may sell such retained in kind amounts for the account of such Member
with the Managing Member retaining the amounts necessary to satisfy such tax
payments and remitting any excess to such Member.”
(c) With
respect to the Future Fund Member, Section 8.4(d) of the LLC Agreement is
deleted from the LLC Agreement.
(d) With
respect to the Future Fund Member, the following paragraphs shall be added to
the end of Section 8.4(e) of the LLC Agreement (it being understood that no
change to the language currently in Section 8.4(e) is intended):
“The
Managing Member shall provide prompt written notice to the Future Fund
Member after learning of any audit or other proceeding (including a
request for information) involving a Tax Indemnified Party for which the Future
Fund Member has an indemnification obligation under this Section 8.4(e) (a
“Proceeding”);
provided, however, that the
failure to provide such notice shall not release the Future Fund Member from any
of its obligations to indemnify under this Section 8.4(e) unless, and only to
the extent such failure has a material adverse effect on the ability to contest
the claim set forth in the Proceeding. If the Future Fund Member
notifies the Tax Indemnified Party in writing that it wishes to assume the
conduct and control of the settlement or defense of such Proceeding, the Future
Fund Member shall have the right, through tax counsel of its choosing and at its
own expense, to assume such conduct and control of the settlement or defense,
and the applicable Tax Indemnified Party shall reasonably cooperate with the
Future Fund Member in connection therewith (including, for example, by signing a
limited power of attorney with respect to such Proceeding); provided, however, that the
Future Fund Member shall thereafter consult with the Managing Member upon the
Managing Member’s reasonable request for consultation from time to time with
respect to such Proceeding and shall not, without the applicable Tax Indemnified
Party’s consent, agree to pay or settle any such Proceeding if such payment or
settlement could adversely affect the applicable Tax Indemnified Party (it being
understood that a monetary payment, including payment in respect of a civil
penalty in existence as of the date of the Side Letter and imposed by the United
States Internal Revenue Service on a standard less than fraud, does not have an
adverse effect on a Tax Indemnified Party). If the Future Fund Member
assumes the conduct and control of such defense or settlement, (i) the Tax
Indemnified Party shall have the right (but not the duty) to participate in the
defense or settlement thereof and to employ counsel separate from the counsel
employed by the Future Fund Member, at its own expense, and (ii) the Future Fund
Member shall not assert that the claim, or any portion thereof, with respect to
which the Tax Indemnified Party seeks indemnification is not within the ambit of
this Section 8.4(e). So long as the Future Fund Member is reasonably
contesting any Proceeding, the applicable Tax Indemnified Party (or its indirect
owners) shall not pay or settle any such Proceeding without the Future Fund
Member’s consent, which consent may be withheld in the Future Fund Member’s
discretion. If the Future Fund Member advises the Tax Indemnified
Party that it does not wish to control such Proceeding or, within a reasonable
amount of time after the receipt of written notice of such Proceeding, fails to
provide the required notice that it wishes to control the Proceeding, then (i)
the Tax Indemnified Party shall control the settlement or defense of the
Proceeding and retain a nationally recognized law firm to represent the Tax
Indemnified Party in such Proceeding, which counsel shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Future Fund Member, (ii) the Tax Indemnified Party may not
pay, settle, compromise or contest the tax at issue without the Future Fund
Member’s consent, which consent may be withheld in the Future Fund Member’s
discretion acting reasonably and without unreasonable delay and (iii) the Future
Fund Member shall be given the right to participate in such Proceeding, at its
own expense.
The
Future Fund Member shall be required to pay to the Tax Indemnified Parties any
amount due with respect to a claim of indemnification pursuant to this Section
8.4(e) promptly upon the first to occur of: (i) a Final Determination having
been reached with respect to the matter that gave rise to such claim for
indemnification; or (ii) the Future Fund Member and the applicable Tax
Indemnified Parties entering into a mutual agreement with respect to the total
amount that is due from the Future Fund Member with respect to such claim for
indemnification. For purposes of this Agreement, “Final
Determination” shall mean: (i) a
determination within the meaning of section 1313(a) of the Code; (ii) a decision, judgment,
decree or other order by the United States Tax Court or any other court of
competent jurisdiction that has become final and unappealable; (iii) a Closing
Agreement under section 7121 of the Code or a comparable provision of federal,
state, local or foreign tax law that is binding against the Internal Revenue
Service; or (iv) any other final settlement with the Internal Revenue
Service. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
(i) if a contest of the applicable taxes shall be conducted in a manner
requiring the payment of the claim, in no event shall such Tax Indemnified Party
be required, or the Future Fund Member be permitted, to contest the imposition
of any tax for which the Future Fund Member is obligated to indemnify pursuant
to this Section 8(e) in such manner unless the Future Fund Member shall have
paid the amount required directly to the appropriate authority or made an
advance of the amount thereof to the applicable Tax Indemnified Parties on an
interest-free basis and (ii) no Tax Indemnified Party shall be required, nor
shall the Future Fund Member be permitted, to appeal any adverse decision to the
U.S. Supreme Court. Any amounts paid or advanced by the Future Fund Member
pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence that are refunded shall
(together with any interest thereon paid by a governmental authority on the
amount refunded) be paid to the Future Fund Member.”
14. Tax
Election. If the Future Fund Member purchases an Interest from
a selling Member, upon request by the Future Fund Member, the Company will make
an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code.
15. Tax
Information. The Managing Member agrees to send to the Future
Fund Member, as soon as possible after the end of each Fiscal Year of the
Company during which it was a Member at any time, but no later than April 1st of
the next following Fiscal Year, Internal Revenue Service Form 1065, Schedule
K-1. The Managing Member, upon request by the Future Fund Member,
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide information and documents
as are necessary for the Future Fund Member to make appropriate tax filings with
respect to such Fiscal Year.
16. Advice. Solely
with respect to the Future Fund Member (and any other Non-Managing Member with
whom the Managing Member has agreed pursuant to any Side Letter), Section 8.6 of
the LLC Agreement is restated as follows:
“A Member
may, by written notice to the Managing Member, request that the Managing Member
provide a copy of any written taxation advice the Managing Member has obtained
from external taxation and other advisers, and the Managing Member shall provide
such copy to the Member (with a copy being provided to all other Members within
a reasonable period of time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Managing Member may impose such reasonable restrictions and conditions in
respect of such written tax advice as the Managing Member determines are
necessary or appropriate to preserve any privilege which exists with respect to
such advice.”
17. Tax Status
Representation. The Beneficial Member represents and warrants
that it is (i) an “integral part” of a foreign sovereign or (ii) a
“controlled entity” of a foreign sovereign that is not a “controlled commercial
entity” (all within the meaning of Section 892 of the Code and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder).
18. Financial Statements.
The Future Fund Member represents that the Beneficial Member’s fiscal year ends
on June 30th. The
Managing Member hereby agrees to furnish to the Future Fund Member, or cause to
be furnished to the Future Fund Member no later than forty-five (45) days
after the Company’s fiscal quarter ending
June 30: (A) unaudited quarterly financial statements in
respect of the Company referred in to Section 8.1(b)(ii) of the LLC
Agreement (which financial statements shall include a balance sheet of the
Company as of the end of such quarter and the preceding quarter and statements
of operations (including statements of income, profit and loss for each quarter
and the preceding quarter), changes in Members’ capital (including capital
account balance) and a statement of cash flows of the Company for such quarter
and the preceding quarter); (B) reports on distributions to the Managing
Member referred to in Section 6.5 of the LLC Agreement; and (C) statements
of Fair Market Value referred to in Section 8.1(b)(iii) of the LLC
Agreement. Further, the Managing Member shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide to the Future Fund Member no later than forty-five
(45) days after the Company’s fiscal quarter ending June 30 such other
information reasonably available to the Managing Member as shall have been
reasonably requested by the Future Fund Member on or before March 31 of such
year and as is necessary for the preparation of the financial statements of the
Future Fund Member (or its Affiliates or beneficiaries or other Persons who may
directly or indirectly control the Future Fund Member), it being understood that
the additional information may not be audited. The Future Fund Member
expressly agrees and acknowledges that the information and materials provided by
the Managing Member under this paragraph 18 contains estimates only and may
change considerably as the Managing Member submits tax returns and financial
statements based on the fiscal year of the Company.
19. Confidentiality. The
Future Fund Member represents, and the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of
the Company, hereby acknowledges, that the Future Fund Member, the Beneficial
Member or the Future Fund Management Agency (a “prescribed Agency” of the
Commonwealth of Australia for the purposes of the Financial Management and
Accountability Act 1997 (Cth)) (collectively, the “Disclosure Parties”)
are subject to certain disclosure and reporting obligations under Australian law
(including under the Future Fund Act 2006 (Cth) (the “Future Fund Act”)),
regulations, orders, rulings and governmental and parliamentary policy and
convention (the “Public Information
Law”), and that information relating to the Managing Member, the Company,
any Parallel Investment Vehicle, the Board of Directors, GGP or any of their
respective Affiliates or the Total Return Swap (or the parties to the Total
Return Swap) or the Loan or any Holding Party (each as defined in the Total
Return Swap) received or maintained by the Disclosure Parties (the “Relevant
Information”) may be required to be disclosed to certain governmental
departments and agencies, parliamentary committees and subcommittees and the
responsible Ministers under the Future Fund Act, in each case having
jurisdiction over the Disclosure Parties. In light of the foregoing,
the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, agrees
that:
(a) The
Future Fund Member and the Beneficial Member shall be permitted to disclose
Relevant Information to the Disclosure Parties; provided, that the
Future Fund Member or Beneficial Member (as applicable) agrees to ensure that
there are suitable confidentiality provisions in place between the Future Fund
Member or Beneficial Member (as applicable) and the other Disclosure Parties
that will ensure that the Disclosure Parties will not disclose any Relevant
Information except as otherwise permitted hereunder;
(b) In
order to comply with any reporting obligations or request for disclosure under
Public Information Law, the Disclosure Parties shall be permitted to disclose
Relevant Information to Australian governmental departments and agencies,
parliamentary committees and subcommittees, and the responsible Ministers under
the Future Fund Act, or as otherwise required by Public Information Law; provided,
that: (i) the Future Fund Member or Beneficial Member (as
applicable) shall disclose, and shall ensure that each other Disclosure Party
discloses, only such information as it is required by any Public Information Law
to disclose; (ii) each Person to whom a Disclosure Party discloses such
information is advised of the confidentiality obligations imposed on the Future
Fund Member or the Beneficial Member pursuant to Section 12.3 of the LLC
Agreement and this letter agreement, the commercial sensitivity of such
information and the need to keep such information confidential; (iii) the
Future Fund Member or Beneficial Member (as applicable) shall use, and shall
ensure that each other Disclosure Party uses, all reasonable endeavours to
ensure that a disclosure of Relevant Information to any such Person is made
in camera; and
(iv) the Future Fund Member or Beneficial Member (as applicable) shall use,
and shall ensure that each other Disclosure Party uses, unless prohibited by
Public Information Law or any other applicable law, all reasonable endeavours to
(A) immediately notify the Managing Member of such required disclosure,
(B) inform the Managing Member of the timing for making such disclosure
and, if the required disclosure is the subject of a request for such
information, provide the Managing Member with a copy of such request or a
detailed summary of the information being requested, and (C) consult with
the Managing Member regarding the response to such request;
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 12.3 of the LLC Agreement and paragraph 40 hereof
and subject to paragraph 19(b) hereof, the
Disclosure Parties shall be permitted to disclose, without any further notice
from the Disclosure Parties, the following limited
information: (i) the name of the Company, any Parallel
Investment Vehicle and GGP; (ii) the association between Brookfield and the
Company and any Parallel Investment Vehicle, the fact that the Future Fund
Member is a member of the Company or a Parallel Investment Vehicle and the date
the Future Fund Member became a member of the Company or an investor in a
Parallel Investment Vehicle and the fact that the Future Fund Member is a
participant in the Total Return Swap; (iii) the Aggregate Commitments and
the aggregate amount of all capital commitments to Parallel Investment Vehicles;
(iv) the Future Fund Member’s Commitment, Capital Contribution, Invested
Capital and Available Commitment and the capital commitment of the Future Fund
Member in any Parallel Investment Vehicle and the contributed and uncontributed
amounts thereof and the Upfront Payment Amount; (v) the value of the Future
Fund Member’s Interest in the Company and interest in any Parallel Investment
Vehicle and interest in the Total Return Swap; (vi) the aggregate
Transaction Distribution Amount and Carried Interest received by the Managing
Member attributable to the Interest of the Future Fund Member (including any
similar amount received by the managing member or an equivalent controlling
entity which is attributable to the interest of the Future Fund Member in a
Parallel Investment Vehicle) and the Transaction Costs borne (directly or
indirectly) by the Future Fund Member (including any similar amounts borne
(directly or indirectly) by the Future Fund Member in any Parallel Investment
Vehicle) and the aggregate reductions to the returns under the Total Return Swap
in respect of Non-recoverable Transaction Costs (as defined in the Total Return
Swap) or in respect of amounts corresponding to Transaction Distribution Amount
or Carried Interest; (vii) the aggregate amount of distributions that have
been paid to the Future Fund Member by the Company and any Parallel Investment
Vehicle and the aggregate returns under the Total Return Swap; (viii) such
ratios and performance information as are calculated by the Disclosure Parties
using the information in sub-clauses (iii) through (vii) above; and
(ix) a brief description of the investment strategy of the Company, any
Parallel Investment Vehicle and GGP including the geographical areas and type of
business of GGP (subject to any confidentiality obligations to which the Company
is subject) and any investments made by a Parallel Investment
Vehicle.
(d) Sections 12.3(b)
and 12.3(d) of the LLC Agreement shall not apply to the Future Fund Member or
the Beneficial Member; and
(e) To
the extent that a Disclosure Party receives a request for information not
expressly permitted to be disclosed above, the provisions of the confidentiality
obligations imposed on the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial Member in
Section 12.3 of the LLC Agreement or paragraph 40 hereof, subject to the
above, shall apply in all respects.
(f) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, hereby agrees to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any confidentiality agreements
entered into by the Company in relation to GGP are entered into having due
regard to the disclosure and reporting obligations of the Disclosure
Parties.
(g) The
Managing Member agrees to discuss with the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial
Member the type of information it proposes to disclose (other than information
it or the Company is required to disclose under the LLC Agreement, the
Subscription Agreement or this letter agreement) to the Future Fund Member or
the Beneficial Member that is subject to any confidentiality agreements entered
into by the Company in relation to GGP under which disclosure by the Disclosure
Parties would not be permitted in order to determine whether disclosure to the
Future Fund Member or Beneficial Member is appropriate. Brookfield Asset
Management Inc. agrees to use reasonable endeavors to discuss with the Future
Fund Member or the Beneficial Member the type of information it proposes to
disclose (other than information it is required to disclose under the Total
Return Swap or this letter agreement) to the Future Fund Member or the
Beneficial Member that is subject to any confidentiality agreements entered into
by it or any Holding Party (as defined in the Total Return Swap) in relation to
GGP under which disclosure by the Disclosure Parties would not be permitted in
order to determine whether disclosure to the Future Fund Member or Beneficial
Member is appropriate.
(h) The
Managing Member shall not make any disclosures with respect to the investment by
the Future Fund Member (or the indirect investment by the Beneficial Member) in
the Company or the participation by the Future Fund Member in the Total Return
Swap (or the indirect participation by the Beneficial Member in the Total Return
Swap) pursuant to its right under Section 12.3(e) of the LLC Agreement without
the prior written consent of the Future Fund Member, except that the Managing
Member may disclose to GGP, any other Member or any prospective Member that the
Future Fund Member (and, indirectly, the Beneficial Member) have made an
investment in the Company or have participated, directly or indirectly, in the
Total Return Swap.
20. Written
Communications. The following arrangements apply to any formal
notices (other than merely administrative notices (which do not include any
changes to the bank account details as set forth in Part II of the Subscription
Agreement) or notices of an informative nature only) pursuant to the LLC
Agreement, the Subscription Agreement and this letter agreement in connection
with the Company:
(a) The
individuals who are authorized to sign notices by the Managing Member or the
Company to the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial Member in connection with
the Company are: (i) the persons with the details set out in the
following table (unless the Managing Member gives notice to the Future Fund
Member and the Beneficial Member under paragraph 20(a)(ii); or
(ii) such other persons as the Managing Member shall from time to time give
notice, including the type of details set out in the following table, to the
Future Fund Member and the Beneficial Member:
Name
|
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Sample
signature
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Brett
Fox
|
|
/s/
Brett Fox
|
Ric
Clark
|
|
/s/
Ric Clark
|
Bryan
Davis
|
|
/s/
Bryan Davis
|
Rael
Diamond
|
|
/s/
Rael Diamond
|
Karen
Ayre
|
|
/s/
Karen Ayre
|
Moshe
Mandelbaum
|
|
/s/
Moshe Mandelbaum
|
Joseph
Freedman
|
|
/s/
Joseph Freedman
|
Aleks
Novakovic
|
|
/s/
Aleks Novakovic
|
Asha
Richards
|
|
/s/
Asha Richards
|
Sachin
Shah
|
|
/s/
Sachin Shah
|
David
Stalter |
|
/s/ David Stalter |
Jeffrey
Haar
|
|
/s/
Jeffrey Haar
|
(b) If
any formal notice (other than any merely administrative notice (which does not
include any changes to the bank account details as set forth in Part II of the
Subscription Agreement) or any notice of an informative nature) given by the
Managing Member in connection with the Company pursuant to the LLC Agreement,
the Subscription Agreement and this letter agreement is not signed by at least
two (2) persons who are at that time authorized in accordance with this
paragraph 20 to sign that notice or written communication, the Future Fund
Member and the Beneficial Member are entitled (but not obliged) to treat that
notice as not having been given and as being invalid.
(c) All
notices or other communications to be given to the Beneficial Member in
connection with the Company shall be sent to the Beneficial Member in the same
manner as all such notices and other communications are sent to Members pursuant
to Section 12.1 of the LLC Agreement and shall be addressed as follows (or
as provided from time to time by the Beneficial Member):
Future
Fund Board of Guardians
Level 43,
120 Collins Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000
Australia
1 All such
persons are officers of BAM and/or one of its Affiliates, including the general
partner of the Managing Member.
Attention: Legal
Department
Telephone: +61
3 8656 6400
Telecopy: +61
3 8656 6500
Electronic
Mail: legal.department@futurefund.gov.au
(d) All
notices or other communications to be given to the Future Fund Member pursuant
to this letter agreement shall be sent to the Future Fund Member in the same
manner as all notices or other communications are required to be sent pursuant
to the LLC Agreement.
21. Indemnification. The
Managing Member will notify the Future Fund Member in writing as soon as
reasonably practicable of any claims for indemnification arising against the
Company pursuant to Section 9.2 of the LLC Agreement of which it has actual
knowledge.
22. Notice of Additional
Members. The Managing Member agrees that it will furnish to
the Future Fund Member the most recent amended Schedule A to
the LLC Agreement promptly after the end of each fiscal quarter in which Schedule A is
amended.
23. Non-Managing Member
Approvals. With respect to all matters submitted to a vote,
consent, or approval of the Non-Managing Members (and the investors in any
Parallel Investment Vehicle, if applicable), the Managing Member will notify the
Future Fund Member in writing of the respective aggregate percentages in
interest (but not the identity) of all Non-Managing Members (and such other
investors) voting in favour, consenting to or otherwise approving, and all
Non-Managing Members (and such other investors) voting against, refusing to
consent or otherwise disapproving any such matter. The Managing
Member agrees that in taking or not taking any action in connection with the
Restructuring Proposal, the Managing Member must take into account the interest
of the Consortium Members to the extent such Consortium Members would be
entitled to vote as if they were members of the Company.
24. Removal or Resignation of
Auditor. The Managing Member agrees to notify the Future Fund
Member in writing in the event of the resignation or removal of the Company’s
Independent Accounting Firm and to request that such Independent Accounting Firm
discuss with the Future Fund Member the reasons for such resignation or
removal.
25. Transfer of Interest by
Brookfield.
(a) The
Managing Member shall ensure that in connection with any syndication by
Brookfield of a portion of its Interest or its interest in any Parallel
Investment Vehicle in which Brookfield is an investor (a “Brookfield PIV”) as
contemplated by Section 10.7 of the LLC Agreement or the corresponding
provision of the organizational documents of any such Brookfield PIV, the
amount paid
by any Transferee
in respect of any portion of Brookfield’s Interest
or Brookfield’s interest in such Brookfield PIV, as applicable, shall be not
less than the excess of (a) the pro rata share of the
aggregate cost to acquire the Investment and any other assets then held by the
Company or such Brookfield PIV, as applicable, over (b) the sum of (x) the
pro rata share of
the Fair Market Value of all of the liabilities of the Company or such
Brookfield PIV, as applicable, and (y) any distribution made to
Brookfield.
(b) Upon
reasonable request from the Future Fund Member from time to time and, in any
event, upon the earlier of (i) such time that Brookfield determines that it no
longer intends to consummate any syndications pursuant to its right under
Section 10.7 of the LLC Agreement or the corresponding provision of the
organizational documents of any Brookfield PIV, and (ii) the aggregate
Commitments of BAM and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries no longer represent more
than the Brookfield Minimum Hold, the Managing Member shall ensure that
Brookfield shall certify in writing to the Future Fund Member that Brookfield
has effected all syndications of its interests in the Company in compliance with
the LLC Agreement, the organizational documents of any Brookfield PIV and this
letter agreement and that there are no Side Letters in existence that have not
been provided to the Future Fund Member.
26. Relationship between the
Managing Member and Brookfield. The Managing Member represents
and warrants that the general partner of the Managing Member is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of BAM.
27. Assets and Liabilities of
the Company. The Managing Member represents and warrants that
the Company has no assets or liabilities other than those that have been
disclosed to the Future Fund Member in writing prior to the Initial Closing
Date.
28. Disclosure of Certain
Provisions to Other Members. The Managing Member, itself and
on behalf of the Company, agrees to disclose paragraphs 4, 6, 19 and 29 of this
letter agreement to all Consortium Members prior to their admission to the
Company or the applicable Parallel Investment Vehicle.
29. Definition of
Affiliate. For the purposes of Section 10.1(a) of the LLC
Agreement, the Managing Member consents to a Transfer by a Person who is not a
Non-Managing Member in respect of all or any portion of the Interest held by the
Future Fund Member (including by way of Transfer of an interest in or in an
interest held by the Future Fund Member) solely as the result of a change in the
direct or indirect ownership of the Future Fund Member and without any change in
the beneficial ownership of any Interest held by the Future Fund Member. For the
purposes of Section 10.1(b) of the LLC Agreement, an Affiliate of the
Future Fund Member shall be deemed to include any of its Permitted
Transferees.
30. Tax. For
the purposes of Sections 8.1(c), 8.1(d), 8.2(a) and 8.2(b) of the LLC
Agreement, references to Member shall include the Beneficial Member (a “Tax
Affiliate”). In the event of a Transfer to a Permitted
Transferee, the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, agrees to
act reasonably in response to a request to amend the definition of Tax Affiliate
to refer to any other Person whose tax liability is determined by reference to
the Interest in the Company held by the Member.
31. JP Morgan
Services.
(a) The
Beneficial Member represents, and the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of
the Company, and the Class B Member acknowledge, that: (i) the
Beneficial Member has appointed J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, National
Association (Sydney Branch) (“JP Morgan”) to
provide administration, reporting and other related services to the Beneficial
Member and its wholly-owned subsidiaries; (ii) JP Morgan will be
provided with copies of notices and other written communications and the
JP Morgan document repository system will be used to store records and
documentation relating to the Future Fund Member’s investment in the Company;
and (iii) JP Morgan has agreed to confidentiality undertakings in
respect of all confidential information which may be disclosed to and retained
by it in connection with the Future Fund Member’s investment in the Company and
has further agreed that it must only use such information for the purpose of
providing administration, reporting and other related services to the Beneficial
Member and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and the Beneficial Member shall not
waive or otherwise agree to modify (to the detriment of the Managing Member, the
Company or the Class B Member) such confidentiality obligations (as described
above).
(b) The
Beneficial Member shall be responsible for any breach by JP Morgan of its
confidentiality undertakings (as described above) and all costs related to the
appointment and services of JP Morgan (as described above).
(c) In
light of the foregoing, the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company, agrees that all notices given and other written communications made by
the Managing Member or the Company to the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial
Member in connection with the Company or any Parallel Investment Vehicle shall
be copied to JP Morgan until the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial
Member gives notice otherwise, and that the Future Fund Member and the
Beneficial Member shall be permitted to store records and documentation relating
to the Future Fund Member’s investment in the Company or any Parallel Investment
Vehicle on the JP Morgan document repository system.
32. Admission of the Future Fund
Member. Notwithstanding any provision in the LLC Agreement,
the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, confirms that the
Future Fund Member will be deemed an Initial Member for the purposes of the LLC
Agreement and this letter agreement.
33. Participation by the Future
Fund Member in any Parallel Investment Vehicle. The Managing
Member agrees that the Future Fund Member shall not be required to contribute
capital to or hold any interest or otherwise participate in any Parallel
Investment Vehicle without its consent.
34. Additional Requirements and
Conditions.
(a) In
exercising its discretion pursuant to Section 10.3(c)(ii) of the LLC
Agreement, the Managing Member agrees that it will act reasonably.
(b) The
LLC Agreement shall not be amended in a manner that is adverse to the Future
Fund Member without the Future Fund Member’s written approval.
35. Exclusivity.
(a) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, hereby agrees that,
notwithstanding Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement, but subject to any
applicable restrictions under the Restructuring Proposal, the Future Fund
Member, Beneficial Member and their Affiliates shall be permitted to invest in
voting common shares of GGP following the effective date of the Plan; provided, that the
holdings of the Future Fund Member and the Beneficial Member of such common
shares, together with any holdings of their Affiliates (including any indirect
purchase or disposition, for example, by means of swaps or other derivatives),
shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the aggregate outstanding amount of
such common shares; provided, further, that the
each of the Future Fund Member and the Beneficial Member agrees (i) not to
purchase or dispose of any such common shares if, at the time of such purchase
or disposition, the Person making the applicable investment decision is in
possession of any material non-public information relating to GGP on which it is
prohibited from trading under the Exchange Act; (ii) not to purchase or dispose
of any such common shares unless the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial Member
have determined that such purchase or disposition would not result in a
disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act with respect to
any Member other than the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial Member or their
respective Affiliates; (iii) to notify the
Managing Member of such purchase or disposition (including any indirect purchase
or disposition, for example, by means of swaps or other derivatives), as
applicable, and the amount and timing thereof, immediately after such purchase
or disposition, and in any event on the date thereof; (iv) not to sell
“short” any such common shares, unless the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial
Member, as applicable, shall have determined that such “short” sale is permitted
under Section 16(c) of the Exchange Act; (v) to reimburse the Company
for any expenses incurred by the Company or the Managing Member on behalf of the
Company, in connection with any amendment to any filings made on behalf of the
Company pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act; (vi) not to engage
in any acquisition that would require compliance with Regulation 14E of the
Exchange Act with respect to GGP or any of its Affiliates; and (vii) to
vote any common shares held by the Future Fund Member, the Beneficial Member and
their Affiliates at all times in the same manner and in conformance with how the
Company votes its common shares in GGP. References in this paragraph
to any purchase or disposition of common shares of GGP shall be to the purchase
or disposition on a date or within a time period specified by the relevant
party. For the avoidance of doubt, Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement
and this paragraph 35 apply in respect of the Future Fund Member and any of its
Affiliates only to the extent the Future Fund Member or its Affiliate (as
applicable) is acting as custodian of the Beneficial Member or any Permitted
Transferee.
(b) If
GGP (i) enters into an agreement with respect to a restructuring or the
financing thereof with any party other than the Consortium and (ii) such
agreement has been approved by the board of GGP and all interest-holders of GGP
whose approval of such agreement is required under the Plan (or, the court
overseeing the Chapter 11 case confirms that no such interest-holder approval is
required), then the Future Fund Member will automatically be released from its
obligations under Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement; provided that, in no event, subject to the next
sentence, may the Future Fund Member take any action otherwise restricted under
Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement if such action would result in the Consortium losing the benefit of
its bid protection pursuant to that certain letter agreement between BAM,
Pershing Square, LP and certain affiliates of Pershing Square, LP, dated as of
February 24, 2010 (any such action, a “Prohibited
Action”). The Managing Member shall, within five (5)
Business Days of deemed receipt of a request in writing by the Future Fund
Member specifying in reasonable detail the action(s) proposed to be taken,
notify the Future Fund Member in writing whether such action, in its reasonable determination, either would
be a Prohibited Action or would not be a Prohibited Action. If the
Managing Member fails to so notify the Future Fund Member within such time
frame, or notifies the Future Fund Member that such proposed action(s)
is not a Prohibited Action, then the
Managing Member and the Company shall not have, and agree not to bring, any
cause of action or claim against the Future Fund Member for a breach of this
paragraph 35(b) in connection with the taking of such
action(s).
(c) Subject
to the proviso to paragraph 35(b) above, the Future Fund Member’s
exclusivity obligations under Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement shall terminate on
the date the Future Fund Member ceases to be a Member following either (i) the
sale pursuant to Section 10.1(b), 10.6, 10.8(d)(i) or 10.8(d)(ii) of the LLC Agreement of one hundred
percent (100%) of the Future Fund Member’s Interest to any other Member or
third-party purchaser which, in each case, is not an Affiliate of the Future
Fund Member or (ii) the distribution to the Future Fund Member of one hundred
percent (100%) of its pro rata share
(determined in accordance with its Consortium Percentage Interest) of the
Investment and the other assets of the Consortium pursuant to Section 10.8(a) or
10.8(b) of the LLC
Agreement.
36. Commitment
Account. The Future Fund Member and the Managing Member hereby
agree that a Commitment Account shall be established in respect of the Interest
of the Future Fund Member with Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, for which
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company will serve as escrow
agent. Furthermore, the Future Fund Member agrees to fund such
Commitment Account with an amount equal to the Available Commitment of the
Future Fund Member, as determined pursuant to paragraph 4(a), above, less
the amount of capital invested (for greater certainty net of any associated
distributions) by the Future Fund Member in respect of any other investment made
by the Future Fund Member in connection with the Protocol, on the date notified
in writing by the Managing Member to the Future Fund Member so long as such
notice is received by the Future Fund Member not more than fifteen (15) Business
Days and not fewer than ten (10) Business Days prior to such funding
date.
37. Representation. The
Managing Member represents and warrants that $2.7 billion represents a good
faith estimate of the aggregate amount of capital that is required to be called
from all Members and all investors in Parallel Investment Vehicles in order to
enable the Consortium to fulfill its obligations under the Restructuring
Proposal and to pay Transaction Costs.
38. Subscription
Agreement.
(a) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, the Future Fund Member and
the Beneficial Member agree that the reference in the second paragraph of the
Subscription Agreement to “the letter agreement entered into between the
Subscriber, the Beneficial Member, the Managing Member and the Company” shall
refer to “the letter agreement entered into among the Subscriber, the Beneficial
Member, the Managing Member, the Company, Trilon Bancorp Inc. and Brookfield
Asset Management Inc.”
(b) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, the Future Fund Member and
the Beneficial Member agree that the last sentence of the second paragraph of
Section I of the Subscription Agreement shall be deleted.
(c) Notwithstanding
Section II.(B) of the Subscription Agreement, the Managing Member agrees to give
notice of any other bank account (other than the bank account specified in
Section II.(A) of the Subscription Agreement) containing the type of details as
set out in Section II.(A) of the Subscription Agreement to the Future Fund
Member and the Beneficial Member at least ten (10) Business Days before the
earliest date on which the Future Fund Member is required or entitled to pay
such amount as specified in the relevant Funding Notice.
(d) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, the Future Fund Member and
the Beneficial Member agree that in clause (i) of Section III.C.(6) of the
Subscription Agreement the words “the formation of the Company and” shall be
deleted.
(e) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, the Future Fund Member and
the Beneficial Member agree that (i) the reference in Section II.(A) of the
Subscription Agreement to paragraph 15 of the Side Letter shall refer to
paragraph 20 of the Side Letter and (ii) the references in Section IX of
the Subscription Agreement to paragraphs 33(b) and 33(b)(ii) of the Side Letter
shall refer to paragraphs 43(b) and 43(b)(ii) of the Side Letter,
respectively.
39. Parallel Investment
Vehicles.
(a) The
Managing Member shall provide the Future Fund Member with execution copies of
the organizational documents of any Parallel Investment Vehicle as promptly as
practicable following the initial closing of such Parallel Investment Vehicle
(and, in any event, no later than the date on which the Managing Member
furnishes a Side Letter entered into with an investor in such Parallel
Investment Vehicle to the Future Fund Member pursuant to paragraph 0
above). For the avoidance of doubt, the rights granted to the Future
Fund Member pursuant to paragraph 2 above shall not apply with respect to
any provision in the organizational documents of any Parallel Investment Vehicle
or Side Letter reducing or waiving Transaction Distribution Amount or Carried
Interest, in whole or in part, with respect to Brookfield.
(b) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, agrees and Brookfield
Asset Management Inc. agrees to ensure that: (i) without limiting the
Managing Member’s fiduciary and other duties and obligations, the Managing
Member may only exercise its rights and discretions under or in connection with
Section 4.12 of the LLC
Agreement if each of the rights and obligations of the Future Fund Member
and the Beneficial Member under the LLC Agreement and this letter
agreement and their direct or indirect economic or other interests in the
Company (including the direct or indirect benefit or burden of any right,
liability, representation, warranty, obligation, indemnity, waiver, release,
qualification or exemption given by or in favor of the Managing Member or the
Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) with or in respect of any other Person,
including GGP or any Non-Managing Member or investor in any Parallel Investment
Vehicle) are not adversely affected by the utilization of a Parallel Investment
Vehicle; and (ii) without limiting clause (i) above, no portion of any
taxes or other governmental charges which relate to a Parallel Investment
Vehicle or any of its Subsidiaries nor any costs, liabilities or Transactions
Costs incurred in connection with such taxes or other governmental charges
(including, without limitation, costs or charges of advisers or contractors and
costs and liabilities in relation to disputes and litigation in connection with
such taxes or other governmental charges) will be borne or reimbursed by the
Company.
40. Applicability of Provisions
of LLC Agreement to Beneficial Member. For greater certainty,
given the custodial relationship between the Future Fund Member and the
Beneficial Member, the Beneficial Member agrees that it shall take no action
inconsistent with the Future Fund Member’s obligations as Member and
accordingly, subject to this letter agreement, shall comply with and otherwise
agrees to be bound by the following sections of the LLC Agreement as though it
were the Member: Sections 12.3 (Confidentiality), 12.4 (Exclusivity), 12.7
(Managing Member Discretion), 12.13 (Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial),
12.14 (Arbitration), 12.17 (Submission to Jurisdiction and Service of Process),
and 12.23 (Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Laws). Further, Sections
12.14 (Arbitration) and 12.15 (Submission to Jurisdiction and Service of
Process) of the LLC Agreement shall apply to the parties to this letter
agreement as if incorporated, mutatis mutandis, in this
letter agreement.
41. Term. This
letter agreement shall remain in effect for as long as the Future Fund Member or
one of its Permitted Transferees is a Non-Managing Member (other than a
Defaulting Member) save for paragraphs 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 30,
31 and 43 to 50 (provided that paragraph 44
shall only apply to such surviving paragraphs) which shall survive the Future
Fund Member and none of its Permitted Transferees being a Member and the Future
Fund Member or one of its Permitted Transferees being a Defaulting
Member. If the Managing Member is substituted as the managing member
of the Company by one of its Affiliates, it will procure the entry into of a new
or amended letter agreement by such Affiliate with the Future Fund Member or
Beneficial Member on substantially the same terms. If the Class B
Member is substituted as a class B member of the Company or otherwise Transfers
any of its Interest, it will procure the entry into of a new or amended letter
agreement by such new class B member of Transferee with the Future Fund Member
or Beneficial Member on substantially the same terms.
42. Prior
Agreements. Upon the execution of this amended and restated
letter agreement, the Swap Confirmation, and the LLC Agreement, all agreements
entered into prior to the date hereof between the Future Fund Member, the
Beneficial Member and their affiliates and the Managing Member
and its affiliates relating to GGP or its affiliates are hereby
terminated and no longer in effect.
43. Governing
Law.
(a) Each
of the Managing Member, the Company, the Class B Member, the Future Fund Member
and the Beneficial Member hereby agrees that this letter agreement and the LLC
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of law,
subject to paragraph 43(b) hereof.
(b) Notwithstanding
paragraph 43(a) hereof, the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company, the Class B Member and the Future Fund Member and the Beneficial Member
hereby agree that:
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(i)
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All
issues of law relating to the governmental authority and the scope of
sovereign and governmental immunities related to the Future Fund Member or
the Beneficial Member shall be resolved and enforced in accordance with
the laws of Australia, without resort to any jurisdiction’s conflict of
law rules or doctrines;
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(ii)
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Nothing
contained in the LLC Agreement, the Subscription Agreement or this letter
agreement shall be construed as a waiver of the Future Fund Member’s or
the Beneficial Member’s right to be subject to suit only in the courts of
Australia in respect of all issues of law relating to the governmental
authority and the scope of sovereign and governmental immunities related
to the Future Fund Member or the Beneficial Member;
and
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(iii)
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The
Future Fund Member and the Beneficial Member do not agree to the
jurisdiction of any courts other than the courts of Australia in respect
of those matters.
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44. Counterparts. This
letter agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts which, taken together,
shall constitute one and the same agreement.
45. Binding
Effect. The Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company, and the Class B Member hereby agree that upon the execution hereof, the
terms of this letter agreement shall be binding upon, and in full force and
effect against, the Company, the Managing Member and the Class B Member, and
shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any
Parallel Investment Vehicle in which the Future Fund Member is an investor,
notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the LLC Agreement, the Subscription
Agreement or the constituent documents of any Parallel Investment Vehicle, and
the Managing Member shall procure the entry into of a new or amended letter
agreement to give effect to this.
46. Conflicts. This
letter agreement supplements, and in some cases modifies, the LLC Agreement and,
to the extent of any conflict between the LLC Agreement and this letter
agreement, the terms hereof shall control. In all other respects, the
LLC Agreement shall control with respect to the Future Fund Member.
47. Severability. Each
provision of this letter agreement shall be considered severable and if for any
reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid,
unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity,
unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those
portions of this letter agreement which are valid, enforceable and
legal.
48. Enforceability. The
execution and delivery of this letter agreement by the Managing Member, itself
and on behalf of the Company, and the Class B Member constitutes a
representation and warranty that (a) the Managing Member is authorized
under the terms of the LLC Agreement and otherwise to execute and deliver this
letter agreement, (b) the Class B Member is authorized under its governing
documents and otherwise to execute and deliver this letter agreement and
(c) this letter agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Managing Member, the Company and the Class B Member, enforceable against the
Managing Member, the Company and the Class B Member in accordance with its
terms.
49. Entire
Agreement. This letter agreement constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all other prior letters and understandings, both written and verbal,
among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
50. Assignment. To
the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights and benefits inuring hereunder
may not be assigned and no such rights or benefits shall survive a Transfer of
the Future Fund Member’s Interest to a third party; provided, that the
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, and the Class B Member
agree that such rights and benefits may be assigned in connection with any
permitted Transfer of the Future Fund Member’s Interest to a Permitted
Transferee and in the event of any such Transfer, the Managing Member, itself
and on behalf of the Company, and the Class B Member agree that the
parties will enter into or procure the entry into of a new or amended letter
agreement to give effect to this.
51. Restrictions on Admitting
New Investors. The Managing Member shall not accept additional
subscriptions from any Member except as set out in the Subscription Agreement or
select and other persons as Members of the Company without the consent of each
Non-Managing Member, provided that in no event shall the foregoing affect the
Managing Member’s syndication right pursuant to Section 10.7 of the LLC
Agreement.
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Please
confirm that the above correctly reflects our understanding and agreement with
respect to the foregoing matters by signing the enclosed copy of this letter and
returning such copy to the Managing Member.
BROOKFIELD
ASSET MANAGEMENT PRIVATE INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL ADVISER (CANADA),
L.P.
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc.,
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BROOKFIELD
(US) INVESTMENTS LTD.
In the
event of a Closing (as defined in the Restructuring Proposal) and only in such
event:
BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS II LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., the
Managing Member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc.,
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FUTURE FUND LETTER AGREEMENT\
In the
event of a Restructuring Proposal Termination and only in such
event:
REP
INVESTMENTS LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P., the
Managing Member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc.,
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FUTURE FUND LETTER AGREEMENT
Agreed
and Accepted:
FUTURE
FUND BOARD OF GUARDIANS
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Title:
Authorised Signatory
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Title:
Authorised
Signatory
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FUTURE FUND LETTER AGREEMENT
EXECUTED
on behalf of THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY (ABN 62 126 279 918), a company
incorporated in the State of Illinois in the United States of America, in
its capacity as custodian for the Future Fund Board of Guardians, by
Sally
Surgeon, Vice President
being
a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting
under the authority of the company in the presence of:
Signature
of witness
/s/
Christine Krause
Name
of witness (block letters)
CHRISTINE
KRAUSE
Address
of witness
Level
43, 120 Collins St.
Melbourne
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/s/
Sally Surgeon
By
executing this agreement the signatory warrants that the signatory is duly
authorised to execute this agreement on behalf of THE NORTHERN TRUST
COMPANY
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FUTURE FUND LETTER AGREEMENT
Acknowledged
and agreed solely for the
purposes
of paragraphs 6(a), 19(g) and
39(b) of
this letter agreement:
BROOKFIELD
ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
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Title:
Senior Managing Partner
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Title:
Senior Vice President,
Taxation
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FUTURE FUND LETTER AGREEMENT
Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
10
STABLE
LETTER AGREEMENT
Effective
as of March 31, 2010
Stable
Investment Corporation
New Poly
Plaza
No. 1
Chaoyangmen, Beidajie, Dongcheng
Beijing
100010
Attention:
Collin Lau, Jinglei Chen
and
Teng Lei
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
amended and restated letter agreement, dated as of October 25, 2010, and
effective as of March 31, 2010, is being entered into and delivered by and
between Stable Investment Corporation (the “SIC Member” or “you”) and REP
Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP”) and, in the
event of a Closing (as defined in the Restructuring Proposal), Brookfield REP
Investments III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REP III,” and REP or
REP III, as applicable, the “Company”) in order to
amend and restate in its entirety that certain letter agreement dated as of
March 31, 2010 entered into by and between the SIC Member and REP (the “Original Side
Letter”). This letter agreement is being entered in connection with your
purchase of a limited liability company interest in, and your entering into
(i) in the event of a Closing (as defined in the Restructuring
Proposal), of that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company of REP
III dated as of October 25, 2010, as subsequently amended and restated from time
to time or (ii) in the event of a Restructuring Proposal Termination, of that
certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the
Company dated as of October 25, 2010, as subsequently amended and restated from
time to time (the agreement referenced in clause (i) or (ii) as applicable, the
“LLC
Agreement”) and that certain Subscription Agreement related thereto
entered into between you and the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company, effective as of March 31, 2010 (as amended by that certain
Joinder and Amendment to Subscription Agreement dated as of October 25, 2010,
the “Subscription
Agreement”). Capitalized terms used and not defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the LLC Agreement. This
letter agreement amends and restates the Original Side Letter in its
entirety.
1. Other Side
Letters. The Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company, hereby agrees to promptly furnish you with a copy of all side letters
or similar agreements entered into between the Managing Member, the Company or
any of their Affiliates and any Non-Managing Member in the Company (or between
any Parallel Investment Vehicle or the managing member, general partner or
similar controlling party of any Parallel Investment Vehicle or any of their
Affiliates and any investor in such Parallel Investment Vehicle) that establish
rights under, or alter or supplement the terms of, the LLC Agreement or the
constituent documents of any Parallel Investment Vehicle, as applicable (each, a
“Side
Letter”).
2. Most Favored
Nation. The Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company, hereby agrees that you shall be entitled, upon written election to the
Managing Member within twenty (20) days of receipt of a copy of any Side Letter,
to the rights and benefits of such Side Letter that have the effect of
establishing rights or otherwise benefiting any other Non-Managing Member (or
any investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle) in a manner different and more
favorable, in any material respect, than the rights and benefits established in
your favor hereunder or pursuant to the LLC Agreement; provided that you hereby
agree to assume the obligations, if any, assumed by such other Non-Managing
Member (or such other investor in a Parallel Investment Vehicle) in receiving
such rights or benefits; provided further that you shall not be
entitled to the rights or benefits of any Side Letter provisions (a) that were
established for the benefit of any other Non-Managing Member (or any investor in
any Parallel Investment Vehicle) to reflect any legal or regulatory requirement
to which such Non-Managing Member (or such investor in any Parallel Investment
Vehicle) is bound (including, without limitation, provisions concerning the
disclosure or use of information or relating to the reporting obligations of the
Company or any Parallel Investment Vehicle) or any accounting practice or policy
which such Non-Managing Member (or such investor in any Parallel Investment
Vehicle) has adopted and, in each case, to which you are not similarly bound or
you have not similarly adopted, or (b) that are personal to any other
Non-Managing Member (or any investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle) based
solely on the place of organization, headquarters or organizational form of such
other Non-Managing Member (or such investor in a Parallel Investment Vehicle)
and provide no material economic benefit not provided to you. The
Managing Member hereby represents and warrants that, other than as already
disclosed to you, (i) there are no other Side Letters that have the effect of
establishing rights with respect to the governance of the Consortium benefitting
any other Non-Managing Member (or any investor in any Parallel Investment
Vehicle) in a manner different and more favorable than the governance rights
established in your favor hereunder or pursuant to the LLC Agreement and (ii)
there are no rights currently provided to another Non-Managing Member (or any
investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle) that can reasonably be expected to
interfere with the exercise of your governance rights with respect to the
Consortium and no such rights will be provided to another Non-Managing Member
(or any investor in any Parallel Investment Vehicle).
3. Consent to
Transfer.
(a) The
Managing Member shall not withhold its consent to (a) a Transfer by you or your
Permitted Transferee (hereinafter defined) to an entity that is owned and
controlled, directly or indirectly, by you, or to any other Chinese government
agency, government instrumentality and/or any other entity that is part of, or
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, the People’s Republic of China or
governmental agency or body thereof (each a “Permitted
Transferee”), including a Transfer by you or your Permitted Transferee
required as a result of a reorganization or restructuring or change in any law
or regulation (or the interpretation thereof) and (b) such Permitted
Transferee’s admission to the Company as a substituted Non-Managing Member in
accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement. In connection with
any such Transfer by you or a Permitted Transferee to a Permitted Transferee,
the Managing Member hereby waives the requirement that you provide it with an
opinion of counsel pursuant to Section 10.3(c)(i) of the LLC
Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all other conditions of
Section 10.3 of the LLC Agreement shall apply in respect of any Transfer
contemplated by this paragraph 3.
(b) The
Managing Member acknowledges and agrees that Best Investment Corporation is a
Permitted Transferee hereunder and agrees (x) to admit Best Investment
Corporation as a member of the Company upon satisfactory evidence of an
assignment by you of an interest in the Company or of your interest in the
Commitment Account and (y) upon such admission to the Company as a member, all
provisions of this letter agreement shall apply to, and be enforceable by, each
of you and Best Investment Corporation.
4. Transaction Distribution
Amount and Carried Interest.
(a) The
Managing Member hereby agrees that the Transaction Distribution Amount
distributable to the Managing Member in respect of your Interest (including any
Interest held by your Permitted Transferee or your Affiliate) shall be capped at
$18 million and one-fifth (1/5) of such Transaction Distribution Amount
shall vest on each anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, such that the full
Transaction Distribution Amount shall be fully vested on the fifth
(5th) anniversary of the Initial Closing Date; provided that, (i) if you
have Transferred a portion of your Interest held as of the Initial Closing Date
other than to a Permitted Transferee or your Affiliate, (a) the Transaction
Distribution Amount distributable to the Managing Member in respect of your
retained Interest (including any Interest held by your Permitted Transferee or
your Affiliate) shall be capped at an amount equal to the product of (1) $18
million and (2) a fraction the numerator of which is the retained portion of
your Interest (including any Interest held by your Permitted Transferee or your
Affiliate) and the denominator of which is your Interest held at the Initial
Closing Date and (b) for greater certainty, the Transaction Distribution Amount
distributable to the Managing Member in respect of the portion of the Interest
transferred by you other than to a Permitted Transferee or your Affiliate shall
not be capped as provided herein, (ii) if your Invested Capital on a
Distribution Date is less than $650 million, the cap on the Transaction
Distribution Amount distributable to the Managing Member in respect of your
Interest (including any Interest held by your Permitted Transferee or your
Affiliate) shall be reduced by a percentage equal to one minus a fraction, the
numerator of which is your Invested Capital at such Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is your Commitment, and (iii) unless and until the Minimum
Condition is achieved, the cap on the Transaction Distribution Amount
distributable to the Managing Member in respect of your Interest (including any
Interest held by your Permitted Transferee or your Affiliate) shall be $3.6
million.
(b) The
Managing Member and the Class B Member hereby agree that, solely for the purpose
of calculating Carried Interest distributable to the Class B Member in respect
of your Interest, you will be deemed to have made Capital Contributions equal to
the cost of funds associated with the Commitment LC or Commitment Account
established in respect of your Interest in an amount, which amount shall be
equal to forty (40) basis points times (i) the average daily principal balance,
if any, on deposit in the Commitment Account held by the Company in respect of
your Interest or (ii) the average daily outstanding face amount of your
Commitment LC, as applicable, during the period commencing on the date the
Commitment Account was funded or your Commitment LC was issued to the Company,
as applicable, and ending on the earlier of (x) July 15, 2010, and (y) the date
on which the amount on deposit in the Commitment Account is reduced to zero or
your Commitment LC is fully drawn by the Company or surrendered to the issuing
bank and cancelled, as applicable, computed on the basis of a three hundred
sixty (360) day year and the actual number of days elapsed, compounded monthly
in arrears. Furthermore, the amount, if any, that remains on deposit in the
Commitment Account or the undrawn face amount, if any, of your Commitment LC, as
applicable, on July 15, 2010 shall be deemed to be Invested Capital contributed
by you to the Company solely for the purpose of calculating Carried Interest
distributable to the Class B Member in respect of your Interest.
(c) The
Managing Member agrees that, in the event it makes a Sale Recommendation
pursuant to Section 10.8(d)(i) of the LLC Agreement and you have not requested
that your Sharing Percentage of the Investment and other assets of the Company
be sold pursuant thereto within the Sale Recommendation Acceptance Period, the
Transaction Distribution Amount and the Carried Interest distributable to the
Managing Member in respect of your Interest shall be determined on the third
(3rd) or fifth (5th) anniversary of the effective date of the Plan, as elected
by the Managing Member in its sole discretion; provided that if the Managing
Member has not elected that such amounts should be determined on the third (3rd)
anniversary within thirty (30) days following such third (3rd) anniversary, the
date of determination shall automatically be the date that is the fifth (5th)
anniversary of the effective date of the Plan. In either case, unless your
Sharing Percentage of the Investment and other assets of the Company have
previously been sold, the Transaction Distribution Amount and Carried Interest
distributable to the Managing Member in respect of your Interest shall be
determined assuming a distribution was made to you equal to the excess of (i)
your Sharing Percentage of the Fair Market Value of the Investment and other
assets of the Company over (ii) the sum of (x) your Sharing Percentage of the
Fair Market Value of the liabilities of the Company plus (y) the estimated costs
and expenses associated with the disposition of your Sharing Percentage of the
Investment and other assets of the Company; provided that in all events
hereunder Fair Market Value shall be as defined in the LLC Agreement, except
that Fair Market Value of assets and liabilities of the Company whose value was
to be determined in accordance with paragraph (c) of such definition of Fair
Market Value shall be determined based on a valuation made by an appropriately
qualified independent third-party valuation agent, designated by the Managing
Member and approved by a Super-Majority Vote of Tier One Parallel Investment
Vehicles.
(d) In
the event the Managing Member makes a recommendation pursuant to Section
10.8(d)(i) of the LLC Agreement that the Investment be sold and you have
requested that your Sharing Percentage of the Investment and assets of the
Company be sold pursuant thereto, the Transaction Distribution Amount and the
Carried Interest distributable to the Managing Member in respect of your
Interest shall be determined based on the actual consideration received in
connection with the disposition of your Sharing Percentage of the Investment and
assets of the Company.
5. Other Subscription
Agreements. The Managing Member, itself and on behalf of
the Company, hereby represents and warrants that each Subscription
Agreement (and each equivalent subscription agreement entered into by any
Parallel Investment Vehicle, on one hand, and any prospective investor, on the
other hand) shall be substantially similar in all material respects to the
Subscription Agreement you signed, except as to (a) the amount of Commitment
made thereby, (b) particular additions, deletions or modifications that reflect
any legal or regulatory requirement binding on, or accounting practice or policy
adopted by, any other Non-Managing Member (or an investor in any Parallel
Investment Vehicle), and (c) the content of each prospective investor
questionnaire as completed by any other Non-Managing Member (or an investor in
any Parallel Investment Vehicle).
6. Tax Matters
Partner. The Managing Member agrees not to take any action as
the Tax Matters Partner that could reasonably be expected to adversely impact
you in any material respect without your consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; provided that, if you would
be required to file an income tax return (other than any return necessary to
claim a reduced rate of tax or any tax treaty benefit) as a result of such
action taken by the Managing Member as the Tax Matters Partner that you would
not otherwise have been required to file, such requirement will be considered to
adversely impact you in a material respect for purposes of this paragraph
6.
7. Withholding
Taxes.
(a) You
will provide to the Managing Member a valid and properly executed Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8EXP claiming an exemption from U.S. income tax under
Section 892 of the Code. You shall promptly notify the Managing Member in
writing of any changes that cause such document to be untrue, incorrect,
incomplete, ineffective or inapplicable in any material way, and shall provide
the Managing Member with any further assurances regarding the continuing
validity of such document as reasonably requested by the Managing Member
(including, without limitation, providing updated versions of IRS Form W-8EXP or
applicable successor forms as required by law) or any other information
reasonably necessary for the Managing Member to make correct determinations
under applicable law.
(b) The
Managing Member agrees that, under current law, the Company will not withhold
under Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 or 1446 of the Code on your distributive share
of any item of income related to the Company’s investment in GGP or in
connection with the Redemption Procedures, other than distributions on equity
interests attributable to the disposition of a United States real property
interest (other than a United States real property holding corporation) (i.e., distributions subject
to Section 897(h)(1) of the Code), for which you are exempt from U.S. federal
income taxation under Section 892 of the Code, provided that the Company has
received from you a properly completed IRS Form W-8EXP (which has not expired
under applicable regulations and/or instructions) certifying as to your status
as a foreign government (and not a “controlled commercial entity”) prior to the
time the Company would otherwise have to withhold on such
item. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Member makes
no representation as to the Managing Member’s withholding obligations if and to
the extent that, (i) under applicable Code sections, regulations or
instructions, the Managing Member has knowledge or reason to believe that any
information or certifications provided by you are incorrect and, within a
reasonable amount of time after the receipt of written notice from the Managing
Member or the Company that the Managing Member has knowledge or reason to
believe that any information or certifications provided by you are incorrect,
you do not cure such information within a reasonable time, (ii) the Managing
Member cannot reliably associate the payment with the documentation provided by
you, (iii) there is a Change in Law that imposes an obligation on the Company to
withhold on your distributive share of any item of income of the Company or in
connection with the Redemption Procedures, as reasonably determined by the
Managing Member after consulting in good faith with you, or (iv) you are not an
“integral part” of a foreign sovereign or a “controlled entity” of a foreign
sovereign that is not a “controlled commercial entity” (all within the meaning
of Section 892 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder). In the event there is a Change in Law described in
clause (iii) above, the Managing Member agrees to consider, in good faith, a
reasonable request by you to change the structure of the Company’s investment in
GGP in order to minimize the U.S. federal income tax consequences to you
resulting from such Change in Law. For purposes of this paragraph 7,
(i) “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this letter agreement,
of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any
law, rule, regulation or treaty by any Governmental Authority, (b) any change in
any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority and (ii) “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States, or of any
political subdivision thereof and any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or
functions of or pertaining to government
thereof.
(c) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, hereby agrees to use its
commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that the affairs of the Company
are conducted in such a manner that the Company is not engaged in a trade or
business within the United States within the meaning of Sections 871 and 881 of
the Code and does not have any income received directly or indirectly from
commercial activities within the meaning of Section 892 of the
Code. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Managing Member shall use
commercially reasonable best efforts not to cause the Company to do any of the
following without your consent: (i) own any assets other than Securities of GGP,
Debt of GGP, cash and/or cash equivalents; (ii) conduct activities restricted by
the LLC Agreement; or (iii) have any employees; provided, however, that your
consent shall not be required so long as either (A) the ownership of any
assets not described in clause (i) are made through a subsidiary of
the Company classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
(B) the conduct of any activities not described in clause (ii) are conducted
through a subsidiary of the Company classified as a corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, or (C) the Company has received a written opinion of
nationally recognized tax counsel, on which you may rely, to the effect that
such ownership of assets or conduct of activities should not result in the
Company being engaged in a trade or business within the United States within the
meaning of Sections 871 and 881 of the Code and should not result in the Company
being engaged in a commercial activity within the meaning of Section 892 of the
Code. The Managing Member agrees that it will provide prompt written
notice to you as soon as reasonably practicable after the Managing Member
becomes aware that you will be deemed to be engaged in the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States for purposes of Sections 871 and 881 of
the Code solely as a result of the activities and investments of the Company or
that you will be deemed to have any income attributable to commercial activities
within the meaning of Section 892 of the Code. In the event that the
Company derives any income, gain or loss that is effectively connected with the
conduct of a trade or business within the United States and/or any income from
commercial activities that is allocable to you, the Managing Member will, at
your request, obtain and provide in a timely fashion all necessary and
reasonably available tax-related information concerning the source, character
and amount of such income required for you to make required tax
filings.
(d) The
Managing Member will, to the extent practicable, provide prompt written notice
to you if it determines following a Change in Law that the Company is required
to withhold any amount purportedly representing a tax liability to you and will
(i) consider in good faith any position that you raise as to why
withholding is not required or alternative arrangements proposed by you that may
avoid the need for withholding and (ii) provide you with the opportunity to
contest the requirement to withhold with the appropriate taxing authority (to
the extent permitted by applicable law) during any period such contest does not
subject the Company or the Managing Member to any potential liability to such
taxing authority for any such claimed withholding and payment.
8. Returns.
(a) If
the Managing Member is required to make a filing (including a Schedule 13D or
Form 3, 4 or 5 filing or amendment thereto) under the Exchange Act on behalf of
the Company or itself, and if the Managing Member is aware that a Non-Managing
Member may also be required to make a filing under the Exchange Act based on the
circumstances requiring Managing Member's filing on behalf of the Company or
itself, then the Managing Member shall endeavor to provide to the Non-Managing
Member, as soon as reasonably practicable, a draft of any such filing on behalf
of the Company or itself prior to making such filing, and, in addition, shall
provide the Non-Managing Member a copy of such filing as filed within two (2)
business days following such filing.
(b) In
addition to the obligations set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
paragraph 8, the Managing Member and Non-Managing Member agree to provide
reasonable cooperation with the other at the other's request in connection with
any such filing.
9. Taxes
Paid.
(a) Notwithstanding
Sections 8.4(a) and 8.4(b) of the LLC Agreement, as modified by this
letter, if (i) the Company receives (or is deemed to receive) a distribution
from GGP (including capital gains dividends and distributions in liquidation of
GGP) that is attributable to gain from sales or exchanges by GGP of United
States real property interests (i.e., a distribution subject
to Section 897(h)(1) of the Code) or (ii) the Company earns income directly
or indirectly from commercial activities of the Company within the meaning of
Section 892 of the Code, then, for purposes of determining the amounts
distributable to the Managing Member pursuant to Section 6.1 of the LLC
Agreement and the provisions of the LLC Agreement that refer to Section 6.1, you
shall not be treated as having received a distribution equal to the lower of (x)
the amount described in clause (i) or (ii) above multiplied by thirty-five
percent (35%) and (y) the actual amount of tax paid to the applicable taxing
authorities with respect to the amounts described in clause (i) or (ii); provided, however, that
(I) this paragraph 9(a) shall continue to apply following a change in
rate or with respect to a withholding tax (or similar tax) imposed under any
successor provision to Section 1445 or 1446 of the Code and Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder resulting from a Change in Law, and (II)
clause (ii) of this paragraph 9(a) shall not apply to the extent that you
are not an “integral part” of a foreign sovereign or a “controlled entity” of a
foreign sovereign that is not a “controlled commercial entity” (all within the
meaning of Section 892 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder). For the avoidance of doubt, and not in contravention of
paragraph 7(b) of this letter, this paragraph 9(a) shall not apply with
respect to any amounts withheld in connection with the Redemption Procedures or
a liquidation of the Company (except to the extent attributable to gain from
sales or exchanges by GGP of United States real property interests in connection
with a liquidation of GGP). For purposes of Section 7.4 of the LLC
Agreement, all allocations shall be made without regard to this
paragraph.
(b) In
the event you reasonably believe that, or the Managing Member notifies you that
it believes that it is more likely than not that, any amount of income described
in clause (i) or (ii) in paragraph 9(a) of this letter agreement is not
subject to U.S. federal income tax, you hereby agree to use commercially
reasonable efforts to apply for and obtain a refund of such amounts and the
Managing Member shall cooperate with you, as reasonably requested, in applying
for or obtaining such refund. You hereby agree to promptly notify the
Managing Member of such claim for refund no less than five days prior to filing
such claim with the applicable taxing authorities. In the event you
receive an actual refund of any amounts described in clause (i) or (ii) in
paragraph 9(a) of this letter agreement, such amounts shall be treated as a
distribution for purposes of Section 6.1 of the LLC Agreement to the extent such
amounts were previously excluded from amounts deemed distributed for purposes of
Section 6.1 of the LLC Agreement.
10. Withholding Tax Payments and
Obligations.
(a) With
respect to you, Section 8.4(a) of the LLC Agreement is restated as
follows:
“If the
Company receives proceeds in respect of which a tax has been withheld, the
Company shall be treated as having received cash in an amount equal to the
amount of such withheld tax, and, for all purposes of this Agreement, except as
provided in paragraph 9(a) of the amended and restated letter agreement (the
“Side Letter”)
between Stable Investment Corporation and the Company dated as of October 25,
2010 and effective as of March 31, 2010, each Member shall be treated as having
received a distribution pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof equal to the portion of
the withholding tax allocable to such Member, as determined by the Managing
Member in its reasonable discretion.
(b) With
respect to you, Section 8.4(b) of the LLC Agreement is restated as
follows:
“Subject
to paragraph 7(b) of the Side Letter, the Company is authorized to withhold from
any payment made to, or any distributive share of, a Member any taxes that are,
in the Managing Member’s reasonable determination, required by law to be
withheld. If, and to the extent, the Company is required to make any
such tax payments with respect to any distribution to a Member such Member’s
proportionate share of such distribution or, without duplication, future
distributions shall be reduced by the amount of such tax payments (which, except
as provided in paragraph 9(a) of the Side Letter, tax payments shall be treated
as a distribution to such Member pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof). In
the event a portion of a distribution in kind is retained by the Company
pursuant to the prior sentence, such retained in kind amounts may, in the
discretion of the Managing Member, either (A) be distributed to the other
Members, or (B) be sold by the Company to generate the cash necessary to satisfy
such tax payments. If such in kind amounts are sold, then for
purposes of income tax allocations only under this Agreement, any gain or loss
on such sale or exchange shall be allocated to the Member to whom the tax
payments relate to the extent of such tax payments.”
(c) With
respect to you, Section 8.4(d) of the LLC Agreement is deleted from the LLC
Agreement.
(d) With
respect to you, Section 8.4(e) of the LLC Agreement is restated as
follows:
“If the
Company, the Managing Member, or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of
their respective shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees
or managers (each a “Tax Indemnified
Party”, each of which is a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement
solely for purposes of this Section 8.4(e) becomes liable for U.S. federal
withholding taxes solely as a result of a failure to withhold and remit U.S.
federal taxes in respect of Stable Investment Corporation (other than a failure
to remit amounts withheld pursuant to Section 8.4(b) hereof, as modified by the
Side Letter) either (A) as a result of Stable Investment Corporation providing a
false, incomplete or invalid IRS Form W-8EXP or otherwise failing to comply with
the requirements of paragraph 7(a) of the Side Letter (except to the extent such
invalidity or failure to comply arises as a result of the conduct of commercial
activities by the Company or the Managing Member on behalf of the Company), or
(B) with respect to (i) any payment made to Stable Investment Corporation
pursuant to the redemption of Stable Investment Corporation’s Applicable
Interest in connection with the Redemption Procedures or (ii) Stable Investment
Corporation’s distributive share of the Company’s income or gain resulting from
the sale, assignment or transfer of Stable Investment Corporation’s pro rata share of the
Investment in connection with the Redemption Procedures, then, in addition to, and without
limiting, any indemnities for which Stable Investment Corporation may be liable under Article 9
hereof, Stable Investment Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, indemnify and hold harmless each Tax Indemnified Party, in
respect of such U.S. federal income taxes, including interest and penalties,
and, except as provided in the
Side Letter, any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in any examination,
determination, resolution and payment of such liability incurred by such Tax
Indemnified Party, except any such amount that arises as a result of any
act or omission with respect to which an arbitration panel, in accordance with
Section 12.14 hereof, has issued a final decision, judgment or order that such
Tax Indemnified Party was grossly negligent or engaged in fraud, willful
misconduct, a willful and knowing material breach of this Agreement or willful
violation of law. The provisions contained in this Section 8.4(e) shall
survive the termination of the Company, the termination of this Agreement and
the Transfer of any Interest.
The
Managing Member shall provide prompt written notice to Stable Investment
Corporation after learning of any audit or other proceeding (including a request
for
information)
involving a Tax Indemnified Party for which Stable Investment Corporation has an
indemnification obligation under this Section 8.4(e) (a “Proceeding”); provided, however, that the
failure to provide such notice shall not release Stable Investment Corporation
from any of its obligations to indemnify under this Section 8.4(e) unless, and
only to the extent such failure has a material adverse effect on the ability to
contest the claim set forth in the Proceeding. If Stable Investment
Corporation notifies the Tax Indemnified Party in writing that it wishes to
assume the conduct and control of the settlement or defense of such Proceeding,
Stable Investment Corporation shall have the right, through tax counsel of its
choosing and at its own expense, to assume such conduct and control of the
settlement or defense, and the applicable Tax Indemnified Party shall reasonably
cooperate with Stable Investment Corporation in connection therewith (including,
for example, by signing a limited power of attorney with respect to such
Proceeding); provided, however, that Stable
Investment Corporation shall thereafter consult with the Managing Member upon
the Managing Member’s reasonable request for consultation from time to time with
respect to such Proceeding and shall not, without the applicable Tax Indemnified
Party’s consent, agree to pay or settle any such Proceeding if such payment or
settlement could adversely affect the applicable Tax Indemnified Party (it being
understood that a monetary payment, including payment in respect of a civil
penalty in existence as of the date of the Side Letter and imposed by the United
States Internal Revenue Service on a standard less than fraud, does not have an
adverse effect on a Tax Indemnified Party). If Stable Investment
Corporation assumes the conduct and control of such defense or settlement, (i)
the Tax Indemnified Party shall have the right (but not the duty) to participate
in the defense or settlement thereof and to employ counsel separate from the
counsel employed by Stable Investment Corporation, at its own expense, and (ii)
Stable Investment Corporation shall not assert that the claim, or any portion
thereof, with respect to which the Tax Indemnified Party seeks indemnification
is not within the ambit of this Section 8.4(e). So long as Stable
Investment Corporation is reasonably contesting any Proceeding, the applicable
Tax Indemnified Party (or its indirect owners) shall not pay or settle any such
Proceeding without Stable Investment Corporation’s consent, which consent may be
withheld in Stable Investment Corporation’s discretion. If Stable
Investment Corporation advises the Tax Indemnified Party that it does not wish
to control such Proceeding or, within a reasonable amount of time after the
receipt of written notice of such Proceeding, fails to provide the required
notice that it wishes to control the Proceeding, then (i) the Tax Indemnified
Party shall control the settlement or defense of the Proceeding and retain a
nationally recognized law firm to represent the Tax Indemnified Party in such
Proceeding, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to Stable Investment
Corporation, (ii) the Tax Indemnified Party may not pay, settle, compromise or
contest the tax at issue without Stable Investment Corporation’s consent, which
consent may be withheld in Stable Investment Corporation’s discretion acting
reasonably and without unreasonable delay and (iii) Stable Investment
Corporation shall be given the right to participate in such Proceeding, at its
own expense.
Stable
Investment Corporation shall be required to pay to the Tax Indemnified Parties
any amount due with respect to a claim of indemnification pursuant to this
Section 8.4(e) promptly upon the first to occur of: (i) a Final Determination
having been reached with respect to the matter that gave rise to such claim for
indemnification; or (ii) Stable Investment Corporation and the applicable Tax
Indemnified Parties entering into a mutual agreement with respect to the total
amount that is due from Stable Investment Corporation with respect to such claim
for indemnification. For purposes of this Agreement, “Final
Determination” shall mean: (i) a
determination within the meaning of section 1313(a) of the Code; (ii) a decision, judgment,
decree or other order by the United States Tax Court or any other court of
competent jurisdiction that has become final and unappealable; (iii) a Closing
Agreement under section 7121 of the Code or a comparable provision of federal,
state, local or foreign tax law that is binding against the Internal Revenue
Service; or (iv) any other final settlement with the Internal Revenue
Service. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
(i) if a contest of the applicable taxes shall be conducted in a manner
requiring the payment of the claim, in no event shall such Tax Indemnified Party
be required, or Stable Investment Corporation be permitted, to contest the
imposition of any tax for which Stable Investment Corporation is obligated to
indemnify pursuant to this Section 8.4(e) in such manner unless Stable
Investment Corporation shall have paid the amount required directly to the
appropriate authority or made an advance of the amount thereof to the applicable
Tax Indemnified Parties on an interest-free basis and (ii) no Tax Indemnified
Party shall be required, nor shall Stable Investment Corporation be permitted,
to appeal any adverse decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. Any amounts paid or
advanced by Stable Investment Corporation pursuant to clause (i) of the
preceding sentence that are refunded shall (together with any interest thereon
paid by a governmental authority on the amount refunded) be paid to Stable
Investment Corporation.”
11. Tax
Election. If you purchase an Interest from a selling Member,
upon your request, the Company will make an election pursuant to Section 754 of
the Code.
12. Tax
Information. The Managing Member agrees to send to you, as
soon as possible after the end of the Company’s Fiscal Year, but no later than
April 1st of each Fiscal Year, Internal Revenue Service Form 1065, Schedule
K-1. The Managing Member, upon your request, shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to provide information and documents as are
necessary for you to make appropriate tax filings with respect to such Fiscal
Year.
13. Advice. Solely
with respect to you, Section 8.6 of the LLC Agreement is restated as
follows:
“A Member
may, by written notice to the Managing Member, request that the Managing Member
provide a copy of any written taxation advice the Managing Member has obtained
from external taxation and other advisers, and the Managing Member shall provide
such copy to the Member (with a copy being provided to all other Members within
a reasonable period of time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Managing Member may impose such reasonable restrictions and conditions in
respect of such written tax advice as the Managing Member determines are
necessary or appropriate to preserve any privilege which exists with respect to
such advice.”
14. Tax Status
Representation. You represent and warrant that you are (i) an
“integral part” of a foreign sovereign or (ii) a “controlled entity” of a
foreign sovereign that is not a “controlled commercial entity” (all within the
meaning of Section 892 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder).
15. Confidentiality. The
Managing Member, on behalf of the Company, hereby acknowledges that you are
subject to laws, regulations and policies which (i) provide for disclosures to
the government of the People’s Republic of China on your operations and (ii)
require your directors, officers, employees and agents (you and such parties,
collectively, the “Disclosing Parties”)
to provide to your auditor and/or special examiner, as applicable, all
information and documents that may be required or requested by them
(collectively, “Mandated
Disclosures”). In light of the foregoing, the Managing Member, on behalf
of the Company, agrees that:
(a) the
Disclosing Parties shall be permitted to disclose information relating to the
Managing Member, the Company, any Parallel Investment Vehicle in which you are
an investor (“CIC
Parallel Investment Vehicle”), the Board of Directors, GGP or any of
their respective Affiliates (the “Relevant
Information”) to the government of the People’s Republic of China and
your auditor and/or special examiner (collectively, the “Receiving
Parties”);
(b) in
order to comply with any Mandated Disclosures, the Disclosing Parties shall be
permitted to disclose Relevant Information to the Receiving Parties; provided that: (i) you shall
disclose, and shall ensure that each other Disclosing Party discloses, only such
information as it is required by any Mandated Disclosure to disclose; (ii) each
Receiving Party is advised of the confidentiality obligations imposed on you
pursuant to Section 12.3 of the LLC Agreement, the commercial sensitivity of
such information and the need to keep such information confidential; (iii) you
shall use, and shall ensure that each other Disclosing Party uses, all
reasonable endeavours to ensure that a disclosure of Relevant Information to any
Receiving Party is made in
camera; and (iv) you shall use, and shall ensure that each other
Disclosing Party uses, unless prohibited by the Mandated Disclosures, all
reasonable endeavours to (A) immediately notify the Company of such Mandated
Disclosures, (B) inform the Company of the timing for making such disclosure
and, if the required disclosure is the subject of a request for such
information, provide the Company with a copy of such request or a detailed
summary of the information being requested, and (C) consult with the Company
regarding the response to such request;
(c) Sections
12.3(b) and 12.3(d) of the LLC Agreement shall not apply to you;
and
(d) to
the extent that a Disclosing Party receives a request for information not
expressly permitted to be disclosed above, the provisions of the confidentiality
obligations imposed on you in Section 12.3 of the LLC Agreement, subject to the
above, shall apply in all respects.
(e) The
Managing Member shall not make any disclosures with respect to your investment
in the Company pursuant to its right under Section 12.3(e) of the LLC Agreement
without your prior written consent, except that the Managing Member may disclose
to GGP, any other Member or any prospective Member that you have made an
investment in the Company.
16. Indemnification. The
Managing Member will notify you in writing as soon as reasonably practicable of
any claims for indemnification arising against the Company pursuant to Section
9.2 of the LLC Agreement of which it has actual knowledge.
17. The Initial
Members. Notwithstanding any provision in the LLC Agreement,
the Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, confirms that you will
be deemed an Initial Member for the purposes of the LLC Agreement and this
letter agreement.
18. Notice of Additional
Members. The Managing Member agrees that it will furnish to
you the most recent amended Schedule A to the LLC
Agreement promptly after the end of each fiscal quarter in which Schedule A is
amended.
19. Non-Managing Member
Approvals. With respect to all matters submitted to a vote,
consent, or approval of the Non-Managing Members (and the investors in any
Parallel Investment Vehicle, if applicable), the Managing Member will notify you
in writing of the respective aggregate percentage interest (but not the
identity) of all Non-Managing Members (and such other investors) voting in
favor, consenting to or otherwise approving, and all Non-Managing Members (and
such other investors) voting against, refusing to consent or otherwise
disapproving any such matter.
20. Removal or Resignation of
Auditor. The Managing Member agrees to notify you in writing
in the event of the resignation or removal of the Company’s Independent
Accounting Firm and to request that such Independent Accounting Firm discuss
with you the reasons for such resignation or removal.
21. Transfer of Interest by
Brookfield. The Managing Member shall ensure that in
connection with any syndication by Brookfield of a portion of its Interest (or
its interest in any Parallel Investment Vehicle in which Brookfield is an
investor (a “Brookfield PIV”)) as
contemplated by Section 10.7 of the LLC Agreement (or the corresponding
provision of the organizational documents of any such Brookfield PIV), the
amount paid
by any Transferee
in respect of any portion of Brookfield’s Interest
(or Brookfield’s interest in such Brookfield PIV, as applicable) shall be not
less than the excess of (a) the pro rata share of the
aggregate cost to acquire the Investment and any other assets then held by the
Company or such Brookfield PIV, as applicable over (b) the sum of (x) the pro rata share of the Fair
Market Value of all of the liabilities of the Company or such Brookfield PIV, as
applicable, and (y) any distribution made to Brookfield.
22. Relationship between the
Managing Member and Brookfield. The Managing Member represents
and warrants that the general partner of the Managing Member is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of BAM.
23. Assets and Liabilities of
the Company. The Managing Member represents and warrants that
the Company has no assets or liabilities other than those that have been
disclosed to you in writing prior to the Initial Closing Date.
24. Exclusivity.
(a) The
Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the Company, hereby agrees that Section
12.4 of the LLC Agreement shall not apply to any of your Affiliates (other than
your Subsidiaries) from which you are separated by a reasonable and customary
information barrier and the voting and investment powers of which are exercised
independently from you with respect to the Investment.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement, but subject to any applicable restrictions
under the Restructuring Proposal, you and your Subsidiaries shall be permitted
to invest in voting common shares of GGP following the effective date of the
Plan; provided that
your holdings of such common shares, together with any holdings of your
Subsidiaries (including any indirect purchase or disposition, for example, by
means of swaps or other derivatives), shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the
aggregate outstanding amount of such common shares; provided, further, that you agree (i)
not to purchase or dispose of any such common shares if, at the time of such
purchase or disposition, the Person making the applicable investment decision is
in possession of any material non-public information relating to GGP on which it
is prohibited from trading under the Exchange Act; (ii) not to purchase or
dispose of any such common shares unless you have determined that such purchase
or disposition would not result in a disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b)
of the Exchange Act with respect to any Member other than you or your
Affiliates; (iii)
to notify the Managing Member of such purchase or disposition (including any
indirect purchase or disposition, for example, by means of swaps or other
derivatives), as applicable, and the amount and timing thereof, immediately
after such purchase or disposition, and in any event on the date thereof;
(iv) not to sell “short” any such common shares, unless you shall have
determined that such “short” sale is permitted under Section 16(c) of the
Exchange Act; (v) to reimburse
the Company for any expenses incurred by the Company or the Managing Member on
behalf of the Company, in connection with any amendment to any filings made on
behalf of the Company pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act;
(vi) not to engage in any acquisition that would require compliance with
Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act with respect to GGP or any of its
Affiliates; and (vii) to vote any common shares held by you and your
Affiliates at all times in the same manner and in conformance with how the
Company votes its common shares in GGP. References in this paragraph
23 to any purchase or disposition of common shares of GGP shall be to the
purchase or disposition on a date or within a time period specified by the
relevant party.
(c) If
GGP (i) enters into an agreement with respect to a restructuring or the
financing thereof with any party other than the Consortium and (ii) such
agreement has been approved by the board of GGP and all interest-holders of GGP
whose approval of such agreement is required under the Plan (or, the court
overseeing the Chapter 11 case confirms that no such interest-holder approval is
required), then you will automatically be released from your obligations under
Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement; provided that, in no event, subject to the next sentence, may you take
any action otherwise restricted under Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement if such
action would result in the Consortium losing the benefit of its bid protection
pursuant to that certain letter agreement between BAM, Pershing Square, LP and certain affiliates
of Pershing Square, LP, dated as of February 24, 2010 (any such action, a
“Prohibited
Action”). The Managing Member shall,
within five (5) Business Days of deemed receipt of a request in writing by you
specifying in reasonable
detail the action(s) proposed to be taken, notify you in writing whether such
action, in its reasonable determination, either would be a Prohibited Action or
would not be a Prohibited Action. If the Managing Member fails to so
notify you within such time frame, or notifies you that
such proposed action(s) is not a Prohibited Action, then the Managing Member and
the Company shall not have, and agree not to bring, any cause of action or claim
against you for a breach of this paragraph 23(c) in connection with the taking of such
action(s).
(d) Subject
to the proviso to paragraph 23(c) above, your exclusivity obligations under
Section 12.4 of the LLC Agreement shall terminate on the date you cease to be a
Member following either (i) the sale pursuant to Section 10.1(b), 10.6,
10.8(d)(i) or 10.8(d)(ii) of the LLC Agreement of one hundred percent (100%) of
your Interest to any other Member or third-party purchaser which, in each case,
is not an Affiliate of yours or (ii) the distribution to you of one hundred
percent (100%) of your pro rata share
(determined in accordance with your Consortium Percentage Interest) of the
Investment and the other Assets of the Consortium pursuant to Section 10.8(a) or
10.8(b) of the LLC Agreement.
25. Commitment
Account. You and the Managing Member hereby agree that a
Commitment Account shall be established in respect of your Interest with
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, for which Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company will serve as escrow agent. Furthermore, you agree to fund
such Commitment Account with an amount equal to your Available Commitment, as
determined pursuant to paragraph 29, below, on the date notified in writing by
the Managing Member to you so long as such notice is received by you not more
than fifteen (15) Business Days and not fewer than ten (10) Business Days prior
to such funding date.
26. Participation in any
Parallel Investment Vehicle. The Managing Member agrees that
you shall not be required to contribute capital to or hold any interest or
otherwise participate in any Parallel Investment Vehicle without your
consent.
27. Syndication. Upon
your reasonable request from time to time and, in any event, upon the earlier of
(i) such time that Brookfield determines that it no longer intends to consummate
any syndications pursuant to its right under Section 10.7 of the LLC Agreement
or the corresponding provision of the organizational documents of any Brookfield
PIV and (ii) the aggregate Commitments of BAM and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries
no longer represent more than the Brookfield Minimum Hold, Brookfield shall
certify in writing to you that Brookfield has effected all syndications of its
interests in the Company in compliance with the LLC Agreement and this letter
agreement and that there are no Side Letters in existence that have not been
provided to you.
28. Additional Requirements and
Conditions. In exercising its discretion pursuant to Sections
10.3(a)(i) and 10.3(c)(ii) of the LLC Agreement (including in connection with
the assignment contemplated in Section 12(g) of the Subscription Agreement and
paragraph 3(b) herein), the Managing Member agrees that it will act
reasonably.
29. Amendments. The
LLC Agreement shall not be amended in a manner that is adverse to you without
your written approval, and the Pershing Square Letter shall not be amended
without your written approval.
30. Adjustments Relating to
Total Return Swap. The Managing Member hereby agrees that, as
of any date of determination, your Available Commitment (including, for greater
certainty, for purposes of funding the Commitment Account held by the Company in
respect of your Interest) shall be your Available Commitment (as defined in the
LLC Agreement), reduced by an amount, which amount shall not be less than zero,
equal to the excess of (i) the Upfront Payment Amount (as defined in the Swap
Confirmation, as defined below) over (ii) any amounts paid to you on or before
such date under that certain GGP Loan Total Return Swap Confirmation, dated as
of the date hereof, between BAM and you (the “Swap
Confirmation”). For the purposes of calculating Transaction
Distribution Amount and Carried Interest under the LLC Agreement, the Upfront
Payment Amount (as defined in the Swap Confirmation) shall be treated as a
Capital Contribution made as of the date it was actually made. The Managing
Member and the Class B Member hereby agree that the amount of any Transaction
Distribution Amount or Carried Interest payable under the LLC Agreement on any
Distribution Date which is attributable to your Interest shall be reduced by the
Swap TDA&CI Amount (as defined below). The “Swap TDA&CI Amount” shall
mean, at any time of determination, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate amount
by which the Total Return Amounts (as defined in the Swap Confirmation) have
been reduced by any Transaction Distribution Amount or Carried Interest in
accordance with the Swap Confirmation, minus (b) the aggregate amount any
Transaction Distribution Amount and Carried Interest payable under the LLC
Agreement as reduced pursuant to the preceding sentence; provided that the Swap
TDA&CI Amount shall never be less than zero.
31. Standstill
Period. With respect to you, the definition of “Standstill
Period” (as defined in the LLC Agreement) is restated as follows solely for the
purposes of Sections 4.6 and 10.1(b) of the LLC Agreement:
“Standstill Period”
means (i) with respect to one-third (1/3) of the Interest of Stable Investment
Corporation, the period ending on the date that is six (6) months after the
effective date of the Plan, (ii) with respect to the next one-third (1/3) of the
Interest of Stable Investment Corporation, the period ending on the date that is
twelve (12) months after the effective date of the Plan and (iii) with respect
to the final one-third (1/3) of the Interest of Stable Investment Corporation,
the period ending on the date that is eighteen (18) months after the effective
date of the Plan.”
32. Prior
Agreements. Upon the execution of this letter agreement, the
Swap Confirmation, and the LLC Agreement, all agreements entered into prior to
the date hereof between you and your affiliates and the Managing Member
and its affiliates relating to GGP or its affiliates are hereby
terminated and no longer in effect.
33. Term. This
letter agreement shall remain in effect for as long as you or one of your
Permitted Transferees or your Affiliates is a Non-Managing Member (other than a
Defaulting Member); provided that, if you or one
of your Permitted Transferees or your Affiliates becomes a Defaulting Member,
only paragraphs 3, 4, 6-9, 11 and 14 of this letter agreement shall remain in
effect. If Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital
Adviser (Canada), LP is substituted as the Managing Member by one of its
Affiliates, it will procure the entry into of a new or amended letter agreement
by such Affiliate with you on substantially the same terms. If the
Class B Member is substituted as the class B member of the Company by one of its
Affiliates, it will procure the entry into of a new or amended letter agreement
by such Affiliate with you on substantially the same terms.
34. Governing
Law. Each of the Managing Member, the Class B Member and you
hereby agree that this letter agreement and the LLC Agreement shall be governed
by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
35. Counterparts. This
letter agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts which, taken together,
shall constitute one and the same agreement.
36. Binding
Effect. The Managing Member, itself and on behalf of the
Company, and the Class B Member hereby agree that upon the execution hereof, the
terms of this letter agreement shall be binding upon, and in full force and
effect against, the Company, the Managing Member and the Class B Member, and
shall apply, mutatis
mutandis, to any Parallel Investment Vehicle in which you participate,
notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the LLC Agreement, the Subscription
Agreement or the constituent documents of any Parallel Investment
Vehicle.
37. Conflicts. This
letter agreement supplements, and in some cases modifies, the LLC Agreement and,
to the extent of any conflict between the LLC Agreement and this letter
agreement, the terms hereof shall control. In all other respects, the
LLC Agreement shall control with respect to you.
38. Severability. Each
provision of this letter agreement shall be considered severable and if for any
reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid,
unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity,
unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those
portions of this letter agreement which are valid, enforceable and
legal.
39. Enforceability. The
execution and delivery of this letter agreement by the Managing Member, itself
and on behalf of the Company, and the Class B Member constitutes a
representation and warranty that (a) the Managing Member is authorized under the
terms of the LLC Agreement and otherwise to execute and deliver this letter
agreement, (b) the Class B Member is authorized under the terms of its governing
documents and otherwise to execute and deliver this letter agreement and (c)
this letter agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Managing
Member, the Company and the Class B Member, enforceable against the Managing
Member, the Company and the Class B Member in accordance with its
terms.
40. Entire
Agreement. This letter agreement constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all other prior letters and understandings, both written and verbal,
among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
41. Assignment. To
the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights and benefits inuring hereunder
may not be assigned and no such rights or benefits shall survive a Transfer of
your Interest to a third-party; provided that such rights and
benefits may be assigned in connection with any permitted Transfer of your
Interest to a Permitted Transferee or to your Affiliate; provided that the Transferee
assumes all of your obligations under this letter agreement and executes a
counterpart hereof or, in the discretion of the Managing Member, a joinder
agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member.
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Please
confirm that the above correctly reflects our understanding and agreement with
respect to the foregoing matters by signing the enclosed copy of this letter and
returning such copy to the Managing Member.
Very
truly yours,
BROOKFIELD
ASSET MANAGEMENT PRIVATE INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL ADVISER (CANADA),
L.P.
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc.,
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BROOKFIELD
(US) INVESTMENTS LTD.
In the
event of a Closing (as defined in the Restructuring Proposal) and only in such
event:
BROOKFIELD
REP INVESTMENTS III LLC
By: Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada),
L.P.,
its
managing member
By: Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc.,
its
general partner
In the
event of a Restructuring Proposal Termination and only in such
event:
REP
INVESTMENTS LLC
By: Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada),
L.P.,
its
managing member
By: Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc.,
its
general partner
Agreed
and Accepted:
STABLE
INVESTMENT CORPORATION
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Title:
Executive Director and
President
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO CIC LETTER AGREEMENT
Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
11
BRH
IV-B AGREEMENT
TOTAL RETURN SWAP
AGREEMENT
THIS TOTAL RETURN SWAP
AGREEMENT (this “Swap
Agreement”), dated as of October 25, 2010, is by and among Brookfield US
REP TRS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Party A”) and Brookfield REP
Investments IV-B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Party B”, and together with
Party A, the “Parties”)
and, solely with respect to Section 8 hereof,
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., an Ontario corporation (the “Guarantor”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Party A is an indirect,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., an Ontario
Corporation;
WHEREAS, Party B is a member of the
Consortium to which certain investors will subscribe and make a capital
commitment;
WHEREAS, Party B is governed by that
certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 2010 (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, the
“Party B Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS, Party A and Party B desire to
enter into a total return swap (the “Swap”) in connection with the
acquisition by Party A of a portion of the Investment in accordance with that
certain purchase agreement between Party A and REP Investments LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“REP”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual promises and agreements made herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. All
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning
set forth in the Party B Agreement.
2. Transactions as of the Trade
Date.
(a) Obligations of Party
A. As of the date of the Closing (as defined in the
Restructuring Proposal) (such date, the “Trade Date”), Party A shall
acquire Party B’s Consortium Percentage Interest in the Shares, GGO Shares, New
Warrants and GGO Warrants (as each such term is defined under the Restructuring
Proposal) and any additional securities or other property (other than cash)
received in respect of any of the foregoing as a result of any dividend,
distribution, stock split, recapitalization, exchange or other event
(collectively, the “Securities”).
(b) Obligations of Party
B. As of the Trade Date, Party B shall deposit cash collateral
with Party A in an amount equal to the product of (A) the Purchase Price
(as defined in the Restructuring Proposal) multiplied by
(B) Party B’s Consortium Percentage Interest (such product, the “Collateral
Amount”).
3. Payments. Party
A shall pay to Party B 100% of any cash payments (including, without limitation,
ordinary dividends, capital gain dividends and returns of capital distributions)
received by Party A in respect of the Securities, in each case as soon as
reasonably practicable following receipt thereof.
4. Settlement
Terms.
(a) Transfer or Disposition of
Securities. Party A shall not transfer or dispose of any
portion of the Securities except at the express direction of Party B, which
Party B may direct in whole or in part at any time, subject to the terms of the
Party B Agreement and any other applicable contractual limitations.
(b) Net Cash
Settlement.
(i) Upon
any disposition of all or a portion of the Securities for an amount of net cash
proceeds equal to or greater than the Collateral Amount attributable to the
Securities being disposed, Party A shall (A) pay to Party B any excess of such
net cash proceeds over the Collateral Amount attributable to such Securities
being disposed and (B) return to Party B the portion of the Collateral Amount
attributable to such Securities.
(ii) Upon
the disposition of all or a portion of the Securities for an amount of net cash
proceeds less than the Collateral Amount attributable to the Securities being
disposed, Party A shall return to Party B (i) the Collateral Amount attributable
to the Securities being disposed reduced by (ii) the
difference between such Collateral Amount and the net cash proceeds received
from the disposition of such Securities.
(c) In-Kind
Settlement. Party B may elect at any time, in its sole
discretion, to settle all or any portion of the Swap in kind. To the
extent Securities are transferred in connection with an in-kind settlement, the
Collateral Amount deposited by Party B with Party A in respect of such
Securities shall be retained by and solely for the benefit of Party
A.
5. Exercise of Voting and
Control Rights. Party A shall not exercise any voting or other
control rights in respect of the Securities except as and to the extent
expressly directed by Party B.
6. Tax
Treatment. The Parties agree to treat Party B as the recipient
of all income or gain received in respect of or upon the disposition of the
Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and shall prepare and file any
and all U.S. federal income tax returns and reports and shall withhold and pay
all U.S. federal income and withholding taxes on that basis.
7. Termination. This
Swap Agreement shall terminate upon the settlement, pursuant to Section 4, of all of
the Securities.
8. BAM
Guarantee.
(a) Guarantee. The
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to Party B the
prompt payment and performance of all of Party A’s obligations under Sections 2(a), 3, 4 and 5 (collectively, the
“Obligations”).
(b) Guarantee to the Maximum
Extent Permitted by Law. The liability of the Guarantor
hereunder is an absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and performance
as and when due, and not of collection. The liability of the
Guarantor hereunder is several from and independent of the Obligations that are
hereby guaranteed and of the liabilities of any other parties to the maximum
extent permitted by law; provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary in no event will Party B be
entitled to more than the full payment to which it is entitled as set forth in
Sections 2(a),
3, 4 and 5 herein (plus any
costs of enforcement as set forth in Section 8(d)
below). The Guarantor’s liability hereunder may be enforced against
the applicable Guarantor after nonpayment or nonperformance by Party A of any of
the Obligations without requiring Party B to resort to any other Person
(including, without limitation, Party A) or any other right, remedy or
collateral; provided, however, that Party B
shall give Party A and the Guarantor not less than ten (10) business days prior
notice prior to enforcing its rights hereunder against the
Guarantor.
(c) Waivers. The
Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of the guarantee described herein,
and all presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest and notices of default
or dishonor of any obligation guaranteed hereby and all other surety defenses
generally. No extension of time or other indulgence or release of
liability or collateral granted by Party B to Party A will release or affect the
obligations of the Guarantor hereunder and no act, omission or delay on the part
of Party B in exercising any rights hereunder or in taking any action to collect
or enforce payment of any of the Obligations shall be a waiver of any such right
or release or affect the Obligations. The rights of Party B pursuant
to this Section
8 shall not be impaired by any bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization or other debtor relief
proceedings under any federal or state law, whether now existing or hereafter
enacted, with respect to Party A or the Guarantor or if for any other reason
Party A has no legal obligation to discharge any of the
Obligations.
(d) Costs of
Enforcement. The Guarantor agrees to indemnify Party B for all
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees and costs (whether or not legal action be instituted) incurred
or paid by Party B in enforcing this guarantee.
(e) Term. This
guarantee shall be effective as of the date first above written and shall remain
in full force and effect until such time as the Obligations have been satisfied
or terminated in accordance with this Swap Agreement.
(f) No Other
Beneficiaries. The provisions of this guarantee are solely for
the benefit of Party B. Nothing in this Section 8, express or
implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any other Person any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this guarantee or any
provision contained herein.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All
notices or other communications to be given hereunder to a Member shall be in
writing and shall be sent by delivery in person, by courier service, by
electronic mail transmission or telecopy addressed as follows or such other
address as may be substituted by notice as herein provided:
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If
to Party A:
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Brookfield
US REP TRS LLC
c/o
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181
Bay Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416)
956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
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(ii)
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If
to Party B:
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Brookfield
REP Investments IV-B LLC
c/o
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181
Bay Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416) 956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
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(iii)
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If
to the Guarantor:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181
Bay Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416)
956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
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(b) Successors and
Assigns. The provisions of this Swap Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of
the Parties hereto. The rights and obligations of Party A under this
Swap Agreement may be assigned only with the prior written consent of Party
B. The rights and obligations of Party B under this Swap Agreement
may be assigned only in connection with a Transfer of Interests permitted by or
otherwise made in accordance with the provisions of the Party B
Agreement.
(c) Further
Assurances. Each Party hereby agrees to take or cause to be
taken such further actions, to duly execute and deliver or cause to be executed
and delivered such further agreements, assignments, instructions, documents and
instruments as may be necessary or as may be reasonably requested by any Party
in order to fully effectuate the purposes, terms and conditions of this Swap
Agreement.
(d) Amendment. Neither
this Swap Agreement nor any provision hereof may be changed, modified, amended,
restated, waived, supplemented, discharged, canceled or terminated orally or by
any course of dealing or in any other manner other than by an agreement by each
Party.
(e) No Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except
as expressly set forth in Section
8(f), it is understood and agreed among the Parties that this Swap
Agreement and the agreements made herein are made expressly and solely for the
benefit of the Parties hereto, and that no other Person shall be entitled or be
deemed to be entitled to any benefits or rights hereunder, nor be authorized or
entitled to enforce any rights, claims or remedies hereunder or by reason
hereof.
(f) Applicable
Law. This Swap Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles
of conflict of laws. Each Party hereby agrees that any legal action
or proceeding with respect to or in connection with this Swap Agreement shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be brought and maintained
exclusively in the courts of the State of Delaware or in the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware, and by execution hereof each Party
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of any
such action or proceeding, and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment
rendered by any such court in connection with such action or
proceeding. Each Party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding brought in any such
court and any claim that any such action or proceeding has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
(g) Waiver of Jury
Trial. Each of the Parties hereto waives trial by jury in any
litigation, suit or proceeding between them in any court with respect to, in
connection with or arising out of this Swap Agreement, or the validity,
interpretation or enforcement thereof
(h) Counterparts. This
Swap Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each one of which shall be
deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
(i) Construction. The
captions used in this Swap Agreement are for convenience only and shall not
affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of this Swap
Agreement. As used herein, the singular shall include the plural, the
masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and the neuter gender
shall include the masculine and feminine, unless the context otherwise
requires. The words “hereof’, “herein”, and “hereunder”, and words of
similar import, when used in this Swap Agreement shall refer to this Swap
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Swap
Agreement. The use of the word “including” is not intended to be
limiting in any respect and shall be interpreted as “including, without
limitation.” This Swap Agreement is among financially sophisticated
and knowledgeable parties and is entered into by the parties in reliance upon
the economic and legal bargains contained herein and shall be interpreted and
construed in a fair and impartial manner without regard to such factors as the
party who prepared, or caused the preparation of, this Swap Agreement or the
relative bargaining power of the parties. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the doctrine of contra proferentem shall not
have any application to the construction of this Swap Agreement.
(j) Severability. If
any term or provision of this Swap Agreement or the application thereof to any
Person or circumstances shall be held invalid or unenforceable, then the
remaining terms and provisions hereof and the application of such term or
provision to Persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held
invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby.
(k) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute the entire
agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersede any prior agreement or understanding among or between them with
respect to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties hereto have executed this Swap Agreement as of the date first above
written.
PARTY A:
Brookfield
US REP TRS LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
US Corporation
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PARTY B:
Brookfield
REP Investments IV-B LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada) L.P., its
managing member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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Solely with respect to Section
8:
GUARANTOR:
Brookfield Asset Management,
Inc.
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Title:
Senior Managing Partner
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[Signature
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Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
12
BRH
IV-C AGREEMENT
TOTAL RETURN SWAP
AGREEMENT
THIS TOTAL RETURN SWAP
AGREEMENT (this “Swap
Agreement”), dated as of October 25, 2010, is by and among Brookfield US
REP TRS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Party A”) and Brookfield REP
Investments IV-C LLC, a Delaware limited liability comp any (“Party B”, and together with
Party A, the “Parties”)
and, solely with respect to Section 8 hereof,
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., an Ontario corporation (the “Guarantor”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Party A is an indirect,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., an Ontario
Corporation;
WHEREAS, Party B is a member of the
Consortium to which certain investors will subscribe and make a capital
commitment;
WHEREAS, Party B is governed by that
certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 2010 (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, the
“Party B Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS, Party A and Party B desire to
enter into a total return swap (the “Swap”) in connection with the
acquisition by Party A of a portion of the Investment in accordance with that
certain purchase agreement between Party A and REP Investments LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“REP”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual promises and agreements made herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. All
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning
set forth in the Party B Agreement.
2. Transactions as of the Trade
Date.
(a) Obligations of Party
A. As of the date of the Closing (as defined in the
Restructuring Proposal) (such date, the “Trade Date”), Party A shall
acquire Party B’s Consortium Percentage Interest in the Shares, GGO Shares, New
Warrants and GGO Warrants (as each such term is defined under the Restructuring
Proposal) and any additional securities or other property (other than cash)
received in respect of any of the foregoing as a result of any dividend,
distribution, stock split, recapitalization, exchange or other event
(collectively, the “Securities”).
(b) Obligations of Party
B. As of the Trade Date, Party B shall deposit cash collateral
with Party A in an amount equal to the product of (A) the Purchase Price
(as defined in the Restructuring Proposal) multiplied by
(B) Party B’s Consortium Percentage Interest (such product, the “Collateral
Amount”).
3. Payments. Party
A shall pay to Party B 100% of any cash payments (including, without limitation,
ordinary dividends, capital gain dividends and returns of capital distributions)
received by Party A in respect of the Securities, in each case as soon as
reasonably practicable following receipt thereof.
4. Settlement
Terms.
(a) Transfer or Disposition of
Securities. Party A shall not transfer or dispose of any
portion of the Securities except at the express direction of Party B, which
Party B may direct in whole or in part at any time, subject to the terms of the
Party B Agreement and any other applicable contractual limitations.
(b) Net Cash
Settlement.
(i) Upon
any disposition of all or a portion of the Securities for an amount of net cash
proceeds equal to or greater than the Collateral Amount attributable to the
Securities being disposed, Party A shall (A) pay to Party B any excess of such
net cash proceeds over the Collateral Amount attributable to such Securities
being disposed and (B) return to Party B the portion of the Collateral Amount
attributable to such Securities.
(ii) Upon
the disposition of all or a portion of the Securities for an amount of net cash
proceeds less than the Collateral Amount attributable to the Securities being
disposed, Party A shall return to Party B (i) the Collateral Amount attributable
to the Securities being disposed reduced by (ii) the
difference between such Collateral Amount and the net cash proceeds received
from the disposition of such Securities.
(c) In-Kind
Settlement. Party B may elect at any time, in its sole
discretion, to settle all or any portion of the Swap in kind. To the
extent Securities are transferred in connection with an in-kind settlement, the
Collateral Amount deposited by Party B with Party A in respect of such
Securities shall be retained by and solely for the benefit of Party
A.
5. Exercise of Voting and
Control Rights. Party A shall not exercise any voting or other
control rights in respect of the Securities except as and to the extent
expressly directed by Party B.
6. Tax
Treatment. The Parties agree to treat Party B as the recipient
of all income or gain received in respect of or upon the disposition of the
Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and shall prepare and file any
and all U.S. federal income tax returns and reports and shall withhold and pay
all U.S. federal income and withholding taxes on that basis.
7. Termination. This
Swap Agreement shall terminate upon the settlement, pursuant to Section 4, of all of
the Securities.
8. BAM
Guarantee.
(a) Guarantee. The
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to Party B the
prompt payment and performance of all of Party A’s obligations under Sections 2(a), 3, 4 and 5 (collectively, the
“Obligations”).
(b) Guarantee to the Maximum
Extent Permitted by Law. The liability of the Guarantor
hereunder is an absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and performance
as and when due, and not of collection. The liability of the
Guarantor hereunder is several from and independent of the Obligations that are
hereby guaranteed and of the liabilities of any other parties to the maximum
extent permitted by law; provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary in no event will Party B be
entitled to more than the full payment to which it is entitled as set forth in
Sections 2(a),
3, 4 and 5 herein (plus any
costs of enforcement as set forth in Section 8(d)
below). The Guarantor’s liability hereunder may be enforced against
the applicable Guarantor after nonpayment or nonperformance by Party A of any of
the Obligations without requiring Party B to resort to any other Person
(including, without limitation, Party A) or any other right, remedy or
collateral; provided, however, that Party B
shall give Party A and the Guarantor not less than ten (10) business days prior
notice prior to enforcing its rights hereunder against the
Guarantor.
(c) Waivers. The
Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of the guarantee described herein,
and all presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest and notices of default
or dishonor of any obligation guaranteed hereby and all other surety defenses
generally. No extension of time or other indulgence or release of
liability or collateral granted by Party B to Party A will release or affect the
obligations of the Guarantor hereunder and no act, omission or delay on the part
of Party B in exercising any rights hereunder or in taking any action to collect
or enforce payment of any of the Obligations shall be a waiver of any such right
or release or affect the Obligations. The rights of Party B pursuant
to this Section
8 shall not be impaired by any bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization or other debtor relief
proceedings under any federal or state law, whether now existing or hereafter
enacted, with respect to Party A or the Guarantor or if for any other reason
Party A has no legal obligation to discharge any of the
Obligations.
(d) Costs of
Enforcement. The Guarantor agrees to indemnify Party B for all
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees and costs (whether or not legal action be instituted) incurred
or paid by Party B in enforcing this guarantee.
(e) Term. This
guarantee shall be effective as of the date first above written and shall remain
in full force and effect until such time as the Obligations have been satisfied
or terminated in accordance with this Swap Agreement.
(f) No Other
Beneficiaries. The provisions of this guarantee are solely for
the benefit of Party B. Nothing in this Section 8, express or
implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any other Person any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this guarantee or any
provision contained herein.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All
notices or other communications to be given hereunder to a Member shall be in
writing and shall be sent by delivery in person, by courier service, by
electronic mail transmission or telecopy addressed as follows or such other
address as may be substituted by notice as herein provided:
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(i)
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If
to Party A:
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Brookfield
US REP TRS LLC
c/o
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181
Bay Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416)
956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
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(ii)
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If
to Party B:
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Brookfield
REP Investments IV-C LLC
c/o
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181
Bay Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416) 956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
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(iii)
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If
to the Guarantor:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield
Place, Suite 300
181
Bay Street, P.O. Box 762
Toronto,
Ontario M5J 2T3
Attention: Joseph
S. Freedman
Telephone: (416)
956-5182
Electronic
Mail: jfreedman@brookfield.com
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(b) Successors and
Assigns. The provisions of this Swap Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of
the Parties hereto. The rights and obligations of Party A under this
Swap Agreement may be assigned only with the prior written consent of Party
B. The rights and obligations of Party B under this Swap Agreement
may be assigned only in connection with a Transfer of Interests permitted by or
otherwise made in accordance with the provisions of the Party B
Agreement.
(c) Further
Assurances. Each Party hereby agrees to take or cause to be
taken such further actions, to duly execute and deliver or cause to be executed
and delivered such further agreements, assignments, instructions, documents and
instruments as may be necessary or as may be reasonably requested by any Party
in order to fully effectuate the purposes, terms and conditions of this Swap
Agreement.
(d) Amendment. Neither
this Swap Agreement nor any provision hereof may be changed, modified, amended,
restated, waived, supplemented, discharged, canceled or terminated orally or by
any course of dealing or in any other manner other than by an agreement by each
Party.
(e) No Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except
as expressly set forth in Section 8(f), it is
understood and agreed among the Parties that this Swap Agreement and the
agreements made herein are made expressly and solely for the benefit of the
Parties hereto, and that no other Person shall be entitled or be deemed to be
entitled to any benefits or rights hereunder, nor be authorized or entitled to
enforce any rights, claims or remedies hereunder or by reason
hereof.
(f) Applicable
Law. This Swap Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles
of conflict of laws. Each Party hereby agrees that any legal action
or proceeding with respect to or in connection with this Swap Agreement shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be brought and maintained
exclusively in the courts of the State of Delaware or in the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware, and by execution hereof each Party
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of any
such action or proceeding, and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment
rendered by any such court in connection with such action or
proceeding. Each Party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding brought in any such
court and any claim that any such action or proceeding has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
(g) Waiver of Jury
Trial. Each of the Parties hereto waives trial by jury in any
litigation, suit or proceeding between them in any court with respect to, in
connection with or arising out of this Swap Agreement, or the validity,
interpretation or enforcement thereof
(h) Counterparts. This
Swap Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each one of which shall be
deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
(i) Construction. The
captions used in this Swap Agreement are for convenience only and shall not
affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of this Swap
Agreement. As used herein, the singular shall include the plural, the
masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and the neuter gender
shall include the masculine and feminine, unless the context otherwise
requires. The words “hereof’, “herein”, and “hereunder”, and words of
similar import, when used in this Swap Agreement shall refer to this Swap
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Swap
Agreement. The use of the word “including” is not intended to be
limiting in any respect and shall be interpreted as “including, without
limitation.” This Swap Agreement is among financially sophisticated
and knowledgeable parties and is entered into by the parties in reliance upon
the economic and legal bargains contained herein and shall be interpreted and
construed in a fair and impartial manner without regard to such factors as the
party who prepared, or caused the preparation of, this Swap Agreement or the
relative bargaining power of the parties. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the doctrine of contra proferentem shall not
have any application to the construction of this Swap Agreement.
(j) Severability. If
any term or provision of this Swap Agreement or the application thereof to any
Person or circumstances shall be held invalid or unenforceable, then the
remaining terms and provisions hereof and the application of such term or
provision to Persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held
invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby.
(k) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute the entire
agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersede any prior agreement or understanding among or between them with
respect to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties hereto have executed this Swap Agreement as of the date first above
written.
PARTY A:
Brookfield
US REP TRS LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
US Corporation
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PARTY B:
Brookfield
REP Investments IV-C LLC
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By:
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Brookfield
Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada) L.P., its
managing member
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By:
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Brookfield
Private Funds Holdings Inc., its general
partner
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Solely with respect to Section
8:
GUARANTOR:
Brookfield Asset Management,
Inc.
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Title:
Senior Managing
Partner
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