Exhibit 10.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (this “Amendment”) is entered into and effective as of this 2nd day of December, 2019, by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, a Maryland corporation, GCLP Business Trust II, a Massachusetts business trust, and each of the other Persons who is a party to or otherwise bound by the Agreement and is listed as a Holder in the books and records of the Partnership.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”), was formed as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware, pursuant to a Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware effective as of May 28, 2003; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15.15 of that certain Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of July 11, 2019 (the “Agreement”), the General Partner desires to amend the Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of mutual covenants between the parties hereto, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties hereto agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used herein.
| 2. | Amendments to Agreement. |
| (a) | Article I of the Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
| (i) | The definition of “Preferred Parity Units” is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“‘Preferred Parity Units’ means all classes or series of Preferred Units issued by the Partnership, the terms of which specifically provide that such Preferred Units rank on a parity with such Preferred Parity Units with respect to distribution rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, including the Series D Preferred Units, Series E Preferred Units and any other Preferred Units to be issued in the future and designated to rank on a parity with such Preferred Parity Units with respect to distribution rights and rights upon liquidation.
| (ii) | The definition of “Series A Preferred Units” is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
| (iii) | The definition of “Series B Preferred Units” is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
| (iv) | The following definition of “Series E Preferred Units” is hereby inserted in its proper alphabetical position: |
“‘Series E Preferred Units’ means ‘6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Unit’ of the Partnership, as designated in Exhibit SEP.”
| (b) | Article IV, Section 4.02 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“Classes and Series of Partnership Units. Until such time as additional classes or series of Partnership Units are created pursuant to Section 4.03(a) below, the Partnership shall have the following five (5) classes of Partnership Units: “OP Units”, “LTIP Units”, “Senior Common Units”, “Series D Preferred Units” and “Series E Preferred Units”. Subject to Section 4.06, OP Units, LTIP Units, Senior Common Units, Series D Preferred Units, Series E Preferred Units or other Partnership Units of any additional class or series, at the election of the General Partner, may be issued to newly admitted Partners in exchange for any Capital Contributions by such Partners and/or the provision of services by such Partners; provided, that any Partnership Unit that is not specifically designated by the General Partner as being of a particular class shall be deemed to be an OP Unit.”
| (c) | Article XIII, Section 13.02(a)(iv) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“Fourth, to the holders of Series D Preferred Units and Series E Preferred Units in accordance with the terms of Exhibit SDP and Exhibit SEP; and”
| (d) | Exhibit SAP is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
| (e) | Exhibit SBP is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
| (f) | Exhibit SEP of the Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
| (i) | Section 1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
Number of Units and Designation. A series of cumulative redeemable preferred units, designated the “6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units” (the “Series E Preferred Units”) is hereby established and the number of units constituting such Series E Preferred Units shall be 6,760,000.
| (ii) | The definition of “Series A Preferred Units” in Section 2 is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
| (iii) | The definition of “Series B Preferred Units” in Section 2 is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
| (iv) | Section 11 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“Ranking. In respect of rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Partnership, the Series E Preferred Units shall rank (i) senior to the Common Units, the Senior Common Units and any other class or series of Partnership Interest of the Partnership, the terms of which expressly provide that such Partnership Interest ranks junior to the Series E Preferred Units as to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Partnership, (ii) on a parity with the Series D Preferred Units and any other class or series of Partnership Interest of the Partnership, the terms of which expressly provide that such Partnership Interest ranks on parity with the Series E Preferred Units as to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Partnership, and (iii) junior to any other class or series of Partnership Interest of the Partnership, the terms of which expressly provide that such Partnership Interest ranks senior to the Series E Preferred Units as to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Partnership, and to all existing and future debt obligations of the Partnership.”
3. Except as set forth herein, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect following the execution of this Amendment.
4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and, when so executed, all of such counterparts shall constitute a single instrument binding upon all parties hereto notwithstanding that all parties are not signatory to the original or facsimile or to the same counterpart.
5. This Amendment shall be effective upon the execution hereof by the General Partner.
6. In the event any provision of this Amendment is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed severed from the remainder of this Amendment and replaced with a valid and enforceable provision as similar in intent as reasonably possible to the provision so severed, and shall not cause the invalidity or unenforceability of the remainder of this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder affixed their signatures to this First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership as of the 2nd day of December, 2019.
| GENERAL PARTNER: | ||
| GCLP Business Trust II | ||
| By: | /s/ David J. Gladstone | |
| Name: David J. Gladstone | ||
| Title: Trustee | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert Cutlip | |
| Name: Robert Cutlip | ||
| Title: Trustee | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Sodo | |
| Name: Michael Sodo | ||
| Title: Trustee | ||
| SOLE LIMITED PARTNER: | ||
| GCLP Business Trust I | ||
| By: | /s/ David J. Gladstone | |
| Name: David J. Gladstone | ||
| Title: Trustee | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert Cutlip | |
| Name: Robert Cutlip | ||
| Title: Trustee | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Sodo | |
| Name: Michael Sodo | ||
| Title: Trustee | ||
| PARENT: | ||
| Gladstone Commercial Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ David J. Gladstone | |
| Name: David J. Gladstone | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
Signature Page to First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership