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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-334126
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171101
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171106
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171106

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STAR GROUP LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001002590
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990]
		IRS NUMBER:				061437793
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14129
		FILM NUMBER:		171179299

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 WEST BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 310
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2033287300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 WEST BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 310
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STAR GAS PARTNERS LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951025
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November&nbsp;1, 2017 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STAR GROUP, L.P. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-14129</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">06-1437793</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>9 West Broad Street Suite 310, Stamford, CT 06902 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code <U>(203)</U><U></U><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;328-7310</FONT></U>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR &#167;230.405) or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2&nbsp;of</FONT> the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">CFR&nbsp;&#167;240.12b-2).&nbsp;Emerging</FONT> growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company,
indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Effective November&nbsp;1, 2017, Star
Group, L.P. executed the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Star Group, L.P. (the &#147;Company&#148;) to give effect to the Company&#146;s change in federal income tax classification from a partnership to a corporation
and to make the other amendments described in the Partnership&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;15, 2017, which description is incorporated by reference
herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Star Group, L.P. is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d489060dex31.htm">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Star Group, L.P. </A></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Richard Ambury</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name:</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:96pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THIRD </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDED AND
RESTATED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_5">Section&nbsp;1.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Power of Attorney</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_6">Section&nbsp;1.5</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Term</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_7">ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_8">ARTICLE III PURPOSE</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_9">Section&nbsp;3.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Purpose and Business</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_10">Section&nbsp;3.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Powers</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_11">ARTICLE IV CONTRIBUTIONS AND UNITS </A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_12">Section&nbsp;4.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Organization Contributions and Return</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_13">Section&nbsp;4.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Contributions by Initial Limited Partners</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_14">Section&nbsp;4.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Prior Contributions; General Partner Contributions</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_15">Section&nbsp;4.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Issuances of Additional Partnership Securities</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_16">Section&nbsp;4.5</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Intentionally Omitted</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_17">Section&nbsp;4.6</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Limited Preemptive Rights</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_18">Section&nbsp;4.7</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Splits and Combinations</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_19">Section&nbsp;4.8</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Capital Accounts</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">18</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_20">Section&nbsp;4.9</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Interest and Withdrawal</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_21">ARTICLE V ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS </A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_22">Section&nbsp;5.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Allocations for Capital Account Purposes</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_23">Section&nbsp;5.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Intentionally Omitted</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_24">Section&nbsp;5.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Requirement and Characterization of Distributions</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_25">Section&nbsp;5.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Distributions of Available Cash From Operating Surplus</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_26">Section&nbsp;5.5</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Distributions of Cash from Capital Surplus</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_27">Section&nbsp;5.6</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Adjustment of Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target Distribution Levels</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_28">Section&nbsp;5.7</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Intentionally Omitted</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_29">Section&nbsp;5.8</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Intentionally Omitted</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_30">Section&nbsp;5.9</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Special Provision Relating to Elimination of Cumulative Common Unit Arrearages</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_31">Section&nbsp;5.10</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Special Provision Relating to Management Incentive Compensation Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_32">ARTICLE VI MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS </A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_33">Section&nbsp;6.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Management</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_34">Section&nbsp;6.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Limited Partnership</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_35">Section&nbsp;6.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Restrictions on General Partner&#146;s Authority</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_36">Section&nbsp;6.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Reimbursement of the General Partner</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">29</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_37">Section&nbsp;6.5</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Outside Activities</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">29</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_38">Section&nbsp;6.6</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Loans from the General Partner: Contracts with Affiliates: Certain Restrictions on the General Partner</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_39">Section&nbsp;6.7</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Indemnification</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_40">Section&nbsp;6.8</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Liability of Indemnitees</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_41">Section&nbsp;6.9</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Resolution of Conflicts of Interest</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">33</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_42">Section&nbsp;6.10</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Other Matters Concerning the General Partner</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">34</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_43">Section&nbsp;6.11</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title to Partnership Assets</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">34</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_44">Section&nbsp;6.12</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Purchase or Sale of Units</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">35</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_45">Section&nbsp;6.13</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Registration Rights</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">35</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_46">Section&nbsp;6.14</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Reliance by Third Parties</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_47">ARTICLE VII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_48">Section&nbsp;7.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Limitation of Liability</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_49">Section&nbsp;7.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Management of Business</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_50">Section&nbsp;7.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Outside Activities</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_51">Section&nbsp;7.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Return of Capital</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_52">Section&nbsp;7.5</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Rights of Limited Partners to the Partnership</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_53">ARTICLE VIII BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_54">Section&nbsp;8.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Records and Accounting</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_55">Section&nbsp;8.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Fiscal Year</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_56">Section&nbsp;8.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Reports</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_57">ARTICLE IX TAX MATTERS </A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_58">Section&nbsp;9.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Tax Returns and Information</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_59">Section&nbsp;9.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Tax Elections</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_60">Section&nbsp;9.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Tax Controversies</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_61">Section&nbsp;9.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Withholding</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_62">ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES </A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_63">Section&nbsp;10.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificates</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_64">Section&nbsp;10.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Registration. Registration of Transfer and Exchange</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_65">Section&nbsp;10.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">41</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_66">Section&nbsp;10.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Record Holders</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">41</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_67">ARTICLE XI TRANSFER OF INTERESTS </A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">42</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_68">Section&nbsp;11.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Transfer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">42</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_69">Section&nbsp;11.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Transfer of a General Partner&#146;s Partnership Interest</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">42</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_70">Section&nbsp;11.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Transfer of Units</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">42</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_71">Section&nbsp;11.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Restrictions on Transfers</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_72">Section&nbsp;11.5</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Citizenship Certificates; Non-citizen Assignees</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_73">Section&nbsp;11.6</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Redemption of Interests</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_74">ARTICLE XII ADMISSION OF PARTNERS </A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">44</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_75">Section&nbsp;12.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Admission of Initial Limited Partners</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">44</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_76">Section&nbsp;12.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Admission of Substituted Limited Partners</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_77">Section&nbsp;12.3</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Admission of General Partner</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_78">Section&nbsp;12.4</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Admission of Additional Limited Partners</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">46</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_80">ARTICLE XIII WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS </A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">46</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Withdrawal of the General Partner</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">46</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_82">Section&nbsp;13.2</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Removal of the General Partner</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">47</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Interest of Departing Partner and General Partner</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">47</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Withdrawal of Limited Partners</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">48</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_85">ARTICLE XIV DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION </A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">48</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Dissolution</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">48</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">49</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Liquidator</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">49</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_89">Section&nbsp;14.4</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Liquidation</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">50</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_90">Section&nbsp;14.5</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">50</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_91">Section&nbsp;14.6</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Return of Capital Contributions</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">51</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_92">Section&nbsp;14.7</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Waiver of Partition</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">51</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_93">Section&nbsp;14.8</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Capital Account Restoration</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">51</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">51</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment to be Adopted Solely by General Partner</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">51</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_96">Section&nbsp;15.2</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment Procedures</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">52</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_97">Section&nbsp;15.3</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment Requirements</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">52</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Meetings</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">53</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Notice of a Meeting</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">53</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_100">Section&nbsp;15.6</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Record Date</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">53</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_101">Section&nbsp;15.7</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Adjournment</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">54</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_102">Section&nbsp;15.8</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">54</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_103">Section&nbsp;15.9</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Quorum</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">54</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_104">Section&nbsp;15.10</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Conduct of Meeting</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">54</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Action Without a Meeting</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">55</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Voting and Other Rights</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">55</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_107">ARTICLE XVI MERGER </A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Authority</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">56</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Procedure for Merger or Consolidation</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">56</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Approval by Limited Partners of Merger or Consolidation</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">57</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Merger</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">57</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Effect of Merger</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">57</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_113">ARTICLE XVII RIGHT TO ACQUIRE UNITS </A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Right to Acquire Units</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">57</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_115">ARTICLE XVIII GENERAL PROVISIONS </A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">58</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_116">Section&nbsp;18.1</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Addresses and Notices</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">58</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_117">Section&nbsp;18.2</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">References</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">59</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_118">Section&nbsp;18.3</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Pronouns and Plurals</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">59</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_119">Section&nbsp;18.4</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Further Action</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">59</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_120">Section&nbsp;18.5</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Binding Effect</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_121">Section&nbsp;18.6</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Integration</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">59</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_122">Section&nbsp;18.7</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Creditors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">59</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_123">Section&nbsp;18.8</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Waiver</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Counterparts</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_125">Section&nbsp;18.10</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Applicable Law</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_126">Section&nbsp;18.11</A></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Invalidity of Provisions</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_127">Section&nbsp;18.12</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Consent of Partners</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_128">ARTICLE XIX INTENTIONALLY OMITTED</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_129">ARTICLE XX BUSINESS COMBINATIONS WITH INTERESTED
HOLDERS</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_130">Section&nbsp;20.1</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Limitation on Business Combinations</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#a489060_131">Section&nbsp;20.2</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Definitions Applicable to Article XX</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">61</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">A-1</TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">STAR GROUP, L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF STAR GROUP, L.P. (&#147;Third Amended and Restated Agreement&#148;) dated as of November 1, 2017 (&#147;Effective Date&#148;), is entered into by and among KESTREL HEAT LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the &#147;General Partner&#148;), and those Persons who are or become Partners in the Partnership or parties hereto as provided herein In consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>R</U> <U>E</U> <U>C</U> <U>I</U> <U>T</U> <U>A</U> <U>L</U> <U>S</U></B>: <B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, Star Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the initial general partner of the Partnership (the &#147;Initial General
Partner&#148;), and certain other parties organized the Partnership as a Delaware limited partnership pursuant to an Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of December&nbsp;20, 1995 (the &#147;Original Agreement&#148;); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, Star Gas LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;Withdrawing General Partner&#148;) and certain other parties entered
into an Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of March&nbsp;26, 1999 (the &#147;First Amended and Restated Agreement&#148;); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the First Amended and Restated Agreement was previously amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of April&nbsp;17, 2001, Amendment
No.&nbsp;2 dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2003 and Amendment No.&nbsp;3 dated as of November&nbsp;29, 2004; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Withdrawing General
Partner, the General Partner and certain other parties entered into the Second Amended and Restated Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;28, 2006 (the &#147;Second Amended and Restated Agreement&#148;) and previously amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1,
dated as of July&nbsp;20, 2006, Amendment No.&nbsp;2 dated as of February&nbsp;21, 2008 and Amendment No.&nbsp;3 dated as of July&nbsp;9, 2012; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Partnership has elected to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes pursuant to
Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;301.7701-3(c) (the &#147;Tax Election&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, in order to effect the Tax Election, it is
necessary to amend this Agreement as provided herein; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Tax Election has been (i)&nbsp;approved by the Board, and
(ii)&nbsp;submitted to, and approved by the requisite vote of, the Limited Partners; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, the Second Amended and Restated
Agreement is hereby amended and, as so amended, is restated in its entirety as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_1"></A>ARTICLE I </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_2">
</A>Section&nbsp;1.1 <I>Formation and Continuation.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Initial General Partner and the Organizational Limited Partner previously
formed the Partnership as a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act. The General Partner and the Limited Partners hereby amend and restate this Agreement in its entirety to continue the Partnership as a limited partnership
</P>
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pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act and to set forth the rights and obligations of the Partners and certain matters related thereto. This amendment and restatement shall become
effective on the date of this Agreement. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the rights, duties (including fiduciary duties), liabilities and obligations of the Partners and the administration, dissolution and termination
of the Partnership shall be governed by the Delaware Act. All Partnership Interests shall constitute personal property of the owner thereof for all purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_3"></A>Section&nbsp;1.2 <I>Name.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The name of the Partnership is &#147;Star Group, L.P.&#148; The Partnership&#146;s business may be conducted under any other name or names
deemed necessary or appropriate by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner. The words &#147;Limited Partnership,&#148; &#147;L.P.,&#148; &#147;Ltd.&#148; or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership&#146;s
name where necessary for the purpose of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Limited
Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_4"></A>Section&nbsp;1.3 <I>Registered
Office; Principal Office.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless and until changed by the General Partner, the registered office of the Partnership in the State of
Delaware shall be located at 1675 South State Street, Suite B, Dover, Delaware 19901, and the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such registered office shall be Capitol Services, Inc. The principal
office of the Partnership shall be located at, and the address of the General Partner shall be, 9 West Broad Street, Suite 310, Stamford, CT 06902, or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited
Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_5"></A>Section&nbsp;1.4 <I>Power of Attorney.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each Limited Partner and each Assignee hereby constitutes and appoints each of the General Partner and, if a Liquidator shall have been
selected pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.3, the Liquidator, severally (and any successor to either thereof by merger, transfer, assignment, election or otherwise) and each of their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution, as his true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his name, place and stead, to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (A)&nbsp;all certificates,
documents and other instruments (including this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems necessary or appropriate to form, qualify or continue
the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business
or own property; (B)&nbsp;all certificates, documents and other instruments that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems necessary or appropriate to reflect, in accordance with its terms, any amendment, change, modification or restatement of
this Agreement; (C)&nbsp;all certificates, documents and other instruments (including conveyances and a certificate of cancellation) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems necessary or appropriate to reflect the dissolution and liquidation
of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (D)&nbsp;all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Article
XI, XII, XIII or XIV; (E)&nbsp;all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges of any class or series of Partnership Securities issued pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.4; and
(F)&nbsp;all certificates, documents and other instruments (including agreements and a certificate of merger) relating to a merger or consolidation of the Partnership pursuant to Article XVI; and </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record all ballots,
consents, approvals, waivers, certificates, documents and other instruments necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement
or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or is necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or intent of
this Agreement; provided, that when required by Section&nbsp;15.3 or any other provision of this Agreement that establishes a percentage of the Limited Partners or of the Limited Partners of any class or series required to take any action, the
General Partner or the Liquidator may exercise the power of attorney made in this Section&nbsp;1.4(a)(ii) only after the necessary vote, consent or approval of the Limited Partners or of the Limited Partners of such class or series, as applicable.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nothing contained in this Section&nbsp;1.4(a) shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner to amend this Agreement except in
accordance with Article XV or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby
declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent death, incompetency, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy or termination of any Limited Partner or Assignee and
the transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner&#146;s or Assignee&#146;s Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Limited Partner&#146;s or Assignee&#146;s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited
Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or the Liquidator acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses
that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or the Liquidator taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the
Liquidator, within 15 days after receipt of the General Partner&#146;s or the Liquidator&#146;s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator deems necessary to
effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_6"></A>Section&nbsp;1.5 <I>Term.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of Limited Partnership in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue in
existence until the close of Partnership business on December&nbsp;31, 2085, or until the earlier dissolution of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_7"></A>ARTICLE II </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DEFINITIONS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following
definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Acquisition</I>&#148; means any transaction in which any Group Member acquires (through an asset acquisition, merger, stock
acquisition or other form of investment) control over all or a portion of the assets, properties or<I> </I>business of another Person for the purpose of increasing the operating capacity of the Partnership Group from the operating capacity of the
Partnership Group existing immediately prior to such transaction. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Additional Book Basis</I>&#148; means the
portion of any remaining Carrying Value of an Adjusted Property that is attributable to positive adjustments made to such Carrying Value as a result of Book-Up Events. For purposes of determining the extent to which Carrying Value constitutes
Additional Book Basis: <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Any negative adjustment made to the Carrying Value of an Adjusted Property as a result
of either a Book-Down Event or a Book-Up Event shall first be deemed to offset or decrease that portion of the Carrying Value of such Adjusted Property that is attributable to any prior positive adjustments made thereto pursuant to a Book-Up Event
or Book-Down Event. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) If Carrying Value that constitutes Additional Book Basis is reduced as a
result of a Book-Down Event and the Carrying Value of other property is increased as a result of such Book-Down Event, an allocable portion of any such increase in Carrying Value shall be treated as Additional Book Basis; provided that the amount
treated as Additional Book Basis pursuant hereto as a result of such Book-Down Event shall not exceed the amount by which the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments after such Book-Down Event exceeds the remaining Additional Book Basis
attributable to all of the Partnership&#146;s Adjusted Property after such Book-Down Event (determined without regard to the application of this clause (ii)&nbsp;to such Book-Down Event). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Additional Book Basis Derivative Items</I>&#148; means any Book Basis Derivative Items that are computed with reference to
Additional Book Basis. To the extent that the Additional Book Basis attributable to all of the Partnership&#146;s Adjusted Property as of the beginning of any taxable period exceeds the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of the
beginning of such period (the &#147;Excess Additional Book Basis&#148;), the Additional Book Basis Derivative Items for such period shall be reduced by the amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items
determined without regard to this sentence as the Excess Additional Book Basis bears to the Additional Book Basis as of the beginning of such period. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Additional Limited Partner</I>&#148; means a Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12.4 and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Adjusted Capital
Account</I>&#148; means the Capital Account maintained for each Partner as of the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership as if the Partnership were taxed as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, (a)&nbsp;increased by any amounts that
such Partner would have been obligated to restore under the standards set by Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(c) (or would have been deemed obligated to restore under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5)) and
(b)&nbsp;decreased by (i)&nbsp;the amount or all losses and deductions that, as of the end of such fiscal year, would have been reasonably expected to be allocated to such Partner in subsequent years under Sections 704(e)(2) and 706(d) of the Code
and Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.751-l(b)(2)(ii), and (ii)&nbsp;the amount of all distributions that, as of the end of such fiscal year, would have been reasonably expected to be made to such Partner in subsequent years in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement or otherwise to the extent they exceed offsetting increases to such Partner&#146;s Capital Account that would have been reasonably expected to occur during (or prior to) the year in which such distributions would have been
reasonably expected to be made (other than increases as a result of a minimum gain chargeback pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(i) or 5.1(d)(ii)). The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of
Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. The &#147;Adjusted Capital Account&#148; in respect of Common Unit, General Partner Unit or any other specified interest in the Partnership shall
be the amount which such Adjusted Capital Account would be if such Common Unit, a General Partner Unit or other interest in the Partnership were the only interest in the Partnership held by a Partner. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Adjusted Property</I>&#148; means any property the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted pursuant to
Section&nbsp;4.8(d)(i) or 4.8(d)(ii). <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Affiliate</I>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Person in question. As used herein, the term &#147;control&#148; means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments</I>&#148; means as of the end of any taxable period, the sum of the Remaining Net
Positive Adjustments of all the Partners. <I> </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Agreed Allocation</I>&#148; means any allocation, other than a Required
Allocation, of an item of income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;5.1, including, without limitation, a Curative Allocation (if appropriate to the context in which the term &#147;Agreed Allocation&#148; is used).
<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Agreed Value</I>&#148; of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of such property or other
consideration at the time of contribution as determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt. The General Partner shall, in its sole discretion, use such method as it deems reasonable and appropriate to
allocate the aggregate Agreed Value of Contributed Properties contributed to the Partnership in a single or integrated transaction among each separate property on a basis proportional to the fair market value of each Contributed Property. <I>
</I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Agreement</I>&#148; means this Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Star Group, L.P., as it
may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Assignee</I>&#148; means a Non-citizen Assignee or a
Person to whom one or more Units representing a Limited Partner Interest have been transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement and who has executed and delivered a Transfer Application as required by this Agreement, but who has not become
a Substituted Limited Partner. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Associate</I>&#148; means, when used to indicate a relationship with any Person,
(a)&nbsp;any corporation or organization of which such Person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock or other voting interest; (b)&nbsp;any trust or other estate in
which such Person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (c)&nbsp;any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, with the same residence as
such Person. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Available Cash</I>,&#148; as to any Quarter ending before the Liquidation Date, means </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the sum of (i)&nbsp;all cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership Group on hand at the end of such Quarter and (ii)&nbsp;all additional
cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership Group on hand on the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter resulting from Working Capital Borrowings subsequent to the end of such Quarter, less </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the amount of cash reserves that is necessary or appropriate in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner to (i)&nbsp;provide for
the proper conduct of the business of the Partnership Group (including reserves for future capital expenditures) subsequent to such Quarter, (ii)&nbsp;provide funds for distributions under Sections 5.4 or 5.5 in respect of any one or more of the
next four Quarters, or (iii)&nbsp;comply with applicable law or any debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which any member of the Partnership Group is a party or its assets are subject; provided, however, that the General Partner may
not establish cash reserves for distributions pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.4 unless the General Partner has determined that in its judgment the establishment of reserves will not prevent the Partnership from distributing the Minimum Quarterly
Distribution on all Common Units and any Common Unit Arrearages thereon with respect to the next four Quarters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the
foregoing, &#147;Available Cash&#148; with respect to the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs and any subsequent Quarter shall equal zero. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Book Basis Derivative Items</I>&#148; means any item of income, deduction, gain, or loss included in the determination of Net
Income, Net Loss, Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss that is computed with reference to the Carrying Value of an Adjusted Property (e.g., depreciation, depletion, or gain or loss with respect to an Adjusted Property).<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Board</I>&#148; means the Board of Directors of the General Partner. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Book-Down Event</I>&#148; means an event which triggers a negative adjustment to
the Capital Accounts of the Partners pursuant to Section 4.8(d).<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Book-Up Event</I>&#148; means an event which
triggers a positive adjustment to the Capital Accounts of the Partners pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.8(d). <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Business
Day</I>&#148; means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday recognized as such by the government of the United States or the states of New York or Connecticut shall not be regarded as a Business Day. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Capital Account</I>&#148; means the capital account maintained for a Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.8 as if the
Partnership were taxed as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. The &#147;Capital Account&#148; in respect of a Common Unit, a General Partner Unit or any other specified interest in the Partnership shall be the amount which such Capital
Account would be if such Common Unit, General Partner Unit or other interest in the Partnership were the only interest in the Partnership held by a Partner. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Capital Contribution</I>&#148; means any cash, cash equivalents or the Net Agreed Value of Contributed Property that a Partner
contributes or has contributed to the Partnership. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Capital Improvements</I>&#148; means (a)&nbsp;additions or
improvements to the capital assets owned by any Group Member or (b)&nbsp;the acquisition of existing or the construction of new capital assets (including retail distribution outlets, petroleum product tanks, propane tanks, pipeline systems, storage
facilities and related assets), made to increase the operating capacity of the Partnership Group from the operating capacity of the Partnership Group existing immediately prior to such addition, improvement, acquisition or construction. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Capital Surplus</I>&#148; has the following meaning: all Available Cash distributed by the Partnership from any source will be
treated as distributed from Operating Surplus until the sum of all Available Cash distributed since the commencement of the Partnership equals the Operating Surplus as of the end of the Quarter prior to such distribution. Any excess Available Cash
will be deemed to be Capital Surplus. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Carrying Value</I>&#148; means (a)&nbsp;with respect to a Contributed Property,
the Agreed Value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to the Partners&#146; and Assignees&#146; Capital Accounts in respect of such Contributed Property, and
(b)&nbsp;with respect to any other Partnership property, the adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination. The Carrying Value of any property shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance
with Sections 4.8(d)(i) and 4.8(d)(ii) and to reflect changes, additions or other adjustments to the Carrying Value for dispositions and acquisitions of Partnership properties, as deemed appropriate by the General Partner. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Cause</I>&#148; means a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final, non-appealable judgment finding the General
Partner liable for actual fraud, gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Certificate</I>&#148; means a certificate, (a)&nbsp;substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto with respect to Common Units
(b)&nbsp;issued in global form in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Depositary, or (c)&nbsp;in such other form as may be adopted by the General Partner in its sole discretion, issued by the Partnership evidencing ownership of one or
more Common Units, or a certificate in such form as may be adopted by the General Partner in its sole discretion, issued by the Partnership evidencing ownership of one or more other Units. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Certificate of Limited Partnership</I>&#148; means the Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware as referenced in Section&nbsp;6.2, as such Certificate of Limited Partnership may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time. <I> </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Citizenship Certification</I>&#148; means a properly completed certificate in
such form as may be specified by the General Partner by which an Assignee or a Limited Partner certifies that he (and if he is a nominee holding for the account of another Person, that to the best of his knowledge such other Person) is an Eligible
Citizen. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Claim</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in Section&nbsp;6.13(c). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Closing Price</I>&#148; for any day means the last sale price on such day, regular way, or in case no such sale takes place on
such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the principal
National Securities Exchange (other than the Nasdaq Stock Market) on which the Units of such class are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Units of such class are not listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities Exchange (other than
the Nasdaq Stock Market), the last quoted price on such day or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market or such other system then in use,
or, if on any such day the Units of such class are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Units of such class selected by
the Board, or if on any such day no market maker is making a market in the Units of such class, the fair value of such Units on such day as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Code</I>&#148; means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time. Any reference herein to a
specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Combined Interest</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in Section&nbsp;13.3(a). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Commission</I>&#148; means the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Common Unit</I>&#148; means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and
Assignees and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Common Units in this Agreement. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Common
Unit Arrearage</I>&#148; means, with respect to any Common Unit, whenever issued, and as to any Quarter beginning after September&nbsp;30, 2008, the excess, if any, of (a)&nbsp;the Minimum Quarterly Distribution then in effect with respect to such
Common Unit over (b)&nbsp;the sum of all Available Cash distributed with respect to such Common Unit in respect of such Quarter pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.4(i). <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Conflicts Committee</I>&#148; means a committee of the Board composed entirely of two or more directors who are not
(a)&nbsp;security holders, officers or employees of the General Partner, (b)&nbsp;officers, directors or employees of any Affiliate of the General Partner or (c)&nbsp;holders of any ownership interest in the Partnership Group other than Common Units
and who also meet the independence standards required of directors who serve on an audit committee of a board of directors established by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and by the National Securities
Exchange on which the Common Units are listed or admitted to trading. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Contributed Property</I>&#148; means each
property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Delaware Act, but excluding cash, contributed to the Partnership. Once the Carrying Value of a Contributed Property is adjusted pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.8(d), such property shall no
longer constitute a Contributed Property, but shall be deemed an Adjusted Property. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Cumulative Common Unit
Arrearage</I>&#148; means, with respect to any Common Unit, whenever issued, and as of the end of any Quarter, the excess, if any, of (a)&nbsp;the sum resulting from adding together the Common Unit Arrearage as to a Common Unit for each of the
Quarters beginning after September&nbsp;30, 2008 and ending on or<I> </I></P>
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</I>before the last day of such Quarter over (b)&nbsp;the sum of any distributions theretofore made pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.4(ii) with respect to such Common Unit (including any distributions
to be made in respect of the last of such Quarters). <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Curative Allocation</I>&#148; means any allocation of an
item of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xi). <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Current
Market Price</I>&#148; as of any date of any class of Units listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities Exchange means the average of the daily Closing Prices per Unit of such class for the 20 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior
to such date. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Delaware Act</I>&#148; means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del C. &#167;
17-101, et seq., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Departing Partner</I>&#148; means a former General Partner from and after the effective date of any withdrawal or removal of
such former General Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2, including the Initial General Partner from and after the Initial Closing Date and the Withdrawing General Partner from and after the Second A&amp;R Effective Date. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Depositary</I>&#148; means with respect to any Units issued in book-entry form, The Depository Trust Company and its
successors and permitted assigns. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Economic Risk of Loss</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation
Section&nbsp;1.752-2(a). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Effective Date</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Eligible Citizen</I>&#148; means a Person qualified to own interests in real property in jurisdictions in which any Group
Member does business or proposes to do business from time to time, and whose status as a Limited Partner or Assignee does not or would not subject such Group Member to a significant risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any of its properties or any
interest therein. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Event of Withdrawal</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in Section&nbsp;13.1(a). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Exchange Act</I>&#148; means the Securities Exchange act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and
any successor to such statute. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>First Liquidation Target Amount</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section&nbsp;5.1(c)(i)(D). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>First Target Distribution</I>&#148; means $.1125 per Unit, subject to adjustment in accordance with
Sections 5.6. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>General Partner</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>General Partner Interest</I>&#148; means the ownership interest of the General Partner in the Partnership (in its capacity as
a general partner without reference to any Limited Partner Interest held by it) which is evidenced by<I> </I>General Partner Units and includes any and all benefits to which the General Partner is entitled as provided in this Agreement, together
with all obligations of the General Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>General
Partner Unit</I>&#148; means a Unit representing a fractional part of the General Partner Interest and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the General Partner Interest. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Group</I>&#148; means a Person that with or through any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or
understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">
revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to 10 or more persons) or disposing of any Partnership Securities with any other Person that
beneficially owns, or whose Affiliates or Associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, Partnership Interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Group
Member</I>&#148; means a member of the Partnership Group. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Holder</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section&nbsp;6.13(a). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>includes</I>&#148; means includes, without limitation, and &#147;including&#148; means including, without
limitation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Indemnified Persons</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in Section&nbsp;6.13(c). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Indemnitee</I>&#148; means (a)&nbsp;the General Partner, any Departing Partner, any Person who is or was an Affiliate of the
General Partner or any Departing Partner, (b)&nbsp;any Person who is or was an officer, director, partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner or any Departing Partner or any such Affiliate, (c)&nbsp;any Person the General Partner designates as
an Indemnitee for purposes of this Agreement or (d)&nbsp;any Person who is or was serving at the request of the General Partner or any Departing Partner or any such Affiliate as a director, officer, employee, partner, agent, fiduciary or trustee of
another Person; provided, that a Person shall not be an Indemnitee pursuant to this clause (d)&nbsp;by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Initial Closing Date</I>&#148; means December&nbsp;20, 1995. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Initial Common Units</I>&#148; means the Common Units sold in the Initial Offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Initial General Partner</I>&#148; means Star Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Initial Limited Partners</I>&#148; means Star Gas, Silgas, Inc. and Silgas of Illinois, Inc. and the Initial Underwriters, in
each case admitted to the Partnership in accordance with Section&nbsp;12.1. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Initial Offering</I>&#148; means the
initial offering and sale of Common Units to the public on December&nbsp;20, 1995, as described in the Initial Registration Statement. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Initial Overallotment Closing Date</I>&#148; means January&nbsp;18, 1996. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Initial Registration Statement</I>&#148; means the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;33-98490), as
amended or supplemented from time to time, filed by the Partnership with the Commission under the Securities Act to register the offering and sale of the Initial Common Units in the Initial Offering. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Initial Underwriters</I>&#148; means each person named as an underwriter in the Initial Offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Initial Unit Price</I>&#148; means (a)&nbsp;with respect to each Common Unit and General Partner Unit, $2.25 or (b)&nbsp;with respect
to any other class or series of Units, the price per Unit at which such class or series of Units is initially sold by the Partnership, as determined by the General Partner, in each case adjusted as the General Partner determines to be appropriate to
give effect to any distribution, subdivision or combination of Units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Interim Capital Transactions</I>&#148; means the
following transactions if they occur prior to the Liquidation Date: (a)&nbsp;borrowings, refinancings, or refundings of indebtedness and sales of debt securities (other than Working Capital Borrowings and other than for items purchased on open
account in the ordinary course of business) by any Group Member; (b)&nbsp;sales of equity interests by any Group Member; and (c)&nbsp;sales or other voluntary or involuntary dispositions of any assets of any Group Member other than (x)&nbsp;sales or
other dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (y)&nbsp;sales or other dispositions of other current assets, including receivables and accounts in the ordinary course of business, and (z)&nbsp;sales or other dispositions of
assets as part of normal retirements or replacements. <I> </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Limited Partner</I>&#148; means, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a)&nbsp;the Organizational Limited Partner, each Initial Limited Partner, each Substituted Limited Partner, each Additional Limited Partner and any Departing Partner upon the change of its status from General Partner to Limited Partner pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13.3; and (b)&nbsp;solely for purposes of Articles IV, V, VI and IX and Sections 14.3 and 14.4, each Assignee. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Limited Partner Interest</I>&#148; means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership which is evidenced by
Common Units or other Partnership Securities and includes any and all benefits to which a Limited Partner is entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of a Limited Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Liquidation Date</I>&#148; means (a)&nbsp;in the case of an event giving rise to the dissolution of
the Partnership of the type described in clauses (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of the first sentence of Section&nbsp;14.2, the date on which the applicable time period during which the holders of Outstanding Units have the right to elect to continue the
business of the Partnership has expired without such an election being made, and (b)&nbsp;in the case of any other event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership, the date on which such event occurs. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Liquidator</I>&#148; means the General Partner or other Person approved pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.3 who performs the
functions described therein. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Merger Agreement</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in Section&nbsp;16.1. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Minimum Quarterly Distribution</I>&#148; means, (a)&nbsp;for the period from the Second A&amp;R Effective Date through the
earlier of (i)&nbsp;September&nbsp;30, 2008 or (ii)&nbsp;the last day of the Quarter preceding the Quarter in which the Partnership makes a distribution of Available Cash, $0.0 per Unit per Quarter, and (b)&nbsp;for each Quarter thereafter, $0.0675
per Unit per Quarter, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section&nbsp;5.6. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>National Securities
Exchange</I>&#148; means an exchange registered with the Commission under Section&nbsp;6(a) of the Exchange Act or the Nasdaq Stock Market or any successor thereto. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Net Agreed Value</I>&#148; means, (a)&nbsp;in the case of any Contributed Property, the Agreed Value of such property reduced by any
liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is subject when contributed, and (b)&nbsp;in the case of any property distributed to a Partner or Assignee by the Partnership, the Partnership&#146;s
Carrying Value of such property (as adjusted pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.8(d)(ii)) at the time such property is distributed, reduced by any indebtedness either assumed by such Partner or Assignee upon such distribution or to which such property is
subject at the time of distribution, in either case, as determined under Section&nbsp;752 of the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Net
Income</I>&#148; means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the Partnership&#146;s items of income and gain (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable year
over the Partnership&#146;s items of loss and deduction (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable year. The items included in the calculation of Net Income shall
be determined in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.8(b) and shall not include any items specially allocated under Section&nbsp;5.1(d); provided that the determination of the items that have been specially allocated under Section&nbsp;5.1(d) shall be
made as if Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xii) were not in the Agreement. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Net Loss</I>&#148; means, for any taxable year,
the excess, if any, of the Partnership&#146;s items of loss and deduction (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable year over the Partnership&#146;s items of
income and gain (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable year. The items included in the calculation of Net Loss shall be determined in accordance with
Section&nbsp;4.8(b) and shall not include any items specially allocated under Section&nbsp;5.1(d); provided that the determination of the items that have been specially allocated under Section&nbsp;5.1(d) shall be made as if Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xii)
were not in the Agreement. <I> </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Net Positive Adjustments</I>&#148; means, with respect to any Partner, the
excess, if any, of the total positive adjustments over the total negative adjustments made to the Capital Account of such Partner pursuant to Book-Up and Book-Down Events. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Net Termination Gain</I>&#148; means, for any taxable year, the sum, if positive, of all items of income, gain, loss or
deduction recognized by the Partnership after the Liquidation Date. The items included in the determination of Net Termination Gain shall be determined in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.8(b) and shall not include any items of income, gain or loss
specially allocated under Section&nbsp;5.1(d). <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Net Termination Loss</I>&#148; means, for any taxable period, the
sum, if negative, of all items of income, gain, loss or deduction recognized by the Partnership after the Liquidation Date. The items included in the determination of Net Termination Loss shall be determined in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.8(b)
and shall not include any items of income, gain or loss specially allocated under Section&nbsp;5.1(d). <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Non-citizen Assignee</I>&#148; means a Person whom the General Partner has determined in its sole discretion does not
constitute an Eligible Citizen and as to whose Partnership Interest the General Partner has become the Substituted Limited Partner, pursuant to Section&nbsp;11.5. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Nonrecourse Built-in Gain</I>&#148; means with respect to any Contributed Properties or Adjusted Properties that are subject
to a mortgage or pledge securing a Nonrecourse Liability, the amount of any taxable gain that would be allocated to the Partners pursuant to Sections 5.1(d) if the Partnership were taxed as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and if such
properties were disposed of in a taxable transaction in full satisfaction of such liabilities and for no other consideration.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Nonrecourse Deductions</I>&#148; means any and all items of loss, deduction or expenditures (including, without limitation,
any expenditure described in Section&nbsp;705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(b), are attributable to a Nonrecourse Liability.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Nonrecourse Liability</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.752-1(a)(2). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Notice of Election to Purchase</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in Section&nbsp;17.1(b). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Old Subordinated Units</I>&#148; means the Subordinated Units issued to the Initial General Partner on the Initial Closing Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Operating Expenditures</I>&#148; means all Partnership Group expenditures, including taxes, reimbursements of the General
Partner, debt service payments, capital expenditures and all non-Pro Rata purchases of Outstanding Units (other than those made with the Proceeds of Interim Capital Transactions) subject to the following: <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Payments (including prepayments) of principal and premium on a debt shall not be an Operating Expenditure if the payment is
(i)&nbsp;required in connection with the sale or other disposition of assets or (ii)&nbsp;made in connection with the refinancing or refunding of indebtedness with the proceeds from new indebtedness or from the sale of equity interests. For purposes
of the foregoing, at the election and in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner, any payment of principal or premium shall be deemed to be refunded or refinanced by any indebtedness incurred or to be incurred by the Partnership Group
within 180 days before or after such payment to the extent of the principal amount of such indebtedness. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Operating Expenditures shall
not include (i)&nbsp;capital expenditures made for Acquisitions or for Capital Improvements, (ii)&nbsp;payment of transaction expenses relating to Interim Capital Transactions, or (iii)&nbsp;distributions to Partners. Where capital expenditures are
made in part for Acquisitions or Capital Improvements and in part for other purposes, the General Partner&#146;s good faith allocation between the amounts paid for each shall be conclusive. </P>
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partnership, and any successors thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Operating Surplus</I>,&#148; as to any period ending before the Liquidation Date, means
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the sum of (i)&nbsp;$22,000,000 plus all cash of the Partnership Group on hand on the Second A&amp;R Effective Date, (ii)&nbsp;all
the cash receipts of the Partnership Group for the period beginning on the Second A&amp;R Effective Date and ending with the last day of such period, other than cash receipts from Interim Capital Transactions (except to the extent specified in
Section&nbsp;5.5) and (iii)&nbsp;all cash receipts of the Partnership Group after the end of such period but on or before the date of determination of Operating Surplus with respect to such period resulting from Working Capital Borrowings, less </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the sum of (i)&nbsp;Operating Expenditures for the period beginning on the Second A&amp;R Effective Date and ending with the last day of
such period, and (ii)&nbsp;the amount of cash reserves that is necessary or advisable in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner to provide funds for future Operating Expenditures; provided, however, that disbursements made (including
contributions to a Group Member or disbursements on behalf of a Group Member) or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the end of such period but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such period
shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Operating Surplus, within such period if the General Partner so determines. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, &#147;Operating Surplus&#148; with respect to the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs and any subsequent Quarter shall
equal zero. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Opinion of Counsel</I>&#148; means a written opinion of counsel (who may be regular counsel to the
Partnership, the General Partner or any of its Affiliates) acceptable to the General Partner in its reasonable discretion. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Organizational Limited Partner</I>&#148; means William G. Powers, Jr., in his capacity as the organizational limited partner
of the Partnership. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Original Agreement</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this
Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Outstanding</I>&#148; means, with respect to Partnership Securities, all Partnership Securities that are
issued by the Partnership and reflected as outstanding on the Partnership&#146;s books and records as of the date of determination. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Partner Nonrecourse Debt</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(b)(4). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(2). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Partner Nonrecourse Deductions</I>&#148; means any and all items of loss, deduction or expenditure (including, without
limitation, any expenditure described in Section&nbsp;705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i) applied as if the Partnership were taxed as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, would be attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Partners</I>&#148; means the General Partner and the
Limited Partners. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Partnership</I>&#148; means Star Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and any successors thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Partnership Group</I>&#148; means the Partnership and any Subsidiary of such entity, treated as a single consolidated entity. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Partnership Interest</I>&#148; means an interest in the Partnership, which shall
include General Partner Interests and Limited Partner Interests. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Partnership Minimum Gain</I>&#148; means that
amount determined in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(d) applied as if the Partnership were taxed as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Partnership Security</I>&#148; means any class or series of Unit, any option, right, warrant or appreciation rights relating
thereto, or any other type of equity interest that the Partnership may lawfully issue, or any unsecured or secured debt obligation of the Partnership that is convertible into any class or series of equity interests of the Partnership. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Percentage Interest</I>&#148; means as of the date of such determination, (a)&nbsp;as to any Partner or Assignee holding
Units, the product of (i)&nbsp;100% less the percentage applicable to paragraph (b)&nbsp;multiplied by (ii)&nbsp;the quotient of the number of Units held by such Partner or Assignee divided by the total number of all Outstanding Units, and
(b)&nbsp;as to the holders of additional Partnership Securities issued by the Partnership in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.4, the percentage established as a part of such issuance. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Person</I>&#148; means an individual or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization, association or other entity. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Plan</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.10. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Pro Rata</I>&#148; means (a)&nbsp;when modifying Units or any class thereof, apportioned equally among all
designated Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, and (b)&nbsp;when modifying Partners and Assignees or Record Holders, apportioned among all Partners and Assignees or Record Holders in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Proxy Statement</I>&#148; means that certain proxy statement dated September&nbsp;15, 2017
sent to Limited Partners in connection with the Tax Election. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Purchase Date</I>&#148; means the date determined
by the General Partner as the date for purchase of all Outstanding Units of a certain class (other than Units owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates) pursuant to Article XVII. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Quarter</I>&#148; means, unless the context requires otherwise, a three-month period of time ending on
March&nbsp;31,&nbsp;June&nbsp;30,&nbsp;September&nbsp;30, or December&nbsp;31. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Record Date</I>&#148; means the date
established by the General Partner for determining (a)&nbsp;the identity of the Record Holders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of Limited Partners or entitled to vote by ballot or give approval of Partnership action in writing
without a meeting or entitled to exercise rights in respect of any lawful action of Limited Partners or (b)&nbsp;the identity of Record Holders entitled to receive any report or distribution. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Record Holder</I>&#148; means the Person in whose name a Common Unit is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent as of
the opening of business on a particular Business Day, or with respect to any other Partnership Security, the Person in whose name such other Partnership Security is registered on the books of the General Partner as of the opening of business on such
Business Day. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Redeemable Units</I>&#148; means any Partnership Interests for which a redemption notice has been
given, and has not been withdrawn, pursuant to Section&nbsp;11.6. <I> </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Remaining Net Positive Adjustments</I>&#148; means as of the end of any taxable
period, (i)&nbsp;with respect to the Limited Partners, as a class, the excess of (a)&nbsp;the Net Positive Adjustments of the Limited Partners as of the end of such period over (b)&nbsp;the sum of those Partners&#146; Share of Additional Book Basis
Derivative Items for each prior taxable period, and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to the General Partner, the excess of (a)&nbsp;the Net Positive Adjustments of the General Partner as of the end of such period over (b)&nbsp;the sum of the General
Partner&#146;s Share of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items for each prior taxable period. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Required
Allocations</I>&#148; means any allocation (or limitation imposed on any allocation) of an item of income, gain, deduction or loss pursuant to (a)&nbsp;Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(v) or (b)&nbsp;Sections 5.1(d)(i), 5.1(d)(ii), 5.l(d)(iv), 5.1(d)(v),
5.1(d)(vi), 5.1(d)(vii) and 5.1(d)(ix), such allocations (or limitations thereon) that would be directly or indirectly required by the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section&nbsp;704(b) of the Code if the Partnership were taxed as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Rights Agreement</I>&#148; means that certain Amended and Restated
Rights Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;20, 2006, a copy of which was attached to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement as Exhibit B as the same may have been amended or supplemented from time to time. Prior to the date of this Third Amended and
Restated Agreement, the Rights Agreement expired by its terms and its provisions are no longer in effect. Any capitalized terms used in Section&nbsp;15.3(f) that are not defined herein are defined in the Rights Agreement. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Second A&amp;R Effective Date</I>&#148; means April&nbsp;28, 2006. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Second Amended and Restated Agreement</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Securities Act</I>&#148; means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and any
successor to such statute. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Share of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items</I>&#148; means in connection with any
allocation of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items for any taxable period, (a)&nbsp;with respect to the Limited Partners, as a class, the amount that bears the same ratio to such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items as the Limited Partners&#146;
Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of the end of such period bears to the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of that time, and (b)&nbsp;with respect to the General Partner, the amount that bears the same ratio to such Additional Book
Basis Derivative Items as the General Partner&#146;s Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of the end of such period bears to the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of that time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Special Approval</I>&#148; means approval by the Conflicts Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Star Gas</I>&#148; means Star Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Subsidiary</I>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, (a)&nbsp;a corporation of which more than 50% of the voting power of
shares entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors or other governing body of such corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a
combination thereof, (b)&nbsp;a partnership (whether general or limited) in which such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, a general or limited partner of such partnership, but only if more than 50% of the
partnership interests of such partnership (considering all of the partnership interests of the partnership as a single class) is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or a
combination thereof, or (c)&nbsp;any other Person (other than a corporation or a partnership) in which such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (i)&nbsp;at least a majority ownership interest or (ii)&nbsp;the power to
elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors or other governing body of such Person. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Substituted
Limited Partner</I>&#148; means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.2 in place of, and with all the rights of, a Limited Partner and who is shown as a Limited Partner on the books and records
of the Partnership. <I> </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Surviving Business Entity</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section&nbsp;16.2(b). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Termination Capital Transaction</I>&#148; means a transaction in which Net Termination Gain or Net
Termination Loss is recognized. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Tax Election</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Trading Day</I>&#148; means a day on which the principal National Securities Exchange on which the Units of any class are
listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if Units of a class are not listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities Exchange, a day on which banking institutions in New York City generally are open. <I>
</I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>transfer</I>&#148; has the meaning assigned to such term in Section&nbsp;11.1(a). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Transfer Agent</I>&#148; means such bank, trust company or other Person (including the General Partner or one of its
Affiliates) as shall be appointed from time to time by the Partnership to act as registrar and transfer agent for the Common Units and as may be appointed from time to time by the General Partner to act as registrar and transfer agent for any other
Partnership Securities; provided that if no Transfer Agent is specifically designated for any such other Partnership Securities, the General Partner shall act in such capacity. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Transfer Application</I>&#148; means an application and agreement for transfer of Units in the form set forth on the back of a
Certificate or in a form substantially to the same effect in a separate instrument. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Unit</I>&#148; means a
Partnership Interest of a Partner or Assignee in the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Partners and Assignees and shall include Common Units and General Partner Units; provided, that each Unit at any time
Outstanding shall represent the same fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Partners and Assignees holding Units as each other Unit. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Unit Majority</I>&#148; means, a majority of the Outstanding Common Units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Unrealized Gain</I>&#148; attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any date of determination, the excess,
if any, of (a)&nbsp;the fair market value of such property as of such date (as determined under Section&nbsp;4.8(d)) over (b)&nbsp;the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to
Section&nbsp;4.8(d) as of such date).<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Unrealized Loss</I>&#148; attributable to any item of Partnership property
means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a)&nbsp;the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.8(d) as of such date) over (b)&nbsp;the fair market value of
such property as of such date (as determined under Section 4.8(d)).<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Unrecovered Initial Unit Price</I>&#148;
means, at any time, with respect to Common Units, the Initial Unit Price less the sum of all distributions constituting Capital Surplus theretofore made in respect of an Initial Common Unit and any distributions of cash (or the Net Agreed Value of
any distributions in kind) in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership theretofore made in respect of an Initial Common Unit, adjusted as the General Partner determines to be appropriate to give effect to any distribution,
subdivision or combination of Units. <I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Withdrawing General Partner</I>&#148; means Star Gas LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>&#147;<I>Working Capital Borrowings</I>&#148; means borrowings for working capital purposes or to pay
distributions to Partners pursuant to a facility or other arrangement requiring all borrowings thereunder to be reduced to a relatively small amount each year for an economically meaningful period of time. It being the intent hereof, that borrowings
which are not intended exclusively for working capital purposes shall not be treated as Working Capital Borrowings. <I> </I></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">PURPOSE </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_9"></A>Section&nbsp;3.1 <I>Purpose and Business.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership shall be to (a)&nbsp;engage directly in, or to enter into or form
any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other arrangement to engage indirectly in, any business activity that is approved by the General Partner and which lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized
pursuant to the Delaware Act and, in connection therewith, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon the Partnership pursuant to the agreements relating to such business activity, and (b)&nbsp;do anything necessary or appropriate to
the foregoing. The General Partner has no obligation or duty to the Partnership, the Limited Partners, or the Assignees to propose or approve, and in its sole discretion may decline to propose or approve, the conduct by the Partnership of any
business. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_10"></A>Section&nbsp;3.2 <I>Powers</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Partnership shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient
for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described in Section&nbsp;3.1 and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_11"></A>ARTICLE IV </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">CONTRIBUTIONS AND UNITS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_12">
</A>Section&nbsp;4.1 <I>Organization Contributions and Return.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the formation of the Partnership under the Delaware
Act, the Initial General Partner made an initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership and was admitted as the general partner of the Partnership, and the Organizational Limited Partner made an initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership and
was admitted as a limited partner of the Partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_13"></A>Section&nbsp;4.2 <I>Contributions by Initial Limited
Partners.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the Initial Closing Date, the Initial Underwriters contributed cash to the Partnership in exchange for 2,600,000 Common
Units. On the Initial Overallotment Closing Date, the Initial Underwriters contributed cash to the Partnership in exchange for 275,000 Common Units. On the Initial Closing Date, the Initial General Partner, Silgas, Inc. and Silgas of Illinois, Inc.
contributed their interests in the Operating Partnership to the Partnership in exchange for 2,396,078 Old Subordinated Units. Immediately after these contributions, the interest of the Organizational Limited Partner was terminated and the
Organizational Limited Partner ceased to be a Limited Partner. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_14"></A>Section&nbsp;4.3 <I>Prior Contributions; General
Partner Contributions.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) All Limited Partner Interests that were issued prior to the date hereof and are currently Outstanding
shall be continued. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Upon the making of any Capital Contribution to the Partnership by any Person, the General Partner, in its sole
discretion, may make an additional Capital Contribution only to the extent necessary such that after taking into account the additional Capital Contribution made by such Person and the General Partner pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4.3(b) the General
Partner will have a Capital Account equal to at least 1.99% of the total of all Capital Accounts. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_15"></A>Section&nbsp;4.4 <I>Issuances of Additional Partnership Securities.</I>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The General Partner is authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Securities for any Partnership purpose at
any time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partners unless required by the
rules of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units or any other Partnership Securities are listed for trading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each
additional Partnership Security authorized to be issued by the Partnership pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.4(a) may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes, with such designations, preferences, rights, powers and
duties (which may be senior to existing classes and series of Partnership Securities), as shall be fixed by the General Partner in the exercise of its sole discretion, including (i)&nbsp;the right to share Partnership profits and losses or items
thereof; (ii)&nbsp;the right to share in Partnership distributions; (iii)&nbsp;the rights upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (iv)&nbsp;whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Partnership may redeem the Partnership
Security; (v)&nbsp;whether such Partnership Security is issued with the privilege of conversion and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion; (vi)&nbsp;the terms and conditions upon which each Partnership Security will be issued,
evidenced by certificates and assigned or transferred; and (vii)&nbsp;the right, if any, of each such Partnership Security to vote on Partnership matters, including matters relating to the relative rights, preferences and privileges of such
Partnership Security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The General Partner is hereby authorized and directed to take all actions that it deems necessary or
appropriate in connection with each issuance of Partnership Securities pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4.4 and to amend this Agreement in any manner that it deems necessary or appropriate to provide for each such issuance, to admit Additional Limited
Partners in connection therewith and to specify the relative rights, powers and duties of the holders of the Units or other Partnership Securities being so issued. The General Partner shall do all things necessary to comply with the Delaware Act and
is authorized and directed to do all things it deems to be necessary or advisable in connection with any future issuance of Partnership Securities, including compliance with any statute, rule, regulation or guideline of any federal, state or other
governmental agency or any National Securities Exchange on which the Units or other Partnership Securities are listed for trading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) On
the Second A&amp;R Effective Date, the Partnership issued to the General Partner 325,579 General Partner Units and the Withdrawing General Partner contributed its General Partner Units to the Partnership, which General Partner Units so contributed
to the Partnership were cancelled and no longer represent a General Partner Interest. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_16"></A>Section&nbsp;4.5
<I>Intentionally Omitted. </I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_17"></A>Section&nbsp;4.6 <I>Limited Preemptive Rights.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to the issuance of any Partnership Security, whether
unissued, held in the treasury or hereafter created, except that the General Partner shall have the right, which it may from time to time assign in whole or in part to any of its Affiliates, to purchase Partnership Securities from the Partnership
whenever, and on the same terms that, the Partnership issues Partnership Securities to Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, to the extent necessary to maintain the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and its Affiliates
equal to that which existed immediately prior to the issuance of such Partnership Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_18"></A>Section&nbsp;4.7
<I>Splits and Combinations.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Subject to Sections 4.8(d) and 5.6 (dealing with adjustments of distribution levels), the General
Partner may make a pro rata distribution of Partnership Securities to all Record Holders or may effect a subdivision or combination of Partnership Securities so long as, after any such event, each Partner shall have the same Percentage Interest in
the Partnership as before such event, and any amounts calculated on a per Unit basis are proportionately adjusted retroactive to the beginning of the Partnership. </P>
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declared, the General Partner shall select a Record Date as of which the distribution, subdivision or combination shall be effective and shall send notice thereof at least 20 days prior to such Record Date to each Record Holder as of the date not
less than 10 days prior to the date of such notice. The General Partner also may cause a firm of independent public accountants selected by it to calculate the number of Units to be held by each Record Holder after giving effect to such
distribution, subdivision or combination. The General Partner shall be entitled to rely on any certificate provided by such firm as conclusive evidence of the accuracy of such calculation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Promptly following any such distribution, subdivision or combination, the General Partner may cause Certificates to be issued to the
Record Holders of Units as of the applicable Record Date representing the new number of Units held by such Record Holders, or the General Partner may adopt such other procedures as it may deem appropriate to reflect such changes. If any such
combination results in a smaller total number of Units Outstanding, the General Partner shall require, as a condition to the delivery to a Record Holder of such new Certificate, the surrender of any Certificate held by such Record Holder immediately
prior to such Record Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Partnership shall not issue fractional Units upon any distribution, subdivision or combination of
Units. If a distribution, subdivision or combination of Units would result in the issuance of fractional Units but for the provisions this Section&nbsp;4.7(d), each fractional Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole Unit (and a 0.5 Unit shall be
rounded to the next higher Unit). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_19"></A>Section&nbsp;4.8 <I>Capital Accounts.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding that the Partnership has elected to be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, for the sole purpose
of determining the rights of the Partners to receive distributions on liquidation pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.4(c), the Partnership shall continue to maintain Capital Accounts pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4.8 and to make allocations pursuant to
Section&nbsp;5.1 as if the Partnership were classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. Furthermore, the Capital Account of each Partner immediately prior to the effective time of the election of the Partnership to be classified as
a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be the Capital Account of the Partner immediately following such election (disregarding any adjustments to such Capital Account and the deemed liquidation for U.S. federal income tax purposes
of the Partnership as a result of the election by the Partnership to be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Partnership shall maintain for each Partner (or a beneficial owner of Partnership Interests held by a nominee in any case in which the
nominee has furnished the identity of such owner to the Partnership in accordance with Section&nbsp;6031(c) of the Code or any other method acceptable to the General Partner in its sole discretion) owning a Partnership Interest a separate Capital
Account with respect to such Partnership Interest in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulation Section l.704-l(b)(2)(iv). Such Capital Account shall be increased by (i)&nbsp;the amount of all Capital Contributions made to the Partnership with
respect to such Partnership Interest pursuant to this Agreement and (ii)&nbsp;all items of Partnership income and gain (including, without limitation, income and gain exempt from tax) computed in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.8(b) and allocated
with respect to such Partnership Interest pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1, and decreased by (x)&nbsp;the amount of cash or Net Agreed Value of all actual and deemed distributions of cash or property made with respect to such Partnership Interest
pursuant to this Agreement and (y)&nbsp;all items of Partnership deduction and loss computed in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.8(b) and allocated with respect to such Partnership Interest pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) For purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain, loss or deduction to be reflected in the Partners&#146; Capital
Accounts, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for federal income tax purposes (including, without limitation, any method of depreciation, cost
recovery or amortization used for that purpose), provided, that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) All fees and other expenses incurred by the
Partnership to promote the sale of (or to sell) a Partnership Interest that can neither be deducted nor amortized under Section&nbsp;709 of the Code, if any, shall, </P>
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for purposes of Capital Account maintenance, be treated as an item of deduction at the time such fees and other expenses are incurred and shall be allocated among the Partners pursuant to
Section&nbsp;5.1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(m), the
computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be made without regard to any election under Section&nbsp;754 of the Code which may be made by the Partnership and, as to those items described in Section&nbsp;705(a)(l)(B) or
705(a)(2)(B) of the Code, without regard to the fact that such items are not includable in gross income or are neither currently deductible nor capitalized for federal income tax purposes. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any
Partnership asset pursuant to Section&nbsp;734(b) or 734(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment in the
Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain or loss. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) Any income, gain or loss attributable to the taxable
disposition of any Partnership property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such property as of such date of disposition were equal in amount to the Partnership&#146;s Carrying Value with respect to such property as of such date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) In accordance with the requirements of Section&nbsp;704(b) of the Code, any deductions for depreciation, cost recovery or
amortization attributable to any Contributed Property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such property on the date it was acquired by the Partnership were equal to the Agreed Value of such property. Upon an adjustment pursuant to
Section&nbsp;4.8(d) to the Carrying Value of any Partnership property subject to depreciation, cost recovery or amortization, any further deductions for such depreciation, cost recovery or amortization attributable to such property shall be
determined (A)&nbsp;as if the adjusted basis of such property were equal to the Carrying Value of such property immediately following such adjustment and (B)&nbsp;using a rate of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization derived from the same
method and useful life (or, if applicable, the remaining useful life) as is applied for federal income tax purposes; provided, however, that if the asset has a zero adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, depreciation, cost recovery or
amortization deductions shall be determined using any reasonable method that the General Partner may adopt. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) Any taxes
incurred by the Partnership as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes shall, for purposes of Capital Account maintenance, be treated as an item of deduction and shall be allocated among the Partners pursuant to
Section&nbsp;5.1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) A transferee of a Partnership Interest shall succeed to a Pro Rata portion of the Capital Account of the transferor
relating to the Partnership Interest so transferred. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) (i) Consistent with the provisions of Treasury Regulation
Section&nbsp;1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(f), on an issuance of additional Units for cash or Contributed Property or the conversion of the General Partner&#146;s Combined Interest to Common Units pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.3(b), the Capital Account of all
Partners and the Carrying Value of each Partnership property immediately prior to such issuance shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as if such Unrealized
Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual sale of each such property immediately prior to such issuance and had been allocated to the Partners at such time pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1(c). In determining such Unrealized Gain or
Unrealized Loss, the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all Partnership assets (including, without limitation, cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to the issuance of additional Units shall be determined by the General Partner
using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt; provided, however, the General Partner, in arriving at such valuation, must take fully into account the fair market value of the Partnership Interests of all Partners at such time. The
General Partner shall allocate such aggregate value among the assets of the Partnership (in such manner as it determines in its sole discretion to be reasonable) to arrive at a fair market value for individual properties. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(f), immediately prior to any actual or deemed
distribution to a Partner of any Partnership property (other than a distribution of cash that </P>
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is not in redemption or retirement of a Partnership Interest), the Capital Accounts of all Partners and the Carrying Value of all Partnership property shall be adjusted upward or downward to
reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized in a sale of such property immediately prior to such distribution for an amount equal to its
fair market value, and had been allocated to the Partners, at such time, pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.l(c). Any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such property shall be allocated in the same manner as Net Termination Gain or Net
Termination Loss pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.l(c); provided, however, that, in making any such allocation, Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss actually realized shall be allocated first. In determining such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss
the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all Partnership assets (including, without limitation, cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to a distribution shall (A)&nbsp;in the case of an actual distribution which is not made pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13.3 or 13.4 or (B)&nbsp;in the case of a liquidating distribution pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.4, be determined and allocated by the Liquidator using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_20"></A>Section&nbsp;4.9<I> Interest and Withdrawal.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No interest shall be paid by the Partnership on Capital Contributions, and no Partner or Assignee shall be entitled to withdraw any part of
its Capital Contributions or otherwise to receive any distribution from the Partnership, except as provided in Articles V, VII, XIII and XIV. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_21"></A>ARTICLE V </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_22">
</A>Section&nbsp;5.1 <I>Allocations for Capital Account Purposes.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the first paragraph of Section&nbsp;4.7, for purposes of
maintaining the Capital Accounts and in determining the rights of the Partners among themselves, the Partnership&#146;s items of income, gain, loss and deduction (computed in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.8(b)) shall be allocated among the Partners
in each taxable year (or portion thereof) as provided hereinbelow. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Net Income. After giving effect to the special allocations set
forth in Section&nbsp;5.1(d), Net Income for each taxable period and all items of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Income for such taxable period shall be allocated as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) First, 100% to the General Partner until the aggregate Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this
Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(i) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(vi) for all previous taxable years; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Second, 100% to the General Partner and the Limited Partners, in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests,
until the aggregate Net Income allocated to such Partners pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(ii) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Net Losses allocated to such Partners pursuant to
Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(v) for all previous taxable years; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) Third, 100% to Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata,
until the aggregate Net Income allocated to each Common Unit pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(iii) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Minimum Quarterly Distributions payable with respect to such
Unit for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) Fourth, 100% to the Partners holding General
Partner Units, Pro Rata, until the aggregate Net Income allocated to each General Partner Unit pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(iv) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Minimum Quarterly
Distributions distributed to such Partners pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.4(iii) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) Fifth, 90% to the Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata, and 10% to the
Partners holding General Partner Units, Pro Rata, until the aggregate Net Income allocated to such Partners pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(v) is equal to the aggregate amount distributed to such Partners pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.4(iv); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) Sixth, the balance, if any, 80% to the Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata and 20% to the Partners holding General
Partner Units, Pro Rata. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Net Losses. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section&nbsp;5.1(d), Net Losses for
each taxable period and all items of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Losses for such taxable period shall be allocated as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) First, 80% to the Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata, and 20% to the Partners holding General Partner Units, Pro Rata,
until the aggregate Net Losses allocated pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(i) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Net Income allocated to such Partners pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(vi) for all
previous taxable years; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Second, 90% to the Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata, and 10% to the Partners holding
General Partner Units, Pro Rata, until the aggregate Net Losses allocated pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(ii) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Net Income allocated to such Partners pursuant
to Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(v) for all previous taxable years; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) Third 100% to the Partners holding General Partner Units,
Pro Rata, until the aggregate Net Losses allocated pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(iii) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Net Income allocated to such Partners pursuant to
Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(iv) for all previous taxable years; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) Fourth, 100% to the Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata,
until the aggregate Net Losses allocated pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(iv) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Net Income allocated to such Partners pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1(a)(iii) for
all previous taxable years; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) Fifth, 100% to the General Partner and the Limited Partners in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests; provided, that Net Losses shall not be allocated pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(v) to the extent that such allocation would cause any Limited Partner to have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at
the end of such taxable year (or increase any existing deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account); and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) Sixth,
the balance, if any, 100% to the General Partner. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Net Termination Gains and Losses. After giving effect to the special allocations
set forth in Section&nbsp;5.l(d), all items of income gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss for such taxable period shall be allocated in the same manner as such Net Termination Gain or
Net Termination Loss is allocated hereunder. All allocations under this Section&nbsp;5.1(c) shall be made after Capital Account balances have been adjusted by all other allocations provided under this Section&nbsp;5.1 and after all distributions of
Available Cash provided under Section&nbsp;5.4 have been made with respect to the taxable period ending on the date of the Partnership&#146;s liquidation pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.4. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) If a Net Termination Gain is recognized (or deemed recognized pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.8(d)) from Termination Capital
Transactions, such Net Termination Gain shall be allocated among the General Partner and the Limited Partners in the following manner (and the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be increased by the amount so allocated in each of the following
subclauses, in the order listed, before an allocation is made pursuant to the next succeeding subclause): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) First, to
each Partner having a deficit balance in its Capital Account, in the proportion that such deficit balance bears to the total deficit balances in the Capital Accounts of all Partners, until each such Partner has been allocated Net Termination Gain
equal to any such deficit balance in its Capital Account; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) Second, 100% to all Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata, until the
Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1)&nbsp;its Unrecovered Initial Unit Price plus (2)&nbsp;the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for the Quarter during which such Net Termination Gain is recognized,
reduced by any distribution pursuant to Sections 5.4(i) with respect to such Common Unit for such Quarter (the amount determined pursuant to this clause (2)&nbsp;is hereinafter defined as the &#147;Unpaid MQD&#148;) plus (3)&nbsp;any then existing
Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) Third, 100% to all Partners holding General Partner Units, Pro Rata, until the
Capital Account in respect of each General Partner Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (i)&nbsp;its Unrecovered Initial Unit Price plus (ii)&nbsp;the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for the Quarter during which such Net Termination Gain is
recognized, reduced by any distribution pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.4(iii) with respect to such General Partner Unit for such Quarter; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(D) Fourth, 10% to all Partners holding General Partner Units, Pro Rata and 90% to all Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata,
until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (l)&nbsp;its Unrecovered Initial Unit Price, plus (2)&nbsp;the Unpaid MQD, if any, for such Common Unit with respect to the Quarter during which such
Net Termination Gain is recognized, plus (3)&nbsp;any then existing Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage, plus (4)&nbsp;the excess of (aa) the First Target Distribution less the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for each Quarter of the Partnership&#146;s
existence over (bb) the amount of any distributions of Operating Surplus that was distributed pursuant to Sections 5.4(iv) (the sum of (1)&nbsp;plus (2)&nbsp;plus (3)&nbsp;plus (4)&nbsp;is hereinafter defined as the &#147;First Liquidation Target
Amount&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(E) Finally, any remaining amount 20% to the Partners holding General Partner Units, Pro Rata, and 80% to
all Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) If a Net Termination Loss is recognized (or deemed recognized pursuant
to Section&nbsp;4.8(d)) from Termination Capital Transactions, such Net Termination Loss shall be allocated to the Partners in the following manner: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) First, 100% to all Partners holding Common Units, the Capital Account balances attributable to which are in excess of the
Capital Account balances attributable to the remainder of the Common Units then Outstanding, Pro Rata, until the Capital Accounts in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding are equal; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) Second, 100% to all Partners holding Common Units, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then
Outstanding has been reduced to zero; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) Thereafter, the balance, if any, 100% to the General Partner. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Special Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section&nbsp;5.1, the following special allocations shall be made for
such taxable period as if the Partnership were treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Partnership
Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section&nbsp;5.1, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership taxable period, each Partner shall be allocated items of Partnership income and gain
for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(f)(6), 1.704-2(g)(2) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(i), or any successor provision. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;5.1(d), each
Partner&#146;s Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be determined, and the allocation of income or gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(d) with respect to
such taxable period (other than an allocation pursuant to Sections 5.1(d)(vi) and 5.1(d)(vii)). This Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(i) is intended to comply with the Partnership Minimum Gain chargeback requirement in Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(f)
and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Chargeback of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain. Notwithstanding the
other provisions of this Section&nbsp;5.1 (other than Section&nbsp;5.l(d)(i)), except as provided in Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain during any Partnership taxable
period, any Partner with a share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such taxable period shall be allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and
amounts provided in Treasury Regulation Sections&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(ii), or any successor provisions. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;5.1(d), each Partner&#146;s Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be determined, and the
allocation of income or gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.l(d), other than Section&nbsp;5.l(d)(i) and other than an allocation pursuant to Sections 5.l(d)(vi)
and 5.l(d)(vii), with respect to such taxable period. This Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(ii) is intended to comply with the chargeback of items of income and gain requirement in Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) Priority Allocations. If the amount of cash or the Net Agreed Value of any property
distributed (except cash or property distributed pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.4) to any Limited Partner with respect to a taxable year is greater (on a per Unit basis) than the amount of cash or the Net Agreed Value of property distributed to the
other Limited Partners (on a per Unit basis), then each Limited Partner receiving such greater cash or property distribution shall be allocated gross income in an amount equal to the product of (1)&nbsp;the amount by which the distribution (on a per
Unit basis) to such Limited Partner exceeds the distribution (on a per Unit basis) to the Limited Partners receiving the smallest distribution and (2)&nbsp;the number of Units owned by the Limited Partner receiving the greater distribution. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) Qualified Income Offset. In the event any Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions
described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), items of Partnership income and gain shall be specifically allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to
eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section&nbsp;704(b) of the Code, the deficit balance, if any, in its Adjusted Capital Account created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as
possible unless such deficit balance is otherwise eliminated pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(i) or (ii). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) Gross Income
Allocations. In the event any Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital Account at the end of any Partnership taxable period in excess of the sum of (A)&nbsp;the amount such Partner is required to restore pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement and (B)&nbsp;the amount such Partner is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership gross income and gain in the amount
of such excess as quickly as possible; provided, that an allocation pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.l(d)(v) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a deficit balance in its Capital Account as adjusted after all other
allocations provided for in this Section&nbsp;5.1 have been tentatively made as if this Section&nbsp;5.l(d)(v) were not in this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance
with their respective Percentage Interests. If the General Partner determines in its good faith discretion that the Partnership&#146;s Nonrecourse Deductions must be allocated in a different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the
Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section&nbsp;704(b) of the Code, the General Partner is authorized, upon notice to the Limited Partners, to revise the prescribed ratio to the numerically closest ratio that satisfies such requirements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated 100% to the
Partner that bears the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i). If more than one Partner bears
the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt, such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions attributable thereto shall be allocated between or among such Partners in accordance with the ratios in which they share such Economic Risk of
Loss. </P>
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Section&nbsp;1.752-3(a)(3), the Partners agree that Nonrecourse Liabilities of the Partnership in excess of the sum of (A)&nbsp;the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain and (B)&nbsp;the total amount of Nonrecourse Built-in Gain shall be allocated
among the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix) Code Section&nbsp;754 Adjustments. To
the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section&nbsp;734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining
Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such item of gain or loss shall be
specially allocated to the Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such Section of the Treasury Regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) Economic Uniformity. Upon the conversion of any Unit into another class after application of Section&nbsp;4.4(d), items of
gross income and gain or items of deduction or loss shall be allocated to the holder of such Unit until the Capital Account of such Unit is the same as the Capital Account per Unit of all other Units of the same class. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi) Curative Allocation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section&nbsp;5.1, other than the Required Allocations, the Required Allocations
shall be taken into account in making the Agreed Allocations so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of items of income, gain, loss and deduction allocated to each Partner pursuant to the Required Allocations and the Agreed Allocations,
together, shall be equal to the net amount of such items that would have been allocated to each such Partner under the Agreed Allocations had the Required Allocations and the related Curative Allocation not otherwise been provided in this
Section&nbsp;5.1. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Required Allocations relating to (1)&nbsp;Nonrecourse Deductions shall not be taken into account except to the extent that there has been a decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain and
(2)&nbsp;Partner Nonrecourse Deductions shall not be taken into account except to the extent that there has been a decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain. Allocations pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xi)(A) shall only be made with
respect to Required Allocations to the extent the General Partner reasonably determines that such allocations will otherwise be inconsistent with the economic agreement among the Partners. Further, allocations pursuant to this
Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xi)(A) shall be deferred with respect to allocations pursuant to clauses (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;hereof to the extent the General Partner reasonably determines that such allocations are likely to be offset by subsequent Required
Allocations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) The General Partner shall have reasonable discretion, with respect to each taxable period, to
(1)&nbsp;apply the provisions of Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xi)(A) in whatever order is most likely to minimize the economic distortions that might otherwise result from the Required Allocations, and (2)&nbsp;divide all allocations pursuant to
Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xi)(A) among the Partners in a manner that is likely to minimize such economic distortions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii)
Corrective Allocations. In the event of any allocation of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items or any Book-Down Event, the following rules shall apply: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) In the case of any allocation of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items (other than an allocation of Unrealized Gain or
Unrealized Loss under Section&nbsp;4.8(d) hereof), the General Partner shall allocate additional items of gross income and gain to the Limited Partners or additional items of deduction and loss to the General Partner to the extent that the
Additional Book Basis Derivative Items allocated to the Limited Partners exceeds their Share of those Additional Book Basis Derivative Items. For this purpose, the Limited Partners shall be treated as being allocated Additional Book Basis Derivative
Items to the extent that such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items have reduced the amount of income that would otherwise have been allocated to the Limited Partners under the Partnership Agreement (e.g., Additional Book Basis Derivative Items
taken into account in computing </P>
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cost of goods sold would reduce the amount of book income otherwise available for allocation among the Partners). Any allocation made pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xii)(A) shall be made
after all of the other Agreed Allocations have been made as if this Section&nbsp;5.l(d)(xii) were not in the Partnership Agreement and, to the extent necessary, shall require the reallocation of items that have been allocated pursuant to such other
Agreed Allocations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) In the case of any negative adjustments to the Capital Accounts of the Partners resulting from a
Book-Down Event, such negative adjustment (1)&nbsp;shall first be allocated between the General Partner and the Limited Partners in proportion to and to the extent of their Remaining Net Positive Adjustments and (2)&nbsp;any remaining negative
adjustment shall be allocated pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.l(c) hereof. The aggregate amount so allocated to the Limited Partners in respect of each class or series of Units shall be allocated among them ratably on a per Unit basis. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) In making the allocations required under this Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xii), the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may
apply whatever conventions or other methodology it deems reasonable to satisfy the purpose of this Section&nbsp;5.1(d)(xii). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii) Depreciation. Depreciation deductions of the Partnership for each period shall be allocated among the Partners in
accordance with their relative Capital Account balances as they existed immediately after the most recent book adjustments pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.8(d) of this Agreement that occurred prior to such period and without regard to allocations made
after such adjustment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_23"></A>Section&nbsp;5.2 <I>Intentionally Omitted.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_24"></A>Section&nbsp;5.3 <I>Requirement and Characterization of Distributions.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Within 45 days after each Quarter beginning with the Quarter ending December&nbsp;31, 2008, an amount equal to 100% of Available Cash with
respect to such period or Quarter shall be distributed in accordance with this Article V by the Partnership to the Partners, as of the Record Date selected by the General Partner in its reasonable discretion. All amounts of Available Cash
distributed by the Partnership on any date from any source shall be deemed to be Operating Surplus until the sum of all amounts of Available Cash theretofore distributed by the Partnership to Partners pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.4 equals the
Operating Surplus from the Second A&amp;R Effective Date through the close of the immediately preceding Quarter. Any remaining amounts of Available Cash distributed by the Partnership on such date shall, except as otherwise provided in
Section&nbsp;5.5, be deemed to be from Capital Surplus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Notwithstanding the definitions of Available Cash and Operating Surplus
contained herein, disbursements made or cash reserves established after the end of any Quarter but on or before the date on which the Partnership makes its distribution of Available Cash in respect of such Quarter pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.3(a)
shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced for purposes of determining Available Cash and Operating Surplus, within such Quarter if the General Partner so determines. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of the
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership, all proceeds of such liquidation shall be applied and distributed in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, Section&nbsp;14.4. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The General Partner may treat taxes required or elected to be withheld with respect to all or less than all of the Partners as a
distribution of Available Cash to such Partners. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_25"></A>Section&nbsp;5.4 <I>Distributions of Available Cash From
Operating Surplus.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There shall be no requirement to make distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus to the holders of
Common Units prior to September&nbsp;30, 2008. Available Cash with respect to any Quarter ending after September&nbsp;30, 2008 that is deemed to be Operating Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;5.3 or 5.5 shall, subject to
Section&nbsp;5.3, in a manner consistent with Section&nbsp;5.10, and subject to Section&nbsp;17-607 of the Delaware </P>
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Act, be distributed as follows, except as otherwise required by Section&nbsp;4.4(b) in respect of additional Partnership Securities issued pursuant thereto: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) First, 100% to the Common Units, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding
an amount equal to the Minimum Quarterly Distribution; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Second, 100% to the Common Units, Pro Rata, until there has
been distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage, if any, existing with respect to any prior Quarter; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) Third, 100% to the General Partner Units, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed in respect of each General Partner
Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Minimum Quarterly Distribution; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) Fourth, (A)&nbsp;90% to the Common
Units, Pro Rata and (B)&nbsp;10% to the General Partner Units, Pro Rata until there has been distributed in respect of each Common Unit then outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the First Target Distribution over the Minimum Quarterly
Distribution; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) Thereafter, (A)&nbsp;80% to the Common Units, Pro Rata and (B)&nbsp;20% to the General Partner Units,
Pro Rata; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however</I>, if the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the First Target Distribution have been reduced to zero
pursuant to the second sentence of Section&nbsp;5.6(a), the distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus with respect to any Quarter will be made in accordance with Section&nbsp;5.4(v). <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_26"></A>Section&nbsp;5.5 <I>Distributions of Cash from Capital Surplus.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Available Cash that constitutes Capital Surplus shall, subject to Section&nbsp;17-607 of the Delaware Act, be distributed, unless the
provisions of Section&nbsp;5.3 require otherwise, 100% to all Units, Pro Rata, until a hypothetical holder of a Common Unit on the Second A&amp;R Effective Date has received with respect to such Common Unit, during the period since the Second
A&amp;R Effective Date through such date, distributions of Available Cash that are deemed to be Capital Surplus in an aggregate amount equal to the Initial Unit Price. Thereafter, all Available Cash shall be distributed as if it were Operating
Surplus and shall be distributed in accordance with Section&nbsp;5.4. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_27"></A>Section&nbsp;5.6 <I>Adjustment of Minimum
Quarterly Distribution and Target Distribution Levels.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the First Target Distribution shall
be proportionately adjusted in the event of any distribution, combination or subdivision (whether effected by a distribution payable in Units or otherwise) of Units or other Partnership Securities in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.8. In the event of
a distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be from Capital Surplus, the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and First Target Distribution shall be adjusted proportionately downward to equal the product obtained by multiplying the otherwise
applicable Minimum Quarterly Distribution and First Target Distribution as the case may be, by a fraction of which the numerator is the Unrecovered Initial Unit Price of the Common Units immediately after giving effect to such distribution and of
which the denominator is the Unrecovered Initial Unit Price of the Common Units immediately prior to giving effect to such distribution. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_28">
</A>Section&nbsp;5.7 <I>Intentionally Omitted.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_29"></A>Section&nbsp;5.8 <I>Intentionally Omitted.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_30"></A>Section&nbsp;5.9 <I>Special Provision Relating to Elimination of Cumulative Common Unit Arrearages.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all Cumulative Common Unit Arrearages (as such term is defined in the First Amended
and Restated Agreement) that have accrued through the date of this Agreement are hereby eliminated. </P>
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Compensation Plan.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, up to 50% of the distributions (the &#147;Incentive
Distributions&#148;) otherwise distributable to the holders of General Partner Units pursuant to Sections 5.4 (iv)&nbsp;and (v), shall be retained by the Partnership to fund the bonus pool for distribution to the participants of the
Partnership&#146;s Management Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) in accordance with the terms of the Plan. The exact percentage of distributions that comprise the Incentive Distributions shall be determined by the General Partner for
each Quarter in which distributions are to be paid pursuant to Sections 5.4 (iv)&nbsp;and (v). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_32"></A>ARTICLE VI </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_33"></A>Section&nbsp;6.1 <I>Management</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The General Partner shall conduct, direct and manage all activities of the Partnership. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have any management power over the business and affairs of the
Partnership. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or which are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner, subject to
Section&nbsp;6.3, shall have full power and authority to do all things and on such terms as it, in its sole discretion, may deem necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in
Section&nbsp;3.2 and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section&nbsp;3.1, including the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the making of
any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness and the incurring of any other obligations; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other
agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the acquisition, disposition, mortgage,
pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any or all of the assets of the Partnership or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another Person (the matters described in this clause (iii)&nbsp;being subject, however,
to any prior approval that may be required by Section&nbsp;6.3) and Article XVI; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) the use of the assets of the
Partnership (including cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the financing of the conduct of the operations of the Partnership, the lending of funds to other Persons (including Group Members), the
repayment of obligations of the Partnership; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, conveyances
or other instruments (including instruments that limit the liability of the Partnership under contractual arrangements to all or particular assets of the Partnership, with the other party to the contract to have no recourse against the General
Partner or its assets other than its interest in the Partnership, even if same results in the terms of the transaction being less favorable to the Partnership than would otherwise be the case); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) the distribution of Partnership cash; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) the selection and dismissal of employees, (including employees having titles such as &#147;president,&#148; &#147;vice
president,&#148; &#147;secretary&#148; and &#147;treasurer&#148;) and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) the maintenance of such insurance for the benefit of the Partnership Group
and the Partners as it deems necessary or appropriate; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the
contribution of property and the making of loans to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies, or other relationships; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the bringing and defending of
actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in the conduct of litigation and the incurring of legal expense and the settlement of claims and litigation; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi) the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii) the entering into of listing agreements with any National Securities Exchange and the delisting of some or all of the
Units from, or requesting that trading be suspended on, any such exchange (subject to any prior approval that may be required under Section&nbsp;1.6); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii) the purchase, sale or other acquisition or disposition of Units (subject to Section&nbsp;6.12 and Section&nbsp;17.1).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Delaware Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation, each of the
Partners and Assignees and each other Person who may acquire an interest in Units hereby agrees that the execution, delivery or performance by the General Partner, any Group Member or any Affiliate of any of them, of this Agreement or any agreement
authorized or permitted under this Agreement (including the exercise by the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner of the rights accorded pursuant to Article XVII), shall not constitute a breach by the General Partner of any duty
that the General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or the Assignees or any other Persons under this Agreement (or any other agreements) or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_34"></A>Section&nbsp;6.2 <I>Certificate of Limited Partnership.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The General Partner has caused the Certificate of Limited Partnership to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as
required by the Delaware Act and shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents as may be determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion to be reasonable and necessary or appropriate for the
formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware or any other state in which the Partnership may elect to do business or
own property, including an amendment to reflect the admission of the General Partner as a successor to the Withdrawing General Partner. To the extent that such action is determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion to be reasonable and
necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and do all things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners
have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware or of any other state in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of Section&nbsp;7.5(a), the General Partner shall not be required, before
or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate of Limited Partnership, any qualification document or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner or Assignee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_35"></A>Section&nbsp;6.3 <I>Restrictions on General Partner&#146;s Authority</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The General Partner may not, without written approval of the specific act by all of the Outstanding Units or by other written instrument
executed and delivered by all of the Outstanding Units subsequent to the date of this Agreement, take any action in contravention of this Agreement, including, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (i)&nbsp;committing any act that would
make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership; (ii)&nbsp;possessing Partnership property, or assigning any rights in specific Partnership property, for other than a Partnership purpose; (iii)&nbsp;admitting a Person as a
Partner; (iv)&nbsp;amending this Agreement in any manner; or (v)&nbsp;transferring its interest as general partner of the Partnership. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Except as provided in Articles XIV and XVI, the General Partner may not sell, exchange or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Partnership&#146;s assets in a single transaction or a series of related transactions without the approval of holders of a Unit Majority; provided, however, that this provision shall not preclude
or limit the General Partner&#146;s ability to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership and shall not apply to any forced sale of any or all of the assets of the
Partnership pursuant to the foreclosure of, or other realization upon, any such encumbrance. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_36"></A>Section&nbsp;6.4
<I>Reimbursement of the General Partner</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Except as provided in this Section&nbsp;6.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the General
Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of any Group Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The General Partner shall be reimbursed on
a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole discretion, for (i)&nbsp;all direct and indirect expenses it incurs or payments it makes on behalf of the Partnership (including salary, bonus. incentive
compensation and other amounts paid to any Person to perform services for the Partnership, or for the General Partner in the discharge of its duties to the Partnership), and (ii)&nbsp;all other necessary or appropriate expenses allocable to the
Partnership or otherwise reasonably incurred by the General Partner in connection with operating the Partnership&#146;s business (including expenses allocated to the General Partner by its Affiliates). The General Partner shall determine the
expenses that are allocable to the Partnership in any reasonable manner determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion. Reimbursements pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6.4 shall be in addition to any reimbursement to the General Partner as a
result of indemnification pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.7. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The General Partner, in its sole discretion and without the approval of the
Limited Partners (who shall have no right to vote in respect thereof), may propose, adopt and amend on behalf of the Partnership employee benefit plans, employee programs and employee practices (including plans, programs and practices involving the
issuance of Units), or issue Partnership Securities pursuant to any employee benefit plan, employee program or employee practice maintained or sponsored by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, in each case for the benefit of employees of
the General Partner, any Group Member or any Affiliate, or any of them, in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership Group. The Partnership agrees to issue and sell to the General Partner or any of its
Affiliates any Units or other Partnership Securities that the General Partner or such Affiliate is obligated to provide to any employees pursuant to any such employee benefit plans, employee programs or employee practices. Expenses incurred by the
General Partner in connection with any such plans, programs and practices (including the net cost to the General Partner or such Affiliate of Units or other Partnership Securities purchased by the General Partner or such Affiliate from the
Partnership to fulfill options or awards under such plans, programs and practices) shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section&nbsp;6.4(b). Any and all obligations of the General Partner under any employee benefit plans, employee programs or
employee practices (other than agreements with former employees and post-retirement benefits thereunder) adopted by the General Partner as permitted by this Section&nbsp;6.4(c) shall constitute obligations of the General Partner hereunder and shall
be assumed by any successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2 or the transferee of or successor to all of the General Partner&#146;s Partnership Interest (which is represented by the General Partner Units) as a general
partner in the Partnership pursuant to Section&nbsp;11.2. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_37"></A>Section&nbsp;6.5 <I>Outside Activities</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) After the Second A&amp;R Effective Date, the General Partner, for so long as it is the general partner of the Partnership, shall not
engage in any business or activity or incur any debts or liabilities except in connection with or incidental to (i)&nbsp;its performance as general partner of one or more Group Members or (ii)&nbsp;the acquiring, owning or disposing of debt or
equity securities in any Group Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Except as restricted by Section&nbsp;6.5(a), each Indemnitee (other than the General Partner)
shall have the right to engage in businesses of every type and description and other activities for profit and to engage in and </P>
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possess an interest in other business ventures of any and every type or description, whether in businesses engaged in or anticipated to be engaged in by any Group Member, independently or with
others, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the business and activities of any Group Member, and none of the same shall constitute a breach of this Agreement or any duty to any Group Member or any Partner or
Assignee. Neither any Group Member, any Limited Partner nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby or thereby in any business ventures of any Indemnitee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Subject to Section&nbsp;6.5(a), but otherwise notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i)&nbsp;the engaging in
competitive activities by any Indemnitees (other than the General Partner) in accordance with the provisions of this Section&nbsp;6.5 is hereby approved by the Partnership and all Partners and (ii)&nbsp;it shall be deemed not to be a breach of the
General Partner&#146;s fiduciary duty or any other obligation of any type whatsoever of the General Partner for the Indemnitee (other than the General Partner) to engage in such business interests and activities in preference to or to the exclusion
of the Partnership (including, without limitation, the General Partner and the Indemnitees shall have no obligation to present business opportunities to the Partnership). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The General Partner and any of its Affiliates may acquire Units or other Partnership Securities and, except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, shall be entitled to exercise all rights of an Assignee or Limited Partner, as applicable, relating to such Units or Partnership Securities. The term &#147;Affiliates&#148; when used in Section&nbsp;6.5(d) with respect to the General
Partner shall not include any Group Member or any Subsidiary of the Group Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_38"></A>Section&nbsp;6.6 <I>Loans from
the General Partner: Contracts with Affiliates: Certain Restrictions on the General Partner</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The General Partner or any Affiliate
thereof may lend to any Group Member, and any Group Member may borrow, funds needed or desired by the Group Member for such periods of time and in such amounts as the General Partner may determine; provided, however, that in any such case the
lending party may not charge the borrowing party interest at a rate greater than the rate that would be charged the borrowing party or impose terms less favorable to the borrowing party than would be charged or imposed on the borrowing party by
unrelated lenders on comparable loans made on an arms&#146;-length basis (without reference to the lending party&#146;s financial abilities or guarantees). The borrowing party shall reimburse the lending party for any costs (other than any
additional interest costs) incurred by the lending party in connection with the borrowing of such funds. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;6.6(a) and Section&nbsp;6.6(b), the term &#147;Group Member&#148; shall include any Affiliate of the Group
Member that is controlled by the Group Member. No Group Member may lend funds to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The
Partnership may lend or contribute to any Group Member, and any Group Member may borrow, funds on terms and conditions established in the sole discretion of the General Partner; provided, however, that the Partnership may not charge the Group Member
interest at a rate greater than the rate that would be charged to the Group Member (without reference to the General Partner&#146;s financial abilities or guarantees), by unrelated lenders on comparable loans. The foregoing authority shall be
exercised by the General Partner in its sole discretion and shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Group Member or any other Person. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The General Partner may itself, or may enter into an agreement with any of its Affiliates to, render services to the Partnership or to the
General Partner in the discharge of its duties as general partner of the Partnership. Any services rendered to the Partnership by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates shall be on terms that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership;
provided, however, that the requirements of this Section&nbsp;6.6(c) shall be deemed satisfied as to (i)&nbsp;any transaction approved by Special Approval, (ii)&nbsp;any transaction, the terms of which are no less favorable to the Partnership than
those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iii)&nbsp;any transaction that, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly
favorable or </P>
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advantageous to the Partnership), is equitable to the Partnership. The provisions of Section&nbsp;6.4 shall apply to the rendering of services described in this Section&nbsp;6.6(c). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies or other business
entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions as are consistent with this Agreement and applicable law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Neither the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, the
Partnership, directly or indirectly, except pursuant to transactions that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership; provided, however, that the requirements of this Section&nbsp;6.6(e) shall be deemed to be satisfied as to (i)&nbsp;any
transactions described in or contemplated by the Proxy Statement, (ii)&nbsp;any transaction approved by Special Approval, (iii)&nbsp;any transaction, the terms of which are no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to
or available from. unrelated third parties, or (iv)&nbsp;any transaction that, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the
Partnership), is equitable to the Partnership. With respect to any contribution of assets to the Partnership in exchange for Units, the Conflicts Committee, in determining whether the appropriate number of Units are being issued, should take into
account, among other things, the fair market value of the assets, the liquidated and contingent liabilities assumed, the tax basis in the assets, and such other factors as the Conflicts Committee deems relevant under the circumstances. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The General Partner and its Affiliates will have no obligation to permit any Group Member to use any facilities or assets of the General
Partner and its Affiliates, except as may be provided in contracts entered into from time to time specifically dealing with such use, nor shall there be any obligation on the part of the General Partner or its Affiliates to enter into such
contracts. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Without limitation of Sections 6.6(a) through 6.6(f), and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
existence of the conflicts of interest described in the Proxy Statement are hereby approved by all Partners. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_39"></A>Section&nbsp;6.7 <I>Indemnification</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law but subject to the limitations expressly provided in this Agreement, all Indemnitees shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements and other amounts
arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its
status as an Indemnitee; provided, that in each case the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner that such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Partnership and, with respect to any criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful; provided, further, no indemnification pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6.7 shall be available to the Withdrawing General Partner or its Affiliates (other than Group Members) with
respect to their obligations incurred pursuant to that certain unit purchase agreement dated as of December&nbsp;5, 2005, as amended, by and among the Partnership, the Withdrawing General Partner, Kestrel Energy Partners, LLC, Kestrel Heat LLC and
KM2, LLC or any agreement ancillary thereto (other than obligations incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership). The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo
contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that the Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified above. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, it
being agreed that the General Partner shall not be personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification. </P>
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by an Indemnitee who indemnified pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.7(a) in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to the usual disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit
or proceeding upon receipt by the Partnership of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section&nbsp;6.7. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The indemnification provided by this Section&nbsp;6.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled
under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the holders of Outstanding Units, as a matter of law or otherwise, both as to actions in the Indemnitee&#146;s capacity as an Indemnitee and as to actions in any other capacity, and shall continue as to
an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Partnership may purchase and maintain (or reimburse the General Partner or its Affiliates for the cost of) insurance, on behalf of the
General Partner and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expense that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership&#146;s activities, regardless of
whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)
For purposes of this Section&nbsp;6.7, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or
otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute &#147;fines&#148; within the
meaning of Section&nbsp;6.7(a); and action taken or omitted by it with respect to any employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the
plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) In no event may an
Indemnitee subject to the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section&nbsp;6.7 because the Indemnitee had an interest
in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The provisions of this Section&nbsp;6.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and
shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) No amendment, modification or repeal of this
Section&nbsp;6.7 or any provision hereof shall in any manner terminate, reduce, or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee to be indemnified by the Partnership, nor the obligations of the, Partnership to indemnify any such
Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section&nbsp;6.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior
to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_40"></A>Section&nbsp;6.8 <I>Liability of Indemnitees</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no Indemnitee shall be liable for monetary damages to the
Partnership, the Limited Partners, the Assignees or any other Persons who have acquired interests in the Units, for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of any act or omission if such Indemnitee acted in good faith. </P>
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the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and the General Partner shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by the General Partner in good faith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Any amendment, modification or
repeal of this Section&nbsp;6.8 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners of the General Partner, its directors, officers and
employees and any other Indemnitees under this Section&nbsp;6.8 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such
amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_41"></A>Section&nbsp;6.9
<I>Resolution of Conflicts of Interest</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whenever a potential conflict of
interest exists or arises between the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Partnership, any Partner or any Assignee, on the other hand, any resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest shall be
permitted and deemed approved by all Partners, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement, of any agreement contemplated herein or therein, or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity, if the resolution or course of action is, or by
operation of this Agreement is deemed to be, fair and reasonable to the Partnership. The General Partner shall be authorized but not required in connection with its resolution of such conflict of interest to seek Special Approval of a resolution of
such conflict or course of action. Any conflict of interest and any resolution of such conflict of interest shall be conclusively deemed fair and reasonable to the Partnership if such conflict of interest or resolution is (i)&nbsp;approved by
Special Approval, (ii)&nbsp;on terms no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iii)&nbsp;fair to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of the relationships
between the parties involved (including other, transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership). The General Partner may also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval. The
General Partner (including the Conflicts Committee in connection with Special Approval) shall be authorized in connection with its determination of what is &#147;fair and reasonable&#148; to the Partnership and in connection with its resolution of
any conflict of interest to consider (A)&nbsp;the relative interests of any party to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interest; (B)&nbsp;any customary or accepted industry practices and
any customary or historical dealings with a particular Person; (C)&nbsp;any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles; and (D)&nbsp;such additional factors as the General Partner (including the Conflicts Committee) determines
in its sole discretion to be relevant, reasonable or appropriate under the circumstances. Nothing contained in this Agreement, however, is intended to nor shall it be construed to require the General Partner (including the Conflicts Committee) to
consider the interests of any Person other than the Partnership. In the absence of bad faith by the General Partner, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the General Partner with respect to such matter shall not constitute a
breach of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or a breach of any standard of care or duty imposed herein or therein or, to the extent permitted by law, under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Whenever this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby provides that the General Partner or any of its Affiliates is permitted
or required to make a decision (i)&nbsp;in its &#147;sole discretion&#148; or &#147;discretion&#148; that it deems &#147;necessary or appropriate&#148; or &#147;necessary or advisable&#148; or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, except
as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner or such Affiliate shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of, or factors affecting,
the Partnership, any Limited Partner or any Assignee, (ii)&nbsp;it may make such decision in its sole discretion (regardless of whether there is a reference to &#147;sole discretion&#148; or &#147;discretion&#148;) unless another express standard is
provided for, or (iii)&nbsp;in &#147;good faith&#148; or under another express standard, the General Partner or such Affiliate shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this
Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under </P>
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the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation. In addition, any actions taken by the General Partner or such Affiliate consistent with the standards of &#147;reasonable discretion&#148;
set forth in the definitions of Available Cash or Operating Surplus shall not constitute a breach of any duty of the General Partner to the Partnership or the Limited Partners. The General Partner shall have no duty, express or implied, to sell or
otherwise dispose of any asset of the Partnership Group. No borrowing by any Group Member or the approval thereof by the General Partner shall be deemed to constitute a breach of any duty of the General Partner to the Partnership or the Limited
Partners by reason of the fact that the purpose or effect of such borrowing is directly or indirectly to enable distributions on the General Partner Units to exceed the General Partner&#146;s Percentage Interest of the total amount distributed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Whenever a particular transaction, arrangement or resolution of a conflict of interest is required under this Agreement to be &#147;fair
and reasonable&#148; to any Person, the fair and reasonable nature of such transaction, arrangement or resolution shall be considered in the context of all similar or related transactions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Limited Partners hereby authorize the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership as a partner of a Group Member, to approve of
actions by the general partner of such Group Member similar to those actions permitted to be taken by the General Partner pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6.9. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_42"></A>Section&nbsp;6.10 <I>Other Matters Concerning the General Partner</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other
consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the opinion (including an Opinion of Counsel) of such Persons as to matters that the General Partner reasonably believes to be with a such
Person&#146;s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or :rations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized
officers, a duly appointed attorney or attorneys-in-fact or the duly authorized officers of the Partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Any standard of care and
duty imposed by this Agreement or under the Delaware Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation shall be modified, waived or limited, to the extent permitted by law, as required to permit the General Partner to act under this Agreement or any
other agreement contemplated by this Agreement and to make any decision pursuant to the authority prescribed in this Agreement, so long as such action is reasonably believed by the General Partner to be in, or not inconsistent with, the best
interests of the Partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_43"></A>Section&nbsp;6.11 <I>Title to Partnership Assets</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the
Partnership as an entity, and no Partner or Assignee, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name: of the
Partnership, the General Partner, one or more of its Affiliates, or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which record title is held in the name
of the General Partner or one or more of its Affiliates or one or more nominees shall be held by the General Partner or such Affiliate or nominee for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
provided, </P>
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however, that the General Partner shall use its reasonable efforts to cause record title to such assets (other than those assets in respect of which the General Partner determines that the
expense and difficulty of conveyancing makes transfer of record title to the Partnership impracticable) to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable; provided that, prior to the withdrawal or removal of the Withdrawing General
Partner or as soon thereafter as practicable, the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to effect the transfer of record title to the Partnership and prior to any such transfer, will provide for the use of such assets in a manner satisfactory
to the Partnership. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which record title to such Partnership assets is held. The Withdrawing General Partner covenants
and agrees that on the Second A&amp;R Effective Date, the Partnership Group shall have all licenses, permits, certificates. franchises, or other governmental authorizations or permits necessary for the ownership of their properties or for the
conduct of their businesses, except for such licenses, permits, certificates, franchises, or other governmental authorizations or permits, failure to have obtained which will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
the Partnership Group. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_44"></A>Section&nbsp;6.12 <I>Purchase or Sale of Units</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The General Partner may cause the Partnership to purchase or otherwise acquire Units with cash or property from any source, including Interim
Capital Transactions. As long as Units are held by any Group Member, such Units shall not be considered Outstanding for any purpose, except as otherwise provided herein. The General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner (other than a Group
Member) may also purchase or otherwise acquire and sell or otherwise dispose of Units for its own account, subject to the provisions of Articles XI and XII. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_45"></A>Section&nbsp;6.13 <I>Registration Rights</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) If (i)&nbsp;the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner (including for purposes of this Section&nbsp;6.13, any Person that
is an Affiliate of the General Partner at the date hereof notwithstanding that it may later cease to be an Affiliate of the General Partner) holds Units or other Partnership Securities that it desires to sell and (ii)&nbsp;Rule 144 of the Securities
Act (or any successor rule or regulation to Rule 144) or another exemption from registration is not available to enable such holder of Units (the &#147;Holder&#148;) to dispose of the number of Units or other Partnership Securities it desires to
sell at the time it desires to do so without registration under the Securities Act, then upon the request of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, the Partnership shall file with the Commission as promptly as practicable after receiving such
request, and use all reasonable efforts to cause to become effective and remain effective for a period of not less than six months following its effective date or such shorter period as shall terminate when all Units or other Partnership Securities
covered by such registration statement have been sold, a registration statement under the Securities Act registering the offering and sale of the number of Units or other Partnership Securities specified by the Holder, provided however, that the
Partnership shall not be required to effect more than three registrations pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6.13(a); and provided, further, however, that if the Conflicts Committee determines in its good faith judgment that a postponement of the
requested registration for up to six months would be in the best interests of the Partnership and its Partners due to a pending transaction, investigation or other event, the filing of such registration statement or the effectiveness thereof may be
deferred for up to six months, but not thereafter. In connection with any registration pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Partnership shall promptly prepare and file (x)&nbsp;such documents as may be necessary to register or qualify
the Partnership Securities subject to such registration under the securities laws of such states as the Holder shall reasonably request: provided, however, that no such qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, as a result thereof,
the Partnership would become subject to general service of process or to taxation or qualification to do business as a foreign corporation or partnership doing business in such jurisdiction, and (y)&nbsp;such documents as may be necessary to apply
for listing or to list the Partnership Securities subject to such registration on such National Securities Exchange as the Holder shall reasonably request, and do any and all other acts and things that may reasonably be necessary or advisable to
enable the Holder to consummate a public sale of such Units in such states. Except as set forth in Section&nbsp;6.13(c), all costs and expenses of any such registration and offering (other than the underwriting discounts and commissions) shall be
paid by the Partnership, without reimbursement by the Holder. </P>
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Securities Act for an offering of equity securities of the Partnership for cash (other than an offering relating solely to an employee benefit plan), the Partnership shall use all reasonable efforts to include such number or amount of Partnership
Securities held by the Holder in such registration statement as the Holder shall request. If the proposed offering pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6.13(b) shall be an underwritten offering, then, in the event that the managing underwriter of such
offering advises the Partnership and the Holder in writing that in its opinion the inclusion of all or some of the Holder&#146;s Partnership Securities would adversely and materially affect the success of the offering, the Partnership shall include
in such offering only that number or amount, if any, of Partnership Securities held by the Holder which, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, will not so adversely and materially affect the offering. Except as set forth in
Section&nbsp;6.13(c), all costs and expenses of any such registration and offering (other than the underwriting discounts and commissions) shall be paid by the Partnership, without reimbursement by the Holder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If underwriters are engaged in connection with any registration referred to in Section&nbsp;6.13(a), the Partnership shall provide
indemnification, representations, covenants, opinions and other assurance to the underwriters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such underwriters. Further, in addition to and not in limitation of the Partnership&#146;s obligation
under Section&nbsp;6.7, the Partnership shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless the Holder, its officers, directors, and each Person who controls the Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) and any agent
thereof (collectively, &#147;Indemnified Persons&#148;) against :any losses, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, assessments, damages, liabilities (joint or several), costs and expenses (including interest, penalties and reasonable
attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements), resulting to, imposed upon, or incurred by the Indemnified Persons, directly or indirectly, under the Securities Act or otherwise (hereinafter referred to in this Section&nbsp;6.13(c) as a &#147;claim&#148;
and in the plural as &#147;claims&#148;) based upon, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement under which any Units were registered under the
Securities Act or any state securities or Blue Sky laws, in any preliminary prospectus (if used prior to the effective date of such registration statement), or in any summary or final prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (if used
during the period the Partnership is required to keep the registration statement current), or arising out of, based upon or resulting from the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements made therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be liable to any Indemnified Person to the extent that any such claim arises out of, is based upon or results from an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, such preliminary, summary or final prospectus or such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Partnership by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person specifically for use in the preparation thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The provisions of
Section&nbsp;6.13(a) and (b)&nbsp;shall continue to be applicable with respect to the General Partner (and any of the General Partner&#146;s Affiliates) (including the Withdrawing General Partner) after it ceases to be a Partner of the Partnership,
during a period of two years subsequent to the effective date of such cessation and for so long thereafter as is required for the Holder to sell all of the Units or other Partnership Securities with respect to which it has requested during such two
year period that a registration statement be filed; provided however, that the Partnership shall not be required to file successive registration statements covering the same Partnership Securities for which registration was demanded during such
two-year period. The provisions of Section&nbsp;6.13(c) shall continue in effect thereafter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Any request to register Partnership
Securities pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6.13 shall (i)&nbsp;specify the Partnership Securities intended to be offered and sold by the Person making the request, (ii)&nbsp;express such Person&#146;s present intent to offer such Partnership
Securities for distribution, (iii)&nbsp;describe the nature or method of the proposed offer and sale of Partnership Securities, and (iv)&nbsp;contain the undertaking of such Person to provide all such information and materials and take all action as
may be required in order to permit the Partnership to comply with all applicable requirements in connection with the registration of such Partnership Securities. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the
General Partner and any officer of the Partnership authorized by the General Partner to act on behalf of and in the name of the Partnership has full power and authority to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the
Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner or any such officer as if it were the Partnership&#146;s sole party in interest, both legally and
beneficially. Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner or any such officer in connection with any such
dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of
any act or action of the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives
shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (a)&nbsp;at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect,
(b)&nbsp;the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership and (c)&nbsp;such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and
delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_48"></A>Section&nbsp;7.1 <I>Limitation of Liability</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Limited Partners, the Organizational Limited Partner and the Assignees shall have no liability under this Agreement except as expressly
provided in this Agreement or the Delaware Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_49"></A>Section&nbsp;7.2 <I>Management of Business</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Limited Partner or Assignee (other than the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, employee, partner, agent or
trustee of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, in its capacity as such, if such Person shall also be a Limited Partner or Assignee) shall participate in the operation, management or control (within the meaning of the Delaware Act) of the
Partnership&#146;s business, transact any business in the Partnership&#146;s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any
member, officer, director, employee, partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, in its capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees
under this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_50"></A>Section&nbsp;7.3 <I>Outside Activities</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;6.5, which shall continue to be applicable to the Persons referred to therein, regardless of whether
such Persons shall also be Limited Partners or Assignees, any Limited Partner or Assignee shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business
interests and activities in direct competition with the Partnership Group. Neither the Partnership nor any of the other Partners or Assignees shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or
Assignee. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_51"></A>Section&nbsp;7.4 <I>Return of Capital</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Limited Partner or Assignee shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except to the extent, if any, that
distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership may be considered as such by law and then only to the extent provided for in this Agreement. Except to the extent provided by Article V or as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement, no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions. Any such return shall be a
compromise to which all Partners and Assignees agree within the meaning of Section&nbsp;
17-502(b) of the Delaware Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_52"></A>Section&nbsp;7.5 <I>Rights of Limited Partners to the Partnership</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by applicable law, and except as limited by Section&nbsp;7.5(b), each Limited
Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner&#146;s interest as a limited partner in the Partnership, upon reasonable demand and at such Limited Partner&#146;s own expense: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) to obtain true and full information regarding the status of the business and financial condition of the Partnership; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) promptly after becoming available, to obtain a copy of the Partnership&#146;s federal, state and local tax returns for
each year; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) to have furnished to him, upon notification to the General Partner, a current list of the name and last
known business, residence or mailing address of each Partner; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) to have furnished to him, upon notification to the
General Partner, a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments thereto, together with a copy of the executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement, the Certificate of Limited
Partnership and all amendments thereto have been executed; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) to obtain true and full information regarding the amount of
cash and a description and statement of the Net Agreed Value of any other Capital Contribution by each Partner and which each Partner has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date on which each became a Partner; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) to obtain such other information regarding the affairs of the Partnership as is just and reasonable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners and Assignees for such period of time as the General Partner deems
reasonable, (i)&nbsp;any information that the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or (ii)&nbsp;other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes (A)&nbsp;is not in the best
interests of the Partnership Group, (B)&nbsp;could damage the Partnership Group or (C)&nbsp;that any Group Member is required by law or by agreements with third parties to keep confidential (other than agreements with Affiliates the primary purpose
of which is to circumvent the obligations set forth in Section&nbsp;7.5). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_53"></A>ARTICLE VIII </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_54"></A>Section&nbsp;8.1 <I>Records and Accounting</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership appropriate books and records with respect to
the Partnership&#146;s business, including all books and records necessary to </P>
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provide to the Limited Partners any information required to be provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.5(a). Any books and records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course
of its business, including the record of the Record Holders and Assignees of Units or other Partnership Securities, books of account and records of Partnership proceedings, may be kept on, or be in the form of, computer disks, hard drives, punch
cards, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other information storage device; provided, that the books and records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time. The books of the
Partnership shall be maintained, for financial reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_55"></A>Section&nbsp;8.2 <I>Fiscal Year</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be October&nbsp;1 to September&nbsp;30. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_56"></A>Section&nbsp;8.3 <I>Reports</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner
shall make available to each Record Holder of a Unit as of a date selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion (and shall cause to be mailed to each such Unitholder upon their request) an annual report containing financial statements of
the Partnership for such fiscal year of the Partnership, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including a balance sheet and statements of operations, Partners&#146; equity and cash flows, such statements to be
audited by a firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) As soon as practicable, but in no event later
than 90 days after the close of each Quarter except the last Quarter of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall make available to each Record Holder of a Unit, as of a date selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion (and shall cause
to be mailed to each such Unitholder upon their request) a report containing unaudited financial statements of the Partnership and such other information as may be required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any National Securities Exchange on
which the Units are listed for trading, or as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_57"></A>ARTICLE IX </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">TAX MATTERS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_58">
</A>Section&nbsp;9.1 <I>Tax Returns and Information</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The General Partner shall timely file all returns of the Partnership that are
required for federal, state and local income tax purposes on the basis of the accrual method and a taxable year ending on December&nbsp;31. For taxable years ending on or prior to the Effective Date, the tax information reasonably required by Record
Holders for federal and state income tax reporting purposes with respect to a taxable year shall be furnished to them within 90 days of the close of the calendar year in which the Partnership&#146;s taxable year ends. The classification, realization
and recognition of income, gain, losses and deductions and other items shall be on the accrual method of accounting for federal income tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_59"></A>Section&nbsp;9.2 <I>Tax Elections</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The authorized officers of the Partnership are authorized to make the Tax Election, and such election has been made. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall determine whether the Partnership should make any other elections permitted
by the Code. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For taxable years ending on or prior to the Effective Date and subject to the provisions hereof, the General Partner is designated as the Tax
Matters Partner (as defined in Section&nbsp;6231 of the Code). The General Partner is authorized and required to represent the Partnership (at the Partnership&#146;s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Partnership&#146;s affairs by
tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings and to expend Partnership funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. Each Partner agrees to cooperate with the General Partner and to do or refrain
from doing any or all things reasonably required by the General Partner to conduct such proceedings. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_61"></A>Section&nbsp;9.4 <I>Withholding</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to take any action that it determines in its sole
discretion to be necessary or appropriate to cause the Partnership to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other federal, state, or local law including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, l442, 1445
and 1446 of the Code. To the extent that the Partnership is required or elects to withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount resulting from a distribution or payment to or for the benefit of any Partner, the General Partner may treat
the amount withheld as a distribution pursuant to Article V in the amount of such withholding from such Partner. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_62"></A>ARTICLE X </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">CERTIFICATES </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_63">
</A>Section&nbsp;10.1 <I>Certificates</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the Partnership&#146;s issuance of Common Units to any Person, the Partnership shall
issue one or more Certificates in the name of such Person evidencing the number of such Units being so issued. Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner. No Common Unit Certificate shall be valid for any
purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent, provided, however, that if the General Partner elects to issue Units in global form, the Certificates shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that
such Units have been duly registered in accordance with the directions of the Partnership and the Underwriters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_64"></A>Section&nbsp;10.2 <I>Registration. Registration of Transfer and Exchange</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The General Partner shall cause to be kept on behalf of the Partnership a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it
may prescribe and subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;10.2(b), the General Partner will provide for the registration and transfer of Units. The Transfer Agent is hereby appointed registrar and transfer agent for the purpose of registering
Common Units and transfers of such Units as herein provided. The Partnership shall not recognize transfers of Certificates representing Units unless such transfers are effected in the manner described in this Section&nbsp;10.2. Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Units evidenced by a Certificate, and subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;10.2(b), the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute, and the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver (or, in the
case of Units issued in global form, register in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Depositary), in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder&#146;s instructions, one or more
new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number of Units as was evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Except as
otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;11.5, the Partnership shall not recognize any transfer of Units until the Certificates evidencing such Units are surrendered for registration of transfer and such Certificates are accompanied by a Transfer
Application duly executed by the transferee (or the transferee&#146;s attorney-in-fact </P>
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duly authorized in writing). No charge shall be imposed by the Partnership for such transfer; provided, that as a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section&nbsp;10.2,
the General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_65"></A>Section&nbsp;10.3 <I>Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Transfer Agent, the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute, and
upon its request the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Certificate evidencing the same number of Units as the Certificate so surrendered </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute, and upon its request the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver (or,
in the case of Units issued in global form, register in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Depositary) a new Certificate in place of any Certificate previously issued if the Record Holder of the Certificate: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) makes proof by affidavit, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, that a previously issued Certificate
has been lost, destroyed or stolen; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) requests the issuance of a new Certificate before the Partnership has notice that
the Certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) if
requested by the General Partner, delivers to the Partnership a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner with surety sureties and with fixed or open penalty as the General Partner may reasonably direct, in its sole discretion,
to indemnify the Partnership, the General Partner and the Transfer Agent against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction or theft of the Certificate; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the General Partner. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a Limited Partner or Assignee fails to notify the Partnership within a reasonable time after he has notice of the loss, destruction or
theft of a Certificate, and a transfer of the Units representing Limited Partner Interests represented by the Certificate is registered before the Partnership, the General Partner or the Transfer Agent receives such notification, the Limited Partner
or Assignee shall be precluded from making any claim against the Partnership, the General Partner or the Transfer Agent for such transfer or for a new Certificate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) As a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section&nbsp;10.3, the General Partner may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed, in relation, thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) reasonably connected therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_66"></A>Section&nbsp;10.4 <I>Record Holders</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with Section&nbsp;10.2(b), the Partnership shall be entitled to recognize the Record Holder as the Limited Partner or Assignee
with respect to any Units and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Units on the part of any other Person, regardless of whether the Partnership shall have actual or other notice thereof,
except as otherwise provided by law or any applicable rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed for trading. Without limiting the foregoing, when a Person (such as a broker, dealer,
bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing) is acting as nominee, agent or in some other representative capacity for another Person in acquiring and/or holding Units, as between the Partnership on the one hand,
and such other Persons, on the other, such representative Person (a)&nbsp;shall be the Limited Partner or Assignee (as the case may be) of record and beneficially, (b)&nbsp;must execute and deliver a Transfer Application and (c)&nbsp;shall be bound
by this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Limited Partner or Assignee (as the case may be) hereunder and as provided for herein. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">TRANSFER OF INTERESTS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_68">
</A>Section&nbsp;11.1 <I>Transfer</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The term &#147;transfer,&#148; when used in this Agreement with respect to a Partnership
Interest, shall be deemed to refer to a transaction (i)&nbsp;by which the General Partner assigns its General Partner Units to another Person and includes a sale, assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other
disposition by law or otherwise or (ii)&nbsp;by which the holder of a Limited Partner Interest assigns such Limited Partner Interest to another Person who is or becomes a Limited Partner, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, exchange or any other
disposition by law or otherwise, including any transfer upon foreclosure of any pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) No
Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article XI. Any transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article XI
shall be null and void. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Nothing contained in this Article XI shall be construed to prevent a disposition by the members of the
General Partner of any or all of the issued and outstanding member interests in the General Partner. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Nothing contained in this
Article XI, or elsewhere in this Partnership Agreement, shall preclude the settlement of any transactions involving Units entered into through the facilities of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed for trading. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_69"></A>Section&nbsp;11.2 <I>Transfer of a General Partner&#146;s Partnership Interest</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no transfer by the General Partner of all or any part of its General Partner Interest to
another Person shall be permitted unless (i)&nbsp;the transferee agrees to assume the rights and duties of the General Partner under this Agreement and to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;the Partnership receives an Opinion of
Counsel that such transfer would not result in the loss of limited liability of any Limited Partner or of any limited partner of any Group Member and (iii)&nbsp;such transferee also agrees to purchase all (or the appropriate portion thereof, if
applicable) of the partnership interest of the General Partner as the general partner of each Group Member. In the case of a transfer pursuant to and in compliance with this Section&nbsp;11.2, the transferee or successor (as the case may be) shall,
subject to compliance with the terms of Section&nbsp;12.3, be admitted to the Partnership as a General Partner immediately prior to the transfer of the General Partner Interest, and the business of the Partnership shall continue without dissolution.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_70"></A>Section&nbsp;11.3 <I>Transfer of Units</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Units may be transferred only in the manner described in Article X. The transfer of any Units and the admission of any new Partner shall
not constitute an amendment to this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Until admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner pursuant to Article XII, the Record
Holder of a Unit shall be an Assignee in respect of such Unit. Limited Partners may. include custodians, nominees, or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Each distribution in respect of Units shall be paid by the Partnership, directly or through the Transfer Agent or through any other Person
or agent, only to the Record Holders thereof as of the Record Date set for the distribution. Such payment shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the Partnership&#146;s liability in respect of such payment, regardless of any claim of any
Person who may have an interest in such payment by reason of an assignment or otherwise. </P>
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(i)&nbsp;requested admission as a Substituted Limited Partner, (ii)&nbsp;agreed to comply with and be bound by and to have executed this Agreement, (iii)&nbsp;represented and warranted that such transferee has the right, power and authority and, if
an individual, the capacity to enter into this Agreement, (iv)&nbsp;granted the powers of attorney set forth in this Agreement and (v)&nbsp;given the consents and approvals and made the waivers contained in this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_71"></A>Section&nbsp;11.4 <I>Restrictions on Transfers</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article XI, no transfer of any Unit or interest therein of any Limited Partner or Assignee shall
be made if such transfer would (a)&nbsp;violate the then applicable federal or state securities laws or rules and regulations of the Commission, any state securities commission or any other governmental authorities with jurisdiction over such
transfer or (b)&nbsp;affect any Group Member&#146;s existence or qualification as a limited partnership under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_72"></A>Section&nbsp;11.5 <I>Citizenship Certificates; Non-citizen Assignees</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) If any Group Member is or becomes subject to any federal, state or local law or regulation that, in the reasonable determination of the
General Partner, creates a substantial risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any property in which the Group Member has an interest based on the nationality, citizenship or other related status of a Limited Partner or Assignee, the General Partner
may request any Limited Partner or Assignee to furnish to the General Partner, within 30 days after receipt of such request, an executed Citizenship Certification or such other information concerning his nationality, citizenship or other related
status (or, if the Limited Partner or Assignee is a nominee holding for the account of another Person, the nationality, citizenship or other related status of such Person) as the General Partner may request. If a Limited Partner or Assignee fails to
furnish to the General Partner within the aforementioned 30-day period such Citizenship Certification or other requested information or if upon receipt of such Citizenship Certification or other requested information the General Partner determines,
with the advice of counsel, that a Limited Partner or Assignee is not an Eligible Citizen, the Units owned by such Limited Partner or Assignee shall be subject to redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;11.6. In addition, the
General Partner may require that the status of any such Limited Partner or Assignee be changed to that of a Non-citizen Assignee and, thereupon, the General Partner shall be substituted for such non-citizen Assignee as the Limited Partner in respect
of his Units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The General Partner shall, in exercising voting rights in respect of Units held by it on behalf of Non-citizen
Assignees, distribute the votes in the same ratios as the votes of Limited Partners in respect of Units other than those of Non-citizen Assignees are cast, either for, against or abstaining as to the matter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Upon dissolution of the Partnership, a Non-citizen Assignee shall have no right to receive a distribution in kind pursuant to
Section&nbsp;14.4 but shall be entitled to the cash equivalent, thereof, and the General Partner shall provide, cash in exchange for an assignment of the Non-citizen Assignee&#146;s share of the distribution in kind. Such payment and assignment
shall be treated for Partnership purposes as a purchase by the General Partner from the Non-citizen Assignee of his Partnership Interest (representing his right to receive his share of such distribution in kind). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) At any time after he can and does certify that he has become an Eligible Citizen, a Non-citizen Assignee may, upon application to the
General Partner, request admission as a Substituted Limited Partner with respect to any Units of such Non-citizen Assignee not redeemed pursuant to Section&nbsp;11.6, and upon his admission pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.2, the General Partner shall
cease to be deemed to be the Limited Partner in respect of the Non-citizen Assignee&#146;s Units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_73"></A>Section&nbsp;11.6 <I>Redemption of Interests</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) If at any time a Limited Partner or Assignee fails to furnish a Citizenship Certification or other information requested within the 30-day
period specified in Section&nbsp;11.5(a), or if upon receipt of such </P>
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Citizenship Certification or other information the General Partner determines, with the advice of counsel, that a Limited Partner or Assignee is not an Eligible Citizen, the Partnership may,
unless the Limited Partner or Assignee establishes to the satisfaction of the General Partner that such Limited Partner or Assignee is an Eligible Citizen or has transferred his Units to a Person who furnishes a Citizenship Certification to the
General Partner prior to the date fixed for redemption as provided below, redeem the Partnership Interest of such Limited Partner or Assignee as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The General Partner shall, not later than the 30th day before the date fixed for redemption, give notice of redemption to
the Limited Partner or Assignee at his last address designated on the records of the Partnership or the Transfer Agent, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid. The notice shall be deemed to have been given when so mailed. The notice shall
specify the Redeemable Units, the date fixed for redemption, the place of payment, that payment of the redemption price will be made upon surrender of the Certificate evidencing the Redeemable Units and that on and after the date fixed for
redemption no further allocations or distributions to which the Limited Partner or Assignee would otherwise be entitled in respect of the Redeemable Units will accrue or be made. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) The aggregate redemption price for Redeemable Units shall be an amount equal to the Current Market Price (the date of
determination of which shall be the date fixed for redemption) of Units of the class to be so redeemed multiplied by the number of Units of each such class included among the Redeemable Units. The redemption price shall be paid in the sole
discretion of the General Partner, in cash or by delivery of a promissory note of the Partnership in the principal amount of the redemption price, bearing interest at the rate of 10% annually and payable in three equal annual installments of
principal together with accrued interest, commencing one year after the redemption date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) Upon surrender by or on
behalf of the Limited Partner or Assignee, at the place specified in the notice of redemption, of the Certificate evidencing the Redeemable Units, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by an assignment duly executed in blank, the Limited Partner or
Assignee or his duly authorized representative shall be entitled to receive the payment therefor. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) After the
redemption date, Redeemable Units shall no longer constitute issued and Outstanding Units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The provisions of this Section&nbsp;11.6
shall also be applicable to Units held by a Limited Partner or Assignee as nominee of a Person determined to be other than an Eligible Citizen. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Nothing in this Section&nbsp;11.6 shall prevent the recipient of a notice of redemption from transferring his Units before the redemption
date if such transfer is otherwise permitted under this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice of such a transfer, the General Partner shall withdraw the notice of redemption, provided the transferee of such Units certifies in the Transfer Application
that he is an Eligible Citizen. If the transferee fails to make such certification, such redemption shall be effected from the transferee on the original redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_74"></A>ARTICLE XII </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ADMISSION OF PARTNERS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_75">
</A>Section&nbsp;12.1 <I>Admission of Initial Limited Partners</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the issuance by the Partnership of the Old Subordinated Units to
the Initial General Partner in connection with the Initial Offering, the Initial General Partner was admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner. Upon the issuance by the Partnership of Common Units to the Initial Underwriters in connection
with the Initial Offering and the execution by the Initial Under writers of a Transfer Application, the Initial Underwriters were admitted to the Partnership as Initial Limited Partners. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By transfer of a Unit representing a Limited Partner Interest in accordance with Article XI, the transferor shall be deemed to have given the
transferee the right to seek admission as a Substituted Limited Partner subject to the conditions of, and in the manner permitted under, this Agreement. A transferor of a Certificate representing a Limited Partner Interest shall, however, only have
the authority to convey to a purchaser or other transferee who does not execute and deliver a Transfer Application (a)&nbsp;the right to negotiate such Certificate to a purchaser or other transferee and (b)&nbsp;the right to transfer the right to
request admission as a Substituted Limited Partner to such purchaser or other transferee in respect of the transferred Units. Each transferee of a Unit representing a Limited Partner Interest (including any nominee holder or an agent acquiring such
Unit for the account of another Person) who executes and delivers a Transfer Application shall, by virtue of such execution and delivery, be an Assignee and be deemed to have applied to become a Substituted Limited Partner with respect to the Units
so transferred to such Person. Such Assignee shall become a Substituted Limited Partner (x)&nbsp;at such time as the General Partner consents thereto, which consent may be given or withheld in the General Partner&#146;s sole discretion, and
(y)&nbsp;when any such admission is shown on the books and records of the Partnership. If such consent is withheld, such transferee shall be an Assignee. An Assignee shall have an interest in the Partnership equivalent to that of a Limited Partner
with respect to allocations and distributions, including liquidating distributions, of the Partnership. With respect to voting rights attributable to Units that are held by Assignees, the General Partner shall be deemed to be the Limited Partner
with respect thereto and shall, in exercising the voting rights in respect of such Units on any matter vote such Units at the written direction of the Assignee who is the Record Holder of such Units. If no such written direction is received, such
Units will not be voted. An Assignee shall have no other rights of a Limited Partner. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_77"></A>Section&nbsp;12.3
<I>Admission of General Partner.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the Second A&amp;R Effective Date, the General Partner was admitted to the Partnership as
successor to the Withdrawing General Partner immediately prior to the Withdrawing General Partner&#146;s withdrawal pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.4(d). A successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2 or the transferee of or
successor to all the General Partner Interest pursuant to Section&nbsp;11.2 who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately prior to the withdrawal or
removal of the General Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2 or the transfer of the General Partner Interest pursuant to Section&nbsp;11.2; provided, however, that no such successor shall be admitted to the Partnership until compliance with
the terms of Section&nbsp;11.2 has occurred and such successor has executed and delivered such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect such admission. Any such successor shall, subject to the terms hereof, carry on the business
of the Partnership without dissolution. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_78"></A>Section&nbsp;12.4 <I>Admission of Additional Limited Partners.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) A Person (other than the General Partner, an Initial Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner) who makes a Capital Contribution to
the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the General Partner (i)&nbsp;evidence of acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner of all of
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the power of attorney granted in Section&nbsp;1.4, and (ii)&nbsp;such other documents or instruments as may be required in the discretion of the General Partner to effect such Person&#146;s
admission as an Additional Limited Partner. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section&nbsp;12.4, no Person shall be
admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in the General Partner&#146;s sole discretion. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become
effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is recorded as such in the books and records of the Partnership, following the consent of the General Partner to such admission. </P>
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Partnership.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To effect the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and
appropriate under the Delaware Act to amend the records of the Partnership to reflect such admission and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement and, if required by law, to prepare and file an amendment to the
Certificate of Limited Partnership, and the General Partner may for this purpose, among others, exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.4. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_81"></A>Section&nbsp;13.1 <I>Withdrawal of the General Partner.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The General Partner shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Partnership upon the occurrence of any one of the following events (each
such event herein referred to as an &#147;Event of Withdrawal&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the General Partner voluntarily withdraws from
the Partnership by giving written notice to the other Partners; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) the General Partner transfers all of his rights as
General Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;11.2; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the General Partner is removed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.2; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) the General Partner (A)&nbsp;makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (B)&nbsp;files a voluntary
bankruptcy petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code; (C)&nbsp;files a petition or answer seeking for itself a liquidation, dissolution or similar relief (but not a reorganization) under any law; (D)&nbsp;files an
answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the General Partner in a proceeding of the type described in clauses (A)-(C)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;13.1(a)(iv); or (E)&nbsp;seeks,
consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee (but not a debtor in possession), receiver or liquidator of the General Partner or of all or any substantial part of its properties; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) a final and non-appealable order of relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code is entered by a court with
appropriate jurisdiction pursuant to a voluntary or involuntary petition by or against the General Partner; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) a
certificate of dissolution or its equivalent is filed for the General Partner, or 90 days expire after the date of notice to the General Partner of revocation of its charter without a reinstatement of its charter, under the laws of its state of
incorporation or formation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Withdrawal specified in Section&nbsp;13.l(a)(iv), (v)&nbsp;or (vi)&nbsp;occurs, the
withdrawing General Partner shall give notice to the Limited Partners within 30 days after such occurrence. The Partners hereby agree that only the Events of Withdrawal described in this Section&nbsp;13.1 shall result in the withdrawal of the
General Partner from the Partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership upon the occurrence of an Event of
Withdrawal shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement under the following circumstances: (i)&nbsp;the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days&#146; advance notice to the Limited Partners, such withdrawal to take effect
on the date specified in such notice; or (ii)&nbsp;at any time that the General Partner ceases to be a General Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.1(a)(ii) or is removed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.2. The withdrawal of the General Partner from the
Partnership upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall also constitute the withdrawal of the General Partner as general partner of the other Group Members. If the General Partner gives a notice of withdrawal pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13.1(a)(i), holders of a Unit Majority may, prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, elect a successor General Partner. The Person so elected as successor General Partner shall </P>
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automatically become the successor general partner of the other Group Members. If, prior to the effective date of the General Partner&#146;s withdrawal, a successor is not selected by the Limited
Partners as provided herein, the Partnership shall be dissolved in accordance with Section&nbsp;14.1. Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section&nbsp;13.1 shall be subject to the provisions of
Section&nbsp;12.3. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) On the Second A&amp;R Effective Date, the General Partner was admitted to the Partnership as the successor to the
Withdrawing General Partner immediately prior to its withdrawal pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.4(d). At such time, the withdrawal of the Withdrawing General Partner as general partner of the Partnership shall be effective and any notice of such
withdrawal required by this Article XIII shall be waived. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_82"></A>Section&nbsp;13.2 <I>Removal of the General
Partner.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The General Partner may be removed if such removal is approved by Limited Partners holding at least two-thirds of the
Outstanding Units voting together as a single class (excluding those Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates). Any such action by such Limited Partners for removal of the General Partner must also provide for the election of a successor
General Partner by Limited Partners holding at least a majority of the Outstanding Units (excluding for purposes of such determination Units owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates). Such removal shall be effective immediately following the
admission of a successor General Partner pursuant to Article XII. The removal of the General Partner shall also automatically constitute the removal of the General Partner as general partner of the other Group Members. If a person is elected as a
successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Section&nbsp;13.2, such person shall, upon admission pursuant to Article&nbsp;XII, automatically become the successor general partner of the other Group Members. The right of the Limited
Partners holding Outstanding Units to remove the General Partner shall not exist or be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of Counsel that such removal would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner
or of the limited partner of any Group Member. Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section&nbsp;13.2 shall be subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;12.3. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_83"></A>Section&nbsp;13.3 <I>Interest of Departing Partner and General Partner.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) In the event of (i)&nbsp;withdrawal of the General Partner under circumstances where such withdrawal does not violate this Agreement or
(ii)&nbsp;removal of the General Partner by the Limited Partners under circumstances where Cause does not exist, if a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2, the Departing Partner shall have
the option exercisable prior to the effective date of the departure of such Departing Partner to require its successor to purchase its Partnership Interest as a general partner in the Partnership (which is represented by the General Partner Units)
and its partnership interest as the general partner in the other Group Members (collectively, the &#147;Combined Interest&#148;) in exchange for an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of such Combined Interest, such amount to be determined
and payable as of the effective date of its departure. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;13.3, the Withdrawing General Partner hereby waives the right to require the General Partner to purchase its Combined Interest. If the General Partner is
removed by the Limited Partners under circumstances where Cause exists or if the General Partner withdraws under circumstances where such withdrawal violates this agreement, and if a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms
of Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2, such successor shall have the option, exercisable prior to the effective date of the departure of such Departing Partner, to purchase the Combined Interest of the Departing Partner for such fair market value of such
Combined Interest. In either event, the Departing Partner shall be entitled to receive all reimbursements due such Departing Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.4, including any employee-related liabilities (including severance liabilities), incurred
in connection with the termination of any employees employed by the General Partner for the benefit of the Partnership or the other Group Members. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Section&nbsp;13.3(a), the fair market value of the Departing Partner&#146;s Combined Interest shall be determined by
agreement between the Departing Partner and its successor or, failing agreement within 30 days after, the effective date of such Departing Partners departure, by an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert selected by the
Departing Partner and its successor, which, in turn, may rely on other </P>
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experts and the determination of which shall be conclusive as to such matter. If such parties cannot agree upon one independent investment banking firm or other independent expert within 45 days
after the effective date of such departure, then the Departing Partner shall designate an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert, the Departing Partner&#146;s successor shall designate an independent investment banking firm
or other independent expert, and such firms or experts shall mutually select a third independent investment banking firm or independent expert, which shall determine the fair market value of the Combined Interest. In making its determination, such
independent investment banking firm or other independent expert shall consider the then current trading price of Units on any National Securities Exchange on which Units are then listed, the value of the Partnership&#146;s assets, the rights and
obligations of the General Partner and other factors it may deem relevant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If the Combined Interest is not purchased in the manner
set forth in Section&nbsp;13.3(a), the Departing Partner shall become a Limited Partner and the Combined Interest shall be converted into Common Units pursuant to a valuation made by an investment banking firm or other independent expert selected
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.3(a), without reduction in such Partnership Interest (but subject to proportionate dilution by reason of the admission of its successor). Any successor General Partner shall indemnify the Departing Partner as to all debts
and liabilities of the Partnership arising on or after the date on which the Departing Partner becomes a Limited Partner. For purposes of this Agreement, conversion of the General Partner&#146;s Combined Interest to Common Units will be
characterized as if the General Partner contributed its Combined Interest to the Partnership in exchange for the newly issued Common Units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2 and the option described in
Section&nbsp;13.3(a) is not exercised by the party entitled to do so, the successor General Partner shall, at the effective date of its admission to the Partnership, contribute to the Partnership cash in an amount equal to the fair market value of
the Combined Interest on such date. In such event, such successor General Partner shall, subject to the following sentence, be entitled to such Percentage Interest of all Partnership allocations and distributions and any other allocations and
distributions to which the Departing Partner was entitled. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_84"></A>Section&nbsp;13.4 <I>Withdrawal of Limited
Partners.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Limited Partner shall have any right to withdraw from the Partnership; provided however, that when a transferee of a
Limited Partner&#146;s Units becomes a Record Holder, such transferring Limited Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner with respect to the Units so transferred. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_85"></A>ARTICLE XIV </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_86">
</A>Section&nbsp;14.1 <I>Dissolution.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or
Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the removal or withdrawal of the General Partner, if a successor General Partner is elected pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2, the Partnership shall not be dissolved and such successor General Partner shall continue the business of the Partnership. The Partnership shall dissolve, and (subject to Section&nbsp;14.2) its affairs shall be wound up,
upon: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the expiration of its term as provided in Section&nbsp;1.5; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) an Event of Withdrawal of the General Partner as provided in Section&nbsp;13.1(a) (other than Section&nbsp;13.1(a)(ii)), unless a
successor is elected and an Opinion of Counsel is received as provided in Section&nbsp;13.1(b) or 13.2 and such successor is admitted to the Partnership pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.3; </P>
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at least a Unit Majority; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware
Act; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Partnership Group. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_87"></A>Section&nbsp;14.2 <I>Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon (a)&nbsp;dissolution of the Partnership following an Event of Withdrawal caused by the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner as
provided in Section&nbsp;13.1(a)(i) or (iii)&nbsp;and the failure of the Partners to select a successor to such Departing Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.1 or 13.2, then within 90 days thereafter, or (b)&nbsp;dissolution of the Partnership upon
an event constituting an Event of Withdrawal as defined in Section&nbsp;13.1(a)(iv), (v)&nbsp;or (vi), then, to the maximum extent permitted by law, within 180 days thereafter, holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units (excluding for
purposes of such determination any Units held by the General Partner or its Affiliates) may elect to continue the business of the Partnership on the same terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement having as the successor general partner a
Person approved by holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units (excluding for purposes of such determination any Units held by the General Partner or its Affiliates). Unless such an election is made within the applicable time period as
set forth above, the Partnership shall conduct only activities necessary to wind up its affairs. If such an election is so made, then: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the Partnership shall continue without dissolution until the end of the term set forth in Section&nbsp;1.5 unless earlier
dissolved in accordance with this Article XIV; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) if the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner,
then the interest of the former General Partner shall be dealt with in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;13.3(b); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as General Partner, effective as of the Event of
Withdrawal, by agreeing in writing to be bound by this Agreement; provided, that the right of holders of at least a majority of Outstanding Units to approve a successor General Partner and to reconstitute and to continue the business of the
Partnership shall not exist and may not be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of Counsel that the exercise of the right would not result in the loss of limited liability of any Limited Partner. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_88"></A>Section&nbsp;14.3 <I>Liquidator.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon dissolution of the Partnership, unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.2, the General Partner,
or in the event the dissolution is the result of an Event of Withdrawal, a liquidator or liquidating committee approved by holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units representing Limited Partner Interests, shall be the Liquidator. The
Liquidator (if other than the General Partner) shall be entitled to receive such compensation for its services as may be approved by holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units representing Limited Partner Interests. The Liquidator shall
agree not to resign at any time without 15 days&#146; prior notice and (if other than the General Partner) may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by notice of removal approved by holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units
representing Limited Partner Interests. Upon dissolution, removal or resignation of the Liquidator, a successor and substitute Liquidator (who shall have and succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the original Liquidator) shall within 30 days
thereafter be approved by holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units representing Limited Partner Interests. The right to approve a successor or substitute Liquidator in the manner provided herein shall be deemed to refer also to any
such successor or substitute Liquidator approved in the manner herein provided. Except as expressly provided in this Article XIV, the Liquidator approved in the manner provided herein shall have and may exercise, without further authorization or
consent of any-of the parties hereto, all of </P>
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the powers conferred upon the General Partner under the terms of this Agreement (but subject to all of the applicable limitations, contractual and otherwise, upon the exercise of such powers
other than the limitation on sale set forth in Section&nbsp;6.3(b)) to the extent necessary or desirable in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator to carry out the duties and functions of the Liquidator hereunder for and during such period of
time as shall be reasonably required in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator to complete the winding up and liquidation of the Partnership as provided for herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_89"></A>Section&nbsp;14.4 <I>Liquidation.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Liquidator shall proceed to dispose of the assets of the Partnership, discharge its liabilities, and otherwise wind up its affairs in such
manner and over such period as the Liquidator determines to be in the best interest of the Partners, subject to the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)
Disposition of Assets. The assets may be disposed of by public or private sale or by distribution in kind to one or more Partners on such terms as the Liquidator and such Partner or Partners may agree. If any property is distributed in kind, the
Partner receiving the property shall be deemed for purposes of Section&nbsp;14.4(c) to have received cash equal to its fair market value; and contemporaneously therewith, appropriate cash distributions must be made to the other Partners. For
purposes of computing Net Termination Gain, gain or loss on distributed property shall be recognized as if such property had been sold for its fair market value. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Discharge of Liabilities. Liabilities of the Partnership include amounts owed to Partners otherwise than in respect of their distribution
rights under Article V. With respect to any liability that is contingent or is otherwise not yet due and payable, the Liquidator shall either settle such claim for such amount as it thinks appropriate or establish a reserve of cash or other assets
to provide for its payment. When paid, any unused portion of the reserve shall be distributed as additional liquidation proceeds. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)
Liquidation Distributions. All property and all cash in excess of that required to discharge the liabilities provided in Section&nbsp;14.4(b) shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with, and to the extent of, the positive balances in
their respective Capital Accounts, as determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments (other than those made by reason of this clause) for the taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership
occurs (with such date of occurrence being determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g)), and such distribution shall be made by the end of such taxable year (or, if later, within 90 days after said date of such
occurrence). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i)&nbsp;if the General Partner determines in its sole discretion that the positive balance in the Capital Account of any Limited Partner holding Common Units at the time of distributions pursuant to this
Section&nbsp;14.4(c) is less than the positive Capital Account balance such Limited Partner would have had at such time if the Tax Election had not been made, the General Partner shall have the authority if it deems necessary to adjust the
allocations of Net Income and Net Loss (or items of Net Income and Net Loss) made pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1 for the taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership occurs to cause the positive balance in the
Capital Account of each Limited Partner at the time of distributions pursuant to this Section&nbsp;14.4(c) to not be materially different than the positive Capital Account balance such Limited Partner would have had at such time if the Tax Election
had not been made; provided that in no event may the General Partner reduce the positive Capital Account balance of any Limited Partner holding Common Units at the time of distributions pursuant to this Section&nbsp;14.4(c) and (ii)&nbsp;50% of all
distributions which the General Partner would be entitled to receive with respect to its general partner interest shall be retained by the Partnership to fund the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_90"></A>Section&nbsp;14.5 <I>Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the completion of the distribution of Partnership cash and property as provided in Sections 14.3 and 14.4 in connection with the
liquidation of the Partnership, the Partnership shall be terminated and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions
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other than the State of Delaware shall be canceled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_91"></A>Section&nbsp;14.6 <I>Return of Capital Contributions.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The General Partner shall not be personally liable for, and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the
Partnership to enable it to effectuate, the return of the Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners, or any portion thereof, it being expressly understood that any such return shall be made solely from Partnership assets. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_92"></A>Section&nbsp;14.7 <I>Waiver of Partition.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Partner hereby waives any right to partition of the Partnership property. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_93"></A>Section&nbsp;14.8 <I>Capital Account Restoration.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Limited Partner shall have any obligation to restore any negative balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation of the Partnership. The
General Partner shall be obligated to restore any negative balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation of its interest in the Partnership by the end of the taxable year of the Partnership during which such liquidation occurs, or, if later,
within 90 days after the date of such liquidation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_94"></A>ARTICLE XV </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_95"></A>Section&nbsp;15.1 <I>Amendment to be Adopted Solely by General Partner.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each Limited Partner agrees that the General Partner (pursuant to its powers of attorney from the Limited Partners and Assignees), without the
approval of any Limited Partner or Assignee, may amend any provision of this Agreement and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) a change in the name of the Partnership, the location of the principal place of business of the Partnership, the registered agent of the
Partnership or the registered office of the Partnership; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) admission, substitution, withdrawal or removal of Partners in accordance
with this Agreement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) a change that, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, is necessary or advisable to qualify or continue
the qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability under the laws of any state; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) a change that, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, (i)&nbsp;does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material
respect, (ii)&nbsp;is necessary or advisable to (A)&nbsp;satisfy any requirements, conditions (including any particular class of Partnership Interests as compared to other classes of Partnership Interests) or guidelines contained in any opinion,
directive, order, ruling or regulation of any federal or state agency or judicial authority or contained in any federal or state statute (including the Delaware Act) or (B)&nbsp;facilitate the trading of the Units (including the division of
Outstanding Units into different classes to facilitate uniformity of tax consequences within such classes of Units) or comply with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are or will be
listed for trading, compliance with any of which the General Partner determines in its sole discretion to be in the best interests of the Partnership and the </P>
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Limited Partners, (iii)&nbsp;is necessary or advisable in connection with action taken by the General Partner pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.8, or (iv)&nbsp;is required to effect the intent of the
provisions of this Agreement or is otherwise contemplated by this Agreement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of the
Partnership and any changes that, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, are necessary or advisable as a result of a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership including, if the General Partner shall so determine, a change
in the definition of &#147;Quarter&#148; and the dates on which distributions are to be made by the Partnership; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) an amendment that is
necessary, in the Opinion of Counsel, to prevent the Partnership or the General Partner or its directors or officers from in any manner being subjected to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940, as amended, or &#147;plan asset&#148; regulations adopted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, regardless of whether such are substantially similar to plan asset regulations currently applied or proposed by
the United States Department of Labor; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) subject to the terms of Section&nbsp;4.4, an amendment that, in the sole discretion of the
General Partner, is necessary or advisable in connection with the authorization of issuance of any class or series of Partnership Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.4; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) any amendment expressly permitted in this Agreement to be made by the General Partner acting alone; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a Merger Agreement approved in accordance with Section&nbsp;16.3; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) an amendment that, in the sole discretion of the General Partner is necessary or advisable to reflect, account for and deal with
appropriately the formation by the Partnership of, or investment by the Partnership in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, in connection with the conduct by the Partnership of activities permitted
by the terms of Section&nbsp;3.1; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) any other amendments substantially similar to the foregoing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_96"></A>Section&nbsp;15.2 <I>Amendment Procedures.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as provided in Sections 15.1 and 15.3, all amendments to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the following requirements.
Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed only by or with the consent of the General Partner. A proposed amendment shall be effective upon its approval by the holders of at least a Unit Majority, unless a greater or different percentage is
required under this Agreement or by Delaware law. Each proposed amendment that requires the approval of the holders of a specified percentage of Outstanding Units shall be set forth in a writing that contains the text of the proposed amendment. If
such an amendment is proposed, the General Partner shall seek the written approval of the requisite percentage of Outstanding Units or call a meeting of the Limited Partners to consider and vote on such proposed amendment. The General Partner shall
notify all Record Holders upon final adoption of any such proposed amendments. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_97"></A>Section&nbsp;15.3 <I>Amendment
Requirements.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 15.1 and 15.2, no provision of this Agreement that establishes a
percentage of Outstanding Units required to take any action shall be amended, altered, changed, repealed or rescinded in any respect that would have either (i)&nbsp;the effect of reducing such voting percentage or (ii)&nbsp;more than an immaterial
effect on a Unitholder unless such amendment is approved by the written consent or the affirmative vote of holders of Outstanding Units whose aggregate Outstanding Units constitute not less than the voting requirement sought to be reduced. </P>
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(i)&nbsp;enlarge the obligations of any Limited Partner without its consent, unless such shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of an amendment approved pursuant to Section&nbsp;15.3(c), (ii)&nbsp;enlarge the obligations of, restrict in any
way any action by or rights of, or reduce in any way the amounts distributable, reimbursable or otherwise payable to, the General Partner without its consent, which may be given or withheld in its sole discretion, (iii)&nbsp;change
Section&nbsp;14.1(a) or (c), or (iv)&nbsp;change the term of the Partnership or, except as set forth in Section&nbsp;14.1(c), give any Person the right to dissolve the Partnership. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Except as otherwise provided, and without limitation of the General Partner&#146;s authority to adopt amendments to this Agreement as
contemplated in Section&nbsp;15.1, any amendment that would have a material adverse effect on the rights or preferences of any class of Outstanding Units in relation to other classes of Units must be approved by the holders of not less than a
majority of the Outstanding Units of the classes affected. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, except for
amendments pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.3 or 15.1 and except as otherwise provided by Section&nbsp;16.3(b), no amendments shall become effective without the approval of the holders of at least 90% of the Outstanding Units unless the Partnership
obtains an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not affect the limited liability of any Limited Partner or any limited partner of the other Group Members under applicable law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) This Section&nbsp;15.3 shall only be amended with the approval of the holders of at least 90% of the Outstanding Units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, following the Distribution Date the Partnership shall not supplement or amend
the terms of the Partnership Agreement in any manner that may materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights (other than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or an Associate of an Acquiring Person as such capitalized terms are
defined in the Rights Agreement). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_98"></A>Section&nbsp;15.4 <I>Meetings.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All acts of Limited Partners to be taken pursuant to this Agreement shall be taken in the manner provided in this Article XV. Meetings of the
Limited Partners may be called by the General Partner or by Limited Partners owning 20% or more of the Outstanding Units of the class or classes for which a meeting is proposed. Limited Partners shall call a meeting by delivering to the General
Partner one or more requests in writing stating that the signing Limited Partners wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purposes for which the meeting is to be called. Within 60 days after receipt of such a call from Limited
Partners or within such greater time as may be reasonably necessary for the Partnership to comply with any statutes, rules, regulations, listing agreements or similar requirements governing the holding of a meeting or the solicitation of proxies for
use at such a meeting, the General Partner shall send a notice of the meeting to the Limited Partners either directly or indirectly through the Transfer Agent. A meeting shall be held at a time and place determined by the General Partner on a date
not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days after the mailing of notice of the meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_99"></A>Section&nbsp;15.5
<I>Notice of a Meeting.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notice of a meeting called pursuant to Section&nbsp;15.4 shall be given to the Record Holders in writing by
mail or other means of written communication in accordance with Section&nbsp;18.1. The notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_100"></A>Section&nbsp;15.6 <I>Record Date.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of determining the Limited Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Limited Partners or to give approvals
without a meeting as provided in Section&nbsp;15.11, the General Partner may set a Record Date, which shall not be less than 10 nor more than 60 days before (a)&nbsp;the date of the meeting (unless </P>
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such requirement conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed for trading, in which case the rule, regulation,
guideline or requirement of such exchange shall govern) or (b)&nbsp;in the event that approvals are sought without a meeting, the date by which Limited Partners are requested in writing by the General Partner to give such approvals. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_101"></A>Section&nbsp;15.7 <I>Adjournment.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting and a new Record Date need not be
fixed, if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless such adjournment shall be for more than 45 days. At the adjourned meeting, the Partnership may transact any business which might have been
transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 45 days or if a new Record Date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with this Article XV. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_102"></A>Section&nbsp;15.8 <I>Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The transactions of any meeting of Limited Partners, however called and noticed, and whenever held, shall be as valid as if occurred at a
meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, Limited Partners representing such quorum who were present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote,
sign a written waiver of notice or an approval of the holding of the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All waivers and approvals shall be filed with the Partnership records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Attendance of a
Limited Partner at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when the Limited Partner does not approve, at the beginning of the meeting, of the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened; and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to disapprove the consideration of matters required to be included in the notice of the meeting, but not so included, if the disapproval is expressly made at the meeting.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_103"></A>Section&nbsp;15.9 <I>Quorum.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The holders of a majority of the Outstanding Units of the class or classes for which a meeting has been called represented in person or by
proxy shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Limited Partners of such class or classes unless any such action by the Limited Partners requires approval by holders of a greater percentage of such Units, in which case the quorum shall be such
greater percentage. At any meeting of the Limited Partners duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement at which a quorum is present, the act of Limited Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate represent a majority of the
Outstanding Units entitled to vote and be present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall be deemed to constitute the act of all Limited Partners, unless a greater or different percentage is required with respect to such action, under the
provisions of this Agreement, in which case the act of the Limited Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate represent at least such greater or different percentage shall be required. The Limited Partners present at a duly called or
held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Limited Partners to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the
required percentage of Outstanding Units specified in this Agreement. In the absence of a quorum any meeting of Limited Partners may be adjourned from time to time by the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units
represented either in person or by proxy, but no other business may be transacted, except as provided in Section&nbsp;
15.7. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_104"></A>Section&nbsp;15.10 <I>Conduct of Meeting.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The General Partner shall have full power and authority concerning the manner of conducting any meeting of the Limited Partners or
solicitation of approvals in writing, including the determination of Persons entitled to vote, the existence of a quorum, the satisfaction of the requirements of Section&nbsp;15.4, the conduct of voting, the
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validity and effect of any proxies and the determination of any controversies, votes or challenges arising in connection with or during the meeting or voting. The General Partner shall designate
a Person to serve as chairman of any meeting and shall further designate a Person to take the minutes of any meeting. All minutes shall be kept with the records of the Partnership maintained by the General Partner. The General Partner may make such
other regulations consistent with the applicable law and this Agreement as it may deem advisable concerning the conduct of any meeting of the Limited Partners or solicitation of approvals in writing, including regulations in regard to the
appointment of proxies, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes and approvals, the submission and examination of proxies and other evidence of the right to vote, and the revocation of approvals in writing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_105"></A>Section&nbsp;15.11 <I>Action Without a Meeting.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Limited Partners may be taken without a meeting if an approval in writing setting forth the
action so taken is signed by Limited Partners owning not less than the minimum percentage of the Outstanding Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all the Limited Partners were present and voted. Prompt
notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Limited Partners who have not approved in writing. The General Partner may specify that any written ballot submitted to Limited Partners for the purpose of taking any action
without a meeting shall be returned to the Partnership within the time period, which shall be not less than 20 days, specified by the General Partner. If a ballot returned to the Partnership does not vote all of the Units held by the Limited
Partner, the Partnership shall be deemed to have failed to receive a ballot for the Units that were not voted. If approval of the taking of any action by the Limited Partners is solicited by any Person other than by or on behalf of the General
Partner, the written approvals shall have no force and effect unless and until (a)&nbsp;they are deposited with the Partnership in care of the General Partner, (b)&nbsp;approvals sufficient to take the action proposed are dated as of a date not more
than 90 days prior to the date sufficient approvals are deposited with the Partnership and (c)&nbsp;an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the General Partner to the effect that the exercise of such right and the action proposed to be taken with
respect to any particular matter (i)&nbsp;will not cause the Limited Partnership to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership so as to jeopardize the Limited Partners&#146; limited
liability, and (ii)&nbsp;is otherwise permissible under the state statutes then governing the rights, duties and liabilities of the Partnership and the Partners. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_106"></A>Section&nbsp;15.12 <I>Voting and Other Rights.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Only those Record Holders of the Units on the Record Date set pursuant to Section&nbsp;15.6 (and also subject to the limitations contained
in the definition of &#147;Outstanding&#148;) shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of Limited Partners or to act with respect to matters as to which the holders of the Outstanding Units have the right to vote or to act. All
references in this Agreement to votes of, or other acts that may be taken by, the Outstanding Units shall be deemed to be references to the votes or acts of the Record Holders of such Outstanding Units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) With respect to Units that are held for a Person&#146;s account by another Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or
clearing corporation, or an agent of any of the foregoing), in whose name such Units are registered, such other Person shall, in exercising the voting rights in respect of such Units on any matter, and unless the arrangement between such Persons
provides otherwise, vote such Units in favor of, and at the direction of, the Person who is the beneficial owner, and the Partnership shall be entitled to assume it is so acting without further inquiry. The provisions of this Section&nbsp;15.12(b)
(as well as all other provisions of this Agreement) are subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;10.4. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_108"></A>Section&nbsp;16.1 <I>Authority.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Partnership may merge or consolidate with one or more corporations, business trusts or associations, real estate investment trusts, common
law trusts or unincorporated businesses, including a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company, formed under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other state of the United States of America, pursuant to a written
agreement of merger or consolidation (&#147;Merger Agreement&#148;) in accordance with this Article XVI. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_109"></A>Section&nbsp;16.2 <I>Procedure for Merger or Consolidation.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merger or consolidation of the Partnership pursuant to this Article XVI requires the prior approval of the General Partner. If the General
Partner shall determine, in the exercise of its sole discretion, to consent to the merger or consolidation, the General Partner shall approve the Merger Agreement, which shall set forth: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The names and jurisdictions of formation or organization of each of the business entities proposing to merge or consolidate; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The name and jurisdictions of formation or organization of the business entity that is to survive the proposed merger or consolidation
(the &#147;Surviving Business Entity&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The manner and basis of exchanging or converting the equity securities of each constituent business entity for, or into, cash, property or
general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity; and (i)&nbsp;if any general or limited partner interests, securities or rights of any constituent business entity are not to be exchanged or
converted solely for, or into, cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity, the cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations
of any limited partnership, corporation, trust or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity) which the holders of such general or limited partner interests, securities or rights are to receive in exchange for, or upon conversion of
their general or limited partner interests, securities or rights, and (ii)&nbsp;in the case of securities represented by certificates, upon the surrender of such certificates, which cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights,
securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity or any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity), or evidences thereof, are to be delivered; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) A statement of any changes in the constituent documents or the adoption of new constituent documents (the articles or certificate of
incorporation, articles of trust, declaration of trust, certificate or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of limited liability company or other similar charter or governing document) of the Surviving Business Entity to be effected by such
merger or consolidation; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The effective time of the merger, which may be the date of the filing of the certificate of merger pursuant
to Section&nbsp;16.4 or a later date specified in or determinable in accordance with the Merger Agreement (provided, that if the effective time of the merger is to be later than the date of the filing of the certificate of merger, the effective time
shall be fixed no later than the time of the filing of the certificate of merger and stated therein); and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Such other provisions with
respect to the proposed merger or consolidation as are deemed necessary or appropriate by the General Partner. </P>
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Consolidation.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The General Partner, upon its approval of the Merger Agreement, shall direct that the Merger Agreement be
submitted to a vote of Limited Partners, whether at a meeting or by written consent, in either case in accordance with the requirements of Article XV. A copy or a summary of the Merger Agreement shall be included in or enclosed with the notice of a
meeting or the written consent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Merger Agreement shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote or consent of the holders
of a Unit Majority unless the Merger Agreement contains any provision that, if contained in an amendment to this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement or the Delaware Act would require the vote or consent of a greater percentage of the
Outstanding Units or of any class of Limited Partners, in which case such greater percentage vote or consent shall be required for approval of the Merger Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) After such approval by vote or consent of the Limited Partners, and at any time prior to the filing of the certificate of merger pursuant
to Section&nbsp;16.4, the merger or consolidation may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the Merger Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_111"></A>Section&nbsp;16.4 <I>Certificate of Merger.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the required approval by the General Partner and the Limited Partners of a Merger Agreement, a certificate of merger shall be executed
and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in conformity with the requirements of the Delaware Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_112">
</A>Section&nbsp;16.5 <I>Effect of Merger.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) At the effective time of the certificate of merger: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) all of the rights, privileges and powers of each of the business entities that has merged or consolidated, and all
property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to any of those business entities and all other things and causes of action belonging to each of those business entities shall be vested in the Surviving Business Entity and after the merger or
consolidation shall be the property of the Surviving Business Entity to the extent they were of each constituent business entity; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in any of those constituent business entities shall not revert
and is not in any way impaired because of the merger or consolidation; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) all rights of creditors and all liens on or
security interests in property of any of those constituent business entities shall be preserved unimpaired; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) all
debts, liabilities and duties of those constituent business entities shall attach to the Surviving Business Entity, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if the debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) A merger or consolidation effected pursuant to this Article shall not be deemed to result in a transfer or assignment of assets or
liabilities from one entity to another having occurred. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_113"></A>ARTICLE XVII </P>
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</A>Section&nbsp;17.1 <I>Right to Acquire Units.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if at any time not more
than 20% of the total Units of any class then Outstanding are held by Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, the </P>
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General Partner shall then have the right, which right it may assign and transfer to the Partnership or any Affiliate of the General Partner, exercisable in its sole discretion, to purchase all,
but not less than all, of the Units of such class then Outstanding held by Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, at the greater of (x)&nbsp;the Current Market Price as of the date three days prior to the date that the notice
described in Section&nbsp;17.1(b) is mailed, and (y)&nbsp;the highest cash price paid by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates for any such Unit purchased during the 90-day period preceding the date that the notice described in
Section&nbsp;17.1(b) is mailed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If the General Partner, any Affiliate of the General Partner or the Partnership elects to exercise
the right to purchase Units granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;17.1(a), the General Partner or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Transfer Agent notice of such election to purchase (the &#147;Notice of Election to
Purchase&#148;) and shall cause the Transfer Agent to mail a copy of such Notice of Election to Purchase to the Record Holders of such Units (as of a Record Date selected by the General Partner) at least 10, but not more than 60 days prior to the
Purchase Date. Such Notice of Election to Purchase shall also be published for a period of at least three consecutive days in at least two daily newspapers of general circulation printed in the English language and published in the Borough of
Manhattan, New York. The Notice of Election to Purchase shall specify the Purchase Date and the price (determined in accordance with Section&nbsp;17.1(a)) at which Units will be purchased and state that the General Partner, its Affiliate or the
Partnership, as the case may be, elects to purchase such Units, upon surrender of Certificates representing such Units in exchange for payment at such office or offices of the Transfer Agent as the Transfer Agent may specify, or as may be required
by any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted to trading. Any such Notice of Election to Purchase mailed to a Record Holder of Units at his address as reflected in the records of the Transfer Agent shall be
conclusively presumed to have been given regardless of whether the owner receives such notice. On or prior to the Purchase Date, the General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall deposit with the Transfer Agent cash in
an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price of all of the Units to be purchased in accordance with this Section&nbsp;17.1. If the Notice of Election to Purchase shall have been duly given as aforesaid at least 10 days prior to the
Purchase Date, and if on or prior to the Purchase Date the deposit described in the preceding sentence has been made for the benefit of the holders of Units subject to purchase as provided herein, then from and after the Purchase Date,
notwithstanding that any Certificate shall not have been surrendered for purchase, all rights of the holders of such Units (including any rights pursuant to Articles IV, V and XIV) shall thereupon cease, except the right to receive the purchase
price (determined in accordance with Section&nbsp;17.1(a)) for Units therefor, without interest, upon surrender to the Transfer Agent of the Certificates representing such Units, and such Units shall thereupon be deemed to be transferred to the
General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, on the record books of the Transfer Agent and the Partnership, and the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner, or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall be
deemed to be the owner of all such Units from and after the Purchase Date and shall have all rights as the owner of such Units (including all rights as owner of such Units pursuant to Articles IV, V and XIV). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) At any time from and after the Purchase Date, a holder of an Outstanding Unit subject to purchase as provided in this Section&nbsp;17.1
may surrender his Certificate evidencing such Unit to the Transfer Agent in exchange for payment of the amount described in Section&nbsp;17.1(a), therefor, without interest thereon. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">GENERAL PROVISIONS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_116">
</A>Section&nbsp;18.1 <I>Addresses and Notices.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials required or permitted to be
given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written communication to the Partner or
Assignee at the address described below. Any notice, payment or report to be given or made to a </P>
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Partner or Assignee hereunder shall be deemed conclusively to have been given or made, and the obligation to give such notice or report or to make such payment shall be deemed conclusively to
have been fully satisfied, upon sending of such notice, payment or report to the Record Holder of such Unit at his address as shown on the records of the Transfer Agent or as otherwise shown on the records of the Partnership, regardless of any claim
of any Person who may have an interest in such Unit or the Partnership Interest of a General Partner by reason of any assignment or otherwise. An affidavit or certificate of making of any notice, payment or report in accordance with the provisions
of this Section&nbsp;18.1 executed by the General Partner, the Transfer Agent or the mailing organization shall be prima facie evidence of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report. If any notice, payment or report addressed to a Record
Holder at the address of such Record Holder appearing on the books and records of the Transfer Agent or the Partnership is returned by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver it,
such notice, payment or report and any subsequent notices, payments and reports shall be deemed to have been duly given or made without further mailing (until such time as such Record Holder or another Person notifies the Transfer Agent or the
Partnership of a change in his address) if they are available for the Partner or Assignee at the principal office of the Partnership for a period of one year from the date of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report to the other
Partners and Assignees. Any notice to the Partnership shall be deemed given if received by the General Partner at the principal office of the Partnership designated pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.3. The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in
relying on any notice or other document from a Partner, Assignee or other Person if believed by it to be genuine. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_117"></A>Section&nbsp;18.2 <I>References.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to &#147;Articles&#148; and &#147;Sections&#148; are to Articles and Sections of this
Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_118"></A>Section&nbsp;18.3 <I>Pronouns and Plurals.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and
the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_119"></A>Section&nbsp;18.4
<I>Further Action.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking
action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_120"></A>Section&nbsp;18.5
<I>Binding Effect.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_121"></A>Section&nbsp;18.6 <I>Integration.</I>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings pertaining thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_122"></A>Section&nbsp;18.7 <I>Creditors.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise
any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach of any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_124"></A>Section&nbsp;18.9 <I>Counterparts.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute an agreement binding on all the parties hereto,
notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto or, in the case of a Person acquiring a Unit, upon
accepting the certificate evidencing such Unit or executing and delivering a Transfer Application as herein described, independently of the signature of any other party. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_125"></A>Section&nbsp;18.10 <I>Applicable Law.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of
conflicts of law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_126"></A>Section&nbsp;18.11 <I>Invalidity of Provisions.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_127"></A>Section&nbsp;18.12 <I>Consent of
Partners.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each Partner hereby expressly consents and agrees that, whenever in this Agreement it is specified that an action may be
taken upon the affirmative vote or consent of less than all of the Partners, such action may be so taken upon the concurrence of less than all of the Partners and each Partner shall be bound by the results of such action. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">INTENTIONALLY OMITTED </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="a489060_129">
</A>ARTICLE XX </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">BUSINESS COMBINATIONS WITH INTERESTED HOLDERS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_130"></A>Section&nbsp;20.1 <I>Limitation on Business Combinations</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Partnership shall not engage in any Business Combination (as defined below)
with any Interested Holder (as defined below) for a period of 3 years following the time that such Person became an Interested Holder, unless: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) prior to such time the General Partner approved either the Business Combination or the transaction which resulted in the
Person becoming an Interested Holder, or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the Person becoming
an Interested Holder, the Interested Holder owned at least 85% of the Outstanding Units at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of Outstanding Units those Units owned by the General Partner and its
Affiliates, or </P>
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General Partner and authorized at a meeting of Partners, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 and 2/3% of the Outstanding Units which are not owned by the Interested Holder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The restrictions contained in this section shall not apply if: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Partnership, by action of Partners, adopts an amendment to this Agreement expressly electing not to be governed by this
section, provided that, in addition to any other vote required by law, such amendment to this Agreement must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Outstanding Units. An amendment adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall not be
effective until 12 months after the adoption of such amendment and shall not apply to any Business Combination between the Partnership and any person who became an Interested Holder on or prior to such adoption; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) a Person becomes an Interested Holder inadvertently and (i)&nbsp;as soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of
sufficient Units so that the Person ceases to be an Interested Holder and (ii)&nbsp;would not, at any time within the 3 year period immediately prior to a Business Combination between the Partnership and such Person, have been an Interested Holder
but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the Business Combination is proposed prior to the consummation or
abandonment of and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement or the notice required hereunder of a proposed transaction which (i)&nbsp;constitutes one of the transactions described in the second sentence of this paragraph; (ii)&nbsp;is
with or by a Person who either was not an Interested Holder during the previous 3 years or who became an Interested Holder with the approval of the General Partner and (iii)&nbsp;is approved or not opposed by a Person that was the General Partner
(the &#147;Original General Partner&#148;) prior to any Person becoming an Interested Holder during the previous 3 years or was recommended for appointment to succeed such General Partner by the Original General Partner. The proposed transactions
referred to in the preceding sentence are limited to (x)&nbsp;a merger or consolidation of the Partnership (except for a merger in respect of which no vote of the Partners is required); (y)&nbsp;a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or
other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Partnership or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Partnership (other than to any direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary or to the Partnership) having an aggregate market value equal to 50% or more of either the aggregate market value of all of the assets of the Partnership determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market
value of all the Outstanding Units of the Partnership; or (z)&nbsp;a proposed tender or exchange offer for 50% or more of the Outstanding Units of the Partnership. The Partnership shall give not less then 20 days notice to all Interested Holders
prior to the consummation of any of the transactions described in clauses (x)&nbsp;or (y)&nbsp;
of the second sentence of this paragraph. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="a489060_131"></A>Section&nbsp;20.2 <I>Definitions Applicable to Article XX</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in this section only, the term: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) &#147;Business Combination,&#148; when used in reference to the Partnership and any Interested Holder of the Partnership means: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) any merger or consolidation of the Partnership or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Partnership with
(A)&nbsp;the Interested Holder, or (B)&nbsp;with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the Interested Holder and as a result of such merger or consolidation
subsection (a)&nbsp;of this section is not applicable to the surviving entity; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage,
pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a Partner of the Partnership, to or with the Interested Holder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the
Partnership or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Partnership which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Partnership determined on a
consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the Outstanding Units of the Partnership; </P>
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Partnership or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Partnership of any securities of the Partnership or of such subsidiary to the Interested Holder, except (A)&nbsp;pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities
exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into securities of the Partnership or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the Interested Holder became such, (B)&nbsp;pursuant to a merger of the Partnership
with or into a single direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership in a transaction that would meet the requirements of Section&nbsp;251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, if the Partnership was a corporation,
(C)&nbsp;pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into securities of the Partnership or any such subsidiary which security is
distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of securities of such Partnership subsequent to the time the Interested Holder became such, (D)&nbsp;pursuant to an exchange offer by the Partnership to purchase Units made on the same terms
to all holders of said Units, or (E)&nbsp;any issuance or transfer of Units by the Partnership, provided however, that in no case under (B)-(D)&nbsp;above shall there be an increase in the Interested Holder&#146;s proportionate share of the
securities of any class or series of the Partnership or of the Units of the Partnership; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) any transaction involving
the Partnership or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Partnership which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the securities of any class or series, or securities convertible into the
securities of any class or series, of the Partnership or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the Interested Holder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional unit adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any
Units not caused, directly or indirectly, by the Interested Holder; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) any receipt by the Interested Holder of the
benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a Partner of such Partnership) of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subparagraphs (i)-(iv)&nbsp;above) provided
by or through the Partnership or any direct or indirect majority owned subsidiary. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) &#147;control,&#148; including the term
&#147;controlling,&#148; &#147;controlled by&#148; and &#147;under common control with,&#148; means 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. A Person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting securities of any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of
such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such Person holds voting securities, in good faith and not for the purpose of
circumventing this section, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) &#147;Interested Holder&#148; means any Person (other than the Partnership and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the
Partnership and the General Partner, and any Affiliates or Associates of the General Partner) that (i)&nbsp;is the owner of 15% or more of the Outstanding Units of the Partnership, or (ii)&nbsp;is an affiliate or associate of the Partnership and was
the owner of 15% or more of the Outstanding Units of the Partnership at any time within the 3-year period immediately prior to the date an which it is sought to be determined whether such Person is an Interested Holder, and the Affiliates and
Associates of such Person; provided, however, that the term &#147;Interested Holder&#148; shall not include any Person whose ownership of Units in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of action taken solely by the Partnership
provided that such person shall be an Interested Holder if thereafter such Person acquires additional Units, except as a result of further Partnership action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such Person. For the purpose of determining whether
a person is an Interested Holder, the Outstanding Units shall include Units deemed to be owned by the Person through application of paragraph (e)&nbsp;of this subsection but shall not include any other unissued Units which may be issuable pursuant
to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise. </P>
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respect to any Units means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)
beneficially owns such Units, directly or indirectly; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) has (A)&nbsp;the right to acquire such Units (whether such
right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a
person shall not be deemed the owner of Units tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person&#146;s affiliates or associates until such tendered Units is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B)&nbsp;the
right to vote such Units pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any Units because of such person&#146;s right to vote such Units if the agreement, arrangement or
understanding to vote such Units arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to 10 or more persons; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to
a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (B)&nbsp;of clause (ii)&nbsp;of this paragraph), or disposing of such Units with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly,
such Units. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President,&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Financial</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officer, Treasurer and Secretary</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kestrel Heat LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">All Limited Partners now and hereafter admitted as limited partners of the Partnership, pursuant to the Powers of Attorney now and hereafter executed in favor of and granted and delivered to, the General
Partner.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Richard F. Ambury</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President,&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Financial</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kestrel Heat LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to the Third Amended and Restated </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Agreement of Limited Partnership of </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STAR GROUP, L.P. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Certificate Evidencing Common Units </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Representing Limited Partner Interests </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STAR GROUP, L.P. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No.
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> Common Units </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I><B>KESTREL HEAT
LLC</B><I></I>, a Delaware limited liability company, as the General Partner of <I></I><B>STAR GROUP, L.P.</B><I></I>, a Delaware limited partnership (the &#147;<I>Partnership</I>&#148;), hereby certifies that
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> (the &#147;<I>Holder</I>&#148;) is the registered owner of <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> Common Units representing limited partner interests in the
Partnership (the &#147;<I>Common Units</I>&#148;) transferable on the books of the Partnership, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed and accompanied by a properly executed application for
transfer of the Common Units represented by this Certificate. The rights, preferences and limitations of the Common Units are set forth in, and this Certificate and the Common Units represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject
to the terms and provisions of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of STAR GROUP, L.P., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time (the &#147;<I>Partnership Agreement</I>&#148;). Copies of the Partnership
Agreement are on file at, and will be furnished without charge on delivery of written request to the Partnership at, the principal office of the Partnership located at
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Partnership Agreement. <I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Holder, by accepting this Certificate, is deemed to have (i)&nbsp;requested admission as, and agreed to become, a Limited Partner and to
have agreed to comply with and be bound by and to have executed the Partnership Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;represented and warranted that the Holder has all right, power and authority and, if an individual, the capacity necessary to enter into the
Partnership Agreement, (iii)&nbsp;granted the powers of attorney provided for in the Partnership Agreement and (iv)&nbsp;made the waivers and given the consents and approvals contained in the Partnership Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose unless it has been countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KESTREL HEAT LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as General Partner</P></TD>

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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TEN&nbsp;COM-</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TEN ENT-</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as tenants in common</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as tenants by the
entireties</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as joint tenants with right of</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">survivorship and
not as</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">tenants in common</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Custodian&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">under Uniform Gifts to Minors</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Act&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;State</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additional abbreviations, though not in the above list may also be used. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ASSIGNMENT OF COMMON UNITS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>in </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>STAR GROUP, L.P. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> Common Units representing
limited partner interests evidenced by this Certificate, subject to the Partnership Agreement, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to transfer the same on the books of Star
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No transfer of the Common Units evidenced hereby will be registered on the books of the Partnership, unless the Certificate evidencing the
Common Units to be transferred is surrendered for registration or transfer and an Application for Transfer of Common Units has been executed by a transferee either (a)&nbsp;on the form set forth below or (b)&nbsp;on a separate application that the
Partnership will furnish on request without charge. A transferor of the Common Units shall have no duty to the transferee with respect to execution of the transfer application in order for such transferee to obtain registration of the transfer of
the Common Units. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No transfer of the Common Units evidenced hereby will be registered on the books of the Partnership, unless the Certificate evidencing the
Common Units to be transferred is surrendered for registration or transfer and an Application for Transfer of Common Units has been executed by a transferee either (a)&nbsp;on the form set forth below or (b)&nbsp;on a separate application that the
Partnership will furnish on request without charge. A transferor of the Common Units shall have no duty to the transferee with respect to execution of the transfer application in order for such transferee to obtain registration of the transfer of
the Common Units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF COMMON UNITS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned (&#147;Assignee&#148;) hereby applies for transfer to the name of the Assignee of the Common Units evidenced hereby. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Assignee (a)&nbsp;requests admission as a Substituted Limited Partner and agrees to comply with and be bound by and hereby executes, the
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Star Group, L.P., as amended, supplemented or restated to the date hereof (the &#147;Partnership Agreement&#148;), (b)&nbsp;represents and warrants that the Assignee has all right, power
and authority and if an individual, the capacity necessary to enter into the Partnership Agreement, (c)&nbsp;appoints the General Partner and, if a Liquidator shall be appointed, the Liquidator of the Partnership as the Assignee&#146;s
attorney-in-fact to execute, swear to, acknowledge and file any document, including, without limitation, the Partnership Agreement and any amendment thereto and the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership and any amendment thereto,
necessary or appropriate for the Assignee&#146;s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner and as a party to the Partnership Agreement, (d)&nbsp;gives the powers of attorney provided for in the Partnership Agreement and (e)&nbsp;makes the waivers
and gives the consents and approvals contained in the Partnership Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Partnership Agreement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Individual &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Partnership &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corporation </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Trust &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other (specify)
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nationality (check one): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Citizen. Resident
or Domestic Entity &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-resident Alien </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Foreign Corporation </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the U.S.
Citizen. Resident or Domestic Entity box is checked, the following certification must be completed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Section&nbsp;1445(e) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;), the Partnership must withhold tax with respect to certain transfers of property if a holder of an interest in the Partnership is a foreign person. To inform the Partnership that no
withholding is required with respect to the undersigned interestholder&#146;s interest in it, the undersigned hereby certifies the following (or, if applicable, certifies the following on behalf of the interestholder). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Complete Either A or B: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">corporation, foreign partnership, foreign trust or foreign estate (as those terms are defined in the Code and Treasury Regulations). </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The interestholder&#146;s office address and place of incorporation (if applicable) is </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
interestholder agrees to notify the Partnership within sixty (60)&nbsp;days of the date the interestholder becomes a foreign person. The interestholder understands that this certificate may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by the
Partnership and that any false statement contained herein could be punishable by fine, imprisonment or both. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under penalties of perjury,
I declare that I have examined this certification and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and complete and, if applicable, I further declare that I have authority to sign this document on behalf of </P>
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nominee holder or an agent of any of the foregoing, and is holding for the account of any other person, this application should be completed by an officer thereof or, in the case of a broker or dealer, by a registered representative who is a member
of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or, in the case of any other nominee holder, a person performing a similar function. If the Assignee is a broker, dealer, bank, trust
company, clearing corporation, other nominee owner or an agent of any of the foregoing, the above certification as to any person for whom the Assignee will hold the Common Units shall be made to the best of the Assignee&#146;s knowledge. </P>
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