SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14A
(Rule 14a-101)
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Check the appropriate box:
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Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
14a-6(e)(2))
/ / Definitive Proxy Statement
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/ / Soliciting Material Pursuant
to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12
BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
BK III RESTAURANTS INC., GENERAL PARTNER
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other
than the Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee:
/ / No fee required.
/ / Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.
1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applied:
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3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11(c)(2):
4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
5) Total fee paid:
/X/ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials:
/X/ Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing:
1) Amount Previously Paid: $3,000
2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: 14A
3) Filing Party: Burger King Limited Partnership III
4) Date Filed: August 29, 1997
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
Three World Financial Center
29th Floor
New York, New York 10285-2900
_______, 1997
Dear Limited Partner:
As discussed in the 1996 annual report of Burger King Limited
Partnership III (the "Partnership"), BK III Restaurants Inc., the general
partner of the Partnership (the "General Partner"), has been aggressively
marketing the Partnership's remaining twenty-two restaurants (the
"Properties") to a number of prospective buyers interested in a bulk purchase
of all or some of the Properties. In anticipation of reaching an agreement
with a prospective buyer, we are distributing the enclosed proxy statement
(the "Proxy") to describe certain of the terms that any sale or sales
negotiated by the General Partner (the "Proposed Sale") would satisfy and
your rights relating to the Proposed Sale. As yet, no agreement has been
reached with any prospective buyer.
Any Proposed Sale of all the Properties will have a purchase price
of at least $15,000,000 before deducting all closing expenses, brokerage
commissions, legal fees and certain adjustments, the sum of which is
estimated to be approximately four percent of the sale price (the "Minimum
Price"). Although the General Partner will endeavor to sell all of the
Properties as part of a single sale, if the General Partner believes it is in
the best interests of the Limited Partners, the Properties may be sold
individually or in any combination provided that the aggregate purchase price
for the Properties included in the transaction equals or exceeds the
aggregate minimum price for such Properties specified in the Proxy.
The General Partner intends to distribute to the limited partners
of the Partnership (the "Limited Partners") the net proceeds from the
Proposed Sale, which the General Partner estimates will be at least
$14,340,056, or $956.00 per limited partnership unit if all the Properties
are sold for the Minimum Price, after deducting the expenses of the Proposed
Sale and the payment of all debts, liabilities and obligations of the
Partnership and other expenses of dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership. When added to the $1,577.16 per original $1,000 unit already
distributed up to and including the second quarter 1997 distributions from
operations, total distributions since inception of the Partnership will be
approximately $2,533.16 per limited partnership unit. The General Partner
then plans to distribute the remaining cash flow from the operations of the
Properties and ultimately liquidate the Partnership. Additional funds from
operations available for distribution to the Limited Partners from the
liquidation of the Partnership are expected to be approximately $177,606, or
$11.84 per limited partnership unit. If the Properties are sold in more than
one transaction, the General Partner currently intends to distribute the net
proceeds of each sale in accordance with Agreement of Limited Partnership and
will continue to operate the remaining Properties until all the Properties
are sold.
Limited Partners will not benefit from future appreciation, if any,
in the value of the Properties if the Properties are sold at this time. For
more information concerning the Proposed Sale, please review the Proxy.
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Limited Partners have the right to disapprove of a sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership in a single sale.
Although not required to do so, the General Partner has determined to call a
meeting for the purpose of facilitating consideration of the terms of the
Proposed Sale. In that regard, the Limited Partners should carefully review
the financial and other information contained in the Proxy.
The General Partner believes the Proposed Sale is in the best
interests of the Limited Partners. Limited Partners in favor of a Proposed
Sale of the Properties are not required to execute and return the enclosed
proxy card. Only Limited Partners that desire to disapprove a Proposed Sale
need execute and return the enclosed proxy card.
If Limited Partners holding a majority in interest of the
outstanding limited partnership units do not disapprove the Proposed Sale,
the General Partner will pursue negotiations for a final sale of the
Properties on terms at least as favorable as those described in the Proxy.
Very truly yours,
BK III Restaurants Inc.,
as General Partner of Burger King
Limited Partnership III
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Kenneth F. Boyle
President
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
3 World Financial Center
29th Floor
New York, New York 10285-2900
(800) 223-3464
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THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
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The undersigned hereby appoints Kenneth F. Boyle and Timothy E. Needham, and
each of them, with full power of substitution, as attorneys, agents and
proxies to vote on behalf of the undersigned at the special meeting of the
limited partners (the "Limited Partners") of Burger King Limited Partnership
III (the "Partnership") called by BK III Restaurants Inc. (the "General
Partner"), the general partner of the Partnership, to be held at 3 World
Financial Center, New York, New York on ______ __, 1997 at 10 a.m., or any
adjournment thereof, for the following purposes:
1. To consider the sale of the remaining restaurants owned by the
Partnership and the assignment of all of the Partnership's rights in the
remaining restaurants subject to ground leases on the terms described in
the proxy.
THE GENERAL PARTNER RECOMMENDS THE PROPOSED SALE AND ASSIGNMENT.
APPROVE / / DISAPPROVE / /
2. Any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
This proxy (the "Proxy"), when properly executed and duly returned, will be
voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned Limited Partner. If
no direction is made on this card, this Proxy will NOT be voted to DISAPPROVE
the sale and assignment.
Dated _____ __, 1997
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Signature
Name:
Title:
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Signature (if held jointly)
PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME
APPEARS ON THE BOOKS OF THE
PARTNERSHIP. WHEN UNITS ARE HELD
BY JOINT TENANTS, WHEN SIGNING AS
AN ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR,
ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE OR GUARDIAN,
PLEASE GIVE FULL TITLE OF SUCH. IF
A CORPORATION, PLEASE SIGN NAME BY
AUTHORIZED OFFICER. IF A
PARTNERSHIP, PLEASE SIGN IN
PARTNERSHIP NAME BY AUTHORIZED
PERSON.
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Any Limited Partner desiring to return this proxy card should deliver it to:
Burger King Limited Partnership III
c/o Service Data Corporation
2424 South 130th Circle
Omaha, Nebraska 68144
Attn: Proxy Department
If you have any questions, please call Service Data Corporation at
(800) 223-3464.
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. Signatures of Registered Holders. In order to be valid, each
proxy card must be signed by the registered Unitholder or Unitholders. The
signature must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of
the certificate representing the Units without alteration. If Units are
owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign a
single proxy card in respect of such Units. If Units are registered in
different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete,
sign and submit as many separate proxy cards as there are different
registrations or certificates.
If a proxy card is to be signed by a trustee, executor,
administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, agent, officer of a corporation or
other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, such person should so indicate
when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to the General Partner of such
person's authority so to act must be submitted along with the proxy card.
2. Delivery. Delivery of a proxy card to an address other than
the address set forth on the proxy card does not constitute a valid delivery.
Only proxy cards received at such address on or prior to the meeting date
will be valid. The method of delivery of a proxy card is at the option and
risk of the tendering Unitholder. If delivery is by mail, registered mail
with return receipt requested is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time
should be allowed to insure timely delivery.
3. Inadequate Space. If the space provided herein is inadequate,
the certificate numbers and/or the number of Units should be listed on a
separate signed schedule attached hereto.
4. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies. Requests for
assistance or additional copies of the Proxy Statement or the proxy card may
be directed to the Investor Services Department of Service Data Corporation
at: (800) 223-3464 or to the following address:
Service Data Corporation
Investor Services Department
2424 South 130th Circle
Omaha, Nebraska 68144
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF LIMITED PARTNERS
TO BE HELD ON ____ __, 1997
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a special meeting of the limited partners (the
"Limited Partners") of Burger King Limited Partnership III (the
"Partnership"), called by BK III Restaurants Inc., the general partner of the
Partnership (the "General Partner"), will be held at 3 World Financial
Center, New York, New York, on ____ __, 1997, at 10 a.m. for the following
purposes:
1. To consider the sale of the remaining restaurants owned by the
Partnership and the assignment of all of the Partnership's rights in the
remaining restaurants subject to ground leases on the terms described in
the proxy.
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the special
meeting.
The General Partner has fixed the close of business on _________
__, 1997 as the record date for determination of the Limited Partners
entitled to notice of and to vote at the special meeting.
Very truly yours,
BK III Restaurants Inc.,
as General Partner of Burger King
Limited Partnership III
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Kenneth F. Boyle
President
New York, New York
____ __, 1997
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
3 World Financial Center
29th Floor
New York, New York 10285-2900
(800) 223-3464
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PROXY STATEMENT
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This proxy statement (the "Proxy Statement") is being furnished to
holders of limited partnership interests (the "Units") in Burger King Limited
Partnership III, a New York limited partnership (the "Partnership"), in
connection with the special meeting of the limited partners (the "Limited
Partners") of the Partnership. The special meeting will be held at 3 World
Financial Center, New York, New York, on ____ __, 1997, at 10 a.m., to
consider certain terms pursuant to which the Partnership may agree to sell
all sixteen of the Partnership's Burger King (Registered Trademark)
restaurants owned in fee simple (the "Owned Properties") and to assign all of
its rights in all six of the Partnership's Burger King restaurants subject to
ground leases (the "Leased Properties") (the Owned Properties and the Leased
Properties are collectively referred to herein as the "Properties" and such
sale and assignment is collectively referred to herein as the "Proposed
Sale") to one or more buyers (collectively referred to as a "Buyer").
As yet, no agreement has been reached with a Buyer.
As of June 30, 1997, the Partnership had approximately 2,538
Limited Partners holding 15,000 Units. There is no established trading
market for such Units. To the best of the knowledge of BK III Restaurants
Inc., the general partner of the Partnership (the "General Partner"), no
person or group of persons beneficially owns more than five percent of the
Units. The General Partner does not own any Units.
Only Limited Partners of record at the close of business on
______ __, 1997 will be entitled to notice of, and to participate in, the
special meeting. Proxies may be revoked in person at the special meeting or
by written notice received by the Partnership at any time before they are
voted. Unrevoked proxy cards in the form enclosed, properly executed and
duly returned, will be voted in accordance with the instructions thereon and,
unless specified to the contrary, will NOT be voted to DISAPPROVE the
Proposed Sale. The Notice of Meeting, Proxy Statement and the proxy card are
being mailed to the Limited Partners on or about ______ __, 1997. Officers
and other employees or agents of the General Partner may solicit proxies by
mail, by facsimile, by telephone or by personal interview.
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
If the Proposed Sale is for all of the Properties, the
consideration will be at least $15,000,000 in cash before deducting all
closing expenses, brokerage commissions, legal fees and certain adjustments,
the sum of which is estimated to be approximately four percent of the sale
price (the "Minimum Price"). See "Description of the Proposed Sale -- Terms
of the Proposed Sale." Although the General Partner will endeavor to sell
all of the Properties as part of a single sale, if BK III Restaurants Inc.,
the general partner of the Partnership (the "General Partner"), believes it
is in the best interests of the Limited Partners, the Properties may be sold
individually or in any combination provided that the sales price for the
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Properties included in the transaction equals or exceeds the aggregate Target
Sales Price for such Properties stated on the chart appearing below at page
7. The General Partner believes that the Proposed Sale will be in the best
interests of the Limited Partners.
The Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of November 22, 1983
(the "Partnership Agreement"), gives the General Partner broad authority to
sell the Partnership's assets at such price, rental or amount, and upon such
terms, as the General Partner deems proper, and obligates the General Partner
to use its best efforts to endeavor to sell all the Properties as soon after
the tenth year following the final closing of the Partnership as economic
circumstances warrant.
Pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Partnership Agreement, the Limited
Partners have the right to vote (assuming certain conditions described in the
Partnership Agreement are met) only upon certain matters, and Limited
Partners voting a majority in interest may, without the concurrence of the
General Partner, cause, among other things, the disapproval of any sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership in a single sale.
The Proposed Sale of all of the Properties would constitute a sale of all or
substantially all of the Partnership's assets. Accordingly, Limited Partners
have the right to disapprove the Proposed Sale. A copy of the Partnership
Agreement is attached hereto as Appendix A.
The General Partner believes that a Proposed Sale is in the best
interests of the Limited Partners, and, though not required to do so by the
Partnership Agreement, it has determined to call a meeting pursuant to
Section 15.1 of the Partnership Agreement for the purpose of facilitating
consideration of the terms of the Proposed Sale by the Limited Partners. In
that regard, Limited Partners should carefully review the financial and other
information contained in this Proxy Statement.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Partnership Agreement
and under applicable state law, the approval of Limited Partners is not
required to effect the Proposed Sale. Accordingly, Limited Partners in favor
of the Proposed Sale of the Properties are not required to execute and return
the enclosed proxy card. Only Limited Partners that desire to disapprove a
Proposed Sale need execute and return the enclosed proxy card. Failure to
return the enclosed proxy card will effectively count as a vote in favor of
the Proposed Sale.
If Limited Partners representing a majority in interest of the
outstanding Units do not disapprove the sale, the General Partner will pursue
negotiations for a sale of all of the Properties on the most favorable terms
that the General Partner is able to negotiate and otherwise for not less than
the Minimum Price. See the section captioned "Description of the Proposed
Sale -- Terms of the Proposed Sale". If the Proposed Sale is consummated,
Limited Partners will not have any rights of appraisal or similar rights
under New York law. If Limited Partners representing a majority in interest
of the outstanding Units vote to disapprove the Proposed Sale, the General
Partner will continue to operate the Properties and distribute the cash flow
from operations to the Limited Partners in accordance with the Partnership
Agreement.
As soon as practicable after the consummation of the Proposed Sale
of all of the Properties, the Partnership will be dissolved and its business
wound up in accordance with Article XI of the Partnership Agreement and the
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Partnership's funds will be distributed to the Limited Partners and the
General Partner in the manner set forth in the Partnership Agreement. Upon
completion of the distribution of the Partnership's funds and liquidation of
the Partnership, the General Partner will execute and record a certificate of
cancellation of the Partnership and any other documents required to
effectuate the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Partnership,
and the legal existence of the Partnership will cease. See "Distributions
upon Liquidation of the Partnership."
In accordance with the Partnership Agreement, the Partnership has
received an opinion of counsel to the effect that neither the grant nor the
exercise of the Limited Partners' right to vote with respect to the Proposed
Sale will result in the loss of any Limited Partner's limited liability or
will adversely affect the classification of the Partnership as a partnership
for federal income tax purposes.
THIS PROXY STATEMENT CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. DISCUSSIONS
CONTAINING SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS MAY BE FOUND IN THE MATERIAL SET
FORTH UNDER "DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED SALE" AND "UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
FINANCIAL DATA" AS WELL AS WITHIN THE PROXY STATEMENT GENERALLY. IN
ADDITION, WHEN USED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT, THE WORDS "BELIEVES,"
"ANTICIPATES," "EXPECTS" AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS; HOWEVER, NOT ALL FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WILL
CONTAIN SUCH EXPRESSIONS. SUCH STATEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF RISKS
AND UNCERTAINTIES. ACTUAL RESULTS OR EVENTS IN THE FUTURE COULD DIFFER
MATERIALLY FROM THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT
OF THE INABILITY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER TO FIND A SUITABLE PURCHASER FOR THE
PROPERTIES, THE INABILITY TO AGREE ON AN ACCEPTABLE PURCHASE PRICE OR
CONTRACT TERMS, A DECREASE IN THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE PROPERTIES,
BURGER KING RESTAURANTS GENERALLY OR THE QUICK-SERVICE FOOD INDUSTRY, THE
DISCOVERY OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION IMPACTING ONE OR MORE OF THE
PROPERTIES, AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN THE MARKETS IN WHICH THE PROPERTIES ARE
LOCATED AND OTHER FACTORS SET FORTH IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT. THE PARTNERSHIP
FURTHER CAUTIONS LIMITED PARTNERS THAT THE DISCUSSION OF THESE FACTORS MAY
NOT BE EXHAUSTIVE. THE PARTNERSHIP UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLICLY
RELEASE ANY REVISIONS TO THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT MAY BE MADE TO
REFLECT ANY FUTURE EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED SALE
Background and Reasons for the Proposed Sale
The Partnership was originally formed to acquire or lease sites and
thereafter construct Burger King (Registered Trademark) restaurants for lease
(the "Leases") on a long-term net basis to franchisees (the "Franchisees") of
the Burger King Corporation ("Burger King Corporation"). The original
objectives of the Partnership, as outlined in the Partnership's prospectus
dated February 2, 1984 (the "Prospectus"), were to provide the Limited
Partners, in order of priority, (i) regular and increasing cash
distributions, a portion of which will be "tax sheltered" and (ii)
realization of long-term appreciation in the value of the Properties,
consistent in all cases with the preservation of the Limited Partners'
capital. The Prospectus also contemplated the sale of the Properties as soon
after the tenth year following the closing date as economic conditions
warranted, consistent with the Partnership's investment objective of
long-term appreciation, and the General Partner agreed, pursuant to the
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Partnership Agreement, to endeavor to sell the Properties in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
The Partnership originally constructed 27 Properties. As of June
30, 1997, the Partnership had sold five Properties and the net proceeds of
such sales have been distributed to the Limited Partners pursuant to the
Partnership Agreement. The General Partner has been aggressively marketing
the Partnership's remaining Properties, reviewing both bulk-sales
possibilities and single-property sales to determine the most profitable and
expeditious method of efficiently liquidating the Properties.
The General Partner is currently seeking a Buyer which will agree
to a transaction on terms at least as favorable to the Partnership as the
terms described below and, in that connection, has retained Jones Lang
Wootton USA, Inc. to advise the Partnership regarding the marketing and sale
of the Properties. Jones Lang Wootton USA, Inc. is among the largest real
estate advisors in the United States and was engaged in $1.3 billion of
transactions in 1996.
The Partnership has been successful in distributing to the Limited
Partners, on a quarterly basis, cash flow generated from the Properties'
operations. Since the inception of the Partnership up to and including
second quarter 1997 distributions from operations, Limited Partners have
received quarterly cash distributions of Net Cash Flow (as defined in the
Partnership Agreement) from operations totaling approximately $1,400.59 per
initial $1,000 Unit, combined with distributions of Net Property Disposition
Proceeds (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) from the sales of the
restaurants totaling approximately $176.57 per Unit, for a total aggregate
cash distribution to the Limited Partners of approximately $1,577.16 per
Unit. On a pro forma basis, assuming the Properties were sold to a Buyer for
the Minimum Price as of June 30, 1997, the General Partner estimates that the
net proceeds from the sale of all of the Properties available for
distribution to the Limited Partners would equal or exceed approximately
$14,340,000, or $956.00 per Unit, after deducting expenses of the Proposed
Sale. In addition, the Limited Partners will receive an additional amount
equal to or exceeding $177,606, or $11.84 per Unit, as their final
liquidating distribution of cash flow from operations after the payment of
all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Partnership and the expenses of
dissolution and liquidation and the establishment of any reserves for
contingencies that the General Partner reasonably deems necessary. See
"Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Data."
The Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner is
entitled to receive a distribution of approximately $59,944.00 in connection
with the Proposed Sale of all of the Properties at the Minimum Price of
$15,000,000 (assuming the Proposed Sale had occurred on June 30, 1997).
Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, the General Partner is entitled to
receive an amount equal to or exceeding approximately $59,944, or 1% of the
net proceeds from the Proposed Sale until the Limited Partners have received
from the Partnership aggregate distributions equal to such Limited Partner's
original invested capital plus a cumulative annual compounded return of 12.5%
per annum on his remaining invested capital, as adjusted from time to time
("Payout"), and approximately $0, or 5.88% of the net proceeds from the
Proposed Sale after each Limited Partner has achieved Payout. In addition,
it is estimated that upon the liquidation of the Partnership, the General
Partner will receive an additional amount equal to or exceeding $9,348.00 as
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the General Partner's final liquidating distribution of cash flow from
operations.
Advantages to Limited Partners of the Proposed Sale
The General Partner believes that the Proposed Sale will maximize
the Partnership's realization of the appreciation in the value of the
Properties. The Leases with the Franchisees at the Properties were
originally for 20-year terms and, for the most part, currently have
approximately 5-6 years remaining. The remaining terms of the Leases are one
of the primary factors that a prospective buyer will evaluate in pricing the
Properties. As the Leases approach maturity, prospective buyers are likely
to attribute a greater discount to the value of the Properties and,
therefore, if the Partnership continues to hold the Properties, the General
Partner believes that the Properties' fair market value may decrease.
The General Partner also believes that a Proposed Sale would be an
attractive opportunity for the Partnership. The Minimum Price of $15,000,000
is $20,000 higher than the Properties' aggregate appraised value of
$14,980,000 as of December 31, 1996. The purchase price for the Properties
may be higher than the Minimum Price. In addition, any Buyer would have to
indicate that it has sufficient funds available to finance the Proposed Sale.
Disadvantages to Limited Partners of the Proposed Sale
While the General Partner believes that the Proposed Sale would be
in the best interests of the Limited Partners, each Limited Partner should
consider the following factors in evaluating the Proposed Sale. Upon the
completion of the Proposed Sale of all of the Properties and pending the
liquidation of the Partnership, Limited Partners will no longer receive
distributions of cash flows from operations since the Partnership will no
longer be operating the Properties. However, Limited Partners will receive a
distribution of the net proceeds of the Proposed Sale, after deduction of
certain expenses and fees as described above in "-- Background and Reasons
for the Proposed Sale." Limited Partners will be subject to capital gains
taxes to the extent the Purchase Price per Unit exceeds the Limited Partners'
adjusted tax basis in each Unit. Finally, Limited Partners will not benefit
from future appreciation, if any, in the value of the Properties if the
Properties are sold at this time.
Terms of the Proposed Sale
Properties and Consideration. All of the Properties are Burger
King (Registered Trademark) restaurants located at the locations set forth in
the following table. A Buyer will agree, subject to the terms and conditions
of a purchase agreement to be negotiated between the Partnership and the
Buyer, to acquire either (i) all the Properties set forth below for an
aggregate purchase price equal to at least the Minimum Price of $15,000,000
or (ii) less than all of the Properties for a purchase price for the
Properties being sold at least equal to the sum of the Target Sales Prices
(as set forth below) for such Properties.
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Restaurant Number Location Target Sales Price
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4067 Sulphur Springs, TX $ 915,600
4101 Largo, FL 817,500
4116 Mounds View, MN 590,000
4163 Covina, CA 778,700
4182 Atlanta, GA 825,000
4213 Albuquerque, NM 429,000
4217 Montgomery, AL 484,500
4268 Federal Heights, CO 255,200
4320 Gallatin, TN 913,000
4328 Cleburne, TX 836,000
4348 Edison, NJ 1,075,000
4445 Chattanooga, TN 630,000
4482 Brooklyn Park, MD 140,000
4483 Shelbyville, TN 1,064,200
4590 Gary, IN 913,000
4709 Memphis, TN (1) 50,000
4601 Wilson, NC 758,300
4693 Columbus, IN 1,370,400
4714 North Augusta, SC 967,500
4767 Fayetteville, NC 537,100
4808 San Bernadino, CA 160,000
4839 Nashville, TN 490,000
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Total ("Minimum Price") $15,000,000
(1) The Property located in Memphis, TN ceased operations on September 9,
1994. Since that time, Burger King Corporation has continued to pay
the minimum monthly rent of $89,532 to the Partnership in accordance
with an indemnity agreement between Burger King Corporation and the
Partnership.
Properties--Operating Data. Of the twenty-two Properties,
the Partnership owns sixteen of the Properties in fee simple and holds a
leasehold interest in six of the Properties. None of the Properties are
encumbered by mortgages. The land under each of the Leased Properties is
owned in fee by a third party who leases the land to Burger King Corporation
(the "Groundlease"). Burger King subleases the land under each of the Leased
Properties to the Partnership (the "BK Leases"), which in turn sub-subleases
each of the Leased Properties to individual franchisees (the "Operating
Leases"). All of the Operating Leases are net leases and the franchisees pay
to the Partnership an amount equal to the greater of (i) the minimum base
rent specified in the Operating Leases (as described in the following table)
or (ii) a percentage rent equal to 8.5% of the Property's annual gross sales.
The minimum base rent is paid monthly while percentage rent is paid quarterly
and adjusted on an annual basis. The Partnership has no plans for the
renovation, improvement or development of any of the Properties. The
franchisees are required to maintain insurance coverage for their respective
restaurants as required by the Operating Leases. In the opinion of the
General Partner, each of the Properties is adequately covered by insurance.
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OPERATING LEASES GROUND LEASES
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1996 Ground Rent
Restaurant 1996 Minimum Lease Expiration paid to Burger
Number Restaurant Location Title Lease Expiration Base Rent <F1> King Corporation
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4067 Sulphur Springs, TX Fee May 2004 $60,429
4101 Largo, FL Fee July 2004 68,503
4116 Mounds View, MN Fee June 2004 63,908
4163 Covina, CA Fee December 2004 87,200
4182 Atlanta, GA Fee September 2004 84,727
4213 Albuquerque, NM Leasehold October 2004 76,615 October 25, 2024 $35,781
4217 Montgomery, AL Leasehold September 2004 77,114 September 22, 2024 35,129
4268 Federal Heights, CO Leasehold December 2004 80,856 December 31, 2023 43,963
4320 Gallatin, TN Fee December 2004 58,056
4328 Cleburne, TX Fee January 2005 66,887
4348 Edison, NJ Fee May 2005 96,554
4445 Chattanooga, TN Fee April 2005 69,780
4482 Brooklyn Park, MD Leasehold June 2005 79,644 June 10, 2025 35,236
4483 Shelbyville, TN Fee May 2005 70,008
4590 Gary, IN Fee July 2005 88,002
4601 Wilson, NC Fee August 2005 72,060
4709 Memphis, TN <F2>
4693 Columbus, IN Fee October 2005 78,625
4714 North Augusta, SC Fee October 2005 70,700
4767 Fayetteville, NC Leasehold November 2005 113,520 November 7, 2015 61,067
4808 San Bernadino, CA Leasehold December 2005 84,618 December 10, 2025 40,037
4839 Nashville, TN Fee December 2005 86,466
</TABLE>
[FN]
<F1> Assuming exercise of all available renewal options.
<F2> The Property located in Memphis, TN ceased operations on September 9,
1994. Since that time, Burger King Corporation has continued to pay
the minimum monthly rent of $89,532 to the Partnership in accordance
with an indemnity agreement between Burger King Corporation and the
Partnership.
General Terms and Conditions. The General Partner will
endeavor to sell the Properties in one or more Proposed Sales on the most
favorable terms that the General Partner is able to negotiate but in any
event will not accept a sale price for a bulk sale of all of the Properties
which is less than the Minimum Price nor a sales price for a sale of less
than all of the Properties which is less than the cumulative Target Sales
Prices of those Properties.
Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Proposed Sale
The following is a summary of the material Federal income
tax consequences which may affect a Limited Partner resulting from the
Proposed Sale and subsequent liquidation of the Partnership. It would be
impractical to discuss all aspects of Federal, state and local income tax
<PAGE>
laws which may affect a Limited Partner's income tax consequences described
herein and no attempt has been made to do so. This summary is not intended
as a substitute for careful tax planning, particularly because the Federal
income tax consequences of an investment in partnerships, such as the
Partnership, are often dependent on a variety of factors, and the impact of
such factors may vary from Limited Partner to Limited Partner according to
its own particular tax situation. THEREFORE, EACH LIMITED PARTNER SHOULD
SATISFY ITSELF AS TO THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRANSACTIONS
DESCRIBED HEREIN BY OBTAINING GUIDANCE FROM ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR.
The following summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended to date (the "Code"), the legislative history of the
Code, existing and proposed regulations thereunder, judicial decisions and
current administrative rulings and practices. No assurance can be given that
legislative, judicial or administrative changes may not be forthcoming which
would affect the accuracy of this summary. Any such changes may or may not
be retroactive with respect to transactions entered into or contemplated
prior to the effective date of such changes (subject to the applicable
statute of limitations). Capitalized terms not defined herein have the same
meanings as in the Partnership Agreement.
The following discussion is primarily applicable to Limited
Partners other than tax-exempt organizations (such as Limited Partners who
are holding their Units in employee trusts, institutional retirement accounts
and Keogh plans). Those tax-exempt Limited Partners should pay particular
attention to the discussion under the heading "Exempt Employee Trusts and
Individual Retirement Accounts; Unrelated Business Taxable Income."
Limited Partners should be aware that the Internal Revenue
Service (the "Service") may not agree with certain of the conclusions reached
herein and that, if challenged by the Service, such conclusions might not be
sustained by the courts. If the tax treatment accorded to one or more items
is disallowed, Limited Partners may be assessed for additional taxes along
with interest and penalties.
In addition, it should be noted that the Limited Partners
may be subject to taxes other than Federal income taxes, such as state and
local income or franchise taxes and estate or inheritance taxes which may be
imposed by various jurisdictions. This discussion is limited to Federal
income tax consequences only.
Taxation of Limited Partners in General. The Partnership is
a partnership for Federal income tax purposes and therefore is not subject to
Federal income tax; rather, each Limited Partner is required to take into
account its distributive share of the Partnership's income, gains, losses,
deductions, credits and tax preference items in computing such Limited
Partner's Federal income tax liability for any taxable year of the
Partnership ending within or with the taxable year of such Limited Partner,
without regard to whether it has received or will receive any distribution
from the Partnership. Such distributive share is required to be reported by
the Partnership to each Limited Partner on the Schedule K-1; each Limited
Partner is required to report consistently with such Schedule K-1 unless it
discloses any inconsistent position to the Service when it files its Federal
income tax return. A Limited Partner's distributive share of the
Partnership's income or loss is determined in accordance with the allocations
set forth in the Partnership Agreement. See "Allocation of Partnership
Income and Losses," below.
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Limited Partner's Gain or Loss Upon the Sale of the
Properties. Each Limited Partner will be required to include in its income
for Federal income tax purposes its allocable share of the gain or loss
realized by the Partnership upon the disposition by the Partnership of the
Properties pursuant to the Proposed Sale. Such gain or loss will be
reportable by a Limited Partner whether or not the Partnership distributes
the net proceeds from the sale of the Properties regardless of the amounts
actually distributed to such Limited Partner. The character of the gain or
loss realized upon the sale of the Properties by each Limited Partner will
depend upon, among other things, whether or not the Partnership is considered
a "dealer" in its Properties for Federal income tax purposes, as discussed
below. The Partnership believes that it will not be considered a "dealer" in
real estate, in which event any gain or loss realized from the sale of a
Property held for more than one year will be treated as "Section 1231" gain
(or loss), except that certain portions of such gain may be "recaptured" as
ordinary income. See "Depreciation Recapture" below. Each Limited Partner
will then net its "Section 1231" gains and losses from all sources, including
its allocable share of such gains and losses realized by the Partnership.
Except as provided in the next sentence, to the extent that a Limited Partner
has a net "Section 1231" gain for any taxable year "Section 1231" gains and
"Section 1231" losses will be treated as long-term capital gains or losses,
as the case may be. A net "Section 1231" gain will be treated as ordinary
income to the extent that such gain does not exceed the amount of net
"Section 1231" losses realized in the five preceding taxable years that did
not result in a net "Section 1231" gain for a prior year being treated as
ordinary income. To the extent that "Section 1231" gains do not exceed
"Section 1231" losses, such gains and losses will be treated as ordinary
gains and losses.
If the Partnership were considered a "dealer" in the
Properties for Federal income tax purposes, the entire portion of the gain
(or loss) allocable to any particular Limited Partner as a result of the
Proposed Sale of the Properties would be treated as ordinary income (or
loss). The Partnership has not been organized to engage in the business of
buying and selling real property. The Partnership believes that it should
not be characterized as a "dealer" in real property since the sale of the
Properties in the liquidation of the Partnership is not in the "ordinary
course" of the Partnership's business. The determination of this issue,
however, depends on the facts and circumstances of the Partnership's
operations, and the Service may disagree with the Partnership's position.
Depreciation Recapture. In general, a taxpayer must
recapture as ordinary income any gain on the sale of personal property to the
extent of the excess of (i) the lower of (x) the amount realized on the sale
or (y) the "recomputed basis" of the property (which is generally equal to
the adjusted basis of the property plus all adjustments to such basis on
account of allowed or allowable depreciation deductions) over (ii) the
adjusted basis of such property. In addition, a taxpayer must recapture as
ordinary income any gain on the sale of real property (generally, buildings
and their structural components) that is recovery property for purposes of
the accelerated cost recovery system to the extent of depreciation deductions
claimed unless a valid election was made to claim depreciation on a
straight-line basis, and in any event to the extent that depreciation
deductions claimed in respect of such real property were in excess of
straight-line depreciation. The Partnership intends to allocate all of the
proceeds from the sale of the Properties to the real property and, based on
its election to depreciate the Properties on a straight-line basis, to take
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the position that the Limited Partners should not be required to recapture
any of the depreciation claimed in respect of such real or personal property,
such that all of the gain (or loss) realized on the sale of the Properties by
the Partnership and allocated to the Limited Partners should be treated in
the manner described above. Were the Service to challenge such position, and
were such challenge successful, a portion of any gain on the sale of the
Properties would be treated as ordinary income rather than as described
above.
Allocation of Partnership Income and Losses. The income and
gain resulting from the Proposed Sale will be allocated to each Limited
Partner according to the terms of the Partnership Agreement. Pursuant to the
Partnership Agreement, the gains from the disposition of the Properties would
be allocated 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the General Partner until
the amount so allocated to the Limited Partners increases such Limited
Partners' capital accounts to an amount sufficient, if distributed, to
provide each Limited Partner with a return of its original invested capital
(generally $1,000 per Unit), plus a cumulative annual compounded return of
12.5% on the Limited Partner's remaining invested capital (generally the
Limited Partner's original invested capital reduced by distributions
subsequent to the acquisition of the Unit) (such amount, "Payout"). The
gains then would be allocated to any Partner to the extent required to
increase any Partner's negative capital account to zero and the balance would
be allocated 94.12% to the Limited Partners and 5.88% to the General Partner.
However, if at the time of the sale of the Properties, Payout has not yet
occurred and the aggregate outstanding balance of the Limited Partners'
capital accounts exceeds the amount necessary to cause Payout to occur, the
gain from the sale of the Properties would be allocated to the General
Partner in an amount equal to 6.25% of such excess, and the remaining gain
would be allocated 94.12% to the Limited Partners and 5.88% to the General
Partner. If Payout has occurred at the time of the sale of the Properties,
gain from the sale of such Properties would be allocated first to the General
Partner to the extent necessary to bring the General Partner's capital
account balance equal to 5.88% of the outstanding aggregate capital balances
of all the Partners, and the remaining gain would be allocated 94.12% to the
Limited Partners and 5.88% to the General Partner. Any gain from the sale
treated as ordinary income as a result of previous depreciation deductions
would be allocated to the extent possible under the above rules to those
Limited Partners who were allocated such depreciation deductions.
For the purpose of the allocations, all items of income,
gain, loss, deduction and credit are allocated to each calendar month of the
year, regardless of the Partnership's operations during the months of the
year, and are apportioned on a monthly basis to the Limited Partner in the
ratio in which the number of Units owned by each of them at the end of the
month bears to the total number of Units owned by all of them as of that
date.
Cash Distributions and Adjusted Basis. Cash distributions
from the Partnership will be made to each Limited Partner in accordance with
the Partnership Agreement. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement,
distributions of the net proceeds from the sale of the Properties would be
made, after capital accounts have been adjusted to reflect the gain from such
proceeds, subject to the rights of Burger King Corporation under the Property
Management Agreement and the Master Agreement, and if Payout has not occurred
at such time, (i) 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the General Partner
to the extent necessary to cause Payout to occur or (ii) if at the time of
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the distribution the Limited Partners' capital accounts still are
insufficient to cause Payout to occur, the distribution would be made 99% to
the Limited Partners and 1% to the General Partner until the amount so
distributed is sufficient to reduce the lesser of the General Partner's or
the Limited Partners' aggregate capital accounts to zero, then to any Partner
with a positive capital account balance in an amount sufficient to reduce
such balance to zero and finally 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the
General Partner in the amount necessary to cause Payout to occur. Once
Payout occurs, and after adjusting all capital accounts to reflect
distributions made as described above, any remaining proceeds would be
distributed in proportion to and to the extent of any Partner's remaining
capital account balance and finally 94.12% to the Limited Partner and 5.88%
to the General Partner.
When the Partnership distributes the net proceeds from the
sale of the Properties, a Limited Partner may incur Federal income tax in
addition to the tax imposed on such Limited Partner's allocable share of the
income or loss upon the sale of the Properties. Because the transactions
contemplated by this Proxy Statement involve a sale of all the Partnership's
remaining assets and the liquidation of the Partnership, any distribution in
connection with such transactions will be taxable as a liquidating
distribution. In general, a Limited Partner will recognize gain upon receipt
of a liquidating cash distribution to the extent that the amount of cash
received exceeds such Limited Partner's adjusted basis in the Partnership.
Any gain which a Limited Partner recognizes from a liquidating distribution
will be taxed as though such Limited Partner had sold or exchanged its Units
and, therefore, generally will be taxed as capital gain. A Limited Partner
may recognize loss on a liquidating distribution to the extent that such
distribution consists of money and the amount of such money is less than the
Limited Partner's pre-distribution adjusted basis in its Units.
A Limited Partner's adjusted basis in its Units will
initially equal the amount of cash contributed to the Partnership by such
Limited Partner for its Units or the amount paid by a Limited Partner upon a
purchase of the Units. Subsequently, a Limited Partner's adjusted basis is
increased by its distributive share of Partnership taxable income and gain
(such as from the sale of the Properties) and decreased (but not below zero)
by distributions from the Partnership and its distributive share of
Partnership deductions and losses, if any. Although special rules apply to
the computation of a limited partner's adjusted basis where (i) the
partnership mortgages its properties or otherwise incurs indebtedness, (ii)
the limited partner is personally liable for partnership debts in excess of
its capital contributions or (iii) there is a shift in the allocation of
partnership profits or losses for the benefit of the limited partners, such
rules generally do not impact the Limited Partners of the Partnership.
Exempt Employee Trusts and Individual Retirement Accounts.
Tax-exempt organizations, including trusts which hold assets of employee
benefit plans, although not generally subject to Federal income tax, are
subject to tax on certain income derived from a trade or business carried on
by the organization which is unrelated to its exempt activities. However,
such unrelated business taxable income does not in general include income
from real property, gain from the sale of property other than inventory,
interest, dividends and certain other types of passive investment income that
is derived from "debt-financed properties" as defined in Section 514 of the
Code. Further, if, as the Partnership believes, the Properties are not
characterized as "inventory", and are not held primarily for sale to
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customers in the ordinary course of the Partnership's business, the income
from the sale of the Properties should not constitute unrelated business
taxable income. Finally, the Partnership's temporary investment of funds in
interest-bearing instruments and deposits also should not give rise to
unrelated business taxable income.
Foreign Investors. Foreign corporations, foreign
partnerships, foreign trusts, foreign estates and nonresident aliens
(collectively "Foreign Persons") who engage in a trade or business in the
United States are taxable as domestic persons with respect to income which is
effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business. Limited
Partners who are Foreign Persons are deemed to be engaged in a trade or
business in the United States as a result of the Partnership's purchase and
leasing of the Properties. As a result, rental income from such Properties,
the gain or loss from the sale of the Properties, and any interest or
dividend income on funds temporarily invested in short-term obligations (as
well as gain or loss from the sale of such obligations) will be taxed
according to the general rules applicable to domestic entities to the extent
that such income and gains are effectively connected with the conduct of the
Partnership's business. In the absence of an applicable tax treaty between
the United States and a Foreign Person's resident country, the Partnership is
required to withhold Federal income tax on amounts actually distributed that
are (or are treated as being) effectively connected with the Partnership's
trade or business allocable to a Foreign Person, and the Partnership intends
to withhold such Federal income tax at the highest rate applicable to
individuals or corporations, as the case may be (currently 39.6% and 35%,
respectively). The amount of any withholding tax payments will be offset by
the Partnership against distributions payable to such Foreign Person. It
should be noted that this section does not purport to discuss all of the
Federal, state or local tax consequences or considerations that may be
applicable to Foreign Persons owning Interests. In particular, foreign
corporations owning Units may be subject to the branch profits tax. All
Foreign Persons owning Units are strongly encouraged to consult their own tax
advisors with respect to their own situations and the effects of the
transactions contemplated by this Proxy Statement.
State and Local Taxes. The Partnership may operate in
states and localities which impose a tax on the Partnership's assets or
income or on each Limited Partner's share of any income, and certain states
require the Partnership to withhold a portion of earnings or distributions,
or both, to non-resident Limited Partners in respect of such taxes. A
Limited Partner's distributive share of the taxable income or loss of the
Partnership may be required to be included in determining its reportable
income for state or local tax purposes in the state in which the Limited
Partner resides. In addition, any other states in which the Partnership owns
properties may require non-resident Limited Partners to file state income tax
returns and may impose a tax determined with reference to a Limited Partner's
proportionate share of Partnership income derived from such state. On the
other hand, tax losses, if any attributable to the Partnership's ownership of
property in a particular state may be available to offset income from other
sources derived within that state. To the extent that a non-resident Limited
Partner pays tax to a state by virtue of Partnership operations within that
state, it may be entitled to a deduction or credit against tax owed to its
state of residence with respect to the same income. With respect to
corporate Limited Partners, potential taxation of the same income by more
than one state may be mitigated by allocation and apportionment rules. In
addition, payment of state and local income taxes will constitute a deduction
<PAGE>
for Federal income tax purposes, assuming (in the case of an individual) that
the Limited Partner itemizes deductions.
THE FOREGOING ANALYSIS CANNOT BE, AND IS NOT INTENDED AS, A
SUBSTITUTE FOR CAREFUL TAX PLANNING. LIMITED PARTNERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT
THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR OWN TAX SITUATIONS AND THE
EFFECTS OF THIS TRANSACTION AS TO FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INCOME, ESTATE AND INHERITANCE TAXES.
Accounting Treatment of the Proposed Sale
The Proposed Sale is expected to result in a gain by the
Partnership for financial reporting purposes.
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DISTRIBUTIONS UPON LIQUIDATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
If the Proposed Sale of all of the Properties is
consummated, the Partnership will subsequently be dissolved and its business
wound up in accordance with Article XI of the Partnership Agreement. The
Partnership's funds will be distributed to the Limited Partners and the
General Partner in the manner set forth in the Partnership Agreement. Upon
completion of the distribution of the Partnership's funds and the liquidation
of the Partnership, the General Partner will execute and record a certificate
of cancellation of the Partnership and any other documents required to
effectuate the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Partnership,
and the legal existence of the Partnership will cease. Subsequent to the
consummation of a Proposed Sale, the General Partner will distribute the net
proceeds from the Proposed Sale other than an amount which the General
Partner expects to retain to cover the expenses of liquidating the
Partnership and amounts required to establish reserves for contingencies that
the General Partner reasonably deems necessary. Any remaining proceeds not
applied to pay such expenses of liquidating the Partnership will be
distributed to the Limited Partners upon final liquidation of the
Partnership.
Assuming the Proposed Sale of all of the Properties was
consummated on June 30, 1997 at the Minimum Price, the General Partner
estimates that the Limited Partners would have received a distribution of
approximately $2,545.00 per Unit, approximately $1,412.43 of which would have
constituted Net Cash Flow from operations and approximately $1,132.57 of
which would have constituted Net Property Disposition Proceeds. If a
Proposed Sale is consummated for a purchase price in excess of the Minimum
Price, distributions to Limited Partners and the General Partner will be
higher. See "Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Data."
PRO FORMA UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL DATA
The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Balance Sheet as
of June 30, 1997 and the Unaudited Pro Forma Statement of Changes in Net
Assets Available for Liquidation as of the same date are presented as if the
Partnership's remaining sixteen owned properties and six leased properties
are sold at the minimum price of $15,000,000 and the partnership liquidated
on June 30, 1997. This unaudited pro forma condensed financial data should
be read in conjunction with the financial data appearing in the Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 1997 incorporated by reference herein.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
June 30, 1997
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<CAPTION>
Historical Pro Forma Pro Forma Pro Forma
Balance Sheet Proposed Sale Liquidation Balance Sheet
at June 30, 1997 <F1> Adjustments Adjustments <F4> at June 30, 1997
-------------------- ------------------- ------------------ ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets
Real estate held for sale . $4,876,584 $(4,876,584)(2) $ -- $ --
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . 1,355,764 14,400,000(2) (1,168,810) 14,586,954
Due from affiliates . . . . 14,239 -- (14,239) --
Other assets . . . . . . . 3,989 -- (3,989) --
Rent receivable . . . . . . 113,826 -- (113,826) --
---------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total Assets . . . . . 6,364,402 9,523,416 (1,300,864) 14,586,954
========== =========== =========== ===========
Liabilities and Partners'
Capital
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and
accrued expenses . . . . 56,569 -- (56,569) --
Due to Burger King
Corporation . . . . . . . 6,178 -- (6,178) --
Distributions payable . . 1,238,117 -- (1,238,117) --
---------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total Liabilities . . . 1,300,864 -- (1,300,864) --
---------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Partners' Capital (Deficit):
General Partner . . . . . (26,102) 95,394(3) -- 69,292
Limited Partners (15,000
units outstanding) . . . 5,089,640 9,428,022(3) -- 14,517,622
---------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total Partners'
Capital . . . . . . . 5,063,538 9,523,416 -- 14,586,954
---------- ----------- ------------ -----------
Total Liabilities and
Partners' Capital . . $6,364,402 $ 9,523,416 $ -- $14,586,954
========== =========== ============ ===========
</TABLE>
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Data<PAGE>
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
AVAILABLE FOR LIQUIDATION
June 30, 1997
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<CAPTION>
General Limited Per
Total Partner Partners LP Unit
------------------ --------------- ----------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Gross Sales Price . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000,000<F2>
Less Estimated Sales Costs . . . . . . (600,000)<F2>
-----------
Allocation of Net Property
Disposition Proceeds . . . . . 14,400,000<F5> $59,944 $14,340,056 $956.00
Cash Available at June 30, 1997 . . . . 1,355,764<F1>
Liquidation of Balance Sheet Accounts . (1,168,810)<F4>
Allocation of Cash Available from
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186,954<F6> 9,348 177,606 11.84
----------- ------- ----------- -------
Total Distributions . . . . . . . . . . $14,586,954 $69,292 $14,517,662 $967.84
=========== ======= =========== =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Data.<PAGE>
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Data
[FN]
<F1> The pro forma balances were prepared by taking historical balances
reflected in the Partnership's June 30, 1997 Form 10-Q and adjusting
for the Proposed Sale, estimates for selling costs and liquidation of
the Partnership, each as described in this Proxy Statement.
<F2> The proceeds from the Proposed Sale are assumed to be $14,400,000
(the Minimum Price of $15,000,000 less maximum estimated selling
costs of $600,000).
<F3> The adjustments to Partners' capital in the amount of $9,523,416 are
made to reflect a gain from the Proposed Sale as if it occurred on
June 30, 1997.
<F4> Receipt of rents receivable and other assets and payment of accounts
payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities prior to the
liquidation of the Partnership.
<F5> The Limited Partners' Remaining Invested Capital at June 30, 1997 is
$19,260,150, or $1,284.01 per Unit. The Partnership will not reach
Payout, which is defined in the Partnership Agreement as the point in
time at which each Limited Partner has received from the Partnership
aggregate distributions equal to such Limited Partner's Original
Invested Capital plus a cumulative annual compounded return of 12.5%
per annum on its Remaining Invested Capital, as adjusted from time
to time. Under the Partnership Agreement, if "Net Property Disposition
Proceeds," as defined in the Partnership Agreement, are insufficient
to cause Payout to occur, the distribution of Net Property Disposition
Proceeds is made 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the General
Partner until the amount so distributed is sufficient to reduce the
lesser of the General Partner's or the Limited Partners' aggregate
capital accounts to zero, then to any Partner with a positive capital
account balance in an amount sufficient to reduce such balance to zero
and finally 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the General Partner
in the amount necessary to cause Payout to occur.
<F6> After payment of all the debts, liabilities and obligations of the
Partnership and the expenses of dissolution and liquidation and the
setting up of any reserves for contingencies that the General Partner
reasonably deems necessary, liquidating distributions shall be made to
the Limited Partners in the same manner that "Net Cash Flow from
Operations," as defined in the Partnership Agreement, is distributed
in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Partnership Agreement.
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth selected historical financial
data of the Partnership for the five years ended December 31, 1996 and the
six months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996. The selected historical financial
data for the five years ended December 31, 1996 were derived from the
Partnership's audited financial statements for the corresponding periods.
The selected historical financial data for the six months ended June 30, 1997
and 1996, respectively, are unaudited but, in the opinion of management,
include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial
data for such periods. The results for the six months ended June 30, 1997
and 1996 are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full fiscal
year.
Limited Partners should note that the General Partner does
not maintain a separate audited balance sheet. The General Partner is an
affiliate of Lehman Brothers Inc. The General Partner has no employees and
conducts no business other than serving as the General Partner of the
Partnership. The General Partner does not believe that the disclosure of its
audited balance sheet would be material to a Limited Partner's evaluation of
the Proposed Sale since the General Partner's financial condition will have
no effect on distributions to the Limited Partners in connection with the
Proposed Sale or thereafter. For additional information, see the unaudited
Pro Forma Condensed Financial Data and Financial Statements included elsewhere
in this Proxy Statement. The following table should be read in conjunction
with the Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996 and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters
ended March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997, as well as any other documents filed by
the Partnership after the date of this Proxy Statement, all of which are
incorporated by reference in this Proxy Statement. For a report by the
Partnership's independent auditors with respect to historical financial
information, see "Index to Financial Statements."
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<CAPTION>
Six Months Ended
June 30, Year Ended December 31,
-------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Financial Data 1997 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
- ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Rental Income . . . . . . . . . $1,111,216 $1,144,763 $2,257,335 $2,159,733 $2,044,028 $1,941,005 $2,082,814
Gains on sales of Properties . 559,519 -- 383,193 -- -- 162,513 --
Net Income . . . . . . . . . . 1,387,703 714,116 1,787,581 1,328,509 1,418,073 1,486,673 1,339,253
Net Income per Unit . . . . . . 89.38 44.76 113.32 83.21 88.89 93.55 83.36
Total Assets . . . . . . . . . 6,364,402 6,039,116 6,292,587 6,193,235 6,577,380 6,802,582 8,022,257
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Quarterly Cash Distributions (per Unit) 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
- ------------------------------------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
First quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26.30 $ 28.20 $32.46 $ 32.82 $ 85.51 $ 33.91
Second quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.70<F1> 26.02 24.02 23.59 21.44 23.99
Third quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 27.29 26.69 24.00 23.32 25.47
Fourth quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 59.53<F2> 25.59 25.36 23.50 43.75
------ ------ ------ ------- ------- -------
Total Cash Distributions . . . . . . . . $107.00 $141.04 $108.76 $ 105.77 $153.77 $127.12
</TABLE>
[FN]
<F1> Includes a distribution of $56.65 from the sale of one Property in June
1997.
<F2> Includes a distribution of $33.46 from the sale of one Property in
November 1996.
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BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
The Partnership was formed as a Limited partnership on
November 22, 1983 under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The
General Partner of the Partnership is BK III Restaurants Inc. (formerly
Shearson/BK Restaurants, Inc.), a New York corporation and an affiliate of
Lehman Brothers Inc (formerly Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc.). The
Partnership has no employees. The Partnership engages in the business of
acquiring, constructing, improving, holding and maintaining Burger King
restaurants. The Properties are leased on a long-term net basis to
franchisees of Burger King Corporation.
The Properties consist of the restaurant buildings, the
fixtures and improvements, and, in some cases, the underlying land. See
"Description of the Proposed Sale -- Terms of the Proposed Sale." For a
Property located on land owned by the Partnership, the annual rent is the
greater of (i) 14.5% of the Partnership's investment (which shall equal the
cost of land acquisition plus construction costs, as estimated at the date
the lease is executed, and capitalized interest) or (ii) 8.5% of the
Property's annual gross sales. For a Property located on land leased by the
Partnership, the annual rent is the greater of (i) 14.5% of the Partnership's
investment plus the annual ground rent paid by the Partnership to Burger King
Corporation who, in turn, pays rent to the owner of the underlying land or
(ii) 8.5% of the Property's annual gross sales.
Percentage rents received by the Partnership from the
restaurant leases are based on the sales generated by the lessees in the
quick service food business. Competition in the quick service food industry
has generally become more intense as the number of chains competing for the
consumer's business has increased. For most chains, the General Partner
believes that in 1997 the primary source of revenue growth has been and will
continue to be the development of new restaurants or the acquisition of
existing restaurants. As a result, intense price competition and aggressive
marketing promotions have become essential ingredients in the effort to
increase sales from existing restaurants. Other factors which influence
sales include, but are not limited to, product quality, customer service, and
the diversity of menu offerings. Such competition may adversely affect the
percentage rents received by the Partnership from time to time.
The Partnership's principal investment objectives are:
(1) to provide regular and increasing cash
distributions, a portion of which will be
"tax sheltered"; and
(2) to provide realization of the long-term
appreciation in the value of the
Properties, consistent in all cases with
the preservation of Limited Partners'
capital.
Burger King Corporation had the right of first refusal to
match any third-party offer to purchase any Property from the Partnership
during the first seven years following the closing date, as well as the
option to purchase at a price equal to the fair market value of any Property
as determined by an independent third-party appraisal any or all of the
Properties from the Partnership at any time during the eighth through tenth
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years following the closing date. Upon expiration of these options in 1992,
the General Partner began marketing the Properties for sale. Until all of
the Properties are sold, the Partnership will continue to operate the
restaurants and make distributions to Limited Partners in accordance with the
terms of the Partnership Agreement.
The Partnership is not currently involved in any legal
proceedings the outcome of which, if determined adversely to the Partnership,
would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of
operations of the Partnership.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Partnership (File No.
356-956) with the Securities & Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated in
this Proxy Statement by reference:
1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996 (the "Form 10-K"); and
2. Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997 (collectively, the "Forms
10-Q").
All reports and other documents filed by the Partnership
after the date of this Proxy Statement pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and prior to the date of
the Special Meeting shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such reports or
documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for the purposes of this Proxy Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in another document that also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Proxy Statement.
OTHER BUSINESS
If any other matters are properly presented to the Special
Meeting for consideration, the General Partner will have discretion to vote
on such matters in accordance with its best judgment. As of the date hereof,
the General Partner knows of no such matters.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
Audited Financial Statements:
Audited Balance Sheets of the Partnership as of
December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . F-2
Audited Statements of Partners' Capital (Deficit) for the
years ended December 31, 1996, December 31, 1995 and
December 31, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3
Audited Statements of Operations for the years ended
December 31, 1996, December 31, 1995 and December 31, 1994 . F-4
Audited Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended
December 31, 1996, December 31, 1995 and December 31,
1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5
Notes to Audited Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-6
Interim Financial Statements:
Unaudited Balance Sheet for the six months ended June 30,
1997 and at year end December 31, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . F-12
Unaudited Statement of Partners' Capital (Deficit) for
the six months ended June 30, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . F-13
Unaudited Statements of Operations for the three and six
months ended June 30, 1997 and June 30, 1996 . . . . . . . F-14
Unaudited Statements of Cash Flow for the six months
ended June 30, 1997 and June 30, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . F-15
Notes to Interim Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-16
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Partners
Burger King Limited Partnership III:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Burger King Limited
Partnership III (a New York limited partnership) as of December 31, 1996
and 1995, and the related statements of operations, partners' capital
(deficit) and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1996. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Burger King
Limited Partnership III as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the
results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
January 31, 1997
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
At December 31, At December 31,
Balance Sheets 1996 1995
-------------- -------------------------- --------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Assets
Real estate held for sale $5,175,404 $ --
Real estate at cost (Note 4):
Land -- 2,981,088
Buildings -- 5,552,773
Fixtures and equipment -- 2,744,188
---------- -----------
-- 11,278,049
Less accumulated depreciation -- (5,702,818)
---------- -----------
-- 5,575,231
Cash and cash equivalents 1,022,064 502,341
Rent receivable 80,880 50,447
Due from affiliates 14,239 14,239
Due from Burger King Corporation (Note 5) -- 50,997
---------- -----------
Total Assets $6,292,587 $ 6,193,235
========== ===========
Liabilities and Partners' Capital Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 44,811 $ 42,023
Distributions payable (Note 6) 918,562 404,096
---------- -----------
Total Liabilities 963,373 446,119
---------- -----------
Partners' Capital (Deficit):
General Partner (24,770) (22,629)
5,353,984 5,769,745
---------- -----------
Limited Partners (15,000 units outstanding)
Total Partners' Capital 5,329,214 5,747,116
---------- -----------
Total Liabilities and Partners' Capital $6,292,587 $ 6,193,235
========== ===========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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Statements of Partners' Capital (Deficit)
For the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
General Limited
Partner Partners Total
------------------ ------------------ --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at December 31, 1993 $ (18,345) $ 6,406,421 $ 6,388,076
Net Income 84,786 1,333,287 1,418,073
Distributions to partners (Note 6) (83,517) (1,586,832) (1,670,349)
------------ -------------- ---------------
Balance at December 31, 1994 (17,076) 6,152,876 6,135,800
Net Income 80,307 1,248,202 1,328,509
Distributions to partners (Note 6) (85,860) (1,631,333) (1,717,193)
------------ -------------- ---------------
Balance at December 31, 1995 (22,629) 5,769,745 5,747,116
Net Income 87,852 1,699,729 1,787,581
Distributions to partners (Note 6) (89,993) (2,115,490) (2,205,483)
------------ -------------- ---------------
Balance at December 31, 1996 $ (24,770) $ 5,353,984 $ 5,329,214
============= ============== ===============
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Statements of Operations
For the years ended December 31, 1996 1995 1994
-------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Income
Rent (Note 4) $ 2,257,335 $ 2,159,733 $ 2,044,028
Interest 24,477 26,299 16,366
Other 2,350 2,165 3,776
------------ -------------- ---------------
Total Income 2,284,162 2,188,197 2,064,170
------------ -------------- ---------------
Expenses
Depreciation 276,020 277,639 277,639
Ground lease rent (Note 4) 287,544 279,546 257,583
Management fee (Note 5) 234,051 211,958 21,464
General and administrative 82,159 90,545 89,411
------------ ------------- -------------
Total Expenses 879,774 859,688 646,097
------------ ------------- -------------
Income from operations 1,404,388 1,328,509 1,418,073
------------ ------------- -------------
Other Income
Gain on sale of property (Note 4) 383,193 -- --
Net Income 1,787,581 1,328,509 1,418,073
============ ============ =============
Net Income Allocated:
To the General Partner 87,852 80,307 84,786
To the Limited Partners 1,699,729 1,248,202 1,333,287
------------ ------------ -------------
$ 1,787,581 $ 1,328,509 $ 1,418,073
============ ============ =============
Per limited partnership unit
(15,000 outstanding) $ 113.32 $ 83.21 $ 88.89
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended December 31, 1996 1995 1994
-------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net Income $1,787,581 $1,328,509 $1,418,073
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation 276,020 277,639 277,639
Gain on sale of property (383,193) -- --
Increase (decrease) in cash arising from changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
Rent receivable (30,433) (16,209) (19,161)
Due from Burger King Corporation 50,977 125,986 (3,103)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 2,788 (487) (2,842)
---------- ---------- ----------
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,703,740 1,715,438 1,670,606
---------- ---------- ----------
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Proceeds from sale of property 507,000 -- --
---------- --------- ----------
Net cash provided by investing activities 507,000 -- --
---------- --------- ----------
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Cash distributions to partners (1,691,017) (1,713,517) (1,641,042)
---------- ---------- ----------
Net cash used for financing activities (1,691,017) (1,713,517) (1,641,042)
---------- ---------- ----------
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 519,723 1,921 29,564
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 502,341 500,420 470,856
---------- ---------- ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $1,022,064 $ 502,341 $ 500,420
========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994
1. Organization
Burger King Limited Partnership III (the "Partnership") was formed as a
New York limited partnership on November 22, 1983. The Partnership was
formed for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, holding
and maintaining Burger King (Registered Trademark) restaurants (the
"Properties"). The Properties are leased on a long-term net basis to
franchisees of Burger King Corporation ("BKC").
The general partner is BK III Restaurants Inc. (the "General Partner"),
formerly Shearson/BK Restaurants, Inc., an affiliate of Lehman Brothers
Inc. On July 31, 1993, certain of Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc.'s
domestic retail brokerage and management businesses were sold to Smith
Barney, Harris Upham & Co. Inc. Included in the purchase was the name
"Shearson." Consequently, the General Partner's name was changed to
delete any reference to "Shearson."
On February 15, 1996, based upon, among other things, the advice of
legal counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, the General Partner
adopted a resolution that states, among other things, if a Change of
Control (as defined below) occurs, the General Partner may distribute
the Partnership's cash balances not required for its ordinary course
day-to-day operations. "Change of Control" means any purchase or offer
to purchase more than 10% of the Units that is not approved in advance
by the General Partner. In determining the amount of the distribution,
the General Partner may take into account all material factors. In
addition, the Partnership will not be obligated to make any distribution
to any partner, and no partner will be entitled to receive any
distribution, until the General Partner has declared the distribution
and established a record date and distribution date for the
distribution. The Partnership filed a Form 8-K disclosing this
resolution on February 29, 1996.
After a careful evaluation of market conditions, the General Partner has
decided to commence efforts to market the Partnership's remaining 23
Properties for a bulk sale during 1997. Despite the possibility that
sales of Properties could occur in 1997, there can be no assurance that
the General Partner will be successful in selling any or all of the
Partnership's Properties this year. Until all of the Partnership's
remaining Properties are sold, the Partnership intends to continue
operating the Properties and distributing cash flow from operations to
the partners in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting The accompanying financial statements have been
prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. Revenues are recognized as earned and
expenses are recorded as obligations are incurred. Partnership revenue
is realized from base and percentage rents received on each individual
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
Property. Minimum base rents on the leased Properties increase in an
amount equal to corresponding increases in expenses incurred pursuant to
the underlying ground leases.
Accounting for Impairment In March 1995, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for
Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of" ("FAS 121"), which requires
impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations
when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash
flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the
assets' carrying amount. FAS 121 requires that assets held for sale or
disposal be carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less
cost to sell and prohibits depreciation from being recorded during the
periods which the asset is being held for sale or disposal. The
Partnership adopted FAS 121 in the fourth quarter of 1995.
Real Estate Held for Sale Prior to December 31, 1996, the Partnership's
real estate investments, which consist of buildings, fixtures and
improvements and, in some cases, the underlying land were recorded at
cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost included the initial purchase
price of the Properties plus closing costs, acquisition and legal fees
and original capital improvements. After a careful evaluation of market
conditions, the General Partner has decided to commence efforts to
market the Partnership's remaining Properties for sale. As of December
31, 1996, the Partnership's real estate investments (as discussed in
Note 4) which had a carrying value of $5,175,404, were reclassified as
Real Estate Held for Sale and depreciation will be suspended in
accordance with FAS 121. Depreciation of buildings was computed using
the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 20 years.
Depreciation of the fixtures and improvements was computed under the
straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 7 years.
Reclassifications Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in
order to conform to the current year's presentation.
Cash Equivalents Cash equivalents consist of short-term highly liquid
investments which have maturities of three months or less from the date
of purchase. The carrying value approximates fair value because of the
short maturity of these instruments.
Concentration of Credit Risk Financial instruments which potentially
subject the Partnership to a concentration of credit risk principally
consist of cash in excess of the financial institutions' insurance
limits. The Partnership invests available cash with high credit quality
financial institutions.
Income Taxes No provision for income taxes has been made in the
financial statements of the Partnership since such taxes are the
responsibility of the individual partners rather than of the
Partnership.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
3. Partnership Allocations
Allocation of Income and Loss Pursuant to the terms of the partnership
agreement dated November 22, 1983 (the "Partnership Agreement"), credits
and income or gain from the Partnership's operations are allocated,
without regard to depreciation, in proportion to distributions of net
cash flows from operations made to the partners. To the extent that any
such income or gain exceeds distributions in any year, such excess shall
be allocated 95% to the limited partners and 5% to the General Partner.
Depreciation shall be allocated annually in proportion to the partners'
respective capital accounts as of the beginning of each year.
Net income is allocated monthly, and is apportioned to the limited
partners of the Partnership in the pro rata basis in which the number of
units owned by each limited partner on the last day of the month bears
to the total number of units owned by the General Partner and all the
limited partners as of that date. At December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994
and for the years then ended, there were 15,000 units of limited
partnership units outstanding (the "Units").
Gains with respect to dispositions of the Properties shall be allocated
as follows: first, 99% to the limited partners and 1% to the General
Partner until the limited partners achieve payout as defined in the
Partnership Agreement ("Payout"); second, to any partner in an amount
sufficient to increase his negative capital account to zero; and third,
94.12% to the limited partners and 5.88% to the General Partner.
Subsequent to Payout, gains shall be allocated to the General Partner
until his capital account equals 5.88% of the aggregate outstanding
capital account balances of all partners, and any remaining gain shall
be allocated 94.12% to the limited partners and 5.88% to the General
Partner.
Prior to Payout losses shall be allocated 99% to the limited partners
and 1% to the General Partner. Subsequent to Payout, losses shall be
allocated 94.12% to the limited partners and 5.88% to the General
Partner.
Cash Distributions Distributions of net cash flows from operations are
made quarterly and are allocated 95% to the limited partners and 5% to
the General Partner.
Distributions of net property disposition proceeds will be allocated 99%
to the limited partners and 1% to the General Partner until Payout.
After Payout, an additional management fee of 15% of the excess of the
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
net property disposition proceeds over the amount required to reach
Payout is paid to BKC and the remainder is distributed 94.12% to the
limited partners and 5.88% to the General Partner. As of December 31,
1996, Payout had not occurred.
4. Real Estate
As of December 31, 1996, the Partnership owned 23 Properties and as of
December 31, 1995 and 1994,
the Partnership owned 24 Properties, consisting of the restaurant
buildings, fixtures and improvements,
and in some cases, the underlying land.
The Properties are net leased on a net lease basis to franchisees of
BKC. The leases between the Partnership and the franchisees (the
"Leases") had an initial term of 20 years with no renewal options. All
of the Leases expire in the year 2003 or 2004. With respect to those
Properties in which the Partnership does not own the underlying land,
there is a ground lease between the Partnership and BKC (collectively,
the "Ground Leases"). The Ground Leases had an initial term of 10 years
with a minimum of two five-year renewal options. Minimum future rentals
on the noncancelable terms of the Leases and the related Ground Leases
as of December 31, 1996 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ending Minimum Rental Ground Lease
December 31, Income Obligations
------------ --------------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C>
1997 $ 1,805,880 $ 250,943
1998 1,805,880 250,943
1999 1,809,631 254,695
2000 1,833,510 278,572
2001 1,846,804 291,870
Later years 6,222,171 971,630
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$15,323,876 $2,298,653
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</TABLE>
The Leases are on a net basis requiring franchisees to pay all taxes,
assessments, maintenance costs, insurance premiums and other impositions
against the premises. The franchisees are also required to make
percentage rental payments to the extent that 8.5% of such Property's
gross sales exceed the minimum base rent paid by the franchisee.
Percentage rental income for December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 was
$365,499, $268,846, and $175,104, respectively.
On November 15, 1996, the Partnership's leasehold interest in a Property
located in Delhi Township, OH (the "Delhi Property") was sold to the
franchisee at the Delhi Property for net proceeds of $507,000, resulting
in a gain of $383,193.
During the fourth quarter of 1996, the General Partner decided to
commence efforts to market the Partnership's remaining Properties for a
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bulk sale during 1997 and reclassified the Properties from Real Estate
to Real Estate Held for Sale (see Note 2).
For the year ended December 31, 1996, no individual Property generated
rental revenues of 10% or more of the Partnership's total rental
revenues. Additionally, no individual Property represented 10% or more
of the Partnership's total assets for the year ended December 31, 1996.
5. Management Agreement
The Partnership has entered into agreements (the "Agreements") with BKC
for the management of the Properties. These agreements provide for a fee
equal to 10% of all base rents and 20% of all percentage rent received
by the Partnership from the Properties. To the extent that the
Partnership does not receive annual rents from the Properties equal to a
15.5% return on its initial investment in the Properties, as defined in
the Agreements, BKC will refund all or a portion of the management fee
received in order to provide the Partnership with such a return. At
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, $0, $50,977 and $128,924,
respectively, were due from BKC for such refunds.
Pursuant to an indemnity agreement between BKC and the Partnership, in
the event of a default by a franchisee under any Lease, BKC is obligated
to pay the minimum monthly rent due under the Lease, up to the indemnity
amount, as defined below. The indemnity amount was originally 10% of
the Partnership's original investment in the Properties as defined in
the Partnership Agreement, or $1,261,922. The indemnity amount may be
decreased by the amount of the minimum monthly rent payments made by
Burger King to the Partnership pursuant to the indemnity agreement. In
1989 and subsequent years, the indemnity amount has been decreased on an
annual basis by an amount equal to the greater of (1) payments made by
Burger King pursuant to the indemnity agreement, or (2) 6-2/3% of the
fifth year amount of the indemnity until it is reduced to zero. On
December 31, 1996, the indemnity amount was approximately $588,904.
The Property located in Memphis, Tennessee ceased operations on
September 9, 1994. Since that time, BKC has continued to pay the
minimum monthly rent to the Partnership in accordance with the indemnity
agreement.
Two Properties located in Kansas City, Missouri and Waterford Township,
Michigan ceased operations and subsequently defaulted on their minimum
rent obligations. These Properties remained in default on their rent
obligations, and BKC declared economic abandonment of the Properties.
BKC funded monthly rent payments to the Partnership in accordance with
the indemnity agreement, and on February 10 and March 8, 1993, the
Partnership sold the stores for $398,189 and $531,809, respectively, to
a third party. The Property located in Kansas City, Missouri, at the
date of the sale, had a book value of $336,807, resulting in a gain on
the sale in the amount of $61,382. The Property located in Waterford
Township, Michigan, at the date of the sale, had a book value of
$430,678, resulting in a gain on the sale in the amount of $101,131.
The net proceeds of the sale were distributed to the partners pursuant
to the Partnership Agreement and were included in the Partnership's 1993
first quarter distribution.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
6. Distributions
Distributions paid or payable to limited partners and the General
Partner for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 are
aggregated as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------------------
Total Per Unit Total Per Unit Total Per Unit
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Limited Partners
----------------
Cash flow from operations $1,613,560 $107.58 $1,631,333 $108.76 $1,586,832 $105.79
Net property disposition
proceeds 501,930 33.46 -- -- -- --
---------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------
Total Limited Partners $2,115,490 $141.04 1,631,333 $108.76 $1,586,832 $105.79
---------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------
General Partner
---------------
Cash flow from operations $ 84,923 $ -- $ 85,860 $ -- $ 83,517 $ --
Net property disposition
proceeds 5,070 -- -- -- -- --
---------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------
Total General Partner $ 89,993 $ -- 85,860 $ -- $ 83,517 $ --
---------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------
</TABLE>
As of December 31, 1996, the Partnership had declared distributions of
$918,562, of which $892,915 ($59.53 per Unit) was paid to the limited
partners and $25,647 was paid to the General Partner on January 30,
1997.
7. Transactions with Affiliates
Amounts reimbursed to the General Partner and their affiliates for
out-of-pocket expenses during the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995
and 1994 are as follows:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Unpaid at Earned
December 31, ----------------------------------------------------
1996 1996 1995 1994
------------- ------------ ------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BK III Restaurants Inc. and affiliates
Out-of-pocket expenses $ -- $ 2,341 $ 80 $ 53
--------- ---------- ------- -------
$ -- $ 2,341 $ 80 $ 53
--------- ---------- ------- -------
</TABLE>
Cash and cash equivalents reflected on the Partnership's balance sheet
at December 31, 1995 were on deposit with an affiliate of the General
Partner. As of December 31, 1996, no cash and cash equivalents were on
deposit with an affiliate of the General Partner or the Partnership.
8. Reconciliation of Financial Statement Net Income and Partners'
Capital to Federal Income
Tax Basis Net Income and Partners' Capital
Reconciliation of financial statement net income to federal income tax
basis net income:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Years Ended December 31,
-----------------------------------------------------------
1996 1995 1994
------------------- ------------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Financial statement net income $ 1,787,581 $ 1,328,509 $ 1,418,073
Tax basis depreciation over financial statement depreciation (179,924) (219,940) (226,948)
Tax basis gain on sales of Properties under financial
statement gain on sales of Properties (20,030) -- --
Other -- (21,462) 21,462
---------- ----------- -----------
Federal income tax basis net income $ 1,587,627 $ 1,087,107 $ 1,212,587
---------- ----------- -----------
Reconciliation of financial statement basis partners' capital to federal
income tax basis partners' capital:
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Years Ended December 31,
-------------------------------------------------------------
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Financial statement basis partners' capital $5,329,214 $5,747,116 $6,135,800
Current year financial statement net income over federal
income tax basis net income (199,954) (241,402) (205,486)
Cumulative financial statement net income under cumulative
federal income tax basis net income 1,634,865 1,876,267 2,081,753
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Federal income tax basis partners' capital $6,764,125 $7,381,981 $8,012,067
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Because many types of transactions are susceptible to varying
interpretations under Federal and state tax laws and regulations, the
amounts reported above may be subject to change at a later date upon
final determination by the taxing authorities.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
At June 30, At December 31,
Balance Sheets 1997 1996
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Assets
Real estate held for sale $4,876,584 $ 5,175,404
Cash and cash equivalents 1,355,764 1,022,064
Rent and other receivable 113,826 80,880
Due from affiliates 14,239 14,239
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Other assets 3,989 --
Total Assets $6,364,402 $ 6,292,587
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Liabilities and Partners' Capital
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses $ 56,569 $ 44,811
Due to Burger King
Corporation 6,178 --
Distributions payable 1,238,117 918,562
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Total Liabilities 1,300,864 963,373
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Partners' Capital (Deficit):
General Partner (26,102) (24,770)
Limited Partners (15,000
interests outstanding) 5,089,640 5,353,984
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Total Partners'
Capital 5,063,538 5,329,214
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Total Liabilities and Partners'
Capital $6,364,402 $ 6,292,587
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Statements of Partners' Capital (Deficit)
For the six months ended June 30, 1997
General Limited
Partner Partner Total
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Balance at December 31, 1996 $ (24,770) $ 5,353,984 $ 5,329,214
Net Income 47,004 1,340,699 1,387,703
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Distributions to partners (48,336) (1,605,043) (1,653,379)
Balance at June 30, 1997 $ (26,102) $ 5,089,640 $ 5,063,538
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Statements of Operations Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30,
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1997 1996 1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Income
Rental income $ 600,900 $ 614,464 $ 1,111,216 $ 1,144,763
Interest income 8,207 4,101 17,814 10,268
Other income 984 860 4,069 1,315
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Total Income 610,091 619,425 1,133,099 1,156,346
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Expense
Ground lease rent 62,731 72,843 125,463 145,686
Management fee 68,904 68,039 119,545 119,245
Depreciation -- 69,409 -- 138,819
General and administrative 22,119 21,514 59,907 38,480
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Total Expenses 153,754 231,805 304,915 442,230
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Income from operations 456,337 387,620 828,184 714,116
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Other Income
Gains on sale of property 559,519 -- 559,519 --
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Net Income 1,015,856 387,620 1,387,703 714,116
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Net Income Allocated:
To the General Partner 28,412 22,852 47,004 42,647
To the Limited Partners 987,444 364,768 1,340,699 671,469
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$1,015,856 $ 387,620 $ 1,387,703 $ 714,116
========== ========== ============ ============
Per limited partnership unit
(15,000 outstanding) $ 65.83 $ 24.31 $ 89.38 $ 44.76
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
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<CAPTION>
Statements of Cash Flows
For the six months ended June 30, 1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net Income $ 1,387,703 $ 714,116
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation -- 138,819
Gain on sale of property (559,519) --
Increase (decrease) in cash arising from changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
Rent and other receivable (32,946) (30,338)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 11,758 (17,511)
Due to Burger King Corporation 6,178 --
Due from Burger King Corporation -- 50,977
Other asset (3,989) --
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Net cash provided by operating activities 809,185 856,063
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Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Net Proceeds from sale of property 858,339 --
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Net cash provided by investing activities 858,339 --
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Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Cash distributions to partners (1,333,824) (849,339)
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Net cash used for financing activities (1,333,824) (849,339)
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 333,700 6,724
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 1,022,064 502,341
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 1,355,764 $ 509,065
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with
Burger King Limited Partnership III's (the "Partnership") annual 1996
audited financial statements within Form 10-K.
The unaudited financial statements include all normal and recurring
adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to
present a fair statement of financial position as of June 30, 1997 and
the results of operations for the three- and six- month periods ended
June 30, 1997 and 1996 and cash flows for the six-month periods ended
June 30, 1997 and 1996 and the statement of partners' capital (deficit)
for the six-month period ended June 30, 1997. Results of operations for
the period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected
for the full year.
Reclassification. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in
order to conform to the current year's presentation.
The following significant event occurred subsequent to fiscal year 1996
which requires disclosure in this interim report per Regulation S-X,
Rule 10-01, Paragraph (a)(5):
On June 12, 1997, the Partnership sold a property located in Frankfort,
Kentucky to the franchisee operating such property for net proceeds of
$858,339 resulting in a gain of $559,519.
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Appendix A
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
BURGER KING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP III
This Agreement of Limited Partnership (the "Agreement"), dated as of
November 22, 1983, relating to Burger King Limited Partnership III, a New
York limited partnership is hereby made and entered into by and between
Shearson/BK Restaurants, Inc. as the general partner (the "General Partner")
and the limited partners listed on Schedule A ( the "Limited Partners"),
pursuant to the Uniform Limited Partnership Law of the State of New York,
upon the following terms and subject to the following conditions:
ARTICLE I
Defined Terms
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Acquisition Fees": Fees paid to Burger King Corporation
and the General Partner by the Partnership in connection with
services rendered to the Partnership pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 4.4
hereof, respectively.
"Additional Property Management Fee": The fee payable to
Burger King Corporation in connection with services rendered to the
Partnership pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof.
"Affiliate": (i) Any person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, another
person, (ii) a person owning or controlling ten percent (10%) or more
of the outstanding voting securities of such other person, (iii) any
officer, director, partner or employee of such person, and (iv) if
such other person is an officer, director, partner or employee, any
other entity for which such person acts in any capacity.
"Agreement": This Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Burger King Limited Partnership III, as originally executed and as
amended or restated from time to time.
"Bankruptcy": (i) The filing by a Partner of a voluntary
petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or
readjustment, in any form, of its debts under Title 11 of the United
States Code or any other federal or state insolvency law, or a
Partner's filing an answer consenting to or acquiescing in any such
petition, (ii) the making by a Partner of any assignment for the
benefit of its creditors or the inability to pay its debts when they
become due, or (iii) the expiration of 30 days after the filing of an
involuntary petition under Title 11 of the United States Code, an
application for the appointment of a receiver for the assets of a
Partner, or an involuntary petition seeking liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of its debts under any
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other federal or state insolvency law, provided that the same shall
not have been vacated, set aside or stayed within such 30-day period.
"Burger King Property Management Agreement": The property
management agreement to be entered into between the Partnership and
Burger King Corporation with respect to each of the Partnership's
restaurant properties and the management of such property by Burger
King Corporation.
"Capital Contributions": The total amount contributed or to
be contributed to the Partnership by any Partner, or class of
Partners, as the case may be, or the predecessor holders of the
Interests of any such Partner or class of Partners.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or
the corresponding provisions of any successor statute.
"Development Agreement": The agreement to be entered into
between the Partnership and Burger King Corporation with respect to
each of the Partnership's restaurant properties and the acquisition,
construction and development of such property by Burger King
Corporation as agent for the Partnership.
"Disposition": Any Partnership transaction not in the
ordinary course of business, including (i) a sale of Partnership
properties, (ii) a condemnation award in respect of the acquisition
of all or any portion of a Partnership property (but not including
payments in respect of a temporary taking of the use of a Partnership
property) or (iii) a casualty insurance recovery in respect of damage
to any Partnership property.
"Distributions": Any cash distributed to a Partner in
respect of his Interest and any amount of taxes withheld with respect
to such Partner's allowable share of any income of the Partnership.
"Economic Abandonment": A determination by Burger King
Corporation in good faith that continued operation of such restaurant
by a lessee is no longer economically feasible.
"Escrow Agent": Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company at 600
Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10020, or its successor.
"Final Closing Date": The date on which the subscription
for the final Interest offered by the Partnership is accepted by the
General Partner, but in no event later than March 31, 1984, except
that such date shall be no later than May 31, 1984, if the Dealer
Manager of the offering or Interests has received notice from Burger
King Corporation that such date shall be extended to no later than
May 31, 1984.
"General Partner": Shearson/BK Restaurants, Inc.
"Gross Operating Revenues": Rental receipts from restaurant
properties leased by the Partnership, interest earned on short-term
investments of the Partnership and all other Partnership revenues
from whatever source derived, except for revenues derived from the
Disposition of Partnership properties.
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"Incapacity" or "Incapacitated": The death or adjudication
of incompetency or insanity of any individual or the dissolution or
liquidation of any partnership, corporation, trust or other entity.
"Indemnity Agreement": An agreement between the Partnership
and Burger King Corporation, dated the Initial Closing Date, pursuant
to which Burger King Corporation shall indemnify the Partnership
against certain losses in the event of a default by a lessee of the
Partnership.
"Individual Retirement Account" or "IRA": An individual
retirement account subject to the provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
"Initial Closing Date": The date on which subscriptions for
the minimum of 4,000 Interests have been accepted by the General
Partner, which date shall be on or before March 1, 1984.
"Initial Limited Partner": William M. Kahn.
"Interest": A limited partnership interest in the
Partnership acquired by a contribution to the Partnership pursuant to
Section 3.3 hereof.
"Limited Partners": All persons and entities, including the
Initial Limited Partner prior to his withdrawal from the Partnership
on the Initial Closing Date, listed on Schedule A who are admitted to
the Partnership as limited partners.
"Master Agreement": An agreement to be entered into between
the Partnership and Burger King Corporation with respect to the
acquisition by the Partnership of sites for the construction of
Burger King restaurants thereon and the conducting of the
Partnership's business.
"Net Cash Flow from Operations": Gross Operating Revenues
less the Partnership's operating expenses (including the Property
Management Fees paid to Burger King Corporation out of rental income
pursuant to the Burger King Property Management Agreement) and a
reasonable reserve for the Partnership's actual and contingent
liabilities.
"Net Lease": A lease of Partnership property pursuant to
which the lessee will be responsible for payment of all taxes, costs,
common area maintenance fees, expenses and charges of every kind and
nature relating to the premises (except for certain inheritance,
estate, succession, transfer, gift, franchise, corporation, income or
profit taxes or capital levies that are or may be imposed upon the
Partnership, and except for any payments for interest or principal
under any indebtedness of the Partnership) which may arise or become
due during the term or any extension of such lease.
"Net Property Disposition Proceeds": Proceeds in respect of
the Disposition of any of the Partnership's properties in excess of
amounts applied to restore or repair any Partnership property less
related expenses and a reasonable reserve for the Partnership's
actual and contingent liabilities and less, to the extent applicable,
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the fees paid to Burger King Corporation pursuant to the Master
Agreement between Burger King Corporation and the Partnership.
"1982 Act": Tax Equity and fiscal Responsibility Act of
1982.
"Original Invested Capital": An amount equal to $1,000 per
Interest.
"Partner": The General Partner or any Limited Partner.
"Partnership": Burger King Limited Partnership III, the
limited partnership created under this Agreement.
"Partnership Year": The Partnership's fiscal year which
shall be the calendar year.
"Payout": The point in time at which each Limited Partner
has received from the Partnership, from its formation through such
point in time, aggregate Distributions equal to such Limited
Partner's Original Invested Capital plus a cumulative annual
compounded return of 12 1/2% per annum on his Remaining Invested
Capital, as adjusted from time to time.
"Person": An individual, partnership, corporation, trust,
Individual Retirement Account or other entity.
"Property Management Fees": The property management fees
payable monthly to Burger King Corporation in connection with
services rendered to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof.
"Prospectus": The prospectus forming a part of the
Registration Statement.
"Purchase Option Agreement": An agreement to be entered
into between the Partnership and Burger King Corporation, described
in Section 6.7 hereof.
"Registration Statement": The Partnership's Registration
Statement on Form S-11 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as amended from time to time, relating to the sale of
Interests.
"Remaining Invested Capital": The amount of each Limited
Partner's Original Invested Capital as reduced (i) at the end of each
quarter, by Distributions of Net Property Disposition Proceeds to
such Limited Partner for such quarter but only to the extent that
such Distributions are considered to be distributions of Remaining
Invested Capital pursuant to Section 5.2(b)(ii) of the Partnership
Agreement, (ii) at the end of each Partnership year, by Distributions
of Net Cash Flow from Operations to such Limited Partner for such
year but only to the extent that such Distributions are considered to
be distributions of Remaining Invested Capital pursuant to Section
5.1(b)(ii) of the Partnership Agreement, and (iii) at the time of any
distribution pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Partnership Agreement, by
the amount of such distribution to such Limited Partner and increased
at the end of each Partnership year, by the excess of (x) the current
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return at the rate of 12 1/2% accrued from the beginning of that
Partnership year to date on such Limited Partner's Remaining Invested
Capital, over (y) Distributions of Net Property Disposition Proceeds
to such Limited Partner during that Partnership year which are
considered Distributions pursuant to Section 5.2(b)(i) of the
Partnership Agreement and Distributions of Net Cash Flow to such
Limited Partner during that Partnership year which are considered
Distributions pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(i) of the Partnership
Agreement.
"Substituted Limited Partner": Any Person admitted to the
Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to the provisions of
Section 9.2 hereof.
"Successor General Partner": A general partner elected by
the Limited Partners to replace a Terminated General Partner.
"Terminated General Partner": A General Partner who is
removed by the Limited Partners or becomes Bankrupt or Incapacitated.
ARTICLE II
Organization
2.1 Formation. The General Partner and the Initial Limited Partner
hereby form a limited partnership in accordance with and pursuant to the laws
of the State of New York. The rights and liabilities of the Partners are as
provided by the laws of the State of New York unless otherwise expressly set
forth herein.
2.2 Name. The Partnership business shall be conducted under the
name Burger King Limited Partnership III. The General Partner may, in its
discretion, change the name of the Partnership and in such event shall notify
the Limited Partners within thirty (30) days after any such name change. In
addition, the General Partner may adopt trade or fictitious names as it deems
appropriate for the conduct of the Partnership's business.
2.3 Term. The Partnership shall continue until dissolved and
liquidated as provided in Section 11.1 hereof or as otherwise provided by
law.
2.4 Character of the Business. The character of the business of the
Partnership shall be to invest in, acquire, construct, improve, hold and
maintain Burger King restaurant properties (including the restaurant
buildings and the underlying land) and to lease such restaurant properties to
franchisees of Burger King Corporation and thereafter to re-lease, and, at
such time as the General Partner determines is appropriate to liquidate the
investments of the Partnership, sell or otherwise dispose of such restaurant
properties, and to engage in any and all activities related or incidental
thereto. The land to be acquired by the Partnership may include leasehold as
well as fee interests; provided, however, the Partnership will own in fee
simple the improvements constructed thereon.
2.5 Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of
the Partnership shall be Two World Trade Center, 105th Floor, New York, New
York 10048. The General Partner may from time to time change the principal
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place of business, and in the event of any such change, the Limited Partners
shall be notified within thirty (30) days after any such change of the
principal place of business of the Partnership. In addition, in its
discretion, the General Partner may establish additional places of business
for the Partnership.
ARTICLE III
Partners and Capital
3.1 Name and Address of the General Partner. The General Partner of
the Partnership shall be Shearson/BK Restaurants, Inc., a New York
corporation having its principal offices at Two World Trade Center, 105th
Floor, New York, New York 10048.
3.2 Names and Addresses of Limited Partners. The name and place of
residence of each Limited Partner of the Partnership is set forth on
Schedule A attached hereto. The Initial Limited Partner shall withdraw from
the Partnership and the amount which he previously contributed as a Capital
Contribution to the Partnership shall be promptly returned to him on the
Initial Closing Date.
3.3 Capital Contributions. The General Partner has previously
contributed the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) to the capital of the
Partnership. The Capital Contribution of, and the number of Interests held
by, each Limited Partner is set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. The
Initial Limited Partner has previously contributed the sum of One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000) to the capital of the Partnership. On the Initial Closing
Date, the Capital Contribution of the Initial Limited Partner shall be
returned in full to him and he shall withdraw from the Partnership as
provided in Section 3.2 hereof. Each Limited Partner, other than the Initial
Limited Partner, shall contribute the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000)
per Interest to the capital of the Partnership and shall purchase no less
than five Interests, except that an IRA may purchase a minimum of two
Interests; provided, however, the amount required to be contributed to the
capital of the Partnership by a Limited Partner who acquires more than 200
Interests shall be reduced by the amount by which the selling commission paid
by the Partnership with respect to the issuance of such Interests is less
than $75 per Interest. Upon payment of $1,000 per Interest, or such lesser
amount determined as set forth above, each Interest so purchased shall be
fully paid and nonassessable.
3.4 Application of Capital Contributions Prior to the Initial
Closing. The General Partner is authorized to raise additional capital for
the Partnership by offering and selling not more than fifteen thousand
(15,000) Interests (excluding the limited partnership interest of the Initial
Limited Partner) at a price of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) per Interest
except as reduced as set forth in Section 3.3 hereof. All subscriptions for
Interests shall be subject to acceptance by the General Partner. Until the
Initial Closing Date, all payments for subscriptions for Interests will be
placed in an escrow account with the Escrow Agent. Subscription payments
deposited in the escrow account may not be withdrawn by subscribers. The
Escrow Agent shall invest the escrowed funds in United States government
securities, securities of governmental agencies if covered by a bank
repurchase agreement, bankers' acceptances, documented discount notes,
certificates of deposit in banks having undivided capital and surplus of not
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less than One Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000) and money
market funds or accounts. Any interest earned on subscription proceeds will
not become a part of the Partnership's capital. Within thirty (30) days
following the Initial Closing Date, the Escrow Agent shall distribute to such
Limited Partners any interest earned on their subscription proceeds prior to
the Initial Closing Date, with the amount distributable to each Limited Partner
pro rata being determined by the elapsed time that his funds were held in
escrow. Subscription proceeds will not be deposited into escrow after the
Initial Closing Date.
3.5 Subscription for Minimum Number of Interests. At such time as
subscriptions for four thousand (4,000) Interests have been accepted by the
General Partner, the subscription proceeds shall be released by the Escrow
Agent to the Partnership to pay expenses incurred in connection with the
offering and sale of the Interests and for other proper Partnership purposes.
If at least four thousand (4,000) Interests have not been accepted by the
General Partner on or before March 1, 1984, all subscription proceeds shall
be returned to the subscribers, together with any interest earned on their
subscription proceeds to such date, with the amount distributable to each
subscriber being determined by the elapsed time that his funds were held in
escrow.
3.6 Admission of Limited Partners to the Partnership. All
subscriptions will be accepted or rejected within 30 days of their receipt by
the General Partner. The General Partner shall amend the Certificate of
Limited Partnership within 15 days following the Initial Closing Date and
release of funds from escrow to reflect the admission, as Limited Partners,
of those persons whose subscriptions for Interests have been accepted.
Thereafter, the General Partner shall amend the certificate of limited
partnership as soon as practicable after the first day of the calendar month
following the calendar month in which additional subscriptions for Interests
are accepted by the General Partner to reflect the admission of such
additional Limited Partners. Each amendment shall set forth on Schedule A
the name, place of residence, Capital Contribution of, and number of
Interests held by, each Limited Partner.
The General Partner shall take such action as may be required to
constitute the Partnership a duly and validly organized limited partnership
under the laws of the State of New York, and such further action as may be
required to continue the Partnership as such.
3.7 Failure to Invest Net Proceeds. Any net proceeds from the sale
of Interests that have not been invested or committed for investment in
Burger King restaurants prior to the expiration of twenty-four (24) months
following the declaration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be distributed promptly by
the General Partner to the Limited Partners in the ratio in which the number
of Interests owned by each holder on the last day of the calendar month
preceding such distribution bears to the total number of Interests owned by
all holders of Interests as of that date. Funds will be deemed to have been
committed to investment and will not be returned to the Limited Partners to
the extent written contractual agreements with respect to the investment of
such proceeds have been executed prior to the 24-month period (even if after
such 24-month period any such investment is not consummated pursuant to such
agreements), to the extent any funds have been reserved to make contingent
payments pursuant to written contractual agreements in connection with any
property, or pursuant to the decision of the General Partner that an addition
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to the working capital reserve is necessary in connection with any property.
All such Distributions of the net proceeds from the sale of Interests shall
be treated for purposes of the Agreement, as Distributions of Net Property
Disposition Proceeds.
3.8 Partners' Capital Accounts. Each Partner's capital account
shall initially equal the amount paid by such Partner to the Partnership to
acquire Interests, reduced, however, by any costs of syndication which may
not be amortized (including but not limited to sales commissions) that are
paid by the Partnership in respect of such Interests pursuant to Section 4.1
hereof, and shall be increased by:
(a) The amount of any later Capital Contributions to the
Partnership; and
(b) The amount of any income or gain allocated to such
Partner pursuant to Section 5.4 hereof.
Each Partner's capital account shall be decreased by:
(x) The amount of any loss or deduction allocated to such
Partner pursuant to Section 5.4 hereof;
(y) The amount of those nondeductible expenses allocated to
such Partner pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof; and
(z) The amount of all Distributions to such Partner
pursuant to this Agreement.
Capital accounts shall be adjusted at the close of each Partnership
Year, or more often, as required for the purposes of making allocations and
Distributions pursuant to this Agreement.
The transferee of Interests shall succeed to that portion of
transferor's capital account which is allocable to the transferred Interests.
3.9 Partnership Capital. (a) No Partner shall be paid interest on
any Capital Contribution to the Partnership.
(b) No Limited Partner (other than the Initial Limited Partner)
shall be entitled to the return of any part of his Capital Contribution;
provided, however, each Limited Partner shall be entitled to receive
Distributions to the extent specifically provided for in this Agreement.
(c) Under circumstances requiring a return of any Capital
Contribution or any portion thereof, no Limited Partner shall have the right
to receive property other than cash.
3.10 Additional Terms and Conditions of the Offering. Except as
otherwise provided in this Article III, the General Partner shall have sole
and complete discretion in determining the terms and conditions of the
offering and sale of Interests, and the General Partner is authorized and
directed to do all things which it deems to be necessary, convenient,
appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, including, but not limited
to, the preparation and filing on behalf of the Partnership of a Registration
Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the qualification of
Interests pursuant to the "Blue Sky" laws of any state in which the General
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Partner determines to market the Interests and the execution and performance
of agreements with a dealer manager and others concerning the marketing of
Interests on such basis and upon such terms as the General Partner shall deem
appropriate.
ARTICLE IV
Compensation of General Partner and Affiliates
and Burger King Corporation
4.1 Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fee. An Affiliate of the
General Partner acting as the Partnership's agent for the placement of the
Interests shall receive, as compensation for the sale of Interests, a selling
commission not to exceed seven and one-half percent (7 1/2%) of the gross
proceeds derived from all sales made directly by such Affiliate or by others.
In addition to such selling commission, an amount equal to 1% of the gross
offering proceeds will be paid to such Affiliate as a dealer manager fee.
The Partnership will also reimburse the General Partner and such Affiliate
for actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with organizing the
Partnership and the sale of Interests, including legal fees, subject to the
limitation described in Section 4.2 hereof.
4.2 Reimbursement of Organizational and Offering Expenses. The
Partnership will reimburse the General Partner and its Affiliates, or pay as
the case may be, for all actual out-of-pocket organizational and offering
expenses incurred in connection with organizing the Partnership and the sale
of Interests, including legal and accounting fees, printing costs, escrow
fees, the dealer manager fee referred to in Section 4.1 above, securities
registration and qualification fees and other expenses; as well as $25,000 as
a non-accountable allowance for expenses of Burger King Corporation in
connection with this offering, in an amount not to exceed the lesser of (i)
$900,000 or (ii) 7 1/2% of the gross offering proceeds. To the extent that
such expenses exceed the lesser of item (i) or (ii) above, an Affiliate of
the General Partner and Burger King Corporation have each agreed to pay 50%
of the excess.
4.3 Acquisition Fee, Property Management Fees and Additional
Property Management Fee to Burger King Corporation. Pursuant to the Master
Agreement, the Partnership pay Burger King Corporation an Acquisition Fee for
its services in connection with the acquisition of properties, to the extent
specified in such agreement. Pursuant to the Burger King Property Management
Agreements, the Partnership shall pay Burger King Corporation Property
Management Fees for its services in connection with the management of
properties to the extent specified in such agreements. Pursuant to the
Burger King Property Management Agreements and the Master Agreement, the
Partnership shall pay Burger King Corporation an Additional Property
Management Fee for its services in connection with the disposition of
properties to the extent provided in such agreements.
4.4 Acquisition Fees to the General Partner. For services to the
Partnership rendered by the General Partner in connection with the
acquisition of properties, the Partnership shall pay the General Partner an
Acquisition Fee equal to 1% of the Partnership's "investment." The
Partnership's "investment" in the case of restaurants located on land owned
in fee simple will equal the cost of land acquisition plus construction costs
and capitalized interest. The Partnership's "investment" in the case of
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restaurants located on leased land will equal construction costs plus ground
lease payments during the construction period and capitalized interest. The
Acquisition Fee to the General Partner will be payable upon the opening of a
restaurant on the basis of Burger King Corporation's estimate of the
Partnership's "investment." Within 120 days thereafter and upon
determination of the Partnership's actual investment, appropriate adjustments
will be made to correct any overpayment or underpayment of such Acquisition
Fee.
ARTICLE V
Cash Distributions, Allocations of Profits and Losses
and Allocation of Certain Nondeductible Expenses
5.1 Cash Distributions of Net Cash Flow from Operations. (a)
Distributions of Net Cash Flow from Operations shall be made to the Partners
quarterly during each Partnership Year, within 60 days after the end of each
calendar quarter (for such purposes Distributions made on or before January
30 of each year shall be treated as a Distribution made with respect to the
previous Partnership Year), beginning after the first complete fiscal quarter
subsequent to the Initial Closing Date, on the basis of ninety-five percent
(95%) to the Limited Partners and five percent (5%) to the General Partner.
(b) At the end of each Partnership Year, amounts distributed
pursuant to this Section 5.1 during such year to each Limited Partner shall
be considered to consist of, and reduce accordingly, the following amounts:
(i) first, the current return at the rate of 12 1/2%,
accrued since the beginning of the Partnership Year (and for the year
of such Limited Partner's admission, from the effective date of such
Partner's admission) on such Limited Partner's Remaining Invested
Capital (as adjusted from time to time), to the extent such return is
not considered to have been paid out of such year's Distributions of
Net Property Disposition Proceeds pursuant to Section 5.2(b)(i)
hereof; and
(ii) second, Remaining Invested Capital.
5.2 Cash Distributions of Net Property Disposition Proceeds. (a)
Distributions of Net Property Disposition Proceeds, if any, shall be made
once each calendar quarter to the Partners within 60 days after the end of
each calendar quarter. Subject to the rights of Burger King Corporation as
set forth in the Burger King Property Management Agreement and the Master
Agreement and after capital accounts have been adjusted to reflect (1)
Distributions of Net Cash Flow from Operations to date and (2) the
appropriate allocations pursuant to Section 5.4 hereof, the General Partner
shall cause the Partnership to distribute Net Property Disposition Proceeds
as follows:
(i) If Payout has not yet occurred:
(A) ninety-nine percent (99%) to the Limited
Partners and one percent (1%) to the General Partner in an
amount sufficient to cause Payout to occur;
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(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (A),
if, prior to Payout, the aggregate outstanding balance in
the capital accounts of the Limited Partners is less than
the amount which must be distributed to them in order to
cause Payout to occur, then Net Property Disposition
Proceeds shall be distributed, first, if the outstanding
balances of the General Partner's capital account and the
Limited Partners' aggregate capital accounts are both
positive, ninety-nine percent (99%) to the Limited Partners
and one percent (1%) to the General Partner until the amount
so allocated is sufficient to reduce the lesser of the
General Partner's capital account or the Limited Partners'
aggregate capital accounts to zero; second, after adjusting
all capital accounts to reflect distributions, if any, under
the immediately preceding clause, to any Partner(s) in the
amount necessary to reduce its (or their) outstanding
capital account(s) to zero; and finalLy, the balance, if
any, ninety-nine percent (99%) to the Limited Partners and
one percent (1%) to the General Partner in the amount
necessary to cause Payout to occur.
(ii) Once Payout has occurred, and after adjusting capital
accounts to reflect Distributions, if any, made pursuant to Section
5.2(a)(i) hereof, first, in proportion to and to the extent of the
outstanding balances of the Partners' capital accounts; and second,
the remainder, if any, ninety-four and 12/100 percent (94.12%) to the
Limited Partners and five and 88/100 percent (5.88%) to the General
Partner.
(b) At the end of each quarter, amounts distributed to each Limited
Partner pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be considered to consist of, and
reduce accordingly, the following amounts:
(i) first, the current return at the rate of 12 1/2%
accrued from the beginning of that Partnership Year (and for the year
of such Limited Partner's admission from the effective date of such
Partner's admission) to date on such Limited Partner's Remaining
Invested Capital, as adjusted from time to time;
(ii) second, Remaining Invested Capital.
5.3 Allocation of Distributions among Limited Partners. Net Cash
Flow from Operations and Net Property Disposition Proceeds will be
distributed quarterly as set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof, but
apportioned on a monthly basis to the holders of Interests in the ratio in
which the number of Interests owned by each Limited Partner on the last day
of the month bears to the total number of Interests owned by all Limited
Partners as of that date.
5.4 Allocation of Gain, Income and Loss. (a) The allocation of all
gain with respect to Dispositions of Partnership properties or other capital
transactions shall be made only after Net Cash Flow from Operations, if any,
has been distributed, all other appropriate allocations pursuant to this
Section have been made, capital accounts have been adjusted to reflect such
distributions and allocations and shall be as follows:
(i) Prior to Payout
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(A) If Payout has not yet occurred, gain shall be
allocated, first, ninety-nine percent (99%) to the Limited
Partners and one percent (1%) to the General Partner, until
the amount so allocated to the Limited Partners equals the
difference between (x) the amount required to be distributed
to the Limited Partners in order to cause Payout to occur
and (y) the aggregate outstanding balance of their capital
accounts; second, to any Partner in an amount sufficient to
increase his negative capital account to zero; and finally,
the balance, if any, ninety-four and 12/100 percent (94.12%)
to the Limited Partners and five and 88/100 percent (5.88%)
to the General Partner.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Payout has
not yet occurred and the aggregate outstanding balance of
the Limited Partners' capital accounts exceeds the amount
which must be distributed to them in order to cause Payout
to occur, then gain shall first be allocated to the General
Partner in an amount equal to 6.25% of such excess, and
then, the remaining gain, if any, shall be allocated
ninety-four and 12/100 percent (94.12%) to the Limited
Partners and five and 88/100 percent (5.88%) to the General
Partner.
(ii) Post Payout
After Payout, gain shall first be allocated to the
General Partner in an amount sufficient to bring the General
Partner's capital account balance equal to five and 88/100
percent (5.88%) of the aggregate outstanding capital account
balances of all the Partners; then, the remaining gain, if
any, shall be allocated ninety-four and 12/100 percent
(94.12%) to the Limited Partners and five and 88/100 percent
(5.88%) to the General Partner.
(iii) Any gain recognized with respect to Dispositions of
Partnership properties, or other capital transactions which
for federal income tax purposes is treated as ordinary
income, rather than capital gain as a result of previous
depreciation deductions, will be allocated insofar as
possible under the allocations in paragraphs (i) and (ii)
above to those Partners who were allocated the depreciation
deductions which resulted in such ordinary income.
(b) Credits and income or gain from operations or other transactions
not covered by subparagraph (a) above and determined without regard to
depreciation and/or amortization, will be allocated on an annual basis
ninety-five percent (95%) to the Limited Partners and five percent (5%) to
the General Partner.
(c) Except as provided below, depreciation and amortization shall be
allocated among the Partners in the same proportion as the respective
balances of their capital accounts as of the beginning of the tax year with
respect to which the allocation is being made. However, any Partner admitted
to the Partnership after the Initial Closing Date, but on or before the Final
Closing Date, shall be considered to have had a capital account balance at
the beginning of the tax year equal to the amount of his capital contribution
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for the purpose of allocating any depreciation or amortization which is
allocable to the months subsequent to such Partner's admission to the
Partnership. Furthermore, in the year in which Payout occurs, depreciation
and amortization allocable to that portion of the year preceding Payout shall
be allocated among the Partners in accordance with capital accounts as
provided above and that portion of the depreciation and amortization
allocable to the portion of the year following Payout shall be allocated
among the Partners in the same proportion as the respective balances of their
capital accounts as of the end of the quarter in which Payout occurred, with
all appropriate adjustments through that quarter being taken into account.
(d) Prior to Payout, losses shall be allocated ninety-nine percent
(99%) to the Limited Partners and one percent (1%) to the General Partner.
Subsequent to Payout, losses shall be allocated ninety-four and 12/100
percent (94.12%) to the Limited Partners and five and 88/100 percent (5.88%)
to the General Partner.
(e) For purposes of these allocations, income, gain, loss, deduction
and credit shall be allocated to each calendar month of the year, regardless
of Partnership operations during the months of the year, and shall be
apportioned on a monthly basis to the holders of Interests in the ratio in
which the number of Interests owned by each Limited Partner on the last day
of the month bears to the total number of Interests owned by all the Limited
Partners as of that date.
(f) Allocations of gain, income and loss for book purposes will be
made in accordance with the same method used for tax purposes.
5.5 Allocation of Certain Nondeductible Expenses. (a)
Organizational expenses, offering expenses, and other items which are paid by
the Partnership pursuant to Article IV hereof and which are nondeductible and
nonamortizable for federal income tax purposes, but not including any sales
commissions paid pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, shall be allocated
ninety-nine percent (99%) to the Limited Partners and one percent (1%) to the
General Partner.
(b) Costs allocated to the Limited Partners pursuant to the
preceding paragraph shall be apportioned among them in the ratio in which the
number of Interests owned by each Limited Partner on the Final Closing Date
bears to the total number of Interests owned by all Limited Partners as of
that date.
5.6 Taxes Withheld. Any amount of taxes withheld with respect to
any Partner's allocable share of any income of the Partnership shall be
deemed to be a distribution or payment to such Partner and shall reduce the
amounts otherwise distributable to such Partner.
ARTICLE VI
Powers, Rights and Duties of the General Partner
6.1 Management and Control of the Partnership. The General Partner
shall have exclusive authority to manage the operations and affairs of the
Partnership and to make all decisions regarding the business of the
Partnership. Pursuant to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the
General Partner shall have all of the rights and powers of a general partner
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as provided under the laws of the State of New York and as otherwise provided
by law, and any action taken by the General Partner shall constitute the act
of and serve to bind the Partnership. Persons dealing with the Partnership
are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the General
Partner as set forth in this Agreement.
6.2 Rights, Powers and Authority of the General Partner. Subject to
any and all limitations expressly set forth in this Agreement, the General
Partner is hereby granted the right, power and authority to do on behalf of
the Partnership all things which, in its sole judgment, are necessary, proper
or desirable to carry out the aforementioned duties and responsibilities,
including, but not limited to, the right, power and authority:
(i) to expend the capital and revenues of the
Partnership in furtherance of the Partnership's business;
(ii) to employ and dismiss from employment any and all
employees, agents, independent contractors, attorneys and
accountants;
(iii) to acquire Burger King restaurant sites, either in
fee simple or by leasehold interest, and thereafter to hold for
investment, lease, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of all Burger
King restaurants constructed on such sites, and the land upon which
they are situated;
(iv) to construct, alter, improve, repair, raze,
replace or rebuild any Partnership property;
(v) to do any and all of the foregoing at such price,
rental or amount, and upon such terms as the General Partner deems
proper;
(vi) to purchase, at the expense of the Partnership,
liability and other insurance deemed necessary to protect the
Partnership properties and business:
(vii) to open and maintain a bank account or accounts on
behalf of the Partnership with a bank in the United States having
undivided capital and surplus of not less than One Hundred Twenty
Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000), and to designate and change
signatories on such account or accounts;
(viii) to invest such funds as are temporarily not
invested in Partnership properties, including the Partnership's
working capital, in accordance with the terms of Section 6.3(b)
hereof; and
(ix) to execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all
agreements, contracts, documents, certificates, deeds, bills of sale
and any other instruments necessary or convenient in connection with
the business of the Partnership or to effectuate any and all of the
foregoing.
6.3 Partnership's Policies. The General Partner shall use its best
efforts to observe the following Partnership policies:
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(a) The Partnership shall seek to acquire (by purchase in
fee simple or by leasehold interest) the sites for, and thereafter
construct or cause to be constructed thereon, and own, approximately
30 free-standing Burger King "fast food" restaurant buildings, for
lease on a net basis to franchisees of Burger King Corporation who
will operate such restaurants. Burger King Corporation, as agent for
the Partnership will provide property acquisition and management
services, including collection of rents under Partnership leases,
pursuant to the Burger King Property Management Agreement and will
supervise the construction of the restaurants and related
improvements pursuant to the Development Agreement.
(b) Until all of the investment capital of the Partnership
has been invested in restaurant properties, the General Partner
shall, to the extent practicable, temporarily invest such investment
capital and the Partnership's working capital and reserves in United
States government securities, securities of governmental agencies if
covered by a bank repurchase agreement, bankers' acceptances,
documented discount notes, certificates of deposit in banks having
undivided capital and surplus of not less than One Hundred
Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000) and money market funds and
accounts, including money market funds sponsored or managed by
Affiliates of the General Partner.
(c) The Partnership shall not manage or operate any
restaurants or have any direct interest in the "fast food" restaurant
business nor shall it acquire or finance the acquisition of the
equipment necessary to operate Burger King restaurants.
(d) Subject to review and approval by the General Partner
and until all of the investment capital of the Partnership has been
invested in restaurant properties, as and when Partnership funds
become available therefor, the Partnership shall acquire restaurant
sites located in the United States in the order that they become
available to Burger King Corporation, exclusive of (i) restaurant
properties which Burger King Corporation determines to operate
itself, (ii) restaurant properties which are to be developed,
constructed and owned by Burger King Corporation franchisees on sites
proposed to Burger King Corporation by such franchisees and (iii)
restaurant properties which are made available to Burger King Limited
Partnership II.
(e) The Partnership shall endeavor to diversify the
restaurant properties it acquires with respect both to geographic
location and lessees.
(f) Leases from the Partnership to franchisees of Burger
King Corporation shall be net leases for an initial term of twenty
(20) years. Such leases shall have the following basic rental terms;
provided, however, the Partnership may enter into renewal leases or
leases with successor lessees with different terms if, in the sole
discretion of the General Partner, economic circumstances make the
original lease terms unsuitable:
(1) for restaurants constructed on land owned by
the Partnership in fee simple. the annual rent will be the
greater of:
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a. 14.5% of the Partnership's investment
(equal to the cost of land acquisition and
construction costs, as estimated at the time the
lease is executed. plus capitalized interest) in the
applicable property; or
b. 8.5% of the applicable lessee's annual
gross sales from operation of the applicable
restaurant property.
(2) for restaurants constructed on land subleased by
the Partnership, the annual rent will be the greater of:
a. the sum of (x) 14.5% of the
Partnership's investment (equal to construction
costs, as estimated at the time the lease is
executed, plus the ground lease rent payments during
the construction period, plus capitalized interest)
in the applicable property and (y) 114.5% of the
ground rent paid to the owner of the underlying
land; or
b. 8.5% of the applicable lessee's annual
gross sales from operation of the applicable
restaurant property.
In the case of restaurants located on leased land, Burger King
Corporation will be the prime ground lessee and will sublease to the
Partnership any such land, for a term of ten (10) years (with certain renewal
options), at cost plus an additional amount equal to 14.5% of the monthly
ground rent paid by Burger King Corporation to the landowner (such additional
amount being in consideration of the contingent liability assumed by Burger
King Corporation as prime ground lessee).
(g) All restaurant properties acquired by the Partnership shall be
leased to franchisees of Burger King Corporation except as otherwise provided
in the Development Agreement, the Property Management Agreement or the
Sublease between Burger King Corporation and the Partnership pertaining to
the applicable restaurant property.
(h) The General Partner shall not re-invest Net Property Disposition
Proceeds.
(i) The General Partner shall endeavor to sell, as soon after the
tenth year following the Final Closing as economic circumstances warrant and
in a manner consistent with the Partnership's investment objective of
realization of long-term appreciation, consistent with preservation of
Partners' capital, all restaurant properties which have not previously been
sold to Burger King Corporation, in accordance with the terms set forth in
Section 6.7 hereof, or to third parties.
(j) Within 120 days following the end of each Partnership Year, an
estimate will be made by an independent appraiser of the current aggregate
market value of the Partnership's portfolio of Properties.
6.4 Services of the General Partner. The General Partner shall
devote such time to the affairs of the Partnership as the General Partner, in
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its sole discretion, shall deem appropriate, consistent with its obligations
under this Agreement.
6.5 Other Business Interests of the General Partner. The General
Partner and its Affiliates may have other business interests or engage in
other business ventures of any nature or description, whether presently
existing or hereafter created, including, but not limited to, the rendering
of advice or services of any kind to other investors, the making of other
investments, even if competitive with the business of the Partnership,
including investments in the commercial real estate business in all of its
phases, which shall include, without limitation, the ownership, operation,
management, syndication and development of commercial real property,
including property competitive with restaurant properties of the Partnership,
and including Burger King Limited Partnership I and Burger King Limited
Partnership II, and neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall have any
rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived
therefrom; provided, however, neither the General Partner nor its Affiliates
will offer to sell interests in partnerships organized to acquire Burger King
restaurant properties until all Interests in the Partnership have been sold
or the offering of interests has terminated.
6.6 Code Section 754 Election. The General Partner may, in its sole
discretion, make (and, if made, may revoke) the election referred to in
Section 754 of the Code or any similar provision enacted in lieu thereof and
is absolved from any and all liability to all previously admitted or
subsequently admitted Partners based on the making or revocation of such
election. Each of the Partners will, upon request, supply the information
necessary properly to give effect to such election.
6.7 Purchase Option on Partnership Properties. The Partnership
shall enter into a Purchase Option Agreement with Burger King Corporation
pursuant to which Burger King Corporation shall have a right of first refusal
to match any third party offer to purchase any restaurant property during the
first seven years following the Final Closing Date and, thereafter, the
right, but not the obligation, to purchase any or all of the Partnership
properties (including the restaurant buildings and the underlying land or
ground leasehold) from the Partnership during the eighth through the tenth
years following the Final Closing Date, at fair market value, determined at
that time by independent appraisal.
6.8 Reimbursement of the General Partner. Reimbursement to the
General Partner and its Affiliates of expenses shall not be allowed, except:
(a) for the expenses described in Section 4.2 hereof; and
(b) for the actual cost of goods, services and materials
used for and by the Partnership and obtained from entities
unaffiliated with the General Partner or an Affiliate of the General
Partner, including, but not limited to, audit, appraisal, legal and
tax preparation fees as well as costs of data processing services.
6.9 Restrictions on Authority of the General Partner. Anything in
this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the General Partner shall
have no authority to:
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(a) pay for any services performed by the General Partner
or Affiliates of the General Partner, except as otherwise permitted
in this Agreement;
(b) do any act in contravention of this Agreement;
(c) do any act which would make it impossible to carry on
the ordinary business of the Partnership;
(d) confess a judgment against the Partnership;
(e) execute or deliver any general assignment for the
benefit of the creditors of the Partnership;
(f) possess Partnership property or assign the rights of
the Partnership in specific property for other than a Partnership
purpose;
(g) admit a person as a Partner, except as provided in this
Agreement;
(h) invest more than 25% of the Partnership's investment
capital in restaurant properties located on land not owned by the
Partnership in fee simple;
(i) mortgage, pledge, encumber or hypothecate the assets of
the Partnership to secure the repayment of sums borrowed in
connection with the acquisition, construction and ownership of the
restaurant properties;
(j) sell, lease or sublease any property to the
Partnership, or purchase, lease or sublease any property from the
Partnership;
(k) issue senior securities of the Partnership;
(l) make loans to other persons except in connection with
the sale of its properties;
(m) invest in the securities of other issuers for the
purposes of exercising control;
(n) to underwrite securities of other issuers;
(o) engage in the purchase and sale (or turnover) of
investments other than Burger King restaurants;
(p) offer securities in exchange for property;
(q) repurchase or reacquire its own securities except for
the limited partnership interest of the Initial Limited Partner;
(r) commingle funds of the Partnership with funds of any
other limited partnership;
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(s) receive any rebates or give-ups or participate in
reciprocal business arrangements prohibited by state law or
regulation;
(t) invest in limited partnership interests of any other
limited partnerships;
(u) make available to the Partnership from the funds of the
General Partner financing of any type for the acquisition,
construction or ownership of Burger King restaurant properties;
(v) allow reinvestment of Net Cash Flow from Operations or
Net Property Disposition Proceeds,
(w) permit Acquisition Fees to exceed, in the aggregate,
eighteen percent (18%) of the gross proceeds of the offering of
Interests in the Partnership.
6.10 Net Worth Representation. In addition to its other duties and
obligations, the General Partner further agrees as follows:
(a) At the time the investors are admitted to the
Partnership, the General Partner's assets (other than its interest
in, or claims against, the Partnership) will have a current fair
market value that exceeds its liabilities by an amount equal to ten
percent (10%) or more of the Limited Partners' Capital Contributions;
and
(b) At all times subsequent to the admission to the
Partnership of the Limited Partners, the General Partner will use its
best efforts to maintain a net worth in excess of the total amount
that could reasonably be expected to be demanded from it by creditors
of the Partnership and any other partnership in which it has the
liabilities of a general partner.
ARTICLE VII
Transferability of the General Partner's Interest
7.1 Liability of the Terminated General Partner. In the event the
General Partner is removed by vote of the Limited Partners pursuant to
Section 8.3 hereof, becomes Bankrupt or Incapacitated, the Terminated General
Partner shall remain liable for its portion of any obligations and
liabilities incurred by the Partnership or by it as General Partner prior to
the time of such removal, Bankruptcy or Incapacity but it shall not be liable
for any obligation or liability incurred by the Partnership from and after
the time of such removal, Bankruptcy or Incapacity.
7.2 Removal, Bankruptcy or Incapacity of the General Partner. In
the event of the removal, Bankruptcy or the Incapacity of the General
Partner, the Partnership shall be dissolved, pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, unless the Limited Partners elect a Successor General Partner in
accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 hereof.
7.3 Valuation of the General Partner's Partnership Interest. In the
event of the removal, Bankruptcy or Incapacity (except for voluntary
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dissolution or liquidation of the General Partner) of the General Partner,
then, upon the election, if any, by the Limited Partners to continue the
business of the Partnership and to appoint a Successor General Partner, the
interest in the Partnership of the Terminated General Partner shall be valued
at fair market value by independent appraisal and shall be assigned to the
Successor General Partner upon payment of the amount of such valuation to the
Terminated General Partner or if appropriate to its legal representative.
The Terminated General Partner and the Limited Partners shall each select an
independent appraiser within 30 days of such election. If such appraisers
fail to agree on such fair market value within 60 days, then the two
appraisers shall jointly select a third appraiser whose determination shall
be final and binding, and if they cannot agree on such selection the then
President of the Bar Association of the City of New York shall appoint such
third appraiser.
In the event of the voluntary withdrawal from the Partnership by the
General Partner or the voluntary dissolution or liquidation of the General
Partner, then, upon the election, if any, by the Limited Partners to continue
the business of the Partnership and to appoint a Successor General Partner,
the interest in the Partnership of the voluntarily withdrawing, dissolving of
liquidating General Partner shall be valued at One Dollar ($1).
ARTICLE VIII
Rights of the Limited Partners
8.1 Limitations on Limited Partners. No Limited Partner shall take
part in the management of the business of the Partnership, transact any
business for the Partnership, or have the power to sign for or to bind the
Partnership to any agreement or document, said powers being vested solely and
exclusively in the General Partner; provided, however, the Limited Partners
shall have the rights specifically provided for herein.
8.2 Liability of Limited Partners. So long as the Limited Partners
do not exceed the scope of Section 8.1 hereof, no Limited Partner shall have
any personal liability whatsoever, whether to the Partnership, to any of the
Partners, or to the creditors of the Partnership, for the debts of the
Partnership or any of its losses beyond (i) the amount contributed by him to
the capital of the Partnership as set forth in Schedule A annexed hereto,
(ii) his share of undistributed profits and (iii) except as otherwise set
forth below. To the extent required by applicable law, a Limited Partner
will be liable to the Partnership and to its creditors for and to the extent
of any Distribution made to such Limited Partner if, after such Distribution,
the remaining assets of the Partnership are insufficient to pay its then
outstanding liabilities, exclusive of liabilities to Limited Partners on
account of their contributions and liabilities to the General Partner.
Additionally, to the extent that a Distribution to a Limited Partner
constitutes a return of all or a portion of such Limited Partner's Capital
Contribution, even though such Distribution was rightfully made, such Limited
Partner will be liable to the Partnership for any sum, not in excess of such
return of capital, together with interest thereon, as may be required by law,
necessary to discharge the Partnership's liabilities to creditors who
extended credit or whose claims arose prior to such return of capital.
8.3 Voting Rights of Limited Partners. Whenever the Limited
Partners are entitled, pursuant to this Section 8.3, to vote on any
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particular matter, each Limited Partner shall be entitled to cast as many
votes as the number of Interests he holds. For purposes of determining the
number of votes which he is entitled to cast, a Limited Partner shall be
deemed to be the holder of only those Interests shown on Schedule A, as
amended by the last filed Certificate of Limited Partnership.
Limited Partners shall have the right to vote only upon the following
matters and Limited Partners voting a majority in interest may, without the
concurrence of the General Partner, cause:
(a) The removal of the General Partner and the election of
a replacement therefor;
(b) The termination and dissolution of the Partnership;
(c) The amendment of this Agreement; provided, however, any
amendment so adopted by majority in interest of the Limited Partners
changing (y) the proportionate interest of any Partner's
participation in the allocation of profits or losses or Distributions
by the Partnership of Net Cash Flow from Operations or Net Property
Disposition Proceeds, or (z) the powers, rights and duties of the
General Partner, will require the consent of each Partner affected
thereby; provided, further, any amendment of this Section 8.3(c) will
require the consent of all the Partners;
(d) The sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Partnership in a single sale (subject to any contractual
obligation of the Partnership then in effect); and
(e) The disapproval of any sale of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Partnership in a single sale.
The rights of the Limited Partners described in subparagraphs (a),
(b), (d) and (e) of this Section 8.3 will be ineffective until such time as
(a) either (i) a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined in an
action for declaratory judgment or similar relief sought on behalf of the
Limited Partners, that neither the grant nor the exercise of such provisions
will result in the loss of any Limited Partner's limited liability, or (ii)
counsel to the Partnership shall have delivered to the Partnership an opinion
to the same effect; and (b) either (i) a favorable ruling shall have been
received by the Partnership from the Internal Revenue Service that neither
the grant nor the exercise of such provisions will adversely affect the
classification of the Partnership as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, or (ii) such counsel shall have delivered to the Partnership an
opinion to the same effect.
8.4 Treatment of the General Partner as a Limited Partner. In the
event that the General Partner shall own any Interests, the General Partner
shall in all respects be treated as a Limited Partner with respect to such
Interests.
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ARTICLE IX
Transferability of a Limited Partner's Interest
9.1 Restrictions on Transfer or Assignment of Interests. (a) No
Limited Partner may sell, assign, transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of
all or any portion of its beneficial interest in the right to receive
Distributions and allocations of profit and loss in Interests without giving
written notice of the sale, assignment, transfer, encumbrance or disposition
to the General Partner. No sale, assignment, transfer, encumbrance or
disposition shall be effective against the Partnership or the General Partner
until the first day of the calendar quarter next succeeding the quarter in
which the General Partner receives the written notice described below and a
duly executed written instrument of assignment. Any sale, assignment,
transfer, encumbrance or disposition by an assignee of Interests of its
beneficial interest in the right to receive Distributions and allocations of
profit and loss in Interests shall not be effective against the Partnership
or the General Partner until the first day of the calendar quarter next
succeeding the quarter in which the General Partner receives the written
notice described below and a duly executed written instrument of assignment.
If a sale, assignment, transfer, encumbrance or disposition occurs by reason
of the death of a Limited Partner or assignee such written notice may be
given by the duly authorized representative of the estate of the Limited
Partner or assignee and shall be supported by such proof of legal authority
and valid assignment as may reasonably be requested by the General Partner.
The written notice required by this Section 9.1 shall specify the name and
residence address of the assignee and the date of assignment, shall include a
statement by the assignee that he agrees to give the above-described written
notice to the General Partner upon any subsequent assignment, and shall be
signed by both the assignor and assignee. The General Partner may, in its
sole discretion, waive receipt of the above-described notice or waive any
defect therein. The Partnership shall recognize the assignee as the holder
of the beneficial interest in the Distributions from the Partnership and the
allocation of profits and losses of the Partnership so assigned (but not as a
Substituted Limited Partner except pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2
hereof), provided, such assignment is made in accordance with the provisions
of this Article IX.
(b) No transfer, assignment or other disposition of a beneficial
interest in the right to receive Distributions and allocations of profit and
loss in any Interest or any fraction thereof may be made (1) if the General
Partner or counsel to the Partnership shall be of the opinion that such
transfer, assignment or other disposition of such Interest:
(i) would be in violation of any applicable state
securities or "Blue Sky" laws or any investor suitability standards
established by the Partnership;
(ii) would result in the Partnership being classified other
than as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; or
(iii) would result in the termination of the Partnership
pursuant to the provisions of Section 708 of the Code; and
(2) Unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the
Interests being assigned by the assignor shall consist of at least five (5)
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Interests (in the case of an IRA two (2) Interests or such higher number of
Interests as may be required by applicable state law) and if the assignor
shall assign less than all of his Interests, such assignor shall retain at
least five (5) Interests (in the case of an IRA two (2) Interests or such
higher number of Interests as may be required by applicable state law); (ii)
the assignor and assignee shall execute and acknowledge such other
instruments as the General Partner reasonably deems necessary or desirable to
effect such assignment including, but not limited to, evidence of the
assignee's compliance with suitability standards imposed by the Partnership
and applicable "Blue Sky" Laws, and (iii) the Partnership shall have received
from the assignor or assignee a transfer fee to cover all reasonable expenses
of the transfer, including without limitation, all legal expenses, not to
exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200) per transaction, but such transfer may be
waived by the General Partner, in its sole discretion.
9.2 Substituted Limited Partners. In addition to the restrictions
on sales, assignments, transfers, encumbrances and other dispositions of a
beneficial interest in the right to receive Distributions and allocations of
profit and loss in Interests, as set forth in Section 9.1 hereof, no
assignee, transferee, donee, legatee, distributee, or other recipient of a
beneficial interest in the right to receive Distributions and allocations of
profit and loss in an Interest (collectively referred to for the purposes of
this Article IX, as the "recipient") shall be admitted to the Partnership as
a Substituted Limited Partner unless all of the following conditions are
satisfied:
(a) A duly executed written instrument of assignment
setting forth the intention of the Limited Partner seeking to sell,
assign. transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of all or a portion
of his Interests (collectively referred to for the purposes of this
Article IX as the "assignor") that the recipient shall become a
Substituted Limited Partner in his place, which is in form and
substance satisfactory to the General Partner, shall have been filed
with the General Partner;
(b) The Interests being acquired by the recipient shall
consist of at least five (5) Interests (in the case of an IRA two (2)
Interests or such higher number of Interests as may be required by
applicable state law) and, if the assignor shall retain any
Interests, such assignor shall retain at least five (5) Interests (in
the case of an IRA two (2) Interests or such higher number of
Interests as may be required by applicable state law);
(c) The assignor and recipient shall execute and
acknowledge such other instruments as the General Partner reasonably
deems necessary or desirable to effect such assignment and admission,
including, but not limited to, evidence of the recipient's compliance
with suitability standards imposed by the Partnership and any
applicable "Blue Sky" laws, the written acceptance and adoption by
the recipient of the provisions of this Agreement and his execution,
acknowledgment and delivery to the General Partner of a special power
of attorney, the form and content of which are more fully described
in Article XVI hereof;
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(d) The Partnership shall have received from the assignor
or recipient a transfer fee to cover ail reasonable expenses of the
transfer, including, without limitation, all legal expenses and all
expenses related to the amendment of the Certificate of Limited
Partnership, not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200) per
transaction, but such transfer fee may be waived by the General
Partner, in its sole discretion; and
(e) The General Partner has consented in writing to the
recipient becoming a Substituted Limited Partner, which consent the
General Partner may grant or withhold in its sole discretion.
9.3 Recognition of Assignment or Transfer. (a) Any sale,
assignment, transfer, encumbrance or other disposition of an Interest in
contravention of any of the provisions of this Article IX shall be void and
ineffective, shall be of no force and shall not he binding upon or recognized
by the Partnership.
(b) A recipient of a beneficial interest in the Distributions from
the Partnership and the allocation of profits and losses pursuant to Section
9.1(a) hereof, who is not admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, shall
have no right to require any information or account of the Partnership's
transactions or to inspect the Partnership's books; he shall only be entitled
to receive Distributions from the Partnership and the share of income, gain,
loss, deduction and credit attributable to the beneficial interest in the
Interests acquired by reason of such sale, assignment, transfer, encumbrance
or other disposition from the first day of the month following the month in
which the written assignment instrument, executed by the assignor and in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the General Partner, and other
documents reasonably deemed necessary or appropriate by the General Partner
(as, for example, evidence that the recipient meets the Partnership's
investor suitability standards and evidence of compliance with standards
imposed by applicable state securities, or "Blue Sky" laws) shall have been
received by the Partnership.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, both the
Partnership and the General Partner shall be entitled to treat the assignor
of such Interests as the absolute owner thereof in all respects, and shall
incur no liability for allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit
or for Distributions to the assignor until the first day of the calendar
quarter following the calendar quarter in which the Partnership shall have
received the written assignment instrument executed by the assignor in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the General Partner and other
documents reasonably deemed necessary or appropriate by the General Partner.
9.4 Treatment of a Substituted Limited Partner as a Limited Partner.
Within a reasonable period of time after the date when the General Partner
shall have consented to the substitution of a recipient as a Substituted
Limited Partner, and the assignor and recipient shall have satisfied all of
the conditions of Section 9.2 hereof, the General Partner shall amend the
Certificate of Limited Partnership to admit the recipient as a Substituted
Limited Partner. The admission of any person as a Substituted Limited
Partner shall become effective upon the first day of the calendar quarter
following the satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in Section 9.2
hereof. Any person admitted to the Partnership as a Substituted Limited
Partner shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement as if an
original party hereto.
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9.5 Withdrawal, Bankruptcy or Incapacity of a Limited Partner. (a)
No Limited Partner at any time shall withdraw from the Partnership. However,
such restriction shall not prevent the substitution of a Limited Partner in
the place and stead of another Limited Partner if the applicable terms and
conditions of Section 9.2 hereof are complied with.
(b) In the event of Bankruptcy or Incapacity of a Limited Partner
(the "Withdrawing Limited Partner"), the legal representative of the
Withdrawing Limited Partner shall have such power as the Withdrawing Limited
Partner possessed to constitute a successor as an assignee of his Interests
in the Partnership and to join with such assignee in making application to
substitute such assignee as a Limited Partner. Such legal representative
shall succeed to the rights of the Withdrawing Limited Partner to receive
Distributions from the Partnership and allocations of income, gain, loss,
deduction and credit; provided, however, such legal representative shall not
have the right to become a Substituted Limited Partner in the place of the
Withdrawing Limited Partner unless the conditions of Section 9.2 hereof
(other than the requirement that the assignor execute and acknowledge
instruments) are first satisfied.
ARTICLE X
Indemnification
10.1 Indemnification of the General Partner. Neither the General
Partner nor any officer, director, employee, agent, Affiliate or assignee of
the General Partner shall be liable to the Partnership or the Limited
Partners for any loss or damage incurred by reason of any act performed or
omitted in connection with the activities of the Partnership or in dealing
with third parties on behalf of the Partnership, if the General Partner, in
good faith, determined that such course of conduct was in the best interests
of the Partnership, and such course of conduct did not constitute fraud,
negligence, misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty of the General Partner.
The Partnership, its receiver or its trustee shall indemnify, save harmless
and pay all judgments and claims against the General Partner, its officers,
directors, employees, agents, Affiliates and assigns, from any liability,
loss or damage incurred by them or by the Partnership by reason of any act
performed or omitted to be performed by them in connection with the
activities of the Partnership or in dealing with third parties on behalf of
the Partnership, including costs and attorneys' fees (which attorneys' fees
may he paid as incurred), and any amounts expended in the settlement of any
claims of liability, loss or damage, provided that such course of conduct is
not adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to have constituted
fraud, negligence or breach of fiduciary duty by the General Partner, and
provided, further, that any such indemnification shall be recoverable only
from the assets of the Partnership and not from the assets of the Limited
Partners or the General Partner.
The Partnership shall not pay for any insurance covering liability of
the General Partner or officers, directors, employees, agents, Affiliates and
assigns of the General Partner for actions or omissions for which
indemnification is not permitted hereunder; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall preclude the Partnership form purchasing and paying
for such types of insurance, including extended coverage liability and
casualty insurance as would be customary for any person owning comparable
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property and engaged in a similar business or from naming the General Partner
or any Affiliate of the General Partner or both as additional insured parties
on policies obtained for the benefit of the Partnership to the extent that
there is no additional cost to the Partnership.
Nothing contained herein shall constitute a waiver by any Limited
Partner of any right which he may have against any party under federal or
state securities laws.
10.2 Limited Indemnification from Violations of the Securities Laws.
Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 10.1, neither the General Partner nor
any officer, director, employee, agent, Affiliate or assign of the General
Partner or of the Partnership shall be indemnified from any liability, loss
or damage incurred by them in connection with any claim or settlement
involving allegations that federal and state securities laws were violated
unless (i) the General Partner or other person or entity seeking
indemnification is successful in defending such action and such
indemnification is specifically approved by a court of law which shall have
been advised as to the current position of the Securities and Exchange
Commission regarding indemnification for violations of securities law or (ii)
in case of a settlement, both the settlement and the indemnification are so
approved.
10.3 Indemnification of Limited Partners. The Partnership will
indemnify, to the extent of Partnership assets, each Limited Partner against
any claim of liability asserted against a Limited Partner solely because he
is a Limited Partner in the Partnership.
ARTICLE XI
Dissolution and Termination
11.1 Events of Dissolution. The Partnership shall be dissolved and
its business wound up upon the earliest to occur of:
(a) March 1, 1984, if subscriptions for four thousand
(4,000) Interests have not been accepted on or before the applicable
date;
(b) The date of the sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, unless the
Partnership shall acquire a mortgage on a Partnership property as
part of the consideration for such sale, in which case the
Partnership shall be dissolved following the sale by it or the
termination of its entire interest in such mortgage;
(c) The date of the removal, Incapacity or Bankruptcy of
the General Partner, unless a majority in interest of the Limited
Partners elect within ninety (90) days of the date of such removal,
Incapacity or Bankruptcy to continue the business of the Partnership
and appoint a Successor General Partner pursuant to the provisions of
Article VII hereof;
(d) The date on which Limited Partners holding a majority
in interest vote in favor of the dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII hereof; or
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(e) December 31, 2028.
The dissolution of the Partnership shall not release or relieve any
of the parties hereto of their contractual obligations under this Agreement.
11.2 Payment of Partnership Funds Upon Liquidation. (a) Upon
dissolution of the Partnership and the failure to continue the business of
the Partnership in accordance with the provisions hereof, the General
Partner, or its successor, forthwith shall proceed to sell or otherwise
liquidate the assets of the partnership.
(b) After payment of all of the debts, liabilities and obligations
of the Partnership and the expenses of dissolution and liquidation and the
setting up of any reserves for contingencies that the General Partner or its
successor reasonably deems necessary. Distributions in liquidation of the
Partnership shall be made to the Partners in the same manner that Net Cash
Flow from Operations and Net Property Disposition Proceeds, respectively, are
distributed, as provided in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof, as appropriate when
consideration is given to the sources of the funds distributed in the
liquidation.
(c) For purposes of this Section 11.2, Net Cash Flow from Operations
shall be distributed and the appropriate adjustments to Partners' capital
accounts shall be made prior to the distribution of Net Property Disposition
Proceeds.
(d) No Partner shall be entitled to demand and receive property other
than cash in return for his Capital Contribution and each Partner hereby
waives all rights to partition of the property of the Partnership.
11.3 Effectuation of Liquidation. Upon completion of the
liquidation of the Partnership, the Partnership shall terminate and the
General Partner or its successor shall have the authority to execute and
record a certificate of cancellation of the Partnership, as well as any and
all other documents required to effectuate the dissolution, liquidation and
termination of the Partnership.
ARTICLE XII
Notices
12.1 Notices. Whenever any notice is required or permitted to be
given under any provision of this Agreement, such notice shall be in writing,
signed by or on behalf of the person giving the notice, and shall be deemed
to have been given on the earlier to occur of the date of actual delivery and
receipt thereof by the addressee or, if mailed, the date when deposited in an
official depository of the United States post office, postage prepaid,
addressed to the person or persons to whom such notice is to be given as
follows (or at such other address as shall be stated in a notice similarly
given at least five (5) days prior to the giving of such notice):
(a) If to Shearson/BK Restaurants, Inc., such notice shall
be given at Two World Trade Center, 105th Floor, New York, New York
10048; and
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(b) If to a Limited Partner, such notice shall be given at
the address shown on Schedule A hereto, as amended.
ARTICLE XIII
Accounting Reports and Statements
13.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Partnership shall end on
December 31 of each year.
13.2 Records of Partnership Transactions. The General Partner shall
keep, or cause to be kept, full and accurate records of all transactions of
the Partnership.
13.3 Access to Partnership Records. Limited Partners and their
designated representatives shall be permitted access to all records of the
Partnership at the principal office of the Partnership during reasonable
business hours and shall have the right to make copies thereof. Upon written
request, after payment of the reasonable expense of duplication, a Limited
Partner shall be provided with a copy of the Certificate or Certificates of
Limited Partnership containing the most recent listing of Partners' names,
addresses and Capital Contributions.
13.4 Preparation of Tax Returns; Tax Audits. (a) Within
seventy-five (75) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership,
the General Partner shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, all federal,
state and local partnership returns of income for the Partnership; and, in
connection therewith, shall, in its sole discretion, make any available or
necessary tax elections. Within such seventy-five (75) day period, the
Partnership will furnish to each person who was a Limited Partner at any time
during the preceding fiscal year all information required to be set forth in
such Partner's individual federal income tax return.
(b) In the event of an income tax audit of any federal, state or
local Partnership tax return, to the extent the Partnership is treated as an
entity for purposes of the audit, including administrative settlement and
judicial review, the General Partner shall be authorized to act for, and its
decision shall be final and binding upon, the Partnership; and all expenses
incurred in connection therewith shall be an expense of the Partnership.
13.5 Reports on Partnership's Business. Within sixty (60) days
after the close of each quarter other than the last quarter of the fiscal
year, commencing with the first full quarter after the Initial Closing Date,
the General Partner shall furnish to each person who was a Limited Partner at
any time during the quarter then ended, a report setting forth details with
respect to the progress of the Partnership's business and unaudited financial
statements and other relevant information regarding the Partnership and its
activities during the quarter, including a statement of any transactions by
the Partnership with the General Partner or its Affiliates and of fees,
commissions, compensation, reimbursements and other benefits paid or accrued
to the General Partner or its Affiliates for such quarter, showing the amount
paid or accrued to each recipient and the services performed, and including a
statement setting forth in detail the source of any Distributions paid to the
Limited Partners for or during the quarter, including the amount of
Distributions made from reserves, from funds generated through operations or
the sale or other disposition of Partnership properties or assets.
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13.6 Availability of Reports on Form 10-Q. The Partnership shall
also furnish to the Limited Partners, within sixty (60) days of the end of
each quarter, the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by the Partnership with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (or a quarterly report containing at
least as much information as the Form 10-Q).
13.7 Availability of Annual Reports. Within one hundred twenty
(120) days after the end of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall
furnish to each person who was a Limited Partner at any time during the
fiscal year then ended an annual report, which shall include (a) financial
statements of the Partnership, including a balance sheet, income statement
and a statement of sources and applications of funds, all of which shall be
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
accompanied by an auditor's report containing an opinion of a certified or
independent public accountant, and, additionally, a cash flow statement which
need not be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles or reported on, (b) a report of the activities of the Partnership
during such fiscal year, (c) a statement of any transactions between the
Partnership and the General Partner or its Affiliates, (d) a statement of
fees, commissions, compensation, reimbursements and other benefits paid or
accrued to the General Partner or its Affiliates for the last quarter and for
such year showing the amount paid or accrued to each recipient and the
services performed, (e) a statement setting forth in detail the source of any
Distributions paid to the Limited Partners for or during the last quarter and
such fiscal year, including the amount of Distributions made from reserves,
from funds generated through operations, or from funds derived from the sale
or other disposition of Partnership properties or assets, (f) a report of the
activities of the Partnership during such fiscal year, and (g) a
reconciliation between the annual report and the information furnished to the
Limited Partners for their federal income tax returns.
13.8 Reports of Property Acquisitions. Until the net proceeds from
the sale of Interests have been invested in real properties or returned to
the Limited Partners pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof, the General Partner
shall send to all Limited Partners, at least quarterly, a special report of
all property acquisitions within the prior quarter, which report shall
describe each property so acquired and the geographic area in which such
property is located. This special report shall include an itemization of all
monies paid to officers, directors or Affiliates of the General Partner in
connection with the purchase, a statement of the actual purchase price,
including terms of the purchase, a statement of the total amount of cash
expended by the Partnership to acquire each property, and a statement
regarding the amount of proceeds in the Partnership which remain unexpended
or uncommitted. The unexpended or uncommitted amount shall be stated in
terms of both dollar amount and percentage of the total amount of the net
offering proceeds of the Partnership.
13.9 Annual Appraisal. Within 120 days following the end of each
fiscal year of the Partnership, an estimate will be made by an independent
appraiser of the current market value of the Partnership's portfolio of
properties in the aggregate.
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ARTICLE XIV
Amendments to Partnership Agreement
14.1 Amendments to Partnership Agreement. This Agreement may be
amended at any time and from time to time in the manner provided in Section
8.3 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.3, in the
event Treasury regulations under the 1982 Act are promulgated or the
withholding provisions of the 1982 Act are amended to provide that interest
payable to the Partnership is not subject to withholding tax, the General
Partner is hereby authorized in its discretion to amend this Agreement
without the vote or concurrence of any of the Limited Partners to provide for
the making of such distributions and allocations which will, to the extent
practicable, treat the amounts withheld with respect to the income allocable
to the Taxable Limited Partners (as defined below) as a cash distribution to
them and to distribute to the Tax-Exempt Limited Partners (as defined below)
an amount equal to the product of the withholding tax rate and their
proportionate share of interest income, and in the discretion of the General
Partner, to make such other amendments to this Agreement so as to fairly give
effect to such regulations or amendment to the 1982 Act. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 8.3, in the event Treasury regulations
under the 1982 Act are promulgated or the withholding provisions of the 1982
Act are amended to provide that while interest payable to the Partnership is
subject to withholding tax, an amount equal to the distributive share of such
income allocable to the Tax-Exempt Limited Partners (as defined below) is
exempt from withholding tax, the General Partner is hereby authorized in its
discretion to amend this Agreement, without the concurrence or vote of any of
the Limited Partners, to provide for the following allocations and
distributions. Each Limited Partner will be treated as having been allocated
an amount equal to his allocable share of the entire amount of interest
earned by the Partnership including the amount of taxes withheld by the payor
of such interest to the Partnership. The tax withheld will be allocated to
the capital accounts of the Taxable Limited Partners (as defined below) and
will be treated as a distribution to those Partners. In addition, the
General Partner, may, in its discretion make such other amendments to this
Agreement so as to fairly give effect to such regulations or amendment to the
1982 Act. "Tax-Exempt Limited Partners" shall mean Limited Partners which
are not subject to Federal income tax or which are exempt from the
withholding requirements of the 1982 Act. "Taxable Limited Partners" shall
mean Limited Partners which are not Tax-Exempt Limited Partners. If amended,
the General Partner shall file, or cause to be filed, an amendment of the
Certificate of Limited Partnership with the appropriate authorities, in the
event that the General Partner determines the filing of such amendment to be
necessary or appropriate.
ARTICLE XV
Meetings of the Partners
15.1 Meetings. Meetings of the Limited Partners, for any purpose,
may be called by the General Partner and shall be called by the General
Partner upon receipt of a request in writing signed by Limited Partners
holding ten percent (10%) or more of the Interests then outstanding. Such
request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting and the
business to be transacted. Such meeting shall be held at the principal
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office of the Partnership, or at such other place as may be designated by the
General Partner. Notice of any such meeting shall be delivered to all
Partners in the manner prescribed in Article XII within ten (10) days after
receipt of such request and no fewer than fifteen (15) days nor more than
sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting. The notice shall state the
place, date, hour and purpose or purposes of the meeting. At each meeting of
the Limited Partners, the Limited Partners present or represented by proxy
shall adopt such rules for the conduct of such meeting as they shall deem
appropriate. A list of the names and addresses of all Limited Partners (and
the number of Interests held by each Limited Partner) shall be maintained as
part of the books and records of the Partnership.
15.2 Proxy. Each Limited Partner may authorize any person or
persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a Limited Partner is
entitled to participate. Every proxy must be signed by the Limited Partner
or his attorney-in-fact (other than the General Partner). No proxy shall be
valid after the expiration of six (6) months from the date thereof. Every
proxy shall be revocable by the Limited Partner executing it.
ARTICLE XVI
Special Power of Attorney
16.1 Special Power of Attorney. Each Limited Partner, by his
execution hereof, hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the
General Partner, with full power of substitution, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, for him and in his name, place and stead and for his use
and benefit, to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, deliver, record
and file any document or instrument which may be considered necessary or
desirable by the General Partner to carry out fully the provisions of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, the
following:
(a) Any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of
Limited Partnership (including any certificate or other instrument
necessary to evidence the amendment or modification of this
Agreement), any separate certificate of limited partnership or
amendment thereof, any certificate of doing business under an assumed
name, and any other certificate, instrument or document which may be
required to be filed, or which the General Partner, in its sole
discretion, deems advisable to file, under the laws of any state or
the regulations of any governmental agency, as well as any amendments
to the foregoing; and
(b) Any certificate or other instrument which may be
required or appropriate to effect the continuation of the
Partnership, to approve the choice of and to admit any additional or
Substituted Limited Partner, to dissolve and liquidate the
Partnership, to reflect the return to the Limited Partners of all or
a part of their respective Capital Contributions or to effect any
reduction in the Partnership's capital by reason of Distributions to
the Partners.
16.2 Scope of Power of Attorney. The foregoing special power of
attorney granted by each Limited Partner shall be one which:
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(a) is a special power of attorney coupled with an
interest, is irrevocable and shall survive the Bankruptcy or
Incapacity of the granting Limited Partner;
(b) may be exercised by the General Partner or by any
officer or director thereof, acting alone, for each Limited Partner
by a facsimile signature or by executing any instrument with a single
signature as attorney-in-fact for all Limited Partners; and
(c) shall survive the delivery of any transfer or
assignment by a Limited Partner, as permitted pursuant to this
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Agreement, of the whole or any portion of his Interests, except that
where the assignee or transferee of the Interests has been approved
by the General Partner for admission to the Partnership as a
Substituted Limited Partner, this special power of attorney shall
survive the delivery of such assignment or transfer for the sole
purpose of enabling the General Partner to execute, acknowledge and
file any instrument or document necessary to effect such
substitution.
In the event of the designation of a Successor General Partner, each
Limited Partner hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the
Successor General Partner his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
powers as set forth in Section 16.1 hereof and this Section 16.2.
ARTICLE XVII
Miscellaneous
17.1 Binding Effect. Except as herein otherwise provided to the
contrary, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the parties
hereto, their legal representatives, successors and assigns.
17.2 Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.
17.3 Counterpart Signature. This Agreement may be executed in
several counterparts, all of which so executed shall constitute one
agreement, binding on all of the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all of
the parties are not signatory to the original or the same counterpart.
17.4 Separability of Provisions. In the event that any sentence,
paragraph, provision, section or article of this Agreement is declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be void, such sentence, paragraph,
provision, section or article shall be deemed severed from the remainder of
this Agreement and the balance of this Agreement shall remain in effect.
17.5 Headings. Titles or captions contained in this Agreement are
inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference. Such titles and
captions shall not be construed to define, limit, extend or describe the
scope of this Agreement nor the intent of any provision hereof.
17.6 Gender and Number. Whenever required by the context hereof,
the singular shall include the plural, and vice-versa; the masculine gender
shall include the feminine and neuter genders, and vice-versa.
17.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties. This Agreement supersedes any prior agreement or
understanding among the parties and may not be modified or amended in any
manner other than as set forth herein.
17.8 Section 48(q)(4) Election. Limited Partners which are
corporations hereby authorize the General Partner in its discretion to elect
on their behalf under Section 48(q)(4) of the Code, and to execute,
acknowledge and file on their behalf all such documents as may be necessary
or desirable in that connection.
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17.9 Acquisition Schedule; Suitability Reports.
(a) Within thirty (30) days after completion of the last acquisition of
properties by the Partnership, the General Partner shall forward to the
Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California a schedule, verified
under penalty of perjury, reflecting (i) each acquisition made; (ii) the
purchase price paid; (iii) the aggregate of all Acquisition Fees paid on each
transaction; and (iv) a computation showing compliance with Rule
260.140.113.3 of the Department of Corporations of the State of California,
(b) The General Partner shall maintain records confirming that Limited
Partners resident in the State of California have either (i) a net worth
(exclusive of home, home furnishings and personal automobiles) of at least
$75,000 and an annual gross income (without regard to investment in the
Partnership) during the current tax year of at least $75,000 or (ii) a net
worth (as computed above) of not less than $300,000.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
of Limited Partnership as of the day and year first above written.
GENERAL PARTNER:
SHEARSON/BK RESTAURANTS, INC.
By /s/ A. GEORGE KALLOP
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A. George Kallop,
President
INITIAL LIMITED PARTNER
By /s/ WILLIAM M. KAHN
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William M. Kahn
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SCHEDULE A
Capital Contribution
GENERAL PARTNER:
SHEARSON/BK RESTAURANTS, INC. . . . . . . . . . . $1,000
Two World Trade Center
105th Floor
New York, New York 10048
INITIAL LIMITED PARTNER:
William M. Kahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000
345 East 57th Street
New York, New York 10022
