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$11,300,000
11,300 UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
$1,000 PER UNIT
In April 1994 Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994 (the "Partnership")
commenced its original offering (the "Original Offering") of 30,000 of its
units of limited partnership interest ("Units"). Pursuant to the Original
Offering the Partnership received subscriptions for approximately 41,000
Units. Since the Partnership was limited to accepting subscriptions for
30,000 Units in the Original Offering, the Partnership hereby offers 11,300
additional Units (the "Supplemental Offering") solely to those investors
whose subscriptions are not accepted in full in the Original Offering. Such
investors may only purchase in the Supplemental Offering not more than the
number of Units which were subscribed for but not accepted in the Original
Offering. See "Summary of the Offering." The Partnership's principal
offices are at South Tower, World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New
York, New York 10080-6123 and its telephone number is (212) 236-7302. KECALP
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML & Co., is the general partner (the
"General Partner") of the Partnership. The Partnership will operate as a
non-diversified, closed-end investment company of the management type. The
General Partner has obtained an order from the Securities and Exchange
Commission exempting the Partnership, as an "employees' securities company",
from certain provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940. See "Exhibit
II--Exemptions from the Investment Company Act of 1940".
The investment objective of the Partnership is to seek long-term capital
appreciation. It is expected that a substantial portion of the proceeds of
this offering will be invested in privately-offered equity investments in
leveraged buyout transactions and in transactions involving financial
restructurings or recapitalizations of operating companies. Investments may
also be made in real estate opportunities and, to a lesser extent, in venture
capital transactions. The Partnership may make other investments in equity
and fixed income securities that the General Partner considers appropriate in
terms of their potential for long-term capital appreciation. The
Partnership's investment policies involve a very high degree of risk. See
"Exhibit II--Investor Suitability Standards", "--Conflicts of Interest", "--
Risk and Other Important Factors" and "--Investment Objective and Policies".
The Partnership may borrow funds for investment in securities, which would
have the effect of leveraging the Units. See "Exhibit II--Investment
Objective and Policies Leverage".
The Units are being offered by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated ("MLPF&S") on a "best efforts" basis. This offering will
terminate not later than September 15, 1994, or such other subsequent date,
not later than September 29, 1994, as MLPF&S and the General Partner may
agree upon (the "Offering Termination Date"). Funds paid by subscribers will
be deposited in a bank escrow account and held in trust for the benefit of
subscribers. Subscriptions deposited in the escrow account may not be
terminated or withdrawn by subscribers. See "Offering and Sale of Units".
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This Prospectus sets forth concisely information about the Partnership that a
prospective investor ought to know before investing. Investors are advised
to read this Prospectus and retain it for future reference.
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THE UNITS ARE A SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT AND THIS OFFERING INVOLVES
VARIOUS SUBSTANTIAL RISKS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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PRICE TO SALES PROCEEDS TO
PUBLIC LOAD(1) PARTNERSHIP(2)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Per Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000 -- $ 1,000
Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,300,000 -- $11,300,000
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(footnotes on next page)
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS AUGUST 19, 1994.
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(Continued from cover page)
(1) No sales commission will be charged purchasers of Units. The General
Partner has agreed to indemnify MLPF&S against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933. See "Offering
and Sale of Units".
(2) The maximum aggregate proceeds to the Partnership from the Original
Offering and the Supplemental Offering are $41,300,000. Such amount is
exclusive of organizational and offering expenses payable by the
Partnership in such offerings, estimated at an aggregate of $280,000 but
not exceeding 2% of the proceeds of the offering. The General Partner
will bear the remaining costs, if any, of forming the Partnership and
registering the Units under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
securities laws of various states.
NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION AND REPRESENTATIONS MUST
NOT BE RELIED UPON. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY IN ANY
STATE TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER.
UNTIL NOVEMBER 17, 1994, ALL DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE
UNITS, WHETHER OR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISTRIBUTION, MAY BE REQUIRED TO
DELIVER A CURRENT COPY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE
OBLIGATION OF DEALERS TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS WHEN ACTING AS UNDERWRITERS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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Summary of the Supplemental Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Partnership Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Investment Objective and Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Offering and Sale of Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Information in Exhibit II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Financial Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
Subscription Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ex. I
Prospectus Relating to Initial Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ex. II
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SUMMARY OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL OFFERING
INTRODUCTION: The Partnership was formed as a Delaware
limited partnership on January 4, 1994 and will
operate as a non-diversified, closed-end
investment company of the management type under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. The
General Partner of the Partnership is KECALP
Inc. (the "General Partner"), a Delaware
corporation indirectly wholly-owned by ML & Co.
The investment objective of the Partnership is
to seek long-term capital appreciation. It is
expected that a substantial portion of its
assets will be invested in privately-offered
equity investments in leveraged buyout
transactions and in transactions involving
financial restructurings or recapitalization of
operating companies. Investments may also be
made in real estate opportunities and, to a
lesser extent, in venture capital transactions.
The Partnership anticipates that many of its
investments will be made available to it by ML
& Co. or its affiliates.
The purchase of Units involves a number of
significant risk factors. See "Exhibit II--
Risk and Other Important Factors" and "--
Conflicts of Interest".
THE OFFERINGS: In April 1994 the Partnership commenced the
original offering of 30,000 of its units of
limited partnership interest (the "Original
Offering"). Pursuant to the Original Offering
the Partnership received subscriptions for
approximately 41,000 Units. Since the
Partnership was limited to accepting
subscriptions for 30,000 Units in the Original
Offering, the Partnership is offering 11,300
additional Units (the "Supplemental Offering")
solely to those investors whose subscriptions
are not accepted in full in the Original
Offering. Such investors may only purchase in
the Supplemental Offering not more than the
number of Units which were subscribed for but
not accepted in the Original Offering.
Pursuant to a supplement dated August 19, 1994
to the Prospectus dated April 15, 1994, the
Partnership notified investors who subscribed
for units in the Original Offering of such
investors' right to withdraw their subscription
for Units in the Original Offering. The
deadline for such withdrawal is September 13,
1994. On September 14, 1994, the day following
such deadline, the General Partner will, after
taking into account the requests for withdrawal
of subscriptions, allocate the 30,000 units
that were offered in the Initial Offering in a
manner deemed equitable by the General Partner.
This offering will terminate not later than
September 15, 1994 or such other subsequent
date, not later than September 29, 1994, as
MLPF&S and the General Partner may agree upon.
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE: Complete, date, execute and deliver to KECALP
Inc., a copy of the Limited Partner Signature
Page and Power of Attorney attached as part of
the Subscription Agreement, a form of which is
attached as Exhibit I to this Prospectus. This
procedure permits investors whose subscriptions
are refunded in the Original Offering to
increase their total investment to their
initial subscription amount or to such lesser
level as they specify on the signature page.
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PARTNERSHIP EXPENSES
The following tables are intended to assist potential investors in
understanding the various costs and expenses associated with investing in the
Partnership.
Limited Partner Transaction Expenses
Sales Load (as a percentage of offering price) None
Annual Expenses (as a percentage of net assets)
Management Fees None
Other Expenses (audit, legal and administrative)* 1.0%
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Total Annual Expenses 1.0%
* "Other Expenses" have been estimated for the current fiscal year and
assume Limited Partners' capital contributions of $5 million, the minimum in
the Partnership's Original Offering. Although the Partnership does not pay
operating expenses directly, the General Partner is entitled to receive
annual reimbursements from the Partnership of Partnership expenses paid by
it, in amounts of up to 1.5% of the Limited Partners' capital contributions.
Example
An investor would pay the following expenses on a hypothetical $1,000
investment in the Partnership, assuming a 5% annual return:
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One Year THREE YEARS FIVE YEARS TEN YEARS
<S> <C> <C>
$10 $32 $55 $122
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This "Example" assumes that all distributions are reinvested at net
asset value and that the percentage amounts listed under Annual Expenses
remain the same in the years shown. However, Limited Partners will not be
able to reinvest distributions of the Partnership. The above tables and the
assumption in the Example of a 5% annual return are required by regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to all investment
companies. THE ASSUMED 5% ANNUAL RETURN AND ANNUAL EXPENSES SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF ACTUAL OR EXPECTED PARTNERSHIP PERFORMANCE OR
EXPENSES, BOTH OF WHICH MAY VARY.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
In addition to the information set forth below, investors should read
carefully the information set forth under the caption "Exhibit II--Investment
Objective and Policies".
PROPOSED INITIAL INVESTMENTS
The General Partner has approved the purchase by the Partnership of four
investments, the details of three of which are set forth under the caption
"Exhibit II--Investment Objective and Policies--Proposed Initial
Investments". Information with respect to the other investment is set forth
below:
U.S. West Paging, Inc. ("Westlink"), which was an indirect subsidiary of
U.S. West, Inc. until it was acquired by Merrill Lynch Capital Appreciation
Fund II, L.P. in the spring of 1994, provides paging services to
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approximately 306,862 subscribers in 15 primary market serving the Midwest,
Southwest and Pacific Northwest regions. The General Partner has approved an
equity investment by the Partnership of $2 million in Westlink.
OFFERING AND SALE OF UNITS
OFFERING OF UNITS
MLPF&S has entered into an Agency Agreement with the Partnership and the
General Partner in connection with this offering pursuant to which MLPF&S has
agreed to act as selling agent for the Partnership and the General Partner to
assist in the sale of the Units on a "best efforts" basis. The Units are
being offered solely to those investors whose subscriptions are not accepted
in full in the Original Offering. Such investors may purchase in the
Supplemental Offering not more than the number of Units which were subscribed
for but not accepted in the Original Offering. MLPF&S and its affiliates
will not receive, directly or indirectly, any payments or compensation in
connection with the offering and sale of Units.
The Agency Agreement contains cross-indemnification clauses with respect
to certain liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
The offering will terminate not later than September 15, 1994, or such
subsequent date, not later than September 29, 1994, as the parties may
determine (the "Offering Termination Date"), except that unless the closing
of the Initial Offering occurs at or prior to the time of the closing of the
offering described herein, none will be sold and all payments received will
be refunded with interest, if any, actually earned. If all conditions
precedent to closing are met, all properly executed subscriptions will be
accepted and such investors will be admitted to the Partnership as Limited
Partners.
SUBSCRIPTION TO PURCHASE UNITS
Each investor who desires to purchase Units must:
(a) complete, date, execute and deliver to KECALP Inc., South Tower,
World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10080-6123, one copy
of the Signature Page and Power of Attorney, a form of which is attached as
part of the Subscription Agreement attached to this Prospectus as Exhibit I;
and
(b) authorize the payment of an amount equal to $1,000 for each Unit
that the prospective purchaser desires to purchase in the Supplemental
Offering.
The General Partner will not, under any circumstances, accept
subscriptions for a fractional interest in a Unit.
PAYMENT FOR UNITS
Each investor who subscribes to purchase Units will, by execution of the
Subscription Agreement, agree to make a capital contribution of $1,000 for
each Unit subscribed for and authorize the payment of such amount. Prior to
the time payments are required for units purchased in the Supplemental
Offering made hereby, withdrawals of subscriptions will be processed and
refunds of subscriptions in the Original Offering will be made to reduce
subscription moneys remaining in escrow to not more than $30 million. Funds
refunded to subscribers electing to purchase Units offered hereby may be
applied to such purchase. If sufficient funds are not already available in
the investor's MLPF&S securities account, the investor must deposit
additional funds so that the full amount of the capital contribution for the
Units for which the investor has subscribed will be available in such
account.
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MLPF&S will deposit subscribers' funds in an escrow account with The
Bank of New York, for the benefit of investors. The bank escrow agent for
such account may, at the direction of MLPF&S, invest such payment in U.S.
government securities, bank time deposits, certificates of deposit of a
domestic bank which mature prior to the closing of the purchase of Units or
bank money market accounts. The investors' funds in such account, but not the
interest earned thereon, will be released to the Partnership only if each of
the following conditions has been satisfied:
(a) at or prior to the closing of the offering of the Units, the
closing of the Original Offering occurs;
(b) on the date of closing of the Supplemental Offering, the escrow
agent has received the full payment of the capital contributions for the
Units which the Partnership will issue and sell at the closing of the
Supplemental Offering; and
(c) on the date of closing of the Supplemental Offering, Brown & Wood
has delivered its opinion that the Partnership will be treated as a
partnership for Federal income tax purposes and will not be treated as a
publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
If such conditions are not timely satisfied, all the investors' funds so
held in such account will be returned to the investors. If all of such
conditions are timely satisfied, each investor who has subscribed to purchase
Units to be issued and sold at the closing of the Supplemental Offering will
become a Limited Partner and thereafter (but only thereafter) such investor's
capital contributions will be paid to the Partnership, to be applied by it as
described in this Prospectus. Any interest earned on funds held in escrow
will be paid to subscribers in proportion to their respective subscription
amounts and the length of time their subscription amounts were on deposit.
INFORMATION IN EXHIBIT II
Exhibit II contains a copy of the Prospectus used in connection with the
Original Offering. Investors should read carefully the information set forth
in Exhibit II under the captions "--Investor Suitability Standards", "--
Conflicts of Interest", "--Fiduciary Responsibility of the General Partner",
"--Risk and Other Important Factors", "--Compensation and Fees", "--The
Partnership", "--The General Partner and Its Affiliates", "--Investment
Objective and Policies", "--Tax Aspects of Investment in the Partnership",
"Summary of the Partnership Agreement", "--Transferability of Units", "--
Reports", "--Experts", "--Legal Matters", "--Exemptions from the Investment
Company Act of 1940", "--Index to Financial Statements".
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the
Registration Statement with respect to the Supplemental Offering that the
Partnership has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C., under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company
Act. For further information pertaining to the securities offered hereby,
reference is made to the Registration Statement including the exhibits filed
as a part thereof.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The following is an unaudited balance sheet of the General Partner,
dated as of December 31, 1993. The General Partner represents that there has
been no material adverse change in the financial operations of the Fund since
December 31, 1993.
KECALP, INC.
BALANCE SHEET
August 5, 1994
ASSETS
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CASH $ 0
PARTNERSHIP-INVESTMENT 556,016
CMA INVESTMENTS 5,286
A/R ADVANCE 37,401
A/R INTEREST 50,440
RECEIVABLE FROM PARENT AND AFFILIATES 3,898,844
WAREHOUSED INVESTMENTS 4,441,998
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TOTAL ASSETS $8,989,985
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LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
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LIABILITIES
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DEFERRED INCOME TAXES $ 52,474
ACCRUED EXPENSES & OTHER LIAB. 49,077
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 101,551
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SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
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COMMON STOCK 1,000
ADDITIONAL PAID IN CAPITAL 9,435,555
RETAINED EARNINGS (548,121)
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TOTAL SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY 8,888,434
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TOTAL LIABILITIES &
SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY $8,989,985
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EXHIBIT I
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
KECALP Inc., General Partner of
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994
South Tower
World Financial Center
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10080-6123
Gentlemen:
By signing the Limited Partner Signature Page and Power of Attorney
attached hereto, the undersigned hereby applies for the purchase of the
number of limited partner interests (the "Units"), set forth below, in
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994, a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Partnership"), at a price of $1,000 per Unit, and authorizes Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to debit his securities account in the
amount set forth below for such Units. The undersigned understands that such
funds will be held by The Bank of New York, as Escrow Agent. The undersigned
hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Prospectus including Exhibit II
thereto, as well as the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
(the "Partnership Agreement") of the Partnership set forth in Exhibit II to
the Prospectus, and hereby specifically accepts and adopts each and every
provision of, and executes, the Partnership Agreement and agrees to be bound
thereby.
(Arkansas Legend:
"THE UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO
A CLAIM OF EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 23-42-504(a)(9) OF THE ARKANSAS
SECURITIES ACT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND WITH THE ARKANSAS SECURITIES
DEPARTMENT, BUT THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE VALUE OF
THESE SECURITIES OR MADE ANY RECOMMENDATION AS TO THEIR PURCHASE,
AND NEITHER THE DEPARTMENT NOR THE COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR
DISAPPROVED THE OFFERING, OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY
OF THE PROSPECTUS, AND ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
UNLAWFUL".)
California Legend:
"IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY,
OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR,
WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THE
COMMISSIONER'S RULES."
Any sale or transfer of the Units outside California not involving
California residents does not require the prior written consent of the
Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California.
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:
1. The undersigned has carefully read the Prospectus, including Exhibit
II thereto, and has relied solely on the information contained therein and
investigation made by the undersigned or his or her representatives in making
the decision to invest in the Partnership.
2. The undersigned is aware that investment in the Units involves
certain risk factors and has carefully read and considered the matters set
forth under the captions "Investment Objective and Policies", "Conflicts of
Interest", "Risk and Other Important Factors" and "Tax Aspects of Investment
in the Partnership" in Exhibit II of the Prospectus.
3. The representations and warranties contained in the Subscription
Agreement executed and delivered by the undersigned in connection with the
Original Offering continue to be true and accurate as of the date hereof.
The undersigned understands and recognizes that:
(a) The subscription may be accepted or rejected in whole or in
part by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.
(b) No Federal or state agency has made any finding or
determination as to the fairness for public investment, nor any
recommendation or endorsement, of the Units.
(c) There are restrictions on the transferability of the Units,
there will be no public market for Units, and accordingly, it may not be
possible for the undersigned readily, if at all, to liquidate his or her
investment in the Partnership in case of an emergency.
(d) Prior to any contrary notification to the General Partner by
the undersigned, the undersigned hereby authorizes all cash
distributions to be made by the Partnership to the undersigned as a
Limited Partner to be credited to the undersigned's securities account
at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as specified in
the Signature Page and Power of Attorney executed and delivered by the
undersigned.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that the undersigned is
not entitled to cancel, terminate or revoke this subscription or any
agreements of the undersigned hereunder and that such subscription and
agreements shall survive the disability of the undersigned.
This Subscription Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be governed
by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned executes and agrees to be bound by
this Subscription Agreement by executing the Limited Partner Signature Page
and Power of Attorney attached hereto on the date therein indicated.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBSCRIBERS IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL OFFERING
Any person desiring to subscribe for Units in the Supplemental Offering
should carefully read and review the Prospectus, including Exhibit II
thereto, and, if he or she desires to subscribe for Units in the Supplemental
Offering, complete the following steps:
1. Complete, date and execute the Limited Partner Signature Page and
Power of Attorney sent with Prospectus.
2. If you wish to subscribe herein for all units for which you
subscribed in the Original Offering but are not accepted, simply check the
first box, fill in your name, sign and date the signature page. Election of
this option will result in your receiving the aggregate number of units you
subscribed for in the Original Offering.
3. If you wish to subscribe for less than the number of units
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initially subscribed for in the Original Offering, indicate in the four boxes
provided the total number of Units you would like to purchase pursuant to
both the Original Offering and the Supplemental Offering, which number may
not exceed the number of Units initially subscribed for in the Original
Offering. The number you indicate will be the total number of units you
ultimately receive in the Partnership from both offerings. If you indicate a
number of Units less than the number of Units which is accepted in the
Original Offering, your execution of the Signature Page will be treated as a
withdrawal request with respect to the Original Offering and you will receive
no additional Units in the Supplemental Offering.
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MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
LIMITED PARTNER SIGNATURE PAGE AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, desiring to become a Limited Partner of Merrill Lynch
KECALP L.P. 1994 (the "Partnership"), pursuant to Section 3.3 or 7.4 of the
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the "Partnership
Agreement"), a form of which is included in Exhibit II to the Prospectus,
hereby executes, and agrees to all of the terms of, the Partnership Agreement
of the Partnership and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions
thereof. The undersigned further, by executing this Limited Partner
Signature Page and Power of Attorney, hereby executes, adopts and agrees to
all terms, conditions and representations of the Subscription Agreement
included as Exhibit II to the Prospectus. The undersigned further
irrevocably constitutes and appoints KECALP Inc., the General Partner of the
Partnership, and its successors and assigns with full power of substitution,
the true and lawful attorney for the undersigned and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to,
deliver, record and file any documents or instruments which may be considered
necessary or desirable by the General Partner to carry out fully the
provisions of the Partnership Agreement, including, without limitation, the
Partnership Agreement, the certificate of limited partnership of the
Partnership and any amendment or amendments thereto, including, without
limitation, amendments thereof for the purpose of increasing or decreasing
the capital contribution of any partner and adding and deleting the
undersigned and others as the partners in the Partnership, as contemplated by
the Partnership Agreement (which amendment(s) the undersigned hereby joins in
and executes, hereby authorizing his Limited Partner Signature Page and Power
of Attorney to be attached, if required, to any such amendment) and of
otherwise amending the Partnership Agreement from time to time, or cancelling
the same. The power of attorney hereby granted shall be deemed to be coupled
with an interest and shall be irrevocable and survive and not be affected by
the subsequent death, disability, incapacity or insolvency of the undersigned
or any delivery by the undersigned of an assignment of the whole or any
portion of the interest of the undersigned.
Signature of Limited Partner:
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Date:
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A. If you wish to be reinstated for all Units subscribed for by you but not
accepted in the Original Offering, check this box:
/ /
-or-
B. If you wish to subscribe for a total number of Units (in both the
Original and Supplemental Offerings) less than the number for which you
subscribed in the Original Offering, complete the following:
Aggregate # of Units that you wish to purchase (in both the Original
Offering and the Supplemental Offering) / // // // // / x $1,000 = Total
investment in the Partnership
Limited Partner's Full Name (please print):
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Social Security Number:
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FOR OFFICE Date Date Accepted Control Additional
USE ONLY Received Settled Number Order
/ // // // // // // // // // / / // // // // // // // // // / / /
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EXHIBIT II
Prospectus of the Partnership dated April 15, 1994
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$30,000,000
30,000 UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
$1,000 PER UNIT MINIMUM INVESTMENT 5 UNITS ($5,000)
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994 (the "Partnership") hereby offers 30,000
units of limited partnership interest (the "Units") in the Partnership to
certain employees of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("ML & Co.") and its
subsidiaries and to non-employee directors of ML & Co. The Partnership's
principal offices are at South Tower, World Financial Center, 225 Liberty
Street, New York, New York 10080-6123 and its telephone number is (212)
236-7302. KECALP Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML & Co., is the general
partner (the "General Partner") of the Partnership. The Partnership will
operate as a non-diversified, closed-end investment company of the management
type. The General Partner has obtained an order from the Securities and
Exchange Commission exempting the Partnership, as an "employees' securities
company", from certain provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940. See
"Exemptions from the Investment Company Act of 1940".
The investment objective of the Partnership is to seek long-term capital
appreciation. It is expected that a substantial portion of the proceeds of
this offering will be invested in privately-offered equity investments in
leveraged buyout transactions and in transactions involving financial
restructurings or recapitalizations of operating companies. Investments may
also be made in real estate opportunities and, to a lesser extent, in venture
capital transactions. The Partnership may make other investments in equity
and fixed income securities that the General Partner considers appropriate in
terms of their potential for long-term capital appreciation. The
Partnership's investment policies involve a very high degree of risk. See
"Investor Suitability Standards", "Conflicts of Interest", "Risk and Other
Important Factors" and "Investment Objective and Policies". The Partnership
may borrow funds for investment in securities, which would have the effect of
leveraging the Units. See "Investment Objective and Policies Leverage".
The Units are being offered by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated ("MLPF&S") on a "best efforts" basis. This offering will
terminate not later than June 9, 1994, or such other subsequent date, not
later than July 7, 1994, as MLPF&S and the General Partner may agree upon
(the "Offering Termination Date"). If subscriptions for 5,000 Units have
not been received by the Offering Termination Date, no Units will be sold.
Funds paid by subscribers will be deposited in a bank escrow account and held
in trust for the benefit of subscribers, and, if the required minimum is not
obtained or other conditions not satisfied, will be refunded promptly with
interest, if any. Subscriptions deposited in the escrow account may not be
terminated or withdrawn by subscribers. See "Offering and Sale of Units".
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This Prospectus sets forth concisely information about the Partnership that a
prospective investor ought to know before investing. Investors are advised
to read this Prospectus and retain it for future reference.
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THE UNITS ARE A SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT AND THIS OFFERING INVOLVES
VARIOUS SUBSTANTIAL RISKS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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PRICE TO SALES PROCEEDS TO
PUBLIC LOAD(1) PARTNERSHIP(2)
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Per Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000 -- $ 1,000
Total Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,000,000 -- $ 5,000,000
Total Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,000,000 -- $30,000,000
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MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS APRIL 15, 1994.
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(1) No sales commission will be charged purchasers of Units. The General
Partner has agreed to indemnify MLPF&S against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933. See "Offering
and Sale of Units".
(2) Before deducting organizational and offering expenses payable by the
Partnership, estimated at $205,000 but not exceeding 2% of the proceeds
of the offering. The General Partner will bear the remaining costs, if
any, of forming the Partnership and registering the Units under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the securities laws of various states.
NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION AND REPRESENTATIONS MUST
NOT BE RELIED UPON. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY IN ANY
STATE TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER.
UNTIL JULY 14, 1994, ALL DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE UNITS,
WHETHER OR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISTRIBUTION, MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER
A CURRENT COPY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE OBLIGATION OF
DEALERS TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS WHEN ACTING AS UNDERWRITERS.
INVESTOR SUITABILITY STANDARDS
Only employees of ML & Co. and its subsidiaries and non-employee
directors of ML & Co. who meet the suitability standards described below will
be eligible to purchase Units. THE PURCHASE OF UNITS INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT
RISKS AND UNITS ARE NOT A SUITABLE INVESTMENT FOR ALL QUALIFIED INVESTORS.
See "Risk and Other Important Factors".
1. Substantial Means and Net Worth. The purchase of Units is suitable
only for those persons who have no need for liquidity in this investment and
who have adequate means of providing for their current needs and
contingencies. Accordingly, no Units will be sold to an employee of ML & Co.
or its subsidiaries or a non-employee director of ML & Co. unless such
investor (i) in the case of employees of ML & Co. or its subsidiaries, has a
current annual salary in an amount which, together with bonus received from
ML & Co. or its subsidiaries in respect of 1993, equals at least $100,000 or,
if employed for less than a full calendar year, is employed with an
annualized gross income from ML & Co. or its subsidiaries of at least
$100,000, or (ii) in the case of non-employee directors of ML & Co., (a) has
a net worth (exclusive of homes, home furnishings, personal automobiles and
the amount to be invested in Units) of not less than $125,000 in excess of
the price of the Units for which such investor has subscribed, or (b) has a
net worth (exclusive of homes, home furnishings, personal automobiles and the
amount to be invested in Units) of not less than $100,000 in excess of the
price of the Units for which such investor has subscribed and expects to have
during each of the current and the next three taxable years, gross income
from all sources in excess of $100,000. Investors will be required to
represent in writing in the Subscription Agreement that they meet the
applicable requirements. Investors who can make such representation are
hereinafter referred to as "Qualified Investors". CERTAIN MAXIMUM PURCHASE
RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ON QUALIFIED INVESTORS. SEE "OFFERING AND
SALE OF UNITS MAXIMUM PURCHASE BY QUALIFIED INVESTORS".
2. Ability and Willingness to Accept Risks. The economic benefit from
an investment in the Partnership depends on many factors beyond the control
of the General Partner, including general economic conditions, changes in
governmental regulation, inflation, tax treatment of portfolio investments
and resale value of Partnership investments. See "Risk and Other Important
Factors". Accordingly, the suitability for any Qualified Investor of a
purchase of Units will depend on, among other things, such investor's
investment objectives and such investor's ability to accept speculative
risks.
3. Ability to Accept Limitations on Transferability. PURCHASERS OF
UNITS SHOULD VIEW THEIR INTEREST IN THE PARTNERSHIP AS A LONG-TERM, ILLIQUID
INVESTMENT. Limited partners may not be able to liquidate their investment
in the event of emergency or for any other reason because there is not any
public market for Partnership Units and there are restrictions contained in
the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the "Partnership
Agreement"), the form of which is attached as Exhibit A to this Prospectus,
which are intended to prevent the development of a public market for Units.
Moreover, the transferability of Units is subject to certain restrictions in
the Partnership Agreement and may be affected by restrictions on resales
imposed by the laws of some states. See "Transferability of Units".
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SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING
The summary information below should be read in conjunction with the
detailed information provided elsewhere in this Prospectus.
INTRODUCTION: The Partnership is designed as a convenient
vehicle for Qualified Investors to acquire
interests in a portfolio of varied investments.
It is expected that a substantial portion of
the Partnership's investments will be
privately-offered equity investments that have
been made available to ML & Co. or its
affiliates and are generally not available to
individuals. See "Investment Objective and
Policies".
THE OFFERING: 30,000 units of limited partnership interest in
the Partnership, each representing a capital
contribution of $1,000. MLPF&S is acting as
selling agent for the Partnership and the
General Partner. The minimum investment is
five Units ($5,000) and additional Units may be
purchased in increments of $1,000. Certain
maximum purchase restrictions will be imposed
on Qualified Investors (see page 39). The
offering will terminate not later than June 9,
1994, or such subsequent date, not later than
July 7, 1994, as the General Partner and MLPF&S
may determine. If subscriptions for 5,000
Units are not received by the Offering
Termination Date, none will be accepted, and
all funds received will be refunded with
interest, if any, actually earned thereon. If
properly executed subscriptions for 5,000 or
more Units are received, the General Partner
will accept all such subscriptions (up to the
maximum of 30,000). If subscriptions for more
than 30,000 Units are received, the General
Partner may reject any subscription in whole or
part. Funds paid for any subscription for
Units that is rejected will be refunded
promptly. Qualified Investors admitted as
limited partners are hereinafter referred to,
together with the initial limited partner and
any substituted limited partners, as the
"Limited Partners". The Units will be
non-assessable. See "Offering and Sale of
Units".
THE PARTNERSHIP: A Delaware limited partnership formed on
January 4, 1994. Its address is South Tower,
World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New
York, New York 10080-6123 (telephone: (212)
236-7302). The Partnership will operate as a
non-diversified, closed-end investment company
of the management type under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. An order has been
obtained from the Securities and Exchange
Commission exempting the Partnership from
certain provisions of such Act. The functions
and responsibilities of the General Partner and
the rights of the Limited Partners are
authorized by or specified in the Partnership
Agreement. See "The Partnership", "Summary of
the Partnership Agreement" and "Exemptions from
the Investment Company Act of 1940".
THE GENERAL PARTNER: KECALP Inc. (the "General Partner"), a Delaware
corporation indirectly wholly-owned by ML &
Co., a Delaware corporation, and located at
South Tower, World Financial Center, 225
Liberty Street, New York, New York 10080-6123
(telephone: (212) 236-7302). The General
Partner will manage and make investment
decisions for the Partnership. KECALP Inc.
serves as the general partner of Merrill Lynch
KECALP Growth Investments Limited Partnership
1983 (the "1983 Partnership"), Merrill Lynch
KECALP L.P. 1984 (the "1984 Partnership"),
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1986 (the "1986
Partnership"), Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1987
(the "1987 Partnership"), Merrill Lynch KECALP
L.P. 1989 (the "1989 Partnership") and Merrill
Lynch KECALP L.P. 1991 (the "1991
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Partnership", and together with each of such
other partnerships, the "KECALP Partnerships"),
and it is contemplated that in the future it
will serve in the same capacity for other
similar partnerships that may be offered to the
same class of limited partner investors. See
"The General Partner and Its Affiliates". The
General Partner has also been designated to
serve as Tax Matters Partner for the
Partnership with respect to all administrative
and judicial proceedings relating to an audit
of the Partnership's U.S. Federal income tax
information return. See "Tax Aspects of
Investment in the Partnership".
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: The investment objective of the Partnership is
to seek long-term capital appreciation. It is
expected that a substantial portion of its
assets will be invested in privately-offered
equity investments in leveraged buyout
transactions and in transactions involving
financial restructurings or recapitalization of
operating companies. Investments may also be
made in real estate opportunities and, to a
lesser extent, in venture capital transactions.
The Partnership anticipates that many of its
investments will be made available to it by ML
& Co. or its affiliates. Information
concerning potential sources of investments,
including potential co-investment
opportunities, is set forth under "Investment
Objective and Policies--Sources of Investment
Opportunities" on page 21. The Partnership may
make other investments in equity and fixed
income securities that the General Partner
considers appropriate in terms of their
potential for capital appreciation. Current
income will not generally be a significant
factor in the selection of investments. There
can be no assurance that the Partnership's
investment objective will be attained. See
"Investment Objective and Policies" and "Tax
Aspects of Investment in the Partnership". The
General Partner has approved the purchase by
the Partnership of three initial investments.
See "Investment Objective and Policies--
Proposed Initial Investment".
LEVERAGE: The Partnership is authorized to borrow funds
when it believes such action is desirable to
enable the Partnership to make new investments
or follow-on investments. Such use of leverage
would exaggerate increases or decreases in the
Partnership's net assets. See "Investment
Objective and Policies--Leverage".
COMPENSATION AND FEES: The Partnership will pay organizational and
offering expenses in an amount of up to 2% of
the proceeds of the offering. During the term
of the Partnership, the General Partner is
obligated to pay all expenses, fees,
commissions and other expenditures on behalf of
the Partnership not paid by ML & Co. or its
other subsidiaries. The General Partner will
be entitled to receive annual reimbursements
from the Partnership, in amounts of up to 1.5%
of the Limited Partners capital contributions,
of operating expenses incurred by the General
Partner with respect to the Partnership.
Expenses paid by the General Partner that are
not reimbursed to it shall be deemed a
contribution to capital and be reflected in the
General Partner's capital account. Since
repayment of any positive amount in a Partner's
capital account is a priority item upon
dissolution, the General Partner may, upon
dissolution, recoup expenditures made on behalf
of the Partnership. In addition, the General
Partner will be entitled to a 1% interest in
all items of Partnership income, gain,
deduction, loss and credit, for which it has no
obligation to make a cash capital contribution
upon the admission of Qualified Investors as
Limited Partners. To the extent that
investments are made in transactions in which
affiliates of the General Partner are involved,
certain other benefits may accrue to
affiliates. See "Compensation and Fees".
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PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS
AND ALLOCATIONS: During the Partnership term, items of income,
gain, deduction, loss and credit will generally
be allocated 99% to the Limited Partners and 1%
to the General Partner. Cash distributions
will be made in the same manner. The General
Partner may make distributions of Partnership
assets in kind, in addition to cash
distributions. Each Limited Partner will be
required to take into account in computing his
Federal income tax liability his allocable
share of the Partnership's income, gain, loss,
deductions, credits and items of tax preference
for any taxable year of the Partnership ending
within or with the taxable year of such Limited
Partner, without regard to whether he has
received or will receive any distribution from
the Partnership. The Partnership has adopted a
calendar year for tax reporting purposes. See
"The Partnership" and "Tax Aspects of
Investment in the Partnership".
REINVESTMENT POLICY: The General Partner has the discretion to
reinvest all Partnership revenues. To the
extent portfolio investments are disposed of
within two years after the closing of the sale
of Units, the General Partner will consider
reinvesting all or a substantial portion of the
proceeds realized by the Partnership. However,
the General Partner does not expect to reinvest
proceeds from the liquidation of portfolio
investments (other than temporary investments)
occurring more than two years after the closing
of the sale of Units, except in connection with
follow-on investments made in existing
portfolio companies. The General Partner may
also cause the Partnership to maintain reserves
for follow-on investments or to apply cash
received from investments to the prepayment of
any borrowings made by the Partnership. To the
extent that cash received by the Partnership is
not required for such purposes or to reimburse
the General Partner for any expenses incurred
or held for reinvestment, it will be
distributed to the Partners at least annually.
See "Investment Objective and Policies".
DISSOLUTION: The Partnership term extends to December 31,
2034. However, pursuant to the Partnership
Agreement, the General Partner may dissolve the
Partnership, without the consent of the Limited
Partners, at any time after January 1, 2000.
It is not the General Partners intention to
dissolve the Partnership prior to the time when
the Partnership's equity investments have
matured and disposition of its other portfolio
investments can be effected. See "The
Partnership" and "Summary of the Partnership
Agreement".
RISKS: The purchase of Units involves a number of
significant risk factors. See "Risk and Other
Important Factors". Prospective investors
should also see the information set forth under
"Conflicts of Interest".
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE: (a) The Qualified Investor completes, dates,
executes and delivers to KECALP Inc., a copy of
the Limited Partner Signature Page and Power of
Attorney attached as part of the Subscription
Agreement, a form of which is attached as
Exhibit B to this Prospectus.
(b) The Qualified Investor's MLPF&S securities
account will be debited in the amount of $1,000
for each Unit (minimum purchase of five Units)
that he desires to purchase. A securities
account will be opened by MLPF&S for any
Qualified Investor who does not have such an
account.
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PARTNERSHIP EXPENSES
The following tables are intended to assist potential investors in
understanding the various costs and expenses associated with investing in the
Partnership.
Limited Partner Transaction Expenses
Sales Load (as a percentage of offering price) None
Annual Expenses (as a percentage of net assets)
Management Fees None
Other Expenses (audit, legal and administrative)* 1.0%
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Total Annual Expenses 1.0%
* "Other Expenses" have been estimated for the current fiscal year and
assume Limited Partners' capital contributions of $5 million, the minimum in
the Partnership's offering. Although the Partnership does not pay operating
expenses directly, the General Partner is entitled to receive annual
reimbursements from the Partnership of Partnership expenses paid by it, in
amounts of up to 1.5% of the Limited Partners' capital contributions.
Example
An investor would pay the following expenses on a hypothetical $1,000
investment in the Partnership, assuming a 5% annual return:
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One Year THREE YEARS FIVE YEARS TEN YEARS
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$10 $32 $55 $122
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This "Example" assumes that all distributions are reinvested at net
asset value and that the percentage amounts listed under Annual Expenses
remain the same in the years shown. However, Limited Partners will not be
able to reinvest distributions of the Partnership. The above tables and the
assumption in the Example of a 5% annual return are required by regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to all investment
companies. THE ASSUMED 5% ANNUAL RETURN AND ANNUAL EXPENSES SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF ACTUAL OR EXPECTED PARTNERSHIP PERFORMANCE OR
EXPENSES, BOTH OF WHICH MAY VARY.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The General Partner and its affiliates may be subject to various
conflicts of interest in their relationships with the Partnership. Such
conflicts of interest include:
1. Conflicts with Respect to Investment Opportunities. Affiliates of
the General Partner may in the future perform investment advisory services
for other investment entities with investment objectives and policies similar
to those of the Partnership and such entities may compete with the
Partnership for investment opportunities. Furthermore, ML & Co. and its
affiliates may invest directly in investments that would be appropriate
investments for the Partnership. While the General Partner is obligated to
use its best efforts to provide the Partnership with a continuing and
suitable investment program consistent with its investment objective and
policies, the General Partner is not required to present to the Partnership
any particular investment opportunity that has come to its attention, even if
such opportunity is within the investment objective and policies of the
Partnership. Because of different objectives or other factors, a particular
investment may be bought by the Partnership, the General Partner or its
affiliates or one of their clients at a time when one of such entities is
selling such investment. In addition,
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affiliates of the General Partner, including its officers and directors, may
benefit to the extent the Partnership invests in securities offered to other
investors by MLPF&S in public offerings or private placements. See
"Compensation and Fees". The General Partner will endeavor to resolve
conflicts with respect to investment opportunities in a manner deemed
equitable to all to the extent possible under the prevailing facts and
circumstances.
2. Relations with Issuers of Portfolio Investments. Affiliates of
the General Partner, including MLPF&S, may perform financial services for
issuers of securities held by the Partnership or for affiliates of such
issuers. These relationships could influence the General Partner to take
actions, or forbear from taking actions, that an independent general partner
might not take or forbear from taking.
3. Conflicts with Respect to Dissolution. The General Partner has the
authority to dissolve the Partnership, without the consent of the Limited
Partners, at any time after January 1, 2000. The General Partner does not
intend to dissolve the Partnership until its equity investments have reached
a level of maturity where their disposition can be considered and the
Partnership can dispose of its other portfolio securities. However, the
General Partner may dissolve the Partnership, for its administrative
convenience, at a time when some Limited Partners might prefer to have the
Partnership continue its operations.
4. Allocation of Management Time and Services. The Partnership will
not have independent management or employees and will rely on the General
Partner and its affiliates for management and administration of the
Partnership and its assets. Conflicts of interest may arise in allocating
management time, services or functions between the Partnership, the 1983
Partnership, the 1984 Partnership, the 1986 Partnership, the 1987
Partnership, the 1989 Partnership, the 1991 Partnership and other entities
for which officers of the General Partner may provide services. The officers
and directors of the General Partner will devote such time to the affairs of
the Partnership as they, in their sole discretion, determine to be necessary
for the conduct of the business of the Partnership.
5. Participation by an Affiliate as Underwriter. As an affiliate of
the General Partner, MLPF&S may experience a conflict of interest in
performing its due diligence in connection with the public offering of the
Units. Although MLPF&S believes that its investigation of the General
Partner, the Partnership and their affairs for purposes of this offering has
in fact been as complete as would be the case in dealing with nonaffiliated
persons, the review performed by MLPF&S cannot be considered independent.
6. Determination of Reserves. In determining the appropriate level of
working capital reserves, the interest of the General Partner in assuring
adequate funds for operation (which may reduce the potential liability of the
General Partner to certain Partnership creditors) may, in some cases, be in
conflict with the interest of the Limited Partners in maximizing cash
distributions.
7. Lack of Separate Representation. The Partnership, the General
Partner and MLPF&S are represented by the same legal counsel and auditors.
However, should a dispute arise between the Partnership and either the
General Partner or any affiliate, the General Partner anticipates that it
will retain separate counsel or auditors as required for the Partnership for
such matter.
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
The General Partner is under a fiduciary duty to conduct the affairs of
the Partnership in the best interests of the Partnership and consequently
must exercise good faith and integrity in handling Partnership affairs.
Prospective Limited Partners who have questions concerning the duties of the
General Partner should consult with their counsel.
The Partnership Agreement provides that neither the General Partner nor
any of its officers, directors, stockholders, employees, or agents shall be
liable to the Partnership or the Limited Partners for any act or omission
based on errors of judgment or other fault in connection with the business or
affairs of the Partnership so long as the person against whom liability is
asserted acted in good faith on behalf of the Partnership and in a manner
reasonably believed by such person to be within the scope of his or its
authority under the Partnership Agreement
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and in or not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, but only if
such action or failure to act does not constitute negligence or misconduct,
and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, such person had no reasonable
cause to believe his or its conduct was unlawful. The General Partner and
its officers, directors, stockholders, employees, and agents will be
indemnified by the Partnership to the fullest extent permitted by law for any
(a) fees (including, without limitation, legal fees), costs and expenses
incurred in connection with or resulting from any claim, action or demand, or
threatened claim, action or demand, against the General Partner, the
Partnership or any of their officers, directors, stockholders, employees or
agents that arise out of or in any way relate to the Partnership, its
properties, business or affairs and (b) losses or damages resulting from such
claims, actions and demands, or threatened claims, actions or demands,
including amounts paid in settlement or compromise (if recommended by
attorneys for the Partnership) of any such claim, action or demand or
threatened claims, actions or demands; provided, however, that this
indemnification shall apply only so long as the person against whom a claim,
action or demand is asserted or threatened to be asserted has acted in good
faith and in a manner reasonably believed by such person to be within the
scope of his or its authority under the Partnership Agreement and in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, but only if such action or
failure to act does not constitute negligence or misconduct. Thus, the
Limited Partners may have a more limited right of action than would otherwise
be the case in the absence of such provisions. In the absence of a court
determination that the General Partner or officers or directors of the
General Partner were not liable on the merits or guilty of disabling conduct
within the meaning of Section 17(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
the decision by the Partnership to indemnify the General Partner or any such
person must be based on the reasonable determination of independent counsel,
after review of the facts, that such disabling conduct did not occur.
RISK AND OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS
The purchase of Units offered hereby involves a number of significant
risk factors. In addition to risk factors set forth elsewhere in this
Prospectus, prospective purchasers should consider the following:
A. GENERAL RISKS
1. Risk of Unspecified and Unprofitable Investments. The proceeds of
this offering are intended to be invested in speculative growth securities
most of which have not yet been selected by the General Partner. See
"Investment Objective and Policies". Therefore, persons who purchase Units
will not have an opportunity to evaluate for themselves the specific
investments in which funds of the Partnership will be invested or the terms
of any such investments, and, accordingly, the risk of investing in Units may
be substantially increased. In addition, there can be no assurance that the
Partnership's investments will prove to be profitable. The purchasers of
Units must depend solely on the ability of the General Partner with respect
to the selection and timing of investments. See "The General Partner and Its
Affiliates" and "Investment Objective and Policies--Sources of Investment
Opportunities".
2. Risks of Equity Investments. The Partnership is authorized to make
equity investments offering the potential for long-term capital appreciation.
These investments may include equity investments in leveraged buyout
transactions, and in transactions involving financial restructurings or
recapitalization of operating companies. Investments may also be made in
real estate opportunities and, to a lesser extent, in venture capital
transactions. These investments involve a high degree of business and
financial risk that can result in substantial losses. Among these are the
risks associated with investment in companies with little or no operating
history and companies operating at a loss or with substantial variations in
operating results from period to period. These companies may encounter
intense competition from established companies with greater resources. In
addition, companies in high-technology fields face special risks of product
obsolescence. Leveraged buyout investments typically involve a high degree
of debt financing and the highly leveraged financial structure of these
transactions introduces substantial additional risks. Investments in
companies that undertake financial recapitalization or restructuring
transactions involve the risk, among others, that the transaction may not
resolve financial or operational conditions that led to the recapitalization
or restructuring; in addition, to the extent that a company remains
leveraged following the completion of such a transaction, an equity
investment in the company may involve risks similar to an equity investment
in a leveraged buyout transaction. In addition, companies in which the
Partnership makes private equity investments may subsequently require
additional capital and may seek follow-on investments.
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3. Risks of Real Estate Investments. Real estate investments are
subject to a number of risks, including uncertainty of cash flow to meet
fixed obligations, adverse changes in local market conditions and
neighborhoods, changes in interest rates, the need for unanticipated
renovation, changes in real estate taxes and increases in other operating
expenses. Real estate investments may be illiquid. Investments in real
estate of the type contemplated by the Partnership are usually long term and
can be as long as fifteen years. Real estate investment cycles typically
have lasted three to five years, but recently have been longer.
4. Risks of High Yield Debt Investments. The Partnership is authorized
to make investments in high yield corporate debt securities (also referred to
as "junk bonds") offering the potential for long-term capital appreciation.
High yield debt securities are predominantly speculative with respect to the
capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of
the security and generally involve a greater volatility of price than
securities in higher rating categories. In addition, to the extent that
affiliates of the Partnership hold securities of issuers in which the
Partnership has invested, the Partnership may be precluded by the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") from participating in
sales or other transactions in which such affiliates are participants unless
it is able to obtain exemptions under such statute from the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The inability to participate in such transactions may
adversely affect the Partnership in terms of the timing of dispositions of
such investments and the proceeds realized by the Partnership from such
investments.
5. Need for Investment Company Act Exemptions. In addition to the
restrictions described above, the Investment Company Act contains
restrictions on co-investments by a registered investment company (such as
the Partnership) and affiliates of its sponsor and on purchases of securities
by a registered investment company from affiliates of its sponsor.
Accordingly, as described under "Investment Objective and Policies--Sources
of Investment Opportunities", exemptions under the Investment Company Act may
be required before the Partnership can make investments in transactions where
ML & Co. or its affiliates are co-investors or where ML & Co. or its
affiliates seek to sell an investment to the Partnership. In this regard,
the General Partner has obtained blanket exemptive relief from the Securities
and Exchange Commission permitting co-investments and other transactions
with ML & Co. and its affiliates in leveraged buyout and other equity
investments. The General Partner has also obtained similar exemptive relief
for venture capital investments made by the Partnership with ML Venture
Partners II, L.P. The Partnership has applied for additional exemptive
relief with respect to co-investments by the Partnership and affiliated
co-investors. There can be no assurance that the Partnership will be able to
obtain such requested relief or similar exemptions in the future with respect
to proposed purchases and sales of portfolio securities in transactions in
which affiliates of the Partnership are participants and which do not qualify
under the terms of existing exemptions or those currently pending.
6. Illiquid Investments. Investments of the types to be made by the
Partnership are generally illiquid. Leveraged buyout and venture capital
investments may typically take from four to seven years to reach a state of
maturity where disposition can be considered. Real estate investments are
expected to be illiquid as described above. Investments in corporate
restructurings and recapitalization transactions may also require a
substantial time period before dispositions can be effected. In addition,
investments acquired by the Partnership in private transactions will
generally be subject to restrictions imposed by the Federal securities laws
on resale by the Partnership. Investments made by the Partnership in issuers
in which ML & Co. or its affiliates have significant investment positions may
be subject to further limitations imposed by the Federal securities laws
which may delay the disposition of publicly-traded securities owned by the
Partnership.
7. Delay in Partnership Investments. Although the General Partner will
use its best efforts to invest Partnership funds as promptly as practicable,
it is anticipated that there may be a significant period of time (up to three
to four years) before the proceeds from the offering will be fully invested.
8. Reliance on the General Partner and Others. All decisions with
respect to the management of the Partnership will be made exclusively by the
General Partner. Limited Partners have no right or power to take part in the
management or control of the business of the Partnership. Accordingly, no
person should purchase Units unless such person is willing to entrust all
aspects of the management of the Partnership to the General Partner. See
"Summary of the Partnership Agreement" for the limitations imposed on the
Limited Partners' ability to remove
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the General Partner as general partner. The Partnership may make minority
equity investments in corporations, general partnerships, limited
partnerships, grantor trusts or management programs where investors are
permitted at most a limited role in the management of such ventures. To the
extent the Partnership invests in or through such entities or programs, the
success or failure of such ventures will depend on the skills of the
venture's sponsor, promoter or manager and not on the General Partner.
9. Absence of Operating History and Management Experience. The
Partnership has been recently formed and has no operating history upon which
purchasers of Units may base an evaluation of its likely performance. While
the composition of its officers and directors has changed over the years
since the General Partner's formation, the General Partner has managed
similar partnerships for more than ten years. See "The General Partner and
Its Affiliates".
10. Competition. It may be expected that the Partnership will
encounter substantial competition for certain investments, particularly from
other entities having similar investment objectives. There can be no
assurance that the Partnership will be successful in obtaining suitable
investment opportunities or that a desirable mix of investments will be
achieved.
11. Use of Leverage. The Partnership has authority to utilize leverage
(i.e., borrowed funds or senior securities) in making investments as will
many of the entities in which the Partnership will make its investments. The
use of leverage, either by the Partnership or by the entities in which it
invests, would exaggerate increases or decreases in the Partnership's net
assets and, because of required debt service obligations, may result in
delays in the distribution of cash to Limited Partners. The Partnership
Agreement does not limit the amount of indebtedness that the Partnership may
incur. The Investment Company Act generally limits the amount of
indebtedness the Partnership may incur to 331/3% of its gross assets.
B. INCOME TAX RISKS
12. Challenge to Tax Status. The availability to the Partners of the
tax attributes of investing in the Partnership depends on the classification
of the Partnership as a partnership, rather than as an "association" taxable
as a corporation, for Federal income tax purposes. Brown & Wood, Tax Counsel
to the Partnership, will deliver its opinion to the Partnership that, at the
time of the admission of Qualified Investors to the Partnership as Limited
Partners, the Partnership will be treated as a partnership and will not be a
publicly traded partnership for Federal income tax purposes. However, such
opinion is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and there can
be no assurance that the IRS could not successfully challenge the
classification of the Partnership as a partnership. Moreover, whether the
Partnership will continue to be treated as a partnership will depend on
whether there are changes in present law and regulations affecting
partnerships and whether the Partnership continues to satisfy various
criteria. See "Tax Aspects of Investment in the Partnership--Classification
as a Partnership".
13. Possible Changes in Law. The rules dealing with Federal income
taxation are under continual review by Congress and the IRS, resulting in
frequent revisions of the Federal tax laws and regulations promulgated
thereunder and revised interpretations of established concepts. No assurance
can be given that, during the term of the Partnership, applicable Federal
income tax laws or the interpretations thereof will not be changed in a
manner that would have a material adverse effect on an investment in the
Partnership.
14. Fringe Benefits. The General Partner will incur various expenses
in connection with the organization and operation of the Partnership and will
pay any sales or brokerage commissions charged in connection with the
Partnership's investments. Since Units are being offered solely to ML & Co.
employees and non-employee directors, it is possible that the IRS would view
the General Partner's payment of such expenses as an indirect method of
compensating the employee-Limited Partner (i.e., as a fringe benefit). If
the IRS were successful in such characterization, an amount equal to the fair
market value of the underlying goods and services provided by the General
Partner in connection with the Partnership might be includable in the Limited
Partner's gross income as additional compensation. The Limited Partner may
not, however, be allocated a Partnership deduction in an amount corresponding
to such income inclusion because some of such fees and expenses incurred by
the General Partner
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on behalf of the Partnership would be attributable to nondeductible
syndication expenses, or investment expenses subject to the limitations on
deductibility of itemized miscellaneous expenses, or treated as part of the
capitalized cost of the Partnership's portfolio assets. See "Fringe
Benefits" under "Tax Aspects of Investment in the Partnership-- Other Tax
Considerations".
C. PARTNERSHIP AND CONTRACTUAL RISKS
15. Funds Available from Offering. The potential profitability of the
Partnership and the risks associated therewith could be affected by the
amount of funds at its disposal. In the event the Partnership receives less
than the maximum proceeds, its ability to invest in a diversity of
investments and obtain a spreading of risk will be lessened and thus the
risks associated with the investment may be increased. See "Investment
Objective and Policies".
16. Possible Loss of Limited Liability. The Partnership Agreement
provides certain rights for the Limited Partners by vote of a
majority-in-interest of the Limited Partners to, among other things, remove
and replace the General Partner, amend the Partnership Agreement, dissolve
the Partnership, approve or consent to certain actions of the General Partner
and approve the sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership's assets.
(As used in this Prospectus, "majority-in-interest" means the Limited
Partners whose aggregate capital contributions represent over 50% of the
aggregate capital contributions of all Limited Partners.) Although under
current law in Delaware, the jurisdiction of the Partnership's organization,
such rights are permitted without resulting in a loss of limited liability of
Limited Partners, in some jurisdictions there is uncertainty as to whether
the exercise of these rights under certain circumstances could cause the
Limited Partners to be deemed general partners of the Partnership under
applicable state laws with a resulting loss of limited liability. If the
Limited Partners were deemed to be general partners of the Partnership, they
would be generally liable for Partnership obligations (other than nonrecourse
obligations), which could be satisfied out of their personal assets.
In order to minimize the risk of general liability, the exercise of
these rights by the Limited Partners is subject under the Partnership
Agreement to the prior receipt of an opinion of counsel to the effect that
the existence and exercise of such rights will not adversely affect the
status of the Limited Partners as limited partners of the Partnership. If
the Limited Partners receive such an opinion of counsel, the General Partner
will pay the cost involved in obtaining such an opinion. See "Summary of the
Partnership Agreement--Voting Rights". It should be noted that due to
present and possible future uncertainties in this area of partnership law, it
may be difficult or impossible to obtain an opinion of counsel to the effect
that the Limited Partners may exercise certain of their rights without
jeopardizing their status as Limited Partners.
17. Repayment of Certain Distributions. In the event that the
Partnership is unable otherwise to meet its obligations, its Limited Partners
may be required to pay to the Partnership or to pay to creditors of the
Partnership distributions previously received by them to the extent such
distributions are deemed to have been wrongfully paid to them. In addition,
Limited Partners may be required to repay to the Partnership any amounts
distributed which are required to be withheld by the Partnership for tax
purposes.
18. Absence of Market for Partnership Units. Purchasers of Units
should view their interest in the Partnership as a long-term, illiquid
investment. There is not now any market for Partnership Units and no market
is expected to develop. See "Transferability of Units". In addition, Units
will not be redeemable, except that the estate of any deceased Limited
Partner will be able to elect to have the Limited Partner's Units repurchased
by the General Partner or the Partnership for a price equal to the value of
the Limited Partner's interest determined at the next succeeding annual
appraisal date, which will generally occur as of the last day of the fiscal
year. To have Units repurchased, the estate of a Limited Partner must
notify the General Partner of its election to have the Units repurchased
within 30 days after the date the annual appraisal is sent to Limited
Partners.
19. Reinvestment. The General Partner has the discretion to reinvest
all Partnership revenues. See "Summary of the Offering--Reinvestment
Policy".
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20. Dissolution. The General Partner has the right to dissolve the
Partnership without the consent of the Limited Partners at any time after
January 1, 2000. See "Summary of the Offering--Dissolution".
COMPENSATION AND FEES
The Partnership is designed to serve as an employee-benefit vehicle for
employees of ML & Co. and its subsidiaries satisfying certain income
requirements and is not intended to earn compensation or fees for ML & Co. or
its affiliates. However, due to the structure of the Partnership, its
management by an affiliate of ML & Co. and its proposed investment
activities, some benefits will accrue to affiliates of ML & Co. and their
employees, including the following:
(i) The General Partner will receive a 1% interest in all items of
Partnership income, gain, deduction, loss and credit, for which it
will make no cash capital contribution beyond the $99.00 it
contributed upon formation of the Partnership. However, the
General Partner is generally obligated to pay, on behalf of the
Partnership, all expenses incurred by the Partnership that are not
paid by ML & Co. or its other subsidiaries, including brokerage
costs and sales commissions (including sales commissions paid
directly or indirectly to MLPF&S) and operating expenses. The
General Partner will be entitled to receive annual reimbursements
from the Partnership, in amounts of up to 1.5% of the Limited
Partner's capital contributions, of operating expenses incurred by
the General Partner with respect to the Partnership. Expenses paid
by the General Partner which are not reimbursed to it will be
treated as capital contributions of the General Partner and
reflected in its capital account. Under the terms of the
Partnership Agreement, upon dissolution of the Partnership,
positive amounts in a Partner's capital account will be a priority
item in the distribution of liquidated assets, and the General
Partner will be entitled to such distributions, if any.
(ii) To the extent that the Partnership invests in investment
partnerships or other investment vehicles offered by MLPF&S
("Sponsored Programs"), the Partnership's purchase of such
securities or assets will be counted toward the minimum sales
requirements often included as a condition to "best efforts"
offerings and therefore help satisfy conditions to MLPF&S's receipt
of any compensation in connection with such offerings.
(iii) Employees of affiliates of ML & Co. (including certain members of
the Advisory Committee of the General Partner) are involved in the
origination of investments that may be acquired by the Partnership
and the sale or management of Sponsored Programs, and their
compensation is in large part determined by or related to the
success of such offerings. If the Partnership invests in these
investments, such employees may benefit accordingly.
(iv) If the Partnership invests in Sponsored Programs in which
affiliates of the General Partner issue securities and/or perform
management and other services for which they receive compensation,
ML & Co. and its subsidiaries will derive such benefits. The
Partnership's investment will, in all cases, be on the same terms
as an investment offered to nonaffiliated parties.
(v) To the extent the General Partner or its affiliates lend funds to
the Partnership or any partnership or other entity in which the
Partnership invests, the interest charges on such funds may be
deemed to be additional compensation to the General Partner or such
affiliates.
THE PARTNERSHIP
The Partnership was formed as of January 4, 1994 as a limited
partnership under Delaware law for the purpose of enabling Qualified
Investors to pool their investment resources in order to participate in
certain investment opportunities that are sponsored by or become available to
ML & Co. and its affiliates. It is intended that the
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Partnership serve as an investment vehicle which provides access to
investment opportunities which are not otherwise available, thus serving as
an incentive for Qualified Investors to remain as employees of ML & Co. and
its affiliates.
Upon the admission of Qualified Investors as Limited Partners, the
Initial Limited Partner will withdraw as a Partner of the Partnership.
The Partnership intends, whenever possible, to form, re-form or
otherwise qualify to do business in all jurisdictions where such
qualification is necessary to carry on Partnership business or to preserve
the limited liability of the Limited Partners.
The Partnership is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company.
See "Exemptions from the Investment Company Act of 1940" for a summary of
certain exemptions from the Investment Company Act applicable to the
Partnership.
FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
The Partnership was formed with a minimal capitalization of $100.00,
consisting of capital contributions of $99.00 by the General Partner and
$1.00 by the Initial Limited Partner. The Partnership has not commenced
operations, other than temporarily to invest its start-up monies in a money
market fund sponsored by a subsidiary of ML & Co. Because the General
Partner is obligated to pay all the operating and overhead expenses of the
Partnership, the Partnership has no current or long-term liabilities arising
from such expenses. See "Financial Statements".
The Partnership has adopted a calendar year for tax reporting purposes.
USE OF PROCEEDS
All of the proceeds of the offering of Units will be contributed to the
Partnership as capital contributions of the Limited Partners. After payment
by the Partnership of organizational and offering expenses, estimated at
$205,000, but not exceeding 2% of the proceeds of the offering, the net
proceeds will be available for investment.
The Partnership will expend substantially all of its funds for
Partnership investments as soon as practicable. Pending selection of
long-term investments, Partnership funds will be temporarily invested in
money market instruments, securities issued by other investment companies and
other marketable securities. The Partnership may maintain reserves for
follow-on investments and other investment contingencies. See "Investment
Objective and Policies". The Partnership may also maintain reserves to the
extent necessary to reimburse the General Partner for expenses incurred by it
as described below under "Capital Contributions; Partnership Expenses".
Capital contributions of Limited Partners will be held by the
Partnership in a Partnership account for the benefit of the Limited Partners
and will be used only for the purposes set forth herein.
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; PARTNERSHIP EXPENSES
The proceeds of the offering of Units will be contributed to the
Partnership as capital contributions of the Limited Partners. The General
Partner made an initial capital contribution of $99.00 to the Partnership
upon its formation and will not make any further cash capital contribution
upon the admission of subscribing Qualified Investors as Limited Partners;
however, the General Partner will incur various expenses in connection with
the operation of the Partnership for, among other items, legal and accounting
fees, telephone charges, postage and other general and administrative items
and out-of-pocket costs of examination, appraisal and negotiation of
investments, which expenses may exceed the amounts for such expenses paid by
ML & Co. or its other subsidiaries or reimbursed to it by the Partnership.
The General Partner will also be obligated to pay any sales or brokerage
commissions charged in connection with Partnership investments, but will not
be obligated to pay debt service or other interest charges incurred in
connection with Partnership investments. The General Partner will be
entitled to receive annual reimbursements from the Partnership, in amounts of
up to 1.5% of the Limited Partners' capital
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contributions, of operating expenses incurred by the General Partner with
respect to the Partnership. Expenses paid by the General Partner which are
not reimbursed to it will be deemed to be a capital contribution by the
General Partner to the Partnership. See "Compensation and Fees". The
General Partner will deliver to the Partnership quarterly a certificate
itemizing the Partnership expenses it has paid and maintain adequate records
of such expenses.
PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
In general, during the term of the Partnership, all items of Partnership
income, gain, deduction, loss or credit will be allocated 1% to the General
Partner and 99% to the Limited Partners (except that losses will be allocated
to the General Partner to the extent the Limited Partners' capital accounts
equal zero and the General Partner's capital account is positive due to its
payment of organizational and operating expenses of the Partnership in excess
of 1% of the Limited Partners' capital contributions). Upon liquidation,
gross income from the sale of the Partnerships assets will be allocated to
the Partners in the amount of their negative capital account balances, then
to the General Partner to the extent the amount of the capital contribution
made by it to the Partnership is in excess of 1% of the Limited Partners'
capital contributions, and thereafter 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to
the General Partner. These items will be allocated among the Limited
Partners in the ratio the capital contribution of each Limited Partner (or
the capital contribution attributable to the interest held by a transferee
Limited Partner) bears to the total capital contributions of all Limited
Partners.
Distributable Cash, as defined in the Partnership Agreement, will be
distributed 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the General Partner. The
General Partner may also make distributions in kind of securities or assets
held by the Partnership. Cash distributions will be credited to the Limited
Partner's MLPF&S securities account specified in his Signature Page and Power
of Attorney unless the General Partner is instructed otherwise by a Limited
Partner.
Allocations among the transferor and transferee of a Partnership
interest are described under "Transferability of Units".
DISSOLUTION; DISTRIBUTIONS ON LIQUIDATION
The Partnership term extends to December 31, 2034. However, pursuant to
the Partnership Agreement, the General Partner may dissolve the Partnership,
without the consent of the Limited Partners, at any time after January 1,
2000. It is not the General Partner's intention to dissolve the Partnership
prior to the time when the Partnership's equity investments have matured and
the Partnership can dispose of its other portfolio investments. Other events
causing dissolution are summarized under "Summary of the Partnership
Agreement--Dissolution".
In settling accounts after the sale of all Partnership property upon
liquidation, the assets of the Partnership shall be paid out (i) to creditors
(including any creditor who is a Partner), in the order of priority as
provided by law; (ii) to each Partner in an amount equivalent to the positive
amount of his capital account on the date of distribution, after giving
effect to any allocation of profits or losses arising from sales on
liquidation; and (iii) the balance, 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the
General Partner.
Upon liquidation, the General Partner may distribute Partnership assets
in kind.
THE GENERAL PARTNER AND ITS AFFILIATES
KECALP Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ML & Co., is the
General Partner of the Partnership and as such will manage and control the
business and affairs of the Partnership and invest Partnership funds. The
General Partner is a Delaware corporation formed in June 1981 for the purpose
of serving as general partner of employee benefit partnerships such as the
Partnership, and has its business and executive offices at South Tower, World
Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10080-6123
(telephone: (212) 236-7302). Although most of the officers and directors of
the General Partner have been employed in the financial community for many
years, the experience of the General Partner in managing portfolios of
investments has been limited to the
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management of six partnerships similar to the Partnership. The directors and
principal officers of the General Partner and their business experience for
the past five years are:
John L. Steffens President and Director
Walter Perlstein Director
Rosemary T. Berkery Vice President and Director
James V. Caruso Vice President and Director
Andrew J. Melnick Vice President and Director
Patrick J. Walsh Vice President and Director
Margaret E. Nelson Secretary
Robert F. Tully Vice President and Treasurer
John L. Steffens, age 52, President and Director. Mr. Steffens has
served as Executive Vice President, Private Client Group, of ML & Co. since
October, 1990. Prior to that, from July, 1985, he was President of the
Consumer Markets Sector of ML & Co.
Walter Perlstein, age 75, Director. Mr. Perlstein was affiliated with
Merrill Lynch from 1972 to 1989, most recently as Executive Vice President
and Director of KECALP Inc., and as Vice President of MLPF&S, Merrill Lynch
Venture Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch R&D Management Inc. He presently is
serving in a consulting role as Director of KECALP Inc.
Rosemary T. Berkery, age 40, Vice President and Director. Ms. Berkery
is Associate General Counsel of ML & Co. From 1988 to May, 1993, Ms. Berkery
served as Assistant General Counsel of MLPF&S and as General Counsel to the
Investment Banking Group. Ms. Berkery has been a First Vice President of
MLPF&S since 1988.
James V. Caruso, age 42, Vice President and Director. Mr. Caruso, a
Director in the Investment Banking Group of ML & Co., serves as the Chief
Financial Officer for Merrill Lynch's key employee investment partnerships.
He is Treasurer of Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, Inc. ("MLCP"), the general
partner of two institutional leveraged buyout funds. Since June, 1992, Mr.
Caruso has also performed administrative services for Merrill Lynch's retail
partnerships.
Andrew J. Melnick, CFA, age 51, Vice President and Director. Since
joining Merrill Lynch in January, 1988, Mr. Melnick has served as Director of
the Global Fundamental Equity Research Department.
Patrick J. Walsh, age 49, Vice President and Director. Mr. Walsh has
served as Senior Vice President, Director of Human Resources for ML & Co.
since January, 1991. Prior to that, from 1984 to 1991, Mr. Walsh managed
Asset Accumulation Services in the Consumer Markets Sector of ML & Co., where
he was responsible for managing and marketing the various account services
which are tailored for the individual investor.
Margaret E. Nelson, age 45, Secretary. Ms. Nelson is a Senior Counsel
of ML & Co. From 1983 to 1992, Ms. Nelson was an associate at the law firm
of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Robert F. Tully, age 46, Vice President and Treasurer. Since joining
Merrill Lynch in 1989, Mr. Tully has served as an Assistant Vice President in
the Investment Banking Group. Prior to that, he was Vice President of
Finance with Peerless Petrochemicals Inc., an oil and gas operator and
general partner of oil and gas limited partnerships.
In addition, the General Partner has established an advisory committee
(the "Advisory Committee") to assist the directors and principal officers of
the General Partner in evaluating investment opportunities presented to the
Partnership. The members of the Advisory Committee and their business
experience for the past five years are:
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Matthias B. Bowman
James J. Burke, Jr.
Robert J. Farrell
Alain Lebec
E. Stanley O'Neal
Charles K. Sweeney
Matthias B. Bowman, age 45. Mr. Bowman has been a Managing Director in
the Investment Banking Group of ML & Co. since 1978 and a First Vice
President of MLPF&S since July, 1988. During the last five years, Mr. Bowman
has managed a department that was responsible for maintaining ML & Co.'s
relationship with several corporate clients within the Investment Banking
Group and is presently the Manager of a department within the Investment
Banking Group that has responsibility for the Group's principal investments.
James J. Burke, Jr., age 42. Mr. Burke is President and Chief Executive
Officer of MLCP, the general partner of two leveraged buyout funds totaling
$1.9 billion. Mr. Burke co-founded Merrill Lynch's leveraged buyout effort
in 1981. He has been a First Vice President of MLPF&S since July, 1988.
Robert J. Farrell, age 61. Mr. Farrell is Senior Investment Advisor for
MLPF&S. From 1968 to March, 1982, he served as the Manager of the Market
Analysis Department of the Securities Research Division of MLPF&S. Mr.
Farrell has served as a Senior Vice President of MLPF&S since January, 1986.
Alain Lebec, age 43. Mr. Lebec is a Managing Director and head of the
Telecommunications, Media and Technology Banking Department in the Investment
Banking Group of ML & Co. Mr. Lebec joined ML & Co. as a Managing Director
and as a Vice President of MLPF&S in 1984 as a result of the acquisition by
ML & Co. of Becker Paribas Incorporated, where he was a Managing Director of
its Mergers and Acquisitions Group.
E. Stanley O'Neal, age 42. Mr. O'Neal is a Managing Director and head
of the High Yield Finance and Restructuring Department and the Southeast
Industrial Region in the Investment Banking Group of ML & Co. Mr. O'Neal
joined ML & Co. in 1986.
Charles K. Sweeney, age 51. Mr. Sweeney joined MLPF&S in 1965 as a
member of the Junior Executive Training Program. Since 1966, he has
continued to work as a Financial Consultant within both the Private Client
and Capital Markets Groups of the firm. He has completed management
development, and was elected a Senior Vice President - Investments in 1989.
AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
The General Partner will have the authority to make all decisions
regarding the acquisition, financing, operation, management and ultimate
disposition of Partnership investments, assets and properties. The Board of
Directors of the General Partner will approve all investments made by the
Partnership and will be responsible for the general supervision and
administration of Partnership activities. In investing the Partnership's
capital, the General Partner will consider those investments proposed by
unrelated third parties as well as opportunities presented to the Partnership
by affiliates of the General Partner. All investments chosen by the General
Partner for the Partnership, whether from third parties or from other
opportunities presented to the Partnership by affiliates, will be evaluated
independently of each other and chosen only if the General Partner believes
they are suitable for and in the best interest of the Partnership. The
General Partner is unable to predict to what extent Partnership investments
will be made in affiliate-proposed investments or investment opportunities
proposed by unrelated third parties. The General Partner will execute or
cause to be executed any and all agreements, purchase orders, debt
agreements, documents, certificates and other instruments necessary for the
purchase of, and investment in, assets by the Partnership. See "Conflicts of
Interest" and "Investment Objective and Policies".
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FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
The General Partner was formed with minimal capitalization. The General
Partner has agreed to use its best efforts at all times to maintain its net
worth at a level necessary to meet any present or future requirements of the
Federal income tax law regarding the net worth of a general partner of a
limited partnership. ML & Co. will issue a demand promissory note to the
General Partner in an amount necessary to meet current requirements and
provide the General Partner with such funds as are necessary to meet its
other obligations under the Partnership Agreement. See "Financial
Statements".
SIGNIFICANT AFFILIATES OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
MLPF&S and the General Partner are both wholly-owned subsidiaries of ML
& Co. It is anticipated that ML & Co. and the Investment Banking Group
within MLPF&S will be important sources of Partnership investments,
particularly with respect to leveraged buyout, corporate restructuring and
recapitalization and real estate transactions, and that other groups within
MLPF&S and other subsidiaries of ML & Co. may also be sources of investments.
PRIOR PARTNERSHIPS
The General Partner also acts as the general partner for Merrill Lynch
KECALP L.P. 1991 (the "1991 Partnership"), Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1989
(the "1989 Partnership"), Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1987 (the "1987
Partnership"), Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1986 (the "1986 Partnership"),
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1984 (the "1984 Partnership") and Merrill Lynch
KECALP Growth Investments Limited Partnership 1983 (the "1983 Partnership",
and together with each of such other partnerships, the "KECALP
Partnerships"). The limited partnership interests in these partnerships were
offered only to certain employees and directors of ML & Co. and its
subsidiaries. Set forth below is information concerning these investments by
the partnerships. This information should not be construed to indicate that
the Partnership will or could make investments that will produce results
comparable to those of the investments made by the earlier partnerships. It
is expected that the types of equity investments made by the Partnership will
more closely resemble those of the 1991 and the 1989 Partnerships than the
earlier partnerships.
1991 PARTNERSHIP
The 1991 Partnership closed its subscription offering on September 11,
1991, at which time it sold 20,799 units of limited partnership interest to
964 investors for $20,799,000. By March 31, 1994, the 1991 Partnership had
invested in or committed to 18 investments with an aggregate purchase price
of $20.6 million. Seventeen were made in leveraged buyouts ($19.0 million)
and one in real estate ($1.6 million).
Set forth below is a chart showing the results, as of March 31, 1994, of
completed equity transactions with respect to the 1991 Partnership's
investments. The dates of purchase refer to the dates on which investments
were acquired by or on behalf of the 1991 Partnership.
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<CAPTION>
Date of Date of
Classification Company Purchase Sale Cost Proceeds
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 9/91 2/93 $ 52,913 $ 162,037
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 9/92 3/93 3,052 9,345
Leveraged Buyout Hospitality 1/92 7/93 345,751 1,009,411
Franchise Systems,
Inc.
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 9/91 8/93 68,808 390,261
Leveraged Buyout Hospitality 1/92 11/93 315,159 1,244,700
Franchise Systems,
Inc.
Leveraged Buyout Hospitality 1/92 1/94 339,090 1,726,943
Franchise Systems,
Inc.
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 9/91 3/94 62,649 451,075
Total $1,187,422 $4,993,772
NET PROFIT REALIZED $3,806,350
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1989 PARTNERSHIP
The 1989 Partnership closed its subscription offering on May 16, 1989,
at which time it sold 21,096 units of limited partnership interest to 843
investors for $21,096,000. By May 1, 1992, the 1989 Partnership was fully
invested in 24 investments with an aggregate purchase price of $23.1
million. Of the 24 investments, 23 were in leveraged buyouts ($22.6 million)
and one in venture capital ($500,000).
Set forth below is a chart showing the results, as of March 31, 1994, of
completed equity transactions with respect to the 1989 Partnership. The
dates of purchase refer to the dates on which investments were acquired by or
on behalf of the 1989 Partnership.
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<CAPTION>
Date of Date of
Classification Company Purchase Sale Cost Proceeds
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Leveraged Buyout RJR Nabisco 5/91 9/92 $ 5,071 $ 2,407,194
Holding Corp.
Leveraged Buyout RJR Nabisco 5/91 12/92 2,535,044 3,621,389
Holding Corp.
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 5/91 2/93 83,961 379,830
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 8/91 2/93 316,370 968,837
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 5/91 3/93 17,193 77,778
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 5/91 8/93 376,132 3,151,488
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 5/91 8/93 17,463 146,317
Leveraged Buyout First USA, Inc. 5/91 3/94 358,358 3,811,597
Total $3,709,592 $14,564,430
NET PROFIT REALIZED $10,854,838
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1987 PARTNERSHIP
The 1987 Partnership closed its subscription offering on May 28, 1987,
at which time it sold 13,549 units of limited partnership interest to 895
investors for $13,549,000. By May 23, 1991, the 1987 Partnership was fully
invested or committed to invest in 26 investments with an aggregate purchase
price of $15.3 million. Of the 26 investments or commitments, 18 were in
leveraged buyouts ($10.6 million), seven in venture capital situations ($2.7
million) and one in real estate ($2.0 million).
Set forth below is a chart showing the results, as of March 31, 1994, of
completed equity transactions with respect to the 1987 Partnership's
investments. The dates of purchase indicated refer to the dates on which
investments were acquired by or on behalf of the 1987 Partnership.
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Date of Date of
Classification Company Purchase Sale Cost Proceeds
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Leveraged Buyout Mueller Holdings, 11/88 11/88 $ 62,507 $ 169,124
Inc.
Leveraged Buyout Apparel marketing 5/89 5/89 158,872 1,62,544(A)
Industries, Inc.
Leveraged Buyout GU Acquisition 7/89 7/89 1,373,836 3,088,851(B)
Corporation
Venture Capital Telecom USA 6/89 7/89 440,616 649,625
Venture Capital Magnesys 9/88 12/87 253,073 0
Venture Capital BBN Integrated Switch 3/89 3/90 542,978 0(C)
Partners, L.P.
Venture Capital TCOM Systems, Inc. 12/87 3/91 581,791 0
Venture Capital Meteor Message 9/88 9/91 308,086 0
Corporation
Leveraged Buyout GND Holdings 7/89 6/92 591,612 1,215,869
Corporation
Venture Capital IDEC Pharmaceuticals 6/89 7/92 16,304 88,244
Corporation
Leveraged Buyout RJR Nabisco Holdings 5/91 9/92 2,901 1,374,093
Corporation
Leveraged Buyout John Alden Financial 5/89 10/92 248,476 230,257
Corporation
Venture Capital Bolt, Barenek & 3/89 11/92 11,150 19,956
Newman, Inc.
Levaraged Buyout RJR Nabisco Holdings 5/91 12/92 1,450,665 2,066,766
Corporation
Leveraged Buyout General Felt 5/91 3/93 237,846 359,023
Industries
Leveraged Buyout John Alden Financial 5/89 11/93 20,705 645,439
Corporation
Leveraged Buyout Peter J. Schmitt Co., 5/91 12/93 190,580 0
Inc.
Leveraged Buyout Servam Corporation 3/91 12/93 26,048 0
Total $6,518,046 $11,169,791
NET PROFIT REALIZED $ 4,651,745
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(A) Includes value of preferred stock obtained in transaction.
(B) Proceeds include $591,612 which was used to purchase shares of GND
Holdings Corporation.
(C) Received shares of Bolt, Barenek & Newman as part of dissolution of
partnership.
1986 PARTNERSHIP
The 1986 Partnership closed its subscription offering on April 15, 1986,
at which time it sold 7,234 units of limited partnership interest to
approximately 500 investors for $7,234,000. By May 10, 1991, the Partnership
was fully invested in 26 investments with an aggregate purchase price of $8.3
million. Of the 26 investments, 16 were in venture capital situations ($4.4
million), nine in leveraged buyouts ($3.1 million) and one in a package of
securities in connection with a recapitalization ($759,000).
Set forth below is a chart showing the results, as of March 31, 1994, of
completed equity transactions with respect to the 1986 Partnership's
investments. The dates of purchase indicated refer to the dates on which
investments were acquired by or on behalf of the 1986 Partnership.
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<CAPTION>
Date of Date of
Classification Company Purchase Sale Cost Proceeds
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Venture Capital FGIC Corporation 6/86 3/88 $1,084,447 $ 1,889,415
Venture Capital Dallas Semiconductor 4/86 5/88 203,867 470,412
Corporation
Venture Capital Data Recording 2/88 6/88 202,450 0
Systems, Inc.
Venture Capital Alliant Computer 6/86 7/88 158,529 95,375
Systems Corp.
Leveraged Buyout CMI Holdings, Inc. 1/88 4/89 45,349 153,451
Other Varity Corporation 4/89 4/89 758,842 1,906,283
Leveraged Buyout Printing Holdings, 4/89 4/89 649,949 2,135,285
L.P.
Leveraged Buyout Amstar Corporation 1/88 7/89 354,728 1,303,520
Venture Capital Intek Diagnostics, 8/86 12/89 104,534 0
Inc.
Leveraged Buyout Education Management 4/89 10/89 192,432 643,824
Corp.
Venture Capital Qume Corporation 8/86 4/90 211,193 485,625
Venture Capital Computer-Aided Design 1/88 9/90 117,183 0
Group
Venture Capital International Power 2/87 9/90 208,592 59,611
Technology, Inc.
Venture Capital Robert Wooldridge & 7/87 9/90 205,882 0
Co.
Venture Capital Shared Resource 2/87 9/90 262,501 0
Exchange, Inc.
Leveraged Buyout Prince Holdings, Inc. 5/89 10/90 147,601 1,400,807
Venture Capital IDEXX Corporation 2/87 6/91 33,583 66,388
Venture Capital Computer-Aided Design 1/88 9/91 39,061 0
Group
Venture Capital ViewLogic Systems, 6/86 12/91 212,874 1,474,388
Inc.
Venture Capital IDEXX Corporation 2/87 1/92 178,312 580,571
Venture Capital Enhance Financial 4/89 2/92 238,366 332,558
Services Group
Leveraged Buyout ALLTEL Corporation 2/87 7/92 11,589 163,649
Venture Capital Enhance Financial 4/89 8/92 251,042 369,949
Svcs. Group Inc.
Venture Capital Zentec Corporation 12/86 9/92 277,500 0
Leveraged Buyout ALLTEL Corporation 2/87 3/93 24,277 428,451
Venture Capital BehaviorTech, Inc. 8/87 7/93 105,669 9,900
Leveraged Buyout ALLTEL Corporation 2/87 8/93 25,480 483,124
Leveraged Buyout ALLTEL Corporation 2/87 11/93 12,071 240,807
Total $6,317,903 $14,693,393
NET PROFIT REALIZED $ 8,375,490
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1984 PARTNERSHIP
The 1984 Partnership closed its subscription offering on May 22, 1984,
at which time it sold 3,747 units of limited partnership interest to
approximately 300 investors for $3,747,000. By February 3, 1988, the 1984
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Partnership was fully invested in 23 investments with an aggregate purchase
price of $4.1 million. Of the 23 investments, six were in real estate
($750,000), nine in venture capital ($1.6 million), five in leveraged buyouts
($1.1 million), one in oil and gas ($350,000), one in equipment leasing
($250,000) and one in research and development ($90,000).
Set forth below is a chart showing the results, as of March 31, 1994, of
completed equity transactions with respect to the 1984 Partnership's
investments. The dates of purchase indicated refer to the dates on which
investments were acquired by or on behalf of the 1984 Partnership.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Date of Date of
Classification Company Purchase Sale Cost Proceeds
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Real Estate Cortland 6/84 12/86 $ 70,498 $ 43,772
Venture Capital California Devices, 12/85 8/87 150,000 0
Inc.
Leveraged Buyout Denny's, Inc. 9/86 9/87 399,968 1,898,631
Leveraged Buyout Ithaca Corporation 4/86 1/88 422,563 7,488,000(A)
Venture Capital FGIC Corp. 6/86 3/88 601,205 1,133,550
Venture Capital Alliant Computer 6/86 7/88 101,225 63,563
Systems Corp.
Venture Capital Data Recording 2/85 8/88 152,444 0
Systems, Inc.
Leveraged Buyout Printing Holdings, 4/86 4/89 115,706 376,815
L.P.
Leveraged Buyout New Axia Holdings 9/86 12/89 31,225 262,500(B)
Corporation
Venture Capital Intek Diagnostics, 8/86 12/89 100,980 0
Inc.
Leveraged Buyout C.C. Packaging, Inc. 9/86 3/90 11,223 15,110
Venture Capital Shared Resource 2/87 9/90 74,999 0
Exchange, Inc.
Oil and Gas Berresford 11/84 3/93 350,000
Enterprises-Jerry 0
1984
Venture Capital BehaviorTech, Inc. 8/86 7/93 70,973 6,930
Venture Capital Private Satellite 8/84 9/93 158,575 30,665
Network, Inc.
Leveraged Buyout Axia Incorporated 12/89 3/94 0 86,120
Total $2,811,584 $11,365,656
NET PROFIT REALIZED $ 8,554,072
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(A) Includes dividend of $2,460,533.
(B) Includes dividend of $175,000.
1983 PARTNERSHIP
The 1983 Partnership closed its subscription offering on May 20, 1983,
at which time it sold 6,915 units of limited partnership interest to
approximately 600 investors for $6,915,000. By March 2, 1987, the 1983
Partnership was fully invested with 21 investments with an aggregate purchase
price of approximately $7.6 million. Of the 21 investments, four were in
venture capital ($1.3 million), three in leveraged buyouts ($1.0 million),
six in real estate ($2.8 million), three in oil and gas ($900,000), three in
equipment financing ($1.1 million) and two in research and development
($500,000).
Set forth below is a chart showing the results as of March 31, 1994, of
completed equity transactions with respect to the 1983 Partnership's
investments. The dates of purchase indicated refer to the dates on which
investments were acquired by or on behalf of the 1983 Partnership.
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<CAPTION>
Date of Date of
Classification Company Purchase Sale Cost Proceeds
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Leveraged Buyout Signode Industries 12/85 9/86 $ 761,003 $ 8,096,509
Venture Capital UAS Automation Systems, 6/83 11/86 100,003 394,520
Inc.
Equipment Financing Aztex Associates, L.P. 5/83 12/86 64,563 0
Research & Devlpmt. BRN R/S Expert, L.P. 6/84 5/87 230,000 769,531
Leveraged Buyout Denny's, Inc. 9/86 9/87 199,984 949,315
Venture Capital FGIC Corporation 6/86 3/88 1,000,000 1,649,840
Venture Capital Alliant Computer Systems 6/86 7/88 100,000 63,563
Corp.
Leveraged Buyout Medical Disposables 6/86 4/90 65,000 162,070
Company
Oil and Gas Posse Petroleum, Ltd. 10/83 2/91 176,469 60,000
Research and NIP Plant Research, Ltd. 4/81 3/91 232,500 25,000
Devlpmt.
Equipment Financing Cortlandt Intermodal 6/83 4/92 432,882 180,624
Leasing
Oil and Gas Berresford Enterprises- 11/84 3/93 150,000 0
Jerry 1984
Oil and Gas Berresford Enterprises- 10/83 3/93 550,000 0
Margaret #1
Total $4,062,404 $12,350,972
NET PROFIT REALIZED $ 8,288,568
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
GENERAL
The investment objective of the Partnership is to seek long-term capital
appreciation. It is expected that a substantial portion of the Partnership's
assets will be invested in privately-offered equity investments in leveraged
buyout transactions and in transactions involving restructurings or
recapitalization of operating companies. Investments may also be made in
real estate opportunities and, to a lesser extent, in venture capital
transactions. These investments are described below. The Partnership may
make other investments in equity and fixed income securities that the General
Partner considers appropriate in terms of their potential for capital
appreciation. Current income will not generally be a significant factor in
the selection of investments. The Partnership may not change its investment
objective unless authorized by the vote of a majority-in-interest of the
Limited Partners of the Partnership. There can be no assurance that the
investment objective of the Partnership will be realized.
While privately-offered equity investments of the types expected to be
acquired by the Partnership generally have the potential for achieving
greater appreciation than investments in publicly-traded securities of
established companies, these investments are highly speculative and involve
substantial risks which are increased by the long-term nature and limited
liquidity of such investments. It is anticipated that the proceeds of the
offering will be invested, or committed for investment, within three to four
years after the date the Partnership commences operations. It is also
anticipated that the Partnership will not reinvest proceeds from the sale of
portfolio investments except that the General Partner may consider
reinvestments to the extent initial investments are disposed of within two
years from the closing of the sale of Units or in connection with follow-on
investments made in existing portfolio companies.
TYPE OF INVESTMENTS
Leveraged buyout transactions typically involve the purchase of public
or privately-held corporations, or divisions or subsidiaries of such
corporations, through financing provided by equity investors and debt
financing. The transactions generally involve a significant degree of debt
financing and the highly leveraged financial structure of these investments
may introduce substantial risks to equity investors apart from those directly
related to a company's operations. As described under "Sources of Investment
Opportunities" below, the Partnership anticipates that it will seek to
co-invest in a number of these investments with ML & Co. or its affiliates.
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The Partnership anticipates that it may also make equity investments in
transactions involving financial restructurings or recapitalizations of
operating companies. It is expected that these investments would be made in
connection with the restructuring or recapitalization of a leveraged company
pursuant to which a portion of its outstanding capitalization is to be
exchanged for, or repaid from the proceeds of the issuance of, one or more
classes of new securities. A company will generally undertake a financial
restructuring or recapitalization transaction because its financial structure
is overly leveraged in light of its current or anticipated operations.
These companies may also be encountering financial difficulties in meeting
current debt service payments. The Partnership anticipates that it will seek
to co-invest in financial restructuring or recapitalization transactions with
ML & Co. or its affiliates.
The Partnership also expects that it may make investments in real estate
transactions offering investment potential consistent with the Partnership's
objective of seeking long-term capital appreciation. As reflected in the
sub-heading "Proposed Initial Investments" below, the General Partner has
approved one such real estate investment for the Partnership.
The Partnership does not presently anticipate that it will invest a
significant portion of its assets in venture capital investments. To the
extent the Partnership makes venture capital investments, it expects that
these investments will generally consist of investments in a limited number
of new companies or companies in an early stage of development that the
General Partner believes have outstanding appreciation and profit potential.
While the General Partner will maintain a flexible approach to the selection
of venture capital investments, these investments may include companies
involved in high-technology industries (e.g., telecommunications,
microelectronics, robotics or biotechnology) and companies with innovative
manufacturing and service businesses. Typically venture capital investments
may take from four to seven years to reach a state of maturity where
disposition can be considered.
Following an initial equity investment in transactions described above,
the Partnership anticipates that it may, at times, provide additional or
follow-on funds to the issuer. Follow-on investments may be made pursuant to
rights to acquire additional securities, or otherwise in order to increase
the Partnership's position in a successful or promising portfolio company.
The Partnership may also be called on to provide follow-on investments for a
number of other reasons, including providing additional capital to a company
to implement fully its business plans, to develop a new line of business or
to recover from unexpected business problems.
The Partnership may invest up to 5% of its total assets in high yield
corporate debt securities that the General Partner believes have significant
potential for capital appreciation. These securities may be acquired in
restructuring or reorganization transactions in which ML & Co. or its
affiliates are participating as financial adviser or in other capacities.
High yield debt securities, also referred to as "junk bonds", are regarded as
predominantly speculative as to the issuer's ability to make payments of
principal and interest. See "Risk and Other Important Factors".
It is expected that the Partnership will not invest more than 15% of its
assets in any one portfolio company. The equity investments made by the
Partnership in portfolio companies will typically be structured in negotiated
private transactions and will generally be restricted as to the manner of
resale or disposition. The securities acquired by the Partnership will
primarily consist of common stocks and securities convertible into common
stocks, but may also consist of a combination of equity and debt securities
and warrants, options and other rights to obtain such securities or, in the
case of high yield debt securities, the debt securities themselves.
SOURCES OF INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The Partnership expects to locate suitable investments from a variety of
sources, including affiliates of the General Partner and third parties.
Although the Partnership cannot predict what percentage of its investments
will be in opportunities presented by affiliates of the General Partner or by
third parties, it expects that a significant portion will be invested in
opportunities presented by affiliates of the General Partner. See "The
General Partner and Its Affiliates--Significant Affiliates of the General
Partner" and "Conflicts of Interest".
The Partnership will seek to invest in leveraged buyout and other equity
investments. Previous KECALP Partnerships (particularly the 1989 Partnership
and the 1991 Partnership) co-invested to a significant degree in buyout
investments with partnerships managed by MLCP, a subsidiary of ML & Co.
These investments were made
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available to the KECALP Partnerships by ML & Co. from its co-investments
with such buyout partnerships. As has been announced, ML & Co. does not
generally expect to make such investments in the foreseeable future and the
investment professionals of such subsidiary are forming a new management
company not affiliated with ML & Co. that expects to organize and manage
buyout partnerships. The principals of such new management company have
advised the General Partner that they are in the process of establishing the
first partnership to be managed by such company. The General Partner has
also been advised that, if such partnership is formed, the Partnership will
be granted rights to co-invest with such partnership in an amount of up to
$2.5 million in each investment made by such partnership, subject to a
maximum investment by the Partnership of a 3% interest in any acquired
company. Since ML & Co. expects to invest in such partnership as a limited
partner, the Partnership has applied for an exemptive order from the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as described below, to enable the
Partnership to make any such co-investments.
The Investment Company Act contains restrictions on co-investments by a
registered investment company (such as the Partnership) and affiliates of its
sponsor and on purchases of securities by a registered investment company
from affiliates of its sponsor. Accordingly, to the extent the Partnership
seeks to invest in transactions in which ML & Co. or any of its affiliates is
also a participant or to purchase securities from ML & Co. or any of its
affiliates, the Partnership may be required to obtain an exemptive order from
the Securities and Exchange Commission under such Act before it can make the
investment. The prior partnerships for which the General Partner acts as
general partner have been able to obtain such exemptive orders under the
Investment Company Act. In this regard, the Partnership has obtained blanket
exemptive relief from the Securities and Exchange Commission permitting
co-investments under certain circumstances in leveraged buyout and other
equity investments with ML & Co. and its affiliates and in venture capital
investments with ML Venture Partners II, L.P. The Partnership has applied
for additional exemptive relief with respect to co-investment by the
Partnership and affiliated co-investors which would permit the co-investments
described in the preceding paragraph. There can be no assurance that the
General Partner will be able to obtain exemptions in the future with respect
to investments that do not qualify under the terms of existing exemptions.
INVESTMENT FACTORS
Prospective investments will be evaluated by the General Partner upon
selection factors established by the General Partner from time to time. The
following are typical of the factors which may be considered by the General
Partner:
(1) the potential return that may be earned from the investment;
(2) the nature of the risks associated with such investment (
e.g., industry risks or risks related to the structure of the
investment opportunity);
(3) the degree of diversification in the Partnership's investment
portfolio;
(4) the financial stability, creditworthiness and reputation of
any proposed partners or joint venturers;
(5) in the case of Sponsored Programs or indirect investments made
through third parties, the background, experience and, where
applicable, prior performance of the issuer of the constituent
securities;
(6) the potential return available in alternative investments; and
(7) other considerations relative to a specific investment being
considered.
PROPOSED INITIAL INVESTMENTS
The General Partner has approved the purchase by the Partnership of
three investments, the details of which are set forth below:
ZML Partners Limited Partnership III ("Zell III") is a limited
partnership formed to act as the managing general partner of Zell/Merrill
Lynch Real Estate Opportunity Partners Limited Partnership III (the "Fund").
The Fund will seek to acquire a high quality, geographically diversified
portfolio of real estate assets, primarily office buildings. The investment
period is ten years and Zell III has agreed to use its best efforts to sell
the properties of the Fund within 15 years from the initial closing.
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The General Partner has approved the acquisition by the Partnership of a
limited partnership interest in Zell III for a purchase price of up to $2
million, but not to exceed 15% of the Partnership's assets. Such limited
partnership interest permits participation in the carried interest of Zell
III in the Fund.
PC Accessories, Inc. ("PCA") is a leading distributor of personal
computer accessory products. Founded less than three years ago, PCA has
developed a broad line of products in the rapidly growing computer accessory
industry. MLCP formed PCA Holding Corporation ("Holding") as an acquisition
vehicle to acquire PCA and later to merge it with Gemini Holdings, Inc.
("Gemini"), an investment of the 1987 Partnership. Gemini is a leading
independent distributor of home electronic and entertainment accessories for
sale by discount chains and home centers in the U.S. The General Partner
approved the investment by the Partnership of up to $1.190 million in
Holding, but not to exceed 7.5% of the Partnership's assets.
Mail-Well Corporation ("Mail-Well") is a leading manufacturer and seller
of a broad line of customized conventional and specialty envelopes and
related packaging products designed and printed to customers' specifications.
Mail-Well focuses on the higher margin specialty product line as opposed to
the commodity type envelope business. Mail-Well was formed in November 1993,
by an investor group formed by The Sterling Group and management, to acquire
G-P Envelope Holdings Inc. from Georgia Pacific Corporation and to acquire
Pavey Envelope and Tag Corporation. The General Partner has approved the
investment by the Partnership of up to $1 million in Mail-Well, but not to
exceed 10% of the Partnership's assets.
Pending completion of the offering of Units of the Partnership, the
three investments described above were purchased or committed to, on behalf
of the Partnership, by affiliates of the General Partner. As a result, the
Partnership will not be able to acquire such investments until it receives an
order under the Investment Company Act from the Securities and Exchange
Commission permitting such transactions. There can be no assurance that such
an order will be obtained.
LEVERAGE
The Partnership Agreement permits the General Partner to borrow funds on
behalf of or lend funds to the Partnership. The General Partner will obtain
funds for making Partnership investments when it believes such action is
desirable. The Partnership may also borrow funds to enable it to make
follow-on investments with respect to any direct investments it might make in
portfolio companies. However, it is expected that the Partnership would not
otherwise incur substantial debt with respect to other types of investments.
The Partnership Agreement does not limit the amount of indebtedness which the
Partnership may incur. The Investment Company Act generally limits the
amount of indebtedness the Partnership may incur to 331/3% of its gross
assets. However, the General Partner has obtained an order from the
Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to the Partnership which
permits the Partnership to enter into nonrecourse loans relating to
investments other than securities without regard to such limitation.
The use of leverage would exaggerate increases or decreases in the
Partnership's net assets. To the extent that Partnership revenues are
required to meet debt service obligations, the Partners may be allocated
income (and therefore tax liability) in excess of cash available for
distribution.
LIQUIDATION OF INVESTMENTS
The Partnership intends to liquidate its portfolio investments prior to
dissolution. Leveraged buyout and venture capital investments typically
require from four to seven years to reach a state of maturity before
disposition can be considered. Investments in corporate restructuring and
recapitalization transactions may also require a substantial holding period.
Investments in partnerships involved in real estate investments may also be
illiquid for significant periods, including periods extending for the term of
the underlying investment vehicle. As a result, the Partnership's
investments will generally be held for a significant time period until
disposition can be considered through negotiated private sales or sales made
in the public market pursuant to exemptions from registration under the
Federal securities laws. The Partnership expects to utilize the services of
MLPF&S, to the extent permitted
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by the Investment Company Act, in executing transactions for the sale of its
investments. In the absence of a specific exemption, the Partnership is
generally precluded by the Investment Company Act from selling portfolio
securities, including high yield debt securities, to MLPF&S on a principal
basis.
REINVESTMENT POLICY
The General Partner has the discretion to reinvest all Partnership
revenues. To the extent portfolio investments are disposed of within two
years after the closing of the sale of Units, the General Partner will
consider reinvesting all or a substantial portion of the proceeds realized by
the Partnership. However, the General Partner does not expect to reinvest
proceeds from the liquidation of portfolio investments (other than temporary
investments) occurring more than two years after the closing of the sale of
Units, except in connection with follow-on investments made in existing
portfolio companies. The General Partner may also cause the Partnership to
maintain reserves for follow-on investments or to apply cash received from
investments to the prepayment of any borrowings made by the Partnership. To
the extent that cash received by the Partnership is not required for such
purposes or to reimburse the General Partner for expenses incurred by it,
such cash will be distributed to the Partners at least annually.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
The Partnership has adopted the following investment restrictions which
may not be changed unless authorized by an amendment of the Partnership
Agreement by the vote of a majority-in-interest of the Limited Partners of
the Partnership. These restrictions provide that the Partnership may not (i)
issue senior securities other than in connection with borrowings described in
(iii) below, (ii) make short sales of securities, purchase securities on
margin, except for use of short-term credit necessary for the clearance of
transactions, or write put or call options, (iii) borrow amounts in excess of
331/3% of its gross assets, except that the Partnership may enter into
nonrecourse loans relating to investments other than securities without
regard to such limitation, (iv) underwrite securities of other issuers,
except insofar as the Partnership may be deemed an underwriter under the
Securities Act of 1933 in selling portfolio securities, (v) invest more than
25% of its Partners' capital contributions in the securities of issuers in
any particular industry, except for temporary investments in United States
Government and Government agency securities, domestic bank money market
instruments and money market funds, or (vi) make loans to other persons in
excess of 331/3% of its gross assets, provided that investments in privately
offered debt securities issued by entities in which the Partnership has an
equity participation or with which the Partnership has contracted to acquire
an equity participation are not considered loans for purposes of this
restriction. In addition, the Partnership will not invest any of its assets
in the securities of other investment companies, except to the extent
permitted by the Investment Company Act.
TEMPORARY INVESTMENTS
Prior to the expenditure of the capital contributions of the Limited
Partners, and pending distributions of available cash, the Partnership will
invest funds in various types of marketable securities. These securities
include money market instruments, securities issued by or on behalf of
states, municipalities and their instrumentalities, the interest from which
is exempt from Federal income tax, and securities issued by other investment
companies (including unit investment trusts and tax-exempt money market funds
sponsored by affiliates of the General Partner). An exemptive order obtained
from the Securities and Exchange Commission permits the Partnership to
purchase money market instruments, shares of money market funds and certain
other securities from affiliates of ML & Co. in principal transactions.
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TAX ASPECTS OF INVESTMENT IN THE PARTNERSHIP
EACH PROSPECTIVE LIMITED PARTNER IS URGED TO CONSULT A PERSONAL TAX ADVISOR
WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTERS DISCUSSED BELOW AS THEY RELATE TO SUCH
PROSPECTIVE LIMITED PARTNER'S CIRCUMSTANCES.
SCOPE AND LIMITATION
The following discussion of the Federal income tax consequences of an
investment in the Partnership, together with the opinions of counsel referred
to below, are based upon the existing provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended to date (the "Code"), the regulations promulgated or
proposed thereunder (the "Regulations" or the "Proposed Regulations"),
current administrative rulings and practices of the Internal Revenue Service
(the "IRS") and existing court decisions, any of which could be changed at
any time. Any such changes may or may not be retroactive with respect to
transactions prior to the date of such changes and could significantly modify
the statements and opinions expressed herein.
At the Closing of the offering of Units, the Partnership will receive
the opinion of Brown & Wood ("Tax Counsel") to the effect that:
(i) the Partnership will be classified as a partnership for Federal
income tax purposes and not as an "association" taxable as a corporation and
will not be classified as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of
Code Section 7704(b) (see "Classification as a Partnership" below); and
(ii) the allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the
Partnership will be respected for Federal income tax purposes, so long as no
Limited Partner's capital account becomes negative (see "General Principles
of Partnership Taxation--Allocations and Distributions" below).
The Partnership also will request additional opinions of Tax Counsel
with respect to the other material Federal income tax issues described in
this Prospectus as such matters arise in the course of the Partnership's
investment decisions. All such opinions of Tax Counsel will be subject to,
and limited by, the assumptions made and matters referred to in such
opinions, including the laws, rulings and regulations in effect as of the
date of such opinions, all of which are subject to change.
Partners should note that the opinions of Tax Counsel are not binding on
the IRS or the courts. The opinions of Tax Counsel regarding the issues
specifically identified represent Tax Counsel's judgment based on its
analysis of the law, and express what Tax Counsel believes a court would
conclude if properly presented with such issues. Accordingly, no assurance
can be given that the IRS will not challenge the tax treatment of certain
items or, if it does, that it will not be successful. The opinions are based
on the applicable statutes, regulations, cases and rulings in effect on the
date of the opinions. If any of the authorities on which the opinions are
based should change, the conclusions set forth in the opinions may be
affected. The opinions of Tax Counsel are also based on certain
representations by the General Partner, including a representation that the
factual matters referred to herein are accurate and complete as of the date
of Closing. If such facts or representations are inaccurate, Tax Counsel's
opinion may not apply to such changed circumstances.
OVERVIEW OF TAX ASPECTS
The Code provides that a partnership is not itself subject to Federal
income taxation. Rather, each Limited Partner will be required to take into
account in computing his Federal income tax liability his allocable share of
the Partnership's capital gains and capital losses and other income, losses,
deductions, credits and items of tax preference for any taxable year of the
Partnership ending within or with the taxable year of such Limited Partner,
without regard to whether he has received or will receive any distribution
from the Partnership. Partnership revenues may be retained by the
Partnership to be applied to working capital reserves, or used to reduce
outstanding debts, pay Partnership expenses or repay any Partnership
borrowings. In addition, certain of the temporary
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investments which the Partnership may purchase include zero coupon bonds or
other obligations having original issue discount. For Federal income tax
purposes, accrual of original issue discount will be attributable to Partners
as interest income even though the Partnership does not realize any cash flow
as a result of such accrual.
The Partnership is required to (i) file annually an information return
on Form 1065 and (ii) following the close of the Partnership's taxable years,
provide to each Partner a Schedule K-1 indicating such Partner's allocable
share of the Partnership's income, gain, losses, deductions, credits, and
items of tax preference. Assignees of Limited Partners who are not admitted
to the Partnership will not receive any tax information from the Partnership.
See "General Principles of Partnership Taxation--Partners, Not Partnership,
Subject to Tax" below.
CLASSIFICATION OF A PARTNERSHIP AS A PTP
Under Section 7704 of the Code, as added by the Revenue Act of 1987 (the
"1987 Tax Act"), a publicly traded partnership ("PTP") (other than a PTP
substantially all of whose income is from specified passive sources) is to be
treated as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes, effective for
taxable years beginning after December 31, 1987.
PTPs are defined in Code Section 7704(b) as partnerships whose interests
are (i) traded on an established securities market (i.e., a national
exchange, local exchange, or over-the-counter market) or (ii) readily
tradeable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof).
Units in the Partnership will not be listed for trading on an established
securities market and the General Partner will use its best efforts to ensure
that Units will not be readily tradeable on any secondary market (or
substantial equivalent thereof). There can be no assurance, however, that
such efforts will be successful. A Limited Partner may not transfer a Unit
unless the Limited Partner represents, and provides other documentation,
satisfactory in form and substance to the General Partner that such transfer
was not effected through a broker-dealer or matching agent which makes a
market in Units or which provides a readily available, regular and ongoing
opportunity to Partners to sell or exchange their Units through a public
means of obtaining or providing information of offers to buy, sell or
exchange Units. Prior to recognizing the sale of a Unit, the General Partner
must determine that such sale, assignment or transfer will not, by itself or
together with any other sales, transfers or assignments, substantially
increase the risk of the Partnership being classified as a publicly traded
partnership. A transferor will not be required to make the representations
described above if the transferor represents that the transfer is effected
through an agent whose procedures have been approved by the General Partner
as consistent with the requirements for avoiding classification as a publicly
traded partnership.
On June 17, 1988, the IRS issued Advance Notice 88-75 (the "Notice").
The Notice provides certain safe harbors which, if satisfied by a
partnership, will result in interests in the partnership not being treated as
readily tradeable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent
thereof. The Notice provides, in relevant part, that interests in a
partnership will not be considered readily tradeable on a secondary market or
a substantial equivalent thereof within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the
Code for a taxable year of the partnership if the sum of the percentage
interests in partnership capital or profits represented by partnership
interests that are sold or otherwise disposed of during the taxable year does
not exceed 5% (2% in the case of a partnership that also relies on a separate
matching service safe harbor described below) of the total interest in
partnership capital or profits (the "5% Safe Harbor"). For this purpose, the
following transfers, as well as certain redemptions (collectively, "Safe
Harbor Transfers"), will be disregarded: (i) transfers in which the basis of
the partnership interest in the hands of the transferee is determined, in
whole or in part, by reference to its basis in the hands of the transferor or
is determined under Section 732 of the Code; (ii) transfers at death; (iii)
transfers between members of a family (as defined in Section 267(c)(4) of the
Code); (iv) the issuance of interests by or on behalf of the partnership in
exchange for cash, property, or services; (v) distributions from a retirement
plan qualified under Section 401(a); and (vi) block transfers. (The term
"block transfer" means the transfer by a partner in one or more transactions
during any thirty calendar day period of partnership interests representing
in the aggregate more than 5 percent of the total interest in partnership
capital or profits.)
The Notice also provides that sales through a matching service ("Matched
Sales") will be disregarded (the "Matching Service Safe Harbor") for purposes
of determining whether partnership interests are to be considered
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readily tradeable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof
if: (i) at least a 15 calendar day delay occurs between the day the operator
receives written confirmation from the listing customer that an interest in a
partnership is available for sale (the "contact date") and the earlier of (A)
the day information is made available to potential buyers regarding the
offering of such interest for sale, or (B) the day information is made
available to the listing customer regarding the existence of any outstanding
bids to purchase an interest in such partnership at a stated price; (ii) the
closing of the sale effected through the matching service does not occur
prior to the 45th calendar day after the contact date; (iii) the listing
customer's information is removed from the matching service within 120
calendar days after the contact date; (iv) following any removal of the
listing customer's information from the matching service (other than removal
by reason of a sale of any part of such interest), no interest in the
partnership is entered into the matching service by such listing customer for
at least 60 calendar days; and (v) the sum of the percentage interests in
partnership capital and profits represented by partnership interests that are
sold or otherwise disposed of other than in Safe Harbor Transfers during the
taxable year of the partnership does not exceed 10 percent of the total
interest in partnership capital and profits. If a partnership relies on the
Matching Service Safe Harbor for its Matched Sales, the 5% Safe Harbor is
applied (to sales other than Safe Harbor Transfers and Matched Sales) by
substituting 2% for 5%.
The Partnership Agreement provides that the Partnership will satisfy one
of such safe harbors. The Partnership Agreement also provides that any
transfer of Units to a market maker will be null and void unless the market
maker certifies that it is holding such Units for investment purposes. The
General Partner has also represented that it intends to exercise its
discretion regarding transfers in a manner designed to prevent the
Partnership from becoming a PTP. Accordingly, it is not anticipated that
the Partnership will be a PTP. There can be no assurance, however, that the
General Partner will be successful in its efforts. In addition, new
regulations may be adopted that would cause the Partnership to be treated as
a PTP. Investors are urged to consider ongoing developments in this area.
Although, as indicated above, it is possible that the Partnership could
be treated as a PTP, it is expected that the Partnership will meet the
requirements for an exception to the rule that would treat PTPs as
corporations. The exception is available to a partnership if 90% or more of
its gross income consists of passive-type income ("PTI"). PTI includes
certain interest, dividends, rents from real property, gains from the sale or
other disposition of real property, and income and gains from certain natural
resource activities. The definition of PTI also includes gain from the sale
or disposition of capital assets or certain other trade or business property,
if such assets or property were held for the production of PTI. Interest or
rental income that is contingent on profits or income earned by the borrower
or lessee generally does not qualify as PTI. The General Partner expects
that the Partnership will meet the 90% of gross income test on an ongoing
basis. A partnership that inadvertently fails to meet the requirement that
at least 90% of its income be PTI will not be taxed as a corporation if (i)
the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the failure was inadvertent,
(ii) the partnership takes steps within a reasonable time to meet the
requirement and (iii) the partnership and each person holding an interest in
the partnership during the failure period agree to make the adjustments
directed by the Secretary.
CLASSIFICATION AS A PARTNERSHIP
SIGNIFICANCE OF PARTNERSHIP STATUS
A limited partnership may be classified for Federal income tax purposes
as either a "partnership" or an association taxable as a corporation. If the
Partnership is classified as a partnership, the Partners will be subject to
tax currently on their respective distributive shares of Partnership income
and gain, and, subject to certain limitations, will be entitled to claim
currently their respective distributive shares of any Partnership losses and
credits. If the Partnership were to be classified as an association taxable
as a corporation, the Partners therein would be treated as shareholders of a
corporation and, consequently, (i) items of income, gain, deduction, loss and
credit would not flow through to such Partners to be accounted for on their
individual Federal income tax returns, (ii) cash distributions would be
treated as corporate distributions to such Partners, some or all of which
might be taxable as dividends and (iii) the taxable income of the Partnership
would be subject at the partnership level to the Federal income tax imposed
on corporations and, potentially, to state and local corporate income and
franchise taxes.
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The Partnership will not seek a ruling from the IRS on the question of
its classification for Federal income tax purposes as a partnership but
rather will rely on an opinion of Tax Counsel as described below. The
opinion of Tax Counsel will not be binding upon the IRS.
QUALIFICATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP AS A PARTNERSHIP
At the Closing of the offering of Units, Tax Counsel will deliver its
opinion that, under the present provisions of the Code, Regulations,
published rulings of the IRS and court decisions, all of which are subject to
change, assuming the activities of the Partnership are conducted as described
herein and in compliance with the provisions of the Partnership Agreement,
and based on certain representations of the General Partner, for Federal
income tax purposes, the Partnership will be treated as a partnership.
Tax Counsel's opinion as to the partnership status of the Partnership is
based in part upon Section 301.7701-2 of the current Regulations which
provides that an organization that qualifies as a limited partnership under
the applicable state law will be classified as a partnership for Federal
income tax purposes unless it has more corporate characteristics than
noncorporate characteristics. The Regulations set forth four principal
characteristics of a corporation that must be considered for this purpose:
(i) centralized management, (ii) continuity of life, (iii) free
transferability of interests and (iv) limited liability. In Tax Counsel's
opinion, based upon the assumptions and representations of the General
Partner, the Partnership will not have more than two of the foregoing
corporate characteristics, and therefore, will be treated as a partnership
for Federal income tax purposes rather than an association taxable as a
corporation.
In addition to the four specific characteristics mentioned above, the
Regulations state that other factors may be significant in classifying an
organization. In Larson v. Commissioner, 66 T.C. 159 (1976), appeal
withdrawn, 1977 acq. 1979-1 C.B. 1, the IRS argued that even if a majority of
the specifically enumerated corporate characteristics are absent, an
organization may be classified as an association if other factors not
specifically discussed in the Regulations are present. The Tax Court,
however, rejected this position, holding that if a majority of the relevant
specifically identified criteria were absent, the entity would not be taxed
as an association unless other factors whose "materiality was unmistakable"
were present. In Revenue Ruling 79-106, 1979-1 C.B. 448, the IRS indicated
it would follow the Larson decision and that it would not consider certain
other factors not specifically mentioned in the Regulations to have
independent significance for purposes of classifying partnerships.
No assurance can be given that partnership status will not be lost as a
result of future changes in the applicable law or Regulations (which changes
might be applied retroactively) or due to changes in the manner in which the
Partnership in fact is operated. As more fully described below, loss of
partnership status and treatment of the Partnership as an "association"
taxable as a corporation would have a material adverse effect of the tax
treatment of the Partnership, the Partners and on the value of the Units.
In addition to the foregoing considerations concerning classification of
the Partnership as a partnership, the General Partner has instituted measures
which are intended to reduce the risk of the Partnership being treated as a
PTP or an association taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax
purposes. Specifically, the General Partner will represent, at the time of
Closing, that it will take such actions and implement such procedures as are
necessary to enable the Partnership to comply with one of the safe harbors
enumerated in the Notice. In addition, the General Partner will not
recognize any transfer of Units if, in the opinion of the Partnership's tax
counsel, the manner of such transfer could cause the Partnership to be
classified as an association taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax
purposes or cause it to be a PTP. Accordingly, at the Closing of the
offering of Units, Tax Counsel will deliver their opinion that the
Partnership will not be a PTP within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the
Code.
If for any reason the Partnership were treated as an "association"
taxable as a corporation, capital gains and losses and other income and
deductions of the Partnership would not be passed through to the Limited
Partners, and the Limited Partners would be treated as shareholders for tax
purposes. Any distributions by the Partnership to each Limited Partner would
be taxable to that Limited Partner as a dividend, to the extent of the
Partnership's current and accumulated earnings and profits, and treated as
gain from the sale of a Partnership interest to the extent it
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exceeded both the current and accumulated earnings and profits of the
Partnership and the Limited Partner's tax basis for his interest.
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The remainder of the discussion under "Tax Aspects of Investment in the
Partnership", including observations as to the tax results of the normal
operation of the Partnership and of such events as the Partnership's sale of
an interest in portfolio companies or a Partner's sale of an interest in the
Partnership, is based on the assumption that the Partnership will be
classified as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. In general,
this discussion is limited to the Federal income tax aspects of investment in
the Partnership, although reference is made to other tax considerations. See
"State and Local Taxes".
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PARTNERSHIP TAXATION
PARTNERS, NOT PARTNERSHIP, SUBJECT TO TAX
As discussed above, the Partnership, if recognized as a partnership for
Federal income tax purposes, will not itself be liable for any Federal income
tax. Although the Partnership must annually file a U.S. Partnership Return of
Income, Form 1065, that return is merely an information return. Instead, the
Partnership will report to each Partner such Partner's distributive share
(generally, as determined under the Partnership Agreement, as discussed under
"Allocations and Distributions" below, and reported on Schedule K-1 of Form
1065) of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit and items of tax preference.
Each Partner will then report on his own Federal income tax return, much as
if the Partner were directly engaged in the investment activities of the
Partnership, such Partner's share of those items for the Partnership tax year
that ends with or within the Partner's tax year.
A Partner's share of items of Partnership income are included directly
in the computations of the Partner's adjusted gross income and taxable
income. The Partner's share of any Partnership deductions or losses may,
subject to certain exceptions discussed below (see "Basis of Partnership
Interest", "`At Risk' Limitation on Deducting Losses", "Passive Activity Loss
Limitation", " Deductibility of Operating Expenses" and "Limitations on the
Deductibility of Interest") offset the Partner's allocable share of
Partnership income and, if sufficient in amount, a Partner's income from
other sources.
As a general rule, any cash distributions or constructive distributions
( e.g., a decrease in the Partner's share of Partnership liabilities) by the
Partnership will be taxable to a Partner only to the extent that such
distributions exceed the tax basis of the recipient Partner in the year of
receipt or are received in exchange for the recipient Partner's interest in
"unrealized receivables" or substantially appreciated "inventory items" under
Section 751 of the Code. See "Basis of Partnership Interest" and "Transfer
of a Partnership Interest" below. Conversely, the mere absence of cash or
constructive distributions will not, of itself, limit or affect the
recognition of taxable income by Partners.
BASIS OF PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
As a general matter, a partner's basis for his interest in a partnership
is significant in determining (i) taxable gain or loss to the partner on
disposition or liquidation of such partner's interest in the partnership,
(ii) the extent to which partnership expenses or losses are deductible by the
partner and (iii) the extent to which partnership distributions represent
taxable income to the partner. In this respect, a partner's basis for his
partnership interest represents a measure of the partner's "investment" in
the partnership at any given time for Federal income tax purposes.
A Limited Partner's basis for his interest in the Partnership will
initially be the amount of such Partner's cash contribution to the capital of
the Partnership, plus such Partner's share, as discussed below, of any
Partnership liabilities. Such basis will be increased by (i) the Partner's
distributive share of Partnership taxable income, including capital gain,
(ii) the Partner's distributive share of Partnership income exempt from tax,
if any, and (iii) any increase in the Partner's share of Partnership
liabilities. A Partner's basis will be decreased (but not below
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zero) by (i) the Partner's distributive share of cash distributions, (ii) the
Partner's distributive share of Partnership losses and deductions, (iii) any
decrease in the Partner's share of Partnership liabilities and (iv) the
Partner's distributive share of Partnership expenditures that are neither
deductible nor properly chargeable to his capital account.
It is anticipated that the Partnership may incur borrowings to make
follow-on investments with respect to its direct equity investments. It
should also be anticipated that debt financing will be utilized by the
Sponsored Programs in which the Partnership may acquire interests. Such
borrowings will usually be nonrecourse liabilities by their terms secured
solely by the assets of the Partnership or the Sponsored Program and for
which no Partner will have any personal liability. Each Limited Partner will
be permitted to include his allocable share (as determined under Code Section
752) of any such nonrecourse liabilities in the basis of his Partnership
interest, but only to the extent that the amount of such liabilities does not
exceed the fair market value of the property securing such liabilities.
However, even though a Limited Partner's allocable share of Partnership
nonrecourse borrowings will be includable in the tax basis of his Partnership
interest, such borrowings will not increase the amount the Limited Partner is
considered "at risk" for purpose of the deductibility of Partnership losses.
See "`At Risk' Limitation on Deducting Losses".
If recognition of a Partner's distributive share of Partnership losses
would reduce the tax basis of the Partner's interest in the Partnership below
zero, the recognition of such losses is deferred until such time as the
recognition of such losses would not reduce the Partner's basis below zero.
To the extent that Partnership cash distributions, or any decrease in a
Partner's share of the nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership (which is
considered a constructive cash distribution to the Partners), would reduce a
Partner's basis below zero, such distributions constitute taxable income to
the recipient Partner. If the Partner is not a "dealer" in securities, the
distribution will normally represent a capital gain and, if the Partnership
interest has been held for longer than the capital gains holding period
(currently one year), the distribution will constitute a long-term capital
gain. See "Other Tax Considerations--Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993".
`AT RISK' LIMITATION ON DEDUCTING LOSSES
Under Section 465 of the Code, individuals and certain closely-held
corporations are entitled to deduct their distributive shares of partnership
losses attributable to partnership activities only to the extent of the
amount they are considered "at risk" with respect to their partnership
interests at the end of the taxable year.
A Limited Partner in the Partnership will initially be considered "at
risk" with respect to his Partnership interest to the extent of the cash
contributed to the Partnership for Units, provided such Units are not
financed with borrowings from persons with certain interests (other than as a
creditor) in the Partnership activities or with borrowings solely secured by
Units. While a Limited Partner's tax basis in his Units will be increased by
his allocable share of any nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership (see
"Basis in Partnership Interest" above), such liabilities are not includable
in the Partner's amount "at risk". However, the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (the
"1986 Act") provides an exception to this general rule that permits certain
qualified nonrecourse financing secured by real property to be included in an
investor's amount "at risk". This exception may have relevance if the
Partnership indirectly invests in real estate through a Sponsored Program.
The amount a Limited Partner is "at risk" in the Partnership will be
increased by, among other things, his share of Partnership ordinary income
and capital gain. A Limited Partner's amount "at risk" will be reduced by
(i) all Partnership distributions to, or on behalf of, the Partner and (ii)
his share of Partnership deductions and losses. The Partner's share of
Partnership deductions and losses over Partnership income not allowable in
any year as a result of the "at risk" limitation is carried forward until
such time, if ever, as it is allowable under the "at risk" rules.
If, at the end of any taxable year, the amount a Partner is "at risk" is
less than zero (for example, as a result of a cash distribution from the
Partnership) the deficit amount "at risk" is "recaptured"; that is, the
taxpayer must include in gross income an amount equal to the negative amount
"at risk". However, the amount of gross income so recognized to offset the
deficit amount "at risk" may be treated as a deduction and carried forward as
a suspended loss until such time, if ever, as it is allowable.
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The timing, duration and extent of any deferral or "recapture" of losses
as a consequence of the "at risk" limitation will depend upon the nature of
the Partnership's investments, the amount of Partnership revenue and expenses
and the amount and the terms of Partnership leverage. In any event,
prospective investors should consider the effect of the "at risk" rules in
arranging any financing for a purchase of Units.
PASSIVE ACTIVITY LOSS LIMITATION
Under the passive activity loss provisions of Section 469 of the Code,
losses and credits from trade or business activities in which a taxpayer does
not materially participate (i.e., "passive activities") will only be allowed
against income from such activities. Therefore, such losses cannot be used
to offset salary or other earned income, active business income or "portfolio
income" (such as dividends, interest, royalties and nonbusiness capital
gains) of the taxpayer. Losses and credits suspended under this limitation
can be carried forward indefinitely and can be used in later years against
income from passive activities. Moreover, a taxable disposition by a
taxpayer of the entire interest in a passive activity will cause the
recognition of any suspended losses attributable to that activity. The
passive activity loss limitation applies to individuals, estates, trusts, and
most personal service corporations. A modified form of the rule also applies
to closely-held corporations.
The primary activity of the Partnership will be the investment, holding
and eventual disposition of privately-offered securities acquired in
connection with direct equity investments. Prior to the commitment of
Partnership funds to such investments, and pending distributions of available
cash to the Partners, the Partnership will temporarily invest funds in
various types of marketable securities. Any ordinary income (such as
interest or dividend income) derived from either of such investment
activities, or capital gains realized upon disposition of such investments,
will be treated as portfolio income. Portfolio income is not considered
passive income and, thus, cannot be offset by a Partner's passive losses from
other activities of the Partnership (such as investment in certain Sponsored
Programs) or other sources. Accordingly, a prospective Limited Partner should
not invest in the Partnership with the expectation of using his proportionate
share of portfolio income and capital gain from the Partnership to offset
losses from his interest in passive activities. On the other hand, a Limited
Partner's proportionate share of any capital loss from portfolio investments
or any ordinary expense (including any interest expense) allocable to
portfolio investments, although they may be subject to the limitations
imposed on deductibility of (i) capital losses (see "Other Tax
Considerations--Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993"), (ii) itemized
investment expenses incurred in the production of portfolio income (see
"Deductibility of Operating Expenses") or (iii) investment interest (see
"Other Tax Considerations--Limitations on the Deductibility of Interest"),
will not be subject to the passive loss limitation rules described above.
ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Under Section 704 of the Code, a partner's distributive share of the
income, gain, loss and deduction of a partnership is determined in accordance
with the partnership agreement unless the allocation of such items does not
have a "substantial economic effect" independent of tax consequences. On
December 24, 1985 and September 9, 1986, the Treasury Department issued final
Regulations relating to a partner's distributive share of tax items and the
"substantial economic effect" test. Under such Regulations, an allocation of
partnership income, gain, loss or deduction (or item thereof) to a partner
will be considered to have "substantial economic effect" if it is determined
that (i) the allocation has "economic effect" and (ii) that economic effect
is "substantial". An allocation of tax items to partners will be considered
to have "economic effect" if (a) the partnership maintains capital accounts
in accordance with specific rules set forth in such Regulations and such
allocation is reflected through an appropriate increase or decrease in the
partners' capital accounts, (b) liquidating distributions (including
liquidations of a partner's interest in the partnership) are required to be
made in accordance with the partners' respective capital account balances,
and (c) any partner with a deficit in his capital account following the
distribution of liquidation proceeds would be unconditionally required to
restore the amount of such deficit to the partnership. If the first two of
these requirements are met, but the partner to whom an allocation is made is
not obligated to restore the full amount of any deficit balance in his
capital account, the allocation still will be considered to have "economic
effect" to the extent the allocation does not cause or increase a deficit
balance in the partner's capital account (determined after reducing that
account for certain "expected" adjustments, allocations, and distributions
specified by the Regulations) if the partnership agreement contains a
"qualified income offset" provision.
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The Partnership Agreement provides that a capital account is to be
maintained for each Partner, that the capital accounts are to be maintained
in accordance with applicable tax accounting principles set forth in the
Regulations, and that all allocations of Federal tax items to a Partner are
to be reflected by an appropriate increase or decrease in the Partner's
capital account. In addition, distributions on liquidation of the
Partnership (or of a Partner's interest) are to be made in accordance with
respective positive capital account balances. Although the Partnership
Agreement does not impose any obligation on the part of a Limited Partner to
restore any deficit in his capital account balance following liquidation, the
Partnership Agreement does contain a "qualified income offset'' provision as
defined in the Regulations.
In order for the "economic effect" of an allocation to be considered
"substantial", the Regulations require that the allocation must have a
"reasonable possibility" of "substantially" affecting the dollar amounts to
be received by the partners, independent of tax consequences. An allocation
is insubstantial if its after-tax consequences on at least one partner, in
present value, are enhanced and it is likely that the allocation will not
lessen such consequences for any partner. Also, allocations are
insubstantial if they just shift tax consequences within a partnership's tax
year or, if they will probably be offset by future allocations.
Based on the Regulations, Tax Counsel is of the opinion that the tax
allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit under the Partnership
Agreement for Federal income tax purposes will be considered to have
"substantial economic effect" (and thus should be respected by the IRS) to
the extent such allocations do not result in any Limited Partner having a
deficit in his capital account balance. Tax Counsel has advised the
Partnership that allocations to Limited Partners that actually result in
deficit capital account balances likely would not be recognized for Federal
income tax purposes in the absence of an obligation to restore deficit
capital account balances. It is extremely unlikely, however, that the
Partnership's operations will result in any Limited Partner having a deficit
balance in his capital account.
If any allocation fails to satisfy the "substantial economic effect"
requirement, the allocated items would be allocated among the Partners based
on their respective "interests in the Partnership", determined on the basis
of all of the relevant facts and circumstances. Such a determination might
result in the income, gains, losses, deductions or credits allocated under
the Partnership Agreement being reallocated among the Limited Partners and
the General Partner. Such a reallocation, however, would not alter the
distribution of cash flow under the Partnership Agreement, resulting in a
possible mismatching of taxable income and cash distributed to the Partners.
Retroactive allocations of income, gain, deductions, losses and credits
are not permitted under the Federal income tax laws. Accordingly, under the
Partnership Agreement, items of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit will
be allocable to Partners only for the quarterly periods of the tax year in
which they are members of the Partnership. When the Partnership recognizes a
transfer of an interest by a Limited Partner the distributive share of any
Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction or credit for the taxable year will
be allocated between the transferor Partner and the transferee based upon the
quarterly periods during the taxable year that each owned such Partnership
interest.
DEDUCTIBILITY OF OPERATING EXPENSES
The 1986 Act imposed limitations on individuals with respect to the
deductibility of investment expenses by allowing a deduction for itemized
expenses incurred for the production of income only to the extent such
expenses, combined with certain other itemized deductions, in the aggregate
exceed 2% of adjusted gross income. Accordingly, to the extent certain
Partnership expenses are not deductible as trade or business expenses, but
rather as investment expenses, the Limited Partners might not be able to
fully claim their proportionate shares of these expenses as an itemized
deduction on their individual income tax returns. To the extent certain
Partnership expenses are nondeductible under this new limitation, Limited
Partners may have to recognize taxable income in an amount greater than cash
available from the Partnership for distribution to the Partners. However,
the effect of this limitation should not be significant because the General
Partner is responsible for paying Partnership investment expenses in excess
of the amount of 1.5% of the aggregate capital contributions of the Limited
Partners (which payment will be treated as an additional capital contribution
of the General Partner to be reflected in its capital
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account). Moreover, the General Partner may attempt to minimize the effect
of the investment expense limitation provision under the 1986 Act by
investing funds not invested in equity investments in short-term tax-exempt
securities.
ORGANIZATION AND SYNDICATION EXPENSES
For Federal income tax purposes, a partnership may not deduct
organizational or syndication expenses in the year in which they are paid or
incurred. Rather, Section 709(b) of the Code provides that a partnership
must amortize amounts paid or incurred to organize the partnership over a
period of not less than 60 months. Under Regulation 1.709-2 examples of
organizational expenses of a partnership include "legal fees for services
incident to the organization of the partnership, such as negotiation and
preparation of a partnership agreement; accounting fees for establishing a
partnership accounting system; and necessary filing fees". However, the
expenses of syndicating a partnership, i.e., the expenses to promote the sale
of, or to sell, interests in the partnership (such as most of the printing
costs and professional fees incurred in connection with preparation and
registration of this Prospectus), are non-amortizable capital assets of the
partnership.
The Partnership will pay expenses in connection with its organization
and the sale of Units in an amount up to 2% of the proceeds of this offering.
The General Partner will bear the remainder of any such costs. The General
Partner will allocate expenses between organizational expenses, which can be
amortized, and syndication expenses, which cannot be amortized or deducted,
but must be capitalized. There can be no assurance, however, that the IRS
would not challenge such allocation, attributing a greater amount of such
expenditures to nondeductible syndication costs.
TRANSFER OF A PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
The amount of gain recognized on the sale by a Limited Partner of his
interest in the Partnership generally will be the excess of the sales price
received over his adjusted basis in such interest. The sale by a Limited
Partner of an interest held by him for more than one year generally will
result in his recognizing long-term capital gain or loss (provided such
Limited Partner is not deemed to be a "dealer" in such property). However,
to the extent the proceeds of sale are attributable to such Limited Partner's
allocable share of Partnership "unrealized receivables" or "substantially
appreciated inventory items", as defined in Section 751 of the Code, any gain
will be treated as ordinary income. It is not anticipated that the
Partnership will have significant amounts, if any, of "unrealized
receivables" or "substantially appreciated inventory items". The sale by a
Limited Partner of an interest held by him for less than one year generally
will result in his recognizing short-term capital gain or loss. See "Other
Tax Considerations--Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993". With respect to the
allocation of tax items between the transferor and the transferee in the year
in which an interest is transferred, see "Allocations and Distributions"
above.
It is not expected that a transfer of an interest in the Partnership by
gift or upon death will result in recognition of gain or loss. In general,
the recipient of an interest in the Partnership by gift will have a tax basis
in that interest equal to the transferor's basis increased by the amount of
any gift tax paid on the transfer. However, if the fair market value of the
interest at the time of the gift is less than this amount, Section 1015 of
the Code may reduce the amount of loss the recipient can recognize on a
subsequent sale. The recipient of such an interest resulting from a transfer
upon death generally would have a tax basis in such interest equal to the
fair market value of the interest at the date of death or, where applicable,
the estate tax alternate valuation date.
NO ELECTION UNDER SECTION 754
Section 754 of the Code permits a partnership to make an election to
adjust the basis of the partnership's assets in the event of a distribution
of partnership property to a partner or transfer of a partnership interest.
Depending upon particular facts at the time of any such event, such an
election could increase the value of a partnership interest to the transferee
(because the election would increase the basis of the partnership's assets
for the purpose of computing the transferee's allocable share of partnership
tax items) or decrease the value of a partnership interest to the transferee
(because the election would decrease the basis of the partnership's assets
for that purpose). Because
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an election under Section 754, once made, cannot be revoked without obtaining
the consent of the IRS, because such an election may not necessarily be
advantageous to all the Limited Partners, and because of the accounting
complexities that can result from having such an election in effect, it is
unlikely that the General Partner would make such an election on behalf of
the Partnership. The General Partner will advise the Limited Partners prior
to any election under Section 754.
TERMINATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR TAX PURPOSES
Because of the absence of an established market for the Units, and
because investments in the Partnership most likely will be made primarily
with a view toward realizing long-term capital appreciation, it is not
anticipated that 50% or more of the capital and profits interests in the
Partnership will be sold or exchanged within any single 12-month period.
However, if 50% or more of such interest were sold or exchanged within any
single 12-month period, the Partnership would be deemed terminated for
Federal income tax purposes. Among other tax consequences, the effect to a
Limited Partner of such a deemed termination would be that he would recognize
gain to the extent that his allocable share of the Partnership's cash on the
date of termination exceeded the adjusted tax basis of his interest in the
Partnership.
LIQUIDATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
In the event of the liquidation of the Partnership, the Limited Partner
will recognize gain (i) to the extent that the cash received in the
liquidation exceeds the tax basis for such Partner's interest in the
Partnership, adjusted by such Partner's share of income, gain or loss arising
from normal operations or the sale of any property held by the Partnership in
the year of dissolution or (ii) if the cash so received does not exceed such
Partner's basis, as so adjusted, to the extent such cash is treated as
received in exchange for such Partner's interest in "unrealized receivables"
and substantially appreciated "inventory items". Such gain would be capital
gain, except to the extent treated as ordinary income because attributable to
"unrealized receivables" and substantially appreciated "inventory items" held
by the Partnership.
Capital loss will be recognized in the event only cash, "unrealized
receivables" and "inventory items" are distributed, and only to the extent
the adjusted basis of a Limited Partner's interest in the Partnership exceeds
the sum of money distributed and such Limited Partner's acquired basis for
"unrealized receivables" and substantially appreciated "inventory items".
Income, gain, losses, deductions, credits and items of tax preference of
the Partnership realized prior to the liquidation of the Partnership will be
allocated to the Limited Partners in accordance with the Partnership
Agreement.
TAX RETURNS AND INFORMATION; AUDITS
The Partnership has adopted the calendar year as its tax year. The Code
requires entities, such as the Partnership, in which interests are publicly
offered for sale pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, to adopt an accrual method of accounting for Federal income tax
purposes. Within 75 days or as soon as practicable, after the close of the
taxable year, the Partnership will furnish each Limited Partner (and the
assignees of the Partnership interest of any Partner) copies of (i) the
Partnership Schedule K-1 indicating the Partner's distributive share of tax
items and (ii) such additional information as is reasonably necessary to
permit the Limited Partners to prepare their own Federal, state and local tax
returns.
The Code provides for a single unified audit of partnerships at the
partnership level rather than separate audits of individual partners. Under
this procedure, a "Tax Matters Partner" must be appointed to represent the
partnership in connection with IRS audits and other administrative and
judicial proceedings. (The General Partner will act as Tax Matters Partner
of the Partnership.) The IRS must send notice of a commencement of a
partnership level audit to each partner with a 1% or more interest in the
partnership and to the Tax Matters Partner. All partners may participate in
administrative proceedings relating to the determination of partnership
items; however, the Tax Matters Partner has the primary responsibility for
representing the partnership in an audit and for contesting any adverse
determinations. A settlement agreement between the IRS and one or more
partners binds all parties to the
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agreement, and all other partners have the right to enter into consistent
agreements. The final result of the partnership proceeding will be binding
on all partners (other than partners agreeing to or being bound by a
settlement with the IRS), and any resulting deficiency may be assessed and
collected by notice and demand at any time after the determination becomes
final.
The Code also provides that (i) a partner must report a partnership item
consistent with its treatment on the partnership return, unless the partner
files a statement which identifies the inconsistency, and (ii) the statute of
limitations for assessment of tax with respect to partnership items (or
affected items) under the new partnership level proceedings will generally be
three years from the date of filing of the partnership return or the last
date without extension for filing such return, whichever date is later.
Notwithstanding the partnership level audit procedures, the IRS may assess a
deficiency against any partner where treatment of an item in his individual
return is inconsistent with the treatment on the partnership return.
Any costs which the Partnership or the General Partner may incur with
respect to a "unified" partnership audit and related administrative or
judicial proceedings would reduce the cash otherwise available for
distribution to the Partners or otherwise be borne by the Partners.
The "unified" partnership audit procedures may increase the likelihood
of IRS audits for organizations such as the Partnership.
ACCURACY RELATED PENALTIES
The Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1989 adopted, in Section 6662 of the
Code, a general accuracy related penalty encompassing many of the penalty
provisions of prior law, with certain amendments. In particular, Section
6662 imposes a 20% penalty on the portion of any underpayment of tax
attributable to, among other things, negligence or disregard of rules or
regulations. The General Partner believes that, based upon the nature of the
anticipated investments of the Partnership, it will be able to properly
characterize the tax treatment of the income generated from such investments
so as to facilitate accurate reporting by the Limited Partners. Accordingly,
the 20% penalty imposed under Section 6662 should not apply to Limited
Partners with respect to their investment in the Partnership.
OTHER TAX CONSIDERATIONS
REVENUE RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993
The Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (the "1993 Act"), which was
enacted on August 10, 1993, raises the top income tax rate for individuals to
39.6 percent for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1992. The 1993
Act makes permanent a phase-out of personal exemptions and a limit on
itemized deductions for certain high-income taxpayers. Under the 1993 Act,
an individual's net capital gains (i.e., long-term capital gains) remain
subject to a maximum marginal tax rate of 28 percent. The deductibility of
capital losses, however, is still limited.
LIMITATIONS ON THE DEDUCTIBILITY OF INTEREST
Section 163(d) of the Code substantially limits the deductibility of
interest on funds borrowed to purchase or hold property held for investment.
"Investment interest" generally is deductible by a noncorporate taxpayer only
to the extent of "net investment income". With certain limitations, excess
investment interest not allowed as a deduction in one taxable year may be
carried forward and deducted in subsequent taxable years to the extent that
there is sufficient net investment income in such subsequent taxable years.
The deductibility of interest also affects an investor's potential minimum
tax liability. See "Alternative Minimum Tax".
Investment interest is broadly defined as interest which is paid or
accrued on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry property
held for investment including generally the purchase of Units. Interest
taken into account in determining a taxpayers passive losses, including
generally any interest incurred or continued by a taxpayer to purchase or
carry an interest in a partnership to which the passive loss rules apply, is
not considered
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investment interest for purposes of the investment interest limitations.
See "General Principles of Partnership Taxation--Basis of Partnership
Interest; Passive Activity Loss Limitation".
In addition to the "investment interest" limitation described above,
Section 265 (a) (2) of the Code disallows certain deductions for interest
paid by a taxpayer or a related person on indebtedness incurred or continued
to purchase or carry tax-exempt obligations. A Limited Partner for whom
tax-exempt obligations constitute a significant portion of such Limited
Partners net worth should consider the impact of Section 265 (a) (2) of the
Code on his ability to deduct his allocable share of the Partnership's
interest expense.
ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX
The alternative minimum tax, which applies to individuals, is determined
by: (i) adding "tax preference" items to the individual's adjusted gross
income (as reduced by certain itemized deductions and as otherwise adjusted
pursuant to Sections 56 and 58 of the Code), (ii) subtracting therefrom the
statutory exemption ($33,750 for single taxpayers, $45,000 for married
taxpayers filing joint returns; but such exemptions are phased out for
alternative minimum taxable incomes above $112,500 for single taxpayers and
$150,000 for joint returns) and (iii) computing a tax at the rate of 26% on
the first $175,000 of alternative minimum taxable income in excess of the
exemption amount, and 28% on alternative minimum taxable income that is more
than $175,000 above the exemption amount. For married individuals filing
separate returns, the 28% rate applies to alternative minimum taxable income
that is more than $87,500 above the applicable exemption amount. If the
alternative tax so computed exceeds the individual's regular tax, then he or
she must pay an additional tax equal to the excess.
Each Limited Partner must include his or her allocable share of the
Partnership's tax preference items in the computation of the applicable
minimum tax. It is anticipated that the Partnership will not generate any
significant items of tax preference for Limited Partners. However, for
investors with substantial tax preference items from sources other than the
Partnership, the imposition of the alternative minimum tax could reduce the
after-tax economic benefits of investment in the Partnership. Prospective
investors are urged to consult their tax advisors with regard to the specific
effect of the new alternative minimum tax on an investment in the
Partnership.
FRINGE BENEFITS
Unless excluded under Section 132 of the Code or some other statutory
provision, employee "fringe benefits" are includable in gross income. Under
the Partnership Agreement, the General Partner will bear various expenses in
connection with the organization of the Partnership (to the extent such
expenses exceed 2%) and operation of the Partnership (to the extent such
expenses exceed 1.5% of the proceeds of this offering) and will bear any
sales or brokerage commissions charged in connection with the Partnerships
investments. Payment by the General Partner of such expenses in excess of
such amounts of the Limited Partners' capital contributions will be treated
as an additional capital contribution of the General Partner under the
Partnership Agreement and the General Partner's capital account will be
credited to reflect such additional contribution.
Since Units are being solely offered to ML & Co. employees and
non-employee directors, it is possible that the IRS would view the General
Partner's payment of such expenses as an indirect method of compensating the
employee-Limited Partner (i.e., a fringe benefit). If the IRS were
successful in such characterization, a Limited Partner's pro rata share of
such expenses (equal to the fair market value of the underlying goods and
services rendered the Limited Partner) might be includable in the Limited
Partner's gross income as additional compensation. The Limited Partner may
not, however, be allocated a Partnership deduction for such fees and expenses
in an amount corresponding to such income inclusion because some of such fees
and expenses would be attributable to non-deductible syndication expenses, or
investment expenses subject to the new limitation imposed on the
deductibility of itemized miscellaneous expenses, or treated as part of the
capitalized cost of the Partnerships portfolio assets. See "General
Principles of Partnership Taxation--Deductibility of Operating Expenses;
Organization and Syndication Expenses" above.
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STATE AND LOCAL TAXES
In addition to the Federal income tax consequences described above,
prospective Limited Partners should consider potential state and local tax
consequences of an investment in the Partnership. State and local laws often
differ from Federal income tax law with respect to the treatment of specific
items of income, gain, loss, deductions and credit. A Limited Partner's
distributive share of the taxable income or loss of the Partnership generally
will be required to be included in determining his reportable income for
state and local tax purposes in the jurisdiction in which he is a resident.
In addition, a number of other states in which the Partnership may do
business or own properties may impose a tax on non-resident Limited Partners
determined with reference to their allocable shares of Partnership income
derived by the Partnership from such state. Partners may be subject to tax
return filing obligations and income, franchise, estate, inheritance or other
taxes in other jurisdictions in which the Partnership does business, as well
as in their own states or localities of residence or domicile. Also, any tax
losses derived through the Partnership from operations in such states may be
available to offset only income from other sources within the same state. To
the extent that a non-resident Limited Partner pays tax to a state by virtue
of Partnership operations within that state, he may be entitled to a
deduction or credit against tax owed to his state of residence with respect
to the same income. In addition, estate or inheritance taxes might be
payable in a jurisdiction in which the Partnership owns property upon the
death of a Limited Partner. Prospective Limited Partners are urged to
consult their tax advisors with respect to possible state and local income
and death tax consequences of an investment in the Partnership.
TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS
The tax treatment applicable to a non-resident alien who invests in the
Partnership is complex and will vary depending upon the particular
circumstances of each Limited Partner. Each foreign investor is urged to
consult with his tax counsel concerning the U.S. Federal, state and local and
foreign tax treatment of his investment in the Partnership. In general, the
U.S. tax treatment will vary depending upon whether the Partnership is deemed
to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business. At present, it is uncertain
whether, or at which point in time, the Partnership will be so engaged.
If the Partnership is not engaged in a U.S. trade or business in the tax
year, the foreign Limited Partner would, in general, be subject to a 30% (or
lower treaty rate) withholding tax with respect to his share of the
Partnerships U.S. source interest, dividends and most other portfolio or
investment income for such year, but would be exempt from U.S. taxation on
his share of capital gains realized by the Partnership if he is not present
in the United States for 183 days or more in the calendar year in which the
Partnership's year ends.
If the Partnership is engaged in a U.S. trade or business in the tax
year, the foreign Limited Partner would be required to file a U.S. Federal
income tax return and would be taxed in the United States at graduated
Federal income rates upon that portion of his net income from the Partnership
for such year which is "effectively connected" with such business. Moreover,
under a Code provision added by the 1986 Act and subsequently amended in the
Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988, the Partnership would be
required to withhold an amount equal to the U.S. tax on the foreign partners
distributive share (whether or not actually distributed) of income which is
attributable to "effectively connected income" with the Partnerships conduct
of a trade or business in the United States. Such withholding tax would be
required to be made by the Partnership on a quarterly basis. However, this
provision would not apply, and withholding at 30% (or reduced treaty rates)
would continue to apply to distributions attributable to dividends, interest,
and other items of income subject to tax under Code Sections 871 or 881. For
tax treaty purposes, the foreign Limited Partner would generally be deemed to
have a "permanent establishment" in the United States in any year in which
the Partnership is engaged in a U.S. trade or business.
A non-resident alien's interest in the Partnership would be subject to
U.S. Federal estate taxation if the investor dies while owning such interest.
The above general guidelines are subject to modification by a tax
treaty. Moreover, the internal tax rules of the foreign investor's home
country must also be considered in determining the advisability of an
investment in the Partnership.
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BACKUP WITHHOLDING
When a Unit is sold through a broker, the proceeds of the sale may
constitute a "reportable payment" under the Federal income tax rules
regarding backup withholding. Backup withholding, however, would apply only
if the Limited Partner (i) failed to furnish and certify his Social Security
number or other taxpayer identification number to the person subject to the
backup withholding requirement (e.g., the broker) or (ii) furnished an
incorrect Social Security number or taxpayer identification number. If
backup withholding were applicable to a Limited Partner, the person subject
to the backup withholding requirement would be required to withhold 31% of
each distribution to such Partner and to pay such amount to the IRS on behalf
of such Partner.
POSSIBLE CHANGES IN LAW
The rules dealing with Federal income taxation are under continual
review by Congress and the IRS, resulting in frequent revisions of the
Federal tax laws and regulations promulgated thereunder and revised
interpretations of established concepts. No assurance can be given that,
during the term of the Partnership, applicable Federal income tax laws or the
interpretations thereof will not be changed in a manner that would have a
material adverse effect on an investment in the Partnership.
IMPORTANCE OF OBTAINING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE
The foregoing analysis is not intended as a substitute for careful tax
planning. The tax matters relating to the Partnership and the transactions
described herein are complex and are subject to varying interpretations.
Moreover, the effect of existing income tax laws and possible changes in such
laws will vary with the particular circumstances of each investor. In
addition, with the exception of those issues specifically referred to as the
subject of the opinion of Tax Counsel to the Partnership, no opinion as to
the tax consequences of an investment in the Partnership has been obtained by
the Partnership. Accordingly, as previously stated, each prospective Limited
Partner should consult with and rely on his own advisors with respect to the
possible tax consequences of an investment in the Partnership.
SUMMARY OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
The form of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
(the "Partnership Agreement") is included as Exhibit A to this Prospectus.
It is recommended that each prospective purchaser read it in its entirety.
Certain provisions of the Partnership Agreement have been described
elsewhere in this Prospectus. With regard to various transactions and
relationships of the Partnership with the General Partner and its affiliates,
see "Conflicts of Interest", with regard to the management of the
Partnership, see "The Partnership" and "The General Partner and Its
Affiliates", with regard to the transfer of Limited Partners' Units, see
"Transferability of Units", and with regard to reports to be made to the
Limited Partners, see "Reports".
The following briefly summarizes certain provisions of the Partnership
Agreement which are not described elsewhere in this Prospectus. All
statements made below and elsewhere in this Prospectus relating to the
Partnership Agreement are hereby qualified in their entirety by reference to
the Partnership Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this summary have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement.
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TERM
The Partnership shall continue in full force and effect until December
31, 2034, or until dissolution prior thereto.
PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL
No Partner shall be entitled to interest on any Capital Contribution to
the Partnership or on such Partner's Capital Account. No Partner, other than
the Initial Limited Partner, has the right to withdraw, or to receive any
return of, his or her Capital Contribution. However, upon the death of a
Limited Partner, the legal representative of such Partner may cause the
interest of such Partner to be purchased as described under "Transferability
of Units". No Partner has the right to receive property other than cash in
return for his or her Capital Contribution.
ANNUAL APPRAISAL
The Partnership Agreement provides that, beginning December 31, 1994 and
each succeeding December 31 (the "Valuation Date"), the General Partner will
make an Appraisal or have an Appraisal made of all of the assets of the
Partnership as of such date. The Appraisal, which may be made by independent
third parties appointed by the General Partner, is to be based on such
methods relating to the valuation of the Partnership's assets and liabilities
as are deemed appropriate by the General Partner or an independent third
party. A copy of the Appraisal will be sent to the Limited Partners within
120 days, or as soon as practicable, after the end of the Partnership's
fiscal year, which ends December 31. See "Reports" for information as to the
valuation procedures expected to be utilized with respect to private equity
investments.
VOTING RIGHTS
Under the Partnership Agreement, either the General Partner or 10% or
more in Interest of the Limited Partners may propose any act or other matter
to which the Consent of any Partner is required. Within 20 days of the
making of any such proposal, the General Partner must give all Partners
Notification of such proposal (including the text of any amendment or
document, a statement of its purposes and a favorable opinion of counsel,
pursuant to Section 10.1A of the Partnership Agreement). Any matter
requiring the Consent of any or all of the Limited Partners may be considered
at a meeting of the Partners held not less than 15 nor more than 30 days
after Notification to the Limited Partners of any proposal. Any Consent
required by the Partnership Agreement shall be deemed to have been given only
when the General Partner has actually received the written Consents of the
Partners to the doing of the act or to such matter for which the Consent was
solicited, or after the affirmative vote of the Partners to the doing of such
act or to such matter at a meeting called to consider the same. Any Consent
so given will be nullified if a written nullification by a Limited Partner of
his Consent is actually received by the General Partner prior to the time
such proposed act or such matter is actually voted upon.
Among other matters subject to approval by the Limited Partners are
admission of a successor General Partner, Removal of the General Partner,
Sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, certain
amendments to the Partnership Agreement, and dissolution of the Partnership
prior to January 1, 2000. However, as provided in detail in Section 11.3 of
the Partnership Agreement, unless, at the time of the giving or withholding
of Consent for certain actions by the Limited Partners, counsel retained by
the Partnership at such time is of the opinion that the giving or withholding
of Consent for such action is permitted by the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act, does not impair the liability of the Limited
Partners and does not adversely affect the tax status of the Partnership,
certain voting rights of the Limited Partners may be restricted.
LIABILITY OF PARTNERS TO THIRD PARTIES
The General Partner will be generally liable for all obligations of the
Partnership.
The Partnership Agreement provides that no Limited Partner shall be
personally liable for the debts of the Partnership beyond the amount
committed by such Limited Partner to the capital of the Partnership and such
Limited Partner's share of the Partnership's assets and undistributed
profits. See "Risk and Other Important
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Factors--Possible Loss of Limited Liability". In the event the Partnership
is unable otherwise to meet its obligations, the Limited Partners might,
under applicable law, be obligated under some circumstances to return
distributions previously received by them. See "Risk and Other Important
Factors--Repayment of Certain Distributions".
DISSOLUTION
The Partnership shall be dissolved upon: the expiration of its term; the
Incapacity, Removal or withdrawal of the General Partner and failure to
designate a successor; the Sale or other disposition at one time of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership; an election prior to
January 1, 2000 to dissolve by the General Partner with the Consent of a
Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners; the failure of the Limited
Partners to approve, by Consent of a Majority-in-Interest, the admission of a
successor General Partner to the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1A of
the Partnership Agreement; after January 1, 2000, the General Partner's
election to dissolve the Partnership; or the occurrence of any other event
causing dissolution of the Partnership under the laws of the State of
Delaware.
AMENDMENT
Subject to the provisions of Section 10.1 thereof, the Partnership
Agreement may be amended by action of a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited
Partners. However, without the Consent of all Partners, Section 4.3C of the
Partnership Agreement (relating to certain restrictions on the General
Partner's authority), Article Ten (relating to amendment of the Partnership
Agreement) and Section 11.3 (relating to certain limitations on Limited
Partners' voting rights) may not be amended. Also, without the Consent of
each Partner who may be adversely affected, the Partnership Agreement may not
be amended to (i) enlarge the obligation of any Partner under the Partnership
Agreement or convert a Limited Partner's Interest into a General Partner's
Interest; (ii) modify the limited liability of a Limited Partner; or (iii)
alter the provisions of the Partnership Agreement relating to distributions
of Distributable Cash and allocations of Profits and Losses. In addition,
Sections 6.1 and 6.2 (relating to successors to the General Partner) may not
be amended without the Consent of the General Partner. As a result of the
limitations on Limited Partners' voting rights described above under "Voting
Rights", there may be situations when Limited Partners are not permitted to
vote on amendments of the Partnership Agreement. However, in accordance with
Section 10.1 of the Partnership Agreement, under certain circumstances the
General Partner, without the Consent of a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited
Partners, may amend the Partnership Agreement if, in its opinion, such
amendment does not have a material adverse effect on the Limited Partners or
the Partnership.
ELECTIONS
All elections required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under
the Code may be made by the General Partner in such manner as it deems most
advantageous to individual taxpayers who are (i) married and filing joint
returns, (ii) not "dealers" for Federal income tax purposes, and (iii) in the
highest marginal Federal income tax bracket.
APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL PARTNER AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
Each Limited Partner irrevocably constitutes and appoints the General
Partner such Limited Partner's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority in such Limited Partner's name, place and stead to make,
execute, acknowledge and file such documents, instruments and conveyances as
may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of the
Partnership Agreement.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE PARTNERSHIP
The principal business office of the Partnership shall be at South
Tower, World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York
10080-6123, unless changed by the General Partner. The business of the
Partnership may also be conducted at such additional places as the General
Partner may determine.
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APPLICABLE LAW
The Partnership Agreement will be construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware.
OFFERING AND SALE OF UNITS
OFFERING OF UNITS
MLPF&S has entered into an Agency Agreement with the Partnership and the
General Partner pursuant to which MLPF&S has agreed to act as selling agent
for the Partnership and the General Partner to assist in the sale of the
Units to Qualified Investors on a "best efforts" basis. MLPF&S and its
affiliates will not receive, directly or indirectly, any payments or
compensation in connection with the offering and sale of Units.
The Agency Agreement contains cross-indemnification clauses with respect
to certain liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
The offering will terminate not later than June 9, 1994, or such
subsequent date, not later than July 7, 1994, as the parties may determine
(the "Offering Termination Date"), except that unless 5,000 Units are
subscribed for by the Offering Termination Date, none will be sold and all
payments received will be refunded with interest, if any, actually earned.
If properly-executed subscriptions for 5,000 or more Units (up to the maximum
of 30,000) are received by the Offering Termination Date, and all conditions
precedent to closing are met, all such subscriptions will be accepted and
such investors will be admitted to the Partnership as Limited Partners.
If properly-executed subscriptions for more than 30,000 Units are
received, the General Partner may, in its sole discretion, reject, in whole
or in part, any Limited Partner's subscription.
INVESTOR SUITABILITY STANDARDS
Only Qualified Investors will be eligible to purchase Units. See
"Investor Suitability Standards" on page 2.
MAXIMUM PURCHASE BY QUALIFIED INVESTORS
The Partnership has imposed restrictions on the maximum amount of Units
which may be purchased by any Qualified Investor. An employee of ML & Co. or
its subsidiaries may only purchase Units in an amount which does not exceed
15% of such employee's cash compensation from ML & Co. or its subsidiaries
received with respect to 1993 on an annualized basis unless the employee
either (x) has a net worth, individually or jointly with the employee's
spouse, in excess of $1,000,000 at the time of purchase of the Units, or (y)
had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of 1992 and 1993 or
joint income with the employee's spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of
those years and reached or has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same
level in 1994. An employee of ML & Co. who meets the requirements of clause
(x) or (y) above may purchase Units in an amount which does not exceed 75% of
the employee's compensation in respect of 1993 on an annualized basis. A
non-employee director of ML & Co. may only purchase Units in an amount which
does not exceed two times the director's fees (including committee fees, but
not including reimbursement of expenses) received from ML & Co. during 1993.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Qualified Investor will only be permitted to
purchase Units in the Partnership in an aggregate amount in excess of
$250,000 if the offering is not fully subscribed. In the event that the
offering is not fully subscribed, Qualified Investors will be permitted to
invest up to the specified percentage of his or her 1993 compensation (or
directors fees, as applicable), provided that such amount is equal to less
than 10% of the outstanding limited partnership interests of the Partnership.
SUBSCRIPTION TO PURCHASE UNITS
Each Qualified Investor who desires to purchase any Units must:
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(a) subscribe to purchase five or more Units;
(b) complete, date, execute and deliver to KECALP Inc., South Tower,
World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10080-6123, one copy
of the Signature Page and Power of Attorney, a form of which is attached as
part of the Subscription Agreement attached to this Prospectus as Exhibit B;
and
(c) authorize an amount equal to $1,000 for each Unit that the
prospective purchaser desires to purchase to be debited from his MLPF&S
securities account.
The General Partner will not, under any circumstances, accept
subscriptions for a fractional interest in a Unit.
PAYMENT FOR UNITS
Each Qualified Investor who subscribes to purchase Units will, by
execution of the Subscription Agreement, agree to make a capital contribution
of $1,000 for each Unit subscribed for and authorize that amount to be
debited from his MLPF&S securities account specified on his Signature Page
and Power of Attorney. If sufficient funds are not already available in the
Qualified Investor's MLPF&S securities account, the Qualified Investor must
deposit additional funds so that the full amount of the capital contribution
for the Units for which the investor has subscribed will be available in such
account.
Not more than 30 days after any Qualified Investor enters into a
Subscription Agreement, the General Partner will notify such investor whether
such investor's subscription will be rejected (and any subscription not so
rejected will be accepted, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
referred to below). Amounts paid by an investor whose subscription is
rejected will be promptly returned with interest, if any, actually earned and
received thereon, as provided below.
MLPF&S will promptly debit subscription amounts upon subscription from
subscribers' MLPF&S securities accounts and deposit such funds in an escrow
account with The Bank of New York, for the benefit of investors. The bank
escrow agent for such account may, at the direction of MLPF&S, invest such
payment in U.S. government securities, bank time deposits, certificates of
deposit of a domestic bank which mature prior to the Closing of the purchase
of Units or bank money market accounts. The Qualified Investors' funds in
such account, but not the interest earned thereon, will be released to the
Partnership only if each of the following conditions has been satisfied:
(a) on the date of Closing, Qualified Investors have subscribed for at
least 5,000 Units;
(b) on the date of Closing, the escrow agent has received the full
payment of the capital contributions for the Units which the Partnership will
issue and sell at such Closing; and
(c) on the date of Closing, Brown & Wood has delivered its opinion that
the Partnership will be treated as a partnership for Federal income tax
purposes and will not be treated as a publicly traded partnership within the
meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
If such conditions are not timely satisfied, all the investors' funds so
held in such account will be returned to the investors. If all of such
conditions are timely satisfied, each investor who has subscribed to purchase
Units to be issued and sold at such Closing will become a Limited Partner and
thereafter (but only thereafter) such investor's capital contributions will
be paid to the Partnership, to be applied by it as described in this
Prospectus. Any interest earned on funds held in escrow will be paid to
subscribers in proportion to their respective subscription amounts and the
length of time their subscription amounts were on deposit.
Each Limited Partner will be entitled to the distributive share of items
of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit and cash distributions allocable
to such Limited Partners interest in the Partnership, as provided in the
Partnership Agreement, without regard to the dates on which any Limited
Partners may have subscribed to purchase Units.
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TRANSFERABILITY OF UNITS
RESTRICTIONS
The Partnership is designed as an investment vehicle for Qualified
Investors only. The Partnership has obtained exemptions from certain
provisions of the Investment Company Act on the basis that, with certain
exceptions, only Qualified Investors will become Limited Partners.
PURCHASERS OF UNITS SHOULD VIEW THEIR INTEREST IN THE PARTNERSHIP AS A
LONG-TERM, ILLIQUID INVESTMENT.
No transfer or assignment by a Limited Partner of his or her interest in
the Partnership shall be effective unless made in accordance with the
provisions of the Partnership Agreement. The Partnership Agreement prohibits
transfer or assignment by a Limited Partner of his or her interest in the
Partnership to any person who is not a Qualified Investor, except transfers
to a member of his or her immediate family or transfers resulting by
operation of law. (For this purpose, the members of a Limited Partner's
immediate family consist of the partner's spouse and children.) No transfer
of a Limited Partner's interest may be made without the consent of the
General Partner, which consent may be withheld in the sole discretion of the
General Partner. No sale, assignment or transfer of, or after which the
transferor and transferee would each hold, an interest representing a capital
contribution of less than $1,000, will be permitted or recognized for any
purpose without the consent of the General Partner, which consent will be
granted only for good cause shown.
The sale or transfer of a Partnership interest may result in adverse
income tax consequences to the transferor. Limited Partners are advised to
consult their tax advisors prior to any such transfer. See "Tax Aspects of
Investment in the Partnership--Transfer of a Partnership Interest".
No transfer, assignment or negotiation of an interest in the Partnership
will be recognized or effective if such transfer or assignment, together with
all other such transfers on the books of the Partnership during the
immediately preceding 12 months, would result in the transfer of 50% or more
of the Units. See "Tax Aspects of Investment in the Partnership--General
Principles of Partnership Taxation--Termination of the Partnership for Tax
Purposes". In addition, pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, the
Partnership will satisfy one or more safe harbor limitations from
classification as a publicly traded partnership which would impose more
restrictive numerical limitations on the number of Units transferred. One
safe harbor under current law would restrict transfers (except for certain
exempt transfers) of 5% or more Units during the same taxable year.
Transfers, assignments or negotiations, the recognition and effectiveness of
which are so suspended and deferred, will be recognized (in chronological
order to the extent practicable) when, and to the extent that, such
recognition will not result in there having been transfers of Units in excess
of the limitations referred to above.
The General Partner has the authority to amend the transferability
provisions of the Partnership Agreement in such manner as may be necessary or
desirable to preserve the tax status of the Partnership.
Further, no sale, exchange, transfer or assignment of a Limited
Partner's interest may be made if the sale of such interest would, in the
opinion of counsel for the Partnership, result in a termination of the
Partnership for purposes of Section 708 of the Code, violate any applicable
Federal or state securities laws, cause the Partnership to be treated as an
association taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes, cause
the Partnership to be classified as a publicly traded partnership and taxable
as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes, or cause all or a portion
of the Partnerships assets to be treated as "tax-exempt use property" under
Section 168(j) of the Code.
ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN LIMITED PARTNERS' INTERESTS
BY THE GENERAL PARTNER OR THE PARTNERSHIP
Upon the death of a Limited Partner, the legal representative(s) of such
Limited Partner may tender, and the General Partner shall purchase the
interest in the Partnership held by such Limited Partner at a purchase price
equal to the value of the interest determined at the next annual Valuation
Date. To have Units repurchased, the estate of
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a Limited Partner must notify the General Partner of its election to have the
Units repurchased within 30 days after the date the appraisal is sent to the
Limited Partners. The Partnership, rather than the General Partner, may
purchase such interest if it is determined the purchase is in the best
interests of the Partnership. If the General Partner purchases any such
interest for its own account pursuant to this provision, it shall be entitled
to the rights of an assignee of such interest, including the right to vote as
if it were a Substituted Limited Partner, and it may become a Substituted
Limited Partner. The General Partner may sell any interest acquired pursuant
to this provision and the purchaser will be entitled to be admitted as a
Substituted Limited Partner effective as of the date of payment to the
General Partner for such interest.
ASSIGNEES
An assignee of a Limited Partner does not automatically become a
Substituted Limited Partner, but has the right to receive the same share of
profits, losses and distributable cash of the Partnership to which the
assignor Limited Partner would have been entitled. A Limited Partner who
assigns all of his Partnership interest ceases to be a Limited Partner, and
shall not retain any statutory rights as a Limited Partner. The assignee of
a Partnership interest who does not become a Substituted Limited Partner and
desires to make further assignment of such interest is subject to all of the
restrictions on transferability of Partnership interests described in this
Prospectus and the Partnership Agreement.
In the event of the death, incapacity or bankruptcy of a Limited
Partner, his or her legal representatives will have all the rights of a
Limited Partner for the purpose of settling or managing his or her estate and
such power as the decedent, incompetent or bankrupt Limited Partner possessed
to assign all or any part of his interest in the Partnership, and to join
with such assignee in satisfying conditions precedent to such assignees
becoming a Substituted Limited Partner. In the event of the death of a
Limited Partner, but not in the event of adjudication of incompetence or
bankruptcy, the deceased Limited Partner's interest may be distributed as
part of the estate, transferred by operation of law, tendered to the General
Partner as described above, or assigned to another Qualified Investor.
A purported sale, assignment or transfer of a Limited Partner's interest
will be recognized by the Partnership on the first day of the fiscal quarter
following the quarter in which the Partnership has received written notice of
such sale, assignment or transfer in form satisfactory to the General
Partner, signed by both parties, containing the purchaser's, assignee's or
transferee's acceptance of the terms of the Partnership Agreement and a
representation by the parties that the sale or assignment was made in
accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
SUBSTITUTED LIMITED PARTNERS
No Limited Partner has the right to substitute an assignee as a Limited
Partner in his or her place. The General Partner, however, has the right in
its sole and absolute discretion, to permit such assignee to become a
Substituted Limited Partner and any such permission by the General Partner is
binding and conclusive without the consent or approval of any Limited
Partner. Any Substituted Limited Partner must, as a condition to receiving
any interest in the Partnership, sign a Signature Page and Power of Attorney,
pay the reasonable legal fees and filing and publication costs of the
Partnership and the General Partner in connection with his or her
substitution as a Limited Partner and satisfy the other conditions specified
in Section 10.2 of the Partnership Agreement. Notwithstanding the actual time
of the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, for purposes of allocating
profits, losses and distributable cash (as those terms are defined in the
Partnership Agreement), a person will be treated as having become a Limited
Partner as of the date on which the sale, assignment or transfer of such
persons interest was recognized by the Partnership, as described above, even
if that person does not in fact become a Substituted Limited Partner.
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REPORTS
Financial information contained in all reports to the Limited Partners
will be prepared on an accrual basis of accounting in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and will include, where applicable,
a reconciliation to information furnished to the Limited Partners for income
tax purposes. Federal and state tax information will be provided to the
Limited Partners within 75 days following the close of each calendar year or
as soon as practicable thereafter. Financial statements, which will be
prepared annually, will be certified by independent auditors and will be
furnished within 120 days following the close of the calendar year. A
statement of appraisal of the value of Partnership assets will be provided
with the financial statements. Limited Partners also have the right under
applicable law to obtain other information about the Partnership and may, at
their expense, obtain a list of the names and addresses of all of the Limited
Partners for any proper purpose.
In connection with the appraisal of the value of the Partnership's
investments in portfolio companies that are not publicly traded, there is a
range of values which is reasonable for such investments at any particular
time. The General Partner presently expects that the following procedures
will be utilized with respect to these investments. In the early stages of
development, these investments will typically be valued based on their
original cost to the Partnership (the "cost method"). The cost method will
be utilized until significant developments affecting the portfolio company
provide a basis for use of an appraisal valuation (the "appraisal method").
The appraisal method will be based on such factors affecting the portfolio
company as earnings and net worth, the market prices for similar securities
of comparable companies and an assessment of the company's future prospects.
In the case of unsuccessful operations, the appraisal may be based on
liquidation value. Valuations based on the appraisal method are necessarily
subjective. The General Partner will also use third party transactions
(actual or proposed) in the portfolio company's securities as the basis of
valuation (the "private market method"). The private market method will be
used only with respect to actual transactions or actual firm offers by
sophisticated, independent investors. The valuation of debt securities that
are not publicly traded will be determined by or under the direction of the
General Partner. The General Partner expects that the private market method
of valuation will be the primary method utilized with respect to these
securities. Securities with legal, contractual or practical restrictions on
transfer may be valued at a discount from their value determined by the
foregoing methods to reflect the effect of such restrictions.
EXPERTS
The financial statements included in this Prospectus have been examined
by Deloitte & Touche, independent auditors, as indicated in their opinions
with respect thereto, and are included herein in reliance upon the authority
of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon by
Brown & Wood, One World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048, as counsel to
the Partnership and the General Partner, who may rely as to matters of
Delaware law upon the opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, One Rodney
Square, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
The statements under the heading "Tax Aspects of Investment in the
Partnership" have been reviewed by Brown & Wood.
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The Partnership will operate as a non-diversified, closed-end,
management investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Investment Company Act. However, an
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exemptive order was obtained from the Commission in 1982 pursuant to Section
6(b) of the Act that exempts the Partnership, as an "employees securities
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act, from certain
provisions of such Act. The exemptive order relates to the following
provisions of the Investment Company Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder:
Section 8(b) to exempt the Partnership from filing annual amendments to
its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act;
Section 10(a) to permit the Partnership to include the General Partner
as the sole general partner and to permit all of the directors and officers
of the General Partner to be persons who are employees of ML & Co. or its
affiliates;
Section 10(b) to permit the Partnership to employ subsidiaries of ML &
Co. to act as broker and principal underwriter for the Partnership;
Section 10(f) to permit the Partnership to purchase securities in
underwritten offerings, a principal underwriter of which may be an affiliate
of the General Partner;
Section 14(a) to permit the Partnership to offer Units to Qualified
Investors prior to the time the Partnership has a net worth of $100,000;
Section 15(a) to permit the General Partner to act from time to time as
investment adviser to the Partnership without a written contract and without
the approval of the Limited Partners;
Section 16(a) to permit ML & Co. to appoint and replace the directors of
the General Partner in accordance with the Partnership Agreement;
Section 17(a) to permit ML & Co. and its subsidiaries to engage in
certain transactions as principal with the Partnership in addition to
transactions as agent, including transactions involving money market
securities and real estate;
Section 17(d) to permit the Partnership to engage in transactions in
which certain affiliated persons of the Partnership may also be participants;
Section 17(f) to permit ML & Co. or one of its subsidiaries to act as
custodian without a written contract;
Section 17(g) to permit the Partnership to comply with requirements
applicable to fidelity bonds without the necessity of having a majority of
the Board of Directors of the General Partner which are not "interested
persons" take such action and make such approvals as are set forth in Rule
17g-1 under the Investment Company Act;
Section 18(a)(1) to exempt the Partnership from certain limitations on
borrowings so that the Partnership may enter into nonrecourse loans relating
to investments other than securities without regard to the restrictions on
"asset coverage" contained in the Investment Company Act;
Section 18(i) to permit the Limited Partners to have only those rights
with respect to the management of the Partnership as are set forth in the
Partnership Agreement;
Section 19(b) to permit the Partnership to distribute long-term capital
gains more frequently than annually;
Section 20(a) to exempt the Partnership from the proxy requirements set
forth in the rules under the Investment Company Act;
Section 23(c) to permit the Partnership to repurchase Partnership
interests pursuant to the terms of the Partnership Agreement;
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Section 30(a),(b) and (d) to exempt the Partnership from filing annual
and quarterly reports with the Commission and from sending semi-annual
reports to Limited Partners; and
Section 32(a) to permit the General Partner to select independent
certified public accountants for the Partnership without submitting their
selection to the Limited Partners for ratification or rejection.
On May 7, 1991, the Commission issued an order amending the order
described above to expand the categories of investments in which the
Partnership and other partnerships managed by the General Partner may
participate with ML & Co. and its affiliates. The transactions in which such
joint investments may be made relate generally to equity and equity-related
investments in buyout transactions and other transactions structured by ML &
Co. or its affiliates or in which ML & Co. or its affiliates have an equity
or equity-related investment. The order requires, among other things, that
the General Partner make specified findings before the Partnership
participates in such investments and that the General Partner, at least
annually, provide to the Limited Partners a list of such investments in which
the Partnership has invested with ML & Co. or its affiliates. The
Partnership has applied for additional exemptive relief with respect to
co-investments by the Partnership and affiliated co-investors.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the
Registration Statement that the Partnership has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Act of 1933 and
the Investment Company Act. For further information pertaining to the
securities offered hereby, reference is made to the Registration Statement
including the exhibits filed as a part thereof.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994
Independent Auditors' Report 51
Balance Sheet, February 4, 1994 52
Notes to Balance Sheet 52
KECALP Inc.
Independent Auditors' Report 53
Balance Sheet, December 25, 1992 54
Notes to Balance Sheet 55
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P.
1994 as of February 4, 1994. This financial statement is the responsibility
of the Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on this financial statement based on our audit.
We conducted our audit 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 statement is free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement.
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 audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such balance sheet presents fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994 at February 4, 1994,
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Deloitte & Touche
New York, New York
March 24, 1994
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MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
BALANCE SHEET
February 4, 1994
Assets
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
PARTNERS' CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Capital Contributions:
General Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 99
Initial Limited Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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$100
NOTES TO BALANCE SHEET
1. Organization and Purpose
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994 (the "Partnership") was formed as of
January 4, 1994 and the Certificate of Limited Partnership was filed under
the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act on January 6, 1994. The
only transactions to date have been capital contributions of $99 by KECALP
Inc. ("KECALP" or the "General Partner") and $1 by the Initial Limited
Partner. The Initial Limited Partner purchased an interest in the Partnership
for $1 to permit the formation of the Partnership. KECALP is a Delaware
corporation, formed in June 1981 and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. The General Partner is authorized to admit
additional limited partners to the Partnership if, after the admission of
such additional limited partners, the capital contributions of all additional
limited partners would not be less than $5,000,000 and not more than
$30,000,000. The Partnership is an "employees securities company" under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. KECALP will pay the organizational expenses
of the Partnership incurred prior to the commencement of the offering of the
Partnership's units. The Partnership has agreed to reimburse KECALP for such
costs. Deferred organizational expenses of the Partnership will be amortized
on a straight line basis over a period not to exceed five years from the
commencement of the Partnership's operations. In the event that the
Partnership liquidates before the deferred organizational expenses are fully
amortized, KECALP shall bear such unamortized deferred organizational
expenses for the Partnership.
2. Business
The Partnership intends to seek long-term capital appreciation. The
Partnership shall not engage in any other business or activity. The
Partnership term extends to December 31, 2034. However, pursuant to the
Partnership Agreement, the General Partner may dissolve the Partnership,
without the consent of the Limited Partners, at any time after January 1,
2000.
3. Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Partnership will be the year ending December 31
of each year.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To KECALP Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of KECALP Inc. as of December
25, 1992. This financial statement is the responsibility of the
Corporation's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
this financial statement based on our audit.
We conducted our audit 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 statement is free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement.
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 audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such balance sheet presents fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of KECALP Inc. at December 25, 1992 in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
Deloitte & Touche
New York, New York
July 29, 1993
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INVESTORS WILL NOT ACQUIRE ANY INTEREST IN THIS COMPANY
KECALP INC.
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 25, 1992
ASSETS
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,502
Other receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246,875
Investment in limited partnerships (Note 1) . . . . . . . . . . 663,783
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TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 928,160
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Liabilities:
Due to Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (Note 4) . . . . . . . . . . $ 127,065
Deferred federal and state income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . 35,333
Accrued expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,000
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Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196,398
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STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY: (Note 1)
Common stock $1 par value; authorized and
outstanding 1,000 shares (Note 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000
Additional paid-in-capital (Note 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,435,556
Capital contribution receivable (Note 2) . . . . . . . . . . (8,100,000)
Deficit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (604,794)
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Total stockholders equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731,762
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TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 928,160
See notes to balance sheet and independent auditors' report.
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KECALP INC.
NOTES TO BALANCE SHEET
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
KECALP Inc. ("KECALP"), a Delaware corporation, is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Group Inc. ("ML Group"). ML Group is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("ML & Co."). KECALP is
the General Partner of six Delaware limited partnerships, Merrill Lynch
KECALP Growth Investments Limited Partnership 1983 (the "1983 Partnership"),
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1984 (the "1984 Partnership"), Merrill Lynch KECALP
L.P. 1986 (the "1986 Partnership"), Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1987 (the
"1987 Partnership"), Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1989 (the "1989 Partnership")
and Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1991 (the "1991 Partnership"), collectively
referred to as the "Partnerships". As General Partner, KECALP manages the
Partnerships, pays certain of their expenses and maintains a one percent
ownership interest in each of the Partnerships.
The 1983 Partnership and the 1984 Partnership intend to seek long-term
capital appreciation and the tax advantages associated with certain
investments, primarily through the purchase of speculative, tax-oriented
investments in real estate, oil and gas properties, personal property and/or
indirect interests therein. At least 25 percent of the total proceeds will
be invested in real estate. The investment objectives of the 1986, 1987,
1989 and 1991 Partnerships are to seek long-term capital appreciation with a
substantial portion of its total proceeds invested in venture capital and
leveraged buyout investments. The Partnerships may purchase other
investments that KECALP deems appropriate. The Partnerships shall not engage
in any other business or activity.
Investment in Partnerships - The investment in the Partnerships is
recorded at cost and adjusted for KECALP's share of the undistributed net
realized income or loss (which excludes unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments, in accordance with the agreements of the
respective Partnerships).
Capital Requirements - As a condition to the closing of the sales of
units of limited partnership interest, KECALP has agreed to maintain a net
worth as required in accordance with applicable U.S. income tax regulations
and rulings of the Internal Revenue Service. ML & Co. provides capital to
KECALP by a demand promissory note or other investment to satisfy the
requirement that KECALP have such net worth (see Note 2).
2. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION RECEIVABLE
The Capital Contribution receivable represents promissory notes from ML
& Co. The notes are due on demand and bear interest at rates of 8.8% to 9.5%
per year compounded semiannually. Intercompany interest and taxes are not
paid, but KECALP's obligations have been settled through an adjustment of the
intercompany receivable account.
3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
KECALP is obligated to pay certain expenses, fees, sales or brokerage
commissions, and other expenditures (except for debt service and interest
expense) of the Partnerships.
KECALP is required to maintain an investment in the Partnerships of
approximately 1% of the Partnerships net assets less (plus) unallocated net
unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments.
4. DUE TO MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
The Corporation has been authorized to borrow funds, as needed, from
Merrill Lynch & Co. The Corporation is to repay this loan with interest
based on the daily brokers call rate.
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5. INCOME TAXES
The results of operations of KECALP are included in the consolidated
Federal income tax returns of
ML&Co., Inc. It is the policy of ML&Co., Inc. to allocate to KECALP the
Federal and state tax expense associated with such operating results in its
consolidated tax return, including the recognition of deferred tax
assets.
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EXHIBIT A
MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
(A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT
OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINED TERMS A-1
ARTICLE TWO ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.1 Governance A-4
SECTION 2.2 Name, Place of Business and Office;
Registered Agent A-4
SECTION 2.3 Purpose A-4
SECTION 2.4 Term A-4
ARTICLE THREE PARTNERS AND CAPITAL
SECTION 3.1 General Partner A-4
SECTION 3.2 Initial Limited Partner A-5
SECTION 3.3 Additional Limited Partners A-5
SECTION 3.4 Partnership Capital A-5
SECTION 3.5 Liability of Partners A-5
SECTION 3.6 Lender as Partner A-6
ARTICLE FOUR MANAGEMENT
SECTION 4.1 Powers of the General Partner A-6
SECTION 4.2 Prohibited Transactions A-8
SECTION 4.3 Restrictions on the Authority of the General
Partner A-8
SECTION 4.4 Duties and Obligations of the General Partner A-9
SECTION 4.5 Compensation and Reimbursement of the General
Partner A-11
SECTION 4.6 Other Businesses of Partners A-11
SECTION 4.7 Indemnification A-11
SECTION 4.8 Management by Limited Partners A-12
ARTICLE FIVE DISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP FUNDS;
ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES
SECTION 5.1 Distributions of Partnership Funds A-12
SECTION 5.2 Allocations of Profits and Losses A-12
SECTION 5.3 Determinations of Allocations and Distributions
Among Limited Partners A-13
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ARTICLE SIX TRANSFERABILITY OF THE GENERAL PARTNERS INTEREST
SECTION 6.1 Voluntary Withdrawal or Transfer by the General
Partner A-14
SECTION 6.2 Admission of Successor General Partner A-15
SECTION 6.3 Liability of a Withdrawn or Removed General
Partner A-15
SECTION 6.4 Incapacity of the General Partner A-15
SECTION 6.5 Removal of the General Partner A-16
SECTION 6.6 Distributions on Withdrawal or Removal of the General
Partner A-16
ARTICLE SEVEN TRANSFERABILITY OF A LIMITED PARTNERS INTEREST
SECTION 7.1 Restrictions on Transfers of Interest A-16
SECTION 7.2 Incapacity of Limited Partner A-18
SECTION 7.3 Assignees A-19
SECTION 7.4 Substituted Limited Partners A-19
SECTION 7.5 Acquisition of Certain Limited Partners' Interests by
the General Partner or the Partnership A-20
ARTICLE EIGHT DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION OF THE
PARTNERSHIP
SECTION 8.1 Events Causing Dissolution A-21
SECTION 8.2 Liquidation A-22
ARTICLE NINE BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; APPRAISAL; TAX ELECTIONS;
ETC.
SECTION 9.1 Books and Records A-23
SECTION 9.2 Accounting Basis for Tax and Reporting Purposes;
Fiscal Year A-23
SECTION 9.3 Bank Accounts A-23
SECTION 9.4 Appraisal A-23
SECTION 9.5 Reports A-24
SECTION 9.6 Elections A-24
ARTICLE TEN AMENDMENTS
SECTION 10.1 Proposal and Adoption of Amendments Generally A-24
SECTION 10.2 Amendments on Admission or Withdrawal of Partners A-25
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ARTICLE ELEVEN CONSENTS, VOTING AND MEETINGS
SECTION 11.1 Method of Giving Consent A-26
SECTION 11.2 Meetings of Partners A-26
SECTION 11.3 Limitations on Requirements for Consents A-26
SECTION 11.4 Submissions to Limited Partners A-27
ARTICLE TWELVE MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 12.1 Appointment of the General Partner as
Attorney-in-Fact A-27
SECTION 12.2 Notification to the Partnership or the General
Partner A-28
SECTION 12.3 Binding Provisions A-28
SECTION 12.4 Applicable Law A-28
SECTION 12.5 Counterparts A-28
SECTION 12.6 Separability of Provisions A-29
SECTION 12.7 Entire Agreement A-29
SECTION 12.8 Headings A-29
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AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Merrill Lynch
KECALP L.P. 1994 (the "Partnership") dated _________, 1994, among KECALP
Inc., a Delaware corporation, as General Partner, James V. Caruso, the
Initial Limited Partner, and those Persons who shall be admitted as
Additional Limited Partners and as Substituted Limited Partners.
Whereas, pursuant to a Certificate of Limited Partnership dated as of
January 4, 1994, and filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on January 4,
1994, and an Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated January 4, 1994 (the
"Original Agreement"), KECALP Inc. and James V. Caruso have heretofore formed
the Partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act;
Whereas, KECALP Inc., the Initial Limited Partner, and the Additional
Limited Partners, as defined herein, desire to amend and restate in its
entirety the terms and provisions of the Original Agreement governing the
Partnership;
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein, the
parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Defined Terms
The defined terms used in this Agreement shall, unless the context
otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article One. The
singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the
feminine, and vice versa, as the context requires.
"Act" means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.
C.17-101 et seq.), as amended from time to time and any successor to the said
Act.
"Additional Limited Partners" means those Persons admitted to the
Partnership pursuant to Section 3.3 and shown as limited partners of the
Partnership on the books and records of the Partnership.
"Affiliate" means when used with reference to a specified Person, (i)
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the specified
Person, (ii) any Person that is an officer, partner (excluding unrelated
third parties who are joint venturers or participants in joint ventures
electing to be taxed as partners for Federal income tax purposes) or trustee
of, or serves in a similar capacity with respect to, the specified Person or
of which the specified Person is an officer, partner or trustee, or with
respect to which the specified Person serves in a similar capacity, (iii) any
Person that, directly or indirectly, is the beneficial owner of 5% or more of
any class of equity securities of the specified Person or of which the
specified Person is directly or indirectly the owner of 5% or more of any
class of equity securities and (iv) any member of the immediate family of the
specified Person or his or her spouse.
"Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, as originally executed and as amended and restated from time to
time, as the context requires.
"Appraisal" means the statement of valuation of the assets of the
Partnership as described in Section 9.4.
"Auditors" means Deloitte & Touche or such other nationally or
regionally recognized firm of independent auditors as shall be engaged by the
Partnership.
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"Capital Account", as to any Partner, means the sum of a Partner's
Capital Contributions, increased by his share of any Profits, and decreased
by his share of any Losses and by his share of any Partnership Distributable
Cash reasonably expected to be distributed to such Partner and other assets
distributed to such Partner or on behalf of such Partner in payment of any
taxes or other expenses allocable to such Partner and as otherwise increased
or decreased in accordance with the tax accounting principles set forth in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) of the Code.
"Capital Contribution" means the total amount of money contributed to
the Partnership by all Partners or any class of Partners or any one Partner
(or the predecessor holders of the Interests of such Partners or Partner), as
the context requires, upon the formation of the Partnership or the admission
of such Partner to the Partnership, or as that money is contributed to the
Partnership.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any
corresponding provision of succeeding law).
"Consent" means the approval of a Person, given as provided in Section
11.1, to do the act or thing for which the approval is solicited, or the act
of granting such approval, as the context may require. Reference to the
Consent of a specified percentage in Interest of the Limited Partners means
the Consent of Limited Partners whose combined Capital Contributions
represent, at the time in question, at least such specified percentage of the
Capital Contributions of all the then Limited Partners.
"Distributable Cash" means, with respect to any fiscal period of the
Partnership, the cash assets of the Partnership on hand at the end of such
fiscal period (but not including the Capital Contribution to the Partnership)
less amounts required to be retained out of such cash assets in the sole
judgment of the General Partner to pay the Partnership's liabilities whether
accrued or anticipated to accrue in the future or to make permissible
investments.
"Fiscal Year" means the calendar year.
"General Partner" means KECALP Inc., a Delaware corporation whose
business address is South Tower, World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street,
New York, New York 10080-6123, and any successor to it in its capacity as
general partner of the Partnership.
"Incapacity" or "Incapacitated" means the entry of an order for relief
in a case under Title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code")
("bankruptcy") (except that, in the case of the General Partner, the term
"bankruptcy" shall mean only the being subject to Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code) or the incompetence, insanity, interdiction, death, incapacity,
disability, dissolution or termination (other than by merger or
consolidation), as the case may be, of any Person.
"Income" means the gross income of the Partnership as determined for
Federal income tax purposes including capital gains and Code Section 1231
gains (but not losses).
"Initial Limited Partner" means James V. Caruso.
"Interest" means the entire ownership interest of a Partner in the
Partnership at any particular time, including the right of such Partner to
any and all benefits to which a Partner may be entitled as provided in this
Agreement, together with the obligations of such Partner to comply with all
the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Reference to a specified
percentage in Interest of the Limited Partners shall mean Limited Partners
whose Capital Contributions represent, at the time in question, at least such
specified percentage of the Capital Contributions of all the then Limited
Partners.
"Limited Partner" means any Person who is a limited partner of the
Partnership as shown on the books and records of the Partnership (whether the
Initial Limited Partner, an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted
Limited Partner) at the time of reference thereto, in such Person's capacity
as a limited partner of the Partnership.
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"Majority-in-Interest" means the Limited Partners whose aggregate
Capital Contributions represent over 50% of the aggregate Capital
Contributions of all Limited Partners.
"Notification" means a writing, containing the information required by
this Agreement to be communicated to any Person, sent by first class mail,
postage prepaid, to such Person at the last known address of such Person,
five days after the mailing thereof being deemed the date of the giving of
Notification; provided however, that any communication containing the
information sent to the Person and actually received by the Person shall
constitute Notification for all purposes of this Agreement.
"Partner" means the General Partner or a Limited Partner.
"Partnership" means the limited partnership governed hereby, as said
limited partnership may from time to time be constituted.
"Partnership Account" means the bank account or bank accounts to be
maintained by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership with any bank
in the United States having assets in excess of $100,000,000.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust or other
entity.
"Profits" or "Losses" means the profits or losses of the Partnership for
Federal income tax purposes including, without limitation, each item of
Partnership Income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus contained in the registration
statement filed by the Partnership on Form N-2 at the time such registration
statement was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission;
except that if a prospectus filed by the Partnership pursuant to Rule 497(b)
or 497(d) under the Securities Act of 1933 differs from the prospectus
contained in the registration statement, as aforesaid, then the term
"Prospectus" refers to the Rule 497(b) or 497(d) prospectus from and after
the time it is mailed to the Securities and Exchange Commission for filing.
"Remove", "Removed" or "Removal" when used in reference to the removal
of the General Partner means the termination of all management powers, duties
and responsibilities of the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.5, but not
the elimination of the General Partner as a Partner.
"Sale" means any event, action or transaction that is, for Federal
income tax purposes, considered a sale, exchange or abandonment by the
Partnership of any Partnership property.
"State" means the State of Delaware.
"Substituted Limited Partner" means any Person admitted to the
Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.4
and who is shown on the books and records of the Partnership as a limited
partner of the Partnership.
"Unit" means an Interest in the Partnership attributable to an aggregate
payment of $1,000 to the Partnership by, or on behalf of, the Limited Partner
who originally acquired the Interest.
"Valuation Date" means each of the dates described in Section 9.4.
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ARTICLE TWO
Organization
Section 2.1 Governance
The undersigned parties hereto hereby agree that the rights and
liabilities of the Partners shall be as provided in the Act except as herein
otherwise expressly provided.
Section 2.2 Name, Place of Business and Office; Registered Agent
The name of the limited partnership heretofore formed and hereby
continued shall be Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994. The business of the
Partnership may be conducted under any other name deemed necessary or
desirable by the General Partner in order to comply with local law. The
Partnership shall maintain a registered office in the State c/o The
Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The Partnership shall
maintain its principal office at South Tower, World Financial Center, 225
Liberty Street, New York, New York 10080-6123. The General Partner may at
any time change the location of the Partnership's offices and may establish
additional offices, if it deems it advisable. The name and address of the
Partnership's registered agent for service of process in the State is The
Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The General Partner has filed
the certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership and shall file any
amendment to the certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership as
required by the Act in the proper office in the State and shall take such
steps as are necessary to qualify the Partnership to conduct business in
other jurisdictions in which it owns properties or conducts business and
otherwise to insure that the Limited Partners will have limited liability
with respect to the activities of the Partnership in such other
jurisdictions.
Section 2.3 Purpose
The purpose and character of the business of the Partnership is to
invest the funds of the Partnership in various speculative and
non-speculative investments, seeking, among other things, long-term capital
appreciation, and to engage in any and all activities necessary or incidental
thereto.
Section 2.4 Term
The Partnership term commenced on January 4, 1994, and shall continue in
full force and effect until December 31, 2034, or until dissolution prior
thereto pursuant to the provisions hereof.
ARTICLE THREE
Partners and Capital
Section 3.1 General Partner
A. The name, residence, business or mailing address and Capital
Contribution of the General Partner are set forth in the books and records of
the Partnership, as amended from time to time, and are incorporated herein by
reference.
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B. The General Partner, as general partner of the Partnership, shall
be deemed to have made additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership to
the extent it pays expenses of the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement
which are not reimbursed to it by either the Partnership or an Affiliate of
the General Partner.
Section 3.2 Initial Limited Partner
A. The name, business address and Capital Contribution of the Initial
Limited Partner are James V. Caruso, South Tower, World Financial Center,
225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10080-6123 and his Capital Contribution
is $1.00.
B. Upon the admission of Additional Limited Partners pursuant to
Section 3.3, the Initial Limited Partner shall withdraw from the Partnership
and receive forthwith the return of his Capital Contribution without interest
or deduction.
Section 3.3 Additional Limited Partners
A. The General Partner is authorized to admit Additional Limited
Partners to the Partnership pursuant to the terms contained in the Prospectus
and this Agreement. The manner of the offering of Additional Limited
Partners Units, the terms and conditions under which subscriptions for such
Units will be accepted, and the manner of and conditions to the sale of Units
to subscribers therefor and the admission of such subscribers as Additional
Limited Partners will be as provided in the Prospectus and subject to any
provisions thereof.
B. The name, residence, business or mailing address and Capital
Contribution of each Additional Limited Partner shall be set forth in the
books and records of the Partnership, as amended from time to time.
C. No Limited Partner shall be required to make any additional
contributions to the capital of the Partnership.
Section 3.4 Partnership Capital
A. No Partner shall be paid interest on any Capital Contribution to
the Partnership.
B. No Partner, other than the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to
Section 3.2, shall have the right to withdraw any part of his Capital
Contribution or to receive any return of any portion of his Capital
Contribution except as otherwise provided herein.
C. Under circumstances involving a return of any Capital Contribution,
no Partner shall have the right to receive property other than cash, except
as may be specifically provided in this Agreement.
D. The General Partner shall make additional contributions to the
capital of the Partnership in an amount sufficient to pay for Partnership
expenses allocable to it pursuant to Section 4.4A.
Section 3.5 Liability of Partners
A. No Limited Partner shall be liable for the debts, liabilities,
contracts or any other obligations of the Partnership, except to the extent
of his Capital Contribution and his share of the Partnership's assets and
undistributed profits, or for the debts or liabilities of any other Partner.
To the extent provided by law, a Limited Partner may, under certain
circumstances, be required to return, for the benefit of Partnership
creditors, amounts previously distributed to such Limited Partner.
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B. A Limited Partner shall be liable only to make the payment of his
Capital Contribution as set forth in Sections 3.2A and 3.3B.
C. No Limited Partner shall be required to lend funds to the
Partnership or make any further contribution to the capital of the
Partnership.
D. The General Partner shall not be required to contribute to the
capital of, or loan, the Partnership any funds other than the General
Partner's Capital Contributions to the capital of the Partnership as set
forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.4D. Neither the General Partner nor any of its
Affiliates shall have (i) any personal liability for the return or repayment
of the Capital Contribution of any Limited Partner or (ii) to repay to the
Partnership any portion or all of any negative amount of the General
Partner's Capital Account, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.2D.
Section 3.6 Lender as Partner
No creditor who makes a nonrecourse loan to the Partnership shall have
or acquire, at any time as a result of making the loan, any direct interest
in the profits, capital or property of the Partnership, other than as a
secured creditor.
ARTICLE FOUR
Management
Section 4.1 Powers of the General Partner
A. The General Partner shall manage the affairs of, and shall control
the business of, the Partnership and shall have all powers necessary to
manage and control the Partnership's affairs and business and fulfill the
purposes of the Partnership, including, by way of illustration and not by way
of limitation:
(i) The power and duty to invest the balance (after the setting
aside of suitable reserves) of the Capital Contributions of the Partners
and reinvest revenues of the Partnership in accordance with the purpose
of the Partnership and in keeping with its investment objectives as
stated in the Prospectus.
(ii) The power to acquire securities or property of all types on
behalf of the Partnership, including, without limitation, stocks, bonds,
debentures, notes, shares in investment companies, general and limited
partnership interests, investment contracts and interests in trusts.
(iii) The power to enter into transactions and make investments
with or through Affiliates of the General Partner and to participate in
investment transactions sponsored or underwritten (either on a best
efforts or firm commitment basis) by Affiliates of the General Partner
or in entities as to which Affiliates of the General Partner serve as
investment adviser or placement agent.
(iv) The power to purchase interests in entities sponsored by
Affiliates of the General Partner or in which Affiliates of the General
Partner have an interest, including, but not limited to, limited
partnership interests in limited partnerships in which such Affiliates
serve as general partner.
(v) The power to cause securities owned by the Partnership to be
registered in the Partnership name or in the name of a nominee or to be
held in street name, as it shall elect.
(vi) The power and duty to maintain the books and records of the
Partnership in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.1.
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(vii) The power to reserve funds out of Partnership Income or
borrow money in the name of the Partnership from any bank or other
lending institution in the United States or from an Affiliate of the
General Partner for the purpose of leveraging investments of the
Partnership, paying assessments levied on Partnership investments or
paying other costs of the Partnership (other than costs that the General
Partner is obligated to pay) and in connection with any borrowing, to
mortgage, pledge, encumber, and hypothecate the assets of the
Partnership.
(viii) The power to lend money to the Partnership on commercially
reasonable terms.
(ix) The power to make temporary investments of Partnership
capital in all types of securities, including, without limitation,
short-term U.S. Government and Government agency securities,
certificates of deposit, interest-bearing deposits in U.S. banks,
securities issued by or on behalf of states, municipalities and their
instrumentalities, the interest from which is exempt from Federal income
tax, securities issued by other investment companies (including unit
investment trusts and taxable and tax-exempt money market funds
sponsored and/or advised by Affiliates of the General Partner) prior to
long-term investment or pending cash distributions to the Partners.
(x) The power to seek exemptions from provisions of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(xi) The power to enter into a sales agency agreement relating to
the offering and sale of Units by the Partnership with Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, or any other Affiliate of the
General Partner.
(xii) In addition to and not in limitation of any rights and
powers conferred by law or other provisions of this Agreement, and
except as limited, restricted or prohibited by the express provisions of
this Agreement, the General Partner shall have and may exercise on
behalf of the Partnership all powers and rights necessary, proper,
convenient or advisable to effectuate and carry out the purpose,
business and objectives of the Partnership including the power to have
investment opportunities evaluated by an advisory committee selected by
the General Partner.
B. In order to expedite the handling of the Partnership's business, it
is understood and agreed that any document executed by the General Partner
while acting in the name and on behalf of the Partnership shall be deemed to
be the action of the Partnership vis-a-vis any third parties (including the
Limited Partners as third parties for such purpose).
C. In the event the original General Partner withdraws as provided in
Article Six, is Incapacitated or is Removed, any additional or successor
General Partner or General Partners shall possess all the power and authority
of the original General Partner. Any remaining and any additional and
successor General Partner is authorized to and shall continue the business of
the Partnership. The General Partner may admit an additional or successor
General Partner provided that if it subsequently wishes to withdraw or
transfer its interest, Sections 6.1 and 6.2 shall be complied with as to the
additional or successor General Partner prior to its becoming a sole General
Partner, and provided that the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) appropriate filings are made under the Act and in such other
jurisdictions as the Partnership's business requires;
(ii) the Interest of Limited Partners will not be adversely
affected; and
(iii) the sole General Partner shall not be Incapacitated.
In the event an additional or successor General Partner is admitted, the
term "General Partner" as used in this Agreement shall include the additional
or successor General Partner.
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Section 4.2 Prohibited Transactions
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the following
transactions are specifically prohibited to the Partnership:
(i) The Partnership shall not make any loans to the General
Partner or any of its Affiliates unless permitted by the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or an order of exemption therefrom;
(ii) The Partnership shall not sell or lease any property to the
General Partner or any of its Affiliates except on terms at least as
favorable as those obtainable from unaffiliated third parties and except
that this provision shall not prohibit any transaction contemplated by
Section 8.2 or permitted by the terms of any partnership agreement or
investment contract into which the Partnership may enter by virtue of
its investment as a general or limited partner, where an Affiliate of
the General Partner also acts as general partner of such partnership;
(iii) No funds of the Partnership shall be kept in any account
other than a Partnership Account, and funds shall not be commingled with
the funds of any other Person, and the General Partner shall not employ,
or permit any other Person to employ, such funds in any manner except
for the benefit of the Partnership; it being understood that the General
Partner may invest temporarily Partnership funds in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.1 (A) (ix); and
(iv) No expense of the Partnership shall be billed except directly
to the Partnership (but shall be paid pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement), and no reimbursements shall be made therefor to the General
Partner or any of its Affiliates except as permitted by Section 4.5.
Section 4.3 Restrictions on the Authority of the General Partner
A. The General Partner shall not have the authority to:
(i) do any act in contravention of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as applied to the Partnership; or
(ii) do any act that would make it impossible to carry on the
ordinary business of the Partnership.
B. The General Partner shall not perform any act that would subject
any Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction.
C. Without the Consent of a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited
Partners, the General Partner shall not have the authority to:
(i) lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of at any one time all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership;
(ii) elect to dissolve the Partnership prior to January 1, 2000;
(iii) issue senior securities other than in connection with the
borrowings described in (v) below;
(iv) make short sales of securities, purchase securities on margin,
except for use of short-term credit necessary for the clearance of
transactions, or write put or call options;
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(v) borrow amounts in excess of 331/3% of the Partnership's gross
assets, or otherwise as permitted under the Investment Company Act of
1940, except that the Partnership may enter into nonrecourse loans
relating to investments other than securities without regard to such
limitation;
(vi) underwrite securities of other issuers, except insofar as the
Partnership may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of
1933 in selling portfolio securities;
(vii) invest more than 25% of its Partners' Capital Contributions in
the securities of issuers in any particular industry, except for real
estate investments and for temporary investments in U.S. Government and
Government agency securities, domestic bank money market instruments and
money market funds;
(viii) make loans to other Persons in excess of 331/3% of the
Partnership's gross assets, provided that investments in
privately-offered debt securities issued by entities in which the
Partnership has an equity participation or with which the Partnership
has contracted to acquire an equity participation shall not be
considered loans for purposes of this paragraph; or
(ix) alter the investment objective and business purpose of the
Partnership.
D. The General Partner shall not borrow funds on behalf of the
Partnership except in accordance with Section 4.1A (vii) and (xii).
E. The General Partner shall not cause the Partnership to consent to,
or join in, any waiver, amendment, or modification of the terms of any
partnership agreement, limited partnership agreement, management agreement or
investment contract to which it is a party unless, in the good faith judgment
of the General Partner, such waiver, amendment, or modification would be in
the best interest of the Partnership.
Section 4.4 Duties and Obligations of the General Partner
A. The General Partner shall pay all expenses (but not income, personal
property, franchise or other taxes) incurred in the organization and
operation of the Partnership, including, without limitation, Auditors' fees,
legal fees, postage, printing costs, Appraisal costs, general and
administrative costs and expenses and, in addition, any brokerage
commissions, selling agents' fees, advisory fees or similar charges incurred
in investing Partnership funds. The General Partner is not obligated to pay
from its own funds, debt service or other interest charges incurred in
connection with the making of Partnership investments and is entitled to
indemnification in accordance with Section 4.7.
B. The General Partner shall take all action that may be necessary or
appropriate for the continuation of the Partnership's valid existence as a
limited partnership under the laws of the State, and for the acquisition,
holding and disposition, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
and applicable laws and regulations, of the investments of the Partnership.
C. The General Partner shall devote to the Partnership the time that
it deems to be necessary to conduct the Partnership business and affairs in
the best interests of the Partnership and use its best efforts to obtain a
suitable investment portfolio for the Partnership.
D. The General Partner shall be under an obligation to conduct the
affairs of the Partnership in the best interest (or not opposed to the best
interest) of the Partnership, including the safekeeping and use of all
Partnership funds and assets (whether or not in the immediate possession or
control of the General Partner) and the use thereof for the benefit of the
Partnership. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may, in its
sole and absolute discretion, elect to dissolve the Partnership at any time
after January 1, 2000, and, upon liquidation, to purchase Partnership assets
in accordance with Section 8.2. The General Partner shall at all times act
with integrity and good faith and exercise due diligence in all activities
relating to the conduct of the business of the Partnership and in resolving
conflicts of interest.
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E. The General Partner will use its best efforts at all times to
maintain its net worth at a level that is sufficient to meet all present and
future requirements set by statute, Treasury Regulations, the Internal
Revenue Service or the courts applicable to a corporate general partner in a
limited partnership to insure that the Partnership will not fail to be
classified for Federal income tax purposes as a partnership, rather than as
an association taxable as a corporation, on account of the net worth of the
General Partner.
F. The General Partner shall prepare or cause to be prepared and shall
file on or before the due date (or any extension thereof) any Federal, state
or local tax returns required to be filed by the Partnership. The General
Partner shall cause the Partnership to pay, from Partnership funds, any taxes
payable by the Partnership.
G. The General Partner shall, from time to time, submit to any
appropriate Federal or state securities administrator, or any other
regulatory authorities having jurisdiction, all documents, papers, statistics
and reports required to be filed with or submitted to such authority.
H. The General Partner shall use its best efforts to cause the
Partnership to be formed, reformed, qualified to do business, or registered
under any applicable assumed or fictitious name statute or similar law in any
jurisdiction in which the Partnership then owns property or transacts
business, if such formation, reformation, qualification or registration is
necessary in order to protect the limited liability of the Limited Partners
or to permit the Partnership lawfully to own property or transact business.
I. The General Partner shall, from time to time, prepare and file all
amendments to this Agreement, the certificate of limited partnership of the
Partnership and other similar documents that are required by law to be filed
and recorded for any reason, in the office or offices that are required under
the laws of the State or any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership is
then qualified or formed. The General Partner shall do all other acts and
things (including making publications or periodic filings of this Agreement
or amendments thereto or other similar documents) that may now or hereafter
be required, or deemed by the General Partner to be necessary, (i) for the
perfection and continued maintenance of the Partnership as a limited
partnership under the laws of the State and each other state in which the
Partnership is then qualified or formed, (ii) to protect the limited
liability of the Limited Partners under the laws of the State and each other
state in which the Partnership is then qualified or formed, and (iii) to
cause such certificates or other documents to reflect accurately the
agreement of the Partners, the identity of the Limited Partners and the
General Partner and the amounts of their respective Capital Contributions as
may be required by such laws.
J. The General Partner shall monitor the activities of entities
invested in by the Partnership and keep the Limited Partners informed of such
activities in the manner provided in this Agreement.
K. The General Partner shall inform each Limited Partner of all
administrative and judicial proceedings for an adjustment at the Partnership
level for Partnership tax items and forward to each Limited Partner within 30
days of receipt all notices received from the Internal Revenue Service
regarding the commencement of a partnership level audit or a final
partnership administrative adjustment and will perform all other duties
imposed by Sections 6221 through 6232 of the Code on the General Partner as
"tax matters partner" of the Partnership, including (but not limited to) the
following: (a) the power to conduct all audits and other administrative
proceedings (including windfall profit tax audits) with respect to
Partnership tax items; (b) the power to extend the statute of limitations for
all Partners with respect to Partnership tax items; and (c) the power to file
a petition with an appropriate Federal court for review of a final
partnership administrative adjustment. The General Partner shall be the "tax
matters partner" of the Partnership.
Section 4.5 Compensation and Reimbursement of the General Partner
A. Except as provided in Article Five, the General Partner shall not
receive any salary, fees or Profits from the Partnership.
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B. The General Partner shall be entitled to reimbursement from the
Partnership for expenses it incurs up to an amount equal to 2% of the Limited
Partners' Capital Contributions in connection with the organization of the
Partnership and the offering of the Units and, commencing in 1994 and
annually in each calendar year thereafter, for expenses it incurs up to an
annual amount equal to 1.5% of the Limited Partners' Capital Contributions in
connection with the operation of the Partnership. Except as provided in this
Article Four and Article Eight, neither the General Partner nor its
Affiliates shall be reimbursed out of Partnership funds for expenses incurred
by them on behalf of the Partnership.
Section 4.6 Other Businesses of Partners
Subject to Section 4.4C, any Partner, and any Affiliate of any Partner
may engage in or possess any interest in other business ventures of any kind,
nature or description, independently or with others, for his, her or its own
account or for the account of others. Neither the Partnership nor any
Partner as a result of this Agreement shall have any rights or obligations in
or to such independent ventures or the income or profits or losses derived
therefrom.
Section 4.7 Indemnification
Neither the General Partner nor any of its officers, directors,
stockholders, employees, or agents shall be liable to the Partnership or the
Limited Partners for any act or omission based on errors of judgment, or
other fault in connection with the business or affairs of the Partnership so
long as the Person against whom liability is asserted acted in good faith on
behalf of the Partnership and in a manner reasonably believed by such Person
to be within the scope of its authority under this Agreement and in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, but only if such action or
failure to act does not constitute negligence or misconduct, and, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, such Person had no reasonable cause to
believe its conduct was unlawful. The General Partner and its officers,
directors, stockholders, employees, and agents will be indemnified by the
Partnership to the fullest extent permitted by law for any (a) fees
(including, without limitation, legal fees), costs and expenses incurred in
connection with or resulting from any claim, action or demand, or threatened
claim, action or demand, against the General Partner, the Partnership or any
of their officers, directors, stockholders, employees, or agents that arises
out of or in any way relates to the Partnership, its properties, business or
affairs and (b) losses or damages resulting from such claims, actions and
demands, or threatened claims, actions or demands, including amounts paid in
settlement or compromise (if recommended by attorneys for the Partnership) of
any such claim, action or demand or threatened claims, actions or demands;
provided, however, that this indemnification shall apply only so long as the
Person against whom a claim, action or demand is asserted or threatened to be
asserted has acted in good faith on behalf of the Partnership and in a manner
reasonably believed by such Person to be within the scope of his or its
authority under this Agreement and in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Partnership, but only if such action or failure to act does not
constitute negligence or misconduct. Absent a court determination that the
General Partner or officers or directors of the General Partner were not
liable on the merits or guilty of disabling conduct within the meaning of
Section 17(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the decision by the
Partnership to indemnify the General Partner or any such Person must be based
upon the reasonable determination of independent counsel, after review of the
facts, that such disabling conduct did not occur. The rights set forth above
shall continue as to the General Partner and its officers, directors,
stockholders, employees or agents who have ceased to serve in such capacities
and shall inure to the benefit of their heirs, successors, assigns and
administrators.
Section 4.8 Management by Limited Partners
No Limited Partner shall participate in the management or in the control
of the business of the Partnership or use his name in the Partnership's
business or perform any actions prohibited to limited partners under the laws
of the State or the laws of any other jurisdiction where the Partnership is
qualified or formed to conduct business.
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Limited Partners hereby consent to the exercise by the General Partner of the
powers conferred on it by this Agreement.
ARTICLE FIVE
Distributions of Partnership Funds;
Allocations of Profits and Losses
Section 5.1 Distributions of Partnership Funds
Distributable Cash of the Partnership shall be distributed at least
annually, within 30 days after the end of the Fiscal Year, and distributions
may be made at such other times as the General Partner deems advisable, and
each such distribution shall be made 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to
the General Partner. If the General Partner deems it advisable,
distributions of Partnership assets may be made in kind, in the same manner
and to the same Persons as Distributable Cash is then being distributed.
Cash distributions to Limited Partners will be credited to each Limited
Partner's securities account with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated or as otherwise instructed to the General Partner by a Limited
Partner.
Section 5.2 Allocations of Profits and Losses
A. The Profits and Losses of the Partnership shall be determined and
allocated with respect to each Fiscal Year of the Partnership as of the end
of, and within 75 days after the end of, such Fiscal Year.
B. Profits and Losses of the Partnership, other than arising from
Sales upon liquidation pursuant to Section 8.2, shall be allocated among and
credited to or charged against each Partner's Capital Account as follows:
(i) With respect to Losses, (a) 99% to the Limited Partners and 1%
to the General Partner until the Limited Partners' Capital Accounts
equal zero; (b) thereafter, 100% to the General Partner until the
General Partner's Capital Account equals zero; (c) thereafter, 99% to
the Limited Partners and 1% to the General Partner or 100% to the
General Partner, as appropriate, to the extent necessary to make the
Capital Account balances of the General Partner and Limited Partners
equal 1% and 99%, respectively, of the total of the Partners' Capital
Accounts; and (d) thereafter, 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the
General Partner; and
(ii) With respect to Profits, (a) 99% to the Limited Partners and
1% to the General Partner or 100% to the General Partner, as
appropriate, to the extent necessary to make the Capital Account
balances of the General Partner and the Limited Partners equal 1% and
99%, respectively, of the total of the Partners' Capital Accounts; and
(b) thereafter, 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the General
Partner.
C. For purposes of determining the Capital Account balance of any
Limited Partner as of the end of any Fiscal Year under this Section 5.2, any
such Partner's Capital Account shall be reduced by:
(i) Allocations of Loss (or any item thereof) as of the end of
such Fiscal Year, which reasonably are expected to be made to such
Partner pursuant to Code Sections 704, 706, and 752 and Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(ii) Distributions that, as of the end of such Fiscal Year,
reasonably are expected to be made to such Partner to the extent they
exceed offsetting increases to such Partner's Capital Account that
reasonably are expected to occur during (or prior to) the Partnership's
Fiscal Year in which such distributions reasonably are expected to be
made.
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D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if
a Partner receives an unexpected adjustment, allocation or distribution
described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6)
which creates or increases a deficit balance in the Partner's Capital
Account, items of income and gain shall be allocated to such Partner in an
amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the Partner's Capital Account
deficit as quickly as possible. If any allocations are made pursuant to the
previous sentence, then future allocations of income or gain to such Partner
will be reduced by an amount of income or gain equal to the amount previously
allocated to the Partner under the previous sentence.
E. If there is a net decrease in the Partnership's Minimum Gain (as
defined in Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code) during a
taxable year, each Partner with a deficit balance in his Capital Account at
the end of the taxable year will be allocated, before any other allocation of
Partnership items is made pursuant to this Agreement, items of income and
gain for the taxable year and, if necessary, subsequent taxable years, in the
amount necessary to eliminate such deficit as quickly as possible. For the
purpose of this Minimum Gain calculation and for purposes of the preceding
paragraph, there will be excluded from the Partner's deficit balance in his
Capital Account (i) any amount the Partner is obligated to restore to his
Capital Account and (ii) any addition to his Capital Account represented by
the Partner's share of Minimum Gain. In addition, for the purpose of
calculating the amount of Minimum Gain, each Partner's Capital Account will
be reduced for items described in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
Section 5.3 Determinations of Allocations and Distributions Among
Limited Partners
A. All Distributable Cash distributed to the Limited Partners, as a
class, and all Profits and Losses allocated to the Limited Partners, as a
class, shall be distributed or allocated, as the case may be, to each Limited
Partner in the ratio that the Capital Contribution of such Limited Partner
(or of his predecessor in interest) bears to the total Capital Contribution
of all Limited Partners.
B. All Profits and Losses allocated to the Limited Partners shall be
allocated to the Persons who were Limited Partners as of the last day of the
fiscal quarter for which the allocation is made. If during any Fiscal Year
of the Partnership there is a change in any Partner's Interest in the
Partnership, then allocation of Profits and Losses among the Partners shall
be determined by the use of any method prescribed by Section 706(d)(1) of the
Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. Allocations of
"allocable cash basis items" shall be determined in accordance with the
method prescribed by Section 706(d)(2) of the Code and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.
C. All Distributable Cash distributed to the Limited Partners shall be
distributed to the Persons who were Limited Partners as of the last day of
the fiscal quarter preceding the fiscal quarter in which the distribution is
made.
ARTICLE SIX
Transferability of the General
Partner's Interest
Section 6.1 Voluntary Withdrawal or Transfer by the General Partner
A. Except as provided in Section 6.2, the General Partner (including
by definition any successor or additional General Partner) may withdraw as
General Partner at any time, but only upon compliance with all of the
following procedures:
(i) The General Partner shall give Notification to all Limited
Partners that it proposes to withdraw and that there be substituted in
its place a Person designated and described in such Notification.
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(ii) Enclosed with the Notification shall be a certificate, duly
executed by or on behalf of such proposed successor General Partner, to
the effect that, (a) it is experienced in performing (or employs
sufficient personnel who are experienced in performing) functions of the
type then being performed by the resigning General Partner; (b) it has a
net worth of at least 10% of the Capital Contributions of the Partners
or will otherwise meet the net worth requirements of statutes, Treasury
Regulations, the Internal Revenue Service or the courts applicable to a
corporate general partner in a limited partnership in order to insure
that the Partnership will not fail to be classified for Federal income
tax purposes as a partnership rather than as an association taxable as a
corporation; and (c) it is willing to become the General Partner under
this Agreement without receiving any compensation for services from the
Partnership in excess of that payable under this Agreement to the
withdrawing General Partner or any interest in the Income or Profits of
the Partnership other than a transfer to the successor General Partner
of some or all of the withdrawing General Partner's Interest in the
Partnership, plus such other compensation as the successor General
Partner may receive from the withdrawing General Partner.
(iii) If the General Partner proposes to withdraw, there shall
be on file at the principal office of the Partnership, prior to such
withdrawal, audited financial statements of the proposed successor
General Partner, as of a date not earlier than 12 months prior to the
date of the Notification required by this Section 6.1A, certified by a
nationally recognized firm of independent auditors, together with a
certificate duly executed by the proposed successor General Partner, or
on its behalf by its principal financial officer, to the effect that no
material adverse change in its financial condition has occurred since
the date of such audited financial statements that has caused its net
worth, apart from the purchase price of its Interest in the Partnership,
to be reduced to less than the amount required under Section
6.1A(ii)(b). Such audited statements and certificates shall be
available for examination by any Limited Partner during normal business
hours.
(iv) The Consent of at least a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited
Partners approving the appointment of any successor General Partner
pursuant to this Section 6.1A is obtained.
(v) The withdrawing General Partner shall cooperate fully with the
successor General Partner so that the responsibilities of the withdrawn
General Partner may be transferred to the successor General Partner with
as little disruption of the Partnership's business and affairs as is
practicable.
B. Except as part of a transfer to a successor General Partner
pursuant to Section 6.1A, the General Partner shall not have the right to
withdraw or to transfer or assign its General Partner Interest, except that
the General Partner may (i) substitute in its stead as General Partner any
entity that has, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, acquired
substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the General Partner and
continued its business, (ii) substitute in its stead any other wholly-owned
subsidiary of its corporate parent, and (iii) pledge or grant an interest in
its right to receive payments and distributions under this Agreement, in
which event the General Partner shall continue to be the general partner of
the Partnership.
C. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.3, each Limited Partner
hereby Consents pursuant to Section 6.1A to the admission as a successor
General Partner of any Person meeting the requirements of Section 6.1A to
whose admission as such at least a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited
Partners has expressly approved, and no further express Consent or approval
shall be required.
D. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article Six, the
General Partner's Interest shall at all times be subject to any restrictions
on transfer imposed by Federal or state securities laws.
E. Any withdrawal of the General Partner, or transfer or assignment of
the General Partner's entire Interest shall occur immediately after the
admission of a successor General Partner.
Section 6.2 Admission of Successor General Partner
The admission of any successor General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1
shall be effective only if and after the following conditions are satisfied:
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(i) this Agreement and the certificate of limited partnership of
the Partnership shall be amended to reflect the admission of such Person
as successor General Partner prior to the withdrawal of the withdrawing
General Partner or the transfer of the withdrawing General Partner's
Interest, pursuant to Section 6.1;
(ii) the Interests of the Limited Partners shall not be affected by
the admission of such successor General Partner;
(iii) any Person designated as successor General Partner
pursuant to Section 6.1 shall have satisfied the requirements of Section
10.2; and
(iv) the withdrawing General Partner shall not have ceased to be
General Partner because of its Incapacity.
Any successor General Partner is hereby authorized to and shall continue
the business of the Partnership.
Section 6.3 Liability of a Withdrawn or Removed General Partner
Any General Partner who shall withdraw or be Removed from the
Partnership shall remain liable for any obligations and liabilities incurred
by it as General Partner prior to the time such withdrawal or Removal shall
have become effective, but it shall be free of any obligation or liability
incurred on account of the activities of the Partnership from and after the
time such withdrawal or Removal shall have become effective.
Section 6.4 Incapacity of the General Partner
In the event of the Incapacity of the General Partner, the Partnership
shall be dissolved.
Upon the Incapacity of the General Partner, the General Partner shall
immediately cease to be General Partner and its General Partner's Interest,
as such, shall continue only for the purpose of determining the amount, if
any, that it is entitled to receive upon dissolution pursuant to Section 8.2.
Any termination or Removal of a General Partner shall not affect any rights
or liabilities of the Incapacitated or Removed General Partner that matured
prior to such Incapacity or Removal.
Section 6.5 Removal of the General Partner
A. Upon the delivery by counsel for the Partnership or counsel
designated by 10% in Interest of the Limited Partners of an opinion to the
effect that the possession and exercise by a Majority-in-Interest of the
Limited Partners of the power to Remove the General Partner will not impair
the liability of the Limited Partners, then the power shall be vested in the
Limited Partners to Remove the General Partner upon the Consent of a
Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners, but the exercise of that power
shall be subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.3. The Removal of
any General Partner pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be without prejudice
to the rights, if any, the Limited Partners may have against the General
Partner for damages attributable to its negligence or misconduct or other
breach of duty.
B. Upon the delivery by counsel for the Partnership or counsel
designated by 10% in Interest of the Limited Partners of an opinion to the
effect that the possession and exercise by a Majority-in-Interest of the
Limited Partners of the power to designate a successor General Partner will
not impair the limited liability of the Limited Partners, then with the
Consent of a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners to the admission of
a general partner, the Limited Partners may, subject to the provisions of
Section 6.2, at any time designate one or more Persons to be successors to
the General Partner being Removed pursuant to Section 6.5. Any such Removal
shall occur immediately after the admission of the successor General Partner.
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C. Upon the Removal of the General Partner (and failure to designate a
successor General Partner) pursuant to Section 6.5A, the Partnership shall be
dissolved.
Section 6.6 Distributions on Withdrawal or Removal of the General
Partner
In the event the General Partner (i) exercises its right to withdraw
from the Partnership in accordance with Section 6.1A or (ii) is Removed
pursuant to Section 6.5, the withdrawing or Removed General Partner shall
have its then existing Capital Account (to the extent not acquired by any
successor) converted into a capital account of a Limited Partner.
ARTICLE SEVEN
Transferability of a Limited Partner's Interest
Section 7.1 Restrictions on Transfers of Interest
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 7.1, a sale,
exchange, transfer or assignment of a Limited Partner's Interest may not be
made if:
(i) such sale, exchange, transfer or assignment, when added to the
total of all other sales, exchanges, transfers or assignments of
Interests within the preceding 12 months, would result in the
Partnership being considered to have terminated within the meaning of
Section 708 of the Code;
(ii) such sale, exchange, transfer or assignment would violate any
U.S. securities laws, or any state securities or "blue sky" laws
(including any investor suitability standards) applicable to the
Partnership or the Interest to be sold, exchanged, transferred or
assigned;
(iii) such sale, exchange, transfer or assignment would cause
the Partnership to lose its status as a partnership for Federal income
tax purposes;
(iv) such sale, exchange, transfer or assignment would cause all or
any portion of the Partnership's property to be deemed "tax-exempt use
property" within the meaning of Section 168(j) of the Code; or
(v) such sale, exchange, transfer or assignment would cause the
Partnership to be classified as a publicly traded partnership within the
meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Code.
B. In no event shall all or any part of an Interest be assigned or
transferred to an Incapacitated Person except by operation of law.
C. Except as provided in Section 7.5B, no transfer or assignment by a
Limited Partner of all or any part of his Interest may be made to any Person
who (i) is not a Partner, (ii) is not a member of the immediate family of a
Limited Partner or (iii) does not meet the requirements to become an
Additional Limited Partner in accordance with the terms of the offering of
Units contained in the Prospectus and this Agreement, as modified by the last
sentence of this Section 7.1C; provided, however, no Limited Partner's
Interest or any fraction thereof may be sold, assigned or transferred without
the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be withheld in the sole
discretion of the General Partner. For purposes of this Section 7.1C, the
members of the immediate family of a Limited Partner consist of persons
within the meaning of such phrase as is used in the definition of "employees'
securities company" in the Investment Company Act of 1940, and include the
Partner's spouse and children, including stepchildren and adopted children.
With respect to the requirements referenced in clause (iii), the requirement
as to compensation from Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. shall be measured on the
basis of the current annual salary and the bonus with respect to the most
recently completed fiscal year.
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D. Subject to Section 7.1C, no purported sale, assignment or transfer
by a transferor of, or after which the transferor and each transferee would
hold, an Interest representing a Capital Contribution of less than $1,000
will be permitted or recognized for any purpose without the consent of the
General Partner, which consent shall be granted only for good cause shown.
E. No purported sale, assignment or transfer by a transferor of, or
after which the transferor and each transferee would hold, an Interest
representing a Capital Contribution of less than $1,000 will be permitted or
recognized for any purpose without the consent of the General Partner, which
consent shall be granted only for good cause shown, except for any sale,
assignment or transfer (i) that consists of the entire Interest of the
transferor or (ii) that occurs by operation of law.
F. Each Limited Partner agrees that he will, upon request of the
General Partner, execute such certificates or other documents and perform
such acts as the General Partner deems appropriate after an assignment of an
Interest by the Limited Partner to preserve the limited liability of the
Limited Partners under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Partnership
is doing business. For purposes of this Section 7.1F, any transfer of an
Interest, whether voluntary or by operation of law, shall be considered an
assignment.
G. Any sale, assignment or transfer of an Interest to a Person who
makes a market in securities shall be void ab initio unless such Person shall
certify to the General Partner that it has acquired such Interest solely for
investment purposes and not for the purpose of resale.
H. No purported sale, assignment or transfer by a transferor of an
Interest will be recognized unless (1) the transferor shall have represented
that such transfer (a) was effected through a broker-dealer or matching agent
whose procedures with respect to the transfer of Units have been approved by
the General Partner as not being incident to a public trading market and not
through any other broker-dealer or matching agent or (b) otherwise was not
effected through a broker-dealer or matching agent which makes a market in
Interests or which provides a readily available, regular and ongoing
opportunity to Limited Partners to sell or exchange their Interests through a
public means of obtaining or providing information of offers to buy, sell or
exchange Interests and (2) the General Partner determines that such sale,
assignment or transfer would not, by itself or together with any other sales,
transfers or assignments, likely result in, as determined by the General
Partner in its sole discretion, the Partnership's being classified as a
publicly traded partnership.
I. No purported sale, assignment or transfer of a Unit will be
recognized if, after giving effect to such sale, assignment or transfer, the
Partnership would not satisfy at least one of the safe harbors contained in
Internal Revenue Service Advance Notice 88-75 (the "Notice"). Without
limiting the foregoing, no purported sale, assignment or transfer of a Unit
will be recognized if such sale, assignment or transfer, together with all
other such transfers during the same taxable year of the Partnership would
result in both (i) the transfer of more than 5% of the Units (excluding the
"excludable transfers" described below); and (ii)(x) the transfer of more
than 2% of the Units (excluding excludable transfers and sales completed
through a matching service which meets the requirements of the Notice, part
II, section D) or (y) the transfer of more than 10% of the Units (excluding
excludable transfers). For purposes of the 5% and the 2% limitations
described in the preceding sentence, the following transfers ("excludable
transfers") will be disregarded: (i) transfers in which the basis of the Unit
in the hands of the transferee is determined, in whole or in part, by
reference to its basis in the hands of the transferor or is determined under
Section 732 of the Code; (ii) transfers at death; (iii) transfers between
members of a family (as defined in Section 267(c)(4) of the Code); (iv) the
issuance of Units by or on behalf of the Partnership in exchange of cash,
property or services; (v) distributions from a retirement plan qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code; and (vi) block transfers; and for purposes
of the 2% limitation, there shall be disregarded transfers through a matching
service subject to the 10% limitation described in the previous sentence.
For purposes of the above limitations, the percentage of Units transferred
during a taxable year shall equal the sum of the monthly percentage of Units
transferred. The monthly percentage of Units transferred in any month shall
be the percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the number of
Units transferred during such month and the denominator of which is the
number of Units outstanding on the last day of such month, provided that the
denominator shall not include Units owned by the General Partner or any
Person related to the General Partner (within the meaning of Section 267(b)
or 707(b)(1) of the Code). The term "block transfer" means the transfer by a
Partner in one or more transactions
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during any thirty calendar day period of Units representing in the aggregate
more than 5% of the total Interests in Partnership capital or profits.
J. Any purported assignment of an Interest which is not made in
compliance with this Agreement is hereby declared to be null and void and of
no force or effect whatsoever.
K. The General Partner may reasonably interpret, and is hereby
authorized to take such action as it deems necessary or desirable to effect,
the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.1. The General Partner may, in
its reasonable discretion, amend the provisions of this Section 7.1 in such
manner as may be necessary or desirable (or eliminate or amend such
provisions to the extent they are no longer necessary or desirable) to
preserve the tax status of the Partnership.
Section 7.2 Incapacity of Limited Partner
If a Limited Partner dies, his executor, administrator or trustee, or,
if he becomes an adjudicated incompetent, his committee, guardian or
conservator, or, if he becomes bankrupt, the trustee or receiver of his
estate, shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner for the purpose of
settling or managing the estate of such Limited Partner, and such power as
the Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to assign all or any part of the
Incapacitated Limited Partner's Interest and to join with such assignee in
satisfying conditions precedent to such assignee's becoming a Substituted
Limited Partner. In the event of death of a Limited Partner, but not in the
event of bankruptcy or adjudication of incompetence, the deceased Limited
Partner's Interest may be tendered to the General Partner within 30 days of
receipt of the next Appraisal pursuant to Section 7.5.
Section 7.3 Assignees
A. The Partnership shall not recognize for any purpose any purported
sale, assignment or transfer of all or any fraction of the Interest of a
Limited Partner unless the provisions of Section 7.1A shall have been
complied with and there shall have been filed with the Partnership a written
and dated Notification of such sale, assignment or transfer, in form
satisfactory to the General Partner, executed and acknowledged by both the
seller, assignor or transferor and the purchaser, assignee or transferee, and
such Notification (i) contains the acceptance by the purchaser, assignee or
transferee of all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, (ii)
represents that such sale, assignment or transfer was made in accordance with
all applicable laws and regulations and (iii) contains the purchaser's,
assignee's or transferee's power of attorney identical to that provided in
Section 12.1. Any sale, assignment or transfer shall be recognized by the
Partnership as effective as of the first day of the fiscal quarter following
the quarter in which such Notification is filed with the Partnership.
B. Any Limited Partner who shall assign all of his Interest shall
cease to be a Limited Partner as of the first day of the fiscal quarter
following the quarter in which such Notification is filed with the General
Partner.
C. A Person who is the assignee of all or any fraction of the Interest
of a Limited Partner, but does not become a Substituted Limited Partner and
desires to make a further assignment of such Interest, shall be subject to
all the provisions of this Article Seven to the same extent and in the same
manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of his Interest.
Section 7.4 Substituted Limited Partners
A. No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a purchaser,
assignee, transferee, donee, heir, legatee, distributee or other recipient of
all or any portion of such Limited Partner's Interest as a Limited Partner in
his place. Any such purchaser, assignee, transferee, donee, heir, legatee,
distributee or other recipient of an Interest shall be admitted to the
Partnership as a Substituted Limited Partner only with the consent of the
General Partner, which consent shall be granted or withheld in the sole and
absolute discretion of the General Partner and may be
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arbitrarily withheld, and, if necessary, by an amendment of this Agreement
executed by all necessary parties and filed or recorded in the proper records
of each jurisdiction in which such filing or recordation is necessary to
qualify the Partnership to conduct business or to preserve the limited
liability of the Limited Partners. The Limited Partners hereby consent to
the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner whose admission has been
consented to by the General Partner. Any such consent by the General Partner
and the Limited Partners may be evidenced, if necessary, by the execution by
the General Partner of an amendment to this Agreement on its behalf and on
behalf of all Limited Partners pursuant to Section 12.1 evidencing the
admission of such Person as a Limited Partner and the making of any filing
required by law. The admission of a Substituted Limited Partner shall be
recorded on the books and records of the Partnership.
B. No Person shall become a Substituted Limited Partner until such
Person shall have satisfied the requirements of Section 10.2; provided,
however, that for the purpose of allocating Profits, Losses and Distributable
Cash, a Person shall be treated as having become, and as appearing in the
books and records of the Partnership as, a Limited Partner on such date as
the sale, assignment or transfer to such Person was recognized by the
Partnership pursuant to Section 7.3A.
C. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Limited Partner shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership, the General Partner and every
Limited Partner who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party of
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of or arising
from any actual or alleged misrepresentation or misstatement of facts or
omission to state facts made (or omitted to be made) by such Limited Partner
in connection with any assignment, transfer, encumbrance or other disposition
of all or any part of an Interest, or the admission of a Substituted Limited
Partner to the Partnership, against expenses for which the Partnership or
such other Person has not otherwise been reimbursed (including attorneys'
fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding.
D. (1) Each Limited Partner represents and warrants that the
information set forth on his Subscription Agreement is a true and correct
statement of his total direct and indirect, within the meaning of Section 318
of the Code, holdings of stock of the General Partner or any of its
Affiliates, as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code. No Person shall be
accepted as a Limited Partner if the admission of such Person would cause the
Limited Partner to own, directly or indirectly, more than 20% of the
outstanding stock of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates as defined
in Section 1504(a) of the Code.
(2) Each Limited Partner further represents and warrants that the
following statements are true: (i) if such Limited Partner is an individual,
he is over 21 years of age; if such Limited Partner is a corporation, it is
authorized and otherwise duly qualified to hold an Interest in the
Partnership; (ii) he has thoroughly read the Prospectus and this Agreement
and understands the nature of the risks involved in the proposed investment;
(iii) he is experienced in investment and business matters; (iv) in the case
of an employee of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. or its subsidiaries he has a
current annual salary in an amount which, together with bonus received from
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. or its subsidiaries in respect of 1993, equals at
least $100,000 or, if employed for less than a full calendar year, is
employed with an annualized gross income from Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. or
its subsidiaries of at least $100,000 and the aggregate amount of Units he
will invest in will not exceed an amount that would result in the price of
such Units exceeding 15% of his cash compensation from Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Inc. or its subsidiaries with respect to the most recent calendar year on an
annualized basis unless he either (x) has a net worth, individually or
jointly with his spouse, in excess of $1,000,000 at the time of purchase of
the Units or (y) had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of
the two most recent calendar years or joint income with his spouse in excess
of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of
reaching the same income level in the current calendar year, or in the case
of non-employee directors of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., (a) has a net worth
(exclusive of homes, home furnishings, personal automobiles and the amount to
be invested in Units) of not less than $125,000 in excess of the price of the
Units for which such investor has subscribed, or (b) has a net worth
(exclusive of homes, home furnishings, personal automobiles and the amount to
be invested in Units) of not less than $100,000 in excess of the price of the
Units for which such investor has subscribed and expects to have during each
of the current and the next three taxable years, gross income from all
sources in excess of $100,000; (v) he recognizes that the Partnership is
newly organized and has no history of operations or earnings and is subject
to speculative risks; (vi) he understands that the transferability of his
Interest(s) in the Partnership is restricted pursuant to the
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provisions of this Agreement and that he cannot expect to be able to
liquidate his investment readily in case of emergency; and (vii) unless
otherwise indicated in his Subscription Agreement, he is the sole party in
interest in his Interest and, as such, is vested with all legal and equitable
rights in such Interests. Investors will be required to represent in writing
in the Subscription Agreement that they meet all applicable requirements and
satisfy any more restrictive suitability requirements imposed by applicable
Blue Sky laws.
Section 7.5 Acquisition of Certain Limited Partners' Interests by the
General Partner or the Partnership
A. The General Partner shall purchase from its own funds for its own
account, or cause to be purchased by the Partnership, from the Partnership's
funds for the Partnership's account, any Limited Partner's Interest tendered
to it pursuant to Section 7.2. The purchase price shall be the value of such
Interest determined at the next annual Valuation Date.
B. The Partnership may, but is not obliged to, purchase from the
Partnership's funds for the Partnership's account any Interest tendered to
the General Partner pursuant to Section 7.2 if such purchase is in the best
interests of the Partnership.
C. If the General Partner purchases any Interest pursuant to this
Section 7.5 for its own account and not for the account of the Partnership,
the General Partner shall be entitled to the rights of an assignee of such
Interest and be entitled to vote such Interest as if it were a Substituted
Limited Partner or be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner. The General
Partner may sell any Interest acquired by it under the provisions of this
Section 7.5 on such terms as are acceptable to it, and if the purchaser of
such Interests is not a Partner of this Partnership, he will be entitled to
be admitted to the Partnership as a Substituted Limited Partner with respect
to such Interest. The effective date of any such sale shall be the date on
which payment has been made by the purchaser of such Interest.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Dissolution, Liquidation and
Termination of the Partnership
Section 8.1 Events Causing Dissolution
A. Except as provided in Section 8.1(B), the Partnership shall be
dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the happening of any of the
following events:
(i) the expiration of its term;
(ii) the Incapacity of the General Partner;
(iii) the Removal of the General Partner and the failure to
designate a successor;
(iv) the Sale or other disposition at one time of all or
substantially all of the Partnership's assets;
(v) the election to dissolve the Partnership prior to January 1,
2000 by the General Partner with the Consent of a Majority-in-Interest
of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall be subject to Article
Eleven;
(vi) the election to dissolve the Partnership by the General
Partner at any time after January 1, 2000; or
(vii) the withdrawal of the General Partner without the designation
of a successor General Partner under Section 6.1.
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The occurrence of any event described in Sections 17-402(a)(4) or 17-
402(a)(5) of the Act (other than an event that would cause the Incapacity of
the General Partner) shall not cause the General Partner to cease to be a
General Partner of the Partnership or cause the Partnership to dissolve.
B. Upon the happening of an event described in Section 8.1(A)(ii),
(iii) or (vii), the Partnership shall not be dissolved if, at the time of the
occurrence of such event there is at least one other General Partner, or
within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such an event, all remaining
partners agree to continue the business of the Partnership and to the
appointment, effective as of the date of such event, of one or more successor
General Partners.
C. The Incapacity of any Limited Partner shall not dissolve the
Partnership and the seizure of the Interest of any Partner shall not dissolve
the Partnership. Dissolution of the Partnership shall be effective on the
day on which the event occurs giving rise to the dissolution, but the
Partnership shall not terminate until the Partnership's certificate of
limited partnership has been cancelled and the assets of the Partnership have
been distributed as provided in Section 8.2.
Section 8.2 Liquidation
A. Upon dissolution of the Partnership, its liabilities shall be paid
in the order provided herein. The General Partner shall cause Partnership
property to be sold in such manner as it, in its sole discretion, shall
determine in an effort to obtain the best price for such property. In order
for the Partnership to obtain a reasonable price for any Partnership
investments which are illiquid, the General Partner may, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, purchase from the Partnership any Partnership
investments upon which there are significant restrictions as to
transferability or for which a fair market price is not readily obtainable.
Payment of the fair market value of any such investment as established by the
annual Appraisal made in accordance with Section 9.4, adjusted for any
distributions or other significant events subsequent to the Valuation Date,
shall be deemed fair and reasonable and not a violation of any General
Partner's duty to the Partnership. Pending Sale of Partnership property, the
General Partner shall have the right to continue to operate and otherwise
deal with Partnership property. In the event that the General Partner has
been Removed and a successor General Partner has not been designated, the
Limited Partners shall elect, in accordance with the provisions of Article
Eleven, a Person to perform the functions of the General Partner in
liquidating the assets of the Partnership and in winding up its affairs.
B. Profits and Losses arising from Sales upon liquidation shall be
allocated as follows:
(i) Profits shall be allocated (a) first, to the Partners in
amounts equal to the negative balances, if any, in their respective
Capital Accounts, without giving effect to any cash distributions
arising from Sales at liquidation; (b) second, to the General Partner up
to the amount of the Capital Contributions of the General Partner made
to the Partnership during its term under Section 3.1B in excess of 1% of
the Limited Partners' Capital Contributions, but not to exceed the
amount of assets payable to the General Partner under Section 8.2C(ii);
and (c) third, all remaining Profits, 99% to the Limited Partners and 1%
to the General Partner.
(ii) Losses shall be allocated 99% to the Limited Partners and 1%
to the General Partner.
C. In settling accounts after dissolution, the assets of the
Partnership shall be paid out in the following order:
(i) first, to any creditors (including any creditor who is a
Partner), in the order of priority as provided by law or the
establishment of reasonable reserves for the payment of obligations to
creditors;
(ii) second, to each Partner in an amount equivalent to the
positive amount of his Capital Account on the date of distribution,
after giving effect to any allocation of Profits or Losses arising from
Sales on liquidation; and
(iii) third, the balance, 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the
General Partner.
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D. In the event that following the final dissolution under Section
8.2C, the General Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital Account
balance, the General Partner shall contribute cash to the Partnership
necessary to eliminate said deficit balance.
ARTICLE NINE
Books and Records; Accounting; Appraisal;
Tax Elections; Etc.
Section 9.1 Books and Records
The books and records of the Partnership, including information relating
to the sale by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates of securities,
property, goods or services to the Partnership, and a list of the name,
residence, business or mailing address and Interest of each Limited Partner,
shall be maintained by the General Partner at the office of the Partnership
or of the General Partner and shall, for any purpose, other than commercial
purposes, reasonably related to a Limited Partner's Interest as a limited
partner, be available for examination there by any Limited Partner or his
duly authorized representative at any and all reasonable times. Any Limited
Partner, or his duly authorized representatives, upon paying the costs of
collection, duplication and mailing, for any purpose reasonably related to a
Limited Partner's Interest as a limited partner, shall be entitled to a copy
of the list of name, residence, business or mailing address and Interest of
each Limited Partner. Such information shall be used for Partnership
purposes only. The Partnership may maintain such other books and records and
may provide such financial or other statements as the General Partner in its
discretion deems advisable.
Section 9.2 Accounting Basis for Tax and Reporting Purposes; Fiscal
Year
The books and records, and the financial statements and reports of the
Partnership, both for tax and financial reporting purposes, shall be kept on
an accrual basis. The Fiscal Year of the Partnership for both tax and
financial reporting purposes shall be the calendar year.
Section 9.3 Bank Accounts
The General Partner shall maintain the Partnership Account and
withdrawals shall be made only in the regular course of the Partnership
business on such signature or signatures as the General Partner may
determine. Temporary investments of the type permitted by Section 4.1A(ix)
are deemed activities in the ordinary course of Partnership business.
Section 9.4 Appraisal
Beginning December 31, 1994, and as of December 31, of each succeeding
year thereafter (the "Valuation Date"), the General Partner will make or have
made an appraisal of all of the assets of the Partnership as of the Valuation
Date (the "Appraisal"). The Appraisal of the Partnerships assets may be by
independent third parties appointed by the General Partner and deemed
qualified by the General Partner to render an opinion as to the value of
Partnership assets, using such methods and considering such information
relating to the investments, assets and liabilities of the Partnership as
such Persons may deem appropriate, but in the case of an event subsequent to
the Valuation Date materially affecting the value of any Partnership asset or
investment, the General Partner may revise the Appraisal as it, in its good
faith and sole discretion, deems appropriate. For purposes of the Appraisal
to be made on December 31, 1994, the General Partner may use the purchase
price of Partnership assets as the value of such assets.
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Section 9.5 Reports
Within 75 days after the end of each Fiscal Year or as soon as
practicable thereafter, the General Partner shall send to each Person who was
a Limited Partner at any time during the Fiscal Year then ended (i) a
statement (which shall be audited by the Auditors) showing the Distributable
Cash (or assets distributed in kind) distributed in respect of such year;
(ii) such tax information as shall be necessary for the preparation by such
Limited Partner of his Federal and state income tax returns; and (iii) a
report of the investment activities of the Partnership during such year.
Within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the General Partner shall
send to each Person who was a Limited Partner at any time during the Fiscal
Year then ended Partnership financial statements audited by the Auditors and
a copy of the Appraisal. Within 45 days after the end of each quarter of a
Fiscal Year the General Partner shall send to the Partnership a certificate
itemizing the Partnership expenses it has paid during such quarter. The
General Partner shall not be required to deliver or mail a copy of the
certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership or any amendment
thereof to the Limited Partners.
Section 9.6 Elections
The General Partner may cause the Partnership to make all elections
required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code and not
otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, in the manner that the
General Partner believes will be most advantageous to individual taxpayers
who (i) are married and filing joint Federal income tax returns, (ii) are not
"dealers" for Federal income tax purposes, and (iii) have income at least
part of which, without giving effect to any additional tax on preference
items, is subject to Federal income taxation at the then highest marginal tax
rate for persons set forth in (i).
ARTICLE TEN
Amendments
Section 10.1 Proposal and Adoption of Amendments Generally
A. Amendments to this Agreement to reflect the addition or substitution
of a Limited Partner, the admission of a successor General Partner or the
withdrawal of the General Partner, shall be made at the time and in the
manner referred to in Section 10.2. Any other amendment to this Agreement
may be proposed by the General Partner or by 10% in Interest of the Limited
Partners. The Partner or Partners proposing such amendment shall submit (a)
the text of such amendment, (b) a statement of the purpose of such amendment,
and (c) an opinion of counsel obtained by the Partner or Partners proposing
such amendment to the effect that such amendment is permitted by the Act and
the laws of any other jurisdiction where the Partnership is qualified to do
business, will not impair the liability of the Limited Partner and will not
adversely affect the classification of the Partnership as a partnership for
Federal income tax purposes. The General Partner shall, within 20 days after
receipt of any proposal under this Section 10.1A, give Notification to all
Partners of such proposed amendment, of such statement of purpose and of such
opinion of counsel, together, in the case of an amendment proposed by Limited
Partners, with the views, if any, of the General Partner with respect to such
proposed amendment.
B. Amendments of this Agreement shall be adopted if:
(i) in the case of amendments referred to in Sections 10.2A and
10.2B, the conditions specified in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 shall have been
satisfactorily completed;
(ii) in the case of amendments referred to in Section 10.2C, the
conditions specified in Section 7.4 shall have been satisfactorily
completed; or
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(iii) in the case of all amendments, subject to the provisions of
Section 11.3, such amendment shall have been Consented to by a
Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners; provided, however, that no
such amendment may:
(a) enlarge the obligations of any Partner under this Agreement or
convert the Interest of any Limited Partner into the Interest
of a General Partner or modify the liability of any Limited
Partner without the Consent of such Partner;
(b) modify the method provided in Article Five of determining,
allocating or distributing, as the case may be, Profits and
Losses and Distributable Cash without the Consent of each
Partner adversely affected by such modification;
(c) amend Sections 6.1 or 6.2 without the Consent of the General
Partner;
(d) amend Section 4.3C, this Article Ten or Section 11.3 without
the Consent of all the Partners; or
(e) allow additional contributions of capital by some or all of
the Limited Partners without the Consent of the General
Partner and a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners.
C. Upon the adoption of any amendment to this Agreement, the amendment
shall be executed by the General Partner and the Limited Partners and, if
required by the Act, an amendment to the certificate of limited partnership
of the Partnership shall be filed or recorded in the proper records of the
State and of each jurisdiction in which filing or recordation is necessary
for the Partnership to conduct business or to preserve the limited liability
of the Limited Partners. Each Limited Partner hereby irrevocably appoints
and constitutes the General Partner as his agent and attorney-in-fact to
execute, file, and record any and all such amendments including, without
limitation, amendments to admit Limited Partners and to increase or decrease
the amount of the contribution to the Partnership of any Partner. The power
of attorney given herewith is irrevocable, is coupled with an interest and
shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited
Partner granting it.
D. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
General Partner may, without prior notice or Consent of any Limited Partner,
amend any provision of this Agreement if, in its opinion, such amendment does
not have a material adverse effect upon the Limited Partners.
Section 10.2 Amendments on Admission or Withdrawal of Partners
A. If this Agreement shall be amended to reflect the admission of a
General Partner, the amendment to this Agreement and to the certificate of
limited partnership of the Partnership shall be adopted, executed and filed
as required by the Act and this Agreement.
B. If this Agreement shall be amended to reflect the withdrawal or
Removal of the General Partner and the continuation of the business of the
Partnership, the amendment to this Agreement and to the certificate of
limited partnership shall be adopted, executed and filed as required by the
Act and this Agreement.
C. No Person shall become a Partner unless such Person shall have
become a party to, and adopted all of the terms and conditions of, this
Agreement, and except for the Initial Limited Partner or an Additional
Limited Partner, paid any reasonable legal fees of the Partnership and the
General Partner and filing and publication costs in connection with such
Person's becoming a Partner elected to be so charged in the General Partner's
discretion.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
Consents, Voting and Meetings
Section 11.1 Method of Giving Consent
Any Consent required by this Agreement may be given as follows:
(i) by a written Consent given by the approving Partner at or
prior to the date set by the General Partner for the delivery of the
Consent, provided that such Consent shall not have been nullified by
either (a) Notification to the General Partner by the approving Partner
at or prior to the time of, or the negative vote by such approving
Partner at, any meeting held to consider the doing of such act or thing,
or (b) Notification to the General Partner by the approving Partner
prior to the date set by the General Partner for the delivery of the
Consent with respect to actions the doing of which is not subject to
approval at such meeting; or
(ii) by the affirmative vote by the approving Partner to the doing
of the act or thing for which the Consent is solicited at any meeting
called and held pursuant to Section 11.2 to consider the doing of such
act or thing.
Section 11.2 Meetings of Partners
The termination of the Partnership and any other matter requiring the
Consent of all or any of the Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement may
be considered at a meeting of the Partners held not less than 15 nor more
than 30 days after Notification thereof shall have been given by the General
Partner to all Partners. Such Notification (i) may be given by the General
Partner, in its discretion, at any time and (ii) shall be given by the
General Partner within 15 days after receipt by the General Partner of a
request for such a meeting made by 10% in Interest of the Limited Partners.
Such meeting shall be held within or outside the State at such reasonable
place as shall be specified by the General Partner if Notification of such
meeting is given pursuant to this Section 11.2.
Section 11.3 Limitations on Requirements for Consents
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4.3C, 6.1A(iv), 6.1C, 6.5A,
6.5B, 8.1(v) and 10.1B, as the case may be,
(i) the provision of Section 4.3C(i) requiring the Consent of a
Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners to the sale or other
disposition at any one time of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Partnership shall be void and the General Partner shall have
authority to sell or dispose at any one time all or substantially all of
the assets of the Partnership;
(ii) the provisions of Section 4.3C(ii) and 8.1(v) permitting the
General Partner to dissolve the Partnership prior to January 1, 2000
with the Consent of the Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners
shall be void and the General Partner shall have the authority to
dissolve the Partnership at any time without the Consent of the Limited
Partners;
(iii) the provisions of Section 4.3C(iii) through (ix) requiring the
Consent of a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners as to the
taking of certain actions by the General Partner shall be void and the
General Partner may take such actions on behalf of the Partnership if
not prohibited by the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(iv) the provisions of Sections 6.1A(iv) and 6.1C permitting the
giving of the Consent of the Limited Partners by the express Consent of
a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners shall be void;
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(v) the power granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.5A
and 6.5B to Remove the General Partner and designate a successor General
Partner upon the Consent of a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited
Partners may not be exercised; and
(vi) the provisions of Section 10.1B(iii) relating to the amendment
of this Agreement by or upon the Consent of a Majority-in-Interest of
the Limited Partners shall be void;
unless at the time of the giving or withholding of the Consent pursuant to
the provisions of Sections 4.3C, 6.1A(iv), 6.1C, 6.5A, 6.5B, 8.1(v) or 10.1B,
as the case may be, counsel for the Partnership or counsel designated by 10%
in Interest of the Limited Partners shall have delivered to the Partnership
an opinion to the effect that the giving or withholding of the Consent is
permitted by the Act, will not impair the liability of the Limited Partners
and will not adversely affect the classification of the Partnership as a
partnership for Federal income tax purposes.
Section 11.4 Submissions to Limited Partners
The General Partner shall give all the Limited Partners Notification of
any proposal or other matters required by any provisions of this Agreement or
by law to be submitted for the consideration and approval of the Limited
Partners. Such Notification shall include any information required by the
relevant provision of this Agreement or by law.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 12.1 Appointment of the General Partner as Attorney-in-Fact
A. Each Limited Partner, by his execution hereof, hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints the General Partner and each of its officers his
true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and full power and authority in his name, place and stead to make, execute,
sign, acknowledge, swear to, record and file, on behalf of him and on behalf
of the Partnership, such documents, instruments and conveyances that may be
necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions or purposes of this
Agreement, including, without limitation:
(i) this Agreement and the certificate of limited partnership of
the Partnership and all amendments to this Agreement and the certificate
of limited partnership of the Partnership required or permitted by law
or the provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, such
certificates, agreements and amendments thereto relating to the
admission to the Partnership of Partners and the increase or decrease of
the amount of the Capital Contributions of any Partner;
(ii) all certificates and other instruments deemed advisable by the
General Partner to carry out the provisions of this Agreement or to
permit the Partnership to become or to continue as a limited partnership
or partnership wherein the Limited Partners have limited liability in
any jurisdiction where the Partnership may be doing business;
(iii) all instruments that the General Partner deems appropriate to
reflect a change or modification of this Agreement, in accordance with
this Agreement, including, without limitation, the substitution of
assignees as Substituted Limited Partners pursuant to Sections 7.4 and
10.2C and, if required, the filing of certificates to effect the same;
(iv) all conveyances and other instruments or papers deemed
advisable by the General Partner to effect the dissolution and
termination of the Partnership, including a certificate of cancellation;
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(v) all fictitious or assumed name certificates required or
permitted to be filed on behalf of the Partnership;
(vi) all instruments or papers required by law to be filed in
connection with the issuance of limited partnership interests senior to
the Units;
(vii) all other instruments or papers which may be required or
permitted by law to be filed on behalf of the Partnership; and
(viii) all instruments and filings required by Section 6111 of the
Code ("Registration of Tax Shelters") and Section 6112 of the Code
relating to maintenance of lists of investors in tax shelters.
B. The foregoing power of attorney:
(i) is coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable, shall not
be affected by and shall survive the subsequent Incapacity of each
Limited Partner;
(ii) may be exercised by the General Partner either by signing
separately or jointly as attorney-in- fact for each or all Limited
Partner(s) or, with or without listing all of the Limited Partners
executing an instrument, by a single signature of the General Partner
acting as attorney-in-fact for all of them; and
(iii) shall survive the delivery of an assignment by a Limited
Partner of the whole of his Interest; except that, where the assignee of
the whole of such Limited Partner's Interests has been approved by the
General Partner for admission to the Partnership as a Substituted
Limited Partner, the power of attorney of the assignor shall survive the
delivery of such assignment for the sole purpose of enabling the General
Partner to execute, swear to, acknowledge and file any instrument
necessary or appropriate to effect such substitution.
C. Each Limited Partner shall execute and deliver to the General
Partner within five days after receipt of the General Partner's request
therefor such further designations, powers-of-attorney and other instruments
as the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the terms
of this Agreement.
Section 12.2 Notification to the Partnership or the General Partner
Any notification to the Partnership or the General Partner shall be sent
to the principal office of the Partnership.
Section 12.3 Binding Provisions
The covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, permitted
successors and assigns of the respective parties hereto.
Section 12.4 Applicable Law
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State.
Section 12.5 Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of which
together shall constitute one agreement binding on all parties hereto,
notwithstanding that not all the parties have signed the same counterpart
except that no counterpart shall be binding unless signed by the General
Partner. The General Partner may execute any document by facsimile signature
of a duly authorized officer.
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Section 12.6 Separability of Provisions
If for any reason any provisions hereof that are not material to the
purposes or business of the Partnership or the Limited Partners' Interests
are determined to be invalid and contrary to any existing or future law, such
invalidity shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this
Agreement that are valid.
Section 12.7 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
therein.
Section 12.8 Headings
The headings in this Agreement are for descriptive purposes only and
shall not control or alter the meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the
text.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the date first above written.
KECALP INC.
General Partner
By: ____________________________
Attest:
By: ______________________
Secretary
Withdrawing and Initial Limited
Partner
___________________________
James V. Caruso
LIMITED PARTNERS
All Limited Partners now and
hereafter admitted as limited
partners to the Partnership,
pursuant to Powers of Attorney
now and hereafter executed in
favor of, and delivered to, the
General Partner.
By: KECALP Inc.
By:_____________________________
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EXHIBIT B
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
KECALP Inc., General Partner of
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994
South Tower
World Financial Center
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10080-6123
Gentlemen:
By signing the Limited Partner Signature Page and Power of Attorney
attached hereto, the undersigned hereby applies for the purchase of the
number of limited partner interests (the "Units"), set forth below, in
Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1994, a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Partnership"), at a price of $1,000 per Unit (minimum purchase of five
Units), and authorizes Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to
debit his securities account in the amount set forth below for such Units.
The undersigned understands that such funds will be held by The Bank of New
York, as Escrow Agent, and will be returned promptly in the event that 5,000
Units of the 30,000 Units offered by the Prospectus are not subscribed for by
June 9, 1994, or such subsequent date, not later than July 7, 1994, as the
Partnership and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated may agree
upon. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the
Prospectus, as well as the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership (the "Partnership Agreement") of the Partnership attached to the
Prospectus as Exhibit A, and hereby specifically accepts and adopts each and
every provision of, and executes, the Partnership Agreement and agrees to be
bound thereby.
Arkansas Legend:
"THE UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO
A CLAIM OF EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 23-42-504(a)(9) OF THE ARKANSAS
SECURITIES ACT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND WITH THE ARKANSAS SECURITIES
DEPARTMENT, BUT THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE VALUE OF
THESE SECURITIES OR MADE ANY RECOMMENDATION AS TO THEIR PURCHASE,
AND NEITHER THE DEPARTMENT NOR THE COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR
DISAPPROVED THE OFFERING, OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY
OF THE PROSPECTUS, AND ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
UNLAWFUL".
California Legend:
"IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY,
OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR,
WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THE
COMMISSIONER'S RULES."
Any sale or transfer of the Units outside California not involving
California residents does not require the prior written consent of the
Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:
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1. The undersigned has carefully read the Prospectus and has relied
solely on the Prospectus and investigation made by the undersigned or his or
her representatives in making the decision to invest in the Partnership.
2. The undersigned is aware that investment in the Units involves
certain risk factors and has carefully read and considered the matters set
forth under the captions "Investment Objective and Policies", "Conflicts of
Interest", "Risk and Other Important Factors" and "Tax Aspects of Investment
in the Partnership" in the Prospectus.
3. The undersigned is 21 years of age or over, has adequate means of
providing for his or her current needs and personal contingencies and has no
need for liquidity in this investment.
4. The undersigned represents that he or she (i) in the case of an
employee of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("ML & Co.") or its subsidiaries,
receives a current annual salary which, together with bonus received from ML
& Co. or its subsidiaries in respect of 1993, equals at least $100,000; or,
if employed for less than a full calendar year, is employed with an
annualized gross income from ML & Co. or its subsidiaries of at least
$100,000 or (ii) in the case of a non-employee director of ML & Co., (a) has
a net worth (exclusive of homes, home furnishings, personal automobiles and
the amount to be invested in Units) of not less than $125,000 in excess of
the price of the Units for which such investor has subscribed, or (b) has a
net worth (exclusive of homes, home furnishings, personal automobiles and the
amount to be invested in Units) of not less than $100,000 in excess of the
price of the Units for which such investor has subscribed and expects to have
during each of the current and the next three taxable years, gross income
from all sources in excess of $100,000.
5. The undersigned represents that the amount of Units to be purchased
hereby (i) in the case of an employee of ML & Co. or its subsidiaries, does
not exceed an amount that would result in the price of such Units exceeding
either (a) 15% of the employee's cash compensation from ML & Co. or its
subsidiaries received in respect of 1993 on an annualized basis unless the
employee either (x) has a net worth, individually or jointly with the
employee's spouse, in excess of $1,000,000 at the time of purchase of the
Units, or (y) had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of 1992
and 1993 or joint income with the employee's spouse in excess of $300,000 in
each of those years and reached or has a reasonable expectation of reaching
the same income level in 1994 or (b) 75% of his compensation received in
respect of 1993 on an annualized basis, provided that the employee meets the
standards of (x) or (y) above; or (ii) in the case of a non-employee director
of ML & Co., does not exceed an amount equal to two times the director's fees
(including committee fees, but not including reimbursements of expenses)
received from ML & Co. during 1993.
6. The undersigned represents and warrants that the statements
contained in Section 7.4D of the Partnership Agreement are true insofar as
they relate to the undersigned:
The undersigned understands and recognizes that:
(a) The subscription may be accepted or rejected in whole or in
part by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, except
that, if this subscription is to be accepted in part only, it shall not
be reduced to an amount less than $5,000.
(b) No Federal or state agency has made any finding or
determination as to the fairness for public investment, nor any
recommendation or endorsement, of the Units.
(c) There are restrictions on the transferability of the Units,
there will be no public market for Units, and accordingly, it may not be
possible for the undersigned readily, if at all, to liquidate his or her
investment in the Partnership in case of an emergency.
(d) Prior to any contrary notification to the General Partner by
the undersigned, the undersigned hereby authorizes all cash
distributions to be made by the Partnership to the undersigned as a
Limited Partner to be credited to the undersigned's securities account
at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as specified in
the Signature Page and Power of Attorney attached hereto.
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The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that the undersigned is
not entitled to cancel, terminate or revoke this subscription or any
agreements of the undersigned hereunder and that such subscription and
agreements shall survive the disability of the undersigned.
This Subscription Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be governed
by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned executes and agrees to be bound by
this Subscription Agreement by executing the Limited Partner Signature Page
and Power of Attorney attached hereto on the date therein indicated.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PURCHASERS OF UNITS
Any person desiring to subscribe for Units should carefully read and
review the Prospectus and, if he or she desires to subscribe for Units in the
Partnership, complete the following steps:
1. Complete, date and execute the Limited Partner Signature Page and
Power of Attorney (sent with Prospectus, on green paper).
2. Use the sample that follows, to assist you in the accurate
completion of the Signature Page.
3. Indicate in the four boxes provided the number of Units you would
like to purchase (minimum 5 Units). If this amount is in excess of 250
Units, your subscription will be entered initially for 250 Units and, if the
offering is not fully subscribed at the offering termination date, you will
receive as many of the Units you have requested as are available on a pro
rata basis based on the amount of Units available subject to the limitations
described in the Prospectus.
4. Direct Investment Services will, upon receipt of the acceptance of
your subscription, enter and execute an order. An execution wire will be
generated to your branch office and a trade confirmation will be made to you.
Settlement date will be five (5) business days following execution.
Your MLPF&S Securities Account will be debited in the amount of $1,000
for each Unit that you purchase.
5. Cancellations and quantity reductions are difficult to handle after
an investor has been accepted and the funds placed in escrow. Nonetheless,
if you wish to cancel, contact Andrew Kaufman at (212) 236-7302.
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MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
LIMITED PARTNER SIGNATURE PAGE AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, desiring to become a Limited Partner of Merrill Lynch
KECALP L.P. 1994 (the "Partnership"), pursuant to Section 3.3 or 7.4 of the
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the "Partnership
Agreement"), a form of which is included as Exhibit A to the Prospectus of
the Partnership dated April 15, 1994 (the "Prospectus"), hereby executes, and
agrees to all of the terms of, the Partnership Agreement of the Partnership
and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof. The undersigned
further, by executing this Limited Partner Signature Page and Power of
Attorney, hereby executes, adopts and agrees to all terms, conditions and
representations of the Subscription Agreement included as Exhibit B to the
Prospectus. The undersigned further irrevocably constitutes and appoints
KECALP Inc., the General Partner of the Partnership, and its successors and
assigns with full power of substitution, the true and lawful attorney for the
undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to make,
execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, deliver, record and file any documents
or instruments which may be considered necessary or desirable by the General
Partner to carry out fully the provisions of the Partnership Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Partnership Agreement, the certificate of
limited partnership of the Partnership and any amendment or amendments
thereto, including, without limitation, amendments thereof for the purpose of
increasing or decreasing the capital contribution of any partner and adding
and deleting the undersigned and others as the partners in the Partnership,
as contemplated by the Partnership Agreement (which amendment(s) the
undersigned hereby joins in and executes, hereby authorizing his Limited
Partner Signature Page and Power of Attorney to be attached, if required, to
any such amendment) and of otherwise amending the Partnership Agreement from
time to time, or cancelling the same. The power of attorney hereby granted
shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable and
survive and not be affected by the subsequent death, disability, incapacity
or insolvency of the undersigned or any delivery by the undersigned of an
assignment of the whole or any portion of the interest of the undersigned.
The place of residence of the undersigned is as shown below.
ALL INFORMATION MUST BE COMPLETED
Signature of Limited Partner:
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# of Units applied for (whole Units only) / // // // / x $1,000. = Dollar
Amount to be debited from account listed below / // // // // // // /
Does purchase price of Units applied for exceed 15% of your Merrill Lynch
compensation in respect of 1993? Yes / / No / /
If so, do you satisfy either of the exceptions specified under "Maximum
Purchase by Qualified Investors" on page 39 of the Prospectus?
Yes / / No / /
Limited Partner Name: / // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // //
Last Name
/ // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // / / /
First Name MI
Social Security ML Account ML Employee
Number Number Number
/ // // /-/ // /-/ // // // / / // // /-/ // // // // / / // // // // /
Mailing Address: (As it is to appear on Envelopes)
Name: / // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // /
Street: / // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // //
Address: / // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // /
City: / // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // /
State: / // / Zip Code: / // // // // /-/ // // // /
Residence State if different from above: / // /
Home Office
Telephone: / // // /-/ // // /-/ // // // / Telephone:
/ // // /-/ // // /-/ // // // /
Fax: / // // /-/ // // /-/ // // // /
Are you an active Financial Consultant: Yes / / No / /
If yes, Branch Office # / // // / and F.C. # / // // // // /
U.S. Citizen? Yes / / No / / If No, What Country or State are you a
Citizen of?
/ // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // /
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OFFICE Date Date Accepted Control Additional
USE ONLY Received Settled Number Order
/ // // // // / / // // // // / / // // // // / / // // // // / / /
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
30,000 UNITS OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Page INTEREST
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Investor Suitability Standards 2
Summary of the Offering 3
Partnership Expenses 6
Conflicts of Interest 6
Fiduciary Responsibility of the
General Partner 7
Risk and Other Important MERRILL LYNCH
Factors 8 KECALP L.P.
Compensation and Fees 12 1994
The Partnership 12
The General Partner and Its
Affiliates 14
Investment Objective and
Policies 22
Tax Aspects of Investment in the
Partnership 26
Summary of the Partnership
Agreement 40
Offering and Sale of Units 42
Transferability of Units 44
Reports 46
Experts 47
Legal Matters 47
Exemptions from the Investment
Company Act of 1940 47 APRIL 15, 1994
Additional Information 48
Index to Financial Statements 50
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
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