Common use of Approved Transfers Clause in Contracts

Approved Transfers. (a) Anything in Section 10.01 to the contrary notwithstanding, the General Partner may, without the consent of the other Partner, undergo a Transfer, in whole but not in part: [The confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has been separately filed with the Commission.] (b) Anything in Section 10.01 to the contrary notwithstanding, NYSCRF may, without the consent of the other Partner [The confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has been separately filed with the Commission.] (c) Upon any Transfer undertaken in accordance with Section 10.02, the transferring Partner shall promptly deliver to the non-transferring Partner (i) an assignment and assumption agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the non-transferring Partner, whereby the transferring Partner assigns, and the transferee accepts and assumes, all of the transferring Partner’s rights, obligations and liabilities hereunder, and (ii) the other instruments contemplated by Sections 10.04(b)-(f); provided the requirements of Section 10.04(a) shall not apply to any such Transfer. Upon the delivery to the non-transferring Partner of the instruments referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) above, if the transfer results in a new Partner (as opposed to the acquisitions of interests in the existing Partner), the transferring Partner shall withdraw from the Company in accordance with Section 10.03 and be released from all liability hereunder, and the transferee shall be deemed admitted as a Partner pursuant to Section 10.04 and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the transferring Partner under this Agreement. (d) Anything in this Section 10.02, or otherwise in this Agreement, to the contrary notwithstanding, no Transfer or assignment of a Partnership Interest shall be made (i) if such Transfer is effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market” (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or such Transfer causes the Company to be taxed as a “publicly traded partnership” as such term is defined in Sections 469(k)(2) or 7704(b) of the Code; or (ii) if such Transfer, in the opinion of counsel selected by the General Partner and reasonably acceptable to NYSCRF, would not allow Liberty Property Trust to continue to be taxed as a REIT under the Code or would subject Liberty Property Trust to any material taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code..