SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV REIT, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement Dated as of February 25, 2022 SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV REIT, LLC
Exhibit 3.3
SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV REIT, LLC
Limited Liability Company Agreement Dated as of February 25, 2022
SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV REIT, LLC
Limited Liability Company Agreement Table of Contents
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Recitals and Definitions |
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1.1 |
Recitals |
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1.2 |
Definitions |
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Name and Purpose |
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2.1 |
Organization |
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2.2 |
Name |
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2.3 |
Purpose |
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2.4 |
Principal Business Office; Registered Office and Registered Agent |
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2.5 |
Qualification in Other Jurisdictions |
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2.6 |
Powers |
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Management |
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3.1 |
Management by Board of Managers |
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3.2 |
Composition and Selection of the Board of Managers |
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3.3 |
Action by the Board of Managers |
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3.4 |
Resignation of a Manager |
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3.5 |
Reliance by Third Parties |
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3.6 |
Authority of Shareholders |
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3.7 |
Tax Status; Qualification as REIT |
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Shares of Beneficial Interest |
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4.1 |
Number and Classes of Shares |
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4.2 |
Equality |
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4.3 |
Fractional Shares |
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4.4 |
No Preemptive or Appraisal Rights |
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4.5 |
Records of Shares |
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4.6 |
Authorization of Common Shares and Preferred Shares |
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4.7 |
Transferability |
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4.8 |
Record Holders |
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4.9 |
Addresses of Shareholders |
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Common Shares |
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5.1 |
Voting Rights |
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5.2 |
Distributions |
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5.3 |
Liquidation |
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5.4 |
Initial Issuance of Common Shares; Additional Capital Contributions |
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Preferred Shares |
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6.1 |
Future Issuance of Preferred Shares |
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Shareholders’ Voting Powers and Meetings |
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Voting Powers |
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Meetings |
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Record Dates |
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Quorum and Required Vote |
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Action by Written Consent |
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Classes |
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Restrictions on Transfer and Ownership |
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8.1 |
Relevant Definitions |
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8.2 |
Restrictions on Ownership and Transfers |
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8.3 |
Shares Held in the Charitable Trust |
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8.4 |
Remedies for Breach |
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8.5 |
Notice of Restricted Transfer |
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8.6 |
Owners Required To Provide Information |
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Interpretation |
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8.8 |
Remedies Not Limited |
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Legend |
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8.10 |
Enforcement |
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8.11 |
Non-Waiver |
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Admission |
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8.13 |
Waivers |
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Ownership Limitations in Upstream Entity |
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Limitation of Liability and Indemnification |
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Limited Liability |
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9.2 |
Exculpation |
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9.3 |
Indemnification |
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9.4 |
Payment of Indemnification Expenses |
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9.5 |
Insurance |
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Amendments |
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Miscellaneous |
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10.1 |
Non Recognition of Certain Transfers |
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10.2 |
Withdrawal |
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10.3 |
Dissolution |
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10.4 |
Amendment |
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10.5 |
Term |
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10.6 |
Information Rights |
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10.7 |
Confidentiality |
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10.8 |
Other Activities of Shareholders |
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Applicable Law |
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Notices and Reports |
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Severability |
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Entire Agreement |
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Conflicts |
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Waiver of Partition |
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Successors and Assigns |
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Further Actions |
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Titles |
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Counterparts |
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SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV REIT, LLC
Limited Liability Company Agreement
“Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 (page 1).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, and with respect to the initial Manager (as designated in Section 3.2), its members, officers and employees and their immediate family members. The term “control” (or any variation thereof) includes, without limitation, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 (page 1).
“Board of Managers” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 (page 3).
“Breach of Standard of Conduct” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2 (page 18).
“Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 (page 2).
“Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.A (page 8).
“Class” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 (page 6).
“Code” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.K (page 4).
“Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 (page 1).
“Common Shareholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4 (page 3).
“Common Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6 (page 7).
“Entity” means any corporation, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity.
“ERISA” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7 (page 7).
“Exculpated Party” means each member of the Board of Managers and their Affiliates;
each of the current and former partners, members, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, and managers of members of the Board of Managers and each of their Affiliates; and any other Person designated by the Board of Managers or Company as an Exculpated Party who serves at the request of the Board of Managers on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries and whose status as an “Exculpated Party” would not otherwise be inconsistent with the Fund Agreement.
“Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 (page 1).
“Fund Agreement” means the limited partnership agreement of the Fund, as it may be amended or restated from time to time.
“Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 (page 5).
“Member” means any member of the Fund.
“Person” means a natural person or any Entity.
“Preferred Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6 (page 7).
“REIT” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.K (page 4).
“REIT Election Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7 (page 6).
“Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 (page 6).
“Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 (page 6).
finance, and sell real estate and real estate-related assets, and to conduct such other business as authorized by the Board of Managers, consistent with the Fund Agreement.
4.7 and Article 8, in any subscription agreement or in any other agreement between the Company and the Shareholders related to the transferability of Shares, the Shares shall be freely transferable. The Board of Managers may impose such restrictions on the transfer of the Shares as it may determine to be appropriate in order to (i) permit the Company to be exempt from registration as an “investment company” pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) avoid causing the assets of the Company to be “plan assets” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto (“ERISA”), and regulations promulgated thereunder, including those in 29 C.F.R. Part 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, (iii) avoid causing the Company to violate (or fail to qualify from any exemption with respect to) any applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws, or (iv) avoid causing the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT. Shares shall be transferable or assignable only on the books and records of the Company by the holder in person or by attorney upon surrender to the Company or its transfer agent or registrar of the certificate, if any, theretofore properly endorsed, or, if sought to be transferred by attorney, accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, with transfer stamps (if necessary) affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signatures as the Company or its transfer agent or registrar may reasonably require.
ninety (90) days prior to the date of any meeting of Shareholders or other action as the date and time of record for the determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof or to be treated as Shareholders of record for purposes of such other action, and any Shareholder who was a Shareholder at the date and time so fixed shall be entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof or to be treated as a Shareholder of record for purposes of such other action, even though he or she has since that date and time disposed of his Shares, and no Shareholder becoming such after that date and time shall be so entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof or to be treated as a Shareholder of record for purposes of such other action.
“Beneficial Ownership” means ownership of Shares by a Person, whether the interest in Shares is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned for purposes of Code Section 542(a)(2), taking into account the constructive ownership rules of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) and Section
856(h)(3) of the Code, except that in determining the number of Shares Beneficially Owned by a Person, no Share shall be counted more than once. Whenever a Person Beneficially Owns Shares that are not actually outstanding (e.g., Shares issuable upon the exercise of an option or the conversion of a convertible security) (“Option Shares”), then, whenever this Agreement requires a determination of the percentage of outstanding shares of a class of Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person, the Option Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person shall also be deemed to be outstanding. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns,” and “Beneficially Owned” have correlative meanings.
“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, are authorized or required by law, regulation, or executive order to close.
“Charitable Beneficiary” means, with respect to any Charitable Trust, one or more beneficiaries of the Charitable Trust, as determined pursuant to Section 8.3.E.
“Charitable Trust” means any trust provided for in Section 8.2.C.
“Charitable Trustee” means one of the trustees designated by the Board of Managers, until such time as the Charitable Trustee resigns or the Board of Managers designates another Person that is a “United States Person” within the meaning of Code Section 7701(a)(30) and that is unaffiliated with either the Company or a Prohibited Owner (and, if different than the Prohibited Owner, the Person who would have had Beneficial Ownership of the interests that would have been owned of record by the Prohibited Owner), to serve as trustee of the Charitable Trust.
“Constructive Ownership” means ownership of Shares by a Person, whether the interest in Shares is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns,” and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.
“Domestically Controlled REIT” means a REIT that is a domestically controlled qualified investment entity within the meaning of Section 897(h)(4)(B) of the Code.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. “Individual” means a) an “individual” within the meaning of Section 542(a)(2) of the
Code, as modified by Section 544 of the Code, and b) any beneficiary of a “qualified trust” (as defined in Section 856(h)(3)(E) of the Code) which qualified trust is eligible for look-through treatment under Section 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code for purposes of determining whether a REIT is closely held under Section 856(a)(6) of the Code, in which case the qualified trust shall not be treated as an Individual.
“Market Price” on any date means, with respect to any class or series of outstanding Shares, the fair market value of Shares, as determined by the Board of Managers.
“Non-Transfer Event” means any event or other change in circumstances other than a purported Transfer, including, without limitation, any change in the value of any Shares.
“One Hundred Shareholders Date” shall mean the first date upon which the Shares are beneficially owned by 100 or more Persons within the meaning of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code
without regard to Section 856(h)(2) of the Code.
“Pension-Held REIT” means a pension-held REIT as defined in Section 856(h)(3)(D) of the Code.
“Person” means an Individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company, or other entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Prohibited Owner” means, with respect to any purported Transfer, any Person who, but for the provisions of Section 8.2.C, would Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in violation of Section 8.2.A or Section 8.2.B, and if appropriate in the context, shall also mean any Person who would have been the record owner of Shares that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.
“Restriction Termination Date” means the first day on which the Board of Managers determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions and limitations on Beneficial Ownership, Constructive Ownership, and Transfers of Shares set forth herein is no longer required in order for the Company to qualify as a REIT.
“Similar Law” means any federal, state, local, non-U.S., or other law or regulation that could cause the underlying assets of the Company to be treated as assets of a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner by virtue of its interest in any Shares and thereby subject the Company and the Board of Managers (or other Persons responsible for the investment and operation of the Company’s assets) to laws or regulations that are similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions contained in Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
“Transfer” means any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise, or other disposition, as well as any other event that causes any Person to acquire, or change its level of, Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership, or any agreement to take any such actions or cause any such events, of Shares or the right to vote or receive dividends on Shares, including
(a) the granting or exercise of any option (or any disposition of any option), (b) any disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Shares or any interest in Shares or any exercise of any such conversion or exchange right, and (c) Transfers of interests in other entities that result in changes in Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares; in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferring” and “Transferred” have the correlative meanings.
Company from such tenant would cause the Company to fail to satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code); ii) unless otherwise determined by the Board of Managers, becoming classified as a Pension-Held REIT, iii) unless otherwise determined by the Board of Managers, failing to be a Domestically Controlled REIT; or iv) cause a. all or any portion of the assets of the Company to i. constitute “plan assets” (for purposes of Title I ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or under any applicable Similar Law) of any Person or ii. be subject to the provisions of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or any applicable Similar Law or b. the Board of Managers (or any other Person responsible for the investment or operation of the Company’s assets) to become a fiduciary with respect to any Person pursuant to ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, any applicable Similar Law, or otherwise.
in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Charitable Trust or, if such price per share was less than the Market Price of the Shares on the date of such transaction, the Market Price of the Shares on the date of such transaction and ii) the Market Price on the date the Company, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Company shall have the right to accept such offer until the Charitable Trustee has sold the Shares held in the Charitable Trust pursuant to Section 8.3.C. Upon such a sale to the Company, the interest of the
Charitable Beneficiary in the Shares sold shall terminate and the Charitable Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner. The Charitable Trustee may reduce the amount so distributed to the Prohibited Owner by the amount of any distributions which has been paid to the Prohibited Owner and is owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Charitable Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3.B.
liability of the Company or of any Shareholder, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of such status.
Act.
The Shareholders shall not have the right to dissolve the Company without the consent of the Board of Managers. Dissolution of the Company shall be effective on the day on which the event occurs giving rise to the dissolution, but the Company shall not terminate until the assets of the Company have been distributed as provided herein and a certificate of cancellation of the Company has been filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
investments. The Shareholders and their respective Affiliates shall not be obligated to present to the Company or each other any particular investment opportunity, regardless of whether such opportunity was presented to the Company or any of them, and the Shareholders or their Affiliates shall have the right to take for their own accounts, or to recommend to others, any such investment opportunity.
irrevocably waives any and all rights that it may have to maintain an action for partition of any of the Company property.
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This Agreement of the Company is hereby executed by the undersigned parties as of the date first stated above.
Common Shareholder:
Sealy Industrial Partners IV, LP, a Georgia limited partnership
By: Sealy Industrial Partners IV GP, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company
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Signature Page to Sealy Industrial Partners IV REIT, LLC
Limited Liability Company Agreement
