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Exhibit 10.30
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of November 21, 1994 ("Agreement"),
among the Trustees of the Estate of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, a private educational
charitable trust organized under the laws of the State of Hawaii ("KS/BE"),
Pauahi Holdings Corporation, a Hawaii corporation ("Knight's Parent"), and Royal
Hawaiian Shopping Center, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Hawaii
and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of KS/BE ("Knight"), on the one hand,
and The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Partnership"), on the other hand.
The parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement which are defined in the
Knight Partnership Provisions referred to in Section 2 below have the respective
meanings set forth in such Knight Partnership Provisions.
For purposes of this Agreement, "subsidiary" includes any
partnership the controlling general partner of which is the Partnership or any
subsidiary thereof or the general partners of the Partnership (including a
subsidiary by virtue of this definition).
2. Subscription and Sale.
Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth
in Sections 4 and 5 below, KS/BE, Knight's Parent, Knight and the Partnership
agree as follows: on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3(a) below), Knight
shall purchase from the Partnership for a purchase price (the "Purchase Price")
of Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars (U.S. $250,000,000) a Part P limited
partnership interest in the Partnership with Part P Actual
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Capital equal to $250 million, such limited partnership interest (the
"Partnership Interest") to have the terms and conditions set forth in Article
VII to the Memorandum of Agreement referred to in Section 3(b) below (such terms
and conditions being referred to herein as the "Knight Partnership Provisions"),
and the Partnership shall sell the Partnership Interest to Knight. The
Partnership Interest is subject to adjustment following the Closing Date as set
forth in the Knight Partnership Provisions.
3. Closing and Closing Date.
(a) The consummation of the purchase and sale of the Partnership
Interest shall be effective as of the date hereof (the "Closing"). The date for
execution and delivery of the agreements or other instruments referred to in
this Section 3 (unless previously executed and delivered) and for delivery of
the Purchase Price (the "Closing Date") will occur on November 21, 1994 or on
such other date thereafter as may be contemplated by Section 11 hereof as the
Partnership shall elect upon not less than two business days' prior notice,
given orally or in writing, to KS/BE (unless KS/BE consents, orally or in
writing, to waiver of or shorter notice).
(b) Knight shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, execute and
deliver a Memorandum of Agreement of the Partnership, including Article VII,
amended and restated as of November 27, 1992, as further amended through
November 26, 1993 and as further amended and effective as of the Closing (the
"Memorandum of Agreement").
(c) On the Closing Date, Knight shall deliver the Purchase Price in
immediately available funds to the Partnership by wire transfer to an account in
New York City designated by the Partnership.
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(d) On the Closing Date, each of KS/BE and Knight's Parent shall
execute and deliver to the Partnership the irrevocable proxy provided for in
Section 10(c) hereof. On the Closing Date, Knight shall execute and deliver to
the Partnership its irrevocable proxy/power-of-attorney and proxy provided for
in Sections 9(c) and 10(c) hereof, respectively.
(e) On the Closing Date, the Partnership and Knight shall execute
and deliver Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment to the Registration Rights
Agreement") to the Registration Rights Agreement appearing as Annex 5 hereto (as
so amended, the "Registration Rights Agreement").
4. Conditions to Knight's Obligations.
Knight's obligation to purchase the Partnership Interest is subject
to, in its discretion, the satisfaction in all material respects of the
condition that the Partnership shall have performed on or prior to the Closing
Date all its obligations hereunder to be performed on or prior to the Closing
Date, and the satisfaction in all material respects as of the Closing Date of
the following additional conditions:
(i) any inaccuracy as of the Closing Date in the Partnership's
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 6(d) and 6(e) hereof
would not have or result in a material adverse impact on the business or
financial condition of KS/BE and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and
would not adversely affect the Partnership Interest;
(ii) since the date of this Agreement to and including the Closing
Date, the consummation of such transactions shall not have become
prohibited under the laws of the United States to which KS/BE or its
subsidiaries are subject; and
(iii) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel to the Partnership, shall have
delivered their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, to KS/BE,
Knight's Parent and Knight to the effect set forth in Annex 1 hereto.
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5. Conditions to the Partnership's Obligation.
The Partnership's obligation to sell the Partnership Interest is
subject to, in the Partnership's discretion, the satisfaction in all material
respects as of the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(i) any inaccuracy as of the Closing Date in the representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) hereof would not have or
result in the imposition of limitations or restrictions on the business or
operations of the Partnership or its subsidiaries which are unacceptable
to the Partnership and would not adversely affect the Partnership Interest
(from the Partnership's viewpoint);
(ii) since the date of this Agreement to and including the Closing
Date, the consummation of such transactions shall not have become
prohibited under the laws of the United States to which the Partnership
is subject; and
(iii) Xxxxxx X.X. Xxxx, Esq., counsel to KS/BE, Knight's Parent and
Knight, shall have delivered his written opinion, dated the Closing Date,
to the Partnership to the effect of Annex 2 hereto.
6. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Partnership.
The Partnership represents, warrants and agrees as of the date
hereof that:
(a) Good Standing. The Partnership is a partnership formed and
validly existing under the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the State
of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority under such law to own its
property and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co. is a partnership formed and validly existing under the Partnership Law of
the State of New York and has all requisite power and authority under such law
to own its property and to carry on its business as now being conducted.
(b) Qualification. With such exceptions as do not in the aggregate
materially adversely affect their respective businesses, the Partnership and
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. have all permits, licenses and approvals necessary to
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carry on their respective businesses as presently conducted as required by law
or the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. and each other association, corporation or
governmental agency having appropriate authority.
(c) Stock Exchange Membership, etc. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. is a member
organization in good standing of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(d) Regulatory Approvals. No filings, notifications, consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders are required to be made with or secured from
governmental or regulatory or judicial authorities by the Partnership (or any
subsidiary thereof) in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by
Section 2 hereof.
(e) Power and Authority. The Partnership has full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and the Amendment to the Registration
Rights Agreement, to sell the Partnership Interest and to perform the other
obligations provided for herein and in the Amendment to the Registration Rights
Agreement, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary
action.
(f) Binding Agreements. This Agreement constitutes, and when
executed and delivered in accordance herewith the Amendment to the Registration
Rights Agreement will constitute, a valid and binding agreement of the
Partnership. When executed and delivered by Knight, the Memorandum of Agreement
will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the other partners continuing
as partners of the Partnership as of the Closing.
(g) Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or, so far as the Partnership knows,
threatened before any court, arbitrator or governmental or administrative
authority, instrumentality or agency which, in any one case or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business,
operations, properties, assets, or condition, financial or otherwise, of the
Partnership and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or which could affect the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Amendment to the
Registration Rights Agreement or the Memorandum of Agreement.
(h) Legality. As of the date of this Agreement, the consummation of
the purchase and sale of the Partnership Interest are not prohibited under the
laws of the United
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States to which the Partnership or its subsidiaries are subject.
(i) No Conflicts. There is no order or judgment and no provision of
any mortgage, indenture, contract or agreement binding on the Partnership or
affecting its property which would conflict with or prevent the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement, the Amendment to the Registration
Rights Agreement or the Memorandum of Agreement (including Article VII thereof),
and no consents or waivers of parties to any such mortgage, indenture, contract
or agreement (including the Memorandum of Agreement) are required for the
Partnership's execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the
Amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement or the Memorandum of Agreement
(including Article VII thereof), other than those which have been obtained.
(j) Financial Statements. The Partnership has furnished to KS/BE and
Knight consolidated statements of financial condition of the Partnership as of
November 26, 1993 and as of the end of each of the two preceding fiscal years,
and consolidated statements of income and changes in partnership capital for the
three fiscal years then ended, certified by Coopers & Xxxxxxx, together with a
consolidated statement of income for the nine-month fiscal period ended August
26, 1994. All such financial statements are complete and correct, have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a consistent basis, except as may be specified therein, and present fairly the
consolidated financial condition of the Partnership as of the respective dates
specified therein, and the consolidated results of the operations of the
Partnership for the periods specified therein. As of the date hereof, there has
been no material adverse change since August 26, 1994 involving the business,
prospects or financial condition of the Partnership.
(k) Profit Plans. For the purposes of Section 12(b) of the Xxxxxxx
Sachs Profit Participation Plans and Similar Plans, no general partner of the
Partnership constitutes a "Protected Partner" of the Partnership.
(l) SBCM. All material terms of the investment of Sumitomo Bank
Capital Markets, Inc. ("SBCM") in the Partnership and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. are
as set forth in (i) the Memorandum of Agreement (as amended through the date
hereof), (ii) the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Agreement of Xxxxxxx, Sachs
& Co., (iii) the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, dated as of March
28, 1989, among The Sumitomo Bank Limited, SBCM, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
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and the Partnership, and (iv) the Letter Agreement, dated as of December 6,
1991, between SBCM and the Partnership.
7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of KS/BE, Knight's
Parent and Knight.
KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight each represents, warrants and
agrees as of the date hereof that:
(a) Regulatory Approvals. There are no filings, notifications,
consents, approvals, authorizations or orders which KS/BE, Knight's Parent or
Knight (or any of their respective subsidiaries) is required to make with or
secure from governmental, regulatory or judicial authorities in order to
consummate the transactions contemplated by Section 2 hereof.
(b) Power and Authority. Each of KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight
has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement; Knight has full power
and authority to purchase the Partnership Interest, to enter into the Amendment
to the Registration Rights Agreement and to grant the irrevocable
proxy/power-of-attorney and proxy referred to in Sections 9(c) and 10(c) hereof,
respectively; KS/BE and Knight's Parent each have full power and authority to
grant the irrevocable proxy referred to in Section 10(c) hereof; and each of
KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight has full power and authority to perform the
obligations provided for herein and, in the case of Knight, in the Amendment to
the Registration Rights Agreement, all of which have been duly authorized by all
proper and necessary corporate or other action.
(c) Binding Agreements. This Agreement constitutes a valid and
binding agreement of KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight. Each proxy and
proxy/power-of-attorney delivered pursuant to this Agreement, whether by KS/BE,
Knight's Parent or Knight, shall be valid and binding, shall be irrevocable and
shall not be terminable by operation of law, dissolution or bankruptcy of KS/BE,
Knight's Parent or Knight or for any other reason (provided, however, that upon
a transfer permitted by this Agreement by KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight of
shares or other securities that are the subject of such proxy or
proxy/power-of-attorney to a third party, such proxy or proxy/power-of-attorney
shall terminate with respect to the shares or securities that are so
transferred). Each such irrevocable proxy and proxy/power-of-attorney shall be
enforceable according to its terms. When executed and delivered by Knight, the
Memorandum of Agreement and the Amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement
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will each constitute a valid and binding agreement of Knight.
(d) Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or, so far as each of KS/BE, Knight's
Parent and Knight knows, threatened before any court, arbitrator or governmental
or administrative authority, instrumentality or agency which could affect the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Amendment to the
Registration Rights Agreement or the proxy/power of attorney and proxy referred
to in Sections 9(c) and 10(c) hereof by KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight, as
applicable.
(e) Legality. As of the date of this Agreement, the consummation of
the purchase and sale of the Partnership Interest, and the granting of the
proxy/power of attorney and proxy referred to in Section 9(c) and 10(c) hereof,
are not prohibited under the laws of the United States to which KS/BE, Knight's
Parent or Knight or their subsidiaries are subject.
(f) No Conflicts. There is no order or judgment, no provision of the
certificate of incorporation of Knight or Knight's Parent or the constituent
documents of KS/BE and no provision of any mortgage, indenture, contract or
agreement binding on KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight or affecting their
property which would conflict with or prevent the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement or the Amendment to the Registration Rights
Agreement, or the granting of the proxy/power of attorney and proxy referred to
in Sections 9(c) and 10(c) hereof, and no consents or waivers of parties to any
such mortgage, indenture, contract or agreement are required for KS/BE's,
Knight's Parent's or Knight's execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement or the Amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement, or the granting
of the proxy/power of attorney and proxy referred to in Sections 9(c) and 10(c)
hereof.
(g) 1940 Act. Knight is not, and will not as a result of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Knight
Partnership Provisions become, an "investment company" as such term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and each of KS/BE, Knight's
Parent and Knight covenant and agree to operate the business of Knight or any
successor or assignee of Knight permitted by Section 15 hereof and Section 12 of
the Knight Partnership Provisions so as not to cause Knight or any such entity,
as applicable, to become an "investment company" at any time during the term
hereof.
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8. Certain Agreements.
(a) The Tax Matters Partner referred to in paragraph 11(g) of
Article I of the Memorandum of Agreement shall periodically notify and consult
with Knight during any administrative or judicial proceeding with respect to the
determination of the taxable income of the Partnership. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Tax Matters Partner shall have complete control of such
administrative or judicial proceeding and, to the extent permitted by the
Internal Revenue Code and other applicable laws, Knight agrees to file all tax
returns consistently with the Partnership and to waive its rights to participate
in any administrative or judicial proceeding with respect to the determination
of the Partnership's taxable income.
(b) Upon request of Knight, the Partnership shall consider taking
actions to reduce Knight's tax liabilities; provided, however, the Partnership
need not consider actions which would in the Partnership's sole judgment in any
way adversely affect the Partnership, any general partner or any other limited
partner.
(c) Upon Knight's request, the Partnership shall provide Knight with
(i) schedules showing the determination of the capital accounts of Knight's
Partnership Interest and its Actual and Imputed Share (and the Partnership shall
make appropriate persons available to provide Knight an explanation of, and to
discuss with Knight the contents of, such schedules), (ii) annual audited
consolidated financial statements of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., and (iii) interim
quarterly consolidated statements of income of the Partnership, as available.
(d) The Partnership agrees that, in the event KS/BE, Knight's Parent
or Knight incurs any expenses or liabilities as a result of the operation of
Section 9 of
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either Article III or Article V or the last paragraph of paragraph 6 of Article
I of the Memorandum of Agreement (other than liabilities expressly assumed by
KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight pursuant to such provisions), the Partnership
will indemnify and hold harmless KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight, as the case
may be, against all such expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel).
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the Memorandum of Agreement,
(i) none of KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight shall, as a result of the entering
into this Agreement, the Knight Partnership Provisions or the Amendment to the
Registration Rights Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, be prevented from competing, directly or
indirectly, with the Partnership, or any Firm or any Successor Partnership or
Successor Business (as each such term is defined in the Memorandum of
Agreement), (ii) KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight each hereby authorize the
Management Committee of the Partnership to implement any Plan adopted and
approved in accordance with paragraph 15 of Article I of the Memorandum of
Agreement, and each irrevocably waives for itself and its successors and assigns
any right to contest the terms of any Plan adopted in accordance with said
paragraph 15, whether on grounds of unequal or disparate treatment,
inconsistency or conflict with the terms and provisions of the Memorandum of
Agreement, unfairness or any other reason, provided, in each case, that such
Plan is not inconsistent with Section 5 or 6(c), as the case may be, of the
Knight Partnership Provisions, and (iii) Knight shall be entitled to give
notices under the Memorandum of Agreement in the manner provided in this
Agreement in respect of notices required
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under the Memorandum of Agreement to be given to the Partnership.
9. Absence of Control or Controlling Influence; Absence of
Restrictions; Proxy/Power-of-Attorney.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement, the Memorandum
of Agreement, any other agreements contemplated hereby or otherwise, KS/BE,
Knight's Parent and Knight each agree that it does not have, and that it will
not exercise or attempt to exercise and will prevent any successor thereof or
any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof from exercising or attempting to
exercise, by any action or omission to act, by virtue of any provision of this
Agreement, the Memorandum of Agreement, any other agreements contemplated
hereby, any requirement of law or otherwise, any control or controlling
influence over the management, policies or affairs of the Partnership, the
Company, any successor or successors to the Partnership or the Company (other
than a successor pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Knight Partnership Provisions)
or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Partnership, the Company or any such
successor (each such entity being referred to in this Section 9 as a "Goldman
Entity"). The foregoing agreement shall extend, without limitation, to: (i) the
management of any Goldman Entity; (ii) the business affairs of any Goldman
Entity; (iii) the financial, accounting or tax affairs of any Goldman Entity;
(iv) any matters relating to partnership interests in or securities of a Goldman
Entity, including, without limitation, the admission, withdrawal or retirement
of general or limited partners or the election or retirement of managing
directors or the issuance, payment, redemption or repurchase of debt or equity
securities; (v) partner, managing director and employee affairs, including,
without limitation, the hiring and termination of employees, part-
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ner, managing director and employee compensation, partner, managing director and
employee benefit arrangements and partner, managing director and employee
retirement arrangements; and (vi) acquisitions by a Goldman Entity of all or
part of any other entity, dispositions by a Goldman Entity of all or any part of
a Goldman Entity, combination by a Goldman Entity with any other entity,
incorporation of all or any part of a Goldman Entity, or liquidation of all or
any part of the business of a Goldman Entity, it being understood that the
foregoing shall not constitute a waiver by KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight of
any terms or provisions of this Agreement or of the Knight Partnership
Provisions or the Incidental Partnership Provisions, and that, in any event,
Knight shall be treated equally with respect to its Part P Interest in relation
to the general partners and SBCM according to Knight's Part P Actual Share.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement, the Memorandum
of Agreement, any other agreements contemplated hereby or otherwise, each of
KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight agrees that there are not, and that it will
not impose or attempt to impose and will prevent any successor thereof or any
direct or indirect subsidiary thereof from imposing or attempting to impose, by
any action or omission to act, by virtue of any provision of this Agreement, the
Memorandum of Agreement, any other agreements contemplated hereby, or any
requirement of law or otherwise, any restrictions on matters relating to the
capital of any Goldman Entity. The foregoing agreement shall extend, without
limitation, to: (i) capital levels of, or increases to or withdrawals from
capital of, any Goldman Entity; (ii) the interest (or other return) paid on the
capital of limited partners (other than Knight) or, subject to Section 6(a) of
Article VI of the Memorandum of Agreement and the Partnership's agreement
pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Knight
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Partnership Provisions, of general partners of any Goldman Entity; or (iii) the
issuance or retirement of (w) general partnership interests or limited
partnership interests (other than Knight's limited partnership interests) of any
Goldman Entity, or the capital stock held by managing directors or others of any
Goldman Entity, (x) debt securities of any Goldman Entity, whether senior or
subordinated, short-or long-term, secured or unsecured, other than debt
securities held by KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight, (y) equity securities of
any Goldman Entity or (z) options or warrants to acquire any securities of any
Goldman Entity, it being understood that the foregoing shall not constitute a
waiver by KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight of any terms or provisions of this
Agreement or of the Knight Partnership Provisions or the Incidental Partnership
Provisions, and that, in any event, Knight shall be treated equally with respect
to its Part P Interest in relation to the general partners and SBCM according to
Knight's Part P Actual Share.
(c) On the Closing Date, Knight shall deliver to the Partnership its
irrevocable proxy/power-of-attorney in the form set forth in Annex 3 hereto.
Knight agrees, to the extent (if any) that such irrevocable
proxy/power-of-attorney is not enforceable under law, to provide its consent to
any of the matters set forth therein and/or to execute any of the amendments,
documents or other instruments referred to therein promptly following written
demand by the Partnership.
10. Agreements in the Event of Incorporation of the Partnership.
(a) Investment Representations; Non-Transferability. Knight
represents that its acquisition hereby or from time to time hereafter of any
Securities (as defined below) of the Company or any other Goldman Entity
pursuant to this
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Agreement or the Memorandum of Agreement is or shall be for investment purposes.
Except as provided in Section 10(b) below or in Section 10(b) of the
Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 24, 1992, among KS/BE, Knight's
Parent, Knight and the Partnership (the "1992 Subscription Agreement"), or as
contemplated by Section 15(d) below, by Section 15(d) of the 1992 Subscription
Agreement, by Section 5(f) of Article VI of the Memorandum of Agreement or by
Section 5(f) of the Knight Partnership Provisions, each of Knight, Knight's
Parent and KS/BE agrees that it shall not sell, transfer, exchange, make any
assignment of (including an assignment for the benefit of Knight's, Knight's
Parent's or KS/BE's creditors or a transfer to a trustee) or receive for the
benefit of Knight's, Knight's Parent's or KS/BE's creditors, give away, pledge,
hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Securities hereby or from time to time
hereafter acquired by it, nor shall Knight, Knight's Parent or KS/BE enter into
any agreement as a result of which any person or entity will or could obtain any
interest in such Securities. For purposes of this Agreement, "Securities" shall
refer to (i) any common stock issuable to Knight in exchange for its Part P
Actual Capital, and any preferred stock issuable to Knight in exchange for its
Part Q Interest, in each case as contemplated by the Knight Partnership
Provisions and any subscription rights for such common stock or preferred stock
granted pursuant hereto or thereto, (ii) any common stock issuable to Knight in
exchange for its Part J Actual Capital (together with any common stock issuable
to Knight in exchange for its Part P Actual Capital, any common stock which may
be issued in exchange therefor pursuant to Annex 7 hereof and any common stock
which may be issued in exchange for common stock issuable in exchange for
Knight's Part J Actual Capital pursuant to Annex 7 of the 1992 Subscription
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Agreement, "Common Stock"), and any preferred stock issuable to Knight in
exchange for its Part K Interest, in each case as contemplated by Article VI of
the Memorandum of Agreement and any subscription rights for such common stock or
preferred stock granted thereto, (iii) any other securities issuable to Knight
pursuant to Section 5 of Article VI of the Memorandum of Agreement and Section 5
of the Knight Partnership Provisions and (iv) any other securities of the
Company or any other Goldman Entity issuable to Knight pursuant to this
Agreement, the 1992 Subscription Agreement, Article VI of the Memorandum of
Agreement or the Knight Partnership Provisions. Any Securities issued shall be
issued in registered form and, other than any Common Stock when disposed of to
the public, shall bear a legend in substantially the following form or such
other form as KS/BE and the Partnership (or the Company) may agree:
"THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE AND
ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF EITHER A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, DATED
AS OF APRIL 24, 1992, OR A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER
21, 1994, AMONG ROYAL HAWAIIAN SHOPPING CENTER, INC., PAUAHI HOLDINGS
CORPORATION, THE TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX AND THE
XXXXXXX SACHS GROUP, L.P. NO HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OTHER THAN KNIGHT
SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ANY RIGHTS HEREUNDER AND, IF HELD BY ANY SUCH HOLDER,
THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY SHALL BE VOID AND BE
DEEMED CANCELLED. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION."
(b) Disposition of Securities.
(i) Knight shall have the rights set forth in this Section 10(b) to
dispose from time to time of the Common Stock issuable to it pursuant to
the Knight
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Partnership Provisions and Annex 7 hereto. Section 10(b) of the 1992
Subscription Agreement sets forth the rights of Knight to dispose from
time to time of the Common Stock issuable to it pursuant to Article VI of
the Memorandum of Agreement and Annex 7 to the 1992 Subscription
Agreement.
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in (iv) below or in Section 2(c)
of the Registration Rights Agreement, as amended, Knight may dispose of
Common Stock only after the date when the Company shall have become a
public company by the initial registration by the Company of its common
stock under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"). Any such
disposition may be made only (x) by means of a widely-dispersed
underwritten public offering in conformity with regulatory requirements
and guidelines applicable to KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight and (y)
pursuant to the exercise of Knight's demand right or piggy-back rights as
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, as amended (which sets
forth procedures for public offerings whether or not registered under the
1933 Act). The successor to the broker-dealer business of the Partnership
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company Broker-Dealer") shall be the
book-running managing underwriter of the underwriting syndicate.
(iii) In connection with any disposition of securities of the
Company by the Company, Knight, the Company's managing directors or
otherwise, Knight agrees that it shall be subject to the same customary
limitations on sales following consummation of such disposition as
managing directors of the Company agree to with the underwriters of such
securities and that it
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will execute and deliver any agreement to such effect required by such
underwriters.
(iv) In addition to the demand right and piggy-back rights granted
pursuant to Section 10(b)(ii) hereof and the Registration Rights
Agreement, as amended, Knight shall be entitled, from and after the fifth
anniversary of the initial public offering by the Company of its common
stock, to sell its Common Stock in the manner and amounts permitted by
Rule 144(e) under the 1933 Act, or any similar successor provision,
provided, that in the case of any such sale the Company shall have
received an opinion of counsel to Knight acceptable to it that such sale
may be made without registration under the 1933 Act.
(c) Proxy and Voting Agreement.
(i) On the Closing Date, KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight shall
each deliver to the Partnership its irrevocable proxy in the form set
forth in Annexes 4(a) and (b) hereto, respectively. KS/BE, Knight's Parent
and Knight each further agree, to the extent (if any) that such
irrevocable proxy is not enforceable under law, to vote any securities of
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company held by it (whether acquired
pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise) in the manner provided in such
proxy. KS/BE further agrees to cause any direct or indirect subsidiary
thereof (other than Knight's Parent or Knight) to vote any securities of
the Company or any subsidiary thereof that may be acquired by such
subsidiary of KS/BE in the manner provided in KS/BE's foregoing proxy.
(ii) Knight understands that time is of the essence in a public
offering, and if, in connection with any recapitalization in connection
with a public
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offering, the Company wishes for any reason to modify the terms of
Knight's securities, Knight agrees to consider (without any obligation to
consent to) such modifications according to any reasonable time schedule
prescribed by the Company.
11. Delay in Closing Date; Adjustments.
In the event the Closing Date does not occur on or before November
21, 1994, the Closing Date shall be automatically extended, subject to Section
13 below, until the date when the conditions thereto are satisfied (or waived)
and up to five business days thereafter, within which five business days the
Closing Date shall occur. In the event of such extension, the parties shall
mutually agree upon such adjustments to the terms hereof as shall be necessary
or appropriate and shall use best efforts to have the Closing Date occur as soon
as possible.
12. Confidentiality.
(a) Each party will keep confidential any and all information
furnished to it by another party or its representatives in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Memorandum of Agreement and the
other agreements referred to herein, except to the extent any such information
is generally available to the public (other than as a result of a disclosure by
such party or its representatives), and the parties will instruct their
respective partners, directors, officers, employees and other representatives
having access to such information of such obligation of confidentiality. If this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 13(a) hereof, each party will return
to the other all copies of material containing information disclosed to such
party by the other. At the time this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
13(b) hereof or at the time immediately following an initial public offering
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registered under the 1933 Act by the Company, the parties hereto shall return to
each other copies of materials previously disclosed to the other through such
time as the parties shall agree at such time.
(b) Without limitation of the foregoing, KS/BE, Knight's Parent and
Knight each hereby specifically covenants and agrees that it shall not, in the
course of making or securing filings, notifications, consents, approvals,
authorizations or orders with governmental or administrative agencies or bodies
or courts for any reason following the date of this Agreement, disclose to any
person at any time any information (financial or other) concerning the
Partnership which is not publicly disclosed, unless the Partnership otherwise
consents or unless pursuant to a court or administrative order or procedure.
(c) The parties agree that they will advise and confer with each
other prior to the issuance of any report, statement, press release or other
written statement identifying the other party or relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Memorandum of Agreement and the other
agreements referred to herein and the implementation hereof and thereof. No
report, statement, press release or other written statement shall be
disseminated publicly or delivered to any other person without the specific,
written consent of the other party, which consent may not be unreasonably
withheld, provided, however, that either party may deliver written statements to
administrative agencies or bodies or courts or trademark commissions, and
provided further, however, that the Partnership and KS/BE may mutually agree
upon guidelines for routine disclosures (i.e., references to the other in
stockholder reports, brochures or other documents describing their respective
businesses, etc.) pursuant to which the
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disclosures covered by such guidelines may be made without specific or prior
approval.
13. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate:
(a) if the Closing Date does not occur on or before February 24,
1995 for any reason;
(b) on the date of payment of the distribution with respect to the
final year of a Withdrawal Period; or
(c) on the date of disposition by Knight or cancellation of the
Securities set forth in clause (i) or (ii), and, if such are equity
securities or exercisable, convertible or otherwise exchangeable in any
manner into equity securities, (iii) or (iv) of Section 10(a) hereof;
provided, however, that (i) the agreements set forth in Sections 12, 14 and
15(b) (as such relates to Sections 12 and 14) hereof shall continue indefinitely
and (ii) the agreements set forth in Section 10(c) shall continue for a period
of five years from the date of the final disposition or cancellation of all
Securities set forth in (c) above.
14. Governing Law; Arbitration.
(a) This Agreement is being entered into and is intended to be
performed in the State of New York and will be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
(b) Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to
provisions of this Agreement and each of the Annexes hereto shall be finally
settled by arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the United
Nations Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL")
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in effect on the date of this Agreement. The number of arbitrators shall be
three and the Administering Authority shall be the American Arbitration
Association. The tribunal shall adopt rules of procedure supplementary to the
rules of UNCITRAL as it deems equitable under the circumstances. All direct
costs of an arbitration proceeding under this Section, including fees and
expenses of arbitration, shall be borne equally by the parties hereto. All other
costs, including counsel and witness fees, shall be borne by the party incurring
them. The place of arbitration shall be The City of New York. The arbitration
shall be conducted in the English language. An award rendered by all or a
majority of the arbitrators shall be final and binding, and judgment may be
entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. In no event shall this
subsection be construed as conferring upon any court authority or jurisdiction
to inquire into or review such award on its merits. The parties agree to exclude
any right of application or appeal to the Federal, New York State and any other
courts in connection with any question of law or fact arising in the course of
the arbitration or with respect to any award made.
15. Ownership of Knight; KS/BE Agreement with Respect to Knight;
Assignment.
(a) KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight each agrees that Knight, and
any assignee of Knight pursuant to Section 15(d) below (other than KS/BE), will
remain a wholly-owned subsidiary of KS/BE or of another wholly-owned subsidiary
of KS/BE. Except as provided in Section 15(d) below, Section 15(d) of the 1992
Subscription Agreement, Section 12 of Article VI of the Memorandum of Agreement
and Section 12 of the Knight Partnership Provisions, none of KS/BE, Knight's
Parent or Knight shall (i) have any right to sell, transfer, exchange, make any
assignment of (including in assignment for the benefit of Knight's or KS/BE's
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creditors or a transfer to a trustee) or receive for the benefit of Knight's or
KS/BE's creditors, give away, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise to dispose of
any of Knight's interest in the Partnership or in the profits or assets thereof,
or KS/BE's interest, direct or indirect, in Knight, or (ii) have the right to
enter into any agreement as a result of which any person or entity will or could
obtain any interest in the Partnership or the Partnership Interest, or KS/BE's
interest, direct or indirect, in Knight.
(b) KS/BE, Knight's Parent and Knight each agrees that (i) the
equity securities of Knight and Knight's Parent shall at all times during the
term hereof be owned, directly or indirectly, by KS/BE, (ii) any securities of
Knight or Knight's Parent other than common equity securities shall be either
(x) non-recourse to Knight or Knight's Parent, or (y) guaranteed by, or
otherwise entitled to the credit support of, KS/BE, and (iii) Knight's interest
in the Partnership will not be used, directly or indirectly, as a means of
obtaining financing for KS/BE or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, and
no representations specifically regarding the Partnership or the performance of
the Partnership Interest, nor any information regarding the Partnership or the
Partnership Interest which is subject to Section 12(a) hereof, shall be provided
in connection with any such financing.
(c) KS/BE agrees that it shall cause Knight to perform all the
obligations of Knight contained in this Agreement, the Memorandum of Agreement
and the other agreements contemplated hereby and thereby.
(d) Each of KS/BE, Knight's Parent and (except as provided in the
next sentence) Knight may not assign this Agreement or any of the other
agreements contemplated hereby or by the Memorandum of Agreement to any party.
With the
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consent of the Partnership (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), Knight or
Knight's Parent may assign this Agreement to KS/BE or another directly or
indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of KS/BE organized under the laws of any
United States jurisdiction, provided that KS/BE or such subsidiary shall execute
and deliver such amendments to, or documents or instruments of assumption of,
this Agreement, the Memorandum of Agreement and the other agreements
contemplated hereby and thereby (including the irrevocable proxies and
proxy/power-of-attorney) as are required by the Partnership so as to become a
party thereto successor to Knight or Knight's Parent, as the case may be, with
all rights and obligations provided herein and therein. Such assignment shall
release the assignor from its obligations hereunder. Any assignment made in
violation of this provision shall be null and void.
16. Survival of Agreement; Further Assurances.
(a) All terms and provisions of this Agreement shall survive
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Closing Date and any investigation
made at any time by any party or on its behalf until terminated pursuant to
Section 13 hereof; provided, however, that the representations and warranties of
the Partnership contained in Section 6 and of KS/BE and Knight contained in
Section 7 shall terminate on June 30, 1996.
(b) Each of KS/BE, Knight and the Partnership agrees that, in the
event any of the consents, approvals, authorizations or orders secured in order
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are threatened to be modified
or revoked, each shall use its best efforts to prevent such modification or
revocation.
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17. Registered Address; Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to
KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight, at The Trustees of the Kamehameha
Schools/Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Estate, P.O. Box 3466, 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X.X. Xxxx, General Counsel,
or at such other address as KS/BE, Knight's Parent or Knight shall furnish to
the Partnership in writing, or (b) if to the Partnership, at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, General Counsel, or at such
other address as the Partnership shall have furnished to KS/BE, Knight's Parent
or Knight in writing.
18. Miscellaneous.
(a) For purposes of Clause (i) of the definition of "General
Partners' Capital" set forth in the Knight Partnership Provisions, those certain
investments made by the Partnership and Affiliates (A) on or prior to November
26, 1993 are set forth in Annex 8 hereto and (B) after November 26, 1993 and on
or prior to November 25, 1994 will be set forth in a schedule to be prepared by
the Partnership that will be furnished to Knight on or before March 17, 1995.
(b) Annex 9 hereto contains a schedule setting forth the manner of
determining certain calculations in respect of Knight's Actual Share.
(c) This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties
hereto (including, with respect to the Partnership, the Company). No recourse
under or upon any obligation of the Partnership contained in this Agreement
shall be had against any current or future
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partner of the Partnership. This Agreement, together with the 1992 Subscription
Agreement, embodies the entire agreement and understanding between KS/BE, Knight
and the Partnership and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
relating to the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral. The headings in
this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning thereof. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered
this Agreement as of the date first above written.
THE TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF
XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
By: /s/ Lakelani Xxxxxxx
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By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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[ILLEGIBLE] By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Legal Group
ROYAL HAWAIIAN SHOPPING
CENTER, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx [ILLEGIBLE]
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Title: President
By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Title: Vice President - Finance
PAUAHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx [ILLEGIBLE]
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Title: President
By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Title: Treasurer
THE XXXXXXX SACHS GROUP, L.P.
By:
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Title:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered
this Agreement as of the date first above written.
THE TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF
XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
By:_________________________________________
By:_________________________________________
By:_________________________________________
ROYAL HAWAIIAN SHOPPING
CENTER, INC.
By:_________________________________________
Title:
By:_________________________________________
Title:
PAUAHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
By:_________________________________________
Title:
By:_________________________________________
Title:
THE XXXXXXX SACHS GROUP, L.P.
By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Title:
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Annex 5 to Subscription Agreement
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of
November 21, 1994 (the "Amendment"), between Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center,
Inc. ("Knight"), a Hawaii corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
The Trustees of the Estate of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, a private educational
charitable trust organized under the laws of the State of Hawaii ("KS/BE"), and
The Xxxxxxx Sachs Group, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of
Delaware (the "Partnership").
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 24,
1992, among KS/BE, Pauahi Holdings Corporation, a Hawaii corporation ("Knight's
Parent"), Knight and the Partnership (the "1992 Subscription Agreement"), Knight
purchased a limited partnership interest in the Partnership, as described in the
1992 Subscription Agreement and in Article VI of the Memorandum of Agreement
amended and restated as of November 27, 1992, as further amended through
November 26, 1993 and as of the date hereof, referred to in Section 2 of the
1992 Subscription Agreement (the "1992 Knight Partnership Provisions");
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10(b) of the 1992 Subscription
Agreement, the Partnership granted Knight certain registration rights with
respect to securities of the Partnership's corporate successor (the "Company")
in the event the Partnership incorporates and registers its common stock under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act" or the "1933 Act");
WHEREAS, Knight and the Partnership entered into a Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of April 24, 1992, between Knight and the Partnership
(the "Registration Rights Agreement") relating to certain registration rights
with respect to securities of the Company in the event the Partnership
incorporates and registers its common stock under the 1933 Act;
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Subscription Agreement, dated as of November
21, 1994, among KS/BE, Knight's Parent, Knight and the Partnership (the "1994
Subscription Agreement"), Knight is purchasing as of the date hereof a limited
partnership interest in the Partnership, as described in the 1994 Subscription
Agreement and in the "Knight Partnership Provisions" referred to in Section 2 of
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the 1994 Subscription Agreement (the "1994 Knight Partnership Provisions");
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10(b) of the 1994 Subscription
Agreement, the Partnership has granted Knight certain registration rights with
respect to securities of the Company in the event the Partnership incorporates
and registers its common stock under the 1933 Act; and
WHEREAS, Knight and the Partnership have agreed to amend the
Registration Rights Agreement to provide for the certain registration rights
granted to Knight in the 1994 Subscription Agreement;
THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Section 1.
Section 1 of the Registration Rights Agreement, entitled
"Definitions" shall be deleted in its entirety and the following shall be
substituted therefor:
"1. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, "1992 Subscription Agreement" shall
mean the Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 24, 1992, among KS/BE,
Knight's Parent, Knight and the Partnership; "1994 Subscription Agreement"
shall mean the Subscription Agreement, dated as of November 21, 1994,
among KS/BE, Knight's Parent, Knight and the Partnership; "Common Stock"
shall mean any common stock of the Company issuable to Knight in exchange
for its Part J Actual Capital or its Part P Actual Capital; and the "Act"
shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The terms used in this Agreement which are defined in the 1992
Subscription Agreement or in the "Knight Partnership Provisions" referred
to in Section 2 of the 1992 Subscription Agreement have the respective
meanings set forth therein. Any reference herein to the "Subscription
Agreement" shall be deemed
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to refer to the 1992 Subscription Agreement and the 1994 Subscription
Agreement, collectively, and any reference herein to "Knight Partnership
Provisions" shall be deemed to refer to the Knight Partnership Provisions
referred to in Section 2 of the 1992 Subscription Agreement and the Knight
Partnership Provisions referred to in Section 2 of the 1994 Subscription
Agreement, collectively."
2. Governing Law.
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This Amendment is being entered into and is intended to be performed
in the State of New York and will be construed and enforced in accordance with
and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
3. Miscellaneous.
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This Amendment will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and
be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto
(including, with respect to the Partnership, the Company). No recourse under or
upon any obligation of the Partnership contained in this Amendment shall be had
against any current or future general partner of the Partnership. The headings
in this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning thereof. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered
this Amendment as of the date first above written.
ROYAL HAWAIIAN SHOPPING CENTER,
INC.
By:______________________________________
Title:
By:______________________________________
Title:
THE XXXXXXX SACHS, L.P.
By:______________________________________
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