Seventh Amendment to
Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Geodyne Energy Income Limited Partnership III-E
This Seventh Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Geodyne
Energy Income Limited Partnership III-E (the "Partnership") is entered into by
and between Geodyne Resources, Inc. ("Resources"), a Delaware corporation, as
successor General Partner, Geodyne Depositary Company ("Depositary"), a Delaware
corporation, as the Limited Partner, and all Substituted Limited Partners
admitted to the Partnership.
WHEREAS, on December 26, 1990, Geodyne Production Company ("Production"),
as General Partner and Depositary executed and entered into that certain
Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 1993, Production executed and entered into that
certain First Amendment to the Agreement of Limited Partnership whereby it
changed (i) the name of the Partnership from "PaineWebber/Geodyne Energy Income
Partnership III-E" to "Geodyne Energy Income Limited Partnership III-E", (ii)
the address of the Partnership's principal place of business, and (iii) the
address for the Partnership's agent for service of process; and
WHEREAS, on August 4, 1993, Production executed and entered into that
certain Second Amendment to the Agreement of Limited Partnership in order to (i)
expedite the method of accepting transfers of Unit Holders' (as defined in the
Agreement) Units in the Partnership and (ii) provide for an optional right of
repurchase/redemption which may be exercised by the Unit Holders; and
WHEREAS, on August 31, 1995, Production executed and entered into that
certain Third Amendment to the Agreement whereby it amended certain provisions
to allow transfers of Units facilitated through a matching service to the extent
that such transfers otherwise comply with Internal Revenue Service transfer
regulations applicable to non-permitted transfers for non-publicly traded
limited partnerships; and
WHEREAS, on June 30, 1996, Production merged into Geodyne Resources, Inc.
("Resources"); and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 1996, Resources, as successor via merger to
Production, executed and entered into, as General Partner, that certain Fourth
Amendment to the Agreement of Limited Partnership whereby it amended the
Agreement to provide that Resources, as successor via merger to Geodyne, is the
General Partner of the Partnership; and
WHEREAS, on November 15, 2000, Resources executed and entered into that
certain Fifth Amendment to the Agreement whereby the term of the partnership was
extended for an additional two years, until December 26, 2002; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2002, Resources executed and entered into that
certain Sixth Amendment to the Agreement whereby the term of the partnership was
extended for an additional two years, until December 26, 2004; and
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WHEREAS, Section 2.3 of the Agreement provides that the Partnership shall
continue in full force and effect for a period of ten (10) years from the date
of its Activation (as defined in the Agreement), provided that the General
Partner may extend the term of the Partnership for up to three periods of two
years each if it believes each such extension is in the best interests of the
Unit Holders or until dissolution prior thereto pursuant to the provisions of
the Agreement, and
WHEREAS, Resources as General Partner has elected to extend the life of
the Partnership through December 31, 2005.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, conditions and
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 2.3. is hereby amended and restated as follows:
The Partnership shall continue in force and effect until December
31, 2005, provided that the General Partner may extend the term of the
Partnership for an additional 360 days of the current two year period
and for an additional two periods of two years each if it believes such
extension is in the best interests of the Unit Holders, or until
dissolution prior thereto pursuant to the provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands as of
this 18 day of August, 2004.
GEODYNE RESOURCES, INC.,
as General Partner
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President
GEODYNE DEPOSITARY COMPANY,
as the Limited Partner
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President
GEODYNE RESOURCES, INC.
as Attorney-in-Fact for all
Substituted Limited Partners
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President
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