UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
VORNADO REALTY TRUST
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VORNADO REALTY L.P.
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2.):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 25, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees (the Compensation Committee) of Vornado Realty Trust (the Company) approved the form of award agreement to be used to grant awards under the Vornado Realty Trust 2006 Outperformance Plan (the 2006 Outperformance Plan). The 2006 Outperformance Plan is a new long-term incentive compensation program approved by the Compensation Committee and the Companys Board of Trustees on March 17, 2006 that is designed to create shareholder value in a pay-for-performance structure. As previously reported, under the 2006 Outperformance Plan the Companys senior management team has the opportunity to share in a performance pool if the Companys total return to shareholders over the three-year performance period from March 15, 2006 through March 14, 2009 exceeds a cumulative 30%, including both share appreciation and dividends paid, from a price per share of $89.17 (the average closing price per common share of the Company for the 30 trading days prior to March 15, 2006). The size of the pool will be 10% of the outperformance return amount in excess of the 30% benchmark, subject to a maximum dilution cap equal to $100 million. A portion of the performance pool can be earned after the first and second years, up to a cumulative maximum of $20 million and $40 million, respectively, based on a minimum total return to shareholders benchmark of 10% and 20%, respectively. In the event the potential performance pool reaches the $20 million dilution cap before March 14, 2007, the $40 million dilution cap before March 14, 2008 or the $100 million dilution cap before March 14, 2009, and remains at the applicable level or higher for 30 consecutive days, the applicable performance period will end early and the applicable pool will be established on the last day of such 30 day period. Compensation earned under the program vests 33-1/3% on each of March 15, 2009, 2010 and 2011 based on continued employment.
Individual awards are in the form of equity-based securities under the Companys 2002 Omnibus Share Plan, as amended. The award agreement designates each recipients percentage of the potential performance pool established under the 2006 Outperformance Plan, with the award being in the form of a new class of units of Vornado Realty L.P. (the Operating Partnership), the entity through which the Company conducts substantially all its business. We refer to these awards as Operating Partnership performance units or OPP Units. OPP Units, subject to performance, time vesting and other conditions, are convertible by the holder into an equivalent number of the Operating Partnerships Class A Units, which are redeemable by the holder for common shares of the Company on a one-for-one basis or the cash value of such shares, at the Companys election. OPP Units are issued prior to the determination of the performance pool, but remain subject to forfeiture to the extent that less than the full number awarded is earned based on total return to shareholders over the three-year measurement period.
Awards under the 2006 Outperformance Plan have been made to a total of 54 officers of the Company. The number of OPP Units awarded to the Companys nine executive officers are as follows: Steven Roth, 281,250 units; Michael D. Fascitelli, 281,250 units; Michelle Felman, 68,750 units; David R. Greenbaum, 50,000 units; Chrisopher G. Kennedy, 50,000 units; Joseph Macnow, 56,250 units; Sandeep Mathrani, 75,000 units; Mitchell N. Schear, 50,000 units and Wendy Silverstein, 81,250 units. The number of such OPP Units that will actually be earned depends on the total return to shareholders of the Company over the three-year performance period and the number of OPP Units issued is not a projection of the number of OPP Units that will be earned. These individual awards
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represent a calculation of the maximum number of OPP Units that, based on each recipients percentage of the potential performance pool, could be earned by him or her over the term of the 2006 Outperformance Plan, if all performance and vesting hurdles are met, based on certain assumptions. The number of OPP Units actually earned by each recipient, if any, may be less than the number awarded.
In addition, pursuant to the Thirty-Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P. referred to in Item 5.03 below and under the Companys 2002 Omnibus Share Plan (as recently amended to permit the Compensation Committee of the Board to grant awards in the form of limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership), the Company has granted, on April 25, 2006, 49,851 restricted Operating Partnership units, in the aggregate, to members of management including the following grants: 15,578 units to Steven Roth; 15,578 units to Michael D. Fascitelli; 5,193 units to Michelle Felman; 1,558 units to Christopher G. Kennedy; 5,193 units to Joseph Macnow; 1,558 units to Mitchell N. Shear; and 5,193 units to Wendy Silverstein. We refer to these Operating Partnership units as Restricted Units, or Restricted LTIP Units and they are separate and distinct from OPP Units. Restricted Units are profit interests in the Operating Partnership that, upon the allocation of profits from the Operating Partnership over time, may be converted into the Operating Partnerships Class A common units and, consequently, become convertible by the holder on a one-for-one basis for the Companys common shares or the cash value of such shares, at the Companys election. Restricted Units are similar to the restricted shares previously granted by the Company to members of management and are subject to similar vesting restrictions.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copies of the form of award agreement under the 2006 Outperformance Plan, the Thirty-Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, and the Form of Restricted LTIP Unit Agreement which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 respectively, to this Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. (Item 5.03 applies to Vornado Realty L.P. only)
In connection with the award of OPP Units referred to in Item 1.01, on April 25, 2006, the Company, in its capacity as sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, amended the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership in order to establish the terms of a new class of units, including the OPP Units, which are structured to qualify as profits interests for federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, OPP Units initially will not have full parity, on a per unit basis, with Class A Units with respect to liquidating distributions. Upon the occurrence of specified events, the OPP Units can over time achieve full parity with Class A Units, at which time OPP Units that have been earned based on performance may be converted, subject to the satisfaction of applicable vesting conditions, on a one-for-one basis into Class A Units. OPP Units will not be entitled to receive distributions until the final performance measure is met. To the extent that a performance pool is established, award recipients will be entitled to an amount equal to the distributions that would have been paid on their earned OPP Units after March 15, 2006 on a per unit basis equal to Class A Units, payable in the form of additional OPP Units. Thereafter OPP Units, whether or not then vested, will receive distributions on a per unit basis equal to the distributions payable on Class A Units (which are equal to dividends payable on common shares of the Company).
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copies of the form of award agreement under the 2006 Outperformance Plan, the Thirty-Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, and the Form of Restricted LTIP Unit Agreement which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 respectively, to this Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Exhibit 10.1
VORNADO REALTY TRUST
2006 OUTPERFORMANCE PLAN
AWARD AGREEMENT
2006 OUTPERFORMANCE PLAN AWARD AGREEMENT made as of date set forth on Schedule A hereto between VORNADO REALTY TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the Company), its subsidiary VORNADO REALTY L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the entity through which the Company conducts substantially all of its operations (the Partnership), and the party listed on Schedule A (the Grantee).
RECITALS
A. The Grantee is an employee of, or a consultant or advisor to the Company or one of its affiliates and provides services to the Partnership.
B. The Company has adopted the 2006 Outperformance Plan (the Outperformance Plan) pursuant to the Vornado Realty Trust 2002 Omnibus Share Plan, as amended (the 2002 Plan), to provide certain key employees of and consultants or advisors to the Company or its affiliates, including the Grantee, in connection with their employment or other service relationship with the incentive compensation described in this Award Agreement (this Agreement) and thereby provide additional incentive for them to promote the progress and success of the business of the Company and its affiliates, including the Partnership. The Outperformance Plan was adopted by the Compensation Committee (the Committee) of the Board of Trustees of the Company (the Board) pursuant to authority delegated to it by the Board as set forth in the Committees charter, including authority to make grants of equity interests in the Partnership which may, under certain circumstances, become exchangeable for shares of the Companys Common Shares reserved for issuance under the 2002 Plan, or any successor equity plan (as any such plan may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, collectively the Stock Plan)) and, upon the Compensation Committees recommendation, was also approved by the Board. This Agreement evidences an award to the Grantee under the Outperformance Plan (this Award), which is subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
C. The Grantee was selected by the Committee to receive this Award and the Committee, effective as of the grant date specified in Schedule A hereto, awarded to the Grantee the participation percentage in the Outperformance Pool (as defined herein) set forth in Schedule A.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Partnership and the Grantee agree as follows:
Additional Share Baseline Value means, with respect to an Additional Share, the gross proceeds received by the Company or the Partnership upon the issuance of such Additional Share, which amount shall be deemed to equal, as applicable: (A) if such Additional Share is issued in a public offering or private placement, the gross price to the public or to the purchaser(s); and (B) if such Additional Share is issued in exchange for assets or upon the acquisition of another entity, the cash value imputed to such Additional Share for purposes of such transaction by the parties thereto, as determined by the Committee, or, if no such value was imputed, the Common Share Price as of the date of issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Common Share is issued after the Effective Date upon exercise of stock options (whether currently outstanding or granted hereafter ) or in exchange (directly or indirectly) for OPP Units or other Units issued to employees, non-employee trustees, consultants, advisors or other persons or entities as incentive compensation or if such Common Share constitutes a restricted Common Share issued after the Effective Date to employees or other persons or entities in exchange for services provided to the Company, such Common Share will not be considered an Additional Share, and therefore no Additional Share Baseline Value will be attributed thereto.
Additional Shares means (without double-counting) the sum of (A) the number of Common Shares plus (B) the product of the Conversion Factor then in effect multiplied by the number of Units (other than those issued to the Company), in the case of each (A) and (B), to the extent issued after March 15, 2006 and on or before the Valuation Date in a capital raising transaction, in exchange for assets or upon the acquisition of another entity, but specifically excluding, without limitation, (i) Common Shares issued upon exercise of stock options or upon the exchange (directly or indirectly) of OPP Units or other Units issued to employees, non-employee trustees, consultants, advisors or other persons or entities as incentive compensation, (ii) restricted Common Shares awarded to employees or other persons or entities in exchange for services provided to the Company, (iii) currently unvested restricted Common Shares awarded to employees or other persons or entities in exchange for services provided to the Company as they become vested, and (iv) Class A Units issued upon conversion of OPP Units or other Units issued to employees, non-employee trustees, consultants, advisors or other persons or entities as compensation (insofar as such shares are not included in Initial Shares). When used in the
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singular, the term Additional Share means a Common Share or Unit issued after March 15, 2006 and included in the definition of Additional Shares.
Aggregate Baseline means, as of the Valuation Date, an amount representing (without double-counting) the sum of: (A) the Baseline Value multiplied by (i) the Initial Shares, multiplied by (ii) the sum of 100% plus the Target Aggregate Return Percentage; plus (B) with respect to each Additional Share, the product of (i) the Additional Share Baseline Value of such Additional Share, multiplied by (ii) the sum of (x) 100% plus (y) the product of the Target Aggregate Return Percentage multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days prior to and including the Valuation Date during which such Additional Share has been outstanding and the denominator of which is the number of days from and including March 15, 2006 to and including the Valuation Date; provided that if the Valuation Date occurs prior to March 14, 2009 as a result of a Change in Control, then for purposes of this definition in connection with the calculation of the Outperformance Pool as of the Valuation Date, then (I) the Aggregate Baseline shall be calculated as of the date that such Change of Control is consummated instead of March 14, 2009 and (II) the Aggregate Target Return Percentage to be used in such calculation shall be reduced to 30% multiplied by the CoC Fraction.
Aggregate Distribution Unit Equivalent has the meaning set forth in Section 3.
Aggregate OPP Unit Equivalent has the meaning set forth in Section 3.
Aggregate Outperformance Pool means, as of the Valuation Date, a dollar amount calculated as follows: (A) subtract the Aggregate Baseline from the Total Return, in each case as of the Valuation Date, and (B) multiply the resulting amount (or, if the resulting amount is a negative number, zero) by 10%; provided, however, that in no event shall the Aggregate Outperformance Pool as of the Valuation Date exceed the difference between (i) the Maximum Aggregate Outperformance Pool Amount and (ii) the sum of (I) the Year One Outperformance Pool and (II) the Year Two Outperformance Pool.
Aggregate Total Unit Equivalent has the meaning set forth in Section 3.
Award OPP Units has the meaning set forth in Section 3.
Baseline Value means $89.17, which the Committee has determined is the average Fair Market Value of a Common Share over the thirty (30) trading days immediately preceding the Effective Date.
Cause for termination of the Grantees employment for purposes of Section 4 means: (A) if the Grantee is a party to a Service Agreement, and cause is defined therein, such definition, or (B) if the Grantee is not party to a Service Agreement or the Grantees Service
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Agreement does not define cause: (i) the Grantees conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony; (ii) the Grantees willful and continued failure to use reasonable best efforts to substantially perform his duties (other than such failure resulting from the Grantees incapacity due to physical or mental illness or subsequent to the issuance of a notice of termination by the Grantee for Good Reason) after demand for substantial performance is delivered by the Company in writing that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes the Grantee has not used reasonable best efforts to substantially perform his duties; or (iii) the Grantees willful misconduct that is materially economically injurious to the Company or to any entity in control of, controlled by or under common control with the Company (a Company Affiliate). For purposes of clause (B) of this definition, no act, or failure to act, by the Grantee shall be considered willful unless committed in bad faith and without a reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the best interests of the Company or any Company Affiliate. Cause shall not exist under clause (B)(ii) or (B)(iii) above unless and until the Company (I) gives the Grantee reasonable (but in no event less than fifteen (15) days) notice of a meeting with the executive officer(s) to whom the Grantee reports for the purpose of determining whether cause for termination exists and an opportunity for the Grantee, together with his or her counsel, to be heard, and (II) delivers to the Grantee a written finding that in the good faith opinion of such executive officer(s), the Grantee was guilty of the conduct set forth in clause (B)(ii) or (B)(iii) and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
Change of Control means:
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(c) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar form of transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets (a Business Transaction), unless immediately following such Business Transaction (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Transaction or the entity acquiring the Companys assets in such Business Transaction (the Surviving Corporation) is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Interstate Holders or the Companys shareholders immediately prior to any such Business Transaction, and (B) no person (other than the persons set forth in clauses (A), (B), (C), or (F) of paragraph (b) above or any tax-qualified, broad-based employee benefit plan of the Surviving Corporation or its affiliates) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the total voting power of the Surviving Corporation (a Non-Qualifying Transaction); or
(d) Board approval of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, unless the voting common equity interests of an ongoing entity (other than a liquidating trust) are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Companys shareholders in substantially the same proportions as such shareholders owned the Companys outstanding voting common equity interests immediately prior to such liquidation and such ongoing entity assumes all existing obligations of the Company to the Grantee under this Agreement.
Class A Units has the meaning set forth in the Partnership Agreement.
CoC Fraction means the number of calendar days that have elapsed since the Effective Date to and including the date as of which a Change of Control is consummated, divided by 1,096.
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Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Common Shares means shares of the Companys common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.04 per share, either currently existing or authorized hereafter.
Common Share Price means, as of a particular date, the average of the Fair Market Value of one Common Share over the thirty (30) trading days ending on, and including, such date (or, if such date is not a trading day, the most recent trading day immediately preceding such date).
Conversion Factor has the meaning given to that term in the Partnership Agreement (one (1.0) as of the Effective Date).
Disability means, unless otherwise provided in the Grantees Service Agreement (if any), a disability which renders the Grantee incapable of performing all of his or her material duties for a period of at least 180 consecutive or non-consecutive days during any consecutive twelve-month period.
Distribution Value means, as of a particular date of determination, the aggregate amount of distributions paid on one Class A Unit that was outstanding as of the Effective Date between March 15, 2006 and such date of determination adjusted to take into account any distributions in the form of additional Units or other Partnership securities as provided in Section 9 hereof.
Effective Date means March 15, 2006.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Fair Market Value means, as of any given date, the fair market value of a Common Share as determined by the Committee using any reasonable method and in good faith (such determination will be made in a manner that satisfies Section 409A of the Code and in good-faith as required by Section 422(c)(1) of the Code); provided that (A) if Common Shares are admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the fair market value of a Common Share on any date shall be the closing sale price reported for such share on the exchange on such date on which a sale was reported; (B) if Common Shares are admitted to quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ) or a successor quotation system and has been designated as a National Market System (NMS) security, fair market value of a Common Share on any date shall be the closing sale price reported for such share on the system on such date on which a sale was reported; and (C) if Common Shares are admitted to quotation on the NASDAQ but have not been designated as an NMS security, fair market value of a Common Share on any such date shall be the average of the highest bid and
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lowest asked prices for such Common Share on the system on such date on which both the bid and asked prices were reported.
First Valuation Date means the earlier of (A) March 14, 2007, or (B) the last day of a 30 consecutive calendar day period during which, on each day in that period, the Year One Outperformance Pool would have reached or exceeded the Maximum Year One Outperformance Pool Amount if such day had been the date of determination of the Year One Outperformance Pool.
Good Reason for termination of the Grantees employment for purposes of Section 4 means: (A) if the Grantee is a party to a Service Agreement, and good reason is defined therein, such definition, or (B) if the Grantee is not party to a Service Agreement or the Grantees Service Agreement does not define good reason, so long as the Grantee terminates his or her employment within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the Grantee has actual knowledge of the occurrence, without the written consent of the Grantee, of one of the following events that has not been cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has been given by Grantee to the Company: (i) the assignment to the Grantee of duties materially and adversely inconsistent with his or her duties as of the Effective Date or a material and adverse alteration in the nature of the Grantees duties and/or responsibilities, reporting obligations, titles or authority; (ii) a material reduction by the Company in the Grantees base salary or a failure by the Company to pay any such amounts when due; (iii) the relocation of the Grantees own office location to a location more than thirty (30) miles from such location as of the Effective Date without the Grantees consent; (iv) any purported termination of Executives employment for Cause which is not effected substantially in accordance with the definition thereof; or (v) the Companys failure to provide benefits comparable to those provided the Grantee as of the Effective Date, other than any such failure which affects all officers of a similar level.
Initial Shares means Common Shares and Units (other than those held by the Company, with the number of Units multiplied by the Conversion Factor in effect as of March 15, 2006) which are deemed outstanding as of the Effective Date for purposes of the calculations set forth in Section 3 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, such number (A) includes currently vested restricted Common Shares previously granted to employees or other persons or entities in exchange for services provided to the Company and (B) excludes (i) Common Shares issuable upon exercise of stock options or upon the exchange (directly or indirectly) of OPP Units or other Units issued to employees, non-employee trustees, consultants, advisors or other persons or entities as incentive compensation, and (ii) currently unvested restricted Common Shares.
Maximum Aggregate Outperformance Pool Amount means $100,000,000.
Maximum Year One Outperformance Pool Amount means $20,000,000.
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Maximum Year Two Outperformance Pool Amount means $40,000,000.
OPP Units means LTIP Units, as such term is defined in the Partnership Agreement, awarded under the Outperformance Plan having the rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption set forth in the Partnership Agreement.
Participation Percentage means the Grantees share of the Outperformance Pool as set forth on Schedule A hereto.
Partnership Agreement means the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of October 20, 1997, among the Company, as general partner, and the limited partners who are parties thereto, as amended from time to time.
Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or group (as defined in the Exchange Act).
Second Valuation Date means the earlier of (A) March 14, 2008, or (B) the last day of a 30 consecutive calendar day period during which, on each day in that period, the Year Two Outperformance Pool would have reached or exceeded the Maximum Year Two Outperformance Pool Amount if such day had been the date of determination of the Year Two Outperformance Pool.
Service Agreement means, as of a particular date, any employment, consulting or similar service agreement then in effect between the Grantee, on the one hand, and the Company or one of its affiliates, on the other hand, as amended or supplemented through such date.
Target Aggregate Return Percentage means 30%, except as otherwise defined for purposes of the definition of Aggregate Baseline in certain circumstances, as described in such definition.
Target Year One Return Percentage means 10%.
Target Year Two Return Percentage means 20%.
Total Return means (without double-counting), as of a particular date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the Total Shares as of such date multiplied by the Common Share Price as of such date, plus (B) an amount equal to the sum of the total dividends and other distributions actually paid between March 15, 2006 and such date including dividends and distributions paid in the form of additional Common Shares or Units, as well as other property or securities and the proceeds thereof), in respect of (i) the Initial Shares and (ii) the Additional Shares if and to the
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extent that such Additional Shares were outstanding on the record date with respect to the applicable dividend or distribution so paid.
Total Shares means (without double-counting), as of a particular date of determination, the sum of: (A) the Common Shares included in the Initial Shares, plus (B) the Common Shares included in the Additional Shares, plus (C) the Units included in Initial Shares and in Additional Shares (other than those held by the Company), except that such Units shall be multiplied by the Conversion Factor in effect on such date of determination and not the Conversion Factor (if different) used in the definition of Initial Shares or Additional Shares.
Units means all Partnership Units (as defined in the Partnership Agreement), including Class A Units, that are outstanding or are issuable upon the conversion, exercise, exchange or redemption of any securities of any kind convertible, exercisable, exchangeable or redeemable for Partnership Units; provided that all Units that are not convertible into or exchangeable for Class A Units shall be excluded from the definition of Units.
Valuation Date means the earliest of (A) March 14, 2009, (B) the date upon which a Change of Control shall occur, and (C) the last day of a 30 consecutive calendar day period during which, on each day in that period, the Aggregate Outperformance Pool would have reached or exceeded the Maximum Aggregate Outperformance Pool Amount if such day had been the date of determination of the Aggregate Outperformance Pool.
Year One Baseline means, as of the First Valuation Date, an amount representing (without double-counting) the sum of: (A) the Baseline Value multiplied by (i) the Initial Shares, and (ii) the sum of 100% plus the Target Year One Return Percentage; plus (B) with respect to each Additional Share, the product of (i) the Additional Share Baseline Value of such Additional Share, multiplied by (ii) the sum of (x) 100% plus (y) the product of the Target Year One Return Percentage multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days prior to and including March 14, 2007 during which such Additional Share has been outstanding and the denominator of which is 365.
Year One OPP Unit Equivalent has the meaning set forth in Section 3.
Year One Outperformance Pool means, as of the First Valuation Date, a dollar amount calculated as follows: subtract the Year One Baseline from the Total Return, in each case as of the First Valuation Date, and multiply the resulting amount (or, if the resulting amount is a negative number, zero) by 10%; provided, however, that in no event shall the Year One Outperformance Pool as of the First Valuation Date exceed the Maximum Year One Outperformance Pool.
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Year Two Baseline means, as of the Second Valuation Date, an amount representing (without double-counting) the sum of: (A) the Baseline Value multiplied by (i) the Initial Shares, and (ii) the sum of 100% plus the Target Year Two Return Percentage; plus (B) with respect to each Additional Share, the product of (i) the Additional Share Baseline Value of such Additional Share, multiplied by (ii) the sum of (x) 100% plus (y) the product of the Target Year Two Return Percentage multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days prior to and including March 14, 2008 during which such Additional Share has been outstanding and the denominator of which is 730.
Year Two OPP Unit Equivalent has the meaning set forth in Section 3.
Year Two Outperformance Pool means, as of the Second Valuation Date, a dollar amount calculated as follows: subtract the Year Two Baseline from the Total Return, in each case as the Second Valuation Date, and multiply the resulting amount (or, if the resulting amount is a negative number, zero) by 10%; provided, however, that in no event shall the Year Two Outperformance Pool as of the Second Valuation Date exceed the difference between (A) the Maximum Year Two Outperformance Pool and (B) the Year One Outperformance Pool.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Award Agreement to be executed as of the day of , 2006.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LIMITED PARTNER SIGNATURE PAGE
The Grantee, desiring to become one of the within named Limited Partners of Vornado Realty L.P., hereby accepts all of the terms and conditions of (including, without limitation, the provisions related to powers of attorney), and becomes a party to, the Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of October 20, 1997, of Vornado Realty L.P., as amended (the Partnership Agreement). The Grantee agrees that this signature page may be attached to any counterpart of the Partnership Agreement and further agrees as follows (where the term Limited Partner refers to the Grantee:
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EXHIBIT B
GRANTEES COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Grantee hereby represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
(a) The Grantee has received and had an opportunity to review the following documents (the Background Documents):
(i) The Companys latest Annual Report to Stockholders;
(ii) The Companys Proxy Statement for its most recent Annual Meeting of Stockholders;
(iii) The Companys Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended;
(iv) The Companys Form 10-Q, if any, for the most recently ended quarter filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission since the filing of the Form 10-K described in clause (iii) above;
(v) Each of the Companys Current Report(s) on Form 8-K, if any, filed since the end of the fiscal year most recently ended for which a Form 10-K has been filed by the Company;
(vi) The Partnership Agreement;
(vii) The Stock Plan; and
(viii) The Companys Declaration of Trust, as amended.
The Grantee also acknowledges that any delivery of the Background Documents and other information relating to the Company and the Partnership prior to the determination by the Partnership of the suitability of the Grantee as a holder of OPP Units shall not constitute an offer of OPP Units until such determination of suitability shall be made.
(b) The Grantee hereby represents and warrants that
(i) The Grantee either (A) is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or (B) by reason of the business and financial experience of the Grantee, together with the business and financial experience of those persons, if any, retained by the Grantee to represent or advise him with respect to the grant to him of OPP Units, the potential conversion of OPP Units into Class A Units of the Partnership (Common Units) and the potential redemption of such Common Units for the Companys Common Shares (REIT Shares), has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that the Grantee (I) is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Partnership and potential investment in the Company and of making an informed investment decision, (II)
is capable of protecting his own interest or has engaged representatives or advisors to assist him in protecting his interests, and (III) is capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment.
(ii) The Grantee understands that (A) the Grantee is responsible for consulting his own tax advisors with respect to the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws, and the tax laws of any state, local or other taxing jurisdiction to which the Grantee is or by reason of the award of OPP Units may become subject, to his particular situation; (B) the Grantee has not received or relied upon business or tax advice from the Company, the Partnership or any of their respective employees, agents, consultants or advisors, in their capacity as such; (C) the Grantee provides services to the Partnership on a regular basis and in such capacity has access to such information, and has such experience of and involvement in the business and operations of the Partnership, as the Grantee believes to be necessary and appropriate to make an informed decision to accept this Award of OPP Units; and (D) an investment in the Partnership and/or the Company involves substantial risks. The Grantee has been given the opportunity to make a thorough investigation of matters relevant to the OPP Units and has been furnished with, and has reviewed and understands, materials relating to the Partnership and the Company and their respective activities (including, but not limited to, the Background Documents). The Grantee has been afforded the opportunity to obtain any additional information (including any exhibits to the Background Documents) deemed necessary by the Grantee to verify the accuracy of information conveyed to the Grantee. The Grantee confirms that all documents, records, and books pertaining to his receipt of OPP Units which were requested by the Grantee have been made available or delivered to the Grantee. The Grantee has had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Partnership and the Company, or from a person or persons acting on their behalf, concerning the terms and conditions of the OPP Units. The Grantee has relied upon, and is making its decision solely upon, the Background Documents and other written information provided to the Grantee by the Partnership or the Company.
(iii) The OPP Units to be issued, the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the OPP Units and any REIT Shares issued in connection with the redemption of any such Common Units will be acquired for the account of the Grantee for investment only and not with a current view to, or with any intention of, a distribution or resale thereof, in whole or in part, or the grant of any participation therein, without prejudice, however, to the Grantees right (subject to the terms of the OPP Units, the Stock Plan and this Agreement) at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of his OPP Units, Common Units or REIT Shares in compliance with the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, and subject, nevertheless, to the disposition of his assets being at all times within his control.
(iv) The Grantee acknowledges that (A) neither the OPP Units to be issued, nor the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the OPP Units, have been registered under the Securities Act or state securities laws by reason of a specific exemption or exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and, if such OPP Units or Common Units are represented by certificates,
such certificates will bear a legend to such effect, (B) the reliance by the Partnership and the Company on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Grantee contained herein, (C) such OPP Units or Common Units, therefore, cannot be resold unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or unless an exemption from registration is available, (D) there is no public market for such OPP Units and Common Units and (E) neither the Partnership nor the Company has any obligation or intention to register such OPP Units or the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the OPP Units under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to take any action that would make available any exemption from the registration requirements of such laws, except, that, upon the redemption of the Common Units for REIT Shares, the Company may issue such REIT Shares under the Stock Plan and pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, to the extent that (I) the Grantee is eligible to receive such REIT Shares under the Stock Plan at the time of such issuance, (II) the Company has filed a Form S-8 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the issuance of such REIT Shares and (III) such Form S-8 is effective at the time of the issuance of such REIT Shares. The Grantee hereby acknowledges that because of the restrictions on transfer or assignment of such OPP Units acquired hereby and the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the OPP Units which are set forth in the Partnership Agreement or this Agreement, the Grantee may have to bear the economic risk of his ownership of the OPP Units acquired hereby and the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the OPP Units for an indefinite period of time.
(v) The Grantee has determined that the OPP Units are a suitable investment for the Grantee.
(vi) No representations or warranties have been made to the Grantee by the Partnership or the Company, or any officer, director, shareholder, agent, or affiliate of any of them, and the Grantee has received no information relating to an investment in the Partnership or the OPP Units except the information specified in paragraph (b) above.
(c) So long as the Grantee holds any OPP Units, the Grantee shall disclose to the Partnership in writing such information as may be reasonably requested with respect to ownership of OPP Units as the Partnership may deem reasonably necessary to ascertain and to establish compliance with provisions of the Code, applicable to the Partnership or to comply with requirements of any other appropriate taxing authority.
(d) The Grantee hereby agrees to make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to the OPP Units awarded hereunder, and has delivered with this Agreement a completed, executed copy of the election form attached hereto as Exhibit C. The Grantee agrees to file the election (or to permit the Partnership to file such election on the Grantees behalf) within thirty (30) days after the award of the OPP Units hereunder with the IRS Service Center at which such Grantee files his personal income tax returns, and to file a copy of such election with the Grantees U.S. federal income tax return for the taxable year in which the OPP Units are awarded to the Grantee.
(e) The address set forth on the signature page of this Agreement is the address of the Grantees principal residence, and the Grantee has no present intention of becoming a resident of any country, state or jurisdiction other than the country and state in which such residence is sited.
EXHIBIT C
ELECTION TO INCLUDE IN GROSS INCOME IN YEAR OF
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 83(B)
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
The undersigned hereby makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the property described below and supplies the following information in accordance with the regulations promulgated thereunder:
1. The name, address and taxpayer identification number of the undersigned are:
Name: (the Taxpayer)
Address:
Social Security No./Taxpayer Identification No.:
2. Description of property with respect to which the election is being made:
The election is being made with respect to OPP Units in Vornado Realty L.P. (the Partnership).
3. The date on which the OPP Units were transferred is , 2006. The taxable year to which this election relates is calendar year 2006.
4. Nature of restrictions to which the OPP Units are subject:
(a) With limited exceptions, until the OPP Units vest, the Taxpayer may not transfer in any manner any portion of the OPP Units without the consent of the Partnership.
(b) The Taxpayers OPP Units vest in accordance with the vesting provisions described in the Schedule attached hereto. Unvested OPP Units are forfeited in accordance with the vesting provisions described in the Schedule attached hereto.
5. The fair market value at time of transfer (determined without regard to any restrictions other than restrictions which by their terms will never lapse) of the OPP Units with respect to which this election is being made was $0 per OPP Unit.
6. The amount paid by the Taxpayer for the OPP Units was $0 per OPP Unit.
7. A copy of this statement has been furnished to the Partnership and Vornado Realty Trust.
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SCHEDULE TO EXHIBIT C
Vesting Provisions of OPP Units
The OPP Units are subject to time-based and performance-based vesting with the final vesting percentage equaling the product of the time-based vesting percentage and the performance-based vesting percentage. Performance-based vesting will be from 0-100% based on Vornado Realty Trusts (the Companys) per-share total return to shareholders for the period from March 15, 2006 to March 14, 2009 (or earlier in certain circumstances). Under the time-based vesting hurdles, thirty-three and one-third percent (33.34%) of the OPP Units will vest on the last day of the performance period (March 14, 2009) and thirty-three and one-third percent (33.33%) of the remaining OPP Units will vest on each of the first and second anniversaries thereof, provided that the Taxpayer remains an employee of the Company through such dates, subject to acceleration in the event of certain extraordinary transactions or termination of the Taxpayers service relationship with the Company under specified circumstances. Unvested OPP Units are subject to forfeiture in the event of failure to vest based on the passage of time or the determination of the performance-based percentage.
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Exhibit 10.2
THIRTY-THIRD
AMENDMENT
TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
VORNADO REALTY L.P.
Dated as of April 25, 2006
THIS THIRTY-THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF VORNADO REALTY L.P. (this Amendment ), dated as of April 25, 2006, is hereby adopted by Vornado Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (defined in the Agreement, hereinafter defined, as the General Partner ), as the general partner of Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership). For ease of reference, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to them in the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P. dated as of October 20, 1997, as amended by the Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of December 16, 1997, and further amended by the Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of April 1, 1998, the Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of November 12, 1998, the Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of November 30, 1998, the Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of March 3, 1999, the Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of March 17, 1999, the Seventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of May 20, 1999, the Eighth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of May 27, 1999, the Ninth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of September 3, 1999, the Tenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of September 3, 1999, the Eleventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of November 24, 1999, the Twelfth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of May 1, 2000, the
Thirteenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of May 25, 2000, the Fourteenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of December 8, 2000, the Fifteenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of December 15, 2000, the Sixteenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of July 25, 2001, the Seventeenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of September 21, 2001, the Eighteenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of January 1, 2002, the Nineteenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of July 1, 2002, the Twentieth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of April 9, 2003, the Twenty-First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of July 31, 2003, the Twenty-Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of November 17, 2003, the Twenty-Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of May 27, 2004, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of August 17, 2004, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of November 17, 2004, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of December 17, 2004, the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of December 20, 2004, the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of December 30, 2004, the Twenty-Ninth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of June 17, 2005, the Thirtieth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of August 31, 2005, the Thirty-First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of September 9, 2005, and the Thirty-Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of December 19, 2005 (as so amended, the Agreement ).
WHEREAS, the General Partner desires to establish and set forth the terms of a new series of Partnership Interests designated as LTIP Units (the LTIP Units) and to amend the Agreement to accomplish the same;
WHEREAS, Section 14.1.B of the Agreement grants the General Partner power and authority to amend the Agreement without the consent of any of the Partnerships limited partners if the amendment does not adversely affect or eliminate any right granted to a limited partner pursuant to any of the provisions of the Agreement specified in Section 14.1.C or Section 14.1.D of the Agreement as requiring a particular minimum vote; and
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WHEREAS, the General Partner has determined that the amendment effected hereby does not adversely affect or eliminate any of the limited partner rights specified in Section 14.1.C or Section 14.1.D of the Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the General Partner hereby amends the Agreement as follows:
Class A Unit Economic Balance has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.F.
Economic Capital Account Balance has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.F.
LTIP Units means the Partnership Units designated as such having the rights, powers, privileges, restrictions, qualifications and limitations set forth in Exhibit AH hereto.
AH. Issuance of LTIP Units. From and after the date hereof the Partnership shall be authorized to issue Partnership Units of a new series, which Partnership Units are hereby designated as LTIP Units. From time to time the General Partner may issue LTIP Units to Persons providing services to or for the benefit of the Partnership. LTIP Units are intended to qualify as profits interests in the Partnership and for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 4.4 shall not apply to the issuance of LTIP Units. LTIP Units shall have the terms set forth in Exhibit AH attached hereto and made part hereof.
(iv) For purposes of the foregoing calculations, issued and outstanding LTIP Units with an associated Distribution Participation Date (as defined in Exhibit AH hereto) that falls on or before the date of a particular distribution shall be treated as outstanding Class A Units.
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F. Special Allocations With Respect to LTIP Units. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 1 of Exhibit C hereto and Section 6.1.E above, and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1.A and 6.1.B above, but subject to the prior allocation of income and gain under Subsections 6.1.A(i) through (vi) above, any Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to the holders of LTIP Units until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such holders, to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units, are equal to (i) the Class A Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of their LTIP Units; provided that no such Liquidating Gains will be allocated with respect to any particular LTIP Unit unless and to the extent that such Liquidating Gains, when aggregated with other Liquidating Gains realized since the issuance of such LTIP Unit, exceed Liquidating Losses realized since the issuance of such LTIP Unit. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 1 of Exhibit C hereto, and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1.A and 6.1.B above, in the event that, due to distributions with respect to Class A Units in which the LTIP Units do not participate or otherwise, the Economic Capital Account Balance of any present or former holder of LTIP Units, to the extent attributable to the holders ownership of LTIP Units, exceeds the target balance specified above, then Liquidating Losses shall be allocated to such holder to the extent necessary to reduce or eliminate the disparity. In the event that Liquidating Gains or Liquidating Losses are allocated under this Section 6.1.F, Net Income allocable under the remaining Subsections of Section 6.1.A (i.e. Subsections 6.1.A(vii) and after) and any Net Losses shall be recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains or Liquidating Losses so allocated. For this purpose, Liquidating Gains means any net capital gain realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including any Liquidating Transaction), including but not limited to net capital gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the Carrying Value of Partnership assets under Section 1.D of Exhibit B of this Agreement. Similarly, Liquidating Losses means any net capital loss realized in connection with any such event. The Economic Capital Account Balances of the holders of LTIP Units will be equal to their Capital Account balances, plus the amount of their shares of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units. Similarly, the Class A Unit Economic Balance shall mean (i) the Capital Account balance of the General Partner, plus the amount of the General Partners share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partners ownership of Class A Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under this Section 6.1.F, divided by (ii) the number of the General Partners Class A Units. Any such allocations shall be made among the holders of LTIP Units in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each under this Section 6.1.F. The parties agree that the intent of this Section 6.1.F is to make the Capital Account balance associated with each LTIP Unit economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance associated with the General Partners Class A Units (on a per-unit
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basis), but only if the Partnership has recognized cumulative net gains with respect to its assets since the issuance of the relevant LTIP Unit.
AA. LTIP Unit Exception and Redemption of Class A Units Issued Upon Conversion of LTIP Units. Holders of LTIP Units shall not be entitled to the Redemption Right provided for in Section 8.6.A of this Agreement, unless and until such LTIP Units have been converted into Class A Units (or any other class or series of Partnership Units entitled to such Redemption Right) in accordance with their terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise permitted by the award, plan or other agreement pursuant to which an LTIP Units was issued, the Redemption Right shall not be exercisable with respect to any Class A Unit issued upon conversion of an LTIP Unit until on or after the date that is two years after the date on which the LTIP Unit was issued, provided however, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply if the Redemption Right is exercised by a LTIP Unit holder in connection with a transaction that falls within the definition of a change of control under the agreement or agreements pursuant to which the LTIP Units were issued to him or her and provided further that the one (1) and two (2) year requirement set forth in the first sentence of Subsection 8.6.A(i) shall not apply with respect to Class A Units issued upon conversion of LTIP Units.
B. To the extent provided for in Regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures and/or other IRS guidance issued after the date hereof, the Partnership is hereby authorized to, and at the direction of the General Partner shall, elect a safe harbor under which the fair market value of any Partnership Interests issued after the effective date of such Regulations (or other guidance) will be treated as equal to the liquidation value of such Partnership Interests (i.e., a value equal to the total amount that would be distributed with respect to such interests if the Partnership sold all of its assets for their fair market value immediately after the issuance of such Partnership Interests, satisfied its liabilities (excluding any non-recourse liabilities to the extent the balance of such liabilities exceeds the fair market value of the assets that secure them) and distributed the net proceeds to the Partners under the terms of this Agreement). In the event that the Partnership makes a safe harbor election as described in the preceding sentence, each Partner hereby agrees to comply with all safe harbor requirements with respect to transfers of such Partnership Interests while the safe harbor election remains effective.
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(2) Such adjustments shall be made as of the following times: (a) immediately prior to the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership by any new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (b) immediately prior to the acquisition of a more than de minimis additional interest in the Partnership by any new or existing Partner as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership in a partner capacity or in anticipation of becoming a partner; (c) immediately prior to the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of property as consideration for an interest in the Partnership; and (d) immediately prior to the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), provided however that adjustments pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (c) above shall be made only if the General Partner determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership.
H. Forfeiture Allocations. Upon a forfeiture of any unvested Partnership Interest by any Partner, gross items of income, gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated to such Partner if and to the extent required by final Regulations promulgated after the Effective Date to ensure that allocations made with respect to all unvested Partnership Interests are recognized under Code Section 704(b).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the General Partner has executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.
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ATTACHMENT 1
EXHIBIT AH
DESIGNATION OF THE PREFERENCES, CONVERSION
AND OTHER RIGHTS, VOTING POWERS, RESTRICTIONS,
LIMITATIONS AS TO DISTRIBUTIONS, QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF REDEMPTION
OF THE
LTIP UNITS
The following are the terms of the LTIP Units:
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Commencing with the portion of the taxable year of the Partnership that begins on the Distribution Participation Date established for any LTIP Units, such LTIP Units shall be allocated Net Income and Net Loss in amounts per LTIP Unit equal to the amounts allocated per Class A Unit. The allocations provided by the preceding sentence shall be subject to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 6.1.B of the Agreement and in addition to any special allocations required by Section 6.1.F of the Agreement. The General Partner is authorized in its discretion to delay or accelerate the participation of the LTIP Units in allocations of Net Income and Net Loss under this Section 3, or to adjust the allocations made under this Section 3 after the Distribution Participation Date, so that the ratio of (i) the total amount of Net Income or Net Loss allocated with respect to each LTIP Unit in the taxable year in which that LTIP Units Distribution Participation Date falls (excluding special allocations under Section 6.1.F), to (ii) the total amount distributed to that LTIP Unit with respect to such period, is more nearly equal to the ratio of (i) the Net Income and Net Loss allocated with respect to the General Partners Class A Units in such taxable year to (ii) the amounts distributed to the General Partner with respect to such Class A Units and such taxable year.
The Partnership shall maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between LTIP Units and Class A Units for conversion, distribution and other purposes, including without limitation complying with the following procedures; provided that the foregoing is not intended to alter the Capital Account Limitation (as defined in Section 7.C of this Exhibit AH), the special allocations pursuant to Section 6.1.F of the Partnership Agreement, differences between non-liquidating distributions to be made with respect to the LTIP Units and Class A Units prior to the Distribution Participation Date for such LTIP Units, differences between liquidating distributions to be made with respect to the LTIP Units and Class A Units pursuant to Section 13.2 of the Partnership Agreement or Section 2.A of this Exhibit AH in the event that the Capital Accounts attributable to the LTIP Units are less than those attributable to the Class A Units due to insufficient special allocations pursuant to Section 6.1.F of the Partnership Agreement or related provisions. If an Adjustment Event (as defined below) occurs, then the General Partner shall make a corresponding adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain such one-for-one correspondence between Class A Units and LTIP Units. The following shall be Adjustment Events: (A) the Partnership makes a distribution on all outstanding Class A Units in Partnership Units, (B) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding Class A Units into a greater number of units or combines the outstanding Class A Units into a smaller number of units, or (C) the Partnership issues any Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding Class A Units by way of a reclassification or recapitalization of its Class A Units. If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, the adjustment to the LTIP Units need be made only once using a single formula that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the following
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shall not be Adjustment Events: (x) the issuance of Partnership Units in a financing, reorganization, acquisition or other similar business transaction, (y) the issuance of Partnership Units pursuant to any employee benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (z) the issuance of any Partnership Units to the General Partner in respect of a capital contribution to the Partnership of proceeds from the sale of securities by the General Partner. If the Partnership takes an action affecting the Class A Units other than actions specifically described above as Adjustment Events and in the opinion of the General Partner such action would require an adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain the one-to-one correspondence described above, the General Partner shall have the right to make such adjustment to the LTIP Units, to the extent permitted by law and by the terms of any plan pursuant to which the LTIP Units have been issued, in such manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be appropriate under the circumstances. If an adjustment is made to the LTIP Units as herein provided the Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the Partnership an officers certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error. Promptly after filing of such certificate, the Partnership shall mail a notice to each holder of LTIP Units setting forth the adjustment to his or her LTIP Units and the effective date of such adjustment.
The LTIP Units shall rank on parity with the Class A Units in all respects, subject to the proviso in the first sentence of Section 4 of this Exhibit AH.
The LTIP Units shall have no liquidation preference.
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In anticipation of such Forced Conversion and the consummation of the Transaction, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each holder of LTIP Units to be afforded the right to receive in connection with such
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Transaction in consideration for the Class A Units into which his or her LTIP Units will be converted the same kind and amount of cash, securities and other property (or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Transaction by a holder of the same number of Class A Units, assuming such holder of Class A Units is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into which the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a Constituent Person), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that holders of Class A Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Transaction, prior to such Transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each holder of LTIP Units of such election, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to afford such holders the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by such holder into Class A Units in connection with such Transaction. If a holder of LTIP Units fails to make such an election, such holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held him or her (or by any of his or her transferees) the same kind and amount of consideration that a holder of a Class A Unit would receive if such holder of Class A Units failed to make such an election.
Subject to the rights of the Partnership and the General Partner under any Vesting Agreement and the terms of any plan under which LTIP Units are issued, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the terms of any Transaction to be consistent with the provisions of this Section 7 and to enter into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of any holders of LTIP Units whose LTIP Units will not be converted into Class A Units in connection with the Transaction that will (i) contain provisions enabling the holders of LTIP Units that remain outstanding after such Transaction to convert their LTIP Units into securities as comparable as reasonably possible under the circumstances to the Class A Units and (ii) preserve as far as reasonably possible under the circumstances the distribution, special allocation, conversion, and other rights set forth in the Agreement for the benefit of the holders of LTIP Units.
LTIP Units will not be redeemable at the option of the Partnership; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Partnership from repurchasing LTIP Units from the holder thereof if and to the extent such holder agrees to sell such Units.
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(ii) with respect to any merger, consolidation or other business combination or reorganization, so long as the LTIP Units either (x) are converted into Class A Units immediately prior to the effectiveness of the transaction, (y) remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged, or (z) if the Partnership is not the surviving entity in such transaction, are exchanged for a security of the surviving entity with terms that are materially the same with respect to rights to allocations, distributions, redemption, conversion and voting as the LTIP Units and without any income, gain or loss expected to be recognized by the holder upon the exchange for federal income tax purposes (and with the terms of the Class A Units or such other securities into which the LTIP Units (or the substitute security therefor) are convertible materially the same with respect to rights to allocations, distributions, redemption, conversion and voting), such merger, consolidation or other business combination or reorganization shall not be deemed to materially and adversely alter, change, modify or amend the rights, powers or privileges of the LTIP Units, provided further, that if some, but not all, of the LTIP Units are converted into Class A Units immediately prior to the effectiveness of the transaction (and neither clause (y) or (z) above is applicable), then the consent required pursuant to this Section will be the consent of the holders of more than 50% of the LTIP Units to be outstanding following such conversion and Class A Units outstanding voting together as a single class pursuant to Section 9.A above;
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Attachment A to Exhibit AH
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The undersigned holder of LTIP Units hereby irrevocably elects to convert the number of Vested LTIP Units in Vornado Realty L.P. (the Partnership) set forth below into Class A Units in accordance with the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended. The undersigned hereby represents, warrants, and certifies that the undersigned: (a) has title to such LTIP Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of any other person or entity other than the Partnership; (b) has the full right, power, and authority to cause the conversion of such LTIP Units as provided herein; and (c) has obtained the consent or approval of all persons or entities, if any, having the right to consent or approve such conversion.
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VORNADO REALTY TRUST 2002 OMNIBUS SHARE PLAN
RESTRICTED LTIP UNIT AGREEMENT
RESTRICTED LTIP UNIT AGREEMENT made as of date set forth on Schedule A hereto between VORNADO REALTY TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the Company), its subsidiary Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), and the employee of the Company or one of its affiliates listed on Schedule A (the Employee).
RECITALS
A. In accordance with the Vornado Realty Trust 2002 Omnibus Share Plan (the Plan), the Company desires in connection with the employment of the Employee, to provide the Employee with an opportunity to acquire LTIP Units (as defined in the agreement of limited partnership of the Partnership, as amended (the Partnership Agreement)) having the rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and conversion set forth herein, in the Plan and in the Partnership Agreement, and thereby provide additional incentive for the Employee to promote the progress and success of the business of the Company, the Partnership and its subsidiaries.
B. Schedule A hereto sets forth certain significant details of the LTIP Unit grant herein and is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings provided on Schedule A.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Partnership and the Employee hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
The Employee shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to Restricted LTIP Units to the extent provided for in the Partnership Agreement, as modified hereby, if applicable. The Distribution Participation Date (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) for the Restricted LTIP Units shall be the Grant Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee shall not have the right to receive cash distributions paid on Restricted LTIP Units for which the applicable Vesting Period has not expired unless the Employee is employed by the Company on the payroll date coinciding with or immediately following the date any such distributions are payable.
The Employee shall have the right to vote the Restricted LTIP Units if and when voting is allowed under the Partnership Agreement, regardless of whether the applicable Vesting Period has expired.
(i) individuals who, on the Grant Date, constitute the Board of Trustees of the Company (the Incumbent Trustees) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Trustees (the Board), provided that any person becoming a trustee subsequent to the Grant Date whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Trustees then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for trustee, without objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Trustee; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a trustee of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to trustees or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be an Incumbent Trustee;
(ii) any person (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes, after the Grant Date, a beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board (the Company Voting Securities); provided, however, that an event described in this paragraph (ii)
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(iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar form of transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets (a Business Transaction), unless immediately following such Business Transaction (a) more than 50% of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Transaction or the entity acquiring the Companys assets in such Business Transaction (the Surviving Corporation) is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Interstate Holders or the Companys shareholders immediately prior to any such Business Transaction, and (b) no person (other than the persons set forth in clauses (A), (B), (C), or (F) of paragraph (ii) above or any tax-qualified, broad-based employee benefit plan of the Surviving Corporation or its affiliates) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the total voting power of the Surviving Corporation (a Non-Qualifying Transaction); or
(iv) Board approval of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, unless the voting common equity interests of an ongoing entity (other than a liquidating trust) are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Companys shareholders in substantially the same proportions as such shareholders owned the Companys outstanding voting common equity interests immediately prior to such liquidation and such ongoing entity assumes all existing obligations of the Company to Employee under this Restricted Stock Agreement.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LIMITED PARTNER SIGNATURE PAGE
The Employee, desiring to become one of the within named Limited Partners of Vornado Realty L.P., hereby accepts all of the terms and conditions of (including, without limitation, the provisions related to powers of attorney), and becomes a party to, the Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of October 20, 1997, of Vornado Realty L.P., as amended (the Partnership Agreement). The Employee agrees that this signature page may be attached to any counterpart of the Partnership Agreement and further agrees as follows (where the term Limited Partner refers to the Employee:
1. The Limited Partner hereby confirms that it has reviewed the terms of the Partnership Agreement and affirms and agrees that it is bound by each of the terms and conditions of the Partnership Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions thereof relating to limitations and restrictions on the transfer of Partnership Units.
2. The Limited Partner hereby confirms that it is acquiring the Partnership Units for its own account as principal, for investment and not with a view to resale or distribution, and that the Partnership Units may not be transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Limited Partner otherwise than in a transaction pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Partnership (which it has no obligation to file) or that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and all applicable state and foreign securities laws, and the General Partner may refuse to transfer any Partnership Units as to which evidence of such registration or exemption from registration satisfactory to the General Partner is not provided to it, which evidence may include the requirement of a legal opinion regarding the exemption from such registration. If the General Partner delivers to the Limited Partner Common Shares of Beneficial Interest of the General Partner (Common Shares) upon redemption of any Partnership Units, the Common Shares will be acquired for the Limited Partners own account as principal, for investment and not with a view to resale or distribution, and the Common Shares may not be transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Limited Partner otherwise than in a transaction pursuant to a registration statement filed by the General Partner with respect to such Common Shares (which it has no obligation under the Partnership Agreement to file) or that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable state and foreign securities laws, and the General Partner may refuse to transfer any Common Shares as to which evidence of such registration or exemption from such registration satisfactory to the General Partner is not provided to it, which evidence may include the requirement of a legal opinion regarding the exemption from such registration.
3. The Limited Partner hereby affirms that it has appointed the General Partner, any Liquidator and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead, in accordance with Section 15.11 of the Partnership Agreement, which section is hereby incorporated by reference. The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall
survive and not be affected by the death, incompetency, dissolution, disability, incapacity, bankruptcy or termination of the Limited Partner and shall extend to the Limited Partners heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
4. The Limited Partner hereby confirms that, notwithstanding any provisions of the Partnership Agreement to the contrary, the LTIP Units shall not be redeemable by the Limited Partner pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Partnership Agreement.
5. a. The Limited Partner hereby irrevocably consents in advance to any amendment to the Partnership Agreement, as may be recommended by the General Partner, intended to avoid the Partnership being treated as a publicly-traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Internal Revenue Code, including, without limitation, (x) any amendment to the provisions of Section 8.6 of the Partnership Agreement intended to increase the waiting period between the delivery of a Notice of Redemption and the Specified Redemption Date and/or the Valuation Date to up to sixty (60) days or (y) any other amendment to the Partnership Agreement intended to make the redemption and transfer provisions, with respect to certain redemptions and transfers, more similar to the provisions described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(f).
b. The Limited Partner hereby appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead, to execute and deliver any amendment referred to in the foregoing paragraph 5(a) on the Limited Partners behalf. The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and not be affected by the death, incompetency, dissolution, disability, incapacity, bankruptcy or termination of the Limited Partner and shall extend to the Limited Partners heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
6. The Limited Partner agrees that it will not transfer any interest in the Partnership Units (x) through (i) a national, non-U.S., regional, local or other securities exchange, (ii) PORTAL or (iii) an over-the-counter market (including an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations by identified brokers or dealers by electronic means or otherwise) or (y) to or through (a) a person, such as a broker or dealer, that makes a market in, or regularly quotes prices for, interests in the Partnership or (b) a person that regularly makes available to the public (including customers or subscribers) bid or offer quotes with respect to any interests in the Partnership and stands ready to effect transactions at the quoted prices for itself or on behalf of others.
7. The Limited Partner acknowledges that the General Partner shall be a third party beneficiary of the representations, covenants and agreements set forth in Sections 4 and 6 hereof. The Limited Partner agrees that it will transfer, whether by assignment or otherwise, Partnership Units only to the General Partner or to transferees that provide the Partnership and the General Partner with the representations and covenants set forth in Sections 4 and 6 hereof.
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EMPLOYEES COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Employee hereby represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
(a) The Employee has received and had an opportunity to review the following documents (the Background Documents):
(i) The Companys latest Annual Report to Stockholders;
(ii) The Companys Proxy Statement for its most recent Annual Meeting of Stockholders;
(iii) The Companys Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended;
(iv) The Companys Form 10-Q, if any, for the most recently ended quarter filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission since the filing of the Form 10-K described in clause (iii) above;
(v) Each of the Companys Current Report(s) on Form 8-K, if any, filed since the end of the fiscal year most recently ended for which a Form 10-K has been filed by the Company;
(vi) The Partnership Agreement;
(vii) The Stock Plan; and
(viii) The Companys Declaration of Trust, as amended.
The Employee also acknowledges that any delivery of the Background Documents and other information relating to the Company and the Partnership prior to the determination by the Partnership of the suitability of the Employee as a holder of LTIP Units shall not constitute an offer of LTIP Units until such determination of suitability shall be made.
(b) The Employee hereby represents and warrants that
(i) The Employee either (A) is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or (B) by reason of the business and financial experience of the Employee, together with the business and financial experience of those persons, if any, retained by the Employee to represent or advise him with respect to the grant
to him of LTIP Units, the potential conversion of LTIP Units into Class A Units of the Partnership (Common Units) and the potential redemption of such Common Units for the Companys Common Shares (REIT Shares), has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that the Employee (I) is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Partnership and potential investment in the Company and of making an informed investment decision, (II) is capable of protecting his own interest or has engaged representatives or advisors to assist him in protecting his interests, and (III) is capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment.
(ii) The Employee understands that (A) the Employee is responsible for consulting his own tax advisors with respect to the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws, and the tax laws of any state, local or other taxing jurisdiction to which the Employee is or by reason of the award of LTIP Units may become subject, to his particular situation; (B) the Employee has not received or relied upon business or tax advice from the Company, the Partnership or any of their respective employees, agents, consultants or advisors, in their capacity as such; (C) the Employee provides services to the Partnership on a regular basis and in such capacity has access to such information, and has such experience of and involvement in the business and operations of the Partnership, as the Employee believes to be necessary and appropriate to make an informed decision to accept this award of LTIP Units; and (D) an investment in the Partnership and/or the Company involves substantial risks. The Employee has been given the opportunity to make a thorough investigation of matters relevant to the LTIP Units and has been furnished with, and has reviewed and understands, materials relating to the Partnership and the Company and their respective activities (including, but not limited to, the Background Documents). The Employee has been afforded the opportunity to obtain any additional information (including any exhibits to the Background Documents) deemed necessary by the Employee to verify the accuracy of information conveyed to the Employee. The Employee confirms that all documents, records, and books pertaining to his receipt of LTIP Units which were requested by the Employee have been made available or delivered to the Employee. The Employee has had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Partnership and the Company, or from a person or persons acting on their behalf, concerning the terms and conditions of the LTIP Units. The Employee has relied upon, and is making its decision solely upon, the Background Documents and other written information provided to the Employee by the Partnership or the Company.
(iii) The LTIP Units to be issued, the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units and any REIT Shares issued in connection with the redemption of any such Common Units will be acquired for the account of the Employee for investment only and not with a current view to, or with any intention of, a distribution or resale thereof, in whole or in part, or the grant of any
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participation therein, without prejudice, however, to the Employees right (subject to the terms of the LTIP Units, the Stock Plan and this Agreement) at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of his LTIP Units, Common Units or REIT Shares in compliance with the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, and subject, nevertheless, to the disposition of his assets being at all times within his control.
(iv) The Employee acknowledges that (A) neither the LTIP Units to be issued, nor the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units, have been registered under the Securities Act or state securities laws by reason of a specific exemption or exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and, if such LTIP Units or Common Units are represented by certificates, such certificates will bear a legend to such effect, (B) the reliance by the Partnership and the Company on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Employee contained herein, (C) such LTIP Units or Common Units, therefore, cannot be resold unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or unless an exemption from registration is available, (D) there is no public market for such LTIP Units and Common Units and (E) neither the Partnership nor the Company has any obligation or intention to register such LTIP Units or the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to take any action that would make available any exemption from the registration requirements of such laws, except, that, upon the redemption of the Common Units for REIT Shares, the Company may issue such REIT Shares under the Stock Plan and pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, to the extent that (I) the Employee is eligible to receive such REIT Shares under the Stock Plan at the time of such issuance, (II) the Company has filed a Form S-8 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the issuance of such REIT Shares and (III) such Form S-8 is effective at the time of the issuance of such REIT Shares. The Employee hereby acknowledges that because of the restrictions on transfer or assignment of such LTIP Units acquired hereby and the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units which are set forth in the Partnership Agreement or this Agreement, the Employee may have to bear the economic risk of his ownership of the LTIP Units acquired hereby and the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units for an indefinite period of time.
(v) The Employee has determined that the LTIP Units are a suitable investment for the Employee.
(vi) No representations or warranties have been made to the Employee by the Partnership or the Company, or any officer, director, shareholder, agent, or affiliate of any of them, and the Employee has received no
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information relating to an investment in the Partnership or the LTIP Units except the information specified in paragraph (b) above.
(c) So long as the Employee holds any LTIP Units, the Employee shall disclose to the Partnership in writing such information as may be reasonably requested with respect to ownership of LTIP Units as the Partnership may deem reasonably necessary to ascertain and to establish compliance with provisions of the Code, applicable to the Partnership or to comply with requirements of any other appropriate taxing authority.
(d) The Employee hereby agrees to make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to the LTIP Units awarded hereunder, and has delivered with this Agreement a completed, executed copy of the election form attached hereto as Exhibit C. The Employee agrees to file the election (or to permit the Partnership to file such election on the Employees behalf) within thirty (30) days after the award of the LTIP Units hereunder with the IRS Service Center at which such Employee files his personal income tax returns, and to file a copy of such election with the Employees U.S. federal income tax return for the taxable year in which the LTIP Units are awarded to the Employee.
(e) The address set forth on the signature page of this Agreement is the address of the Employees principal residence, and the Employee has no present intention of becoming a resident of any country, state or jurisdiction other than the country and state in which such residence is sited.
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EXHIBIT C
ELECTION TO INCLUDE IN GROSS INCOME IN YEAR OF
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 83(B)
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
The undersigned hereby makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the property described below and supplies the following information in accordance with the regulations promulgated thereunder:
1. The name, address and taxpayer identification number of the undersigned are:
Name: (the Taxpayer)
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2. Description of property with respect to which the election is being made:
The election is being made with respect to LTIP Units in Vornado Realty L.P. (the Partnership).
3. The date on which the LTIP Units were transferred is , 2006. The taxable year to which this election relates is calendar year 2006.
4. Nature of restrictions to which the LTIP Units are subject:
(a) With limited exceptions, until the LTIP Units vest, the Taxpayer may not transfer in any manner any portion of the LTIP Units without the consent of the Partnership.
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5. The fair market value at time of transfer (determined without regard to any restrictions other than restrictions which by their terms will never lapse) of the LTIP Units with respect to which this election is being made was $0 per LTIP Unit.
6. The amount paid by the Taxpayer for the LTIP Units was $0 per LTIP Unit.
7. A copy of this statement has been furnished to the Partnership and Vornado Realty Trust.
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SCHEDULE TO EXHIBIT C
Vesting Provisions of LTIP Units
The LTIP Units are subject to time-based vesting with percent ( %) vesting on each anniversary of the date of grant provided that the Taxpayer remains an employee of the Company or its subsidiares through such dates, subject to acceleration in the event of certain extraordinary transactions or termination of the Taxpayers service relationship with the Company under specified circumstances. Unvested LTIP Units are subject to forfeiture in the event of failure to vest based on the passage of time and continued aemployment.
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