(a) | Subject to clause (c) below, the period of restriction with respect to the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units granted hereunder (the "Restriction Period") shall begin on the date hereof and lapse in accordance with the provisions of Schedule I attached hereto. Subject to the provisions of the Partnership Agreement and this Agreement, during the Restriction Period, the Grantee shall not be permitted voluntarily or involuntarily to sell, transfer, pledge, anticipate, alienate, encumber, assign or otherwise dispose of the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units awarded under this Agreement (or have such shares attached or garnished). |
(b) | Except as provided in the foregoing clause (a), below in this clause (b) or in the Partnership Agreement, the Grantee shall have, in respect of the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units, all of the rights of a partner in the Partnership, including the right to receive distributions in respect of such [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units. Unless otherwise provided by the General Partner, the Grantee shall be entitled to receive any distributions on the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units (whether or not then subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture) which have not been forfeited if and when distributions are made in respect of Partnership units generally. |
(c) | The Company is a special purpose vehicle through which the members of the Company hold indirect interests in the Partnership. In order to determine equitably the rights and obligations of the Company and its members with respect to the grant of [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units to the Company, the General Partner shall be entitled to take all necessary actions and make any adjustments that are necessary or advisable to replicate, with respect to the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units, the vesting, cancellation, forfeiture or failure to vest that occurs with respect to any corresponding [20--] Time-Based HoldCo Units. In furtherance of the foregoing, the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units shall become vested and nonforfeitable when, as and if a corresponding number of [20--] Time-Based HoldCo Units become vested and nonforfeitable in accordance with the terms of limited liability company agreement of the Company and any applicable Unit Award Agreement with a member of the Company. Similarly, the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units shall be forfeited by the Company without further consideration if and to the extent that a corresponding number of [20--] Time-Based HoldCo Units are forfeited by a member of the Company. |
(a) | THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. |
(b) | The General Partner may make such rules and regulations and establish such procedures for the administration of this Agreement as it deems appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Partner may in good faith interpret this Agreement, with such interpretations to be conclusive and binding on all persons and otherwise accorded the maximum deference permitted by law, provided that the General Partner's interpretation shall not be entitled to deference on and after a Change in Control except to the extent that such interpretations are made exclusively by a General Partner who is comprised of one or more individuals who served on the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (the "REIT") before the Change in Control and take any other actions and make any other determinations or decisions that it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the Partnership Agreement, this Agreement or the administration or interpretation thereof. In the event of any dispute or disagreement as to interpretation of the Partnership Agreement or this Agreement or of any rule, regulation or procedure, or as to any question, right or obligation arising from or related to the Partnership Agreement or this Agreement, the decision of the General Partner in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 3(b) shall be final and binding upon all persons. |
(c) | All notices hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Partnership or the General Partner, shall be delivered to the Partnership or mailed to its principal office, addressed to the attention of the General Partner; and if to the Grantee, shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Grantee at the address appearing in the records of the Company. Such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the other party given in accordance with this Paragraph 3(c). |
(d) | Without limiting the Grantee's rights as may otherwise be applicable in the event of a Change in Control, if the Partnership shall be consolidated or merged with another corporation or other entity, the Grantee may be required to deposit with the successor corporation any certificates for the stock or securities or the other property that the Grantee is entitled to receive by reason of ownership of [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units in a manner consistent with the Partnership Agreement, and such stock, securities or other property shall become subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed under this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement, and the certificates therefor or other evidence shall bear a legend similar in form and substance to the legend set forth in the Partnership Agreement. |
(e) | Unless otherwise provided by the General Partner, any shares or other securities distributed to the Grantee with respect to [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units or otherwise issued in substitution of [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units shall be subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed by this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement, including depositing the certificates therefor with the Company together with a stock power and bearing a legend as provided in the Partnership Agreement. |
(f) | The failure of the Grantee or the Partnership to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the Partnership Agreement, or to assert any right the Grantee or the Partnership, respectively, may have under this Agreement or the Partnership Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement or the Partnership Agreement. |
(g) | The Partnership shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law. |
(h) | This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. |
(i) | This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including via facsimile, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. |
(j) | Except as otherwise provided in the Partnership Agreement, no amendment or modification hereof shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and signed by all parties hereto. |
(k) | The Grantee is an “accredited investor” as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Grantee has duly executed and delivered to the Company an accredited investor questionnaire in the form attached as Annex A hereto indicating the basis for such representation. Grantee is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the acquisition and ownership of the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units and has obtained all information regarding the Partnership (and its applicable affiliates) and the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units as Grantee deems appropriate, and has relied solely upon such information, and Grantee’s own knowledge, experience and investigation, and those of his, her or its advisors, and not upon any representations of the Partnership and/or the Company, in connection with its investment decision in acquiring the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units. Grantee and his, her or its professional advisors have had an opportunity to conduct, and have so conducted if so desired, a due diligence investigation of the Partnership in connection with the decision to acquire the [20--] Time-Based LTIP Units and in such regard have done all things as Grantee and they have deemed appropriate and have had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Partnership and the Company, and have done so, as they have deemed appropriate. |
(l) | The Grantee shall execute the Joinder Agreement attached as Annex B hereto. |
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