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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

Performance Share Award Agreement

 

                This Performance Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of ____________, ____ (the “Grant Date”) by and between Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and ____________ (the “Grantee”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Team, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to which Performance Awards may be granted; and

 

WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to grant the award of Performance Awards provided for herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

1.           Grant of Performance Share Units.  Pursuant to Section VI of the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Grantee an Award of [____] Performance Stock Units (the “Award”), which amount shall be subject to reduction by the Committee as provided by this Agreement and the Plan.  Each Performance Stock Unit (“PSU”) represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan.

 

2.           Performance Criteria.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3 below, the Award shall become vested if the Company’s [Performance Measure] is equal to [________] for the period commencing on [____ and ending on ____] (the “Performance Period”).  For purposes of this provision, [Performance Measure] shall be determined based on the financial information reported in the Company’s quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such amount shall be adjusted to take into account income charges for restructuring, extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items, discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting changes, each as defined by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or changes in tax laws, as identified on the face of the income statements or in the footnotes thereto, or in the Management Discussion and Analysis section of the Company’s annual report.

 

3.           Additional Performance Goals.  Pursuant to Section 6.4 of the Plan, the Committee has retained the right to eliminate or reduce the number of shares of stock which are subject to any Performance Based Award.  On or before [___], the Committee will review the Company’s overall performance based on the factors provided in Exhibit 1 and will reduce the number of PSUs which are subject to this Award.

 

4.           Determination of Performance.  Following completion of the Performance Period and prior to [____], the Committee will review and certify in writing whether the Performance Goal has been achieved.  At that time, the Committee will decide whether to exercise its negative discretion to reduce the number of PSUs subject to this Agreement as permitted by Section 3 above and Section 6.4 of the Plan.  Following the issuance of this certification, the number of PSUs that the Grantee shall earn, if any, shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Grantee, and on all other persons, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

  

  

  

5.           Vesting of PSUs. The PSUs are subject to forfeiture until they vest. Except as otherwise provided herein, the PSUs will vest and become non-forfeitable on [____], subject to (i) the achievement of the Performance Criteria, (ii) the exercise of the Committee’s discretion to reduce the number of PSUs subject to this Award, and (iii) the Grantee's “Continuous Service” with the Company from the Grant Date through [____].

 

6.           Termination of Continuous Service.

 

            6.1    Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if the Grantee's employment with the Company terminates for any reason at any time prior to [_____], all of the PSUs shall be automatically forfeited upon such termination of Continuous Service and neither the Company nor any Affiliate shall have any further obligations to the Grantee under this Agreement.

 

           6.2    Notwithstanding Section 6.1, if the Grantee's Continuous Service terminates during the Performance Period as a result of the Grantee's death or Disability, the Grantee will vest on such date in a portion of the PSUs determined by multiplying (i) [Target Award Number] by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which equals the number of days that the Grantee was employed between [Start of Performance Period] and the date of death or Disability, and the denominator of which equals [End of Performance Period]. Any remaining PSUs subject to this Agreement shall be forfeited on the date of death or Disability.

 

7.           Effect of a Change in Control. If there is a Change in Control during the Performance Period, the Grantee shall be vested in [Target Award Level] PSUs on the effective date of the Change in Control, which amount shall be paid no later than thirty (30) days following such Change in Control.  Any remaining PSUs subject to this Agreement shall be forfeited on the date the Change in Control occurs.

 

8.           Payment of PSUs. Payment in respect of the PSUs earned for the Performance Period shall be made in shares of Common Stock and shall be issued to the Grantee as soon as practicable following the vesting date and in any event within sixty (60) days following the vesting date. The Company shall (i) issue and deliver to the Grantee the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of vested PSUs less applicable tax withholding, and (ii) enter the Grantee's name on the books of the Company as the shareholder of record with respect to the shares of Common Stock delivered to the Grantee.

 

9.               Transferability. Subject to any exceptions set forth in this Agreement or the Plan, the PSUs or the rights relating thereto may not be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by the Grantee, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and upon any such transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution, the transferee shall hold such PSUs subject to all of the terms and conditions that were applicable to the Grantee immediately prior to such transfer.

 

  

  

  

10.           Rights as Shareholder; Dividend Equivalents.

 

             10.1    The Grantee shall not have any rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the PSUs, including, but not limited to, voting rights and the right to receive or accrue dividends or dividend equivalents.

 

              10.2    Upon and following the vesting of the PSUs and the issuance of shares, the Grantee shall be the record owner of the shares of Common Stock underlying the PSUs unless and until such shares are sold or otherwise disposed of, and as record owner shall be entitled to all rights of a shareholder of the Company (including voting and dividend rights, if any).

 

11.           No Right to Continued Service. Neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall confer upon the Grantee any right to be retained in any position, as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company. Further, nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall be construed to limit the discretion of the Company to terminate the Grantee's Continuous Service at any time, with or without Cause.

 

12.           Adjustments. If any change is made to the outstanding Common Stock or the capital structure of the Company, if required, the PSUs shall be adjusted or terminated in any manner as contemplated by Section 7 of the Plan.

 

13.           Tax Liability and Withholding.

 

             13.1    The Grantee shall be required to pay to the Company, and the Company shall have the right to deduct from any compensation paid to the Grantee pursuant to the Plan, the amount of any required withholding taxes in respect of the PSUs and to take all such other action as the Company deems necessary to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding taxes. As a condition of the receipt of this grant, prior to the vesting of the PSUs Grantee hereby agrees to make such arrangements as the Company may require in order to satisfy any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that the Company, in its sole discretion, determines may arise in connection with the receipt of this grant or the issuance of shares of Common Stock (the “Tax Obligations”). Grantee understands that the Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock under the Plan unless and until such Tax Obligations are satisfied.

 

              13.2    The Company intends, and Grantee hereby authorizes the Company, to satisfy the Tax Obligations by withholding from the Grantee’s vested PSUs the number of full shares of Common Stock having an aggregate market value at that time of vesting equal to the amount the Company determines are equal to the Tax Obligations, with the remainder to be satisfied by withholding from Grantee’s wages or other cash compensation payable by the Company or your employer. To the extent the Company determines that the number of PSUs or shares of Common Stock withheld pursuant to this Paragraph is insufficient to satisfy such Tax Obligations, Grantee hereby authorizes the Company or Grantee’s employer to deduct from Grantee’s compensation the additional amounts necessary to fully satisfy the Tax Obligations. If the Company chooses not to deduct such amount from Grantee’s compensation, Grantee agrees to pay the Company, in cash or by check, the additional amount necessary to fully satisfy the Tax Obligations. Grantee hereby agrees to take any further actions and execute any additional documents as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Paragraph.

 

  

  

  

 13.3                 Notwithstanding any action the Company takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items is and remains the Grantee's responsibility and the Company (i) makes no representation or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with the grant, vesting or settlement of the PSUs or the subsequent sale of any shares, and (ii) does not commit to structure the PSUs to reduce or eliminate the Grantee's liability for Tax-Related Items.

 

14.           Non-competition and Non-solicitation.

 

             14.1    In consideration of the PSUs, the Grantee agrees and covenants not to:

 

(a)           contribute his or her knowledge, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, as an employee, officer, owner, manager, advisor, consultant, agent, partner, director, shareholder, volunteer, intern or in any other similar capacity to an entity engaged in the same or similar business as the Company and its Affiliates, including those engaged in the business of specialty maintenance and construction services required in maintaining high temperature and high pressure piping systems and vessels utilized extensively in heavy industry, which service includes, but is not limited to, inspection and assessment, field heat treating, leak repair, fugitive emissions control, hot tapping, field machining, technical bolting, field valve repair asset integrity and reliability management services and products involving advanced inspection and engineering assessment and the sale and service of waterworks valves and any other services Team currently provides for a period of two (2) years following the Grantee's termination of Continuous Service;

 

(b)           directly or indirectly, solicit, hire, recruit, attempt to hire or recruit, or induce the termination of employment of any employee of the Company or its Affiliates for eighteen (18) months following the Grantee's termination of Continuous Service; or

 

(c)           directly or indirectly, solicit, contact (including, but not limited to, e-mail, regular mail, express mail, telephone, fax, and instant message), attempt to contact or meet with the current customers of the Company or any of its Affiliates for purposes of offering or accepting goods or services similar to or competitive with those offered by the Company or any of its Affiliates for a period of two (2) years following the Grantee's termination of Continuous Service.

 

14.2           If the Grantee breaches any of the covenants set forth in Section 14.1:

 

(a)           all unvested PSUs shall be immediately forfeited; and

 

(b)           the Grantee hereby consents and agrees that the Company shall be entitled to seek, in addition to other available remedies, a temporary or permanent injunction or other equitable relief against such breach or threatened breach from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security. The aforementioned equitable relief shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, legal remedies, monetary damages or other available forms of relief.

 

  

  

  

15.           Compliance with Law. The issuance and transfer of shares of Common Stock in connection with the PSUs shall be subject to compliance by the Company and the Grantee with all applicable requirements of federal and state securities laws and with all applicable requirements of any stock exchange on which the Company's shares of Common Stock may be listed. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued or transferred unless and until any then applicable requirements of state and federal laws and regulatory agencies have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Company and its counsel.

 

 16.           Notices. Any notice required to be delivered to the Company under this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Chief Legal Officer of the Company at the Company's principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be delivered to the Grantee under this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Grantee at the Grantee's address as shown in the records of the Company. Either party may designate another address in writing (or by such other method approved by the Company) from time to time.

 

17.           Governing Law. This Agreement will be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to conflict of law principles.

 

18.           Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this Agreement shall be submitted by the Grantee or the Company to the Committee for review. The resolution of such dispute by the Committee shall be final and binding on the Grantee and the Company.

 

19.           PSUs Subject to Plan. This Agreement is subject to the Plan as approved by the Company's shareholders. The terms and provisions of the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, are hereby incorporated herein by reference. In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan will govern and prevail.

 

20.           Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, this Agreement will be binding upon the Grantee and the Grantee's beneficiaries, executors, administrators and the person(s) to whom the PSUs may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution.

 

21.           Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of the Plan or this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, and each provision of the Plan and this Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent permitted by law.

 

  

  

  

22.           Discretionary Nature of Plan. The Plan is discretionary and may be amended, cancelled or terminated by the Company at any time, in its discretion. The grant of the PSUs in this Agreement does not create any contractual right or other right to receive any PSUs or other Awards in the future. Future Awards, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company. Any amendment, modification, or termination of the Plan shall not constitute a change or impairment of the terms and conditions of the Grantee's employment with the Company.

 

23.           Amendment. The Committee has the right to amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or cancel the PSUs, prospectively or retroactively; provided, that, no such amendment shall adversely affect the Grantee's material rights under this Agreement without the Grantee's consent.

 

24.           Section 162(m). All payments under this Agreement are intended to constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. This Award shall be construed and administered in a manner consistent with such intent.

 

25.           Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code or an exemption thereunder and shall be construed and interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the requirements for avoiding additional taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code and in no event shall the Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by the Grantee on account of non-compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

26.           No Impact on Other Benefits. The value of the Grantee's PSUs is not part of his or her normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, retirement, welfare, insurance or similar employee benefit.

 

27.           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Counterpart signature pages to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf), or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document, will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing an original signature.

 

28.           Acceptance. The Grantee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and this Agreement. The Grantee has read and understands the terms and provisions thereof, and accepts the PSUs subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. The Grantee acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon the vesting or settlement of the PSUs or disposition of the underlying shares and that the Grantee has been advised to consult a tax advisor prior to such vesting, settlement or disposition.

 

  

  

  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

	  	
TEAM, INC.

 

	  	
By: ________________________

Name: _____________________

Title: ______________________

	  	
 

ACCPETED AND AGREED:

	  	
 

GRANTEE

By: _________________________

Name: _______________________

Date: ________________________

 

	  	  

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

Performance Share Award Agreement

Exhibit 110.1 Eighth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of AIMCO Properties, L.P., dated as of October 31, 2014 - 01

EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
This EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P., dated as of October 31, 2014 (this “Amendment”), is being executed by AIMCO-GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “General Partner”), as the general partner of AIMCO Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), pursuant to the authority conferred on the General Partner by Section 7.3.C(7) of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of AIMCO Properties, L.P., dated as of July 29, 1994 and restated as of February 28, 2007, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time (including all the exhibits thereto, the “Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.2.A of the Agreement, the General Partner (i) is authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Preferred Units, for any Partnership purpose, at any time or from time to time, to the Partners or to other Persons, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, and (ii) is authorized to determine the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties of Partnership Preferred Units.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
(a)    The Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of a new exhibit, entitled “Exhibit Z,” in the form attached hereto, which shall be attached to and made a part of the Agreement.
(b)    Except as specifically amended hereby, the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions of the Agreement shall remain unmodified and continue in full force and effect and, except as amended hereby, all of the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions of the Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed as of the date first written above.
GENERAL PARTNER:
AIMCO-GP, INC.
	
			
	By:
	 
	/s/ John Bezzant

	 
	Name:
	John Bezzant

	 
	Title:
	Executive Vice President

EXHIBIT Z
PARTNERSHIP UNIT DESIGNATION OF
THE CLASS NINE PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS OF
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.

1.Number of Units and Designation.
A class of Partnership Preferred Units is hereby designated as “Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units,” and the number of Partnership Preferred Units constituting such class shall be one million (1,000,000).
2.Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement, as modified by this Partnership Unit Designation and the defined terms used herein.  For purposes of this Partnership Unit Designation, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed below:
“Agreement” shall mean the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
“Assignee” shall mean a Person to whom one or more Preferred Units have been Transferred in a manner permitted under the Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5 of the Agreement.
“Cash Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Tendered Unit, cash in an amount equal to the Liquidation Preference of such Tendered Unit.
“Class A Preferred Shares” shall mean shares of Class A Cumulative Preferred Stock of the Previous General Partner.
“Class Nine Partnership Preferred Unit” or “Preferred Unit” shall mean a Partnership Preferred Unit with the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties as are set forth in this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Conversion Ratio” shall mean, as of any date, the quotient obtained by dividing the Liquidation Preference by the Market Value of a REIT Share as of such date.
“Cut-Off Date” shall mean the fifth (5th) Business Day after the General Partner's receipt of a Notice of Redemption.
“Declination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Distribution Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth of Section 4(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Junior Partnership Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Liquidation Preference” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Market Value” shall mean, as of any calculation date and with respect to any share of stock, the average of the daily market prices for ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the calculation date.  The market price for any such trading day shall be:
(i)if the shares are listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the closing price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system,

(ii)if the shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or

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(iii)if the shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, and no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so reported;
provided, however, that, if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the ten (10) days prior to the date in question, the Market Value of the shares shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate; provided, further, that the General Partner is authorized to adjust the market price for any trading day as may be necessary, in its judgment, to reflect an event that occurs at any time after the commencement of such ten day period that would unfairly distort the Market Value, including, without limitation, a stock dividend, split, subdivision, reverse stock split, or share combination.
“Notice of Redemption” shall mean a Notice of Redemption in the form of Annex I to this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Parity Partnership Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Partnership” shall mean AIMCO Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“Previous General Partner” shall mean Apartment Investment and Management Company, a Maryland corporation.
“Primary Offering Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(h)(4) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Public Offering Funding” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f)(2) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Registrable Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f)(2) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“REIT Shares” shall mean a share of the Previous General Partner’s Class A Common Stock.
“REIT Shares Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Tendered Units, a number of REIT Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Cash Amount for such Tendered Units, by (ii) the Market Value of a REIT Share as of the fifth (5th) Business Day prior to the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption for such Tendered Units.
“Senior Partnership Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Shares” shall mean REIT Shares or Class A Preferred Shares.
“Single Funding Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f)(3) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Specified Redemption Date” shall mean, with respect to any Redemption, the later of (a) the tenth (10th) Business Day after the receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption or (b) in the case of a Declination followed by a Public Offering Funding, the Business Day next following the date of the closing of the Public Offering Funding; provided, however, that the Specified Redemption Date, as well as the closing of a Redemption, or an acquisition of Tendered Units by the Previous General Partner pursuant to Section 6 hereof, on any Specified Redemption Date, may be deferred, in the General Partner's sole and absolute discretion, for such time (but in any event not more than one hundred fifty (150) days in the aggregate) as may reasonably be required to effect, as applicable, (i) a Public Offering Funding or other necessary funding arrangements, (ii) compliance with the Securities Act or other law (including, but not limited to, (a) state “blue sky” or other securities laws and (b) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended) and (iii) satisfaction or waiver of other commercially reasonable and customary closing conditions and requirements for a transaction of such nature.
“Tendering Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Tendered Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d) of this Partnership Unit Designation.

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3.Ranking.
Any class or series of Partnership Units of the Partnership shall be deemed to rank:
(a)prior or senior to the Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units, as to the payment of distributions and as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, if the holders of such class or series shall be entitled to the receipt of distributions and of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units (the partnership units being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “Senior Partnership Units”);

(b)on a parity with the Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units, as to the payment of distributions and as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether or not the distribution rates, distribution payment dates or redemption or liquidation prices per unit or other denomination thereof be different from those of the Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units (i) if such class or series of partnership units shall be Class A Partnership Preferred Units, Class Z Partnership Preferred Units, Series A Community Reinvestment Act Perpetual Partnership Preferred Units, Class One Partnership Preferred Units, Class Two Partnership Preferred Units, Class Three Partnership Preferred Units, or Class Four Partnership Preferred Units, or (ii) if the holders of such class or series of partnership units and the Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units shall be entitled to the receipt of distributions and of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up in proportion to their respective amounts of accrued and unpaid distributions per unit or other denomination or liquidation preferences, without preference or priority one over the other (the partnership units referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “Parity Partnership Units”); and

(c)junior to the Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units, as to the payment of distributions and as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up,  (i) if such class or series of partnership units shall be Partnership Common Units or Class I High Performance Partnership Units or (ii) if the holders of Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units shall be entitled to receipt of distributions or of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of such class or series of Partnership Units (the partnership units referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “Junior Partnership Units”).

4.Quarterly Cash Distributions.

(a)Holders of Preferred Units will be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the General Partner out of Available Cash, quarterly cash distributions in an amount per Preferred Unit equal to $0.375, and no more.

(b)Any such distributions will be cumulative from the date of original issue, whether or not in any distribution period or periods such distributions have been declared, and shall be payable quarterly on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year (or, if not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (each a “Distribution Payment Date”), commencing on the first such date occurring after the date of original issue.  If the Preferred Units are issued on any day other than a Distribution Payment Date, the first distribution payable on such Preferred Units will be prorated for the portion of the quarterly period that such Preferred Units are outstanding on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year.  Distributions will be payable in arrears to holders of record as they appear on the records of the Partnership at the close of business on the February 1, May 1, August 1 or November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding each Distribution Payment Date.  Holders of Preferred Units will not be entitled to receive any distributions in excess of cumulative distributions on the Preferred Units.  No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any distribution payment or payments on the Preferred Units that may be in arrears.  Holders of any Preferred Units that are issued after the date of original issuance will be entitled to receive the same distributions as holders of any Preferred Units issued on the date of original issuance.

(c)When distributions are not paid in full upon the Preferred Units or any Parity Partnership Units, or a sum sufficient for such payment is not set apart, all distributions declared upon the Preferred Units and any Parity Partnership Units shall be declared ratably in proportion to the respective amounts of distributions accumulated and unpaid on the Preferred Units and accumulated and unpaid on such Parity Partnership Units.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, unless distributions on the Preferred Units equal to the full amount of accumulated and unpaid distributions have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid, or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been or contemporaneously is set apart for such payment, for all past distribution periods, no distributions shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment by the Partnership with respect to any Parity Partnership Units.

(d)Unless full cumulative distributions (including all accumulated, accrued and unpaid distributions) on the Preferred Units have been declared and paid, or declared and set apart for payment, for all past distribution periods, no distributions (other than distributions paid in Junior Partnership Units or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Junior Partnership 

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Units) may be declared or paid or set apart for payment by the Partnership and no other distribution of cash or other property may be declared or made, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership with respect to any Junior Partnership Units, nor shall any Junior Partnership Units be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired (except for a redemption, purchase or other acquisition of Partnership Common Units made for purposes of an employee incentive or benefit plan of the Partnership or any affiliate thereof, including, without limitation, Previous General Partner and its affiliates) for any consideration (or any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Partnership Units), directly or indirectly, by the Partnership (except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Partnership Units, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Junior Partnership Units), nor shall any other cash or other property be paid or distributed to or for the benefit of holders of Junior Partnership Units.

(e)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, the Partnership shall not be prohibited from (i) declaring or paying or setting apart for payment any distribution on any Parity Partnership Units or (ii) redeeming, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any Parity Partnership Units, in each case, if such declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or other acquisition is necessary to maintain the Previous General Partner's qualification as a REIT.

5.Liquidation Preference.

(a)Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, before any allocation of income or gain by the Partnership shall be made to or set apart for the holders of any Junior Partnership Units, to the extent possible, the holders of Preferred Units shall be entitled to be allocated income and gain to the extent necessary to enable them to receive a liquidation preference (the “Liquidation Preference”) per Preferred Unit equal to the sum of (i) $25 plus (ii) any accumulated, accrued and unpaid distributions (whether or not earned or declared) to the date of final distribution to such holders; but such holders will not be entitled to any further payment or allocation.  Until all holders of the Preferred Units have been paid the Liquidation Preference in full, no allocation of income or gain will be made to any holder of Junior Partnership Units upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership.

(b)If, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, the assets of the Partnership, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of Preferred Units shall be insufficient to pay in full the Liquidation Preference and liquidating payments on any Parity Partnership Units, then following appropriate allocations of Partnership income, gain, deduction and loss, such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of Preferred Units and any such Parity Partnership Units ratably in the same proportion as the respective amounts that would be payable on such Preferred Units and any such Parity Partnership Units if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

(c)A voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership will not include a consolidation or merger of the Partnership with one or more partnerships, corporations or other entities, or a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Partnership's assets.

(d)Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, after all allocations shall have been made in full to the holders of Preferred Units and any Parity Partnership Units to the extent necessary to enable them to receive their respective liquidation preferences, any Junior Partnership Units shall be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of the Preferred Units and any Parity Partnership Units shall not be entitled to share therein.

6.Redemption.

(a)Except as set forth in Section 6(l) hereof, the Preferred Units may not be redeemed at the option of the Partnership, and will not be required to be redeemed or repurchased by the Partnership or the Previous General Partner except if a holder of a Preferred Unit effects a Redemption, as provided for in Section 6(b) hereof.  The Partnership or the Previous General Partner may purchase Preferred Units from time to time in the open market, by tender or exchange offer, in privately negotiated purchases or otherwise.

(b)On or after the first (1st) anniversary of becoming a holder of Preferred Units, a Qualifying Party shall have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Preferred Units held by such Qualifying Party (such Preferred Units being hereafter “Tendered Units”) in exchange (a “Redemption”) for Shares issuable on, or the Cash Amount payable on, the Specified Redemption Date, as determined by the Partnership in its sole discretion.  Any Redemption shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by the Qualifying Party when exercising the Redemption right (the “Tendering Party”).

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(c)If the Partnership elects to redeem Tendered Units for Shares rather than cash, then the Partnership shall direct the Previous General Partner to issue and deliver such Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to the terms set forth in this Section 6, in which case, (i) the Previous General Partner, acting as a distinct legal entity, shall assume directly the obligation with respect thereto and shall satisfy the Tendering Party's exercise of its Redemption right, and (ii) such transaction shall be treated, for Federal income tax purposes, as a transfer by the Tendering Party of such Tendered Units to the Previous General Partner in exchange for Shares.  If the Partnership elects to redeem any number of Tendered Units for Shares, rather than cash, on the Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Party shall sell such number of the Tendered Units to the Previous General Partner in exchange for (x) in the case of REIT Shares, a number of REIT Shares equal to the REIT Shares Amount for such number of the Tendered Units, and (y) in the case of Class A Preferred Shares, a number of Class A Preferred Shares equal to the number of Tendered Units.  The Tendering Party shall submit (i) such information, certification or affidavit as the Previous General Partner may reasonably require in connection with the application of the Ownership Limit and other restrictions and limitations of the Charter to any such acquisition and (ii) such written representations, investment letters, legal opinions or other instruments necessary, in the Previous General Partner's view, to effect compliance with the Securities Act.  The Shares shall be delivered by the Previous General Partner as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and accessible Shares, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than the Ownership Limit and other restrictions provided in the Charter, the Bylaws of the Previous General Partner, the Securities Act and relevant state securities or “blue sky” laws.  Neither any Tendering Party whose Tendered Units are acquired by the Previous General Partner pursuant to this Section 6, any Partner, any Assignee nor any other interested Person shall have any right to require or cause the Previous General Partner or the General Partner to register, qualify or list any Shares owned or held by such Person, whether or not such Shares are issued pursuant to this Section 6, with the SEC, with any state securities commissioner, department or agency, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or with any stock exchange; provided, however, that this limitation shall not be in derogation of any registration or similar rights granted pursuant to any other written agreement between the Previous General Partner and any such Person.  Notwithstanding any delay in such delivery, the Tendering Party shall be deemed the owner of such Shares for all purposes, including, without limitation, rights to vote or consent, receive dividends, and exercise rights, as of the Specified Redemption Date.  Shares issued upon an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the Previous General Partner pursuant to this Section 6 may contain such legends regarding restrictions under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws as the Previous General Partner in good faith determines to be necessary or advisable in order to ensure compliance with such laws.

(d)The Partnership shall have no obligation to effect any redemption unless and until a Tendering Party has given the Partnership a Notice of Redemption.  Each Notice of Redemption shall be sent by hand delivery or by first class mail, postage prepaid, to AIMCO Properties, L.P., c/o AIMCO-GP, Inc., 4582 South Ulster Street, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80237, Attention:  Investor Relations, or to such other address as the Partnership shall specify in writing by delivery to the holders of the Preferred Units in the same manner as that set forth above for delivery of the Notice of Redemption.  At any time prior to the Specified Redemption Date for any Redemption, any holder may revoke its Notice of Redemption.

(e)A Tendering Party shall have no right to receive distributions with respect to any Tendered Units (other than the Cash Amount) paid after delivery of the Notice of Redemption, whether or not the record date for such distribution precedes or coincides with such delivery of the Notice of Redemption.  If the Partnership elects to redeem any number of Tendered Units for cash, the Cash Amount for such number of Tendered Units shall be delivered as a certified check payable to the Tendering Party or, in the General Partner's sole and absolute discretion, in immediately available funds.

(f)In the event that the Partnership declines to cause the Previous General Partner to acquire all of the Tendered Units from the Tendering Party in exchange for Shares pursuant to this Section 6 following receipt of a Notice of Redemption (a “Declination”):

(1)The Previous General Partner or the General Partner shall give notice of such Declination to the Tendering Party on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off Date.

(2)The Partnership may elect to raise funds for the payment of the Cash Amount either (a) by requiring that the Previous General Partner contribute such funds from the proceeds of a registered public offering (a “Public Offering Funding”) by the Previous General Partner of a number of REIT Shares (“Registrable Shares”) equal to the REIT Shares Amount with respect to the Tendered Units or (b) from any other sources (including, but not limited to, the sale of any Property and the incurrence of additional Debt) available to the Partnership.

(3)Promptly upon the General Partner's receipt of the Notice of Redemption and the Previous General Partner or the General Partner giving notice of the Partnership's Declination, the General Partner shall give notice (a “Single Funding Notice”) to all Qualifying Parties then holding Preferred Units and having Redemption rights pursuant to this Section 6 and require that all such Qualifying Parties elect whether or not to effect a Redemption of their Preferred Units to be funded through such Public Offering Funding.  In the event that any such Qualifying Party elects to effect such a Redemption, it shall give notice 

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thereof and of the number of Preferred Units to be made subject thereon in writing to the General Partner within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Single Funding Notice, and such Qualifying Party shall be treated as a Tendering Party for all purposes of this Section 6.  In the event that a Qualifying Party does not so elect, it shall be deemed to have waived its right to effect a Redemption for the next twelve months; provided, however, that the Previous General Partner shall not be required to acquire Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 6(f) more than twice within any twelve-month period.
Any proceeds from a Public Offering Funding that are in excess of the Cash Amount shall be for the sole benefit of the Previous General Partner and/or the General Partner.  The General Partner and/or the Special Limited Partner shall make a Capital Contribution of such amounts to the Partnership for an additional General Partner Interest and/or Limited Partner Interest.  Any such contribution shall entitle the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner, as the case may be, to an equitable Percentage Interest adjustment.
(g)Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, the Previous General Partner shall not, under any circumstances, elect to acquire Tendered Units in exchange for Shares if such exchange would be prohibited under the Charter.

(h)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Redemption pursuant to this Section 6:

(1)All Preferred Units acquired by the Previous General Partner pursuant to this Section 6 hereof shall be contributed by the Previous General Partner to either or both of the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner in such proportions as the Previous General Partner, the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner shall determine.  Any Preferred Units so contributed to the General Partner shall automatically, and without further action required, be converted into and deemed to be a General Partner Interest comprised of an equal number of Partnership Common Units (or Class A Partnership Preferred Units in the case of a Redemption for Class A Preferred Shares).  Any Preferred Units so contributed to the Special Limited Partner shall be converted into Partnership Common Units (or Class A Partnership Preferred Units in the case of a Redemption for Class A Preferred Shares).

(2)Subject to the Ownership Limit, no Tendering Party may effect a Redemption for less than five hundred (500) Preferred Units or, if such Tendering Party holds (as a Limited Partner or, economically, as an Assignee) less than five hundred (500) Preferred Units, all of the Preferred Units held by such Tendering Party.

(3)No Tendering Party may (a) effect a Redemption more than once in any fiscal quarter of a Twelve-Month Period or (b) effect a Redemption during the period after the Partnership Record Date with respect to a distribution and before the record date established by the Previous General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such Partnership distribution.

(4)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Redemption or acquisition of Tendered Units by the Previous General Partner pursuant to this Section 6, in the event that the Previous General Partner or the General Partner gives notice to all Limited Partners (but excluding any Assignees) then owning Partnership Interests (a “Primary Offering Notice”) that the Previous General Partner desires to effect a primary offering of its equity securities then, unless the Previous General Partner and the General Partner otherwise consent, commencement of the actions denoted in Section 6(f) hereof as to a Public Offering Funding with respect to any Notice of Redemption thereafter received, whether or not the Tendering Party is a Limited Partner, may be delayed until the earlier of (a) the completion of the primary offering or (b) ninety (90) days following the giving of the Primary Offering Notice.

(5)Without the Consent of the Previous General Partner, no Tendering Party may effect a Redemption within ninety (90) days following the closing of any prior Public Offering Funding.

(6)The consummation of such Redemption shall be subject to the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

(7)The Tendering Party shall continue to own (subject, in the case of an Assignee, to the provision of Section 11.5 of the Agreement) all Preferred Units subject to any Redemption, and be treated as a Limited Partner or an Assignee, as applicable, with respect to such Preferred Units for all purposes of the Agreement, until such Preferred Units are either paid for by the Partnership pursuant to this Section 6 or transferred to the Previous General Partner (or directly to the General Partner or Special Limited Partner) and paid for, by the issuance of the Shares, pursuant to this Section 6 on the Specified Redemption Date.  Until a Specified Redemption Date and an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the Previous General Partner pursuant to this Section 6, the Tendering Party shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Previous General Partner with respect to the REIT Shares issuable in connection with such acquisition.

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For purposes of determining compliance with the restrictions set forth in this Section 6(h), all Partnership Common Units and Partnership Preferred Units, including Preferred Units, beneficially owned by a Related Party of a Tendering Party shall be considered to be owned or held by such Tendering Party.
(i)In connection with an exercise of Redemption rights pursuant to this Section 6, the Tendering Party shall submit the following to the General Partner, in addition to the Notice of Redemption:

(1)A written affidavit, dated the same date as the Notice of Redemption, (a) disclosing the actual and constructive ownership, as determined for purposes of Code Sections 856(a)(6) and 856(h), of REIT Shares and any other classes or shares of the Previous General Partner by (i) such Tendering Party and (ii) any Related Party and (b) representing that, after giving effect to the Redemption, neither the Tendering Party nor any Related Party will own REIT Shares or other shares of the Previous General Partner in excess of the Ownership Limit;

(2)A written representation that neither the Tendering Party nor any Related Party has any intention to acquire any additional REIT Shares or any other class of shares of the Previous General Partner prior to the closing of the Redemption on the Specified Redemption Date; and

(3)An undertaking to certify, at and as a condition to the closing of the Redemption on the Specified Redemption Date, that either (a) the actual and constructive ownership of REIT Shares or any other class of shares of the Previous General Partner by the Tendering Party and any Related Party remain unchanged from that disclosed in the affidavit required by Section 6(i)(1), or (b) after giving effect to the Redemption, neither the Tendering Party nor any Related Party shall own REIT Shares or other shares of the Previous General Partner in violation of the Ownership Limit.

(j)On or after the Specified Redemption Date, each holder of Preferred Units shall surrender to the Partnership the certificate evidencing such holder's Preferred Units, at the address to which a Notice of Redemption is required to be sent.  Upon such surrender of a certificate, the Partnership shall thereupon pay the former holder thereof the applicable Cash Amount and/or deliver Shares for the Preferred Units evidenced thereby.  From and after the Specified Redemption Date (i) distributions with respect to the Preferred Units shall cease to accumulate, (ii) the Preferred Units shall no longer be deemed outstanding, (iii) the holders thereof shall cease to be Partners to the extent of their interest in such Preferred Units, and (iv) all rights whatsoever with respect to the Preferred Units shall terminate, except the right of the holders of the Preferred Units to receive Cash Amount and/or Shares therefor, without interest or any sum of money in lieu of interest thereon, upon surrender of their certificates therefor.

(k)Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, the Tendering Parties shall have no rights under the Agreement that would otherwise be prohibited under the Charter.  To the extent that any attempted Redemption would be in violation of this Section 6(k), it shall be null and void ab initio, and the Tendering Party shall not acquire any rights or economic interests in REIT Shares otherwise issuable by the Previous General Partner hereunder.

(l)Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, on and after the third anniversary of the date of original issuance of the Preferred Units, the Partnership shall have the right, but not the obligation, from time to time and at any time to redeem any and all outstanding Preferred Units by treating any holder of Preferred Units as a Tendering Party who has delivered a Notice of Redemption pursuant to this Section 6 for the amount of Preferred Units to be specified by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, by notice to such holder that the Partnership has elected to exercise its rights under this Section 6(l).  Such notice given by the General Partner to a holder of Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 6(l) shall be treated as if it were a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by such holder.  For purposes of this Section 6(l), (a) any holder of Preferred Units (whether or not eligible to be a Tendering Party) may, in the General Partner's sole and absolute discretion, be treated as a Tendering Party and (b) the provisions of Sections 6(f)(1), 6(h)(2), 6(h)(3) and 6(h)(5) hereof shall not apply, but the remainder of this Section shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

7.Conversion.

(a)At any time and from time to time after the third anniversary of the date of initial issuance of the Preferred Units, the Partnership shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cause any Preferred Units to be converted into the number of Partnership Common Units obtained by multiplying the number of Preferred Units converted by the Conversion Ratio on the date provided for in subparagraph (b)(4) of this Section 7.  In order to exercise the conversion right, the Partnership shall send notice of such conversion to each holder of record of Preferred Units to be converted.  Such notice shall be provided by facsimile or, if facsimile is not available, then by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such holders' address as the same appears on the records of the Partnership.  Any notice which was transmitted or mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given on the date received by the holder.  Each such notice shall state, as appropriate:  (1) the date of conversion, which date may be any date within twenty (20) Business Days following the date on which the notice is transmitted or mailed; 

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and (2) the number of units of Preferred Units to be converted and, if fewer than all such units held by such holder are to be converted, the number of such units to be converted.  Upon receiving such notice of conversion, each such holder shall promptly surrender the certificates representing such Preferred Units as are being converted on the conversion date, duly endorsed or assigned to the Partnership or in blank, at the office of the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that the failure to so surrender any such certificates shall not in any way affect the validity of the conversion of the underlying Preferred Units into Partnership Common Units.

(b)(1)    The Partnership Common Units issuable on conversion shall be issued in the same name as the name in which such Preferred Units are registered.

(2)    The Partnership shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid distributions, whether or not in arrears, on converted units, except that a holder of Preferred Units that are converted shall be entitled to receive a cash payment on the Dividend Payment Date for any distribution on such units that has been declared and for which the record date precedes the conversion date.

(3)    As promptly as practicable after the surrender of certificates for Preferred Units as aforesaid, and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days after the date of such surrender, the Partnership shall issue and deliver at such office to such holder, or send on such holders' written order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full  Partnership Common Units issuable upon the conversion of such Preferred Units in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7, and any fractional interest in respect of a Partnership Common Unit arising upon such conversion shall be settled as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 7.

(4)    Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date identified as the conversion date in the notice of conversion sent by the Partnership pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this Section 7; and the person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for Partnership Common Units shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the units represented thereby at such time on such date, and such conversion shall be at the Conversion Ratio in effect at such time on such date, unless the transfer books of the Partnership shall be closed on that date, in which event such person or persons shall be deemed to become such holder or holders of record at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such transfer books are open, but such conversion shall be at the Conversion Ratio in effect on the date in the notice of conversion sent by the Partnership as aforesaid.

(c)No fractional Partnership Common Units or scrip representing fractions of a Partnership Common Unit shall be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Units.  Instead of any fractional interest in a Partnership Common Unit that would otherwise be deliverable upon the conversion of Preferred Units, the Partnership shall pay to the holder of such units an amount of cash equal to the product of (i) such fraction and (ii) the Market Value of a REIT Share as of the date of conversion.  If more than one of any holder's units shall be converted at one time, the number of full Partnership Common Units issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Preferred Units so converted.

(d)If the Partnership shall be a party to any transaction (including with limitation a  merger, consolidation, statutory exchange, sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership's assets or recapitalization of the Partnership Common Units) (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “Transaction”), in each case, as a result of which Partnership Common Units shall be converted into the right to receive securities or other property (including cash or any combination thereof), each Preferred Unit which is not converted into the right to receive securities or other property in connection with such Transaction shall thereupon be convertible into the kind and amount of securities and other property (including cash or any combination thereof) receivable upon such consummation by a holder of that number of Partnership Common Units into which Preferred Units were convertible immediately prior to such Transaction.  The provisions of this paragraph (d) shall apply to successive Transactions.
(e)The Partnership will pay any and all documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of Partnership Common Units or other securities or property on conversion of Preferred Units pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of Partnership Common Units or other securities or property in a name other than that of the holder of the Preferred Units to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Partnership the amount of any such tax or established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Partnership, that such tax has been paid.

(f)For purposes of the definition of “Twelve-Month Period” in the Agreement, any holder of Preferred Units that have been converted to Partnership Common Units shall be deemed to have acquired such Partnership Common Units when such Units were acquired.

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8.Status of Reacquired Units.
All Preferred Units which shall have been issued and reacquired in any manner by the Partnership shall be deemed cancelled and no longer outstanding.
9.General.
The ownership of the Preferred Units shall be evidenced by one or more certificates in the form of Annex II hereto.  The General Partner shall amend Exhibit A to the Agreement from time to time to the extent necessary to reflect accurately the issuance of, and subsequent redemption, or any other event having an effect on the ownership of, the Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units.
10.Allocations of Income and Loss.
Subject to the terms of Section 5 hereof, for each taxable year, (i) each holder of Preferred Units will be allocated, to the extent possible, net income of the Partnership in an amount equal to the distributions made on such holder's Preferred Units during such taxable year, and (ii) each holder of Preferred Units will be allocated its pro rata share, based on the portion of outstanding Preferred Units held by it, of any net loss of the Partnership that is not allocated to holders of Partnership Common Units or other interests in the Partnership.
11.Voting Rights.
The holders of the Preferred Units will not have any voting or approval rights, except (a) as required by applicable law or in the Agreement, and (b) as long as any Preferred Units are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of partners required by law or by the Agreement, the affirmative vote or consent of holders of at least 50% of the outstanding Preferred Units will be necessary for effecting any amendment of any of the provisions of this Partnership Unit Designation that materially and adversely affects the rights or preferences of the holders of the Preferred Units.  The creation or issuance of any class or series of Partnership units, including, without limitation, any Partnership units that may have rights junior to, on a parity with, or senior or superior to the Preferred Units, will not be deemed to have a material adverse effect on the rights or preferences of the holders of Preferred Units.   With respect to the exercise of the above described voting rights, each Preferred Unit will have one (1) vote per Preferred Unit.
12.Restrictions on Transfer.
Preferred Units are subject to the same restrictions on transfer as are, and the holders of Preferred Units shall be entitled to the same rights of transfer as are, applicable to Common Units as set forth in the Agreement.

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ANNEX I 
TO EXHIBIT Z
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
		
	To:
	AIMCO Properties, L.P. 

c/o AIMCO-GP, Inc.
4582 South Ulster Street
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80237
Attention:  Investor Relations
The undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee hereby tenders for redemption Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units in AIMCO Properties, L.P. in accordance with the terms of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of AIMCO Properties, L.P., dated as of July 29, 1994, as it may be amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Agreement”).  All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Partnership Unit Designation of the Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units.  The undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee:
(a)    if the Partnership elects to redeem such Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units for REIT Shares or Class A Preferred Shares rather than cash, hereby irrevocably transfers, assigns, contributes and sets over to Previous General Partner all of the undersigned Limited Partner's or Assignee's right, title and interest in and to such Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units;
(b)    undertakes (i) to surrender such Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units and any certificate therefor at the closing of the Redemption contemplated hereby and (ii) to furnish to Previous General Partner, prior to the Specified Redemption Date:
(1)    A written affidavit, dated the same date as this Notice of Redemption, (a) disclosing the actual and constructive ownership, as determined for purposes of Code Sections 856(a)(6) and 856(h), of REIT Shares by (i) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee and (ii) any Related Party and (b) representing that, after giving effect to the Redemption, neither the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee nor any Related Party will own REIT Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit;
(2)    A written representation that neither the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee nor any Related Party has any intention to acquire any additional REIT Shares prior to the closing of the Redemption contemplated hereby on the Specified Redemption Date; and
(3)    An undertaking to certify, at and as a condition to the closing of the Redemption contemplated hereby on the Specified Redemption Date, that either (a) the actual and constructive ownership of REIT Shares by the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee and any Related Party remain unchanged from that disclosed in the affidavit required by paragraph (1) above, or (b) after giving effect to the Redemption contemplated hereby, neither the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee nor any Related Party shall own REIT Shares in violation of the Ownership Limit.
(c)    directs that the certificate representing the REIT Shares or Class A Preferred Shares, or the certified check representing the Cash Amount, in either case, deliverable upon the closing of the Redemption contemplated hereby be delivered to the address specified below;
(d)    represents, warrants, certifies and agrees that:
(i)    the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has, and at the closing of the Redemption will have, good, marketable and unencumbered title to such Preferred Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of any other person or entity;
(ii)    the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has, and at the closing of the Redemption will have, the full right, power and authority to tender and surrender such Preferred Units as provided herein; and
(iii)    the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has obtained the consent or approval of all persons and entities, if any, having the right to consent to or approve such tender and surrender.
Dated:  __________________

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Name of Limited Partner or Assignee:
___________________________________________
(Signature of Limited Partner or Assignee)
___________________________________________
(Street Address)
___________________________________________
(City)    (State)    (Zip Code)
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Issue check payable to
or Certificates in the
name of            :    ____________________________________________
Please insert social security
or identifying number:        ____________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed by:
_______________________________
NOTICE:  THE SIGNATURE OF THIS NOTICE OF REDEMPTION MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE FOR THE CLASS NINE PREFERRED UNITS WHICH ARE BEING REDEEMED IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
THE SIGNATURE SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS), WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17Ad-15.

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ANNEX II
TO EXHIBIT Z
FORM OF UNIT CERTIFICATE
OF
CLASS NINE PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE PARTNERSHIP AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.  IN ADDITION, THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P., DATED AS OF JULY 29, 1994, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED AND/OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM AIMCO-GP, INC., THE GENERAL PARTNER, AT ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
Certificate Number ________
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
FORMED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
This certifies that _______________________________________________________________
is the owner of _________________________________________________________________
CLASS NINE PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
OF
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.,
transferable on the books of the Partnership in person or by duly authorized attorney on the surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.  This Certificate and the Class Nine Partnership Preferred Units represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of AIMCO Properties, L.P., as the same may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Certificate.
Dated:                                By________________________________

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ASSIGNMENT
For Value Received, ________________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________________________ Class Nine Partnership Preferred Unit(s) represented by the within Certificate,  and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the General Partner of AIMCO Properties, L.P. as its Attorney to transfer said Class Nine Partnership Preferred Unit(s) on the books of AIMCO Properties, L.P. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:  ____________________
By:  ____________________________________
Name:
Signature Guaranteed by:
____________________________________
NOTICE:  THE SIGNATURE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
THE SIGNATURE SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS), WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17AD-15.

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