PREMIUM
SHARE
AGREEMENT
PACIFIC TUNA VENTURES
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Gunther
W. Mothes, Takyo Ishiguro, Los Pescadores, LLC #4, Los Pescadores, LLC
#5, Beverly Seltzer, John Scruggs, Jim Hogan, Mark Stein and Mike
Graham, Manfred Schiruska, Dumitru & Lynn Miclea, Luis Bugarin, Don
Coffman, referred to as General Partners, and 150 shareholders
made up of 30 Common Shares, 60 Special Common Shares, 15 Preferred
Shares, and 45 Premium Shares, all held by
members that, as Limited Partners, individually and collectively
agree.....
That they herewith form a Limited Partnership under the laws
of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The Limited Partnership shall engage in the business of salt
water sport fishing and commercial seafood marketing pursuant
to the formation of the Limited Partnership.
The above Limited Partnership shall be formed upon receipt
of initial investment funds sufficient to begin actual operations,
and the term of partnership will begin at this time and will
continue for a period of five (5) years, when it will dissolve
under the terms of this agreement.
The name of the partnership shall be "PACIFIC TUNA VENTURES"
(PTV) .
The principal office of the partnership will be located at:
240 Suffolk Street, Corona, Ca 92882, and additional or substitute
offices may be agreed upon, from time to time, by the parties.
Each Premium Share Partner has, or will, contribute
$10,000 per share. Limited Partners shall not be
required to contribute any further funds or additional capital.
Limited Partners are legally liable to the Limited Partnership
only for the amount contributed. No maintenance fees, yearly
dues, or any other further funding will be required from the
Limited Partners. Total capitalization of the Limited Partnership
will be $1,000,000 plus the funds contributed by the General
Partners.
Each partner shall have a capital account that includes invested
capital, plus that partner's allocations of net income, minus
that partner's allocations of net loss and share of distributions.
Net income and loss for all of the Premium Shares is allocated
from a 38% portion of the vessel share.
Unless otherwise noted in this agreement, the General Partners
shall manage the partnership business and have exclusive control
over the partnership business, including the power to sign
deeds, notes, mortgages, deed of trust, contracts, leases,
and direction of business operations.
The Limited Partners shall have all powers that may lawfully
be granted to Limited Partners under the laws of the Republic
of the Marshall Islands.
ACCOUNTING:
That the Partnership's tax or fiscal year shall be a calendar
year. The General Partner shall make any tax election necessary
for the completion of the Partnership's tax return.
A Limited Partner may assign his/her rights to receive distributions,
net income and net loss, to any person without causing dissolution
of this Partnership. No assignment will be effective until
the General Partner is notified in writing of the same.
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP RESERVES:
That the General Partners of Pacific Tuna Ventures shall
maintain a reserve account with a minimum balance of $100,000
from initial capital, which shall be placed in a separate
interest bearing account. The General Partners of Pacific
Tuna Ventures, once the partnership begins actual operations,
shall establish a reserve account. 50% of profits from operations
shall be deposited in this account until it reaches the sum
of $300,000. Once this sum is reached, deposits into the account
will revert to 10% of profits and remain at that level for
the life span of the Limited Partnership (5 years).
This account will be invested for the benefit of the Limited
Partners. Upon dissolution of the Limited Partnership, funds
from the above account will be dispersed to the Limited Partners
according to the amount of shares individually held.
The above account is separate from quarterly dividends paid
out to Limited Partners during the lifetime of the Limited
Partnership. The reserves shall accumulate, and may only be
invaded by the General Partner upon the following occurrences:
Capital falls below $75,000; and may only be used for the
following purposes: Payroll, and past due accounts payable.
ATTENTION TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE PARTNERSHIP:
That the following General Partners shall devote full time
to the affairs of the Partnership, providing day to day management
to the operation and direction of Pacific Tuna Ventures: Gunther
W. Mothes. This management role will continue through the
5 year life span of the Limited Partnership. Future management
will be decided by the General Partners when the Partnership
transforms to a Corporation, etc.
INDEMNITY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP:
The General Partners shall be indemnified by the Partnership
from all liability related to their actions taken on behalf
of the Limited Partnership, provided that the actions to be
indemnified were taken in good faith, and do not constitute
any criminal acts or any act of intentional misconduct. In
the event that a dispute occurs between the Limited Partnership
and a Partner, as to whether or not an action is properly
subject to this indemnity, the dispute shall be submitted
to arbitration, before a single arbitrator, under the rules
of the American Arbitration Association. Any decision rendered
by the arbitrator shall be final, and may be entered as a
judgment in any court having jurisdiction.
LIMITED OPPORTUNITY:
That the General Partners of this Partnership shall not be
required to refer all business opportunities similar to that
of the Limited Partnership to the Limited Partnership.
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP TERM:
That the Partnership term begins on the date that the Limited
Partnership is actually formed in the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, and shall continue for five years from that date
when it shall dissolve under the terms of this agreement.
Under this agreement, the original 40 Premium Share Limited
Partners of Pacific Tuna Ventures Limited Partnership, will
retain status as charter members after dissolution of the
Limited Partnership and will continue to share free fishing
time on the Pacific Tuna Ventures vessel(s) for the remainder
of their lifetime. These fishing rights are transferable,
along with each share, after dissolution of the Limited Partnership,
only after the General Partners have exercised their "First
Rights of Refusal" to purchase shares being sold, or
otherwise transferred.
However, any Limited Partner may exercise his right to sell,
give, or otherwise transfer his membership/partnership share(s)
at any time during the start-up period and/or anytime during
the five year life term of the Limited Partnership.
Upon becoming a duly registered and paid in Premium Share
Limited Partner, and upon the inauguration of actual fishing
operations, the Premium Partner will receive and hold free
fishing rights for the rest of his/her lifetime, and will
share in all profits from the sale of fish as a holder of
a part of, or all of, the 40 shares within the 38% of the
"vessel share" allocated to the Premium Share Limited
Partner(s).
Upon dissolution of the Limited Partnership at the end of
5 years continuous operation, the shareholders of each Premium
Limited Partner Share will continue to receive income dividends
from a 27% allocation provided from the 100% of the newly
formed Pacific Tuna Ventures, LLC, Corp, etc. Dividend income
will continue throughout the life span of the shareholder.
However, dividend income privileges are not transferable after
the dissolution of the Limited Partnership, unless or until
the General Partners have exercised their "First Rights
of Refusal" to purchase the share(s).
The Premium Share Limited Partner(s), having taken certain
risks, will enjoy the reimbursement of their contribution.
Reimbursement will be accomplished in two increments. First
increment of $5,000 per Class 1 Premium Share, or $10,000
per Class 2 Premium Share, will be reimbursed at the end of
two years from initial date of formation of the Limited Partnership.
Second increment of $5,000 per Class 1 Premium Share, or $10,000
per Class 2 Premium Share, will be reimbursed at the end of
the third year from date of formation.
Limited Partners have no restrictions regarding the amount
of fishing trips they wish to make. Availability is only limited
to fair scheduling of all the Limited Partners in a rotation
method that will allow each partner to pick the time of year,
area of fishing, and duration of fishing trip(s).
This instrument contains the entire agreement and any modifications
shall be in writing and signed by the parties affected by
the modification, or who have the right to cause the change.
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