Partnership Formation Questionnaire

Partnership - Formation Questionnaire

Primary Contact Name:   Address:

Telephone:   Mobile:   E-mail:   Fax:

The name of the Partnership is:

Type of business:

The address of the Partnership is:

The registered agent of the Partnership is: whose address is

Name of Tax Matters Partner (if any): whose address is

The purpose of this Partnership is:

Do the business organizers intend the business to survive their departure? Yes No

Is the business primarily intended to provide professional services? Yes No

If yes, what kind?

Is the business intended to primarily provide advocacy, education, or public services? Yes No If yes, what kind?

Do purposes include management of real estate? Yes No

If yes:

Identify Real Estate:   Address:   Common name:   Type/use:

Real Estate is:

owned by General/Managing Partners and to be contributed as a capital contribution - value: $

to be acquired under existing contract

Date of contract:

Seller:

Purchaser:

to be acquired, but no contract has been executed

other:

Partnership is to:

merely operate existing structures

construct low income housing

rehabilitate (under Tax Reform Act of 1986)

construct other type of building

if cost of acquiring Real Estate or constructing improvements exceeds $

Partners are to contribute % of excess, up to $ mortgages, etc. must be nonrecourse

Will the business operate mainly locally, nationally, or internationally?

If nationally or internationally, describe:

How many employees will the business have?

What is the expected yearly revenue or loss for the business:

For the first two years?

For two to ten years from now?

For ten to twenty years from now?

What are the greatest risks associated with the business?

Will principals contribute their own assets to the business? Yes No

If yes, describe:

Do you expect to initially generate capital from investment or from sales?

How much of the business's debts will principals have to personally guarantee?

How long will it likely be before the business becomes profitable? Yes No

Will each principal be due an equal share of profits? Yes No

How will the amount of income or salary due each principal be determined?

Will earnings be distributed to owners immediately, or will they be accumulated by the business for future investment?

Is Agreement to be a short form, rather than a long form? Yes No

THE PARTIES

Enter the following information about persons entering into the Partnership Agreement.

OPERATIONS/CAPITALIZATION/AUTHORIZATIONS

What date will the partnership agreement be signed?

When will the partnership end or be expected to end?

When the Partners decide to terminate the Partnership affairs.

When the Partnership assets have been sold or otherwise disposed of.

Other

The total capital contribution from all Partners to the Partnership is

In the event the Partnership requires a later infusion of money to run the business, are the Partners required to contribute additional capital?

Yes, the Partners are required to contribute additional capital, in same ratio as their percentage of profits, but in no event an amount exceeding percent of their original capital contribution.

No

Will the General Partner(s) be entitled to compensation for their work on behalf of the Partnership? Yes No

If yes, how much per month will the General Partner be entitled to collect?

Will the General Partners be required to devote their full time, effort and attention to the Partnership? Yes No

Are Managing Partners to be elected? Yes No If yes, Managing Partners are to be elected by what vote:

May a new Partner be admitted to the Partnership with less than the unanimous consent of the other Partners? Yes No If yes, what vote required?:

What consent is to be required to continue the business of the Partnership?

If a Partner desires to voluntarily withdraw, must the Partner first get the consent of some or all of the other Partners? Yes No If yes, what vote required?

In general, decisions reserved to the Partners are to be made by what vote?

What requirements do you want to impose regarding signing checks, notes, deeds, contracts, etc. on behalf of the partnership?

Do you wish to allow execution of said documents up to a certain value without consent of others during a limited time period Yes No If yes, please indicate the amount: $ and the duration: One week One month One quarter One calendar year Other

Who shall have authorization?

Partner authorized to sign with the unanimous consent of all partners (limited and general)

Partner authorized to sign with a majority consent of the partners (limited and general)

General partner only authorized to sign

Managing partner only authorized to sign

Other. Please specify:

If authority delegated to a managing partner, please state the managing partner's name:

Is the Agreement to provide for annual meetings of the Partners? Yes No

Is the Agreement to provide for assignment of allocations and distributions to any of the following?:

relatives of a Partner without consent;

another Partner without consent;

to any person with the following consent:

no consent required

unanimous (all Partners) 75% 2/3rds majority other:

Other than amendments of the Partnership Agreement which directly change the financial share of each Partner will require unanimous consent, do you wish to provide for other types of amendments with less than unanimous consent? Yes No If yes, what consent?

A decision to dissolve the Partnership is to be made the following vote:

Competing business activities:

Partner may engage in competing business activities

The Agreement is to be silent on the subject

Partners are expressly to have the right to engage in competing businesses

Each Partner is to covenant not to compete while a Partner and for period after membership in the Partnership ceases for a period of within the area of

Will you coordinate Offering Memorandum with separate securities counsel? Yes No

Total amount of Interests to be syndicated: $

Total percentage Interests (other than initial Limited Partners) to be syndicated:

Total number of "units":

Percentage Interest of one "unit":

Price for one "unit": $

Price of smallest portion of a "unit" which may be purchased: $

Minimum amount of Interests that must be sold if offering is to be effective: $

Date by which minimum must be sold:

General Partners may extend date - how many months?

Approx. net worth of General Partners: $ as of

Minimum net worth of an investor: $

If Partnership requires additional funds:

General/Managing Partners may advance funds

as an interest bearing loan rate:

no interest may be charged

Agreement is to be silent

Are the General/Managing Partners to be paid:

management fee of $ per annum?

marketing supervision fee of $ per annum?

partnership formation fee of $ ?

no compensation?

annual report to be audited by certified public accountant. The General/Managing Partners also are to provide: monthly reports quarterly reports both

sale of all assets

sale of Real Estate

mortgaging of Real Estate

borrowing of money in excess of $

settlement of claims in excess of $

establishment of reserves in excess of $

merger or consolidation

Partners are to have a right of first refusal for any Interest being sold

Are the other Partners to agree, in advance, to buyout the interest of a Partner who dies or becomes totally disabled (or retires)? Yes No If yes, which will apply?:

buyout on death

buyout on disability

buyout on retirement

Buyout funding made by:

insurance

may pay in installments evidenced by a Note to be paid in monthly installments, with a minimum amount for each installment of $ at the rate of interest of and percent of price as cash down payment of

The purchase price is to be based on book value fair value based on the assets and liabilities of the Partnership, to be stipulated annually or determined by appraisal good will is to be taken into account, whether or not carried on the books

stipulate present value of 1% Interest: $

stipulate minimum future value of 1% Interest: $

Are disputes to be resolved by arbitration? Yes No

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