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XXXXXXXXXXX TREMONT
MARKET NEUTRAL FUND, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
Dated as of ___________, 2005
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Two World Financial Center, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
(000) 000-0000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS........................................................1
ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION; ADMISSION OF MEMBERS................................5
2.1 Formation of Limited Liability Company................................5
2.2 Name..................................................................6
2.3 Principal and Registered Office.......................................6
2.4 Duration..............................................................6
2.5 Business of the Fund..................................................6
2.6 Board of Directors....................................................6
2.7 Members...............................................................7
2.8 [Removed and Reserved]................................................8
2.9 Organizational Member.................................................8
2.10 Both Directors and Members............................................8
2.11 Limited Liability.....................................................8
ARTICLE III MANAGEMENT.......................................................8
3.1 Management and Control................................................8
3.2 Actions by the Board of Directors.....................................9
3.3 Meetings of Members...................................................9
3.4 Custody of Assets of the Fund........................................10
3.5 Other Activities of Members and Directors............................10
3.6 Duty of Care.........................................................11
3.7 Indemnification......................................................11
3.8 Fees, Expenses and Reimbursement.....................................13
ARTICLE IV TERMINATION OF STATUS OR REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS, TRANSFERS AND
REPURCHASES.................................................................14
4.1 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................14
4.2 Termination of Status of a Director..................................14
4.3 Removal of a Director................................................15
4.4 Transfer of Shares...................................................15
4.5 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................16
4.6 Repurchase of Shares.................................................16
ARTICLE V CAPITAL...........................................................18
5.1 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................18
5.2 Rights of Members to Capital.........................................18
5.3 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................18
5.4 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................18
5.5 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................18
5.6 Reserves.............................................................18
5.7 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................19
5.8 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................19
5.9 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................19
5.10 Withholding..........................................................19
ARTICLE VI SUBCHAPTER M TRANSITION; SHARES..................................19
6.1 Subchapter M Transition..............................................19
6.2 Shares...............................................................19
ARTICLE VII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION.....................................22
7.1 Dissolution..........................................................22
7.2 Liquidation of Assets................................................23
ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTING, VALUATIONS AND BOOKS AND RECORDS...................23
8.1 Accounting and Reports...............................................23
8.2 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................23
8.3 Valuation of Assets..................................................23
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.........................................24
9.1 Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement.....................24
9.2 Special Power of Attorney............................................25
9.3 Notices..............................................................26
9.4 Agreement Binding Upon Successors and Assigns........................26
9.5 Applicability of 1940 Act and Form N-2...............................26
9.6 Choice of Law........................................................27
9.7 Not for Benefit of Creditors.........................................27
9.8 Consents.............................................................27
9.9 Merger and Consolidation.............................................27
9.10 Pronouns.............................................................27
9.11 Confidentiality......................................................28
9.12 Certification of Non-Foreign Status..................................28
9.13 Severability.........................................................28
9.14 Filing of Returns....................................................29
9.15 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................29
9.16 [Removed and Reserved]...............................................29
9.17 Use of Names "Xxxxxxxxxxx" and "Tremont".............................29
XXXXXXXXXXX TREMONT MARKET NEUTRAL FUND, LLC
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT of Xxxxxxxxxxx Tremont Market Neautral Fund, LLC (the "Fund") is
amended and restated as of __________, 2005, to become effective upon the
effective date of the Fund's Subchapter M Transition (as defined herein).
WHEREAS, the Fund has been formed as a limited liability company
under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act pursuant to an initial
Certificate of Formation dated and filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware on October 3, 2001 (as modified by a certificate of
amendment dated May 21, 2003) (the "Certificate");
WHEREAS, the Fund has operated since November 19, 2001 pursuant
to an initial Limited Liability Company Agreement (the "Initial Agreement")
dated as of such date by and among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxx
X. Xxxx as the Directors, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. as the Adviser and
Organizational Member, Tremont Partners, Inc., as the company designated by
the Adviser as the "Special Advisory Member" under that Initial Agreement,
and those persons thereafter admitted as Members;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Subchapter M Transition
contemplated by Article VI hereof, the Directors of the Fund have amended the
Initial Agreement under the authority granted them pursuant to Sections
8.1(a) and 8.1(b) thereof, with the notice and reasonable opportunity to
withdraw as a Member contemplated by Section 8.1(b)(2) thereof having been or
to be given on or about ___________, 2005; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is being amended and restated to
supersede and replace all provisions relating, directly or indirectly, to the
Fund's prior operation as a partnership for Federal tax purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, it is hereby agreed as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement:
Administrator The person who provides administrative
services to the Fund pursuant to an
administrative services agreement.
Adviser OppenheimerFunds, Inc., a corporation
organized under Colorado law, or any person
who may hereafter serve as the investment
adviser to the Fund pursuant to an Investment
Advisory Agreement. The Adviser also served
as the Fund's Organizational Member.
Advisers Act The Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the
rules, regulations and orders thereunder, as
amended from time to time, or any successor
law.
Affiliate An affiliated person of a person as such term
is defined in the 1940 Act.
Agreement This First Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement, as amended from
time to time.
Board of Directors The Board of Directors established pursuant
to Section 2.6.
Certificate The Certificate of Formation of the Fund and
any amendments thereto as filed with the
office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware.
Closing Date The first date on or as of which a person
other than an Organizational Member was
admitted to the Fund as a Member, which was
[DATE].
Code The U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and as hereafter amended from time
to time, or any successor law.
Delaware Act The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act as
in effect on the date hereof and as amended
from time to time, or any successor law.
Director An individual designated as a Director of the
Fund pursuant to the provisions of Section
2.6 hereof and who serves on the Board of
Directors of the Fund.
Fiscal Period The period commencing on the Closing Date,
and thereafter each period commencing on the
day immediately following the last day of the
preceding Fiscal Period, and ending at the
close of business on the first to occur of
the following dates:
(1) the last day of a Fiscal Year;
(2) the last day of a taxable year (if the
same differs from the Fiscal Year);
(3) the day preceding any day as of which
the Fund issues Shares under any
paragraph of Section 6.2 hereof; or
(4) any day on which the Fund repurchases
the Shares of a Member.
Fiscal Year The period originally commencing on the
Closing Date and ending on March 31, 2002,
and thereafter each period commencing on
April 1 of each year and ending on March 31
of the next succeeding year (or on the date
of a final distribution pursuant to Section
7.2 hereof), unless and until the Board of
Directors shall elect another fiscal year for
the Fund.
Form N-2 The Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-2
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as amended from time to time.
Fund The limited liability company governed
hereby, as such limited liability company may
from time to time be constituted.
Incentive Fee The Incentive Fee or Fees contemplated by the
Investment Advisory Agreement, such Incentive
Fee or Fees to be more fully described in
that Agreement and the Form N-2. The
Incentive Fee supersedes and replaces in full
the "Incentive Allocation" contemplated under
the Initial Agreement.
Independent Directors Those Directors who are not "interested
persons" of the Fund as such term is defined
by the 1940 Act.
Initial Agreement The predecessor to this First Amended and
Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement,
as initially executed on November 19, 2001.
Initial Director Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, the person who directed the
formation of the Fund and served as the sole
initial Director.
Investment Advisory Agreement A separate written agreement entered into by
the Fund pursuant to which the Adviser
provides investment advisory services to the
Fund.
Investment Manager Tremont Partners, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or any person who may
hereinafter serve as the investment manager
of the Fund.
Member Any person who shall have been admitted to
the Fund as a member (including any Director
in such person's capacity as a member of the
Fund but excluding any Director in such
person's capacity as a Director of the Fund)
until the Fund repurchases all Shares held by
such person pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof or
a substituted member or members are admitted
with respect to all Shares held by such
person pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof; such
term includes the Adviser or an Affiliate of
the Adviser to the extent the Adviser (or
such Affiliate) purchases or holds Shares and
shall have been admitted to the Fund as a
member, but shall not include the "Special
Advisory Member" in its capacity as such
contemplated by the Initial Agreement.
Net Assets The total value of all assets of the Fund,
less an amount equal to all accrued debts,
liabilities and obligations of the Fund,
calculated before giving effect to any
repurchases of Shares.
1940 Act The Investment Company Act of 1940 and the
rules, regulations and orders thereunder, as
amended from time to time, or any successor
law.
Organizational Member The meaning given such term in the definition
of Adviser.
Portfolio Funds Investment funds in which the Fund's assets
are invested from time to time.
Portfolio Managers The organizations that manage and direct the
investment activities of Portfolio Funds or
are retained to manage and invest designated
portions of the Fund's assets from time to
time.
Securities Securities (including, without limitation,
equities, debt obligations, options, and
other "securities" as that term is defined in
Section 2(a)(36) of the 0000 Xxx) and any
contracts for forward or future delivery of
any security, debt obligation or currency, or
commodity, all types of derivative
instruments and financial instruments and any
contracts based on any index or group of
securities, debt obligations or currencies,
or commodities, and any options thereon.
Shares Shares refer to the transferable units of
interest into which the Fund's limited
liability company interests shall be divided
from time to time and include fractions of
Shares as well as whole Shares. Shares
include those Shares issued as a result of
the redenomination of the "Interests"
previously issued by the Fund under the
Initial Agreement (including the Interest of
the "Special Advisory Member" under that
Initial Agreement), such redenomination to
have been effected in connection with the
Subchapter M Transition.
Subchapter M Transition That close of the Fund's books as a
partnership for Federal tax purposes to occur
on (or on the day before) the effective date
of the Fund's election to be treated as a
corporation for Federal tax purposes.
Transfer The assignment, transfer, sale, encumbrance,
pledge or other disposition of any one or
more Shares, including any right to receive
any allocations and distributions
attributable to any one or more Shares.
Valuation Date The date as of which the Fund is directed by
the Board of Directors to determine the value
of its Net Assets, which shall include, but
not be limited to any date as of which the
Fund values Shares for purposes of
determining the price at which the Shares are
to be purchased by the Fund in an offer made
pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION; ADMISSION OF MEMBERS
2.1 Formation of Limited Liability Company
The Fund was formed as a limited liability company at the direction of
the Initial Director who authorized the filing of the Certificate, which
actions were ratified by the execution of the Initial Agreement. The Board
of Directors shall execute and file in accordance with the Delaware Act any
amendment to the Certificate and shall execute and file with applicable
governmental authorities any other instruments, documents and certificates
that, in the opinion of the Fund's legal counsel, may from time to time be
required by the laws of the United States of America, the State of Delaware
or any other jurisdiction in which the Fund shall determine to do business,
or any political subdivision or agency thereof, or that such legal counsel
may deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement and continue the
valid existence and business of the Fund.
2.2 Name
The name of the Fund shall be "Xxxxxxxxxxx Tremont Market Neutral Fund,
LLC" or such other name as the Board of Directors may hereafter adopt upon
(i) causing an appropriate amendment to the Certificate to be filed in
accordance with the Delaware Act and (ii) taking such other actions as may be
required by law.
2.3 Principal and Registered Office
The Fund shall have its principal office at Two World Financial Center,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 100281-1008, or at such
other place designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
The Fund shall have its registered office in Delaware at 000 Xxxxx
XxXxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, and shall have National Corporate
Research, Ltd. as its registered agent for service of process in Delaware,
unless a different registered office or agent is designated from time to time
by the Board of Directors.
2.4 Duration
The term of the Fund commenced on the filing of the Certificate with
the Secretary of State of Delaware and shall continue until the Fund is
dissolved pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof. The existence of the Fund as a
separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate as
provided in the Delaware Act.
2.5 Business of the Fund
(a) The business of the Fund is to purchase, sell (including short sales),
invest and trade in Securities, on margin or otherwise, and to engage in any
financial or derivative transactions relating thereto or otherwise.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Fund,
and each Director on behalf of the Fund, may execute, deliver and perform all
contracts, agreements, subscription documents and other undertakings and
engage in all activities and transactions as may in the opinion of the Board
of Directors be necessary or advisable to carry out its objective or business.
(b) The Fund shall operate as a closed-end, non-diversified, management
investment company in accordance with the 1940 Act and subject to any
fundamental policies and investment restrictions as may be adopted by the
Board of Directors and in accordance with the 1940 Act.
2.6 Board of Directors
(a) By signing this Agreement or signing an investor application or
certification in connection with the purchase of Shares, a Member admitted on
the Closing Date was deemed to have voted for the election of each of the
Directors designated by the Organizational Member to serve as Directors on
the Board of Directors prior to the Closing Date. After the Closing Date,
the Board of Directors may, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section 2.6 with respect to the number of and vacancies in the
position of Director and the provisions of Section 3.3 hereof with respect to
the election of Directors to the Board of Directors by Members, designate any
person who shall agree to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement as a
Director. The names and mailing addresses of the Directors shall be set
forth in the books and records of the Fund. The number of Directors shall be
fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
(b) Subject to any maximum term of service, required age of retirement or
similar limitation that the Board of Directors may establish from time to
time, each Director shall serve on the Board of Directors for the duration of
the term of the Fund, unless his or her status as a Director shall be sooner
terminated pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof. In the event of any vacancy in
the position of Director, the remaining Directors may appoint an individual
to serve in such capacity, so long as immediately after such appointment at
least two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors then serving would have been elected
by the Members. The Board of Directors may call a meeting of Members to fill
any vacancy in the position of Director, and shall do so within 60 days after
any date on which Directors who were elected by the Members cease to
constitute a majority of the Directors then serving on the Board of Directors.
(c) In the event that no Director remains to continue the business of the
Fund, the Adviser shall promptly call a meeting of the Members, to be held
within 60 days after the date on which the last Director ceased to act in
that capacity, for the purpose of determining whether to continue the
business of the Fund and, if the business shall be continued, of electing the
required number of Directors to the Board of Directors. If the Members shall
determine at such meeting not to continue the business of the Fund or if the
required number of Directors is not elected within 60 days after the date on
which the last Director ceased to act in that capacity, then the Fund shall
be dissolved pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof and the assets of the Fund shall
be liquidated and distributed pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof.
2.7 Members
The Fund may offer Shares for purchase by investors in such manner and
at such times as may be determined by the Board of Directors. All
subscriptions for Shares are subject to the receipt by the Fund or its
custodian of cleared funds on or before the acceptance date for such
subscriptions in the full amount of the subscription. Subject to the
foregoing, a person may be admitted to the Fund as a Member subject to the
condition that such person shall execute an appropriate signature page of
this Agreement or an investor application or certification form pursuant to
which such Member agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this
Agreement. The Board of Directors may in its sole discretion reject any
subscription for Shares. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion,
suspend the offering of the Shares at any time. The admission of any person
as a Member shall be effective upon the revision of the books and records of
the Fund to reflect the name and purchase of Shares of such additional
Member. The rights of a Member under this Agreement shall be generally
equivalent to those of a holder of the common shares issued by a business
entity organized as a corporation under Delaware law.
2.8 [Removed and Reserved]
2.9 Organizational Member
The initial contribution of capital to the Fund by the Organizational
Member was represented by the issuance of an "Interest" having the same
rights as other "Interests" held by Members. (All Interests have been
redenominated as Shares as contemplated by Article VI hereof.)
2.10 Both Directors and Members
A Member may at the same time be a Director and a Member, in which
event such Member's rights and obligations in each capacity shall be
determined separately in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement or as provided in the Delaware Act.
2.11 Limited Liability
(a) Except as provided under applicable law, for any period after
completion of the Subchapter M Transition, liability for the Fund's debts,
obligations and liabilities on the part of a Member shall be limited as
specified in Section 6.2(a)(1) hereof.
(b) Except as provided under applicable law, a Director shall not be liable
for the Fund's debts, obligations and liabilities solely by reason of being a
Director of the Fund.
ARTICLE III
MANAGEMENT
3.1 Management and Control
(a) Management and control of the business of the Fund shall be vested in
the Board of Directors, which shall have the right, power and authority, on
behalf of the Fund and in its name, to exercise all rights, powers and
authority of "Managers" of a limited liability company under the Delaware Act
and to do all things necessary and proper to carry out the objective and
business of the Fund and their duties hereunder. No Director shall have the
authority individually to act on behalf of or to bind the Fund except within
the scope of such Director's authority as delegated by the Board of
Directors. The parties hereto intend that, except to the extent otherwise
expressly provided herein, (i) each Director shall be vested with the same
powers, authority and responsibilities on behalf of the Fund as are
customarily vested in each director of a Delaware corporation and (ii) each
Independent Director shall be vested with the same powers, authority and
responsibilities on behalf of the Fund as are customarily vested in each
director of a closed-end management investment company registered under the
1940 Act that is organized as a Delaware corporation who is not an
"interested person" of such company, as such term is defined by the 1940
Act. Subject to Section 2.6(c) hereof, during any period in which the Fund
shall have no Directors, the Adviser shall continue to serve as the Adviser
to the Fund and shall have the authority to manage the business and affairs
of the Fund.
(b) Members shall have no right to participate in and shall take no part in
the management or control of the Fund's business and shall have no right,
power or authority to act for or bind the Fund. Members shall have the right
to vote on any matters only as provided in this Agreement or on any matters
that require the approval of the holders of voting securities under the 1940
Act or as otherwise required in the Delaware Act.
(c) The Board of Directors may delegate to any other person any rights,
power and authority vested by this Agreement in the Board of Directors to the
extent permissible under applicable law, and may appoint persons to serve as
officers of the Fund, with such titles and authority as may be determined by
the Board of Directors consistent with applicable law.
3.2 Actions by the Board of Directors
(a) Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, the Board of Directors
shall act only: (i) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors
(including the vote of a majority of the Independent Directors if required by
the 0000 Xxx) present at a meeting duly called at which a quorum of the
Directors shall be present (in person or, if in person attendance is not
required by the 1940 Act, by telephone) or (ii) by unanimous written consent
of all of the Directors without a meeting, if permissible under the 0000 Xxx.
(b) The Board of Directors may designate from time to time a principal
Director who shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors (the
"Principal Director"). Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by
the Principal Director or by any two Directors, and may be held on such date
and at such time and place as the Board of Directors shall determine. Each
Director shall be entitled to receive written notice of the date, time and
place of such meeting within a reasonable time in advance of the meeting.
Except as otherwise required by the 1940 Act, notice need not be given to any
Director who shall attend a meeting without objecting to the lack of notice
or who shall execute a written waiver of notice with respect to the meeting.
Directors may attend and participate in any meeting by telephone except where
in-person attendance at a meeting is required by the 1940 Act. A majority of
the Directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.
3.3 Meetings of Members
(a) Actions requiring the vote of the Members may be taken at any duly
constituted meeting of the Members at which a quorum is present. Meetings of
the Members may be called by the Board of Directors or by Members holding 25%
or more of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all Members, and
may be held at such time, date and place as the Board of Directors shall
determine. The Board of Directors shall arrange to provide written notice of
the meeting, stating the date, time and place of the meeting and the record
date therefor, to each Member entitled to vote at the meeting within a
reasonable time prior thereto. Failure to receive notice of a meeting on the
part of any Member shall not affect the validity of any act or proceeding of
the meeting, so long as a quorum shall be present at the meeting, except as
otherwise required by applicable law. Only matters set forth in the notice
of a meeting may be voted on by the Members at a meeting. The presence in
person or by proxy of Members holding a majority of the total number of votes
eligible to be cast by all Members as of the record date shall constitute a
quorum at any meeting. In the absence of a quorum, a meeting of the Members
may be adjourned by action of a majority of the Members present in person or
by proxy without additional notice to the Members. Except as otherwise
required by any provision of this Agreement or of the 1940 Act, (i) those
candidates receiving a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of Members
shall be elected as Directors and (ii) all other actions of the Members taken
at a meeting shall require the affirmative vote of Members holding a majority
of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by those Members who are
present in person or by proxy at such meeting.
(b) Each Member shall be entitled to cast at any meeting of Members that
number of votes attaching to the Member's Shares in accordance with
Section 6.2(b)(6) hereof as of the record date for such meeting. The Board
of Directors shall establish a record date not less than 10 days nor more
than 60 days prior to the date of any meeting of Members to determine
eligibility to vote at such meeting and the number of votes that each Member
will be entitled to cast at the meeting, and shall maintain for each such
record date a list setting forth the name of each Member and the number of
votes that each Member will be entitled to cast at the meeting.
(c) A Member may vote at any meeting of Members by a proxy properly
executed in writing by the Member and filed with the Fund before or at the
time of the meeting. A proxy may be suspended or revoked, as the case may
be, by the Member executing the proxy by a later writing delivered to the
Fund at any time prior to exercise of the proxy or if the Member executing
the proxy shall be present at the meeting and decide to vote in person. Any
action of the Members that is permitted to be taken at a meeting of the
Members may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth
the action taken, are signed by Members holding a majority of the total
number of votes eligible to be cast or such greater percentage as may be
required in order to approve such action.
3.4 Custody of Assets of the Fund
The physical possession of all funds, Securities or other properties of
the Fund shall at all times, be held, controlled and administered by one or
more custodians retained by the Fund in accordance with the requirements of
the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder.
3.5 Other Activities of Members and Directors
(a) The Directors shall not be required to devote all of their time to the
affairs of the Fund, but shall devote such time as may reasonably be required
to perform their obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary at law or in equity, any
Member or Director, and any Affiliate of any Member or Director, may engage
in or possess an interest in other business ventures or commercial dealings
of every kind and description, independently or with others, including, but
not limited to, acquisition and disposition of Securities, provision of
investment advisory or brokerage services, serving as directors, officers,
employees, advisors or agents of other companies, partners of any
partnership, members of any limited liability company, or Directors of any
trust, or entering into any other commercial arrangements. No Member or
Director shall have any rights in or to such activities of any other Member
or Director, or any profits derived therefrom.
3.6 Duty of Care
(a) Neither a Director, the Adviser nor the Investment Manager shall be
liable to the Fund or to any of its Members for any loss or damage occasioned
by any act or omission in the performance of their services pursuant to any
agreement, including this Agreement, between a Director, the Adviser or the
Investment Manager and the Fund for the provision of services to the Fund
unless it shall be determined by final judicial decision on the merits from
which there is no further right to appeal that such loss is due to an act or
omission of the Director, the Adviser or the Investment Manager, as
applicable, constituting willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or
reckless disregard of the duties involved in the performance of their
services to the Fund.
(b) Members not in breach of any obligation hereunder or under any
agreement pursuant to which the Member subscribed for Shares shall be liable
to the Fund, any Member or third parties only as provided under the Delaware
Act.
3.7 Indemnification
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Fund shall, subject to
Section 3.7(b) hereof, indemnify each Director (including for this purpose
his or her respective executors, heirs, assigns, successors or other legal
representatives), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and
expenses, including, but not limited to, amounts paid in satisfaction of
judgments, in compromise, or as fines or penalties, and reasonable counsel
fees, incurred in connection with the defense or disposition of any action,
suit, investigation or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before
any judicial, arbitral, administrative or legislative body, in which such
indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, or with
which such indemnitee may be or may have been threatened, while in office or
thereafter, by reason of being or having been a Director of the Fund or the
past or present performance of services to the Fund by such indemnitee,
except to the extent such loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense
shall have been finally determined in a decision on the merits in any such
action, suit, investigation or other proceeding to have been incurred or
suffered by such indemnitee by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct
of such indemnitee's office. The rights of indemnification provided under
this Section 3.7 shall not be construed so as to provide for indemnification
of a Director for any liability (including liability under federal securities
laws which, under certain circumstances, impose liability even on persons
that act in good faith) to the extent (but only to the extent) that such
indemnification would be in violation of applicable law, but shall be
construed so as to effectuate the applicable provisions of this Section 3.7
to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(b) Expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, so incurred by any such
indemnitee (but excluding amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in
compromise, or as fines or penalties), may be paid from time to time by the
Fund in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit,
investigation or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of
such indemnitee to repay to the Fund amounts so paid if it shall ultimately
be determined that indemnification of such expenses is not authorized under
Section 3.7(a) hereof; provided, however, that (i) such indemnitee shall
provide security for such undertaking, (ii) the Fund shall be insured by or
on behalf of such indemnitee against losses arising by reason of such
indemnitee's failure to fulfill such undertaking, or (iii) a majority of the
Directors (excluding any Director who is either seeking advancement of
expenses hereunder or is or has been a party to any other action, suit,
investigation or proceeding involving claims similar to those involved in the
action, suit, investigation or proceeding giving rise to a claim for
advancement of expenses hereunder) or independent legal counsel in a written
opinion shall determine based on a review of readily available facts (as
opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that there is reason to believe such
indemnitee ultimately will be entitled to indemnification.
(c) As to the disposition of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding
(whether by a compromise payment, pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise)
without an adjudication or a decision on the merits by a court, or by any
other body before which the proceeding shall have been brought, that an
indemnitee is liable to the Fund or its Members by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of such indemnitee's office, indemnification shall be
provided pursuant to Section 3.7(a) hereof if (i) approved as in the best
interests of the Fund by a majority of the Directors (excluding any Director
who is either seeking indemnification hereunder or is or has been a party to
any other action, suit, investigation or proceeding involving claims similar
to those involved in the action, suit, investigation or proceeding giving
rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder) upon a determination based
upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type
inquiry) that such indemnitee acted in good faith and in the reasonable
belief that such actions were in the best interests of the Fund and that such
indemnitee is not liable to the Fund or its Members by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of such indemnitee's office, or (ii) the Board of
Directors secures a written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a
review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry)
to the effect that such indemnification would not protect such indemnitee
against any liability to the Fund or its Members to which such indemnitee
would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of
such indemnitee's office.
(d) Any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to this
Section 3.7 shall not prevent the recovery from any indemnitee of any such
amount if such indemnitee subsequently shall be determined in a decision on
the merits in any action, suit, investigation or proceeding involving the
liability or expense that gave rise to such indemnification or advancement of
expenses to be liable to the Fund or its Members by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of such indemnitee's office. In (i) any suit brought
by a Director (or other person entitled to indemnification hereunder) to
enforce a right to indemnification under this Section 3.7 it shall be a
defense that, and (ii) in any suit in the name of the Fund to recover any
indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to this Section 3.7
the Fund shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication
that, the Director or other person claiming a right to indemnification under
this Section 3.7 has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
this Section 3.7. In any such suit brought to enforce a right to
indemnification or to recover any indemnification or advancement of expenses
made pursuant to this Section 3.7, the burden of proving that the Director or
other person claiming a right to indemnification is not entitled to be
indemnified, or to any indemnification or advancement of expenses, under this
Section 3.7 shall be on the Fund (or any Member acting derivatively or
otherwise on behalf of the Fund or its Members).
(e) An indemnitee may not satisfy any right of indemnification or
advancement of expenses granted in this Section 3.7 or to which such
indemnitee may otherwise be entitled except out of the assets of the Fund,
and no Member shall be personally liable with respect to any such claim for
indemnification or advancement of expenses.
(f) The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall not be exclusive
of or affect any other rights to which any person may be entitled by contract
or otherwise under law. Nothing contained in this Section 3.7 shall affect
the power of the Fund to purchase and maintain liability insurance on behalf
of any Director or other person.
3.8 Fees, Expenses and Reimbursement
(a) For services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and its Affiliates shall
be entitled to receive such fees, including performance, incentive or similar
fees, as may be agreed to by the Adviser (or its Affiliate) and the Fund
pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement or other applicable agreement
relating to such services.
(b) The Board of Directors may cause the Fund to compensate each Director
who is not an officer or employee of the Adviser (or of any Affiliate of the
Adviser) for his or her services as such, and such Director shall be
reimbursed by the Fund for reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by him in performing his duties under this Agreement.
(c) The Fund shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in its business and
operations, other than those specifically required to be borne by the Adviser
pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement. Costs and expenses to be
borne by the Fund include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) all costs and expenses directly related to investment transactions and
positions for the Fund's account, including, but not limited to,
brokerage commissions, research fees, interest and commitment fees on
loans and debit balances, borrowing charges on securities sold short,
dividends on securities sold but not yet purchased, custodial fees,
margin fees, transfer taxes and premiums, taxes withheld on foreign
dividends and indirect expenses from investments in Portfolio Funds;
(2) all costs and expenses associated with the operation and registration
of the Fund, offering costs and the costs of compliance with applicable
Federal and state laws;
(3) all costs and expenses associated with the organization and operation
of separate investment funds managed by Portfolio Managers retained by
the Fund;
(4) the costs and expenses of holding meetings of the Board and any
meetings of Members, including costs associated with the preparation
and dissemination of proxy materials;
(5) the fees and disbursements of Fund counsel, legal counsel to the
Independent Directors, independent accountants for the Fund and other
consultants and professionals engaged on behalf of the Fund;
(6) any fees payable to the Adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory
Agreement;
(7) the fees payable to custodians and other persons providing
administrative services to the Fund;
(8) the costs of a fidelity bond and any liability insurance obtained on
behalf of the Fund or the Board;
(9) all costs and expenses of preparing, setting in type, printing and
distributing reports and other communications to Members;
(10) all taxes to which the Fund may be subject, directly or indirectly and
whether in the United States, any State thereof or any other U.S. or
non-U.S. jurisdiction; and
(11) such other types of expenses as may be approved from time to time by
the Board of Directors.
The Adviser shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Fund for any of
the above costs and expenses that it pays on behalf of the Fund.
(d) Subject to procuring any required regulatory approvals, from time to
time the Fund may, alone or in conjunction with other registered or
unregistered investment funds or other accounts for which the Adviser, or any
Affiliate of the Adviser, acts as general partner or investment adviser,
purchase insurance in such amounts, from such insurers and on such terms as
the Board of Directors shall determine.
ARTICLE IV
TERMINATION OF STATUS OR REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS,
TRANSFERS AND REPURCHASES
4.1 [Removed and Reserved]
4.2 Termination of Status of a Director
The status of a Director shall terminate if the Director (i) shall die;
(ii) shall be adjudicated incompetent; (iii) shall voluntarily withdraw as a
Director (upon not less than 90 days' prior written notice to the other
Directors, or such lesser notice period agreeable to the other Directors);
(iv) shall be removed; (v) shall be certified by a physician to be mentally
or physically unable to perform his or her duties hereunder; (vi) shall be
declared bankrupt by a court with appropriate jurisdiction, file a petition
commencing a voluntary case under any bankruptcy law or make an assignment
for the benefit of creditors; (vii) shall have a receiver appointed to
administer the property or affairs of such Director; or (viii) shall
otherwise cease to be a Director of the Fund under the Delaware Act.
4.3 Removal of a Director
Any Director may be removed either by (a) the vote or written consent
of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors not subject to the removal vote
or (b) the vote or written consent of Members holding not less than
two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all
Members.
4.4 Transfer of Shares
(a) Shares may be Transferred only (i) by operation of law pursuant to the
death, divorce, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or incompetency of such
Member or (ii) with the written consent of the Board of Directors (which may
be withheld in its sole discretion). In no event, however, will any
transferee or assignee be admitted as a Member without the consent of the
Board of Directors which may be withheld in its sole discretion. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, any pledge, transfer, or assignment not made
in accordance with this Section 4.4 shall be void.
(b) The Board of Directors may not consent to a Transfer of all or any
Shares held by a Member unless: (i) the transferee benefiting from such
Transfer (or each of the person's beneficial owners if such a person is a
"private investment company" as defined in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 205-3
under the Advisers Act) is a person whom the Board of Directors believes
meets the requirements of paragraph (d)(1) of Rule 205-3 under the Advisers
Act or any successor rule thereto; and (ii) all Shares held by a Member are
Transferred to a single transferee or, after the Transfer of a portion of
Shares held by a Member, the value of the Shares held by each of the
transferee and transferor is not less than $50,000. Any transferee that
acquires Shares by operation of law as the result of the death, divorce,
bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or incompetency of a Member or otherwise,
shall be entitled to the rights of repurchase and of dividends or other
distributions attaching to such Shares and to Transfer such Shares in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, but shall not be entitled to the
other rights of a Member unless and until such transferee becomes a
substituted Member. If a Member transfers Shares with the approval of the
Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall promptly take all necessary
actions so that such transferee is admitted to the Fund as a Member. Each
Member effecting a Transfer and its transferee agree to pay all expenses,
including attorneys' and accountants' fees, incurred by the Fund in
connection with such Transfer.
(c) Each Member shall indemnify and hold harmless the Fund, the Directors,
the Adviser, each other Member and any Affiliate of the foregoing against all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal or
other expenses incurred in investigating or defending against any such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses or any judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement), joint or several, to which such
persons may become subject by reason of or arising from (i) any Transfer made
by such Member in violation of this Section 4.4 and (ii) any
misrepresentation by such Member (or such Member's transferee) in connection
with any such Transfer.
4.5 [Removed and Reserved]
4.6 Repurchase of Shares
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Member or other
person holding Shares shall have the right to withdraw or tender to the Fund
for repurchase those Shares. The Board of Directors from time to time, in
its sole discretion and on such terms and conditions as it may determine, may
cause the Fund to repurchase Shares pursuant to written tenders. In
determining whether to cause the Fund to make such repurchases, the Board of
Directors shall consider the recommendation of the Adviser, and shall also
consider the following factors, among others:
(1) whether any Members have requested to tender Shares to the Fund;
(2) the liquidity of the Fund's assets;
(3) the investment plans and working capital requirements of the Fund;
(4) the relative economies of scale with respect to the size of the Fund;
(5) the history of the Fund in making such repurchases;
(6) the economic condition of the securities markets; and
(7) the anticipated tax consequences of any such proposed repurchases.
The Board of Directors shall cause the Fund to repurchase Shares only
pursuant to written tenders and only on terms determined by the Board of
Directors to be fair to the Fund and to all Members (including persons
holding Shares as may be acquired from Members), as applicable.
(b) A Member who tenders for repurchase only a portion of the Member's
Shares will be required to maintain a Share balance following completion of
the repurchase with a net asset value equal to at least $50,000. Such
$50,000 required minimum balance shall be net of the amount of any Incentive
Fee to be charged as of the Valuation Date. If a Member tenders an amount
that would cause the Member's Share balance following completion of the
repurchase to fall below the required minimum, the Fund reserves the right to
reduce the amount to be purchased from the Member so that the required
minimum balance is maintained.
(c) The Adviser (or an affiliated company) may tender Shares that it holds
as a Member under Section 4.6(a) hereof.
(d) [Removed and Reserved]
(e) The Board of Directors may cause the Fund to repurchase Shares of a
Member or any person acquiring the same from or through a Member in the event
that the Board of Directors determines or has reason to believe that:
(1) such Shares have been transferred in violation of Section 4.4 hereof,
or such Shares have vested in any person by operation of law as the
result of the death, divorce, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or
incompetency of a Member;
(2) ownership of such Shares by a Member or other person will cause the
Fund to be in violation of, or subject the Fund to additional
registration or regulation under, the securities laws of the United
States or any other relevant jurisdiction;
(3) continued ownership of such Shares may be harmful or injurious to the
business or reputation of the Fund, the Directors or the Adviser, or
may subject the Fund or any of the Members to an undue risk of adverse
tax or other fiscal consequences;
(4) any of the representations and warranties made by a Member in
connection with the acquisition of Shares was not true when made or has
ceased to be true; or
(5) it would be in the best interests of the Fund, as determined by the
Board of Directors in its sole discretion, for the Fund to repurchase
such Shares.
(f) Repurchases of Shares by the Fund shall be payable promptly after the
date of each such repurchase or, in the case of an offer by the Fund to
effect such a repurchase, promptly after the expiration date of the relevant
repurchase offer in accordance with the terms of such offer. Payment of the
purchase price for Shares shall consist of: (i) cash or a promissory note,
which need not bear interest, in an amount equal to such percentage, as may
be determined by the Board of Directors, of the estimated unaudited net asset
value of the Shares repurchased by the Fund determined as of the date of such
repurchase (the "Initial Payment"); and, if determined to be appropriate by
the Board of Directors or if the Initial Payment is less than 100% of the
estimated unaudited net asset value, (ii) a promissory note entitling the
holder thereof to a contingent payment equal to the excess, if any, of (x)
the net asset value of the Shares repurchased by the Fund as of the date of
such repurchase over (y) the Initial Payment. Notwithstanding anything in
the foregoing to the contrary, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may
pay any portion of the repurchase price in marketable Securities (or any
combination of marketable Securities and cash) having a value, determined as
of the date of repurchase, equal to the amount to be repurchased. Any
promissory note given to satisfy the Initial Payment shall be due and payable
not more than 45 days after the date of repurchase or, if the Fund has
requested withdrawal of its capital from any Portfolio Funds in order to fund
the repurchase of Shares, 10 business days after the Fund has received at
least 90% of the aggregate amount withdrawn by the Fund from such Portfolio
Funds.
(g) Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and compliance with
the 1940 Act, the Fund may impose a redemption fee in connection with
repurchases of Shares, including a fee applicable to repurchases of Shares
effected prior to expiration of a specified period subsequent to a Member's
admission to the Fund.
(h) A Member may at any time submit to the Fund a written request that the
Fund repurchase all Shares held by such Member, as contemplated by Section
7.1(3) hereof. Any such request shall be sent to the Fund by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed valid only if
the Member has received a letter from the Fund acknowledging its receipt of
the request. The Fund shall send such letter to the Member promptly upon its
receipt of the Member's request.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL
5.1 [Removed and Reserved]
5.2 Rights of Members to Capital
No Member shall be entitled to interest on any Share purchase, nor
shall any Member be entitled to the return of any capital of the Fund except
(i) upon the repurchase by the Fund of a part or all of such Member's Shares
pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof or (ii) upon the liquidation of the Fund's
assets pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof. No Member shall be liable for the
return of any such amounts. No Member shall have the right to require
partition of the Fund's property or to compel any sale or appraisal of the
Fund's assets.
5.3 [Removed and Reserved]
5.4 [Removed and Reserved]
5.5 [Removed and Reserved]
5.6 Reserves
(a) All provisions under Section 5.6 of the Initial Agreement (also under
the heading "Reserves") shall be understood as terminated as of the date of
the Subchapter M Transition, with no further rights on the part of any Member
to specific credits with respect to reductions in previously established
reserves for Fund liabilities and no further rights on the part of the Fund
to collections from Members with respect to increases in previously
established reserves for Fund liabilities.
(b) Also as of the date of the Subchapter M Transition all matters
relating to Fund reserves of the nature contemplated by the preceding clause
(a) shall be governed solely by Section 6.2(b)(2) hereof.
5.7 [Removed and Reserved]
5.8 [Removed and Reserved]
5.9 [Removed and Reserved]
5.10 Withholding
(a) The Board of Directors may withhold and pay over to the Internal
Revenue Service (or any other relevant taxing authority) taxes from any
distribution to any Member to the extent required by the Code or any other
applicable law.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, any taxes so withheld by the Fund with
respect to any amount distributed by the Fund to any Member shall be deemed
to be a distribution or payment to such Member, reducing the amount otherwise
distributable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The Board of Directors shall not be obligated to apply for or obtain a
reduction of or exemption from withholding tax on behalf of any Member that
may be eligible for such reduction or exemption. To the extent that a Member
claims to be entitled to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, a withholding
tax pursuant to an applicable income tax treaty, or otherwise, the Member
shall furnish the Board of Directors with such information and forms as such
Member may be required to complete where necessary to comply with any and all
laws and regulations governing the obligations of withholding tax agents.
Each Member represents and warrants that any such information and forms
furnished by such Member shall be true and accurate and agrees to indemnify
the Fund and each of the Members from any and all damages, costs and expenses
resulting from the filing of inaccurate or incomplete information or forms
relating to such withholding taxes.
ARTICLE VI
SUBCHAPTER M TRANSITION; SHARES
6.1 Subchapter M Transition
As of the effective date of this Agreement, each "Interest" in the Fund
under the Initial Agreement (including that represented by the "Special
Advisory Account" maintained under the Initial Agreement) shall be
redenominated as Shares and, in connection therewith and in consideration of
such Interest, the holder of each such Interest shall be issued Shares (which
may include fractional Shares) equal in number to the net asset value of the
particular Interest (computed as of that date, though such computation may be
effected at a later date) divided by 100.
6.2 Shares
(a) (1) (a) (1) The number of the Fund's authorized Shares and
the number of Shares that may be issued is unlimited, and, subject to
Section 2.7 hereof and Section 6.2(b)(7) hereof, the Directors may
issue Shares for such consideration and on such terms as they may
determine (or for no consideration if pursuant to a Share dividend or
split-up), or may reduce the number of issued Shares in proportion to
the relative net asset value of the Shares then outstanding, all
without action or approval of the Members. All Shares when so issued
on the terms determined by the Directors shall be fully paid and
non-assessable. The Directors may hold any Shares reacquired by the
Fund as treasury Shares, reissue such Shares for such consideration and
on such terms as they may determine, or cancel such Shares, at their
discretion from time to time.
(2) In accordance with Section 2.10 hereof, any Director, officer or other
agent of the Fund (including, without limitation, the Adviser), and any
organization in which any such person is interested may acquire, own,
hold and dispose of Shares of the Fund to the same extent as if such
person were not a Director, officer or other agent of the Fund; and the
Fund may issue and sell or cause to be issued and sold and may purchase
Shares from any such person or any such organization subject only to
the limitations, restrictions or other provisions applicable to the
sale or purchase of Shares generally.
(3) Shares shall not be represented by certificates, but only by notation
on the Share records of the Fund, as kept by the Fund or by any
transfer or similar agent, as the case may be. The Share records of
the Fund, whether maintained by the Fund or any transfer or similar
agent, as the case may be, shall be conclusive as to who are the
holders of Shares and as to the number of Shares held from time to time
by each such person.
(b) (1) (b) (1) All consideration received by the Fund for the
issue or sale of Shares, together with all assets in which such
consideration is invested or reinvested, all income, earnings, profits,
and proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale,
exchange or liquidation of such assets, and any funds or payments
derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds in whatever form the
same may be, shall irrevocably belong to the Fund generally and not to
the account of any particular Member or holder of Shares, subject only
to the rights of creditors, and shall be so recorded upon the books of
account of the Fund. The treatment of these items under this Section
6.2(b)(1) shall replace and be in lieu of the treatment of the same
under the relevant provisions of Article V of the Initial Agreement,
such replacement treatment to be effective as effective date of this
Agreement and at all times thereafter.
(2) The liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves attributable to
the Fund shall be charged and allocated to the assets belonging to the
Fund generally and not to the account of any particular Member or
holder of Shares and shall be so recorded upon the books of account of
the Fund. The treatment of these items under this Section 6.2(b)(2)
shall replace and be in lieu of the treatment of the same under the
relevant provisions of Article V of the Initial Agreement, such
replacement treatment to be effective as effective date of this
Agreement and at all times thereafter.
(3) Dividends and distributions on Shares may be paid to the Members or
holders of Shares, with such frequency as the Directors may determine,
which may be daily or otherwise pursuant to a standing resolution or
resolutions adopted only once or with such frequency as the Directors
may determine, from such of the income, capital gains accrued or
realized, and capital and surplus, after providing for actual and
accrued liabilities of the Fund. All dividends and distributions on
Shares shall be distributed pro rata to the Members or other holders of
Shares in proportion to the number of Shares held by such persons at
the date and time of record established for the payment of such
dividends or distributions, except that in connection with any dividend
or distribution program or procedure the Directors may determine that
no dividend or distribution shall be payable on Shares as to which the
Member's purchase order and/or payment have not been received by the
time or times established by the Directors under such program or
procedure. Dividends and distributions on Shares may be made in cash
or Shares or a combination thereof as determined by the Directors or
pursuant to any program that the Directors may have in effect at the
time for the election by each Member or other holder of Shares of the
mode of the making of such dividend or distribution to that person.
Any dividend or distribution paid in Shares will be paid at the net
asset value thereof as determined in accordance with Section 8.3
hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Directors may at any time declare and distribute a dividend of
stock or other property pro rata among the Members or other holders of
Shares at the date and time of record established for the payment of
such dividends or distributions.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Directors shall not be required to make a distribution
to the Members on account of their interest in the Fund if such
distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Delaware Act or any
other applicable law.
(5) In the event of the liquidation or dissolution of the Fund, the Members
or other holders of Shares shall be entitled to receive, when and as
declared by the Directors, the excess of the assets of the Fund over
its liabilities. Upon the liquidation or dissolution of the Fund, the
Directors shall make provisions for the payment of all of the Fund's
outstanding obligations (including any Incentive Fee), taxes and other
liabilities, accrued or contingent. The assets so distributable (which
may, in the discretion of the Directors, include assets distributed
in-kind valued at their date of distribution in accordance with Section
8.3 hereof) shall be distributed among the Members or other holders of
Shares in proportion to the relative number of Shares held by such
persons.
(6) Shares shall be transferable only in accordance with Section 4.4 hereof.
(7) Except as provided herein, each Share shall represent an equal
proportionate interest in the assets of the Fund (subject to the
liabilities of the Fund), and each Share shall be equal with respect to
net asset value per Share as against each other Share. The rights
attaching to all Shares shall be identical as to right of repurchase by
the Fund (except that fees associated with such transactions may be
varied according to reasonable criteria established by the Directors in
accord with Section 4.6(g) hereof), dividends and other distributions
(whether or not on liquidation), and voting rights (the vote attaching
to each Share or fraction thereof being equal to the dollar value of
the same as of the record date for any such vote, if such record date
is a Valuation Date, or if such record date is not a Valuation Date,
the Valuation Date most recently preceding such record date). The
Directors may from time to time divide or combine the Shares into a
greater or lesser number of Shares provided that such division or
combination does not change the proportionate beneficial interest in
the assets of the Fund of any Member or other holder of Shares or in
any way affect the rights of Shares.
(8) The Directors, subject to Section 2.7 hereof, may accept investments in
the Fund by way of Share purchase, from such persons, on such terms
(including minimum purchase amounts) and for such consideration, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act, as they from time to
time authorize or determine. Such investments may be in the form of
cash, Securities or other property in which the Fund is authorized to
invest, hold or own, valued as provided in Section 8.3 hereof. The
Directors may authorize any distributor, principal underwriter,
custodian, transfer agent or other person to accept orders for the
purchase or sale of Shares that conform to such authorized terms and to
reject any purchase or sale orders for Shares whether or not conforming
to such authorized terms.
(9) Shares may be issued as fractions thereof. Any fractional Share, if
outstanding, shall carry proportionately all the rights and obligations
of a whole Share, including those rights and obligations with respect
to voting, receipt of dividends and distributions, redemption of
Shares, and liquidation of the Fund. Fractions of Shares shall be
calculated to three decimal points.
ARTICLE VII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
7.1 Dissolution
The Fund shall be dissolved:
(1) upon the affirmative vote to dissolve the Fund by both: (i) the Board
of Directors and (ii) Members holding at least two-thirds (2/3) of the
total number of votes eligible to be cast by all Members;
(2) upon the failure of Members to elect a successor Director at a meeting
called by the Adviser in accordance with Section 2.6(c) hereof when no
Director remains to continue the business of the Fund;
(3) upon the expiration of any two year period that commences on the date
on which any Member has submitted, in accordance with the procedure
specified in Section 4.6(h) hereof, a written notice to the Fund
requesting the repurchase of all of its Shares, by the Fund, if such
Shares have not been repurchased by the Fund; or
(4) as required under the Delaware Act.
Dissolution of the Fund shall be effective on the later of the day on
which the event giving rise to the dissolution shall occur, but the Fund
shall not terminate until the assets of the Fund have been liquidated in
accordance with Section 7.2 hereof and the Certificate has been canceled.
7.2 Liquidation of Assets
(a) Upon the dissolution of the Fund as provided in Section 7.1 hereof, the
Board of Directors shall promptly appoint the Administrator as the
liquidating Director and the Administrator shall liquidate the business and
administrative affairs of the Fund, except that if the Board of Directors
does not appoint the Administrator as the liquidating Director or the
Administrator is unable to perform this function, a liquidating Director
elected by Members holding a majority of the total number of votes eligible
to be cast by all Members shall promptly liquidate the business and
administrative affairs of the Fund.
(b) The proceeds from liquidation shall be distributed as contemplated by
Section 6.2(b)(4) hereof.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTING, VALUATIONS AND BOOKS AND RECORDS
8.1 Accounting and Reports
(a) The Fund shall adopt for tax accounting purposes any accounting method
that the Board of Directors shall decide in its sole discretion is in the
best interests of the Fund. The Fund's accounts shall be maintained in U.S.
currency.
(b) After the end of each taxable year (and/or each calendar year), the
Fund shall furnish to each Member such information regarding the operation of
the Fund and such Member's Shares as is necessary for Members to complete
federal, state and local income tax or information returns and any other tax
information required by federal, state or local law.
(c) Except as otherwise required by the 1940 Act, or as may otherwise be
permitted by rule, regulation or order, within 60 days after the close of the
period for which a report required under this Section 8.1(c) is being made,
the Fund shall furnish to each Member a semi-annual report and an annual
report containing the information required by such Act. The Fund shall cause
financial statements contained in each annual report furnished hereunder to
be accompanied by a certificate of independent public accountants based upon
an audit performed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. The Fund may furnish to each Member such other periodic reports
as it deems necessary or appropriate in its discretion.
8.2 [Removed and Reserved]
8.3 Valuation of Assets
(a) Except as may be required by the 1940 Act, the Board of Directors shall
value or have valued any Securities or other assets and liabilities of the
Fund as of the close of business on the last day of each Fiscal Period (and
on any such additional day or days as the Directors in their discretion may
determine) in accordance with such valuation procedures as shall be
established from time to time by the Board of Directors and which conform to
the requirements of the 1940 Act. In determining the value of the assets of
the Fund, no value shall be placed on the goodwill or name of the Fund, or
the office records, files, statistical data or any similar intangible assets
of the Fund not normally reflected in the Fund's accounting records, but
there shall be taken into consideration any items of income earned but not
received, expenses incurred but not yet paid, liabilities, fixed or
contingent, and any other prepaid expenses to the extent not otherwise
reflected in the books of account, and the value of options or commitments to
purchase or sell Securities or commodities pursuant to agreements entered
into prior to such valuation date.
(b) The Fund will value interests in Portfolio Funds at their "fair value,"
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, which value ordinarily
will be the value of an interest in a Portfolio Fund determined by the
Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio Fund in accordance with the policies
established by the Portfolio Fund, absent information indicating that such
value does not represent the fair value of the interest.
(c) The value of Securities and other assets of the Fund and the net worth
of the Fund as a whole determined pursuant to this Section 8.3 shall be
conclusive and binding on all of the Members and all parties claiming through
or under them.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
9.1 Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.1, this Agreement may be
amended, in whole or in part, with: (i) the approval of the Board of
Directors (including the vote of a majority of the Independent Directors, if
required by the 0000 Xxx) and (ii) if required by the 1940 Act, the approval
of the Members by such vote as is required by the 0000 Xxx.
(b) Any amendment that would:
(1) increase the obligation of a Member to make any contribution to the
capital of the Fund;
(2) reduce the rights attaching to the Shares held by any person as against
the rights attaching to the Shares held by any other person, except to
the extent specifically contemplated by Section 6.2(b)(6) hereof; or
(3) modify the events causing the dissolution of the Fund;
may be made only if (i) the written consent of each Member adversely
affected thereby is obtained prior to the effectiveness thereof or (ii) such
amendment does not become effective until (A) each Member has received
written notice of such amendment and (B) any Member objecting to such
amendment has been afforded a reasonable opportunity (pursuant to such
procedures as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors) to tender all such
person's Shares for repurchase by the Fund.
(c) The power of the Board of Directors to amend this Agreement at any time
without the consent of the other Members as set forth in paragraph (a) of
this Section 9.1 shall specifically include the power to:
(1) restate this Agreement together with any amendments hereto that have
been duly adopted in accordance herewith to incorporate such amendments
in a single, integrated document;
(2) amend this Agreement (other than with respect to the matters set forth
in Section 9.1(a) hereof) to effect compliance with any applicable law
or regulation or to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision hereof that may be inconsistent with any other provision
hereof; and
(3) amend this Agreement, taking due consideration of the interests of the
Members as a whole, to make such changes as may be necessary or
advisable to ensure that the Fund maintains its then-current federal
tax treatment.
(d) The Board of Directors shall cause written notice to be given of any
amendment to this Agreement (other than any amendment of the type
contemplated by clause (1) of Section 8.1(c) hereof) to each Member, which
notice shall set forth (i) the text of the amendment or (ii) a summary
thereof and a statement that the text thereof will be furnished to any Member
upon request.
9.2 Special Power of Attorney
(a) Each Member hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints each
Director, acting severally, and any liquidating Director of the Fund's assets
appointed pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof with full power of substitution, the
true and lawful representatives and attorneys-in-fact of, and in the name,
place and stead of, such Member, with the power from time to time to make,
execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, verify, deliver, record, file and/or
publish:
(1) any amendment to this Agreement that complies with the provisions of
this Agreement (including the provisions of Section 9.1 hereof);
(2) any amendment to the Certificate required because this Agreement is
amended, including, without limitation, an amendment to effectuate any
change in the membership of the Fund; and
(3) all such other instruments, documents and certificates that, in the
opinion of legal counsel to the Fund, may from time to time be required
by the laws of the United States of America, the State of Delaware or
any other jurisdiction in which the Fund shall determine to do
business, or any political subdivision or agency thereof, or that such
legal counsel may deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate,
implement and continue the valid existence and business of the Fund as
a limited liability company under the Delaware Act.
(b) Each Member is aware that the terms of this Agreement permit certain
amendments to this Agreement to be effected and certain other actions to be
taken or omitted by or with respect to the Fund without such Member's
consent. If an amendment to the Certificate or this Agreement or any action
by or with respect to the Fund is taken in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement, each Member agrees that, notwithstanding any objection that such
Member may assert with respect to such action, the attorneys-in-fact
appointed hereby are authorized and empowered, with full power of
substitution, to exercise the authority granted above in any manner that may
be necessary or appropriate to permit such amendment to be made or action
lawfully taken or omitted. Each Member is fully aware that each Member will
rely on the effectiveness of this special power-of-attorney with a view to
the orderly administration of the affairs of the Fund.
(c) This power-of-attorney is a special power-of-attorney and is coupled
with an interest in favor of each of the Directors and as such:
(1) shall be irrevocable and continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding the subsequent death or incapacity of any party
granting this power-of-attorney, regardless of whether the Fund or
Board of Directors shall have had notice thereof; and
(2) shall survive the delivery of a Transfer by a Member of the whole or
any portion of such Member's Shares, except that where the transferee
thereof has been approved by the Board of Directors for admission to
the Fund as a substituted Member, this power-of-attorney given by the
transferor shall survive the delivery of such assignment for the sole
purpose of enabling the Board of Directors to execute, acknowledge and
file any instrument necessary to effect such substitution.
9.3 Notices
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, notices that may or
are required to be provided under this Agreement shall be made, if to a
Member, by regular mail, or if to the Fund, the Board of Directors or the
Adviser, by hand delivery, registered or certified mail return receipt
requested, commercial courier service, telex or telecopier, and shall be
addressed to the respective parties hereto at their addresses as set forth in
the books and records of the Fund. Notices shall be deemed to have been
provided when delivered by hand, on the date indicated as the date of receipt
on a return receipt or when received if sent by regular mail, commercial
courier service, telex or telecopier. A document that is not a notice and
that is required to be provided under this Agreement by any party to another
party may be delivered by any reasonable means.
9.4 Agreement Binding Upon Successors and Assigns
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, assigns, executors,
Directors or other legal representatives, but the rights and obligations of
the parties hereunder may not be Transferred or delegated except as provided
in this Agreement and any attempted Transfer or delegation thereof that is
not made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, be void.
9.5 Applicability of 1940 Act and Form N-2
The parties hereto acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to,
and does not, set forth the substantive provisions contained in the 1940 Act
and the Form N-2 that affect numerous aspects of the conduct of the Fund's
business and of the rights, privileges and obligations of the Members. Each
provision of this Agreement shall be subject to and interpreted in a manner
consistent with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and the Form N-2.
9.6 Choice of Law
Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any
of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that all the terms and
provisions hereof shall be construed under the laws of the State of Delaware,
including the Delaware Act without regard to the conflict of law principles
of such state.
9.7 Not for Benefit of Creditors
The provisions of this Agreement are intended only for the regulation
of relations among past, present and future Members, Directors and the Fund.
This Agreement is not intended for the benefit of non-Member creditors and no
rights are granted to non-Member creditors under this Agreement.
9.8 Consents
Any and all consents, agreements or approvals provided for or permitted
by this Agreement shall be in writing and a signed copy thereof shall be
filed and kept with the books of the Fund.
9.9 Merger and Consolidation
(a) The Fund may merge or consolidate with or into one or more limited
liability companies formed under the Delaware Act or other business entities
pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation that has been approved in
the manner contemplated by Section 18-209(b) of the Delaware Act.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this
Agreement, an agreement of merger or consolidation approved in accordance
with Section 18-209(b) of the Delaware Act may, to the extent permitted by
Section 18-209(f) of the Delaware Act, (i) effect any amendment to this
Agreement, (ii) effect the adoption of a new limited liability company
agreement for the Fund if it is the surviving or resulting limited liability
company in the merger or consolidation, or (iii) provide that the limited
liability company agreement of any other constituent limited liability
company to the merger or consolidation (including a limited liability company
formed for the purpose of consummating the merger or consolidation) shall be
the limited liability company agreement of the surviving or resulting limited
liability company.
9.10 Pronouns
All pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine,
neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons, firm or
corporation may require in the context thereof.
9.11 Confidentiality
(a) A Member may obtain from the Fund such information regarding the
affairs of the Fund as is just and reasonable under the Delaware Act, subject
to reasonable standards (including standards governing what information and
documents are to be furnished, at what time and location and at whose
expense) established by the Board of Directors.
(b) Each Member covenants that, except as required by applicable law or any
regulatory body, it will not divulge, furnish or make accessible to any other
person the name and/or address (whether business, residence or mailing) of
any Member (collectively, "Confidential Information") without the prior
written consent of the Board of Directors, which consent may be withheld in
its sole discretion.
(c) Each Member recognizes that in the event that this Section 9.11 is
breached by any Member or any of its principals, partners, members,
directors, officers, employees or agents or any of its Affiliates, including
any of such Affiliates' principals, partners, members, directors, officers,
employees or agents, irreparable injury may result to the non-breaching
Members and the Fund. Accordingly, in addition to any and all other remedies
at law or in equity to which the non-breaching Members and the Fund may be
entitled, such Members shall also have the right to obtain equitable relief,
including, without limitation, injunctive relief, to prevent any disclosure
of Confidential Information, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and other
litigation expenses incurred in connection therewith. In the event that any
non-breaching Member or the Fund determines that any of the other Members or
any of its principals, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or
agents or any of its Affiliates, including any of such Affiliates'
principals, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents
should be enjoined from or required to take any action to prevent the
disclosure of Confidential Information, each of the other non-breaching
Members agrees to pursue in a court of appropriate jurisdiction such
injunctive relief.
9.12 Certification of Non-Foreign Status
Each Member or transferee of Shares from a Member shall certify, upon
admission to the Fund and at such other times thereafter as the Board of
Directors may request, whether such Member is a "United States Person" within
the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code on forms to be provided by the
Fund, and shall notify the Fund within 60 days of any change in such Member's
status.
9.13 Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction not to be enforceable in the manner set forth in this
Agreement, each Member agrees that it is the intention of the Members that
such provision should be enforceable to the maximum extent possible under
applicable law. If any provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid
or unenforceable, such invalidation or unenforceability shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement (or
portion thereof).
9.14 Filing of Returns
The Board of Directors or its designated agent shall prepare and file,
or cause the accountants of the Fund to prepare and file, a Federal income
tax return in compliance with Section 6012 of the Code and any required state
and local income tax and information returns for each tax year of the Fund.
9.15 [Removed and Reserved]
9.16 [Removed and Reserved]
9.17 Use of Names "Xxxxxxxxxxx" and "Tremont"
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") and Tremont Partners, Inc. ("Tremont")
each hereby grants to the Fund a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use
the name "Xxxxxxxxxxx" and "Tremont," respectively, in the name of the Fund
for the duration of this Agreement and any extensions or renewals thereof.
Each license may, upon termination of this Agreement, be terminated by OFI
and Tremont, respectively, in which event the Fund shall promptly take
whatever action may be necessary to change its name and discontinue any
further use of the name "Xxxxxxxxxxx" or "Tremont," as the case may be, in
the name of the Fund or otherwise. The name "Xxxxxxxxxxx" or "Tremont" may
be used or licensed by OFI or Tremont, respectively, in connection with any
of its activities, or licensed by OFI or Tremont, respectively, to any other
party.
EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES HAVING READ THIS AGREEMENT
IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE SIGNING, INCLUDING THE CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE SET
FORTH IN SECTION 9.11.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
DIRECTORS:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Eustis Walcott
MEMBERS:
Each person who shall sign an investor application or certification and who
shall be accepted by the Board of Directors to the Fund as a Member.
ADVISER:
OPPENHEIMERFUNDS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
INFORMATION AND SERVICES
For More Information About Xxxxxxxxxxx Tremont Market Neautral Fund, LLC:
The following additional information about the Fund is available without
charge upon request:
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This document includes additional information about the Fund's investment
policies, risks, and operations. It is incorporated by reference into
this Prospectus (which means it is legally part of this Prospectus).
ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS
Additional information about the Fund's investments and performance is
available in the Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to shareholders.
The Annual Report includes a discussion of market conditions and
investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance
during its last fiscal year.
How to Get More Information:
You can request the Statement of Additional Information, the Annual and
Semi-Annual Reports, the notice explaining the Fund's privacy policy and
other information about the Fund or your account:
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0.000.000.0000
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By Mail: Write to:
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X.X. Xxx 0000
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On the Internet: You can send us a request by e-mail or
read or down-load documents on the
OppenheimerFunds website:
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Information about the Fund including the Statement of Additional
Information can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room
in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference
Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 0.000.000.0000. Reports and
other information about the Fund are available on the XXXXX database on
the SEC's Internet website at XXX.XXX.XXX. Copies may be obtained after
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payment of a duplicating fee by electronic request at the SEC's e-mail
address: xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference
Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.
No one has been authorized to provide any information about the Fund or to
make any representations about the Fund other than what is contained in this
Prospectus. This Prospectus is not an offer to sell shares of the Fund, nor a
solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund, to any person in any
state or other jurisdiction where it is unlawful to make such an offer.
The Fund's shares are distributed by: [logo] OppenheimerFunds
Distributor, Inc.
The Fund's SEC File No. is 811-10537
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