AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF CARR CAPITAL 1575 EYE, LLC
Exhibit 99.11
This Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (the “Agreement”) of XXXX CAPITAL 1575 EYE, LLC
(the “Company”), made and entered into as of February 28, 2002, is between XXXX CAPITAL REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“CC”), THE XXXXXX XXXX COMPANY, a District
of Columbia corporation (“OCCO”), XXXX HOLDINGS, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company
(“HOLDINGS”), AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation (“AETNA”), XXXXXX XXXXXXX, an
individual residing at the address shown on Exhibit A (“XXXXXXX”), and all of the other
undersigned Persons (CC, OCCO, HOLDINGS, AETNA, XXXXXXX and all of the other undersigned Persons
being collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Members”).
RECITALS
A. The Company was organized on February 5, 2002 pursuant to the Articles of Organization (as
defined below).
B. All of the Members, with the exception of AETNA and XXXXXXX, entered into that certain
Operating Agreement of Xxxx Capital 1575 Eye, LLC dated February 28, 2002 (the “Initial Operating
Agreement”).
C. Immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement, OCCO and HOLDINGS transferred
portions of their interests in the Company to AETNA, as and for the Anticipated Transfer
contemplated by Section 8.1(c) of the Initial Operating Agreement.
D. The Members hereby consent to the admission of AETNA and XXXXXXX to the Company as Members
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
E. The Members desire to continue the Company and to hereby amend and restate the Initial
Operating Agreement in its entirety.
AGREEMENT
Based on the foregoing, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; THE COMPANY
1.1. Definitions. Capitalized words and phrases used in this Agreement shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 10.14.
1.2. Formation. CC formed the Company as a District of Columbia limited liability
company pursuant to the provisions of the Act (as hereinafter defined) and upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Articles of Organization. This Agreement shall
serve as the Company’s “operating
agreement” pursuant to the provisions of the Act and this Agreement shall fully replace the
Initial Operating Agreement effective as of the date of this Agreement.
1.3. Name. The name of the Company is Xxxx Capital 1575 Eye, LLC.
1.4. Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to acquire, own, hold, manage, operate,
sell and otherwise deal with a general partnership interest in and to act as the managing general
partner of 0000 Xxx Xxxxxx Associates, a District of Columbia limited partnership (the “Limited
Partnership”), whose purpose is to own, hold, finance, refinance, operate, lease, sell and
otherwise deal with the property known as the ASAE Building, located at 0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, X.X.,
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. (the “Property”), (collectively, the “Permitted Activities”) pursuant to the terms
of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of 0000 Xxx Xxxxxx Associates
as it may be amended (the “Limited Partnership Agreement”). A copy of the Limited Partnership
Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Company shall not engage in any activity or
business other than the Permitted Activities absent the unanimous approval of the Members, and no
Member shall have any authority to hold itself out as a general agent of the Company or of any
other Member in any other business or activity.
1.5. Intent. It is the intent of the Members that the Company shall always be
operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a “partnership” for federal and state income
tax purposes. The Company is not a “partnership” for purposes of the District of Columbia Revised
Uniform Partnership Act or a “limited partnership” for purposes of the District of Columbia Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act, and the Members are not partners. It also is the intent of the
Members that the Company not be operated or treated as a “partnership” for purposes of Section 303
of the federal Bankruptcy Code. No Member shall take any action inconsistent with the express
intent of the parties hereto.
1.6. Office. The registered office of the Company within the District of Columbia
shall be located at c/o CT Corporation System, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000.
The registered office may be changed by Manager upon prior written notice to all Members.
1.7. Registered Agent for Service of Process. The name and address of the registered
agent for service of legal process on the Company in the District of Columbia is CT Corporation
System at the address provided in Section 1.6 above. The registered agent may be changed by
Manager upon prior written notice to all Members.
1.8. Term. The existence of the Company commenced on February 5, 2002, and the
Company shall continue until it is dissolved in accordance with this Agreement.
1.9. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year unless
otherwise determined by Manager upon written notice to all Members.
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1.10. Articles of Organization. The Articles of Organization of the Company (the
“Articles of Organization”) were filed with the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs,
Business Regulation Administration (“DCRA”) on February 5, 2002. Manager shall file any amendments
to the Articles of Organization from time to time deemed necessary by Manager to reflect any
amendments to this Agreement adopted in accordance with the terms hereof.
1.11. Independent Activities.
(a) Each Member hereby expressly acknowledges that CC, and the other Members (either directly
or through its Affiliates) are involved in transactions, investments and business ventures and
undertakings of every nature, some of which involve the real estate industry (all such investments
and activities being referred to as “Independent Activities”).
(b) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to: (i) prohibit CC or any other Member or
their respective Affiliates from continuing, acquiring, owning or otherwise participating in any
Independent Activity that is not owned or operated by the Company, even if such Independent
Activity is or may be in competition with the Company; or (ii) require CC or any other Member to
allow the Company or the other Member to participate in the ownership or profits of any such
Independent Activity.
SECTION 2. MEMBERS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; LOANS
2.1. Members and Initial Capital Contributions. The names, addresses, initial Capital
Contributions and Percentage Interests of the Members are set forth on Exhibit A attached
hereto.
2.2. Additional Funding Requests.
If Manager determines, in its reasonable discretion, that additional funds are required for
the operation of the Limited Partnership or the Property, then Manager shall, if and only to the
extent permitted under the Loan (as hereinafter defined), first attempt to borrow such funds from
third party lenders at market rates. If it is not possible to borrow funds from third party
lenders, Manager shall give written notice (the “Funding Notice”) thereof to all of the Members
setting forth (i) the amount of additional funds so required, (ii) the proposed application of such
funds, and (iii) when any such additional funds are to be funded (which funding date shall not be
less than thirty (30) days following the delivery of the notice pursuant to this Section; provided
that such funding date shall be determined at Manager’s discretion in the event of an emergency).
Upon receipt of a Funding Notice, any Member shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make
a Member Loan to the Company in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying its
Percentage Interests by the additional funds required. Any Member Loan made pursuant to this
Section shall bear interest at the rate of the Prime Rate plus two percent (2%) per annum, and
shall be repaid as hereinafter provided. If any Member (the “Non-Participating Member”) chooses
not to make a Member Loan to the Company within the time period set forth in the applicable Funding
Notice, then the other Members, or any of them (the “Advancing Member(s)”) may make such
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additional Member
Loans (“Additional Member Loans”) to the Company which in the aggregate are equal to the amount of
the Member Loan which the Non-Participating Member elected not to make, in such proportion (in the
event there is more than one (1) Advancing Member) between them as their Percentage Interests bear
inter se, and any such Additional Member Loans shall bear interest at the rate of
the Prime Rate plus four percent (4%) per annum, and shall be repaid as hereinafter provided.
2.3. Payment of Member Loans and Additional Member Loans. Any Member Loan or
Additional Member Loan made to the Company pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be evidenced by a
promissory note duly issued by the Company. Member Loans shall be payable from the first available
Net Cash Flow. Additional Member Loans shall be payable to the Advancing Member solely from the
Non-Participating Member’s allocable share of the first available Net Cash Flow after payments with
respect to any Member Loans pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. In the event that
distributions of Net Cash Flow have been insufficient to fully repay any Member Loans or Additional
Member Loans, then any remaining balance due (including accrued interest) shall be repaid from
distributions of Company assets pursuant to Section 9.2 below.
2.4. Limitations Pertaining to Capital Contributions.
(a) Return of Capital. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Capital
Contributions or any money or other property shall be withdrawn from or paid by the Company unless
such withdrawal or payment is approved by Majority Vote. Under circumstances requiring a return of
any Capital Contributions, no Member shall have the right to receive property other than cash.
(b) Liability of Members. No Member shall be liable for the debts, liabilities,
contracts or any other obligations of the Company. No Member shall have any personal liability for
the repayment of the Capital Contributions, Additional Member Loans or Member Loans of any other
Member.
(c) No Interest. No Member shall receive any interest with respect to such Member’s
Capital Contributions or Capital Account.
(d) No Third Party Rights. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or will be deemed to
benefit any creditor of the Company, and no creditor of the Company will be entitled to require any
Member to solicit or demand Capital Contributions from any other Member.
(e) Withdrawal. Except as provided in Section 9 hereof, no Member may voluntarily or
involuntarily withdraw from the Company or terminate its interest therein except upon the prior
written consent of CC, and in the case of a withdrawal or termination by CC, upon a Majority Vote.
Any Member that withdraws from the Company in breach of this Section 2.4(e):
(i) shall have no right to participate in the business and affairs of the Company or to
exercise any rights of a Member under this Agreement or the Act; and
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(ii) shall continue to share in Company distributions on the same basis as if it had not
withdrawn, provided that any damages to the Company as a result of such withdrawal shall be offset
against amounts that would otherwise be distributed to such Member.
SECTION 3. DISTRIBUTIONS
Except as provided in Section 9 or as otherwise required by Section 2.3, Net Cash Flow shall
be distributed upon receipt of same by the Company to the Members pro rata based upon their
respective Percentage Interests (provided that any Additional Member Loan(s) and accrued interest
thereon shall be payable to Advancing Member(s) from the Non-Participating Member(s)’ allocable
share of Net Cash Flow).
SECTION 4. TAX ALLOCATIONS
4.1. General Allocation Rules.
(a) General Allocation Rule. For each taxable year of the Company, after the
application of Section 4.1(d) and Section 4.2, Profits and/or Losses shall be allocated to the
Members in a manner that causes each Member’s Adjusted Capital Account Balance to equal the amount
that would be distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 3 and Section 9.2(c)(iii).
(b) (Intentionally Omitted).
(c) Special Loss Allocation. If the Company incurs Losses at any time when the
Members’ Adjusted Capital Account Balances have been reduced to or below zero, such Losses shall be
allocated to the Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests.
(d) Special Profits Allocation. If the Company incurs Profits at any time when the
Members’ Adjusted Capital Account Balances are less than zero, Profits shall be allocated to the
Members in proportion to their negative Adjusted Capital Account Balances, until such negative
balances have been eliminated.
(e) Item Allocations. If Manager determines that allocations of Profits and/or Losses
over the term of the Company are not likely to produce the Adjusted Capital Account Balances
intended under this Section 4.1, then special allocations of income, gain, loss and/or deduction
shall be made as deemed appropriate by Manager to achieve the intended Adjusted Capital Account
Balances.
4.2. Regulatory and Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in Section 4.1
are intended to comply with the requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. If
the Company incurs “nonrecourse deductions” or “partner
nonrecourse deductions,” or if there is any change in the Company’s “minimum gain” or “partner
nonrecourse debt minimum gain,” as defined in such Regulations, or if Manager determines that the
foregoing allocations fail for any reason to comply with the Regulations, the allocation of
Profits, Losses and items thereof to the Members
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shall be modified in a reasonable manner deemed
necessary or advisable by Manager to comply with the Regulations. In determining allocations to be
made pursuant to this Section 4, Manager may take into account any requirements of Code Sections
704(c) and 706 (and any Regulations which require allocations to be made in a manner consistent
with such Code Sections) and shall make such modifications to the allocations under this Section 4
as are deemed appropriate by Manager to comply with the requirements of such Code and Regulation
Sections.
4.3. Capital Accounts. A Capital Account shall be maintained for each Member in
accordance with the Regulations under uniform policies reasonably established by Manager, upon the
advice of the Company’s accountants.
4.4. Code Section 754 Election. In the event of a Transfer (as hereinafter defined)
pursuant to the terms of Section 8 by CC or any Member that owns at least five percent (5%) of the
Percentage Interests, such Member or its transferee shall have the right to require the Company to
make a Code Section 754 election with respect to both the Company and, if necessary, the Limited
Partnership, for the benefit of such transferee, so long as such election does not create any
negative tax implications for the Limited Partnership, the Company, and/or the respective
then-existing partners and Members therein. The transferring Member or its transferee, as
applicable, shall be responsible for all costs associated with making the Code Section 754
election.
SECTION 5. MANAGEMENT
5.1 Day-to Day Operations; Manager. The business, operations and affairs of the
Company shall be managed by Manager, and Manager shall have the general responsibility and
authority for managing and carrying out the day-to-day business of the Company. CC is hereby
designated as the Company’s initial Manager. Because CC is also a Member of the Company, CC shall
be referred to as the Company’s Managing Member and shall have all of the power and authority of
the Manager described herein. Except as otherwise provided by Section 5.2 below, Manager shall
have the right to make all decisions on behalf of the Company.
5.2 Major Decisions.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 5.1 above, the following actions shall not be taken without a
Majority Vote:
(i) the sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance or transfer of all or any portion
of the Company’s general partnership interest in the Limited Partnership (except to the extent such
sale is pursuant to the exercise by another party of a purchase right provided for under the
Limited Partnership Agreement);
(ii) the purchase of any additional partnership interest in the Limited Partnership, except
for the redemption of SRIR’s interest pursuant to the First Amendment (as such terms are
hereinafter defined);
(iii) the sale of the Property or any interest therein;
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(iv) the financing or refinancing of the Property; and
(v) determination or change of the Limited Partnership’s legal counsel or tax accountant.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 5.1 above, the following actions shall not be taken without the
prior written consent of AETNA or the successor of AETNA’s entire Percentage Interest:
(i) initiate or defend litigation, arbitration, mediation or other legal proceedings by or
against the Company, the Limited Partnership or the Property, except for eviction actions, rent
collection actions or other lease enforcement actions against tenants or occupants of the Property
in the normal course, real estate tax assessment appeals, or other actions or proceedings
consistent with the normal operation of the Property where the amount in dispute is less than
$100,000;
(ii) entering into any lease of the Property with a single tenant for one (1) full floor or
more or which provides for exterior or lobby signage (other than usual and customary directory
board signage for office tenants and exterior signage for retail tenants) or which is for the
parking garage (as well as any parking management agreement in lieu thereof);
(iii) granting or consenting to the acquisition of any liens, security interests, mortgages or
other encumbrances on or against the Property;
(iv) modifying the Agreement to Redeem and Retire Partnership Interest with SRIR (beyond such
modifications of same contained within the First Amendment) or modifying the Put;
(v) any of the actions described at §§6.1(b)(1) and (2) of the Limited Partnership Agreement;
(vi) converting the Limited Partnership to a limited liability company;
(vii) materially amending the Limited Partnership Agreement;
(viii) granting any consent required under the Limited Partnership Agreement for the admission
of new partners or for the assignment or transfer of a partnership interest (except to the extent
such transfer is pursuant to the exercise by another party of a purchase right provided for under
the Limited Partnership Agreement);
(ix) filing or acquiescing in the filing against the Limited Partnership or the Company of a
bankruptcy petition;
(x) voting for a dissolution of the Limited Partnership;
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(xi) entering into any agreement that would impose any personal obligation or liability upon
any Member without such Member’s consent; and
(xii) making any special allocations pursuant to Section 4.1(d), modifying allocations
pursuant to Section 4.2, and/or any tax elections pursuant to Section 6.3 (as well as any tax
elections on behalf of the Limited Partnership). Additionally, upon AETNA’s written request
provided by January 15, copies of the Company’s and Limited Partnership’s annual federal tax
returns with respect to the immediately prior year shall be submitted to AETNA for its review prior
to the filing of same.
If AETNA shall fail to either approve or disapprove of an action set forth in (a) subparagraphs (i)
and (iii) — (xi) above within ten (10) business days, or (b) subparagraph (ii) above within seven
(7) business days, following receipt by AETNA of written notice of such proposed action, together
with a description of the details relating thereto (including a term sheet with respect to any
proposed lease pursuant to subparagraph (ii) above), shall be deemed to have approved such action.
In connection with any proposed lease pursuant to subparagraph (ii) above, AETNA hereby agrees and
acknowledges that the Manager shall only be required to submit a term sheet (and not a signed
lease) to AETNA with respect to any such proposed lease, and if AETNA approves such term sheet the
Manager shall have the right to enter into a lease with any such proposed tenant, provided that the
business terms of any such lease are on substantially the same business terms as set forth in the
term sheet provided to AETNA.
5.3 Transactions Authorization. All Members hereby approve of the following
transactions:
(i) the acquisition by the Company of the general partnership interests in the Limited
Partnership (the “Acquisition”);
(ii) the entry by the Company into the Limited Partnership pursuant to the Limited Partnership
Agreement, and the rights and responsibilities therein provided (the “Partnership”);
(iii) the acceptance by the Limited Partnership of the $44,500,000 mortgage loan from the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Application
executed by Xxxx Capital Corporation on February 8, 2002 (the “Loan”);
(iv) the entry by the Company and the Limited Partnership into the First Amendment to
Agreement to Redeem and Retire Partnership Interest
dated February 28, 2002, with Southern Region Industrial Realty, Inc. (“SRIR”) and ASAE (the
“First Amendment”);
(v) the entry by the Company and the Limited Partnership into the Partnership Interest Put
Agreement dated February 28, 2002, with SRIR and ASAE (the “Put”); and
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(vi) the entry by the Limited Partnership into the Management/Leasing Agreement dated February
28, 2002, with Xxxx Real Estate Services, Inc. (the “M/L Agreement”).
Manager is hereby authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Company all documents
necessary to complete and effectuate all transactions necessary to and contemplated by the
Acquisition, the Partnership, the Loan, the First Amendment, the Put and the M/L Agreement.
5.4 Limitation on Liability; Indemnity. Neither Manager nor its Affiliates (an
“Actor”) shall be liable to the Company or the other Members for actions taken in good faith by the
Actor in connection with the Company or its business; provided that the Actor shall in all
instances remain liable for acts in breach of this Agreement or which constitute bad faith, fraud,
willful misconduct or gross negligence (except to the extent the Company is compensated for the
same by insurance coverage maintained in accordance with this Agreement). The Company, its
receiver or trustee shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Actor, to the extent of the
Company’s assets (without any obligation of any Member to make contributions to the Company to
fulfill such indemnity), from and against any liability, damage, cost, expense, loss, claim or
judgment incurred by the Actor arising out of any claim based upon acts performed or omitted to be
performed by the Actor in connection with the business of the Company, including without limitation
attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by the Actor in the settlement or defense of such claim;
provided that no Actor shall be indemnified for claims based upon acts performed or omitted in
breach of this Agreement or which constitute bad faith, fraud, willful misconduct or gross
negligence. The Company may procure errors and omissions insurance coverage for the Members for
policy limits and risks determined by Manager.
5.5 Reimbursement of Expenses and Compensation to CC. Manager shall be entitled to
reimbursement from the Company for actual and direct expenses incurred by Manager or its Affiliates
for legal, accounting, auditing and other professional services provided for the benefit of the
Company as necessary to perform all functions anticipated by the terms of this Agreement. Where
“in house” accounting services are provided by employees of Manager or its Affiliates, the costs of
such services shall be reasonably determined by Manager based upon the actual compensation and
benefits associated with the applicable employees. As compensation for its services as asset
manager to the Limited Partnership, CC shall receive the Management Fee (as hereinafter defined).
5.6 Replacement of CC as Manager. In the event that (i) CC commits fraud, (ii) CC
misappropriates Company funds or property for its benefit,
(iii) an Event of Default occurs under the promissory note, deed of trust or any of the other
loan documents executed by the Limited Partnership in connection with the Loan as a result of a
failure to make a payment thereunder, which failure continues for at least thirty (30) days after
such payment is due, or the mortgagee accelerates the Loan as a result of any type of Event of
Default thereunder, or (iv) CC fails to comply with any material term or condition of this
Agreement that is applicable to it as Manager and such failure continues uncured for a period of
fifteen (15) business days after CC’s receipt of a written notice of default from any
non-defaulting
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Member, then upon a Majority Vote, the Members may remove CC as Manager.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a failure that is incapable of being cured within
fifteen (15) business days, CC shall be deemed to have timely cured such failure if it commences
such cure within fifteen (15) business days after CC’s receipt of the default notice and thereafter
diligently prosecutes such cure to completion within a reasonable period of time (which shall not
exceed one hundred twenty (120) days). In the event of the removal of CC as the Manager, the
Members may elect (i) a nationally-recognized commercial real estate asset management company as
the new Manager or (ii) a non-defaulting Member as a replacement Manager, upon, in either event, a
Majority Vote. The Members may remove and replace any new or replacement Manager (after CC has
been replaced as Manager) for any or no reason upon a Majority Vote.
5.7 Intended Disposition of Investment. It is the Company’s intent to either sell its
general partnership interest in the Limited Partnership or to cause a sale of the Property promptly
upon the expiration of the Lockup Period (as such term is defined in Section 8.3(a) of the Limited
Partnership Agreement), subject to the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreement. In the absence
of a Majority Vote providing instructions to the contrary, Manager shall take all appropriate
actions, at the times and in the manner permitted by the Limited Partnership Agreement, to sell the
Company’s general partnership in the Limited Partnership or to cause a sale of the Property, upon
the expiration of the Lockup Period, upon terms approved by Majority Vote (i.e., the terms
of the Sale Notice to be issued pursuant to Section 8.3(a) of the Limited Partnership Agreement).
If no contract upon the approved terms is entered into within twelve (12) months after the Majority
Vote approving such terms, the terms for the proposed sale must be re-approved by Majority Vote.
SECTION 6. BOOKS, RECORDS, REPORTS AND ACCOUNTING
6.1. Books and Records and Accounting Method. Manager shall keep, or cause to be kept
full and complete books and accounts of all business transactions involving the Company. The
Company shall use the accrual method for all tax and financial purposes. In no event shall Manager
consolidate the operating statements of the Limited Partnership into the Company’s financial
statements unless the Company owns all of the partnership interests in the Limited Partnership.
Any Member or its designated representative shall have the right at any reasonable time to have
access to and inspect and copy the contents of such books and accounts and all other records of the
Company.
6.2. Reports and Information.
(a) Manager shall prepare or cause to be prepared and to be provided to each Member:
(i) Information concerning the Company after the end of each fiscal year (but by not later
than March 15 after the end of each fiscal year) as shall be necessary for the preparation by the
Members of their income or other tax returns, including a form K-1 and a form 1065; and
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(ii) An audited statement prepared by the Company’s accountant setting forth, as of the end of
and for each fiscal year, a profit and loss statement, a balance sheet and statement of changes in
financial position (cash flow) of the Company and a statement showing all allocations made to each
Member’s Capital Account during that year.
(b) Manager shall provide the following notices and information to AETNA or the successor of
AETNA’s entire Percentage Interest:
(i) Copies of any financial statements and tax returns or filings distributed or caused to be
distributed by the Limited Partnership (including the Company, as General Partner of the Limited
Partnership), to Partners in the Limited Partnership;
(ii) Copies of any other notices or information provided by the Limited Partnership (including
the Company, as General Partner of the Limited Partnership) to Partners in the Limited Partnership;
(iii) Copy of any Funding Notice issued under Section 3.3 of the Limited Partnership
Agreement;
(iv) Copy of any notice from the First Mortgagee (as defined in the Limited Partnership
Agreement) alleging or declaring an Event of Default under the First Mortgage or other loan
documents executed in connection therewith or, if no such notice has been issued by the First
Mortgagee but Manager has actual knowledge of an Event of Default under the First Mortgage, a
statement by Manager of such Event of Default;
(v) On a quarterly basis, a current rent roll for the Property, which should include a tenant
delinquency report and should be certified by Manager as complete and accurate;
(vi) Manager’s actual knowledge of any actual or threatened litigation against the Limited
Partnership, the Company or the Property which is not covered by applicable insurance policies and
which seeks or demands damages in excess of $25,000;
(vii) Notice from any governmental or quasi-governmental agency or authority alleging or
declaring a violation or breach of the Property (including the use or operation thereof) with any
applicable laws, regulations, ordinances and codes, beyond any applicable notice and cure period;
(viii) Manager’s actual knowledge of any event or condition described in the non-recourse
carveout provisions of the First Mortgage loan documents;
(ix) Manager’s actual knowledge of any discharge, leakage or spill of any Hazardous Materials
(as defined in the First Mortgage) on or affecting the Property and not previously disclosed in the
existing environmental reports provided to AETNA;
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(x) Any material default (beyond notice and any applicable cure period) by a tenant under its
lease of one (1) full floor or more of the Property;
(xi) Notice of any proposed eminent domain or similar proceeding for or affecting the Property
of which Manager becomes aware;
(xii) The occurrence of any casualty to the Property which, in the Manager’s good faith
judgment, would cost more than $100,000 to repair or replace; and
(xiii) Notice from any insurance company providing insurance coverage for or relating to the
Property, stating that such coverage will be discontinued or not renewed, or rejecting a claim for
coverage which exceeds $100,000.
6.3. Tax Matters. Manager, at the expense of the Company, shall arrange for the
preparation and timely filing of all tax and information returns of the Company. Manager shall
reasonably determine whether to make any available tax elections on behalf of the Company. Manager
is designated as the “tax matters partner” (as defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code) of the
Company and, as such, may be authorized to represent the Company (at the expense of the Company) in
connection with all examinations of the business and operations of the Company by any federal,
state or local tax authority including any resulting administrative and judicial proceedings and to
make reasonable expenditures of Company funds for professional services and costs associated
therewith; provided, however, that Manager shall not make a material decision with a reporting
agency in connection with its representation of the Company without providing AETNA with reasonable
prior notice of such decision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AETNA’s prior consent shall be
required with respect to any material decision with a reporting agency that Manager reasonably
believes will have negative tax implications for AETNA. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the
“tax matters partner” in connection with the conduct of all such proceedings.
SECTION 7. AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument signed by CC and other Members
owning in the aggregate at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Percentage Interests.
SECTION 8. TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
8.1. General.
(a) No Member shall sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise voluntarily
transfer by any means whatever (“Transfer”) all or any portion of its interest in the Company
without the prior written consent of CC, and CC shall not Transfer all or any portion of its
interest in the Company absent a Majority Vote of the Members. Consent to any proposed Transfer
may be withheld
by CC or the other Members at the sole discretion of CC or the other Members, as applicable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that AETNA seeks to
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Transfer its entire Percentage
Interests in the Company, at any time after March 1, 2004, to an insurance company, a state or
federally chartered bank or savings association, or other financial institutional investor, CC
shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay its consent to such proposed Transfer, based
upon (i) the proposed transferee’s financial capability, (ii) the proposed transferee’s business
reputation in the real estate industry, (iii) the compatibility of the transferee’s investment
goals with those of CC, and (iv) the proposed transferee not being a competitor of CC or its
Affiliates, as a managing investor or asset manager. In connection with any such proposed
Transfer, AETNA shall provide CC with such financial and other information concerning the proposed
transferee as CC shall reasonably request. In no event may any Transfer occur that would
constitute or cause a default under the Limited Partnership Agreement or any mortgage on the
Property. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate
Percentage Interests of CC, OCCO and HOLDINGS be reduced below 14% as the result of any Transfer.
(b) A transfer of a controlling interest within a Member shall also be considered a Transfer
for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of this provision, a “controlling interest within a
Member” shall mean (i) the transfer of fifty-percent (50%) or more of the ownership interest of the
Member or the transfer and/or issuance of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the
Member, if the Member is not a publicly held corporation, to any Person that is not an owner or
stockholder of the Member on the date of execution of this Agreement, or (ii) the sale, transfer or
other conveyance of all or substantially all of the Member’s assets. The Transfer prohibitions of
this Section 8.1 shall not apply to Transfers (x) as a result of the death, or in connection with
estate planning, of a natural person to a spouse, son or daughter or descendant of either, or to a
stepson or stepdaughter or descendant of either, (y) from a Member to its Affiliate, or (z) as a
result of a corporate merger or acquisition of substantially all of the ownership interests within
a Member or substantially all of a Member’s assets (a “Permitted Transfer”). A transferee of a
Member’s interest in the Company will be admitted as a Substituted Member only pursuant to Section
8.3. Any purported Transfer that does not comply with the provisions of this Section 8 shall be
void and shall not cause or constitute a dissolution of the Company.
(c) It is the general intent that all Members in the Company shall remain as Members until
such time as either the Property or the Company’s general partnership interest in the Limited
Partnership has been sold.
8.2. Assignee of Member’s Interest. If, pursuant to a Transfer of an interest in the
Company by operation of law (or pursuant to a Transfer that the Company is required to recognize
notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Agreement), a person or entity acquires an interest
in the Company, but is not admitted as a Substituted Member pursuant to Section 8.3, such person or
entity:
(a) shall be an assignee of a Member’s Interest, as provided in the Act;
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(b) shall have no right to participate in the business and affairs of the Company or to
exercise any rights of a Member under this Agreement or the Act; and
(c) shall share in distributions from the Company with respect to the transferred Interest, on
the same basis as the transferring Member.
8.3. Substituted Members. No person or entity taking or acquiring, by whatever means,
the interest of any Member in the Company shall be admitted as a substituted Member in the Company
(a “Substituted Member”) except upon the written consent of CC, or where such person or entity has
taken or acquired the interest of CC in the Company pursuant to a Majority Vote. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any transferee of a Member’s interest pursuant to a Transfer that is consented to
under the terms of Section 8.1(a) or that is a Permitted Transfer under the terms of Section 8.1(b)
shall be deemed to be a Substituted Member without further approval required.
SECTION 9. DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
9.1. Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve upon the first to occur of any of the
following events:
(a) The written consent of CC and other Members owning in the aggregate at least sixty-seven
percent (67%) of the Percentage Interests to dissolve the Company;
(b) The entry of a decree of dissolution under Section 13.1-1047 of the Act; or
(c) The sale of either the Property or the Company’s entire interest in the Limited
Partnership.
9.2. Winding Up.
(a) Notice of Winding Up. Following the dissolution of the Company, as provided in
Section 9.1, Manager shall execute and file a notice of winding up with the DCRA.
(b) Effect of Filing. After the dissolution of the Company, the Company shall cease
to carry on its business, except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up of its business,
but the Company’s separate existence shall continue until articles of termination have been filed
with the DCRA or until a decree dissolving the Company has been entered by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(c) Liquidation and Distribution of Assets. Upon the dissolution of the Company,
Manager shall take full account of the Company’s liabilities and assets, and such assets shall be
liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof. During the period
of liquidation, the business and affairs of the Company shall continue to be governed by the
provisions of this
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Agreement, with the management of the Company continuing as provided in Section 5. The
proceeds from liquidation of the Company’s property, to the extent sufficient therefor, shall be
applied and distributed in the following order of priority:
(i) To the payment and discharge of all of the Company’s debts and liabilities, including
those to Members who are creditors, and including the establishment of any necessary reserves;
(ii) To the Members in satisfaction of any Member Loans and/or Additional Member Loans which
have not been satisfied pursuant to Section 9.2(c)(i); and
(iii) To the Members in accordance with Section 3.
9.3. Certificate of Cancellation. When all debts, liabilities and obligations of the
Company have been paid and discharged or adequate provisions have been made therefor, and all of
the remaining property and assets of the Company have been distributed to the Members, a
certificate of cancellation shall be executed and filed with the DCRA.
9.4. Rights of Members. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Members
shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of their Capital Contributions and
shall have no right or power to demand or receive property other than cash from the Company.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1. Notices. Any notice, payment, demand or communication required or permitted to
be given by any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally
to the Person to whom the same is directed or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, or facsimile transmission, addressed to any Member at the address and fax number set
forth on Exhibit A. Any such notice shall be deemed to be delivered, given and received
for all purposes as of the date so delivered if delivered personally or by facsimile during
ordinary business hours, or 72 hours after the time when the same was deposited in a regularly
maintained receptacle for the deposit of United States mail, if sent by registered or certified
mail, postage and charges prepaid.
10.2. District of Columbia Law. The laws of the District of Columbia shall govern the
validity of this Agreement, the construction of its terms, and the interpretation of the rights and
duties of the Members. The courts of the District of Columbia shall be the proper forum for any
dispute arising hereunder.
10.3. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, every covenant,
term and provision of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Members
and their respective heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors, transferees and assigns;
provided that this Section 10.3 shall not be deemed to (a) authorize any Transfer not otherwise
permitted under this Agreement, (b) confer upon the assignee of a Member’s interest any rights not
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specifically granted under this Agreement, or (c) supersede or modify in any manner any
provision of Section 8.
10.4. Construction. Every covenant, term and provision of this Agreement shall be
construed simply according to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against any Member.
10.5. Time. Time is of the essence with respect to this Agreement.
10.6. Headings. Section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope,
extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
10.7. Severability. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable.
If any term or provision hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect the validity or legality of the remainder of this Agreement.
10.8. Incorporation by Reference. Every exhibit, schedule and other appendix attached
to this Agreement and referred to herein is hereby incorporated in this Agreement by reference.
10.9. Additional Documents. Each Member agrees to perform all further acts and
execute, acknowledge and deliver any documents which may be reasonably necessary or desirable to
carry out the provisions of this Agreement (“Additional Documents”). In the event that any Member
does not execute and deliver an Additional Document within ten (10) business days after its
receipt, then such Member hereby appoints Manager as its attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver
such Additional Document on its behalf, which power of attorney shall be coupled with an interest
and shall be irrevocable.
10.10. Variation of Pronouns. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed
to refer to masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the Person or
Persons may require.
10.11. Waiver of Action for Partition. Each Member irrevocably waives any right that
it may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to any of the Company’s assets.
10.12. Counterpart Execution; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts pursuant to original or facsimile copies of signatures with the same
effect as if the Members had signed the same document. All counterparts shall be construed
together and shall constitute one agreement.
10.13. Representations and Warranties. Each Member represents and warrants to CC, to
the Company and to the other Members that:
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(a) It has acquired its interest in the Company for its own account, for investment, and not
with a view to or for the resale, distribution, subdivision or fractionalization thereof;
(b) It has no contract, undertaking, understanding, agreement or arrangement, formal or
informal, with any Person to sell, transfer or pledge all or any portion of its interest in the
Company and has no current plans to enter into any such contract, undertaking, understanding,
agreement or arrangement;
(c) It has such business and financial experience alone, or together with its professional
advisers, that it has the capacity to protect its own interests in connection with its acquisition
of an interest in the Company;
(d) It has sufficient financial strength to hold its interest in the Company as an investment
and bear the economic risks of that investment (including possible complete loss of such
investment) for an indefinite period of time;
(e) It has been afforded the same access to the books, financial statements, records,
contracts, documents and other information concerning the Company and the prospective business of
the Company as has been afforded the other Members and has been afforded an opportunity to ask such
questions as it has deemed necessary or desirable in order to evaluate the merits and risks of the
investment contemplated herein;
(f) It acknowledges that it has performed its own due diligence with respect to its interest
in the Company and is relying on that due diligence in making this investment and that it is not
relying on CC or its Affiliates with respect to tax, suitability or other economic considerations;
(g) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Member enforceable
against the Member in accordance with its terms; and
(h) To the Member’s knowledge, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
the Member does not and will not violate, conflict with or contravene any judgment, order, decree,
writ or injunction, or any law, rule, regulation, contract or agreement to which the Member is
subject.
10.14. Glossary. For purposes of this Agreement, and in addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section
10.14:
“Act” means the District of Columbia Limited Liability Company Act, as set forth in
Title 29, Chapter 13 of the District of Columbia Code, as amended from time to time (or any
corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
“Actor” has the meaning given that term in Section 5.4 hereof.
“Additional Member Loan” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.2.
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“Adjusted Capital Account Balance” means an amount with respect to a Member equal to
the balance in such Member’s Capital Account at the end of the relevant fiscal year, after
increasing the balance in such Member’s Capital Account by any amount which such Member is deemed
obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5).
“Affiliate(s)” of another Person shall mean any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person.
“Agreement” means this Operating Agreement, as amended from time to time.
“Articles of Organization” has the meaning given that term in Section 1.10.
“Book Value” has the meaning given that term in Section 4.1(b).
“Capital Account” means the capital account maintained for each Member in accordance
with Section 4.3.
“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money and the
net fair market value of any property contributed to the Company by such Member.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (or any
corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
“Company” means the limited liability company formed pursuant to this Agreement and
any limited liability company continuing the business of this Company in the event of dissolution
as herein provided.
“Independent Activities” has the meaning given that term in Section 1.11(a).
“Limited Partnership” has the meaning given that term in Section 1.4.
“Limited Partnership Agreement” has the meaning given that term in Section 1.4.
“Majority Vote” means the affirmative vote of Members collectively holding a majority
of the Percentage Interests.
“Management Fee” means a monthly asset management fee payable to CC in an amount equal
to one percent (1%) of the gross operating receipts from the operation of the Property. CC shall
collect the Management Fee from the property management fee payable to Xxxx Real Estate Services,
Inc. or any successor property manager via an asset management contract or subcontract with Xxxx
Real Estate Services, Inc. or any successor property manager, or similar contractual arrangement.
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“Manager” means Xxxx Capital Real Estate Investments, LLC, a Virginia limited
liability company, or any replacement elected by the Members pursuant to Section 5.6.
“Member” means any Person identified as a Member in Exhibit A to this
Agreement. If any Person is admitted as a Substituted Member pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, “Member” shall be deemed to refer also to such Person. “Members” refers collectively to
all Persons who are designated as a “Member” pursuant to this definition.
“Member Loans” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.2.
“Net Cash Flow” means gross cash proceeds received by the Company from all sources,
less the portion thereof used to pay operating expenses or debt payments, all as reasonably
determined by Manager.
“Non-Participating Member” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.2.
“Percentage Interests” means the Members’ interests in the Company expressed as a
percentage. The Members’ Percentage Interests are set forth opposite their names on Exhibit
A, as same is amended from time to time.
“Permitted Activities” has the meaning given that term in Section 1.4.
“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
trust or other legal entity.
“Prime Rate” means with respect to any Member Loan or Additional Member Loan the prime
rate of interest announced as such (for U.S. money center commercial banks) from time to time by
The Wall Street Journal, on the most recent business day preceding the day such Member Loan
or Additional Member Loan was made.
“Profits” and “Losses” mean, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount
equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance
with Code Section 703(a), reduced by any items of income or gain subject to special allocation
pursuant to this Agreement, and otherwise reasonably adjusted by Manager (on the advice of the
Company’s accountants) to comply with the Regulations.
“Property” has the meaning given that term in Section 1.4.
“Regulations” means the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as such
regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding
regulations).
“Substituted Member” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3.
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“Transfer” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.1.
10.15 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with Exhibits A and B
attached hereto and made a part hereof, and other agreements incorporated by reference herein,
contain and embody the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and no representations, inducements or agreements, oral or otherwise, between the parties
hereto not contained and embodied herein shall be of any force or effect.
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WITNESS: | MEMBERS: | |||||
Xxxx Capital Real Estate Investments, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company |
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By: | Xxxx Capital Corporation, | |||||
a District of Columbia corporation | ||||||
Its: | Managing Member | |||||
/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, III | ||||
Its: | President | |||||
Aetna Life Insurance Company, a Connecticut corporation | ||||||
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Its: | Assistant Vice President | |||||
The Xxxxxx Xxxx Company, a District of Columbia corporation | ||||||
/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
Its: | President | |||||
Xxxx Holdings, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company |
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/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx. | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx. | |||||
Its: | Principal |
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WITNESS: | MEMBERS: (con’t) | |||
/s/Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx. | |||
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
/s/X. Xxxxxx
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/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
/s/Xxx X. Xxxxxx
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/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, M.D. | |||
/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
/s/Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx
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/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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