LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
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ALLEGHENY TRADING FINANCE COMPANY, LLC |
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This LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") of Allegheny Trading Finance Company, LLC (the "Company") is made and entered into as of the 16th day of September, 2003 by Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Parent"). As used in this Agreement, the term "Member" means Parent or any other person or entity that is admitted as a member of the Company in accordance with this Agreement and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from time to time (the "Act"), in each case so long as such person or entity remains a member of the Company, and the term "Members" means all of such persons or entities (whether one or more) collectively. |
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WHEREAS, Parent has formed a limited liability company under the Act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
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NOW, THEREFORE, Parent hereby adopts the following as the Company's "limited liability company agreement" (as that term is used in the Act): |
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1. Formation. Parent has formed the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to the Act, became the sole member of the Company upon its formation and is shown as such on the books and records of the Company. Parent has executed, filed and recorded a Certificate of Formation of the Company (the "Certificate") in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware pursuant to the Act. Each of the Members is authorized and one of the Members shall also file and record any other amendments to the Certificate required pursuant to the Act and any other documents as may be required or appropriate under the laws of the State of Delaware. |
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2. Name. The name of the limited liability company formed hereby is Allegheny Trading Finance Company, LLC. |
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3. Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to engage in all lawful business for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and the laws of the State of Delaware. |
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4. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. |
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5. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. |
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6. Members. The name of the sole initial Member is Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC. No other person or entity shall be admitted as a member of the Company without the prior written approval of Parent. |
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7. Powers. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Members. Each of the Members shall have the power to do any and all acts necessary or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise, possessed by managing members under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Members may, by resolution adopted by the sole Member or if more than one, a majority in interest of the Members, designate one or more committees, each to have such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Members may confer. Except as provided by law, any such committee may have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Members of the Company. Unless otherwise prescribed by the Members, a majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members of the committee present at a meeting of the committee at which there is a quorum shall be the act of such committee. In addition, the Members may, by resolution adopted by the sole Member or, if more than one a majority in interest of the Members, elect such officers of the Company as the Members believe to be in the best interests of the Company. The officers of the Company shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices or as may be specified from time to time by resolution of the Members regardless of whether such authority and duties are customarily incident to such office. |
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8. Restriction on Powers. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and any provision of law, the Company shall not, without the consent of all of the Members (a) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part, or institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (b) consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, (c) file a petition seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, (d) consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or a part of its property, (e) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (g) take any corporate action in furtherance of the actions set forth in clauses (a) through (f) of this Section 8. |
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9. Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of the following: (a) the written consent of all of the Members, (b) the death, retirement, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company, unless, within ninety days after the occurrence of such an event, the remaining Members agree in writing to continue the business of the Company, or (c) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act. |
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10. Capital Contributions. Without creating any rights in favor of any third party, initial capital contributions shall be made by the Members at the times and in the amounts determined by the Members, and may be made in cash or other property as determined by the Members. 11. Additional Contributions. No Member is required to make any additional capital contribution to the Company. 12. Allocation of Profits and Losses. The Company's profits and losses shall be allocated in proportion to the capital contributions of the Members. 13. Distributions. The Company shall make distributions (including, without limitation, interim distributions) of cash or other property to the Members in the same proportion as their then capital contributions, at such times and in such amounts as the Members may determine. 14. Restrictions on Transfer. No Member may transfer, sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of its membership interest without the consent of the other Members. 15. Liability of Members. The Members shall not have any liability for the obligations or liabilities of the Company except to the extent provided in the Act. 16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly within that State, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above. |
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ALLEGHENY ENERGY SUPPLY |
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Percentage Interests of the Members |
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Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC |
100% |
