AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT OF CEMPRUS, LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Exhibit 3(g)(ii)
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
CEMPRUS, LLC
A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
CEMPRUS, LLC
A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is entered into as of February 11, 2003 with respect to Cemprus, LLC (the
“Company”).
RECITALS
A. The Company was formed under the name DNCP Acquisition, LLC on December 13, 2001
pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C.
§ 18-101 et seq. (the “Act”).
B. On September 10, 2002, a Restated Certificate of Formation was filed with the
Delaware Secretary of State changing the name of the Company to Cemprus, LLC.
C. As of the date hereof, Cemprus Technologies, Inc. has purchased all of the limited
liability company interests of the Company.
D. As the Company’s new sole member, Cemprus Technologies, Inc. wishes to amend and
restate this Agreement to provide for the organization and operation of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:
1. Name. The name of the Company is Cemprus, LLC (the “Company”).
2. Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any and all lawful activities
for which a limited liability company may be organized under the Act.
3. Registered Office. The initial registered office of the Company in the State of
Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, xx xxx Xxxx xx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
of New Castle 19801. The registered office of the Company may be changed from time to time,
in accordance with the Act, by the Board of Managers.
4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the initial 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, xx xxx Xxxx xx Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx of New Castle 19801. The registered agent of the Company may be changed from time to
time, in accordance with the Act, by the Board of Managers.
5. Principal Place of Business. The location of the principal place of business of the
Company shall be 000 Xxxxxx xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, or such other
location as the Board of Managers may select from time to time.
6. Capital Accounts. An account shall be established in the Company’s books for
each Member and transferee (each a “Capital Account”) In accordance with the rules of
Section 704 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). No person shall be obligated to restore a negative balance in a capital
account.
7. Percentage Interest and Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Member’s interest in
the Company shall be expressed as a percentage equal to the ratio on any date of the
Members Capital Account on such date to the aggregate Capital Accounts of all Members on
such date, such Capital Accounts of all Members on such date, such Capital Accounts to be
determined after giving effect to all contributions of property or money and all
distributions and allocations for all periods ending on or prior to such date (as to any
Member, his or her “Percentage Interest”). All of the Company’s profits and losses shall be
allocated to the Member.
8. Security. The limited liability company interests of the Company are securities
governed by Article 8 of the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code.
9. Distributions. Distributions shall be made to the Members at the times
and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Board of Managers. Such distributions shall
be made to the Members in proportion to the Percentage Interests of the Members.
10. Admission and Capital Contributions. As of the date hereof, Cemprus Technologies,
Inc. is admitted as the sole Member of the Company. A contribution to capital by the Member
has been made. The name, address and Percentage Interest of Cemprus Technologies, Inc. is
as follows:
Cemprus Technologies, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Percentage Interest: 100%
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Percentage Interest: 100%
11. Actions of Member. Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or by applicable
law, the Members may take any action by the vote or consent of Members holding more than
fifty percent (50%) of all Percentage Interests. Any action may be taken at any meeting of
Members or may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by Members holding not less than a
majority of the Percentage Interests, unless a lesser vote is provided for by this
Agreement or the Act; provided, however, that any action which by the terms of this
Agreement or by the Act is required to be taken pursuant to a greater vote of the Members
may only be taken by a written consent which has been signed by Members holding the
requisite Percentage Interests.
12. Additional Contributions. No member is required to make any contribution of
property or money to the Company in order to be admitted as a Member pursuant to Section 7
hereof.
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13. Powers and Management. The Company shall be managed by a Board of Managers,
which shall have, subject to the control of the Members, general supervision, direction and
control of the business of the Company, and shall have such rights, duties and powers as
are useful or appropriate for the day-to-day management and conduct of the Company’s
business, are specified in this Agreement, or are conferred upon the Board of Managers by
vote of the Members. Each Manager is authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the
Company and in its name (a) contracts, conveyances, assignments, leases, subleases,
franchise agreements, licensing agreements, management contracts, and maintenance contracts
covering or affecting the Company’s business and assets; (b) checks, drafts, and other
orders for the payment of the Company’s funds; (c) promissory notes, mortgages, deeds of
trust, security agreements, and other similar documents; and (d) other instruments of any
kind or character relating to the Company’s affairs, whether like or unlike the foregoing.
The number of Managers of the Company shall be three (3) until changed upon the unanimous
decision of the Members. The Managers shall be Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, and Xxxx
Xxxxx. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Managers may be taken
without a meeting and will have the same force and effect as if taken by a vote of the
Board of Managers at a meeting properly called and noticed, if authorized by a writing
signed by all of the Managers. The fiduciary duties that a Manager owes to the Company and
the Members are those of a partner of a partnership to the partners of the partnership.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise expressly provided in any employment
agreement or other agreement between the Company and any Member or Manager, nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights of any Member or Manager or any
Affiliate of any Member or Manager, to conduct any other business or activity whatsoever,
except that such other business or activity shall not directly compete with the Company’s
business. No Member or Manager shall be accountable to the Company or to any other Member
or Manager with respect to such other business or activity.
14. Officers of the Company. The Board of Managers may elect officers of the Company
(the “Officers”).
(a) The Officers, if deemed necessary by the Board of Managers, shall be a
President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. Each Officer
shall hold office for the term for which such Officer is elected until such
Officer’s successor has been elected. Any individual may hold any number of offices.
No Officer need be a citizen of the United States. If a Manager is a corporation,
such corporation’s officers may serve as Officers of the Company. The Officers shall
exercise such powers and perform such duties as are specified in this Agreement and
as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Managers. At each annual
meeting of the Board of Managers, the Managers by resolution shall choose a
President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
(b) Any Officer may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of the
Managers except that an Officer who is also a Manager may not be removed as an
Officer unless and until he or she is removed as a Manager or his or her term as
Manager expires.
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(c) The salaries of all Officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed by a
resolution of the Board of Managers.
(d) The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall
preside at all meetings of the Members and Managers, shall have general and active
management of the business of the Company and shall see that all orders and
resolutions of the Members and Managers are carried into effect. The President
shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal
of the Company, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed
and executed, and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly
delegated by the Board of Managers to some other officer or agent of the Company.
(e) The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents
in the order determined by a resolution of the Managers, shall, in the absence or
disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
Managers by resolution may from time to time prescribe.
(f) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Managers
and all meetings of the Members, and shall record all the proceedings of the
meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall give, or cause
to be given, notice of all meetings of the Members and special meetings of the
Members, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Managers or
President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. The Secretary shall have
custody of the seal and the Secretary shall have authority to affix the same to any’
instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her
signature. The Managers may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the Company and to attest the affixing by his or her signature.
(g) The Treasurer shall have custody of the funds and Securities of the Company
and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books
belonging to the Company, and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in
the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated
by the Board of Managers. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as
may be ordered by the Managers, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and
shall render to the President and the Managers, at their regular meetings, or when
Members so require, at a meeting of the Members, an account of all of such person’s
transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Company.
15. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Members, the
Managers, the Officers, their affiliates and their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents and principals (individually, an “Indemnitee”) from and
against any and all losses, claims, demands, costs, damages, liabilities, joint and
several, expenses of any nature (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements),
judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands,
actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in
which the Indemnitee was involved or may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a
party or otherwise, arising out of or
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incidental to the business of the Company, excluding liabilities to any Member, regardless of
whether the Indemnitee continues to be a Member, a Manager, an Officer or an affiliate, officer,
director, employee, agent or principal thereof at the time any such liability or expense is paid or
incurred, to the fullest extent permitted by the Act and all other applicable laws.
(a) Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in defending any claim, demand, action,
suit or proceeding subject to this Section shall, from time to time, be advanced by
the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or
proceeding, upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section.
(b) The indemnification provided by this Section shall be in addition to any
other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any agreement, vote
of the Members, as a matter of law or equity or otherwise, both as to action in the
Indemnitee’s capacity as a Member, Manager, Officer, or as an affiliate, officer,
director, employee, agent or principal thereof and as to any action in another
capacity, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such
capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and
administrators of the Indemnitee.
(c) The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, at the Company’s expense,
on behalf of the Members and Managers and such other persons as the Board of
Managers shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against, or any
expense that may be incurred by, such person in connection with the activities of
the Company and/or such person’s acts or omissions in such capacity regardless of
whether the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Any indemnification under this Section shall be satisfied solely out of the
assets of the Company. No Member shall be subject to personal liability or required
to fund or to cause to be funded any obligation by reason of these indemnification
provisions.
16. Tax Matters. The Board of Managers, in its sole discretion, shall cause the
Company to make or not to make all elections required or permitted to be made for
income tax purposes including, without limitation, elections of methods of
depreciation and elections under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”). The Treasurer (or, if there is no Treasurer, then the designee of the
Managers) shall be the “tax matters partner” for purposes of the Code.
17. Compensation. No Member shall receive compensation for services rendered to the
Company. Any Manager rendering services to the Company may receive compensation in kind and
amount determined by the Members from time to time. The Company shall reimburse the
Managers for all reasonable, direct out-of-pocket expenses incurred in managing the
Company.
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18. Term. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the
earliest to occur of (a) the unanimous decision of the Members, (b) the sale by the Company
of all or substantially all of its property, or (c) an event of dissolution of the Company
under the Act unless Members holding a majority of the Percentage Interests elect within
ninety (90) days to continue the business of the Company.
19. Assignments. A Member may assign all or any part of its limited liability company
interest at any time; provided, however, that if there is more than one Member, then such
Member may only assign such interest with the consent of all other Members or by operation
of law. A transferee of an interest can only become a substituted Member with the consent
of all other Members (if any).
20. Withdrawal. Any Member may withdraw from the Company only upon the consent of all
other Members. Upon any such permitted withdrawal, the withdrawing Member shall receive the
lesser of (a) the book value of such Member’s then Percentage Interest in the Company, or
(b) the aggregate amount of any contributions of property or money made by such Member to
the Company.
21. Limited Liability. The Member shall have no liability for the obligations of the
Company except to the extent provided in the Act.
22. Additional Members. Additional Members can only be admitted to the Company upon
the consent of all Members, which consent may be evidenced by, among other things, the
execution of an amendment to this Agreement.
23. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only in a writing signed by all of the
Members.
24. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of
the State of Delaware.
25. Counterparts. Any number of counterparts of this Agreement may be executed.
Each counterpart will be deemed an original instrument and all counterparts taken together
will constitute one agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Operating Agreement as of February 11, 2003.
CEMPRUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||