EXECUTION COPY
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
MUZAK HOLDINGS LLC,
A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Dated as of October 18, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I.........................................................................................................1
Definitions.......................................................................................................1
1.1 Definitions.....................................................................................1
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1.2 Other Definitional Provisions..................................................................11
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ARTICLE II.......................................................................................................11
Organization of the Company......................................................................................11
2.1 Formation......................................................................................11
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2.2 Name...........................................................................................12
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2.3 Principal Place of Business....................................................................12
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2.4 Registered Office and Registered Agent.........................................................12
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2.5 Term...........................................................................................12
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2.6 Purposes and Powers............................................................................12
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ARTICLE III......................................................................................................13
Management of the Company........................................................................................13
3.1 Board of Directors.............................................................................13
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3.2 Committees of the Board........................................................................15
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3.3 Officers.......................................................................................16
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3.4 Fiduciary Duties...............................................................................17
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3.5 Performance of Duties; Liability of Directors and Officers.....................................18
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3.6 Indemnification................................................................................18
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ARTICLE IV.......................................................................................................19
Members; Voting Rights...........................................................................................19
4.1 Meetings of Members............................................................................19
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4.2 Voting Rights..................................................................................19
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4.3 Registered Members.............................................................................20
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4.4 Limitation of Liability........................................................................20
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4.5 Withdrawal; Resignation........................................................................20
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4.6 Death of a Member..............................................................................20
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4.7 Authority......................................................................................20
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4.8 Outside Activities.............................................................................20
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ARTICLE V........................................................................................................21
Units; Membership................................................................................................21
5.1 Units Generally; Membership Interests..........................................................21
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5.2 Authorization and Issuance of Units............................................................21
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5.3 Unit Certificates..............................................................................22
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5.4 Issuance of Units..............................................................................23
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5.5 New Members from the Issuance of Units.........................................................23
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5.6 Class B-4 Units................................................................................23
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ARTICLE VI.......................................................................................................24
Capital Contributions and Capital Accounts.......................................................................24
6.1 Capital Contributions..........................................................................24
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6.2 Capital Accounts...............................................................................24
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6.3 Method of Determining Profits and Losses.......................................................24
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6.4 Negative Capital Accounts......................................................................25
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6.5 No Withdrawal..................................................................................25
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6.6 Loans From Members.............................................................................25
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6.7 Status of Capital Contributions................................................................25
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ARTICLE VII......................................................................................................26
Distributions....................................................................................................26
7.1 Order of Priority Generally....................................................................26
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7.2 No Right to Receive Certain Distributions......................................................27
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7.3 Tax Distributions..............................................................................28
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7.4 Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member...........................28
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7.5 Set-off against Distributions to Holders of Class B-4 Units....................................29
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7.6 Limitations on Distributions...................................................................29
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7.7 Employee Redemptions...........................................................................29
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ARTICLE VIII.....................................................................................................29
Allocations......................................................................................................29
8.1 Regular Allocations............................................................................29
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8.2 Special Allocations............................................................................33
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8.3 Tax Allocations................................................................................34
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8.4 Curative Allocations...........................................................................35
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ARTICLE IX.......................................................................................................35
Elections and Reports............................................................................................35
9.1 Generally......................................................................................35
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9.2 Tax Status.....................................................................................35
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9.3 Reports........................................................................................36
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9.4 Tax Elections..................................................................................36
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9.5 Tax Controversies..............................................................................36
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ARTICLE X........................................................................................................36
Dissolution and Liquidation......................................................................................36
10.1 Dissolution....................................................................................36
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10.2 Liquidation....................................................................................37
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10.3 Voluntary Dissolution..........................................................................39
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ARTICLE XI.......................................................................................................39
Transfer of Units; Conversions...................................................................................39
11.1 Restrictions...................................................................................39
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11.2 General Restrictions on Transfer...............................................................39
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11.3 Procedures for Transfer........................................................................40
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11.4 Legend.........................................................................................40
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11.5 Limitations....................................................................................41
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11.6 Tax Matters....................................................................................42
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11.7 Conversions....................................................................................42
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ARTICLE XII......................................................................................................42
Miscellaneous Provisions.........................................................................................42
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12.1 Notices........................................................................................42
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12.2 Governing Law..................................................................................43
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12.3 No Action for Partition........................................................................43
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12.4 Headings and Sections..........................................................................43
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12.5 Amendments.....................................................................................44
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12.6 Construction...................................................................................44
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12.7 Binding Effect.................................................................................44
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12.8 Counterparts...................................................................................44
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12.9 Severabilitv...................................................................................44
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12.10 Remedies.......................................................................................44
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12.11 Waiver of Jury Trial...........................................................................45
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12.12 No Strict Construction.........................................................................45
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12.13 Entire Agreement...............................................................................45
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12.14 Parties in Interest............................................................................45
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12.15 Inconsistent Provisions of the Related Agreements..............................................45
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EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A Board Resolutions with respect to Class B-5 Units
Exhibit B Certificates of Designation
Exhibit C Form of Joinder to Limited Liability Company Agreement
SCHEDULES:
Schedule A Officers of the Company as of October 18, 2000
Schedule B Members Schedule as of October 18, 2000
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THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
(this "Agreement") of Muzak Holdings LLC (f/k/a ACN Holdings, LLC), a Delaware
limited liability company (the "Company") is entered into and shall be effective
as of October 18, 2000, among the Persons executing this Agreement and listed on
the Members Schedule (as herein defined).
WHEREAS, MEM Holdings, LLC ("MEM Holdings"), Capstar Broadcasting
Corporation ("Capstar"), Music Holding Corp. ("MHC"), CMS Co-Investment
Subpartnership ("CMS Subpartnership"), CMS Diversified Partners L.P. ("CMS
Diversified"), AMFM Systems, Inc., as successor to CBC Acquisition Corp.
("AMFM"), and the other members of the Company named therein entered into that
certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company,
dated as of June 29, 2000 (the "Prior Agreement");
WHEREAS, on September 14, 2000, New York Life Capital Partners, L.P.
("New York Life"), The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
("Northwestern"), MEM Holdings and AMFM purchased 3,571.428 Class A-1 Units, in
the aggregate, pursuant to that certain Muzak Holdings LLC Subscription
Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2000, by and among the Company, New York
Life, Northwestern, MEM Holdings and AMFM (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Subscription Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, each of New York Life,
Northwestern, MEM Holdings and AMFM entered into certain joinder agreements,
dated as of September 14, 2000, joining such entity as a party to each of the
Prior Agreement, the Members Agreement and the Registration Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to this Agreement and the Related Agreements, the
Company is issuing as of the date hereof, a certain number of Series A Preferred
Units and Class A Common Units to each of BancAmerica Capital Investors I, L.P.
("BancAmerica"), New York Life and Northwestern pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Related Agreements; and
WHEREAS, as permitted by Section 12.5 of the Prior Agreement, the
Members desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety as set
forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
herein made and other good and valuable consideration, the Members hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
1.1 Definitions. The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the
following meanings (unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement):
"Additional Class A-1 Capital Value" for each Class A-1 Unit
means $1,800.
"Additional Class A-1 Unpaid Yield" on any Class A-1 Unit
means, as of any date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate Additional Class A-1 Yield accrued on such Class A-1 Unit prior to
such date, over (b) the aggregate amount of prior Distributions made on such
Class A-1 Unit by the Company pursuant to, or in accordance with, Section
7.1(e), including advances of such Distributions in respect of such Class A-1
Unit made under Section 7.3, Section 7.4 or otherwise.
"Additional Class A-1 Unreturned Capital Value" means, for any
Class A-1 Unit, the amount of the Additional Class A-1 Capital Value for such
Class A-1 Unit, reduced by all Distributions made by the Company in respect of
such Class A-1 Unit pursuant to, or in accordance with, Section 7.1(f),
including advances of such Distributions in respect of such Class A-1 Unit,
whether made under Section 7.3, Section 7.4 or otherwise.
"Additional Class A-1 Yield" on any Class A-1 Unit means, as
of any particular date, the amount accruing in respect of such Class A-1 Unit
(commencing with respect to such Class A-1 Unit on the date the Company issues
such Class A-1 Unit), at 15% per annum, compounding on the last day of each
Fiscal Year on (a) the Additional Class A-1 Unreturned Capital Value for such
Class A-1 Unit plus (b) the Additional Class A-1 Unpaid Yield accrued on such
Class A-1 Unit on or prior to the last day of any Fiscal Year ending prior
thereto. In calculating the amount of any Distribution to be made during an
annual period, the portion of the Additional Class A-1 Yield on any Class A-1
Unit for such portion of such annual period elapsing before such Distribution is
made will be taken into account.
"Adjusted Capital Account" means, as of a particular time with
respect to a Member, the balance of such Member's Capital Account as of the end
of the relevant Fiscal Year (or other applicable period), after giving effect to
the following adjustments (which adjustments shall be made only to the extent
that such Member's Capital Account balance is, in fact, affected by the
provisions of the Treasury Regulations to which reference is made in this
definition of Adjusted Capital Account after the application of all relevant
allocation provisions herein):
(a) credit to such Capital Account any amounts (i) described
in section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) of the Treasury Regulations which such Member is
unconditionally obligated to contribute to the Company pursuant to this
Agreement or applicable law and (ii) which such Member is deemed obligated to
restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulations sections
1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and
(b) debit to such Capital Account the items described in
section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5) and
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6) of the Treasury Regulations.
"Affiliate" means with respect to any Person, any other Person
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such first Person.
"Bankruptcy" means, with respect to a Member, (a) that such
Member has (i) made an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (ii) filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy; (iii)
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been adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or had entered against such Member an order
of relief in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; (iv) filed a petition or
an answer seeking for such Member any reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law
or regulation or filed an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to
contest the material allegations of a petition filed against such Member in any
proceeding of such nature; or (v) sought, consented to, or acquiesced in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Member or of all or any
substantial part of such Member's properties; (b) 120 days have elapsed after
the commencement of any proceeding against such Member seeking reorganization,
arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar
relief under any statute, law or regulation and such proceeding has not been
dismissed; or (c) 90 days have elapsed since the appointment without such
Member's consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such
Member or of all or any substantial part of such Member's properties and such
appointment has not been vacated or stayed or the appointment is not vacated
within 90 days after the expiration of such stay.
"Book Value" means, with respect to any Company property, the
Company's adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, adjusted from time to
time to reflect the adjustments required or permitted by Treasury Regulation
section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)-(g); provided, that the Book Value of any property
contributed to the Company shall be its Fair Market Value on the date of
contribution.
"Xxxx Contribution Agreement" means that certain Contribution
Agreement, dated as of March 18, 1999, by and among Xxxx, Audio Communications
Network, LLC and the Company, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
any other day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York
or a day on which national banking associations in such state or the state in
which the Company's principal place of business is located are authorized or
required by law or other governmental action to close.
"Capital Account" means, with respect to any Member, the
account maintained for such Member as provided in Article VI and in a manner
which the Board determines is in accordance with Treasury Regulations section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and this Agreement.
"Capital Contribution" means any contribution to the capital
of the Company in cash or property by a Member, whenever made.
"Capstar Contribution Agreement" means that certain
Contribution Agreement dated as of February 19, 1999, by and between Capstar and
the Company, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
"Catch-Up Amount" at any time means the largest aggregate
amount of Distributions which has theretofore been paid in respect of any single
Common Unit.
"Certificate" means the Certificate of Formation, as such
Certificate of Formation may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
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"Class A Unit" means a Unit having the rights and obligations
specified with respect to "Class A Units" in this Agreement.
"Class A-1 Unit" means a Unit having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to "Class A-1 Units" in this Agreement.
"Class B Units" means the Class B-1 Units, the Class B-2
Units, the Class B-3 Units, the Class B-4 Units and the Class B-5 Units.
"Class X-x Unit" means a Unit having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to "Class B-1 Units" in this Agreement.
"Class B-2 Unit" means a Unit having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to "Class B-2 Units" in this Agreement.
"Class B-3 Unit" means a Unit having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to "Class B-3 Units" in this Agreement.
"Class B-4 Unit" means a Unit having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to "Class B-4 Units" in this Agreement.
"Class B-5 Unit" means a Unit having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to "Class B-5 Units" in this Agreement.
"Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time. Such term will be deemed to include any future
amendments to such statutes and any corresponding provisions of succeeding
statutes which are mandatory. Such term will also be deemed to include any
future amendments or succeeding statutes which call for an election by the
Company as to the application of the amendment or succeeding statutes to the
Company if the Tax Matters Partner so elects, to the extent that the Tax Matters
Partner determines that any such amendments and succeeding statutes do not
materially and adversely affect the economic interests of the Members.
"Common Investment Unit Capital Value" for each Common
Investment Unit means $1,000.
"Common Investment Units" means the Class A Units and the
Class A-1 Units.
"Common Member" means any Member who is a holder of Common
Units, but solely in such Member's capacity as a holder of Common Units.
"Common Units" means the Common Investment Units and the Class
B Units.
"Delaware Act" means the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act, as the same may be amended from time to time.
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"Distribution" means, with respect to a Member, the amount of
money and the fair market value (as determined by the Board) of property other
than money (net of any liabilities secured by such property that such Member is
considered to assume or take subject to as provided in Treasury Regulation
section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(b)(5)) distributed to such Member by the Company (i)
on account of such Member's Membership Interest as provided in Article VII or
(ii) in redemption or liquidation of all or any portion of such Member's
Membership Interest, but shall not include payments to a Member (a) pursuant to
a loan or advance made by such Member to the Company or in respect of any other
transaction in which such Member acts other than in such Member's capacity as a
Member within the meaning of section 704(a) of the Code or (b) which are
guaranteed payments within the meaning of section 707(c) of the Code.
"Distribute" means to make one or more Distributions.
"Encumbrance" means any lien, mortgage, pledge, collateral
assignment, security interest, hypothecation or other encumbrance. "Encumber"
means, with respect to a Person, creating or suffering to exist any Encumbrance
against any of the property of such Person.
"Fair Market Value" of any asset as of any date means the
purchase price which a willing buyer having all relevant knowledge would pay a
willing seller for such asset in an arms-length transaction.
"Fiscal Year" means the annual accounting period of the
Company, which shall be the calendar year or such portion of a calendar year
during which the Company is in existence, unless the Board determines otherwise.
"Investor Securities Purchase Agreement" means that certain
Investor Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 6, 1998, by and
among the Company and the investors named therein, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Losses" means items of loss and deduction of the Company
determined according to Section 6.3.
"Majority of the Board" means, at any time, a combination of
any of the Directors constituting a majority of the votes of all of the
Directors who are then elected (in the case of a written action) or elected and
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present (in the case of an action at a
meeting).
"Majority in Voting Interest" means, at any time, a Member or
Members which own a majority of the Voting Units outstanding at such time.
"Management Securities Repurchase Agreements" means the
Management Securities Repurchase Agreements, dated as of October 6, 1998, one by
and among the Company, Xxxxxx Xxxx and ABRY, one by and among the Company, Xxxxx
Xxxxx and XXXX, and all other agreements into which the Company may enter with
any employee of or consultant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
concerning the acquisition by such employee or
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consultant of any Unit and/or the reacquisition of any Unit by the Company, each
as in effect from time to time.
"Member" means each Person identified on the Members Schedule
as of the date hereof who has executed this Agreement or a counterpart hereof
and each Person who may hereafter be admitted as a Member in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. The Members shall constitute the "members" (as that
term is defined in the Delaware Act) of the Company.
"Members Agreement" means that certain Amended and Restated
Members Agreement, dated as of March 18, 1999, by and among the Company and the
Members of the Company named therein, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Membership Interest" of any Member at any time means the
entire ownership interest of such Member in the Company at such time, including
all benefits to which the owner of such Membership Interest is entitled under
this Agreement and applicable law, together with all obligations of such Member
under this Agreement, the Related Agreements and applicable law.
"Minimum Gain" means Company minimum gain determined pursuant
to Treasury Regulation section 1.704-2(d).
"Muzak Merger Agreement" means that certain Agreement and Plan
of Merger, dated as of January 29, 1999, by and among the Company; Audio
Communications Network, LLC; Muzak Limited Partnership; MLP Acquisition, L.P.
and MHC, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"Net Loss" means, for or with respect to a particular fiscal
quarter of a Fiscal Year or of a Fiscal Year, as the case may be, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the Company's Losses over the Company's Profits
for such fiscal quarter or Fiscal Year, as the case may be.
"Net Profit" means, for or with respect to a particular fiscal
quarter of a Fiscal Year or of a Fiscal Year, as the case may be, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the Company's Profits over the Company's Losses
for such fiscal quarter or Fiscal Year, as the case may be.
"Net Taxable Income" or "Net Taxable Loss" means, for or with
respect to a particular fiscal quarter of a Fiscal Year or to a Fiscal Year, as
the case may be, an amount equal to the Company's taxable income or loss for
such fiscal quarter or Fiscal Year, as the case may be, determined in accordance
with section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose, all items of income, gain,
loss or deduction are required to be stated separately pursuant to section
703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in the computation of taxable income or
loss).
"Net Taxable Profits" means, for or with respect to a
particular fiscal quarter of a Fiscal Year, the excess of (a) Net Taxable Income
(and/or specially allocated items of income or
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gain) of the Company for such quarter and for the second, third and fourth
fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year, all prior fiscal quarters of such Fiscal
Year and all prior Fiscal Years, over (b) Net Taxable Loss (and/or specially
allocated items of loss or deduction) of the Company for such quarter and for
the second, third and fourth fiscal quarters, all prior fiscal quarters of such
Fiscal Year and all prior Fiscal Years.
"Non-Distribution Amount" for any Class B Unit at any time
means (a) $1,000, if such Class B Unit is a Class B-1 Unit, (b) $2,000, if such
Class B Unit is a Class B-2 Unit, (c) $3,000, if such Class B Unit is a Class
B-3 Unit, (d) zero, if such Class B Unit is a Class B-4 Unit or (e) such amount
as determined by written resolution of the Board at the time of the issuance of
such Class B Unit (which resolution shall thereafter be attached as Exhibit A
hereto), if such Class B Unit is a Class B-5 Unit.
"Nonvoting Units" means any Series A Preferred Units and the
Class B Units.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, trust, joint venture, governmental entity or other
unincorporated entity, association or group.
"Preferred Units" means (a) the Series A Preferred Units, (b)
each other Unit having the rights and obligations specified with respect to
"Preferred Units" in this Agreement, and (c) a Unit having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to "Preferred Units" in this Agreement and
any applicable Certificate of Designation.
"Prime Rate" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
"Profits" means items of income and gain of the Company
determined according to Section 6.3.
"Public Offering" means an underwritten public offering and
sale of Common Units or any securities issued with respect to, or in exchange
for, Common Units pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act; provided, that a Public Offering shall not include an offering
made in connection with a business acquisition or combination pursuant to a
registration statement on Form S-4 or any similar form, or an employee benefit
plan pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 or any similar form.
"Public Sale" means any sale of Restricted Securities to the
public pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act or, after the
consummation of an initial Public Offering, to the public pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 144 (or any similar rule or rules then in effect) under the
Securities Act.
"Registration Agreement" means that certain Second Amended and
Restated Registration Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2000, by and among the
Company and the Members of the Company named therein, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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"Related Agreements" means the Investor Securities Purchase
Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Subscription Agreement, the
Management Securities Repurchase Agreements, the Members Agreement, the
Registration Agreement, the Securityholders Agreement, the Capstar Contribution
Agreement and the Xxxx Contribution Agreement.
"Required B-4 Holders" means (a) Music Holdings Corp., to the
extent that it holds all of the Class B-4 Units it owns as of the date hereof,
or (b) the holders of a majority of the number of Class B-4 Units outstanding.
"Restricted Securities" means (a) all Units issued by the
Company and (b) any securities issued with respect to, or in exchange for, the
Units referred to in clause (a) above in connection with a conversion,
combination of units or shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
reorganization, including in connection with the consummation of any
reorganization plan. As to any particular Restricted Securities such securities
shall cease to be Restricted Securities when they have been Transferred pursuant
to a Public Sale.
"Securities Purchase Agreement" means that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2000, by and among the Company,
BancAmerica, New York Life and Northwestern, as amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Securityholders Agreement" means that certain Amended and
Restated Securityholders Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2000, by and among
the Company and the Members of the Company named therein, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Series A Preferred Return" on any Series A Preferred Unit
means, as of any particular date, (a) the amount accruing in respect of such
Series A Preferred Unit (commencing with respect to such Series A Preferred Unit
from the date the Company issues or issued such Series A Preferred Unit) at 15%
per annum (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), at 17%
per annum), compounding on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 (each, a
"Compounding Date") of each Fiscal Year for the actual number of days in the
period for which the Series A Preferred Return is being determined, on (i) the
Unreturned Series A Preferred Unit Capital Value for such Series A Preferred
Unit plus (ii) the Unpaid Series A Preferred Return (other than any Series A
Redemption Premium) on such Series A Preferred Unit accruing prior to the
preceding Compounding Date, plus (b) the Series A Redemption Premium, if any. In
calculating the amount of any Distribution to be made during any annual period,
the portion of the Series A Preferred Return on such Series A Preferred Unit for
such portion of such annual period elapsing before such Distribution is made
will be taken into account.
"Series A Preferred Unit" means a Unit having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to "Series A Preferred Units" in this
Agreement.
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"Series A Preferred Unit Capital Value" for each Series A
Preferred Unit means $1,000.
"Series A Redemption Premium" means, as of the time at which
Distributions are to be made under Section 7.1(b) (but not Section 7.3), an
amount equal to the product of (a) the sum of (i) the average of the Unpaid
Series A Preferred Return (exclusive of any Series A Redemption Premium that is
part thereof) as of the close of business on each day during the 30-day period
immediately prior to such date and (ii) the amount that is Distributed pursuant
to, or in accordance with, Section 7.1(b) at such time, multiplied by (b) (i) in
the event that such Distributions are made in connection with a redemption by
the Company pursuant to Section 11.01 or 11.02(a) of the Securities Purchase
Agreement, a percentage determined in accordance with the following schedule:
Distribution Date Percentage
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Prior to October 17, 2001 5.0%
October 18, 2001 to October 17, 2002 4.0%
October 18, 2002 to October 17, 2003 3.0%
October 18, 2003 to October 17, 2004 2.0%
October 18, 2004 to October 17, 2005 1.0%
Thereafter 0.0%
; or (ii) in the event that such Distributions are made in connection with a
redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 11.02(b) of the Securities
Purchase Agreement, a percentage determined in accordance with the following
schedule:
Distribution Year Percentage
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Prior to October 17, 2004 6.0%
October 18, 2004 to October 17, 2005 4.0%
October 18, 2005 to October 17, 2006 2.0%
Thereafter 0.0%
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other
business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting
power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof
is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or
one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof,
or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other
business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership
interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or entity or a combination
thereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to
have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership,
association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be
allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or
other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control any managing
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managing member, or general partner of such limited liability company,
partnership, association or other business entity.
"Tax Matters Partner" has the meaning set forth in section
6231 of the Code.
"Transfer" means (a) as a noun, the transfer of ownership by
sale, exchange, assignment, gift, donation, grant or other conveyance of any
kind, whether voluntary or involuntary, including Transfers by operation of law
or legal process (and hereby expressly including, with respect to a Member,
Assignee or other Person, any voluntary or involuntary (i) appointment of a
receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official for such
Member or all or any part of such Member, assignee or other Person or all or any
part of the property of such Member, Assignee or other Person under any
bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency law, (ii) gift, donation, transfer by
will or intestacy or other disposition, whether inter vivos or mortis causa and
(iii) any voluntary or involuntary transfer or other conveyance or disposition
to a spouse or former spouse (including by reason of a separation agreement or
divorce, equitable or community or marital property distribution, judicial
decree or other court order relating to the division or partition of property
between spouses or former spouses or other persons)); and (b) as a verb, the act
of making any voluntary or involuntary Transfer.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations
promulgated under the Code as amended. Such term will be deemed to include any
future amendments to such regulations and any corresponding provisions of
succeeding regulations which are mandatory. Such term will also be deemed to
include any future amendments or succeeding regulations which call for an
election by the Company as to the application of the amendment or succeeding
regulation to the Company if the Board so elect, to the extent that the Board
determines that any such amendments and succeeding regulations do not materially
and adversely affect the economic interests of the Members.
"Unit" means the units into which the different classes of the
Company's membership interests are divided, consisting of all of the "Common
Units" and "Preferred Units" that may be issued by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement, and as provided and designated in the Members Schedule, with each
such type, class or series of Units conferring the respective rights,
privileges, preferences, benefits, powers, duties, obligations and limitations
provided in this Agreement or any Certificate of Designation with respect
thereto. Unless otherwise provided herein, references made herein to Units of a
Member shall include all of that portion of such Member's Membership Interest
that is represented by, attributable to, or that otherwise relates to, such
Units.
"Unitholder" means with respect to any Unit, the record holder
thereof as evidenced on the Members Schedule.
"Unpaid Series A Preferred Return" on any Series A Preferred
Unit means, as of any date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate Series A Preferred Return accrued on such Series A Preferred Unit
prior to such date, over (b) the aggregate amount of prior Distributions made on
such Series A Preferred Unit by the Company pursuant to, or in
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accordance with, Section 7.1(a), including advances of such Distributions in
respect of such Series A Preferred Unit, whether made under Section 7.3, Section
7.4 or otherwise.
"Unpaid Yield" on any Common Investment Unit means, as of any
date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Yield accrued
on such Common Investment Unit prior to such date, over (b) the aggregate amount
of prior Distributions made on such Common Investment Unit by the Company
pursuant to, or in accordance with, Section 7.1(c), including advances of such
Distributions in respect of such Common Investment Unit, whether made under
Section 7.3, Section 7.4 or otherwise.
"Unreturned Common Investment Unit Capital Value" means, for
any Common Investment Unit, the amount of the Common Investment Unit Capital
Value for such Common Investment Unit, reduced by all Distributions made by the
Company in respect of such Common Investment Unit pursuant to, or in accordance
with, Section 7.1(d), including advances of such Distributions in respect of
such Common Investment Unit, whether made under Section 7.3, Section 7.4 or
otherwise.
"Unreturned Series A Preferred Unit Capital Value" means, for
any Series A Preferred Unit, the amount of the Series A Preferred Unit Capital
Value for such Series A Preferred Unit, reduced by all Distributions made by the
Company in respect of such Series A Preferred Unit pursuant to, or in accordance
with, Section 7.1(b), including advances of such Distributions in respect of
such Series A Preferred Unit, whether made under Section 7.3, Section 7.4 or
otherwise.
"Voting Units" means the Common Investment Units.
"Yield" on any Common Investment Unit means, as of any
particular date, the amount accruing in respect of such Common Investment Unit
(commencing with respect to such Common Investment Unit on the later of (a) the
date the Company issues or issued such Common Investment Unit and (b) March 18,
1999), at 15% per annum, compounding on the last day of each Fiscal Year on (i)
the Unreturned Common Investment Unit Capital Value for such Common Investment
Unit plus (ii) the Unpaid Yield accrued on such Common Investment Unit on or
prior to the last day of any Fiscal Year ending prior thereto. In calculating
the amount of any Distribution to be made during an annual period, the portion
of the Yield on such Common Investment Unit for such portion of such annual
period elapsing before such Distribution is made will be taken into account.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement
which are not defined in this Article I shall have the meanings contained
elsewhere in this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement in the
singular shall import the plural and vice versa.
ARTICLE II
Organization of the Company
2.1 Formation.
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(a) The Company was formed upon the filing of the Certificate
of Formation of the Company (the "Certificate of Formation") with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware on August 28, 1998, pursuant to the Delaware
Act. This Agreement shall constitute the "limited liability company agreement"
(as that term is used in the Delaware Act) of the Company. The rights, powers,
duties, obligations and liabilities of the Members shall be determined pursuant
to the Delaware Act, this Agreement and the Related Agreements. To the extent
that the rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of any Member are
different by reason of any provision of this Agreement or any Related Agreement
than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement or the
applicable Related Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Delaware Act,
control.
(b) Any officer of the Company as an "authorized person"
within the meaning of the Delaware Act, is hereby authorized, at any time that
the applicable Member(s) have approved an amendment to the Certificate in
accordance with the terms hereof, to promptly execute, deliver and file such
amendment in accordance with the Delaware Act.
(c) The Company, shall to the extent permissible, elect to be
treated as a partnership for federal, foreign, state and local income tax
purposes, and each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall
otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent
with such treatment and no Member shall take any action inconsistent with such
treatment. The Company shall not be deemed a partnership or joint venture for
any other purpose.
2.2 Name. The name of the Company is "Muzak Holdings LLC" or such other name or
names as the Board may from time to time designate; provided, that the name
shall always contain the words "Limited Liability Company," "LLC" or "L.L.C."
2.3 Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of the Company
shall be 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000. The Company
may locate its place or places of business (including its principal place of
business) and registered office at any other place or places as the Board may
from time to time deem necessary or advisable.
2.4 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The Company's registered office
shall be at Corporation Service Company, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 00000, and the name of its initial registered agent at
such address shall be Corporation Service Company.
2.5 Term. The term of existence of the Company shall be perpetual from the date
the Certificate of Formation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware,
unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
2.6 Purposes and Powers. The purposes and character of the business of the
Company shall be to transact any or all lawful business for which limited
liability companies may be organized under the Delaware Act. The Company shall
have any and all powers which are necessary or desirable to carry out the
purposes and business of the Company, including the ability to incur
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and guaranty indebtedness, to the extent the same may be legally exercised by
limited liability companies under the Delaware Act. The Company shall carry out
the foregoing activities pursuant to the arrangements set forth in this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing set forth
herein shall be construed as authorizing the Company to possess any purpose or
power, or to do any act or thing, forbidden by law to a limited liability
company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE III
Management of the Company
3.1 Board of Directors.
(a) Establishment. There is hereby established a committee
(the "Board") comprised of natural persons (the "Directors") having the
authority and duties set forth in this Agreement. Each Director shall be
designated as either a "Class A Director" or a "Class B Director". Each Class A
Director shall be entitled to three votes and each Class B Director shall be
entitled to one vote. Any decisions to be made by the Board shall require the
approval of a Majority of the Board. Except as provided in the immediately
preceding sentence, no Director acting alone, or with any other Director or
Directors, shall have the power to act for or on behalf of, or to bind the
Company. Each Director shall be a "manager" (as that term is defined in the
Delaware Act) of the Company, but, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Director
shall have any rights or powers beyond the rights and powers granted to such
Director in this Agreement. Directors need not be residents of the State of
Delaware.
(b) Powers. The business and affairs of the Company shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board.
(c) Number of Directors; Term of Office. The authorized number
of each class of Directors shall, as of the date hereof, be three Class A
Directors and five Class B Directors and, hereafter, the authorized number of
each class of Directors may be increased or decreased by the Board; provided,
that, so long as any Series A Preferred Units are outstanding, during the
continuation of any Class A Default (as such term is defined in the Securities
Purchase Agreement), the authorized number of Class A Directors shall be
increased by two to five and such additional Class A Directors shall be elected,
and, during the continuation of any Class B Default (as such term is defined in
the Securities Purchase Agreement) at any time when no Class A Default is
continuing, the authorized number of Class B Directors shall be increased by two
to seven and such additional Class B Directors shall be elected, in each case in
accordance with the terms of Section 2(a)(iv) of the Securityholders Agreement.
Each Director shall be elected by vote of a Majority in Voting Interest or as
otherwise provided in the Members Agreement or the Securityholders Agreement and
shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until
his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
(i) Subject to the terms and provisions of the
Securityholders Agreement, a Majority in Voting Interest may
remove, for or without cause, any Director and fill the
resulting vacancy; provided, that whenever any Director shall
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have been elected by a particular Member or Members pursuant
to the Securityholders Agreement, such Director may be removed
and the vacancy filled only by such Member or Members entitled
to designate such Director as set forth in the Securityholders
Agreement.
(ii) A Director may resign at any time by giving
written notice to the Board. Any such resignation shall take
effect at the time of the receipt of such notice or any later
effective time specified in such notice; and, unless otherwise
specified in such notice, the acceptance of the resignation
shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective. Any
vacancy caused by any such resignation or by the death of any
Director or for any other reason (including due to the
authorization by the Board of a newly created directorship)
other than due to any removal pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i)
may be filled by a Majority in Voting Interest; provided, that
whenever any vacancy relates to a Director that has been
elected by a particular Member or Members pursuant to the
Securityholders Agreement, such vacancy may be filled only by
such Member or Members, to the extent such Member or Members
are then entitled to designate such a Director as set forth in
the Securityholders Agreement.
(d) Meetings of the Board. The Board shall meet at such time
and at such place (either within or without the State of Delaware) as the Board
may designate; provided, that the Board shall meet not less than two times in
any twelve month period. Meetings of the Board shall be held on the call of any
two Directors upon at least four Business Days (if the meeting is to be held in
person) or two Business Days (if the meeting is to be held telephonically) by
oral or written notice to the Directors, or upon such shorter notice as may be
approved by all of the Directors. Any Director may waive such notice as to
himself. A record shall be maintained by the Secretary of the Company of each
meeting of the Board.
(i) Conduct of Meetings. Any meeting of the Directors
may be held in person or telephonically.
(ii) Quorum; Voting. A Majority of the Board shall
constitute a quorum of the Board for purposes of conducting
business. At all times when the Board is conducting business
at a meeting of the Board, a quorum of the Board must be
present at such meeting. If a quorum shall not be present at
any meeting of the Board, then the Directors present at the
meeting may adjourn the meeting, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
A Director may vote or be present at a meeting either in
person or by proxy. Except as otherwise provided herein or
required by applicable law, resolutions of the Board at any
meeting of the Board shall be adopted by the affirmative vote
of a Majority of the Board.
(iii) Attendance and Waiver of Notice. Attendance of a
Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
such meeting, except where a Director attends a meeting for
the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any
business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called
or convened.
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Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of,
any regular or special meeting of the Board need be specified
in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
(iv) Actions Without a Meeting. Notwithstanding any
provision contained in this Agreement, any action of the Board
may be taken by written consent without a meeting. Any such
action taken by the Board without a meeting shall be effective
only if the written consent or consents are in writing, set
forth the action so taken and are signed by a Majority of the
Board, or such greater number of the Directors that would be
necessary to take such action at a validly constituted meeting
of the Board.
(e) Board Observers. Subject to the terms and provisions of
the Securityholders Agreement, BancAmerica, New York Life and Northwestern may
each select one representative to attend as an observer at all meetings of the
Board and each committee thereof.
(f) Compensation of the Directors. Directors, as such, shall
not receive any stated salary for their services, but shall receive such
compensation for their services as may be from time to time agreed upon by a
Majority in Voting Interest. In addition, a fixed sum and expenses of
attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special
meeting of the Board; provided, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall
be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.
(g) Chairman of the Board. A Majority of the Board may elect
any one of the Directors to be the Chairman of the Board (the "Chairman"). At
any time, the Chairman, if any, may be removed from his or her position as
Chairman by a Majority of the Board. The Chairman, in his or her capacity as the
Chairman of the Board, shall not have any of the rights or powers of an officer
of the Company.
3.2 Committees of the Board.
(a) Creation. The Board may, by resolution, designate and
appoint from among the Directors one or more committees (including, but not
limited to, an Audit Committee, a Nominating Committee and a Compensation
Committee), each consisting of one or more Directors. The Board may designate
one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may, subject to
any limitations imposed by the Board, replace absent or disqualified Directors
at any meeting of such committee. Any member of any committee may be removed by
a Majority of the Board. Any committee, to the extent provided in the resolution
designating such committee, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of
the Board, subject to the limitations set forth in the Delaware Act or in such
resolution. Unless the resolution designating a committee or this Agreement
expressly provides, such committee shall not have the authority to authorize or
make a Distribution to the Members or to authorize the issuance of Units.
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(b) Limitation of Authority. No committee of the Board shall
have the authority of the Board to:
(i) amend this Agreement, except that a committee
may, to the extent provided in the resolution designating such
committee or in this Agreement, exercise the authority of the
Board provided in this Agreement to establish the relative
rights, obligations, preferences and limitations of any type,
class or series of Units;
(ii) approve a plan of merger of the Company;
(iii) recommend to the Members a voluntary
dissolution of the Company or a revocation thereof;
(iv) fill vacancies in the Board;
(v) fix the compensation of any member or alternate
members of such committee; or
(vi) alter or repeal any resolution of the Board that
by its terms provides that it shall not be so amendable or
repealable.
3.3 Officers.
(a) Appointment of Officers. The Board shall appoint
individuals as officers of the Company ("officers"), which shall include (i) a
Chief Executive Officer, (ii) a Treasurer, (iii) a Secretary and (iv) such other
officers (including, without limitation, a President or any number of Vice
Presidents) as the Board deems advisable. No officer need be a Member or a
Director. An individual can be appointed to more than one office. Each officer
of the Company shall be a "manager" (as that term is used in the Delaware Act)
of the Company, but, notwithstanding the foregoing, no officer of the Company
shall have any rights or powers beyond the rights and powers granted to such
officer in this Agreement. The officers of the Company as of the date hereof are
listed on the attached Schedule A.
(b) Duties of Officers Generally. Under the direction of and,
at all times, subject to the authority of the Board, the officers shall have
full and complete discretion to manage and control the day-to-day business,
operations and affairs of the Company in the ordinary course of its business, to
make all decisions affecting the day-to-day business, operations and affairs of
the Company in the ordinary course of its business and to take all such actions
as they deem necessary or appropriate to accomplish the foregoing. In addition,
the officers shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the
Board or this Agreement. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the power and
authority to delegate to any agents or employees of the Company rights and
powers of officers of the Company to manage and control the day-to-day business,
operations and affairs of the Company in the ordinary course of its business as
the Chief Executive Officer may deem necessary or appropriate from time to time.
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(c) Authority of Officers. Subject to Section 3.3(b), any
officer of the Company shall have the right, power and authority to transact
business in the name of the Company or to act for or on behalf of or to bind the
Company. With respect to all matters within the ordinary course of business of
the Company, third parties dealing with the Company may rely conclusively upon
any certificate of any officer to the effect that such officer is acting on
behalf of the Company.
(d) Removal, Resignation and Filling of Vacancy of Officers.
The Board may remove any officer, for any reason or for no reason, at any time.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board. Any
such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or
at any later date specified in such notice; provided, that and, unless otherwise
specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be
necessary to make such resignation effective. Any such resignation shall be
without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company or such officer under
this Agreement. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal
or otherwise shall be filled in the manner prescribed in this Agreement for
regular appointments to such office.
(e) Compensation of Officers. The officers shall be entitled
to receive compensation from the Company as determined by the Board.
(f) Chief Executive Officer. Under the direction of and, at
all times, subject to the authority of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer
shall have general supervision over the day-to-day business, operations and
affairs of the Company. The Chief Executive Officer shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the
Board.
(g) Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause
to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of
the properties and business transactions of the Company, including accounts of
its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital and
Units. The Treasurer shall have the 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. The Treasurer shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the
Board.
(h) Secretary. The Secretary shall (i) keep the minutes of the
meetings of the Members and of the Board in one or more books provided for that
purpose; (ii) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and as required by law; (iii) be custodian of the
company records; (iv) keep a register of the addresses of each Member which
shall be furnished to the Secretary by such Member; (v) have general charge of
the Members Schedule; and (vi) in general perform all duties incident to the
office of a secretary of a company. The Secretary shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the
Board.
3.4 Fiduciary Duties. The Directors, in the performance of their duties as such,
shall owe to the Members duties of loyalty and due care of the type owed by the
directors of a corporation to
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the stockholders of such corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware.
The officers, in the performance of their duties as such, shall owe to the
Members duties of loyalty and due care of the type owed by the officers of a
corporation to the stockholders of such corporation under the laws of the State
of Delaware.
3.5 Performance of Duties; Liability of Directors and Officers. In performing
his or her duties, each of the Directors and each of the officers shall be
entitled to rely in good faith on the provisions of this Agreement and the
Related Agreements and on information, opinions, reports, or statements
(including financial statements and information, opinions, reports or statements
as to the value or amount of the assets, liabilities, Profits or Losses of the
Company or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which
Distributions to Members might properly be paid) of the following other Persons
or groups: (a) one or more officers or employees of the Company; (b) any
attorney, independent accountant, or other Person employed or engaged by the
Company or (c) any other Person who has been selected with reasonable care by or
on behalf of the Company, in each case as to matters which such relying Person
reasonably believes to be within such other Person's professional or expert
competence. The preceding sentence shall in no way limit any Person's right to
rely on information to the extent provided in section 18-406 of the Delaware
Act. No individual who is a Director or an officer of the Company, or any
combination of the foregoing, shall be personally liable under any judgment of a
court, or in any other manner, for any debt, obligation, or liability of the
Company, whether that liability or obligation arises in contract, tort, or
otherwise, solely by reason of being an Director or an officer of the Company or
any combination of the foregoing.
3.6 Indemnification. Notwithstanding Section 3.4, the Directors and officers
shall not be liable, responsible or accountable for damages or otherwise to the
Company, or to the Members; and, to the fullest extent allowed by law, each
Director and each officer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company,
including advancement of reasonable attorneys' fees and other expenses, but only
to the extent that the Company's assets are sufficient therefor, from and
against all claims, liabilities, and expenses arising out of any management of
Company affairs; provided, that (a) such Director's or officer's course of
conduct was pursued in good faith and believed by him to be in the best
interests of the Company and was reasonably believed by him to be within the
scope of authority conferred on such Director or officer pursuant to this
Agreement and (b) such course of conduct did not constitute gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of such Director or officer and otherwise was in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The rights of indemnification
provided in this Section 3.6 are intended to provide indemnification of the
Directors and the officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware General
Corporation Law regarding a corporation's indemnification of its directors and
officers and will be in addition to any rights to which the Directors or officer
may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law and shall extend to
their respective heirs, personal representatives and assigns. The absence of any
express provision for indemnification herein shall not limit any right of
indemnification existing independently of this Section 3.6. Each Director's and
each officer's right to indemnification pursuant to this Section 3.6 may be
conditioned upon the delivery by such Director or such officer of a written
undertaking to repay such amount if such individual is determined pursuant to
this Section 3.6 or adjudicated to be ineligible for indemnification, which
undertaking shall be an unlimited general obligation.
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ARTICLE IV
Members; Voting Rights
4.1 Meetings of Members.
(a) Generally. Meetings of the Members may be called by the
Board or by a Majority in Voting Interest. Only Members who hold Voting Units
shall have the right to attend meetings of the Members. All meetings of the
Members shall be held telephonically or at the principal office of the Company
or at such other place within or without the State of Delaware as may be
determined by the Board or the Member(s) calling the meeting, as the case may
be, and set forth in the respective notice or waivers of notice of such meeting.
A record shall be maintained by the Secretary of the Company of each meeting of
the Members.
(b) Notice of Meetings of Members. Written notice stating the
place, day and hour of the meeting shall be delivered at least five Business
Days prior to the date of the meeting to each holder of Voting Units (with a
copy to the Secretary of the Company), by or at the direction of the Board or
the Member(s) calling the meeting, as the case may be. Such notice may, but need
not, specify the purpose or purposes of such meeting and may, but need not,
limit the business to be conducted at such meeting to such purpose or purposes.
(c) Quorum; Voting. Except as otherwise provided herein or by
applicable law, a Majority in Voting Interest, represented in person or by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum of Members for purposes of conducting business.
Once a quorum is present at a meeting of the Members, the subsequent withdrawal
from the meeting of any Member prior to adjournment or the refusal of any Member
to vote shall not affect the presence of a quorum at the meeting. If, however,
such quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Members, the Members
entitled to vote at such meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting,
without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a Majority in
Voting Interest shall be present or represented. Except as otherwise provided
herein or required by applicable law, resolutions of the Members at any meeting
of Members shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of a Majority in Voting
Interest represented and entitled to vote at such meeting at which a quorum is
present.
(d) Actions Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise prohibited by
law, any action to be taken at a meeting of the Members may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by a Majority in Voting Interest and such consent is delivered to the
Secretary of the Company promptly after the effective date of such consent. A
record shall be maintained by the Secretary of the Company of each such action
taken by written consent of the Members.
4.2 Voting Rights. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the
Related Agreements or otherwise required by applicable law, for all purposes
hereunder, including for purposes of Article III hereof, each Member shall be
entitled to (a) one vote per Voting Unit held by such Member and (b) no votes
for any Nonvoting Units held by such Member. A Member which owns Voting Units
may vote or be present at a meeting either in person or by proxy. There will be
no cumulative voting in the election or removal of Directors.
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4.3 Registered Members. The Company shall be entitled to treat the owner of
record of any Units as the owner in fact of such Unit for all purposes, and
accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such Unit on the part of any other Person, whether or not it shall
have express or other notice of such claim or interest, except as expressly
provided by this Agreement or the laws of the State of Delaware.
4.4 Limitation of Liability. Except as otherwise provided in the Delaware Act or
in this Agreement, no Member will be obligated personally for any debt,
obligation or liability of the Company or of any other Member by reason of being
a Member, whether arising in contract tort or otherwise. Except as otherwise
provided in the Delaware Act, by law or expressly in this Agreement, no Member
will have any fiduciary or other duty to another Member with respect to the
business and affairs of the Company. No Member will have any responsibility to
restore any negative balance in his or her Capital Account or to contribute to
or in respect of the liabilities or obligations of the Company or return
Distributions made by the Company except as required by the Delaware Act or
other applicable law.
4.5 Withdrawal; Resignation. A Member shall not cease to be a Member as a result
of the Bankruptcy of such Member or as result of any other events specified in
section 18-304 of the Delaware Act. So long as a Member continues to own or hold
any Units, such Member shall not have the ability to resign as a Member prior to
the dissolution and winding up of the Company and any such resignation or
attempted resignation by a Member prior to the dissolution or winding up of the
Company shall be null and void. As soon as any Person who is a Member ceases to
own or hold any Units, such Person shall no longer be a Member.
4.6 Death of a Member. The death of any Member shall not cause the dissolution
of the Company. In such event, the Company and its business shall be continued
by the remaining Member or Members.
4.7 Authority. No Member, in its capacity as a Member, shall have the power to
act for or on behalf of, or to bind the Company.
4.8 Outside Activities. Subject to the terms of any agreement by any Member to
the contrary, a Member may have business interests and engage in business
activities in addition to those relating to the Company, including business
interests and activities which compete with the Company; provided, that MEM
Holdings shall not acquire, nor shall it allow any of its Affiliates (other than
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to acquire, any assets which constitute
a business unit or substantially all of the equity securities of any Person, in
each case, which consists primarily of Muzak franchises or some other provider
of on-location background and foreground music services to commercial entities.
Neither the Company nor any other Member shall have any rights by virtue of this
Agreement in any business interests or activities of any Member.
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ARTICLE V
Units; Membership
5.1 Units Generally; Membership Interests. The Membership Interests of the
Members shall be comprised of issued and outstanding Units, which may be divided
into one or more types or classes or series, with each type or class or series
having the rights and privileges, including voting rights, if any, set forth in
this Agreement and any applicable Certificate of Designation. The Secretary of
the Company shall maintain a schedule of all Members from time to time, which
includes their respective mailing addresses and the Units held by them (as the
same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Members
Schedule"), a copy of which as of the date hereof is attached hereto as Schedule
B. The Members shall have no interest in the Company other than the Membership
Interests conferred by this Agreement and any applicable Certificate of
Designation and represented by the Units, which shall be deemed to be personal
property giving only the rights conferred by this Agreement and any applicable
Certificate of Designation. Ownership of a Unit (or fraction thereof) shall not
entitle a Member to call for a partition or division of any property of the
Company or for any accounting.
5.2 Authorization and Issuance of Units.
(a) Preferred Units.
(i) Series A Preferred Units. The Company hereby
authorizes the issuance of Series A Preferred Units, and hereby issues, 85,000
Series A Preferred Units, all of which are outstanding as of the date hereof as
set forth on the Members Schedule (as in effect on the date hereof).
(ii) Other Preferred Units. The Company hereby
authorizes the issuance of other Preferred Units, none of which are outstanding
as of the date hereof. With respect to such Preferred Units, the Board is
authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the
issuance of such Preferred Units in series, and by adopting a "Certificate of
Designation" (a "Certificate of Designation") (which Certificate of Designation
shall thereafter be attached as Exhibit B hereto), to establish the number of
Preferred Units to be included in each such series, and to fix the relative
rights, obligations, preferences and limitations of the Preferred Units of each
such series.
(b) Class A Units. The Company hereby authorizes the issuance
of Class A Units and hereby issues 5,488.671 Class A Units, which, together with
the 82,493.680 Class A Units heretofore issued by the Company, total 87,982.351
Class A Units outstanding as of the date hereof as set forth on the Members
Schedule (as in effect on the date hereof).
(c) Class A-1 Units. The Company hereby authorizes the issue
of Class A-1 Units, of which 8,928.571 Class A-1 Units are outstanding as of the
date hereof as set forth on the Members Schedule (as in effect on the date
hereof).
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(d) Class B-1 Units. The Company hereby authorizes the
issuance of Class B-1 Units, of which 3,277.9 Class B-1 Units are outstanding as
of the date hereof as set forth on the Members Schedule (as in effect on the
date hereof).
(e) Class B-2 Units. The Company hereby authorizes the
issuance of Class B-2 Units, of which 3,287.4 Class B-2 Units are outstanding as
of the date hereof as set forth on the Members Schedule (as in effect on the
date hereof).
(f) Class B-3 Units. The Company hereby authorizes the
issuance of Class B-3 Units, of which 3,295.6 Class B-3 Units are outstanding as
of the date hereof as set forth on the the Members Schedule (as in effect on the
date hereof).
(g) Class B-4 Units. The Company hereby authorizes the
issuance of Class B-4 Units, of which 3,001.612 Class B-4 Units are outstanding
as of the date hereof as set forth on the the Members Schedule (as in effect on
the date hereof).
(h) Class B-5 Units. The Company hereby authorizes the
issuance of Class B-5 Units, none of which are outstanding as of the date
hereof.
(i) Additional Units. Except as expressly provided by this
Agreement, the Company shall not authorize, issue or sell, or cause to be
authorized, issued or sold, any Units.
5.3 Unit Certificates.
(a) All Units shall be represented by certificates. Each such
certificate shall be signed by an officer of the Company, certifying the number
of Units owned by the holder of such Units and stating the type, class and/or
series of such Units. All certificates for each type and class or series of
Units shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name of the
Person to whom the Units represented thereby are issued, the number, type and
class or series of Units and date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the
Company and, until such Units are transferred on the books of the Company
(including the Members Schedule), such Person shall be deemed to be the owner of
such Units for all purposes. Units shall only be transferred on the books of the
Company (including the Members Schedule) by the holder of record thereof, or by
such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Company
of the certificate(s) for such Units endorsed by the appropriate Person(s), with
such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer, authorization
and other matters as the Company may reasonably require, and accompanied by all
necessary transfer stamps. If all conditions to such a transfer have been met,
it shall be the duty of the Company to issue a new certificate to the Person
entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate(s), and record the transaction on
its books (including the Members Schedule).
(b) Any officer of the Company may direct a new certificate(s)
to be issued in place of any certificate(s) previously issued by the Company
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit
of that fact by the Person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate(s), such officer
may, in his or her discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance of
such new
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certificate(s), require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate(s), or his or her legal representative, to give the Company a bond
sufficient to indemnify the Company against any claim that may be made against
the Company on account of such loss, theft or destruction or of the issuance of
such new certificate.
5.4 Issuance of Units. Subject to Section 5.6 and to the limitations contained
in Section 11.5 hereof, the Company (with the approval of the Board) shall have
the right to issue any authorized but unissued Units; provided, that the Company
shall not issue any Units to any Person unless such Person has executed and
delivered to the Secretary of the Company the documents described in Section 5.5
hereof. Upon the issuance of Units, the Board shall adjust the Capital Accounts
of the Members as necessary in accordance with Section 6.2.
5.5 New Members from the Issuance of Units. In order for a Person to be admitted
as a Member of the Company pursuant to the issuance of Units to such Person,
such Person shall have executed and delivered to the Secretary of the Company a
written undertaking to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (each, a "Joinder"). Upon
execution of a Joinder, the amendment of the Members Schedule by the Secretary
of the Company and the satisfaction of any other applicable conditions,
including the receipt by the Company of payment for the issuance of the
applicable Units, such Person shall be admitted as a Member and deemed listed as
such on the books and records of the Company and thereupon shall be issued his
or its Units. The Board shall then adjust the Capital Accounts of the Members as
necessary in accordance with Section 6.2.
5.6 Class B-4 Units.
(a) Mandatory Issuances of Class B-4 Units. If the Company
shall declare a dividend or make a Distribution on any of its outstanding Common
Units in Common Units, or subdivide or reclassify any of its outstanding Common
Units into a greater number of Common Units (other than any dividend,
Distribution, subdivision or reclassification equally applicable to all Common
Units), the number of Class B-4 Units held by any Member at the time of the
effective date of or record date for such dividend, Distribution, subdivision or
reclassification shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the number of Class
B-4 Units held by such Member immediately prior to such action multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Units outstanding
after giving effect to such action, and the denominator of which shall be the
number of Common Units outstanding immediately prior to such action. Such
adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
(b) Restrictions on the Issuance of Class B-4 Units. Without
the prior consent of holders of a majority of the number of Class B-4 Units then
outstanding, the Company shall not issue any Class B-4 Units except (i) pursuant
to the terms of the Muzak Merger Agreement, (ii) pursuant to the terms of the
Xxxx Contribution Agreement, (iii) pursuant to Section 5.6(a), or (iv) pursuant
to Article X of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(c) Qualified Public Offering. Immediately prior to the
consummation of any Qualified Public Offering (as such term is defined in the
Members Agreement), the Members agree to convert Class A Units and Class B-4
Units, on a per Common Unit basis, into common
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equity securities of the applicable successor corporation and that each share of
such common equity securities of the applicable successor corporation shall have
equal voting, dividend and liquidation rights. For greater certainty, the
Members agree that upon the conversion of the Company into a corporation
(whether accomplished by merger, conversion or other means) in order to
consummate a Qualified Public Offering, each Class A Unit and each Class B-4
Unit shall be treated equally in such conversion for all purposes and no Class A
Units or Class B-4 Units shall entitle the holder thereof to any preferential
rights including, without limitation, to Distributions of Yield or Unpaid Yield.
ARTICLE VI
Capital Contributions and Capital Accounts
6.1 Capital Contributions.
(a) Prior to, or as of, the date hereof, each Person who is a
Member as of the date hereof has made or is deemed to have made, the Capital
Contributions giving rise to such Member's initial Capital Account and is deemed
to own the number, type and class or series of Units, in each case, in the
amounts set forth opposite such Member's name on the Members Schedule as in
effect on the date hereof.
(b) No Member shall make or be required to make any additional
contributions to the Company with respect to such Member's Units. Except as
expressly provided herein, no Member, in its capacity as a Member, shall have
the right to receive any cash or any other property of the Company.
6.2 Capital Accounts. The Company will maintain a separate Capital Account for
each Member according to the rules of Treasury Regulation section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). For this purpose, the Company may, upon the occurrence of the
events specified in Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), increase
or decrease the Capital Accounts in accordance with the rules of such regulation
and Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) to reflect a revaluation of
Company property.
6.3 Method of Determining Profits and Losses. For purposes of computing the
amount of any item of Company income, gain, loss or deduction to be allocated
pursuant to Article VIII and to be reflected in the Capital Accounts, the
determination, recognition and classification of any such item will be the same
as its determination, recognition and classification for federal income tax
purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization
used for this purpose); provided, that:
(a) the computation of all items of income, gain, loss and
deduction will include tax-exempt income and those items described in Treasury
Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) without regard to the fact that such
items are not includable in gross income or are not deductible for federal
income tax purposes;
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(b) if the Book Value of any Company property is adjusted
pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) or (f), the amount
of such adjustment will be taken into account as gain or loss from the
disposition of such property;
(c) items of income, gain, loss or deduction attributable to
the disposition of Company property having a Book Value that differs from its
adjusted basis for tax purposes will be computed by reference to the Book Value
of such property;
(d) items of depreciation, amortization and other cost
recovery deductions with respect to Company property having a Book Value that
differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes will be computed by reference
to the property's Book Value in accordance with Treasury Regulation section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g); and
(e) to the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of
any Company asset pursuant to Code sections 732(d), 734(b) or 743(b) is
required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be
taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such
adjustment to the Capital Accounts will be treated as an item of gain (if the
adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment
decreases such basis).
6.4 Negative Capital Accounts. If any Member has a deficit balance in its
Capital Account, such Member shall have no obligation to restore such negative
balance or to make any Capital Contributions to the Company by reason thereof,
and such negative balance shall not be considered an asset of the Company or of
any Member.
6.5 No Withdrawal. No Member will be entitled to withdraw any part of its
Capital Contribution or Capital Account or to receive any Distribution from the
Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any applicable
Related Agreement.
6.6 Loans From Members. Loans by Members to the Company shall not be considered
Capital Contributions.
6.7 Status of Capital Contributions.
(a) No Member shall receive any interest, salary or drawing
with respect to its Capital Contributions or its Capital Account, except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, no Member
shall be required to lend any funds to the Company or to make any additional
Capital Contributions to the Company.
(c) No Member shall have any personal liability for the
repayment of any Capital Contribution of any other Member.
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ARTICLE VII
Distributions
7.1 Order of Priority Generally. As and when determined by the Board, the
Company may make Distributions at any time or from time to time. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement (including Sections 7.2, 7.3, 7.6
and 7.7), Article XI of the Securities Purchase Agreement, or any Certificate of
Designation, all Distributions shall be made in the following order and priority
(except any Series A Redemption Premium shall be Distributed to the Series A
Preferred Unitholders at the same time (but shall otherwise be deemed to be
Distributed pursuant to Section 7.1(a)) as Distributions are made to such
Unitholder under Section 7.1(b)):
(a) First, to the holders of Series A Preferred Units, in
proportion to and to the extent of the Unpaid Series A Preferred Return on the
Series A Preferred Units owned by each such holder as of the time of such
Distribution. No Distribution or any portion thereof may be made pursuant to, or
in accordance with, Sections 7.1(b) through 7.1(h) until the entire amount of
the Unpaid Series A Preferred Return on the Series A Preferred Units as of the
time of such Distribution has been paid in full.
(b) Second, to the holders of Series A Preferred Units, in
proportion to and to the extent of the Unreturned Series A Preferred Unit
Capital Value in respect of the Series A Preferred Units owned by each such
holder as of the time of such Distribution. No Distribution or any portion
thereof may be made pursuant to, or in accordance with, Sections 7.1(c) through
7.1(h) until the entire amount of Unreturned Series A Preferred Unit Capital
Value of the Series A Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution has
been paid in full.
(c) Third, to the holders of Common Investment Units, in
proportion to and to the extent of the Unpaid Yield on the Common Investment
Units owned by each such holder as of the time of such Distribution. No
Distribution or any portion thereof may be made pursuant to, or in accordance
with, Sections 7.1(d) through 7.1(h) until the entire amount of the Unpaid Yield
on the Common Investment Units as of the time of such Distribution has been paid
in full.
(d) Fourth, to the holders of Common Investment Units, in
proportion to and to the extent of the Unreturned Common Investment Unit Capital
Value in respect of the Common Investment Units owned by each such holder as of
the time of such Distribution. No Distribution or any portion thereof may be
made pursuant to, or in accordance with, Sections 7.1(e) through 7.1(h) until
the entire amount of Unreturned Common Investment Unit Capital Value of the
Common Investment Units as of the time of such Distribution has been paid in
full.
(e) Fifth, to the holders of Class A-1 Units, in proportion to
and to the extent of the Additional Class A-1 Unpaid Yield on the Class A-1
Units owned by each such holder as of the time of such Distribution. No
Distribution or any portion thereof may be made pursuant to, or in accordance
with, Sections 7.1(f) through 7.1(h) until the entire amount of the Additional
Class A-1 Unpaid Yield on the Class A-1 Units as of the time of such
Distribution has been paid in full.
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(f) Sixth, to the holders of Class A-1 Units, in proportion to
and to the extent of the Additional Class A-1 Unreturned Capital Value in
respect of the Class A-1 Units owned by each such holder as of the time of such
Distribution. No Distribution or any portion thereof may be made pursuant to, or
in accordance with, Section 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) until the entire amount of
Additional Class A-1 Unreturned Capital Value of the Class A-1 Units as of the
time of such Distribution has been paid in full.
(g) Seventh, to the holders of Common Units upon which less
than the Catch-Up Amount has been paid, until an aggregate amount equal to the
Catch-Up Amount has been paid with respect to each Common Unit. Amounts payable
pursuant to, or in accordance with, this Section 7.1(g) will be paid first in
respect of those Common Units upon which the least amount of Distributions have
theretofore been paid, until Distributions have been paid in respect of such
Common Units in an amount equal to the amount of Distributions theretofore paid
on the Common Units which have theretofore been paid the second least amount.
Distributions will then be paid in respect of such former Common Units and such
latter Common Units until Distributions have been paid in respect of all such
Common Units in an amount equal to the amount of Distributions theretofore paid
on the Common Units which have theretofore been paid the third least amount, and
so on until the same amount has been paid in respect of all Common Units and
thereafter Distributions shall be made pro rata among the holders of Common
Units upon which less than the Catch-Up Amount has been paid. Adjustments shall
be made under this Section 7.1(g) in respect of Class B Units for Distributions
that are foregone under Section 7.2, with such adjustments being made in the
manner provided in Section 7.2. No Distribution or any portion thereof may be
made pursuant to Section 7.1(h) until the aggregate amount of all Distributions
made in respect of each Common Unit is equal to the Catch-Up Amount.
(h) Eighth, to the holders of Common Units, pro rata according
to the number of Common Units owned by each such holder.
7.2 No Right to Receive Certain Distributions. Notwithstanding Section 7.1:
(a) On Class B Units. A holder of any Class B Unit will forego
Distributions which would otherwise be made in respect of such Class B Unit from
time to time pursuant to Section 7.1 (including by reason of Section 7.2(b)) in
such amount(s) as may be required so that the aggregate amount of Distributions
foregone with respect to such Class B Unit by reason of this Section 7.2(a) is
equal to the Non-Distribution Amount for such Class B Unit; provided, that the
amount of any Distribution foregone by a holder of any Class B Unit shall be
treated as having been received by such holder for purposes of calculating the
Catch-Up Amount and of determining whether, and to what extent, such holder is
entitled to receive Distributions under Section 7.1(g). No holder of any Class B
Unit will later have the right to receive any Distribution which is foregone
pursuant to this Section 7.2(a), except to the extent that any portion of such
foregone Distribution may ultimately be reallocated to such holder in accordance
with Section 7.2(b).
(b) Reallocation. All Distributions that are foregone in
respect of any Class B Unit pursuant to Section 7.2(a) will be reallocated and
paid instead to the holders of Common
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Units in accordance with Sections 7.1(g) and 7.1(h) (subject again to being
foregone pursuant to Section 7.2(a)).
7.3 Tax Distributions. Notwithstanding the priority of Distributions in Section
7.1 or the effect of the Non-Distribution Amount in Section 7.2, the Company
will, consistent with and subject to any restrictions which may be imposed under
any contractual obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries or applicable law,
make Distributions to each Member in amounts such that, on the fifth Business
Day prior to each date on which annual or quarterly federal income tax payments
are required to be made by individuals, such Member has received Distributions
(whether pursuant to this Section 7.3 or otherwise) in aggregate amounts equal
to the excess, if any, of (a) the product of (i) the estimated Net Taxable
Profits allocable to such Member as of the end of the fiscal quarter in respect
of which such estimated federal income taxes are to be paid, multiplied by (ii)
the highest effective income tax rate (federal, state and local, adjusted for
any deductions and credits allowed by one taxing authority for income taxes paid
to another taxing authority) that is applicable to any Member (segregating, with
respect to the application of this Section 7.3, Net Taxable Profits for which
different income tax rates under this Section 7.3 apply), over (b) all previous
Distributions made to such Member in respect of such allocable Net Taxable
Profits. The Company will, consistent with and subject to any restrictions which
may be imposed under any contractual obligation of the Company or its
Subsidiaries or applicable law, cause such Distributions to be made in a manner
which permits such Members to use the proceeds of such Distributions to make on
a timely basis all required estimated payments of income taxes in respect of the
taxable income so allocated to them. The Distributions required by this Section
7.3 will, consistent with and subject to any restrictions which may be imposed
under any contractual obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries or
applicable law, be made (i) without regard for the relative priorities and
amounts set forth in Section 7.1 and (ii) without regard to Section 7.2.
Distributions made to a Member pursuant to this Section 7.3, however, shall be
taken into account for purposes of this Agreement as if they were made under
Section 7.1 in respect of the allocations of Net Profit (or separately allocated
items of income and gains) to which they relate and, therefore, shall reduce the
Distributions that otherwise would be made to such Member under Section 7.1 in
respect of such income. No Member shall be liable to the Company for any amount
Distributed to it pursuant to this Section 7.3 or for any interest on such
amount.
7.4 Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member. If the
Company is required to withhold and remit any federal, state, foreign or local
income taxes levied on all or part of a Member's allocable share of net income
and gains, such withholding by the Company shall be treated as a Distribution to
the Member for whom such withholding is made and shall proportionately reduce
the amount of Distributions to be paid directly to such Member. If the Board
determines that the Company lacks sufficient funds to make Distributions in an
aggregate amount that would allow for any such withholding, the Member for whom
such withholding is to be made shall make Capital Contributions of cash or
immediately available funds in the amount needed by the Company after said
Distributions have been made to satisfy such withholding liability within ten
days after being so notified by the Company. Should a Member fail to timely make
any such Capital Contributions, such Member shall be in default and shall
indemnify and hold the Company and the other Members harmless for any costs,
penalties, payments or damages incurred by the Company or the other Members as a
result of such failure,
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and such Member shall pay the Company interest in respect to any disbursements
by the Company as a result of such Member failing to timely make the Capital
Contributions required by this Section 7.4 at the lower of the Prime Rate plus
three percentage points per annum, compounded monthly, or the highest rate of
interest allowed by applicable law. The Company shall have the authority to
apply any Distributions to which such defaulting Member would otherwise be
entitled towards the satisfaction of the liabilities to the Company incurred by
such Member under this Section 7.4. For purposes of this Section 7.4, "Prime
Rate" means, as of a particular date, the prime rate of interest as published on
such date in the Wall Street Journal, and generally defined therein as "the base
rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation's 30 largest
banks"; provided, that, if the Wall Street Journal is not published on a date
for which the Prime Rate must be determined, the Prime Rate shall be the prime
rate published in the Wall Street Journal on the nearest-preceding date on which
the Wall Street Journal was published or if the Wall Street Journal discontinues
publishing a prime rate, the Prime Rate shall be the prime rate announced
publicly from time to time by Bank of America, N.A. or successor bank.
7.5 Set-off against Distributions to Holders of Class B-4 Units. All
Distributions to holders of Class B-4 Units pursuant to this Article VII or any
other amounts payable to holders of Class B-4 Units pursuant to Article X hereof
are subject to set-off in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the Muzak
Merger Agreement. This Section 7.5 shall be binding upon each and every holder
of Class B-4 Units.
7.6 Limitations on Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any Distribution if such
Distribution would violate section 18-607 of the Delaware Act or other
applicable law or if such Distribution would violate any of the Company's debt
financing agreements or any other debt financing agreement of which the Company
is a guarantor, but shall instead make such Distribution as soon as practicable
after such time as the making of such Distribution would not cause such
violation.
7.7 Employee Redemptions. Notwithstanding Section 7.1, Distributions
constituting a payment by the Company for the redemption or repurchase
(including pursuant to a Management Securities Repurchase Agreement) of any Unit
initially issued to any employee or former employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company or their permitted transferees, which redemption or
repurchase is approved by the Board either contemporaneously with such
redemption or repurchase or at the time of execution of such Management
Securities Repurchase Agreement, may be made directly to such employee, former
employee, or permitted transferee.
ARTICLE VIII
Allocations
8.1 Regular Allocations.
(a) Allocations of Net Profit. Except as otherwise provided
herein, including Section 8.2 and Section 10.2 (relating to allocation
true-ups), or in any Certificate of
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Designation, Net Profit for any Fiscal Year or any other period (as the Board
may determine) will be allocated among the Members as follows:
(i) First, to the holders of Series A Preferred Units
until the aggregate amount allocated under this Section
8.1(a)(i) over the life of the Company equals the sum (at the
time of the allocation) of (A) the Series A Preferred Return
on the Series A Preferred Units owned by each such holder at
the time of such allocation and (B) the aggregate amount of
Net Loss previously allocated under Section 8.1(b)(ix) to each
such holder. The allocation of Net Profit under this Section
8.1(a)(i) shall be made pro rata to the holders of Series A
Preferred Units, based upon the sum of the amounts in (A) and
(B) above with respect to each such holder;
(ii) Second, to the holders of Series A Preferred
Units in an amount equal to the amount of Net Loss previously
allocated to the holders of Series A Preferred Units under
Section 8.1(b)(viii) and not previously reversed by a Net
Profit allocation under this Section 8.1(a)(ii). The
allocation of Net Profit under this Section 8.1(a)(ii) shall
be made pro rata to the holders of Series A Preferred Units,
based upon the amount of Net Loss previously allocated to each
such holder under Section 8.1(b)(viii) and not previously
reversed under this Section 8.1(a)(ii);
(iii) Third, to the holders of Common Investment Units
until the aggregate amount allocated under this Section
8.1(a)(iii) over the life of the Company equals the sum (at
the time of the allocation) of (A) the Yield on the Common
Investment Units owned by each such holder at the time of such
allocation and (B) the aggregate amount of Net Loss previously
allocated under Section 8.1(b)(vii) to each such holder. The
allocation of Net Profit under this Section 8.1(a)(iii) shall
be made pro rata to the holders of Common Investment Units,
based upon the sum of the amounts in (A) and (B) above with
respect to each such holder;
(iv) Fourth, to the holders of Common Investment Units
in an amount equal to the amount of Net Loss previously
allocated to the holders of Common Investment Units under
Section 8.1(b)(vi) and not previously reversed by a Net Profit
allocation under this Section 8.1(a)(iv). The allocation of
Net Profit under this Section 8.1(a)(iv) shall be made pro
rata to the holders of Common Investment Units, based upon
amount of Net Loss previously allocated to each such holder
under Section 8.1(b)(vi) and not previously reversed under
this Section 8.1(a)(iv);
(v) Fifth, to the holders of Class A-1 Units until the
aggregate amount allocated under this Section 8.1(a)(v) over
the life of the Company equals the sum (at the time of the
allocation) of (A) the Additional Class A-1 Yield on the Class
A-1 Units owned by each such holder at the time of such
allocation and (B) the aggregate amount of Net Loss previously
allocated under Section 8.1(b)(v) to each
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such holder. The allocation of Net Profit under this Section
8.1(a)(v) shall be made pro rata to the holders of Class A-1
Units, based upon the sum of the amounts in (A) and (B) above
with respect to each such holder;
(vi) Sixth, to the holders of Class A-1 Units in an
amount equal to the amount of Net Loss previously allocated to
the holders of Class A-1 Units under Section 8.1(b)(iv) and
not previously reversed by a Net Profit allocation under this
Section 8.1(a)(vi). The allocation of Net Profit under this
Section 8.1(a)(vi) shall be made pro rata to the holders of
Class A-1 Units, based upon amount of Net Loss previously
allocated to each such holder under Section 8.1(b)(iv) and not
previously reversed under this Section 8.1(a)(vi);
(vii) Seventh, to the holders of Class B Units in an
amount equal to the amount of Net Loss previously allocated to
the holders of Class B Units under Section 8.1(b)(iii) and not
previously reversed by a Net Profit allocation under this
Section 8.1(a)(vii). The allocation of Net Profit under this
Section 8.1(a)(vii) shall be made pro rata to the holders of
Class B Units, based upon amount of Net Loss previously
allocated to each such holder under Section 8.1(b)(iii) and
not previously reversed under this Section 8.1(a)(vii);
(viii) Eighth, to the holders of Common Units until
the aggregate amount allocated under this Section 8.1(a)(viii)
over the life of the Company equals the sum (at the time of
the allocation) of (A) the Catch-Up Amount for each Common
Unit (assuming all amounts Distributable to holders of Common
Investment Units pursuant to, or in accordance with, Sections
7.1(g) and 7.1(h) hereof have been Distributed to such holders
of Common Investment Units) (adjusted for the Non-Distribution
Amount in respect of Class B Common Units) owned by each such
holder at the time of such allocation, and (B) the aggregate
amount of Net Loss previously allocated under Section
8.1(b)(ii) to each such holder. The allocation of Net Profit
under this Section 8.1(a)(viii) shall be made first to the
holders of Common Units who received an allocation of Net Loss
under Section 8.1(b)(ii) not previously reversed by a Net
Profit allocation under this Section 8.1(a)(viii) until all
such allocations of Net Loss have been reversed, pro rata
according to the amount of Net Loss allocated to them and not
previously reversed under this Section 8.1(a)(viii), second to
the holders of Common Units who received a Distribution under
Section 7.1(g) not previously subject to a Net Profit
allocation under this Section 8.1(a)(viii) until all such
Distributions have been made subject to a Net Profit
allocation, pro rata according to the amount of Distributions
received by them; and third to the holders of Common Units who
are then entitled to receive a Catch-Up Amount (assuming all
amounts Distributable to holders of Common Investment Units
pursuant to Sections 7.1(g) and 7.1(h) hereof have been
Distributed to such holders of Common Investment Units)
according to the ordering provisions of Section 7.1(g); and
(ix) Ninth, to the holders of Common Units, pro rata
according to the number of Common Units owned by each such
holder.
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(b) Allocations of Net Loss. Except as otherwise provided
herein, including Section 8.2 and Section 10.2 (relating to allocation
true-ups), or in any Certificate of Designation, Net Loss for any Fiscal Year or
any other period (as the Board may determine) will be allocated among the
Members as follows:
(i) First, to the holders of Common Units in an
amount equal to the amount of Net Profit previously allocated
to the holders of Common Units under Section 8.1(a)(ix) and
not previously subject to a Net Loss allocation under this
Section 8.1(b)(i), pro rata to such holders according to the
amount of Net Profit allocated to them under Section
8.1(a)(ix);
(ii) Second, to the holders of Common Units in an
amount equal to the amount of Net Profit previously allocated
to the holders of Common Units under Section 8.1(a)(viii) and
not previously subject to a Net Loss allocation under this
Section 8.1(b)(ii); provided, that the amount of Net Loss
allocated under this Section 8.1(b)(ii) shall not exceed the
Catch-Up Amount for all such holders (adjusted for the
Non-Distribution Amount in respect of Class B Units). The
allocation of Net Loss pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(ii)
shall be made in reverse of the ordering, provisions of Section
7.1(g);
(iii) Third, to the holders of Class B Units to the
extent necessary to make the balance of their Adjusted Capital
Accounts attributable to Capital Contributions, if any, made
with respect to the Class B Units equal to zero. The
allocation of Net Loss pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(iii)
shall be made pro rata to such holders according to balance of
the Adjusted Capital Accounts attributable to Capital
Contributions made with respect to the Class B Units for each
such holder;
(iv) Fourth, to the holders of Class A-1 Units to the
extent necessary to make the balance of their Adjusted Capital
Accounts attributable to Capital Contributions made with
respect to the Class A-1 Units to $1,000. The allocation of
Net Loss pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(iv) shall be made pro
rata to such holders according to balance of the Adjusted
Capital Accounts attributable to Capital Contributions made
with respect to the Class A-1 Units for each such holder;
(v) Fifth, to the holders of Class A-1 Units in an
amount equal to the amount of Net Profit previously allocated
to the holders of Class A-1 Units under Section 8.1(a)(v) and
not previously subject to a Net Loss allocation under this
Section 8.1(b)(v); provided, that the amount of Net Loss
allocated under this Section 8.1(b)(v) shall not exceed the
Additional Class A-1 Unpaid Yield for all such holders. The
allocation of Net Loss pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(v)
shall be made pro rata to such holders according to the amount
of Additional Class A-1 Unpaid Yield for each such holder;
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(vi) Sixth, to the holders of Common Investment Units
to the extent necessary to make the balance of their Adjusted
Capital Accounts attributable to Capital Contributions made
with respect to the Common Investment Units equal to zero. The
allocation of Net Loss pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(vi)
shall be made pro rata to such holders according to balance of
the Adjusted Capital Accounts attributable to Capital
Contributions made with respect to the Common Investment Units
for each such holder;
(vii) Seventh, to the holders of Common Investment
Units in an amount equal to the amount of Net Profit
previously allocated to the holders of Common Investment Units
under Section 8.1(a)(iii) and not previously subject to a Net
Loss allocation under this Section 8.1(b)(vii); provided that
the amount of Net Loss allocated under this Section
8.1(b)(vii) shall not exceed the Unpaid Yield for all such
holders. The allocation of Net Loss pursuant to this Section
8.1(b)(vii) shall be made pro rata to such holders according
to the amount of Unpaid Yield for each such holder;
(viii) Eighth, to the holders of Series A Preferred
Units to the extent necessary to make the balance of their
Adjusted Capital Accounts attributable to Capital
Contributions made with respect to the Series A Preferred
Units equal to zero. The allocation of Net Loss pursuant to
this Section 8.1(b)(viii) shall be made pro rata to such
holders according to balance of the Adjusted Capital Accounts
attributable to Capital Contributions made with respect to the
Series A Preferred Units for each such holder;
(ix) Ninth, to the holders of Series A Preferred Units
in an amount equal to the amount of Net Profit previously
allocated to the holders of Series A Preferred Units under
Section 8.1(a)(i) and not previously subject to a Net Loss
allocation under this Section 8.1(b)(ix); provided that the
amount of Net Loss allocated under this Section 8.1(b)(ix)
shall not exceed the Unpaid Series A Preferred Return for all
such holders. The allocation of Net Loss pursuant to this
Section 8.1(b)(ix) shall be made pro rata to such holders
according to the amount of Unpaid Series A Preferred Return
for each such holder;
(x) Tenth, to the holders of Common Units pro rata
according to the number of Common Units owed by each such
holder.
8.2 Special Allocations.
(a) Nonrecourse Debt. Losses attributable to a partner
nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.704-2(b)(4)) will
be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulation section 1.704-2(i)).
If there is a net decrease during a Fiscal Year in partner nonrecourse debt
minimum gain (as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.704-3(i)(3)), then
Profits for such Fiscal Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Fiscal Years)
shall be allocated to the Members in the amounts and of such character as
determined according to, and subject to the exceptions contained in, Treasury
Regulation section 1.704-2(i)(4).
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(b) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 8.2(a), if there is a net decrease in the Minimum Gain during any Fiscal
Year, then each Member will be allocated Profits for such Fiscal Year (and, if
necessary, for subsequent Fiscal Years) in the amounts and of such character as
determined according to, and subject to the exceptions contained in Treasury
Regulation section 1.704-2(f). This Section 8.2(b) is intended to be a minimum
gain chargeback provision that complies with the requirements of Treasury
Regulation section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent
with such intention.
(c) Qualified Income Offset. If any Member who unexpectedly
receives an adjustment, allocation, or Distribution described in Treasury
Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6) has a negative balance
in such Member's Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of any Fiscal Year,
computed after the application of Sections 8.2(a) and 8.2(b) but before the
application of any other provision of Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, then Profits
for such Fiscal Year shall be allocated to such Member in proportion to, and to
the extent of, such a negative balance in such Member's Adjusted Capital
Account. This Section 8.2(c) is intended to be a qualified income offset
provision as described in Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and
shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intention.
(d) Adjustment of Tax Basis. Profits and Losses described in
Section 6.3(e) shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the manner that
the adjustments to the Capital Accounts are required to be made pursuant to
Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(j), (k) and (m).
(e) Transaction with Member. If, and to the extent that, any
Member is deemed to recognize any item of income, gain; loss, deduction or
credit as a result of any transaction between such Member and the Company
pursuant to any of Code sections 1272-1274, 7872, 483 and 482 or any similar
provision now or hereafter in effect, and the Tax Matters Partner determines
that any corresponding Profits or Losses of the Company should be allocated to
the Member who recognized such item in order to reflect the Member's economic
interests in the Company, then the Company may so allocate such Profits or
Losses.
8.3 Tax Allocations.
(a) Generally. The income, gains, losses, deductions and
credits of the Company will be allocated, for federal, state and local income
tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such
income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the Members for computing
their Capital Accounts, except that if any such allocation is not permitted by
the Code or other applicable law, the Company's subsequent income, gains,
losses. deductions and credit will be allocated among the Members so as to
reflect as nearly as possible the allocation set forth in this Agreement in
computing their Capital Accounts.
(b) Differences Between Book Value and Tax Basis. Items of
Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property
contributed to the capital of the Company will be allocated among the Members in
accordance with Code section 704(c)
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so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such
property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value.
(c) Adjustments in Book Value. If the Book Value of any
Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Section 6.3, then subsequent allocations
of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset
will take into account any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset
for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in the same manner as under
Code section 704(c).
(d) Allocations of Credits and the Like. Allocations of tax
credits, tax credit recapture, and any items related thereto will be allocated
to the Members according to their interests in such items as determined by the
Tax Matters Partner taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulation
section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).
(e) No Effect on Capital Accounts. Allocations pursuant to
this Section 8.3 are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and
will not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member's
Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, Distributions or other items
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
8.4 Curative Allocations. If the Tax Matters Partner determines, after
consultation with counsel experienced in income tax matters, that the allocation
of any item of Company income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (an "unallocated
item") is not specified in this Agreement or that the allocation of any item of
Company income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (a "misallocated item") under
this Agreement is in the Board's reasonable judgment inconsistent with the
Members' economic interests in the Company (determined by reference to the
amounts Distributable to the Members hereunder and otherwise applying the
general principles of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-l(b) and the factors set
forth in Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(3)(ii)), then the Company shall
allocate such unallocated items, or reallocate such misallocated items, to
reflect such economic interests; provided, that no such allocation will have any
material effect on the amounts Distributable to any Member, including the
amounts to be Distributed upon the complete liquidation of the Company.
ARTICLE IX
Elections and Reports
9.1 Generally. The Company will keep appropriate books and records with respect
to the Company's business, including all books and records necessary to provide
any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant
to Section 9.3 or pursuant to applicable laws. The Members (subject to
reasonable confidentiality requirements that the Board may impose) shall have
such right to request and receive information concerning the Company and its
affairs as is required by the Delaware Act.
9.2 Tax Status. The Members intend that the Company be treated as a partnership
for federal, state and local income tax purposes, and the Company and each
Member shall file all tax returns on the basis consistent therewith.
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9.3 Reports. The Company will use reasonable efforts to deliver or cause to be
delivered, by March 1 (and, in any event, will deliver not later than May 31) of
each year, to each Person who was a Member at any time during the previous
Fiscal Year, all information necessary for the preparation of such Person's
United States federal income tax returns and any state, local and foreign income
tax returns which such Person is required to file as a result of the Company
being engaged in a trade or business within such state, local or foreign
jurisdiction, including a statement showing such Person's share of income,
gains, losses, deductions and credits for such year for United States federal
income tax purposes (and, if applicable, state, local or foreign income tax
purposes) and the amount of any Distributions made to or for the account of such
Person. Upon the written request of any such Person made not later than 30 days
after the end of each Fiscal Year, the Company will use reasonable efforts to
deliver or cause to be delivered any additional information necessary for the
preparation of any state, local and foreign income tax returns which must be
filed by such Person.
9.4 Tax Elections. The taxable year will be the Fiscal Year, unless the Tax
Matters Partner determines otherwise in compliance with applicable laws. The Tax
Matters Partner will determine whether to make or revoke any available election
pursuant to the Code. Each Member will upon request supply the information
necessary to give proper effect to any such election.
9.5 Tax Controversies. MEM Holdings is designated the Tax Matters Partner for
the Company, and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the
Company's expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company's affairs
by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings,
and to expend Company funds for professional services and costs associated
therewith; provided, that the Tax Matters Partner may be replaced by action of a
Majority in Voting Interest. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Tax
Matters Partner and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably
requested by the Tax Matters Partner with respect to the conduct of such
proceedings. Subject to the foregoing proviso, the Tax Matters Partner will have
sole discretion to determine whether the Company (either on its own behalf or on
behalf of the Members) will contest or continue to contest any tax deficiencies
assessed or proposed to be assessed by any taxing authority. Any deficiency for
taxes imposed on any Member (including penalties, additions to tax or interest
imposed with respect to such taxes) will be paid by such Member, and if required
to be paid (and actually paid) by the Company, will be recoverable from such
Member as provided in Section 7.4.
ARTICLE X
Dissolution and Liquidation
10.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up only
upon the happening of any of the following events:
(a) The sale or other disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the assets it then owns;
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(b) Upon the election to dissolve the Company by a Majority in
Voting Interest; or
(c) The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under
section 18-802 of the Delaware Act; provided, that, notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, no Member shall make an application for the
dissolution of the Company pursuant to section 18-802 of the Delaware Act
without the approval of a Majority in Voting Interest.
Dissolution of the Company shall be effective on the day on which the event
occurs giving rise to such dissolution, but the Company shall not terminate
until the winding up of the Company has been completed, the assets of the
Company have been Distributed as provided in Section 10.2 and the Certificate
shall have been canceled.
10.2 Liquidation.
(a) Liquidator. Upon dissolution of the Company, the Board
will appoint a Person to act as the "Liquidator," and such Person shall act as
the Liquidator unless and until a successor Liquidator is appointed as provided
in this Section 10.2. The Liquidator will agree not to resign at any time
without 30 days' prior written notice to the Board. The Liquidator may be
removed at any time, for or without cause, by notice of removal and appointment
of a successor Liquidator approved by the Board. Any successor Liquidator will
succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the former Liquidator. The right to
appoint a successor or substitute Liquidator in the manner provided in this
Section 10.2 will be recurring and continuing for so long as the functions and
services of the Liquidator are authorized to continue under the provisions of
this Agreement, and every reference in this Agreement to the Liquidator will be
deemed to refer also to any such successor or substitute Liquidator appointed in
the manner provided in this Section 10.2. The Liquidator will receive as
compensation for its services (i) no additional compensation, if the Liquidator
is an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) such
compensation as the Board may approve, if the Liquidator is not such an
employee, plus, in either case, reimbursement of the Liquidator's out-of-pocket
expenses in performing its duties.
(b) Liquidating Actions. The Liquidator will liquidate the
assets of the Company and apply and Distribute the proceeds of such liquidation,
in the following order of priority, unless otherwise required by mandatory
provisions of applicable law:
(i) First, to the payment of the Company's debts and
obligations to its creditors (including Members), including sales commissions
and other expenses incident to any sale of the assets of the Company, in order
of the priority provided by law;
(ii) Second, to the establishment of and additions to
such reserves as the Board deems necessary or appropriate; and
(iii) Third, to the Members, in accordance with
Section 7.1, subject to Section 7.2, or any Certificate of Designation and the
final paragraph of this Section 10.2(b).
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The reserves established pursuant to clause (ii) above will be paid over by the
Liquidator to a bank or other financial institution, to be held in escrow for
the purpose of paying any such contingent or unforeseen liabilities or
obligations and, at the expiration of such period as the Board deems advisable,
such reserves will be Distributed to the Members in accordance with Section 7.1,
subject to Section 7.2 or any Certificate of Designation. The allocations and
Distributions provided for in this Agreement are intended to result in the
Capital Account of each Member immediately prior to the Distribution of the
Company's assets pursuant to this Section 10.2(b) being equal to the amount
Distributable to such Member pursuant to this Section 10.2(b). The Company is
authorized to make appropriate adjustments in the allocation of Profits and
Losses as necessary to cause the amount of each Member's Capital Account
immediately prior to the Distribution of the Company's assets pursuant to this
Section 10.2(b) to equal the amount Distributable to such Member pursuant to
this Section 10.2(b). In furtherance of the foregoing, and notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or any Certificate of Designation to the contrary,
the Class A Units issued to BancAmerica, New York Life and Northwestern (the
"Series A Preferred Unitholders") on the date hereof are intended to be the
economic equivalents of "profits interests" within the meaning of section 2.02
of Revenue Procedure 93-27, 1993-2 C.B. 343. Allocations of Profits and Losses
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, items of gross income and gross
deduction) shall be made in such manner as necessary (either with respect to the
Fiscal Year of liquidation, or, if the due date for the Company's tax return for
the preceding year (without regard to extensions) has not passed (and there are
not sufficient items of Profit or Loss in the current year) with respect to such
prior year) to yield the result described in the second preceding sentence, and
the holders of Class A Units issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement on the date hereof shall not be entitled to any distribution pursuant
to Section 7.1(d) upon a liquidation of the Company unless an amount of Profit
has been allocated to such holders pursuant to this sentence equal to the amount
to be distributed to them; provided, that the Company shall not make any
Distributions under Section 10.2(b)(iii) without the express written consent of
the holder(s) of a more than sixty percent of the outstanding Class A Units
issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the date hereof unless
such Distributions can be made pursuant to Section 7.1(d) on a pro rata per
Common Investment Unit basis.
(c) Distribution in Kind. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 10.2(b) which require the liquidation of the assets of the Company, but
subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 10.2(b), if upon
dissolution of the Company the Board determines that an immediate sale of part
or all of the Company's assets would be impractical or could cause undue loss to
the Members, the Board may, in its sole discretion, defer the liquidation of any
assets except those necessary to satisfy Company liabilities and reserves, and
may, in its absolute discretion, Distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, as
tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.2(b),
undivided interests in such Company assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable
for liquidation. Any such Distribution in kind will be subject to such
conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the
Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the
operating of such properties at such time. For purposes of any such
Distribution, the Board will determine the Fair Market Value of any property to
be Distributed in accordance with any valuation procedure which the Board
reasonably deems appropriate.
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(d) Reasonable Time for Winding Up. A reasonable time will be
allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company
and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 10.2(b) in order to
minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up. Distributions upon
liquidation of the Company (or any Member's interest in the Company) and related
adjustments will be made by the end of the Fiscal Year of the liquidation (or,
if later, within 90 days after the date of such liquidation) or as otherwise
permitted by Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b).
(e) Termination. Upon completion of the Distribution of the
assets of the Company as provided in Section 10.2(b) hereof, the Company shall
be terminated and the Liquidator shall cause the cancellation of the Certificate
in the State of Delaware and of all qualifications and registrations of the
Company as a foreign limited liability company in jurisdictions other than the
State of Delaware and shall take such other actions as may be necessary to
terminate the Company.
10.3 Voluntary Dissolution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
without the prior consent of the Required B-4 Holders, neither the Board nor the
Members shall effect a voluntary dissolution of the Company (except in
connection with an Approved Company Sale (as such term is defined in the Members
Agreement)) unless the Members holding Class B-4 Units receive their pro rata
percentage (based on the ratio of the number of Class B-4 Units held by such
Members to the number of Common Units then outstanding) share of the assets of
the Company in such dissolution or pro rata percentage share of the equity
securities issued by any successor entity to the Company.
ARTICLE XI
Transfer of Units; Conversions
11.1 Restrictions. Each Member acknowledges and agrees that such Member shall
not Transfer, or create or suffer to exist any Encumbrance against, any Units
except in accordance with the provisions of this Article XI and the Related
Agreements. Any attempted Transfer or Encumbrance in violation of the preceding
sentence shall be deemed null and void for all purposes, and the Company will
not record any such Transfer or Encumbrance on its books or treat any purported
transferee as the owner of such Units for any purpose.
11.2 General Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, no transferee of any Units received pursuant to a Transfer (but
excluding any transferee that was a Member or who is an Affiliate of any Member
to whom Series A Preferred Units have been issued immediately prior to such a
Transfer, who shall automatically become a Member with respect to any Units such
transferee so acquires) shall become a Member in respect of or be deemed to have
any ownership rights in the Units so Transferred unless the purported transferee
is admitted as a Member as set forth in Section 11.3(a).
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(b) Following a Transfer of any Units that is permitted under
this Article XI, the transferee of such Units shall succeed to the Capital
Account associated with such Units and shall receive allocations and
Distributions hereunder in respect of such Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Profits, Losses and other items will be allocated between the transferor and the
transferee according to Code Section 706.
(c) Any Member who Transfers all of its Units (i) shall cease
to be a Member upon such Transfer, and (ii) shall no longer possess or have the
power to exercise any rights or powers of a Member of the Company.
11.3 Procedures for Transfer. Subject in all events to the general restrictions
on Transfers contained in Sections 11.1, 11.2 and 11.5, a Member may Transfer
all or any part of its Units in accordance with this Section 11.3.
(a) No Transfer of Units may be completed until the
prospective transferee is admitted as a Member of the Company by executing and
delivering to the Secretary of the Company a Joinder. Upon execution of a
Joinder, the amendment of the Members Schedule by the Secretary of the Company
and the satisfaction of any other applicable conditions, such prospective
transferee shall be admitted as a Member and deemed listed as such on the books
and records of the Company and thereupon the Company shall reissue the
applicable Units in the name of such prospective transferee.
(b) Unless waived by the Company, no Member may Transfer any
Restricted Securities (except pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act) without first delivering to the Company an opinion of
counsel reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Company (which
counsel will be reasonably acceptable to the Company) that registration under
the Securities Act is not required in connection with such Transfer. If such
opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Company
further states that no subsequent Transfer of such Restricted Securities will
require registration under the Securities Act, the Company will promptly upon
such Transfer deliver new certificates for such securities which do not bear the
Securities Act legend set forth in Section 11.4(b).
11.4 Legend.
(a) The certificates representing the Units will bear the
following legend:
"THE TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN A
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT AMONG THE ISSUER AND ITS
MEMBERS, A COPY OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT AS
IN EFFECT FROM TIME TO TIME WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE
BY THE ISSUER TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST."
(b) Each certificate or instrument evidencing Restricted
Securities and each certificate or instrument issued in exchange for or upon the
Transfer of any Restricted Securities
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(if such securities remain Restricted Securities after such Transfer) shall be
stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following
form:
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER."
Upon the request of any holder of Restricted Securities, the Company shall
remove the Securities Act legend set forth above from the certificates for such
Restricted Securities; provided, that such Restricted Securities are eligible
for sale pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar rule or rules then in effect)
under the Securities Act.
(c) In addition, each certificate or instrument evidencing
Restricted Securities and each certificate or instrument issued in exchange for
or upon the Transfer of any Restricted Securities (if such securities remain
Restricted Securities after such Transfer) shall be stamped or otherwise
imprinted with any additional legends as may be required by the Company, as
applicable to the holder of such certificate or instrument.
11.5 Limitations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, no Unit may be Transferred or issued by the Company if such Transfer
or issuance would result in the Company having more than 100 "beneficial owners"
as defined and determined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from
time to time.
(b) In order to permit the Company to qualify for the benefit
of a "safe harbor" under Code section 7704, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, no Transfer of any Unit shall be permitted or
recognized by the Company (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section
1.7704-1(d)) and the Company shall not issue any Units if and to the extent that
such Transfer or issuance would cause the Company to have more than 100 partners
(within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(h), including the
look-through rule in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(h)(3)).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, no Unit may be Transferred and the Company may not issue any Unit
unless (i) such Transfer or issuance, as the case may be, shall not affect the
Company's existence or qualification as a limited liability company under the
Delaware Act, (ii) such Transfer or issuance, as the case may be, shall not
cause the Company to be classified as other than a partnership for United States
federal income tax purposes, (iii) such Transfer or issuance, as the case may
be, shall not result in a termination of the Company under Code section 708,
unless the Board determines that any such termination will not have a material
adverse impact on the Members and (iv) such Transfer or issuance, as the case
may be, shall not cause the application of the tax-exempt use property rules of
Code sections 168(g)(I)(B) and 168(h) to the Company or its Members.
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11.6 Tax Matters. Upon the Transfer of any Unit, if the transferor owns a
Membership Interest representing more than 5% (or 2% if such transferor is
transferring Units purchased pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement) of
the aggregate Capital Account balances of all Member determined immediately
prior to such Transfer, then, at the request of such transferor at the time of
such Transfer, the Board will cause the Company to elect, pursuant to section
754 of the Code, to adjust the tax basis of the Company's properties as provided
by sections 734 and 743 of the Code.
11.7 Conversions. Each of the Members agree that upon authorization by the Board
of the conversion or reorganization of the Company into another entity form
(including a corporation) (a "Conversion"), it will take all necessary and
desirable actions to cause the Conversion as authorized by the Board to occur,
including by (a) consenting to, voting for and raising no objections against the
Conversion or the process pursuant to which the Conversion is arranged (whether
such Conversion is effected through a merger, sale of assets, Transfer of
Membership Interests or otherwise), (b) executing any documents (including a
shareholders' agreement or similar document) necessary to prevent the Conversion
from altering the relative rights of the Members with respect to their ownership
of equity in the Company, and (c) waiving any potential claim, including any
claim for breach of fiduciary duty, which it may have against any officer,
shareholder or member of the Board, any other Member, the Company or any
Affiliate of the foregoing to the extent arising out of or relating to any
Conversion. In connection with any Conversion, the Company shall use its good
faith efforts to assure that each Member fully participates in such Conversion
with substantially the same relative rights, preferences and obligations after
such Conversion as were applicable prior to such Conversion and shall give
written notice to the Members that the new entity had been formed, enclosing
with such notice copies of any charter documents and by-laws of the new entity
and describing the form of the transaction by which the business of the Company
is to be acquired by the new entity. Upon approval of any Conversion in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Board by the terms hereof
shall have a power of attorney to execute all documents, agreements and other
items to effect such Conversion as it shall deem necessary or appropriate.
ARTICLE XII
Miscellaneous Provisions
12.1 Notices.
(a) All notices, requests, demands and other communications
under or in connection with this Agreement shall be given to or made upon (i)
any Member, at such Member's address set forth on the Members Schedule and (ii)
the Company at the following addresses (or in any case to such other address as
the addressee may from time to time designate in writing to the sender):
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Muzak Holdings LLC
c/o Muzak LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: President
with copies to:
MEM Holdings, LLC
c/o ABRY Partners, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
and
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
(b) All notices, requests, demands and other communications
under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed effectively given (i) upon personal delivery or delivery by courier to
the party to be notified, (ii) three Business Days after deposit with the United
States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid and addressed as provided in Section 12.1(a) and (iii) one
Business Day after receipt of confirmation if such notice is sent by facsimile.
12.2 Governing Law. All issues and questions concerning the application,
construction, validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement and the
exhibits and schedules to this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, and specifically the
Delaware Act, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction)
that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of Delaware.
12.3 No Action for Partition. No Member shall have any right to maintain any
action for partition with respect to any property of the Company.
12.4 Headings and Sections. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for
convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or
limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision of this
Agreement. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this
Agreement to Sections, Articles, Exhibits or Schedules shall be deemed to mean
and refer to Sections, Articles, Exhibits or Schedules of or to this Agreement.
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12.5 Amendments. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, the
Certificate and this Agreement may be amended, waived, supplemented or restated
only in accordance with the provisions of the Credit and Guaranty Agreement
dated as of March 18, 1999 among Audio Communications Network, LLC (n/k/a Muzak
LLC), as borrower, the Company and certain subsidiaries of Audio Communications
Network, LLC, as guarantors, various lenders, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Credit Partners
L.P., as syndication agent, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as
administrative agent, and Xxxxxxx Sachs Credit Partners L.P., and CIBC
Xxxxxxxxxxx Corp. as co-lead arrangers, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, and upon the written consent of a Majority
in Voting Interest; provided, that no such amendment, waiver, supplement or
restatement shall (x) amend, modify or change the provisions of Sections 4.8,
5.6 or 10.3 or this Section 12.5 or otherwise adversely affect the rights,
preferences and privileges of the Class B-4 Units under this Agreement in any
material respect without the consent of the Required B-4 Holders; or (y)
materially and adversely affect the rights hereunder of any Common Member when
compared with its effect on any other Common Member without the prior written
approval of such first Common Member. For purposes of this Section 12.5, any
merger or consolidation that would have the effect of amending this Agreement
pursuant to section 18-209(f) of the Delaware Act shall be deemed to be an
amendment of this Agreement subject to the provisions of this Section 12.5.
12.6 Construction. Common nouns and pronouns and any variations thereof shall be
deemed to refer to masculine, feminine, or neuter, singular or plural, as the
identity of the Person, Persons or other reference in the context requires.
Whenever used herein, "or" shall include both the conjunctive and disjunctive,
"any" shall mean "one or more," and "including" shall mean "including without
limitation."
12.7 Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided to the contrary in this
Agreement, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Members and their respective distributees, heirs, legal representatives,
executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.
12.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon the Member
who executed the same, but all of such counterparts shall constitute the same
agreement.
12.9 Severabilitv. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law,
but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of
such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this
Agreement.
12.10 Remedies. Each of the parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to
enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover damages and
costs (including reasonable attorney's fees) caused by any breach of any
provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its
favor. The Members agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an
adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any
party hereto
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may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent
jurisdiction (without posting any bond or deposit) for specific performance or
other injunctive relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the
provisions of this Agreement. If any time period for giving notice or taking
action under this Agreement expires on a day which is not a Business Day, the
time period shall be automatically extended to the immediately succeeding
Business Day.
12.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION IN ANY COURT
WITH RESPECT TO, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
VALIDITY, PROTECTION, INTERPRETATION, COLLECTION OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
12.12 No Strict Construction. The parties to this Agreement have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall
be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties to this Agreement, and no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
12.13 Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this
Agreement, this Agreement and the other agreements referred to in this Agreement
(including, without limitation, the Related Agreements) embody the complete
agreement and understanding among the parties to this Agreement with respect to
the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes and preempts any prior
understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written
or oral, which may have related to the subject matter of this Agreement in any
way. This Agreement amends and restates the Prior Agreement in its entirety.
12.14 Parties in Interest. Except as specifically set forth herein and as
specifically set forth in (a) the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
March 18, 1999, and as amended by the First Amendment, Consent and Waiver, dated
as of July 1, 1999, and the Second Amendment and Consent, dated as of October
26, 1999 (as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among the Company, Muzak LLC
and certain Subsidiaries of the Company, various Lenders from time to time party
thereto, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Credit Partners L.P. ("GSCP"), as Syndication Agent,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Administrative Agent, and GSCP and CIBC
Xxxxxxxxxxx Corp., as Co-Lead Arrangers and (b) each other Credit Document (as
each of such terms is defined in the Credit Agreement), nothing herein shall be
construed to be to the benefit of or enforceable by any third party, including
any creditor of the Company.
12.15 Inconsistent Provisions of the Related Agreements. In the event that, at
any time, any provision of this Agreement is inconsistent with the requirements
of any provision of any Related Agreement, the terms of such Related Agreement
shall supersede and prevail over the provisions of this Agreement, and the
Members shall take such action as may be necessary to amend any such provision
in this Agreement to conform with such requirements of such Related Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, have executed this Agreement as of
the date first written above.
MEM HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
Title: Vice President
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxx
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx
MUSIC HOLDINGS CORP.
By: _________________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Title: ________________________________
AMFM SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
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Title: Senior Vice President - Finance
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BANCAMERICA CAPITAL INVESTORS I, L.P.
By: BANCAMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
I, L.P., Its general partner
By: BACM I GP, LLC, Its general partner
By: /s/ J. Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
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Title:
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NEW YORK LIFE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
By: NYLCAP Manager L.L.C., its Investment
Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Its Authorized Representative
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CMS CO-INVESTMENT SUBPARTNERSHIP,
a Delaware general partnership
By: CMS Co-Investment Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership
By: CMS/Co-Investment Associates, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: MSPS/Co-Investment, Inc., a Delaware
corporation
By:
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Name:
---------------------------------
Title:
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By: CMS 1997 Investment Partners, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: CMS 1997, Inc., a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
---------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
By: CMS Co-Investment Partners I-Q, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: CMS/Co-Investment Associates, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: MSPS/Co-Investment, Inc., a Delaware
corporation
By:
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Name:
---------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
By: CMS 1997 Investment Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership
By: CMS 1997, Inc., a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
---------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
CMS DIVERSIFIED PARTNERS, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership
By: CMS/DP Associates, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership
By: MSPS/DP, Inc., a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
--------------------------------
Title:
--------------------------------
By: CMS 1995 Investment Partners, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: CMS 1995, Inc., a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
--------------------------------
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
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FORM OF JOINDER TO
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
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THIS JOINDER to the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement of Muzak Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the "Company"), dated as of October 18, 2000, as amended or restated from time
to time, by and among and the Members of the Company (the "Agreement"), is made
and entered into as of _____________ by and between the Company and
_____________ ("Holder"). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Holder has acquired _________ [Series A
Preferred Units/Class [A/A-1] Units/Class B-[1/2/3/4/5] Units] from
________________ and the Agreement and the Company require Holder, as a holder
of such [Series A Preferred Units/Class [A/A-1] Units/Class B-[1/2/3/4/5]
Units], to become a party to the Agreement, and Holder agrees to do so in
accordance with the terms hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Joinder hereby agree as
follows:
1. Agreement to be Bound. Holder hereby (i) acknowledges that it
has received and reviewed a complete copy of the Agreement and (ii) agrees that
upon execution of this Joinder, it shall become a party to the Agreement and
shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms and
conditions of the Agreement as though an original party thereto and shall be
deemed, and is hereby admitted as, a Member for all purposes thereof and
entitled to all the rights incidental thereto.
2. Members Schedule. For purposes of the Members Schedule, the
address of the Holder is as follows:
[Name]
[Address]
[Facsimile Number]
3. Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights of the parties
hereunder shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware, and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without
regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
4. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Joinder
are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Joinder.
* * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Joinder as
of the date first above written.
MUZAK HOLDINGS LLC
By:
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Name:
---------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
[HOLDER]
By:
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Name:
---------------------------------
Title:
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SCHEDULE A
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Officers of Muzak Holdings LLC
(as of October 18, 2000)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx Chief Executive Officer
Xxxxxx Xxxx President and Chief Operating Officer
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Vice President
Xxxx Xxxxxx Vice President and Secretary
Xxxxxx XxXxxxx Vice President
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx General Counsel, Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Schedule B
(Page 1 of 4)
Please see attached.
Schedule B
(Page 2 of 4)
Muzak Holdings LLC
(as of October 18, 2000)
Addresses of Class A Members
MEM Holdings, LLC AMFM Systems, Inc.
c/o ABRY Broadcast Partners III, L.P. 000 X. Xxxxx Xxxx
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
With a copy to:
With a copy to:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx 000 X. Xxxxx Xxxx
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attention: Legal Department
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx c/o Muzak LLC
c/o Muzak LLC 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
CMS Co-Investment Subpartnership
Xxxxx Xxxxx c/o CMS Companies
The Excelsior 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx. 00X Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
With a copy to:
CMS Diversified Partners X.X.
Xxxx Marks & Xxxxx LLP c/o CMS Companies
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq. Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Music Holdings Corp. New York Life Capital Partners, L.P.
c/o Centre Partners Management LLC 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
With a copy to:
With a copy to:
Office of the General Counsel
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP New York Life Insurance Company
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx
BancAmerica Capital Investors I, L.P.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxxx Xxxx
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, L.L.P.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Schedule B
(Page 4 of 4)
Muzak Holdings LLC
(as of October 18, 2000)
Addresses of Class B Members
(according to the Company's records)
