AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF CORECOMM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Exhibit 3.59
Corecomm Communications, LLC
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
OF
CORECOMM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is made effective as of
September 29, 2006 of CoreComm Communications, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the “Company”), by ATX Communications, Inc. (the “Managing Member”).
The Managing Member and any other Members admitted from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof are individually referred to herein as a “Member” and collectively referred to herein as
the “Members”.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company was formed for the purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for
which a limited liability company may be formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act
(the “Act”) and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Managing Member desire to amend and restate the original limited
liability company agreement of the Company and to enter into this Agreement to amend and restate in
its entirety the original limited liability company agreement to set forth, among other things, how
the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | Formation and Name. |
The undersigned do hereby form a limited liability company under the Act. The name of the
limited liability company is CoreComm Communications, LLC. The business of the Company may be
conducted under any other name deemed necessary or desirable by the
Members in order to comply with
local law.
The undersigned resolve to form and continue the Company as a limited liability company
pursuant to the provisions of the Act and of this Agreement and resolve that its rights and
liabilities shall be as provided in the Act for members except as provided herein.
| 2. | Principal Place of Business. |
The principal office of the Company shall be designated in the Certificate of Formation and
may be changed from time to time as provided in the Act.
| 3. | Duration. |
The Company shall continue in existence perpetually unless the Company is dissolved and its
affairs wound up in accordance with the Act or this Agreement. The Members may terminate this
Agreement and dissolve the Company at any time.
| 4. | Fiscal Year. |
The fiscal year of the Company shall begin on January 1 of each year and end on December
31 of that year.
| 5. | Members. |
Unless other Members are admitted pursuant to the terms hereof, the Managing Member shall be
the sole member of the Company. The Members hereby resolve to operate the Company in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
The Managing Member shall have the power to do any and all acts necessary or convenient to or
for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including, without limitation, all powers,
statutory or otherwise, possessed by members of limited liability companies under the laws of the
State of Delaware.
| 6. | Management. |
(a) Managing Member.
(i) Except for decisions or actions requiring the unanimous approval of the Members as
provided by non-waivable provisions of the Act or applicable law, (A) the powers of the Company
shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Company shall
be managed under the direction of the Managing Member and (B) the Managing Member may make all
decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it deems necessary or
appropriate to carry out the purposes for which the Company is being formed under this Agreement
and to further the interests of the Members.
(b) Delegation of Authority and Duties.
1. The Managing Member shall have the authority and duties in the management of the Company as
are normally associated with the chief executive officer of an entity. The Managing Member shall
have the power to act, in the name and on behalf of the Company, to do all things reasonably
necessary for the performance of the Company’s day-to-day operations.
2. The Managing Member may appoint and elect (as well as remove or replace with or without
cause), as he deems necessary, Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, a Treasurer or Chief Financial
Officer and a Secretary of the Company (collectively, but excluding the Chief Executive Officer and
the President, the “Officers”). The compensation, if any, of the Officers shall be determined by the
Managing Member.
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3. The Officers shall perform such duties and may exercise such powers as may be assigned to
them by the Managing Member.
4. Unless the Managing Member decides otherwise, if the title of any person authorized to act
on behalf of the Company under this Section 6(b) is one commonly used for officers of a business
corporation formed under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the assignment of
such title shall constitute the delegation to such person of the authority and duties that are
normally associated with that office, subject to any specific delegation of, or restriction on,
authority and duties made pursuant to this Section 6(b). Any number of titles may be held by the
same person. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 6(b) may be revoked at any time by the
Managing Member.
5. Unless authorized to do so by the Managing Member, no Officer shall have any power or
authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to
render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.
| 7. | Capital Contributions.* |
Capital contributions shall be made in cash or in other assets as may be agreed by the
Managing Member.
| 8. | Allocations of Profits and Losses/Distributions. |
All profits and losses of the Company shall be allocated to the Managing Member. All
distributions by the Company shall be allocated in the same proportion as profits and losses.
| 9. | Tax Status. |
It is intended that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for federal, state, and
local income tax purposes, and the Members shall take all action necessary to qualify for and
receive such tax treatment.
| 10. | New Members/Transfers. |
New Members of the Company may be admitted only with the consent of the Managing Member. In
the event of such admission, this Agreement shall be amended and/or restated, as determined by the
Managing Member. No Member may sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer his or her
interest in the Company without the consent of the Managing Member.
| 11. | Withdrawals. |
Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Members may withdraw all or a portion of
their capital from the Company at any time. Withdrawals may be in cash or in securities or other
instruments held by the Company.
| 12. | Limited Liability of Members. |
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No Member in its capacity as a Member shall be liable for any debts, obligations or
liabilities of the Company.
| 13. | Liquidation and Dissolution. |
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 13, the Company shall continue in perpetuity.
The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the first to occur of the following:
1. The sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the
Company;
2. The written consent of the Managing Member to dissolve the Company; or
3. The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under § 34-207 of the Act.
| 14. | Winding up Affairs and Distribution of Assets. |
(a) Upon a winding up of the Company, the Managing Member shall be the liquidating Member
(the “Liquidating Member”) and shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the Company, liquidate the
remaining property and assets of the Company and wind-up and terminate the business of the
Company. The Liquidating Member shall cause a full accounting of the assets and liabilities of the
Company to be taken and shall cause the assets to be liquidated and the business to be wound up as
promptly as possible by either or both of the following methods: (1) selling the Company assets
and distributing the net proceeds therefrom (after the payment of Company liabilities) to each
Member in accordance with Section 8 hereof, or (2) distributing the Company assets to the Members
in kind in accordance with Section 8 hereof (after adequate provision for all liabilities and
expenses shall have been made).
(b) If the Company shall employ method (1) as set forth in Section 14(a) in whole or part as a
means of liquidation, then the proceeds of such liquidation shall be applied in the following order
of priority: (i) first, to the expenses of such liquidation; (ii) second, to the debts and
liabilities of the Company to third parties, if any, in the order of
priority provided by law; (iii)
third, a reasonable reserve shall be set up to provide for any contingent or unforeseen liabilities
or obligations of the Company to third parties (to be held and disbursed, at the discretion of the
Liquidating Member, by an escrow agent selected by the Liquidating Member) and at the expiration of
such period as the Liquidating Member may deem advisable, the balance remaining in such reserve
shall be distributed as provided herein; (iv) fourth, to debts of the Company to the Members; and
(v) fifth, to the Members in accordance with Section 9.
(c) In connection with the liquidation of the Company, the Members severally, jointly, or in
any combination upon which they may agree, shall have the first opportunity to make bids or tenders
for all or any portion of the assets of the Company, and such assets shall not be sold to an
outsider except only for a price higher than the highest and best bid of a single Member, the
Members jointly, or a combination of Members. Any bid made by a Member or Members for all or any
portion of the assets shall be made, if at all, within thirty (30) days after the Liquidating
Member or any other Member shall have requested such bids. A copy of each bid shall be delivered by
the Liquidating Member to each Member. Unless otherwise agreed by all Members, no Member shall be
entitled to
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raise its bid after submission thereof, whether in response to a bid received by the Company
from any other Member or third party, or otherwise.
| 15. | Amendments. |
The Members may amend this Agreement at any time by written instrument signed by the Members
and filed with the books and records of the Company. Pending any replacement or amendment of this
Agreement, it is intended that the provisions of the Act be controlling as to any matters not set
forth in this Agreement.
| 16. | Miscellaneous. |
(a) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
(b)
Captions. All captions used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall
not affect the meaning or construction of any provision hereof.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Members and their respective successors and assigns.
(e) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior oral or written limited
liability company agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
| ATX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Managing Member | |||
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