AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ABS REAL ESTATE INVESTOR HOLDINGS LLC
Exhibit 3.21
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
ABS REAL ESTATE INVESTOR HOLDINGS LLC
This Limited Liability Company Agreement (together with the schedules attached hereto, this “Agreement”) of ABS REAL ESTATE INVESTOR HOLDINGS LLC (the “Company”) is made effective as of October 9, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and among ABS Real Estate Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the managing member (the “Managing Member”) and ABS Real Estate Corp., a Delaware corporation, as a member (a “Member”, and together with the Managing Member, the “Members”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth on Schedule A hereto.
Recitals
WHEREAS, a Certificate of Formation of the Company was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 24, 2006.
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. 18-101 et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”), the Managing Member previously entered into the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company on May 24, 2006 (the “Original Agreement”).
WHEREAS, ABS Real Estate Corp. was admitted to the Company as a Member in June of 2006.
WHEREAS, due to an administrative error, the Original Agreement was not amended to reflect such admission.
WHEREAS, the Members now wish to amend and restate the Original Agreement as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein made and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Name.
The name of the limited liability company formed hereby is ABS REAL ESTATE INVESTOR HOLDINGS LLC.
Section 2. Principal Business Office.
The principal business office of the Company shall be located at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 or such other location as may hereafter be determined by the Managing Member.
Section 3. Registered Office.
The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000.
Section 4. Registered Agent.
The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Section 5. Members.
(a) The mailing address of each of the Members is set forth on Schedule B attached hereto.
(b) The Members intend that the Company be treated as a partnership and not as an association taxable as a corporation for federal tax purposes.
Section 6. Certificates.
Each of Xxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx was designated as an “authorized person” within the meaning of the Act, and executed, delivered and filed the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Upon the filing of the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, their powers as “authorized persons” ceased, and the Managing Member thereupon became the designated “authorized person” and shall continue as the “authorized person” within the meaning of the Act. The Managing Member or an Officer shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business any other jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.
The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate of Formation as provided in the Act.
Section 7. Purposes. The purpose to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in the following activities:
(i) | to acquire, own, hold, manage, lease, sell, transfer, service, convey, safekeep, dispose of, pledge, assign, borrow money against, finance, refinance or otherwise deal with, certain real estate which the Company or its subsidiaries has acquired or will acquire, and whether with unrelated third parties or with affiliated entities; |
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(ii) | to acquire, own, hold, sell, transfer, service, convey, safekeep, dispose of, pledge, assign, borrow money against, finance, refinance or otherwise deal with, publicly or privately issued securities and whether with unrelated third parties or with affiliated entities; |
(iii) | to own equity interests in other limited liability companies or partnerships whose purposes are restricted to those set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above; and |
(iv) | to engage in any lawful act or activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Delaware that are related or incidental to and necessary, convenient or advisable for the accomplishment of the above-mentioned purposes (including the entering into of interest rate or basis swap, cap, floor or collar agreements, currency exchange agreements or similar hedging transactions and referral, management, servicing and administration agreements). |
(b) The Company, and the Managing Member, or any Officer on behalf of the Company, may enter into and perform the Basic Documents and all documents, agreements, certificates, or financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto, all without any further act, vote or approval of any Member, Officer or other Person notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Act or applicable law, rule or regulation. The foregoing authorization shall not be deemed a restriction on the powers of the Managing Member or any Officer to enter into other agreements on behalf of the Company.
Section 8. Powers.
Subject to Section 9, the Company, and the Managing Member and the Officers of the Company on behalf of the Company, (i) shall have and exercise all powers necessary, convenient or incidental to accomplish its purposes as set forth in Section 7 and (ii) shall have and exercise all of the powers and rights conferred upon limited liability companies formed pursuant to the Act.
Section 9. Management.
The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Managing Member, who shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Company, to take any action of any kind not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement and to do anything and everything it deems necessary or appropriate to carry on the business and purposes of the Company, including, but not limited to:
(a) to manage and direct the business affairs of the Company, to do any and all acts on behalf of the Company and to exercise all rights of the Company with respect to its interest in any other person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, including,
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without limitation, the voting of securities, exercise of redemption rights, participation in arrangements with creditors, the institution, defense and settlement or compromise of suits and administrative proceedings and other like or similar matters;
(b) to acquire, own, lease, sublease, manage, hold, deal in, control or dispose of any interests or rights in real or personal property;
(c) to hire employees, consultants, attorneys, accountants, appraisers and other advisers for the Company;
(d) to open, trade and otherwise conduct accounts with brokers and dealers;
(e) to open, maintain and close bank accounts and draw checks or other orders for the payment of funds;
(f) to borrow money or obtain credit from banks, lending institutions or any other person;
(g) to assume obligations, incur liabilities, lend money or otherwise use the credit of the Company;
(h) to direct the formulation of investment policies and strategies for, and perform all other acts on behalf of, the Company and any entities for which the Company acts as general partner, adviser, manager, managing member, or in other similar capacities, including those activities specified above in clauses (a) and (b);
(i) to organize one or more corporations or other entities to hold record title, as nominee for the Company, to securities, funds or other assets of the Company; and
(j) to enter into any contracts it deems necessary or advisable to facilitate the business of the Company.
There shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. The Managing Member is, to the extent of its rights and powers set forth in this Agreement, an agent of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business, and the actions of the Managing Member taken in accordance with such rights and powers shall bind the Company.
Section 10. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 11. Officers.
(a) Officers. The initial Officers of the Company shall be designated by the Managing Member. The additional or successor Officers of the Company shall be chosen by the Managing Member and may consist of a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. The Managing Member may appoint such other Officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or advisable who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Managing
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Member. The salaries of all Officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed by or in the manner prescribed by the Managing Member. The Officers of the Company shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any Officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Managing Member. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Managing Member.
(b) President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company and shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Managing Member are carried into effect. The President or any other Officer authorized by the President or the Managing Member shall execute all bonds, mortgages and other contracts, except: (i) where required or permitted by law or this Agreement to be otherwise signed and executed, including Section 7(b); (ii) where signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Managing Member to some other Officer or agent of the Company, and (iii) as otherwise permitted in Section 11(c).
(c) Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability to act, the Vice President, if any (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Managing Member, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents, if any, shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managing Member may from time to time prescribe.
(d) Secretary and Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall be responsible for filing legal documents and maintaining records for the Company. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Members and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Company in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or shall cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Members, if any, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Managing Member or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall serve. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Managing Member (or if there be no such determination, then in order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managing Member may from time to time prescribe.
(e) Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the Company funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Managing Member. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Managing Member, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Managing Member when the Managing Member so requires, an account of all of the Treasurer’s transactions and of the financial condition of the Company. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Managing Member (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managing Member may from time to time prescribe.
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(f) Officers as Agents. The Officers, to the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Managing Member not inconsistent with this Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and the actions of the Officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.
(g) Duties of Officers. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, each Officer shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of officers of business corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 12. Limited Liability.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be the debts, obligations and liabilities solely of the Company, and no Member shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member of the Company.
Section 13. Capital Contributions.
The Members have contributed to the Company cash and/or property of an agreed value as listed on Schedule B attached hereto.
Section 14. Additional Contributions.
The Members are not required to make any additional Capital Contribution to the Company. However, the Members may make additional Capital Contributions to the Company at any time upon the written consent of the Managing Member. To the extent that a Member makes an additional Capital Contribution to the Company, the Managing Member shall revise Schedule B of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, including this Section 14, are intended to benefit the Members and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor of the Company shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement) and the Members shall not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contribution to the Company or to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 15. Allocation of Profits and Losses.
Profits and Losses for any Fiscal Period shall be allocated among the Members in such manner that, as of the end of such Fiscal Period, the respective capital accounts of the Members shall be equal to the respective amounts that would be distributed to them, determined as if the Company were to (i) liquidate the assets of the Company for an amount equal to their Gross Asset Value and (ii) distribute the proceeds of liquidation pursuant to Section 24.
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Section 16. Distributions.
Distributions shall be made to the Members at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Managing Member. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make a distribution to a Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or any other applicable law or any Basic Document.
Section 17. Books and Records.
The Managing Member shall keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books of account and records with respect to the Company’s business. The books of the Company shall at all times be maintained by the Managing Member or the Officers. The Members and their duly authorized representatives shall have the right to examine the Company books, records and documents during normal business hours. The Company shall not have the right to keep confidential from the Members any information that the Company would otherwise be permitted to keep confidential from the Members pursuant to Section 18-305(c) of the Act. The Company’s books of account shall be kept using the method of accounting determined by the Managing Member. The Company’s independent auditor, if any, shall be an independent public accounting firm selected by the Managing Member.
Section 18. Reports.
(a) Within 30 days after the end of each month, the Managing Member shall cause to be prepared an unaudited report setting forth as of the end of such month a balance sheet of the Company and an income statement of the Company for such month.
(b) Within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Managing Member shall cause to be prepared an unaudited report setting forth as of the end of such fiscal quarter:
(i) | unless such quarter is the last fiscal quarter, a balance sheet of the Company; and |
(ii) | unless such quarter is the last fiscal quarter, an income statement of the Company for such fiscal quarter. |
(c) The Managing Member shall use diligent efforts to cause to be prepared and mailed to the Members, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an audited or unaudited report setting forth as of the end of such fiscal year:
(i) | a balance sheet of the Company; |
(ii) | an income statement of the Company for such fiscal year; and |
(iii) | a statement of the Members’ capital accounts. |
(d) The Managing Member shall, after the end of each fiscal year, use reasonable efforts to cause the Company’s independent accountants, if any, to prepare and transmit to the Members as promptly as possible any such tax information as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Members to prepare their federal, state and local income tax returns relating to such fiscal year.
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Section 19. Other Business.
The Members and any Affiliate of the Members may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others notwithstanding any provision to the contrary at law or in equity. The Company shall not have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by virtue of this Agreement.
Section 20. Exculpation and Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 20(d), the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member, Officer, controlling person, employee, legal representative or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as manager, director, officer, partner, member, shareholder, controlling person, employee, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (an “Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all claims, actions, suits, proceedings, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, interest, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s and accountant’s fees, court costs and other out-of-pocket expenses actually and reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending the foregoing) (including any such brought by or in the right of the Company) suffered or incurred by such Indemnified Person while serving in such capacity or that otherwise in any way relate to or arise out of any action or inaction by such Indemnified Person or the Company (collectively, “Indemnifiable Losses”), if such Indemnified Person acted in good faith and in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and not in violation of this Agreement, and, with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such Person’s conduct was unlawful; provided, that the Company shall have no obligation to indemnify or defend hereunder to the extent such action, suit or proceeding arises from fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of such Indemnified Person. Indemnifiable Losses will be reasonably allocated to the Company by the Managing Member.
(b) Exculpation. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to any Member of the Company or the Company for any act or failure to act on behalf of the Company, unless such act or failure to act resulted from fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Indemnified Person. Each Indemnified Person may consult with legal counsel and accountants in respect of the Company’s affairs and shall be fully protected and justified in any action or inaction which is taken in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel or accountants.
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(c) Expenses. Any indemnification under Section 20(a), as well as the advance payment of expenses permitted under Section 20(d) shall be made by the Company to the fullest extent permitted under the Act.
(d) Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of any Member of the Company incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Member (in form and substance, from an indemnitor, reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member of the Company), to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Member is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this Section 20(d) do not affect and shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights, including, without, limitation, any rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses to which any such Indemnified Person other than the Members of the Company may be entitled under any contract, pursuant to approval of the Members of the Company, or otherwise by law.
(e) Beneficiaries. The indemnification and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to this Section 20 continues for a Person who has ceased to be a Member, officer, employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such Person.
(f) Indemnification Procedure for Third Party and Other Claims. A party against whom indemnification is sought under this Agreement (the “Indemnifying Party”) shall have the right, but not the obligation, exercisable by written notice to the Person seeking such indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”) within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Indemnified Party of the commencement of or assertion of any claim, action, suit or proceeding by a third party in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder (a “Third Party Claim”), to assume the defense and control the settlement of such Third Party Claim that (a) involves (and continues to involve) solely money damages or (b) involves (and continues to involve) claims for both money damages and equitable relief against the Indemnified Party that cannot be severed, where the claims for money damages are the primary claims asserted by the third party and the claims for equitable relief are incidental to the claims for money damages. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to assume the defense and control the settlement of any Third Party Claim (i) not described in clauses (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence or (ii) described in clauses (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence whose defense and control of settlement has not been assumed by the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnifying Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be, shall have the right to participate in (but not control), at its own expense, the defense of any Third Party Claim that the other is defending, as provided in this Agreement. The Indemnifying Party, if it has assumed the defense of any Third Party Claim as provided in this Agreement, shall not consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such Third Party Claim without the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent, enter into any compromise or settlement which (A) commits the Indemnified Party to take, or to forbear to take, any action or (B) does not provide for a complete release by such Third Party of the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to settle any Third Party Claim, on such terms and conditions as it deems reasonably appropriate, to the extent such Third Party Claim involves equitable or other
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non-monetary relief against the Indemnified Party, and shall have the right to settle any Third Party Claim involving money damages for which the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the defense pursuant to this Section 20(f) with the written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(g) Other Claims. In the event an Indemnified Party shall claim a right to payment pursuant to this Agreement for other than a Third Party Claim, such Indemnified Party shall send written notice of such claim to the Indemnifying Party. Such notice shall specify the basis for such claim. As promptly as possible after the Indemnified Party has given such notice, the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall attempt to resolve such claim by mutual agreement before resorting to other legal means to resolve such claim.
(h) Limitation on Damages. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no party shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be liable to the other party for any indirect, special, punitive, exemplary or consequential loss or damage (including any loss of revenue or profit) arising out of this Agreement including, without limitation, in respect of any breach by any Member of this Agreement; provided, that the foregoing shall not be construed to preclude recovery by the Indemnified Party in respect of Indemnifiable Losses directly incurred from Third Party Claims. Any Indemnified Person shall take commercially reasonable actions to mitigate his, her, its or their damages. The obligation of the Company or any Member to indemnify any Indemnified Person with respect to any Indemnifiable Losses hereunder resulting from any action, suit or proceeding shall not exceed the value of the assets of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any indemnification set forth herein shall be fully subordinate to the Loan and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not constitute a claim against the Company in the event that the Company’s cash flow is insufficient to pay all its obligations to creditors.
Section 21. Assignments.
A Member may assign in whole or in part its limited liability company interest in the Company. Subject to Section 23, if a Member transfers all of its limited liability company interest in the Company pursuant to this Section 21, the transferee shall be admitted to the Company as a member of the Company upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement. Such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the transfer and, immediately following such admission, the transferor Member shall cease to be a member of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any successor to a Member by merger or consolidation in compliance with the Basic Documents shall, without further act, be a Member hereunder, and such merger or consolidation shall not constitute an assignment for purposes of this Agreement and the Company shall continue without dissolution.
Section 22. [Intentionally Omitted]
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Section 23. Admission of Additional Members.
One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Managing Member.
Section 24. Dissolution.
The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the earlier to occur of: (a) determination by the Managing Member; and (b) the dissolution of the Managing Member.
Section 25. Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Members hereby irrevocably waives any right or power that such Person might have to cause the Company or any of its assets to be partitioned, to cause the appointment of a receiver for all or any portion of the assets of the Company, to compel any sale of all or any portion of the assets of the Company pursuant to any applicable law or to file a complaint or to institute any proceeding at law or in equity to cause the dissolution, liquidation, winding up or termination of the Company. The Members shall not have any interest in any specific assets of the Company, and the Members shall not have the status of a creditor with respect to any distribution pursuant to Section 16 hereof. The interest of a Member in the Company is personal property.
Section 26. Benefits of Agreement; No Third-Party Rights.
None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company or by any creditor of a Member. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any right in any Person not a party hereto, and this Agreement shall not be construed in any respect to be a contract in whole or in part for the benefit of any third Person.
Section 27. Severability of Provisions.
Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered severable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.
Section 28. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Section 29. [Intentionally Omitted]
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Section 30. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles), all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.
Section 31. Amendments.
This Agreement may be modified, altered, supplemented or amended pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Members.
Section 32. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 33. Notices.
Any notices required to be delivered hereunder shall be in writing and personally delivered, mailed or sent by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of rapid transmission, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Company, to the Company at its address in Section 2, with a copy to the Company at 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, (b) in the case of a Member, to the Member at its address as listed on Schedule B attached hereto and (c) in the case of either of the foregoing, at such other address as may be designated by written notice to the other party.
Section 34. Membership Interests
Each limited liability company interest in the Company shall constitute a “security” within the meaning of, and governed by, (i) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (including Section 8 102(a)(15) thereof) as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware, and (ii) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction that now or hereafter substantially includes the 1994 revisions to Article 8 thereof as adopted by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and approved by the American Bar Association on February 14, 1995. The Company shall maintain books for the purpose of registering the transfer of limited liability company interests. A transfer of limited liability company interests in the Company shall require the delivery of an endorsed certificate.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the 9th day of October , 2015.
MEMBERS: | ||||
ABS REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Real Estate Law | ||||
ABS REAL ESTATE CORP. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Real Estate Law |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated LLC Agreement of ABS Real Estate Investor Holding LLC]
SCHEDULE A
Definitions
A. | Definitions |
When used in this Agreement, the following terms not otherwise defined herein have the following meanings:
“Act” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling or Controlled by or under direct or indirect common Control with such Person For the purposes of this Agreement, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, together with the schedules attached hereto, as amended, restated or supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Basic Documents” means this Agreement and all other agreements, documents, instruments and certificates contemplated thereby or delivered in connection therewith.
“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money or property contributed to the Company in exchange for an interest in the Company, including such Member’s initial Capital Contribution.
“Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 24, 2006, as amended or amended and restated from time to time.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Company” means ABS REAL ESTATE INVESTOR HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or general partnership or managing member interests, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have correlative meanings. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to Control any other Person in which it owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the ownership interests.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Fiscal Period” means (a) the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on December 31, 2013, (b) any subsequent 12-month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31, or such other commencement and ending dates as the Managing Member may determine, and (c) any portion of the period described in clauses (a) and (b) of this sentence (i) for which the Company is required to allocate Profits, Losses and other items of Company income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to Section 15 and (ii) ending on the date of an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value”.
“Fiscal Year” means (a) the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on December 31, 2013, (b) any subsequent 12-month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31, or such other commencement and ending dates as the Managing Member may determine, and (c) the period commencing on the immediately preceding January 1 (or other commencement date determined by the Managing Member) and ending on the date on which all property of the Company is distributed to the Members pursuant to Section 24.
“Gross Asset Value” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the fair market value of such asset at the time it is accepted by the Company, unreduced by any liability secured by such asset, as reasonably determined by the Managing Member;
(b) the Gross Asset Values of all assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values, unreduced by any liabilities secured by such assets, as reasonably determined by the Managing Member as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of property as consideration for an interest in the Company; and (iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided, however, that an adjustment described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph shall be made only if the Managing Member reasonably determines that such an adjustment is necessary to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members;
(c) the Gross Asset Value of any asset distributed to any Member shall be adjusted to equal the fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution, unreduced by any liability secured by such asset, as reasonably determined by the Managing Member; and
(d) the Gross Asset Value of all assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining capital accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and paragraph (f) of the definition of “Profits” and “Losses;” provided, however, that Gross Asset Value shall not be
adjusted pursuant to this paragraph (d) to the extent that an adjustment pursuant to paragraph (b) is required in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (d).
If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (d) of this definition, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
“Member” means each of ABS Real Estate Holdings LLC and ABS Real Estate Corp., as the members of the Company as of the Effective Date, and includes any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company or a substitute member of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, each in its capacity as a member of the Company.
“Officer” means an officer of the Company described in Section 11.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any governmental authority.
“Profits” or “Losses” means for each Fiscal Period, an amount equal to the taxable income or loss for such Fiscal Period. Such amount shall be determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments (without duplication):
(a) any income that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) any expenditures described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(c) in the event the Gross Asset Value of any asset is adjusted pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the Gross Asset Value of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Gross Asset Value of the asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
(d) gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;
(e) in lieu of depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss there shall be taken into account depreciation for such Fiscal Period, computed in accordance with the definition of depreciation; and
(f) to the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or 743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) to be taken into account in determining capital accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Member’s interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses.
“Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the Treasury Department under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time. All references herein to a specific section of the Regulations shall be deemed also to refer to any corresponding provisions of succeeding Regulations.
B. | Rules of Construction |
Definitions in this Agreement apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. The words “include” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section, paragraph or subdivision. The Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. All Section, paragraph, clause, Exhibit or Schedule references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this Agreement.
SCHEDULE B
Member
Name |
Mailing Address |
Agreed Value of Capital Contribution |
Membership Interest |
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ABS Real Estate Holdings LLC |
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 | $ | 1,000 | 99 | % | |||||
ABS Real Estate Corp. |
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 | $ | 10 | 1 | % |