LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF BENEFITS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Exhibit
10.21
BENEFITS
TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
THIS
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF BENEFITS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC ("Agreement")
is
made as of January 31, 2008, by and among the initial Members listed in
Exhibit A
to this
Agreement, and pursuant to the Act and the Certificate of Formation, as either
may be amended from time to time. In consideration of their mutual promises,
the
parties to this Agreement agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
As
used
herein, the following terms have the meanings respectively set forth after
each
one:
1.1 "Act"
shall
mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
1.2 "Affiliate"
shall
mean any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, or other entity or
association, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controlling, controlled by or under common control of a Member. The term
"control," as used in the immediately preceding sentence, means, with respect
to
a corporation the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty
percent (50%) of the voting rights attributable to the controlled corporation,
and, with respect to any individual, partnership, trust, other entity or
association, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or
cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled
entity.
1.3 "Agreement"
means
this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended
from time to time, as the context requires. Words such as "herein,"
"hereinafter," "hereof," "hereto," "hereby" and "hereunder," when used with
reference to this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole unless the
context otherwise requires.
1.4 [Intentionally
Omitted.]
1.5 "Assumed
ICI Liabilities"
shall
have the same meaning given such term in the Contribution
Agreement.
1.6 "ATPA"
means
Associated Third Party Administrators.
1.7 "Xxxxxx"
shall
mean Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx.
1.8 "Board"
or
"Board
of Directors"
shall
mean the board of directors of the Company, as established pursuant to Article
VI, below.
1.9 "Capital
Contribution"
shall
mean, with respect to any Member, the amount of money and the Adjusted Book
Value of any property (other than money) contributed to the Company (net of
liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Company is considered
to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code) with respect to
the
interest in the Company held by the Member.
1.10 "Capital
Transaction"
shall
mean any transaction not in the ordinary course of business (other than a
Capital Contribution from the Members) which results in the Company's receipt
of
cash or other consideration, including without limitation proceeds from a (a)
sale of all or substantially all of the Company's Units, (b) sale of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets, (c) merger, consolidation or
reorganization in which the Company is not the surviving entity, (d) public
offering, or (e) receipt of insurance or other proceeds derived from the
involuntary conversion of Company property.
1.11 "Cash
Flow"
means
the sum of (a) all cash receipts from operations of the Company; plus (b) any
other income or receipts of the Company; plus (c) distributions received by
the
Company from any entity in which the Company owns an interest; plus (d) any
reserves previously set aside out of Cash Flow which were deemed available
by
the Board of Directors for distribution to the Members; less (e) cash funds
used
to pay current expenses (including fees payable to Members), fees and debt
payments and to establish reasonable reserves for future expenses, fees and
debt
payments (including any payments or reserves required under the License
Agreement); and less (f) amounts needed to repay any loans or assumed
liabilities (including, without limitation, the Assumed ICI
Liabilities).
1.12 "Certificate
of Formation"
shall
mean the certificate of formation referenced in Section 2.1 below.
1.13 "Class
A Member"
or
"Class
A Members"
means
and refers to the Class A Member or Members designated as such in Exhibit A
of this
Agreement.
1.14 "Class
B Member"
or
"Class
B Members"
means
and refers to the Class B Member or Members designated as such in Exhibit A
of this
Agreement.
1.15 "Code"
shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.16 "Company"
shall
mean the limited liability company formed in accordance with this
Agreement.
1.17 "Consent"
shall
mean the affirmative vote of the Class A Members holding in excess of fifty
percent (50%) of the Units held by all Class A Members of the
Company.
1.18 "Contribution
Agreement"
shall
mean that certain Asset Contribution and Combination Agreement dated as of
the
same date hereof by and among ICI, the ICI Stockholders, XxxXxxxxxx, ATPA,
the
Company and Trust Benefits Online, LLC.
1.19 [Intentionally
Omitted.]
1.20 "Director"
shall
mean each individual designated as a Director pursuant to Article VI
below.
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1.21 "Economic
Interest"
shall
mean the right to share in the net profits, net losses, deductions, tax credits
or similar items and to receive Distributions from the Company, but does not
include any voting or management rights or, unless otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the right to receive information concerning the business and affairs
of the Company.
1.22 "Economic
Interest Holder"
shall
mean the owner of an Economic Interest.
1.23 "Full
Satisfaction Date"
shall
mean the date on which all of the Priority Obligations have been satisfied
in
full, as more particularly defined in the License Agreement.
1.24 "ICI"
shall
mean Information Concepts, Inc.
1.25 "ICI
Shareholders"
shall
mean Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx.
1.26 "Interest"
shall
mean a Person's share of the Profits and Losses of, and the right to receive
distributions from, the Company.
1.27 "Interest
Holder"
shall
mean any Person who holds an Interest, whether as a Member or an Economic
Interest Holder.
1.28 "Xxxxxx"
shall
mean Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx.
1.29 "License
Agreement"
shall
mean the ICI “WebERF” Software License
Agreement of even date between ATPA, ICI and the Company that is described
in
Section 4.4 of this Agreement.
1.30 "Member"
shall
mean each Person signing this Agreement and any Person who subsequently is
admitted as a member of the Company; and "Members"
means
the Members collectively.
1.31 "Member
Service Agreement"
shall
mean each member service agreement by and between the Company and each of
Jensen, Biller, XxxXxxxxxx and any other Members that may enter into the same
or
similar agreement with the Company from time to time.
1.32 "Percentage"
or
"Percentage
Interest"
means,
as to a Member, the percentage determined by dividing the number of Units held
by such member by the total number of Units held by all Members of the Company,
and as to an Interest Holder who is not a Member, the Percentage of the Member
whose interest has been acquired by such Interest Holder, to the extent the
Interest Holder has succeeded to that Member's interest.
1.33 "Person"
shall
mean and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited
liability company, trust, estate or other entity.
1.34 "Priority
Obligations"
shall
mean the Assumed ICI Liabilities that are covered by the License
Agreement.
1.35 "Profit"
and
"Loss"
shall
mean for each taxable year of the Company or other period, an amount equal
to
the Company's taxable income or loss for the year or period, determined in
accordance with Code Section 703(a), with the adjustments set forth in Section
C.1.7 of Exhibit C
to this
Agreement.
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1.36 "Property"
means
the tangible and intangible property contributed to or acquired by the
Company.
1.37 "Regulation(s)"
shall
mean the Treasury Regulations, including Temporary Regulations, from time to
time adopted under the Code.
1.38 "Supermajority
Consent"
shall
mean, (a) as to the Members, the affirmative vote of the Class A Members holding
in excess of seventy five percent (75%) of the Units held by all Class A Members
of the Company, and (b) as to the Directors, the affirmative vote of seventy
five percent (75%) of the Directors of the Company.
1.39 "Unit"
shall
mean a Unit of ownership in the Company.
1.40 "XxxXxxxxxx"
shall
mean Xxxxx XxxXxxxxxx.
Other
terms are defined in the text of this Agreement; and, throughout this Agreement,
those terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them.
ARTICLE
II
Organizational
Matters
2.1 Organization.
The
parties have organized the Company pursuant to the Act and the terms of this
Agreement and, in furtherance of that purpose, have caused a Certificate of
Formation to be prepared, executed and filed with the Secretary of State of
the
State of Delaware (the "Secretary
of State"),
a
true and correct copy of which is attached as Exhibit D
hereto.
2.2 Name.
The
name of the Company shall be "Benefits
Technologies, LLC"
until
changed by the Members.
2.3 Purpose.
The
purpose of the Company shall be to engage in the business of providing
administration and participant access licensed software products and/or hosted
"Software as a Service" products to the employee benefits industry. The purpose
of the Company shall not be a limitation of its powers and privileges, and
the
Company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted
by
the Act or by any other law or by this Agreement, together with any powers
incidental thereto. Subject to any limitations contained in the Certificate
of
Formation and this Agreement, the Company may carry on any lawful business,
purpose or activity that has not been disapproved by the Board of Directors,
subject to any restrictions in the Act.
2.4 Term.
The
Company was organized on January 29, 2008, when the Certificate of Formation
was
filed with the Secretary of State. It shall continue until dissolved pursuant
to
the provisions of this Agreement.
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2.5 Principal
Place of Business.
The
principal place of business of the Company shall be 0000 Xxxx Xxxxx 00, Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
2.6 Registered
Office and Registered Agent.
(a) For
purposes of Sections 18-104(a)(1) and 18-105 of the Act, the registered office
of the Company is Parasec Incorporated, 00 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000. The Board of Directors may change the registered office of the Company
from time to time as permitted under the Act, provided that it shall give the
Members written notice of such change.
(b) For
purposes of Section 18-104(a)(2) of the Act, the Company’s registered agent for
service of process is Parasec Incorporated, whose address is 00 Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, in the City of Dover, County of Xxxx, Xxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx 00000. The
Board
of Directors may change the Company’s registered agent from time to time as
permitted under the Act, provided that it shall give the Members written notice
of such change.
ARTICLE
III
Capital
Contributions
3.1 Initial
Capital Contributions.
Each
initial Member contributed to the Company the monies, properties and/or services
specified in Exhibit A
as that
Member’s initial Capital Contribution.
3.2 Additional
Capital Contributions.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Member shall be required to make
additional Capital Contributions. If approved by the Board, a Member may make
additional Capital Contributions. In such event, all other Members shall have
the opportunity, but not the obligation, to make additional Capital
Contributions on a pro-rata basis in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests.
3.3 Capital
Accounts.
The
Company shall establish and maintain an individual Capital Account for each
Member and Interest Holder consisting of that Member's initial Capital
Contribution, (a) increased by that Member's additional Capital Contribution
and
share of profits, (b) decreased by that Member's share of losses and
distributions, and (c) adjusted in accordance with the requirements of the
Code,
the Regulations thereunder, and Exhibit
C.
3.4 No
Withdrawals of Capital.
No
Member or Economic Interest Holder shall have the right to withdraw, reduce
or
cause the redemption of his, her or its Capital Contributions or to demand
and
receive property of the Company or any Distribution in return for his, her
or
its Capital Contributions except as may be specifically provided in this
Agreement or required by law. A Member or Economic Interest Holder, irrespective
of the nature of his, her or its contribution, has only the right to demand
and
receive cash in return for his, her or its Capital Contribution.
3.5 No
Interest.
No
Member or Economic Interest Holder shall be entitled to receive any interest
on
his, her or its Capital Contributions or Capital Account.
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3.6 Priority.
No
Member shall have priority over any other Member with respect to the return
of a
Capital Contribution, or distributions or allocations of income, gain, losses,
deductions, credits or items thereof, except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, including Section 4.4 below.
3.7 Member
Loans.
Any
Member, with the Consent of the Board of Directors, may lend money to the
Company. If any Member makes any loan or loans to the Company, the amount of
such loan shall not be treated as a contribution to the capital of the Company
but shall be a debt due from the Company. Any Member’s loan to the Company shall
have such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by the Board of Directors
and the Member; provided, however, that if such terms are less favorable to
the
Company than the terms and conditions that could be obtained by the Company
in
an arm’s length transaction with a non-Member, such terms shall be approved by
the Consent of the Members, excluding the Member making the Loan. Any Member’s
loan to the Company shall be repaid from the excess cash of the Company as
determined by the Board of Directors and as reflected in the Company's budget.
None of the Members shall be obligated to loan money to the Company or to make
additional Capital Contributions to the Company.
ARTICLE
IV
Distribution
and Allocation of Net Profits and Net Losses
4.1 Distributions.
The
Company shall make Distributions of available Cash Flow to the Members and
Interest Holders in proportion to their Percentage Interests (except where
this
Agreement requires that Distributions be made on another basis) at such times,
in such amounts and in cash or in kind, as the Board determines; provided,
however,
that no
Distribution of Cash Flow shall be made to the Members regardless of available
Cash Flow until after the Full Satisfaction Date unless approved by the Board
in
accordance with Section 6.4.
4.2 Allocation
of Profit and Loss.
The
profits and losses and other similar items of the Company (including for income
tax purposes all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit and preference)
shall be allocated in the manner as set forth in the attached Exhibit C.
4.3 Tax
Distributions.
Within
90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall, to the extent
there is Cash Flow available for distribution, distribute in cash to each Member
an amount equal to the excess (if any) of (a) the product of (i) the Applicable
Combined Tax Rate for the fiscal year to which such distribution relates and
(ii) such Member's allocable share of the taxable income (if any) for the fiscal
year to which such distribution relates; over (b) the sum of all distributions
previously made under Section 4.2 to such Member with respect to such year.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the "Applicable
Combined Tax Rate"
means
the highest marginal combined federal and state income tax rate applicable
to
individuals who are residents of California, provided, however, that the
applicable state income tax rate shall be reduced to reflect the federal income
tax deduction, if any, permitted for payment of state income taxes, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
4.4 License
Agreement; Priority Obligations.
The
Company has entered into the License Agreement] of even date between ATPA,
ICI
and the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B
.
Pursuant to the License Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain
resources (including workforce) to ICI in the performance of the License
Agreement, and in the event the Priority Obligations have not been satisfied
by
the two year anniversary of the License Agreement, the Company has agreed to
satisfy the remaining balance of the Priority Obligations at that time. The
Company shall take such steps as may be reasonably necessary or prudent to
assure the performance of the Company's obligations under the License Agreement,
including the establishment of reasonable reserves in the budget if deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE
V
Members
5.1 Meetings
of Members.
Meetings of the Members shall be held at such times and places as the Board
of
Directors shall fix from time to time. In addition, unless otherwise prescribed
by the Act, meetings of the Members may be called by Members holding more than
ten percent (10%) of all Percentage Interests in the Company, or by any two
(2)
Directors, for the purpose of addressing matters on which Members may vote.
No
annual or regular meetings of Members shall be required.
(a) Notice
of Meetings.
Notice
of a Members’ meeting shall be given in writing and shall state the date, time,
and place of the meeting and a description of the purposes for which the meeting
is called, to each Member of record entitled to vote at the meeting. The written
notice shall be sent or otherwise given not less than five (5), nor more than
thirty (30), calendar days before the date of the meeting. No business, other
than that set forth in the written notice, may be transacted at a meeting of
the
Members. A Member may waive notice of any meeting, before or after the date
and
time of the meeting as stated in the notice, by delivering a signed waiver
to
the Company for inclusion in the minutes. A Member's attendance at any meeting,
in person (to include by officer or representative) or by proxy (a) waives
objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the
Member at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or
transacting business at the meeting, and (b) waives objection to consideration
of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purposes described
in the meeting notice, unless the Member objects to considering the matter
when
it is presented.
(b) Voting.
Unless
otherwise provided in the Act or this Agreement, the affirmative Consent of
the
Members on a matter brought before the Members shall constitute the act of
the
Members. Unless otherwise provided herein or under applicable law, each Member
shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each Class A Membership Unit
allocated to his/her/its Interest. With respect to meetings for the election
of
the Board of Directors, any Member shall be entitled to cumulate such Member’s
votes for candidates and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the
number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which
such Member’s Units are entitled, or to distribute the Member’s votes on the
same principle among any or all of the candidates, as the Member deems
appropriate. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes up to the
number of Directors to be elected shall be elected.
(c) Proxies.
Proxies
may be utilized as provided in the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
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(d) Conduct
of Meetings.
At any
Members' meeting, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at the meeting
and
shall appoint a person to act as secretary of the meeting. In the absence of
the
Chief Executive Officer, the President shall preside. The secretary of the
meeting shall prepare minutes of the meeting which shall be placed in the minute
books of the Company. Members may participate in any meeting through the use
of
conference telephones or similar communications equipment as long as all Members
participating can communicate with one another. A Member so participating is
deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
(e) Quorum.
The
presence in person or by proxy of Members who have and hold more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total issued voting Units shall constitute a quorum for
any
meeting of Members.
(f) Written
Consent.
Any
action that may be taken by the Members at a meeting may also be taken without
a
meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed
by
Members having not less than the minimum votes that would be necessary to
authorize that action at a meeting of the Members duly called and
noticed.
(g) Procedural
Matters.
Any
procedural matters relating to meetings and actions of the Members not addressed
by the foregoing provisions shall be governed by the provisions of the Delaware
General Corporation Law dealing with meetings and actions of shareholders as
if
the Company were a Delaware corporation.
5.2 Certificate
of Interest.
Each
Membership Interest or Economic Interest may be represented by a certificate.
However, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require that a Membership
Interest or Economic Interest be represented by a certificate. If a certificate
is issued, it shall contain the following legend on its face:
"THIS
CERTIFICATE AND THE MEMBERSHIP INTEREST REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO AND
SHALL BE TRANSFERRABLE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THAT CERTAIN
OPERATING AGREEMENT OF BENEFITS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2008
AMONG THE MEMBERS NAMED THEREIN, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF
THE
COMPANY.
THE
MEMBERSHIP INTEREST REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
THEREUNDER (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES OR INVESTOR PROTECTION LAWS OF ANY STATE, AND MAY NOT
BE
SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM, OR
AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE LEGALLY EFFECTED WITHOUT SUCH
REGISTRATION."
5.3 Limitation
on Liability of Members.
No
Member shall be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in
any
other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company whether that
liability or obligation arises in contract, tort or otherwise by reason of
being
a Member. No Member shall be required to loan any funds to the
Company.
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5.4 Voting
Rights of Members.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 5.4, the following matters shall require
the
Consent of the Members:
(a) Amendment
of the Certificate of Formation or this Agreement;
(b) The
merger of the Company into another entity, the merger of another entity into
the
Company or the consolidation of the Company with another entity;
(c) The
sale
of substantially all of the assets of the Company;
(d) Admission
of a new Member;
(e) The
dissolution of the Company;
(f) Removal
of a Director, with or without cause, and the filling of vacancies on the Board
if there are no Directors in office, provided that, so long as no new Members
are admitted in addition to the original members of the Company (ICI, ATPA
and
XxxXxxxxxx), and so long as the relative Membership Interests have not been
adjusted between or among such original Members, vacancies in the Board of
Directors shall be filled in accordance with Section 6.1(c); or
(g) Sale
of
any debt or equity securities of the Company.
The
matters described in Section 5.4(a) and (d) above shall require the
Supermajority Consent of the Members until the Priority Obligations are repaid
in accordance with the terms of the Contribution Agreement. Thereafter, the
matters described in Section 5.4(a) and (d) shall require the Consent of the
Members.
5.5 Legal
Representative or Successor of a Member.
If a
Member or Economic Interest Holder who is an individual dies or is adjudged
to
be incompetent to manage his or her person or property by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such Member’s or Economic Interest Holder’s executor,
administrator, trustee, guardian, conservator or other personal representative
shall be entitled to such rights as are set forth in Article
IX
of this
Agreement.
5.6 Option
Plan.
The
Company has issued initially only Class A Member Interests. It is agreed,
however, that the Board of Directors may in the future establish an incentive
plan (the "Option
Plan")
for
the issuance of options (to purchase non-voting Class B Member Units) to
Members, investors, employees and contractors, and any other permitted
recipients under the Option Plan, which recipients, upon purchasing such Class
B
Member Units in accordance with the Option Plan, shall be admitted as Class
B
Members. The Company hereby authorizes one hundred thousand (100,000) non-voting
Units to be reserved under the terms of the Option Plan for this purpose,
subject to the determination of the terms and conditions of such Option Plan
by
the Board of Directors.
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6.1 Management
by Board.
(a) The
business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the direction of
the
Board, and the Board shall have all power and authority to manage and direct
the
business and affairs of the Company, subject to the provisions of Section 5.4
and 6.1. The Board may delegate powers and authority to Board subcommittees
and
to Officers, subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Any power not
delegated by the Board shall remain with the Board. Approval by or action taken
by the Board in accordance with this Agreement shall constitute approval or
action by the Company, subject to Sections 5.4 and 6.1.
(b) The
Board
shall at all times consist of five (5) members (each, a "Director").
Directors need not be Members. Each Director shall serve until his earlier
resignation, removal, death, or inability to serve. Any Director may resign
at
any time upon written notice to the Company, and acceptance of the resignation
is not necessary to make it effective. The
initial Directors shall be Xxxxxx, Jensen, VanDeursen, Xxx Xxxxxxx, and Xxx
Xxxxxx.
(c) The
initial Directors are appointed and agreed to in order to provide proportional
representation of the initial members of the Company. Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx are
deemed to represent ICI (the “ICI Directors”), Xxx Xxxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxx are
deemed to represent ATPA (the “ATPA Directors”), and XxxXxxxxxx is deemed to
represent himself. Until the admission of any Members in addition to the initial
members or a change in the relative Membership Interests held by such initial
members, ICI shall retain the right to appoint any new Director to replace
an
ICI Director who leaves the Board for any reason, ATPA shall retain the right
to
appoint any mew Director to replace an ATPA Director who leaves the Board for
any reason, and the ICI Directors and the ATPA Directors shall together shall
retain the right to appoint a new Director to replace XxxXxxxxxx if XxxXxxxxxx
shall leave the Board for any reason. Thereafter, vacancies on the Board may
be
filled by the remaining Directors or, if no Directors are then serving, by
Approval of the Members.
6.2 Notice
of Board Meetings; Location; Waiver of Notice.
Meetings of the Board are not required. However, regular meetings of the Board
are intended to be held at least once each quarter at times and places fixed
by
the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chief Executive
Officer or by any two Directors upon forty-eight (48) hours prior notice, which
notice shall identify the purpose of the special meeting or the business to
be
transacted; provided, however, that the failure to identify specifically an
action to be taken or business to be transacted shall not invalidate any action
taken or any business transacted at a special meeting. Meetings can be held
in
person, by telephone conference call or by other electronic means provided
all
participants can communicate with one another. Notice of a meeting may be waived
before or after that meeting by a written waiver of notice signed by the
Director entitled to notice. A Director’s attendance at a meeting shall
constitute waiver of notice unless the Director states at the beginning of
the
meeting his or her objection to the transaction of business because the meeting
was not lawfully called or convened.
6.3 Quorum;
Approvals; Proxies; Written Action.
The
presence of at least a majority of the Directors then in office shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business at a Board meeting. The vote of a
majority of those Directors constituting a quorum shall govern all of the
Board’s actions and constitute approval by the Board. The Board may act without
a meeting if the action taken is approved in advance or ratified in writing
by
the unanimous written consent of the Directors. The Board shall cause written
minutes to be prepared of all actions taken by the Board and shall cause a
copy
thereof to be delivered to each Director within thirty (30) days thereafter.
All
procedural matters relating to meetings and actions of the Board not provided
for in this Article VI shall be governed by the provisions of Delaware General
Corporation Law relating to meetings and actions of the directors of a
corporation as if the Company were a Delaware corporation .
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6.4 Authority
of the Board.
The
Board shall have, in addition to any other power granted to it in this
Agreement, the right, power and authority to take the following
actions:
(a) Make
overall policy decisions with respect to the business and affairs of the
Company;
(b) Approve
the annual budget and strategic plan each Fiscal Year;
(c) Approve
any material amendments and supplements to a previously approved annual budget
and strategic plan;
(d) Approve
all contracts that are proposed to be entered into between the Company and
any
Member or Affiliate of a Member;
(e) Approve
all Distributions to the Members, subject to the requirements of Section 4.1
above;
(f) Approve
the conveyance, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrances, or disposal
of, or the granting of a security interest in, any assets of the Company, other
than in the ordinary course of business or, if within the ordinary course of
business, the amount involved exceeds $15,000 but is outside of the
budget;
(g) Approve
the entry of the Company into any partnership, joint venture or other joint
enterprise, other than in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Approve
the incurring of indebtedness by the Company other than in the ordinary course
of business or in an amount in excess of $15,000 if in the normal course of
business but outside of the budget;
(i) Approve
the making of any loan or guaranty by the Company other than in the normal
course of business or, in an amount in excess of $15,000 if in the normal course
of business but outside of the budget;
(j) Approve
the employment, appointment or removal of any Officer of the
Company;
(k) Approve
any change in accounting principles used by the Company, except to the extent
required by generally accepted accounting principles;
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(l) Approve
any tax accounting principles;
(m) Approve
the conduct of litigation to which the Company is a party; and
(n) Approve
the Option Plan, including the terms and conditions thereof.
The
matters described in Sections 6.4 (b)-(j) above shall require the Supermajority
Consent of the Board until the repayment in full of the Priority Obligations.
Thereafter, all matters described in Section 6.4 shall require the affirmative
vote of a majority of the Directors.
6.5 Subcommittees.
The
Board may designate one or more subcommittees. Each subcommittee shall be
comprised of the number of Directors the Board determines, but not fewer than
two. Any subcommittee, to the extent approved by the Board, shall have and
may
exercise all the power and authority of the Board.
6.6 No
Individual Authority.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Director acting alone shall have
any
authority to act for, or undertake or assume any obligation or responsibility
on
behalf of, the Company.
6.7 Liability
for Certain Acts.
The
Officers and Directors do not, in any way, guarantee the return of the Members’
or Interest Holder’s Capital Contributions or a profit for the Members or
Interest Holders from the operations of the Company. No Officer or Director
shall be liable to the Company or to any Member or Interest Holder for any
loss
or damage sustained by the Company or any Member or Economic Interest Holder,
unless the loss or damage shall have been the result of fraud, gross negligence,
willful misconduct, material breach of this Agreement or a wrongful taking
by
such Officer or Director.
6.8 Other
Activities.
No
Director shall be required to manage the Company as the Director’s sole and
exclusive function, and any Director or Officer may have other business
interests and may engage in other activities in addition to those relating
to
the Company, provided, however, that any Officer who is a full-time employee
of
the Company shall devote substantially all of his or her working time to the
business of the Company. Neither the Company nor any Member shall have any
right, by virtue of this Agreement, to share or participate in such other
investments or activities of a Director or Officer or to the income or proceeds
derived therefrom. Members who are Directors or Officers agree, however, to
avoid any business or venture which conflicts materially with, directly competes
with, or indirectly competes to a material degree with the Company’s
business.
6.9 Compensation
and Reimbursement.
(a) No
Director shall be entitled to compensation from the Company for services
rendered to the Company as a Director except as shall be fixed from time to
time
by the Board, and no Director shall be prevented from receiving such
compensation by reason of the fact that such person is also a Member. Upon
the
submission of appropriate documentation, each Director shall be reimbursed
by
the Company for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Director
at
the Company’s request.
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(b) The
Directors shall cause the Company to make an appropriate election to treat
the
expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the formation and
organization of the Company to be amortized to the extent that such expenses
constitute “organizational expenses” of the Company within the meaning of Code
Section 709(b)(2).
6.10 Budget.
(a) Initial
Budgets.
The
initial Budget for the Company attached hereto as Exhibit E
has been
approved by the Members (the "Approved
Initial Budget").
(b) Annual
Approved Budget.
Not
less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the end of the Company's fiscal
year, the Chief Executive Officer shall present to the Board of Directors a
proposal for the Company’s annual budget for the following year. As soon as
reasonably practicable thereafter, the Directors shall review such proposal
and
shall adopt a budget for the next calendar year no later than thirty (30) days
prior to the end of the Company's fiscal year. Appropriate reserves for the
satisfaction of the Company's obligations under the License Agreement, if deemed
appropriate by the Board, shall be included in the budget until the Priority
Obligations have been paid in full.
ARTICLE
VI
Officers
7.1 Appointment
of Officers.
The
Board may appoint Officers of the Company who need not be Members. The Officers
of the Company, if deemed necessary by the Board, may include a Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer, President, Chief Technology Officer, one or more
Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and Chief Financial Officer.
Any individual may hold any number of offices, and a Member or Director may
serve as an Officer. The Officers shall exercise such powers and perform such
duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. Each Officer
of
the Company shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed at
any
time by the Board with or without cause. Any Officer may resign at any time
by
giving written notice to the Board. Any resignation shall take effect at the
date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that
notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is
without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any contract
to
which the Officer is a party.
(c) 7.2 Chairman
of the Board.
The
Chairman of the Board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside
at meetings of the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers
and duties as may from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board
of Directors or as may be prescribed by this Agreement. The initial Chairman
of
the Board shall be Xxx Xxxxxxx.
7.3 Chief
Executive Officer; President.
Subject
to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors
to
the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the President shall
be
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and shall, subject to the control
of
the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of
the
business of the Company. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the
shareholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a Chairman of the Board,
at
all meetings of the Board of Directors. He or she shall have the general powers
and duties of management usually vested in the office of President of a Company,
and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board
of
Directors or this Agreement. He or she shall oversee the day-to-day affairs
of
the Company in accordance with the approved annual budget and strategic plan.
The position described above, and the duties proscribed to such position, may
be
allocated between two individuals, with one serving as the Chief Executive
Officer and the other as the President.
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7.4 Chief
Technology Officer.
The
Chief Technology Officer is responsible for the overall direction of all
technology functions associated with the business of the Company. This includes
information technology applications, product design, product research and
development, database administration, and such other matters relating to the
development of the Company's technology as may be directed by the Board.
7.5 Vice
President.
The
vice president shall oversee day-to-day operations of the Company not undertaken
by the Chief Executive Officer, and perform those other duties as assigned
by
the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence of the Chief Executive
Officer, a Vice President designated by the Board, if any, shall perform the
duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so performing shall have all
the
powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive
Officer as may be established by the Board.
7.6 Secretary.
The
Secretary shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may from
time
to time be assigned by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. In addition,
the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident
to
the office of Secretary including, without limitation, the duty and power to
give notice of all meetings of Members and the Board, the preparation and
maintenance of minutes of the Board and Members’ meetings and other records and
information required to be kept by the Company and for authenticating records
of
the Company, and to be custodian of the Company records. An Assistant Secretary
shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, have all of the powers
and
duties of the Secretary.
7.7 Chief
Financial Officer.
The
Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall have such powers as may from time
to time be assigned by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. In addition,
he
or she shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the
position of Chief Financial Officer, including, without limitation, the duty
and
power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Company,
to
deposit funds of the Company depositories selected in accordance with this
Agreement, to disburse such funds as ordered by the Board, making proper account
thereof, and to render as required by the Board statements of all these
transaction taken as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition
of
the Company.
7.8 Compensation.
The
compensation of the Officers shall be as determined by the Board, or in the
case
of individuals with whom the Company may enter into Member Services Agreements,
the terms of such Member Services Agreements.
7.9 General
Principles Regarding Management.
Notwithstanding the allocation of officiary positions, as outlined above, it
is
contemplated that the overall oversight and day-to-day management of the Company
shall be accomplished cooperatively by and among Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx and XxxXxxxxxx.
In particular, and subject to the matter requiring the prior approval of the
Members pursuant to Section
5.4
above,
or the Board of Directors pursuant to Section
6.4
above,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx and XxxXxxxxxx shall comprise a Management Committee (the
"Management
Committee").
The
Management Committee shall work cooperatively with respect to the hiring and
retention of employees, execution of contracts that bind the Company,
expenditures in excess of $5,000 (and less than those required for approval
by
the Board), the procurement of insurance coverages, the coordinating of
professional services, the execution of marketing strategies and general
management oversight on issues that are not specifically delegated by the Board
or the Management Committee to a particular officer or employee. In the event
that there is not consensus on an issue under the Management Committee's
oversight, the parties shall seek in good faith to obtain consensus. In the
event a consensus cannot be obtained, then the decision shall be made by the
Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE
VII
Books,
Records, Accounting, and Tax Elections
8.1 Books
and Records.
The
books and records shall be maintained in accordance with sound accounting
practices. All books and records, except to the extent that the Board of
Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes it to be in the
Company's best interest to keep those records confidential, shall be available
at the Company's principal office for examination by any Class A Member or
the
Class A Member's duly authorized representative at any and all reasonable times
during normal business hours. Except as expressly provided herein, each Member
and each Director shall keep all confidential and proprietary information
concerning the Company confidential and shall not use it for the Member's or
Director’s own purposes or disclose it to any other Person. Each Member shall
reimburse the Company for all costs and expenses incurred by the Company in
connection with the Member's inspection of the Company's books and
records.
8.2 Annual
Accounting Period.
The
Company will use the calendar year as its fiscal and taxable year, unless and
until determined otherwise by the Board of Directors and approved by Consent
of
the Members.
8.3 Tax
Matters Member.
The
Board of Directors shall designate the initial tax matters member of the Company
(the "Tax
Matters Member").
The
Tax Matters Member shall have all powers and responsibilities provided in Code
Section 6221, et seq. and any other foreign tax laws, as applicable. The Tax
Matters Member may be replaced at any time, and from time to time, by the vote
of the Board of Directors, provided, however, that the designation of a new
Tax
Matters Member complies with Code Section 6221, et seq. The Tax Matters Member
shall keep all Interest Holders informed of all notices from government taxing
authorities that may come to the attention of the Tax Matters Member. The
Company shall pay and be responsible for all reasonable third party costs and
expenses incurred by the Tax Matters Member in performing its duties. An
Interest Holder shall be responsible for any costs incurred by the Interest
Holder with respect to any tax audit or tax related administrative or judicial
proceeding against any Interest Holder, even though it relates to the Company;
provided that the Tax Matters Member and the Company shall provide such
assistance and information to the Interest Holder as may be reasonably requested
by such Interest Holder, at the expense of the Interest Holder.
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8.4 Annual
Tax Information.
Within
ninety (90) days after the end of each taxable year of the Company, the
Directors shall cause to be sent to each Person who was an Interest Holder
at
any time during the taxable year then ended, that tax information concerning
the
Company which is necessary for preparing the Interest Holder's income tax
returns for that year.
8.5 Other
Endeavors.
Each
Member acknowledges that the other Members are engaged in other business
activities and ventures, and, except as hereinafter provided and as otherwise
set forth in the Member Service Agreement, each acknowledges that nothing in
this Agreement shall be deemed to give the other any interest in or right to
participate in the other business activities of that Member, whether now
conducted or hereafter undertaken.
ARTICLE
VIII
Withdrawal,
Assignments of Interests
9.1 No
Transfer.
Except
as provided in Section
9.2
below,
no Member shall be entitled to Transfer all or any part of his or her Membership
Interest in the Company except with the prior approval of a Majority of Members.
Transfers in violation of this Section 9.1 shall be void.
9.2 Permitted
Transfers:
(a) Subject
to the provisions of Section
9.3
below,
and the requirement that the transferee execute and deliver to the Company
a
written agreement in form satisfactory to the Company agreeing to be bound
by
the terms of this Agreement, the following transfers may be made without
approval of the Members:
(i) A
Transfer during the lifetime of all or any fractional portion of an Economic
Interest to a revocable trust created for the benefit of a Member or for the
benefit of a Member and any combination of spouse and/or descendants (other
gratuitous lifetime transfers require approval of a Majority of
Members);
(ii) A
Transfer upon death under a will or trust or by intestacy of all or any portion
of an Economic Interest to the spouse and/or lineal descendants of a Member
or
to trusts for their benefit;
(iii) A
Transfer of a Membership Interest or Economic Interest to another Member;
(iv) A
Transfer by ICI to one or both ICI Stockholders; or
(v) A
Transfer of an Economic Interest to a transferee in accordance with the
requirements of subsection (b) below.
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(b) Before
making any Transfer under subsection (a)(v) above, the transferor shall comply
with the following requirements. The transferor shall give written Notice to
the
Company of the proposed Transfer stating the name, address and phone number
of
the proposed transferee, the price, if any, and all of the other terms and
conditions of the proposed Transfer (the “Notice
of Proposed Transfer”),
and a
copy of a written offer from the proposed transferee to purchase the Economic
Interest. The Company shall have the first right to purchase the Economic
Interest proposed to be transferred at the price and on the other terms and
conditions stated in the Notice of Proposed Transfer. If the Members do not
unanimously elect to cause the Company to purchase the entire Economic Interest
proposed to be transferred, the Members (other than the transferor) shall have
the right to purchase such part of the Economic Interest as the Company has
elected not to purchase at the price and on the other terms and conditions
stated in the Notice of Proposed Transfer in proportion to the respective
Percentage Interests of those Members who wish to participate in the purchase.
The rights of the Company and/or the other Members to purchase the Economic
Interest proposed to be transferred must be exercised by giving written Notice
to the transferor of the election to purchase not less than the entire Economic
Interest within thirty (30) days after the Company’s receipt of the Notice of
Proposed Transfer, failing which the transferor shall have the right to transfer
the Economic Interest to the proposed transferee for the price and on the other
terms and conditions stated in the Notice of Proposed Transfer during the
ensuing sixty (60) days. The Company may require reasonable evidence that the
Transfer of the proposed transferee was in compliance with the preceding
sentence. If the Transfer is not completed within said sixty (60) day period,
the procedures of this subsection (b) must be repeated. A purchase by the
Company or other Members shall be closed at the Company’s principal office at
10:00 a.m. on the sixtieth (60th)
day
after the Company’s receipt of the Notice of Proposed Transfer unless otherwise
mutually agreed.
9.3 Further
Restrictions on Transfers of Economic Interests.
In
addition to other restrictions found in the Agreement, no Member shall Transfer
all or any part of his or her Economic Interest in the Company: (a) without
registration under applicable federal and state securities laws, or unless
such
Member delivers an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that
registration under such laws in not required; (b) if the Economic Interest
is to
be sold or exchanged, when added to the total of all other Economic Interests
sold or exchanged in the preceding twelve (12) consecutive months prior thereto,
would result in the termination of the Company under Code Section 708 or
jeopardize the Company's election to be taxed as a partnership for federal
income tax purposes or cause any assets of the Company to be deemed "plan
assets" under ERISA.
9.4 Substitution
of Members after Transfer of Interest.
A
transferee of an Interest shall have the right to become a substitute Member
only if: (a) the requirements of Section
5.4(d)
relating
to the consent of the Members and Section
9.3
relating
to securities and tax requirements have been met; (b) such Person executes
an
instrument satisfactory to the approving Members agreeing to be bound by the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, and (c) such Person pays any reasonable
expenses in connection with his, her or its admission as a new Member. An
assignee who becomes a substituted Member has, to the extent assigned, the
rights and powers of a Member. Until the assignee of an Interest in the Company
becomes a substituted Member, the assignor continues to be a Member and to
have
the power to exercise the voting rights in connection with the subject
Interest.
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9.5 Effective
Date of Permitted Transfer of an Interest.
Any
permitted Transfer of all or any portion of an Interest in the Company shall
take effect on the first day of the month following (a) receipt by the Company
from the transferee of written acceptance and adoption of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and (b) payment by the transferee of the reasonable
expenses in connection with the Transfer. Profits, gains, losses, deductions
and
credits shall be allocated between transferor and transferee according to the
relative number of days before and after such effective date unless otherwise
required by the Code.
9.6 Binding
Effect.
The
provisions of this Agreement, including without limitation the transfer
restrictions of this Article IX, shall be binding on all Interests and all
transferees of Interests whether or not such transferees agree to be bound
thereby.
ARTICLE
IX
Dissolution
and Winding Up
10.1 Events
of Dissolution.
The
Company shall be dissolved upon the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(a) by
the
Consent of the Members;
(b) the
sale
of all or substantially all of the Company's assets; or
(c) upon
the
entry of a decree of judicial dissolution with respect to the
Company.
10.2 No
Further Business.
On
the
dissolution of the Company, the Company shall engage in no further business
other
than that necessary to wind up the business and affairs of the Company in an
orderly manner, liquidating its assets, disposing of and conveying its property,
collecting and dividing its assets, satisfying the claims of its creditors
and
prescribing and defending actions by or against the Company in order to collect
and discharge obligations. No Member shall take any action that is inconsistent
with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, winding up the business and
affairs of the Company. To the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing,
all
covenants and obligations in the Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect until such time as the assets have been distributed and the Company
has
terminated.
10.3 Responsibilities
for Winding Up.
The
Board shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and liquidation of
the
Company, shall take full account of the liabilities of the Company and assets,
shall cause its assets to be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with
obtaining the fair market value thereof, and shall cause the proceeds therefrom,
to the extent sufficient therefore, to be applied and distributed as provided
in
Section 10.4. Alternatively, the Board may appoint one or more of the Members
or
Officers to wind up and liquidate the Company. The persons responsible for
winding up the affairs of the Company shall give written notice of the
commencement of winding up by mail for all known creditors and claimants whose
addresses appear on the records of the Company. The persons winding up the
affairs of the Company shall be entitled to reasonable compensation. The Company
shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Delaware Secretary of State
upon completion of the winding up process.
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10.4 Order
of Payment of Liabilities upon Dissolution.
When
settling accounts of the Company after dissolution, the Members shall settle
the
liabilities of the Company by making payments in the order required by the
Act,
the distributions required by Section 18-804 of the Act to be made first to
Members in accordance with their then positive balance in their Capital Account
balances after taking into account income and loss allocation for the Company's
taxable year in which the Company is liquidated.
10.5 No
Liability for Return of Contribution.
No
Member shall be personally liable for the return or repayment of all or any
portion of the contributions of any other Member; any return or repayment shall
be made solely from assets of the Company.
ARTICLE
X
Notices
11.1 Any
notice, demand, consent, election, offer, approval, request or other
communication ("notice") required or permitted under this Agreement must be
in
writing and either delivered personally, sent by certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by facsimile. Any notice to be
given hereunder by the Company shall be given by the Secretary.
ARTICLE
XI
Injunctive
Relief
12.1 Irreparable
injury will result from a breach of any provision of this Agreement, and money
damages will be inadequate to fully remedy the injury. Accordingly, in the
event
of a breach or threatened breach of one or more of the provisions of this
Agreement, any party who may be injured (in addition to any other remedies
which
may be available to that party) shall be entitled to one or more preliminary
or
permanent injunctions (i) restraining any act which would constitute a breach
or
(ii) compelling the performance of any obligation which, if not performed,
would
constitute a breach.
ARTICLE
XII
Amendment
13.1 Amendments
to this Agreement may be adopted at any time by the Board of Directors with
the
Supermajority Consent of the Class A Members. The President shall execute,
acknowledge, swear to and properly file any such amendment as attorney in fact
on behalf of each Member.
ARTICLE
XIII
Dispute
Resolution
14.1 All
disputes arising under or in connection with this Agreement or among the
Members, shall be submitted to a mutually agreeable arbitrator, or if the
parties are unable to agree on an arbitrator within fifteen (15) days after
a
written demand for arbitration is made by either party, to JAMS/Endispute
(“JAMS”) or successor organization, for binding arbitration in Los Angeles
County by a single arbitrator who shall be a former California Superior Court
judge. The arbitration shall be conducted under the California Arbitration
Act,
Code of Civil Procedure 1280 et seq. The parties shall have the discovery rights
provided in Code of Civil Procedure 1283.05 and 1283.1. The arbitration hearing
shall be commenced within ninety (90) days after the selection of an arbitrator
by mutual agreement or, absent such mutual agreement, the filing of the
application with JAMS by either party hereto, and a decision shall be rendered
by the arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the hearing.
The arbitrator shall have complete authority to render any and all relief,
legal
and equitable, appropriate under California law, including the award of punitive
damages where legally available and warranted. The arbitrator shall award costs
of the proceeding, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and the arbitrator’s fee
and costs, to the party determined to have substantially prevailed. Judgment
can
be entered in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE
XIV
Miscellaneous
15.1 This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts and as so executed shall constitute
one agreement binding on all parties, notwithstanding the fact that all parties
have not signed the original or the same counterpart. This Agreement contains
the entire understanding of the parties. It may not be changed orally, but
only
by a writing signed by all of the parties. The waiver of any breach of any
term
hereof shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of that
term,
but the same shall continue in full force and effect. The terms and provisions
hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties,
and
their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns.
The
parties shall execute any further instruments and shall perform any acts which
are, or may become, necessary to effectuate and carry on the Company in
accordance with this Agreement. The captions used herein are for convenience
of
reference only, and shall not be deemed to modify or construe any of the terms
or provisions hereof. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. In this Agreement, the
singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the
feminine and neuter and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the initial Members have executed this Agreement as of the
date
first written above.
ASSOCIATED THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATORS | |||
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
President/CEO
|
INFORMATION
CONCEPTS, INC.
|
|||
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
President
|
/s/
Xxxxx
XxxXxxxxxx
Xxxxx
XxxXxxxxxx
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EXHIBIT
A
Member's
Name & Address
|
Capital
Contribution1
|
|
Units
|
||||
Class
A Members
|
|||||||
Associated
Third Party Administrators
0000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
400,000
|
||||
Information
Concepts, Inc.
0000
X. Xxxxx 00
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
400,000
|
||||
Xxxxx
XxxXxxxxxx
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
$
|
1.00
|
200,000
|
||||
Class
B Members
|
|||||||
None
|
|||||||
Reserved
Incentive Non-Voting Units
|
100,000
|
1
Pursuant
to an Asset Contribution and Combination Agreement dated as of the date
hereof
(the "Contribution Agreement"), certain assets were contributed to the
Company
in exchange for Units issued to each of the Class A Members hereof. Each
of the
capital contribution amounts set forth above is the agreed upon fair market
value of the assets, after offsetting any assumed liabilities, contributed
to
the Company under the Contribution Agreement.
EXHIBIT
A
EXHIBIT
B
License
Agreement
(Attached)
EXHIBIT
B
EXHIBIT
C
Special
Tax Allocations
C.1. Definitions
C.1.1
"Adjusted
Book Value"
shall
mean, with respect to any asset, such asset's adjusted basis for federal income
tax purposes, with the following exceptions and adjustments:
(a) The
initial Adjusted Book Value of any asset contributed to the Company by a Member
shall be the fair market value of such asset (without reduction for liabilities
secured by such asset) as determined by the contributing Member and the
Company;
(b) The
Adjusted Book Values of all Company assets may be adjusted to equal their
respective fair market values (without reduction for liabilities secured by
such
assets) as of the following times: (a) 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; (b) the distribution by the Company to an Interest
Holder of more than a de minimis amount of Company property as consideration
for
an interest in the Company if it is reasonably determined that such adjustment
is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the
Members in the Company; and (c) the liquidation of the Company within the
meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);
(c) The
Adjusted Book Value of any Company asset distributed to any Interest Holder
shall be the fair market value (without reduction for liabilities secured by
such assets) of such asset on the date of distribution;
(d) The
Adjusted Book Values of Company 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
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and Section 3.3 of the Agreement;
provided,
however,
that
Adjusted Book Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d)
to
the extent it is determined that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) is
necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise
result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d); and
(e) The
Adjusted Book Value of each asset determined or adjusted pursuant to (a), (b)
or
(c) above shall thereafter be adjusted by the depreciation taken into account
with respect to such asset in computing Profit or Loss.
C.1.2
"Adjusted
Capital Account Deficit"
shall
mean, with respect to any Interest Holder, the deficit balance, if any, in
the
Interest Holder's Capital Account as of the end of the relevant taxable year,
after giving effect to the following adjustments: (i) the deficit shall be
decreased by any amounts which the Interest Holder is obligated to restore
pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or is deemed obligated
to
restore pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-2; and (ii) the deficit shall
be
increased by the items described in Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
(5) and (6). This definition is intended to comply with the provisions of
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
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C.1.3
"Capital
Account"
shall
mean the Capital Account to be maintained for each Interest Holder on the books
of the Company in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) An
Interest Holder's Capital Account shall be credited with the Interest Holder's
Capital Contributions, the amount of any liabilities assumed by the Interest
Holder, the Interest Holder's share of Profit and any item in the nature of
income or gain specially allocated to the Member;
(b) An
Interest Holder's Capital Account shall be debited with the amount of money
and
the fair market value of any property distributed to the Interest Holder (net
of
liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Interest Holder
is
considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code), the
amount of any liabilities of the Interest Holder assumed by the Company (other
than liabilities assumed by the Company pursuant to the Agreement), the Interest
Holder's distributive share of Loss and any item in the nature of expenses
or
losses specially allocated to the Member;
(c) If
an
Interest Holder's interest in the Company is transferred pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the
transferor to the extent the Capital Account is attributable to the transferred
interest.
It
is
intended that the Capital Accounts of all Interest Holders shall be maintained
in compliance with the provisions of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2,
and all provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital
Accounts shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with the
Regulations.
C.1.4
"Member
Loan Nonrecourse Deductions"
shall
mean any Company deductions that would be Nonrecourse Deductions if they were
not attributable to a loan made or guaranteed by a Member within the meaning
of
Regulation Section 1.704-2(i).
C.1.5
"Minimum
Gain"
has the
meaning set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(b). Minimum Gain shall be
computed separately for each Interest Holder, applying principles consistent
with both the foregoing definition and the Regulations promulgated under Section
704 of the Code.
C.1.6
"Nonrecourse
Deduction"
has the
meaning set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(1). The amount of Nonrecourse
Deductions for a taxable year of the Company equals the net increase, if any,
in
the amount of Minimum Gain during that taxable year, determined according to
the
provisions of Regulation Section 1.704-2(c).
C.1.7
"Profit"
and
"Loss"
shall
mean for each taxable year of the Company or other period, an amount equal
to
the Company's taxable income or loss for the year or period, determined in
accordance with Code Section 703(a), with the following adjustments (i) all
items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit required to be stated
separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in computing
the
Company's taxable income or loss; (ii) any tax exempt income of the Company,
not
otherwise taken into account in computing Profit or Loss, shall be included
in
computing the Company's taxable income or loss; and (iii) any expenditures
of
the Company described in Code Section 705(2)(B) (or treated as such pursuant
to
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and not otherwise taken into account in
computing Profit or Loss, shall be subtracted from taxable income or
loss.
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C.2. Allocation
of Profits and Losses other than for a Capital Transaction
C.2.1 Allocation
of Profit and Loss.
After
giving effect to the special allocation provisions set forth in Sections
C.2.2(a) through C.2.2(g) below and C.2.3(a) through C.2.3(d) below, Profit
or
Loss (other than Profit or Loss resulting from a Capital Transaction, which
Profit or Loss shall be allocated in accordance with the provisions of Section
C3 below) shall be allocated to the Interest Holders in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests.
C.2.2 Special
Allocations of Items in the Nature of Income or Gain.
Notwithstanding the allocations of Profit or Loss as set forth in Sections
C2.1
above:
(a) If
any
Interest Holder unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution
described in Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), or (6), which
causes such Interest Holder to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, items
of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to that Interest Holder
in an amount sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Regulations,
the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of the Interest Holder as soon as possible.
This Section C.2.2(a) is intended to comply with, and shall be interpreted
consistently with, the "qualified income offset" provisions of the Regulations
promulgated under Code Section 704(b).
(b) If
there
is a net decrease in Minimum Gain during any taxable year and if any Interest
Holder has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as of the last day of that
taxable year which exceeds the Interest Holder's share of the Minimum Gain
as of
that day, then all items of gross income and gain of the Company for that
taxable year (and, if necessary, for subsequent taxable years) shall be
allocated to those Interest Holders in the amount and in the proportions
required to eliminate the excess as soon as possible. This Section C.2.2(b)
is
intended to comply with, and shall be interpreted consistently with, the
"minimum gain chargeback" provisions of the Regulations promulgated under Code
Section 704(b).
(c) No
Interest Holder shall be allocated Losses or deductions if the allocation causes
an Interest Holder to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. If any Interest
Holder receives (1) an allocation of Loss or deduction (or item thereof) or
(2)
any distribution which causes the Interest Holder to have an Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit at the end of any taxable year, then all items of income and
gain of the Company (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of Company
income, including gross income and gain) for that taxable year shall be
allocated to that Interest Holder, before any other allocation is made of
Company items for that taxable year, in the amount and in proportions required
to eliminate the deficit as soon as possible.
(d) To
the
extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant
to
Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts, the amount of the adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated
as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or
loss
(if the adjustment decreases such basis); and the gain or loss shall be
specially allocated to the Interest Holders in a manner consistent with the
manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant
to
that section of the Regulations.
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(e) Nonrecourse
Deductions for a taxable year or other period shall be specially allocated
among
Interest Holders in proportion to their respective Percentage
Interests.
(f) Any
Member Loan Nonrecourse Deduction for any taxable year or other period shall
be
specially allocated to the Interest Holder who bears the risk of loss with
respect to the loan to which the Interest Holder Loan Nonrecourse Deduction
is
attributable in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-2(b).
(g) Any
special allocations pursuant to Sections C.2.2(a),
C.2.2(b) or C.2.2(c) hereof shall be taken into account in computing subsequent
allocations of Profits or Losses pursuant to this Section C.2, as allowable
under Code Section 704 and Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, so that
the
net amount of any items so allocated and the Profits, Losses and all other
items
allocated to each Interest Holder pursuant to this Section shall, to the extent
possible, be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each
such
Person pursuant to the provisions of this Section if those special allocations
had not been required.
C.2.3 Tax
Allocations.
(a) In
accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder, income,
gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital
of the Company shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members
so
as to take into account any variation between the adjusted basis of the property
to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its initial Adjusted Book
Value, computed in accordance with Section C.1.1 hereof.
(b) If
the
Adjusted Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Section C.1.1
hereof, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect
to the asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis
of
the asset for federal income tax purposes and its Adjusted Book Value in the
same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations
thereunder.
(c) Any
elections or other decisions relating to allocations shall be made by the Board
in any manner that reasonably reflects the purpose and intention of this
Agreement. Allocations pursuant to this Section C.2.3 are solely for purposes
of
federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken
into
account in computing, any Member's Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses,
other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement.
(d) If
all or
part of a Member's Interest in the Company is assigned at any time other than
at
the end of the Company's taxable year, profits, gains, losses, deductions,
and
credits of the Company allocable to the Interest assigned will be divided
between the assignor and the assignee by taking into account their varying
interests during the period in accordance with Code Section 706(d) and the
regulations thereunder using any conventions permitted by law and selected
by
the Board of Directors.
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C3. Allocation
of Profits and Losses for a Capital Transaction
C.3.1 Allocation
of Profit and Loss.
After
giving effect to the special allocation provisions set forth in Sections
C.2.2(a) through C.2.2(g) above and C.2.3(a) through C.2.3(d) above, Profit
or
Loss from a Capital Transaction shall be allocated to the Interest Holders,
and
distributed by the Company, in the following order and priority:
(a)
First, to the payment of all expenses of the Company incident to the Capital
Transaction; then
(b)
Second, to the payment of debts and liabilities of the Company then due and
outstanding (including all debts due to any Interest Holder);
(c) the
balance shall be distributed as follows:
(i)
First, to those Interest Holders that have a positive Capital Account balance,
to be distributed to such Interest Holders on a pari
passu
basis
until their respective Capital Accounts have a zero balance;
(ii)
Second, to the Interest Holders in proportion to their Percentage
Interests.
C.3.2 Right
to Assign Capital Proceeds.
Interest Holders entitled to a priority distribution pursuant to Section
C.3.1(c) above may assign, without the consent of the Members, some or all
of
his/her/its right to such distribution of Profit or Loss to another person
or
entity (including any other Interest Holder), subject to any requirements
imposed by the Act or the Code.
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Certificate
of Formation
[Certificate
of Formation of Benefits Technologies, LLC, was filed January 29, 2008 with
Delaware Secretary of State.]
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Approved
[Initial] Budget
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