AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
CADIZ REAL ESTATE LLC
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
("Amendment") is entered into as of October 29, 2004 by and
between Cadiz Inc. ("Cadiz") and X. Xxxxxxx & Associates, Inc.
(the "Independent Member"). The parties to this Amendment are
hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the "Parties".
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into a Limited Liability
Company Agreement of Cadiz Real Estate LLC dated as of December
11, 2003 (the "LLC Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Section 4.1 of the LLC Agreement provides that the
management of Cadiz Real Estate LLC (the "Company") shall be
vested in a Board of Managers; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the LLC Agreement in
order to provide the Board of Managers with the authority to
appoint officers of the Company, including a Chairman and a Chief
Executive Officer, with the powers typically associated with such
positions; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the LLC Agreement, for
as long as any amounts due under the terms of the New Note are
outstanding, any amendment to the LLC Agreement (including this
Amendment) requires the prior written consent of (i) the lenders
holding at least 66% of the interest in the New Note or such
higher supermajority as may be required pursuant to the terms of
the New Note, and (ii) the Independent Member; and
WHEREAS, the consent to this Amendment of the Independent
Member is evidenced by such Independent Member's execution of
this Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the consent to this Amendment of ING Capital LLC,
as the holder of 100% of the interest in the New Note, is set
forth following the signatures of Cadiz and the Independent
Member to this Amendment;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals, the
promises and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements herein contained, the Parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. AMENDMENT OF LLC AGREEMENT. Subject to Section 2 of
this Amendment, the LLC Agreement is hereby amended by adding new
Section 4.1(d) to read in full as follows:
"(d) OFFICERS.
i. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. The Managers may appoint
officers at any time. The officers of Company, if deemed
necessary by the Managers, may include a chairman, chief
executive officer/president, vice president, secretary, and chief
financial officer. The officers shall serve at the pleasure of
the Managers, subject to all rights, if any, of an officer under
any contract of employment. Any individual may hold any number
of offices. No officer need be a resident of the State of
California or citizen of the United States. The officers shall
exercise such powers and perform such duties as specified in this
Agreement and as shall be determined from time to time by the
Managers.
ii. REMOVAL, RESIGNATION AND FILLING OF VACANCY OF
OFFICERS. Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under a
contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with
or without cause, by the Managers at any time. Any officer may
resign at any time by giving written notice to the Managers. 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. A
vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal,
disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner
prescribed in this Agreement for regular appointments to that
office.
iii. SALARIES OF OFFICERS. All officers and agents of the
Company shall receive such compensation, if any, as may be
determined by the Managers from time to time.
iv. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE CHAIRMAN. The chairman, if
such an officer be appointed, shall, if present, preside at
meetings of the Members and Managers, and exercise and perform
such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned
to him by the Managers or prescribed by this Agreement. If there
is no president, the chairman shall in addition be the chief
executive officer of the Company and shall have the powers and
duties prescribed in Section (v) below.
v. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER/PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any,
as may be given by the Managers to the chairman, 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 Managers,
have general and active management of the business of the Company
and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Members and
Managers are carried into effect. He or she shall have the
general powers and duties of management usually vested in the
office of president of a corporation and shall have such other
powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Managers or this
Agreement. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and
other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Company,
except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed
and executed, and except where the signing and execution thereof
shall be expressly delegated by the Managers to some other
officer or agent of the Company.
vi. DUTIES AND POWERS OF OTHER OFFICERS. Any other
officers of the Company as may be appointed by the Managers, such
as, vice president, secretary, and chief financial officer, shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
Managers may from time to time prescribe.
vii. ACTS OF OFFICERS AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF AUTHORITY.
Any note, mortgage, evidence of indebtedness, contract,
certificate, statement, conveyance, or other instrument in
writing, and any assignment or endorsement thereof, executed or
entered into between the Company and any other person, when
signed by the chairman of the board, the president or any vice
president and any secretary, any assistant secretary, the chief
financial officer, or any assistant treasurer of the Company, is
not invalidated as to the Company by any lack of authority of the
signing officers in the absence of actual knowledge on the part
of the other person that the signing officers had no authority to
execute the same.
viii.SIGNING AUTHORITY OF OFFICERS. Subject to any
restrictions imposed by the Managers, any officer, acting alone,
is authorized to sign contracts and obligations and endorse
instruments on behalf of the Company."
2. EXISTING LLC AGREEMENT. Except as otherwise amended or
modified herein or hereby, the provisions of the LLC Agreement
(including, without limitation, the affirmative and negative
covenants set forth in Sections 4.3 and 4.4 of the LLC Agreement)
are hereby reaffirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any and all
actions which require the consent and/or approval pursuant to the
LLC Agreement of the Independent Member, Independent Manager
and/or the lenders holding at least 66% of the interest in the
New Note or such higher supermajority as may be required pursuant
to the terms of the New Note shall, notwithstanding this
Amendment, continue to require such consent and/or approval.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this
Amendment No. 1 to Limited Liability Company Agreement to be
executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of
the date first above written.
"CADIZ"
CADIZ INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
"INDEPENDENT MEMBER"
X. XXXXXXX & ASSOCIATES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
President
CONSENT OF HOLDER OF NEW NOTE:
Pursuant to Section 9.1 of the LLC Agreement, the undersigned, as
the holder of 100% of the interest in the New Note, hereby
consents to the foregoing Amendment.
ING CAPITAL LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: M.D.
