LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ICG, LLC
EXHIBIT 3.40
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
ICG, LLC
This Limited Liability Company Agreement (this “Agreement”) of ICG, LLC (the “Company”) is made and entered into as of September 23, 2004 (the “Effective Date”), by International Coal Group, LLC, as the sole member (the “Member”) of the Company.
RECITAL
The Company was formed by the filing of a Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 23, 2004 pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, Title 6 of the Delaware Code, Section 18-101 et seq., as amended from time to time (the “Act”).
AGREEMENT
1. Name. The name of the limited liability company is ICG, LLC.
2. Term. The term of the Company will be unlimited unless dissolved in accordance with the Act.
3. Purpose. The Company is formed for the purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
4. Office; Registered Agent. The Company will maintain a registered office in Delaware at, and the name and address of the Company’s registered agent in Delaware is, The Corporation Service Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The business address of the Company will be at such place as the Board of Directors will, from time to time, determine.
5. Member. The sole Member of the Company holds 100% of the legal and equitable ownership interest of the Company, as reflected with its name and address on Schedule A attached hereto. The Member’s legal and equitable ownership interest in the Company, including such Member’s share of the Company’s profits and losses and rights to receive distributions of the Company’s assets in accordance herewith and with the Act, is referred to herein as a “Membership Interest.”
6. Foreign Qualification. The Company may qualify to do business in any state that recognizes limited liability companies and in which it is necessary or expedient for the Company to transact business. The officers of the Company are authorized to appoint and substitute all necessary agents or attorneys for service of process, to designate and change the location of all necessary statutory offices, to make and file all necessary certificates, reports, powers of attorney and other instruments as may be required or appropriate under the laws of such state, to
authorize the Company to transact business therein and, whenever it is expedient for the Company to cease doing business therein, to withdraw therefrom, to revoke any appointment of an agent or attorney for service of process, and to file such certificates, reports, revocations of appointment or surrenders of authority of the Company to do business in any such state, territory, dependency or country.
7. Taxation. The Member intends that the Company will be treated as a partnership for federal and, if applicable, state and local income tax purposes, and the Member and the Company will file all such income tax returns and will otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.
8. Powers; Management; Board of Directors; Officers.
(a) The business and affairs of the Company will be managed by the Board of Directors (having all of the rights and powers which are possessed by a manager under the Act pursuant to Section 18-402 of the Act), subject to the provisions of this Agreement. The Board of Directors will be responsible and have sole authority for all aspects of the management and direction of the Company and will have the power to do any and all acts necessary or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise, possessed by a manager under the Act, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The initial Board of Directors will consist of the persons whose names are set forth on Schedule B hereto. Thereafter the number of Directors constituting the whole board will be at least one, such number to be fixed from time to time by action of the Member or of the Board of Directors. Each Director will serve as a Director until the earlier to occur of his death, retirement, resignation or removal by the Member. Any Director may be removed with or without cause by the Member. Upon the death, retirement, resignation or removal of any Director, the remaining Directors, if any, or the Member will designate the replacement Director, if any.
(c) Any action which under any provision of the Act or this Agreement is to be taken by the Board of Directors may be taken (x) at a meeting of the Board of Directors held at such place and time, on such terms (including telephone meetings at which all Directors participating can hear each other) and after such notice (unless waived before or after the meeting) as the Board of Directors may determine, or (y) without a meeting by written consent signed by the required number of Directors necessary to take such action. The Board of Directors will meet at such times as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
(d) Each Director will be entitled to cast one vote with respect to any decision to be made by the Board of Directors. Any decision to be made by the Board of Directors will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Approval or action by the Board of Directors will constitute approval or action by the Company.
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(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Member will not participate in the management of or have any control over the Company’s business nor will the Member have the power to represent, act for, sign for or bind the Board of Directors or the Company. The Member hereby consents to the exercise by the Board of Directors of the powers conferred on it by this Agreement. The Board of Directors may waive any notice to which it is entitled and the Board of Directors may ratify any action previously taken.
(f) Subject to the bylaws of International Coal Group, Inc., the Board of Directors may appoint one or more officers (which may include members of the Board of Directors) of the Company with such powers, titles and duties as may be approved by the Board of Directors. Each officer will hold office until the death, retirement, resignation or removal of such officer. The Board of Directors may remove any officer for cause or without cause. The initial officers of the Company are set forth on Schedule B hereto.
(g) The Company is entitled to reimburse the Directors for their reasonable expenses incurred in attending each Board of Directors or committee meeting or otherwise serving as Director.
9. Members. The Member is not an agent of the Company solely by virtue of being a Member, and the Member has no authority to act for the Company solely by virtue of being a Member. The Member will not be entitled to vote on any matter, except as required by law or as otherwise expressly set forth herein. Any Member who takes any action or binds the Company in violation of this Section 9 will be solely responsible for any loss and expense incurred by the Company as a result of the unauthorized action and will indemnify and hold the Company harmless with respect to such loss or expense.
10. Capital Contributions. The Member has contributed to the Company the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule A attached hereto, as may be amended from time to time.
11. Additional Contributions. The Member is not required to make any additional capital contribution to the Company.
12. Capital Accounts. A capital account (“Capital Account”) will be maintained for the Member on the books of the Company. The Member’s Capital Account will initially equal the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property contributed by such Member to the Company in accordance with Section 10. The Member’s Capital Account will be maintained in accordance with the rules contained in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b).
13. Membership Interest. The Membership Interest in the Company shall consist of 100 Membership Units. The Membership Units of the Member constitute a “security” governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction, including the States of Delaware and New York. The Company shall issue to each holder of a Membership Unit one or more certificates, substantially in
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the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and signed by such officer of the Company as the Board of Directors authorizes and prescribes, in the name of such holder to evidence its Membership Interest. The following legend (in addition to any other legends required by applicable law or otherwise) shall be typed on each such certificate:
THIS CERTIFICATE EVIDENCES A MEMBERSHIP INTEREST IN ICG, LLC AND SHALL BE A “SECURITY” GOVERNED AND FOR PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AS IN EFFECT IN ANY APPLICABLE JURISDICTION INCLUDING THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE IS HELD BY A PLEDGEE HEREOF.
14. Allocation of Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses will be allocated to the Member.
15. Distributions. Distributions will be made to the Member at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Board of Directors.
16. Withdrawal of a Member. A Member may withdraw from the Company in accordance with the Act.
17. Admission of Additional Members. One or more additional members may be admitted to the Company upon the Transfer of any Membership Interest in accordance with Section 18 or with the consent of the Board of Directors and Schedule A shall be amended accordingly.
18. Transfers and Assignments. Notwithstanding Section 17 above, the Member may transfer, sell, assign (including as security and as a result of any foreclosure sale arising from such security) or otherwise dispose of (“Transfer”) all or any part of its Membership Interest in the sole discretion of such Member without consent of the Company, including, without limitation, pursuant to any pledge or collateral assignment and any Transfer in connection with the foreclosure thereof.
19. Liability of Member; Board of Directors. Neither the Member nor a member of the Board of Directors (or any affiliate thereto) will have any liability for the obligations or liabilities of the Company except to the extent provided in the Act.
20. Exculpation of the Board of Directors. Neither the Board of Directors, any Director, any Member, any officer, any employee, nor any agent of the Company, will be liable, responsible or accountable, in damages or otherwise, to any Member, the Company or any other person for any act performed by them, or failure to act in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such person by this Agreement or on such officers by this Agreement or by the Board of Directors, except that if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes that such person’s acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that
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such person personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which such person knew such person was not legally entitled or, that with respect to a distribution to the Member, such Member’s acts were not performed in accordance with the Act.
21. Indemnification. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Member, Director, officer, employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent permitted under the Act, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced (but, in the case of any amendment, substitution or replacement only to the extent that such amendment, substitution or replacement permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Company is providing immediately prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liabilities and losses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Member, Director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving as a Member, Director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary of the Company; provided, that no such person will be indemnified for any expenses, liabilities and losses suffered that are attributable to such person’s bad faith, intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law (as described in Section 20). Expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, incurred by any such indemnified person in defending a proceeding will be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, including any appeal therefrom, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay promptly such amount if it will ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
22. Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be held to be enforceable only if modified, such holding will not affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement, the balance of which will continue to be binding upon the Member with any such modification to become a part hereof and treated as though originally set forth in this Agreement.
23. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed under, the internal laws of the State of Delaware.
24. Amendment. Except for amendments to Schedule A referred to in Section 17, this Agreement may be amended only in writing and upon the approval of the Member.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY | ||
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Wax | |
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| MEMBER | ||
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Wax | |
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SCHEDULE A
| Name and Address of Member |
Capital Contribution |
Membership Units |
Membership Interest |
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| International Coal Group, LLC 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 |
$ | 100 | 100 | 100 | % | |||
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 18, 2005, by and among, New ICG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, located at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, and ICG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, located at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
RECITALS
A. The Board of Directors of ICG, LLC and the Board of Directors of New ICG, LLC desire to merge New ICG, LLC with and into ICG, LLC with ICG, LLC as the surviving entity (the “Merger”).
B. International Coal Group, Inc. (f/k/a ICG Holdco, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”) owns 100 membership units of New ICG, LLC, which constitute all of the outstanding equity of New ICG, LLC (the “New ICG, LLC Equity”).
C. ICG, Inc. (f/k/a International Coal Group, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“ICG”), owns 100 membership units of ICG, LLC, which constitute all of the outstanding equity of ICG, LLC (the “ICG, LLC Equity”).
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. Merger: (a) In accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”), at the Effective Time (as defined below), New ICG, LLC will be merged with and into ICG, LLC. Following the Effective Time, the separate existence of New ICG, LLC will cease, and ICG, LLC will be the surviving entity (the “Surviving Entity”). The Merger will have the effects set forth in the DLLCA.
(b) Following the Effective Time, all the powers, property (real, personal or mixed), rights, privileges, franchises, licenses, registrations and other assets of every kind and description of New ICG, LLC will be vested in and devolve upon the Surviving Entity without further act or deed, and all property, rights and every other interest of New ICG, LLC and ICG, LLC will be as effectively the property of the Surviving Entity as they were of New ICG, LLC and ICG, LLC, respectively. Following the Effective Time, the Surviving Entity will be deemed to have assumed all of the obligations, liabilities and restrictions of ICG, LLC and New ICG, LLC, to the extent and as provided under the DLLCA.
2. Effective Time: The Merger will become effective at 11:59 p.m. on the date of the filing of the Agreement or a Certificate of Merger referencing the Agreement, executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DLLCA, together with any required related documents, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”).
3. Effect on Equity Interests: As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger:
(a) Effect on New ICG, LLC Equity: Each membership unit of New ICG, LLC issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into an equal number of membership units of the Surviving Entity. All membership units of New ICG, LLC so converted will, at the Effective Time, be canceled.
(b) Effect on ICG, LLC Equity: All membership units of ICG, LLC will be cancelled, and no consideration will be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Admission of Member: Parent will be deemed admitted as the sole “Member” of the Surviving Entity.
4. Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Surviving Entity: The certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of ICG, LLC in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Entity, until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable law; provided that Schedule A of the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Entity will be amended in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to reflect Parent as the sole member of the Surviving Entity.
5. Directors and Officers of the Surviving Entity: The directors and officers of ICG, LLC immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the directors and officers of the Surviving Entity until the earlier of the death, resignation or removal of any such person or until their respective successors are duly appointed.
6. Termination: Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement and the Merger may be terminated or abandoned by either of ICG, LLC or New ICG, LLC at any time prior to the filing of the Agreement with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
7. Miscellaneous: (a) This Agreement may be amended only by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.
(b) This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto and supersedes all prior contracts, agreements, arrangements, communications, discussions, representations and warranties, whether oral or written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(c) This Agreement is in all respects governed by and must be construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware.
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This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
Executed as of the date first written above.
| ICG, LLC | ||
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: |
Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer | |
| NEW ICG, LLC | ||
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: |
Secretary and Treasurer | |
Exhibit A
AMENDED AND RESTATED
SCHEDULE A OF
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF ICG, LLC
| Name and Address of Member |
Capital Contribution |
Membership Units |
Membership Interest | |||
| International Coal Group, Inc. 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
$100 | 100 | 100% |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The undersigned, as the sole member of New ICG, LLC, hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, between ICG, LLC and New ICG, LLC, dated Nov. 18, 2005 (the “Merger Agreement”), and acknowledges and agrees to the terms and provisions thereof. By its signature below, the undersigned approves and adopts the Merger Agreement and agrees that the undersigned will, together with its successors and assigns, be bound by the provisions hereof.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (i) it is not a party to the Merger Agreement and does not and will not receive any right, benefit, priority or interest under or because of the existence of the Merger Agreement unless and until the Merger is completed, (ii) it will execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the provisions and purposes of the Merger Agreement, and (iii) upon the undersigned’s admission to the membership of the Surviving Entity (as defined in the Merger Agreement), as the sole Member of Surviving Entity, it will be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Entity and all amendments and supplements thereto.
| INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP, INC. (f/k/a ICG Holdco, Inc.) | ||
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: |
Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer | |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The undersigned, as the sole member of ICG, LLC, hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, between New ICG, LLC and ICG, LLC, dated Nov. 18, 2005 (the “Merger Agreement”), and acknowledges and agrees to the terms and provisions thereof. By its signature below, the undersigned approves and adopts the Merger Agreement and agrees that the undersigned will, together with its successors and assigns, be bound by the provisions hereof.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (i) it is not a party to the Merger Agreement and does not and will not receive any right, benefit, priority or interest under or because of the existence of the Merger Agreement unless and until the Merger is completed, and (ii) it will execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the provisions and purposes of the Merger Agreement.
| ICG, INC. (f/k/a International Coal Group, Inc.) | ||
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: |
Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer | |
