LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF WESTERN GAS HOLDINGS, LLC A Delaware Limited Liability Company Dated as of May 14, 2008
Exhibit
3.2
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED
OF
WESTERN GAS HOLDINGS, LLC
A Delaware Limited Liability Company
Dated as of
May 14,
2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 Definitions
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Section 1.2 Construction
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ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION |
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Section 2.1 Formation
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Section 2.2 Name
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Section 2.3 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office
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Section 2.4 Purposes
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Section 2.5 Term
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Section 2.6 No State Law Partnership
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Section 2.7 Certain Undertakings Relating to the Separateness
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ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP |
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Section 3.1 Membership Interests; Additional Members
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Section 3.2 Access to Information
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Section 3.3 Liability
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Section 3.4 Withdrawal
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Section 3.5 Meetings
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Section 3.6 Action by Consent of Members
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Section 3.7 Conference Telephone Meetings
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Section 3.8 Quorum
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ARTICLE IV ADMISSION OF MEMBERS; DISPOSITION OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS |
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Section 4.1 Admission of Assignee as a Member
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Section 4.2 Requirements Applicable to All Dispositions and Admissions
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ARTICLE V CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
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Section 5.1 Initial Capital Contributions
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Section 5.2 Loans
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Section 5.3 Return of Contributions
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ARTICLE VI DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS |
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Section 6.1 Distributions
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Section 6.2 Distributions on Dissolution and Winding Up
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Section 6.3 Limitations on Distributions
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ARTICLE VII MANAGEMENT |
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Section 7.1 Management by Board of Directors
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Section 7.2 Number; Qualification; Tenure
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Section 7.3 Regular Meetings
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Section 7.4 Special Meetings
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Section 7.5 Notice
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Section 7.6 Action by Consent of Board
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Section 7.7 Conference Telephone Meetings
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Section 7.8 Quorum
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Section 7.9 Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors
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Section 7.10 Committees
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Section 7.11 Removal
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Section 7.12 Compensation of Directors
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ARTICLE VIII OFFICERS |
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Section 8.1 Officers
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Section 8.2 Election and Term of Office
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Section 8.3 Chairman of the Board
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Section 8.4 Chief Executive Officer
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Section 8.5 Chief Financial Officer
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Section 8.6 President
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Section 8.7 Vice Presidents
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Section 8.8 Treasurer
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Section 8.9 Secretary
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Section 8.10 General Counsel
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Section 8.11 Controller
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Section 8.12 Removal
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Section 8.13 Vacancies
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ARTICLE IX INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY |
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Section 9.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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ARTICLE X TAXES |
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Section 10.1 Taxes
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ARTICLE XI BOOKS, RECORDS, REPORTS, AND BANK ACCOUNTS |
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Section 11.1 Maintenance of Books
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Section 11.2 Reports
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Section 11.3 Bank Accounts
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ARTICLE XII DISSOLUTION, WINDING-UP, TERMINATION AND CONVERSION |
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Section 12.1 Dissolution
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Section 12.2 Winding-Up and Termination
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Section 12.3 Deficit Capital Accounts
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Section 12.4 Certificate of Cancellation
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ARTICLE XIII GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 13.1 Offset
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Section 13.2 Notices
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Section 13.3 Entire Agreement; Superseding Effect
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Section 13.4 Effect of Waiver or Consent
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Section 13.5 Amendment or Restatement
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Section 13.6 Binding Effect
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Section 13.7 Governing Law; Severability
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Section 13.8 Further Assurances
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Section 13.9 Waiver of Certain Rights
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Section 13.10 Counterparts
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Exhibit A Members |
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Exhibit B Directors |
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Exhibit C Officers |
This AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of Western
Gas Holdings, LLC (the “Company”), dated as of May 14, 2008, is adopted, executed and agreed to by
WGR Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), as the sole Member of the
Company.
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company on August 21, 2007.
WHEREAS, the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Western Gas Holdings, LLC was executed
effective August 21, 2007 (the “Original Limited Liability Company Agreement”) by WGR Asset Holding
Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Asset HoldCo”).
WHEREAS, Asset HoldCo contributed all of its Membership Interests to Holdings on September 11,
2007.
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2007, the First Amendment to the Original Limited Liability Company
Agreement was adopted to name Holdings as the sole Member.
WHEREAS, the sole Member of the Company deems it advisable to amend and restate the Original
Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended, in its entirety as set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, the covenants and agreements set
forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, Holdings, as the sole Member of the Company, hereby amends and restates the
Original Limited Liability Company Agreement in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth
below or set forth in the Sections referred to below:
“Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (Delaware General Corporations Code
Sections 18-101, et seq.), as it may be amended from time to time, and any corresponding provisions
of succeeding law. All references in this Agreement to provisions of
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the Act shall be deemed to refer, if applicable, to their successor statutory provisions to
the extent appropriate in light of the context herein in which such references are used.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the
Person in question. As used herein, the term “control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agreement” is defined in the introductory paragraph, as the same may be amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time.
“Anadarko Entities” means Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its
Subsidiaries, including Holdings, and its Affiliates (other than the Company and the Partnership
Group).
“Applicable Law” means (a) any United States federal, state or local law, statute or ordinance
or any rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judgment, decree or permit of any Governmental
Authority and (b) any rule or listing requirement of any applicable national stock exchange or
listing requirement of any national stock exchange or Commission recognized trading market on which
securities issued by the Partnership are listed or quoted.
“Assignee” means any Person that acquires a Member’s share of the income, gain, loss,
deduction and credits of, and the right to receive distributions from, the Company or any portion
thereof through a Disposition; provided, however, that an Assignee shall have no right to be
admitted to the Company as a Member except in accordance with Article IV. The Assignee of a
dissolved Member is the shareholder, partner, member or other equity owner or owners of the
dissolved Member to whom such Member’s Membership Interest is assigned by the Person conducting the
liquidation or winding up of such Member.
“Audit Committee” is defined in Section 7.10(b).
“Bankruptcy” or “Bankrupt” means, with respect to any Person, that (a) such Person (i) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (ii) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition; (iii)
becomes the subject of an order for relief or is declared insolvent in any federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings; (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for such Person a
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief
under any Applicable Law; (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the
material allegations of a petition filed against such Person in a proceeding of the type described
in subclauses (i) through (iv) of this clause (a); or (vi) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part
of such Person’s properties; or (b) a proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any Applicable Law has been
commenced against such Person and 120 Days have expired without dismissal thereof or with respect
to which, without such Person’s consent or acquiescence, a trustee, receiver, or
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liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties has
been appointed and 90 Days have expired without the appointment’s having been vacated or stayed, or
90 Days have expired after the date of expiration of a stay, if the appointment has not previously
been vacated. The foregoing definition of “Bankruptcy” is intended to replace and shall supercede
and replace the definition of “Bankruptcy” set forth in the Act.
“Board” is defined in Section 7.1(c).
“Business Day” means (i) any day on which the national securities exchange upon which
securities of the Partnership are listed is open for trading, or (ii) in the event that no
Partnership securities are listed on a national securities exchange, any day on which the New York
Stock Exchange is open for trading.
“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money and the net
agreed value of any property (other than money) contributed to the Company by such Member. Any
reference in this Agreement to the Capital Contribution of a Member shall include any Capital
Contribution of its predecessors in interest.
“Certified Public Accountants” means a firm of independent public accountants selected from
time to time by the Board.
“Claim” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits,
proceedings, Governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties,
administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages (whether actual,
consequential or punitive), including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees,
disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company” is defined in the introductory paragraph.
“Compensation Committee” is defined in Section 7.10(d).
“Day” means a calendar day; provided, however, that, if any period of Days referred to in this
Agreement shall end on a Day that is not a Business Day, then the expiration of such period shall
be automatically extended until the end of the next succeeding Business Day.
“Delaware Certificate” is defined in Section 2.1.
“Director” or “Directors” means a member or members of the Board.
“Dispose,” “Disposing” or “Disposition” means with respect to any asset (including a
Membership Interest or any portion thereof), a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, gift,
exchange or other disposition of such asset, whether such disposition be voluntary, involuntary or
by operation of Applicable Law.
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“Disposing Member” is defined in Section 4.1.
“Dissolution Event” is defined in Section 12.1(a).
“Encumber,” “Encumbering,” or “Encumbrance” means the creation of a security interest, lien,
pledge, mortgage or other encumbrance, whether such encumbrance be voluntary, involuntary or by
operation of Applicable Law.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States.
“Governmental Authority” or “Governmental” means any federal, state or local court or
governmental or regulatory agency or authority or any arbitration board, tribunal or mediator
having jurisdiction over the Company or its assets or Members.
“Group Member” is defined in the Partnership Agreement.
“Holdings” is defined in the introductory paragraph.
“Incentive Plan” means any plan or arrangement pursuant to which the Company may compensate
its employees, consultants, directors and/or service providers.
“Independent Director” is defined in Section 7.10(b).
“Limited Partner” and “Limited Partners” are defined in the Partnership Agreement.
“Majority Interest” means Membership Interests in the Company entitled to more than 50% of the
Sharing Ratios.
“Member” means any Person executing this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement as a
member of the Company or hereafter admitted to the Company as a member as provided in this
Agreement, but such term does not include any Person who has ceased to be a member in the Company.
“Membership Interest” means, with respect to any Member, (a) that Member’s status as a Member;
(b) that Member’s share of the income, gain, loss, deduction and credits of, and the right to
receive distributions from, the Company; (c) all other rights, benefits and privileges enjoyed by
that Member (under the Act, this Agreement, or otherwise) in its capacity as a Member, including
that Member’s rights to vote, consent and approve and otherwise to participate in the management of
the Company; and (d) all obligations, duties and liabilities imposed on that Member (under the Act,
this Agreement or otherwise) in its capacity as a Member, including any obligations to make Capital
Contributions.
“Notices” is defined in Section 13.2.
“Omnibus Agreement” is defined in the Partnership Agreement.
“Original LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT” is defined in the Recitals.
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“Partnership” means Western Gas Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
“Partnership Agreement” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of the Partnership, dated as of May 14, 2008, as it may be further amended and restated, or any
successor agreement.
“Partnership Group” means the Partnership and its Subsidiaries treated as a single
consolidated entity.
“Person” means an individual or a corporation, firm, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, government agency or political
subdivision thereof or other entity.
“Sharing Ratio” means, subject in each case to adjustments in accordance with this Agreement
or in connection with Dispositions of Membership Interests, (a) in the case of a Member executing
this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement or a Person acquiring such Member’s Membership
Interest, the percentage specified for that Member as its Sharing Ratio on Exhibit A, and (b) in
the case of Membership Interests issued pursuant to Section 3.1, the Sharing Ratio established
pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the total of all Sharing Ratios shall always equal 100%.
“Special Approval” means approval by a majority of the members of the Special Committee.
“Special Committee” is defined in Section 7.10(c).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation of which more than 50% of
the voting power of shares entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote
in the election of directors or other governing body of such corporation is owned, directly or
indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person or a combination thereof, (b) a partnership (whether general or limited) in which such
Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, a general or limited
partner of such partnership, but only if more than 50% of the partnership interests of such
partnership (considering all of the partnership interests of the partnership as a single class) is
owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, or (c) any other Person (other than a
corporation or a partnership) in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a
combination thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (i) at least a
majority ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the
directors or other governing body of such Person.
“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations (including temporary regulations) promulgated by
the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to and in respect of provisions of the Code.
All references herein to sections of the Treasury Regulations shall include any corresponding
provision or provisions of succeeding, similar or substitute, temporary or final Treasury
Regulations.
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“Withdraw,” “Withdrawing” or “Withdrawal” means the withdrawal, resignation or retirement of a
Member from the Company as a Member. Such terms shall not include any Dispositions of Membership
Interest (which are governed by Article IV), even though the Member making a Disposition may cease
to be a Member as a result of such Disposition.
(b) Other terms defined herein have the meanings so given them.
Section 1.2 Construction.
Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include
the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and
verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (b) references to Articles and Sections refer to
Articles and Sections of this Agreement; (c) the terms “include”, “includes”, “including” or words
of like import shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; and (d) the terms
“hereof”, “herein” or “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only, and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.1 Formation.
The Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a Certificate
of Formation (the “Delaware Certificate”) on August 21, 2007 with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware under and pursuant to the Act.
Section 2.2 Name.
The name of the Company is “WESTERN GAS HOLDINGS, LLC” and all Company business must be
conducted in that name and such other names that comply with Applicable Law as the Board or the
Member may select.
Section 2.3 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office.
The name of the Company’s registered agent for service of process is The Corporation Trust
Company, and the address of the Company’s registered office in the State of Delaware is The
Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The principal place of
business of the Company shall be located at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000-0000. The Members may change the Company’s registered agent or the location of the Company’s
registered office or principal place of business as the Members may from time to time determine.
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Section 2.4 Purposes.
The purpose of the Company is to act as the general partner of the Partnership as described in
the Partnership Agreement and to engage in any lawful business or activity ancillary or related
thereto. The Company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted by the
Act, by any other law or by this Agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, including
such powers and privileges as are necessary or appropriate to the conduct, promotion or attainment
of the business, purposes or activities of the Company.
Section 2.5 Term.
The period of existence of the Company commenced on August 21, 2007 and shall end at such time
as a certificate of cancellation is filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware in accordance
with Section 12.4.
Section 2.6 No State Law Partnership.
The Members intend that the Company shall not be a partnership (whether general, limited or
other) or joint venture, and that no Member shall be a partner or joint venturer with any other
Member, for any purposes other than (if the Company has more than one Member) federal and state
income tax purposes, and this Agreement may not be construed or interpreted to the contrary.
Section 2.7 Certain Undertakings Relating to the Separateness.
(a) Separateness Generally. The Company shall, and shall cause the members of the Partnership
Group to, conduct their respective businesses and operations separate and apart from those of any
other Person (including the Anadarko Entities), except the Company and/or one or more members of
the Partnership Group, in accordance with this Section 2.7.
(b) Separate Records. The Company shall, and shall cause the Partnership to, (i) maintain
their respective books and records and their respective accounts separate from those of any other
Person, (ii) maintain their respective financial records, which will be used by them in their
ordinary course of business, showing their respective assets and liabilities separate and apart
from those of any other Person, except their consolidated Subsidiaries, and (iii) file their
respective own tax returns separate from those of any other Person, except (A) to the extent that
the Partnership or the Company (x) is treated as a “disregarded entity” for tax purposes or (y) is
not otherwise required to file tax returns under applicable law or (B) as may otherwise be required
by applicable law.
(c) Separate Assets. The Company shall not, and shall cause the Partnership to not, commingle
or pool its funds or other assets with those of any other Person, except its consolidated
Subsidiaries, and shall maintain its assets in a manner in which it is not costly or difficult to
segregate, ascertain or otherwise identify its assets as separate from those of any other Person.
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(d) Separate Name. The Company shall, and shall cause the members of the Partnership Group
to, (i) conduct their respective businesses in their respective own names or in the names of their
respective Subsidiaries or the Partnership, (ii) use their or the Partnership’s separate
stationery, invoices, and checks, (iii) correct any known misunderstanding regarding their
respective separate identities as members of the Partnership Group from that of any other Person
(including the Anadarko Entities), and (iv) generally hold themselves and the Partnership Group out
as entities separate from any other Person (including the Anadarko Entities).
(e) Separate Credit. The Company shall not (i) pay its own liabilities from a source other
than its own funds, (ii) guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other Person, except
its Subsidiaries, (iii) hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any
other Person, except its Subsidiaries, (iv) acquire obligations or debt securities of its
Affiliates (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries), or (v) pledge its assets for the benefit
of any Person or make loans or advances to any Person, except its Subsidiaries; provided that the
Company may engage in any transaction described in clauses (ii)–(v) of this Section 2.7(e) if prior
Special Approval has been obtained for such transaction and either (A) the Special Committee has
determined, or has obtained reasonable written assurance from a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants or a nationally recognized investment banking or valuation firm,
that the borrower or recipient of the credit extension is not then insolvent and will not be
rendered insolvent as a result of such transaction or (B) in the case of transactions described in
clause (iv), such transaction is completed through a public auction or a National Securities
Exchange.
(f) Separate Formalities. The Company shall, and shall cause the Partnership to, (i) observe
all limited liability company or limited partnership formalities, as the case may be, and other
formalities required by its organizational documents, the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation
and other Applicable Laws, (ii) engage in transactions with any member of the Anadarko Entities in
conformity with the requirements of Section 7.9(c) of the Partnership Agreement and (iii) subject
to the terms of the Omnibus Agreement, promptly pay, from its own funds, and on a current basis,
its allocable share of general and administrative expenses, capital expenditures, and costs for
shared services performed by any member of the Anadarko Entities. Each material contract between
the Company or the Partnership, on the one hand, and any member of the Anadarko Entities, on the
other hand, shall be in writing.
(g) No Effect. Failure by the company to comply with any of the obligations set forth above
shall not affect the status of the Company as a separate legal entity, with its separate assets and
separate liabilities or restrict or limit the Company from engaging or contracting with the
Anadarko Entities for the provision of services or the purchase or sale of products, whether under
the Omnibus Agreement or otherwise.
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ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP
Section 3.1 Membership Interests; Additional Members.
Holdings is the sole initial Member of the Company as reflected in Exhibit A attached hereto.
Persons may be admitted to the Company as Members, on such terms and conditions as the Members
determine at the time of admission. The terms of admission or issuance must specify the Sharing
Ratios applicable thereto and may provide for the creation of different classes or groups of
Members having different rights, powers and duties. The Members may reflect the creation of any new
class or group in an amendment to this Agreement, indicating the different rights, powers and
duties, and such an amendment shall be approved and executed by the Members. Any such admission
shall be effective only after such new Member has executed and delivered to the Members and the
Company an instrument containing the notice address of the new Member, the new Member’s
ratification of this Agreement and agreement to be bound by it.
Section 3.2 Access to Information.
Each Member shall be entitled to receive any information that it may request concerning the
Company; provided, however, that this Section 3.2 shall not obligate the Company to create any
information that does not already exist at the time of such request (other than to convert existing
information from one medium to another, such as providing a printout of information that is stored
in a computer database). Each Member shall also have the right, upon reasonable notice, and at all
reasonable times during usual business hours to inspect the properties of the Company and to audit,
examine and make copies of the books of account and other records of the Company. Such right may be
exercised through any agent or employee of such Member designated in writing by it or by an
independent public accountant, engineer, attorney or other consultant so designated. All costs and
expenses incurred in any inspection, examination or audit made on such Member’s behalf shall be
borne by such Member.
Section 3.3 Liability.
(a) No Member shall be liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company solely
by reason of being a member of the Company.
(b) The Company and the Members agree that the rights, duties and obligations of the Members
in their capacities as members of the Company are only as set forth in this Agreement and as
otherwise arise under the Act. Furthermore, the Members agree that the existence of any rights of a
Member, or the exercise or forbearance from exercise of any such rights, shall not create any
duties or obligations of the Member in its capacity as a member of the Company, nor shall such
rights be construed to enlarge or otherwise to alter in any manner the duties and obligations of
such Member.
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Section 3.4 Withdrawal.
A Member does not have the right or power to Withdraw.
Section 3.5 Meetings.
A meeting of the Members may be called at any time at the request of any Member.
Section 3.6 Action by Consent of Members.
Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, all decisions of the Members shall require the
affirmative vote of the Members owning a majority of Sharing Ratios present at a meeting at which a
quorum is present in accordance with Section 3.8. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the
Members may act without a meeting and without notice so long as the number of Members who would be
required to take such action at a duly held meeting shall have executed a written consent with
respect to any such action taken in lieu of a meeting.
Section 3.7 Conference Telephone Meetings.
Any Member may participate in a meeting of the Members or by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can
hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
Section 3.8 Quorum.
The Members owning a majority of Sharing Ratios, present in person or participating in
accordance with Section 3.7, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but, if at
any meeting of the Members there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the Members
present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. Any act of the Members
owning a majority of Sharing Ratios present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the
act of the Members. The Members present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact
business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Members to leave less than a
quorum.
ARTICLE IV
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS; DISPOSITION OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
Section 4.1 Admission of Assignee as a Member.
An Assignee has the right to be admitted to the Company as a Member, with the Membership
Interests (and attendant Sharing Ratio) so transferred to such Assignee, only if (a) the Member
making the Disposition (a “Disposing Member”) has granted the Assignee either (i) all, but not less
than all, of such Disposing Member’s Membership Interests or (ii) the express right to be so
admitted and (b) such Disposition is effected in strict compliance with this Article IV.
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Section 4.2 Requirements Applicable to All Dispositions and Admissions.
Any Disposition of Membership Interests and any admission of an Assignee as a Member shall
also be subject to the following requirements, and such Disposition (and admission, if applicable)
shall not be effective unless such requirements are complied with:
(a) Payment of Expenses. The Disposing Member and its Assignee shall pay, or reimburse the
Company for, all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the
Disposition and admission of the Assignee as a Member.
(b) No Release. No Disposition of Membership Interests shall effect a release of the
Disposing Member from any liabilities to the Company or the other Members arising from events
occurring prior to the Disposition, except as otherwise may be provided in any instrument or
agreement pursuant to which a Disposition of Membership Interests is effected.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.1 Initial Capital Contributions.
At the time of the formation of the Company and prior to its contribution of all of its
Membership Interests to Holdings, Asset HoldCo, as the initial or organizational Member of the
Company, made the Capital Contribution as set forth next to its name on Exhibit A.
Section 5.2 Loans.
If the Company does not have sufficient cash to pay its obligations, any Member(s) that may
agree to do so may advance all or part of the needed funds to or on behalf of the Company. An
advance described in this Section 5.2 constitutes a loan from the Member to the Company, bears
interest at a rate determined by the Members from the date of the advance until the date of payment
and is not a Capital Contribution.
Section 5.3 Return of Contributions.
Except as expressly provided herein, no Member is entitled to the return of any part of its
Capital Contributions or to be paid interest in respect of either its Capital Account or its
Capital Contributions. A Capital Contribution remaining unpaid by the Company is not a liability of
the Company or of any Member. A Member is not required to contribute or to lend any cash or
property to the Company to enable the Company to return any Member’s Capital Contributions.
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ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
Section 6.1 Distributions.
Distributions to the Members shall be made only to all Members simultaneously in proportion to
their respective Sharing Ratios (at the time the amounts of such distributions are determined) and
in such aggregate amounts and at such times as shall be determined by the Members representing a
Majority Interest (at the time the amounts of such distributions are determined); provided,
however, that any loans from Members pursuant to Section 5.2 shall be repaid prior to any
distributions to Members pursuant to this Section 6.1.
Section 6.2 Allocations of Profits and Losses.
The Company’s profits and losses shall be allocated to the Members in proportion to their
respective Sharing Ratios.
Section 6.3 Limitations on Distributions.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall
not make a distribution to any Member on account of its interest in the Company if such
distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other Applicable Law.
ARTICLE VII
MANAGEMENT
Section 7.1 Management by Board of Directors.
(a) The management of the Company is fully reserved to the Members, and the Company shall not
have “managers” as that term is used in the Act. The powers of the Company shall be exercised by or
under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the
direction of, the Members, who shall make all decisions and take all actions for the Company.
(b) The Members shall have the power and authority to delegate to one or more other persons
the Members’ rights and power to manage and control the business and affairs, or any portion
thereof, of the Company, including to delegate to agents, officers and employees of a Member or the
Company, and to delegate by a management agreement with or otherwise to other Persons.
(c) The Members have heretofore delegated to and hereby expressly continue to delegate to the
Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), to the fullest extent permitted under this
Agreement and Delaware law, all of the Company’s power and authority to manage and control the
business and affairs of the Partnership. The number of directors
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constituting the Board shall be fixed from time to time pursuant to a resolution adopted by
Members representing a Majority Interest. The initial Directors of the Company in office at the
date of approval of this Agreement are set forth on Exhibit B hereto. The Board may designate one
or more other persons to be officers of the Company to assist in carrying out the Board’s decisions
and the day-to-day activities of the Company in its role as the general partner of the Partnership.
Officers are not “managers” as that term is used in the Act. Any officers who are so designated
shall have such titles and authority and perform such duties as the Board may delegate to them. The
salaries or other compensation, if any, of the officers of the Company shall be fixed by the Board.
Any officer may be removed as such, either with or without cause, by the Board and any vacancy
occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by the Board. Designation of an officer shall
not of itself create contract rights.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, without obtaining approval of Holdings as
the sole Member, the Company shall not, and shall not take any action to cause the Partnership to,
(i) sell all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the Partnership, (ii) merge or
consolidate, (iii) dissolve or liquidate, (iv) make or consent to a general assignment for the
benefit of its respective creditors; (v) file or consent to the filing of any bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code naming the
Company or the Partnership, as applicable, or otherwise seek, with respect to the Company or the
Partnership, such relief from debtors or protection from creditors generally; or (vi) take various
actions similar to those described in any of clauses (i) — (v) of this Section 7.1(d).
Section 7.2 Number; Qualification; Tenure.
(a) The number of Directors constituting the Board shall be at least two and no more than
nine, and may fixed from time to time pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the
Directors. A Director need not be a Member. Each Director shall be elected or approved by the
Members at an annual meeting of the Members and shall serve as a Director of the Company for a term
of one year (or their earlier death or removal from office) or until their successors are elected
and qualified.
(b) The initial Directors of the Company in office at the date of approval of this Agreement
are set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
Section 7.3 Regular Meetings.
Regular quarterly and annual meetings of the Board shall be held at such time and place as
shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board. Notice of such regular quarterly
and annual meetings shall not be required.
Section 7.4 Special Meetings.
A special meeting of the Board may be called at any time at the request of (a) the Chairman of
the Board or (b) a majority of the Directors then in office.
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Section 7.5 Notice.
Written notice of all special meetings of the Board must be given to all Directors at least
two Business Days prior to any special meeting of the Board. All notices and other communications
to be given to Directors shall be sufficiently given for all purposes hereunder if in writing and
delivered by hand, courier or overnight delivery service or three Days after being mailed by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, with appropriate postage prepaid, or when
received in the form of an e-mail, telegram or facsimile, and shall be directed to the address,
e-mail address or facsimile number as such Director shall designate by notice to the Company.
Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the
Board need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except for amendments to this Agreement, as
provided herein. A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the Directors are present
or if those not present waive notice of the meeting either before or after such meeting.
Section 7.6 Action by Consent of Board.
To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Board, or any committee of the Board, may act
without a meeting so long as all members of the Board or committee shall have executed a written
consent with respect to any action taken in lieu of a meeting.
Section 7.7 Conference Telephone Meetings.
Directors or members of any committee of the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board
or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a
meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 7.8 Quorum.
A majority of all Directors, present in person or participating in accordance with Section
7.7, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board
there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the
meeting from time to time without further notice. Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law,
all decisions of the Board, or any committee of the Board, shall require the affirmative vote of a
majority of all Directors of the Board, or any committee of the Board, respectively. The Directors
present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment,
notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Directors to leave less than a quorum.
Section 7.9 Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors.
Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of
Directors shall be filled by the Members in their sole discretion. Any Director so chosen shall
hold office until the next annual election and until his successor shall be duly elected and shall
qualify, unless sooner displaced.
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Section 7.10 Committees.
(a) The Board may establish committees of the Board and may delegate any of its
responsibilities, except as otherwise prohibited by Applicable Law, to such committees.
(b) The Board shall have an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) comprised of directors who
meet the independence standards required of directors who serve on an audit committee of a board of
directors established by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and by the New York Stock Exchange or any National
Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are listed. The Audit Committee shall establish a
written audit committee charter in accordance with the rules and regulations of the New York Stock
Exchange or any National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are listed from time to
time, and the Commission, as amended from time to time. Each member of the Audit Committee shall
satisfy the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange or any National Securities
Exchange on which the Common Units are listed from time to time and the Commission, as amended from
time to time, pertaining to qualification for service on an audit committee. An “Independent
Director” shall mean a Director so satisfying such rules and regulations.
(c) The Board shall have a special committee comprised of no fewer than two Directors (the
“Special Committee”); all members of which shall be Independent Directors, but none of whom may be
(i) security holders, officers or employees of the Company, (ii) officers, directors or employees
of any Affiliate of the Company or (iii) holders of any ownership interest in the Partnership Group
other than Common Units or securities exercisable, convertible into, or exchangeable for Common
Units. The Special Committee may review, and approve or disapprove, transactions in which a
potential conflict of interest exists or arises between the Company, or any of its Affiliates
(other than a Group Member), on the one hand, and any Group Member or any Partner (as defined in
the Partnership Agreement), all in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Partnership
Agreement. Any matter approved by the Special Committee in good faith in accordance with the
provisions, and subject to the limitations, of the Partnership Agreement, shall not be deemed to be
a breach of any fiduciary or other duties owed by the Board or any Director to the Company or the
Members.
(d) The Board may have a compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”). The
Compensation Committee shall be charged with such matters pertaining to the compensation of
Directors, officers and other personnel of the Company, the review, approval and administration of
any Incentive Plans put in place by the Company or the Partnership and such other related matters
as may be directed by the Board from time to time.
(e) A majority of any committee, present in person or participating in accordance with Section
7.7, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of such committee.
(f) A majority of any committee may determine its action and fix the time and place of its
meetings unless the Board shall otherwise provide. Notice of such meetings shall be given to each
member of the committee in the manner provided for in Section 7.5. The Board
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shall have power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, or to dissolve
any such committee.
Section 7.11 Removal.
Any Director or the entire Board may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the
Members.
Section 7.12 Compensation of Directors.
Except as expressly provided in any written agreement between the Company and a Director or by
resolution of the Board, no Director shall receive any compensation from the Company for services
provided to the Company in its capacity as a Director, except that each Director shall be
compensated for attendance at Board meetings at rates of compensation as from time to time
established by the Board or a committee thereof; provided, however, that Directors who are also
employees of the Company or any Affiliate thereof shall receive no compensation for their services
as Directors or committee members. In addition, the Directors who are not employees of the Company
or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to be reimbursed for out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred in connection with attending meetings of the Board or committees thereof.
ARTICLE VIII
OFFICERS
Section 8.1 Officers.
The officers of the Company shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Such officers shall have
the authority and duties delegated to each of them, respectively, by the Board from time to time.
The officers of the Company shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief
Financial Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a General Counsel, a Controller and such
other officers as the Board from time to time may deem proper. The Chairman of the Board shall be
chosen from among the Directors. All officers elected by the Board shall each have such powers and
duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this
Article VIII. The Board or any committee thereof may from time to time elect such other officers
(including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Controllers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant
Treasurers) as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Company. Such
other officers and agents shall have such duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as
shall be provided in this Agreement or as may be prescribed by the Board or such committee, as the
case may be from time to time.
Section 8.2 Election and Term of Office.
The names and titles of the officers of the Company in office as of the date of approval of
this Agreement are set forth on Exhibit C hereto. Thereafter, the officers of the Company shall be
elected from time to time by the Board. Each officer shall hold office until such person’s
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successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until such person’s death
or until he or she shall resign or be removed pursuant to Section 8.12.
Section 8.3 Chairman of the Board.
The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside, if present, at all meetings of the Board and
of the unitholders of the Partnership and shall perform such additional functions and duties as the
Board may prescribe from time to time. The Directors also may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board to
act in the place of the Chairman of the Board upon his or her absence or inability to act.
Section 8.4 Chief Executive Officer.
The Chief Executive Officer, who may be the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board and/or the
President, shall have general and active management authority over the business of the Company and
shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The Chief Executive
Officer may sign deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments, except in cases where the
signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by this Agreement to
some other officer or agent of the Company, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed and
executed. The Chief Executive Officer shall also perform all duties and have all powers incident to
the office of Chief Executive Officer and perform such other duties and may exercise such other
powers as may be assigned by this Agreement or prescribed by the Board from time to time.
Section 8.5 Chief Financial Officer.
The Chief Financial Officer shall exercise all the powers and perform the duties of the office
of the chief financial officer and in general have overall supervision of the financial operations
of the Company. The Chief Financial Officer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the
other officers of the Company and shall perform such other duties as such officer may agree with
the Chief Executive Officer or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 8.6 President.
The President shall, subject to the control of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, in
general, supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Company. The President shall
preside at all meetings of the Members. The President may sign any deeds, mortgages, bonds,
contracts or other instruments, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the Board or by this Agreement to some other officer or agent of the
Company, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed and executed. The President shall also
perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of President and perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time.
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Section 8.7 Vice Presidents.
Any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President and Vice President, in the order of
seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board, shall, in the absence or disability of the
President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. They shall also perform the
usual and customary duties and have the powers that pertain to such office and generally assist the
President by executing contracts and agreements and exercising such other powers and performing
such other duties as are delegated to them by the President and as the Board may further prescribe.
Section 8.8 Treasurer.
(a) The Treasurer shall exercise general supervision over the receipt, custody and
disbursement of corporate funds. The Treasurer shall cause the funds of the Company to be deposited
in such banks as may be authorized by the Board, or in such banks as may be designated as
depositories in the manner provided by resolution of the Board. The Treasurer shall, in general,
perform all duties incident to the office of the Treasurer and shall have such further powers and
duties and shall be subject to such directions as may be granted or imposed from time to time by
the Board.
(b) Assistant Treasurers shall have such authority and perform such duties of the Treasurer as
may be provided in this Agreement or assigned to them by the Board or the Treasurer. Assistant
Treasurers shall assist the Treasurer in the performance of the duties assigned to the Treasurer,
and in assisting the Treasurer, each Assistant Treasurer shall for such purpose have the powers of
the Treasurer. During the Treasurer’s absence or inability, the Secretary’s authority and duties
shall be possessed by such Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Treasurers as the Board may designate.
Section 8.9 Secretary.
(a) The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, in one or more books provided for that
purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the committees of the Board and the Members and
of the Limited Partners pursuant to Article VII. The Secretary shall see that all notices are duly
given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and as required by law; shall be
custodian of the records and the seal of the Company and affix and attest the seal to all documents
to be executed on behalf of the Company under its seal; and shall see that the books, reports,
statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept and filed are
properly kept and filed; and in general, shall perform all the duties incident to the office of
Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the Secretary by the Board.
(b) Assistant Secretaries shall have such authority and perform such duties of the Secretary
as may be provided in this Agreement or assigned to them by the Board or the Secretary. Assistant
Secretaries shall assist the Secretary in the performance of the duties assigned to the Secretary,
and in assisting the Secretary, each Assistant Secretary shall for such purpose have the powers of
the Secretary. During the Secretary’s absence or inability, the
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Secretary’s authority and duties shall be possessed by such Assistant Secretary or Assistant
Secretaries as the Board may designate.
Section 8.10 General Counsel
The General Counsel shall be the principal legal officer of the Company. The General Counsel
shall have general direction of and supervision over the legal affairs of the Company and shall
advise the Board of Directors and officers of the Company on all legal matters. The General Counsel
shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time
by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 8.11 Controller
If so determined by the Board of Directors, the Controller shall be the principal accounting
officer of the Company. The Controller shall maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities
and transactions of the Company and shall be responsible for the design, installation and
maintenance of accounting and cost systems and procedures throughout the Company. He shall have
such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board
of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 8.12 Removal.
Any officer elected, or agent appointed, by the Board may be removed by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the Board whenever, in their judgment, the best interests of the Company would be
served thereby. No officer shall have any contractual rights against the Company for compensation
by virtue of such election beyond the date of the election of such person’s successor, such
person’s death, such person’s resignation or such person’s removal, whichever event shall first
occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or under an employee deferred
compensation plan.
Section 8.13 Vacancies.
A newly created elected office and a vacancy in any elected office because of death,
resignation or removal may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of the term at any
meeting of the Board.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Section 9.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or
officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
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officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), against expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by indemnitee in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act, upon such determination having been made as to indemnitee’s good
faith and conduct as is required by said Limited Liability Act. Expenses incurred in defending a
civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding to the extent, if any, authorized by the Sole Member
in accordance with the provisions of said Limited Liability Act, upon receipt of an undertaking by
or on behalf of the indemnitee to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that
indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
ARTICLE X
TAXES
Section 10.1 Taxes.
The Member shall prepare and timely file (on behalf of the Company) all state and local tax
returns, if any, required to be filed by the Company. The Company and the Member acknowledge that
for federal income tax purposes, the Company will be disregarded as an entity separate from the
Member pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-3 as long as all of the member interests in the
Company are owned by the Member.
ARTICLE XI
BOOKS, RECORDS, REPORTS, AND BANK ACCOUNTS
Section 11.1 Maintenance of Books.
(a) The Board shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Company or at such
other location approved by the Board complete and accurate books and records of the Company,
supporting documentation of the transactions with respect to the conduct of the Company’s business
and minutes of the proceedings of the Board and any other books and records that are required to be
maintained by Applicable Law.
(b) The books of account of the Company shall be maintained on the basis of a fiscal year that
is the calendar year and on an accrual basis in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.
Section 11.2 Reports.
The Board shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each Member such reports, forecasts,
studies, budgets and other information as the Members may reasonably request from time to time.
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Section 11.3 Bank Accounts.
Funds of the Company shall be deposited in such banks or other depositories as shall be
designated from time to time by the Board. All withdrawals from any such depository shall be made
only as authorized by the Board and shall be made only by check, wire transfer, debit memorandum or
other written instruction.
ARTICLE XII
DISSOLUTION, WINDING-UP, TERMINATION AND CONVERSION
Section 12.1 Dissolution.
(a) The Company shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up on the first to occur of the
following events (each a “Dissolution Event”):
(i) the unanimous consent of the Members; or
(ii) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of
the Act; or
(iii) at any time there are no Members of the Company, unless the Company is continued
in accordance with the Act or this Agreement.
(b) No other event shall cause a dissolution of the Company.
(c) Upon the occurrence of any event that causes there to be no Members of the Company, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the personal representative of the last remaining Member is hereby
authorized to, and shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the
continued membership of such Member in the Company, agree in writing (i) to continue the Company
and (ii) to the admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case
may be, as a substitute Member of the Company, effective as of the occurrence of the event that
terminated the continued membership of such Member in the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Bankruptcy of a Member shall
not cause such Member to cease to be a member of the Company and, upon the occurrence of such an
event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.
Section 12.2 Winding-Up and Termination.
(a) On the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, the Members shall act as liquidator. The
liquidator shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final
distributions as provided herein and in the Act. The costs of winding up shall be borne as a
Company expense. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows:
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(i) as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final winding up, the
liquidator shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified
public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities, and operations through the last Day
of the month in which the dissolution occurs or the final winding up is completed, as
applicable;
(ii) the liquidator shall discharge from Company funds all of the debts, liabilities
and obligations of the Company (including all expenses incurred in winding up or otherwise
make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including the establishment of a
cash escrow fund for contingent, conditional and unmatured liabilities in such amount and
for such term as the liquidator may reasonably determine); and
(iii) all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Members in
accordance with Section 6.1.
(b) The distribution of cash or property to a Member in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 12.2 constitutes a complete return to the Member of its Capital Contributions and a
complete distribution to the Member of its Membership Interest and all the Company’s property and
constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented pursuant to Section 18-502(b) of the
Act. To the extent that a Member returns funds to the Company, it has no claim against any other
Member for those funds.
Section 12.3 Deficit Capital Accounts.
No Member will be required to pay to the Company, to any other Member or to any third party
any deficit balance that may exist from time to time in the Member’s Capital Account.
Section 12.4 Certificate of Cancellation.
On completion of the distribution of Company assets as provided herein, the Members (or such
other Person or Persons as the Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of Delaware and take such other actions as may be necessary to
terminate the existence of the Company. Upon the filing of such certificate of cancellation, the
existence of the Company shall terminate, except as may be otherwise provided by the Act or by
Applicable Law.
ARTICLE XIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 13.1 Offset.
Whenever the Company is to pay any sum to any Member, any amounts that Member owes the Company
may be deducted from that sum before payment.
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Section 13.2 Notices.
All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively,
“Notices”) required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally served, delivered by reputable air courier
service with charges prepaid, or transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, telex or facsimile,
addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party shall have specified most
recently by written notice. Notice shall be deemed given on the date of service or transmission if
personally served or transmitted by telegram, telex or facsimile. Notice otherwise sent as provided
herein shall be deemed given upon delivery of such notice:
To the Company:
WESTERN GAS HOLDINGS, LLC
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
To Holdings:
WGR Holdings, LLC
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Section 13.3 Entire Agreement; Superseding Effect.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Members relating to the Company and the
transactions contemplated hereby, and supersedes all provisions and concepts contained in all prior
contracts or agreements between the Members with respect to the Company, whether oral or written.
Section 13.4 Effect of Waiver or Consent.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, a waiver or consent, express or implied, to or
of any breach or default by any Member in the performance by that Member of its obligations with
respect to the Company is not a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the
performance by that Member of the same or any other obligations of that Member with respect to the
Company. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, failure on the part of a Member to
complain of any act of any Member or to declare any Member in default with respect to the Company,
irrespective of how long that failure continues, does not constitute a
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waiver by that Member of its rights with respect to that default until the applicable
statute-of-limitations period has run.
Section 13.5 Amendment or Restatement.
This Agreement may be amended or restated only by a written instrument executed by all
Members; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, each Member agrees that the Board, without the approval of any Member, may amend any
provision of the Delaware Certificate and this Agreement, and may authorize any Officer to execute,
swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record any such amendment and whatever documents may be
required in connection therewith, to reflect any change that does not require consent or approval
(or for which such consent or approval has been obtained) under this Agreement or does not
materially adversely affect the rights of the Members.
Section 13.6 Binding Effect.
Subject to the restrictions on Dispositions set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement is
binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the Members and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
Section 13.7 Governing Law; Severability.
THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF DELAWARE, EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULE OR PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE OR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. In the event of a direct
conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any mandatory, non-waivable provision of the
Act, such provision of the Act shall control. If any provision of the Act may be varied or
superseded in a LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (or otherwise by agreement of the members or
managers of a limited liability company), such provision shall be deemed superseded and waived in
its entirety if this Agreement contains a provision addressing the same issue or subject matter. If
any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Member or circumstance is held
invalid or unenforceable to any extent, (a) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of
that provision to other Members or circumstances is not affected thereby, and (b) the Members shall
negotiate in good faith to replace that provision with a new provision that is valid and
enforceable and that puts the Members in substantially the same economic, business and legal
position as they would have been in if the original provision had been valid and enforceable.
Section 13.8 Further Assurances.
In connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, each Member shall
execute and deliver any additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts that
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and perform the provisions of this Agreement and
those transactions.
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Section 13.9 Waiver of Certain Rights.
Each Member irrevocably waives any right it may have to maintain any action for dissolution of
the Company or for partition of the property of the Company.
Section 13.10 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all
signing parties had signed the same document. All counterparts shall be construed together and
constitute the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth
above.
MEMBER: WGR HOLDINGS, LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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MEMBERS
Effective Capital | ||||||||
Member | Sharing Ratio | Contribution | ||||||
WGR Holdings, LLC |
100 | % | $ | 1,000.00 |
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EXHIBIT B
DIRECTORS
X. X. Xxxxxx
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Chairman of the Board | |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Director | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Director | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Director | |
Xxxx X. Xxxx
|
Director | |
Xxxxx X. Xxx
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Director | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
Director | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Director |
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EXHIBIT C
OFFICERS
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Xxxxx X. Xxx
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Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Vice President and Treasurer | |
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
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Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Controller | |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Assistant Secretary | |
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Assistant Controller | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Assistant Controller | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Assistant Secretary | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Assistant Treasurer | |
X. X. Xxxxxxxx
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Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary |
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