Exhibit 99.1
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AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
COMDISCO VENTURES FUND A, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (the
"Agreement"), of Comdisco Ventures Fund A, LLC (the "Company") dated as of
February 20, 2004 (the "Effective Date"), is by and among Comdisco Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("CDI"), Windspeed Acquisition Fund GP, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company ("Windspeed"), Comdisco Ventures Fund B, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company ("Fund B"), and any other Persons who become
parties hereto after the effective date of this Agreement. Certain terms used
but not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them
in Section 17.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company was originally organized as a Delaware
corporation, and was converted into a Delaware limited liability company within
the meaning of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. ss. 18-101,
et seq.), as amended from time to time (the "Act"), and any successor to such
Act by filing a Certificate of Conversion with the Secretary of the State of
Delaware on February 20, 2004 and by entering into a Limited Liability Company
Agreement (the "Initial Agreement"), and
WHEREAS, CDI and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to
admit Windspeed and Fund B as Members, and to appoint Windspeed the Manager of
the Company, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to amend and
restate the Initial Agreement hereinafter set forth, and to continue the Company
as a Delaware limited liability company within the meaning of the Act.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt and
legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Organization; Certificate; Name.
1.1 Organization. The Company is, and shall continue as, a
Delaware limited liability company in accordance with, and subject to, the
provisions of this Agreement.
1.2 Filings. The Members ratify and confirm the authority of
the Manager and any individual authorized by the Manager, acting singly in any
case, to execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate
offices, as applicable, (i) the Certificate and any amendments thereto, and (ii)
such other instruments, certificates, documents and other writings which the
Manager determines to be necessary or appropriate to secure or preserve the
Company's status as a Delaware limited liability company or to qualify the
Company to do business in states other than Delaware.
1.3 Name. The name of the Company shall be "Comdisco Ventures
Fund A, LLC" or such other name as the Manager determines from time to time to
be appropriate.
1.4 Tax Partnership. As of the Effective Date, the parties
intend that the Company be classified as a partnership, and that they be treated
as partners, for tax purposes.
2. Purpose. The Company's purpose shall be to acquire, hold, manage and
maximize the value in the liquidation of the Portfolio and to do any and all
things that are ancillary or incidental thereto. In furtherance of such purpose,
the Company shall have the authority to: (a) negotiate, execute, deliver,
perform, modify, supplement, amend and terminate contracts, agreements,
instruments, documents, notices and other writings, including but not limited to
purchase and sale agreements, subscription agreements, stockholder agreements,
investor rights agreements, voting agreements, warrant and option agreements,
exchange agreements, merger agreements, lock-up agreements, underwriting
agreements, brokerage agreements, custodial agreements, escrow agreements,
management agreements, advisory agreements, promissory notes, pledge and other
security agreements, and exercise notices, (b) plan, structure, negotiate,
coordinate, effect and participate in financings (including, without limitation,
by offerings of debt and equity securities privately or publicly),
recapitalizations, restructurings, sales, mergers, liquidations and similar
transactions of Portfolio Companies, (c) exercise all rights, powers, privileges
and other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to securities held
by it (including, without limitation, to vote securities as to the election of
directors and other matters and to exercise any and all rights and powers with
respect to options, warrants and convertible securities held by it), (d) pay or
otherwise provide for its expenses, debts and obligations (including, without
limitation, the Management Fee), and make temporary investments in Short Term
Investments pending the use of its available cash to pay expenses, debts and
obligations or to make distributions to the Members, (e) borrow money and pledge
assets to secure such borrowings on a short term basis, (f) hire and compensate
advisors, consultants, agents, contractors, subcontractors, accountants,
attorneys and other service providers, (g) establish and maintain bank and other
accounts and draw checks or other orders or expenditures from such accounts, (h)
purchase, acquire, finance, hold, market and sell assets, (i) apply for and
obtain insurance and (j) do any and all other things that are ancillary or
incidental to any of the foregoing.
3. Place of Business; Registered Agent. The principal place of business
of the Company shall be at 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000.
The Manager shall promptly provide the Members with written notice if the
Company's principal place of business is changed. The Company's registered
office in the State of Delaware shall be Corporation Trust Company, Corporation
Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
The registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of
Delaware shall be Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The Manager may at
any time change the location of the Company's principal place of business,
establish additional places of business and designate a new agent for service of
process as it shall deem advisable.
4. Term; Existence. The Company shall continue in full force and effect
from the Effective Date until dissolved pursuant to Section 14 (the "Term").
5. Contributions; Interests; Capital Accounts.
5.1 CDI. As of the Effective Date, the Company holds the
securities listed on Schedule A attached hereto (and all contractual and other
rights related to such securities) and CDI is the Class A Member. The parties
agree and acknowledge that the aggregate fair market value of the assets
possessed by the Company is $15,000,000 as of the Effective Date (and that CDI's
Capital Contribution to the Company, and initial capital account balance with
respect to the Company, shall therefore be $15,000,000). Such aggregate fair
market value shall be allocated among the particular securities contained in the
Portfolio as of the Effective Date as mutually agreed upon by CDI and the
Manager. It is understood and agreed that the Company shall not assume any
liabilities related to the securities and rights (other than obligations to pay
the exercise prices of options, warrants and similar securities that have not
yet been exercised and any other debts and obligations which are assumed by the
Company with the approval of the Manager). CDI shall execute such documents,
instruments of transfer and assignment and other writings, and take such further
actions, as the Manager may reasonably request from time to time to fully vest
the Company with the rights to the Portfolio.
5.2 Windspeed. As of the Effective Date, Windspeed shall be
admitted to the Company as a Class B Member in consideration of services
provided and to be provided by Windspeed to the Company.
5.3 Fund B. As of the Effective Date, Fund B shall be admitted
to the Company as a Class C Member with no obligation to make any contribution
to the Company. The Manager may from time to time request cash contributions
from Fund B and, if such request is made, shall accept contributions of cash to
the Company made by Fund B to permit the Company to acquire Funded Securities.
Any contribution by Fund B pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall be applied only to
the acquisition of the Funded Securities for which such contribution was made
(and to pay Fund B's share of any related expenses as determined in accordance
with Section 9.4). If and to the extent that the Manager does not acquire
securities for which Fund B has made a contribution pursuant to this Section
5.3, the amount of such contribution (less any related expenses as determined in
accordance with Section 9.4) shall be promptly returned to Fund B. Fund B's
interest in the Company shall relate only to any Funded Securities acquired by
the Company. For as long as the Company holds any Funded Securities, the Manager
shall keep appropriate books and records describing such Funded Securities and
setting forth, with respect to each such Funded Security, the amount contributed
by Fund B to permit the acquisition of such Funded Security, the cost to the
Company of acquiring such Funded Security, the means of acquiring such Funded
Security (including, if such Funded Security was acquired by exercising an
option, warrant, conversion or exchange right, whether such Funded Security
could have been acquired on a cashless basis), the value of such Funded Security
as of the date of its acquisition by the Company and such other information
regarding such Funded Security as the Manager determines to be appropriate.
5.4 Additional Members. The Company shall not issue any
additional interests or admit any additional Members without the approval of the
Manager, the Class A Member, and the Class B Member. Nothing in this Section
5.4, however, shall limit the rights of Members to Transfer their interests in
the Company, or to cause Transferees of their interests to be admitted as
substituted Members, pursuant to Section 11.
5.5 No Other Contributions. Except as provided in Section 5.1,
Section 5.2, Section 5.3 or the Act, no Member shall be required or permitted to
make any contribution of cash, property or services, to return any distributions
received in accordance with this Agreement or to make any loan, to the Company
or to any creditor of the Company (including, without limitation, to restore a
deficit balance in such Member's capital account). No Member shall be liable for
any debts, liabilities, contracts or obligations of the Manager or any other
Member.
5.6 Capital Accounts. The Manager shall maintain capital
accounts for the Members in accordance with Section 704(b) of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. In that regard, the Manager may
make such adjustments to the Members' capital accounts as it determines are
necessary and in accordance with the Treasury Regulations in connection with any
contribution to or distribution by the Company of more than a de minimis amount
of money or other property in exchange for an interest in the Company. If a
Member holds interests of more than one (1) class, separate capital accounts
shall be maintained for such Member for each such class of interests. A
Transferee of an interest in the Company shall succeed to the capital account of
its Transferor to the extent allocable, based on the terms of the Transfer, to
the Transferred interest.
5.7 Company Assets. All assets of the Company shall be
owned by the Company as an entity.
6. Allocations of Profit and Loss; Tax Allocations.
6.1 Profit. Subject to Sections 6.5 and 14, and after any
special allocations required by Sections 6.3 and 6.4 have been made, a Profit of
the Company for any fiscal year or other accounting period shall be allocated as
follows:
6.1.1 First, to the Class A Member and the Class
B Member to the extent of and in proportion to their negative Adjusted Capital
Account Balances, if any; and
6.1.2 Second, thereafter, to the Class A Member and
the Class B Member in such amounts and proportions as are necessary for their
respective Adjusted Capital Account Balances to equal their respective Target
Capital Account Balances as of the close of such fiscal year or other
accounting period (or, if such equalization is not possible, as are necessary
to reduce proportionately the differences between their respective Adjusted
Capital Account Balances and their respective Target Capital Account
Balances).
6.2 Loss. Subject to Sections 6.5 and 14, and after any
special allocations required by Sections 6.3 and 6.4 have been made, a Loss of
the Company for any fiscal year or other accounting period shall be allocated as
follows:
6.2.1 First, until their Adjusted Capital Account
Balances have been reduced to zero (0), to the Class A Member and the Class B
Member in such amounts and proportions as are necessary for their respective
Adjusted Capital Account Balances to equal their respective Target Capital
Account Balances as of the close of such fiscal year or other accounting
period (or, if such equalization is not possible, as are necessary to reduce
proportionately the differences between their respective Adjusted Capital
Account Balances and their respective Target Capital Account Balances); and
6.2.2 Second, thereafter, to the Class A Member and
the Class B Member in proportion to their respective Capital Contributions.
6.3 Special Allocations. Before any allocations are made
pursuant to Section 6.1, Section 6.2 or Section 14 (as such Sections may be
modified by Section 6.5), the following special allocations shall be made in the
following order:
6.3.1 The Manager may make such special
allocations, and apply Sections 6.1 and 6.2 with such modifications, as it
determines to be appropriate (i) to comply with the rules set forth in the
Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code governing (a)
allocations of "nonrecourse deductions," "partner nonrecourse deductions" and
other items lacking "economic effect" and (b) "minimum gain chargebacks" and
"partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain chargebacks," and (ii) for this
Agreement to contain a "qualified income offset" provision within the meaning
of the Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code. In no event,
however, shall any such special allocations or modifications affect the amount
or timing of any distribution to be made to any Member hereunder.
6.3.2 To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted
tax basis of any asset of the Company pursuant to Section 734(b) or Section
743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(m) of
the Treasury Regulations, to be taken into account in determining capital
accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the capital accounts shall be
treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the
asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset), and such
gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Members in a manner that is
consistent with the manner in which their capital accounts are required to be
adjusted pursuant to Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(m) of the Treasury Regulations.
6.3.3 To the extent that any portion of the
Management Fee payment is determined by the Manager to be a distribution to
any Member and not a guaranteed payment within the meaning of Section 707(c)
of the Code (or a payment for services provided in a non-Member capacity), an
amount of gross income of the Company equal to the amount of such payment
(and, to the extent possible, of the same character as the income of the
Company giving rise to such payment) shall be specially allocated to such
Member.
6.3.4 There shall be specially allocated to the
Class A Member all fees and expenses of the Company related to the Fund B
Escrow Account.
6.3.5 For any fiscal year or other accounting
period of the Company, there shall be specially allocated to the Class C
Member its share of any fees and expenses related to Funded Securities as
provided in Section 9.4 and such other items of Company income, gain, loss and
deduction attributable to Funded Securities as are necessary for its Adjusted
Capital Account Balance to equal, to the extent possible, its Target Capital
Account Balance as of the close of such fiscal year or other accounting
period. The items allocated to the Class C Member pursuant to this Section
6.3.5 shall be drawn from all of the Company's items of income, gain, loss and
deduction attributable to Funded Securities in a manner that is fair and
equitable and consistent with the distributions to be made to, and the
expenses to be borne by, the Class C Member hereunder.
6.4 Curative Allocations. The Members intend that their
capital account balances as of the time immediately before the liquidating
distributions are made pursuant to Section 14 equal the amounts of such
distributions to be made to them so that they have zero (0) balances in their
capital accounts after the liquidating distributions are made. Subject to the
requirements of Sections 6.3.1 and 6.3.2 (the "Regulatory Allocations"), the
Company shall make such special allocations of items of income, gain, loss,
deduction and expenditure as the Manager determines are required to give effect
to such intent (including, without limitation, to cure any imbalances that might
otherwise be caused by the Regulatory Allocations). The Manager may reallocate
items of income, gain, loss, deduction and expenditure for prior open taxable
years to give effect to such intent if it reasonably and in good faith
determines that such items for the current and future taxable years will be
insufficient to give effect to such intent.
6.5 Varying Interests. If any interest in the Company is
Transferred during any accounting period, allocations of Profit or Loss and
items of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such interest for such
period shall be made using such method or methods (including, without
limitation, an "interim closing" method) as the Manager and the Members
determine to be appropriate and in compliance with Section 706 of the Code.
6.6 Tax Allocations. Tax allocations shall be made consistent
with the allocations of Profit or Loss made pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 and
with any special allocations made pursuant to Sections 6.3 and 6.4, except that,
solely for tax purposes, (i) items of income, gain, loss, deduction and
expenditure with respect to Company assets reflected hereunder in the Members'
capital accounts and on the books of the Company at values that differ from the
Company's adjusted tax bases in such assets shall be allocated among the Members
in such manner, and using such method or methods as the Manager determines to be
appropriate (it being agreed, however, that allocations made pursuant to this
Section 6.6 on account of book/tax disparities with respect to securities held
by the Company shall be made using the "traditional" method described in Section
1.704-3(b) of the Treasury Regulations except as the Manager, with the approval
of the Class A Member, determines to be appropriate), and (ii) any items of gain
recognized by the Company that are subject to the depreciation recapture
provisions of Sections 1245 and 1250 of the Code shall be allocated among the
Members in such manner as is necessary to comply with Sections 704, 1245 and
1250 of the Code and any applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder.
6.7 Tax Credits. Any tax credits of the Company for any fiscal
year or other accounting period shall be allocated to the Members in proportion
to their allocations of the Company's Profit or Loss, as the case may be, for
such fiscal year or other accounting period.
6.8 Tax Elections. The Company shall make such elections under
the Code and the Treasury Regulations (including, without limitation, those
permitted by Sections 704(b), 704(c), 709(b) and 754 of the Code), and state tax
or similar laws, as the Manager and the Fund A Advisor determine to be
appropriate.
6.9 Tax Matters Partner. Windspeed (or an Entity that has
become Manager pursuant to Section 8.1.3 upon the Transfer to it of Windspeed's
interest in the Company) shall be the "Tax Matters Partner" of the Company, as
defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code, for purposes of any tax audit of the
Company for as long as it is a Manager and the Class B Member. At such time as
neither Windspeed nor any such Transferee of its interest is the Tax Matters
Partner, a successor Tax Matters Partner shall be designated by the Fund A
Advisor in accordance with the Code and the Treasury Regulations. The Tax
Matters Partner shall have all of the rights, duties, obligations and powers of
a Tax Matters Partner, as so defined, under the Code, subject to Section 8.3.10.
7. Distributions.
7.1 Net Portfolio Receipts. Subject to Sections 7.2, 7.5, 7.6,
8.1.4, 8.3, 14, 15 and any legal or contractual restrictions on the Company's
ability to make distributions to the Members, the Manager shall make
distributions by wire transfer of any Net Portfolio Receipts (and any other
available cash, other than amounts contributed by the Members, the Company may
have) as promptly as it determines to be appropriate (but not less frequently
than quarterly) as follows:
7.1.1 First, 100% to the Class A Member until the
sum of the amounts distributed pursuant to this Section 7.1.1 (including so
much of Sections 7.2 and 7.4 as relate to this Section 7.1.1) for all fiscal
years and other accounting periods equals $15,000,000;
7.1.2 Second, 80% to the Class A Member and 20% to
the Class B Member until the sum of the amounts distributed pursuant to this
Section 7.1.2 (including so much of Sections 7.2, 7.4 and 7.6 as relate to
this Section 7.1.2) for all fiscal years and other accounting periods equals
$10,000,000;
7.1.3 Third, 90% to the Class A Member and 10% to
the Class B Member until the sum of the amounts distributed pursuant to this
Section 7.1.3 (including so much of Sections 7.2, 7.4 and 7.6 as relate to
this Section 7.1.3) for all fiscal years and other accounting periods equals
$5,000,000;
7.1.4 Fourth, 80% to the Class A Member and 20% to
the Class B Member until the sum of the amounts distributed pursuant to this
Section 7.1.4 (including so much of Sections 7.2, 7.4 and 7.6 as relate to
this Section 7.1.4) for all fiscal years and other accounting periods equals
$20,000,000; and
7.1.5 Fifth, thereafter, 100% to the Class A
Member.
For purposes of attaining the $15,000,000, $10,000,000,
$5,000,000 and $20,000,000 thresholds contained in Sections 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3
and 7.1.4, respectively (the "Thresholds"), the amount of Fund Expenses actually
paid by the Company in the applicable period, reduced by the amount of the
Management Fee and any reserves contained within such Fund Expenses, shall be
treated as though the amounts were first distributed to the Members and counted
towards the attainment of the applicable Threshold; provided, however, that any
fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the Fund B Escrow
Account shall be borne exclusively by the Class A Member as provided in Section
9.3 and any fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with Funded
Securities shall be borne exclusively by the Class C Member to the extent
provided in Section 9.4.
7.2 Tax Distributions. Notwithstanding Sections 7.1 and 7.6,
the Company shall use reasonable efforts to make advance distributions to the
Members within a reasonable period of time before taxes are due in such amounts
and proportions as are necessary for the distributions made with respect to
their interests (including to predecessor holders of such interests) for all
fiscal years and other accounting periods to equal their respective Tax
Liabilities as of the time of determination; provided, however, that advance
distributions may be made with respect to the portion of a Member's Tax
Liability relating to Funded Securities only from cash receipts of the Company
with respect to Funded Securities. Distributions pursuant to this Section 7.2
shall be made in advance of the dates by which the corresponding tax amounts are
due. Any advance distribution to a Member pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall
offset an equal amount of distributions that would otherwise thereafter be made
to such Member pursuant to Section 7.1 (or, in the case of the Class C Member,
pursuant to Section 7.6).
7.3 [Intentionally Omitted]
7.4 Distributions in Kind. Subject to Sections 8.8, 14, 15 and
any legal or contractual restrictions on the Company's ability to make
distributions to the Members, the Manager may from time to time cause the
Company to distribute Marketable Securities in kind. Any in kind distribution of
a Marketable Security shall be made to the Class A Member and Class B Member in
accordance with Section 7.1 (and, in the case of Funded Securities, to the Class
C Member in accordance with Section 7.6 and to the Class A Member and the Class
B Member in accordance with Section 7.1 pursuant to Section 7.6.1(b)(ii). Any
such in kind distribution shall be made as if such Marketable Security were an
amount of Net Portfolio Receipts (or, in the case of Funded Securities, Net
Funded Securities Receipts) equal to its value as determined pursuant to Section
7.7 (and, for purposes of thereafter applying Section 7.1, Section 7.6 or so
much of any other provision of this Agreement as relates to the applicable one
of such Sections, shall be treated as having been distributed pursuant to such
Section). For purposes of determining and allocating Profit, Loss and other
items pursuant to Section 6, any Marketable Security that is to be distributed
in kind shall be treated as having then been sold by the Company for its value
as determined for purposes of applying this Section 7.4. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for so long as CDI (or an Affiliate of CDI that has become a Class A
Member upon the Transfer to it of CDI's Class A interest in the Company) is the
Class A Member, the Manager will attempt to sell and convert into cash such
Marketable Securities for at least 180 days after such securities have attained
the status of Marketable Securities. The Manager may, in its discretion,
distribute Marketable Securities (including Funded Securities to the extent the
Class B Member is entitled to such distribution pursuant to Section
7.6.1(b)(ii)) in kind to the Class B Member during such 180-day period; provided
that the value of any such distribution to the Class B Member of a share of
Marketable Securities in kind shall be deemed to be the comparable per share
cash value of the cash distributions made to the Class A Member as a result of
the disposition of such in kind Marketable Securities.
7.5 Fund B Escrow. Notwithstanding Section 7.1.1, the first
$1,500,000 that would otherwise be distributable to the Class A Member pursuant
to Section 7.1.1 (actually, including any distribution pursuant to Section
7.6.1(b)(ii), and not as an advance distribution pursuant to Section 7.2 or a
deemed distribution in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 7.1) shall
instead be deposited by the Manager into an escrow account (the "Fund B Escrow
Account") established by the Company for the benefit of CDI to fund CDI's
capital commitment to Fund B, such fund to be held in trust by the Company for
CDI until properly disbursed in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Fund B Agreement; provided that the amount to be deposited
into an escrow account shall be reduced in accordance with Section 5.3 of the
Fund B Agreement and be adjusted as set forth in the definition of "Capital
Commitment" in the Fund B Agreement. Any amount so deposited into escrow
pursuant to this Section 7.5 shall be treated, for all other purposes of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, maintaining the Members' capital
accounts and reporting the tax results of the Company's operations), as having
been distributed to the Class A Member as Net Portfolio Receipts pursuant to
Section 7.1.1.
7.6 Funded Securities.
7.6.1 The Manager shall make distributions by wire
transfer of any Net Funded Securities Receipts as promptly as it determines to
be appropriate (but not less frequently than quarterly). Subject to Sections
7.2, 7.5, 7.6.2, 8.1.4, 8.3, 9, 14, 15 and any legal or contractual
restrictions on the Company's ability to make distributions to the Members,
Net Funded Securities Receipts shall be distributed as follows:
(a) Net Funded Securities Receipts with respect
to any Funded Security acquired by participating in subsequent financing
round(s) of a Portfolio Company shall be distributed 100% to the Class C Member.
(b) Net Funded Securities Receipts with respect
to any Funded Security acquired by exercising an option, warrant, conversion or
exchange right that could have been but was not exercised on a cashless basis
shall be distributed as follows: (i) an amount equal to the Class C Percentage
with respect to such Funded Security to the Class C Member and (ii) an amount
equal to the Class A/B Percentage with respect to such Funded Security as Net
Portfolio Receipts pursuant to Section 7.1 (subject to the limitations set
forth in such Section).
7.6.2 Notwithstanding Section 7.6.1, the amounts
distributable to the Class C Member pursuant to Section 7.6.1 shall be reduced
by expenses chargeable to the Class C Member pursuant to Section 9.4.
7.7 Valuation of Securities. The value of any security
shall be determined as provided in this Section 7.7.
7.7.1 Any security that is listed on a national
securities exchange shall be valued at its average last sale price as recorded
by the New York composite tape system over the ten (10) trading days
immediately preceding the date of such valuation or, if the security is not
included in such system, at its average last sale price over such ten (10)
trading days on the principal national securities exchange on which such
security is traded, as recorded by such exchange (using instead of the last
sale price, for any such day on which no sales occurred, the mean between the
closing "bid" and "asked" prices on such day as recorded by such system or
such exchange, as the case may be).
7.7.2 Any security that is listed on the Nasdaq
National Market shall be valued at its average last sale price over the ten
(10) trading days immediately preceding the date of such valuation as reported
by Nasdaq (using instead of the last sale price, for any day on which no sales
occurred, the mean between the closing "bid" and "asked" prices on such day as
reported by Nasdaq).
7.7.3 Any security that is not listed on a national
securities exchange or on the Nasdaq National Market but that is traded in the
over-the-counter market in the United States shall be valued at the average
mean between the closing "bid" and "asked" prices for the ten (10) trading
days immediately preceding the date of such valuation as reported by Nasdaq
or, if not so reported, as reported in the over-the-counter market in the
United States.
7.7.4 Any security in the form of an option,
warrant or similar security for which no price quotation is available shall be
valued by determining the value of the underlying security in accordance with
Sections 7.7.1, 7.7.2, 7.7.3 or 7.7.5, as applicable, and subtracting
therefrom the exercise or conversion price of such security; and
7.7.5 Any security that is not subject to valuation
under any of the preceding provisions of this Section 7.7 shall be assigned
the value established for such security in the last round of financing of the
issuer of such security plus or minus any adjustments which the Manager
reasonably determines to be appropriate to reflect market, issuer or other
events that have occurred subsequent to such last round of financing, all
consistently applied.
The foregoing valuation methodologies contained in this
Section 7.7 will be used by the Manager for purposes of stating the fair value
for the period stated of the Company's Portfolio investments in the Company's
Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Members' Capital as of the applicable
quarterly reporting date.
8. Management.
8.1 Manager.
8.1.1 The management and operation of the Company,
and the development and implementation of Company policies, shall be and
hereby are vested in the Manager, which shall be Windspeed unless and until it
ceases to serve as Manager pursuant to Section 8.1.3 or Section 8.1.4. Subject
to Section 8.3 and any other applicable limitations imposed by this Agreement,
the Manager shall have exclusive authority to exercise on behalf of the
Company all of the powers of the Company hereunder (including, without
limitation, those specified in Section 2) and to take such other actions as it
determines are necessary, advisable or incidental to the carrying on of the
Company's business and affairs. The parties agree that any Person serving as
Manager hereunder shall be a "manager" of the Company within the meaning of
the Act (with the rights, powers and duties in such capacity provided in this
Agreement) for as long as it so serves. In dealings with the Members, or with
or on behalf of the Company, the Manager shall act in good faith and in the
manner it believes to be, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company
and the Members. The Manager and its individual members shall have fiduciary
responsibilities, solely with respect to the Members, as set forth under the
Act and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in like manner and to
the same extent as if such persons served directly as individual Managers of
the Company.
8.1.2 A Manager shall serve until its successor
becomes Manager hereunder or, if earlier, until it ceases to serve as Manager
pursuant to Section 8.1.3 or Section 8.1.4. If a Manager ceases to serve as
such for any reason (other than, in the case of Windspeed, by its Transfer of
its interest in the Company to another Entity that is Controlled by any two
(2) or more of the individuals comprising the Windspeed Team and that
thereupon becomes the Manager as provided in Section 8.1.3), any vacancy
thereby created may be filled by a Person designated by the Class A Member or
the Fund A Advisor. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
the cessation of any Member-Manager's service as Manager shall not, in and of
itself, affect its rights, or constitute its withdrawal, as a Member.
8.1.3 A Manager may not resign without the approval
of the Class A Member; provided, however, that upon any Transfer by Windspeed
pursuant to Section 11 of its interest in the Company to an Entity Controlled
by any two (2) or more of the individuals comprising the Windspeed Team, such
Entity shall become the Manager upon its admission to the Company as a
substituted Class B Member.
8.1.4 A Manager may not be removed except (i) by
vote of the Class A Member and (ii) if such Manager is Windspeed (or an Entity
that has become Manager pursuant to Section 8.1.3 upon the Transfer to it of
Windspeed's interest in the Company), (a) for Cause, (b) if at least two (2)
of the individuals comprising the Windspeed Team are no longer actively
committed to the Manager in accordance with Section 8.1.5, or (c) upon the
occurrence of a Retirement Event relating to the Manager. If so removed as a
Manager, then, (x) if so removed as a Manager for Cause, any distributions
(including distributions earned but not yet made) which such removed Manager,
or any affiliate thereof, may be entitled to receive as a Member shall be
forfeited and such removed Manager, or any affiliate thereof, shall thereafter
no longer be entitled to any further distributions of the Company and shall
have none of the rights and powers of a Member hereunder or under the Act
(including, without limitation, to vote, give consents or approvals, or
otherwise manage or participate in the affairs of the Company), (y) if so
removed as a Manager for Cause, such removed Manager shall be obligated to
return to the Company that portion of the Management Fee equal to the
Management Fee paid or payable by the Company for the twelve (12) month period
immediately preceding such removal (or if twelve months have not elapsed since
the Effective Date, such shorter period as has elapsed since the Effective
Date), divided by two (2), within thirty (30) days of such removal, and (z) if
so removed as a Manager other than for Cause, such removed Manager shall be
entitled to retain any portion of the Management Fee which has been paid as of
the date of receipt of notice of such removal, but shall no longer be entitled
to any portion of the Management Fee which has not been paid as of such date.
A removal for Cause shall be effective immediately upon receipt of notice; a
Manager's removal without Cause shall be effective 30 days following receipt
of notice.
8.1.5 For a period of six (6) months from the
Effective Date, Windspeed (as Manager of the Company) and at least two (2) of
the individuals comprising the Windspeed Team shall devote substantially all
of their business time and attention to the affairs of the Company and Fund B.
Until the termination of the Company, Windspeed and at least two (2) of the
individuals comprising the Windspeed Team shall devote to the Company such
time and resources and maintain such staffing as are reasonably necessary and
appropriate to administer and conduct the Company's affairs in accordance with
the terms hereof and in a manner intended to conform to the best interest of
the Company.
8.2 Fund A Advisor.
8.2.1 The Class A Member will from time to time
appoint an individual to act as the Fund A Advisor hereunder (the "Fund A
Advisor"). A Fund A Advisor may (i) resign upon at least thirty (30) days'
written notice to the Class A Member (which notice will be waived by the Class
A Member) and (ii) be removed at any time, for any reason or no reason, by the
Class A Member. Any vacancy created by the resignation, removal or other event
with respect to a Fund A Advisor may be filled by the Class A Member.
8.2.2 The Manager shall not take any action
expressly requiring the approval of the Fund A Advisor hereunder without such
approval (or, if there is then no Fund A Advisor, the approval of the Class A
Member). In addition, the Manager shall consult with the Fund A Advisor
regarding potential conflicts of interest and other matters as the Manager
from time to time determines to be appropriate. With regard to any potential
conflict of interest, the Manager shall provide the Fund A Advisor with a
written proposal containing an analysis outlining the conflict and the
reasonably foreseeable economic ramifications thereof to the Company and Fund
B. The Manager shall promptly consider in good faith (without being obligated
to comply with) any recommendations that are promptly made by the Fund A
Advisor in response to any such proposal. Because of the relative interest of
CDI in the Company and Fund B, the Manager acknowledges its fiduciary duty to
CDI to maximize the value of CDI's interest in the Company after considering
the recommendations of the Fund A Advisor and consistent with its duties to
the members of Fund B.
8.2.3 Except in its capacity as Manager,
liquidating trustee or other authorized service provider, no Member shall have
any authority to act for or on behalf of the Company or any other Member or to
bind the Company or any other Member in any way, to pledge the Company's
credit or to render the Company liable for any purpose.
8.3 Actions Requiring Member Approval. Notwithstanding Section
8.1, and in addition to any other matters requiring the approval of some or all
of the Members hereunder, without the approval of the Fund A Advisor (or, if
there is then no Fund A Advisor, the Class A Member), the Manager shall have no
authority to:
8.3.1 liquidate more than twenty (20) positions
included in the Portfolio in a single transaction or series of related
transactions;
8.3.2 cause the Company to engage in a transaction
that would result in a Company security being Transferred to Fund B;
8.3.3 cause the Company to acquire any asset other
than by reason of (i) any stock dividend, stock split, stock issuance,
combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation,
conversion or similar transaction with respect to any security held by it,
(ii) the Company's cashless exercise of any option, warrant, conversion or
exchange right, with respect to securities held by it, (iii) the acquisition
of Funded Securities using cash contributed entirely by Fund B in its capacity
as a Class C Member pursuant to Section 5.3; or (iv) the Company's exercise,
using cash available in the Company or, in the absence of such cash, borrowed
in accordance with Sections 8.3.9 and 8.10, of any option, warrant, conversion
or exchange right, with respect to securities held by it, that could not have
been exercised on a cashless basis (such securities being "Cash Option
Securities");
8.3.4 cause the Company to incur (i) any single
Non-Routine Expense exceeding $5,000, (ii) any expense described in the
definition of Routine Expense above the respective expense caps contained
therein, and (iii) in any twelve (12)-month period, an aggregate in excess of
$75,000 of single Fund Expenses which are individually less than $5,000 each;
8.3.5 delegate or assign any of its obligations as
Manager hereunder other than as permitted by Section 8.6;
8.3.6 cause the Company to merge or consolidate
with or into any other Entity or change its form of organization (including,
without limitation, for tax purposes);
8.3.7 cause the Company to pay any compensation to,
or engage in any transaction with, the Manager or an Affiliate of the Manager
except as provided herein;
8.3.8 cause the distribution of any Marketable
Securities in kind except in accordance with Section 7.4;
8.3.9 except to borrow money to acquire Cash Option
Securities in accordance with Section 8.10, cause the Company to borrow money
or pledge assets to secure such borrowing; or
8.3.10 act, elect, report or otherwise exercise its
duty or authority as the Tax Matters Partner with respect to Company tax
matters.
8.4 Administrative Responsibilities. In addition to its other
responsibilities hereunder, the Manager shall be responsible for providing the
administrative and operating support the Company requires in connection with its
business and affairs, including, without limitation, (i) the filing of such
documents, instruments, certificates and other writings as are necessary or
appropriate for the continuation of the Company as a limited liability company
under the laws of the State of Delaware (and for the qualification of the
Company to do business in states other than Delaware where the Manager
determines such qualification to be necessary), (ii) preparing and filing any
and all tax returns and other governmental filings in connection with the
Company's affairs, (iii) maintaining the books and records of the Company in
accordance with the Act, (iv) maintaining the documentation and records relating
to the Portfolio, including the administration and tracking of all warrant and
other antidilution rights, stock splits and other terms related to new rounds of
financing by the Portfolio Companies, (v) investigating, reviewing and effecting
transactions involving the Portfolio, (vi) leveraging its industry knowledge and
relationships to identify attractive follow-on investment opportunities, and
(vii) satisfying the Company's needs for office space, supplies and general
office support and services.
8.5 Management Fee.
8.5.1 Subject to Sections 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.5.2 and
8.5.3, the Company shall pay the Manager a management fee of $1,530,000 (the
"Management Fee") over the period of three (3) consecutive years beginning on
the Effective Date in accordance with the following schedule: $780,000 for the
first year, $500,000 for the second year and $250,000 for the third year. The
Management Fee for any year shall be paid in four (4) equal quarterly
installments (with the payment for any quarter due on the first day of such
quarter, together with any unpaid Management Fee amounts due for prior
quarters). At the sole election of the Class A Member, the term of the
Manager's service as manager of the Company may be extended by up to two (2)
separate additional annual periods beyond the initial three (3) year period,
with the Management Fee payments due for such additional years being $250,000
for the fourth year and $200,000 for the fifth year (paid, in each case,
quarterly in advance). The Management Fee payments due the Manager are in
addition to any amounts distributable to the Manager, in its capacity as a
Member, pursuant to Section 7; provided, however, that the Management Fee
shall automatically be payable (at $250,000) for one (1) additional year
beyond the initial three (3) year period if the six (6) month period during
which CDI may exercise its put rights pursuant to Section 11.3 of the Fund B
Agreement extends beyond the close of such three (3) year period.
8.5.2 Notwithstanding Section 8.5.1, the Manager
acknowledges and agrees that the Management Fee shall be payable solely from
the gross receipts of the Company with respect to securities included in the
Portfolio when and as such receipts become available (and not from the
separate assets of any Member). To ensure payment of the Management Fee,
however, the Company shall deposit its first $1,530,000 of gross receipts with
respect to securities included in the Portfolio (net of amounts used or
reserved by the Manager to pay other expenses, debts and obligations of the
Company or to exercise rights or otherwise pursue opportunities to acquire
securities for the Portfolio) into an escrow account (the "Management Fee
Escrow Account") established by the Company to fund the payment of the
Management Fee, such funds to be held in trust by the Company for the Members
until properly disbursed in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
8.5.3 Notwithstanding Sections 8.5.1 and 8.5.2, if
CDI Transfers its interest in the Company pursuant to Section 11.2.4, the
entire amount of the Management Fee (including any portion thereof that would
not otherwise have yet come due) shall immediately be due and payable;
provided, that this Section 8.5.3 shall not apply with respect to any Transfer
to an Affiliate by CDI.
8.6 Assignment. With the approval of the Class A Member, the
Manager may delegate or assign any or all of its duties and responsibilities
(and its rights to receive any or all of the Management Fee) hereunder,
including, without limitation, pursuant to a separate management contract
between the delegee and the Company. The Class A Member shall not unreasonably
withhold its approval of any such delegation or assignment if the delegee or
assignee is an Entity Controlled by any two (2) or more of the individuals
comprising the Windspeed Team.
8.7 Other Activities of Manager. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, and subject to Section 8.1.5, the Manager may
engage in other profit-seeking and business ventures of any kind, nature or
description (including, without limitation, making and managing investments in
securities for its own account or the account of others), independently or with
others, and the pursuit of such ventures by the Manager shall not be deemed
wrongful or improper. Neither the Company nor any Member shall have any rights
or obligations by virtue of this Agreement or the relationship established
hereby in or to any independent ventures of the Manager or the profits or losses
derived therefrom.
8.8 Approval or Direction of Class C Member. Notwithstanding
Section 8.1, if at any time the Manager is not also the "Manager" of Fund B
under the Fund B Agreement, the Manager (i) shall not, without the consent of
the Class C Member, vote, sell, exchange, exercise or take any other action with
respect to any Funded Security or pay any single expense for which the Class C
Member would bear the burden pursuant to Section 9.4 exceeding $5,000, and (ii)
subject to any applicable contractual or other restrictions, shall take such
actions with respect to any Funded Security (including, without limitation,
distributing such Funded Security in kind) as the Class C Member shall
reasonably direct.
8.9 Evidence of Authority. Any Person dealing with
the Company may rely upon a certificate signed by the Manager as to:
8.9.1 the existence or non-existence of any fact or
facts which constitute conditions precedent to acts by the Manager or in any
other manner germane to the affairs of the Company; and
8.9.2 the Person or Persons who are authorized to
execute and deliver any instrument or document of the Company or to take any
action on behalf of the Company.
8.10 Borrowing. In connection with the acquisition of any Cash
Option Securities in accordance with Sections 8.3.3 and 8.3.9, the Manager may
cause the Company to borrow the exercise price of such securities from one (1)
or more lenders (which may include the Manager, a Member or an Affiliate of the
Manager or a Member), or advance the amount of such deficiency to the Company,
on such terms and conditions (but at an interest rate not exceeding ten percent
(10%) per annum) as the Manager determines to be appropriate.
9. Fees and Expenses.
9.1 Management Fee. The Company shall pay the Management Fee
to the Manager as provided in Section 8.5.
9.2 Fees and Expenses Payable by the Manager. The Company
shall not be obligated to pay (except indirectly via the payment of the
Management Fee) the routine overhead/administrative expenses of the Company or
the Manager relating to maintaining books and records, travel, routine
operational accounting (such as tracking capital accounts, determining and
distributing Net Portfolio Receipts, routine tax return preparation costs of up
to $5,000 per year, and periodic reporting to Members), the establishment and
maintenance of the Management Fee Escrow Account, office space, supplies,
salaries, general office support and the like (it being the intent that such
expenses are to be paid by the Manager out of the Management Fee).
9.3 Fund B Escrow Account Expenses. The burden of any fees and
expenses of the Company related to the Fund B Escrow Account shall be borne
exclusively by the Class A Member as reductions in its distributions of Net
Portfolio Receipts under 7.1.
9.4 Funded Securities Expenses. The Class C Member shall bear
the burden, as reductions in the amounts of its distributions of Net Funded
Securities Receipts it is otherwise entitled to receive as provided in Section
7.6, of (i) any fees and expenses of the Company related to the Class C Member's
interest in the Company but not to any particular Funded Security, (ii) any fees
and expenses of the Company related to the acquisition, holding, sale, exchange
or other disposition of Funded Securities acquired by participating in
subsequent financing rounds of Portfolio Companies (including by exercising
pre-emptive rights) and (iii) the Class C Percentage of any fees and expenses of
the Company with respect to any Funded Security acquired by exercising an
option, warrant, conversion or exchange right pursuant to Section 7.6.1(b)(i).
9.5 Source of Payments.
9.5.1 As provided in Section 8.5.2, the Manager
acknowledges and agrees that the Management Fee shall be payable solely from
the gross receipts of the Company with respect to securities included in the
Portfolio when and as such receipts become available (net of amounts used or
reserved by the Manager to pay other expenses, debts and obligations of the
Company or to exercise rights or otherwise pursue opportunities to acquire
securities for the Portfolio), and not from the separate assets of any Member.
9.5.2 The Manager and each Member hereby
acknowledge and agree that Fund Expenses and any fees described in Section 9.3
shall be payable solely from distributions that would otherwise be made to the
Members pursuant to Section 7.1.
9.5.3 In no event shall any Member be required to
make any contributions, or return distributions received, to the Company to
enable the Company to satisfy its obligations to pay its fees and expenses
(including, without limitation, the Management Fee);
10. Liability; Indemnification. No Member or Manager shall be liable,
responsible or accountable to the Company or any Member for any loss or damage
incurred by reason of any act or omission of such Member or Manager performed or
omitted on behalf of the Company or in furtherance of the interests of the
Company without bad faith, fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, and notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the Company shall indemnify the Members, the Managers and any
officers for, and shall hold them harmless from and against, any and all
damages, losses, liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement,
costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and
reasonably incurred by them in connection with any threatened, pending or
completed demands, claims, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, brought or threatened against them by
reason of or in connection with actions taken or omitted to be taken by them on
behalf of the Company, provided that no Member or Manager shall be entitled to
indemnification hereunder for any damage, loss, liability, fine, penalty, amount
paid in settlement, cost or expense incurred by such Member or Manager as a
result of its bad faith, fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by a Member or Manager in defending any
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding
shall be paid by the Company from available cash, if any, in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such Member or Manager to repay such amount if it
is ultimately determined that such Member or Manager is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Company pursuant to this Section 10. The cessation of a
Member's or Manager's status as such shall not prevent such Member or Manager
from being indemnified hereunder for actions taken or omitted while acting in
such capacity.
11. Transfers.
11.1 Restrictions on Transfer. A Member may not Transfer any
interest in the Company without the express written consent of the Manager and
each of the other Members; provided, however, (i) that the consent of the
Manager and the other Members pursuant to this Section 11.1 shall not be
required if such Transfer (a) is made by CDI in accordance with Section 11.2,
(b) will not violate or fail to comply with any federal or state securities law
or regulation, (c) will not cause the Company to be treated as a "publicly
traded partnership" as defined in Section 7704(b) of the Code, (d) will not
cause the Company to be an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (e) will not cause the assets of the
Company or any part thereof to be treated as assets of any employee benefit plan
or trust subject to ERISA, (f) will not constitute a prohibited transaction
within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and (ii)
that the Manager and the other Members may not unreasonably withhold their
consents (if required) to any Transfer of an interest in the Company by an
Entity to another Entity that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by
or is under common Control with the Transferring Entity if (a) in the case of a
Transfer by a Class A Member, the Manager has determined that all of the
obligations of such Class A Member to the Company and Fund B (including, without
limitation, the obligation of such Class A Member to fund its commitment to Fund
B with the escrow established pursuant to Section 7.5) will be satisfied in
accordance with their terms or (b) in the case of a Transfer by a Class B
Member, the Transferee is Controlled by any two (2) or more of the individuals
comprising the Windspeed Team. The Manager, in its sole discretion, may require
any Member (or unadmitted assignee of a Member) who proposes to make any
Transfer not requiring consents under this Section 11.1 to provide the Company
with a legal opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Manager that such Transfer
will comply with applicable securities laws. In its sole discretion, the Manager
may disregard as void any Transfer made in violation of this Section 11.1.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no consent or legal
opinion will be required in connection with a Transfer of an interest in the
Company by CDI to an Affiliate.
11.2 Right of First Offer. Notwithstanding the consent
requirements of Section 11.1 (but subject to the other provisions thereof), a
Class A Member may Transfer its interest (or any portion thereof) in
compliance with the following procedures:
11.2.1 If a Class A Member (a "Selling Member")
proposes to Transfer all or any portion of its interest in the Company to any
Person other than an Affiliate of CDI, such Selling Member shall give notice
of its intent to make such Transfer (the "Transfer Notice") to the Manager.
The Transfer Notice shall set forth (i) the portion of the Selling Member's
interest to be Transferred (the "Offered Interest") and (ii) if known to the
Selling Member, the identity of the prospective Transferee and the material
terms of the proposed Transfer to the prospective Transferee.
11.2.2 The Manager shall have the right, but not
the obligation, to deliver to the Selling Member, before the close of the ten
(10) day period after the delivery of the Transfer Notice to the Manager (such
period, the "Offer Period"), a written offer (an "Offer") to purchase the
Offered Interest. An Offer shall set forth all of the material terms and
conditions of the proposed purchase of the Offered Interest. The Manager's
rights to make the Offer and to purchase the Offered Interest pursuant thereto
shall be assignable by the Manager to such one (1) or more Persons as the
Manager determines to be appropriate (subject to compliance by the Manager
with the provisions of Section 11.1 as if such rights were an interest in the
Company). During the Offer Period, the Selling Member shall not solicit
proposals or offers from, or engage in discussions with, other parties
regarding the sale of the Offered Interest.
11.2.3 The Selling Member shall have no obligation
to accept an Offer by the Manager (or its assignee). Any closing of the
purchase of the Offered Interest by the Manager (or its assignee), however,
shall take place on such date, and at such time and place, as the Selling
Member and the Manager (or its assignee) shall agree upon. At such closing,
the Manager (or its assignee) shall make such deliveries in payment for the
Offered Interest as are contemplated by the Offer, and the Selling Member
shall deliver such executed documentation (including, without limitation, any
required consents) to the Manager (or its assignee) as may be required to
effect the Transfer of the Offered Interest to the Manager (or its assignee)
and the admission of the Manager (or its assignee) as a substituted Member
with respect to the Offered Interest. All of the foregoing deliveries shall be
deemed to be made simultaneously and none shall be deemed completed until all
have been completed.
11.2.4 If the Manager (or its assignee) does not
purchase the Offered Interest in accordance with Section 11.2.3, then, subject
to Section 11.1, the Selling Member shall be entitled to Transfer the Offered
Interest to a third party Transferee at any time during the one hundred fifty
(150) day period after the delivery of the Transfer Notice. If the Offered
Interest (or any portion thereof) has not been Transferred within such one
hundred fifty (150) day period, no Transfer of any portion of the Offered
Interest shall be effective unless the Selling Member has again complied with
the provisions of this Section 11 as to the Offered Interest. As a condition
to the effectiveness of any Transfer of the Offered Interest to a third party
Transferee pursuant to this Section 11.2.4, (i) such Transferee shall (a)
execute and deliver such documents and agreements as the Manager reasonably
determines to be appropriate to effect such Transferee's agreement to be bound
by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and (b) take such other actions
as the Manager may reasonably determine to be necessary to effect the
admission of such Transferee to the Company, to qualify the Company to conduct
business or to preserve the limited liability status of the Members, and (ii)
the Selling Member and the Transferee shall execute and deliver such documents
and agreements, and take such other actions, as the Manager may reasonably
require to ensure that all of the obligations of the Selling Member to the
Company and Fund B (including, without limitation, the obligation of the
Selling Member to fund its commitment to Fund B with the escrow established
pursuant to Section 7.5) will be satisfied in accordance with their terms.
11.3 Assignees. Unless and until a Person who has acquired an
interest in the Company by any form of Transfer has been admitted to the Company
as a Member, such Person shall have the status of an unadmitted assignee of such
interest and, as such, shall have none of the rights and powers of a Member
hereunder or under the Act (including, without limitation, to vote, give
consents or approvals, access Company records or otherwise manage or participate
in the affairs of the Company) other than to receive the distributions and
allocations that such Person's predecessor would have been entitled to receive
hereunder with respect to such interest. A Member who Transfers its entire
interest in the Company shall cease to have any of the rights and powers of a
Member. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall be
entitled to treat the record holder of any interest as the absolute owner
thereof in all respects, and shall incur no liability for distributions made in
good faith to such record holder, until such time as it has received written
notice of such Transfer and all of the conditions to the effectiveness of such
Transfer hereunder have been satisfied. A Person who acquires an interest in the
Company (by any form of Transfer) but is not admitted as a substituted Member
may not Transfer all or any portion of such interest without complying with this
Section 11 in full as if such Person were a Member for such purpose.
11.4 Substituted Members. A Person who acquires an interest in
the Company by any form of Transfer shall be admitted to the Company as a
substituted Member only (i) with the consent of the Manager and each of the
other Members, (ii) by satisfying the applicable requirements of Sections 11.1
and 11.2, (iii) by executing and delivering such documents and agreements as the
Manager reasonably determines to be appropriate to effect such Person's
agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and (iv) if
necessary, upon an amendment to this Agreement or such other instrument,
executed by all necessary parties and filed or recorded in the proper records of
each jurisdiction in which such recordation is necessary to preserve the limited
liability status of the Members; provided, however, that the Manager and the
other Members (a) shall have no rights to consent to the admission pursuant to
this Section 11.4 of any Transferee of an interest in the Company if they had no
rights to consent to the Transfer of such interest to such Transferee under
Section 11.1 and (b) may not unreasonably withheld their consents to the
admission pursuant to this Section 11.4 of any Transferee of an interest in the
Company if they could not unreasonably withhold their consents to the Transfer
of such interest to such Transferee under Section 11.1. The admission of a
substituted Member shall not dissolve the Company and shall be shown in the
books and records of the Company. The Manager shall promptly provide the Members
with written notice of the admission of any substituted Member.
11.5 Rights of Representatives. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, if an individual Member that is an Entity is
dissolved or terminated, the powers of such Member may be exercised by its
personal representative to the extent required by the Act.
11.6 Partial Transfers. If there are two (2) or more Class A
Members, Class B Members or Class C Members, as the case may be, after any
Transfer by a Class A Member, Class B Member or Class C Member of an interest in
the Company, then (i) any subsequent allocation, distribution or payment to be
made hereunder to "the Class A Member," "the Class B Member" or the "Class C
Member," as the case may be (and any subsequent sale to be made pursuant to
Section 14.3 by the "Class A Member"), shall be made to or by the Class A
Members, Class B Members or Class C Members, as the case may be, in proportions
corresponding their relative interests in the Company (based on their Capital
Contributions, rights to share in distributions or other factors as the Manager
determines, based on the terms of the Transfer, to be appropriate), and (ii) any
subsequent consent, approval, vote or other action of "the Class A Member," "the
Class B Member" or the "Class C Member" hereunder (including, without
limitation, an amendment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 18.11) shall be
validly effected if given or taken, as the case may be, by a majority in
interest of the Class A Members, Class B Members or Class C Members, as the case
may be (based on their Capital Contributions, rights to share in distributions
or other factors as the Manager determines, based on the terms of the Transfer,
to be appropriate).
11.7 Costs and Expenses. Any costs or expenses incurred by the
Company in connection with any Transfer or proposed Transferor of an interest in
the Company shall be paid or reimbursed by the Transferor of such interest.
12. Withdrawals.
12.1 Withdrawals. Except as expressly permitted by this
Agreement, no Member may (i) resign or withdraw from the Company or (ii) receive
any distribution from the Company on account of its resignation or withdrawal
(whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law) before the liquidation
of the Company.
12.2 Retirement Events. From and after the time a Retirement
Event occurs with respect to any Member (such Member, the "Retired Member"),
such Retired Member (and, subject to Section 11, any Transferee of any interest
of such Retired Member in the Company) shall, except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Agreement, have the status of an unadmitted assignee of its
interest in the Company and, as such, shall have none of the rights and powers
of a Member hereunder or under the Act (including, without limitation, to vote,
give consents or approvals, access Company records or otherwise manage or
participate in the affairs of the Company) other than to receive the
distributions and allocations that it otherwise would have been entitled to
receive hereunder with respect to such interest.
13. Actions of the Members.
13.1 In General. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, a Member's consent, approval, vote or other action as to any matter
may be effected by (i) the affirmative vote by such Member to the doing of the
act or thing under consideration at any meeting called and held pursuant to
Section 13.2 to consider such act or thing or (ii) a written consent given by
such Member at, prior to or after the doing of the act or thing under
consideration pursuant to Section 13.3.
13.2 Meetings. Any matter requiring the action of any one (1)
or more of the Members hereunder may be considered at a meeting called by the
Manager or any Member and held not less than three (3) nor more than thirty (30)
Business Days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the
Member(s) entitled to vote at the meeting. Any such notice shall state briefly
the purpose, time and place of the meeting. A Member may waive in writing the
requirements for notice of a meeting before, during or after such meeting (and
the attendance of a Member at any meeting shall constitute such Member's
waiver). All such meetings shall be held at such reasonable times and places as
the Manager (or, in the case of a meeting of the Class A Member(s), such Class A
Member(s)) shall determine. A Member may participate in any meeting by
conference telephone call or similar communications equipment if all the Persons
participating in such meeting can hear each other. Such participation of a
Member shall constitute the presence of such Member at such meeting. At any
meeting of one (1) or more of the Members, the presence in person, or by
conference telephone call or similar communications equipment, of Members
sufficient to approve the action under consideration shall be required to
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting. When a
quorum is present at any meeting of one (1) or more of the Members, the vote of
Members sufficient to approve the action under consideration shall decide any
matter brought before such meeting, unless the matter is one upon which by
express provision of law or this Agreement, a different vote is required, in
which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision on such
matter.
13.3 Action Without Meeting. Any action that may be taken at a
meeting of any one (1) or more of the Members may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, are signed by one (1) or more Members (or
their proxy holders) whose votes would be sufficient to authorize or take such
action at a meeting and delivered to the Company (and, if the consent of more
than one (1) Member is required, are delivered to the Company within a period of
sixty (60) consecutive days). Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction
of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original
writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used,
provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete
reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of any
action without a meeting by fewer than all of the Members entitled to
participate in such action shall be given to those Members who have not
consented in writing.
13.4 Proxies. A Member entitled to vote at a meeting of one
(1) or more of the Members, or to express consent or dissent to Company action
in writing without a meeting, may authorize another Person or Persons to act for
it by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3)
years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
13.5 No Other Voting Rights. A Member shall have no rights to
vote, give consents or approvals, or otherwise manage or participate in the
affairs of the Company except as expressly provided in this Agreement or in any
mandatory provision of the Act.
14. Dissolution; Wind-up; Liquidating Distributions.
14.1 Events Causing Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve
(i) at the time that there are no remaining Members of the Company unless the
business of the Company is continued in accordance with the Act, (ii) on the
effective date specified in a written election to dissolve the Company adopted
and approved by the Manager and the Class A Member at any time before the third
(3rd) anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, (iii) on the
effective date specified in a written election to dissolve the Company adopted
by the Class A Member at any time on or after the third (3rd) anniversary of the
effective date of this Agreement or (iv) the time of the judicial dissolution of
the Company under the Act.
14.2 Wind-up. The Manager (or, if one is appointed under the
Act, a liquidating trustee) shall be responsible for the winding up and
liquidation of the Company. Subject to Section 8.3 (it being agreed, however,
that Section 8.3.1 shall not apply after the Company's dissolution), after the
dissolution of the Company, the Manager (or such liquidating trustee) shall
collect the Company's receivables, pay the Company's debts and obligations, and
liquidate or distribute the Company's assets as promptly as is practicable and
consistent with obtaining fair value for the Company's assets, having due regard
to the activity and condition of the relevant markets and general financial and
economic conditions. After the Company's affairs have been wound up and its
debts and obligations have been paid or provided for, the Manager shall (i) make
a final allocation of Profit or Loss, as the case may be, and other items in
such amounts and proportions as are necessary (to the extent possible) for the
Members' capital account balances to equal the amounts of any remaining assets
of the Company they would be entitled to receive if such remaining assets were
to be distributed in accordance with Section 7 (subject to the limitations set
forth therein) and (ii) then distribute such remaining assets to the Members in
accordance with Section 7. Until the Company's termination pursuant to Section
14.4, the business of the Company and the affairs of the Manager and Members, as
such, shall continue to be governed by this Agreement, provided that the Company
shall engage in no further business other than in connection with its wind-up
and liquidation.
14.3 Bid by the Manager. Within ninety (90) days after the
Company's election to dissolve, the Manager shall prepare and deliver to the
Class A Member, at the Manager's expense, a bid for the Class A Member's
interest in the Company at a price, and on such other terms and conditions, as
the Manager determines to be appropriate in its sole discretion. If, within
thirty (30) days after the delivery of such bid, the Class A Member delivers a
written notice to the Manager approving the sale of its interest in the Company
to the Manager at the price, and on the other terms and conditions, set forth in
such bid, then the Manager shall purchase, and the Class A Member shall sell,
the Class A Member's interest in the Company at such price and on such terms and
conditions. The Manager may assign its right to purchase the interest of the
Class A Member to one (1) or more Persons as it determines to be appropriate. At
any closing of a purchase and sale pursuant to this Section 14.3, the Manager
(or its assignee) shall make such deliveries in payment, and the Class A Member
shall make such deliveries of instruments of assignment, as are necessary to
effect such purchase and sale (with all of the required deliveries deemed made
simultaneously and none deemed completed until all have been completed). If the
Class A Member does not deliver such notice of approval to the Manager, the
Manager shall have no obligation or right to purchase the Class A Member's
interest in the Company.
14.4 Termination. The dissolution of the Company shall be
effective on the day on which the event occurs giving rise to the dissolution,
but the Company shall not terminate until the winding up of the business and
affairs of the Company has been completed as provided herein and a certificate
of cancellation of the Company has been filed with the Office of the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware. The Manager (or the liquidating trustee, as
the case may be), acting singly, is authorized to execute and file a certificate
of cancellation on behalf of the Company.
14.5 Liquidating Trust. With the approval of the Fund A
Advisor, if the Company has not been liquidated by the second anniversary of the
date of its dissolution pursuant to Section 14.1, the Manager (or liquidating
trustee) may distribute the non-cash assets of the Company (other than any
Marketable Securities) to a trust established for the sole purposes of
liquidating such remaining assets, collecting amounts owed to the Company and
paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company.
The Manager (or such liquidating trustee) shall use reasonable efforts to ensure
that such trust qualifies as a liquidating trust under Treasury Regulations
Section 301.7701-4(d). The distribution to the trust shall constitute a final,
liquidating distribution of assets pursuant to 14.2 (with any asset distributed
in kind to the trust being treated as if it were an amount of cash equal its
fair market value as determined pursuant to Section 7.7). For purposes of
determining and allocating Profit, Loss and other items pursuant to Section 6,
any asset that is to be distributed in kind to such trust shall be treated as
having then been sold by the Company for its value as determined for purposes of
applying this Section 14.5 (provided that, for such purposes, the fair market
value of any asset that is distributed subject to a nonrecourse indebtedness
shall be deemed not to be less than the amount of such indebtedness). The
Members' relative beneficial interests in the trust shall be equal to their
respective relative interests in the assets contributed to the liquidating trust
as of the time that such assets are contributed to the liquidating trust.
15. Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
the Company shall be entitled to withhold and pay over, or otherwise pay, any
withholding or other taxes payable by the Company at such times and based upon
such rates as the Manager determines to be appropriate. If the Company makes a
payment of tax for any accounting period with respect to any Member or as a
result of any Member's participation in the Company, such Member shall be deemed
for all purposes of this Agreement to have received the amount of such payment
as a distribution from the Company on the last day of the period for which the
tax is withheld and paid or, if earlier, on the last day on which such Member
owned an interest in the Company. Any deemed distribution to a Member pursuant
to this Section 15 shall be treated (to the extent not repaid to the Company) as
an advance of, and shall offset, an equal amount of distributions that would
otherwise thereafter be made to such Member pursuant to the provisions of
Section 7 in the order that such distributions would otherwise have been made.
To the extent that the aggregate of such distributions to a Member for any month
exceeds the distributions to which such Member would otherwise be entitled for
such month, the amount of such excess shall be repaid by such Member to the
Company within thirty (30) days after the end of such month.
16. Books; Reports.
16.1 Books and Records. The books and records of the Company,
including a list of the names and business or mailing addresses of the Members,
shall be maintained at the principal office of the Company in accordance with
the Act. All of the books and records of the Company shall be available for
examination at the offices of the Company in which they are maintained by any
Member or by any Member's duly authorized representatives at any and all
reasonable times upon reasonable notice. Each Member, or such Member's duly
authorized representatives, upon written notice to the Manager and upon paying
the costs of collection, duplication and mailing, shall be entitled for any
purpose reasonably related to such Member's interest as a Member in the Company
to a copy of information to which such Member is entitled under the Act. The
Company may maintain such other books and records and may provide such financial
or other statements as the Manager and the Fund A Advisor mutually agree upon.
16.2 Accounting; Tax Year. The Company shall report its
operations for tax purposes on such method and based upon such taxable year as
the Manager determines to be appropriate consistent with applicable federal
income tax laws. The financial statements of the Company shall be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
16.3 Reports
16.3.1 Within ninety (90) days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the
Manager shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during such
fiscal year such tax information as shall be necessary for the preparation by
such Person of its federal, state and local income tax returns.
16.3.2 Within (45) days after the end of each
fiscal quarter of the Company, the Manager shall send to each Member and the
Fund A Advisor, in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, (i) an
unaudited Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Members' Capital of the Company
as of the end of such quarter, (ii) unaudited statements of operations of the
Company for such quarter and for the fiscal year that includes such quarter
through the end of such quarter, (iii) a summary of any transactions by the
Company during such quarter and (iv) a summary of any distributions made
during such quarter.
17. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 17:
"Act" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
"Actual Fund Expense" has the meaning set forth in Section
7.1.
"Adjusted Capital Account Balance" means, with respect to any
Member as of the close of any fiscal year or other accounting period, the
balance in such Member's capital account adjusted by adding to such balance such
Member's share of any "minimum gain" or "partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain,"
within the meaning of the Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code,
of the Company as of the close of such year or other period.
"Affiliate" means (i) with respect to any individual, (a) any
member of such individual's Family, (b) any Entity more than ten percent (10%)
of the beneficial interests in which are directly or indirectly owned by one (1)
or more of such individual and members of such individual's Family or (c) any
member, manager, director, partner, shareholder, officer, trustee, beneficiary
or employee of any Entity described in (b), and (ii) with respect to any Entity,
(a) any direct or indirect member, manager, director, partner, shareholder,
officer, trustee or beneficiary of or in such Entity, (b) any member of the
Family of an individual described in (a) or (c) any other Entity directly or
indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Entity.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday in the Company's principal place of business.
"Capital Contribution" means, with respect to any Member as of
any time of determination, the sum of (i) the amount of money that such Member
has contributed to the Company pursuant to Section 5, (ii) the fair market
value, as determined pursuant to Section 5, of any property that such Member has
contributed to the Company (net of any liabilities that the Company has assumed
or taken subject to, under Section 752 of the Code, in connection with acquiring
such property from such Member), and (iii) the amount of any Company liabilities
that such Member has assumed, within the meaning of Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(c)
of the Treasury Regulations. A loan by a Member to the Company shall not be
treated as part of such Member's Capital Contribution. A Transferee of all or a
portion of a Member's interest in the Company shall succeed to the Capital
Contribution of its Transferor to the extent allocable, based on the terms of
the Transfer, to the Transferred interest.
"Cash Option Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section
8.3.3(iv).
"Cause" means, with respect to Windspeed (or an Entity that
has become Manager pursuant to Section 8.1.3 upon the Transfer to it of
Windspeed's interest in the Company), any of the following:
(i) the material breach of its duties as Manager
under this Agreement without cure within a reasonable period of time after
written notice to it of such breach;
(ii) the commitment of a material act of fraud,
willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty under any federal or state
securities laws, or fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct relating to
its duties as Manager;
(iii) the conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere
to, a felony by any of the individual members of the Manager; or
(iv) at least two of the individuals comprising the
Windspeed Team are no longer actively committed to the Manager in accordance
with Section 8.1.5 and such failure is volitional on the part of at least one
of such individuals.
"CDI" has the meaning set forth in the initial paragraph of
this Agreement.
"Certificate" means the Company's Certificate of Formation
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
"Class A Member" means any Person who, at the time of
reference, has been admitted to the Company as, and remains, a Class A Member
hereunder.
"Class A/B Percentage" means, with respect to any Funded
Security acquired by exercising an option, warrant, conversion or exchange
right, 100% minus the Class C Percentage with respect to such Funded Security.
"Class B Member" means any Person who, at the time of
reference, has been admitted to the Company as, and remains, a Class B Member
hereunder.
"Class C Member" means any Person who, at the time of
reference, has been admitted to the Company as, and remains, a Class C Member
hereunder.
"Class C Percentage" means, with respect to any Funded
Security acquired by exercising an option, warrant, conversion or exchange
right, the percentage (which in no event shall be greater than one hundred
percent) determined by dividing (i) the sum of the contributions that have been
made to the Company pursuant to Section 5.3 to permit the Company to acquire
such Funded Security (less returns of such contributions pursuant to Section
5.3) by (ii) the value of such Funded Security as of the date of its acquisition
by the Company.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and, where applicable, any predecessor or successor thereto.
"Company" means the Delaware limited liability company
governed by this Agreement named Comdisco Ventures Fund A, LLC (or such other
name as may be selected pursuant to Section 1.3).
"Control" (including the terms "controlling," "controlled
by," and "under common control with") means the direct or indirect possession of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an
Entity, whether through the ownership of Voting Securities, by contract, or
otherwise.
"Effective Date" has the meaning set forth in the initial
paragraph of this Agreement.
"Entity" means any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association or other organization.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
"Event of Bankruptcy" means, with respect to any Person
(except CDI), any of the following events:
(i) the making by such Person of an assignment for
the benefit of creditors;
(ii) the filing by such Person of a voluntary
petition under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law;
(iii) the adjudication of such Person by a court of
competent jurisdiction as a bankrupt or insolvent, or the entry against such
Person of an order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
proceeding;
(iv) the filing by such Person of a petition or
answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any bankruptcy
or insolvency statute, law or regulation;
(v) the filing by such Person of an answer or other
pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a
petition filed against him in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;
(vi) such Person's written request for, consent to
or acquiescence 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
(vii) the passage of (i) one hundred twenty (120)
days after the commencement of any proceeding against such Person seeking
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution or similar relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency statute, law
or regulation without such proceeding having been dismissed, (ii) ninety (90)
days after the appointment, without such Person's consent or acquiescence, of
a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial
portion of such Person's properties without such appointment having been
vacated or stayed or (iii) ninety (90) days after the expiration of any stay
of an appointment referred to in the foregoing clause (ii) without such
appointment having been vacated.
"Family" means, with respect to any individual, any of such
individual's spouse and descendants (by blood or adoption).
"Fund A Advisor" means the individual designated by the Class
A Members from time to time pursuant to Section 8.2.
"Fund B" has the meaning set forth in the initial paragraph of
this Agreement.
"Fund B Agreement" means the Limited Liability Company
Agreement of Comdisco Ventures Fund B, LLC, dated as of February 20, 2004,
executed and delivered by CDI, Windspeed and Windspeed Acquisition Fund, L.P. in
connection with their execution and delivery of this Agreement.
"Fund B Escrow Account" has the meaning set forth in Section
7.5.
"Fund Expenses" means any fees or expenses paid or incurred by
the Company (whether Routine Expenses or Non-Routine Expenses) or reserves
established therefor other than (i) fees and expenses payable by the Manager out
of the Management Fee pursuant to Section 9.2, (ii) fees and expenses related to
the Fund B Escrow Account to be borne by the Class A Member as provided in
Section 9.3 and (iii) fees and expenses to be borne by the Class C Member as
provided in Sections 7.6.2 and 9.4.
"Funded Securities" means securities acquired by the Company
by (i) participating in subsequent financing rounds of Portfolio Companies
(including by exercising pre-emptive rights) with cash contributed by Fund B
pursuant to Section 5.3 in situations where such Portfolio Company has imposed
transferability restrictions with respect to its securities or (ii) exercising
option, warrant, conversion or exchange rights that could have been exercised on
a cashless basis with cash contributed by Fund B pursuant to Section 5.3,
provided that the Company receives at least the same number of securities upon
such exercise as it would have received had it exercised such option, warrant,
conversion or exchange right on a cashless basis.
"Funded Security" means any particular block of Funded
Securities acquired in a single transaction or series of related transactions.
"Initial Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
"Management Fee" means the management fee payable pursuant to
Section 8.5.2.
"Management Fee Escrow Account" has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5.2.
"Manager" means Windspeed, or any successor thereto, in its
capacity as manager of the Company hereunder.
"Marketable Security" means any security that is described in
Section 7.7.1, Section 7.7.2 or Section 7.7.3, and which is not subject to any
"hold back" or "lock up" required by a managing underwriter in connection with
the public offering of equity securities of the Portfolio Company which issued
such Marketable Securities, or any restriction on the disposition thereof under
the terms of any other agreement or of any law, regulation or policy of any
state, and each Member's entire holdings of such Marketable Securities can be
sold by such Member to the general public without the necessity of any federal,
state or local government consent, approval or filing (other than any notice
filings of the type required pursuant to Rule 144(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended) and without violation of federal or state securities laws.
"Member" means any Person who is a member of the Company
(whether of Class A, Class B or Class C) as shown on the books of record of the
Company at the time of reference thereto, in such Person's capacity as a member
of the Company.
"Members' Capital" means, as of any date of determination, the
amount that would be available for distribution to the Members pursuant to
Sections 7 and 14 if the Company were to sell its assets at their values
determined in accordance with Section 7.7 (as applicable), satisfy its debts and
obligations (including, without limitation, any accrued but unpaid portion of
the Management Fee) in accordance with their terms, and then liquidate.
"Net Funded Securities Receipts" means the amounts of cash
received by the Company with respect to Funded Securities net of amounts used or
reserved by the Manager to pay expenses related to the acquisition, holding,
sale, exchange or other disposition of such Funded Securities.
"Net Portfolio Receipts" means the amounts of cash received by
the Company with respect to securities included in the Portfolio net of (i) Fund
Expenses (including, without limitation, the Management Fee), (ii) amounts used
or reserved by the Manager to acquire securities for the Portfolio, including,
without limitation, by exercising option, warrant, conversion, exchange,
pre-emptive or other purchase rights with respect to securities held by the
Company and (iii) amounts distributable to the Class C Member pursuant to
Section 7.6.
"Non-Routine Expenses" means any Fund Expenses that are not
Routine Expenses.
"Offer" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.2.
"Offered Interest" has the meaning set forth in Section
11.2.1.
"Offer Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.2.
"Person" means any individual or Entity.
"Portfolio" means the securities listed on the attached
Schedule 1 and any other securities that the Company directly or indirectly
acquires in respect of, or in exchange for, such securities, including, without
limitation, by reason of (i) any stock dividend, stock split, stock issuance,
combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation,
conversion or similar transaction, (ii) exercising option, warrant, conversion,
exchange, pre-emptive or other purchase rights, or (iii) participating in
subsequent financing rounds of Portfolio Companies.
"Portfolio Company" means any issuer of any of the securities
included in the Portfolio.
"Profit" or "Loss" means, for each fiscal year or other
accounting period of the Company, an amount equal to the Company's taxable
income or loss for such period determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of
the Code (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and
expenditure required to be separately stated pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of
the Code shall be included in such taxable income or loss), including each item
thereof, computed with the following adjustments:
(i) income of the Company that is exempt from
federal income tax and that is not otherwise taken into account in computing
Profit or Loss shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(ii) expenditures of the Company that are described
in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or that are treated as described in such
Section pursuant to Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(i) of the Treasury Regulations)
and that are not otherwise taken into account in computing Profit or Loss
shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(iii) any asset that is distributed in kind shall
be treated as having been sold for its fair market value as determined by the
Manager in accordance with Sections 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(e) and
1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(f) of the Treasury Regulations;
(iv) adjustments to the book values of Company
assets pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) of the Treasury Regulations in
connection with a contribution to or distribution by the Company shall be
treated as gains or losses, as the case may be, from dispositions of those
assets in accordance with Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(f) of the Treasury
Regulations;
(v) gains, losses and cost recovery deductions with
respect to Company assets that are properly reflected, under Section
1.704-l(b)(2)(iv) of the Treasury Regulations, on the Company's books at
values that differ from the Company's tax bases in those properties shall be
determined with reference to the book values of those assets in accordance
with Sections 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(f), 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(g) and 1.704-l(b)(4)(i)
of the Treasury Regulations; and
(vi) items that are specially allocated pursuant to
Section 6.3 or Section 6.4 shall not be taken into account in computing a
Profit or Loss for any year or other period.
"Regulatory Allocations" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.4.
"Retired Member" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.
"Retirement Event" means, with respect to any Member, (i) an
Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such Member (except CDI), or (ii) the
Transfer (or the occurrence of any event which results or will result in the
Transfer) by such Member of any interest in the Company in violation of this
Agreement.
"Routine Expenses" means the following expenses:
(i) expenses (including, without limitation, legal,
accounting, filing and other fees) incurred by the Company or the Manager in
connection with the formation, dissolution or termination of the Company in an
aggregate amount not exceeding (together with the corresponding expenses of
Fund B) $50,000;
(ii) fees and out-of-pocket costs of evaluating,
negotiating, structuring, documenting and effecting transactions by the
Company of up to $5,000 per fee or expense, including finders, placement,
brokerage, accounting, legal, investment banking and other fees;
(iii) taxes, fees or other governmental charges
levied against the Company or on its income or assets or in connection with
its business or operations;
(iv) costs of litigation and similar matters of up
to $5,000 per fee or expense (including matters that are the subject of
indemnification pursuant to Section 10); and
(v) the Management Fee.
"Selling Member" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.1.
"Short Term Investments" means commercial paper, governmental
obligations, money market instruments, money market mutual shares, certificates
of deposit and other similar obligations and securities in each case of high
investment grade quality.
"Target Capital Account Balance" means, for any Member as of
the close of any fiscal year or other accounting period, the amount which such
Member would then be entitled to receive if the Company were to sell its
non-cash assets at book value as then determined in accordance with the Treasury
Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code, satisfy its debts and obligations
(including, without limitation, the obligation of the Company to pay the
Management Fee) in accordance with their terms, and then liquidate in accordance
with Sections 7 and 14.
"Tax Liability" means, as to any Member as of the close of any
fiscal year or other accounting period, (i) the amount of net taxable income and
gain of the Company allocated with respect to such Member's interest in the
Company (including to predecessor holders) pursuant to Section 6 for periods
through and including the close of such fiscal year or other accounting period,
multiplied by (ii) the highest combined federal and state rate (taking into
account any federal deductibility of state taxes and vice versa, and any
applicable capital gain or other preferences) applicable to individual residents
of Massachusetts, in the case of allocations to the Class B Member or the Class
C Member, or to corporations with principal places of business in Illinois, in
the case of the Class A Member, for such fiscal year or other accounting period.
"Tax Matters Partner" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.9.
"Term" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.
"Thresholds" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
"Transfer" means (i) when used as a verb, to sell, assign,
transfer, bequeath, devise, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of,
voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law, and (ii) when used as a noun,
any sale, assignment, transfer, bequest, devise, pledge, encumbrance or other
disposition, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law.
"Transfer Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.1.
"Treasury Regulations" means the Income Tax Regulations
promulgated from time to time under the Code. References to specific sections of
the Treasury Regulations shall be to such sections as amended, supplemented or
superseded by Treasury Regulations currently in effect.
"Voting Securities" means, with respect to any Entity that is
a corporation (or that is managed by one (1) or more Persons having powers
similar to those of a corporate board of directors and who are subject to
periodic re-election, or removal and replacement, similar to corporate
directors), securities of such Entity having the right to vote in an election,
or for the removal and replacement, of such Entity's board of directors (or such
Persons having similar powers).
"Windspeed" has the meaning set forth in the initial paragraph
of this Agreement.
"Windspeed Team" means Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Xx., Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, the general partners of Windspeed.
18. Miscellaneous.
18.1 Successors and Assigns. The covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties
hereto, and no other Person shall have any rights or benefits hereunder except
to the extent expressly provided by applicable law.
18.2 Waivers. The failure of any Person to seek redress for
violation, or to insist on strict performance, of any covenant or condition of
this Agreement shall not (i) prevent a subsequent act which would have
constituted a violation from having the effect of an original violation or (ii)
excuse strict performance of such covenant or condition in any subsequent case.
18.3 Certification. The Manager may cause any or all of the
Members' interests in the Company to be evidenced by certificates. Unless
certificated pursuant to this Section 18.3, interests in the Company shall not
be evidenced by certificates. As a condition to the effectiveness of any
Transfer of an interest that has been certificated, the Manager may require the
submission to the Company of the certificate(s) evidencing such interest (or an
affidavit of loss in such form as the Manager determines to be appropriate).
18.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of
Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of law. In the event of a
conflict between any provision of this Agreement and any non-mandatory provision
of the Act, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and take precedence.
18.5 Separability. Each provision of this Agreement shall be
considered separable, and if for any reason any provision or provisions of this
Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance,
shall be held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such provision or
provisions shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof, or the application of the affected provision to Persons or circumstances
other than those to which it was held invalid or unenforceable, and any such
invalidity or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
18.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with any
exhibits, schedules, subscription or other agreements (including the Fund B
Agreement) referred to herein, which are hereby incorporated herein by
reference) constitutes the entire agreement among the parties governing the
relationship established hereby. This Agreement (together with such exhibits,
schedules and agreements) supersedes any prior agreement or understanding among
the parties and may not be modified or amended in any manner other than as set
forth herein or therein.
18.7 Section Titles. Section titles are for descriptive
purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Agreement as
set forth in the text.
18.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on
all parties hereto notwithstanding that all the parties have not signed the same
counterpart.
18.9 Pronouns. When used herein, pronouns and variations
thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter or to the
singular or plural as the identity of the Person or Persons referenced or the
context may require.
18.10 No Partition. Except as expressly provided herein, no
Member or successor-in-interest to any Member shall have the right while this
Agreement remains in effect to have any property of the Company partitioned, or
to file a complaint or institute any proceeding at law or in equity to have such
property of the Company partitioned, and the Member, on behalf of itself and its
successors, representatives, heirs and assigns, hereby waives any such right.
18.11 Amendments. In addition to any amendments otherwise
permitted by this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended from time to time
with the consent of each of the Manager, the Class A Member and the Class B
Member; provided, however, that no amendment that would adversely modify the
rights, obligations, preferences or privileges of the Class C Member shall be
adopted without the approval of the Class C Member.
18.12 Notice Addresses. Any notice to a Member shall be
delivered in writing at the address of such Member set forth below such Member's
name on the signature page hereof (or instrument of adherence hereto) executed
by such Member or at such other mailing address of which such Member shall
prospectively notify the Manager and the other Members in writing (any such
other mailing address shall be duly noted by the Manager in the Company's books
and records). Any notice to the Company or the Manager shall be at the principal
office of the Company as set forth in Section 3 or at such other mailing address
of which the Manager shall prospectively notify the Members in writing.
18.13 Notice Deemed Given. Any notice shall be deemed to have
been duly given if personally delivered or sent by United States mail or express
mail service or by telecopy or telegram confirmed by letter and will be deemed
given, unless earlier received, (i) if sent by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, or by first-class mail, five (5) calendar days after
being deposited in the United States mails, postage prepaid, (ii) if sent by
United States Express Mail or other express mail service, two (2) calendar days
(other than Sundays and federal holidays) after being deposited therein, (iii)
if sent by telegram, telecopy or other electronic transmission, on the date sent
provided confirmatory notice is sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, and
(iv) if delivered by hand, on the date of receipt.
18.14 Dispute Resolution. In the event of any controversy,
dispute or claim under, arising out of or related to this Agreement (including
but not limited to claims relating to breach, termination, fraud or
misrepresentation, or the invalidity, illegality or voidness of this Agreement)
whether based on contract, tort, statute or other legal theory (collectively
hereinafter, "disputes"), the parties shall first attempt to resolve the
dispute, at the written request of any party to the dispute, through discussions
between authorized senior representatives of the parties to the dispute. If,
despite the good faith efforts of the parties, the dispute is not resolved by
the foregoing discussions within fifteen (15) days, the dispute shall be
referred to binding arbitration in Chicago, Illinois pursuant to the commercial
arbitration rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association by a
sole arbitrator selected by the parties within fifteen (15) days after written
request for arbitration by any party or, in the absence of such selection, to
arbitrator(s) selected in accordance with such rules. Any award made pursuant to
an arbitration proceeding shall be made within four (4) months of the
appointment of the arbitrator and may be entered in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The arbitrator shall determine issues of arbitrability but may not
limit, expand or otherwise modify the terms of this Agreement. Issues of
arbitrability shall be determined in accordance with the federal substantive and
procedural laws relating to arbitration.
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COUNTERPART SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
By its execution of this signature page, the undersigned does hereby
agree to be bound by the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Agreement
to which this signature page is appended, a counterpart of which has been
furnished to the undersigned, and the undersigned hereby authorizes the
Company to append this signature page to a counterpart of the Limited
Liability Company Agreement as evidence thereof.
[Signature Block For Individuals] [Signature Block For Entities]
----------------------------------- Windspeed Acquisition Fund GP, LLC
(Signature) ----------------------------------
(Name of Entity)
------------------------------------ By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
(Printed Name) -------------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Manager
------------------------------------- 00 Xxxxxxx Xx.
(Xxxxxx Address of Residence) ----------------------------------
(Street Address of Principal Office)
------------------------------------- Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
(City or Town) (State) (Zip Code) ----------------------------------
(City or Town) (State) (Zip Code)
------------------------------------- USA
(Country) ----------------------------------
(Country)
COUNTERPART SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
By its execution of this signature page, the undersigned does hereby
agree to be bound by the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Agreement
to which this signature page is appended, a counterpart of which has been
furnished to the undersigned, and the undersigned hereby authorizes the
Company to append this signature page to a counterpart of the Limited
Liability Company Agreement as evidence thereof.
[Signature Block For Individuals] [Signature Block For Entities]
---------------------------------- Comdisco Ventures Fund B, LLC
(Signature) ---------------------------------
(Name of Entity)
By: Windspeed Acquisition
Fund GP, LLC
---------------------------------- By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
(Printed Name) -----------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Manager
----------------------------------- 00 Xxxxxxx Xx.
(Xxxxxx Address of Residence) ----------------------------------
(Street Address of Principal Office)
----------------------------------- Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
(City or Town) (State) (Zip Code) ----------------------------------
(City or Town) (State) (Zip Code)
----------------------------------- USA
(Country) ----------------------------------
(Country)
COUNTERPART SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
By its execution of this signature page, the undersigned does hereby
agree to be bound by the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Agreement
to which this signature page is appended, a counterpart of which has been
furnished to the undersigned, and the undersigned hereby authorizes the
Company to append this signature page to a counterpart of the Limited
Liability Company Agreement as evidence thereof.
[Signature Block For Individuals] [Signature Block For Entities]
--------------------------------- Comdisco, Inc.
(Signature) ------------------------------
(Name of Entity)
--------------------------------- By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
(Printed Name) --------------------------
Title: Vice President
--------------------------------- 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
(Xxxxxx Address of Residence) ------------------------------
(Street Address of Principal
Office)
---------------------------------- Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
(City or Town) (State) (Zip Code) -------------------------------
(City or Town) (State) (Zip Code)
---------------------------------- USA
(Country) -------------------------------
(Country)
