Exhibit 10.29
OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
LIFE TIME, BSC LAND, DUPAGE HEALTH SERVICES
FITNESS CENTER--BLOOMINGDALE, L.L.C.
This operating agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into this 1st day
of December, 1999, by and between LIFE TIME FITNESS, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation doing business as LIFE TIME FITNESS of Illinois ("LIFE TIME"),
Bloomingdale Sports Center Land Company, an Illinois corporation ("BSCLand") and
Central DuPage Health, an Illinois not for profit corporation or its
wholly-owned Affiliate as nominee ("CD Health"). LIFE TIME, BSC Land and CD
Health are sometimes hereafter collectively referred to as the "Parties" or
singularly as a "Party".
The Parties desire to set forth the terms and conditions of their
Membership and the operations of the limited liability company and therefore
agree as follows:
RECITALS
The Parties or their Affiliates have entered into a Letter of Intent
dated May 7, 1999, setting forth the essential terms of their agreement to form
a limited liability company. The limited liability company will be formed to
develop, own and operate facilities that offer sports and fitness activities,
along with all ancillary purposes thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Limited Company Act (the
"Act") (805 ILCS 180/1-1 through 180/60-1), the Parties will cause Articles of
Organization to be filed with the Illinois Secretary of State (the "Articles")
establishing a limited liability company by the name of "LIFE TIME, BSC Land,
Central DuPage Health Fitness Center--Bloomingdale, L.L.C." (the "Company").
These recitals are incorporated as a material part of this Agreement.
SECTION 1
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
1.1 Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of the
Company will be the Property's address in Bloomingdale, Illinois. All records of
the Company will be maintained at its principal place of business or such other
office as the Managers may designate.
1.2 Term. The term of the Company will have begun on December 1, 1999
and will continue until the winding up and liquidation of the Company and its
business is completed following a Liquidating Event, as provided in Section 11
hereof, or December 1, 2039, whichever is earlier.
1.3 Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to be engaged in the
business of developing, owning and operating facilities that offer sports and
fitness activities, as well as all other purposes for which a limited liability
company may be organized under the Act.
1.4 Filings; Agent for Service of Process.
1.4.1 The Parties will cause the Articles to be filed in the
office of the Secretary of State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions
of the Act. The Managers will cause amendments to the Articles to be filed
whenever required by the Act or by this Agreement. All such amendments must be
authorized by Members owning two thirds or more of the Company's outstanding
Units. The Managers will cause a certified copy of the Articles and any
amendments thereto to be filed and recorded in the appropriate state or county
offices of the state or states in which the Company does business.
1.4.2 The Managers will execute and cause to be filed an
original or amended Articles and will take any and all other actions as may be
reasonably necessary to perfect and maintain the status of the Company as a
limited liability company or similar type of entity under the laws of any other
states or jurisdictions in which the Company does business.
1.4.3 The Illinois registered agent will be Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Esq., Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
1.4.4 Upon the dissolution of the Company, the Managers (or,
in the event there is no Manager, any Person elected pursuant to Section 11.2
hereof) will promptly execute and cause to be filed articles of dissolution in
accordance with the Act and the laws of any other states or jurisdictions in
which the Company does business.
1.5 Definitions. Capitalized words and phrases used in this Agreement
have the following meanings:
(a) "Act" means the Illinois Limited Liability Company Act, as amended
from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
(b) "Adjusted Capital Account Deficit" means, with respect to Members
or any Member, the deficit balance, if any, in the Member's Capital Account as
of the end of the relevant fiscal year, after giving effect to the following
adjustments:
(i) Credit to such Capital Account (1) any amounts which such
Member is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or is
deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of
Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5) or any other provision of the
Regulations, (2) the Member's share of Company Minimum Gain, if any, and (3) the
Member's share of Member Minimum Gain, if any; and
(ii) Debit to such Capital Account the items described in
Sections 1.704-1 (b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5) and
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6) of the Regulations.
The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to
comply with the provisions of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Regulations
and will be interpreted consistently therewith.
(c) "Adjusted Capital Contributions" means, as of any day, with respect
to a Member, the Capital Contributions of such Member adjusted as follows:
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(i) Increased by the amount of any Company liabilities which
are assumed by such Member or are secured by any Company Property distributed to
such Member;
(ii) Increased by any amounts actually paid by such Member to
any Company lender; and
(iii) Reduced by the amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value
of any Company Property distributed to such Member and the amount of liabilities
of such Member assumed by the Company or which are secured by any property
contributed by such Member to the Company.
In the event any Member transfers all or any portion of its Interest in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, its transferee will succeed to the
Adjusted Capital Contribution of the transferor to the extent it relates to the
transferred Interest.
(d) "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such Person, (ii) any Person owning or controlling eighty percent (80%) or more
of the profits or loss interests or the outstanding voting interests of such
Person, (iii) any officer, director, general partner, manager or trustee of such
Person, (iv) any Person who is an officer, director, general partner, manager,
trustee, or holder of eighty percent (80%) or more of the profits or loss
interests or the voting interests of any Person described in clauses (i) through
(iii) of this sentence, or (v) any Person who is an Affiliate of a Person
described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this sentence.
(e) "Agreement" or "Operating Agreement" means this Operating
Agreement, as amended from time to time. Words such as "herein," "hereinafter"
"hereof " "hereto," and "hereunder" refer to this Operating Agreement as a
whole, unless the context otherwise requires.
(f) "Capital Account" means, with respect to a Member, the Capital
Account maintained for such Person in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) To each Person's Capital Account there will be credited
such Person's Capital Contributions, such Person's distributive share of Profits
and any items in the nature of income or gain which are specially allocated
pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section 3.4 hereof, and the amount of any Company
liabilities assumed by such Person or which are secured by any Property
distributed to such Person.
(ii) To each Person's Capital Account there will be debited
the amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value of any Property distributed to such
Person pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, such Person's distributive
share of Losses and any items in the nature of expenses or losses which are
specially allocated pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section 3.4 hereof, and the
amount of any liabilities of such Person assumed by the Company or which are
secured by any property contributed by such Person to the Company.
(iii) In the event all or a portion of an Interest in the
Company is transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the
transferee will succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent
it relates to the transferred Interest.
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(iv) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes
of Sections 1.5(c)(i), 1.5(c)(iii), 1.5(f)(i), and 1.5(f)(ii) hereof, there will
be taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of
the Code and Regulations.
The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to
the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), and will be interpreted and applied in a manner
consistent with such Regulations. In the event the Managers will determine that
it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits
or credits thereto (including, without limitation, debits or credits relating to
liabilities which are secured by contributed or distributed property or which
are assumed by the Company or the Members), are computed in order to comply with
such Regulations, the Managers may make such modification, provided that it is
not likely to have a material effect on the amounts distributable to any Person
pursuant to Section 12 hereof upon the dissolution of the Company. The Managers
also will (i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain
equality between the Capital Accounts of the Members and the amount of Company
capital reflected on the Company's balance sheet, as computed for book purposes,
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1 (b)(2)(iv)(g), and (ii) make any
appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise
cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b).
(g) "Capital Contributions" means, with respect to any Member, the
amount of money and the Gross Asset Value of Property contributed to the Company
with respect to the Interest in the Company held by such Person.
(h) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
(i) "Company" means this limited liability company formed pursuant to
this Agreement and the limited liability company continuing the business of the
Company in the event of dissolution as herein provided.
(j) "Company Minimum Gain" has the meaning of partnership minimum gain
as set forth in Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d) of the Regulations.
(k) "Depreciation" means, for each fiscal year or other period, an
amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction
allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if
the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal
income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation
will be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value
as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery
deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax
basis; provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation,
amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year is zero,
Depreciation will be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset
Value using any reasonable method selected by the Managers.
(1) "Grand Opening Date" means the date that the Company first makes
its Bloomingdale sports fitness facility available to the public.
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(m) "Gross Asset Value" means, with respect to any asset, the asset's
adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(i) The Gross Asset Values of all Company assets will be
adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by
the Managers, as of the following times: (1) the acquisition of an additional
interest in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than
a de minimis Capital Contribution; (2) the distribution by the Company to a
Member of more than a de minimis amount of Property as consideration for an
Interest in the Company; and (3) the liquidation of the Company within the
meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided, however, that
adjustments pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) above will be made only if the
Managers reasonably determine that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate
to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company;
(ii) The Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to
any Member will be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of
distribution;
(iii) The Gross Asset Values of Company assets will be
increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of
such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to
the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and Section 3.3.7
hereof, provided, however, that Gross Asset Values will not be adjusted pursuant
to this Section 1.5(k)(iii) to the extent the Managers determine that an
adjustment pursuant to Section 1.5(k)(i) hereof is necessary or appropriate in
connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment
pursuant to this Section 1.5(k)(iii); and
(iv) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by
a Member to the Company will be the fair market value of such asset as
reasonably determined by the Managers.
If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to
Section 1.5(k)(i) or Section 1.5(k)(iii) hereof, such Gross Asset Value will
thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to
such asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
(n) "Interest" means an ownership interest in the Company, including
any and all benefits to which the holder of such an Interest may be entitled as
provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to
comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(o) "Managers" will mean the persons elected by the Members to serve as
Company managers on the Management Committee (as defined in Section 6.1.5), or
their successors in interest (as the case may be), as well as any additional
person(s) admitted to the Company in the capacity of a Manager.
(p) "Members" will mean those Parties signing this Agreement as Members
and such other persons as may become Members from time to time by purchasing
Units as Members or as successors in interest to an exiting Member subject to
the restrictions and limitations set forth below.
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(q) "Member Minimum Gain" has the meaning ascribed to "partner
nonrecourse debt minimum gain" as set forth in Section 1.704-2(i)(2) of the
Regulations.
(r) "Member Nonrecourse Debt" has the meaning ascribed to "partner
nonrecourse debt" as set forth in Section 1.704-2(b)(4) of the Regulations.
(s) "Member Nonrecourse Deductions" has the meaning ascribed to
"partner nonrecourse deductions" as set forth in Section 1.704-2(i)(2) of the
Regulations.
(t) "Net Cash Flow" means the gross cash proceeds received from Company
operations, from a sale or other disposition of Company Property, or from a
refinancing of Company Property, including liquidation proceeds, less the
portion thereof used to pay or establish cash reserves for all Company expenses,
debt payments, capital improvements, replacements, and contingencies, all as
determined by the Managers in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles ("GAAP"). "Net Cash Flow" will not be reduced by depreciation,
amortization, cost recovery deductions, or similar non-cash charges or
allowances, or the Minimum Guaranteed Payments payable to BSC Land and CD Health
as set forth herein, but will be increased by any reductions of cash reserves
previously established.
(u) "Nonrecourse Deductions" has the meaning set forth in Section
1.704-2(b)(1) of the Regulations. The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a
Company fiscal year will be determined in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1.704-2(c) of the Regulations.
(v) "Nonrecourse Liability" has the meaning set forth in Section
1.704-2(b)(3) of the Regulations.
(w) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust,
limited liability company or other entity.
(x) "Profits and Losses" means, for each fiscal year or other period,
an amount equal to the Company's taxable income or loss for such year or period,
determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items
of income, gain, loss, or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to
Code Section 703(a)(1) will be included in taxable income or loss), with the
following adjustments:
(i) Any income of the Company that is exempt from federal
income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses
pursuant to this Section 1.5(w) will be added to such taxable income or loss;
(ii) Any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section
705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account
in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this Section 1.5(w) will be
subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(iii) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset
is adjusted pursuant to Section 1.5(k)(i) or Section 1.5(k)(iii) hereof, the
amount of such adjustment will be taken into account as gain or loss from the
disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
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(iv) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Property
with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes
will be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the Property disposed
of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from
its Gross Asset Value;
(v) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost
recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss,
there will be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal year or other
period, computed in accordance with Section 1.5(k) hereof; and
(vi) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
1.5(w), any items which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 3.3 or
Section 3.4 hereof will not be taken into account in computing Profits or
Losses.
(y) "Property" means any real or personal property and will include
both tangible and intangible property. Company Property will mean Property
acquired by the Company.
(z) "Regulations" means the Federal Income Tax Regulations, including
Temporary Regulations, promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be
amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding
regulations).
(aa) "Transfer" means, as a noun, any voluntary or involuntary
transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition and, as a verb,
voluntarily or involuntarily to transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate, or
otherwise dispose of.
(bb) "Units" means, with respect to each Member or permitted assignee,
the interest of such Member or assignee in the Profits and Losses of the
Company, expressed as a number of Units.
SECTION 2
MEMBERS' CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
2.1 Capital Contributions; Issuance of Units. Each Party subscribes to
contribute land and/or money to the Company as follows:
2.1.1 Land.
BSC Land and CD Health each own an undivided fifty percent (50%)
interest in approximately fifteen (15) acres of undivided land on Xxxx Avenue in
Bloomingdale, Illinois (the "Land"), as more fully described in Exhibit A made a
part hereof. The Land is valued at Three Million Three Hundred Nineteen Thousand
One Hundred Forty-One 00/100 only Dollars ($3,319,141.00), which is compromised
of Two Million Nine Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Eight 00/100
only Dollars ($2,928,308.00) for the purchase of the Land, and Three Hundred
Ninety Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Three 00/100 only Dollars ($390,833.00) for
carrying costs associated with the Land since its purchase in September, 1997,
based on a 6% carrying factor (through 10/31/99). In addition, BSC Land and CD
Health have sunk costs in the project of Three Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand
Seven Hundred Fifty-Nine 00/100 only Dollars ($348,759.00) which is part of
their capital contributions to the Company.
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Therefore, the capital contribution of BSC Land is One Million Eight
Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty 00/100 only Dollars
($1,833,950.00), and the capital contribution of CD Health is One Million Eight
Hundred Thirty-three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty 00/100 only Dollars
($1,833,950.00).
Provided, however, that based upon the Binding Letter of Intent
executed by the Parties, BSC Land and CD Health may be credited with sunk costs
in the project of up to Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00).
Accordingly, BSC Land and CD Health will be credited, in equal shares, for
contributions to their capital accounts for any further sunk costs in the
project above $348,759.00, but not to exceed $400,000.00 in any event. The
Parties understand that such Land may require excavation and reclamation and
they hereby agree to share equally in the costs of making the Land suitable for
construction of the fitness facility.
2.1.2 Money.
BSC Land will contribute money in an amount that equals two million
dollars ($2,000,000) less the value of BSC Land's contribution of the Land. CD
Health will contribute money in an amount that equals two million dollars
($2,000,000) less the value of CD Health' contribution of the Land. LIFE TIME
will contribute money in an amount that equals two million dollars ($2,000,000)
less one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000) already paid by LIFE TIME for
the facility architectural design. Each of the Parties has previously
contributed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to an escrow trust fund
at Chicago Title and Trust Company, such amounts being a part of the monetary
capital contribution as required herein. The Parties expressly understand and
agree that all activities of LIFE TIME's personnel and all of LIFE TIME's
corporate resources utilized in development of the project contemplated by this
Agreement (with the exception of any construction contract which may be
negotiated between the Parties) are included in the "overhead cost recovery
charge" in the Management Agreement (as defined in Section 6.1.6 hereof) between
the Parties and not otherwise credited to LIFE TIME's financial contribution to
capitalization of the project.
2.1.3 Issuance of Units.
In exchange for the foregoing capital contributions, the Company will
issue one million two hundred thousand (1,200,000) Member Units as follows:
Member
Units
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BSC Land 400,000
CD Health 400,000
LIFE TIME 400,000
2.2 Liability for Contributions. Except as otherwise provided by this
Agreement, no Member will be liable for the debts, liabilities, contracts or any
other obligations of the Company. Except as otherwise provided by this
Agreement, any other agreements among the Members, or applicable state law, a
Member will be liable only to make its Capital Contributions
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and will not be required to lend any funds to the Company or, after its
Capital Contributions have been paid, to make any additional contributions to
the Company. No Manager will have any personal liability for the payment or
repayment of any Capital Contributions of any Member.
SECTION 3
ALLOCATIONS
3.1 Allocation of Profits and Losses.
3.1.1 Profits. Subject to Section 3.2 below and after giving
effect to the special allocations set forth in Sections 3.3 and 3.4 hereof,
Profits will be allocated in an amount up to the Net Cash Flow for the year in
proportion to the Net Cash Flow distributed to each Member for such year. Any
remaining profits will be allocated to the Members in proportion to their Units.
3.1.2 Losses. Losses in an amount up to the amount of
Nonrecourse Deductions for the year will be allocated among the Members in
proportion to their Units. Any remaining losses will be allocated to those
Members providing capital, guaranteeing Company debt or lending funds to the
Company first in proportion to the capital provided, to the extent such amounts
have not previously been offset by losses allocated pursuant to this provision,
and then in proportion to such debt guaranteed or loans made. Losses shall not
be allocated to a Member if the allocation creates a deficient Capital Account
unless no member has a positive Capital Account.
3.2 Allocation of Liquidating Profits or Losses. Any Profits or Losses
from a Liquidating Event (as defined in Section 12) will be allocated among each
Member in a manner so that the Capital Account of each such Member is in
proportion to their Units.
3.3 Special Allocations. The following special allocations will be made
in the following order:
3.3.1 Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 3, if there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain
during any Company fiscal year, each Member will be specially allocated items of
Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in
accordance with Section 1.704-2(f) of the Regulations. This Section 3.3.1 is
intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in such Section
of the Regulations and will be interpreted consistently therewith. To the extent
permitted by such Section of the Regulations and for purposes of this Section
3.3.1 only, each Person's Adjusted Capital Account Deficit will be determined
prior to any other allocations pursuant to this Section 3.3.1 with respect to
such fiscal year and without regard to any net decrease in Member Minimum Gain
during such fiscal year.
3.3.2 Member Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 3 except Section 3.3.1, if there is a net
decrease in Member Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt during
any Company fiscal year, each Member who has a share of the Member Minimum Gain
attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with
Section 1.704-2(i)(5) of the Regulations, will be specially allocated items of
Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years)
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in accordance with Section 1.704-2(i)(4) of the Regulations. This Section 3.3.2
is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in such
Section of the Regulations and will be interpreted consistently therewith.
Solely for purposes of this Section 3.3.2, each Person's Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit will be determined prior to any other allocations pursuant to
this Section 3 with respect to such fiscal year, other than allocations pursuant
to Section 3.4 hereof.
3.3.3 Gross Income Allocation. In the event any Member has a
deficit Capital Account at the end of any Company fiscal year which is in excess
of the sum of (i) the amount such Member is obligated to restore pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement and (ii) the amount such Member is deemed to be
obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Member will be specially
allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as
quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 3.3.3
will be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have a deficit
Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for
in this Section 3 have been made as if Section 3.3.4 hereof and this Section
3.3.3 were not in the Agreement.
3.3.4 Qualified Income Offset. In the event any Member
unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described
in Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6) of the Regulations, items of Company income and gain
will be specially allocated to each such Member in an amount and manner
sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Regulations, the Adjusted
Capital Account Deficit of such Member as quickly as possible, provided that an
allocation pursuant to this Section 3.3.4 will be made only if and to the extent
that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other
allocations provided for in this Section 3 have been tentatively made as if this
Section 3.3.4 were not in the Agreement. This provision is intended to comply
with the qualified income offset requirement contained in Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(3) of the Regulations and will be construed in accordance
with the provisions thereof.
3.3.5 Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any
fiscal year or other period will be specially allocated to the Members in
proportion to their respective Units.
3.3.6 Member Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Member Nonrecourse
Deductions for any fiscal year or other period will be specially allocated to
the Member, if any, who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the
Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are
attributable in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).
3.3.7 Section 754 Adjustments. To the extent an adjustment to
the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or
Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts,
the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts will be treated as an item
of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the
adjustment decreases such basis) and such gain or loss will be specially
allocated to the Members in a manner consistent with the manner in which their
Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such Section of the
Regulations.
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3.3.8 Disallowed Deductions. In the event that any amounts
paid or payable to any Member or any Affiliate which the Company deducted or
intended to deduct are disallowed as deductions for Federal income tax purposes
(or it is determined that such amounts are no longer allowable as deductions),
(i) the amounts thus disallowed or no longer allowable will be allocated to the
Member which received them (or whose Affiliate received them) as income, and
(ii) notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the balance of the
redetermined income or loss of the Company for the taxable year in question
will, to the extent permitted by law, be allocated among the Members to obtain
the same allocation of Company income or loss (after giving effect to the income
allocated pursuant to clause (i) hereof) as would have been obtained for such
taxable year if the amounts thus disallowed or no longer allowable had been
proper deductions by the Company. In particular, but not by way of limitation,
this subsection will apply to any fees and interest (including contingent
interest) payable by the Company, all of which the Members intend to be expenses
of the Company rather than distributions to Members.
3.4 Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in Sections 3.3.1,
3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5 and 3.3.6 (the "Regulatory Allocations") are intended
to comply with certain requirements of the Regulations promulgated under Section
704(b)(2) of the Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 3.1 or
Section 3.3 (other than the Regulatory Allocations), all remaining items of
income, gain, loss and deduction will be allocated among the Members so that,
when combined with the Regulatory Allocations, the net allocations of Profit and
Loss will, to the greatest extent possible, be equal to the net allocations that
would have been made pursuant to Section 3.1 and Section 3.3 hereof had no such
Regulatory Allocations been required. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
the special allocation of Member Nonrecourse Deductions pursuant to Section
3.3.6. will not be taken into account until and only to the extent that there is
a net decrease in Member Minimum Gain.
3.5 Other Allocation Rules.
3.5.1 For purposes of determining the Profits, Losses, or any
other items allocable to any period, Profits, Losses, and any such other items
will be determined on a daily, monthly, or other basis, as determined by the
Managers using any permissible method under Code Section 706 and the Regulations
thereunder.
3.5.2 All allocations of Profits to the Members pursuant to
this Section 3 will, except as otherwise provided, be made in proportion to the
Net Cash Flow distributed to such Members pursuant to Section 4.
3.5.3 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all
items of Company income, gain, loss, deduction, and any other allocations not
otherwise provided for will be divided among the Members in the same proportions
as they share Profits or Losses, as the case may be, for the fiscal year.
3.5.4 Solely for purposes of determining a Member's
proportionate share of the "excess nonrecourse liabilities" of the Company
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), the Members' interests
in Company profits are in proportion to their respective Units.
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3.5.5 To the extent permitted by Sections 1.704-2(h) and
1.704-2(i)(6) of the Regulations, the Managers will endeavor to treat
distributions of Net Cash Flow as having been made from the proceeds of a
Nonrecourse Liability or a Member Nonrecourse Debt only to the extent that such
distributions would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit for
any Member.
3.6 Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c). In accordance with Code
Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss, and deduction
with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company will,
solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members so as to take account of
any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for
federal income tax purposes and its initial Gross Asset Value.
3.6.1 In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset
is adjusted pursuant to Section 1.5(k)(i) hereof, subsequent allocations of
income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to such asset will take account
of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax
purposes and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section
704(c) and the Regulations thereunder.
3.6.2 Any elections or other decisions relating to such
allocations will be made by the Managers in any manner that reasonably reflects
the purpose and intention of this Agreement. Allocations pursuant to this
Section 3.6 are solely for purposes of federal, state, and local taxes and will
not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Person's
Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items, or distributions
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 4
DISTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Net Cash Flow. Subject to Section 12 hereof, Net Cash Flow will be
distributed, if at all, at least annually within ninety (90) days following the
end of each fiscal year, to the Members in proportion to their Units; provided,
however, that prior to distributing the Net Cash Flow to all Members for the
year most recently ended, LIFE TIME shall be entitled to distributions of such
Net Cash Flow, to the extent such Net Cash Flow exists to make such
distributions, in the following amounts: (i) an amount equal to one-half (1/2)
of the aggregate guaranteed payments received by each of BSC Land and CD Health,
pursuant to Section 5.1, during such year; (ii) to the extent that in any prior
year, or years as the case may be, Net Cash Flow for such year(s) was not
sufficient to satisfy the obligation of the Company to LIFE TIME for item (i)
above for such year(s), an amount sufficient to satisfy the accumulated
obligations of the Company to LIFE TIME for such distributions; and (iii) an
amount sufficient to satisfy any "truing up" payments due to LIFE TIME pursuant
to Section 5.3. To the extent that LIFE TIME is due and receives any "truing up"
distributions pursuant to item (iii) above, such distributions shall not act to
reduce the Capital Account of LIFE TIME.
4.2 Tax Distributions. Subject to the Company having cash available
(excluding cash reserves which the Managers deem reasonably necessary in the
circumstances) the Managers will distribute, not later than thirty (30) days
after the end of each of the Company's fiscal quarters, Net Cash Flow to the
Members in an amount equal to the estimated amount of taxable income or
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gain that is allocated to such Member for federal income tax purposes for such
quarter (or portion thereof) net of accrued losses available to such Member
multiplied by a rate reasonably selected by the Managers as the effective
combined rate of federal and state income tax applicable to such income or gain
in the hands of a corporate taxpayer.
4.3 Amounts Withheld. All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any
provision of any state or local tax law with respect to any payment or
distribution to the Company or the Members will be treated as amounts
distributed to the Members pursuant to this Section 4 for all purposes under
this Agreement. The Managers may allocate any such amounts among the Members in
any manner that is in accordance with applicable law.
4.4 Dispositions. Whenever this Agreement will refer to Property which
has been sold, it will be deemed to include the sale, exchange, condemnation,
casualty proceeds in excess of those needed to rehabilitate, reconstruct or
repair the Property, or other disposition (whether voluntary or involuntary) of
all or any part of such Property.
SECTION 5
GUARANTEED MINIMUM MONTHLY CASH PAYMENTS
5.1 The Company will provide guaranteed minimum monthly cash payments
to BSC Land and CD Health. Beginning on the first day of the 13th month after
the Grand Opening date and continuing through the last day of the 24th month,
the guaranteed minimum monthly cash payments to BSC Land will be twenty eight
thousand one hundred fourteen dollars ($28,114) and to CD Health will be twenty
eight thousand one hundred fourteen dollars ($28,114). Beginning on the first
day of the 25th month and continuing as long as the Company owns the
Bloomingdale facility and operates it as a health club or similar facility, the
guaranteed minimum monthly cash payment to BSC Land will be fifty five thousand
seven hundred eighty four dollars ($55,784) and to CD Health will be fifty five
thousand seven hundred eighty four dollars ($55,784). The guaranteed minimum
monthly cash payments, or a portion of those payments, will be considered
distributions of Net Cash Flow to the extent that those payments, or a portion
of those payments, equals the pro-rata portion of the Net Cash Flow for BSC Land
and CD Health.
5.2 All guaranteed minimum monthly cash payments will be due on the
first business day of the following month.
5.3 "Truing Up". On an annual basis, in connection with the
distribution of any Net Cash Flow to the Members pursuant to Section 4.1, the
Company will first determine whether or not a "truing up" must occur. A "truing
up" will occur if the cumulative guaranteed payments made by LIFE TIME pursuant
to Section 5.4 exceed the cumulative Net Cash Flow distributions received by
LIFE TIME pursuant to Section 4.1. In such case, LIFE TIME shall be entitled to
receive a distribution of the Net Cash Flow until the point at which the
cumulative Net Cash Flow received by LIFE TIME equals or exceeds the cumulative
guaranteed payments made by LIFE TIME. If, at any time after two (2) years from
the date of this Agreement, the cumulative Net Cash Flow received by LIFE TIME
equals or exceeds the cumulative guaranteed payments made by LIFE TIME pursuant
to Section 5.4, "truing up" payments shall no longer be made. Language in this
Section 5.3 notwithstanding, the guaranteed minimum monthly cash payment
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obligation of LIFE TIME shall not be offset by any previous financial
performance of the property above anticipated results.
5.4 LIFE TIME guarantees the minimum monthly cash payments due to BSC
Land and CD Health under this Section 5. In the event that the Company fails to
make the guaranteed minimum monthly cash payments to BSC Land or CD Health as
required by this Section 5, LIFE TIME will make those payments. In the event
that the Company fails to make the guaranteed minimum monthly cash payments to
BSC Land or CD Health in the amounts required by this section, LIFE TIME will
make payments to BSC Land and CD Health that are equal to the difference in the
amounts that should have been paid and the amounts that were actually paid to
BSC Land and CD Health, respectively.
5.5 LIFE TIME agrees to pledge its units in the Company to BSC Land and
CD Health as security for satisfaction of the guaranteed minimum monthly cash
payments to BSC Land and CD Health. LIFE TIME will grant BSC Land and CD Health
security interests in LIFE TIME's Units in and distributions from the Company.
The security interests in LIFE TIME's Units in and distributions from the
Company will be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) the security interest will be subject to reasonable
notice, cure and redemption provisions, not to exceed 60 days, but these
provisions will not apply where LIFE TIME files or is forced into bankruptcy or
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(b) the security interest will not preclude LIFE TIME from
receiving distributions from the Company under Section 4 of this Agreement so
long as LIFE TIME is not in default of any provision of this Agreement; and
(c) the security interest will be released on sale of the
Bloomingdale facility by the Company.
5.6 Any guarantee payments made by LIFE TIME to BSC Land and CD Health
hereunder shall not be considered as contributions to capital by LIFE TIME, nor
as a debt due from the Company to LIFE TIME, nor as adjustments under
subparagraph 1.5(f)(ii) herein.
SECTION 6
MANAGEMENT
6.1 Management and Control of the Business of the Company.
6.1.1 Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement,
including but not limited to Section 6.2 and 6.3 hereof, the Managers have the
authority to manage the operations and affairs of the Company and to make
decisions regarding the business of the Company. Pursuant to the foregoing, and
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, it is understood and agreed that
the Managers will have all of the rights and powers of managers as provided in
the Act (or any successor act) and as otherwise provided by law, and any action
taken by a Manager will constitute the act of and serve to bind the Company. It
is further understood and agreed that, subject to the limitations set forth in
this Agreement and unless otherwise specified in writing by the Managers, any
authorized member, manager or officer of the Managers may act
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for and in the name of such Manager in the exercise by such Manager of any of
its rights and powers hereunder.
6.1.2 The Managers will be solely responsible for the
management of Company operations and performing or overseeing the performance of
all acts needed to carry on the Company's business. Their responsibilities will
include, without limitation, oversight of the Company's acquisition, operation
and maintenance of the Company property and management of Company operations,
development approval and adjustments to the Company's budget, the maintenance of
financial and tax accounting records, preparation and filing of tax and
securities laws reports, dissemination and receipt of communications with the
Members, dissemination of distributions, and establishment, management and
investment of working capital and other cash reserves. The Managers will have
the power and authority to execute, without the joinder of any other Member,
instruments evidencing matters approved of in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
6.1.3 Subject to the approvals, limitations and any specific
delegation of authority to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the
Managers are hereby granted the right, power and authority to do on behalf of
the Company all things which, in its sole judgment, are necessary, proper or
desirable to carry out the aforementioned duties and responsibilities. Such
right, power and authority will include, but not be limited to, the right, power
and authority to:
(a) care for and distribute funds to the Members by
way of cash, income, return of capital, or otherwise, all in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement;
(b) contract on behalf of the Company for the
employment and services of employees and/or independent contractors, and
delegate to such Persons the duty to manage or supervise any of the assets or
operations of the Company; provided, however, such delegation will not in any
way relieve the Managers of their duties and obligations hereunder;
(c) execute any and all contracts, documents,
certifications and instruments necessary or convenient in connection with the
day to day management, maintenance, and operation of Company Property, or in
connection with managing the affairs of the Company;
(d) pursuant to advice by tax counsel to the Company,
make any and all elections for federal, state, and local tax purposes including,
without limitation, any election, if permitted by applicable law: (i) to adjust
the basis of Property pursuant to Code Section 754, 734(b), and 743(b),
comparable provisions of state or local law, in connection with transfers of
Company interests and Company distributions; (ii) to extend the statute of
limitations for assessment of tax deficiencies against the Members with respect
to adjustments to the Company's federal, state, or local tax returns; and (iii)
to represent the Company and the Members before taxing authorities or courts of
competent jurisdiction in tax matters affecting the Company and the Members in
their capacities as Members, and to execute any agreements or other documents
relating to or affecting such tax matters, excluding agreements or other
documents that irrevocably bind the Members with respect to such tax matters or
otherwise affect the rights of the Company and the Members (which agreements or
documents will be
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subject to the provisions of Section 5.2 below). LIFE TIME will act as the "Tax
Matters Member" under the Code and in any similar capacity under state or local
law.
6.1.4 The specification in this Section 6.1 of actions which
the Managers are authorized to take will in no way be construed as a limitation
on the authority of the Managers to manage the Company and to take all actions
necessary therefor (including the execution of the Management Agreement
specified in Section 6.1.6), and the Managers may take such other actions as
they deem necessary, other than those actions specified in Section 6.2 or
Section 6.3 requiring specific approval of the Members, as the Managers deem
appropriate without the approval of such other Members.
6.1.5 The Members will establish a Management Committee that
will consist of six (6) Managers. Each Member will each elect two (2) Managers
to serve on the Management Committee. Each member of the Management Committee
will serve for a two (2) year term but may be re-elected without limitation.
Each Member will have the sole and exclusive power to remove and replace the
Managers it elects to the Management Committee. To the extent that a Member
shall transfer all or a portion of its interest in accordance with this
Agreement successors to the Member's interest shall vote as a class to elect the
two (2) Managers associated with the interest. The Management Committee will be
responsible for managing the Company's day to day affairs and may reasonably
delegate the performance of necessary duties to LIFE TIME FITNESS as Manager by
means of a Management Agreement (as defined in Section 6.1.6), including but not
limited to writing checks, hiring employees, entering into contracts, reviewing
and approving the Company's annual operating and capital budgets, reviewing and
approving all significant leases, reviewing and approving membership products
and sales practices, and other routine matters, with the signature authority and
within the dollar limitations set forth by the Managers from time to time. Such
Management Agreement will be substantially in the form as attached hereto as
Exhibit A and made a part hereof. The Management Committee will meet at least
once per year and more often if requested by Members owning one-third (1/3) or
more of the Company's outstanding Units.
At an annual meeting, the Management Committee will review the performance of
key management staff and will decide whether to continue their employment. For
specific and egregious cause, any Member may call a special meeting of the
Management Committee to discuss a serious performance issue involving a key
management staff member.
In the event of a deadlock between the Managers on the Management Committee, the
Management Committee will submit the matter in dispute to binding arbitration
pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. If the Management
Committee cannot agree upon an arbitrator, the dispute resolution firm Endispute
will act as arbitrator.
If the Management Committee submits more than two (2) matters to binding
arbitration in any twelve (12) month period, the Managers together will select
one (1) additional person (which person will be independent and unrelated to
each Member, each Manager, the Company and their Affiliates) to serve on the
Management Committee for one (1) year (and such additional terms as the Managers
may determine) for the purposes of avoiding all future Management Committee
deadlocks. Removal of the mutually selected committee person will require the
consent of all
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Managers. If the mutually selected person withdraws or fails to serve on the
Management Committee for any reason, the Managers together will mutually select
his or her replacement.
6.1.6 LIFE TIME will render management, administrative and
related services to the Company under a management agreement (the "Management
Agreement") entered into simultaneously with this Agreement. The Company will
not pay a management fee to LIFE TIME. Under the terms of the Management
Agreement, the Company will pay LIFE TIME an overhead cost recovery charge not
to exceed nine percent (9%) of net revenues and equal to the lowest rate charged
to any LIFE TIME FITNESS facility; it being acknowledged and agreed that Manager
will use its best efforts to minimize general and administrative overhead
expenses and will not treat such expenses as a profit center. Upon request by
any Member, LIFE TIME will provide detailed information about the costs included
in the overhead calculation and will make that information available for audit.
LIFE TIME will provide its goods, merchandise, programs and services to the
Company at the lesser of: (a) the acquisition cost of goods and services; or (b)
the most favorable terms as it provides them to other LIFE TIME FITNESS
facilities. The Company may review LIFE TIME's performance from time to time and
make recommendations for changes in the manner in which such management,
administrative and related are being provided. If LIFE TIME's interest in the
Company is transferred under Section 10.2 of this Agreement, the contract
described in this Section 6.1.6 will be suspended unless all of the Members
agree to reinstate the contract.
6.2 Member Approval Required. Notwithstanding any provisions in Section
6.1 above to the contrary, the following actions or activities must be approved
by all of the Members:
6.2.1 purchase, finance, improve, construct, own, grant
options with respect to, sell, convey, assign, mortgage, and lease any Property
(said Property with a fair market value of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or
more) necessary, convenient, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes
of the Company. For purposes of this Section, the fifty thousand dollar
($50,000) amount set forth above will change in January of each year by a
percentage equal to the percentage change in the CPI, U.S. city average for all
urban consumers, published each January by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department of Labor, utilizing the January, 1999 CPI as the base year;
6.2.2 borrow money in excess of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.00) and issue evidences of indebtedness necessary, convenient, or
incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Company;
6.2.3 execute, in furtherance of any or all of the purposes of
the Company, any deed, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, mortgage note, promissory
note, xxxx of sale, contract, or other instrument purporting to convey or
encumber all or substantially all of the Company Property;
6.2.4 prepay in whole or in part, refinance, recast, increase,
modify, or extend any liabilities affecting the Company Property and in
connection therewith execute any extensions or renewals of encumbrances on any
or all of the Company Property;
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6.2.5 institute, prosecute, defend, settle, compromise, and
dismiss lawsuits or other judicial or administrative proceedings brought on or
in behalf of, or against, the Company or the Members in connection with
activities arising out of, connected with, or incidental to this Agreement, and
to engage counsel or others in connection therewith, if said lawsuit or other
judicial or administrative proceeding has a proposed award or damage claim of
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more. For purposes of this Section, the
fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) amount will change in January of each year by a
percentage equal to the percentage change in the CPI, U.S. city average for all
urban consumers, published each January by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department of Labor, utilizing the January, 1999 CPI as the base year;
6.2.6 approve the Company's annual strategic plan;
6.2.7 negotiate, approve and execute any and all managed
care plans, provider agreements or similar contracts;
6.2.8 issue any Units, Interests or other interests in the
Company that would in any way reduce, dilute or alter the existing Members'
Interests in the Company;
6.2.9 adopt any Assumed Name under which the Company will do
business; and
6.2.10 change the amount of the guaranteed minimum monthly
cash payment as set forth in Section 5 herein.
6.3 Restrictions on Authority.
6.3.1 Without the unanimous consent of all Parties, no Manager
or Member will have the authority to:
(a) do any act in contravention of this Agreement;
(b) do any act which would make it impossible to
carry on the ordinary business of the Company, except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement;
(c) confess a judgment against the Company;
(d) possess Company Property, or assign rights in
specific Company Property, for other than a Company purpose; or
(e) knowingly perform any act that would subject any
Members or Member to personal liability beyond their Capital Contributions in
any jurisdiction.
6.3.2 Any Member or Manager who acts beyond the scope of the
authority granted by this Agreement will, in addition to any other remedy
available to the Company or the other Members, be liable in damages to the
Company and each other Member for any loss or damages that they may incur or
suffer as a consequence of such act.
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6.4 Right to Rely on the Managers. Persons dealing with the Company are
entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Managers and the
limitations thereon as set forth in this Agreement. In no event will any Person
dealing with the Managers with respect to any business or property of the
Company be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been
complied with, or be obligated to inquire into the necessity or expedience of
any act of the Managers.
Every contract, agreement, lease, deed, promissory note, deed of trust,
mortgage, security agreement, financing statement, or other instrument or
document executed by the Managers with respect to any business or property of
the Company will be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying
thereon or claiming thereunder that: (i) at the time of the execution and
delivery thereof, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) such
instrument or document was duly executed in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Company, and (iii) the
Managers were duly authorized and empowered to execute and deliver any and every
such instrument or document for and on behalf of the Company.
6.5 Time Devoted to Company. The Managers will be under a fiduciary
duty to conduct the affairs of the Company in the best interests of the Company
and of the Members, including the safekeeping and use of all Company Property
and the use thereof for the exclusive benefit of the Company, and shall devote
reasonable time to that end.
6.6 Indemnification of the Managers.
6.6.1 The Company, its receiver, or its trustee will indemnify
to the maximum extent permitted by law, save harmless, and pay all judgments,
claims and expense, including attorneys' fees (which will be paid as incurred),
a Manager incurs relating to any (1) liability or damage incurred by reason of
any act performed or omitted to be performed by the Manager in connection with
the Company's business; (2) liability under federal and state securities laws
(including the Securities Act of 1933, as amended); (3) liability resulting from
an action by a Member against the Manager, including a Company derivative suit,
and (4) liability of the Manager who, for the benefit of the Company, makes any
deposit, acquires any option, or makes any other similar payment or assumes any
obligation in connection with any Property proposed to be acquired by the
Company and who suffers any financial loss as the result of such action.
6.6.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.6.1 above,
(a) the indemnification of a Manager will be limited to the assets of the
Company, and (b) the Manager will not be indemnified from any liability for
fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, or gross negligence if such liability has
been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
6.6.3 For purposes of this Section 6.6 only, the reference to
"Managers" will also refer to the Managers' managers, members, Members,
directors, officers, employees, agents and any Person who controls a Manager.
6.7 Loans to the Company. Any Person may, with the consent of the
Managers, lend or advance money to the Company. If any Member will make any loan
or loans to the Company or advance money on its behalf, the amount of any such
loan or advance will not be treated as a Capital Contribution but will be a debt
due from the Company. The amount of any such loan or
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advance by a lending Member will be repayable out of the Company's cash flow and
will bear interest at such a rate as the Managers and the lending Member will
agree. However, the rate of interest will be determined by the Managers taking
into consideration, without limitation, prevailing interest rates and the
interest rates the Company would be required to pay in the event the Company had
borrowed funds from a third-party lender (the "Prevailing Rates"); provided,
however, such rate of interest will not exceed an annual rate of two percent
(2%) plus the so called prime rate. For purposes of this Section, the prime rate
will be the prime rate or reference rate announced quarterly by Bank One,
Chicago, Illinois (or its successor as the case may be). If the prime rate is
not announced or is unavailable, the prime rate of Xxxxxx Bank & Trust, Chicago,
Illinois as announced quarterly, will be the prime rate. Nothing in this Section
6.7 will prohibit a Member or Affiliate from lending funds to the Company at an
interest rate less than the prime rate or Prevailing Rates.
In the event that a Manager is the lending Member, then the Manager will notify
the Members who will have a period of ten (10) days after such notice in which
to elect to make such loans in lieu of the Manager or to participate with the
Manager in the making of any such loans. None of the Members will be obligated
to make any loan or advance to the Company.
6.8 Operating Capital. All Company Property in the form of cash will be
deposited in one or more accounts maintained in such financial institutions as
the Managers will determine or will be invested in short term liquid securities
including, but not limited to, short term U.S. Treasury obligations and short
term certificates of deposit and similar investment vehicles offered by a United
States bank or banks which are "adequately capitalized" (as defined by
regulations adopted by the Federal Reserve), or will be left in escrow and
withdrawals will be made only in the regular course of Company business on such
signature or signatures as the Managers may determine from time to time.
6.9 Transactions with the Managers or the Managers' Affiliates. The
Company will not enter into any transaction or contract with a Manager or an
Affiliate of a Manager unless such transaction is in the ordinary course of
business and on terms and conditions that would apply in an arm's length,
similar transaction or contract with a Person who is not a Manager or its
Affiliate.
6.10 Insurance. The Company will obtain insurance in the following
coverages (or such greater amounts as the Managers may decide) and amounts which
insurance will (1) include coverage for the Managers' directors, officers,
employees and other agents rendering services to or involved in any way in
Company business, and (2) name the Members and the Partnership as additional
insureds:
6.10.1 general liability - not less than $10,000,000 combined
single limit per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property
damage. The general aggregate will be twice the required occurrence limit.
6.10.2 workers' compensation and employers' liability - not
less than the limits required by the labor code of the state of Illinois and
employer's liability limits of $5,000,000 per accident.
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6.10.3 automobile liability - not less than $5,000,000
combined single limit per accident for bodily injury and property damage.
6.11 Construction of the Bloomingdale Sports Fitness Facility. The
Company's construction of the Bloomingdale sports fitness facility at the
HealthTrack site on Xxxx Avenue will be subject to the following additional
terms and conditions:
6.11.1 The construction of the Bloomingdale sports fitness
facility will conform to the elevations and interior layouts that have already
been reviewed and approved by all of the Parties, and:
(a) Subject to timely execution of the pertinent
agreements and resolution of the soil contamination
problem on the Land, construction will start on the
facility as soon as reasonably possible, but in no
event later that March 1, 2000; and
(b) Construction of the facility will be completed as
expediently as possible, but in no event later than
December 31, 2001.
6.11.2 Any Member may request that the Company solicit
competitive bids for the construction of a sports fitness facility. In such
case, the Company will award the construction contract to the most reasonable
bidder, taking into account all factors.
6.11.3 All Members will provide full disclosure to the other
Members of any potential conflict of interest with respect to the construction
of the Bloomingdale sports fitness facility.
6.11.4 The construction of the Bloomingdale sports fitness
facility will include rehabilitation space that the Company will lease to CD
Health's Affiliate on favorable terms. The design of the rehabilitation space
will be subject to CD Health's Affiliate's approval. The Company will offer
reasonable discounted membership rates to patients of CD Health's Affiliate's
rehabilitation services. There will be no entry or admission fee to the facility
for patients wishing to use the rehabilitation services only. The layout of the
rehabilitation space is attached hereto as Exhibit B and made a part hereof.
6.11.5 The Property shall be identified as a LIFE TIME FITNESS
Club. Suitable signage shall be made available to CD Health with respect to its
rehabilitation services on the Property.
6.11.6 All activities of LIFE TIME personnel and corporate
resources utilized in development of the fitness facility contemplated by the
Parties, except as may be set forth in a construction contract between the
Parties, are a part of the "overhead cost recovery" as set forth in the Company
Management Agreement.
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SECTION 7
ROLE OF MEMBERS
7.1 General. Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, each
Member will have all of the rights, and be afforded the status of a Member as
set forth in the Act. Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, a Member
may not grant a security interest in its Company Interest or in any
distributions made or to be made hereunder to or on behalf of such Member. The
Company may provide a security interest to its lenders, allocated, at the
Members' option, to their respective ownership interests individually (a
trifurcated "stand alone" security interest protocol) and LIFE TIME may also
provide a security interest in LIFE TIME's ownership in the Company to LIFE
TIME's lenders which shall be subordinate to the security interest granted to
the Company's lenders and to CDHealth and BSC Land.
7.2 Limitation on Liability. Anything to the contrary herein expressed
or implied notwithstanding, no Member, as such, will be personally liable for
any of the debts or obligations of the Company or any of the losses thereof in
excess of such Member's share of Company assets, the Capital Contribution which
such Member has made or is obligated to make to the Company, such Member's share
of the Company's undistributed income and gains; and the amount of any portion
of such Capital Contribution returned to it, and for wrongful distributions
received by it, to the extent set forth in the Act. The liability of any
assignee of a Member will be the same as that of a Member as provided above.
7.3 No Management Responsibility. No Member, in such capacity, will:
(i) take part in the control or management of the business of, or transact any
business of, the Company or act as agent for the Company; or (ii) have the power
to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Company. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, all authority to act on behalf of the Company is
vested in the Managers.
7.4 Rights and Powers. The Members (and their Affiliates) may,
notwithstanding this Agreement, engage in whatever activities they choose,
unless the same is competitive with the Company, without having or incurring any
obligation to offer any interest in such activities to the Company. However,
except as otherwise set forth in Section 6 and this Section 7 and the Management
Agreement, no Member will have any right or power to take part in the management
or control of the Company or its business and affairs or to act for or bind the
Company in any way.
7.5 Confidential Information; Non-disclosure. During the term of this
Agreement and thereafter, no Member will, without the prior written consent of
the Company's Members owning at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding
Units of the Company (other than the Units owned by the requesting Member),
directly or indirectly disclose to any individual, corporation or other entity
(other than the Company, or any Affiliate thereof, or its Members, managers or
agents entitled to such information) or use for its own or another's benefit,
any Confidential Information, whether or not reduced to writing or other
tangible form. For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information will
mean that information which (i) is not generally known to the public or in the
industry, (ii) has been treated by the Company as confidential or proprietary,
(iii) is of competitive advantage to the Company, the confidentiality of which
the Company has a legally protectable interest, and (iv) which information was
generated by and at
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the cost of the Company. Provided, a Member may disclose Confidential
Information to third parties which agree to be bound by this Confidentiality
provision and are not competitors of any of the Members.
7.6 Non-Compete Restrictive Covenant. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section 7.6, during the term of this Agreement and for five (5) years
following a termination of a Member's Interest in the Company for any reason
(other than the Company's dissolution pursuant to Section 12) (the "Restrictive
Period") no Member (or its Affiliates) or former Member (or its Affiliates) will
directly or indirectly within a 5-mile radius of: (1) the Company's Bloomingdale
facility, (2) existing BSC Land facilities, (3) the Healthtrack facility in Glen
Ellyn, Illinois, and (4) LIFE TIME Fitness facilities, located at Algonquin, IL
- intersection of Algonquin and Randall, Burr Ridge, IL - intersection of
Interstate 55 and County Line Road, Cantera/Warrenville, IL - intersection of
Xxxxx and Winfield, Orland Park, IL - intersection of LaGrange and 163'd St.,
and Schaumburg, IL - intersection of Xxxxxxx and National:
7.6.1 own, manage, operate, join, control or participate in
the ownership, management, operation or control of any business entity engaged
in the business of providing sports fitness or related services; or
7.6.2 be connected in any way as an officer, member, employee,
partner, manager, consultant or otherwise with any business entity engaged in
the business of providing sports fitness or related services;
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7.6 to the contrary,
7.6.3 this restrictive covenant will not apply to Central
DuPage Health-owned rehabilitation facilities nor to the existing Sports Med
Fitness facility located in a physician's office in Carol Stream, IL, nor to the
BSC Land Hickory Ridge, Lisle Telecordia Conference Center facilities. Further,
this non-compete shall not prohibit LIFE TIME FITNESS' proposed facility for
Cantera in Warrenville, Illinois or any LIFE TIME FITNESS' facility located
south of I-88, as long as LIFE TIME shall have commenced construction on either
the Cantera or the South of I-88 facilities by September 1, 2002. Nothing herein
shall be construed to restrict any Party from establishing a fitness facility
which competes with another facility owned by it;
7.6.4 on the basis of LIFE TIME's expressed intention to
develop a fitness club in the Cantera area of Warrenville, LIFE TIME agrees to
consider offering an ownership interest to CD Health and BSC Land not to exceed
5% each in this facility;
7.6.5 as an alternative to such potential ownership interest
expressed in 7.6.4 above, BSC Land and CD Health agree to forego any minority
ownership interest in the LIFE TIME FITNESS club developed South of 1-88 in the
event that the facility is built south of Xxxxx Avenue;
7.6.6 in recognition of CD Health's (or its Affiliate's)
decision to build medical office which include a rehab program at Cantera, LIFE
TIME agrees that it shall neither develop nor lease rehab space within its
Cantera facility. This non-compete shall not apply to the development of a LIFE
TIME FITNESS facility constructed south of Xxxxx Avenue;
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7.7 Use of Proprietary Property. LIFE TIME hereby grants the Company a
limited license for the life of this Agreement to use LIFE TIME's Operating
Platform, servicemarks, trademarks and marketing materials for operation of the
Facility at the Property.
7.8 Remedies. The Members agree that a Member's skills and abilities,
and the Confidential Information, are unique and irreplaceable. They also agree
that the loss of a Member's services, or the use of a Member's services or of
the Confidential Information by a competitor would cause irreparable harm to the
Company. Further, any breach or threatened breach by a Member of any provision
of this Agreement cannot be remedied solely by the recovery of money damages.
Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by a Member of any of
the provisions of this Agreement, the Company will be entitled to injunctive
relief restraining such Member and any person or entity participating in such
breach or threatened breach. Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting the
Company from pursuing any other remedies available at law or in equity for such
breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages. If at the time
of enforcement of any provision of this Agreement, it is finally determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction that the period, scope or geographical area of
the restrictions set forth in this Agreement are unreasonable under the
circumstances then existing, the Members agree that the period, scope or
geographical area that is reasonable under such circumstances will be
substituted for the stated period, scope or geographical area.
SECTION 8
BOOKS AND RECORDS
8.1 Books and Records. The Company will keep adequate books and records
at its principal place of business, setting forth a true and accurate account of
all business transactions arising out of and in connection with the activities
of the Company. Any Member or its designated representative will have the right,
at any reasonable time, to have access to and inspect and copy the contents of
such books or records. The Company shall provide on line access to the extent
practicable to all financial information for the Members and shall otherwise
make all such data accessible to Members.
8.2 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Managers will
deliver to each Member within thirty (30) days after the end of each month,
unaudited statements of operations of the Company for such month and for the
year to date, and balance sheets of the Company as of the end of such month, all
prepared from the books of account and records of the Company in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in a manner consistently applied.
8.3 Tax Information. Necessary tax information for the Company will be
delivered to each Member after the end of each fiscal year of the Company. Every
effort will be made to furnish such information by March 31 of the year
following the close of the fiscal year. The Company will deliver to each Member
not later than April 25, June 25, September 25, and January 25 of each year of
the Company, such tax information as is necessary for each Member to estimate
its quarterly tax liability.
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SECTION 9
AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS
9.1 Amendments.
9.1.1 Amendments to this Agreement or the Articles may be
proposed by the Managers or by Members who own thirty three percent (33%) or
more of the Company's outstanding Units. Following such proposal, the Managers
will submit to the Members a verbatim statement of any proposed amendment,
provided that counsel for the Company will have approved of the same in writing
as to form, and the Managers will include in any such submission a
recommendation as to the proposed amendment. The Managers will seek the written
vote of the Members on the proposed amendment or will call a meeting to vote
thereon and to transact any other business that it may deem appropriate. For
purposes of obtaining a written vote, the Managers may require a response within
a reasonable specified time, but not less than fifteen (15) days, and failure to
respond in such time period will constitute a vote which is consistent with the
Managers' recommendation with respect to the proposal. A proposed amendment will
be adopted and be effective as an amendment hereto if it receives the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty six (66.00%) of the Company's
outstanding Units.
9.1.2 Notwithstanding Section 9.1.1 hereof, neither this
Agreement nor the Articles will be amended without the consent of each Member or
Manager adversely affected if such amendment would (i) modify the limited
liability of a Member, (ii) alter the interest of a Member in Profits, Losses,
or items thereof, or any Company distributions, (iii) alter or amend the rights
of holders of Units as set forth in Section 6, (iv) cause the removal of the
Managers or the dilution of their authority for any reason other than as set
forth in Section 11.2; (v) reduce the Managers' expense reimbursement; or (vi)
impose increased obligations upon such Member or Manager.
9.2 Meetings of the Members.
9.2.1 Meetings of the Members may be called by a Manager and
will be called upon the written request of Members holding thirty three percent
(33%) or more of the Members' Units. The request will state the nature of the
business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting will be given to all
Members not less than seven (7) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the
date of such meeting. Members may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting.
SECTION 10
TRANSFERS BY MEMBERS
10.1 Transfer of Interest by Members. Except as provided in this
Section 10, no Member will Transfer all or any part of its Units (including any
beneficial interest therein), without the prior written consent of Members
(other than the transferring Member) owning at least sixty six percent (66%) of
the remaining outstanding Units of the Company, and any attempt to do so without
such consent and approval will be null and void. Notwithstanding anything in
this Section 10 to the contrary, the merger or other combination in which the
Member is the surviving entity following such merger or other combination will
not be
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considered a Transfer of a Member's Units as described in this Section 10;
provided, however, that any such transferee of Units will be subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 10.5 below. A Member may Transfer all or any
part of its Units (including any beneficial interest therein) without the other
Members' consent if (i) such Transfer is with or to an Affiliate, and (ii) such
Transfer does not in any way affect any contract, covenant, representation,
warranty or other agreement to which the Company or a non-transferring Member is
a party.
10.2 Dissolution, Insolvency or Bankruptcy of a Member. In the event of
the dissolution, insolvency or bankruptcy (if the petition for bankruptcy is not
dismissed within ninety (90) days of filing) of a Member (such dissolution,
insolvency or bankruptcy being hereafter referred to as a "Triggering Event"),
the Company will purchase from such Member, and such Member will sell to the
Company, all of such Member's Units. The Units' purchase price will be the
Units' fair market value less set-off for expenses directly related to such
legal action as may be necessary to protect the Company's interests as a result
of the Triggering Event. Fair market value will be determined by good faith
negotiation and agreement between the Members owning eighty percent (80%) of the
Company's Units (other than the Units of the affected Member) and the affected
Member (or representative), taking into account the fair market value of the
Company's assets (including goodwill) and/or a market multiple of the Company's
Net Cash Flow or Profits and Losses. If no agreement can be reached within
ninety (90) days following the Triggering Event, then fair market value will be
determined by appraisal. Such appraisal will be performed by a "big six"
accounting firm mutually agreed upon between the Managers and the affected
Member (or representative). The costs of said appraisal will be equally divided
between the Company and the affected Member (or the Member's estate), as the
case may be. The purchase price will be paid in a lump sum at closing.
10.2.1 The following events will also be considered Triggering
Events as to LifeTime for purposes of this Section 10.2:
10.2.1.1 the resignation or termination of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx as Chief Executive Officer of LIFE TIME;
10.2.1.2 any executive management of LIFE TIME is
convicted of a felony for fraud or other objectionable act;
10.2.1.3 there is negligent management or willful
misconduct of by LIFE TIME under the Management Agreement described in Section
6.1.6 of this Agreement and such mismanagement or misconduct is not cured as
provided in such Management Agreement.
10.2.1.4 In the unlikely event that CD Health is
required to terminate its ownership participation for regulatory reasons, the
Parties agree that CD Health shall have the right to lease space at reasonable
rates for the purpose of providing rehabilitation services in the facility.
10.3 Allocation of Purchased Units. The Units acquired pursuant to this
Section 10 will be allocated proportionately among the existing Members,
maintaining the then-current ratio of ownership as between them.
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10.4 Right of First Refusal.
10.4.1 In the event either BSC Land or CD Health decides to
exit the Company, the other shall have the exclusive right to buy the exiting
party's ownership share at a mutually agreeable price arrived at after good
faith negotiation. If the parties cannot agree, the fair market value of the
offered interest will be determined in the manner described in Section 10.2 of
this Agreement. If neither party agrees to buy out the other, then LIFE TIME
FITNESS shall have the right to buy out the exiting partner at fair market value
for a period of sixty (60) days following written notice of termination of
negotiations between BSC Land and CD Health. If LIFE TIME shall not exercise its
purchase right, the exiting party shall be free to seek a third party purchaser.
10.4.2 In the event LIFE TIME elects to exit the Company, BSC
Land and CD Health shall each have the right to purchase one half (1/2) of LIFE
TIME's interest at fair market value for a period of sixty (60) days following
LIFE TIME's written notice of its intention to leaves the Company. The fair
market value of the offered interest will be determined in a manner described in
Section 10.2 of this Agreement. In the event either BSC Land or CD Health elects
not to purchase one-half (1/2) of LIFE TIME's interest, then the other of them
may purchase the entire LIFE TIME ownership interest. If neither BSC Land nor CD
Health shall exercise its purchase right, LIFE TIME shall be free to seek a
third party purchaser.
10.5 Effect of Transfer of Interests. No Transfer of Units will be
effective unless and until the Company has been furnished with sufficient
information to enable counsel to the Company to determine that the proposed
Transfer (i) does not violate any applicable federal or state securities laws or
other applicable laws or regulations, (ii) will not affect the continuity of the
Company for purposes of Section 708 of the Code and (iii) would not result in
the Company being taxed as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. Any
transferee of a Units pursuant to this Section 10 will be an assignee in
accordance with Section 10.6 hereof unless and until such person has (a)
furnished the information described in this Section 10.5, (b) paid to the
Company the estimated costs and expenses (including attorney's fees and filing
costs) incurred in effecting the Transfer and (c) has agreed to be bound by the
terms and conditions of this Agreement (in writing).
10.6 Rights of Assignees; Admission to Company. An assignee of Units
who has not become a substituted or additional Member will be subject to and
bound by the provisions of this Agreement, but will only have the right to
receive the distributions and allocations of the Company to which the assigning
Member would be entitled and to make a further assignment of the Units, which
assignment will be subject to all the terms of this Section 10. An assignment of
a Units will not dissolve the Company or entitle the assignee to become or
exercise any rights or powers of a Member. Upon admission to the Company, an
assignee will assume Member status, the Units and the capital account that was
held by the assigning Member.
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SECTION 11
THE MANAGERS
11.1 Covenant Not to Withdraw, Transfer, or Dissolve. Except as
otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the Managers will not to (a) exercise any
power under the Act to dissolve the Company or (b) transfer all or any portion
of their interests in the Company as Managers.
11.2 Termination of Status as a Manager.
11.2.1 A Manager will cease to be a Manager upon the first to
occur of (1) the election of a replacement manager by the Member or its
successor that first elected the Manager, (2) the death, permanent disability,
or mental incompetence of the Manager, (3) the Manager being adjudged bankrupt,
entering into proceedings for reorganization or into an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, having a receiver appointed to administer its assets or
its interest in the Company, being the subject of a voluntary of involuntary
petition for bankruptcy (which involuntary petition is not dismissed within
ninety (90) days), applying to any court for protection from its creditors,
dissolving and liquidating, or having such interest seized by a judgment
creditor, (4) the vote of a majority of the Members (excluding the removed
Manager) to approve a request by such Manager to retire, and (5) the vote of
Members owning eighty percent (80%) or more of the Company's outstanding Units
(excluding the removed Manager) to remove such Manager after such Manager has,
(a) committed willful misfeasance, commission of a felony or gross negligence,
or (b) committed any other act or suffered any other condition that would
justify a decree of dissolution of the Company under the laws of the State of
Illinois.
11.2.2 If all Managers cease to be the Managers pursuant to
this Section 11 or the Managers fail to carry on the business of the Company,
the Company will be dissolved, terminated, and liquidated pursuant to the
provisions of Section 12 unless, within ninety (90) days after such event, all
of the remaining Members agree in writing to continue the business of the
Company and to the appointment of one or more new Managers. Should a new Manager
be appointed, the Manager will have all powers, duties and obligations of the
withdrawing Manager. The withdrawing Manager (or its personal representative)
will not take any part in the management or operation of the Company's business.
11.2.3 New Managers (whether an additional Manager or
substituted Manager pursuant to an assignment of a Company Interest or
otherwise) may be admitted to the Company only upon the consent of the Managers,
which consent may be granted or withheld in the discretion of such Managers.
SECTION 12
DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP
12.1 Liquidating Events. The Company will dissolve and commence winding
up and liquidating upon the first to occur of any of the following ("Liquidating
Events"):
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12.1.1 December 1, 2039;
12.1.2 The sale of substantially all of the Company Property;
12.1.3 The vote by Members holding at least eighty percent
(80%) of the Members' Units to dissolve, wind up, and liquidate the Company;
12.1.4 The happening of any other event that makes it
unlawful, impossible, or impractical to carry on the business of the Company; or
12.1.5 The withdrawal of a Member from the Company.
The Members hereby agree that, notwithstanding any provision of the Act, the
Company will not dissolve prior to the occurrence of a Liquidating Event.
Furthermore, if an event specified in Section 11.1 hereof occurs, the Members
may, within ninety (90) days of the date such event occurs, by a vote of all the
Members, appoint a new Manager (if necessary) and continue the Company business,
in which case the Company will not dissolve, so long as there are at least two
Members of the Company. If it is determined, by a court of competent
jurisdiction, that the Company has dissolved (i) prior to the occurrence of a
Liquidating Event, or (ii) upon the occurrence of an event specified in Section
12.1 hereof, following which the Members elect a successor Manager (if
necessary) pursuant to the previous sentence, the Members hereby agree to
continue the business of the Company without a winding up or liquidation.
12.2 Winding Up. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the
Company will continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an
orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims of its
creditors and Members. No Member will take any action that is inconsistent with,
or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Company's business
and affairs. The Managers (or, in the event there is no Manager, any Person
elected by all the Members) will be responsible for overseeing the winding up
and liquidation of the Company and will take full account of the Company's
liabilities and Company Property. The Company Property will be liquidated as
promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the
liquidation proceeds, to the extent sufficient, will be applied and distributed
in the following order:
12.2.1 First, to the payment and discharge of all of the
Company's debts and liabilities to creditors other than the Members;
12.2.2 Second, to the payment and discharge of all of the
Company's debts and liabilities to the Managers other than for loans pursuant to
Section 6.7;
12.2.3 Third, pro rata to the payment and discharge of loans
made by a Members pursuant to Section 6.7;
12.2.4 Fourth, to BSC Land and CD Health any guaranteed
minimum monthly cash payments owing to such Members in accordance with Section 5
hereof.
12.2.5 The balance, if any, to the Member's in proportion to
their Capital Accounts.
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12.3 Compliance With Timing Requirements of Regulations. If any Member
has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after giving effect to all
contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including
the year during which such liquidation occurs), such Member will have no
obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the Company with respect
to such deficit, and such deficit will not be considered a debt owed to the
Company or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.
In the discretion of the Managers, a pro rata portion of the distributions that
would otherwise be made to the Managers and the Members pursuant to this Section
12 may be:
12.3.1 distributed to a trust established for the benefit of
the Members for the purposes of liquidating Company assets, collecting amounts
owed to the Company, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or
obligations of the Company or of the Managers arising out of or in connection
with the Company's business. The assets of any such trust will be distributed to
the Members from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the Managers, in
the same proportions as the amount distributed to such trust by the Company
would otherwise have been distributed to the Members pursuant to this Agreement;
or
12.3.2 withheld to provide a reasonable reserve for Company
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of
any installment obligations owed to the Company, provided that such withheld
amounts will be distributed to the Members as soon as practicable.
12.4 Rights of Members. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
(a) each Member will look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of
its Capital Contribution and will have no right or power to demand or receive
property other than cash from the Company, and (b) no Member will have priority
over any other Member as to the return of its Capital Contributions,
distributions, or allocations.
12.5 Notice of Dissolution. In the event a Liquidating Event occurs or
an event occurs that would result in a dissolution of the Company, the Managers
will, within thirty (30) days thereafter, (1) provide written notice thereof to
each of the Members and to all other Parties with whom the Company regularly
conducts business, and (2) will publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general
circulation in each place in which the Company regularly conducts business.
SECTION 13
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Notices. Any notice, payment, demand, or communication required or
permitted to be given by any provision of this Agreement will be in writing and
will be delivered personally to the Person or to an officer of the Person to
whom the same is directed, or sent by registered or certified mail to the
addresses set forth on the signature page of this Agreement, or to such other
address as such Person may from time to time specify by notice to the Company
and the Members.
Any such notice will be deemed to be delivered, given, and received for all
purposes as of the date so delivered, if delivered personally, or as of the
sixth (6th) day following the date on which
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the same was deposited in a regularly maintained receptacle for the deposit of
United States mail, if sent by registered or certified mail, postage and charges
prepaid.
Copies of all such notices to CD Health are to be sent to Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Esq., Fenech & Xxxxxxxxx, P.C., Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Copies of all such notices to BSC Land are to be sent to:
Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Burke, Warner, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.
22nd Floor, IBM Plaza
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000.
Copies of all such notices to LifeTime are to be sent to:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Executive Vice President
CFO
0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
13.2 Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
every covenant, term, and provision of this Agreement will be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Members and their respective heirs, legatees, legal
representatives, successors, transferees, and assigns.
13.3 Construction. Every covenant, term, and provision of this
Agreement will be construed simply according to its fair meaning and not
strictly for or against any Member.
13.4 Time. Time is of the essence with respect to this Agreement.
13.5 Headings. Section and other headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and are not intended to describe, interpret,
define, or limit the scope, extent, or intent of this Agreement or any provision
hereof.
13.6 Severability. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be
severable. If any term or provision hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason
whatsoever, such illegality or invalidity will not affect the validity or
legality of the remainder of this Agreement.
13.7 Further Action. Each Member agrees to perform all further acts
and execute, acknowledge, and deliver any documents that may be reasonably
necessary, appropriate, or desirable to carry out the provisions of this
Agreement.
13.8 Variation of Pronouns. All pronouns and any variations thereof
will be deemed to refer to masculine, feminine, or neuter, singular or plural,
as the identity of the Person or Persons may require.
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13.9 Governing Law. The laws of the State of Illinois will govern this
Agreement and all disputes arising out of this Agreements shall be resolved in
the courts of the State of Illinois.
13.10 Community Benefit. The Parties acknowledge CD Health's status as
a tax-exempt entity organized to promote the health of a broad cross section of
the community it serves. The Parties agree that, notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, CD Health shall have the right,
exercised at its reasonable discretion, to require that the other Members take
such action (other than with respect to the setting of membership fees) to
ensure that the facilities owned and operated by the Company are operated in a
manner offering services for the benefit of a broad segment of the community
served by the Company, including, but not limited to, initiating programs
relating to fitness and health needs and implementing policies in furtherance of
the health needs of the community CD Health serves and its charitable purposes.
With respect to any programs of a charitable nature, including health care
services and community education, the costs for same shall be borne by CD Health
as part of its mission to the community. The Parties further agree that, with
respect to the setting of membership fees, one of the factors to be considered
by the Manager, or, to the extent required by this Agreement, the Members, shall
be ensuring the availability of the facilities owned and operated by the Company
to a broad segment of the community served by the Company.
13.11 Waiver of Action for Partition. The Members irrevocably waive any
right that they may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to
any of the Company Property.
13.12 Counterpart Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts with the same effect as if all of the Members had signed
the same document. All counterparts will be construed together and will
constitute one agreement.
13.13 Assignment. Any Party may assign its rights and the performance
of its obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates upon notice to the other
Parties.
13.14 Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements
(including specifically, but not limited to the Letter of Intent dated on or
about May 17, 1999) with respect to the subject matter hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have entered into this Operating
Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth.
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UNITS PERCENTAGE
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MEMBERS:
LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC., a Minnesota 400,000 33 1/3%
corporation doing business as LIFE TIME
Fitness of Illinois, Inc.
By:____________________________________
Its:___________________________________
BLOOMINGDALE SPORTS CENTER LAND COMPANY 400,000 33 1/3%
By:____________________________________
Its:___________________________________
CENTRAL DUPAGE HEALTH 400,000 33 1/3%
By:____________________________________
Its:___________________________________
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