AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR PHREADZ USA, LLC A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AMENDED
AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT
FOR
PHREADZ
USA, LLC
A
NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE, AND MAY BE OFFERED AND SOLD ONLY IF REGISTERED AND QUALIFIED
PURSUANT TO THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR IF
THE COMPANY IS PROVIDED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT
REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT
REQUIRED
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1
“Act” .
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1.2
“Affiliate” .
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1.3
“Agreement” .
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1.4
“Articles” .
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1.5
“Bankruptcy”
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1.6
“Capital Account” .
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1.7
“Capital Contribution” .
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1.8
“Code”
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1.9
“Company” .
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1.10
“Company Minimum Gain”
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1.11
“Corporations Code”
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1.12
“Dissolution Event” .
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1.13
“Distributable Cash” .
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1.14
“Economic Interest”
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1.15
“Economic Interest Owner” .
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1.16
“Fiscal Year” .
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1.17
“Former Member”
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1.18
“Former Member’s Interest”
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1.19
“Majority in Interest” .
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1.20
“Majority of Members” .
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1.21
“Manager”
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1.22
“Member”
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1.23
“Member Nonrecourse Debt”
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1.24
“Member Nonrecourse Deductions”
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1.25
“Membership Interest”
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1.26
“Name Assets”
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1.27
“Net Profit” and “Net Loss”
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1.28
“Nonrecourse Liability”
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1.29
“Percentage Interest”
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1.30
“Person”
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1.31
“Regulations”
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1.32
“Remaining Members”
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1.33
“Tax Matters Partner” .
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ARTICLE
II
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ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
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2.1
Formation
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2.2
Name
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2.3
Term
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2.4
Office and Agent
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2.5
Addresses of the Members and Manager
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2.6
Purpose of Company
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ARTICLE
III
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CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND PERCENTAGE INTERESTS
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3.1
Initial Capital Contributions
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3.2
Additional Capital Contributions
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3.3
Capital Accounts
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3.4
No Interest
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3.5
No Right to Return of Capital
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ARTICLE
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MEMBERS
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4.1
Limited Liability
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4.2
Admission of Additional Members.
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4.3
Withdrawals or Resignations
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4.4
Termination of Membership Interest
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4.5
Transactions With The Company
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4.6
Remuneration to Members
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4.7
Meetings of Members.
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4.8
Members Are Not Agents
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4.9
Voting Rights; Approvals
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ARTICLE
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MANAGEMENT
AND CONTROL OF THE COMPANY
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5.1
Management of the Company by the Manager
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5.2
Election of the Manager.
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5.3
Powers of the Manager
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5.4
Members Have No Managerial Authority
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5.5
Performance of Duties; Liability of Manager
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5.6
Devotion of Time
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5.7
Transactions between the Company and the Manager
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5.8
Manager Compensation.
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5.9
Acts of the Manager as Conclusive Evidence of Authority
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5.10
Officers.
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5.11
Limited Liability
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ARTICLE
VI
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ALLOCATIONS
OF NET PROCEEDS AND NET LOSS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
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6.1
Allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss.
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6.2
Special Allocations.
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6.3
Code Section 704(c) Allocations
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6.4
Allocation of Net Profit and Loss and Distributions in Respect of
Transferred Interest
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6.5
Distribution of Distributable Cash or Assets by the
Company
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6.6
Form of Distribution; Reserves
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6.7
Restriction on Distributions.
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6.8
Return of Distribution
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6.9
Obligations of Members to Report Allocations
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ARTICLE
VII
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TRANSFER
AND ASSIGNMENT OF INTERESTS
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7.1
Transfer and Assignment of Interests
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7.2
Further Restrictions on Transfer of Interests
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7.3
Substitution of Members
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7.4
Permitted Transfers
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7.5
Effective Date of Permitted Transfers
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7.6
Right of Legal Representatives
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7.7
No Effect to Transfers in Violation of Agreement
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7.8
Right of First Refusal
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ARTICLE
VIII
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CONSEQUENCE
OF DEATH, DISSOLUTION, WITHDRAWAL, RETIREMENT OR BANKRUPTCY OF
MEMBER
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8.1
Dissolution Event
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8.2
Purchase of Interest
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8.3
Purchase Price
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8.4
Notice of Intent to Purchase
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8.5
Election to Purchase Less Than All of the Former Member’s
Interest
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8.6
Payment of Purchase Price
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8.7
Closing of Purchase of Former Member’s Interest
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8.8
Purchase Terms Varied by Agreement
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ARTICLE
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ACCOUNTING,
RECORDS, REPORTING BY MEMBERS
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9.1
Books and Records
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9.2
Delivery to Members and Inspection.
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9.3
Annual Statements.
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9.4
Financial and Other Information
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9.5
Filings
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9.6
Bank Accounts
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9.7
Accounting Decisions and Reliance On Others
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9.8
Tax Matters for the Company Handled by Manager and Tax Matters
Partner
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ARTICLE
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DISSOLUTION
AND WINDING UP
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10.1
Dissolution
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10.2
Certificate of Dissolution
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10.3
Winding Up
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10.4
Distributions in Kind
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10.5
Order of Payment of Liabilities Upon Dissolution.
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10.6
Compliance with Regulations
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10.7
Limitations on Payments Made in Dissolution
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10.8
Articles of Dissolution
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10.9
No Action for Dissolution
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ARTICLE
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INDEMNIFICATION
AND INSURANCE
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11.1
Indemnification of the Manager
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11.2
Indemnification of Agents
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11.3
Insurance
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ARTICLE
XII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1
Counsel to the Company
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12.2
Conversion
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12.3
Complete Agreement
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12.4
Binding Effect
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12.5
Parties in Interest
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12.6
Pronouns; Statutory Reference
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12.7
Headings
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12.8
Interpretation
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12.9
References to this Agreement
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12.10
Jurisdiction
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12.11
Disputed Matters
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12.12
Appointment of Manager as Attorney-In-Fact
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12.13
Severability
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12.14
Additional Documents and Acts
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12.15
Notices
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12.16
Amendments
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12.17
Reliance on Authorization of Person Signing Agreement
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12.18
No Interest in Company Property; Waiver of Action for
Partition
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12.19
Multiple Counterparts
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12.20
Attorney Fees
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12.21
Time is of the Essence
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12.22
Remedies Cumulative
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Exhibit
A Capital
Contribution of Members and Addresses of Members and the
Manager
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT
FOR
PHREADZ
USA, LLC
a
Nevada limited liability company
This
Operating Agreement (“Agreement”) is
amended and restated as of April 2. 2010, by and among the parties listed on the
signature pages hereof (collectively referred to as the “Members” or
individually as a “Member”), with
reference to the following facts.
A. On
April 3, 2009, Articles of Organization for Phreadz USA, LLC (the “Company”), a limited
liability company under the laws of the State of Nevada, were filed with the
Nevada Secretary of State.
B. On
April 29, 2009. the Members adopted and approved an operating agreement for the
Company under the Nevada Limited Liability Company Act, codified in the Nevada
Revised Statutes, Sections 86.011 to 86.571, as the same may be amended from
time to time (the “Act”).
C. The
Members desire to adopt and approve an amended and restated operating agreement
for the Company under the Act to admit and/or ratify the admission of additional
Members to the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Members by this
Agreement set forth the operating agreement for the Company under the laws of
the State of Nevada upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
When used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below
(all terms used in this Agreement that are not defined in this Article I shall
have the meanings set forth elsewhere in this Agreement):
1.1 “Act” shall mean the
Nevada Limited Liability Company Act, codified in the Nevada Revised Statutes,
Sections 86.011 to 86.590, as the same may be amended from time to
time
1.2 “Affiliate” shall mean
any individual, partnership, corporation, trust or other entity or association,
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Member.
1.3 “Agreement” shall mean
this Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, as originally executed and as
amended from time to time.
1.4 “Articles” shall mean
the Articles of Organization for the Company originally filed with the Nevada
Secretary of State as amended from time to time.
1.5 “Bankruptcy” shall
mean: (a) the filing of an application by a Member for, or his consent to, the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, or custodian of his or her other assets; (b)
the entry of an order for relief with respect to a Member in proceedings under
the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended or superseded from time to time;
(c) the making by a Member of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(d) the entry of an order, judgment, or decree by any court of competent
jurisdiction appointing a trustee, receiver, or custodian of the assets of a
Member unless the proceedings and the person appointed are dismissed within
ninety (90) days; or (e) the failure by a Member generally to pay his debts as
the debts become due within the meaning of Section 303(h)(1) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court, or the admission
in writing of his inability to pay his debts as they become due.
1.6 “Capital Account”
shall mean with respect to any Member the capital account which the Company
establishes and maintains for such Member pursuant to Section 3.3.
1.7 “Capital Contribution”
shall mean the total value of cash and fair market value of property (including
promissory notes or other obligation to contribute cash or property) contributed
and/or services rendered or to be rendered to the Company by
Members.
1.8 “Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, the provisions of
succeeding law, and to the extent applicable, the Regulations.
1.9 “Company” shall mean
Phreadz USA, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company.
1.10 “Company Minimum Gain”
shall have the meaning ascribed to the term “Partnership Minimum Gain” in the
Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
1.11 “Corporations Code”
shall mean Title 7, Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, as amended from
time to time, and the provisions of succeeding law.
1.12 “Dissolution Event”
shall mean with respect to any Member one or more of the following: the death,
disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3)) for a period of in
excess of one year, Bankruptcy, withdrawal, expulsion or occurrence of any other
event which terminates the continued membership unless the other Member consents
to continue the business of the Company pursuant to Section 8.1 and another
Member is admitted to the Company, if required by the Corporations
Code.
1.13 “Distributable Cash”
shall mean the amount of cash which is available for distribution to the
Members, taking into account all Company debts, liabilities, and obligations of
the Company then due and amounts which is reasonably necessary to place into
reserves for customary and usual claims with respect to the Company’s
business.
1.14 “Economic Interest”
shall mean a Member’s or Economic Interest Owner’s share of one or more of the
Company’s Net Profit, Net Loss, and distributions of the Company’s assets
pursuant to this Agreement and the Act, but shall not include any other rights
of a Member, including, without limitation, the right to vote or participate in
the management.
1.15 “Economic Interest
Owner” shall mean the owner of an Economic Interest who is not a
Member.
1.16 “Fiscal Year” shall
mean the Company’s fiscal year, which shall be end on May 31 of each
year.
1.17 “Former Member” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.2.
1.18 “Former Member’s
Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 8.2.
1.19 “Majority in Interest”
shall mean an aggregate Percentage Interest of more than fifty percent (50%)
held by Members
1.20 “Majority of Members”
shall mean a Member or Members who hold an aggregate Percentage Interest of more
than fifty percent (50%) of the Company.
1.21 “Managers” shall mean
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx or any other persons who succeeds any
of them in that capacity.
1.22 “Member” shall mean
each Person who (a) is an initial signatory to this Agreement, has been admitted
to the Company as a Member in accordance with the Articles or this Agreement or
is an assignee who has become a Member in accordance with Article VII and (b)
has not resigned, withdrawn, been expelled or, if other than an individual,
dissolved.
1.23 “Member Nonrecourse
Debt” shall have the meaning ascribed to the term “Partner Nonrecourse
Debt” in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
1.24 “Member Nonrecourse
Deductions” shall mean items of Company loss, deduction, or Code Section
705(a)(2)(B) expenditures which are attributable to Member Nonrecourse
Debt.
1.25 “Membership Interest”
shall mean a Member’s entire interest in the Company including the Member’s
Economic Interest, the right to vote on or participate in the management, and
the right to receive information concerning the business and affairs of the
Company.
1.26 “Name Assets” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.3.
1.27 “Net Profit” and
“Net Loss”
shall mean the income, gain, loss, deductions, and credits of the Company in the
aggregate or separately stated, as appropriate, determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles employed under the method of accounting
at the close of each fiscal year on the Company’s information tax return filed
for federal income tax purposes.
1.28 “Nonrecourse
Liability” shall have the meaning set forth in Regulations Section
1.752-1(a)(2).
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1.29 “Percentage Interest”
shall mean the percentage of a Member set forth opposite the name of such Member
under the column “Member’s Percentage Interest” in Exhibit “A” hereto, as such
percentage may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. Percentage Interests shall be determined annually, unless
otherwise provided herein, effective as of the first day of the Company’s Fiscal
Year but with all distributions under this Agreement to be deemed to have
occurred on such day immediately prior to determination of the Percentage
Interest of a Member.
1.30 “Person” shall mean an
individual, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company,
corporation, trust, estate, real estate investment trust association or any
other entity.
1.31 “Regulations” shall,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, mean the regulations currently
in force as final or temporary that have been issued by the U.S. Department of
Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code.
1.32 “Remaining Members”
shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1.
1.33 “Tax Matters Partner”
shall be such person designated by the Manager pursuant to Section
9.8.
1.34 “Units” means
units of Membership Interests. The Company hereby authorizes Twenty
Eight Thousand (28,000) Units and as of the effective date of this Agreement the
Company has issued Twenty Seven Thousand Seventy Four (27,074)
Units.
ARTICLE
2
ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
2.1 Formation. Pursuant
to the Act, the Members have formed a Nevada limited liability company under the
laws of the State of Nevada by filing the Articles with the Nevada Secretary of
State and entering into this Agreement. The rights and liabilities of
the Members shall be determined pursuant to the Act and this
Agreement. To the extent that the rights or obligations of any Member
are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in
the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by
the Act, control.
2.2 Name. The
name of the Company shall be “Phreadz USA, LLC.” The business of the
Company may be conducted under that name or, upon compliance with applicable
laws, any other name that the Manager deems appropriate or
advisable. The Company shall file any fictitious name certificates
and similar filings, and any amendments thereto, that the Managers consider
appropriate or advisable.
2.3 Term. The
term of this Agreement shall be co-terminus with the period of duration of the
Company provided in the Articles, unless extended or sooner terminated as
hereinafter provided.
2.4 Office and
Agent. The Company shall continuously maintain an office and
registered agent in the State of Nevada as required by the Act. The
principal office of the Company shall be as the Managers may
determine. The Company also may have such offices, anywhere within
and without the State of Nevada, as the Managers from time to time may
determine, or the business of the Company may require. The registered
agent shall be as stated in the Articles or as otherwise determined by the
Managers.
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2.5 Addresses of the Members and
Manager. The respective addresses of the Members and the
Managers are set forth on Exhibit
A.
2.6 Purpose of
Company. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful
act or activity for which a limited liability company may be organized under the
Act.
ARTICLE
3
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND PERCENTAGE INTERESTS
3.1 Initial Capital
Contributions. The initial Capital Contributions, Units and
Percentage Interests of each Member are set forth on Exhibit
A hereto and incorporated by reference herein. Each Member
shall contribute such amount, and/or such property, as is set forth on Exhibit
A as his or her initial Capital Contribution, which Exhibit
A shall be revised to reflect the addition of new Members in accordance
with Section 4.2 and Article VII.
3.2 Additional Capital
Contributions. No Member shall be required to make any
additional Capital Contributions. No Member may make any voluntary
additional Capital Contributions:
3.3 Capital
Accounts. The Company shall establish an individual Capital
Account for each Member. The Company shall determine and maintain
each Capital Account in accordance with the following provisions:
A. A
Member’s Capital Account shall be increased by that Member’s Capital
Contributions, that Member’s Percentage Interest of Net Profit, and any items in
the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated to that Member
pursuant to Article VI.
B. A
Member’s Capital Account shall be increased by the amount of any partnership
liabilities assumed by that Member subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation Section §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c).
C. A
Member’s Capital Account shall be decreased by (a) the amount of cash
distributed to that Member; (b) the fair market value of any property of the
Company so distributed, net of liabilities secured by such distributed property
that the distributee Member is considered to assume or to be subject to under
Code Section 752; and (c) the amount of any items in the nature of expenses or
losses that are specially allocated to that Member pursuant to Article
VI.
D. A
Member’s Capital Account shall be reduced by the Member’s Percentage Interest of
any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or which
are treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) (including syndication expenses and losses
nondeductible under Code Sections 267(a)(1) or 707(b)).
E. If
any Economic Interest (or portion thereof) is transferred, the transferee of
such Economic Interest or portion shall succeed to the transferor’s Capital
Account attributable to such interest or portion.
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F. The
principal amount of a promissory note that is not readily traded on an
established securities market and that is contributed to the Company by the
maker of the note shall not be included in the Capital Account of any Person
until the Company makes a taxable disposition of the note or until (and to the
extent) principal payments are made on the note, all in accordance with
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)(2).
G. Each
Member’s Capital Account shall be increased or decreased as necessary to reflect
a revaluation of the Company’s property assets in accordance with the
requirements of Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), including the special rules under Regulation Section
1.701-1(b)(4), as applicable. The provisions of this Agreement
respecting the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner
consistent with those Regulations.
3.4 No
Interest. No Member shall be entitled to receive any interest
on Capital Contributions.
3.5 No Right to Return of
Capital. No Member shall have the right to receive a return of
his or her Capital Account unless a Majority in Interest of the Members consent
thereto.
ARTICLE
4
MEMBERS
4.1 Limited
Liability. Except as required under the Act or as expressly
set forth in this Agreement, no Member shall be personally liable for any debt,
obligation, or liability of the Company, whether that liability or obligation
arises in contract, tort, or otherwise.
4.2 Admission of Additional
Members. Additional Members may be admitted to the Company
only upon the approval or consent of the Managers. Each additional
Member’s Capital Contribution, Membership Interest, Percentage Interest, Net
Profit, Net Loss, and distributions of the Company shall be determined and
approved by a Majority in Interest of the Members. No Person shall be
admitted as an additional Member unless such Person executes, acknowledges and
delivers to the Company such instruments as the Manager may deem necessary or
advisable to effect the admission of such Person as an additional Member,
including, without limitation, the written acceptance and adoption by such
Person of the provisions of this Agreement. Upon the admission of
additional Members, Exhibit
A to this Agreement will be revised
accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, substitute Members may
only be admitted in accordance with Article VII.
4.3 Withdrawals or
Resignations. No Member may withdraw or resign from the
Company at any time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or in the event
this Section 4.3 is deemed invalid, or in the event of any such withdrawal, such
Member’s Membership Interest shall also be subject to purchase and sale as
provided in Section 8.2.
4.4 Termination of Membership
Interest. Upon the transfer of a Member’s Membership Interest
in violation of this Agreement or the occurrence of a Dissolution Event as to
such Member which does not result in the dissolution of the Company, the
Membership Interest of a Member may be purchased by the Company or Remaining
Members as provided herein. Each Member acknowledges and agrees that
such purchase of a Membership Interest upon the occurrence of any of the
foregoing events is not unreasonable under the circumstances existing as of the
date hereof.
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4.5 Transactions With The
Company. Subject to any limitations set forth in this
Agreement and with the prior approval of the Managers after full disclosure of
the Member’s involvement, a Member may lend money to and transact other business
with the Company. Subject to other applicable law, such Member has
the same rights and obligations with respect thereto as a Person who is not a
Member.
4.6 Remuneration to
Members. Except as otherwise authorized in, or pursuant to,
this Agreement, no Member is entitled to remuneration for acting in the Company
business, subject to (a) the entitlement of Managers or Members winding up the
affairs of the Company to reasonable compensation pursuant to Section 10.3, (b)
the entitlement of the Managers to receive reimbursement pursuant to Section
5.8, and (c) the entitlement of officers to receive compensation pursuant to
Section 5.10.
4.7 Meetings of
Members.
4.7.1 Date, Time and Place of
Meetings of Members. Meetings of Members may be held at such
date, time and place within or without the State of Nevada as the Members or
Manager may fix from time to time. No annual or regular meetings of
Members is required. At any Members’ meeting, the Manager shall
appoint a person to preside at the meeting and a person to act as secretary of
the meeting. The secretary of the meeting shall prepare minutes of
the meeting which shall be placed in the minute books of the
Company.
A. Power to Call
Meetings. Unless otherwise prescribed by the Act or by the
Articles, meetings of the Members may be called upon by the Managers or upon
written demand of Members holding more than a ten percent (10%) Percentage
Interest for the purpose of addressing any matters.
B. Notice of
Meeting. Written notice of a meeting of Members shall be sent
or otherwise given to each Member, either personally or by first-class mail or
telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the
Member at the address of that Member appearing on the books of the Company or
given by the Member to the Company for the purpose of notice, not less than ten
(10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the
meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the
meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. No
other business may be transacted at this meeting. Upon written
request to the Manager by any person entitled to call a meeting of Members, the
Manager shall immediately cause notice to be given to the Members entitled to
vote that a meeting will be held at a time requested by the person calling the
meeting, not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the
receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within twenty (20)
days after the receipt of a request by any person entitled to call a meeting,
the person entitled to call the meeting may give the notice. An
affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any meeting
shall be executed by a Manager or any secretary, assistant secretary or any
transfer agent of the Company giving the notice, and shall be filed and
maintained in the minute book of the Company.
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C. Quorum. The
presence in person or by proxy of a Majority in Interest shall constitute a
quorum at a meeting of Members.
D. Waiver of Notice or
Consent. The actions taken at any meeting of Members however
called and noticed, and wherever held, have the same validity as if taken at a
meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either
in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the Members
entitled to vote, who was not present in person or by proxy, signs a written
waiver of notice or consents to the holding of the meeting or approves the
minutes of the meeting. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall
be filed with the Company records or made a part of the minutes of the
meeting.
Attendance of a person at a meeting
shall constitute a waiver of notice of that meeting, except when the person
objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, and except that
attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the
consideration of matters not included in the notice of the meeting if that
objection is expressly made at the meeting.
E. Action by Written Consent
Without a Meeting. Any action that may be taken at a meeting
of Members may be taken without a meeting. Unless the consents of all
Members entitled to vote have been solicited in writing, (i) notice of any
Member’s approval of an amendment to the Articles or this Agreement, a
dissolution of the Company, or a merger of the Company, without a meeting and by
less than unanimous written consent, shall be given at least ten (10) days
before the consummation of the action authorized by such approval, and
(ii) prompt notice shall be given of the taking of any other action
approved by Members without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent, to
those Members entitled to vote who have not consented in writing.
F. Telephonic Participation by
Member at Meetings. Members may participate in any Members’
meeting through the use of any means of conference telephones or similar
communications equipment as long as all Members participating can hear one
another. A Member so participating is deemed to be present in person
at the meeting.
G. Record
Date. The record date for determining Members entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members shall be set by the Manager or, if
no date is set, then the close of business on the business day next preceding
the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of
business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is
held. The record date for determining Members entitled to give
consent to Company action in writing without a meeting shall be the day on which
the first written consent is given.
H. Proxies. Every
Member entitled to vote shall have the right to do so either in person or by one
or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with
the Manager or the secretary, if any, of the Company. No proxy shall
be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of the proxy,
unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The revocability of a proxy
that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the
provisions of Corporations Code.
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I. No Requirement of
Meetings. The provisions of this Section 4.7 govern meetings
of the Members if the Members elect, in their discretion, to hold
meetings. However, nothing in this Section 4.7 or in this Agreement
is intended to require that meetings of Members be held, it being the intent of
the Members that meetings of Members are not required.
4.8 Members Are Not
Agents. Pursuant to Section 5.1 and the Articles, the
management of the Company is vested in the Manager. No Member, acting
solely in the capacity of a Member, is an agent of the Company, nor can any
Member, in such capacity, bind or execute any instrument on behalf of the
Company.
4.9 Voting Rights;
Approvals. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement or the Articles, the Members shall have no voting, approval or consent
rights.
A. Approval by All
Members. The following matters shall require the approval or
consent of all Members:
(i) A
decision to compromise the obligation of a Member to make a Capital Contribution
or return money or property paid or distributed in violation of the Act shall
require the unanimous vote, approval or consent of all Members who are not the
subject of a Dissolution Event or an assignor of a Membership
Interest; and
(ii) Any
amendment to the articles or this Agreement.
B. Majority
Approval. The following matters shall require the approval or
consent of a Majority of Members:
(i) At
any time prior to one year from the date of this Agreement, the sale, exchange
or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the Company’s assets
occurring as part of a single transaction or plan, or in multiple transactions
over a twelve (12) month period, except in the orderly liquidation and winding
up of the business of the Company upon its duly authorized dissolution,
provided, however, that each Member, by execution of this Agreement, hereby
approves of and consents to a conversion or reorganization as described in
Section 12.2, and the Manager may effectuate a conversion or reorganization as
described in Section 12.2 without any further action on the part of any
Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph,
following the expiration of the one year period from the date of this Agreement,
the Manager shall have the authority to sell, exchange or dispose of all, or
substantially all, of the Company’s assets occurring as part of a single
transaction or plan, or in multiple transactions over a twelve (12) month period
without the approval or consent of a Majority of Members;
(ii) The
merger of the Company with another limited liability company or limited
partnership; provided in no event shall a Member be required to become a general
partner in a merger with a limited partnership without his express written
consent or unless the agreement of merger provides each Member with the
dissenter’s rights described in the Act.
(iii) The
merger of the Company with a corporation or a general partnership or other
Person, provided, however, that each Member, by execution of this Agreement,
hereby approves of and consents to a conversion or reorganization as described
in Section 12.2, and the Manager may effectuate a conversion or reorganization
as described in Section 12.2 without any further action on the part of any
Member;
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(iv) An
alteration of the primary purpose of the Company as set forth in Section
2.6;
(v) Transactions
between the Company and a Manager or one or more of such Manager’s Affiliates or
related parties, or transactions in which a Manager, or one or more of any
Manager’s Affiliates or related parties, has a material financial interest;
and
(vi) Any
act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the
Company.
ARTICLE
5
MANAGEMENT
AND CONTROL OF THE COMPANY
5.1 Management of the Company by
the Managers. The business and affairs of the Company shall be
managed by the Managers. The Company shall have three (3)
Managers. All decisions concerning the management and operation of
the Company’s business, other than day to day affairs which are delegated to
officers of the Company, shall be determined by the Managers.
5.2 Election of the
Manager.
A. Initial
Managers. Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx are hereby
designated as the initial Managers.
B. Resignation. A
Manager may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Members without
prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any contract to which sicj
Manager is a party. The resignation of a Manager shall take effect
upon receipt of that notice or at such later time as shall be specified in the
notice; and, unless otherwise specified in the notice, the acceptance of the
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. The
resignation of a Manager who is also a Member shall not affect the Manager’s
rights as a Member and shall not constitute a withdrawal of a
Member.
C. Removal. A
Founding Manager or Manager may be removed by a Majority in Interest of the
Members.
D. Vacancies. Any
vacancy occurring for any reason in the position of a Manager shall be filled by
the affirmative vote or written consent of Members holding a Majority in
Interest.
E. Election of
Managers. Managers shall be elected annually by a Majority in
Interest of the Members.
F. Change in the Number of
Managers. A decision to change the number of Managers shall be
made only be the unanimous vote, approval or consent of the
Members.
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5.3 Powers of the Managers. Without
limiting the generality of Section 5.1, but subject to this Section 5.3, to the
express limitations set forth elsewhere in this Agreement and to the powers and
duties of the chairperson or President of the Company, the Managers shall have
all necessary powers to manage and carry out the purposes, business, property,
and affairs of the Company, including, without limitation, the power to exercise
on behalf and in the name of the Company all of the powers described in the
Act.
5.4 Members Have No Managerial
Authority. The Members, as Members, shall have no power to
participate in the management of the Company except as expressly authorized by
this Agreement or the Articles and except as expressly required by the
Act. Unless expressly and duly authorized in writing to do so by the
Managers, or unless acting in the capacity of an officer of the Company, no
Member shall have any power or authority to bind or act on behalf of the Company
in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable for any
purpose.
5.5 Performance of Duties;
Liability of Managers. The Managers shall not be liable to the
Company or to any Member for any loss or damage sustained by the Company or any
Member, unless the loss or damage shall have been the result of fraud, deceit,
gross negligence, reckless or intentional misconduct, or a knowing violation of
law or of this Agreement by the Managers. The Managers shall perform
their managerial duties in good faith, in a manner that they reasonably believes
to be in the best interests of the Company and its Members, and with such care,
including reasonable inquiry, as an ordinarily prudent person in a like position
would use under similar circumstances. A Manager who so perform the
duties of a Manager shall not have any liability by reason of being or having
been a Manager of the Company.
In performing such duties, the Managers
shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements,
including financial statements and other financial data, of the following
persons or groups unless the Managers has knowledge concerning the matter in
question that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted and provided that the
Managers act in good faith and after reasonable inquiry when the need therefor
is indicated by the circumstances:
A. One
or more officers, employees or other agents of the Company who the Manager
reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters
presented;
B. Any
attorney, independent accountant, or other person as to matters which the
Managers reasonably believe to be within such person’s professional or expert
competence; or
C. A
committee upon which the Managers do not serve, duly designated in accordance
with a provision of the Articles or this Agreement, as to matters within its
designated authority, which committee the Managers reasonably believes to merit
competence.
5.6 Devotion of
Time. The Managers are not obligated to devote all of his time
or business efforts to the affairs of the Company; provided, however, that any
Manager that is also an officer of the Company shall devote all of such
Manager’s time and business efforts to the affairs of the
Company. The Managers shall devote whatever time, effort, and skill
as he deems appropriate for the operation of the Company.
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5.7 Transactions between the
Company and a Manager. Notwithstanding that it may constitute
a conflict of interest, a Manager may, and may cause one of his Affiliates
and/or related parties to, engage in any transaction (including, without
limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, or exchange of any property or the
rendering of any service, or the establishment of any salary, other
compensation, or other terms of employment) with the Company so long as such
transaction is not expressly prohibited by this Agreement and so long as the
terms and conditions of such transaction, on an overall basis, are fair and
reasonable to the Company and are at least as favorable to the Company as those
that are generally available from Persons capable of similarly performing them
and in similar transactions between parties operating at arm’s length, and
provided that a Majority of Members having no direct or indirect interest in
such transaction (other than their interests as Members) affirmatively vote or
consent in writing to approve the transaction.
5.8 Managers
Compensation.
A. Compensation for
Services. No Manager shall be entitled to compensation for
services rendered to the Company as a Manager; provided, however, that any
Manager who is also an officer of the Company may be compensated for services
rendered as an officer.
B. Reimbursement. The
Company shall reimburse each Manager for, pre-approved by a Majority in
Interest, out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with services rendered
to the Company as a Manager.
5.9 Acts of the Managers as
Conclusive Evidence of Authority. Any note, mortgage, evidence
of indebtedness, contract, certificate, statement, conveyance, or other
instrument in writing, and any assignment or endorsement thereof, executed or
entered into between the Company and any other person, when signed by the
Managers is not invalidated as to the Company by any lack of authority of the
signing persons in the absence of actual knowledge on the part of the other
person that the signing persons had no authority to execute the
same.
5.10 Officers.
A. Appointment of
Officers. The Managers may appoint officers at any
time. The officers of the Company, if deemed necessary by the
Managers, may include a chairperson, president, vice president, secretary, and
chief financial officer. The officers shall serve at the pleasure of
the Managers, subject to all rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of
employment or as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Any individual
may hold any number of offices. No officer need be a resident of the
State of Nevada or citizen of the United States. The officers shall
exercise such powers and perform such duties as specified in this Agreement and
as shall be determined from time to time by the Managers.
B. Removal, Resignation and
Filling of Vacancy of Officers. Subject to the rights, if any,
of an officer under a contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either
with or without cause, by the Managers at any time.
Any officer may resign at any time by
giving written notice to the Managers. Any resignation shall take
effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified
in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance
of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any
resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any
contract to which the officer is a party.
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A vacancy
in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any
other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in this Agreement for
regular appointments to that office.
C. Duties and Powers of the
Chairperson. The chairperson, if such an officer be appointed,
shall, if present, preside at meetings of the Members. The
chairperson shall in addition be the chief executive officer of the
Company.
D. Duties and Powers of the
President. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may
be given by the Managers to the chairperson, the president shall be the chief
operating officer of the Company, and shall, subject to the control of the
Managers, have general and active day-to-day management of the business of the
Company and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Members and the
Managers are carried into effect. The president shall have the general powers
and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a
corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by
the Managers or this Agreement.
The
president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal,
under the seal of the Company, except where required or permitted by law to be
otherwise signed and executed, and except where the signing and execution
thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Manager to some other officer or
agent of the Company.
E. Duties and Powers of
Vice-President. The vice-president, or if there shall be more
than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by a resolution of the
Managers, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as the Manager by resolution may from time to
time prescribe. The vice-presidents shall have the general powers and
duties of management usually vested in the office of vice-president of a
corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by
the Managers or this Agreement.
F. Duties and Powers of
Secretary. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the
Members and, upon election of the Managers, the meetings of the Managers (if
any), and shall record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book to be kept
for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when
required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of
all meetings of the Members and shall perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by the Managers. The secretary shall have custody of the
seal, if any, and the secretary shall have authority to affix the same to any
instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her
signature. The Managers may give general authority to any other
officer to affix the seal of the Company, if any, and to attest the affixing by
his or her signature.
The
secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or
at the office of the Company’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by
resolution of the Managers, a register, or a duplicate register, showing the
names of all Members and their addresses, and their Units and Percentage
Interests. The secretary shall also keep all documents described in
Section 9.1 and such other documents as may be required under the
Act. The secretary shall perform such other duties and have such
other authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in this Agreement or from time to
time by the Managers. The secretary shall have the general duties,
powers and responsibilities of a secretary of a corporation.
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G. Duties and Powers of Chief
Financial Officer. The chief financial officer shall keep and
maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and
records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Company,
including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains,
losses, capital, Membership Interests, and Economic Interests. The
books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any
Member and the Manager.
The chief financial officer shall have
the custody of the funds and securities of the Company, and shall keep full and
accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the
Company, and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and
to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the
Managers.
The chief financial officer shall
disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Manager, taking
proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president, and
the Manager, at their respective regular meetings, or when the Managers so
require, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the
financial condition of the Company.
The chief financial officer shall
perform such other duties and shall have such other responsibility and authority
as may be prescribed elsewhere in this Agreement or from time to time by the
Managers. The chief financial officer shall have the general duties,
powers and responsibility of a chief financial officer of a corporation, and
shall be the chief financial and accounting officer of the Company.
H. Acts of Officers as
Conclusive Evidence of Authority. Any
note, mortgage, evidence of indebtedness, contract, certificate,
statement, conveyance, or other instrument in writing, and any assignment or
endorsement thereof, executed or entered into between the Company and any other
Person, when signed by the chairperson of the board, the president or any vice
president and any secretary, any assistant secretary, the chief financial
officer, or any assistant treasurer of the Company, is not invalidated as to the
Company by any lack of authority of the signing officers in the absence of
actual knowledge on the part of the other Person that the signing officers had
no authority to execute the same.
5.11 Limited
Liability. No person who is a Manager or officer or both a
Manager and officer of the Company shall be personally liable under any judgment
of a court, or in any other manner, for any debt, obligation, or liability of
the Company, whether that liability or obligation arises in contract, tort, or
otherwise, solely by reason of being a Manager or officer or both a Manager and
officer of the Company.
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ARTICLE
6
ALLOCATIONS
OF NET PROCEEDS AND NET LOSS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Allocations of Net Profit
and Net Loss.
A. Net
Loss. Net Loss shall be allocated to the Members in proportion
to their Percentage Interests.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence,
loss allocations to a Member shall be made only to the extent that such loss
allocations will not create a deficit Capital Account balance for that Member in
excess of an amount, if any, equal to such Member’s share of Company Minimum
Gain that would be realized on a foreclosure of the Company’s
property. Any loss not allocated to a Member because of the foregoing
provision shall be allocated to the other Members (to the extent the other
Members are not limited in respect of the allocation of losses under this
Section 6.1(A)). Any loss reallocated under this
Section 6.1(A) shall be taken into account in computing subsequent
allocations of income and losses pursuant to this Article VI, so that the net
amount of any item so allocated and the income and losses allocated to each
Member pursuant to this Article VI, to the extent possible, shall be equal
to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Member pursuant to
this Article VI if no reallocation of losses had occurred under this
Section 6.1(A).
B. Net
Profit. Net Profit shall be allocated to the Members in
proportion to their Percentage Interests.
6.2 Special
Allocations.
A. Minimum Gain
Chargeback. Notwithstanding Section 6.1, if there is a net
decrease in Company Minimum Gain during any Fiscal Year, each Member shall be
specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such Fiscal Year (and,
if necessary, in subsequent Fiscal Years) in an amount equal to the portion of
such Member’s share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain that is
allocable to the disposition of Company property, subject to a Nonrecourse
Liability, which share of such net decrease shall be determined in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2). Allocations pursuant to this
Section 6.2A shall be made in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated
to each Member under this Section 6.2A. The items to be so allocated
shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(f). This Section 6.2A is intended to comply with the minimum
gain chargeback requirement contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and
shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
B. Chargeback of Minimum Gain
Attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt. Notwithstanding
Section 6.1 of this Agreement, if there is a net decrease in Company Minimum
Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt, during any Fiscal Year, each
member who has a share of the Company Minimum Gain attributable to such Member
Nonrecourse Debt (which share shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(5)) shall be specially allocated items of Company income and
gain for such Fiscal Year (and, if necessary, in subsequent Fiscal Years) in an
amount equal to that portion of such Member’s share of the net decrease in
Company Minimum Gain attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt that is
allocable to the disposition of Company property subject to such Member
Nonrecourse Debt (which share of such net decrease shall be determined in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5)). Allocations
pursuant to this Section 6.2B shall be made in proportion to the amounts
required to be allocated to each Member under this Section 6.2B. The
items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4). This Section 6.2B is intended to comply with
the minimum gain chargeback requirement contained in Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
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C. Nonrecourse
Deduction. Notwithstanding Section 6.1, any nonrecourse
deductions (as defined in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) for any Fiscal Year
or other period shall be specially allocated to the Members in proportion to
their Percentage Interests.
D. Member Nonrecourse
Deductions. Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those items of
Company loss, deduction, or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures which are
attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt for any Fiscal Year or other period
shall be specially allocated to the Member who bears the economic risk of loss
with respect to the Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such items are attributable
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).
E. Qualified Income
Offset. Notwithstanding Section 6.1, if a Member unexpectedly
receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), or any other event creates a
deficit balance in such Member’s Capital Account in excess of such Member’s
share of Company Minimum Gain, items of Company income and gain shall be
specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to
eliminate such excess deficit balance as quickly as possible. Any
special allocations of items of income and gain pursuant to this Section 6.2E
shall be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations of income and
gain pursuant to this Article VI so that the net amount of any item so allocated
and the income, gain, and losses allocated to each Member pursuant to this
Article VI to the extent possible, shall be equal to the net amount that would
have been allocated to each such Member pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 6.2E if such unexpected adjustments, allocations, or distributions had
not occurred.
6.3 Code Section 704(c)
Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Article VI, in accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations
promulgated thereunder, income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to any
property contributed to the capital of the Company shall, 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 fair market value on the date of
contribution. Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.3 are solely for
purposes of federal, state and local taxes. As such, they shall not
affect or in any way be taken into account in computing a Member’s Capital
Account or share of profits, losses, or other items of distributions pursuant to
any provision of this Agreement.
6.4 Allocation of Net Profit and
Loss and Distributions in Respect of Transferred Interest. If
any Membership Interest is transferred, or is increased or decreased by reason
of the admission of a new Member or otherwise, during any Fiscal Year of the
Company, each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the Company
for such Fiscal Year shall be assigned pro rata to each day in the particular
period of such Fiscal Year to which such item is attributable (i.e., the day on
or during which it is accrued or otherwise included) and the amount of each such
item so assigned to any such day shall be allocated to the Member based upon his
respective Membership Interest at the close of such day.
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However, for the purpose of accounting
convenience and simplicity, the Company shall treat a transfer of, or an
increase or decrease in, a Membership Interest which occur at any time during a
semi-monthly period (commencing with the semi-monthly period including the date
hereof) as having been consummated on the last day of such semi-monthly period,
regardless of when during such semi-monthly period such transfer, increase, of
decrease actually occurs (i.e., sales and dispositions made during the first
fifteen (15) days of any month will be deemed to have been made on the 15th day
of the month).
Notwithstanding any provision above to
the contrary, gain or loss of the Company realized in connection with a sale or
other disposition of any of the assets of the Company shall be allocated solely
to the parties owning Membership Interests as of the date such sale or other
disposition occurs.
6.5 Distribution of
Distributable Cash or Assets by the Company. Subject to
applicable law and any limitations contained elsewhere in this Agreement
(including Section 10.5), the Manager may elect from time to time to, or any
Member may request that the Manager, distribute Distributable Cash or assets to
the Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests. Neither the
Company nor any Manager shall incur any liability for making distributions in
accordance with this Section 6.5.
6.6 Form of Distribution;
Reserves. A Member, regardless of the nature of the Member’s
Capital Contribution, has no right to demand and receive any distribution from
the Company in any form other than money. No Member may be compelled
to accept from the Company a distribution of any asset in kind in lieu of a
proportionate distribution of money being made to other
Members. Except upon a dissolution and the winding up of the Company,
no Member may be compelled to accept a distribution of any asset in
kind.
Pending distribution, the Company shall
keep reserves for working capital and investment, the amount of which shall be
determined by the Managers.
6.7 Restriction on
Distributions.
A. No
distribution shall be made if, after giving effect to the
distribution:
(i) The
Company would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual
course of business.
(ii) The
Company’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus,
unless this Agreement provides otherwise, the amount that would be needed, if
the Company were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the
preferential rights of other Members, if any, upon dissolution that are superior
to the rights of the Member receiving the distribution.
B. The
Managers may base a determination that a distribution is not prohibited on any
of the following:
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(i) Financial
statement prepared on the basis of accounting practices and principles that are
reasonable in the circumstances.
(ii) A
fair valuation.
(iii) Any
other method that is reasonable in the circumstances.
Unless otherwise provided by the Act,
the effect of a distribution is measured as of the date the distribution is
authorized if the payment occurs within 120 days after the date of
authorization, or the date payment is made if it occurs more than 120 days of
the date of authorization.
C. A
Member or Manager who votes for a distribution in violation of this Agreement or
the Act is personally liable to the Company for the amount of the distribution
that exceeds what could have been distributed without violating this Agreement
or the Act if it is established that the Member or Manager did not act in
compliance with Section 6.7 B or Section 10.4. Any Member
or Manager who is so liable shall be entitled to compel contribution from
(i) each other Member or Manager who also is so liable and (ii) each
Member for the amount the Member received with knowledge of facts indicating
that the distribution was made in violation of this Agreement or the
Act.
6.8 Return of
Distribution. Except for distributions made in violation of
the Act or this Agreement, no Member or Economic Interest Owner shall be
obligated to return any distribution to the Company or pay the amount of any
distribution for the account of the Company or to any creditor of the
Company. The amount of any distribution returned to the Company by a
Member or Economic Interest Owner or paid by a Member or Economic Interest Owner
for the account of the Company or to a creditor of the Company shall be added to
the account or accounts from which it was subtracted when it was distributed to
the Member or Economic Interest Owner.
6.9 Obligations of Members to
Report Allocations. The Members are aware of the income tax
consequences of the allocations made by this Article VI and hereby agree to be
bound by the provisions of this Article VI in reporting their shares of Company
income and loss for income tax purposes.
ARTICLE
7
TRANSFER
AND ASSIGNMENT OF INTERESTS
7.1 Transfer and Assignment of
Interests. No Member shall be entitled to transfer, assign,
convey, sell, encumber or in any way alienate all or any part of his Units
except as permitted in Sections 7.4 and 7.8 below or with the prior written
consent of all of the other Members, which consent may be given or withheld,
conditioned or delayed (as allowed by this Agreement or the Act), as the other
Members may determine in their sole discretion. Transfers in
violation of this Article VII shall only be effective to the extent set forth in
Section 7.7. After the consummation of any transfer of any part
of a Unit, the Unit so transferred shall continue to be subject to the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and any further transfers shall be required to
comply with all the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
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7.2 Further Restrictions on
Transfer of Units. In addition to other restrictions found in
this Agreement, no Member shall transfer, assign, convey, sell, encumber or in
any way alienate all or any part of his Units if the Units to be transferred,
assigned, sold or exchanged, when added to the total of all other Units sold or
exchanged in the preceding twelve (12) consecutive months prior thereto, would
cause the termination of the Company under the Act, as determined by the
Manager.
7.3 Substitution of
Members. A transferee of Units shall have the right to become
a substitute Member only if (i) the requirements of Sections 7.1 and 7.2
relating to unanimous consent of Members, securities and tax requirements hereof
are met, (ii) such Person executes an instrument satisfactory to the Managers
accepting and adopting the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and (iii)
such Person pays any reasonable expenses in connection with his admission as a
new Member. The admission of a substitute Member shall not result in
the release of the Member who assigned the Unit(s) from any liability that such
Member may have to the Company.
7.4 Permitted
Transfers. The Units of any Member may be transferred subject
to compliance with Section 7.2, upon consent of all Members, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld, by the Member (i) by inter vivos gift or by
testamentary transfer to any spouse, parent, sibling, in-law, child or
grandchild of the Member, or to a trust for the benefit of the Member or such
spouse, parent, sibling, in-law, child or grandchild of the Member, or (ii) to
any Affiliate of the Member; it being agreed that in executing this Agreement,
each Member has consented to such transfers.
7.5 Effective Date of Permitted
Transfers. Any permitted transfer of all or any portion of a
Unit shall be effective as of the date upon which the requirements of Sections
7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 have been met. The Members shall be provided with
written notice of such transfer as promptly as possible after the requirements
of Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 have been met. Any transferee of a
Membership Interest shall take subject to the restrictions on transfer imposed
by this Agreement.
7.6 Right of Legal
Representatives. If a Member who is an individual dies or is
adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be incompetent to manage the
Member’s person or property, the Member’s executor, administrator, guardian,
conservator, or other legal representative (“Representative”) may exercise all
of the Member’s rights for the purpose of settling the Member’s estate or
administering the Member’s property, including any power the Member has under
the Articles or this Agreement to give an assignee the right to become a
Member. If the Member is a corporation, trust, or other entity and is
dissolved or terminated, the powers of that Member may be exercised by his legal
representative or successor.
7.7 No Effect to Transfers in
Violation of Agreement. Upon any transfer of Unit(s) in
violation of this Article VII, the transferee shall have no right to vote or
participate in the management of the business, property and affairs of the
Company or to exercise any rights of a Member. Such transferee shall
only be entitled to become an Economic Interest Owner and thereafter shall only
receive the share of one or more of the Company’s Net Profit, Net Loss and
distributions of the Company’s assets to which the transferor of such Economic
Interest would otherwise be entitled. Notwithstanding the immediately
preceding sentences, if, in the determination of the Members, a transfer in
violation of this Article VII would cause the termination of the Company under
the Act, in the sole discretion of the Members, the transfer shall be null and
void and the purported transferee shall become neither a Member nor an Economic
Interest Owner.
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Upon and contemporaneously with any
transfer, assignment, conveyance or sale (whether arising out of an attempted
charge upon that Member’s Economic Interest by judicial process, a foreclosure
by a creditor of the Member or otherwise) of a Member’s Economic Interest which
does not at the same time transfer the balance of the rights associated with the
Membership Interest transferred by the Member (including, without limitation,
the rights of the Member to vote or participate in the management of the
business, property and affairs of the Company), the Company shall purchase from
the Member, and the Member shall sell to Company for a purchase price of $100,
all remaining rights and interests retained by the Member that immediately
before the transfer, assignment, conveyance or sale were associated with the
transferred Economic Interest. Such purchase and sale shall not,
however, result in the release of the Member from any liability to the Company
as a Member.
Each Member acknowledges and agrees
that the right of the Company to purchase such remaining rights and interests
from a Member who transfers Unit(s) in violation of this Article VII is not
unreasonable under the circumstances existing as of the date
hereof.
7.8 Right of First
Refusal. Each time a Member proposes to transfer, assign,
convey, sell, encumber or in any way alienate all or any of his Unit(s) (or as
required by operation of law or other involuntary transfer to do so) other than
pursuant to Section 7.4, such Member shall first offer such Units to the Company
and the non-transferring Members in accordance with the following
provisions:
A. Such
Member shall deliver a written notice to the Company and the other Members
stating (i) such Member’s bona fide intention to transfer such Membership
interest, (ii) the name and address of the proposed transferee, (iii) the
Unit(s) to be transferred, and (iv) the purchase price and terms of payment for
which the Member proposes to transfer such Unit(s).
B. Within
thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice described in Section 7.8(A), each
non-transferring Member shall notify the Managers and the transferring Member in
writing of his desire to purchase the Unit(s) being so
transferred. The failure of any Member to submit a notice within the
applicable period shall constitute an election on the part of that Member not to
purchase any of the Membership Interest which may be so
transferred. Each Member so electing to purchase shall be entitled to
purchase a portion of such Units in the same proportion that the Percentage
Interest of such Member bears to the aggregate of the Percentage Interests of
all of the Members electing to so purchase the Units being
transferred. In the event any Member elects to purchase none or less
than all of his pro rata share of such Units, then the other Members can elect
to purchase more than their pro rata share. If such Members fail to
purchase the Units being transferred, the Company may purchase any remaining
share of such Units.
C. Within
ninety (90) days after receipt of the notice described in Section 7.8(A) the
Company and the Members electing to purchase such Units shall have the first
right to purchase or obtain such Units upon the price and terms of payment
designated in such notice. If such notice provides for the payment of
non-cash consideration, the Company and such purchasing Members each may elect
to pay the consideration in cash equal to the good faith estimate of the present
fair market value of the non-cash consideration offered as determined by the
Managers.
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D. If
the Company or the other Members elect not to purchase or obtain all of the
Units designated in such notice, then the transferring Member may transfer the
Units described in the notice to the proposed transferee, providing such
transfer (i) is completed within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the
Company’s and the other Members’ right to purchase such Units, (ii) is made on
terms no less favorable to the transferring Member than as designated in the
notice, and (iii) the requirements of Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 relating to
unanimous consent of Members, securities and tax requirements hereof are
met. If such Units are not so transferred, the transferring Member
must give notice in accordance with this Section prior to any other or
subsequent transfer of such Units.
ARTICLE
8
CONSEQUENCE
OF DEATH, DISSOLUTION,
WITHDRAWAL,
RETIREMENT OR BANKRUPTCY OF MEMBER
8.1 Dissolution
Event. Upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, the Company
shall dissolve unless all of the remaining Members (“Remaining Members”) consent
within ninety (90) days of the Dissolution Event to the continuation of the
business of the Company, and, if required by the Act, an additional Member is
admitted to the Company. In the event the Remaining Members do not
consent to the continuation of the business of the Company, the Company’s name
and any service marks or trademarks shall be distributed to the Remaining
Members in the dissolution of the Company.
8.2 Purchase of
Interest. If the Remaining Members consent to the continuation
of the business of the Company, the Company and/or the Remaining Members shall
purchase, and the Member whose actions or conduct resulted in the Dissolution
Event (“Former Member”) or such Former Member’s legal representative shall sell,
the Former Member’s Membership Interest (“Former Member’s Interest”) as provided
in this Article VIII to avoid dissolution of the Company.
8.3 Purchase
Price. Upon such election to purchase the Member’s Interest of
a withdrawn or resigning Member, the purchase price for the Former Member’s
Interests shall be the Capital Account balance of the Former Member as adjusted
pursuant to Section 3.3; provided, however, that if the Former Member, such
Former Member’s legal representative or the Company, deems the Capital Account
balance to vary from the fair market value of the Former Member’s Interest by
more than ten percent (10%), such party may, but shall not be obligated to
require an appraisal by providing notice of the request for appraisal within
thirty (30) days after the determination of the Remaining Members to continue
the business of the Company. “Fair market value” shall be computed by
applying an appropriate discount factor given the illiquidity of the Member’s
Interest and voting or other restrictions imposed upon minority or majority
interests under this Agreement. In such event, the value of the
Former Member’s Interest shall be determined by three (3) independent
appraisers, one selected by the Former Member or such Former Member’s legal
representative, one selected by the Company, and one selected by the two
appraisers so named. The fair market value of the Former Member’s
Interest shall be the average of the two appraisals closest in amount to each
other. In the event the fair market value is determined to vary from
the Capital Account balance by less than ten percent (10%), the party requesting
such appraisal shall pay all expense of all the appraisals incurred by the party
offering to enter into the transaction at the Capital Account
valuation. In all other events, the party requesting the appraisal
shall pay one-half of such expense and the other party shall pay one-half of
such expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Dissolution Event
results from a breach of this Agreement by the Former Member, the purchase price
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the damages suffered by the Company or
the Remaining Members as a result of such breach.
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8.4 Notice of Intent to
Purchase. Within thirty (30) days after the Company and the
Remaining Members have been notified as to the purchase price of the Former
Member’s Interest determined in accordance with Section 8.3, the Company shall
notify the Former Member in writing of its desire to purchase all or a portion
of the Former Member’s Interest. The failure of the Company to submit
a notice within the applicable period shall constitute an election on the part
of the Company not to purchase any of the Former Member’s
Interest. The Company shall be entitled to purchase up to 100% of the
Former Member’s Interest.
8.5 Election to Purchase Less
Than All of the Former Member’s Interest. If the Company
elects to purchase none or less than all of the Former Member’s Interest, then
the Remaining Members can elect to purchase their pro rata share. In
such instance, each Remaining Member shall notify the Former Member in writing
of his desire to purchase a portion of the Former Member’s
Interest. The failure of any Remaining Member to submit a notice
within the applicable period shall constitute an election on the part of the
Member not to purchase any of the Former Member’s Interest. Each
Remaining Member so electing to purchase shall be entitled to purchase a portion
of the Former Member’s Interest in the same proportion that the Percentage
Interest of the Remaining Member bears to the aggregate of the Percentage
Interests of all of the Remaining Members electing to purchase the Former
Member’s Interest. If any Remaining Member elects to purchase none or
less than all of his pro rata share of the Former Member’s Interest, then the
other Remaining Members can elect to purchase more than their pro rata
share. If the Remaining Members fail to purchase the entire interest
of the Former Member, the Company shall purchase any remaining share of the
Former Member’s Interest.
8.6 Payment of Purchase
Price. The purchase price shall be paid by the Company or the
Remaining Members, as the case may be, at the closing by either of the following
methods, each of which may be selected separately by the Company or the
Remaining Members:
A. The
Company or the Remaining Members shall at the closing pay in the cash the total
purchase price for the Former Member’s Interest; or
B. The
Company or the Remaining Members shall deliver a promissory note at the closing
for the total purchase price for the Former Member’s Interest, which promissory
note shall be payable in four (4) equal annual principal installments, plus
accrued interest at six percent (6%) per annum, and be payable each year on the
anniversary date of the closing. The Company and the Remaining
Members shall have the right to prepay in full or in part such promissory note
at any time without penalty. The obligation, if the Member’s Interest
is purchased by a Remaining Member, shall be secured by a pledge of the Units
being purchased.
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The
Company may obtain “key-man” life insurance policies with respect to the lives
of any Member. In the event that the Dissolution Event is the death
of the Former Member and such “key-man” life insurance is in place, any benefits
under any such “key-man” life insurance policy which are actually paid shall be
credited towards the purchase price, irrespective of whether such benefits are
paid directly to the Company or to any beneficiary under such
policy.
8.7 Closing of Purchase of
Former Member’s Interest. The closing for the sale of a Former
Member’s Interest pursuant to this Article VIII shall be held at 10:00 a.m. at
the principal office of Company no later than sixty (60) days after the
determination of the purchase price, except that if the closing date falls on a
Saturday, Sunday, or Nevada legal holiday, then the closing shall be held on the
next succeeding business day. At the closing, the Former Member or
such Former Member’s legal representative shall deliver to the Company or the
Remaining Members an instrument of transfer (containing warranties of title and
no encumbrances) conveying the Former Member’s Interest. The Former
Member or such Former Member’s legal representative, the Company and the
Remaining Members shall do all things and execute and deliver all papers as may
be necessary fully to consummate such sale and purchase in accordance with the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.
8.8 Purchase Terms Varied by
Agreement. Nothing contained herein is intended to prohibit
Members from agreeing upon other terms and conditions for the purchase by the
Company or any Member of the Units of any Member in the Company desiring to
retire, withdraw or resign, in whole or in part, as a Member other than pursuant
to a Dissolution Event.
8.9 Offers to Purchase or Sell
Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Article VIII, any Member may, at any time, submit an offer to purchase all of
the other Member’s Membership Interest or to sell all of the Member’s Units to
the other Member on any terms and/or at any price.
ARTICLE
9
ACCOUNTING,
RECORDS, REPORTING BY MEMBERS
9.1 Books and
Records. The books and records of the Company shall be kept,
and the financial position and the results of its operations recorded, in
accordance with the accounting methods followed for federal income tax
purposes. The books and records of the Company shall reflect all the
Company transactions and shall be appropriate and adequate for the Company’s
business. The Company shall maintain at its principal office in
Nevada all of the following:
A. A
current list of the full name and last known business or residence address of
each Member and Economic Interest Owner set forth in alphabetical order,
together with the Capital Contributions, Capital Account, Units and Percentage
Interest of each Member and Economic Interest Owner;
B. A
copy of the Articles and any and all amendments thereto together with executed
copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which the Articles or any
amendments thereto have been executed;
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C. Copies
of the Company’s federal, state, and local income tax or information returns and
reports, if any, for the six most recent taxable years;
D. A
copy of this Agreement and any and all amendments thereto together with executed
copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement or any
amendments thereto have been executed;
E. Copies
of the financial statements of the Company, if any, for the six most recent
Fiscal Years;
F. The
Company’s books and records as they relate to the internal affairs of the
Company for at least the current and past four Fiscal Years; and
G. The
names and addresses of any Manager.
9.2 Delivery to Members and
Inspection.
A. Upon
the request of any Member or Economic Interest Owner for purposes reasonably
related to the interest of that Person as a Member or Economic Interest Owner,
the Company shall promptly cause the Managers or their designees to deliver to
the requesting Member or Economic Interest Owner, at the expense of the Company,
a copy of the information set forth in Section 9.1 and a copy of this
Agreement.
B. Each
Member and Economic Interest Owner has the right, upon reasonable request for
purposes reasonably related to the interest of the Person as Member or Economic
Interest Owner, to:
(i) inspect
and copy during normal business hours any of the Company records described in
Sections 9.1(A) and (B); and
(ii) obtain
from the Company, promptly after their becoming available, a copy of the
Company’s federal, state, and local income tax or information returns for each
Fiscal Year.
C. Any
request, inspection or copying by a Member or Economic Interest Owner under this
Section 9.2 may be made by that Person or that Person’s agent or
attorney.
D. The
Company shall promptly furnish to a Member a copy of any amendment to the
Articles or this Agreement executed by a Member pursuant to a power of attorney
from the Member.
9.3 Annual
Statements.
A. The
Managers shall cause an annual report to be sent to each of the Members not
later than 120 days after the close of the Fiscal Year. The report
shall contain a balance sheet as of the end of the Fiscal Year and an income
statement for the Fiscal Year.
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B. The
Managers shall cause to be prepared at least annually, at Company expense,
information necessary for the preparation of the Members and Economic Interest
Owners federal and state income tax returns. The Managers shall send
or cause to be sent to each Member or Economic Interest Owner within 90 days
after the end of each taxable year such information as is necessary to complete
federal and state income tax or information returns.
C. The
Managers shall cause to be filed at least annually with the Nevada Secretary of
State the lists required under Nevada Revised Statutes, Title 7, Chapter
86.
9.4 Financial and Other
Information. The Managers shall provide such financial and
other information relating to the Company or any other Person in which the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, an equity interest, as a Member may
reasonably request.
9.5 Filings. The
Managers, at Company expense, shall cause the income tax returns for the Company
to be prepared and timely filed with the appropriate authorities. The
Managers, at Company expense, shall also cause to be prepared and timely filed,
with appropriate federal and state regulatory and administrative bodies,
amendments to, or restatements of, the Articles and all reports required to be
filed by the Company with those entities under the Act or other then current
applicable laws, rules, and regulations. If the Managers are required
by the Act to execute or file any document fails, after demand, to do so within
a reasonable period of time or refuses to do so, any Member may prepare, execute
and file that document with the Nevada Secretary of State.
9.6 Bank
Accounts. The Managers shall maintain the funds of the Company
in one or more separate bank accounts in the name of the Company, and shall not
permit the funds of the Company to be commingled in any fashion with the funds
of any other Person.
9.7 Accounting Decisions and
Reliance On Others. All decisions as to accounting matters,
except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, shall be made by the
Managers. The Managers may rely upon the advice of their accountants
as to whether such decisions are in accordance with accounting methods followed
for federal income tax purposes.
9.8 Tax Matters for the Company
Handled by Manager and Tax Matters Partner. Xxxxx Xxxx shall
be the initial Tax Matters Partner,. The Tax Matters Partner shall
from time to time cause the Company to make such tax elections as he deems to be
in the best interests of the Company and the Members. The Tax Matters
Partner shall represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection
with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including
resulting judicial and administrative proceedings, and shall expend the Company
funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. The
Tax Matters Partner shall oversee the Company tax affairs in the overall best
interests of the Company. If for any reason the Tax Matters Partner
can no longer serve in that capacity or ceases to be a Member or Managers, the
Members, by their unanimous vote or consent, may designate another Member to be
Tax Matters Partner.
ARTICLE
10
DISSOLUTION
AND WINDING UP
10.1 Dissolution. The
Company shall be dissolved, its assets shall be disposed of, and its affairs
wound up on the first to occur of the following:
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A. Upon
the happening of any event of dissolution specified in the
Articles;
B. Upon
the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution;
C. Upon
the vote, approval or consent of the Managers and of Members holding a Majority
in Interest in the Company;
D. The
occurrence of a Dissolution Event and the failure of the Remaining Members to
consent in accordance with Section 8.1 to continue the business of the Company
within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such event;
E. The
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
10.2 Certificate of
Dissolution. As soon as possible following the occurrence of
any of the events specified in Section 10.1, the Managers who hasve not
wrongfully dissolved the Company or, if none, the Members, shall execute
Articles of Dissolution in such form as shall be prescribed by the Nevada
Secretary of State and file the Certificate as required by the Act.
10.3 Winding
Up. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section
10.1, the Company shall continue solely for the purpose of winding up its
affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims
of its creditors. The Managers who have not wrongfully dissolved the
Company, or, if none, the Members, shall be responsible for overseeing the
winding up and liquidation of the Company, shall take full account of the
liabilities of the Company and assets, shall either cause its assets to be sold
or distributed, and if sold as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair
market value thereof, shall cause the proceeds therefrom, to the extent
sufficient therefor, to be applied and distributed as provided in Section
10.5. In the event a Member withdraws as a Member of the Company and
the Remaining Members do not consent to the continuation of the business of the
Company, the Company’s name and any service marks or trademarks owned or used by
the Company (the “Name
Assets”) shall be distributed to the Remaining Members in the dissolution
of the Company. The Persons winding up the affairs of the Company
shall give written notice of the commencement of winding up by mail to all known
creditors and claimants whose addresses appear on the records of the
Company. The Manager or Members winding up the affairs of the Company
shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for such services.
10.4 Distributions in
Kind. Any non-cash asset distributed to one or more Members
shall first be valued at its fair market value to determine the Net Profit or
Net Loss that would have resulted if such asset were sold for such value, such
Net Profit or Net Loss shall then be allocated pursuant to Article VI, and the
Members’ Capital Accounts shall be adjusted to reflect such
allocations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a
dissolution of the Company caused by the withdrawal of a Member, the Name Assets
distributed to the Remaining Members shall be valued at zero. The
amount distributed and charged to the Capital Account of each Member receiving
an interest in such distributed asset shall be the fair market value of such
interest (net of any liability secured by such asset that such Member assumes or
to which such Member takes subject). The fair market value of such
asset shall be determined by the Manager or by the Members or if any Member
objects by an independent appraiser (any such appraiser must be recognized as an
expert in valuing the type of asset involved) selected by the Manager or
liquidating trustee and approved by the Members.
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10.5 Order of Payment of
Liabilities Upon Dissolution.
A. After
determining that all known debts and liabilities of the Company in the process
of winding-up, including, without limitation, debts and liabilities to Members
who are creditors of the Company, if any, have been paid or adequately provided
for, the remaining assets shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with
the following: (i) after taking into account income and loss allocations
for the Company’s taxable year during which liquidation occurs, the Members
shall receive an amount equal to their positive Capital Account balance; and
(ii) thereafter, the Members shall receive a pro-rata amount based upon
their Percentage Interest. Such liquidating distributions shall be made by the
end of the Company’s taxable year in which the Company is liquidated, or, if
later, within ninety (90) days after the date of such liquidation.
B. The
payment of a debt or liability, whether the whereabouts of the creditor is known
or unknown, has been adequately provided for if the payment has been provided
for by either of the following means:
(i) Payment
thereof has been assumed or guaranteed in good faith by one or more financially
responsible persons or by the United States government or any agency thereof,
and the provision, including the financial responsibility of the Person, was
determined in good faith and with reasonable care by the Members or the Manager
to be adequate at the time of any distribution of the assets pursuant to this
Section.
(ii) The
amount of the debt or liability has been deposited as provided in the
Corporations Code.
This Section 10.5(B) shall not
prescribe the exclusive means of making adequate provision for debts and
liabilities.
10.6 Compliance with
Regulations. All payments to the Members upon the winding and
dissolution of Company shall be strictly in accordance with the positive capital
account balance limitation and other requirements of Regulations Section
1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d).
10.7 Limitations on Payments Made
in Dissolution. Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this Agreement, each Member shall only be entitled to look solely at the assets
of Company for the return of his positive Capital Account balance and shall have
no recourse for his Capital Contribution and/or share of Net Profit (upon
dissolution or otherwise) against the Managers or any other Member except as
provided in Article XI.
10.8 Articles of
Dissolution. The Manager or Members who wind up the Company
shall cause to be filed in the office of, and on a form prescribed by, the
Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Dissolution upon the completion of the
winding up of the affairs of the Company.
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10.9 No Action for
Dissolution. Except as expressly permitted in this Agreement,
a Member shall not take any voluntary action that directly causes a Dissolution
Event. The Members acknowledge that irreparable damage would be done
to the goodwill and reputation of the Company if any Member should bring an
action in court to dissolve the Company under circumstances where dissolution is
not required by Section 10.1. This Agreement has been drawn carefully
to provide fair treatment of all parties and equitable payment in liquidation of
the Economic Interests. Accordingly, except where the Managers have
failed to liquidate the Company as required by this Article X, each Member
hereby waives and renounces his right to initiate legal action to seek the
appointment of a receiver or trustee to liquidate the Company or to seek a
decree of judicial dissolution of the Company on the ground that (a) it is not
reasonably practicable to carry on the business of the Company in conformity
with the Articles or this Agreement, or (b) dissolution is reasonably necessary
for the protection of the rights or interests of the complaining
Member. Damages for breach of this Section 10.9 shall be monetary
damages only (and not specific performance), and the damages may be offset
against distributions by the Company to which such Member would otherwise be
entitled.
ARTICLE
11
INDEMNIFICATION
AND INSURANCE
11.1 Indemnification of the
Managers. The Managers shall use ordinary care and reasonable
diligence in the management of Company business. The Managers shall
not be liable for any error of judgment or for any loss suffered by the Company
or any Member therein in connection with their management of the Company, except
a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence on its
part in the performance of, or from reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties under this Agreement. The Managers shall not be liable to any
Member for any mistake or from the negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of
any employee or agent of the Company, provided that such employee or agent was
selected, engaged or retained by the Manager with reasonable
care. The Company shall indemnify and save harmless the Managers from
any personal loss or damage incurred by them by reason of any act performed by
them for or on behalf of the Company and in furtherance of its interests, in
accordance with the provisions of the Act or any amendment to the Act; provided,
however, that the Members shall not become liable for the obligations of the
Company in excess of their capital contributions to the Company. The
Managers may consult with legal counsel selected by the Company, and any action
taken or omitted to be taken by them in good faith in reliance and in accordance
with the opinion or advice of such counsel shall be full protection and
justification to them with respect to the action taken or omitted to be taken on
behalf of the Company.
11.2 Indemnification of
Agents. The Company shall indemnify any Person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a
Member, Manager, officer, employee or other agent of the Company or that, being
or having been such a Member, Manager, officer, employee or agent, he is or was
serving at the request of the Company as a Manager, director, officer, employee
or other agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to
hereinafter as an “agent”), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in
effect on the date hereof and to such greater extent as applicable law may
hereafter from time to time permit. The Managers may, on behalf of
the Company, enter into indemnity agreements from time to time with any Person
entitled to be indemnified by the Company hereunder, upon such terms and
conditions as the Manager deems appropriate in their business
judgment.
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11.3 Insurance. The
Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
Person who is or was an agent of the Company against any liability asserted
against such Person and incurred by such Person in any such capacity, or arising
out of such Person’s status as an agent, whether or not the Company would have
the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions
of Sections 11.1, 11.2 or under applicable law.
ARTICLE
12
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Counsel to the
Company. Counsel to the Company may also be counsel to one or
more Members or any Affiliate of a Member. The Managers may execute,
on behalf of the Company and the Members, any consent to the representation of
the Company that counsel may request pursuant to the Nevada professional conduct
rules or similar rules in any other jurisdiction (“Rules”). The
Company has initially selected Indeglia & Xxxxxx, P.C. (“Company Counsel”)
as legal counsel to the Company. A partner of Company Counsel
provides legal counsel to one of the Members and the Managers. The
Managers and Members acknowledge that Company Counsel may have an actual or
potential conflict of interest in concurrently representing the Company and any
of its Members and hereby waive and release any claim relating to a conflict of
interest arising from, or relating to, Company Counsel’s concurrent
representation of, or association with, the Company and any
Member.
12.2 Conversion. Upon
the consent of a Majority in Interest of the Members, the Managers may either
(i) convert the Company into a corporation pursuant to the Act, or (ii)
otherwise reorganize as a corporation, whether by merger, transfer of assets, or
transfer of Units, in order to facilitate a public offering of securities, or
for other reasons which the Managers deem to be in the best interest of the
business of the Company.
12.3 Complete
Agreement. This Agreement and the Articles constitute the
complete and exclusive statement of agreement among the Members and the Managers
with respect to the subject matter herein and therein and replace and supersede
all prior written and oral agreements or statements by and among the Members and
the Manager or any of them. No representation, statement, condition
or warranty not contained in this Agreement or the Articles will be binding on
the Members or the Managers or have any force or effect
whatsoever. To the extent that any provision of the Articles conflict
with any provision of this Agreement, the Articles shall control.
12.4 Binding
Effect. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement relating
to transferability, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Members, and their respective successors and assigns.
12.5 Parties in
Interest. Except as expressly provided in the Act, nothing in
this Agreement shall confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this
Agreement on any Persons other than the Members and their respective successors
and assigns nor shall anything in this Agreement relieve or discharge the
obligation or liability of any third person to any party to this Agreement, nor
shall any provision give any third person any right of subrogation or action
over or against any party to this Agreement.
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12.6 Pronouns; Statutory
Reference. All pronouns and all variations thereof shall be
deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, singular or plural, as
the context in which they are used may require. Any reference to the
Code, the Regulations, the Act, Corporations Code or other statutes or laws will
include all amendments, modifications, or replacements of the specific sections
and provisions concerned.
12.7 Headings. All
headings herein are inserted only for convenience of reference and are not to be
considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this
Agreement.
12.8 Interpretation. In
the event any claim is made by any Member relating to any conflict, omission or
ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion
shall be implied by virtue of the fact that this Agreement was prepared by or at
the request of a particular Member or his counsel.
12.9 References to this
Agreement. Numbered or lettered articles, sections and
subsections herein contained refer to articles, sections and subsections of this
Agreement unless otherwise expressly stated.
12.10 Jurisdiction. Each
Member hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the State of Nevada, County of Xxxxx, in any action on a claim
arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Each Member further agrees that
personal jurisdiction over him may be effected by service of process by
registered or certified mail addressed as provided in Exhibit
A of this Agreement, and that when so made shall be as if served upon him
personally within the State of Nevada.
12.11 Disputed
Matters. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each
party hereby agrees that any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be brought in either the United States District
Court for the District of Nevada or a District Court of the State of Nevada in
the County of Xxxxx, and the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
submit to the jurisdiction of such courts. The parties hereby agree
to waive trial by jury in any such suit, action or proceeding. The
parties irrevocably waive and agree not to raise any objection any of them might
now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such suit, action or proceeding in
any such court including, without limitation, any objection that the place where
such court is located is an inconvenient forum. Each party agrees
that any judgment or order against that party in any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon that
party and consents to any such judgment or order being recognized and enforced
in the courts of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization or any other
courts, by registration or entry of such judgment or order, by a suit, action or
proceeding upon such judgment or order, or any other means available for
enforcement of judgments or orders.
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12.12 Appointment of Manager as
Attorney-In-Fact. Each Member, by executing this Agreement,
irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Managers named herein and such persons
acting alone as such Member’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with
full power and authority in such Member’s name, place, and stead to execute,
acknowledge, and deliver, and to file or record in any appropriate public
office: (a) any certificate or other instrument that may be
necessary, desirable, or appropriate to qualify the Company as a limited
liability company or to transaction business as such in any jurisdiction in
which the Company conducts business; (b) any certificate or amendment to
the Company’s Articles of Organization or to any certificate or other instrument
that may be necessary, desirable, or appropriate to reflect an amendment
approved by the Members in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(c) any certificates or instruments that may be necessary, desirable, or
appropriate to reflect the dissolution and winding up of the Company; and
(d) any certificates necessary to comply with the provisions of this
Agreement. This power of attorney will be deemed to be coupled with
an interest and will survive the transfer of the Member’s Economic Interest or
Membership Interest. Notwithstanding the existence of this power of
attorney, each Member agrees to join in the execution, acknowledgment, and
delivery of the instruments referred to above if requested to do so by the
Managers. This power of attorney is a limited power of attorney and
does not authorize the Manager to act on behalf of a Member except as described
herein.
12.13 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement or the application of such provision to any
person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement or
the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those
to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid
and operative.
12.14 Additional Documents and
Acts. Each Member agrees to execute and deliver such
additional documents and instruments and to perform such additional acts as may
be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all of the
terms, provisions, and conditions of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
12.15 Notices. Any
notice to be given or to be served upon the Company or any party hereto in
connection with this Agreement must be in writing (which may include facsimile)
and will be deemed to have been given and received when delivered to the address
specified by the party to receive the notice. Such notices will be
given to a Member at the address specified in Exhibit
A hereto. Any party may, at any time by giving five (5) days’
prior written notice to the other parties, designate any other address in
substitution of the foregoing address to which such notice will be
given.
12.16 Amendments. All
amendments to this Agreement must be agreed to by a Majority in Interest and
shall be made in writing and signed by all of the Members.
12.17 Reliance on Authorization of
Person Signing Agreement. If a Member is not a natural person,
neither the Company nor any Member will (a) be required to determine the
authority of the individual signing this Agreement to make any commitment or
undertaking on behalf of such entity or to determine any fact or circumstance
bearing upon the existence of the authority of such individual or (b) be
responsible for the application or distribution of proceeds paid or credited to
individuals signing this Agreement on behalf of such entity.
12.18 No Interest in Company
Property; Waiver of Action for Partition. No Member or
Economic Interest Owner has any interest in specific property of the
Company. Without limiting the foregoing, each Member and Economic
Interest Owner irrevocably waives during the term of the Company any right that
he may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to the property of
the Company.
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12.19 Multiple
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
12.20 Attorney
Fees. In the event that any dispute between the Company and
the Members or among the Members should result in litigation or arbitration, the
prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the other
party all reasonable fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of the
prevailing party, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses.
12.21 Time is of the
Essence. All dates and times in this Agreement are of the
essence.
12.22 Remedies
Cumulative. The remedies under this Agreement are cumulative
and shall not exclude any other remedies to which any person may be lawfully
entitled.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, all of the Members of Phreadz USA, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company, have executed this Agreement, effective as of the date
written above.
MEMBERS:
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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Groupmark
Financial Services Ltd.
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By:
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Name:
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Title
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.
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx
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GJD
Holding LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Josifovich
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Swing
Rock Trading LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title
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Xxxxxxx
De Exportaciones Del Petroleo, Inc.
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By:
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Name:
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Title
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Teleperion
Holding Ltd.
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By:
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Name:
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Title
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JLR
Holding LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Square
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxx
XxXxxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxx
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MANAGERS
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Xxxxx
Xxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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EXHIBIT
A
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTION OF MEMBERS
AND
ADDRESSES OF MEMBERS AND THE MANAGER
OF
THE PHREADZ USA, LLC
MEMBERS
Members
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Capital Contribution
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Units
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Percentage Interest
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Services
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8,118 | 29.96 | % | ||||||
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Cash/Services
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847 | 3.23 | % | ||||||
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Cash/Services
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1,120 | 4.14 | % | ||||||
Xxxxx
Xxxx
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Cash/Services
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794 | 2.93 | % | ||||||
Xxx
Xxxxxx
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Cash/Services
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200 | 0.74 | % | ||||||
Groupmark
Financial
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Cash/Services
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2,897 | 10.70 | % | ||||||
Services Ltd. | ||||||||||
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
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Cash/Services
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3,100 | 11.45 | % | ||||||
GJD
Holding LLC
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Cash/Services
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4,038 | 14.91 | % | ||||||
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Cash/Services
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625 | 2.31 | % | ||||||
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Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Josifovich
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Cash
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144 | 0.53 | % | ||||||
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Cash
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108 | 0.40 | % | ||||||
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Cash
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72 | 0.27 | % | ||||||
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Cash
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18 | 0.07 | % | ||||||
Swing
Rock Trading LLC
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Cash
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36 | 0.13 | % | ||||||
Xxxxxxx
De
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Cash
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72 | 0.27 | % | ||||||
Exportaciones
Del
Petroleo,
Inc.
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Cash/Services
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188 | 0.69 | % | ||||||
Teleperion
Holding Ltd.
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Cash/Services
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1,267 | 4..68 | % | ||||||
JLR
Holding LLC
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Cash/Services
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1,600 | 5.91 | % | ||||||
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Cash/Services
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625 | 2.31 | % | ||||||
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Squire
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Cash/Services
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32 | 0.12 | % | ||||||
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Cash/Services
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272 | 1.00 | % | ||||||
Xxxxx
XxXxxxxx
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Cash/Services
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219 | 0.81 | % | ||||||
Xxxx
Xxxx
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Cash/Services
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219 | 0.81 | % | ||||||
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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Cash/Services
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312 | 1.15 | % | ||||||
Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Cash/Services
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157 | 0.58 | % | ||||||
Total:
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27,074 | 100 | % |
MANAGERS
Manager’s Name
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Xxxxx
Xxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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