LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF COMMERCE STREET PANTHEON MORTGAGE ASSSET SECURITIZATIONS LLC
EXHIBIT 3.2
THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION SET FORTH IN THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, NOR HAVE THEY BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION. THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND IN A
TRANSACTION WHICH IS EITHER EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS.
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
COMMERCE STREET PANTHEON MORTGAGE ASSSET SECURITIZATIONS LLC
This Limited Liability Company Agreement of COMMERCE STREET PANTHEON MORTGAGE ASSSET
SECURITIZATIONS LLC, a Texas limited liability company, has been adopted as of the effective date
set out below.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND EXHIBITS
DEFINITIONS AND EXHIBITS
1.1 Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
A. | Affiliate. Any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with another person. | |
B. | Agreement. This Agreement including all amendments adopted in accordance with the Agreement and the Texas Law. | |
X. | Xxxxx. Bonds, notes or other obligations secured primarily by one or more types of Mortgage Collateral. | |
D. | Capital Account. The account maintained for a Member or assignee as provided in this Agreement. | |
E. | Capital Contribution. The total amount of cash, fair market value, asset basis or deemed value of property or services contributed to the capital of the Company by any Member (or the predecessor holders of the interests of such Member). | |
F. | Certificates. Beneficial interests in trusts formed to issue series of Bonds secured by Mortgage Collateral and in trusts the assets of which consist of certain Mortgage Collateral; | |
G. | Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. | |
H. | Company. Commerce Street Pantheon Mortgage Assset Securitizations LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Texas, and any successor person. | |
I. | Event of Dissociation. As to all Members: when a Member makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or has entered against such Member an order for relief in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; files a petition or answer seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief; files an answer or other pleading failing to contest the material allegations in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; or seeks or consents to the appointment of a receiver or trustee or liquidator of all or any part of the Member’s property. As to a Member who is a natural person, the Member’s death or |
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adjudication of incompetency. As to a Member who is an entity, the termination, dissolution or cessation of business of the Member. | ||
J. | Member. Commerce Street Holdings, LLC and each other Person admitted as a Member in the Company. | |
K. | Member Consent. The affirmative vote or written consent of Members holding seventy-five percent (75%) or more of outstanding Units. An assignee who is not admitted as a Member shall not have the right to participate in any Member Consent. | |
L. | Membership Interest. An equity owner’s (i) share of the Company’s net profits, net loss and distributions pursuant to this Agreement and the Texas Law; (ii) share in allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or similar items; (iii) Capital Account; and, (iv) in the case of Membership Interests owned by Members, the right to participate in the management or affairs of the Company as provided in this Agreement. A Membership Interest is expressed in Units. | |
M. | Mortgage Collateral. Shall include (i) loans or participations therein secured by mortgages, deeds of trust or similar liens on residential or commercial properties; (ii) loans or participations therein secured by security interests in or similar liens on shares issued by cooperative housing corporations and the related proprietary leases or occupancy agreements; (iii) conditional sales contracts or installment sales or loan agreements or participations therein secured by manufactured housing or other residential or commercial properties; (iv) mortgage loans, certificates or other securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association; (v) mortgage loans, certificates or other securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association; (vi) mortgage loans, certificates or other securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; (vii) mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations or other types of mortgage-related securities issued by any person or entity; and (viii) similar assets; | |
N. | Person. An individual, trust, estate, or any incorporated or unincorporated organization, including general or limited partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, joint ventures and cooperatives, and all heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of such person where permitted or required by the context. | |
O. | Proceeding. Any administrative, judicial, or other proceeding, including, without limitation, litigation, arbitration, administrative adjudication, mediation, and appeal or review of any of the foregoing. A proceeding shall also include any governmental or quasi-governmental process by which rights are granted, established or terminated. | |
P. | Regulation(s). The permanent, temporary, proposed, or proposed and temporary regulations of Department of the Treasury under the Code as such regulations may be lawfully changed from time to time. | |
Q. | Texas Law. The Texas Limited Liability Company Law and all amendments hereafter made to such law. | |
R. | Transfer. To sell, grant, assign, encumber, abandon, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or enter into an agreement to dispose of. | |
S. | Trust. Each trust formed to issue series of Bonds secured by Mortgage Collateral and each trust the assets of which consist of certain Mortgage Collateral, as to which Trust the Company is the depositor or grantor; | |
T. | Unrecovered Capital. The Capital Contributions contributed by each Member reduced by the cumulative distributions to such Member. |
1.2 Accounting Principles. Wherever in this Agreement reference is made to generally
accepted accounting principles, such reference shall be deemed to be to the generally accepted
accounting principles applicable in the United States of America and applicable as at the date on
which such calculation is made. Whenever any reports or financial statements are required to be
prepared or provided under this Agreement, such reports or financial statements shall be prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied
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on a consistent basis from period to period. All books and records of the Company shall be
maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
1.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year.
ARTICLE II.
COMPANY
COMPANY
2.1 Name. The name of the Company is Commerce Street Pantheon Mortgage Assset
Securitizations LLC.
2.2 Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of the Company is
located at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000. The Company may locate its places
of business at any other place or places as the Managers may from time to time deem advisable.
2.3 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The Company’s registered office shall be
Corporation Trust Company, 000 Xxxxx Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000. The initial
registered agent shall be the Corporation Trust Company. The registered office and registered
agent may be changed from time to time pursuant to the Texas Law and the applicable rules
promulgated thereunder.
2.4 Term. The term of the Company shall commence on the date the Certificate of
Formation was filed with the Secretary of State of Texas and shall continue until the Company is
dissolved and its affairs wound up in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Texas
Law.
2.5 Business of Company. The purpose for which the Company is organized is to engage
in the following activities:
(a) to purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, finance,
refinance and otherwise deal with Mortgage Collateral;
(b) to authorize, issue, sell, deliver or otherwise deal with Bonds;
(c) (i) to act as settlor or depositor of trusts formed to issue series of Bonds secured by
Mortgage Collateral and to invest in or to sell Certificates in the same, and (ii) to act as
settlor or depositor of trusts the assets of which consist of certain Mortgage Collateral and to
sell Certificates in the same;
(d) to transfer, pledge or assign the rights to any amounts remitted or to be remitted to the
Company by any trustee under an indenture or pooling and servicing agreement entered into with the
Company in connection with the issuance of the Bonds or Certificates;
(e) to hold or invest cash balances on an interim basis in certain short-term investments,
plus any investment income on such investments, with such investments to include any investments
permitted under any indenture or pooling and servicing agreement pursuant to which Bonds or
Certificates may be issued; and
(f) to engage in any activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability
companies under the laws of the State of Texas which are incidental to the foregoing and necessary
or convenient to accomplish the foregoing.
In furtherance thereof, the Company may exercise all powers necessary to or reasonably connected
with the Company’s business that may be legally exercised by limited liability companies under the
Texas Law, and may engage in all activities necessary, customary, convenient, or incident to any of
the foregoing. The Company shall not engage in any significant activity other than the purposes
set out above, unless expressly approved by a Member Consent.
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ARTICLE III.
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS AND AUTHORIZED UNITS
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS AND AUTHORIZED UNITS
3.1 Initial Members. The initial Members shall be those persons whose names are set
out on Exhibit A. Each initial Member shall be allocated that number of initial Membership Units
set out opposite their name. An initial Member that is an entity may change its name or
jurisdiction of formation, or merge or consolidate with an Affiliate without the prior consent of
the Managers or any Member, and shall not be required to comply with the provisions of Article X of
this Agreement in connection with any such action.
3.2 Admission of Members. The Managers may issue Units and admit persons as new or
substitute Members at any time or from time to time upon such terms and for such consideration as
the Managers shall determine in their discretion. The Company shall not have the authority to
authorize or issue Units in excess of 10,000 without a Member Consent. No Member shall have any
preferential or preemptive rights to acquire Units, Membership Interests or other debt or equity
securities issued by the Company.
3.3 Authorized And Issued Units.
(a) Authorized Units. The aggregate number of authorized Units is 10,000 units of the
same class.
(b) Additional Classes of Units. The Company may, by a Member Consent, create
additional authorized Units and/or classes or series of Membership Interests having such relative
rights, powers and duties as the Company may establish, including rights, powers and duties senior
to existing classes and series of Membership Interests.
(c) Issued Units. Exhibit A attached hereto contains the name of each Member holding
Units, the number of Units held by each Member, and the Capital Contribution made by each Member.
The Units issued to Members are not required to be proportionate to their respective Capital
Contributions. Exhibit A shall be deemed automatically amended from time to time, and the Managers
shall prepare an amended Exhibit A, to reflect the issuance of additional Units upon the payment of
any Capital Contribution, or to reflect any change in the Members.
ARTICLE IV.
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
4.1 Capital Contribution of Initial Members. The Initial Member shall make the
Capital Contribution set out on Exhibit A, which may be in the form of services rendered to the
Company.
4.2 Capital Contributions of Subsequent Members. Each Person subsequently admitted as
a Member shall make an initial Capital Contribution in an amount, and in cash or other property or
services, as agreed between the Managers and such Person.
4.3 Additional Capital Contributions. No Member shall be required to make any Capital
Contributions in excess of its initial Capital Contribution. To the extent approved by the
Managers, from time to time, one or more Members may be permitted to make additional Capital
Contributions if and to the extent such Members so desire, and if the Managers determine that such
additional Capital Contributions are necessary or appropriate in connection with the conduct of the
Company’s business (including without limitation, expansion or diversification). In such event,
the Managers may, but are not required to, offer the other Members, or any class of Members, the
opportunity (but not the obligation) to participate in such additional Capital Contributions on a
pro rata basis in accordance with their Units held prior to the additional Capital Contributions.
4.4 Capital Account Maintenance. An individual Capital Account shall be established
and maintained by the Company for each Member in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Code, including Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). The Managers are authorized to modify the manner in
which the capital accounts are maintained if the Managers determine that such modification (a) is
required or prudent to comply with the Code or Regulations
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and (b) is not likely to have a material effect on the amounts distributable to any Member upon the
dissolution of the Company.
4.5 No Withdrawal of Capital Contributions. Except upon dissolution and liquidation
of the Company, no Member shall have the right to withdraw his or its Capital Contributions.
Except upon dissolution and liquidation of the Company, there is no agreement for, nor time set
for, return of any Capital Contribution of any Member.
4.6 No Right of Partition. Each Member expressly waives any right such Member might
have to cause a partition or other distribution of property to him except as otherwise expressly
set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE V.
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MANAGERS
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MANAGERS
5.1 Management. The Managers shall manage the business and affairs of the Company.
The Managers shall have full and complete authority, power and discretion to manage and control the
business, affairs and properties of the Company, to make all decisions regarding those matters and
to perform any and all other acts or activities customary or incident to the management of the
Company’s business, in their sole discretion. At any time when there is more than one Manager, all
decisions and actions of the Managers shall require the affirmative consent of a majority of the
Managers voting per capita, or the unanimous consent of the Managers if there are two Managers.
5.2 Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The Company is to be managed by one or more
managers. The Company shall have three initial managers until the number of managers is changed as
provided in this Agreement. The names and addresses of such initial managers are Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000; G. Xxxxx Xxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000; and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000.
5.3 Certain Powers of Managers. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1, the
Managers shall have the responsibility to do or cause to be done if necessary or appropriate each
of the following on behalf of the Company:
(a) to purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, finance,
refinance and otherwise deal with Mortgage Collateral;
(b) to authorize, issue, sell, deliver or otherwise deal with Bonds;
(c) (i) to act as settlor or depositor of trusts formed to issue series of Bonds secured by
Mortgage Collateral and to invest in or to sell Certificates in the same, and (ii) to act as
settlor or depositor of trusts the assets of which consist of certain Mortgage Collateral and to
sell Certificates in the same;
(d) to transfer, pledge or assign the rights to any amounts remitted or to be remitted to the
Company by any trustee under an indenture or pooling and servicing agreement entered into with the
Company in connection with the issuance of the Bonds or Certificates;
(e) to hold or invest cash balances on an interim basis in certain short-term investments,
plus any investment income on such investments, with such investments to include any investments
permitted under any indenture or pooling and servicing agreement pursuant to which Bonds or
Certificates may be issued;
(f) to engage in any activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability
companies under the laws of the State of Texas which are incidental to the foregoing and necessary
or convenient to accomplish the foregoing.
(g) To acquire, lease, sell, hold or dispose of any assets or investments in the name or for
the account of the Company or enter into any contract or endorsement in the name or for the account
of the Company
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with respect to any such assets or investments or in any other manner bind the Company to
acquire, lease, sell, hold or dispose of any such assets or investments on such terms as the
Managers shall determine and to otherwise deal in any manner with the assets of the Company in
accordance with the purposes of the Company;
(h) To borrow money on behalf of the Company, or enter into transactions having a similar
leveraging effect on behalf of the Company, from any source or with any party, upon such terms and
conditions as the Managers may deem advisable and proper, execute promissory notes, drafts, bills
of exchange and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness and secure the payment thereof by
mortgage, pledge or assignment of or security interest in all or any part of property then owned or
thereafter acquired by the Company, and refinance, recast, modify or extend any of the obligations
of the Company and the instruments securing those obligations;
(i) To request additional Capital Contributions;
(j) To open, maintain and close accounts with securities broker/dealers, banks, commodities
dealers and others, and issue all instructions and authorizations regarding the purchase and sale
or entering into, as the case may be, of assets, instruments or agreements consistent with the
objectives and purposes of the Company, and to open, maintain and close checking accounts and
authorize checks or other orders for the payment of monies;
(k) To exercise or fail to exercise or waive, on behalf of the Company, in such manner as the
Managers in their sole judgment deem appropriate, all voting and other rights, elections and
options granted or imposed by any lease or other agreement;
(l) To arrange for any applicable insurance or guarantee regarding assets or operations for
the benefit of the Company or any Trust in accordance with industry practice;
(m) To control any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Company, including
instituting or defending litigation and settling claims or litigation, and in connection with such
activities, employ attorneys or other professionals to advise and otherwise represent the Company;
(n) To collect any sums due the Company or exercise any right to demand payment of all or any
part of any investment, provided that a Member may request, but not require, any exercise of such
right;
(o) To execute, on behalf of the Company, any contracts between the Company and any Person
(including any Affiliate of any Manager), providing administration, due diligence, accounting or
other professional services, monitoring or consulting services or any other services on such terms
and for such consideration as determined by the Managers in their sole discretion;
(p) To make such elections under the Code and other relevant tax laws as to the treatment of
items of Company income, gain, loss, deduction and credit, and as to all other relevant matters, as
may be provided herein or as the Managers deem necessary or appropriate; including, without
limitation, elections referred to in Section 754 of the Code, determination of which items of cash
outlay are to be capitalized or treated as current expenses, and selection of the method of
accounting and bookkeeping procedures to be used by the Company; and
(q) To incur all costs and make all expenditures in any way related to any of the foregoing.
Unless authorized to do so by the Managers of the Company, no attorney-in-fact, employee or
other agent of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to
pledge its credit or to render it liable for any pecuniary purpose. No Member shall have any power
or authority to bind the Company unless the Member has been authorized by the Managers to act as an
agent of the Company in accordance with the previous sentence.
5.4 Liability for Certain Acts. No Manager has guaranteed or shall have any
obligation with respect to the return of a Member’s Capital Contributions or profits from the
operation of the Company. Notwithstanding any provision of the Texas Law, no Manager or officer of
the Company shall be liable to the Company or to any Member for any loss or damage sustained by the
Company or any Member except loss or damage resulting from
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willful or intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law or a transaction for which such
Manager or officer received a personal benefit in violation or breach of this Agreement. Each
Manager and officer shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or statements,
including but not limited to financial statements or other financial data prepared or presented by:
(i) any one or more Members, officers or employees of the Company whom the Manager or officer
reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matter presented, (ii) legal counsel,
public accountants, or other persons as to matters the Manager or officer reasonably believes are
within the person’s professional or expert competence, or (iii) a committee of Members of which he
or she is not a member if the Manager or officer reasonably believes the committee merits
confidence.
5.5 Indemnity of Persons. The Company shall have the power, right and obligation to
indemnify Persons as set out here.
(a) The Company shall indemnify any Person who was or is a party to or witness in or is
threatened to be made a party to or witness in any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding
(whether or not by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that the Person is or was
a Manager or officer of the Company, against expenses (including attorneys fees, accountants fees,
and expenses of investigation), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by such
Person, except expenses and losses arising out of willful or intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law by such Person or a transaction in which such Person received a personal benefit
in violation or breach of this Agreement. The Company shall advance expenses to any current or
former Manager or officer at such times and in such amounts as shall be requested by such Person.
The Company shall have the power to indemnify any Person who was or is a party to or witness in or
is threatened to be made a party to or witness in any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding
(whether or not by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that the Person is or was
an employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
manager, director, officer, trustee, general partner, employee or agent of another Person, against
expenses (including attorneys fees, accountants fees, and expenses of investigation), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by the Person in connection with such Proceeding,
upon the determination by the Managers that indemnification is appropriate and subject to such
terms and conditions or undertakings as the Managers in their discretion shall impose. The Company
may advance expenses to any such Person at such times and in such amounts as shall be requested by
such Person and approved by the Managers in their discretion. The termination of any action, suit
or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself create a presumption that indemnification or the advancement of
expenses by the Company was not appropriate or breached any law or constituted a breach of any duty
by any Person.
(b) If a Person has been successful on the merits or otherwise as a party to any Proceeding,
or with respect to any claim, issue or matter therein (to the extent that a portion of the expenses
can be reasonably allocated thereto), the Person shall be indemnified against allocated expenses
(including attorneys fees, accountants fees and expenses of investigation) actually and reasonably
incurred by the Person in connection with the successful defense.
(c) The indemnification provided by this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any agreement or action of the Company, and
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Manager, employee or agent and shall inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(d) The Company may purchase and maintain directors and officers’ liability insurance or
errors and omissions insurance or similar insurance on behalf of any Person, whether or not the
Company would have the power to indemnify such Person under the provisions of this Agreement.
5.7 Resignation and Removal. Any Manager of the Company may resign at any time by
giving written notice to the Members of the Company. The resignation of any Manager shall take
effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice;
and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary
to make it effective. The resignation of a Manager as a Manager shall not affect the Manager’s
rights as a Member and shall not constitute a withdrawal of the Manager as a Member or an Event of
Dissociation as to the Manager. All or any lesser number of Managers may be removed at any time,
with or without cause, by Member Consent. The removal of a Manager as a Manager shall not affect
the Manager’s rights as a Member and shall not constitute a withdrawal by such Manager as a Member
or an Event of
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Dissociation as to such Manager.
5.8 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring for any reason in the number of Managers of the
Company shall be filled by Member Consent. Any Manager position to be filled by reason of an
increase in the number of Managers shall be filled by Member Consent.
5.9 Managers’ Fee. The Managers may be paid a reasonable fee or other compensation
for acting as Managers, in such amounts and at such times as determined by the Members.
5.10 Board of Directors. The Managers may be referred to as the Board of Directors,
and each Manager may be referred to as a Director. The Board of Directors shall have powers
analogous to a board of directors of a business corporation; provided that neither the Board of
Directors, nor any Director, shall be deemed to have the duties of loyalty and due care or any
other similar duties except as such duties are expressly provided for in this Agreement.
5.11. Officers. The Managers shall appoint officers of the Company from time to time,
as provided by this Section. The officers shall exercise such powers and have such duties as are
set out in this Agreement and such further powers and duties as shall be determined by the Managers
from time to time.
(a) Officers. The officers of the Company shall consist of a President, a Secretary
and a Chief Financial Officer. The Managers may appoint such other officers and agents, with such
titles and designations as they shall deem necessary or appropriate, including Assistant
Secretaries, who shall hold their respective offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers
and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Managers. Any two or more offices may be
held by the same person.
(b) Resignation; Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Managers
may be removed with or without cause by the Managers whenever, in their judgment, the best
interests of the Company shall be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to
the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer may resign at any time by
giving written notice to the Company. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the
receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
(c) Salaries. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed
by the Managers or pursuant to their direction; and no officer shall be prevented from receiving
such salary by reason of his also being a Manager of the Company.
(d) Execution of Instruments. The President and the Secretary each shall have
authority to sign any deeds, bonds, mortgages, guarantees, indemnities, contracts, checks, notes,
drafts and other categories of instruments not inconsistent with this Agreement, any action of the
Managers or any Company policy or procedure.
(e) President. The President shall supervise and control the business operations of
the Company subject to the direction of the Managers. He shall keep the Managers fully informed
and shall consult with them concerning the business of the Company. He shall perform all other
duties normally incident to such office and such other duties as may be prescribed from time to
time by the Managers.
(f) Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall be the principal
financial officer of the Company and, unless the Managers shall so designate another officer, shall
also be the principal accounting officer of the Company. The Chief Financial Officer shall
supervise and control the keeping and maintaining of proper and correct accounts of the Company’s
assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital accounts, membership
interests, properties and business transactions, as well as all funds, securities, evidences of
indebtedness and other valuable documents of the Company. He shall keep the President fully
informed and shall consult with him concerning financial matters affecting the Company and shall
render such reports to the President or Managers as they may request. He shall perform all other
duties normally incident to such office and such other duties as may be prescribed from time to
time by the President or the Managers.
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(g) Secretary. The Secretary shall attend, and record and have custody of, the
minutes of the meetings of the members, the Managers and committees of managers or officers; see
that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and as required
by law; be custodian of the Company records and of the seal of the Company; and, in general,
perform all duties normally incident to such office and such other duties as may be prescribed from
time to time by the President or the Managers.
ARTICLE VI.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS
6.1 Limitation on Liability. The liability of each Manager and Member shall be
limited as set forth in the Texas Law and this Agreement. No Member shall have any personal
liability for any debts or losses of the Company, by virtue of its status as a Member, but may, by
written agreement, agree to be obligated personally for any or all debts, obligations and
liabilities of the Company.
6.2 Participation In Management. No Member shall have any right to participate in the
management of the Company, or to act for or bind the Company, solely by virtue of its status as a
Member of the Company.
6.3 Voting Rights. The Members shall have only those voting rights specifically
provided by this Agreement. The Members shall have the right, by Member Consent, to remove any
Manager. The Members shall have the right, by Member Consent, to approve, (i) the creation of
additional Units or of any other class or series of Membership Interests, (ii) any amendment to
this Agreement other than amendments regarding allocations which the Managers are authorized to
make, (iii) any sale, exchange or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the Company’s
assets which is to occur as part of a single transaction or plan, or (iv) the conversion of the
Company into another form of entity or the merger or consolidation of the Company whether or not
the Company is the surviving entity.
6.4 Disassociation of Member. A Member who is subject to an Event of Disassociation
shall cease to be a Member as of the date of the Event of Disassociation and shall thereafter have
the rights of an assignee of a Membership Interest who is not admitted as a Member.
6.5 Right to Withdraw. Any Member may withdraw from the Company by voluntary action
at any time without the consent of any other Member, by written notice to the Managers, and upon
the date such notice is received by the Managers shall cease to be a Member and shall have the
rights of an assignee which is not a Member.
ARTICLE VII.
MEETINGS OF MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF MEMBERS
7.1 Meetings. Meetings of the Members, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by
the Managers or by any Member holding ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding Units.
7.2 Place of Meetings. Any meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of
the Company in Dallas, Texas, or at such other place as the Person calling the meeting and the
Managers shall agree.
7.3 Notice of Meetings. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting
and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not less than two
(2) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, as provided in Article 12.
Notice provided in accordance with this Section shall be effective notwithstanding anything in the
Texas Law to the contrary.
7.4 Meeting of Members. If all of the Members entitled to vote on a matter presented
at such meeting shall meet at any time and place, either within or outside of the State of Texas,
and consent in writing to the holding of a meeting at such time and place, such meeting shall be
valid without call or notice, and at such meeting any action permitted under this Agreement may be
taken.
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7.5 Record Date. For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to execute a Member
Consent, or Members entitled to receive payment of any distribution, or in order to make a
determination of Members for any other purpose, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed,
the date on which the consent is first executed, or the date on which such distribution is made,
as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a
determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in
this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.
7.6 Quorum. Members sufficient to constitute a Member Consent represented in person
or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Members. In the absence of a quorum at any
such meeting, a majority of the Units so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time for
a period not to exceed sixty (60) days without further notice, however, if at the adjournment a new
record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to
each Member of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum
shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at
the meeting as originally noticed. The Members present at a duly organized meeting may continue to
transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal during such meeting of that
number of Members holding Units whose absence would cause less than a quorum to be present.
7.7 Proxies. A Member may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the
Member or by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such written proxy (and the designation of an
attorney-in-fact authorized to execute a proxy) shall be delivered to the Company prior to the
start of any meeting at which the proxy is to be exercised, or at the time a written consent is
delivered to the Company.
7.8 Action by Members Without a Meeting. Action required or permitted to be taken by
the Members at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is evidenced by one or more
written consents describing the action taken, signed by the Members entitled to vote and who
constitute a Member Consent. Action taken under this section is effective when sufficient Members
required to approve such action have signed the consent and delivered the consent to a Manager or
registered agent of the Company, or at any later effective date specified in the consent. Notice
of such consent shall be given promptly to all Members. The record date for determining Members
entitled to take action without a meeting shall be the date the first Member signs a written
consent.
7.9 Waiver of Notice. When any notice is required to be given to any Person, a waiver
thereof in writing signed by the Person entitled to such notice, whether before, at, or after the
time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice.
7.10 Meeting by Telephone: Action by Consent. In lieu of any procedures contained in
the Texas Law, Members entitled to vote at a meeting may also meet by conference telephone call if
all such Members can hear one another on such call and the requisite notice is given or waived.
ARTICLE VIII.
ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO MEMBERS
ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO MEMBERS
8.1 Allocation of Profits and Losses. Except as otherwise provided in this Article
Eight, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit of the Company shall be allocated and
charged to the Capital Accounts of the Members in the proportion that the number of Units held by
each Member bears to the total number of Units issued and outstanding.
8.2 Special Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Managers shall have the discretion
to allocate and reallocate items of profit and loss so as to conform each Member’s Capital Account
to such Member’s rights to distributions, insofar as reasonably possible. The allocation
provisions herein are intended to comply with applicable provisions of the Code, including
Regulations promulgated under Section 704 of the Code, and successor statutes and Regulations
thereof, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with the Code and Regulations.
The Company shall make special allocations of specific items of income, gain, loss, deduction or
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credit from time to time as required by or appropriate under the Code or as deemed necessary
or advisable by the Managers.
8.3 Allocation in the Event of Transfer. If a Membership Interest is transferred in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement there shall be allocated to each Member who held
the transferred interest during the fiscal year of transfer the product of (a) the Company’s profit
and loss allocable to such transferred interest for such fiscal year, and (b) a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of days such Member held the transferred interest during such
fiscal year and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such fiscal year; provided,
however, that the Managers may in their discretion allocate such profit and loss by closing the
books of the Company immediately after the transfer of an interest or by any other reasonable
method permitted by Section 706 of the Code. Such allocation shall be made without regard to the
date, amount, or recipient of such transferred interest.
8.4 Regulatory Allocations.
(a) If there is a net decrease in partnership minimum gain (as defined in Regulations Section
1.704-2(d)) during any Company taxable year, certain items of income and gain shall be allocated
(on a gross basis) to the Members in the amounts and manner described in Regulations Section
1.704-2(f). This Section 8.4(a) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement
[set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)] relating to partnership nonrecourse liabilities [as
defined in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3)] and this provision shall be interpreted and
implemented in accordance with such Regulation.
(b) If there is a net decrease in minimum gain attributable to a partner nonrecourse debt
(determined pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)) during any Company taxable year, certain
items of income and gain shall be allocated (on a gross basis) as quickly as possible to those
Members who had a share of the minimum gain attributable to the partner nonrecourse debt
(determined pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5)) in the amounts and manner described in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4)). This Section 8.4(b) is intended to comply with the minimum
gain chargeback requirement [set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4)) relating to partner
nonrecourse debt (as defined in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4)] and this provision shall be
interpreted and implemented in accordance with such Regulation.
(c) If, after applying Sections 8.4(a) and (b), any Member has an adjusted capital account
deficit, items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated (on a gross basis) to each
such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the adjusted capital account deficit of
such Member as quickly as possible. It is intended that this Section 8.4(c) constitute a
“qualified income offset” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and this
provision shall be interpreted and implemented in accordance with such Regulation.
(d) Member nonrecourse deductions [determined pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-12(i)(2)]
shall be allocated pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1) to the Member who bears the
economic risk of loss with respect to such deductions.
8.5 Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in Section 8.4 are intended to
comply with certain requirements of Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 of the Regulations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, such allocations shall be taken into account
in allocating profits and losses and items of Company income, gain, loss and deductions to the
Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of profits and losses
and other items and those allocations to each Member in the current and future periods shall be
equal to the net amount of items that would have been allocated to each such Member if the
allocations in Section 8.4 had not occurred.
8.6 Guaranteed Payments. To the extent any compensation paid to any Member by the
Company is determined by the IRS not to be a guaranteed payment under Code Section707(c) or is not
paid to the Member other than in the Person’s capacity as a Member within the meaning of Code
Section 707(a), the Member shall be specially allocated gross income of the Company in an amount
equal to the amount of that compensation, and the Member’s Capital Account shall be adjusted to
reflect the payment of that compensation.
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8.7 Unrealized Receivables. If a Member’s Units are reduced (provided the reduction
does not result in a complete termination of the Member’s Interest), the Member’s share of the
Company’s “unrealized receivables” and “substantially appreciated inventory” (within the meaning of
the Code Section 751) shall not be reduced, so that, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, that portion of the profits otherwise allocable upon a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company that is taxable as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes
shall, to the extent possible without increasing the total gain to the Company or to any Member, be
specially allocated among the Members in proportion to the deduction (or basis reductions treated
as deductions) giving rise to such recapture income. Any questions as to the aforesaid allocation
of ordinary income, to the extent such questions cannot be resolved in the manner specified above,
shall be resolved by the Mangers, in their absolute discretion.
8.8 Contributed Property. Net income or net loss 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 value at the time of the contribution of such
property to the Company in accordance with Code Section 704(c).
8.9 Company Withholding. Should the Company be required, pursuant to the Code, the
laws of any state or any other provision of law, to withhold any amount from amounts otherwise
distributable to any Member or on the basis of income allocable to any Member, the Company shall
withhold those amounts, and any amounts so withheld shall be deemed to have been distributed to
that Member under this Agreement. If any sums are withheld pursuant to this provision, the Company
shall remit the sums so withheld to, and file the required forms with, the Internal Revenue
Service, or the appropriate authority of any such state or other applicable government agency. In
the event of any claimed over-withholding, a Member shall be limited to an action against the
Internal Revenue Service, or the appropriate authority of any such state or other applicable
government agency for refund, and each Member hereby waives any claim or right of action against
the Company on account of such withholding. Furthermore, if the amounts required to be withheld
exceed the amounts which would otherwise have been distributed to a Member, the excess withholding
shall constitute a loan from the Company to such Member, and the Member shall pay such amount to
the Company within ten (10) business days after notice from the Company. If the loan is not paid
within that time, such failure shall constitute a default by that Member, and the Member shall be
liable for interest on the amount of such loan from the date of notice until paid at an annual rate
equal to the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) or the highest rate permitted by law. This loan
shall be repaid in full within ten (10) business days after demand (and for this purpose any Member
other than the Member on whose account such loan was made may unilaterally make such demand for and
on behalf of the Company), and if no demand is made or the loan is not repaid, the loan shall be
repaid, without prejudice to any other remedies at law or in equity that the Company may have, out
of distributions to which the debtor Member would otherwise subsequently be entitled under this
Agreement.
8.10 Distribution in Kind. If the Managers (or any Person acting as liquidator)
determine(s) that a portion of the Company’s assets should be distributed in kind to the Members,
an independent appraisal of the fair market value of each such asset as of a date reasonably close
to the date of distribution shall be obtained. Any unrealized gain or loss and any unallocated
appreciation or depreciation with respect to any asset to be distributed in kind shall be allocated
among the Members in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII (assuming that the assets were
sold for the appraised value) and taken into consideration in determining the balance in the
Members’ Capital Accounts as of the date of the distribution. Distribution of any such asset in
kind to a Member shall be considered a distribution of an amount equal to the asset’s fair market
value for purposes of Sections 8.12 and 11.3.
8.11 No Liability for Distributions. Upon any distribution made in good faith, the
Managers shall incur no liability even though such distribution results in the Company retaining
insufficient funds for the operation of its business, which insufficiency results in loss to the
Company or necessitates requesting any additional capital contributions from the Members or the
borrowing of funds by the Company.
8.12 Distributions. As soon as practical after the end of each calendar quarter, the
Company shall endeavor to make a distribution to each Member calculated at the highest marginal tax
rate for corporations on the amount of the net positive allocations to such Member’s Capital
Account during such calendar quarter. The Managers shall determine on a quarterly basis whether
any cash is available for any other distribution. The Managers are not required to make
distributions, and are specifically authorized to retain cash for reinvestment, to
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repay loans or for any other reserves or contingencies determined by the Managers in their
sole discretion. Distributions to the Members shall be distributed in the proportion that the
number of Units held by each Member bears to the total number of Units issued and outstanding,
except any distribution to the Members pursuant to Section 11.3 upon dissolution of the Company.
8.13 Expenses. The Managers shall charge the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by any Manager or its Affiliates in connection with the Company’s business and
the organization of the Company (including, without prejudice to generality, organizational
expenses consisting of legal and accounting fees). The Company shall pay all expenses of the
Company including, without prejudice to generality: (i) all salaries, compensation and fringe
benefits of personnel employed by the Company and involved in the Company business, including
personnel who may also be managers, officers or employees of any Manager or its Affiliates; (ii)
all costs of borrowed money and all taxes applicable to the Company; (iii) all legal, audit,
accounting, consulting and brokerage fees; (iv) all expenses and taxes incurred in the
distribution, transfer and recording of documents evidencing ownership of an interest in the
Company; and (v) all expenses for the operation of the Company and the conduct of its business.
The Company shall reimburse any Manager or Affiliates for the actual cost of all goods and
materials used for or by the Company. The Company shall pay or reimburse any Manager or Affiliates
for organizational expenses incurred to form the Company (including, without prejudice to
generality, legal and accounting fees). Any Manager may allocate to the Company, on any basis
selected by such Manager in good faith which is consistent with good accounting practice, a portion
of any and all expenses (including, without prejudice to generality, salaries, compensation and
fringe benefits, and special and administrative expenses), incurred by such Manager or its
Affiliates for the mutual benefit of the Company and other persons.
8.15 Compensatory Membership Interests. The Company may issue compensatory non-vested
Membership Interests. The holder of a non-vested Membership Interest may receive allocations with
respect to a Membership Interest that is subject to forfeiture. The Company will make forfeiture
allocations in the event that an interest for which a Code Section 83(b) election is made is later
forfeited. Forfeiture allocations are allocations in the year of forfeiture that offset prior
distributions and allocations of Company items with respect to the forfeited Membership Interest.
All material allocations and Capital Account adjustments under this Agreement not pertaining to
substantially non-vested Membership Interests for which a Code Section 83(b) election has been made
will be recognized under Code Section 704(b). The Company is authorized and directed to make any
safe harbor elections under Code Section 83(b) in connection with the issuance of any compensatory
Membership Interest, and upon such election, each Member shall be bound by the requirements of such
elections.
ARTICLE IX.
BOOKS AND RECORDS
BOOKS AND RECORDS
9.1 Fiscal Year. The Company’s fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
9.2 Records and Reports. At the expense of the Company, the Managers shall maintain
records and accounts of all operations and expenditures of the Company. The Company shall keep at
its principal place of business the following records:
(a) | A current list of the full name and last known address of each Member, and his/her Capital Contributions and Units; | ||
(b) | Copies of records to enable a Member to determine the relative voting rights, if any, of the Members; | ||
(c) | A copy of the Certificate of Formation of the Company and all amendments thereto; | ||
(d) | Copies of the Company’s federal, state, and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years; | ||
(e) | Copies of this Agreement, together with any amendments thereto; | ||
(f) | Copies of any financial statements of the Company for the three most recent years. |
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9.3 Examination of Books and Records. The books and records shall at all times be
maintained at the principal office of the Company, and shall be open to the reasonable inspection
and examination of the Members, or their assignees, or their duly authorized representatives,
during reasonable business hours. Any such person desiring to inspect and examine such records
shall make a written request to the Company a reasonable time in advance of any time requested for
such inspection. If such inspection may include access to confidential information of the Company
or other Members, the Company may require the person requesting the inspection to execute an
agreement to keep such information confidential and not to use such information other than for
legitimate purposes in connection with the ownership or management of the Company. Any Member may,
at its own expense, audit the books and records of the Company including procuring audited
financial statements. The Company shall fully cooperate with any accountants appointed by the
Member to conduct such audit.
9.4 Tax Returns. The Managers shall cause the preparation and timely filing of all
tax returns required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Code and all other tax returns
deemed necessary and required in each jurisdiction in which the Company does business. Copies of
such returns, or pertinent information therefrom, shall be furnished to the Members within a
reasonable time after the end of the Company’s fiscal year.
ARTICLE X.
TRANSFERABILITY
TRANSFERABILITY
10.1 General. A Membership Interest, and any interest in a Membership Interest, may
not be Transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily (including by operation of law or otherwise),
except in accordance with the provisions of this section. Any attempt to Transfer any interest in a
Membership Interest in violation of this Agreement or any applicable state or federal law shall be
void and of no effect, except that any Transfer by operation of law shall result in the transferee
having the rights of an assignee who has not been admitted as a Member, as to allocations and
distributions, but not the rights of a Member under this Agreement. A Member shall obtain the
prior written consent of the Managers for any Transfer other than a Transfer by operation of law.
10.2 Membership Interests are Restricted Securities. Membership Interests have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended or under the securities laws of any state,
and may not be Transferred unless and until registered under the Securities Act and any applicable
state securities law or, in the opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the
Company, such Transfer is in compliance therewith.
10.3 Restrictions on Transfers. The Managers may withhold consent to any Transfer to
any Person which does not provide appropriate identifying information regarding itself or any
control Person or other information required by the Managers to comply with any currency
transaction laws, financial privacy laws, anti-money laundering laws or similar laws.
Membership Interests may not be Transferred unless the Company has received an opinion of
counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company that such transaction would not result in
the Company being considered terminated under the Code and Regulations. No Transfer shall be made
which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, would result in materially adverse tax
consequences to the Company or the Members. No Transfer shall be made which, in the opinion of
counsel to the Company, would result in the assets of the Company being considered plan assets for
purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The transferee shall provide its
taxpayer identification number, passport and related information of any natural Person transferee
or control Person of any transferee, and any other information reasonably necessary to permit the
Company to file required tax returns, to the Managers.
10.4 Consent Required for Substitution of New Member. Subject to the preceding
provisions of this Article X, an assignee of any Membership Interest may become a Member only upon
(i) execution and delivery by the assignee of a written acceptance and adoption of this Agreement,
as the same may be amended, together with such other documents, if any, as the Managers may
require; (ii) the payment to the Company by the Member assigning his or her Membership Interest of
all reasonable expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such assignment; and (iii) the
written consent of the Managers, which consent may be given or denied in the
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absolute discretion of each Manager. Upon such execution and consent, when applicable, but not
otherwise, the assignee shall, with respect to the Membership Interest assigned, be admitted to the
Company and become a substituted Member therein. This Article X shall not apply to initial
admission of Members pursuant to Article III of this Agreement or to transfers of Membership
Interests between existing Members of the Company.
ARTICLE XI.
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
11.1 Dissolution. The Company shall only be dissolved upon the earlier of:
(a) Member Consent; or
(b) ninety (90) days after the complete liquidation and distribution of the assets of the
Company, unless the Members determine to continue the Company by a Member Consent.
11.2 Effect of Dissolution. Upon dissolution, the Company shall cease to carry on its
business, except as permitted by the Texas Law.
11.3 Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the event of dissolution as provided in Section
11.1 above, and if there has been no determination to continue the Company as provided for in this
Agreement, the assets of the Company shall be paid and distributed in the following order:
(a) All of the Company’s debts and liabilities to persons other than Members, but excluding
secured creditors whose obligations will be assumed or otherwise transferred upon the liquidation
of Company assets, shall be paid and discharged and any reserve deemed necessary by the Managers
for the payment of such debts shall be set aside;
(b) All of the Company’s debts and liabilities to Members shall then be paid and discharged;
and
(c) The balance of the assets of the Company shall then be distributed to the Members in the
following order:
(1) first, to the Members in the proportion that the Capital Account of each
bears to the Capital Accounts of all Members until the Capital Account of each
Member has been reduced to zero; and
(2) second, to the Members in the proportion the number of Units owned by each
bears to all Units outstanding.
11.4 Distribution in Kind. If the Managers (or other Person acting as liquidator)
determine(s) that a portion of the Company’s assets should be distributed in kind to the Members,
an independent appraisal of the fair market value of each such asset as of a date reasonably close
to the date of liquidation shall be obtained. Any unrealized appreciation or depreciation with
respect to any asset to be distributed in kind shall be allocated among the Members (in accordance
with the provisions of Article VIII, and assuming that the assets were sold for the appraised
value) and taken into consideration in determining the balance in the Members’ Capital Accounts as
of the date of final liquidation. Distribution of any such asset in kind to a Member shall be
considered a distribution of an amount equal to the asset’s fair market value for purposes of
Section 11.3.
11.5 No Liability for Distributions. Upon any such liquidating distribution made in
good faith, the Managers shall incur no liability even though such distribution results in the
Company retaining insufficient funds for the winding up of its business, which insufficiency
results in loss to the Company or necessitates requesting any additional capital contributions from
the Members or the borrowing of funds by the Company.
11.6 Termination. Upon the completion of the distribution of Company assets as
provided in this
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Article 11, the existence of the Company shall be terminated.
11.7 Certificate of Termination. When all debts, liabilities and obligations have been
paid and discharged or adequate provisions have been made therefore and all of the remaining
property and assets have been distributed to the Members, a certificate evidencing such termination
may be executed and filed with the Secretary of State of Texas in accordance with the Texas Law.
11.8 Return of Contribution Nonrecourse to Other Members. Upon dissolution, each
Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of its Capital Contributions
or payment of its Capital Account, and shall be entitled only to (i) a cash distribution or (ii) a
distribution in kind of the Company’s assets made in accordance with Section 11.4 hereof, unless
otherwise determined by the Managers. If the Company property remaining after the payment or
discharge of the debts and liabilities of the Company is insufficient to return the Capital Account
of one or more Members, including, without limitation, all or any part of that Capital Account
attributable to Capital Contributions, then such Member or Members shall have no recourse against
the Managers or any other Member.
ARTICLE XII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.1 Application of Texas Law. This Agreement, and the application or interpretation
hereof, shall be governed exclusively by its terms and by the Texas Law.
12.2 Execution of Additional Instruments. Each Member hereby agrees to execute such
other and further statements of interest and holdings, designations, powers of attorney and other
instruments necessary to comply with any laws, rules or regulations.
12.3 Construction. Whenever the singular number is used in this Agreement and when
required by the context, the same shall include the plural and vice versa, and the masculine gender
shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa.
12.4 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this
Agreement or any provision hereof.
12.5 Waivers. No waiver of, or failure to object to any breach of, or failure to
perform, the terms of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any other or further breach of,
or failure to perform, the terms of this Agreement. Any waiver must be in writing signed by the
party alleged to have granted a waiver.
12.6 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies provided by this
Agreement are cumulative and the use of any one right or remedy by any party shall not preclude or
waive the right to use that right or remedy again or to use any or all other rights or remedies.
Such rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights the parties may have by law,
statute, ordinance or otherwise.
12.7 Heirs, Successors and Assigns. Each and all of the covenants, terms, provisions
and agreements herein contained shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns.
12.8 Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of
or enforceable by any creditor of the Company or by any Person not a party hereto.
12.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.
12.10 Federal Income Tax Elections. All elections required or permitted to be made by
the Company under the Code shall be made by the Managers in their discretion. The provisions on
limitations of liability of the Managers and indemnification set forth in Article V hereof shall be
fully applicable to each Manager in its capacity
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as tax partner.
12.11 Notice. Any notice or document sent to or by the Company or any Manager or
Member may be sent by hand delivery or by facsimile providing confirmation of receipt or by Federal
Express or similar courier delivery or by U. S. Postal Service certified mail, return receipt
requested, to the party entitled to receive such notice or other document at the address provided
herein for the Company for any notice to the Company or any Manager and at the address provided to
the Company by any Member as set out on Exhibit A for any notice to such Member, or any such other
address as such Person may request in a written notice made in compliance herewith. Such notice or
document will be deemed received on the earlier of the date actually received, if sent by hand
delivery, confirmed facsimile or courier delivery, or three (3) business days after it is deposited
in the U.S. mail properly addressed and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
12.12 Certification of Non-Foreign Status. In order to comply with § 1445 of the Code,
in the event of the disposition by the Company of a United States real property interest as defined
in the Code, each Member shall provide to the Company an affidavit stating, under penalties of
perjury, (i) the Member’s address, (ii) the Member’s United States taxpayer identification number,
and (iii) that the Member is not a foreign person as that term is defined in the Code. Failure by
any Member to provide such affidavit by the date of such disposition shall authorize the Managers
to withhold ten percent (10%) of each such Member’s distributive share of the amount realized by
the Company on the disposition and to pay any withholding to the Internal Revenue Service.
12.13 Amendments to the Agreement. The Agreement may be amended as provided in Section
6.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment to this Agreement that (i) materially increases
any liability of a Member or assignee to the Company or its Members, or adversely affects the
limitation of the liability of a Member or assignee with respect to the Company, or (ii) materially
changes the allocations or distributions pursuant to Article VIII hereunder, shall require the
consent of each affected Person.
12.14 Invalidity. The invalidity or inability to enforce any particular provision of
this Agreement shall not affect the other provisions hereof, and the Agreement shall be construed
in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted. If any particular
provision herein is construed to be in conflict with the provisions of the Texas Law, the
provisions of this Agreement shall control to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Any
provision found to be invalid or unenforceable shall not affect or invalidate the other provisions
hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such conflicting provision were
omitted.
12.15 Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection
with, or relating to, this Agreement or any breach or alleged breach hereof shall, upon the request
of any party involved, be submitted to, and settled by, arbitration in Dallas, Dallas County,
Texas, pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules then in effect of the American Arbitration
Association (or at any time or at any other place or under any other form of arbitration mutually
acceptable to the parties so involved). Any award rendered shall be final and conclusive upon the
parties and a judgment thereon may be entered in the highest court of the forum, state or federal,
having jurisdiction. The expenses of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties to the
arbitration, provided that each party shall pay for and bear the cost of its own experts, evidence
and counsel’s fees.
12.16 Determination of Matters Not Provided For In This Agreement. The Managers shall
decide any and all questions arising with respect to the Company and this Agreement that are not
specifically or expressly provided for in this Agreement.
12.17 Further Assurances. The Members each agree to cooperate, and to execute and
deliver in a timely fashion any and all additional documents necessary to effectuate the purposes
of the Company and this Agreement.
12.18 No Partnership Intended for Non-Tax Purposes. The Members have formed the
Company under the Texas Law, and expressly disavow any intention to form a partnership under the
Texas Business Organizations Code or the partnership act or laws of any other state. The Members
do not intend to be partners or joint venturers one to another or partners or joint venturers as to
any third party by virtue of this Agreement or the formation or operation of the Company. To the
extent any Member, by word or action, represents to another person that any other Member is a
partner or that the Company is a partnership, the Member making such wrongful representation shall
be liable to any other Member who incurs personal liability by reason of such wrongful
representation.
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12.19 Time. Time is of the essence of this Agreement, and to any payments, allocations
and distributions provided for under this Agreement.
The undersigned have executed this Agreement effective as of (although not necessarily signed
on) February 23, 2009 (the Effective Date).
MEMBER: | ||||||
ADDRESS FOR NOTICE: | Commerce Street Holdings, LLC | |||||
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxx 0000 |
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Manager | ||||||
MANAGERS: | ||||||
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||||
/s/ G. Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
G. Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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COMMERCE STREET PANTHEON MORTGAGE ASSSET SECURITIZATIONS LLC
EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT A
Effective March 9, 2009
MEMBERS:
Number of | Percentage of Units | Percentage of Units | Capital | |||||||||||||
Name and Address | Units Owned | Authorized (1) | Outstanding (2) | Contributions (3) | ||||||||||||
Commerce Street Holdings, LLC |
1,000 | 10 | % | 100 | % | $ | 1,000 | |||||||||
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 |
(1) | The Percentage of Units Authorized represents the number of Units owned by the Member divided by the total number of Units authorized (10,000). | |
(2) | The Percentage of Units Outstanding represents the number of Units owned by the Member divided by the total number of Units authorized and outstanding as of any effective date of this Exhibit or any amendment to this Exhibit. | |
(3) | Contributions may take the form of services rendered in the formation of the Company. |
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