AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF TIME WARNER NY CABLE LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) Dated as of July 28, 2006
Exhibit 4.14
EXECUTION COPY
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED
OF
TIME WARNER NY CABLE LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
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Dated as of July 28, 2006
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TIME WARNER NY CABLE LLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 |
GENERAL PROVISIONS | 1 | ||
1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||
1.2 |
Formation | 4 | ||
1.3 |
Name | 4 | ||
1.4 |
Registered Office | 4 | ||
1.5 |
Registered Agent | 4 | ||
1.6 |
Term | 4 | ||
1.7 |
Purpose | 4 | ||
1.8 |
Admission | 4 | ||
ARTICLE 2 |
EQUITY INTERESTS | 4 | ||
2.1 |
Classes of Equity Interests | 4 | ||
2.2 |
Common Equity Interests | 4 | ||
2.3 |
Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units | 5 | ||
ARTICLE 3 |
MANAGEMENT | 5 | ||
3.1 |
Management of the Company | 5 | ||
3.2 |
Board of Directors | 5 | ||
3.3 |
Designation of Officers | 8 | ||
3.4 |
Powers and Rights of Series A Members | 11 | ||
3.5 |
Liability of Members | 11 | ||
3.6 |
Indemnification | 11 | ||
ARTICLE 4 |
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; DIVIDENDS | 12 | ||
4.1 |
Capital Contributions | 12 | ||
4.2 |
Dividends | 12 | ||
ARTICLE 5 |
LIQUIDATION | 13 | ||
ARTICLE 6 |
TRANSFERS | 13 | ||
6.1 |
Restrictions on Transfer | 13 | ||
6.2 |
Commercially Reasonable Efforts | 14 | ||
ARTICLE 7 |
CERTAIN COVENANTS | 14 | ||
7.1 |
Restriction On Asset Sales | 14 | ||
7.2 |
Provision of Financial Information | 14 | ||
7.3 |
Rating | 16 |
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7.4 |
Company Xxxxxxxxxx | 00 | ||
ARTICLE 8 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 16 | ||
8.1 |
Tax Matters | 16 | ||
8.2 |
Amendments; Waiver | 16 | ||
8.3 |
Power of Attorney | 17 | ||
8.4 |
Successors and Assigns | 17 | ||
8.5 |
No Waiver | 17 | ||
8.6 |
Notices | 17 | ||
8.7 |
Severability | 18 | ||
8.8 |
Counterparts | 18 | ||
8.9 |
Headings, Etc. | 18 | ||
8.10 |
Gender | 18 | ||
8.11 |
No Right to Partition | 18 | ||
8.12 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries | 18 | ||
8.13 |
Outside Business | 18 | ||
8.14 |
Entire Agreement | 19 | ||
8.15 |
Rule of Construction | 19 | ||
8.16 |
Confidentiality | 19 | ||
8.17 |
Applicable Law | 20 | ||
Annex I |
Certain Terms of Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units | |||
Annex II |
Officers |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TIME WARNER NY CABLE LLC
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of
TIME WARNER NY CABLE LLC (the “Company”), dated as of July 28, 2006, is adopted and entered
into by and among TW NY Cable Holding Inc. (the “Common Equity Member”) and the persons
listed on the signature pages hereto as Series A Members (the “Series A Members” and,
together with the Common Equity Member, the “Members”) pursuant to and in accordance with
the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware (6 Del. C. § 18-101 et
seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”).
WHEREAS, the Company was converted into a limited liability company on November 3, 2004 in
accordance with the Act, with Time Warner Cable Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“TWC”), as
the original sole member, and governed by a Limited Liability Company Agreement for the Company
dated November 3, 2004 (the “Original Agreement”);
WHEREAS, TWC transferred its common equity interest in the Company to TWE Holding I LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“TWE Holding”), and TWE Holding transferred its common
equity interest in the Company to TW NY Cable Holding Inc., whereupon the latter became the Common
Equity Member; and
ARTICLE 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1 Definitions. For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
“Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such Person. For the purposes of this definition, no Series A
Member shall be deemed to be an “Affiliate” of the Company.
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“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Appointing Officer” shall mean any officer of the Company as may from time to time be
assigned, by resolution of the Board of Directors, to appoint officers of the Company.
“Board of Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 (Management of
the Company).
“Capital Contribution” shall mean, with respect to each Member, the amount, if
required, contributed by such Member to the capital of the Company pursuant to Section 4.1 (Capital
Contributions).
“Common Equity Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Covered Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a) (Indemnification).
“Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 of Annex
I to this Agreement.
“Dividend Payment Trigger” shall mean the failure of the Company to pay accrued
dividends to the Series A Members as described in Section 2 of Annex I to this Agreement in
full for any period of 18 consecutive months.
“Fitch” shall mean Fitch, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.16 (Confidentiality).
“Liquidation” shall mean the voluntary or involuntary liquidation of the Company under
applicable bankruptcy or reorganization laws, or the dissolution or winding up of the Company.
“Liquidation Value” shall mean $25 million with respect to each Series A Preferred
Equity Membership Unit less any amounts paid under Section 4(c) of Annex I to this
Agreement.
“Mandatory Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) of
Annex I to this Agreement.
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“Members” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Moody’s” shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Original
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership (general or limited),
voluntary association, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, estate, unincorporated
organization, governmental authority or other entity.
“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and any successor thereto.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Series A Director” shall mean the Director elected by the Series A Members to the
Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5(b) of Annex I to this Agreement.
“Series A Members” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Subscription Agreement” shall mean the Subscription Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, between the Company and the purchasers named therein.
“Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a) (Restrictions on
Transfers).
“Trigger Period” shall mean any period during which (i) a Dividend Payment Trigger
occurs and is continuing or (ii) the Company has failed to redeem all of the outstanding Series A
Preferred Equity Membership Units in accordance with Section 4(a) or Section 4(c), as the case may
be, of Annex I to this Agreement.
“TWC” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“TWE Holding” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Unpaid Dividends” shall mean, with respect to each Series A Preferred Equity
Membership Unit, in any quarterly period, any accrued and unpaid quarterly dividends in respect of
any previous quarterly period that were not paid on the related prior Dividend Payment Date.
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1.2 Formation. The Company was converted into and formed as a limited liability
company upon the execution of the Certificate of Conversion and the Certificate of Formation of the
Company by Xxxxx X. X’Xxxxx and the filing of such Certificates on November 3, 2004 with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, Xxxxx X. X’Xxxxx being authorized to take such
actions. Prior to such conversion, the predecessor of the Company was incorporated in the State of
Delaware on March 26, 2003.
1.3 Name. The name of the Company shall be “Time Warner NY Cable LLC.”
1.4 Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Company in the
State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
1.5 Registered Agent. The address of the registered agent of the Company for service
of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation
Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
1.6 Term. The term of the Company shall continue until its dissolution in accordance
with the Act and this Agreement.
1.7 Purpose. The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of
the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company is, engaging in any lawful act or activity
for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act (including, without limitation,
acquiring, managing and disposing of real and personal property), and engaging in any and all
activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
1.8 Admission. Upon its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Common Equity
Member shall continue to be a member of the Company. Upon their execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Subscription Agreement, each Series A Member is hereby
admitted to the Company as a member of the Company.
ARTICLE 2
EQUITY INTERESTS
2.1 Classes of Equity Interests. The Company’s equity interests shall consist of two
classes, designated respectively as “Common Equity Interests” and “Series A Preferred Equity
Membership Units” and shall be uncertificated.
2.2 Common Equity Interests. Holders of Common Equity Interests shall be entitled to
the rights and subject to the obligations described elsewhere in this Agreement. The Common Equity
Interests are held by the Common Equity Member.
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2.3 Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units. Series A Preferred Equity Membership
Units shall consist of twelve (12) equal units and are held by the Series A Members. Holders of
Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations described elsewhere in this Agreement, including Annex I to this Agreement,
which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
MANAGEMENT
3.1 Management of the Company. The business and affairs of the Company shall be
managed by and under the direction of a board established by the Common Equity Member pursuant to
and with the powers and authority set forth in this Article 3 (the “Board of Directors”).
The Board of Directors shall have complete and exclusive discretion in the management and control
of the affairs and business of the Company except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the
Act, and shall possess all powers necessary, convenient or appropriate to carrying out the purposes
and business of the Company, and to perform all acts and enter into and perform all contracts and
other undertakings that the Board of Directors may deem necessary or advisable or incidental
thereto, including doing all things and taking all actions necessary to carry out the terms and
provisions of this Agreement (and is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of the Company, to
do all such things and to take all such actions without any further act, vote, consent or approval
of any Member). The Board of Directors may delegate such general or specific authority to
officers, employees, agents or other representatives of the Company as the Board of Directors
considers desirable from time to time, and such officers, employees, agents or other
representatives of the Company may, subject to any restraints or limitations imposed by the Board
of Directors, exercise the authority granted to them. The Board of Directors shall not take any
action that would be inconsistent with this Agreement or applicable law. Each member of the Board
of Directors shall constitute a “manager” of the Company, as such term is defined in Section 18-101
of the Act.
3.2 Board of Directors.
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During any Trigger Period, (i) the total authorized number of Directors of the Company shall
automatically be increased by one (1) and the Series A Members shall be entitled to elect the
Series A Director, and (ii) the Series A Director shall serve from the date the Company is notified
in writing of his or her election and identity by the Series A Members until such Director’s
successor shall have been duly elected by the Series A Members and qualified or until the
termination of such Trigger Period, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his or her earlier death,
disqualification, resignation or removal. In the event of the death, disqualification, resignation
or removal of the Series A Director prior to the end of a Trigger Period, the Series A Members
shall be entitled to appoint a replacement Series A Director pursuant to the procedures of this
paragraph and Annex I to this Agreement, who will serve on the same terms and for such
terms as otherwise specified herein. Upon the termination of any Trigger Period, the Series A
Director shall cease to be a Director and the total number of Directors of the Company shall
automatically be reduced by one (1).
(i) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice
at such times and at such places within or without the State of Delaware as may be determined from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that during a Trigger
Period, at least five (5) business days notice by one of the means specified in Section 3.2(e)(v)
(Notice Procedure) hereof shall be given to the Series A Director.
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Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the
Board (if any), the President or the Secretary or by any two or more Directors then serving on at
least 24 hours’ notice to each Director given by one of the means specified in Section 3.2(e)(v)
(Notice Procedure) hereof other than by mail, or on at least three days’ notice if given by mail.
Special meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Board (if any), President or Secretary in
like manner and on like notice on the written request of any two or more of the Directors then
serving.
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President, or in the absence of the President, a
chairman chosen by a majority of the Directors present, shall preside. The Secretary shall act as
secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors. In case the Secretary shall be absent from
any meeting of the Board of Directors, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary
at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all Assistant
Secretaries, the person presiding at the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the
meeting.
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offices may be held by the same
person unless the Certificate of Formation or this Agreement otherwise provides.
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Officer or by this Agreement to some other officer or agent of the Company, or shall be
required by applicable law otherwise to be signed or executed, and each Vice President shall
perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to such Vice President by resolution
of the Board of Directors, by the Appointing Officer or by the President.
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(i) Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant
Treasurers shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or by the
Treasurer, respectively, or by resolution of the Board of Directors, by the Appointing Officer or
by the President.
(a) The Series A Members shall not participate in the management or control of the business of
the Company, or have any rights or powers with respect thereto, except those rights or powers
expressly granted to them by the terms of this Agreement or those conferred on them by law,
including their right to elect the Series A Director during any Trigger Period. The Series A
Members shall not have the authority to bind the Company.
(b) To the extent that the Act, relevant case law or other applicable interpretations of law
would confer rights and privileges on the Series A Members, including under the terms of this
Agreement or the Subscription Agreement, that would be greater than the rights and privileges
(including rights and privileges with respect to dividends, redemption or otherwise) that are
accorded to holders of preferred stock of a Delaware corporation under applicable law that
otherwise has terms identical to the terms of the Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units under
this Agreement
and the Subscription Agreement, then the rights and privileges of the Series A Members shall
be limited as if the Series A Members were holders of such preferred stock.
3.5 Liability of Members. The Members shall not have any liability for the
obligations or liabilities of the Company except to the extent provided in the Act.
3.6 Indemnification.
(i) For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Covered Persons” means the Common Equity
Member, any officer, director, shareholder, employee or expressly authorized agent of the Common
Equity Member, any Affiliate of the Common Equity Member and any officer, director, manager,
partner, employee or expressly authorized agent of the Company and its Affiliates. It is
understood that (A) the Series A Members are not Covered Persons for purposes of this Agreement and
(B) the Series A Director, if any, shall be a Covered Person for purposes of this Agreement.
(ii) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company, any other Covered Person or any Member
for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by
such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to
be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a
Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such
Covered Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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(iii) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of
the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by
any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within the professional or
expert competence of such Person and who or which has been selected with reasonable care by or on
behalf of the Company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and
amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence
and amount of assets from which distributions to the Members may properly be paid.
ARTICLE 4
4.2 Dividends. Except as otherwise provided by law or by this Agreement and subject
to the rights of the Series A Members, the Common Equity
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Member shall be entitled to receive such
dividends or other distributions as from time to time may be declared by the Board of Directors;
provided, however, no dividends or other distributions shall be declared or paid in
respect of any equity interests of the Company that are on parity with or junior to the Series A
Preferred Equity Membership Units with respect to dividends or with respect to distributions of
assets or rights upon a Liquidation, and none of such equity interests may be redeemed, purchased
or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, during any period in which (a) the
Company has for any reason not paid in full any quarterly dividends accrued and payable at such
time to the Series A Members as provided in Section 2 of Annex I to this Agreement or (b)
the Company has failed to redeem all of the outstanding Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units
in accordance with Section 4(a) or Section 4(c), as the case may be, of Annex I to this
Agreement. The Company shall not make a distribution to any Member if such distribution would
violate the Act.
ARTICLE 5
In the event of a Liquidation, subject to the requirements of the Act and the rights of
creditors of the Company and of the Series A Members with respect to the distribution of assets of
the Company upon such Liquidation, the Common Equity Member shall be entitled to receive the assets
of the Company remaining for such distribution to the Members in accordance with the Act.
ARTICLE 6
6.1 Restrictions on Transfer. Each Series A Member agrees that it shall not directly
or indirectly sell, exchange, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer (collectively, a
“Transfer”) all or any fraction of Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units held by such
Series A Member unless: (i) such Transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and complies with any applicable state
securities laws, and the transferor and the transferee shall provide documents (including a legal
opinion) reasonably satisfactory to the Common Equity Member to that effect; (ii) the transferee
shall have executed an amendment, counterpart or supplement to this Agreement and shall have
executed such other instruments as the Company may reasonably deem necessary or desirable to admit
such transferee as a substituted Series A Member and to evidence such substituted Series A Member’s
agreement to be bound by and to comply with the terms and provisions hereof; and (iii) the number
of Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units to be transferred equals one (1) or any other whole
number. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Series A Member shall Transfer any Series A Preferred
Equity Membership Units to any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more Affiliates,
is engaged in any material respect in the business of controlling (A) cable systems, (B) direct
broadcast satellite systems or (C) incumbent local exchange carriers.
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6.2 Commercially Reasonable Efforts. If any Series A Member desires to Transfer any
of its Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units in a transaction meeting the requirements of
Section 6.1, upon the request of such Series A Member, the Company agrees to use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide such Series A Member and such proposed purchaser any information
concerning the Company reasonably necessary to complete such Transfer; provided, that the
Company shall not be obligated to register any such Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units
under the Securities Act or to make or take any action to make any such Series A Preferred Equity
Membership Unit eligible for sale under Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act;
and provided, further, that any such proposed purchaser shall enter into an
agreement with, and in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to, the Company containing provisions substantially the same as those of
Section 8.16.
ARTICLE 7
7.1 Restriction On Asset Sales. Without the prior consent of the Series A Members
owning a majority of the outstanding Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units, for so long as the
Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units are outstanding, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries shall consummate any material sale or transfer of its respective assets at any time
during which the Company and its subsidiaries maintain, collectively, cable systems serving fewer
than 500,000 cable subscribers, or that would (after giving effect to such sale) cause the Company
and its subsidiaries to maintain, collectively, cable systems serving fewer than 500,000 cable
subscribers; provided, however, that in no case shall this provision restrict a
transaction that is consummated on or immediately prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date all or a
portion of the net proceeds of which are applied substantially simultaneously to redeem the Series
A Preferred Equity Membership Units pursuant to Section 4(a) of Annex I to this Agreement.
For purposes of calculating the number of cable subscribers described in the preceding sentence,
the number of cable subscribers served by cable systems maintained by any less than wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to be a number of cable subscribers which is equal to the
product of (a) the total number of cable subscribers maintained by such subsidiary, multiplied by
(b) the percentage of residual equity interest in such subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or
indirectly through its subsidiaries. For purposes of this Section 7.1, a “subsidiary” is any
entity in which the Company owns a majority of the voting or general partnership interests.
7.2 Provision of Financial Information. For so long as the Series A Preferred Equity
Membership Units are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to each Series A Member the following
financial information:
(a) within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of TWC, TWC’s audited consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the
end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, and reported on by
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Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants
of recognized national standing to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of TWC and its
consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year of TWC, TWC’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the
previous fiscal year, all certified by TWC’s Chief Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of TWC and its consolidated
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to
normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the Company’s unaudited
(or, if prepared, audited) consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations,
members’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all such historical financial statements
certified by the Company’s Executive Vice President & Treasurer as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
subject to the absence of footnotes;
(d) within 75 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year of the Company, the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
operations, members’ equity and cash flows, and, commencing for the third fiscal quarter of 2007,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods
of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified
by the Company’s Executive Vice President & Treasurer as presenting fairly in all material respects
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end
adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to deliver any quarterly statements of cash flows for the third fiscal quarter of
2006;
(e) within 90 days after the end of each taxable year, a statement as to the amount of
dividends paid in respect of such taxable year out of current and accumulated earnings and profits
of the Company, as determined for United States federal income tax purposes and certified by the
Company’s Executive Vice President & Treasurer; and
(f) within 10 days after the filing of the Company’s United States federal income tax return
(or that of the consolidated group of which the Company
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is a member), a statement certified by the
Company’s Senior Vice President, Tax as to the amount of taxable income of the Company on a
stand-alone basis as reflected on such tax return (taking into account the taxable income of any
subsidiaries of the Company that are consolidated with the Company for United States federal income
tax purposes) for the taxable year covered by such tax return.
7.3 Rating. The Company shall obtain a private letter rating from at least two of
Xxxxx’x, S&P and Fitch in respect of the Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units as of the date
of this Agreement and shall have such rating updated by at least two of such rating agencies at
least annually thereafter.
7.4 Company Repurchase. The Company agrees not to repurchase, directly or indirectly,
through any of its Affiliates, all or part of any Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units held
by a Series A Member without offering to purchase the Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units
held by all other Series A Members on a pro rata basis and at the same price and on the same terms.
ARTICLE 8
8.1 Tax Matters. The Company has elected to be taxed as a corporation for United
States federal income tax purposes. The Common Equity Member agrees at all times to maintain (or
cause the Company to maintain) the Company’s election to be treated as a corporation for United
States federal income tax purposes. Holders of the Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units, the
Common Equity Member and the Company agree to treat the Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units
as non-voting preferred stock for federal income tax purposes. Each of the Members agrees that this
Section 8.1 shall survive the Liquidation or termination of the Company.
8.2 Amendments; Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived by
an instrument in writing executed by the Common Equity Member; provided, however,
that (a) any amendment (whether by merger or otherwise) or waiver of any terms or provisions
directly affecting the rights or privileges of the Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units shall
require the consent of the Series A Members holding a majority of the outstanding Series A
Preferred Equity Membership Units; (b) without the consent of each Series A Member, an amendment
(whether by merger or otherwise) may not authorize, create (by way of reclassification, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) or issue any class or series of equity interest of the Company, the
terms of which expressly provide that it will rank senior to, or on parity with, the Series A
Preferred Equity Membership Units with respect to dividends or distributions of assets or rights
upon a Liquidation; and (c) without the consent of each Series A Member, an amendment (whether by
merger or otherwise) may not revise any terms governing redemption, liquidation preference or
dividends of Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units as described in Annex I to this
Agreement, the definition of Liquidation Value in
Section 1.1 (Definitions) of this Agreement or this Section 8.2. For purposes of any consents
of Series A Members under this Section or otherwise, any
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Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units
owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the holder
thereof shall be deemed not to be a Series A Member.
8.3 Power of Attorney.
(i) is coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable and shall survive the incapacity, death,
dissolution, termination or bankruptcy of such Member;
(ii) may be exercised by the Company either by signing separately as attorney-in-fact for such
Member or, after listing all of the Members executing an instrument, by the signature of the
Company acting as attorney-in-fact for all of them; and
(iii) shall survive the delivery of an assignment by such Member of the whole or any fraction
of its interest.
8.4 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall
be binding upon, the successors and permitted assigns of the Members.
8.5 No Waiver. No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived
unless such waiver is given in writing, and no such waiver shall be deemed to be a waiver of any
other or further obligation or liability of the party or parties in whose favor such waiver was
given.
8.6 Notices. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, delivered by Federal Express or other
reputable courier service, by U.S. overnight mail or international air courier service, or sent by
telecopy or other electronic means including electronic mail, and addressed: if to the Company, at
its principal office and, if to a Member, to such Member at its last known address as disclosed on
the records of the Company. Notices shall be deemed to have been given as of the date delivered by
the delivery
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service (upon confirmed receipt by such delivery service) or by telecopy or other
electronic means including electronic mail (upon confirmed receipt). The Company and any Member
may change its respective address for notices by delivering or mailing in accordance with this
Section 8.6, a notice stating the change and setting forth the changed address.
8.7 Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be deemed to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired hereby.
8.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
8.9 Headings, Etc. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
8.10 Gender. As used herein, masculine pronouns shall include the feminine and
neuter, neuter pronouns shall include the masculine and the feminine, and the singular shall be
deemed to include the plural.
8.11 No Right to Partition. The Members, on behalf of themselves and their successors
and assigns, if any, hereby specifically renounce, waive and forfeit all rights, whether arising
under contract or statute or by operation of law, except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, to seek, bring or maintain any action in any court of law or equity for partition of the
Company or any asset of the Company, or any interest that is considered to be Company property,
regardless of the manner in which title to such property may be held.
8.12 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement is intended solely for the
benefit of the parties hereto, the Covered Persons and, with respect to the Company, its Affiliates
and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any Person other
than the parties hereto, the Covered Persons and, with respect to the Company, its Affiliates.
8.13 Outside Business. Notwithstanding any duty, including any fiduciary duty, that
might otherwise exist under law or in equity, any Member or any Affiliate of any Member may engage
in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or
with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Company, and the Company and any Member
shall have no rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income
or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the
business of the Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Notwithstanding any duty,
including any fiduciary duty, that might otherwise exist under law or in equity, any Member or any
Affiliate of any Member shall not be obligated to present any particular investment opportunity to
the Company even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Company, could be
taken by the Company and any
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Member or any Affiliate of any Member shall have the right to take for
its own account (individually or as a Member, member, shareholder, fiduciary or otherwise) or to
recommend to others any such particular investment opportunity.
8.14 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including Annex I hereto) constitutes
the entire agreement among the Members with respect to the matters described herein and supersedes
any prior agreement or understanding among them with respect to such subject matter.
8.15 Rule of Construction. The general rule of construction for interpreting a
contract, which provides that the provisions of a contract should be construed against the party
preparing the contract, is waived by the parties hereto. Each party acknowledges that such party
was represented by legal counsel in this matter who participated in the preparation of this
Agreement.
8.16 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Series A Members agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors,
officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being
understood that the Persons to
whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information
and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any
regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority), (iii) to the extent required by
applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided, that
in connection with any such requirement by a subpoena or similar legal process, the Company is
given prior notice to the extent such prior notice is permissible under the circumstances and an
opportunity to object to such disclosure), (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating
to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an express agreement for
the benefit of the Company containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section
8.16, to any (x) proposed purchaser described in Section 6.2, (y) permitted assignee of any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement or (z) hedging agreement counterparty (or such
contractual counterparty’s professional advisor), (vii) with the consent of the Company or (viii)
to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of
this Section 8.16 or (y) becomes available to such Series A Member on a nonconfidential basis from
a source other than the Company. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all
information received from the Company, whether oral or written, relating to the Company or its
business, other than any such information that is available to such Series A Member on a
nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to comply with Treas. Reg.
1.6011-4(b)(3)(i), the Members (and any employee, representative or other agent of such Members)
may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax
structure of the Company or any
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transactions undertaken by the Company and all materials of any
kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax
treatment and tax structure.
8.17 Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement of Time Warner NY Cable LLC as of the date first above written.
COMMON EQUITY MEMBER: | ||
TW NY CABLE HOLDING INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. X’Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. X’Xxxxx | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Investments |
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Time Warner NY Cable LLC
SERIES A MEMBERS: | ||
CITIBANK N.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President and Director | ||
DB INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: President and Managing Director | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Director | ||
HARE & CO. FOR THE BENEFIT OF BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC |
||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
LB I GROUP INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Time Warner NY Cable LLC
ANNEX I
This Annex I is a part of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
of Time Warner NY Cable LLC. The terms of the Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units included
this Annex I shall be in addition to the terms described in the Agreement. All defined
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1.1
of the Agreement.
(a) Priority Payment. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation, each Series A Member shall be
entitled to receive an amount of the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to
the Series A Members, equal to the Liquidation Value, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, if
any, with respect to each outstanding Series A Preferred Equity Membership Unit held by such Series
A Member, before any payment or distribution is made to the Common Equity Member. If the assets of
the Company legally available for distribution to the Series A Members shall be insufficient to
permit payment in full to such Series A Members of the sums which the Series A Members are entitled
to receive, then all of the assets available for distribution to the Series A Members shall be
distributed among and paid to the Series A Members ratably in proportion to the amounts that would
be payable to the Series A Members if such assets were sufficient to permit payment in full.
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(a) Mandatory Redemption. On August 1, 2013 (the “Mandatory Redemption Date”), all
outstanding Series A Preferred Equity Membership Units shall automatically, with no further action
required to be taken by the Company or the Series A Members, be redeemed in cash, at a redemption
price per unit equal to the Liquidation Value plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, if any, to
the extent funds are legally available therefor. The redemption price shall be paid by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to accounts designated in writing to the Company by each of
the Series A Members. If any amounts are not so paid on the Mandatory Redemption Date (including
without limitation as a result of Section 4(c) below), dividends shall accrue with respect to such
amounts at a rate per annum equal to 10.21% until so paid.
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(a) no such consolidation or merger with any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Company
shall be permitted without the prior consent of all of the Series A Members unless the Company
receives a tax opinion from nationally recognized counsel providing that such consolidation or
merger (1) will not adversely affect the characterization of the interests held by the Series A
Members as stock of a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes and (2) will not be
taxable to the Series A Members for United States federal income tax purposes; and
(b) no such consolidation or merger with any Person who is an Affiliate of the Company or
conversion, as the case may be, shall be permitted without the prior consent of all of the Series A
Members unless the Company receives a tax opinion of the type described in Section 6(a) above and
such consolidation, merger or
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conversion would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Series A
Members to receive a dividends received deduction with respect to distributions in respect of the
Units (including as a result of a current or future reduction in the earnings and profits of the
Company).
For purposes of this Annex I to the Agreement, funds or assets “legally available” shall
mean the funds or assets that would be available to pay dividends on, or the purchase or redemption
price of, preferred stock assuming that the Company were a corporation subject to and in compliance
with Section 160 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. For purposes of the foregoing, all of
the consideration received by the Company for its Common Equity Interests and its Series A
Preferred Equity Membership Units shall be deemed to be surplus.
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ANNEX II
Name | Office | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx |
President | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Chief Operating Officer | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Senior Executive Vice President | |
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxxx |
Executive Vice President & Secretary | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Executive Vice President & Treasurer | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
Executive Vice President, Phone Operations | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
Executive Vice President, Programming | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
Executive Vice President & President, Media Sales | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx. |
Executive Vice President | |
Xxxxx Xxxxx |
Executive Vice President | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
Executive Vice President | |
Xxxxxxx X. X’Xxxxxxx |
Executive Vice President | |
Xxxxx X. X’Xxxxx |
Executive Vice President, Investments | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Executive Vice President | |
Satish Adige |
Senior Vice President, Investments | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary | |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx |
Senior Vice President, Tax | |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Services | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Senior Vice President & Controller | |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
Vice President | |
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Vice President, Operations Accounting | |
Xxxx Xxxx |
Vice President | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Vice President & Assistant Treasurer | |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Vice President, Technical Accounting | |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Assistant Secretary | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Assistant Secretary | |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Assistant Treasurer | |
Annex
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