LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF MORNING EAGLE DEVELOPMENT LLC
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENTOFMORNING EAGLE DEVELOPMENT LLC
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ARTICLE I | DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||
1.1 | Act | 1 | |||
1.2 | Adjusted Capital Account Deficit | 1 | |||
1.3 | Adjustment Percentage | 1 | |||
1.4 | Affiliate | 2 | |||
1.5 | Agreement | 2 | |||
1.6 | Amenities | 2 | |||
1.7 | Annual Plan | 2 | |||
1.8 | Approval of the Members | 2 | |||
1.9 | Bankruptcy | 2 | |||
1.10 | BMDC Affiliate | 2 | |||
1.11 | Buy-Sell Period | 2 | |||
1.12 | Buy-Sell Right | 2 | |||
1.13 | Capital Account | 2 | |||
1.14 | Capital Contribution | 3 | |||
1.15 | Capital Return Percentages | 3 | |||
1.16 | Closing Date | 3 | |||
1.17 | Closing Sum | 3 | |||
1.18 | Code | 3 | |||
1.19 | Commencement of Construction | 3 | |||
1.20 | Company | 3 | |||
1.21 | Company Assets | 3 | |||
1.22 | Company Available Cash Flow | 3 | |||
1.23 | Completion Date | 3 | |||
1.24 | Construction Contract | 4 | |||
1.25 | Construction Contractor | 4 | |||
1.26 | Construction Financing | 4 | |||
1.27 | Contribution Percentage | 4 | |||
1.28 | Cumulative Net Income. | 4 | |||
1.29 | Cumulative Net Loss. | 4 | |||
1.30 | Default Fraction | 4 | |||
1.31 | Defaulted Portion | 4 | |||
1.32 | Defaulting Event | 4 | |||
1.33 | Defaulting Member | 4 | |||
1.34 | Defaulting Member Loan | 4 |
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1.35 | Defaulting Member Approval Rights | 5 | |||
1.36 | Designated Representative(s) | 5 | |||
1.37 | Development Budget | 5 | |||
1.38 | Development Management Agreement | 5 | |||
1.39 | Development Manager | 5 | |||
1.40 | Development Plan | 5 | |||
1.41 | Disbursement Request | 5 | |||
1.42 | Electing Member | 5 | |||
1.43 | Election | 5 | |||
1.44 | Election Date | 5 | |||
1.45 | Excess Amount | 5 | |||
1.46 | Failure Notice | 5 | |||
1.47 | FMV | 6 | |||
1.48 | Forced Sale | 6 | |||
1.49 | Forced Sale Notice | 6 | |||
1.50 | Forced Sale Price | 6 | |||
1.51 | Forced Sale Right | 6 | |||
1.52 | Forced Sale Value | 6 | |||
1.53 | Gross Negligence | 6 | |||
1.54 | GVI Affiliate | 6 | |||
1.55 | HILP | 6 | |||
1.56 | Hines Affiliate | 6 | |||
1.57 | Infrastructure Costs | 7 | |||
1.58 | Initiating Member | 7 | |||
1.59 | Interest | 7 | |||
1.60 | Investor Affiliate | 7 | |||
1.61 | Land Agreement | 7 | |||
1.62 | Land Note | 7 | |||
1.63 | Liquidating Member | 7 | |||
1.64 | Manager | 7 | |||
1.65 | Master Development Agreement | 7 | |||
1.66 | Member Loan | 7 | |||
1.67 | Member Nonrecourse Debt | 8 | |||
1.68 | Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain | 8 | |||
1.69 | Member Nonrecourse Deductions | 8 | |||
1.70 | Members | 8 | |||
1.71 | Members' Total Outstanding Capital Amount | 8 | |||
1.72 | Minimum Gain | 8 | |||
1.73 | Monetary Default | 8 | |||
1.74 | Net Income | 8 | |||
1.75 | Net Loss | 8 | |||
1.76 | Non-Defaulting Member | 9 | |||
1.77 | Non-Electing Member | 9 | |||
1.78 | Nonrecourse Deductions | 9 | |||
1.79 | Operating Shortfall | 9 | |||
1.80 | Outstanding Capital Contribution | 9 | |||
1.81 | Person | 9 |
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1.82 | Plans | 9 | |||
1.83 | Pledge | 9 | |||
1.84 | Price | 9 | |||
1.85 | Prime Rate | 9 | |||
1.86 | Project | 9 | |||
1.87 | Project Capital Commitment | 9 | |||
1.88 | Project Costs | 10 | |||
1.89 | Project Land | 10 | |||
1.90 | Projected Gross Residential Revenue | 10 | |||
1.91 | Receiving Member | 11 | |||
1.92 | Regulations | 11 | |||
1.93 | Regulatory Allocations | 11 | |||
1.94 | ROFO | 11 | |||
1.95 | Special Party | 11 | |||
1.96 | Target Amount | 11 | |||
1.97 | Transfer | 11 | |||
1.98 | Vertical Development | 11 | |||
1.99 | Vertical Ownership Percentage | 11 | |||
1.100 | Village Core | 11 | |||
1.101 | WSI | 11 | |||
ARTICLE II | THE COMPANY | 11 | |||
2.1 | Purpose of the Company | 11 | |||
2.2 | Company Name and Office | 12 | |||
2.3 | Manager | 12 | |||
2.4 | BMDC | 12 | |||
2.5 | Term of the Company | 12 | |||
2.6 | Fictitious Name Certificates | 12 | |||
2.7 | Title to Property | 12 | |||
2.8 | Registered Office and Agent | 12 | |||
2.9 | Qualification | 12 | |||
ARTICLE II | CAPITALIZATION AND FINANCING | 12 | |||
3.1 | Contribution of Certain Property; Assumption of Land Note | 12 | |||
3.2 | Capital Contributions Incident to the Project | 13 | |||
3.3 | Capital Contributions Incident to Operations | 14 | |||
3.4 | Wire Transfer | 15 | |||
3.5 | Failure of a Member to Satisfy Monetary Obligations | 15 | |||
3.6 | Member Loans | 17 | |||
ARTICLE IV | RIGHTS THE COMPANY | 17 | |||
4.1 | Management | 17 | |||
4.2 | Manager | 17 | |||
4.3 | Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns and Required Tax Elections | 18 | |||
4.4 | Safekeeping of Company Assets | 19 | |||
4.5 | Contracts with GVI and Affiliates of GVI | 19 | |||
4.6 | Permissible Activities of the Members | 19 |
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4.7 | Exculpation of Manager | 20 | |||
4.8 | Meetings of the Members | 20 | |||
ARTICLE V | RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBERS | 23 | |||
5.1 | Limited Liability | 23 | |||
5.2 | Examination of the Company Records | 23 | |||
5.3 | Reliance on Authority of Person Signing Agreement; Designated | ||||
Representatives | 23 | ||||
ARTICLE VI | MAINTENANCE OF CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; | 25 | |||
ARTICLE VI | ALLOCATION OF COMPANY NET INCOME, NET GAIN AND NET LOSS; | 25 | |||
DISTRIBUTION OF NET CASH FLOW | |||||
6.1 | Capital Accounts | 25 | |||
6.2 | Allocation of Net Income and Net Loss | 26 | |||
6.3 | Limitations and Qualifications Regarding Special Allocations | 27 | |||
6.4 | Contributed Property | 28 | |||
6.5 | Allocation of Items with Respect to Interests Transferred | 29 | |||
6.6 | Distribution of Company Available Cash Flow | 29 | |||
ARTICLE VI | ASSIGNABILITY | 29 | |||
7.1 | Transfers and Pledges | 29 | |||
7.2 | Additional Covenants Concerning Transfers | 31 | |||
7.3 | Admission as Substituted Member | 31 | |||
ARTICLE VI | ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE | 31 | |||
8.1 | Fiscal Year | 31 | |||
8.2 | Books of Account | 31 | |||
8.3 | Annual Reports | 32 | |||
8.4 | The Development Budget, the Development Plan and the Annual Plan | 32 | |||
ARTICLE IX | DURATION AND DISSOLUTION | 33 | |||
9.1 | Dissolution | 33 | |||
9.2 | Liquidation | 33 | |||
9.3 | Liquidation of a Member's Interest | 34 | |||
ARTICLE X | COMPENSATION AND FEES | 34 | |||
10.1 | Management Fee | 34 | |||
10.2 | Reimbursement of Expenses | 34 | |||
ARTICLE XI | BUY-SELL PROCEDURES/FORCED SALE | 34 | |||
11.1 | Buy-Sell Right | 34 | |||
11.2 | Forced Sale | 35 | |||
11.3 | Closing | 37 | |||
11.4 | Default by Purchasing Member | 38 | |||
11.5 | Default by Non-purchasing Member | 39 | |||
11.6 | Liability After Closing | 39 | |||
11.7 | Limitation on Exercise | 39 |
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11.8 | No Assignment | 40 | |||
11.9 | Release of Liability | 40 | |||
ARTICLE XI | DEFAULTING EVENT REMEDIES | 40 | |||
12.1 | Election to Purchase Defaulting Member's Interest | 40 | |||
12.2 | Purchase Price of Defaulting Member's Interest | 40 | |||
12.3 | Suspension of Rights | 41 | |||
12.4 | Grant of Security Interest | 41 | |||
12.5 | Remedies Exclusive | 41 | |||
ARTICLE XI | MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 42 | |||
13.1 | Entire Contract | 42 | |||
13.2 | Notices | 42 | |||
13.3 | Nature of Interest | 43 | |||
13.4 | Execution in Counterparts | 43 | |||
13.5 | Severability | 43 | |||
13.6 | Modification, Termination and Waiver | 43 | |||
13.7 | Waivers | 44 | |||
13.8 | Headings | 44 | |||
13.9 | Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 44 | |||
13.10 | Waiver of Right to Partition | 44 | |||
13.11 | Heirs, Successors, and Assigns | 44 | |||
13.12 | Governing Law | 44 | |||
13.13 | Estoppel Certificates | 44 | |||
13.14 | Further Assurances | 44 | |||
13.15 | Attorneys' Fees | 44 | |||
13.16 | Captions | 44 | |||
13.17 | Pronouns | 45 | |||
13.18 | Recalculation of Interest | 45 | |||
13.19 | Confidentiality; Publicity | 45 | |||
13.20 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 45 | |||
13.21 | General Exculpation | 45 | |||
13.22 | No Third-Party Beneficiaries | 46 | |||
13.23 | No Consequential Damages | 46 | |||
13.24 | Exhibits | 46 | |||
13.25 | Days | 46 |
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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENTFORMORNING EAGLE DEVELOPMENT LLCTHIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF MORNING EAGLE DEVELOPMENT LLC (the “Company”) entered into as of the ____ day of May, 2002, by and between Glacier Village Investors LLC (“GVI”), and Big Mountain Development Corporation, a Montana corporation (“BMDC”). WHEREAS, GVI and BMDC hereby agree to form the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to and subject to the Act; WHEREAS, a Certificate of Formation of the Company has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and WHEREAS, the parties desire to provide for the orderly management of the Company; |
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: |
ARTICLE IDEFINITIONS1.1 Act. “Act” shall mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, Del. Code Xxx. tit. 6,ss. 18-101, et seq., as from time to time amended. 1 |
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1.15 Capital Return Percentages. “Capital Return Percentages” shall mean, at any point in time: |
(1) | in the case of GVI, 100% multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of GVI’s Outstanding Capital Contributions, and the denominator of which is the Members’ Total Outstanding Capital Amount, and |
(2) | in the case of BMDC, 100% multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of BMDC’s Outstanding Capital Contributions, and the denominator of which is the Members’ Total Outstanding Capital Amount. |
1.17 Closing Sum. “Closing Sum” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1 of this Agreement. 1.18 Code. “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 1.20 Company. “Company” is defined in the Preamble. 3 |
1.27 Contribution Percentage. “Contribution Percentage” shall mean 0% as to BMDC and 100% as to GVI. 4 |
1.35 Defaulting Member Approval Rights. “Defaulting Member Approval Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a)(iii). 1.36 Designated Representative(s). “Designated Representative(s)” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b) of this Agreement. 1.42 Electing Member. “Electing Member” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1 of this Agreement. 1.43 Election. “Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(c) of this Agreement. 5 |
1.55 HILP. “HILP” shall mean Xxxxx Interests Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor to all or substantially all of the assets of such entity. 6 |
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1.77 Non-Electing Member. “Non-Electing Member” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1 of this Agreement. 1.81 Person. “Person” shall mean an individual, a trust, an estate, a governmental entity or subdivision, a partnership, a corporation, a joint venture, a company, a limited liability company, a firm or any other entity whatsoever. 1.84 Price. “Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(c) of this Agreement. 9 |
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1.91 Receiving Member. “Receiving Member” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(a) of this Agreement. 1.92 Regulations. “Regulations” shall mean the Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code. 1.94 ROFO. “ROFO” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.3 of this Agreement. 1.100 Village Core. “Village Core” shall mean means the portion of the Project Land containing approximately fifteen (15) acres, more or less, located within the Village, as more fully shown on the Approved Master Plan. 1.101 WSI. “WSI” shall mean Winter Sports, Inc., a Montana corporation. ARTICLE IITHE COMPANY11 |
2.5 Term of the Company. The term of the Company shall commence on the date of the filing of the Certificate of Formation creating the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and shall continue until terminated as provided in Article IX; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not be effective until it is executed and delivered. 2.8 Registered Office and Agent. The Company shall maintain a registered office and agent in Delaware, as may be designated from time to time by Manager. The address of the initial registered office of the Company in Delaware shall be 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The name and address of the initial registered agent of the Company for service of process are The Corporation Trust Company, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. Manager shall provide prompt written notice to BMDC of any change in the registered office or registered agent. ARTICLE IIICAPITALIZATION AND FINANCING3.1 Contribution of Certain Property; Assumption of Land Note. (a) Concurrently with the formation of the Company, GVI, to the extent that it owns any of the following items, shall contribute to the Company the Project Land (subject to the Land Note as contemplated in Section 3.1(b) below) and all other rights, interests and assets appurtenant to the Project Land included in the Project and acquired pursuant to the Land Agreement with the Project Land. 12 |
(b) The Company shall assume all obligations of GVI under the Land Note. (c) GVI shall contribute to the Company all deposits and reservation fees and reservation agreements or contracts then in existence with respect to the improvements to be constructed as part of a Project or lots to be included within such Project. As of the execution of this Agreement, GVI or its Affiliates have incurred certain costs in connection with the Project in the amount of $[____________]. The Members hereby agree that such preformation expenditures shall be considered Capital Contributions of GVI. (d) The Members agree that the initial Outstanding Capital Contributions of each Member is as set forth below: |
GVI | $ | |||
BMDC | $ 0.00 |
3.2 Capital Contributions Incident to the Project.
(a) (i) To the extent provided for in the approved Development Plan with respect to the Project, as it may be amended from time to time with the Approval of the Members, and only after the contributions in Section 3.1(a) are made by the Members to the Company, each Member agrees to contribute capital to the Company from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, not to exceed the Member’s Project Capital Commitment, for (A) predevelopment activities prior to Commencement of Construction (including, without limitation, the costs set forth in Section 3.1), (B) following satisfaction or waiver by the Members of the Construction Commencement Conditions, the construction of the Project, and (C) other costs and expenses as provided in the approved Development Plan with respect to the Project. |
(ii) Capital Contributions pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) shall be made with respect to Disbursement Requests in proportion to the Members’respective Contribution Percentages for application to costs detailed in each such Disbursement Request and in accordance with the Development Budget and the Development Plan. Such contributions pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) shall be made on the date provided in the applicable Disbursement Request therefor submitted by Development Manager in accordance with the Development Management Agreement, which date shall not be less than ten (10) business days following the date of the applicable Disbursement Request. |
(iii) Each Member acknowledges that it intends for the Company to obtain Construction Financing to pay Project Costs in order to minimize the Capital Contributions of the Members. In connection with such financing, each Member shall provide the applicable lender with such customary financial and other information regarding the business of each Member and its Affiliates and the Company as such lender may reasonably request. If the Company obtains such financing, then GVI and BMDC shall execute and deliver to the lender in connection therewith such documentation as the applicable lender may reasonably request including, but not limited to, a legal opinion as to such matters as the lender may reasonably request, and a consent to, or acknowledgment of, the granting of a security interest in the Company’s Assets. |
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(iv) To the extent provided for in the Development Plan or otherwise approved by the Members, in the event that a Member or its Affiliate agrees to enter into any guaranty, indemnity or other agreement for the benefit of any such lender (including, without limitation, a completion guaranty, a recourse indemnity agreement, and/or an environmental indemnification agreement), then any and all amounts payable under such agreement shall be treated as incurred by the Company and shall be payable by the Company (directly or as a reimbursement for any amounts paid by the Member or its affiliate under the agreement) as provided herein, and the Members shall be obligated to make Capital Contributions pursuant to this Section 3.2 and Section 3.3 to discharge the same. |
(b) If, at any time or from time to time after all of the contributions pursuant to Section 3.2(a) have been contributed for the Project, additional funds are required in connection with the Project, Manager shall request the Members to make further capital contributions in such amount; provided, however, no Member shall be obligated to contribute more than its Project Capital Commitment. If so requested by Manager, each Member shall make Capital Contributions to pay its Contribution Percentage of the amount so requested, within ten (10) business days after such request. 3.3 Capital Contributions Incident to Operations. (a) If at any time or from time to time additional funds are required (or are expected to be required) to meet the obligations or needs of the Company (an “Operating Shortfall”), Manager shall provide written notice to all Members of the existence (or expected existence) of such Operating Shortfall, which notice shall include factual information and reports evidencing the basis for the Operating Shortfall and Manager’s recommendation as to meeting such Operating Shortfall, which recommendation may include seeking nonrecourse third-party financing for portion of the Operating Shortfall in excess of that funded or to be so funded from Project Capital Commitments. Any financing requested by Manager on behalf of the Company may be secured by a mortgage encumbering all or a portion of the Project provided that in no event shall the Company be permitted to obtain any third-party financing on a basis that requires any Member or its Affiliates to guarantee or otherwise be personally liable for the repayment of any financing obtained by the Company pursuant to this Section 3.3(a) without such Member’s consent. (b) In the event that (i) the Company has experienced an Operating Shortfall (or is expected to experience an Operating Shortfall) and (ii) all or a portion of such Operating Shortfall is not defrayed pursuant to any of the methods described in Section 3.3(a), Manager shall request the Members to make further Capital Contributions in the amount of the Operating Shortfall, and each Member shall contribute Capital Contributions to pay its pro rata share (in proportion to Contribution Percentages) of the amount of such Operating Shortfall, within ten (10) business days after such request. 14 |
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(i) In the case of any Monetary Default occasioned by the Defaulting Member’s failure to fulfill its obligations under Section 3.2 and Section 3.3 of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right to institute suit for collection of such Monetary Default, together with (y) interest thereon from the date on which such payment thereof was due until it is paid, computed at a rate equal to the lesser of (A) Prime Rate, plus 5 percentage points or (B) the highest rate allowed by law and (z) all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and court costs that may have been incurred by reason of or in connection with such Monetary Default. |
(ii) In the case of any Monetary Default which continues for a period of 5 business days following written notice thereof (in addition to the initial notice of such request for funds), the Non-Defaulting Member shall have the right to make the Capital Contribution which the Defaulting Member declined to make. In such event, the Interest of the Defaulting Member in the Company shall be reduced automatically by that portion (the “Defaulted Portion”) equal to the product determined by multiplying (i) the Defaulting Member’s Vertical Ownership Percentage by (ii) the Default Fraction, and the Non-Defaulting Member’s Interest shall be increased by the same amount. For purposes of adjusting and maintaining the balances of the Capital Accounts of the Defaulting Member and the Non-Defaulting Member, (A) the amount contributed to the Company by the Non-Defaulting Member to replace the Capital Contribution which the Defaulting Member declined to make shall be deemed to have been contributed to the Company by the Defaulting Member and shall increase the balances of the Defaulting Member’s and Capital Account, (B) the balance of the Defaulting Member’s Capital Account (determined with regard to the adjustments required by clause (A) above) shall be debited (reduced), but not below zero, by an amount equal to the product determined by multiplying the balance of the Defaulting Member’s Capital Account (determined with regard to the adjustments required by clause (A) above) by the Adjustment Percentage, (C) the balance of the Non-Defaulting Member’s Capital Account shall be credited (increased) by an amount equal to the product determined by multiplying the balance of the Defaulting Member’s Capital Account (determined with regard to the adjustments required by clause (A) above, but without regard to any adjustments required by clause (B) above) by the Adjustment Percentage (provided, however, that the balance of the Non-Defaulting Member’s Capital Account shall not be credited by an amount greater than the amount by which the Defaulting Member’s Capital Account was debited pursuant to clause (B) above). Following the contribution by the Non-Defaulting Member of the Capital Contribution that the Defaulting Member declined to make, (D) the Non-Defaulting Member’s Vertical Ownership Percentage shall equal the lesser of 100% or the sum of (y) the Non-Defaulting Member’s Vertical Ownership Percentage (determined immediately prior to the Non-Defaulting Member’s contribution of the Capital Contribution that the Defaulting Member declined to make) and (z) the Defaulted Portion of the Defaulting Member’s Interest in the Company, and (E) the Defaulting Member’s Vertical Ownership Percentage shall equal the excess, if any, of (y) 100%, over (z) the Non-Defaulting Member’s Vertical Ownership Percentage (determined immediately following the Non-Defaulting Member’s purchase pursuant to clause (D) above). |
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(iii) In the case of a Monetary Default by either Member, the Non-Defaulting Member shall have the right to undertake any action described in Section 4.8 without the prior consent of the Defaulting Member during such time as the Monetary Default in question remains uncured; provided, however, that the consent of the Defaulting Member shall still be required with respect to the following (the “Defaulting Member Approval Rights”): any amendment to this Agreement. Without limitation upon the foregoing, the Non-Defaulting Member shall, during such time as such Monetary Default remains uncured, have the power and authority to borrow from third parties (upon the approval of only the Non-Defaulting Members) all or a portion of the amounts of the Monetary Default necessary to develop and/or operate the Project, to secure such borrowings by a mortgage encumbering all or a portion of the Project, and to apply all or a portion of the proceeds of such borrowings to reimburse Manager for any amounts advanced by it to the Company to defray Company or Project expenses, to the extent that such advances were reasonable in amount and were necessitated by the Monetary Default in question. |
(iv) In the case of any Monetary Default by either Member, the Non-Defaulting Member shall have the right to advance to the Company an amount of money equal to the Monetary Default of the Defaulting Member, which advance shall be considered to be a loan from the Non-Defaulting Member to the Defaulting Member (a “Defaulting Member Loan”). Such loan shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate, plus five percentage points (unless such rate exceeds the highest lawful rate, in which event the rate charged hereunder shall be the highest lawful rate), and shall be repayable from that portion of each distribution or payment made to the Members pursuant to Sections 6.6, 9.2, 11.3 and 12.2 hereof that would have been distributed or paid to the Defaulting Member had the Defaulting Member made the contribution to the Company that was required of (but not made by) it. For purposes of adjusting and maintaining the balance of the Defaulting Member’s Capital Account, (A) the amount of any Member Loan made by the Non-Defaulting Member to the Defaulting Member pursuant to this Section 3.5(a)(iv) by reason of the Defaulting Member’s failure to fulfill its obligations under Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been contributed to the Company by the Defaulting Member and shall increase the balance of the Defaulting Member’s Capital Account, and (B) the amount of any distribution or payment otherwise payable to the Defaulting Member that is paid to the Non-Defaulting Member in repayment of a Member Loan made by the Non-Defaulting Member to the Defaulting Partner pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) shall be treated as if such amount had actually been distributed or paid to the Defaulting Member pursuant to Article VI, Article IX, Article XI, or Article XII, as the case may be. |
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(v) In the case of any Monetary Default by either Member under Section 3.2 or Section 3.3, the Non-Defaulting Member may exercise the Defaulting Event Remedies permitted under Article XII. |
(b) The remedies provided by this Section 3.5 and Article XII for Monetary Defaults by the Members shall be exclusive. |
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, neither GVI nor BMDC shall have any personal liability for the obligations of such Member under this Article III to the other except for any Member’s obligation to fund Capital Contributions under Section 3.2(a). ARTICLE IVRIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MANAGER;
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(b) To cause all indebtedness owing by the Company or owing with respect to and secured by the Company’s assets, or any part thereof, to be paid prior to delinquency and make such other payments and perform such other acts as may be necessary to preserve the interest of the Company therein; and (c) Subject to, as limited by, and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, to have, exercise and perform, to the full extent granted to and permitted to be exercised by members under the Act, such other rights and powers and such other business functions as may be necessary for the operation of the Company’s business, affairs and assets in the ordinary course. Without limiting the foregoing, the Manager shall have the following powers, consistent with the Approval of the Members: (a) to control and manage the Company’s assets and to arrange for collections, disbursements and other matters necessary or desirable in connection with the management of the Company’s assets (such rights shall include the right to borrow money in furtherance of the Company purposes (including financings in which net proceeds are procured)); (b) to the extent that the Company’s financial resources will permit the Manager to do so, to see that all indebtedness owing with respect to and secured by the Company’s assets, or any part thereof, is paid and to make such other payments and perform such other acts as Manager may deem necessary to preserve the interest of the Company therein; (c) to pay and discharge all taxes and assessments levied and assessed against the Company’s assets or any part thereof for the account of the Company; (d) to carry such insurance as it may deem necessary or appropriate; and (e) to have such other authority and power as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate for the operation, maintenance and preservation of the Company’s assets. Without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, it is understood and agreed that the Manager shall have full authority, without the further consent of any other Member, to finance, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise transfer Company assets in accordance with an Annual Plan. The Manager shall be reimbursed by the Company for all actual, reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the discharge of its duties hereunder as Manager. 18 |
4.5 Contracts with GVI and Affiliates of GVI. (a) The Company may enter into agreements directly with a GVI Affiliate, and the validity of any such transaction, agreement or payment shall not be affected by reason of any relationship between the Company and such GVI Affiliates, provided that such agreements are provided for in the Development Plan or otherwise, so long as (i) such agreements do not result in expenditures or concessions by the Company in excess of the amount or terms that would be paid or agreed to by the Company in arm’s length agreements with unrelated parties with comparable experience, capability and expertise in the same business as the contracting GVI Affiliate in the same geographic area as the Company, and (ii) the Company first obtains the prior written approval of BMDC of such agreement and any amendment thereto, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. (b) The parties hereby acknowledge that the Development Management Agreement between the Company and a Xxxxx Affiliate, and the fees, payments, expenditures and reimbursements described therein, satisfy the provisions of this Section 4.5. The Development Management Agreement requires the Development Manager to provide certain reports and information to the Company. The Xxxxx Affiliate that is the Development Manager will provide BMDC with copies of any or all such reports and information as BMDC may request. 19 |
(b) Except as set forth in Section 2.3 of the Master Development Agreement or approved by the parties to the Master Development Agreement, neither GVI nor BMDC (nor any affiliate of either of them) shall acquire any real property other than the “Project Land” (as defined in the Master Development Agreement) and easements and rights appurtenant thereto or participate in any development of other properties in Flathead County, Montana. (a) Neither Manager nor its partners shall be liable or accountable, in damages or otherwise, to the Company or to any other Member for any act performed or failure to act by it (or them) that arises out of, or in connection with, this Agreement or the Company’s business and affairs, unless such act or failure to act is attributable to fraud, bad faith, Gross Negligence or intentional or willful misconduct by Manager, during the period of time such Member is serving as Manager. Manager shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its Members and the partners, officers, directors, members, shareholders and employees of each of them for any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense (including reasonable attorneys’fees) claimed by a third party and incurred by the Company to the extent caused by any act performed or failure to act by Manager, or its employees or agents, which constitutes fraud, bad faith, Gross Negligence or intentional or willful misconduct by Manager, or its employees or agents, during the period of time such Member is serving as Manager. (b) The Company (but not any Member) shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Manager and its partners, agents and employees for any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense (including reasonable attorneys’fees) claimed by a third party and incurred by virtue of Manager’s activities as Manager hereunder and arising out of any act performed or failure to act that is within the scope of Manager’s authority hereunder, as reasonably determined by Manager, and arises out of, or in connection with, this Agreement or the Company’s business and affairs, except to the extent the act or omission constitutes fraud, bad faith, Gross Negligence or intentional or willful misconduct by Manager, or its employees. (c) In no event shall the foregoing be deemed to confer any personal liability upon any limited partner, agent or employee of Manager or of any Member of the Company. The Company’s obligations under this Section 4.7 shall be satisfied only out of the assets of the Company and the rents, issues and profits therefrom, and in no event shall any Member be required to make any Capital Contribution to discharge the Company’s obligations under this Section 4.7. (a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Designated Representatives or each Member’s designee(s) shall be held once each calendar quarter on a date and at a place established by Manager for the purpose of the transaction of such business as may come before the meeting. (b) Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Designated Representatives or each Member’s designee(s), for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by Manager on a date and at a place established by Manager. 20 |
(c) Notice of Meetings. Unless waived in writing by all parties, written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of Manager, to each Designated Representative. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to each Member at his address as it appears on the books of the Company, with postage thereon prepaid. If transmitted by way of facsimile, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered on the date of such facsimile transmission to the fax number, if any, for the respective Member which has been supplied by such Member and identified as such Member’s facsimile number. (d) Attendance and Quorum. The Designated Representatives of the Members or their designees may attend any regular or special meeting in person or by teleconference or other means. One or more Designated RepresentativeRepresentatives of each Member shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting, unless the Non-Managing Member fails to attend such meeting after receiving notice thereof pursuant to Section 4.8(c), in which case one or more Designated Representatives of Members holding a majority of the Vertical Ownership Percentages shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting. (e) Manner of Acting. If a quorum is present, the unanimous affirmative vote of the Designated Representatives present at a meeting shall be the act of the Members. With respect to any matter that does not obtain a unanimous vote, the affirmative vote of the Designated Representative or Designated Representatives representing a majority of the Vertical Ownership Percentages shall be the act, approval or consent of the Members. Any matter approved by the Members or decision of the Members made pursuant to the process described in this Section 4.8(e) shall be approved by the Members for all purposes of this Agreement (such approval being herein called the “Approval of the Members”). (f) Action Without a Meeting. Action required or permitted to be taken at a regular or special meeting may be taken without a meeting if (i) all Members consent to taking action without a meeting, and (ii) the action is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the persons entitled to vote thereon and delivered to the Company for inclusion in the minutes or for filing with the Company records. Action taken under this Section is effective when all persons entitled to vote thereon holding not less than the number of votes required to approve such action have signed the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. 21 |
(i) Construction Financing Reports. At each regular meeting occurring prior to the Completion Date, Manager shall prepare, in summary form, a record of Construction Financing draw requests, budget analyses, and such other items as are reasonably requested by the Members. |
(ii) Discussion Items. Prior to the implementation by the Manager or the Company of the following matters, such matters shall be presented for discussion and voting thereon at either a regular or special meeting: |
(A) Amending the Development Plan; |
(B) Increasing the Development Budget; |
(C) Amending the Annual Plan for a given year, or preparation or adoption of an Annual Plan for any subsequent year; |
(D) Developing or amending sales and other operating guidelines for the Project, including the matters described in Section 8.4(b)(i)-(vi); and |
(E) Acquiring, by purchase or lease, of any direct or indirect interest in real property in addition to the Project Land (other than utility and access easements on customary terms serving the Project over property owned by third parties), or constructing any significant capital improvements on the Project Land or replacing an existing capital improvement following completion of construction thereof; |
(F) Giving or granting any options, rights of first refusal, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges or security interests or other encumbrance of the Project or any portion thereof, other than the granting of customary easements; |
(G) Selling or conveying the Project or any portion thereof or any interest therein other than sales of residential land, units or commercial condominium units in accordance with an Annual Plan or the Development Plan; |
(H) Causing or permitting the Company to extend credit to or to make any loans or become a surety, guarantor, endorser or accommodation endorser for any person, firm or corporation; |
(I) Confessing a judgment against the Company, submitting a Company claim to litigation or arbitration, or settling any litigation or arbitration; |
(J) Entering into any lease or other occupancy arrangement not in accordance with leasing guidelines set forth in an Annual Plan or the Development Plan; |
(K) Admitting a new Member to the Company; |
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(L) Entering into, modifying, terminating or waiving any breach of or default under the Development Management Agreement or any other agreement with any Affiliate of any Member; |
(M) Except as provided in an Annual Plan or the Development Plan and with respect to trade payables and other borrowings in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, entering into any third party loan or other borrowing, or modifying, prepaying or extending the term of any third party loan or other borrowing; |
(N) Entering into any collective bargaining agreement; and |
(O) Except as authorized by an Annual Plan or the Development Plan, implementing any advertising or marketing of the Project. |
(iii) Notice Items. Prior to the implementation by the Manager or the Company of the matters described in (A) and (B) below (which matters shall not require Approval of the Members), the Manager shall give two days prior notice to BMDC’s Designated Representatives. Such notice may be delivered in written or electronic format. The matters requiring notice, but not Approval of the Members, are as follows: |
(A) Distributing any cash or property of the Company to a Member, or establishing any reserve, other than as provided in an Annual Plan or the Development Plan; and |
(B) Selecting the Company’s legal counsel, or changing the Company’s counsel. |
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement regarding Approval of the Members or notice to the Members, in the event of any emergency posing an imminent threat to persons or property, Manager shall be required to provide only such notice as is practical under the circumstances before taking such action as Manager reasonably believes to be necessary in order to remove such imminent threat. |
ARTICLE VRIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBERS5.3 Reliance on Authority of Person Signing Agreement; Designated Representatives. 23 |
(a) In the event that a Member is any entity other than a natural person, the Members and the Company (i) shall not be required to determine the authority of the person signing this Agreement to make any commitment or undertaking on behalf of such entity or to determine any fact or circumstance bearing upon the existence of the authority of such person; (ii) shall not be required to see to the application or distribution of proceeds paid or credited to persons signing this Agreement or any document executed in connection herewith on behalf of such entity; and (iii) shall be entitled to rely on the authority of the person signing this Agreement or any document in connection herewith with respect to the voting of the interest of such entity and with respect to the giving of consent on behalf of such entity in connection with any matter for which consent is permitted or required under this Agreement or any document in connection herewith. (b) Each Member shall designate in writing to the Company one or more representatives who shall each be authorized to act under this Agreement for and on behalf of such Member. Any act, approval, consent or vote of any representative of a Member that is so designated shall be deemed to be the act, approval, consent or vote of said Member, and no Person, including, without limitation, the Company and the other Members, shall be required to inquire into the authority of such representative as to such act, approval, consent or vote on behalf of the Member who has designated said representative. Any representative may be replaced by a successor representative by written notice to the Company and designation of a substitute for such representative. Until written notice of any change is given pursuant to Section 13.2, the designated representatives (“Designated Representative(s)”) of the Members shall be as follows: |
For BMDC: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Big Mountain Development Corporation | ||||
The Xxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
X. X. Xxx 0000 | ||||
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
and | ||||
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Big Mountain Development Corporation | ||||
The Xxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
X. X. Xxx 0000 | ||||
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
For GVI: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Xxxxx Interests Limited Partnership | ||||
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
and | ||||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx Interests Limited Partnership | ||||
0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 | ||||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000 | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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(c) In dealing with Manager, no Person shall be required to inquire as to its authority to bind the Company. Manager shall have the full right and authority to execute and deliver any and all agreements, contracts, documents and instruments relating to the business and affairs of the Company, without the joinder of the other Members or any other Person, and any Person dealing with the Company may rely upon Manager’s execution and delivery of any agreement, contract, document or instrument as the act and deed of the Company, without the necessity for further inquiry and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement. ARTICLE VI
(a) A Capital Account shall be maintained for each Member, which account shall be increased (credited) by (i) the amount of money and the fair market value of property contributed and deemed contributed by such Member to the Company (net of liabilities secured by such property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to under section 752 of the Code), and (ii) the amount of income and gain (or items thereof) of the Company allocated to such Member, including income and gain exempt from tax and gain described in Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), but excluding income and gain described in Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i); and decreased (debited) by (iii) the amount of money and the fair market value of property distributed to such Member (net of liabilities secured by such property that such Member is considered to assume or take subject to under section 752 of the Code), (iv) such Member’s distributive share of expenditures of the Company described in section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code and (v) the amount of loss and deduction (or items thereof) of the Company allocated to such Member, including loss and deduction described in Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), but excluding items described in clause (iv) above and loss and deduction described in Regulations sections 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) or 1.704-1(b)(4)(iii), and otherwise adjusted in accordance with the additional rules set forth in Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). In addition, a Member’s Capital Account may be adjusted as provided in Sections 9.2 and 9.3 hereof. The Capital Accounts of all Members shall be adjusted as required under Regulations sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), as applicable, to reflect any aggregate net adjustment to the values of Company assets as permitted by the Code or the relevant Regulations. (b) A single Capital Account shall be maintained for each Member, which Capital Account shall reflect all allocations, distributions, or other adjustments required by this Article VI with respect to Company interests owned by such Member, regardless of whether such Member owns more than one class of Company interest. 25 |
(c) If, pursuant to Regulations sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), Company property is reflected on the books of the Company at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such property, the Members’ Capital Accounts shall be adjusted in accordance with Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) for allocations of depreciation, depletion, amortization, and gain or loss, as computed for book purposes, with respect to such property. (d) Upon any transfer of all or part of a Company interest, as permitted by this Agreement, the Capital Account (or portion thereof) of the transferor that is attributable to the transferred interest (or portion thereof) shall carry over to the transferee, as prescribed by Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(l). |
(a) Net Income shall be allocated as follows: |
(i) First, to the Members in accordance with their Capital Return Percentages to the extent that when allocated the Net Income would reduce a Cumulative Net Loss but only to the extent of the excess of (A) the Net Loss allocated pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(i), over (B) the Net Income previously allocated pursuant to this Section 6.2(a)(i). |
(ii) Second, to GVI to the extent of the excess of (A) the aggregate amount distributed to GVI pursuant to Section 6.6(d), over (B) the excess of (I) the aggregate Net Income previously allocated pursuant to this Section 6.2(a)(ii), over (II) the aggregate Net Loss allocated pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(ii). |
(iii) Third, to the Members in accordance with their respective Vertical Ownership Percentages. |
(b) Net Loss shall be allocated as follows:
(i) First, to the Members in accordance with their Capital Return Percentages to the extent that when allocated the Net Loss would add to a Cumulative Net Loss. |
(ii) Second, to GVI to the extent of an amount equal to the excess of (A) the Cumulative Net Income allocated to GVI pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(ii), over (B) the aggregate Net Loss previously allocated to GVI pursuant to this Section 6.2(b)(ii). |
(iii) Third, to the Members in accordance with their respective Vertical Ownership Percentages to the extent that when allocated the Net Loss would reduce Cumulative Net Income. |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 6.2 hereof, but subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations section 1.704-2(f)(2), (3), (4) or (5), if there is a net decrease in the Minimum Gain of the Company during any Company fiscal year, each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in proportion to, and to the extent of, an amount equal to that Member’s share of the net decrease in Minimum Gain, within the meaning of Regulations section 1.704-2(g)(2). The Minimum Gain chargeback shall consist first of income and gain from the disposition of Company Assets subject to nonrecourse liabilities of the Company, with the remainder of the Minimum Gain chargeback, if any, made up of a pro rata portion of the Company’s other items of income and gain for such year, and shall be determined in accordance with Regulations sections 1.704-2(f)(6), 1.704-2(g)(2) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(i), or any successor provisions. If such income and gain from the disposition of Company Assets exceeds the amount of the Minimum Gain chargeback, a proportionate share of each item of such income and gain shall constitute a part of the Minimum Gain chargeback. The provisions of this Section 6.3(a) are intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement of Regulations section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith for all purposes under this Agreement. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 6.2 hereof or this Section 6.3 other than Section 6.3(a), but subject to the exceptions referenced in Regulations section 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain during any fiscal year, each Member that has a share of such Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with Regulations section 1.704-2(i)(5), as of the beginning of such year shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for succeeding years) equal to such Member’s share of the net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations section 1.704-2(i)(4) or any successor provision. The provisions of this Section 6.3(b) are intended to comply with the Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain chargeback requirement of Regulations section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith for all purposes under this Agreement. (c) If any Member receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Regulations sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Company income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of Company income, including gross income, and gain for such year) shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate as quickly as possible the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Member, if any, to the extent required by the Regulations. The provisions of this Section 6.3(c) are intended to comply with the “qualified income offset” requirement of Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(3) and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith for all purposes under this Agreement. (d) Nonrecourse Deductions of the Company for any fiscal year shall be specially allocated to the Members in accordance with the allocation of Net Income or Net Loss for such fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement. Member Nonrecourse Deductions of the Company for any fiscal year shall be specially allocated to the Member who bears the economic risk of loss for the liability in question. The provisions of this Section 6.3(d) are intended to satisfy the requirements of Regulations sections 1.704-2(e)(2) and 1.704-2(i)(1) and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith for all purposes under this Agreement. 27 |
(e) No net loss shall be allocated to a Member pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof to the extent that such loss would cause such Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any fiscal year. Instead, any such loss shall be allocated to each other Member to the extent that such allocation would not cause such other Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. (f) Net Income and Net Loss of the Company shall not be allocated in accordance with Section 6.2 hereof or any paragraph of this Section 6.3 other than this paragraph (f) if and to the extent that any such allocation would cause the Company’s allocations not to have substantial economic effect for purposes of section 704(b)(2) of the Code under the economic effect equivalence test set forth in Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(i), and any such Net Income and Net Loss shall instead be allocated to and among the Members in the amounts and in the manner necessary to cause the Company’s allocations to comply with such economic effect equivalence test. For purposes of this Section 6.3(f) only, it shall be assumed that no Member is obligated to contribute to the Company any cash or property to eliminate the deficit balance existing in its Capital Account upon the liquidation of the Company except to the extent that such Member is personally liable under law or by contract to satisfy a Company liability. (g) The allocations set forth in this Section 6.3 (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Regulations sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VI (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in making allocations among the Members of Net Income and Net Loss (and items thereof) of the Company other than the Regulatory Allocations such that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of Net Income and Net Loss (and items thereof) other than the Regulatory Allocations, together with the Regulatory Allocations, shall equal the net amount that would have been allocated to and among the Members had the Regulatory Allocations not occurred. (h) It is intended that the allocations set forth in Section 6.2 satisfy the substantial economic effect requirement of section 704(b) of the Code. However, in the event that counsel to the Company or any Member determines that such requirements are not satisfied, the Manager shall modify such allocations in order to comply with such requirements. 28 |
(a) First, to repay all indebtedness of the Company including any Member Loans but excluding the Land Note. (b) Second, to (i) the Members in accordance with their Capital Return Percentages until each Member has received its Outstanding Capital Contribution balance and (ii) repayment of the Land Note until the holder of the Land Note has received fifty percent (50%) of the initial principal amount of the Land Note (together with accrued interest on that portion of the principal), in the relative proportion that (x) the sum of the Members’Outstanding Capital Contributions bears to (y) fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding principal amount of the Land Note (together with accrued interest on that portion of the principal); (c) Third, to full repayment of the remaining outstanding principal balance of the Land Note (together with accrued interest thereon); (d) Fourth, in the event that aggregate payments made by the Company on the Land Note exceed the Target Amount (such excess amount being the “Excess Amount”), to GVI until GVI has received an amount equal to seventy-eight (78%) of the sum of (i) the Excess Amount, and (ii) all amounts previously distributed to GVI pursuant to this Section 6.6(d); and (e) Fifth, to the Members in accordance with their Vertical Ownership Percentages. ARTICLE VIIASSIGNABILITY29 |
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ARTICLE VIIIACCOUNTING PROCEDURE31 |
(a) At the end of each fiscal year, Manager shall, at the expense of the Company, have an independent certified public accountant (which shall be chosen by Manager with the consent of the Members) prepare audited financial statements of the Company as of the close of such fiscal year, including a balance sheet, a statement of income or loss, a statement of cash flows, and a statement of changes in Members’capital. A copy of such audited financial statements for each fiscal year shall be furnished by Manager to each of the Members not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of the Company. The audited financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. (b) Not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of the Company, Manager shall furnish to BMDC a copy of the Company’s U.S. Partnership Return of Income (presently Form 1065) and BMDC’s Schedule K-1 of the Company’s U.S. Partnership Return of Income. The tax reporting information shall also be accompanied by a reconciliation between the information set forth on the annual audited financial statements pursuant to Section 8.3(a) above and the information furnished to the Members for federal income tax purposes pursuant to this Section 8.3(b). 8.4 The Development Budget, the Development Plan and the Annual Plan. (a) GVI and BMDC have approved the Development Plan for the Project, including a proposed Development Budget describing, among other matters, the maximum Project Capital Commitments of the Members. The Development Plan and the Development Budget for the Project may be amended from time to time (i) upon the Approval of the Members, (ii) to reflect amendments consistent with the Plans, Annual Plans, the Construction Contract and/or the Construction Financing, or (iii) as otherwise provided therein. (b) Within ninety (90) calendar days prior to the date on which the first sale of property by the Company in the ordinary course of business is scheduled to occur, Manager shall prepare and submit for the Approval of the Members a budget and strategic operating plan (the “Annual Plan”) for the Company through the then current calendar year, which shall set forth all anticipated income, operating expenses and capital and other costs and expenses of the Company together with guidelines for sales for the coming year and include all backup information reasonably requested by the Members. Thereafter, the Annual Plan for each subsequent fiscal year shall be prepared and be sent to the Members for review by the Members in draft form by October 1 of the preceding year and, upon Approval of the Members, shall be adopted in final form by the Manager on behalf of the Company no later than 30 calendar days prior to the end of each fiscal year with respect to the following fiscal year. Manager shall exercise good faith efforts to operate the Project in accordance with any Annual Plan. 32 |
In conjunction with the formulation of, and as part of, the Annual Plan for each year, Manager will also develop sales and other operating guidelines for the Project for the upcoming fiscal year, which sales and other operating guidelines shall include (i) a standard form or forms of sale contract to be offered to prospective buyers, (ii) a schedule of proposed sales prices of lots and units, for the upcoming fiscal year, (iii) a description of any anticipated inducements, concessions, or allowances to be offered, (iv) a budget for the costs to be incurred for the balance of the projected sales period and (vi) a summary of the general content and method of presentation of the advertising and marketing program to be implemented with respect to the Project. ARTICLE IXDURATION AND DISSOLUTION9.1 Dissolution. (b) Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, each Member agrees not to withdraw from the Company without the prior written consent of the other Member. 9.2 Liquidation. (b) Upon the dissolution of the Company, the liquidating trustee shall sell the Company Assets at the best price available, or, with the consent of all Members, the liquidating trustee may distribute those assets in kind; provided, however, that the liquidating trustee shall ascertain the fair market value by appraisal or other reasonable means of the Company Assets to be distributed in kind, and each Member’s Capital Account shall be charged or credited, as the case may be, as if such asset had been sold for cash at such fair market value and the net gain or net loss recognized thereby had been allocated to and among the Members in accordance with Article VI above. All of the Company Assets shall be so applied and distributed by the liquidating trustee on or before the later to occur of (x) the end of the taxable year in which the dissolution of the Company occurs, (y) the date that is 90 days following the date upon which substantially all of the Company Assets are sold or otherwise disposed of by the Company or (z) the date that is 90 days following the date any other event of dissolution occurs, and in the following order: 33 |
(i) First, to the creditors of the Company; |
(ii) Second, to setting up the reserves that the liquidating trustee may deem reasonably necessary for contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company; and |
(iii) Finally, in the manner provided in Section 6.6, as applicable. |
(c) The liquidating trustee shall comply with any requirements of the Act or other applicable law, except as modified by this Agreement in the manner permitted by the Act, pertaining to the winding up of a limited liability company, at which time the Company shall stand liquidated. ARTICLE XCOMPENSATION AND FEESARTICLE XIBUY-SELL PROCEDURES/FORCED SALE34 |
(b) No notice may be given by any Member at any time that the exercise thereof would constitute a default with respect to any indebtedness of the Company secured by a lien on the Project (unless the holder thereof has theretofore waived such default or the Electing Member in its notice states such indebtedness will be paid in full and demonstrates it has the financial means to do so) or under any lease or other agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound and which lease or other document was approved by the Members. (c) If the Buy-Sell Right is exercised, then the Electing Member, in its notice of exercise, shall set forth an all-cash price for the entire Project and other assets (except cash) of the Company (“Price”), taking into account (but not reduced by) all liens, debts and other then-existing liabilities as reflected on the most recent financial statements for the Company and taking into account Section 11.3(iii) below. The Non-Electing Member shall then decide whether (i) the Electing Member will buy the Interest of the Non-Electing Member, or (ii) the Non-Electing Member will buy the Interest of the Electing Member in the Company. If the Non-Electing Member does not give to the Electing Member written notice selecting (i) or (ii) within ninety (90) days after the Electing Member gives notice of exercising the Buy-Sell Right, then the Electing Member may either withdraw its exercise of the Buy-Sell Right or at any time thereafter give written notice of such failure (“Failure Notice”) to the Non-Electing Member and, if the Non-Electing Member has not elected (i) or (ii) within ten (10) days after delivery of such Failure Notice, then the Non-Electing Member will be deemed to have selected (i). Within ninety (90) days (or eighty (80) days in the event a Failure Notice is delivered) after the determination of whether the Electing Member or the Non-Electing Member will buy under (i) or (ii), the Members shall complete such purchase and sale. The price (the “Closing Sum”) the Electing Member under (i) or the Non-Electing Member under (ii) shall pay such non-purchasing Member is the sum the non-purchasing Member would have received under this Agreement if the Project and other assets of the Company (except cash) had been sold for the Price; provided, however, that the expenses of sale shall be disregarded in computing the amount distributable pursuant to Article VI hereof. Subject to the preceding provisions of this Section 11.1, the Buy-Sell Right may be exercised at any time. During the pendency of proceedings under this Article XI, no Member shall make any Transfer of its Interest other than pursuant to the Buy-Sell Right that instituted such proceedings. (a) In addition to the rights of the parties with respect to the Buy-Sell provisions of Section 11.1 above, at any time after the Buy-Sell Period and subject to Section 11.2(i), either Member (the actual Member initiating a Forced Sale being herein called the “Initiating Member”) shall have the right (the “Forced Sale Right”) to require a sale of the Project by the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11.2 (herein called a “Forced Sale”). The Initiating Member may initiate the Forced Sale by giving a written notice (a “Forced Sale Notice”) signed by the Initiating Member to the other Member (the “Receiving Member”). 35 |
(b) The Forced Sale Notice shall specify (i) the Initiating Member’s determination of the all-cash price for the entire Project and other assets of the Company (except cash), taking into account, but not reduced by, all liens, debts and other then-existing liabilities as reflected on the most recent financial statements for the Company (the “Forced Sale Price”), (ii) allocation of closing costs, and (iii) such other material economic terms of such sale as the Initiating Member may propose to the Receiving Member; provided, however, that the terms of such sale must (A) provide for an “as is“sale as of the time the Forced Sale Notice is given, (B) provide for expiration of any representations or warranties (other than a special warranty of title) not more than one (1) year following the closing, (C) provide for closing within 100 days of the date a contract is signed and (D) be subject to no contingencies other than customary due diligence contingencies, such as review of title, survey and environmental matters; provided, however, that acceptable contingencies shall not include those based on further completion of the Project, occupancy, sale or rental achievement. (c) The Receiving Member shall have the right, exercisable by delivery of notice in writing (referred to herein as an “Election”) to the Initiating Member within ninety (90) calendar days from the date of receipt by the Receiving Member of the Forced Sale Notice (referred to herein as the “Election Date”), to notify the Initiating Member either: |
(i) That the Receiving Member is agreeable to the sale of the Project by the Company for a price not less than 90% of the Forced Sale Price set forth in the Forced Sale Notice and on other terms no less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Forced Sale Notice; provided, however, that neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall qualify as a purchaser under this clause (i) without the written consent of the Initiating Member in its sole discretion; or |
(ii) That the Receiving Member elects to buy the Interest of the Initiating Member for a cash purchase price equal to the Initiating Member’s Forced Sale Value (as defined in subparagraph (e) below). |
In the event the Receiving Member fails to give the Initiating Member written notice of the Receiving Member’s Election on or before the Election Date, the Initiating Member may either withdraw its Forced Sale Notice or shall give the Receiving Member a final written notice stating that the Election Date has occurred. In the event the Receiving Member fails to give the Initiating Member written notice of the Receiving Member’s Election within ten (10) days following the Receiving Member’s receipt of such final notice, the Receiving Member shall be deemed to have made an Election to agree to sell under Section 11.2(c)(i) above. (d) In the event of an Election pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(i) above, the agreement to such sale between the Members shall be binding for six months following the date of such election (or deemed election) by the Receiving Member. During such six-month period the Company (and the Members) shall cooperate in good faith to effect such sale by a contract to be executed within such period with closing to occur not later than one hundred (100) days following the date of the execution of the contract of sale. In the event the Initiating Member is not the Manager and is dissatisfied with the marketing efforts undertaken by the Manager to complete the sale of the Project, the Initiating Member may give the Manager written notice of such dissatisfaction, together with a description in reasonable detail of the deficiencies observed and suggestions for resolving the same. In the event such deficiencies have not been rectified within 30 days following the date of such notice, then the Initiating Member shall have the right to act on behalf of the Company in the place of Manager in connection with such sale for the duration of such six-month period and, if applicable, 100-day period prior to closing. In the event that such sale is not consummated as contemplated thereby, the Company shall, at the direction of both Members, exercise any remedies or rights, or satisfy any liabilities, the Company may have with respect thereto, and the Members shall be restored to the status quo ante under this Agreement. The failure of either Member to close or the failure of either Member to cooperate with the effort to sell or to cause the closing to occur once the Project is subject to a contract of sale as required by this Section 11.2(d) shall constitute a Defaulting Event hereunder. 36 |
(e) As used herein, a Member’s “Forced Sale Value” shall be equal to the sum the Member would have been entitled to receive had the sale of the Project been closed and consummated on the terms of the Forced Sale Notice and the Company thereafter liquidated in the manner provided in Article IX hereof, assuming the prior allocation of any Net Income or Net Loss in accordance with the terms of this Agreement which would have been recognized by the Company in connection with any sale of the Project for an amount equal to the purchase price provided for in the Forced Sale Notice. (f) If the Receiving Member agrees or is deemed to have agreed to the sale to a third party pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(i) above, and no such third-party sale is consummated within 180 days following the date of the Receiving Member’s Election or deemed Election, the requirement to sell the Project shall lapse and be of no further force and effect, until and unless a new Forced Sale Notice is given as herein provided. (g) Closing pursuant to an exercise under Section 11.2(c)(ii) shall be held on or before the date set forth in the Forced Sale Notice. (h) Subject to the provisions of this Section 11.2 and Section 11.8, a Forced Sale may be instituted at any time. (i) BMDC shall not have the right to be an Initiating Member unless, based on the Forced Sale Price, BMDC would have a positive amount of Forced Sale Value. 37 |
(i) the purchasing Member shall pay to the selling Member the difference between (A) the sum of the selling Member’s share of the Company’s income prorated to the Closing Date and (1) the Closing Sum in the event of a Buy-Sell or (2) the Initiating Member’s Forced Sale Value in the event of an election pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(ii), as applicable, and (B) the selling Member’s share of the Company’s expenses prorated to the Closing Date, in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available U.S. funds completed prior to 2 p.m. local time on the Closing Date. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with any closing pursuant to Section 11.1 shall be paid by the Member incurring such costs, and no deductions shall be made from the Closing Sum for deemed closing costs (other than any applicable state or local transfer taxes that would be imposed upon the transfer of the Project). All out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by GVI or BMDC in connection with any closing pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(ii) shall be paid as set forth in the Forced Sale Notice, and the amount payable by the purchasing Member shall be adjusted accordingly. |
(ii) the non-purchasing Member shall assign to the purchasing Member or its or their nominees or assignees, with title covenants of general warranty, the entire Company Interest of the non-purchasing Member, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances (or, in lieu thereof, the purchasing Member may elect to have the Company convey to it all assets of the Company through appropriate deeds, assignments of leases and the like). Additionally, at the request of the purchasing Member, in order to confirm record title to the assets of the Company, the non-purchasing Member shall convey and transfer to the purchasing Member or its nominee or assignee, by quit claim deed and xxxx of sale, the entire right, title and interest of the non-purchasing Member in and to all assets of the Company; |
(iii) there shall be a distribution to the Members of all Company Available Cash Flow in accordance with Section 6.6 hereof, as applicable determined as of the Closing Date; and |
(iv) the non-purchasing Member and the purchasing Member shall execute and deliver such other documents as may be reasonably necessary to carry out such transaction. |
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ARTICLE XIIDEFAULTING EVENT REMEDIES40 |
12.4 Grant of Security Interest. (a) GVI hereby grants to the Company, as the secured party, a security interest in GVI’s Interest in the Company to secure its obligation to make Capital Contributions pursuant to Article III, and the Company shall have all rights available to a secured party under the Montana Uniform Commercial Code and the laws of the state of organization of GVI. A failure by GVI to make a Capital Contribution pursuant to Article III, which continues for 15 calendar days after written notice thereof, will be a default, and the Company, or the other Member on behalf of the Company, may exercise any remedies permitted by applicable law to enforce the Company’s security interests. (b) BMDC hereby grants to the Company, as the secured party under the Montana Uniform Commercial Code, a security interest in BMDC’s Interest in the Company to secure its obligation to make Capital Contributions pursuant to Article III, and the Company shall have all rights available to a secured party under the laws of the state of organization of BMDC. A failure by BMDC to make Capital Contributions pursuant to Article III, which continues for 15 calendar days after written notice thereof, will be a default, and the Company, or the other Member on behalf of the Company, may exercise any remedies permitted by applicable law to enforce the Company’s security interests. (c) Each Member hereby irrevocably appoints each other Member, the Company and the agents, officers or employees of any such party, as its attorneys in fact, coupled with an interest, with full power to prepare and execute any documents, instruments and agreements, and such financing, continuation statements, and other instruments and documents as may be appropriate to perfect, continue and enforce such security interests provided for in this Section 12.4. 41 |
ARTICLE XIIIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
If to Manager: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Xxxxx Interests Limited Partnership | ||||
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
With a copy to: | Bayard Xxxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxx Interests Limited Partnership | ||||
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, | ||||
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
With a copy to: | Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P. | |||
One Shell Plaza | ||||
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 | ||||
Attention:Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
If to BMDC: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Big Mountain Development Corporation | ||||
The Xxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
X. X. Xxx 0000 | ||||
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
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and | ||||
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Big Mountain Development Corporation | ||||
The Xxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
X. X. Xxx 0000 | ||||
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
With a copy to: | Xxxxxxxxxxx, Moore, Cockrell, Xxxxxxxx | |||
& Xxxxxxxx, P.C. | ||||
Two Medicine Building | ||||
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx | ||||
P. O. Box 7370 | ||||
Kalispell, Montana 59904-0370 | ||||
Attention:Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 |
or to such other address as each Member may specify in a written notice to the other Member in accordance with this Section 13.2. Each Member shall have the right from time to time and at any time to change its respective address and each shall have the right to specify as its address any other address by at least fifteen (15) days’ written notice to the other Member. Each Member shall have the right from time to time to specify an additional party to whom notice hereunder must be given by delivering to the other party fifteen (15) days’ written notice thereof setting forth the address of such additional party; provided, however, that no Member shall have the right to designate more than one (1) such additional party. Notice required to be delivered hereunder to either Member shall not be deemed to be effective until the additional parties, if any, designated by such Member have been given notice in a manner deemed effective pursuant to the terms of this Section 13.2. 13.3 Nature of Interest. The Interest of each Member in the Company is personal property. 43 |
13.12 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. 44 |
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MANAGER: | |||
GLACIER VILLAGE INVESTORS LLC, | |||
a Delaware limited liability company | |||
By: Xxxxx Montana Development Limited Partnership, | |||
a Texas limited partnership, | |||
its Managing Member | |||
By: Glacier Village Land Company, LLC, | |||
a Delaware limited liability company, | |||
its General Partner | |||
By: Xxxxx Interests Limited Partnership, | |||
a Delaware limited partnership, | |||
its sole member | |||
By: Xxxxx Holdings, Inc., | |||
a Texas corporation, | |||
its General Partner | |||
By:________________________________ | |||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Vice President | |||
BMDC: | |||
BIG MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, | |||
a Montana corporation | |||
By:_____________________________________________ | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT APROJECT LAND DESCRIPTIONLot 1 of Morning Eagle, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, Montana. TOGETHER WITH easements for vehicular and pedestrian ingress and egress described in Access Easement recorded ___________, as Doc. No.__________, records of Flathead County, Montana over and across (i) the property identified as Road/Utility/Pedestrian Easement on the Plat of Kintla Lodge, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record, recorded on January 14, 1999, as Doc. No. 0000-000-00000, records of Flathead County, Montana, (ii) the property identified as 60’ Private Road and Utility Easement to Connect to Big Mountain Road on said Plat of Kintla Lodge and (iii) the property described as Kintla Easement Area in said Access Easement. A-1 |
EXHIBIT BFAIR MARKET VALUE PROCEDURE“Fair Market Value” or FMV shall mean the fair market value of the Project determined pursuant to the following appraisal or arbitration procedure: (a) “Fair Market Value” shall mean the price a willing buyer would pay and a willing seller would accept for the Project taking into consideration the location, quality and age of the Project and any other relevant term or condition in making such evaluation. (b) If the parties are unable to agree in writing upon the Fair Market value within thirty (30) days after a Member requests such determination, Morning Eagle and BMDC shall each, within twenty (20) days of the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, appoint a licensed commercial real estate appraiser (a “Party Appraiser”) with at least ten (10) years experience, who is a member of M.A.I., experienced in commercial and residential real estate appraisals in Montana, and shall notify the other Party in writing in accordance with the notice provisions of this Agreement of the name of such real estate appraiser. Each Party Appraiser shall as soon as reasonably possible and in all events, within sixty (60) days of their appointment, independently appraise the value of the Project for the Fair Market Value, considering the items set forth in the definition of Fair Market Value in subsection (a) above (a “Party Appraisal”). (c) If the two (2) Party Appraisals are equal, then such value shall be considered the Fair Market Value for purposes of this Agreement. By written communication delivered within five (5) days after the Party Appraisers’completion of the Party Appraisals, the Party Appraisers shall notify both GVI and BMDC of their findings. (d) If the two (2) Party Appraisals are not equal, then the Party Appraisers shall by agreement between them within ten (10) days of the delivery of the last of the Party Appraisals, appoint a third real estate appraiser (the “Independent Appraiser”), who shall also meet the qualifications as set forth in this subsection (b) for the Party Appraisers. If the Party Appraisers fail to agree on the an Independent Appraiser within twenty (20) days of the delivery of the last of the Party Appraisals, either GVI or BMDC may petition (within ten (10) days of the expiration of the foregoing twenty (20) day period the American Arbitration Association to designate an independent appraiser so qualified (also, the “Independent Appraiser”). Once selected or appointed, the Independent Appraiser shall then appraise the value of the Project for the Fair Market Value (considering the items set forth in the definition of Fair Market Value set forth in subsection (a) above) within thirty (30) days of his or her selection/appointment (the “Independent Appraisal”). The Independent Appraiser shall choose the Party Appraisal that is most near in value to the Independent Appraisal. The Party Appraisal so selected by the Independent Appraiser shall be the Fair Market Value for purposes of this Agreement. By written communication delivered within five (5) days after the Independent Appraiser’s completion of his or her selection, the Independent Appraiser shall notify both GVI and BMDC of his or her findings. B-1 |
(e) The costs and expenses associated with the determination of the Fair Market Value by said Independent Appraiser (if applicable) shall be borne equally by GVI and BMDC and otherwise GVI and BMDC shall each be responsible for the costs and expenses of the Party Appraiser which GVI or BMDC (respectively) selected. B-2 |