LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT FOR BMW AUTO LEASING LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company) Effective as of February 1, 2016
Exhibit 3.2
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED
FOR
(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)
Effective as of February 1, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE 2
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ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
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Section 2.1
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Formation
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Section 2.2
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Name
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Section 2.3
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Term
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Section 2.4
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Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office
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Section 2.5
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Address of Members
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Section 2.6
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Purpose of Company
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ARTICLE 3
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CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Section 3.1
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Capital Contribution
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Section 3.2
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Additional Capital Contributions
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Section 3.3
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No Interest
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Section 3.4
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Capital Account
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Section 3.5
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No Withdrawal of Capital Contribution
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Section 3.6
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No Personal Liability for Return of Capital
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Section 3.7
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Negative Balance in Capital Account
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Section 3.8
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Loans
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ARTICLE 4
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MEMBER
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Section 4.1
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Admission of Additional Members
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Section 4.2
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Resignations
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Section 4.3
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Transaction With the Company
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Section 4.4
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Remuneration to Member
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Section 4.5
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Voting Rights
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Section 4.6
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Meetings of the Member
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ARTICLE 5
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MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE COMPANY; LIMITED LIABILITY
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Section 5.1
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Management of the Company
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Section 5.2
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Powers With Respect to Management of the Company
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Section 5.3
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Special Member Powers
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Section 5.4
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Performance of Duties; Liability
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Section 5.5
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Limited Liability
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Section 5.6
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Reliance
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ARTICLE 6
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ALLOCATIONS OF NET PROFITS AND NET LOSSES AND DISTRIBUTIONS
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Section 6.1
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Allocations of Net Profits and Net Losses
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Section 6.2
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Distributions of the Company
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Section 6.3
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Form of Distribution
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Section 6.4
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Return of Distributions
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ARTICLE 7
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TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
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ARTICLE 8
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ACCOUNTING, RECORDS, REPORTING BY MEMBERS
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Section 8.1
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Books and Records
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Section 8.2
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Delivery to Member and Inspection
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Section 8.3
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Annual Statements
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 8.4
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Filings
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Section 8.5
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Bank Accounts
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Section 8.6
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Accounting Decisions and Reliance on Others
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Section 8.7
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Tax Matters for the Company Handled by Member
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ARTICLE 9
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DISSOLUTION AND WINDING-UP
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Section 9.1
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Dissolution
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Section 9.2
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Winding-Up
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Section 9.3
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Order of Payment of Liabilities Upon Dissolution
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Section 9.4
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No Deficit Restoration
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Section 9.5
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Certificate of Cancellation
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Section 9.6
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No Action for Dissolution
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ARTICLE 10
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INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 10.1
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Indemnification
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ARTICLE 11
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 11.1
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Complete Agreement
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Section 11.2
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Binding Effect
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Section 11.3
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Parties in Interest
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Section 11.4
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Pronouns; Statutory References
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Section 11.5
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Headings
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Section 11.6
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References to this LLC Agreement
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Section 11.7
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Severability
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Section 11.8
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Additional Documents and Acts
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Section 11.9
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Notices
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Section 11.10
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Amendments
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Section 11.11
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Multiple Counterparts
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Section 11.12
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Remedies Cumulative
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Section 11.13
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Choice of Law
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Section 11.14
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Federal Income Tax Allocation
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
FOR
(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)
This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (this “LLC Agreement”) effective as of February 1, 2016, is entered into on July 8, 2016, by BMW Financial Services NA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BMW FS”), as the primary member, and BMW FS Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Receivables Corp.”), as the second member, with reference to the following:
RECITALS
A. The Certificate of Formation for BMW Auto Leasing LLC (the “Company”) was filed on August 4, 2000, with the Delaware Secretary of State.
B. BMW FS and Receivables Corp. entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement for the Company (the “Original Agreement”), effective as of August 4, 2000.
C. All of the requirements to amend and restate the Original Agreement, as set forth therein, have been satisfied, and BMW FS and Receivables Corp. desire to amend and restate the terms of the Original Agreement in its entirety as hereinafter set forth.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, BMW FS and Receivables Corp. hereby amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety and adopt and approve this LLC Agreement for the Company under the laws of the State of Delaware upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this LLC Agreement.
When used in this LLC Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below (terms used in this LLC Agreement that are not defined in this Article 1 shall have the meanings set forth elsewhere in this LLC Agreement or in Section 18-101 of the Act, as defined below):
“Act” shall mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. Section 18-101 et. seq.), as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(iii) hereof.
“Affiliate” shall mean a Person or Persons directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Person
or Persons in question. The term “control”, as used in the immediately preceding sentence, shall mean, with respect to a Person that is a corporation, the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting rights attributable to the shares of the controlled corporation and, with respect to a Person that is not a corporation, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person.
“Bankruptcy” means, with respect to any Person, if such Person (i) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief, in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of this nature, (vi) seeks, consents or to acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, or (vii) if 120 days after the commencement of any proceeding against the Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, if the proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within 90 days after the appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within 90 days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated. The foregoing definition of “Bankruptcy” is intended to replace and shall supersede and replace the definition of “Bankruptcy” set forth in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act.
“BMW FS” means BMW Financial Services NA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Capital Contribution” shall mean the total of cash and other assets contributed to the Company by the Managing Member.
“Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation of the Company, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on August 4, 2000 (which is hereby ratified and approved in all respects), as amended from time to time.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, the provisions of succeeding law and, to the extent applicable, the Regulations.
“Commercial Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(iv) hereof.
“Company” shall mean BMW Auto Leasing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Covered Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4 hereof.
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“Distributable Cash” shall mean the amount of cash which the Managing Member deems available for distribution, taking into account all the Company’s debts, liabilities, and obligations then due (including, without limitation, any agreement to purchase or sell Receivables) and amounts necessary to place into reserves for customary and usual claims with respect to the Company’s business.
“Excess Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b)(iv) hereof.
“Fiscal Year” shall mean the Company’s fiscal year, which shall end on December 31st of each year.
“Indemnified Costs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a) hereof.
“Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(v) hereof.
“Independent Director” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c) hereof.
“LLC Agreement” shall mean this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, effective as of February 1, 2016, as may be further amended from time to time hereafter.
“Managing Member” shall mean BMW FS in its capacity as a member of the Company or any other Person that succeeds BMW FS in that capacity, who is hereby appointed and designated as sole “manager” within the meaning of the Act.
“Managing Membership Interest” shall mean all of the Managing Member’s right, title and interest in, to and against the Company (including its limited liability company interest in the Company), including rights to Distributable Cash of the Company and all other rights of the Managing Member to participate in the business, affairs and management of the Company, including without limitation, the right to vote on or grant consent or approval with respect to matters coming before the Company.
“Members” shall mean the Managing Member and the Special Member.
“Membership Interest” shall mean the Special Membership Interest and the Managing Membership Interest.
“Net Losses” shall mean the net losses of the Company for a period (or from a transaction) as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or such other commonly accepted accounting methods (including, without limitation, international financial reporting standards), consistently applied, as may be selected by the Managing Member from time to time.
“Net Profits” shall mean the net profits of the Company for a period (or from a transaction) as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or such other commonly accepted accounting methods (including, without limitation,
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international financial reporting standards), consistently applied, as may be selected by the Managing Member from time to time.
“Percentage Interest” shall mean the limited liability company interest in the Company expressed as a percentage of the total limited liability company interests outstanding. The Percentage Interest of the Managing Member is 100.0%. The Percentage Interest of the Special Member is 0.0%.
“Permitted Indebtedness” shall mean the indebtedness permitted under Section 2.6(b)(iv) hereof.
“Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, bank, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, any federal, state, county or municipal government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof), endowment fund or any other form of entity.
“Proceedings” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a) hereof.
“Receivables” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i) hereof.
“Receivables Corp.” shall mean BMW FS Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Regulations” shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, mean the regulations currently in force as formal or temporary that have been issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code.
“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(v) hereof.
“Special Member” shall mean Receivables Corp. in its capacity as a member of the Company or any other Person that succeeds Receivables Corp. in that capacity.
“Special Membership Interest” shall mean the Special Member’s limited right to manage the Company with respect to voting on the certain matters specified in Section 2.6(d) hereof and the limited right to manage the Company in the event the Managing Member is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding and is incapable of carrying out its management responsibilities hereunder. The Special Member has no right to any distributions hereunder and has no economic interest in the Company.
“Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(iii) hereof.
“Trusts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(iii) hereof.
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Section 2.1 Formation. Pursuant to the Act, BMW FS, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, as an authorized person within the meaning of the Act, formed a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware by filing the Certificate with the Delaware Secretary of State and otherwise complying with the requirements of the Act for the formation of limited liability companies.
Upon the filing of the Certificate, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx’x powers as an authorized person ceased. The filing of the Certificate of the Company with the Delaware Secretary of State is hereby ratified and approved in all respects. BMW FS and Receivables Corp. (and any successors thereto as Members), and each officer of the Company, are each hereby designated an authorized person, within the meaning of the Act, to execute, deliver and file with the Delaware Secretary of State any amendments and/or restatements of the Certificate of the Company. Without the need for the consent of any Person, BMW FS is hereby admitted to the Company as the Managing Member of the Company and Receivables Corp. is hereby admitted to the Company as the Special Member of the Company. The rights and liabilities of each Member and officer of the Company shall be determined pursuant to the Act and this LLC Agreement. To the extent that the rights or obligations of each Member or officer of the Company are different by reason of any provision of this LLC Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this LLC Agreement shall control, to the extent permitted by the Act.
Section 2.2 Name. The name of the Company shall be “BMW Auto Leasing LLC”. The business of the Company may be conducted under that name or, upon compliance with applicable laws, any other name that the Managing Member deems appropriate or advisable. The Managing Member shall qualify the Company to do business in New Jersey and shall file any qualification instruments and fictitious name certificates and similar filings, and any amendments thereto, as necessary to qualify the Company to conduct business in the State of New Jersey or which the Managing Member otherwise considers appropriate or advisable in accordance with Article 5 of this LLC Agreement.
Section 2.3 Term. The term of the Company shall commence from August 4, 2000 and shall continue until dissolution of the Company, as hereinafter provided.
Section 2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office. The Company shall continuously maintain a registered office and registered agent in the State of Delaware as required by the Act. The current registered office and registered agent of the Company in Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx of Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. In addition, the Company shall maintain its principal office at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, or at such other place as the Managing Member may determine. The registered office, registered agent and principal office of the Company may be changed at any time and from time to time by the Managing Member.
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Section 2.5 Address of Members. The address of BMW FS as the Managing Member as of the effective date of this LLC Agreement is 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel. The address of Receivables Corp. as the Special Member as of the effective date of this LLC Agreement is 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel. Any successor Member who is admitted shall notify BMW FS, Receivables Corp. and the Company of its address upon admission as a member of the Company. Each Member shall provide notice of a change in its address to the Managing Member and the Company.
(a) The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage solely in the following activities:
(i) to acquire from time to time all right, title and interest in and to receivables or leases arising out of or relating to the financing, sale or lease of new or used motor vehicles or industrial equipment, including automobiles, sports utility vehicles, light and heavy duty trucks, motorcycles and recreational vehicles, monies due thereunder, security interests in the motor vehicles or equipment financed thereby, proceeds from claims on insurance policies related thereto, and related rights (collectively, “Receivables”);
(ii) to acquire, own, hold, service, sell, assign, pledge and otherwise deal with the Receivables, collateral securing the Receivables, related insurance policies, agreements with motor vehicle or equipment dealers or lessors or other obligors, originators or servicers of Receivables and any proceeds or further rights associated with any of the foregoing;
(iii) to transfer Receivables and Securities to corporations, trusts (the “Trusts”) or other entities, including without limitation corporations, trusts or other entities formed by BMW FS or Receivables Corp. (each a “Transferee”), pursuant to one or more receivables purchase agreements, pooling and servicing agreements, sale and servicing agreements or other agreements (the “Agreements”) to be entered into by and among, among others, the Company, the Transferee named therein and any entity acting as collection agent or servicer of the Receivables;
(iv) to sell Receivables to, or to finance ownership of Receivables through, one or more Transferees established to fund the transfer of Receivables through the issuance of commercial paper notes (such Transferee’s commercial paper notes issued to fund such Receivables, the “Commercial Paper”) pursuant to one or more Agreements to be entered into by and among, among others, the Company, such Transferee and any entity acting as collection agent or servicer of the Receivables;
(v) to issue, authorize, sell and deliver, or cause the issuance, authorization, sale and delivery of, one or more series and classes of bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness secured or collateralized by one or more pools of Receivables or by certificates of any class or other interests issued by one or more Trusts or other Transferees owning, directly or indirectly, Receivables, including without limitation special units of beneficial interest and other securities representing interests in Receivables (collectively, the
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“Securities”), under the related Agreements, or under any indenture or other agreement pursuant to which any Securities are issued (each, an “Indenture”);
(vi) to acquire, own, hold, sell, assign, pledge and otherwise deal with the Securities, and to enjoy all of the rights and privileges of any Securities;
(vii) to perform its obligations under the Agreements and any Indenture; and
(viii) to transact any and all lawful business that is reasonably necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, related, incidental or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment or for the furtherance of the purposes, activities and businesses described in this Section 2.6(a) and for the protection of the Company. In furtherance of such purposes, the Company shall have the power, and is hereby authorized to buy and sell Receivables and Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement to the contrary, and any provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Company, the Company shall not do any of the following:
(i) own any asset or property other than (A) the Receivables and Securities, and (B) incidental personal and intangible property relating to the ownership of the Receivables and Securities;
(ii) engage in any business other than those set forth in subsection (a) above;
(iii) enter into any contract or agreement with any Affiliate of the Company, any constituent party of the Company, or any Affiliate of any constituent party, except in the ordinary course of business and upon terms and conditions that are substantially similar to those that would be available on an arms-length basis with third parties;
(iv) incur any indebtedness, or assume or guarantee any indebtedness of any other entity, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent other than (A) any indebtedness incurred in connection with any Commercial Paper or Securities, and (B) any indebtedness to BMW FS or any Affiliate thereof incurred in connection with the acquisition of Receivables, which indebtedness shall be subordinated to all other obligations of the Company and shall be nonrecourse debt of the Company, except with respect to proceeds of the Receivables in excess of such proceeds necessary to pay all obligations in relation to the Commercial Paper or Securities (“Excess Proceeds”), and shall not constitute a claim against the Company to the extent that Excess Proceeds are insufficient to pay such indebtedness (provided that such indebtedness is also expressly authorized by the Special Member, including all of its Independent Directors), or endeavor to obtain credit or incur any other obligations (other than with respect to Receivables) to any Person based on the assets of any Person other than itself or pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person; or fail to correct promptly any known misunderstanding with respect to the foregoing;
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(v) become insolvent or not pay its debts and liabilities (including operating expenses, employment and overhead expenses) from its assets as the same shall become due;
(vi) fail to do or cause to be done all things necessary to observe organizational formalities and preserve its existence, or amend, modify, or otherwise change the organizational documents of the Company without the prior written authorization of all its Members, including that of all the Independent Directors of the Special Member;
(vii) fail to maintain all of its company records and financial records distinct and separately identifiable from those of its Affiliates and any other Person;
(viii) fail to prepare separate financial statements of the Company; provided that, in lieu of separate financial statements, the Company’s financial position, assets, liabilities, net worth and operating results may be included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company or an Affiliate if appropriate notation is made on such consolidated financial statements indicating (1) the separate identity of the Company from the Member or such other Affiliate and (2) that the Company’s assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debts and other obligations of the Member and such other Affiliate;
(ix) fail to file its own tax returns, if any, as may be required under applicable law, to the extent not part of a consolidated group of another taxpayer;
(x) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person (including any of its Affiliates, any of its constituent parties, or any Affiliate of any constituent party), fail to conduct business in its own name or fail to maintain and utilize separate invoices and checks;
(xi) fail to maintain adequate capital, taking into account anticipated excess interest income on assets over interest expense in liabilities, in light of its contemplated business purpose;
(xii) commingle or pool Company funds and assets with those of any other Person;
(xiii) fail to maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any Affiliate or constituent party or any Affiliate of any constituent party or any other Person;
(xiv) hold itself out to be responsible for or guaranty the debts or obligations of any other Person;
(xv) seek to merge into or consolidate with any Person or to the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to Section 9.1 hereof, dissolve (in whole or in part), wind up (in whole or in part), terminate, convert to a different form of business association (or otherwise change its legal structure) including, but not limited to, transfer of the limited liability company
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interests of any Member, in whole or in part, or liquidate (in whole or in part), transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, unless:
(A) the entity (if other than the Company) formed or surviving the consolidation or merger or which acquires the properties and assets of the Company is organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, expressly assumes the due and punctual payment of, and all obligations of the Company, including those obligations of the Company under any Agreement and any Indenture, and has a certificate of incorporation, limited liability company agreement or other controlling document containing provisions identical to the provision of this Section 2.6; and
(B) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under any indebtedness of the Company or any agreements relating to such indebtedness; and
(C) the entity (if other than the Company) formed or surviving the consolidation or merger or which acquires the properties and assets of the Company agrees that (i) it shall maintain its funds or assets as identifiable and not commingle its funds or assets with those of any direct or ultimate parent of such entity and pay from its assets all obligations and indebtedness of any kind incurred by it, (ii) it shall maintain separate bank accounts, company records and books of account from those of any direct or ultimate parent of such entity and (iii) the business affairs of such entity will be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors, Managing Board, Managing Member, or other governing board and it will conduct its business from an office separate from any direct or ultimate parent of such entity; and
(D) the organizational and constituent documents and the surviving entity’s organizational documents continue to have provisions identical to the provisions of this Section 2.6;
(xvi) to the fullest extent permitted by law, file or consent to the filing of any petition, either voluntary or involuntary, for insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, or reorganization under any laws or regulations, or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or, except as required by law, admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they come due, except as contemplated by Section 2.6(d) of this LLC Agreement;
(xvii) take any action that could reasonably be expected to cause the Company to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal, state or local tax purposes, or
(xviii) fail to fairly allocate and apportion any overhead (including costs of office space, utilities and routine services) or other expenses (including employee salaries and benefits) shared between the Company and any other Person.
Failure of the Company to comply with any of the foregoing restrictions shall not affect the status of the Company as a separate legal entity or adversely affect the limited liability of a Member.
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(c) The Special Member of the Company shall at all times, except as noted hereafter, cause there to be at least one duly appointed director of its Board of Directors who is an independent director (each, an “Independent Director”) who is not (i) a director, officer or employee of any affiliate of the Company; (ii) a person related to any officer or director of any affiliate of the Company; (iii) a holder (directly or indirectly) of more than 10% of any voting securities of any affiliate of the Company; or (iv) a person related to a holder (directly or indirectly) of more than 10% of any voting securities of any affiliate of the Company; and in the event of the death, incapacity, resignation or removal of all Independent Directors, the Board of Directors shall promptly appoint an Independent Director for each Independent Director whose death, incapacity, resignation or removal caused the related vacancy on the Board of Directors, provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall not vote on any matter unless and until at least one Independent Director has been duly appointed to serve on the Board of Directors.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement or the Certificate or of law that otherwise so empowers the Company, the Company shall not, without the unanimous affirmative vote of all of the Members, which vote must include the vote of all of the Independent Directors of the Special Member, take any of the following actions: (i) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation, conversion to another form of business association, or change in the legal structure of the Company including, but not limited to, transfer of the limited liability company interests of any Member in whole or in part, or the merger of the Company; (ii) the engagement by the Company in any business other than as specified in Section 2.6(a); (iii) the amendment or modification of this Section 2.6; (iv) the material amendment or modification of any provision of this LLC Agreement (other than this Section 2.6) or the Certificate; or (v) to the fullest extent permitted by law, institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or file a voluntary bankruptcy petition or any other voluntary petition seeking or consenting to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or a substantial part of its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or except as required by law, admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or take Company action in furtherance of any such action; and any purported action of the Company which violates this sentence shall be void and of no force or effect.
(e) The Company shall have no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than the Permitted Indebtedness.
Section 3.1 Capital Contribution. The Managing Member has contributed to the Company property of an agreed value equal to $100.00. The Special Member shall not be required to make any capital contributions to the Company.
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Section 3.2 Additional Capital Contributions. The Managing Member may contribute additional capital to the Company in such amounts and at such times as Managing Member shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion.
Section 3.3 No Interest. The Managing Member shall not be entitled to receive interest on any Capital Contributions.
Section 3.4 Capital Account. The initial capital account of the Managing Member was equal to $100.00. To the extent that the Managing Member has made, or makes, any additional capital contributions to the Company, the Company shall credit to the capital account of the Managing Member the amount of any such additional capital contributions. The provisions of this LLC Agreement are intended to benefit the Members and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor of the Company shall be a third-party beneficiary of this LLC Agreement) and the Members shall not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company, to make any contribution to the Company or to issue any call for capital pursuant to this LLC Agreement.
Section 3.5 No Withdrawal of Capital Contribution. Except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement, the Managing Member shall not withdraw any Capital Contributions without the consent of all the Members. The Managing Member shall not receive any drawing with respect to its Capital Contributions except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement.
Section 3.6 No Personal Liability for Return of Capital. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Member shall be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or the return of any additions to the capital accounts of the other Members or the return of any portion of such Capital Contributions or capital account, it being expressly agreed that any return of Capital Contributions as may be made at any time, or from time to time, shall be made solely from the assets of the Company and only in accordance with the term hereof.
Section 3.7 Negative Balance in Capital Account. Except as may be required by law, at no time during the term of the Company, or upon the dissolution or liquidation thereof, shall the Managing Member have any obligation to the Company or any other Member to restore any negative balance in its capital account.
Section 3.8 Loans. The Managing Member may, but shall not be required to, make loans to the Company and in respect of such loans shall be treated as a creditor of the Company. Such loans shall be repaid as and when the Company has funds available therefor, and such loans and interest thereon (at rates to be agreed upon by the Managing Member and the Company) shall constitute obligations of the Company. Any such loan shall not increase the Managing Member’s capital account, entitle the Managing Member to any increase in its share of the Net Profits or to any greater proportion of Net Losses which the Company may sustain.
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Section 4.1 Admission of Additional Members. No additional members shall be admitted to the Company without the unanimous agreement of all the Members, it being the intent of the Members that the Company shall at all times be a two member limited liability company. Without the need for the consent of any Person, upon a transfer of the limited liability company interest in accordance with this LLC Agreement the transferee shall be deemed admitted as a member of the Company upon the effective date of, and immediately prior to, such transfer.
Section 4.3 Transaction With the Company. Subject to any limitations set forth in this LLC Agreement, including without limitation, Section 2.6 hereof, the Managing Member may lend money to, act as a surety, guarantor or endorser for, guarantee or assume one or more obligations of, provide collateral for, and transact other business with the Company. Subject to this LLC Agreement and applicable law, the Managing Member has the same rights and obligations with respect to any transaction with the Company as a Person who is not a member or manager.
Section 4.4 Remuneration to Member. Except as otherwise authorized in or pursuant to this LLC Agreement, the Members are not entitled to remuneration for acting on business of the Company.
Section 4.5 Voting Rights. Except as expressly modified in this LLC Agreement, each Member shall have the voting, approval and consent rights provided in the Act.
Section 5.1 Management of the Company. The Members intend that the Company be managed by the Managing Member in accordance with Section 18-402 of the Act and subject to any restrictions and limitations set forth in the Certificate or this LLC Agreement, including those set forth in this Article 5. All powers to control and manage the business and affairs of the Company and to bind the Company shall, subject to such restrictions and limitations, be exclusively vested in the Managing Member, and the Managing Member may exercise all powers of the Company and do all such lawful acts as are not by statute, the Certificate, or this LLC Agreement directed or required to be exercised or done by the Members and in so doing shall have the right and authority to take all actions which the Managing Member deems necessary, useful, or appropriate for the management and conduct of the Company’s business
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and affairs and in the pursuit of the purposes of the Company, including delegating the right and authority to take such actions to employees of the Managing Member as are designated by the Managing Member to hold officer positions in the Company. The Managing Member and each such officer shall be an “authorized person” on behalf of the Company, as such term is used in the Act. Any officer of the Company may be removed, with or without cause, by the Managing Member at any time. Any officer of the Company may resign at any time by notice to the Company. Resignation will be made in writing and will take effect at the time stated in the notice or, if no time is stated, at the time the Managing Member receives the notice.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.6 and in Section 5.3 or expressly provided elsewhere in this LLC Agreement, the Managing Member shall have all necessary powers to manage and carry out the management of the Company and the power to sign contracts and obligations on behalf of the Company, including without limitation the power to exercise on behalf and in the name of the Company all of the powers of a manager described in the Act. The Managing Member, in its capacity as a manager of the Company, has the authority to bind the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement, the Company, and the Managing Member on behalf of the Company, may execute, enter into and perform such agreements as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Company without any further act, vote or approval.
(b) Any officers appointed by the Managing Member, to the extent of the powers vested in them by action of the Managing Member not inconsistent with this LLC Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company's business and, subject to Section 2.6(b), the actions of the officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.
(c) To the extent necessary to comply with applicable law the Managing Member shall, or if, in the reasonable judgment of the Managing Member, it is deemed by it to be advisable to do so, the Managing Member may, appoint a “chief executive officer” of the Company, which officer shall, subject to the control of the Managing Member, have general supervision, direction and control of the business affairs of the Company.
Section 5.3 Special Member Powers. Subject to the terms of the Act and as otherwise provided under this Section 5, the Company shall be managed by the Special Member to the extent, and only to the extent, of the matters described in Section 2.6(d) hereof, and any action taken by the Special Member to approve or ratify any action described in Section 2.6(d) shall require the unanimous approval of all the Members (including all the Independent Directors of the Special Member). The Special Member is hereby designated as a manager within the meaning of the Act but shall have only the rights and powers as are set forth in this Section 5.3 and shall not have the authority to bind the Company.
Section 5.4 Performance of Duties; Liability. No (i) Member (including any Member in its capacity as Managing Member or Special Member), (ii) officer of the Company (including any chief executive officer), (iii) officer, director, manager, stockholder, employee, member, partner, representative or agent of any Member in that capacity, or (iv) any other Person
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designated by the Managing Member (each, a “Covered Person”) shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person or any other Person that is a party to or otherwise bound by this LLC Agreement for any loss, damage or claim incurred or sustained 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 by such Covered Person by this LLC Agreement, unless the loss, damage or claim shall have been the result of the Covered Person’s fraud, intentional misconduct or bad faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith or fair dealing, or such Covered Person’s breach of this LLC Agreement or any other agreement with the Company to which such Covered Person is a party. No Covered Person shall have any duty (including any fiduciary duty or any other duty or standard of care that may arise by default principles of law) to the Company or the Members or to other Persons that are a party to or are otherwise bound by this LLC Agreement, provided that nothing in this LLC Agreement eliminates the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Without limiting the foregoing, whenever in this LLC Agreement or at law or in equity a Covered Person is permitted or required to exercise its discretion in acting in such capacity, including making any elections or granting, withholding or conditioning any consent hereunder, such Covered Person shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as such Covered Person elects (including without limitation the interests of the member or members who designated the Managing Member or Special Member, whether or not such interests conflict with the interests of the Company or the Members and other Persons that are party to or otherwise are bound by this LLC Agreement) and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interests or factors affecting the Company or the Members or other Persons that are party to or are otherwise bound by this LLC Agreement, or to disclose any such real, perceived or potential conflicts. The provisions of this LLC Agreement, to the extent that they eliminate, restrict or limit the duties (including, without limitation, fiduciary duties) or liabilities of any Covered Person that may otherwise exist at law or in equity, are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person.
Section 5.5 Limited Liability. Except as otherwise required by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and neither the Managing Member nor the Special Member shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a manager or member of the Company.
Section 5.6 Reliance. 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 which the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who 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 income or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Managing Member might properly be paid. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Covered Person shall have any liability with respect to any valuations performed pursuant to this LLC Agreement, and shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters which the Company or such
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Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or expert competence.
Section 6.1 Allocations of Net Profits and Net Losses. Net Profits and Net Losses shall be allocated solely to the Managing Member as the holder of 100% of the Percentage Interest.
Section 6.2 Distributions of the Company. Distributable Cash shall be distributed solely to the Managing Member. All such distributions shall be made only to the Person who, according to the books and records of the Company, is the holder of record of the Managing Membership Interest in respect of which such distributions are made on the actual date of distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this LLC Agreement, the Company shall not make a distribution which would violate the Act or other applicable law. Neither the Company nor the Managing Member shall incur any liability for making distributions in good faith in accordance with Section 2.6 and this Section 6.2.
Section 6.3 Form of Distribution. The Managing Member has no right to demand and receive any distribution from the Company in any form other than money. Except upon a dissolution and winding-up of the Company, the Managing Member may not be compelled to accept from the Company a distribution of any asset in kind.
Section 6.4 Return of Distributions. Except for distributions made in violation of the Act, other applicable law, or this LLC Agreement, the Managing Member shall not be obligated to return any distribution to the Company or pay the amount of any distribution for the account of the Company or to any creditor of the Company. The amount of any distribution returned to the Company by the Managing Member or paid by the Managing Member for the account of the Company or to a creditor of the Company shall be added to the account or accounts from which it was subtracted when it was distributed to the Managing Member.
Subject to Section 2.6, the Members shall not be entitled to directly or indirectly transfer, assign, convey, sell, encumber or in any way alienate all or any part of their Membership Interest. To the fullest extent permitted by law, transfers in violation of this Article 7 shall be null and void.
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Section 8.1 Books and Records. The books and records of the Company shall be kept, and the financial statements recorded, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or such other commonly accepted accounting methods (including, without limitation, international financial reporting standards), consistently applied, as may be selected by the Managing Member from time to time. The books and records of the Company shall reflect all the Company transactions and shall be appropriate and adequate for the Company’s business. The Company shall maintain at its principal office all of the following:
(a) a record of the full name and last known business address of each Member, together with the capital account, Capital Contributions, and Percentage Interest of such Member;
(b) a copy of the Certificate and any and all amendments thereto together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which the Certificate or any amendments thereto have been executed;
(c) copies of the Company’s federal, state, and local income tax or information returns and reports, if any;
(d) a copy of this LLC Agreement and any and all amendments thereto together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which this LLC Agreement or any amendments thereto have been executed;
(e) copies of the financial statements of the Company, if any, for the six (6) most recent Fiscal Years (but if for less than six (6) years, then for the number of Fiscal Years the Company has been in existence); and
(f) the Company’s books and records as they relate to the affairs of the Company (including, without limitation, accounting records, leases, contracts and other agreements) for at least the current and past six (6) Fiscal Years (but, if for less than six (6) years, then for the number of Fiscal Years the Company has been in existence).
Section 8.2 Delivery to Member and Inspection. Each Member has the right to inspect and copy during normal business hours any of the Company records described in Sections 8.1(a) through (f).
Section 8.3 Annual Statements. Upon the request of a Member, the Managing Member shall, after the end of each Fiscal Year, use reasonable efforts to cause to be prepared and transmitted to such Member, at the Company’s expense, information necessary for the preparation of such Member’s federal and state income tax returns.
Section 8.4 Filings. The Managing Member, at the Company’s expense, shall cause the income tax and information returns, if any, for the Company to be prepared and timely filed
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with the appropriate authorities. The Managing Member, at the Company’s expense, shall also cause to be prepared and timely filed, with appropriate federal and state regulatory and administrative bodies, amendments to or restatements of the Certificate and all reports required to be filed by the Company with those entities under the Act or other then-current applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
Section 8.5 Bank Accounts. Subject to the requirements under Section 2.6 of this LLC Agreement, the bank accounts of the Company, if any, shall be maintained separately by the Managing Member for the Company.
Section 8.6 Accounting Decisions and Reliance on Others. All decisions as to accounting matters, except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, shall be made by the Managing Member. The Managing Member may rely upon the advice of its accountants as to whether such decisions are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or other accounting methods appropriate for the Company and authorized hereby.
Section 8.7 Tax Matters for the Company Handled by Member. The Managing Member shall from time to time cause the Company to make such tax elections, if any, as it deems to be in the best interests of the Company and the Members. If the Company is treated as a partnership for tax purposes, (i) for any taxable period beginning before December 31, 2017, the Managing Member shall be designated the “tax matters partner” of the Company as defined in Code Section 6231, shall represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting judicial and administrative proceedings, and shall expend the Company funds for professional services and costs associated therewith, and (ii) for any taxable period beginning after December 31, 2017, the “tax matters partner” shall be designated as the “partnership representative” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code (as amended by P.L. 114-74, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015) and the Company will, to the extent practicable, make the election described in Section 6226 of the Code (as amended by P.L. 114-74, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015). The Company will not elect to apply Sections 6221-6241 of the Code (as amended by P.L. 114-74, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015) to any taxable period of the Company beginning before December 31, 2017. The Managing Member shall oversee the Company tax affairs in the overall best interest of the Company and the Members.
(a) The Company shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the termination of the legal existence of the last remaining Member of the Company or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the last remaining Member of the Company in the Company unless the Company is continued in a manner permitted by this LLC Agreement or the Act, (ii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Act or (iii) the unanimous written consent of the Members. Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining
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Member of the Company to cease to be a member of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the personal representative of such member is hereby authorized to and shall, within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of such Member in the Company, agree in writing (i) to continue the Company and (ii) to the admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case may be, as a substitute Member of the Company, effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the last remaining Member of the Company in the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement, the Bankruptcy of a Member (including the Special Member) shall not cause such Member (including the Special Member) to cease to be a Member of the Company and, upon the occurrence of such an event, the business of the Company shall continue without dissolution.
Section 9.2 Winding-Up. Upon the dissolution of the Company, the Company shall continue solely for the purpose of winding-up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims of its creditors. The Managing Member shall be responsible for overseeing the winding-up and liquidation of the Company, shall take full account of the liabilities of the Company and its assets, shall either cause its assets to be sold or distributed (as provided in Section 9.3 hereof) and, if sold (as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair market value thereof), shall cause the proceeds therefrom, to the extent sufficient therefor, to be applied and distributed as provided in Section 9.3 hereof.
Section 9.3 Order of Payment of Liabilities Upon Dissolution. Upon dissolution, the assets of the Company shall be liquidated, and the proceeds from such liquidation shall be allocated and distributed in the following order of priority:
(a) first, to the satisfaction of creditors of the Company, including the Managing Member if a creditor, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of the liabilities of the Company (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof);
(b) second, to the satisfaction of all debts, liabilities and other obligations owed to the Managing Member and not paid pursuant to clause (a) above (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof); and
(c) third, the balance to the Managing Member.
Section 9.4 No Deficit Restoration. If, upon liquidation, the Managing Member has a deficit balance in its capital account, after taking into account all capital account adjustments for the Company’s Fiscal Year during which liquidation occurs, neither the Managing Member nor the Special Member shall have any obligation to contribute cash to the capital of the Company to restore such deficit balance.
Section 9.5 Certificate of Cancellation. The Managing Member shall cause to be filed in the office of, and on a form prescribed by, the Delaware Secretary of State, a certificate of cancellation of the Certificate upon completion of the winding-up of the affairs of the Company
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to terminate the Company. The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation of the Certificate as provided in the Act.
Section 9.6 No Action for Dissolution. To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Managing Member nor the Special Member shall take any voluntary action that directly or indirectly causes a dissolution of the Company. The Members acknowledge that irreparable damage would be done to the goodwill and reputation of the Company if the Members should bring an action in court to dissolve the Company under circumstances where dissolution is not required by Section 9.1.
This LLC Agreement has been drawn carefully to provide fair treatment of all parties and equitable payment in liquidation of the Membership Interests. Accordingly, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Member hereby waives and renounces its right to initiate legal action to seek the appointment of a receiver or trustee to liquidate the Company or to seek a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company (including, but not limited to, any right which any Member may have under Section 18-802 of the Act).
(a) The Company shall defend, indemnify and save harmless each Covered Person from and against all claims, losses, damages, costs, expenses, demands, liabilities (joint or several), obligations, liens, encumbrances, expenses of any nature (including reasonable legal and accounting fees and expenses, costs of investigation and sums paid in settlement), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts (“Indemnified Costs”) arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Proceedings”), in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved as a party or otherwise (including, but not limited to, derivative claims), sustained by reason of any act performed, or omitted to be performed, in good faith and without gross negligence or willful misconduct, on behalf of the Company and reasonably believed by the Covered Person to be within the scope of the Covered Person’s authority expressly conferred by this LLC Agreement, regardless of whether such Person is a Covered Person at the time any such Indemnified Cost is paid or incurred, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in effect on the effective date of this LLC Agreement and to such greater extent as applicable law may hereafter from time to time permit, except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.1.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 10.1(a), (i) no Covered Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of (and this provision shall not reduce or limit the liability of a Covered Person with respect to) any Indemnified Cost incurred by that Covered Person by reason of the Covered Person’s fraud, intentional misconduct or bad faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing or such Covered Person’s breach of this LLC Agreement or any other agreement with the Company to which the Covered Person is a party, (ii) the Company shall not indemnify any Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by that Covered Person against the Company or any other Covered
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Person, whether by direct claim, counterclaim or otherwise, unless the initiation thereof was approved or ratified by the Members; and (iii) the Company shall not indemnify any Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by the Company against the Covered Person, whether by direct claim, counterclaim or otherwise.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10.1, the Company shall reimburse Indemnified Costs incurred by a Covered Person in connection with that Covered Person’s appearance as a witness on behalf of the Company or other participation at the request of the Company in a Proceeding involving or affecting the Company at a time when such Covered Person is not a named defendant or respondent in the Proceeding. The indemnification provided by this Section 10.1 shall be in addition to any other rights as to which a Covered Person may be entitled under any agreement (including any insurance policy), or as shall have been approved or ratified by the Members, both as to an action in the Covered Person’s capacity as a Covered Person, and as to an action in another capacity, and shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to serve in such capacity and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of each Covered Person.
(d) Indemnified Costs incurred by a Covered Person shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of any related Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of that Covered Person to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized by this Section 10.1. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be required to advance Indemnified Costs for any matter or claim identified in Section 10.1(b), but may advance Indemnified Costs with the unanimous consent of the Members for such matters or claims.
(e) Any amounts payable by the Company according to this Section 10.1 will be payable solely to the extent of funds available for the payment of such obligations and actually received by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Agreements, from capital contributions or from other activities permitted by the terms of Section 2.6. The Company’s obligations under this Section 10.1 will not be a claim against the Company if the Company does not have sufficient funds to make payment of such obligations. Any claim that a Covered Person may have at any time against the Company that it may seek to enforce under this LLC Agreement will be subordinate to the payment in full, including post-petition interest, if the Company becomes a debtor or debtor in possession in a case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or later in effect or subject to any insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, rehabilitation or other similar proceedings, of the claims of the holders of any Securities which are collateralized or secured by the assets of the Company.
Section 11.1 Complete Agreement. This LLC Agreement and the Certificate constitute the complete and exclusive statement of agreement of the Members with respect to the subject matter herein and therein and replace and supersede all prior written and oral agreements or statements by the Members. No representation, statement, condition or warranty not contained in
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this LLC Agreement or the Certificate will be binding on any Member or has any force or effect whatsoever.
Section 11.2 Binding Effect. Subject to the provisions of this LLC Agreement relating to transferability, this LLC Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Member, and its respective successors and assigns.
Section 11.3 Parties in Interest. Except as expressly provided in the Act or in this LLC Agreement, nothing in this LLC Agreement shall confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this LLC Agreement on any Person other than each Member and its successors and assigns nor shall anything in this LLC Agreement relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third Person to the Company or any party to this LLC Agreement, nor shall any provision hereof give any third Person any right of subrogation or action over or against the Company or any party to this LLC Agreement.
Section 11.4 Pronouns; Statutory References. All pronouns and all variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, singular or plural, as the context in which they are used may require. Any reference to the Code, the Regulations, the Act, or other statutes or laws will include all amendments, modifications, or replacements of the specific sections and provisions concerned.
Section 11.5 Headings. All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this LLC Agreement.
Section 11.6 References to this LLC Agreement. Numbered or lettered articles, sections and subsections herein contained refer to articles, sections and subsections of this LLC Agreement unless otherwise expressly stated.
Section 11.7 Severability. If any provision of this LLC Agreement or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this LLC Agreement or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
Section 11.8 Additional Documents and Acts. The Members agree to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments and to perform such additional acts as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all of the terms, provisions, and conditions of this LLC Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 11.9 Notices. Any notice which the Company or the Managing Member or Special Member is required or may desire to give the others shall be in writing and may be personally delivered or given by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed as provided under Section 2.5 above (subject to the right of such Person to designate a different address for itself by notice similarly given). Any notice so given by United States mail shall be deemed to have been given on the third day after the same is deposited in the United States mail as a registered or certified matter, return receipt requested, addressed as above provided, with postage thereon fully prepaid. Any notice not given by registered or certified mail
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as aforesaid shall be deemed to be given upon actual receipt of the same by the Person to whom the same is to be given, provided that the refusal by such Person to receive any such notice shall be deemed such Person’s receipt of the same.
Section 11.10 Amendments. Subject to Section 2.6, all amendments to this LLC Agreement will be in writing and signed by all of the Members.
Section 11.11 Multiple Counterparts. This LLC Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 11.12 Remedies Cumulative. The remedies under this LLC Agreement are cumulative and shall not exclude any other remedies to which any Person may be lawfully entitled.
Section 11.13 Choice of Law. This LLC Agreement shall be governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles).
Section 11.14 Federal Income Tax Allocation. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, for federal income tax purposes, the Company shall be disregarded as an entity apart from the Managing Member, as long as the Managing Member is the holder of all the beneficial interest in the Company for federal income tax purposes, or treated as a partnership if the Managing Member is not the holder of all the beneficial interest in the Company for federal income tax purposes. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Managing Member will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Company as a division of the Managing Member, or as a partnership, as the case may be, for such tax purposes.
For so long as the Managing Member’s Percentage Interest is 100%, the Company shall be disregarded as an entity separate from the Managing Member and all net income of the Company for any month as determined solely for federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss, credit and deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be allocated to the Managing Member and treated in the same manner as if the Company were a division or branch of the Managing Member.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Member has executed this LLC Agreement, effective as of the date first written above.
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Finance & CFO
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
| Title: | Vice President - Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Secretary |
BMW FS RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Finance
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
| Title: | General Counsel & Secretary |
