LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF HANES MENSWEAR, LLC
Exhibit 3.15
The undersigned is executing this Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) as of
July 3, 2006, for the purpose of (i) effectuating the conversion of Xxxxx Menswear, Inc., a
Delaware Corporation (the “Converted Corporation”), to a Delaware limited liability company
and (ii) adopting this Agreement for the governance of the business and affairs of the Company,
pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C., Section 18-101 et
seq. (the “Delaware Act”), and do hereby agree as follows:
1. Name; Formation. The name of the Company shall be “Xxxxx Menswear, LLC.” The
Company constitutes a continuation of the existence of the Converted Corporation in the form of a
Delaware limited liability company. In accordance with Section 18-214(b) of the Delaware Act, the
Certificate of Conversion (converting the Converted Corporation to the Company) and the Certificate
of Formation of the Company have been duly executed by a Member or other person designated by a
Member or by any officer, agent or employee of the registered agent of the Company in the State of
Delaware (any such person being an authorized person to take such action) and filed in the Office
of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. As provided in Section 18-214(d) of the
Delaware Act, the existence of the Company is deemed to have commenced on August 15, 1968, the date
the Converted Corporation was originally organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. Definitions. In addition to the terms otherwise defined herein, the following
terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Board of Managers” means the board of managers designated
pursuant to Section 7(d) hereof.
“Event of Withdrawal” means the death, retirement, resignation,
expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any
other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the
Company or any other event causing dissolution of the Company under Section
18-801 of the Delaware Act.
“Initial Member” means International Affiliates & Investment,
Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Manager” means an individual appointed to the Board of Managers
pursuant to Section 7 hereof.
“Members” means the Initial Members and all other persons or
entities admitted as additional or substituted members pursuant to this
Agreement, so long as they remain Members. Reference to a “Member” means any
one of the Members.
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“Majority in Interest” means Members holding in the aggregate
greater than fifty percent of the outstanding Units.
“Unit” means, as to each Member, the limited liability company
interest held by such Member corresponding to such Member’s capital
contribution, and in the case of each Initial Member, the limited liability
company interest set forth in Section 9 hereof.
3. Purpose. The purpose of the Company shall be to engage in any lawful business that
may be engaged in by a limited liability company organized under the Delaware Act, as such
business activities may be determined by the Board of Managers from time to time.
4. Offices.
(a) The principal office of the Company, and such additional offices as the Board of Managers
may determine to establish, shall be located at such place or places inside or outside the State
of Delaware as the Board of Managers may designate from time to time. The address of the
principal office of the Company initially shall be c/o Xxxx Xxx Corporation, Three First Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000.
(b) The registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is located at 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx of Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The registered
agent of the Company for service of process is Corporation Service Company.
5. Members. The name and business or residence address of each Member of the Company
are as set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
6. Term. The Company shall continue until dissolved and terminated in accordance with
Section 15 of this Agreement.
7. Management of the Company.
(a) The Board of Managers shall have the sole right to manage the business of the Company and
shall have all powers and rights necessary, appropriate or advisable to effectuate and carry out
the purposes and business of the Company, and, except with respect to the execution and filing of
the Company’s Certificate of Formation, no Member shall have any authority to act for or bind the
Company but shall have only the right to vote on or approve the actions herein specified to be
voted on or approved by the Members.
(b) The Board of Managers may appoint such officers, who may but need not be Members or
Managers, with such titles, to such terms, and to perform such functions as the Board of Managers
shall determine in its sole discretion. The Board of Managers may appoint, employ or otherwise
contract with such other persons or entities for the transaction of the business of the Company or
the performance of services for or on behalf of the Company as it shall determine in its sole
discretion. The Board of Managers may delegate to any such officer,
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person or entity such authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Board of Managers may
from time to time deem appropriate in its sole discretion.
(c) When the taking of such action has been authorized by the Board of Managers, any Manager
or officer of the Company or any other person specifically authorized by the Board of Managers,
may execute any contract or other agreement or document on behalf of the Company and may execute
and file on behalf of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware any
certificates or amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Formation, one or more Restated
Certificates of Formation and Certificates of Merger or Consolidation and, upon the dissolution
and completion of winding up of the Company, at any time when there are fewer than two Members, or
as otherwise provided in the Delaware Act, a Certificate of Cancellation canceling the Company’s
Certificate of Formation.
(d) A Majority in Interest of the Members shall elect individuals to the Board of Managers,
which shall consist of such number of Managers as the Members shall determine in writing from time
to time. Initially, the Board of Managers shall consist of three Managers. Each Member shall have
one vote for each Unit it holds. Mangers shall serve until they resign, die, become incapacitated
or are removed. The removal of a Manager from the Board of Managers (with or without cause) shall
only be at the written request of Members holding a Majority in Interest. A majority of the
Managers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. At any meeting of the Board
of Managers, all matters shall be determined by the consent of a majority of the Board of
Managers. Notice shall be given at least twelve (12) hours prior to any meeting of the Board of
Managers. Notice may be waived before or after a meeting or by attendance without protest at such
meeting. Notice may be by hand, telephone, telecopy, overnight courier or the U.S. mail and shall
be deemed given when received. Managers may participate in a meeting of the Board of Managers by
means of telephone and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Managers at a meeting may be taken
without a meeting with the unanimous consent of the Board of Managers. The Board of Managers may
adopt such other procedures governing meetings and the conduct of business as well as meetings of
Members and any procedures to be used in connection with voting by Members (which voting may be by
written consent of Members owning the percentage of units necessary to take such action) as it
shall deem appropriate.
8. Member Rights: Meetings.
(a) No Member shall have the right to approve or vote on any matter except as expressly set
forth in this Agreement or as otherwise required by applicable law. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Members shall vote on all of the following: (i) the dissolution of the Company
pursuant to Section 15 (b) of this Agreement; (ii) the merger of the Company; (iii) any
transaction involving an actual or potential conflict of interest between any Manager and the
Company; (iv) an amendment to the Certificate of Formation of the Company; or (v) the sale,
exchange, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, determined
on a consolidated basis, other than in the ordinary course of business (whether by merger,
recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or otherwise).
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(b) Unless a greater vote is required by the Delaware Act or the Certificate of Formation of
the Company, the affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest of the Members entitled to vote shall
be required to approve any proposed action.
(c) Meetings of the Members for the transaction of such business as may properly come before
such Members shall be held at such place, on such date and at such time as the Managers shall
determine. Special meetings of the Members for any proper purpose or purposes may be called at
any time by the Managers or the holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding
Units held by all Members. The Company shall deliver or mail written notice stating the date,
time, place and purposes of any meeting to each Member entitled to vote at the meeting. Such
notice shall be given not less than ten (10) and no more than sixty (60) days before the date of
the meeting.
(d) Any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of the
Members may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, provided that
written consents, setting forth all proposed actions to be taken at such meeting, are signed by
the Members holding at least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or
take such action at a meeting at which all outstanding Units entitled to vote on such action were
present and voted. Every written consent shall bear the date and signature of each Member who
signs such consent. Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting by less than
unanimous written consent shall be given to all Members who have not consented in writing to such
action.
9. Capital Contribution. In accordance with Section 18-301 of the Delaware Act, the
Initial Member has received an initial interest in the Company of one Unit (which has been
reflected on Schedule 1) without making a contribution or being obligated to make a
contribution to the Company. The initial Member may, but shall not be required to, make
contributions to the capital of the Company and, in such event, the Board of Managers shall amend
Schedule 1 hereof to reflect any capital contribution made by the Initial Member. Persons
or entities hereafter admitted as Members of the Company shall make such contributions of cash (or
promissory obligations), property or services to the Company as shall be determined by the Board
of Managers at the time of each such admission.
10. Assignments of Company Interest. No Member may sell, assign, pledge or otherwise
transfer or encumber any of its Units or any beneficial interest therein (“Transfer”) to
any other person without the prior written consent of all other Members. Any purported Transfer
in violation of the Section 10 shall be null and void and shall not be recognized by the Company.
11. Withdrawal. No Member shall have the right to withdraw from the Company except
with the consent of the Board of Managers and upon such terms and conditions as may be
specifically agreed upon between the Board of Managers and the withdrawing Member. The provisions
of Section 13 with respect to distributions upon withdrawal are exclusive and no Member shall be
entitled to claim any further or different distribution upon withdrawal under Section 18-604 of
the Delaware Act or otherwise.
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12. Additional Members. The Board of Managers shall have the sole right to admit
additional Members upon such terms and conditions, at such time or times, and for such capital
contributions as the Board of Managers shall in its sole discretion determine. In connection with
any such admission, the Board of Managers shall amend Schedule 1 hereof to reflect the name,
address, capital contribution and number of Units of the additional Member.
13. Distribution and Allocations.
(a) Distributions. Distributions of cash or other assets of the Company shall be
made at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Managers may determine. Unless the Board
of Managers determines otherwise, distributions shall be made to (and profits and losses shall be
allocated among) Members pro rata based on the number of Units held by each Member.
Members who withdraw from the Company shall be entitled to such a pro rata distribution
relating to any capital previously contributed and not withdrawn from the Company and the rights
to such distributions from the Company shall inure to the benefit of the withdrawing Members’
legal representative and assigns.
(b) Allocation of Profits or Losses. Except as may be required by the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, each item of income, gain, profit, loss, deduction or credit to
the Company shall be allocated among its Members in proportion to the number of Units held by each
Member.
14. Return of Capital. No Member or Manager shall have any liability for the return
of any Member’s capital contribution, which capital contribution shall be payable solely from the
assets of the Company at the absolute discretion of the Board of Managers, subject to the
requirements of the Delaware Act.
15. Dissolution. Subject to the provisions of Section 16 of this Agreement, the
Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up and terminated upon the first to occur of the
following:
| (a) | The determination of all of the Members to dissolve the Company or; | ||
| (b) | The occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal. |
16. Continuation of the Company. Notwithstanding the provisions hereof, the
occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall not dissolve the Company if within ninety (90) days
after the occurrence of such Event of Withdrawal, the business of the Company is continued by the
agreement of all remaining Members.
17. Limitation on Liability. 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 no Member or Manager of the Company shall be obligated personally
for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member or
Manger. The failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the
exercise of its powers or management of its business or affairs under this Agreement or the
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Delaware Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Members or Managers
for liabilities of the Company.
18. Indemnification of Managers, Officers, Employees and Agents.
(a) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is
otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil criminal, administrative or
investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was
a Manager or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
Manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another limited liability company or of a
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including a service with
respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of
such a proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a Manager, officer, employee or
agent or in any other capacity while serving as a Manager, officer, employee or agent, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware Act
(including indemnification for negligence, gross negligence and breach of fiduciary duty to the
extent so authorized), as the Delaware Act exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of
any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader
indemnification rights than such law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment),
against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise
taxes, or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such
indemnitee in connection therewith.
(b) The right to indemnification conferred in clause (a) of this Section 18 shall include the
right to be paid by the Company the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition. The rights of indemnification in clauses (a) and
(b) of this Section 18 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee
who has ceased to be Manager, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.
(c) The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this
Section 18 shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, agreement, vote of the Managers or otherwise.
(d) The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Manager,
officer, employee or agent of the Company or another limited liability company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss,
whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the Delaware Act.
(e) The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Managers,
grant rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the
Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 18 with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of Managers and officers of the Company.
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19. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only upon the written consent of all
Members.
20. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the domestic law of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above.
| INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES & INVESTMENT, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary | ||||
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SCHEDULE 1
Initial Member of Xxxxx Menswear, LLC:
| Percentage of | ||||||||
| Units | Outstanding Units | |||||||
International Affiliates & Investment, Inc. |
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Three First National Plaza
|
1 | 100 | % | |||||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 |
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Transfer of ownership in Xxxxx Menswear, LLC — ownership as of 07/31/2006:
| Percentage of | ||||||||
| Units | Outstanding Units | |||||||
HBI International, LLC |
||||||||
Three First National Plaza
|
1 | 100 | % | |||||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 |
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Transfer of ownership in Xxxxx Menswear, LLC — ownership as of 07/31/2006:
| Percentage of | ||||||||
| Units | Outstanding Units | |||||||
HBI International, LLC |
||||||||
Three First National Plaza
|
1 | 100 | % | |||||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 |
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