Exhibit 10.7
[EXECUTION COPY]
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PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 6, 2004
THE COMPANY INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS. SUCH INTERESTS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION
THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.
THE COMPANY INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO, AS THE CASE MAY BE, (I)
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT,
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 6, 2004, AS AMENDED OR MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AMONG
THE ISSUER (THE "LLC") AND CERTAIN INVESTORS OR (II) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE SENIOR PREFERRED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT, DATED AS
OF MARCH 5, 2004, AS AMENDED OR MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME AMONG THE ISSUER AND
CERTAIN INVESTORS, AND, IN EITHER CASE, THE LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE
TRANSFER OF SUCH INTERESTS UNTIL SUCH RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH WITH
RESPECT TO ANY
TRANSFER. A COPY OF SUCH RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE FURNISHED BY THE LLC TO THE
HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
2.1 Formation.......................................................................11
2.2 The Certificate, Etc............................................................11
2.3 Name............................................................................11
2.4 Purpose.........................................................................11
2.5 Powers of the LLC...............................................................12
2.6 Foreign Qualification...........................................................13
2.7 Principal Office; Registered Office.............................................13
2.8 Term............................................................................13
2.9 No State-Law Partnership........................................................13
2.10 No UBTI; Effectively Connected Income...........................................14
ARTICLE III
UNITS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
3.1 Unitholders.....................................................................14
3.2 Unitholder Meetings.............................................................16
3.3 Action of Unitholders by Written Consent or Telephone Conference................18
3.4 Issuance of Additional Units and Interests......................................19
3.5 Capital Accounts................................................................19
3.6 Negative Capital Accounts.......................................................20
3.7 No Withdrawal...................................................................20
3.8 Loans From Unitholders..........................................................20
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTIONS
AND ALLOCATIONS
4.1 Distributions...................................................................21
4.2 Allocations.....................................................................23
4.3 Special Allocations.............................................................23
4.4 Tax Allocations.................................................................24
4.5 Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Unitholder........25
4.6 Transfer of Capital Accounts....................................................25
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ARTICLE V
BOARD OF MANAGERS; OFFICERS
5.1 Management by the Board of Managers.............................................25
5.2 Composition and Election of the Board of Managers...............................27
5.3 Board Meetings and Actions by Written Consent...................................29
5.4 Committees; Delegation of Authority and Duties..................................30
5.5 Officers........................................................................31
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF UNITHOLDERS
6.1 Limitation of Liability.........................................................33
6.2 Lack of Authority...............................................................33
6.3 No Right of Partition...........................................................33
6.4 Unitholders Right to Act........................................................33
6.5 Conflicts of Interest...........................................................34
6.6 Transactions Between the LLC and the Unitholders................................34
ARTICLE VII
EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Exculpation.....................................................................34
7.2 Right to Indemnification........................................................34
7.3 Advance Payment.................................................................35
7.4 Indemnification of Employees and Agents.........................................35
7.5 Appearance as a Witness.........................................................35
7.6 Nonexclusivity of Rights........................................................35
7.7 Insurance.......................................................................35
7.8 Savings Clause..................................................................36
ARTICLE VIII
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
8.1 Records and Accounting..........................................................36
8.2 Fiscal Year.....................................................................36
8.3 Tax Information.................................................................36
8.4 Transmission of Communications..................................................36
8.5 LLC Funds.......................................................................36
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ARTICLE IX
TAXES
9.1 Tax Returns.....................................................................36
9.2 Tax Elections...................................................................37
9.3 Tax Matters Partner.............................................................37
ARTICLE X
TRANSFER OF LLC INTERESTS
10.1 Transfers by Unitholders........................................................37
10.2 Effect of Assignment............................................................37
10.3 Restriction on Transfer.........................................................38
10.4 Transfer Fees and Expenses......................................................38
10.5 Void Transfers..................................................................38
ARTICLE XI
ADMISSION OF UNITHOLDERS
11.1 Substituted Unitholders.........................................................38
11.2 Additional Unitholders..........................................................38
11.3 Optionholders...................................................................39
ARTICLE XII
WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION OF UNITHOLDERS
12.1 Withdrawal and Resignation of Unitholders.......................................39
12.2 Withdrawal of a Unitholder......................................................39
ARTICLE XIII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
13.1 Dissolution.....................................................................39
13.2 Liquidation and Termination.....................................................39
13.3 Cancellation of Certificate.....................................................40
13.4 Reasonable Time for Winding Up..................................................40
13.5 Return of Capital...............................................................40
13.6 Reserves Against Distributions..................................................40
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ARTICLE XIV
VALUATION
14.1 Determination...................................................................41
14.2 Fair Market Value...............................................................41
ARTICLE XV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
15.1 Power of Attorney...............................................................41
15.2 Amendments......................................................................42
15.3 Title to LLC Assets.............................................................42
15.4 Remedies........................................................................43
15.5 Successors and Assigns..........................................................43
15.6 Severability....................................................................43
15.7 Incorporation of the LLC; Conversion of Senior Preferred Units..................43
15.8 Repurchase of Units by the LLC..................................................44
15.9 Opt-in to Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code..............................44
15.10 Notice to Unitholder of Provisions..............................................45
15.11 Counterparts....................................................................45
15.12 Consent to Jurisdiction.........................................................45
15.13 Descriptive Headings; Interpretation............................................45
15.14 Applicable Law..................................................................46
15.15 MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.....................................................46
15.16 Addresses and Notices...........................................................46
15.17 Creditors.......................................................................46
15.18 Waiver 46
15.19 Further Action..................................................................47
15.20 Offset 47
15.21 Entire Agreement................................................................47
15.22 Delivery by Facsimile...........................................................47
15.23 Survival........................................................................47
15.24 Deemed Transfer of Units........................................................47
15.25 Distributions in Full...........................................................48
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PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
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This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT, dated
as of April 6, 2004, is entered into by and among Prestige International
Holdings, LLC (f/k/a Medtech/Denorex, LLC, the "LLC"), the Unitholders and the
Warrantholders and amends and restates the Second Amended and Restated
Limited
Liability Company Agreement of Medtech/Denorex, LLC dated as of March 5, 2004
(the "PRIOR AGREEMENT").
The parties to the Prior Agreement desire to amend and restate the Prior
Agreement effective as of the date hereof for purposes of changing certain terms
of the Prior Agreement, changing the name of the LLC to "Prestige International
Holdings, LLC" and adding additional parties thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
following meanings:
"ADDITIONAL UNITHOLDER" means a Person admitted to the LLC as a Unitholder
pursuant to SECTION 11.2.
"ADDITIONAL SECURITIES" shall have the meaning set forth in SECTION 3.4.
"ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT" means with respect to any Capital
Account as of the end of any Taxable Year, the amount by which the balance in
such Capital Account is less than zero. For this purpose, such Person's Capital
Account balance shall be
(i) reduced for any items described in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6), and
(ii) increased for any amount such Person is obligated to
contribute or is treated as being obligated to contribute to the LLC pursuant to
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (relating to partner
liabilities to a partnership) or 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i) (relating to
Minimum Gain).
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"AFFILIATE" of any particular Person means (i) any other Person
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such particular Person,
where "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract, or otherwise, (ii) if such Person is a
partnership, any partner thereof and (iii) without limiting the foregoing, (I)
with respect only to GTCR, any investment fund controlled by GTCR LLC or GTCR
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, L.L.C. and (II) with respect only to the TCW/Crescent Purchasers
and TCW/Crescent Lenders, any investment fund for whom Trust Company of the West
or any Affiliate of Trust Company of the West acts as an account manager.
"AGREEMENT" means this Third Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company
Agreement, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof.
"ASSIGNEE" means a Person to whom an LLC Interest has been transferred in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other agreements
contemplated hereby, but who has not become a Unitholder pursuant to ARTICLE X.
"BOARD" means the Board of Managers established pursuant to SECTION 5.2.
"BOOK VALUE" means, with respect to any LLC property, the LLC's adjusted
basis for federal income tax purposes, adjusted from time to time to reflect the
adjustments required or permitted by Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)-(g).
"CAPITAL ACCOUNT" means the capital account maintained for a Unitholder
pursuant to SECTION 3.5.
"CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS" means any cash, cash equivalents, promissory
obligations, or the Fair Market Value of other property that a Unitholder or
Warrantholder contributes or is deemed to have contributed to the LLC with
respect to any Unit or Warrant pursuant to SECTIONS 3.1 or 3.4 or, with respect
to Class A Preferred Units, pursuant to any Senior Management Agreement.
"CERTIFICATE" means the LLC's Certificate of Formation as filed with the
Secretary of State of
Delaware.
"CLASS A PREFERRED UNIT" means a Unit representing a fractional part of the
interest of a Unitholder in Profits, Losses and Distributions and having the
rights and obligations specified with respect to the Class A Preferred Units in
this Agreement.
"CLASS A UNPAID YIELD" of any Class A Preferred Unit means, as of any date,
an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Class A Yield
accrued on such Class A Preferred Unit for all periods prior to such date
(including partial periods), over (b) the aggregate amount of prior
Distributions made by the LLC that constitute payment of Class A Yield on such
Class A Preferred Unit.
"CLASS A UNRETURNED CAPITAL" of any Class A Preferred Unit means, as of any
date, the aggregate Capital Contributions made or deemed to be made in exchange
for such Class A Preferred Unit reduced by all Distributions made by the LLC
that constitute a return of Class A Unreturned Capital in respect of such Class
A Preferred Unit under SECTION 4.1(a)(IV).
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"CLASS A YIELD" means, with respect to each Class A Preferred Unit, the
amount accruing on such Class A Preferred Unit on a daily basis, at the rate of
8% per annum, compounded on the last day of each calendar quarter, on (a) the
Class A Unreturned Capital of such Class A Preferred Unit plus (b) as the case
may be, the Class A Unpaid Yield thereon for all prior quarterly periods. In
calculating the amount of any Distribution to be made during a period, the
portion of the Class A Yield with respect to such Class A Preferred Unit for the
portion of the quarterly period elapsing before such Distribution is made shall
be taken into account in determining the amount of such Distribution.
"CLASS B PREFERRED UNIT" means a Unit representing a fractional part of the
interest of a Unitholder in Profits, Losses and Distributions and having the
rights and obligations specified with respect to the Class B Preferred Units in
this Agreement.
"CLASS B UNPAID YIELD" of any Class B Preferred Unit means, as of any date,
an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Class B Yield
accrued on such Class B Preferred Unit for all periods prior to such date
(including partial periods), over (b) the aggregate amount of prior
Distributions made by the LLC that constitute payment of Class B Yield on such
Class B Preferred Unit. For purposes of this definition, any Class B Preferred
Unit issued upon any exercise of a Warrant shall be deemed to have been
outstanding from the date of issuance of such Warrant.
"CLASS B UNRETURNED CAPITAL" of any Class B Preferred Unit means, as of any
date, the aggregate Capital Contributions made or deemed to be made in exchange
for such Class B Preferred Unit reduced by all Distributions made by the LLC
that constitute a return of Class B Unreturned Capital in respect of such Class
B Preferred Unit under SECTION 4.1(a)(VI).
"CLASS B YIELD" means, with respect to each Class B Preferred Unit, the
amount accruing on such Class B Preferred Unit on a daily basis, at the rate of
8% per annum, compounded on the last day of each calendar quarter, on (a) the
Class B Unreturned Capital of such Class B Preferred Unit plus (b) as the case
may be, the Class B Unpaid Yield thereon for all prior quarterly periods. In
calculating the amount of any Distribution to be made during a period, the
portion of the Class B Yield with respect to such Class B Preferred Unit for the
portion of the quarterly period elapsing before such Distribution is made shall
be taken into account in determining the amount of such Distribution.
"CODE" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Such term shall, at the Board's sole discretion, be deemed to include any future
amendments to the Code and any corresponding provisions of succeeding Code
provisions (whether or not such amendments and corresponding provisions are
mandatory or discretionary; provided, however, that if they are discretionary,
the term "Code" shall not include them if including them would have a material
adverse effect on any Unitholder).
"COMMON UNITHOLDER" means a holder of Common Units.
"COMMON UNIT" means a Unit representing a fractional part of the interest
of a Unitholder in Profits, Losses and Distributions and having the rights and
obligations specified with respect to the Common Units in this Agreement;
provided, that a holder of a "Common
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Unit" shall be entitled to vote but shall not have any other rights hereunder
(including the right to receive Distributions hereunder) until such time as such
Unit is fully vested in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in
the Senior Management Agreement or other agreement pursuant to which such Unit
was issued (to the extent the applicable agreement provides for vesting), and
all such unvested Common Units shall be deemed to be outstanding and shall be
subject to the obligations and restrictions applicable to the Common Units
hereunder.
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DELAWARE ACT" means the
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. L.
Section 18-101, ET SEQ., as it may be amended from time to time, and any
successor to the
Delaware Act.
"DISTRIBUTION" means each distribution made by the LLC to a Unitholder,
whether in cash, property or securities of the LLC and whether by liquidating
distribution, redemption, repurchase, or otherwise; PROVIDED THAT any
recapitalization or exchange or conversion of securities of the LLC (including
any exchange of Units for Class A Preferred Units), redemption or repurchase of
securities of the LLC pursuant to any Senior Management Agreement and any
subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit
split or otherwise) of any outstanding Units shall not be deemed a Distribution.
"EQUITY SECURITIES" means (i) Units or other equity interests in the LLC or
a corporate successor (including other classes or groups thereof having such
relative rights, powers, and duties as may from time to time be established by
the Board, including rights, powers, and/or duties senior to existing classes
and groups of Units and other equity interests in the LLC), (ii) obligations,
evidences of indebtedness, or other securities or interests convertible or
exchangeable into Units or other equity interests in the LLC or a corporate
successor, and (iii) warrants, options, or other rights to purchase or otherwise
acquire Units or other equity interests in the LLC or a corporate successor.
"EVENT OF WITHDRAWAL" means the death, retirement, resignation, expulsion,
bankruptcy or dissolution of a Unitholder or the occurrence of any other event
that terminates the continued membership of a Unitholder in the LLC.
"FAMILY GROUP" means a Unitholder's spouse and descendants (whether natural
or adopted), and any trust, family limited partnership, limited liability
company or other entity wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by such Unitholder
or such Unitholder's spouse and/or descendants that is and remains solely for
the benefit of such Unitholder and/or such Unitholder's spouse and/or
descendants and any retirement plan for such Unitholder.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, with respect to any asset or equity interest,
its fair market value determined according to ARTICLE XIV.
"FISCAL QUARTER" means each calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30,
September 30, and December 31.
"FISCAL YEAR" means the LLC's annual accounting period established pursuant
to SECTION 8.2.
"GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY" means the United States of America or any other
nation, any state or other political subdivision thereof, or any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
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regulatory or administrative functions of government or any agency or department
or subdivision of any governmental authority, including the United States
federal government or any state or local government.
"GTCR" means (i) GTCR Fund VIII, (ii) GTCR Fund VIII/B, (iii) GTCR
Co-Invest II, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership and (iv) any investment fund
managed by GTCR LLC or GTCR Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, L.L.C. that purchases Units pursuant
to the GTCR Purchase Agreement and that becomes an Additional Unitholder
pursuant to SECTION 11.2.
"GTCR CAPITAL PARTNERS" means GTCR Capital Partners, L.P., a
Delaware
limited partnership.
"GTCR FUND VIII" means GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., a
Delaware limited
partnership.
"GTCR FUND VIII/B" means GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P., a
Delaware limited
partnership.
"GTCR LLC" means GTCR Xxxxxx Xxxxxx XX, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited
liability company.
"GTCR PURCHASE AGREEMENT" means that certain Unit Purchase Agreement, dated
as of February 6, 2004, among GTCR, the TCW/Crescent Purchasers and the LLC, as
the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof.
"GTCR THRESHOLD" means $16,866,991. The GTCR Threshold may be waived in
writing by GTCR in its sole discretion; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if GTCR holds any
Senior Preferred Units, then the GTCR Threshold may only be waived in writing by
both GTCR and the TCW/Crescent Purchasers.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means all indebtedness for borrowed money (including
purchase money obligations) maturing one year or more from the date of creation
or incurrence thereof or renewable or extendible at the option of the debtor to
a date one year or more from the date of creation or incurrence thereof, all
indebtedness under revolving credit arrangements extending over a year or more,
all capitalized lease obligations and all guarantees of any of the foregoing.
"LIENS" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien,
or charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof), any sale of
receivables with recourse against the LLC, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate
thereof, any filing or agreement to file a financing statement as debtor under
the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar statute other than to reflect
ownership by a third party of property leased to the LLC, any Subsidiary or any
Affiliate under a lease which is not in the nature of a conditional sale or
title retention agreement, or any subordination arrangement in favor of another
Person (other than any subordination arising in the ordinary course of
business).
"LLC" means Prestige International Holdings, LLC, a
Delaware limited
liability company.
"LLC INTEREST" means the interest of a Unitholder in Profits, Losses, and
Distributions.
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"LOSSES" means items of LLC loss and deduction determined according to
SECTION 3.5.
"MANAGER" means a current manager on the Board, who, for purposes of the
Delaware Act, will be deemed a "manager" (as defined in the Delaware Act) but
will be subject to the rights, obligations, limitations and duties set forth in
this Agreement.
"MARKET PRICE" of any security or any other asset, right or interest means
the average of the closing prices of such security's sales on all securities
exchanges on which such security may at the time be listed, or, if there has
been no sales on any such exchange on any day, the average of the highest bid
and lowest asked prices on all such exchanges at the end of such day, or, if on
any day such security is not so listed, the average of the representative bid
and asked prices quoted in the NASDAQ System as of 4:00 P.M., New York time, or,
if on any day such security is not quoted in the NASDAQ System, the average of
the highest bid and lowest asked prices on such day in the domestic
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau,
Incorporated, or any similar successor organization, in each such case averaged
over a period of 21 days consisting of the day as of which "Market Price" is
being determined and the 20 consecutive business days prior to such day. If at
any time such security or other asset, right or interest is not listed on any
securities exchange or quoted in the NASDAQ System or the over-the-counter
market, the "Market Price" shall be the fair value thereof determined jointly by
the LLC and the holders of a majority of the Class B Preferred Units. If such
parties are unable to reach agreement within a reasonable period of time, such
fair value shall be determined by an independent appraiser experienced in
valuing securities jointly selected by the LLC and the holders of a majority of
the Class B Preferred Units. The determination of such appraiser shall be final
and binding upon the parties, and the LLC shall pay the fees and expenses of
such appraiser.
"MINIMUM GAIN" means the partnership minimum gain determined pursuant to
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(d).
"OFFICERS" means each person designated as an officer of the LLC to whom
authority and duties have been delegated pursuant to SECTION 5.5, subject to any
resolution of the Board appointing such person as an officer or relating to such
appointment.
"PERMITTED TRANSFEREE" means (i) with respect to any Unitholder who is a
natural person, a member of such Unitholder's Family Group, and (ii) with
respect to any Unitholder which is an entity, any of such Unitholder's
Affiliates.
"PERSON" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited
liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint
venture, an unincorporated organization, any other business entity, or a
Governmental Entity.
"PROCEEDING" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 7.2.
"PROFITS" means items of LLC income and gain determined according to
SECTION 3.5.
"PUBLIC OFFERING" means any sale of equity securities (or securities
containing any equity-like features) of the LLC (or a successor thereto)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission; PROVIDED
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THAT the following shall not be considered a Public Offering: (i) any issuance
of equity securities (or securities containing any equity-like features) as
consideration for a merger or acquisition, and (ii) any issuance of equity
securities (or securities containing any equity-like features), or rights to
acquire any such securities, to employees of the LLC or its Subsidiaries as part
of an incentive or compensation plan.
"PUBLIC SALE" means any sale of Equity Securities to the public pursuant to
an offering registered under the Securities Act or to the public through a
broker, dealer or market maker pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 (or any
similar provision then in effect) adopted under the Securities Act (other than
Rule 144(k) prior to a Public Offering).
"REGISTRATION AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of February 6, 2004, by and among the LLC, GTCR (or an Affiliate thereof) and
the other Persons party thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended
from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof.
"REQUIRED INTEREST" means a majority of the Common Units.
"REGULATORY ALLOCATIONS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4.3(e).
"SECURITIES" means notes, stocks, bonds, debentures, evidences of
indebtedness, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing
agreement, partnership interests, beneficial interests in trusts,
collateral-trust certificates, pre-organization certificates or subscriptions,
transferable shares, investment contracts, voting-trust certificates,
certificates of deposit for securities, certificates of equity interests,
notional principal contracts and certificates of interest or participation in,
temporary or interim certificates for, receipts for or warrants or rights or
options to subscribe to or purchase or sell any of the foregoing, and any other
items commonly referred to as securities.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute,
rules, or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule, or
regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding
provisions of future law.
"SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to
such statute, rules, or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section,
rule, or regulation of the Securities Exchange Act shall be deemed to include
any corresponding provisions of future law.
"SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT" means the Securityholders Agreement, dated as
of February 6, 2004, by and among the LLC, GTCR (or an Affiliate thereof) and
the other Persons party thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended
from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof.
"SENIOR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT" means any Senior Management Agreement entered
into from time to time among the LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. (any
successor thereof, including Prestige Brands, Inc.) or any other Subsidiaries of
the LLC (including Prestige
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Brands, Inc.), and one of its executives, as the same may be amended from time
to time pursuant to the terms thereof.
"SENIOR PREFERRED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Senior Preferred
Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2004, by and among the LLC, the
holders of Senior Preferred Units named therein and the other Persons party
thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant
to the terms thereof.
"SENIOR PREFERRED UNIT" means a Unit representing a fractional part of the
interest of a Unitholder in Profits, Losses and Distributions and having the
rights and obligations specified with respect to the Senior Preferred Units in
this Agreement.
"SENIOR PREFERRED UNPAID YIELD" of any Senior Preferred Unit means, as of
any date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Senior
Preferred Yield accrued on such Senior Preferred Unit for all periods prior to
such date (including partial periods), over (b) the aggregate amount of prior
Distributions made by the LLC that constitute payment of Senior Preferred Yield
on such Senior Preferred Unit.
"SENIOR PREFERRED UNRETURNED CAPITAL" of any Senior Preferred Unit means,
as of any date, the aggregate Capital Contributions made or deemed to be made in
exchange for such Senior Preferred Unit reduced by all Distributions made by the
LLC that constitute a return of Senior Preferred Unreturned Capital in respect
of such Senior Preferred Unit under SECTION 4.1(a)(II).
"SENIOR PREFERRED YIELD" means, with respect to each Senior Preferred Unit,
the amount accruing on such Senior Preferred Unit on a daily basis, at the rate
of 8% per annum, compounded on the last day of each calendar year, on the sum of
(a) the Senior Preferred Unreturned Capital of such Senior Preferred Unit plus
(b) as the case may be, the Senior Preferred Unpaid Yield thereon for all prior
calendar years; PROVIDED THAT, for any calendar year for which the SNS Gross
Sales Target with respect to such year (as set forth on the attached SCHEDULE 1)
exceeds actual SNS Gross Sales for such year, the daily accrual rate on such
Senior Preferred Unit for such year shall be equal to 0% per annum. For purposes
of calculating the amount of the Senior Preferred Yield with respect to any
partial calendar year, it will be assumed that the actual SNS Gross Sales for
such year will exceed the SNS Gross Sales Target for such year (as set forth on
the attached SCHEDULE 1) if, and only if, as of the date of calculation, the
actual SNS Gross Sales for such partial year exceed 90% of a pro rata portion of
the SNS Gross Sales Target (as set forth on the attached SCHEDULE 1) for such
partial year (determined on a pro rata basis based upon the number of days
elapsed in such year as of the date of calculation divided by 365).
"SNS" means The Spic and Span Company, a Delaware corporation.
"SNS BRANDED PRODUCTS" means all products marketed and sold under the brand
name "Spic and Span" or "Cinch" (or a derivative form using either such brand
name).
"SNS GROSS SALES" means, with respect to any particular period, the amount
of gross sales of SNS Branded Products during such period, which amount shall be
determined by the
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LLC in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles
applied consistently with SNS's past practice.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association, or business entity of which (i) if
a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers, or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company,
partnership, association, or other business entity (other than a corporation), a
majority of partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the
time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a
Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a
limited liability company, partnership, association, or other business entity
(other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a
majority of limited liability company, partnership, association, or other
business entity gains or losses or shall be or control any managing director or
general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association, or
other business entity. For purposes hereof, references to a "SUBSIDIARY" of any
Person shall be given effect only at such times that such Person has one or more
Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term "Subsidiary" refers to a
Subsidiary of the LLC.
"SUBSTITUTED UNITHOLDER" means a Person that is admitted as a Unitholder to
the LLC pursuant to SECTION 11.1.
"TCW REPRESENTATIVE" shall mean, initially, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, and from
to time after the date hereof, any other Person the TCW/Crescent Purchasers and
TCW/Crescent Lenders may designate as his replacement, upon written notice to
the LLC in accordance with SECTION 15.16 hereof.
"TCW/CRESCENT LENDERS" means collectively, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners
III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Trust III, a
Delaware business trust, and TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners III Netherlands,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, any of their Affiliates or any investment
fund for whom Trust Company of the West or any Affiliate of Trust Company of the
West acts as an account manager.
"TCW/CRESCENT PURCHASERS" means collectively, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine
Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Trust
III, a Delaware business trust, and TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners III
Netherlands, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, any of their Affiliates or
any investment fund for whom Trust Company of the West or any Affiliate of Trust
Company of the West acts as an account manager.
"TAX" or "TAXES" means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross
receipts, franchise, estimated, alternative minimum, add-on minimum, sales, use,
transfer, registration, value added, excise, natural resources, severance,
stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profit, environmental, customs, duties,
real property, personal property, capital stock, social security, unemployment,
disability, payroll, license, employee, or other withholding, or other tax, of
any
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kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalties, or additions to tax or
additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.
"TAX DISTRIBUTION" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4.1(c).
"TAX MATTERS PARTNER" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 9.3.
"TAXABLE YEAR" means the LLC's Fiscal Year unless the Board determines
otherwise in compliance with applicable laws.
"TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS" means this Agreement, and all other agreements,
instruments, certificates, and other documents to be entered into or delivered
by any Unitholder in connection with the transactions contemplated to be
consummated pursuant to this Agreement (or any predecessor agreement thereof),
the GTCR Purchase Agreement, and any side agreements related to the foregoing.
"TRANSFER" means any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, mortgage,
exchange, hypothecation, grant of a security interest or other direct or
indirect disposition or encumbrance of an interest (including, without
limitation, by operation of law) or the acts thereof, but explicitly excluding
conversions or exchanges of one class of Unit to or for another class of Unit.
The terms "TRANSFEREE," "TRANSFERRED," and other forms of the word "TRANSFER"
shall have correlative meanings.
"TREASURY REGULATIONS" means the income tax regulations promulgated under
the Code and effective as of the date hereof. Such term shall, at the Board's
sole discretion, be deemed to include any future amendments to such regulations
and any corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations (whether or not such
amendments and corresponding provisions are mandatory or discretionary;
provided, however, that if they are discretionary, the term "Treasury
Regulations" shall not include them if including them would have a material
adverse effect on any Unitholder).
"UNIT" means an LLC Interest of a Unitholder or an Assignee in the LLC
representing a fractional part of the LLC Interests of all Unitholders and
Assignees and shall include Senior Preferred Units, Class A Preferred Units,
Class B Preferred Units and Common Units; PROVIDED THAT any class or group of
Units issued shall have relative rights, powers, and duties set forth in this
Agreement and the LLC Interest represented by such class or group of Units shall
be determined in accordance with such relative rights, powers, and duties set
forth in this Agreement.
"UNITHOLDER" means any owner of one or more Units as reflected on the LLC's
books and records, and any person admitted to the LLC as an Additional
Unitholder or Substituted Unitholder; but only for so long as such person is
shown on the LLC's books and records as the owner of one or more Units.
"UNITHOLDER GROUP" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 6.5.
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"WARRANT AGREEMENT" means that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of
February 6, 2004, among GTCR Capital Partners, the TCW/Crescent Lenders and the
LLC, as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof.
"WARRANTHOLDER" means each of GTCR Capital Partners and the TCW/Crescent
Lenders, individually.
"WARRANTS" means the warrants to purchase Common Units and Class B
Preferred Units issued by the LLC to GTCR Capital Partners and the TCW/Crescent
Lenders pursuant to the Warrant Agreement. "WARRANT" shall mean one of the
Warrants, individually.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
2.1 FORMATION. The LLC has been organized as a Delaware limited
liability company by the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware of the Certificate under and pursuant to the Delaware Act and shall be
continued in accordance with this Agreement.
2.2 THE CERTIFICATE, ETC. The Certificate was filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware on December 29, 2003. The Unitholders hereby
agree to execute, file and record all such other certificates and documents,
including amendments to the Certificate, and to do such other acts as may be
appropriate to comply with all requirements for the formation, continuation and
operation of a limited liability company, the ownership of property, and the
conduct of business under the laws of the State of Delaware and any other
jurisdiction in which the LLC may own property or conduct business.
2.3 NAME. The name of the LLC shall be "Prestige International Holdings,
LLC". The Board in its sole discretion may change the name of the LLC at any
time and from time to time. Notification of any such change shall be given to
all Unitholders. The LLC's business may be conducted under its name and/or any
other name or names deemed advisable by the Board.
2.4 PURPOSE. The purpose and business of the LLC shall be to engage in
any lawful act or activity which may be conducted by a limited liability company
formed pursuant to the Delaware Act and engaging in all activities necessary or
incidental to the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
nothing set forth herein shall be construed as authorizing the LLC to possess
any purpose or power, or to do any act or thing, forbidden by law to a limited
liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(a) BOARD OF MANAGERS. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, the Senior Preferred Investor Rights Agreement, the Securityholders
Agreement, the Registration Agreement and the other agreements contemplated
hereby and thereby, (i) the LLC may, with the approval of the Board, enter into
and perform under any and all documents, agreements and instruments, all without
any further act, vote or approval of any Unitholder, and (ii) the Board may
authorize any Person (including any Unitholder or Officer) to enter into and
perform under any document, agreement or instrument on behalf of the LLC.
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(b) MERGER. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the LLC
may, with the approval of the Board and GTCR LLC and without the need for any
further act, vote or approval of any Unitholder, merge with, or consolidate
into, another limited liability company (organized under the laws of Delaware or
any other state), a corporation (organized under the laws of Delaware or any
other state) or other business entity (as defined in Section 18-209(a) of the
Delaware Act), regardless of whether the LLC or such other entity is the
survivor.
2.5 POWERS OF THE LLC. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and
the agreements contemplated hereby, the LLC shall have the power and authority
to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable,
convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes set forth in
SECTION 2.4, including the power:
(a) to conduct its business, carry on its operations and have
and exercise the powers granted to a limited liability company by the Delaware
Act in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States, or in
any foreign country that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the
accomplishment of the purpose of the LLC;
(b) to acquire by purchase, lease, contribution of property or
otherwise, own, hold, operate, maintain, finance, refinance, improve, lease,
sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal
property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment
of the purpose of the LLC;
(c) to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind,
including contracts with any Unitholder or any Affiliate thereof, or any agent
of the LLC necessary to, in connection with, convenient to or incidental to the
accomplishment of the purpose of the LLC;
(d) to purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise
acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge, or
otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other
interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign corporations, associations,
general or limited partnerships (including the power to be admitted as a partner
thereof and to exercise the rights and perform the duties created thereby),
trusts, limited liability companies (including the power to be admitted as a
Unitholder or appointed as a manager thereof and to exercise the rights and
perform the duties created thereby) or individuals or direct or indirect
obligations of the United States or of any government, state, territory,
governmental district or municipality or of any instrumentality of any of them;
(e) to lend money for any proper purpose, to invest and
reinvest its funds and to take and hold real and personal property for the
payment of funds so loaned or invested;
(f) to xxx and be sued, complain and defend, and participate in
administrative or other proceedings in its name;
(g) to appoint employees and agents of the LLC and define their
duties and fix their compensation;
(h) to indemnify any Person in accordance with the Delaware
Act and to obtain any and all types of insurance;
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(i) to cease its activities and cancel its Certificate;
(j) to negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew,
terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action
with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any
assets of the LLC;
(k) to borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness and
guaranty indebtedness (whether of the LLC or any of its Subsidiaries), and to
secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on the assets of the LLC;
(l) to pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or
otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the
LLC or to hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities; and
(m) to make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all
documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the
accomplishment of the purpose of the LLC.
2.6 FOREIGN QUALIFICATION. Prior to the LLC's conducting business in any
jurisdiction other than Delaware, the Board shall cause the LLC to comply, to
the extent procedures are available and those matters are reasonably within the
control of the Board, with all requirements necessary to qualify the LLC as a
foreign limited liability company in that jurisdiction. At the request of the
Board or any Officer, each Unitholder shall execute, acknowledge, swear to and
deliver all certificates and other instruments conforming with this Agreement
that are necessary or appropriate to qualify, continue and terminate the LLC as
a foreign limited liability company in all such jurisdictions in which the LLC
may conduct business.
2.7 PRINCIPAL OFFICE; REGISTERED OFFICE. The principal office of the LLC
shall be located at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or at such
other place as the Board may from time to time designate. All business and
activities of the LLC shall be deemed to have occurred at its principal office.
The LLC may maintain offices at such other place or places as the Board deems
advisable. Notification of any such change shall be given to all Unitholders.
The registered office of the LLC required by the Delaware Act to be maintained
in the State of Delaware shall be the office of the initial registered agent
named in the Certificate or such other office (which need not be a place of
business of the LLC) as the Board may designate from time to time in the manner
provided by law. The registered agent of the LLC in the State of Delaware shall
be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other Person or
Persons as the Board may designate from time to time in the manner provided by
law.
2.8 TERM. The term of the LLC commenced upon the filing of the
Certificate in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue in existence
until termination and dissolution thereof in accordance with the provisions of
ARTICLE XIII.
2.9 NO STATE-LAW PARTNERSHIP. The Unitholders intend that the LLC not be
a partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint
venture, and that no Unitholder be a partner or joint venturer of any other
Unitholder by virtue of this Agreement (except for tax purposes as set forth in
the next succeeding sentence of this SECTION 2.9), and
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neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the LLC or any
Unitholder relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest
otherwise. The Unitholders intend that the LLC shall be treated as a partnership
for federal and, if applicable, state or local income tax purposes, and that
each Unitholder and the LLC shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take
all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such
treatment. Without the consent of the holders of the Required Interest, the LLC
shall not make an election to be treated as a corporation for federal income tax
purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulation 301.7701-3 (or any successor regulation
or provision) and, if applicable, state and local income tax purposes.
2.10 NO UBTI; EFFECTIVELY CONNECTED INCOME. The LLC shall not engage in
any transaction which is reasonably likely to cause GTCR, GTCR Capital Partners,
the TCW/Crescent Purchasers, the TCW/Crescent Lenders, TSG3 L.P. or any of their
respective limited partners which are exempt from income taxation under Section
501(a) of the Code to recognize unrelated business taxable income as defined in
Section 512 and Section 514 of the Code. The LLC will use reasonable best
efforts not to engage in, or invest in any Person that is treated as a
flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes that engages in, (a)
any "COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY" as defined in Section 892(a)(2)(i) of the Code or (b)
transactions which will cause the LLC to incur income that is effectively
connected with a "trade or business within the United States" as defined in
Section 864(b) of the Code.
ARTICLE III
UNITS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
3.1 UNITHOLDERS.
(a) GENERAL. Each Person named on SCHEDULE A attached hereto has
made Capital Contributions to the LLC as set forth on SCHEDULE A in exchange for
the Units or Warrants specified thereon, and each Person's initial Capital
Account established pursuant to such Capital Contributions is set forth on
SCHEDULE A. Any reference in this Agreement to SCHEDULE A shall be deemed to be
a reference to SCHEDULE A as amended and in effect from time to time. The LLC
and each such Person shall file all tax returns, including any schedules
thereto, in a manner consistent with such initial Capital Accounts. Each
Unitholder listed on SCHEDULE A upon (i) his, her or its execution of this
Agreement or a counterpart hereto (or any predecessor agreement thereof then in
effect or counterpart thereto) and (ii) receipt (or deemed receipt) by the LLC
of such Person's Capital Contribution as set forth on SCHEDULE A, shall be
hereby admitted to the LLC as a Unitholder of the LLC. Each Unitholder's
interest in the LLC, including such Unitholder's interest in Profits, Losses and
Distributions of the LLC and the right to vote on certain matters as provided in
this Agreement, shall be represented by the Units owned by such Unitholder. The
ownership of Units shall entitle each Unitholder to allocations of Profits and
Losses and other items and distributions of cash and other property as set forth
in ARTICLE IV hereof. The Board may in its discretion issue certificates to the
Unitholders representing the Units held by each Unitholder.
(b) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF UNITHOLDERS. Each
Unitholder hereby represents and warrants to the LLC and acknowledges that: (i)
such Unitholder has knowledge
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and experience in financial and business matters and is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of an investment in the LLC and making an informed
investment decision with respect thereto; (ii) such Unitholder has reviewed and
evaluated all information necessary to assess the merits and risks of his, her
or its investment in the LLC and has had answered to such Unitholder's
satisfaction any and all questions regarding such information; (iii) such
Unitholder is able to bear the economic and financial risk of an investment in
the LLC for an indefinite period of time; (iv) such Unitholder is acquiring
interests in the LLC for investment only and not with a view to, or for resale
in connection with, any distribution to the public or public offering thereof;
(v) the interests in the LLC have not been registered under the securities laws
of any jurisdiction and cannot be disposed of unless they are subsequently
registered and/or qualified under applicable securities laws and the provisions
of this Agreement have been complied with; (vi) to the extent applicable, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized
by such Unitholder and do not require such Unitholder to obtain any consent or
approval that has not been obtained and do not contravene or result in a default
under any provision of any law or regulation applicable to such Unitholder or
other governing documents or any agreement or instrument to which such
Unitholder is a party or by which such Unitholder is bound; (vii) the
determination of such Unitholder to purchase interests in the LLC has been made
by such Unitholder independent of any other Unitholder and independent of any
statements or opinions as to the advisability of such purchase, which may have
been made or given by any other Unitholder or by any agent or employee of any
other Unitholder; (viii) the interests in the LLC were not offered to such
Unitholder by means of general solicitation or general advertising; and (ix)
this Agreement is valid, binding and enforceable against such Unitholder in
accordance with its terms.
(c) NO LIABILITY OF UNITHOLDERS.
(i) NO LIABILITY. Except as otherwise required by
applicable law and as expressly set forth in this Agreement, no Unitholder shall
have any personal liability whatsoever in such Unitholder's capacity as a
Unitholder, whether to the LLC, to any of the other Unitholders, to the
creditors of the LLC or to any other third party, for the debts, liabilities,
commitments or any other obligations of the LLC or for any losses of the LLC.
Each Unitholder shall be liable only to make such Unitholder's Capital
Contribution to the LLC and the other payments provided expressly herein.
(ii) DISTRIBUTION. In accordance with the Delaware Act
and the laws of the State of Delaware, a Unitholder of a limited liability
company may, under certain circumstances, be required to return amounts
previously distributed to such Unitholder. It is the intent of the Unitholders
that no distribution to any Unitholder pursuant to ARTICLE IV hereof shall be
deemed a return of money or other property paid or distributed in violation of
the Delaware Act. The payment of any such money or distribution of any such
property to a Unitholder shall be deemed to be a compromise within the meaning
of the Delaware Act, and the Unitholder receiving any such money or property
shall not be required to return to any Person any such money or property.
However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the
provisions of this Agreement, any Unitholder is obligated to make any such
payment, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Unitholder and not of
any other Unitholder.
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3.2 UNITHOLDER MEETINGS.
(a) VOTING OF UNITHOLDERS. A quorum shall be present at a
meeting of Unitholders if the Unitholders holding the Required Interest are
represented at the meeting in person or by proxy. With respect to any matter,
other than a matter for which the affirmative vote of the holders of a specified
portion of all Unitholders entitled to vote is required by the Delaware Act or
by this Agreement, the affirmative vote of the Unitholders holding the Required
Interest at a meeting of Unitholders at which a quorum is present shall be the
act of the Unitholders.
(b) PLACE. All meetings of the Unitholders shall be held at the
principal place of business of the LLC or at such other place within or without
the State of Delaware as shall be specified or fixed in the notices or waivers
of notice thereof; provided that any or all Unitholders may participate in any
such meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications
equipment pursuant to SECTION 3.3(d).
(c) ADJOURNMENT. Notwithstanding the other provisions of the
Certificate or this Agreement, the chairman of the meeting or the Unitholders
holding the Required Interest shall have the power to adjourn such meeting from
time to time, without any notice other than announcement at the meeting of the
time and place of the holding of the adjourned meeting. If such meeting is
adjourned by the Unitholders, such time and place shall be determined by a vote
of the Unitholders holding the Required Interest. Upon the resumption of such
adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been
transacted at the meeting as originally called.
(d) ANNUAL MEETING. An annual meeting of the Unitholders, for
the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting, shall
be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and
at such time as the Board shall fix and set forth in the notice of the meeting,
which date shall be within thirteen months subsequent to the date of
organization of the LLC or the last annual meeting of Unitholders, whichever
most recently occurred.
(e) SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Unitholders for
any proper purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board or the
Unitholders holding the Required Interest. If not otherwise stated in or fixed
in accordance with the remaining provisions hereof, the record date for
determining Unitholders entitled to call a special meeting is the date any
Unitholder first signs the notice of that meeting. Only business within the
purpose or purposes described in the notice (or waiver thereof) required by this
Agreement may be conducted at a special meeting of the Unitholders.
(f) NOTICE. A written or printed notice stating the place, day
and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered in accordance with
SECTION 15.16 below not less than one or more than 30 days before the date of
the meeting, by or at the direction of the Board or the Unitholders calling the
meeting to each Unitholder.
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(g) RECORD DATE. The date on which notice of a meeting of
Unitholders is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board declaring
a distribution is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for the
determination of the Unitholders entitled to notice of or to vote at such
meeting (including any adjournment thereof) or the Unitholders entitled to
receive such distribution.
(h) REQUIRED INTEREST. Except as otherwise expressly provided
for in this Agreement, all matters to be voted on pursuant to this Agreement
shall require the vote of Unitholders holding the Required Interest, which vote
shall only be valid and binding if a notice of the meeting at which such vote is
taken is given to all Unitholders in accordance with SECTION 3.2(f).
(i) PROXIES. A Unitholder may vote either in person or by proxy
executed in writing by the Unitholder. A telegram, telex, cablegram or similar
transmission by the Unitholder, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or
similar reproduction of a writing executed by the Unitholder shall be treated as
an execution in writing for purposes of this SECTION 3.2(i). Proxies for use at
any meeting of Unitholders or in connection with the taking of any action by
written consent pursuant to SECTION 3.3 shall be filed with the Secretary of the
LLC, before or at the time of the meeting or execution of the written consent as
the case may be. All proxies shall be received and taken charge of and all
ballots shall be received and canvassed by the Secretary of the LLC, who shall
decide all questions concerning the qualification of voters, the validity of the
proxies and the acceptance or rejection of votes, unless an inspector or
inspectors shall have been appointed by the chairman of the meeting, in which
event such inspector or inspectors shall decide all such questions. No proxy
shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution unless otherwise
provided in the proxy. A proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form
conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with
an interest. Should a proxy designate two or more Persons to act as proxies,
unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority of such Persons
present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised
shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby
conferred, or if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that
one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular
issue, the LLC shall not be required to recognize such proxy with respect to
such issue if such proxy does not specify how the Units that are the subject of
such proxy are to be voted with respect to such issue.
(j) CONDUCT OF UNITHOLDER MEETINGS. All meetings of the
Unitholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the meeting, who shall be
one of the Chairman or Vice Chairman (or a representative thereof). The chairman
of any meeting of Unitholders shall determine the order of business and the
procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and
the conduct of discussion as seem to him in order.
(k) VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of the Common Units shall be
entitled to notice of all Unitholder meetings in accordance with this Agreement,
and except as otherwise required by law, the holders of the Common Units shall
be entitled to vote on all matters submitted to the Unitholders for a vote with
each Common Unit entitled to one vote. Except as otherwise required by this
Agreement or by law, the holders of Senior Preferred Units, Class A
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Preferred Units and Class B Preferred Units shall not be entitled to a vote on
matters submitted to the Unitholders for a vote.
3.3 ACTION OF UNITHOLDERS BY WRITTEN CONSENT OR TELEPHONE CONFERENCE.
(a) WRITTEN CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETING. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of Unitholders may be
taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent
or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by
the Unitholder or Unitholders holding not less than the minimum percentages of
Units that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which all
Unitholders entitled to vote on the action were present and voted. Every written
consent shall bear the date of signature of each Unitholder who signs the
consent. No written consent shall be effective to take the action that is the
subject to the consent unless, within 60 days after the date of the earliest
dated consent delivered to the LLC in the manner required by this SECTION
3.3(a), a consent or consents signed by the Unitholder or Unitholders holding
not less than the minimum Units that would be necessary to take the action that
is the subject of the consent are delivered to the LLC by delivery to its
registered office, its principal place of business or the chief executive
officer. Delivery shall be by hand or certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested. Delivery to the LLC's principal place of business shall be
addressed to the chief executive officer. A telegram, telex, cablegram or
similar transmission by a Unitholder, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile
or similar reproduction of a writing signed by a Unitholder, shall be regarded
as signed by the Unitholder for purposes of this SECTION 3.3(a). Prompt notice
of the taking of any action by Unitholders without a meeting by less than
unanimous written consent shall be given to those Unitholders who did not
consent in writing to the action.
(b) RECORD DATE FOR WRITTEN CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETING. The
record date for determining Unitholders entitled to consent to action in writing
without a meeting shall be the first date on which a signed written consent
setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the LLC
by delivery to its registered office, its principal place of business, or the
chief executive officer. Delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested. Delivery to the LLC's principal place of
business shall be addressed to the chief executive officer.
(c) FILINGS. If any action by Unitholders is taken by written
consent, any certificate or documents filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware as a result of the taking of the action shall state, in lieu of any
statement required by the Delaware Act concerning any vote of Unitholders, that
written consent has been given in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware
Act and that any written notice required by the Delaware Act has been given.
(d) TELEPHONE CONFERENCE. Unitholders may participate in and
hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all Persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other, and participation in such meeting shall constitute attendance and
presence in person at such meeting, except where a Person participates in the
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business
on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
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3.4 ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL UNITS AND INTERESTS. Subject to compliance
with the provisions of this Agreement, the GTCR Purchase Agreement, the Warrant
Agreement, the Senior Preferred Investor Rights Agreement and the
Securityholders Agreement, the Board shall have the right to cause the LLC to
issue or sell to any Person (including Unitholders and Affiliates) any of the
following (which for purposes of this Agreement shall be "ADDITIONAL
SECURITIES"): (i) additional Units or other interests in the LLC (including
other classes or series thereof having different rights), (ii) obligations,
evidences of indebtedness, or other securities or interests convertible or
exchangeable into Units or other interests in the LLC, and (iii) warrants,
options, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Units or other
interests in the LLC. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Board
shall determine the terms and conditions governing the issuance of such
Additional Securities, including the number and designation of such Additional
Securities, the preference (with respect to distributions, liquidations, or
otherwise) over any other Units and any required contributions in connection
therewith. Any Person who acquires Units may be admitted to the LLC as a
Unitholder pursuant to the terms of SECTION 11.2 hereof. If any Person acquires
additional Units or other interests in the LLC or is admitted to the LLC as an
additional Unitholder, SCHEDULE A shall be amended to reflect such additional
issuance and/or Unitholder, as the case may be. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, (A) except with respect to Distributions in respect of the GTCR
Threshold, no additional Units or other equity interests in the LLC (including
securities convertible or exchangeable into Units or other equity interests in
the LLC or warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire
Units or other equity interests in the LLC) having a preference with respect to
distributions or liquidations that is senior or pari passu to the Senior
Preferred Units may be issued by the LLC without the consent of the Board and
the holders of a majority of the Senior Preferred Units and (B) Class A
Preferred Units shall be reserved for issuance in exchange for other Units
pursuant to the terms of the Senior Management Agreements, and such Class A
Preferred Units may be issued only in exchange for other Units pursuant to the
terms of the Senior Management Agreements and under no other circumstances.
3.5 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.
(a) The LLC shall maintain a separate Capital Account for each
Unitholder according to the rules of Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). For this purpose, the LLC may (in the discretion of the
Board), upon the occurrence of the events specified in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), increase or decrease the Capital Accounts in
accordance with the rules of such regulation and Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) to reflect a revaluation of LLC property. Without limiting
the foregoing, each Unitholder's Capital Account shall be adjusted:
(i) by adding any additional Capital Contributions made
by such Unitholder in consideration for the issuance of Units;
(ii) by deducting any amounts paid to such Unitholder in
connection with the redemption or other repurchase by the LLC of Units;
(iii) by adding any Profits allocated in favor of such
Unitholder and subtracting any Losses allocated in favor of such Unitholder; and
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(iv) by deducting any distributions paid in cash or
other assets to such Unitholder by the LLC.
(b) For purposes of computing the amount of any item of LLC
income, gain, loss, or deduction to be allocated pursuant to ARTICLE IV and to
be reflected in the Capital Accounts, the determination, recognition, and
classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination,
recognition, and classification for federal income tax purposes (including any
method of depreciation, cost recovery, or amortization used for this purpose);
provided that:
(i) The computation of all items of income, gain, loss,
and deduction shall include those items described in Code Section 705(a)(l)(B)
or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) and Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), without regard to the fact that such items are not
includable in gross income or are not deductible for federal income tax
purposes.
(ii) If the Book Value of any LLC property is adjusted
pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) or (f), the amount
of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the
disposition of such property.
(iii) Items of income, gain, loss, or deduction
attributable to the disposition of LLC property having a Book Value that differs
from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the
Book Value of such property.
(iv) Items of depreciation, amortization, and other cost
recovery deductions with respect to LLC property having a Book Value that
differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference
to the property's Book Value in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g).
(v) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax
basis of any LLC asset pursuant to Code Sections 732(d), 734(b) or 743(b) is
required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be
taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such
adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the
adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment
decreases such basis).
3.6 NEGATIVE CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. No Unitholder shall be required to pay to
any other Unitholder or the LLC any deficit or negative balance which may exist
from time to time in such Unitholder's Capital Account (including upon and after
dissolution of the LLC).
3.7 NO WITHDRAWAL. No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of
such Person's Capital Contributions or Capital Account or to receive any
Distribution from the LLC, except as expressly provided herein or in the other
agreements referred to herein.
3.8 LOANS FROM UNITHOLDERS. Loans by Unitholders to the LLC shall not be
considered Capital Contributions. If any Unitholder shall loan funds to the LLC,
the making of such loans shall not result in any increase in the amount of the
Capital Account of such Unitholder. The amount of any such loans shall be a debt
of the LLC to such Unitholder and shall be payable or collectible in accordance
with the terms and conditions upon which such loans are made.
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ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTIONS
AND ALLOCATIONS
4.1 DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) DISTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY. Except as otherwise set forth in
this SECTION 4.1, and subject to the provisions of Section 18-607 of the
Delaware Act, the Board may in its sole discretion make Distributions at any
time or from time to time. All Distributions shall be made only in the following
order and priority:
(i) FIRST, (subject to the right to Distributions in
respect of the GTCR Threshold), to the Unitholders holding Senior Preferred
Units, an amount equal to the aggregate Senior Preferred Unpaid Yield (in the
proportion that each Unitholder's share of Senior Preferred Unpaid Yield bears
to the aggregate Senior Preferred Unpaid Yield) until each such Unitholder has
received Distributions in respect of such Unitholder's Senior Preferred Units in
an amount equal to the aggregate Senior Preferred Unpaid Yield on such
Unitholder's outstanding Senior Preferred Units as of the time of such
Distribution, and no Distribution or any portion thereof may be made pursuant to
SECTIONS 4.1(a)(II) through (VII) below until the entire amount of the Senior
Preferred Unpaid Yield on the outstanding Senior Preferred Units as of the time
of such Distribution has been paid in full.
(ii) SECOND, (subject to the right to Distributions in
respect of the GTCR Threshold), to the Unitholders holding Senior Preferred
Units, an amount equal to the aggregate Senior Preferred Unreturned Capital with
respect to such Units (in the proportion that each Unitholder's share of Senior
Preferred Unreturned Capital with respect to such Senior Preferred Units bears
to the aggregate amount of Senior Preferred Unreturned Capital with respect to
all Senior Preferred Units) until each such Unitholder has received
Distributions in respect of such Unitholder's Senior Preferred Units in an
amount equal to the aggregate Senior Preferred Unreturned Capital with respect
to such Unitholder's Senior Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution,
and no Distribution or any portion thereof may be made pursuant to SECTIONS
4.1(a)(III) through (VII) below until the entire amount of Senior Preferred
Unreturned Capital with respect to the outstanding Senior Preferred Units as of
the time of such Distribution has been paid in full.
(iii) THIRD, to the Unitholders holding Class A Preferred
Units, an amount equal to the aggregate Class A Unpaid Yield (in the proportion
that each Unitholder's share of Class A Unpaid Yield bears to the aggregate
Class A Unpaid Yield) until each such Unitholder has received Distributions in
respect of such Unitholder's Class A Preferred Units in an amount equal to the
aggregate Class A Unpaid Yield on such Unitholder's outstanding Class A
Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution, and no Distribution or any
portion thereof may be made pursuant to SECTIONS 4.1(a)(IV) through (VII) below
until the entire amount of the Class A Unpaid Yield on the outstanding Class A
Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution has been paid in full.
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(iv) FOURTH, to the Unitholders holding Class A
Preferred Units, an amount equal to the aggregate Class A Unreturned Capital
with respect to such Units (in the proportion that each Unitholder's share of
Class A Unreturned Capital with respect to such Class A Preferred Units bears to
the aggregate amount of Class A Unreturned Capital with respect to all Class A
Preferred Units) until each such Unitholder has received Distributions in
respect of such Unitholder's Class A Preferred Units in an amount equal to the
aggregate Class A Unreturned Capital with respect to such Unitholder's Class A
Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution, and no Distribution or any
portion thereof may be made pursuant to SECTIONS 4.1(a)(v) through (VII) below
until the entire amount of Class A Unreturned Capital with respect to the
outstanding Class A Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution has been
paid in full.
(v) FIFTH, to the Unitholders holding Class B Preferred
Units, an amount equal to the aggregate Class B Unpaid Yield (in the proportion
that each Unitholder's share of Class B Unpaid Yield bears to the aggregate
Class B Unpaid Yield) until each such Unitholder has received Distributions in
respect of such Unitholder's Class B Preferred Units in an amount equal to the
aggregate Class B Unpaid Yield on such Unitholder's outstanding Class B
Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution, and no Distribution or any
portion thereof may be made pursuant to SECTIONS 4.1(a)(VI) or (VII) below until
the entire amount of the Class B Unpaid Yield on the outstanding Class B
Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution has been paid in full.
(vi) SIXTH, to the Unitholders holding Class B Preferred
Units, an amount equal to the aggregate Class B Unreturned Capital with respect
to such Units (in the proportion that each Unitholder's share of Class B
Unreturned Capital with respect to such Class B Preferred Units bears to the
aggregate amount of Class B Unreturned Capital with respect to all Class B
Preferred Units) until each such Unitholder has received Distributions in
respect of such Unitholder's Class B Preferred Units in an amount equal to the
aggregate Class B Unreturned Capital with respect to such Unitholder's Class B
Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution, and no Distribution or any
portion thereof may be made pursuant to SECTION 4.1(a)(VII) below until the
entire amount of Class B Unreturned Capital with respect to the outstanding
Class B Preferred Units as of the time of such Distribution has been paid in
full.
(vii) SEVENTH, all remaining amounts shall be distributed
to the Unitholders holding Common Units, pro-rata according to such holders'
ownership of Common Units immediately prior to such Distribution.
(b) GTCR THRESHOLD. Notwithstanding the distribution rights set
forth in SECTIONS 4.1(a)(i) and (II) above, Distributions may be made at the
discretion of the Board pursuant to SECTIONS 4.1(a)(III) through (VII) above
prior to Distributions under SECTIONS 4.1(a)(i) and (II) above in an aggregate
amount up to the GTCR Threshold.
(c) TAX DISTRIBUTIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision
herein to the contrary, so long as the LLC is treated as a partnership for
federal and state income tax purposes, the LLC shall use its best efforts to
distribute within 15 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of the LLC, to
the extent that funds are legally available therefor and would not be prohibited
under any credit facility or other debt instrument to which the LLC or any
Subsidiary is a party,
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an amount of cash (a "TAX DISTRIBUTION") which in the good faith judgment of the
Board equals the excess, if any, of (i) the product of (x) the amount of taxable
income allocable to the Unitholders in respect of the period beginning on the
date hereof and ending at the close of such Fiscal Quarter, multiplied by (y)
the combined maximum federal, state, and local income tax rate to be applied
with respect to such taxable income (calculated by using the highest maximum
combined marginal federal, state, and local income tax rates to which any
Unitholder may be subject and taking into account the deductibility of state
income tax for federal income tax purposes) for such period (making an
appropriate adjustment for any rate changes that take place during such period)
over (ii) all prior distributions made pursuant to this subsection (c) and
subsections(a) and (b) above. All Tax Distributions shall be treated as an
advance of Distributions for purposes of SECTION 4.1(a).
(d) PERSONS RECEIVING DISTRIBUTIONS. Each Distribution shall be
made to the Persons shown on the LLC's books and records as Unitholders as of
the date of such Distribution; provided, however, that any transferor and
transferee of Units may mutually agree as to which of them should receive
payment of any Distribution under SECTION 4.1.
4.2 ALLOCATIONS. Except as otherwise provided in SECTION 4.3, Profits
and Losses for any Fiscal Year shall be allocated among the Unitholders in such
a manner that, as of the end of such Fiscal Year, the sum of (i) the Capital
Account of each Unitholder, (ii) such Unitholder's share of Minimum Gain (as
determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(g)), and (iii) such
Unitholder's partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (as defined in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(2)) shall be equal to the respective net amounts,
positive or negative, which would be distributed to them, determined as if the
LLC were to (i) liquidate the assets of the LLC for an amount equal to their
Book Value, and (ii) distribute the proceeds of liquidation pursuant to SECTION
13.2.
4.3 SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS.
(a) Losses attributable to partner nonrecourse debt (as defined
in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) shall be allocated in the manner
required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i). If there is a net decrease
during a Fiscal Year in partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (as defined in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(3)), Profits for such Fiscal year (and,
if necessary, for subsequent Fiscal Years) shall be allocated to the Unitholders
in the amounts and of such character as determined according to, and subject to
the exceptions contained in, Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4).
(b) If there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain during any Fiscal
Year, each Unitholder shall be allocated Profits for such Fiscal Year (and, if
necessary, for subsequent Fiscal Years) in the amounts and of such character as
determined according to, and subject to the exceptions contained in, Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2(f). This SECTION 4.3(b) is intended to be a minimum
gain chargeback provision that complies with the requirements of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2(f), and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent
therewith.
(c) If any Unitholder that unexpectedly receives an adjustment,
allocation, or distribution described in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as
of the end of any Taxable Year, computed after the
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application of SECTIONS 4.3(c) and 4.3(d) but before the application of any
other provision of this ARTICLE IV, then Profits for such Taxable Year shall be
allocated to such Unitholder in proportion to, and to the extent of, such
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. This SECTION 4.3(c) is intended to be a
qualified income offset provision as described in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(d) Profits and Losses shall be allocated in a manner consistent
with the manner that the adjustments to the Capital Accounts are required to be
made pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(j), (k), and (m).
(e) The allocations set forth in SECTIONS 4.3(a)-(d) (the
"REGULATORY ALLOCATIONS") are intended to comply with certain requirements of
Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 of the Treasury Regulations. The Regulatory
Allocations may not be consistent with the manner in which the Unitholders
intend to allocate Profit and Loss of the LLC or make LLC distributions.
Accordingly, notwithstanding the other provisions of this ARTICLE IV, but
subject to the Regulatory Allocations, income, gain, deduction, and loss shall
be reallocated among the Unitholders so as to eliminate the effect of the
Regulatory Allocations and thereby cause the respective Capital Accounts of the
Unitholders to be in the amounts (or as close thereto as possible) they would
have been if Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction,
and loss) had been allocated without reference to the Regulatory Allocations. In
general, the Unitholders anticipate that this will be accomplished by specially
allocating other Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain,
deduction, and loss) among the Unitholders so that the net amount of the
Regulatory Allocations and such special allocations to each such Unitholder is
zero.
4.4 TAX ALLOCATIONS.
(a) The income, gains, losses, deductions, and credits of the
LLC will be allocated, for federal, state, and local income tax purposes, among
the Unitholders in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses,
deductions, and credits among the Unitholders for computing their Capital
Accounts; except that, if any such allocation is not permitted by the Code or
other applicable law, then the LLC's subsequent income, gains, losses,
deductions, and credits will be allocated among the Unitholders so as to reflect
as nearly as possible the allocation set forth herein in computing their Capital
Accounts.
(b) Items of LLC taxable income, gain, loss, and deduction with
respect to any property contributed to the capital of the LLC shall be allocated
among the Unitholders in accordance with Code Section 704(c) so as to take
account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the LLC
for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value.
(c) If the Book Value of any LLC asset is adjusted pursuant to
the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) or (f)
subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss, and deduction
with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the
adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value
in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c).
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(d) Allocations of tax credits, tax credit recapture, and any
items related thereto shall be allocated to the Unitholders according to their
interests in such items as determined by the Board taking into account the
principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).
(e) Allocations pursuant to this SECTION 4.4 are solely for
purposes of federal, state, and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way
be taken into account in computing, any Unitholder's Capital Account or Unit of
Profits, Losses, Distributions, or other LLC items pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement.
4.5 INDEMNIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF A
UNITHOLDER. If the LLC is required by law to make any payment that is
specifically attributable to a Unitholder or a Unitholder's status as such
(including federal withholding taxes, state personal property taxes, and state
unincorporated business taxes), then such Unitholder shall indemnify the LLC in
full for the entire amount paid (including interest, penalties and related
expenses). The LLC may pursue and enforce all rights and remedies it may have
against each Unitholder under this SECTION 4.5, including instituting a lawsuit
to collect such indemnification and contribution with interest calculated at a
rate equal to 10% per annum, compounded as of the last day of each year (but not
in excess of the highest rate per annum permitted by law).
4.6 TRANSFER OF CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. If a Unitholder transfers an interest
in the LLC to a new or existing Unitholder, the transferee Unitholder shall
succeed to that portion of the transferor's Capital Account that is attributable
to the transferred interest. Any reference in this Agreement to a Capital
Contribution of, or Distribution to, a Unitholder that has succeeded any other
Unitholder shall include any Capital Contributions or Distributions previously
made by or to the former Unitholder on account of the interest of such former
Unitholder transferred to such Unitholder.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF MANAGERS; OFFICERS
5.1 MANAGEMENT BY THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
(a) NO MANAGEMENT BY UNITHOLDERS. The Unitholders shall not
manage or control the business and affairs of the LLC, except for situations in
which the approval of Unitholders is required by this Agreement or the GTCR
Purchase Agreement or by non-waivable provisions of applicable law.
(b) AUTHORITY OF BOARD OF MANAGERS.
(i) Except for situations in which the approval of the
Common Unitholders is otherwise required and except as set forth in Section 3 of
the GTCR Purchase Agreement, subject to the provisions of SECTION 5.1(b)(II),
(A) the powers of the LLC shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and
the business and affairs of the LLC shall be managed under the direction of, the
Board and (B) the Board may make all decisions and take all actions for the LLC
not otherwise provided for in this Agreement, including the following:
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(A) entering into, making and performing
contracts, agreements and other undertakings binding the LLC that may be
necessary, appropriate or advisable in furtherance of the purposes of the LLC
and making all decisions and waivers thereunder;
(B) maintaining the assets of the LLC in good
order;
(C) collecting sums due the LLC;
(D) opening and maintaining bank and investment
accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of
money and designating individuals with authority to sign or give instructions
with respect to those accounts and arrangements;
(E) to the extent that funds of the LLC are
available therefor, paying debts and obligations of the LLC;
(F) acquiring, utilizing for LLC purposes and
disposing of any asset of the LLC;
(G) hiring and employing executives, Officers,
supervisors and other personnel;
(H) selecting, removing and changing the
authority and responsibility of lawyers, accountants and other advisers and
consultants;
(I) entering into guaranties on behalf of the
LLC's Subsidiaries;
(J) obtaining insurance for the LLC;
(K) determining Distributions of cash and other
property of the LLC as provided in ARTICLE IV;
(L) establishing reserves for commitments and
obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the LLC; and
(M) establishing a seal for the LLC.
(ii) The Board may act (A) by resolutions adopted at a
meeting and by written consents pursuant to SECTION 5.3, (B) by delegating power
and authority to committees pursuant to SECTION 5.4, and (C) by delegating power
and authority to any Officer pursuant to SECTION 5.5(a).
(iii) Each Unitholder acknowledges and agrees that no
Manager shall, as a result of being a Manager (as such), be bound to devote all
of his business time to the affairs of the LLC, and that he and his Affiliates
do and will continue to engage for their own account and for the accounts of
others in other business ventures.
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(c) OFFICERS. The management of the business and affairs of the
LLC by the Officers and the exercising of their powers shall be conducted under
the supervision of and subject to the approval of the Board.
5.2 COMPOSITION AND ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
(a) NUMBER AND DESIGNATION. The number of Managers on the Board
shall be established at three (3), but shall be increased to up to seven (7) (or
such higher number as determined by GTCR LLC from time to time) at such time as
one or more additional Managers are designated pursuant to clause (iii) below.
The Board shall at all times be comprised of the following persons:
(i) one (1) representative designated by GTCR Fund VIII
(the "FUND VIII MANAGER"), who initially shall be Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx;
(ii) one (1) representative designated by GTCR Fund
VIII/B (the "FUND VIII/B MANAGER"), who initially shall be Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx;
(iii) the LLC's chief executive officer, who shall
initially be Xxxxx X. Xxxx (the "EXECUTIVE MANAGER"); and
(iv) up to four (4) representatives, or such higher
number as determined by GTCR LLC from time to time, to be designated jointly by
GTCR LLC and the LLC's chief executive officer (the "ADDITIONAL MANAGERS");
provided that no Additional Manager shall be a member of the LLC's management or
an employee or officer of the LLC or its Subsidiaries; provided further that if
GTCR LLC and the LLC's chief executive officer are unable to agree on an
Additional Manager within 10 days after the date specified by GTCR LLC for
electing such Additional Manager, then GTCR LLC shall in its sole discretion,
designate such Additional Manager.
(b) TERM. Members of the Board shall serve from their
designation in accordance with the terms hereof until their resignation, death
or removal in accordance with the terms hereof. Members of the Board need not be
Unitholders and need not be residents of the State of Delaware. A person shall
become a member of the Board effective upon receipt by the LLC at its principal
place of business of a written notice addressed to the Board (or at such later
time or upon the happening of some other event specified in such notice) of such
Person's designation from the Person or Persons entitled to designate such
manager pursuant to SECTION 5.2(a) above. A member of the Board may resign as
such by delivering his, her or its written resignation to the LLC at the LLC's
principal office addressed to the Board. Such resignation shall be effective
upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon
the happening of some other event.
(c) REMOVAL. If the Executive Manager ceases to be employed by
the LLC or its Subsidiaries, he shall be removed promptly after such time from
the Board and each committee thereof. The removal from the Board or any of its
committees (with or without cause) of the Fund VIII Manager or Fund VIII/B
Manager shall be upon (and only upon) the written request of GTCR Fund VIII or
GTCR Fund VIII/B, respectively. The removal from the Board or
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any of its committees (with or without cause) of any Additional Manager shall be
upon (and only upon) the written request of GTCR LLC.
(d) VACANCIES. In the event that any designee under SECTION
5.2(a) for any reason ceases to serve as a member of the Board, (i) the
resulting vacancy on the Board shall be filled by a Person designated by the
Person or Persons originally entitled to designate such Manager pursuant to
SECTION 5.2(a) above (PROVIDED THAT, if any party fails to designate a person to
fill a vacancy on the Board pursuant to the terms of this SECTION 5.2, such
vacant managership shall remain vacant until such managership is filled pursuant
to this SECTION 5.2(d)) and (ii) such designee shall be removed promptly after
such time from each committee of the Board.
(e) REIMBURSEMENT. The LLC shall pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by each member of the Board incurred
in the course of their service hereunder, including in connection with attending
regular and special meetings of the Board, any board of managers or board of
directors of each of the LLC's Subsidiaries and/or any of their respective
committees.
(f) COMPENSATION OF MANAGERS. Managers shall receive no
compensation for serving in such capacity.
(g) RELIANCE BY THIRD PARTIES. Any Person dealing with the LLC,
other than a Unitholder, may rely on the authority of the Board (or any Officer
authorized by the Board) in taking any action in the name of the LLC without
inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless
of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement. Every agreement, instrument or document executed by the Board
(or any Officer authorized by the Board) in the name of the LLC with respect to
any business or property of the LLC shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any
Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (i) at the time of the
execution or delivery thereof, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii)
such agreement, instrument or document was duly executed according to this
Agreement and is binding upon the LLC and (iii) the Board or such Officer was
duly authorized and empowered to execute and deliver such agreement, instrument
or document for and on behalf of the LLC.
(h) SUBSIDIARY BOARD OF MANAGERS OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The LLC
shall at all times, unless otherwise determined by the Board in its sole
discretion, cause the board of managers or board of directors of each of the
LLC's Subsidiaries to be comprised of the same persons who are then Managers of
the Board pursuant to SECTION 5.2(a) above.
(i) BOARD OBSERVATION. For so long as TCW/Crescent Purchasers
and TCW/Crescent Lenders collectively hold no less than 4% of the Common Units
(calculated by including any securities of the TCW/Crescent Purchasers and
TCW/Crescent Lenders exercisable or convertible into Common Units), the LLC
shall allow the TCW Representative to be present (whether in person or by
telephone) at all meetings of the Board and all meetings of the Executive
Committee of such Board, if any; PROVIDED THAT, the TCW Representative shall not
be entitled to vote at such meetings; and FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, the TCW
Representative shall not be entitled to attend such meetings if the Board
determines that the attendance of the TCW Representative would jeopardize the
attorney-client privilege or if information is being discussed
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at such meeting relating to any of the LLC's or its Subsidiaries' strategy,
negotiating positions or similar matters relating to any of the TCW/Crescent
Purchasers or TCW/Crescent Lenders. The LLC shall send to the TCW Representative
all of the notices, information and other materials that are distributed to the
members of the Board including copies of the minutes of all meetings of the
Board and all notices, information and other materials that are distributed by
or to the members of the Board with respect to the meetings of the Executive
Committee of the Board; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT, upon the request of the TCW
Representative, the LLC shall refrain from sending such notices, information and
other materials to the TCW Representative for so long as the TCW Representative
shall request. If the LLC proposes to take any action by written consent in lieu
of a meeting of the Board, the LLC shall give notice thereof to the TCW
Representative at the same time and in the same manner as notice is given to the
members of the Board. The TCW/Crescent Purchasers and TCW/Crescent Lenders shall
provide to the LLC the identity and address of, or any change with respect to
the identity or address of, the TCW Representative. The LLC shall reimburse the
TCW Representative for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such
representative incurred in connection with the attendance at such meetings.
5.3 BOARD MEETINGS AND ACTIONS BY WRITTEN CONSENT.
(a) QUORUM; VOTING. A majority of the total number of Managers
then serving on the Board (i.e., excluding any vacancies on the Board) must be
present (including pursuant to SECTION 5.3(h)) in order to constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business of the Board (provided that a quorum must at all
times include at least either the GTCR Fund VIII Manager or the GTCR Fund VIII/B
Manager), and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the act of a
majority of the Managers present at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of the Board. A Manager who is present at a meeting of
the Board at which action on any matter is taken shall be presumed to have
assented to the action unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the
meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the
person acting as secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or
shall deliver such dissent to the LLC immediately after the adjournment of the
meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Manager who voted in favor
of such action.
(b) PLACE; ATTENDANCE. Meetings of the Board may be held at such
place or places as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the
Board. At all meetings of the Board, business shall be transacted in such order
as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board. Attendance
of a Manager at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except where a Manager attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to
the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.
(c) MEETING IN CONNECTION WITH UNITHOLDER MEETING. In connection
with any meeting of Unitholders, the Managers may, if a quorum is present, hold
a meeting for the transaction of business immediately after and at the same
place as such meeting of the Unitholders. Notice of such meeting at such time
and place shall not be required.
(d) TIME, PLACE AND NOTICE. Regular meetings of the Board shall
be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by
resolution of the Board. Notice of such meetings shall not be required.
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(e) SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board may be
called by any Manager on at least 24 hours' notice to each other Manager. Such
notice need not state the purpose or purposes of, nor the business to be
transacted at, such meeting, except as may otherwise be required by law or
provided for in this Agreement.
(f) CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN. The Board shall designate one of
the Managers to serve as Chairman and a different Manager to serve as Vice
Chairman. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board. If the
Chairman is absent at any meeting of the Board, the Vice Chairman shall preside
over such Board meeting. If the Chairman and Vice Chairman are absent, the
Managers present shall designate a member to serve as interim chairman for that
meeting. Neither the Chairman nor Vice Chairman, except in their capacity as an
Officer, shall have the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the LLC,
to do any act that would be binding on the LLC or to make any expenditure or
incur any obligation on behalf of the LLC or authorize any of the foregoing.
(g) BOARD MEETINGS. There shall be meetings of the Board from
time to time as requested by holders of the Required Interest.
(h) ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT OR TELEPHONE CONFERENCE. Any
action permitted or required by the Delaware Act, the Certificate or this
Agreement to be taken at a meeting of the Board or any committee designated by
the Board may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth
the action to be taken, is signed by all the Managers or members of such
committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect
as a unanimous vote at a meeting and may be stated as such in any document or
instrument filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, and the execution of
such consent shall constitute attendance or presence in person at a meeting of
the Board or any such committee, as the case may be. Subject to the requirements
of the Delaware Act, the Certificate or this Agreement for notice of meetings,
unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate, the Managers or members of any
committee designated by the Board may participate in and hold a meeting of the
Board or any committee, as the case may be, by means of a conference telephone
or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating
in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such meeting shall
constitute attendance and presence in person at such meeting, except where a
person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.
5.4 COMMITTEES; DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AND DUTIES.
(a) COMMITTEES; GENERALLY. The Board may, from time to time,
designate one or more committees, each of which shall include at least two (2)
Managers designated by any combination of GTCR Fund VIII, GTCR Fund VIII/B or
GTCR LLC. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the enabling resolution
or in the Certificate or this Agreement, shall have and may exercise all of the
authority of the Board. At every meeting of any such committee, the presence of
a majority of all the members thereof shall constitute a quorum, and the
affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the
adoption of any resolution. The Board may dissolve any committee at any time,
unless otherwise provided in the Certificate or this Agreement.
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(b) AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Board may establish an audit committee
to select the LLC's independent accountants and to review the annual audit of
the LLC's financial statements conducted by such accountants.
(c) DELEGATION; GENERALLY. The Board may, from time to time,
delegate to one or more Persons (including any Manager or Officer) such
authority and duties as the Board may deem advisable in addition to those powers
and duties set forth in SECTION 5.1(b) hereof. The Board also may assign titles
(including chairman, chief executive officer, president, vice president,
secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer and assistant treasurer) to any
Manager, Unitholder or other individual and may delegate to such Manager,
Unitholder or other individual certain authority and duties. Any number of
titles may be held by the same Manager, Unitholder or other individual. Any
delegation pursuant to this SECTION 5.4(c) may be revoked at any time by the
Board.
(d) THIRD-PARTY RELIANCE. Any Person dealing with the LLC, other
than a Unitholder, may rely on the authority of any Officer in taking any action
in the name of the LLC without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or
compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
5.5 OFFICERS.
(a) DESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT. The Board may (but need not),
from time to time, designate and appoint one or more persons as an Officer of
the LLC. No Officer need be a resident of the State of Delaware, a Unitholder or
a Manager. Any Officers so designated shall have such authority and perform such
duties as the Board may, from time to time, delegate to them. The Board may
assign titles to particular Officers. Unless the Board otherwise decides, if the
title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed, the
assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such Officer of the
authority and duties that are normally associated with that office, subject to
(i) any specific delegation of authority and duties made to such Officer by the
Board pursuant to the third sentence of this SECTION 5.5(a) or (ii) any
delegation of authority and duties made to one or more Officers pursuant to the
terms of SECTIONS 5.4(c) and 5.5(c). Each Officer shall hold office until such
Officer's successor shall be duly designated and shall qualify or until such
Officer's death or until such Officer shall resign or shall have been removed in
the manner hereinafter provided. Any number of offices may be held by the same
individual. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of the Officers and
agents of the LLC shall be fixed from time to time by the Board.
(b) RESIGNATION; REMOVAL. Any Officer (subject to any contract
rights available to the LLC, if applicable) may resign as such at any time. Such
resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified
therein, or if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Board.
The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective,
unless expressly so provided in the resignation. Any Officer may be removed as
such, either with or without cause, by the Board in its discretion at any time;
provided, however, that such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract
rights, if any, of the individual so removed. Designation of an Officer shall
not of itself create contract rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
LLC may be filled by the Board.
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(c) DUTIES OF OFFICERS; GENERALLY. The Officers, in the
performance of their duties as such, shall owe to the Unitholders duties of
loyalty and due care of the type owed by the officers of a corporation to such
corporation and its stockholders under the laws of the State of Delaware. The
following Officers, to the extent such Officers have been appointed by the
Board, shall have the following duties:
(i) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. Subject to the powers of
the Board, the chief executive officer of the LLC shall be in the general and
active charge of the entire business and affairs of the LLC, and shall be its
chief policy-making Officer. The president, chief financial officer and each
other senior officer of the LLC shall report directly to the chief executive
officer. The chief executive officer shall see that all orders and resolutions
of the Board are carried into effect. The chief executive officer shall have
such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Board.
(ii) PRESIDENT. The president shall, subject to the
powers of the Board and the chief executive officer, be the chief administrative
officer of the LLC and shall have general charge of the business, affairs and
property of the LLC, and control over its Officers (other than the chief
executive officer), agents and employees. The president shall see that all
orders and resolutions of the Board and the chief executive officer are carried
into effect. He or she shall be responsible for the employment of employees,
agents and Officers (other than the chief executive officer) as may be required
for the conduct of the business and the attainment of the objectives of the LLC.
He or she shall have authority to suspend or to remove any employee, agent or
Officer (other than the chief executive officer) of the LLC and, in the case of
the suspension for cause of any such Officer, to recommend to the Board what
further action should be taken. In the absence of the president, his or her
duties shall be performed and his or her authority may be exercised by the chief
executive officer. In the absence of the president and the chief executive
officer, the duties of the president shall be performed and his or her authority
may be exercised by such Officer as may have been designated as the most senior
officer of the LLC. The president shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the chief executive officer or the Board.
(iii) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The chief financial
officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate
and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business
transactions of the LLC, including accounts of its assets, liabilities,
receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital and Units. The chief financial
officer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the LLC, and shall
keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging
to the LLC, and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name
and to the credit of the LLC in such depositories as may be designated by the
Board. The chief financial officer shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the chief executive officer or the Board.
(iv) VICE PRESIDENT(s). The vice president(s) shall
perform such duties and have such other powers as the chief executive officer,
the president, the chief operating officer or the Board may from time to time
prescribe, and may have such further denominations as "Executive Vice
President," "Senior Vice President," "Assistant Vice President," and the like.
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(v) Secretary.
(A) The secretary shall attend all meetings of
the Board and shall record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book to be
kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees
of the Board when required.
(B) The secretary shall keep all documents as may
be required under the Delaware Act or this Agreement. The secretary shall
perform such other duties and have such other authority as may be prescribed
elsewhere in this Agreement or from time to time by the Board. The secretary
shall have the general duties, powers and responsibilities of a secretary of a
corporation.
(C) If the Board chooses to appoint an assistant
secretary or assistant secretaries, the assistant secretaries, in the order of
their seniority, in the absence, disability or inability to act of the
secretary, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary,
and shall perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time
prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF UNITHOLDERS
6.1 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Except as otherwise provided by applicable
law, the debts, obligations, and liabilities of the LLC, whether arising in
contract, tort, or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations, and
liabilities of the LLC, and no Unitholder shall be obligated personally for any
such debt, obligation, or liability of the LLC solely by reason of being a
Unitholder of the LLC; provided that a Unitholder shall be required to return to
the LLC any Distribution made to it in clear and manifest accounting or similar
error. The immediately preceding sentence shall constitute a compromise to which
all Unitholders have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the failure of the
LLC to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its
powers or management of its business and affairs under this Agreement or the
Delaware Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the
Unitholders for liabilities of the LLC.
6.2 LACK OF AUTHORITY. No Unitholder in his, her, or its capacity as
such (other than the members of the Board acting as the Board or an authorized
Officer of the LLC) has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the
LLC in any manner, to do any act that would be (or could be construed as)
binding on the LLC or to make any expenditures on behalf of the LLC, and the
Unitholders hereby consent to the exercise by the Board of the powers conferred
on it by law and this Agreement.
6.3 NO RIGHT OF PARTITION. No Unitholder shall have the right to seek or
obtain partition by court decree or operation of law of any LLC property, or the
right to own or use particular or individual assets of the LLC.
6.4 UNITHOLDERS RIGHT TO ACT. For situations which the approval of any
Unitholders or class thereof (rather than the approval of the Board on behalf of
the Unitholders) is required, the Unitholders shall act through meetings and
written consents as described in SECTION 3.2.
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6.5 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. A Unitholder, its Affiliates and each of
their respective stockholders, directors, officers, controlling persons,
partners and employees (collectively, the "UNITHOLDER GROUP") may have business
interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the
LLC and its Subsidiaries, except as any such Person may have otherwise agreed
with the LLC or any of its Subsidiaries in writing. Neither the LLC nor any
Unitholder shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business
ventures of any such Person except for any business interests or activities
which any such Person has agreed in writing with the LLC or any of its
Subsidiaries to not pursue or consummate (whether directly or indirectly), in
which case all of such Person's direct and indirect interest in such business
interests or activities shall become an asset of the LLC and the LLC shall be
entitled to all rights in such business interests or activities and to all
income or profits derived therefrom.
6.6 TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THE LLC AND THE UNITHOLDERS. Notwithstanding
that it may constitute a conflict of interest, the Unitholders or their
Affiliates may engage in any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of any property or rendering of any service or the establishment of any
salary, other compensation or other terms of employment) with the LLC so long as
such transaction is approved by the Board.
ARTICLE VII
EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 EXCULPATION. No Officer or Manager shall be liable to any other
Officer, Manager, the LLC or to any Unitholder for any loss suffered by the LLC
unless such loss is caused by such Person's gross negligence, willful
misconduct, violation of law or material breach of this Agreement. The Officers
and Managers shall not be liable for errors in judgment or for any acts or
omissions that do not constitute gross negligence, willful misconduct, violation
of law or material breach of this Agreement. Any Officer or Manager may consult
with counsel and accountants in respect of LLC affairs, and provided such Person
acts in good faith reliance upon the advice or opinion of such counsel or
accountants, such Person shall not be liable for any loss suffered by the LLC in
reliance thereon.
7.2 RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Subject to the limitations and conditions
as provided in this ARTICLE VII, each Person who was or is made a party or is
threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative,
arbitrative (hereinafter a "PROCEEDING"), or any appeal in such a Proceeding or
any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such a Proceeding, by reason of
the fact that he or she, or a Person of whom he or she is the legal
representative, is or was a Unitholder, Manager or Officer, or while a
Unitholder, Manager or Officer is or was serving at the request of the LLC as a
manager, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee,
agent or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic limited liability
company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be indemnified by the LLC to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, as the same exist or may hereafter
be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
amendment permits the LLC to provide broader indemnification rights than said
law permitted the LLC to provide prior to such amendment) against judgments,
penalties (including excise and similar taxes and punitive damages), fines,
settlements and reasonable
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expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually incurred by such Person in
connection with such Proceeding, and indemnification under this ARTICLE VII
shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which
initially entitled such Person to indemnity hereunder. The rights granted
pursuant to this ARTICLE VII shall be deemed contract rights, and no amendment,
modification or repeal of this ARTICLE VII shall have the effect of limiting or
denying any such rights with respect to actions taken or Proceedings arising
prior to any amendment, modification or repeal. It is expressly acknowledged
that the indemnification provided in this ARTICLE VII could involve
indemnification for negligence or under theories of strict liability.
7.3 ADVANCE PAYMENT. Reasonable expenses incurred by a Person of the
type entitled to be indemnified under SECTION 7.2 who was, is or is threatened
to be made a named defendant or respondent in a Proceeding shall be paid by the
LLC in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding unless otherwise
determined by the Board in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by
or on behalf of such Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the LLC.
7.4 INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. The LLC, by adoption of a
resolution of the Board, may indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or
agent of the LLC to the same extent and subject to the same conditions under
which it may indemnify and advance expenses to Persons who are not or were not
Managers or Officers but who are or were serving at the request of the LLC as a
manager, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee,
agent or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic limited liability
company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against
him and incurred by him in such a capacity or arising out of his status as such
a Person to the same extent that it may indemnify and advance expenses to
Managers and Officers under this ARTICLE VII.
7.5 APPEARANCE AS A WITNESS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
ARTICLE VII, the LLC shall pay or reimburse reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by a Manager or Officer in connection with his appearance as a witness
or other participation in a Proceeding at a time when he is not a named
defendant or respondent in the Proceeding.
7.6 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The right to indemnification and the
advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this ARTICLE VII shall not be
exclusive of any other right which a Manager, Officer or other Person
indemnified pursuant to SECTION 7.2 may have or hereafter acquire under any law
(common or statutory), provision of the Certificate or this Agreement,
agreement, vote of Unitholders or disinterested Managers or otherwise.
7.7 INSURANCE. The LLC may purchase and maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any Person who is or was serving as a Manager,
Officer or agent of the LLC or is or was serving at the request of the LLC as a
manager, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee,
agent or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic limited liability
company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any expense, liability or
loss, whether or not the LLC would have the power to indemnify such Person
against such expense, liability or loss under this ARTICLE VII.
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7.8 SAVINGS CLAUSE. If this ARTICLE VII or any portion hereof shall be
invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the LLC
shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Manager, Officer or any
other Person indemnified pursuant to this ARTICLE VII as to costs, charges and
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative to the full extent permitted by any
applicable portion of this ARTICLE VII that shall not have been invalidated and
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE VIII
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
8.1 RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING. The LLC shall keep, or cause to be kept,
appropriate books and records with respect to the LLC's business, including all
books and records necessary to provide any information, lists, and copies of
documents required to be provided pursuant to SECTION 8.3 or pursuant to
applicable laws. All matters concerning (i) the determination of the relative
amount of allocations and distributions among the Unitholders pursuant to
ARTICLES III and IV and (ii) accounting procedures and determinations, and other
determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this
Agreement, shall be determined by the Board, whose determination shall be final
and conclusive as to all of the Unitholders absent manifest clerical error.
8.2 FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year (the "FISCAL YEAR") of the LLC shall
constitute the 12-month period ending on March 31 of each calendar year, or such
other annual accounting period as may be established by the Board.
8.3 TAX INFORMATION. The LLC shall use reasonable best efforts to
deliver or cause to be delivered, within 75 days after the end of each Fiscal
Year, to each Person who was a Unitholder at any time during such Fiscal Year
all information necessary for the preparation of such Person's United States
federal and state income tax returns.
8.4 TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS. Each Person that owns or controls
Units on behalf of, or for the benefit of, another Person or Persons shall be
responsible for conveying any report, notice, or other communication received
from the Board to such other Person or Persons.
8.5 LLC FUNDS. The Board and Officers may not commingle the LLC's funds
with the funds of any Unitholder or Manager.
ARTICLE IX
TAXES
9.1 TAX RETURNS. The LLC shall prepare and file all necessary federal
and state income tax returns, including making the elections described in
SECTION 9.2. Each Unitholder shall furnish to the LLC all pertinent information
in its possession relating to LLC operations that is necessary to enable the
LLC's income tax returns to be prepared and filed.
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9.2 TAX ELECTIONS. The LLC shall make any election the LLC may deem
appropriate and in the best interests of the Unitholders.
9.3 TAX MATTERS PARTNER. GTCR Fund VIII (or an Affiliate so designated
by GTCR Fund VIII) shall be the "tax matters partner" of the LLC pursuant to
Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code (the "TAX MATTERS PARTNER"). The Tax Matters
Partner shall take such action as may be necessary to cause each other
Unitholder to become a "notice partner" within the meaning of Section 6223 of
the Code. The Tax Matters Partner shall inform each other Unitholder of all
significant matters that may come to its attention in its capacity as Tax
Matters Partner by giving notice thereof on or before the fifth business day
after becoming aware thereof and, within that time, shall forward to each other
Unitholder copies of all significant written communications he may receive in
that capacity. The Tax Matters Partner may not take any action contemplated by
Sections 6222 through 6232 of the Code without the consent of the Board, but
this sentence does not authorize the Tax Matters Partner (or any Manager) to
take any action left to the determination of an individual Unitholder under
Sections 6222 through 6232 of the Code.
ARTICLE X
TRANSFER OF LLC INTERESTS
10.1 TRANSFERS BY UNITHOLDERS.
(a) Except for Transfers made in compliance with the
Securityholders Agreement, the Senior Preferred Investor Rights Agreement, the
Senior Management Agreements and the Registration Agreement, no Unitholder shall
Transfer any interest in any Units except to Permitted Transferees and in
compliance with this ARTICLE X. Except for Transfers made in compliance with the
Securityholders Agreement, the Senior Preferred Investor Rights Agreement, the
Senior Management Agreements and the Registration Agreement, no Unitholder shall
Transfer, or offer or agree to Transfer, all or any part of any interest of such
Person's Units without the prior written consent of the Board, which consent may
be withheld in the Board's sole discretion. With the Board's consent, a
Unitholder may Transfer all or any part of such Person's Units, subject to
compliance with this Agreement (including, without limitation, SECTION 10.1(b)).
(b) Each transferee of Units or other interest in the LLC shall,
as a condition precedent to such Transfer, execute a counterpart to this
Agreement pursuant to which such transferee shall agree to be bound by the
provisions of this Agreement.
10.2 EFFECT OF ASSIGNMENT.
(a) Any Unitholder who shall assign any Units or other interest
in the LLC shall cease to be a Unitholder of the LLC with respect to such Units
or other interest and shall no longer have any rights or privileges of a
Unitholder with respect to such Units or other interest.
(b) Any Person who acquires in any manner whatsoever any Units
or other interest in the LLC, irrespective of whether such Person has accepted
and adopted in writing the terms and provisions of this Agreement, shall be
deemed by the acceptance of the benefits of the acquisition thereof to have
agreed to be subject to and bound by all of the terms and conditions
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of this Agreement that any predecessor in such Units or other interest in the
LLC of such Person was subject to or by which such predecessor was bound.
10.3 RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER. In order to permit the LLC to qualify for
the benefit of a "safe harbor" under Code Section 7704, notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, no Transfer of any Unit or economic interest
shall be permitted or recognized by the LLC or the Board (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1(d)) if and to the extent that such Transfer
would cause the LLC to have more than 100 partners (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1(h), including the look-through rule in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)).
10.4 TRANSFER FEES AND EXPENSES. The transferor and transferee of any
Units or other interest in the LLC shall be jointly and severally obligated to
reimburse the LLC for all reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses) of any Transfer or proposed Transfer, whether or not consummated.
10.5 VOID TRANSFERS. Any Transfer by any Unitholder of any Units or other
interest in the LLC in contravention of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the failure of the transferee to execute a counterpart in accordance
with SECTION 10.1(b)) or which would cause the LLC to not be treated as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be void and ineffectual
and shall not bind or be recognized by the LLC or any other party. No purported
assignee shall have any right to any profits, losses or distributions of the
LLC.
ARTICLE XI
ADMISSION OF UNITHOLDERS
11.1 SUBSTITUTED UNITHOLDERS. In connection with the transfer of an LLC
Interest of a Unitholder permitted under the terms of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents, the transferee shall become a Substituted
Unitholder on the effective date of such Transfer, which effective date shall
not be earlier than the date of compliance with or waiver of the conditions to
such Transfer (unless one of the conditions to such Transfer is that Board or
Unitholder consent is required for the admission of such transferee, in which
case such consent must first be obtained), including executing counterparts of,
and become a party to, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which the transferor Unitholder was a party, and such admission shall be shown
on the books and records of the LLC.
11.2 ADDITIONAL UNITHOLDERS. A Person may be admitted to the LLC as an
Additional Unitholder only as contemplated under, and in compliance with, the
terms of this Agreement, including furnishing to the Board (a) a letter of
acceptance, in form satisfactory to the Board, of all the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, including the power of attorney granted in SECTION 15.1, and
(b) such other documents or instruments as may be necessary or appropriate to
effect such Person's admission as a Unitholder (including counterparts or
joinders to all applicable Transaction Documents). Such admission shall become
effective on the date on which the Board determines in its sole discretion that
such conditions have been satisfied and when any such admission is shown on the
books and records of the LLC.
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11.3 OPTIONHOLDERS. Except as set forth in this Agreement, no Person that
holds securities (including options, warrants, or rights) exercisable,
exchangeable, or convertible into Units shall have any rights with respect to
such Units until such Person is actually issued Units upon such exercise,
exchange, or conversion and, if such Person is not then a Unitholder, is
admitted as a Unitholder pursuant to SECTION 11.2.
ARTICLE XII
WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION OF UNITHOLDERS
12.1 WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION OF UNITHOLDERS. No Unitholder shall have
the power or right to withdraw or otherwise resign or be expelled from the LLC
prior to the dissolution and winding up of the LLC pursuant to ARTICLE XII,
except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or any of the other
agreements contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding that payment on account of a
withdrawal may be made after the effective time of such withdrawal, any
completely withdrawing Unitholder will not be considered a Unitholder for any
purpose after the effective time of such complete withdrawal, and, in the case
of a partial withdrawal, such Unitholder's Capital Account (and corresponding
voting and other rights) shall be reduced for all other purposes hereunder upon
the effective time of such partial withdrawal.
12.2 WITHDRAWAL OF A UNITHOLDER. No Unitholder shall have the power or
right to withdraw or otherwise resign from the LLC except simultaneous with the
Transfer of all of a Unitholder's Units in a Transfer permitted by this
Agreement and, if such Transfer is to a person or entity that is not a
Unitholder, the admission of such person or entity as a Unitholder pursuant to
SECTION 11.1.
ARTICLE XIII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
13.1 DISSOLUTION. The LLC shall not be dissolved by the admission of
Additional Unitholders or Substituted Unitholders, or by the death, retirement,
expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Unitholder. The LLC shall dissolve,
and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following:
(a) at any time by the Board; or
(b) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the LLC
under Section 35-5 of the Delaware Act or an administrative dissolution under
Section 18-802 of the Delaware Act.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Article XIII, the LLC is intended to have
perpetual existence. An Event of Withdrawal shall not cause a dissolution of the
LLC and the LLC shall continue in existence subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.
13.2 LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION. On dissolution of the LLC, the Board
shall act as liquidator or may appoint one or more representatives or
Unitholders as liquidator. The liquidators shall proceed diligently to wind up
the affairs of the LLC, sell all or any portion of the LLC assets for cash or
cash equivalents as they deem appropriate, and make final
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distributions as provided herein and in the Delaware Act. The costs of
liquidation shall be borne as an LLC expense. Until final distribution, the
liquidators shall continue to operate the LLC properties with all of the power
and authority of the Board. The liquidators shall pay, satisfy, or discharge
from LLC funds all of the debts, liabilities, and obligations of the LLC
(including all expenses incurred in liquidation) or otherwise make adequate
provision for payment and discharge thereof (including the establishment of a
cash fund for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such term as the
liquidators may reasonably determine) and shall promptly distribute the
remaining assets to the holders of Units in accordance with SECTION 4.1(a). Any
non-cash assets will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value,
thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance
with SECTIONS 4.2 and 4.3. In making such distributions, the liquidators shall
allocate each type of asset (i.e., cash, cash equivalents, securities, etc.)
among the Unitholders ratably based upon the aggregate amounts to be distributed
with respect to the Units held by each such holder. Any such distributions in
kind shall be subject to (x) such conditions relating to the disposition and
management of such assets as the liquidators deem reasonable and equitable and
(y) the terms and conditions of any agreement governing such assets (or the
operation thereof or the holders thereof) at such time.
The distribution of cash and/or property to a Unitholder in accordance with the
provisions of this SECTION 13.2 constitutes a complete return to the Unitholder
of its Capital Contributions and a complete distribution to the Unitholder of
its interest in the LLC and all the LLC's property and constitutes a compromise
to which all Unitholders have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act.
To the extent that a Unitholder returns funds to the LLC, it has no claim
against any other Unitholder for those funds.
13.3 CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE. On completion of the distribution of
LLC assets as provided herein, the LLC shall be terminated (and the LLC shall
not be terminated prior to such time), and the Board (or such other Person or
Persons as the Delaware Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware, cancel any other filings
made pursuant to this Agreement that are or should be canceled, and take such
other actions as may be necessary to terminate the LLC. The LLC shall be deemed
to continue in existence for all purposes of this Agreement until it is
terminated pursuant to this SECTION 13.3.
13.4 REASONABLE TIME FOR WINDING UP. A reasonable time shall be allowed
for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the LLC and the
liquidation of its assets pursuant to SECTION 13.2 in order to minimize any
losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up.
13.5 RETURN OF CAPITAL. The liquidators shall not be personally liable
for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to the
Unitholders (it being understood that any such return shall be made solely from
LLC assets).
13.6 RESERVES AGAINST DISTRIBUTIONS. The Board shall have the right to
withhold from Distributions payable to any Unitholder under this Agreement
amounts sufficient to pay and discharge any reasonably anticipated contingent
liabilities of the LLC. Any amounts remaining after payment and discharge of any
such contingent liabilities of the LLC will be paid to the Unitholders from whom
the Distributions were withheld.
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ARTICLE XIV
VALUATION
14.1 DETERMINATION. Subject to SECTION 14.2, the Fair Market Value of the
assets of the LLC or of a LLC Interest will be determined by the Board (or, if
pursuant to SECTION 13.2, the liquidators) in its good faith judgment in such
manner as its deems reasonable and using all factors, information and data
deemed to be pertinent.
14.2 FAIR MARKET VALUE. "FAIR MARKET VALUE" of (i) a specific LLC asset
will mean the amount which the LLC would receive in an all-cash sale of such
asset (free and clear of all Liens and after payment of all liabilities secured
only by such asset) in an arms-length transaction with an unaffiliated third
party consummated on the day immediately preceding the date on which the event
occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value (and
after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale);
and (ii) the LLC will mean the amount which the LLC would receive in an all-cash
sale of all of its assets and businesses as a going concern (free and clear of
all Liens and after payment of indebtedness for borrowed money) in an
arms-length transaction with an unaffiliated third party consummated on the day
immediately preceding the date on which the event occurred which necessitated
the determination of the Fair Market Value (assuming that all of the proceeds
from such sale were paid directly to the LLC other than an amount of such
proceeds necessary to pay transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale,
which amount will not be received or deemed received by the LLC). After a
determination of the Fair Market Value of the LLC is made as provided above, the
Fair Market Value of a Unit will be determined by making a calculation
reflecting the cash distributions which would be made to the Unitholders in
accordance with this Agreement in respect of such Unit if the LLC were deemed to
have received such Fair Market Value in cash and then distributed the same to
the Unitholders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement incident to the
liquidation of the LLC after payment to all of the LLC's creditors from such
cash receipts other than payments to creditors who hold evidence of indebtedness
for borrowed money, the payment of which is already reflected in the calculation
of the Fair Market Value of the LLC and assuming that all of the convertible
debt and other convertible securities were repaid or converted (whichever yields
more cash to the holders of such convertible securities) and all options to
acquire Units (whether or not currently exercisable) that have an exercise price
below the Fair Market Value of such Units were exercised and the exercise price
therefor paid. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any agreement, document
or instrument contemplated hereby, any amount to be paid under this Agreement by
reference to the Fair Market Value shall be paid in full in cash, and any Unit
being transferred in exchange therefor will be transferred free and clear of all
Liens.
ARTICLE XV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
15.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY.
(a) Each Unitholder hereby constitutes and appoints each member
of the Board and the liquidators, with full power of substitution, as his or its
true and lawful agent and
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attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his or its name, place and
stead, to execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file, and record in the
appropriate public offices (i) this Agreement, all certificates, and other
instruments and all amendments (in the manner set forth herein) thereof in
accordance with the terms hereof which the Board deems appropriate or necessary
to form, qualify, or continue the qualification of, the LLC as a limited
liability company in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in
which the LLC may conduct business or own property; (ii) all instruments which
the Board deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change,
modification, or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms;
(iii) all conveyances and other instruments or documents which the Board deems
appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the LLC
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including a certificate of
cancellation; and (iv) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, or
substitution of any Unitholder pursuant to ARTICLE XI and XII.
(b) The foregoing power of attorney is irrevocable and coupled
with an interest, and shall survive the death, disability, incapacity,
dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency, or termination of any Unitholder and the
Transfer of all or any portion of his or its LLC Interest and shall extend to
such Unitholder's heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives.
15.2 AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended from time to time pursuant
to a written instrument executed by the holders of the Required Interest;
PROVIDED that: (a) no amendment or modification pursuant to this Section 15.2
that by its terms would adversely and disproportionately affect any Unitholder
(or group of Unitholders) of a particular class of Units in a manner different
from the other Unitholders of such class of Units shall be effective against
such Unitholder (or particular group of Unitholders) without the prior written
consent of such Unitholder (or, in the case of a group, the holders of a
majority of the Units held by such group) so affected thereby; (b) no amendment
or modification pursuant to this SECTION 15.2 that by its terms expressly amends
in an adverse manner any right specifically granted to a particular Unitholder
(or a particular group of Unitholders) hereunder shall be effective without the
prior written consent of such Unitholder(s) (e.g., no amendment or modification
of SECTION 2.10 or 5.2(i) (or any defined term used directly or indirectly
therein) that would expressly modify in an adverse manner any of the rights
specifically granted to TCW/Crescent Purchasers thereunder shall be effective
without the consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Units held by
the TCW/Crescent Purchasers); and (c) no amendment or modification of this
clause (c), SECTION 4.1(a)(i), 4.1(a)(II), 4.1(b), 15.7(b), clause (A) of the
last sentence of SECTION 3.4, or SCHEDULE 1 attached hereto (or any defined term
used directly or indirectly in any such Section, provision or schedule), that
would expressly modify in an adverse manner any right specifically granted to
the holders of Senior Preferred Units thereunder shall be effective without the
prior written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Senior
Preferred Units then outstanding.
15.3 TITLE TO LLC ASSETS. LLC assets shall be deemed to be owned by the
LLC as an entity, and no Unitholder, individually or collectively, shall have
any ownership interest in such LLC assets or any portion thereof. Legal title to
any or all LLC assets may be held in the name of the LLC or one or more
nominees, as the Board may determine. The Board hereby declares and warrants
that any LLC assets for which legal title is held in its name or the name of any
nominee shall be held in trust by the Board or such nominee for the use and
benefit of the LLC in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. All LLC
assets shall be recorded as the
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property of the LLC on its books and records, irrespective of the name in which
legal title to such LLC assets is held.
15.4 REMEDIES. Each Unitholder and the LLC shall have all rights and
remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such
Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and
all of the rights which such Person has under any law. Any Person having any
rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements
contemplated hereby shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically
(without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any
breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights
granted by law.
15.5 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and agreements contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal
representatives, and permitted assigns, whether so expressed or not.
15.6 SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement
will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable
law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability will not affect
any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any
other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed, and enforced
in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had
never been contained herein.
15.7 INCORPORATION OF THE LLC; CONVERSION OF SENIOR PREFERRED UNITS.
(a) The Board may, in order to facilitate a public offering of
securities, or for other reasons that the Board deems in the best interests of
the LLC or the Unitholders, cause the LLC to incorporate its business, or any
portion thereof, including by (i) the transfer of all of the assets of the LLC,
subject to the LLC's liabilities, or the transfer of any portion of such assets
and liabilities, to one or more corporations in exchange for shares of such
corporation(s) and the subsequent distribution of such shares, at such time as
the Board may determine, to the Unitholders on a pro rata basis, (ii) conversion
of the LLC into a corporation pursuant to 6 Del. C. Section 18-216 (or any
successor section thereto) or (iii) Transfer by each Unitholder of Units held by
such Unitholder to one or more corporations in exchange for shares of such
corporation(s) (including by merger of the LLC into a corporation) and, in
connection therewith, each Unitholder agrees to the Transfer of its Units in
accordance with the terms of exchange as provided by the Board and further
agrees that as of the effective date of such exchange any Unit outstanding
thereafter which shall not have been tendered for exchange shall represent only
the right to receive a certificate representing the number of shares of such
corporation(s) as provided in the terms of such exchange. In connection with any
such reorganization or exchange as provided above, each Unitholder of a
particular class shall receive the same form of securities and the same amount
of securities per Unit of such class and if any holders of a class of Units are
given an option as to the form and amount of securities to be received, each
holder of such class of Units shall be given the same option. The LLC shall pay
any and all organizational, legal and accounting expenses and filing fees
incurred in connection with such incorporation transaction,
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including, without limitation, any fees related to a filing under the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Anti-Trust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, if
applicable.
(b) Notwithstanding any implication herein to the contrary, the
holders of a majority of the then outstanding Senior Preferred Units may elect,
by delivering written notice to the LLC within 10 days after being notified that
the LLC (or any successor of the LLC) plans to consummate its initial Public
Offering (an "IPO CONVERSION NOTICE"), to cause each Senior Preferred Unit then
outstanding (or each security exchanged therefore pursuant to clause (a) above)
to be converted immediately prior to the consummation of such initial Public
Offering into a number of the same class of securities being offered in such
Public Offering equal to the result of (i) the sum of the Senior Preferred
Unreturned Capital and the Senior Preferred Unpaid Yield of such Senior
Preferred Unit, in each case as of the close of business on the business day
immediately preceding the consummation of such Public Offering, divided by (ii)
the per unit price at which such securities will initially be offered to the
public in such offering (excluding all underwriter's and similar discounts);
PROVIDED that, if an IPO Conversion Notice is delivered to the LLC within the
time period provided above, then (i) each holder of Senior Preferred Units (or
any security exchanged therefore pursuant to clause (a) above) shall be
obligated to convert all (but not less than all) of such holder's then
outstanding Senior Preferred Units (or securities exchanged therefore pursuant
to clause (a) above) immediately prior to consummation of such initial Public
Offering and (ii) the LLC (or successor thereto) shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain the approval of the underwriter(s) managing such
offering to include such conversion securities in such offering after inclusion
of all securities to be registered for the account of the Company or other
initiating holder(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any
conversion securities are not included in the offering, such securities and the
holder(s) thereof shall be subject to the holdback restrictions contained in
Section 5 of the Senior Preferred Investor Rights Agreement. If an IPO
Conversion Notice is not delivered to the LLC within the time period provided
above and if such initial Public Offering is subsequently consummated, then the
holders of Senior Preferred Units (or securities exchanged therefore pursuant to
clause (a) above) shall no longer have any rights of conversion hereunder.
15.8 REPURCHASE OF UNITS BY THE LLC. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement or any Senior Management Agreement, the LLC may
exercise (or fulfill) its repurchase rights (or obligations) with respect to a
holder of Units subject to such rights (or obligations) pursuant to a Senior
Management Agreement, in whole or in part, in each case, by distributing to such
holder securities issued by a Subsidiary of the LLC with a value equal to the
sum of (a) the repurchase price of the Class B Preferred Units of such holder to
be repurchased and (b) the repurchase price of the Common Units of such holder
to be repurchased and following such distribution the Subsidiary that issued the
distributed securities redeems or repurchases such securities from such holder
for an amount of cash equal to the sum of (a) the repurchase price of the Class
B Preferred Units of such holder to be repurchased and (b) the repurchase price
of the Common Units of such holder to be repurchased. The LLC and the holder
agree to treat such distribution as a distribution of securities of the
Subsidiary under Code Section 731(a).
15.9 OPT-IN TO ARTICLE 8 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. The Unitholders
hereby agree that the Units shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the
Uniform Commercial Code
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of the State of Delaware (and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other
applicable jurisdiction).
15.10 NOTICE TO UNITHOLDER OF PROVISIONS. By executing this Agreement,
each Unitholder acknowledges that it has actual notice of (a) all of the
provisions hereof (including the restrictions on the transfer set forth herein),
and (b) all of the provisions of the Certificate.
15.11 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in multiple
counterparts with the same effect as if all signing parties had signed the same
document. All counterparts shall be construed together and constitute the same
instrument.
15.12 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. Each Unitholder irrevocably submits to the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the State of
Delaware and the state courts of the State of Delaware for the purposes of any
suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby. Each Unitholder further agrees that service of
any process, summons, notice or document by United States certified or
registered mail to such Unitholder's respective address set forth in the LLC's
books and records or such other address or to the attention of such other person
as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending
party shall be effective service of process in any action, suit or proceeding in
Delaware with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction
as set forth above in the immediately preceding sentence. Each Unitholder
irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of
any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby in the United States District Court for the State of
Delaware or the state courts of the State of Delaware and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that
any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
15.13 DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS; INTERPRETATION. The descriptive headings of
this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a
substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any
pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine, or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns, and verbs
shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the word "including" in this
Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. Reference to any
agreement, document, or instrument means such agreement, document, or instrument
as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof, and, if applicable, hereof. Without limiting the generality of the
immediately preceding sentence, no amendment or other modification to any
agreement, document, or instrument that requires the consent of any Person
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement will be given
effect hereunder unless such Person has consented in writing to such amendment
or modification. Wherever required by the context, references to a Fiscal Year
shall refer to a portion thereof. The use of the words "or," "either," and "any"
shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the
negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or
question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed
as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship
of any of the provisions of this
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Agreement. Wherever a conflict exists between this Agreement and any other
agreement, this Agreement shall control but solely to the extent of such
conflict.
15.14 APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to
any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of 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. Any dispute relating
hereto shall be heard in the state or federal courts of Delaware, and the
parties agree to jurisdiction and venue therein.
15.15 MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION
WITH COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN
EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL
LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR
DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO
ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF
ARBITRATION, EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING THE LLC) HEREBY WAIVES ALL
RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE
ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, WHETHER ARISING IN
CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR
INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND/OR THE
RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE PARTIES HEREUNDER.
15.16 ADDRESSES AND NOTICES. All notices, demands, or other communications
to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made when (a)
delivered personally to the recipient, (b) telecopied to the recipient (with
hard copy sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges
prepaid) that same day) if telecopied before 5:00 p.m. Chicago, Illinois time on
a business day, and otherwise on the next business day, or (c) one business day
after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service
(charges prepaid). Such notices, demands, and other communications shall be sent
to the address for such recipient set forth in the LLC's books and records, or
to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient
party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any notice to
the Board or the LLC shall be deemed given if received by the Board at the
principal office of the LLC designated pursuant to SECTION 2.5.
15.17 CREDITORS. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the
benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the LLC or any of its Affiliates,
and no creditor who makes a loan to the LLC or any of its Affiliates may have or
acquire (except pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement executed by the
LLC in favor of such creditor) at any time as a result of making the loan any
direct or indirect interest in LLC Profits, Losses, Distributions, capital, or
property other than as a secured creditor.
15.18 WAIVER. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict
performance of any covenant, duty, agreement, or condition of this Agreement or
to exercise any right or remedy
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consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or
any other covenant, duty, agreement, or condition. Notwithstanding the other
provisions of this Agreement, Section 18-305(a) of the Delaware Act shall not
apply to the LLC and no Unitholder shall have any rights thereunder.
15.19 FURTHER ACTION. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents,
provide all information, and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
15.20 OFFSET. Whenever the LLC is to pay any sum to any Unitholder or any
Affiliate or related person thereof, any amounts that such Unitholder or such
Affiliate or related person owes to the LLC may be deducted from that sum before
payment.
15.21 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, those documents expressly referred
to herein, the other documents of even date herewith, and the other Transaction
Documents embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and
supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements, or representations
by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject
matter hereof in any way, including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement.
15.22 DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE. This Agreement, the agreements referred to
herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection
herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments
hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile
machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or
instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if
it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request
of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party
hereto or thereto shall reexecute original forms thereof and deliver them to all
other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall
raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or the fact that any
signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the
use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a
contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.
15.23 SURVIVAL. ARTICLE I and SECTIONS 4.5, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 15.12, 15.14,
15.15, 15.16, and this 15.23 shall survive and continue in full force in
accordance with their terms notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement or
the dissolution of the LLC.
15.24 DEEMED TRANSFER OF UNITS. If the LLC or any other Person acquiring
Units of a Unitholder pursuant to any Transaction Document shall make available,
at the time and place and in the amount and form provided in such Transaction
Document, the consideration for the Units to be repurchased in accordance with
the provisions of such Transaction Document, then from and after such time, the
Person from whom such units are to be repurchased shall no longer have any
rights (including rights to Distributions hereunder) as a holder of such Units
(other than the right to receive payment of such consideration in accordance
with such Transaction Document), and such Units shall be deemed purchased in
accordance with the applicable provisions hereof and the LLC or any other Person
acquiring such Units shall be deemed the
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owner and holder of such Units, whether or not the certificates therefor have
been delivered as required by such Transaction Document.
15.25 DISTRIBUTIONS IN FULL. Immediately upon a Distribution of the full
amount of the Senior Preferred Unreturned Capital, Class A Unreturned Capital or
Class B Unreturned Capital in accordance with the terms herein in respect of a
Senior Preferred Unit, Class A Preferred Unit or Class B Preferred Unit,
respectively, the holder of any such unit shall no longer have any rights
hereunder as a holder of such unit. The unit certificate representing any such
unit shall be immediately delivered by its holder to the LLC and stamped
"CANCELLED."
* * * * *
48
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed
on their behalf this Third Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company
Agreement as of the date first written above.
PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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GTCR FUND VIII, L.P.
By: GTCR Partners VIII, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: GTCR Xxxxxx Xxxxxx XX, L.L.C.
Its: General Partner
By: /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its: Principal
GTCR FUND VIII/B, L.P.
By: GTCR Partners VIII, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: GTCR Xxxxxx Xxxxxx XX, L.L.C.
Its: General Partner
By: /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its: Principal
[PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC: SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT]
GTCR CO-INVEST II, L.P.
By: GTCR Xxxxxx Xxxxxx XX, L.L.C.
Its: General Partner
By: /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its: Principal
GTCR CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
By: GTCR Mezzanine Partners, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: GTCR Partners VI, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: GTCR Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, L.L.C.
Its: General Partner
By: /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its: Principal
TCW/CRESCENT MEZZANINE PARTNERS III, L.P.
TCW/CRESCENT MEZZANINE TRUST III
TCW/CRESCENT MEZZANINE PARTNERS III
NETHERLANDS, L.P.
By: TCW/Crescent Mezzanine
Management III, L.L.C.,
its Investment Manager
By: TCW Asset Management Company,
its Sub-Advisor
By: /S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR
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/S/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxx
[PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC: SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT]
/S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
/S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
------------------------------------
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
/S/ XXXX X. XXXXXX
------------------------------------
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
/S/ XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
------------------------------------
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
/S/ XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
/S/ XXXXX XXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
TSG3 L.P.,
By: its General Partner,
TSG3 Management LLC
By: /S/ XXXXX X. X'XXXX
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. X'Xxxx
Title: Managing Director
/S/ J. XXXX XXXXXXX
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J. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
[PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC: SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT]
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
/S/ XXXXX X. X'XXXX
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Xxxxx X. X'Xxxx
[PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC: SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT]
Last Modified: April 6, 2004
SCHEDULE A
NAME AND ADDRESS OF SENIOR CLASS A CLASS B
UNITHOLDER OR CAPITAL PREFERRED PREFERRED PREFERRED
WARRANTHOLDER CONTRIBUTION UNITS UNITS UNITS COMMON UNITS
---------------------------- ----------------- --------- --------- ------------- ------------------
GTCR Fund VIII, L.P. $ 129,723,137 0 0 125,642.088 40,810,494
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-
6402
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
GTCR Fund VIII/B, $ 22,765,809 0 0 22,049.603 7,162,052
L.P.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-
6402
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P. $ 692,380 0 0 670.598 217,820
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-
6402
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
GTCR Capital Partners, $ 4,130,167 0 0 4,000.234 1,299,338
L.P.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-
6402
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx
TCW/Crescent 1) $ 7,474,971 1) 0 1) 0 1) 7,239.263 1) 2,357,087 (Co-
Mezzanine Partners III, (Co-Invest) Invest)
L.P.
c/o TCW/Crescent 2) $ 310,778 2) 0 2) 0
Mezzanine, L.L.C. 2) 296.159 2) 146,192
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, (Xxxx) (Mezz)
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
TCW/Crescent 1) $ 1,164,536 1) 0 1) 0 1) 1,127.815 1) 367,214 (Co-
Mezzanine Trust III (Co-Invest) Invest)
c/o TCW/Crescent 2) $ 48,417 2) 0 2) 0
Mezzanine, L.L.C. 2) 46.139 2) 22,776
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, (Xxxx) (Mezz)
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
TCW/Crescent 1) $ 305,404 1) 0 1) 0 1) 96,303 (Co-
Mezzanine Partners III 1) 295.774 (Co- Invest)
NAME AND ADDRESS OF SENIOR CLASS A CLASS B
UNITHOLDER OR CAPITAL PREFERRED PREFERRED PREFERRED
WARRANTHOLDER CONTRIBUTION UNITS UNITS UNITS COMMON UNITS
---------------------------- ----------------- ---------- --------- ------------- -----------------
Netherlands, L.P. 2) $ 12,697 2) 0 2) 0 Invest)
x/x XXX/Xxxxxxxx 0) 0,000 (Xxxx)
Xxxxxxxxx, X.X.X. 2) 12.100
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, (Xxxx)
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxx $ 993,761 0 0 749.569 2,441,923
X.X. Xxx 00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx $ 307,067 0 0 202.683 1,043,838
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx $ 208,174 0 0 125.520 826,546
00 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx $ 159,337 0 0 107.368 519,692
00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
TSG3 L.P. $ 22,167,856 22,167.856 0 0 0
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx (8,191.51 SNS
Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxx X-0
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX Shares
94111 10,837.62 SNS
Class L
Shares)
J. Xxxx Xxxxxxx $ 107,142 107.142 0 0 0
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx (39.59 SNS
Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxx X-0
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX Shares
94111 52.38 SNS
Class L
Shares)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx $ 107,142 107.142 0 0 0
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx (39.59 SNS
Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxx X-0
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX Shares
94111 52.38 SNS
Class L
Shares)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx $ 107,142 107.142 0 0 0
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx (39.59 SNS
Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxx X-0
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX Shares
94111 52.38 SNS
Class L
Shares)
Xxxxx X. X'Xxxx $ 10,718 (3.96 10.718 0 0 0
NAME AND ADDRESS OF SENIOR CLASS A CLASS B
UNITHOLDER OR CAPITAL PREFERRED PREFERRED PREFERRED
WARRANTHOLDER CONTRIBUTION UNITS UNITS UNITS COMMON UNITS
---------------------------- ----------------- --------- --------- ------------- ------------------
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XXX
Xxxxx 0000 Class L-1
San Francisco, CA Shares
94111 5.24 SNS
Class L
Shares)
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx $ 69,761.50 0 0 49.013 207,488
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx $ 19,761.50 0 0 0 197,615
00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx
00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx 1) $ 160,000 0 0 172.432 1) 31,593 (Cash)
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx 2) $ 15,904.84 2) 3,140
Apt. 105 (4,000 BBHI (Rollover)
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00000 Shares)
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx $ 79,524.23 0 0 77.954 15,702
0 Xxxx Xxxx (20,000 BBHI
Randolph, New Jersey Common
07869 Shares)
TOTAL $ 191,141,591 22,500 0 162,864.312 57,772,786
SCHEDULE 1
SNS GROSS SALES
CALENDAR YEAR TARGET
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2004 $ 27,500,000
2005 $ 30,000,000
2006 $ 31,500,000
2007 $ 32,700,000
2008 $ 34,000,000
For each calendar year after 2008, the SNS Gross Sales Target for such
calendar year shall be $1.5 million greater than the SNS Gross Sales Target for
the immediately preceding calendar year (e.g., the SNS Gross Sales Target for
2009 shall be 35,500,000).
