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XXXXXXXXXXX TREMONT
OPPORTUNITY FUND, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
Dated as of December ___, 2001
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000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
(000) 000-0000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................1
Article II ORGANIZATION; ADMISSION OF MEMBERS.....................................................................8
2.1 Formation of Limited Liability Company..........................................................8
2.2 Name8
2.3 Principal and Registered Office.................................................................8
2.4 Duration........................................................................................8
2.5 Business of the Fund............................................................................8
2.6 Board of Managers...............................................................................9
2.7 Members........................................................................................10
2.8 Special Advisory Member........................................................................10
2.9 Organizational Member..........................................................................10
2.10 Both Managers and Members......................................................................10
2.11 Limited Liability..............................................................................10
Article III MANAGEMENT...........................................................................................11
3.1 Management and Control.........................................................................11
3.2 Actions by the Board of Managers...............................................................11
3.3 Meetings of Members............................................................................12
3.4 Custody of Assets of the Fund..................................................................13
3.5 Other Activities of Members and Managers.......................................................13
3.6 Duty of Care...................................................................................13
3.7 Indemnification................................................................................13
3.8 Fees, Expenses and Reimbursement...............................................................15
Article IV TERMINATION OF STATUS OF ADVISER AND MANAGERS, TRANSFERS AND REPURCHASES..............................17
4.1 Termination of Status of the Adviser...........................................................17
4.2 Termination of Status of a Manager.............................................................17
4.3 Removal of the Managers........................................................................18
4.4 Transfer of Interests of Members...............................................................18
4.5 Transfer of Interests of Special Advisory Member...............................................19
4.6 Repurchase of Interests........................................................................19
Article V CAPITAL 22
5.1 Contributions to Capital.......................................................................22
5.2 Rights of Members to Capital...................................................................22
5.3 Capital Accounts...............................................................................22
5.4 Allocation of Net Profit and Net Loss..........................................................23
5.5 Allocation of Certain Expenditures.............................................................23
5.6 Reserves.......................................................................................23
5.7 Incentive Allocation...........................................................................24
5.8 Tax Allocations................................................................................25
5.9 Distributions..................................................................................26
5.10 Withholding....................................................................................26
Article VI DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION...........................................................................27
6.1 Dissolution....................................................................................27
6.2 Liquidation of Assets..........................................................................28
Article VII ACCOUNTING, VALUATIONS AND BOOKS AND RECORDS.........................................................29
7.1 Accounting and Reports.........................................................................29
7.2 Determinations by the Board of Managers........................................................29
7.3 Valuation of Assets............................................................................29
Article VIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS............................................................................30
8.1 Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement...............................................30
8.2 Special Power of Attorney......................................................................31
8.3 Notices........................................................................................32
8.4 Agreement Binding Upon Successors and Assigns..................................................32
8.5 Applicability of 1940 Act and Form N-2.........................................................33
8.6 Choice of Law..................................................................................33
8.7 Not for Benefit of Creditors...................................................................33
8.8 Consents.......................................................................................33
8.9 Merger and Consolidation.......................................................................33
8.10 Pronouns.......................................................................................34
8.11 Confidentiality................................................................................34
8.12 [Certification of Non-Foreign Status...........................................................34
8.13 Severability...................................................................................34
8.14 Filing of Returns..............................................................................35
8.15 Tax Matters Partner............................................................................35
8.16 Section 754 Election...........................................................................35
8.17 Use of Names "Xxxxxxxxxxx" and "Tremont".......................................................36
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XXXXXXXXXXX TREMONT OPPORTUNITY FUND, LLC
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT of Xxxxxxxxxxx Tremont Opportunity Fund, LLC (the
"Fund") is dated as of November 19, 2001 by and among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxx as the
Managers, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. as the Adviser and Organizational Member, Tremont Partners, Inc., as the company
designated by the Advisor as the Special Advisory Member, and those persons hereinafter admitted as Members.
WHEREAS, the Fund has heretofore been formed as a limited liability company under the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act pursuant to an initial Certificate of Formation (the "Certificate") dated and filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware on October 3, 2001;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants hereinafter
set forth, it is hereby agreed as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement:
Administrator The person who provides administrative services to the Fund
pursuant to an administrative services agreement.
Adviser OppenheimerFunds, Inc., a limited liability company organized
under Delaware law, or any person who may hereafter serve as the
investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an Investment Advisory
Agreement.
Advisers Act The Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the rules, regulations and
orders thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any successor
law.
Affiliate An affiliated person of a person as such term is defined in the
1940 Act.
Agreement This Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended from time to
time.
Allocation Change With respect to each Member for each Allocation Period, the
difference between:
(1) the sum of (a) the balance of such Member's Capital
Account as of the close of the Allocation Period (after
giving effect to all allocations to be made to such
Member's Capital Account as of such date other than any
Incentive Allocation to be debited against such Member's
Capital Account), plus (b) any debits to such Member's
Capital Account during the Allocation Period to reflect
any actual or deemed distributions or repurchases with
respect to such Member's Interest, plus (e) any debits to
such Member's Capital Account during the Allocation
Period to reflect any items allocable to such Member's
Capital Account pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof; and
(2) the sum of (a) the balance of such Member's Capital
Account as of the commencement of the Allocation Period,
plus (b) any credits to such Member's Capital Account
during the Allocation Period to reflect any contributions
made by such Member to the capital of the Fund.
If the amount specified in clause (1) exceeds the amount specified
in clause (2), such difference shall be a Positive Allocation
Change, and if the amount specified in clause (2) exceeds the
amount specified in clause (1), such difference shall be a
Negative Allocation Change.
Allocation Period With respect to each Member, the period commencing as of the date
of admission of such Member to the Fund, and thereafter each
period commencing as of the day following the last day of the
preceding Allocation Period with respect to such Member, and
ending at the close of business on the first to occur of the
following:
(1) the last day of a Fiscal Year;
(2) the day as of which the Fund repurchases the Interest (or
any portion of the Interest) of such Member;
(3) the day as of which the Fund admits as a substituted
Member a person to whom the Interest of such Member has been
Transferred (unless there is no change of beneficial ownership);
and
(4) the day as of which the Adviser's status as the Special
Advisory Member (or the status as Special Advisory Member of an
Affiliate of the Adviser) is terminated pursuant to Section 4.1.
Board of Managers The Board of Managers established pursuant to Section 2.6.
Capital Account With respect to each Member, the capital account established and
maintained on behalf of each Member pursuant to Section 5.3.
Certificate The Certificate of Formation of the Fund and any amendments
thereto as filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware.
Closing Date The first date on or as of which a person other than an
Organizational Member is admitted to the Fund as a Member.
Code The United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
as hereafter amended from time to time, or any successor law.
Delaware Act The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act as in effect on the
date hereof and as amended from time to time, or any successor law.
Fiscal Period The period commencing on the Closing Date, and thereafter each
period commencing on the day immediately following the last day of
the preceding Fiscal Period, and ending at the close of business
on the first to occur of the following dates:
(1) the last day of a Fiscal Year;
(2) the last day of a Taxable Year;
(3) the day preceding any day as of which a contribution to
the capital of the Fund is made pursuant to Section 5.1;
or
(4) any day on which the Fund repurchases any Interest or
portion of an Interest of any Member;
(5) any day (other than one specified in clause (2) above) as
of which this Agreement provides for any amount to be
credited to or debited against the Capital Account of any
Member, other than an amount to be credited to or debited
against the Capital Accounts of all Members in accordance
with their respective Investment Percentages.
Fiscal Year The period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on March 31,
2002, and thereafter each period commencing on April 1 of each
year and ending on March 31 of each year (or on the date of a
final distribution pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof), unless and
until the Board of Managers shall elect another fiscal year for
the Fund.
Form N-2 The Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended from time to time.
Fund The limited liability company governed hereby, as such limited
liability company may from time to time be constituted.
Distributor OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., a Colorado corporation, or any
person who may hereafter serve as the distributor of Interests
pursuant to a general distributor's agreement with the Fund.
Incentive Allocation With respect to each Member, 10% of the amount, determined as of
the close of each Allocation Period with respect to such Member,
by which such Member's Positive Allocation Change for such
Allocation Period, if any, exceeds both: (1) the Preferred Return;
and (2) the amount of any positive balance in such Member's Loss
Recovery Account.
Independent Managers Those Managers who are not "interested persons" of the Fund as
such term is defined by the 1940 Act.
Initial Manager Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, the person who directed the formation of the Fund
and served as the sole initial Manager.
Interest The entire ownership interest in the Fund at any particular time
of a Member or other person to whom an Interest of a Member or
portion thereof has been transferred pursuant to Section 4.4
hereof, including the rights and obligations of such Member or
other person under this Agreement and the Delaware Act.
Investment Advisory Agreement A separate written agreement entered into by the Fund pursuant to
which the Adviser provides investment advisory services to the
Fund.
Investment Manager Tremont Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any person who
may hereinafter serve as the investment manager of the Fund.
Investment Percentage A percentage established for each Member on the Fund's books as of
the first day of each Fiscal Period. The Investment Percentage of
a Member for a Fiscal Period shall be determined by dividing the
balance of the Member's Capital Account as of the commencement of
such Fiscal Period by the sum of the Capital Accounts of all of
the Members as of the commencement of such Fiscal Period. The sum
of the Investment Percentages of all Members for each Fiscal
Period shall equal 100%.
Loss Recovery Account A memorandum account to be recorded in the books and records of
the Fund with respect to each Member, which shall have an initial
balance of zero and which shall be adjusted as follows:
(1) As of the first day after the close of each Allocation
Period for such Member, the balance of the Loss Recovery
Account shall be increased by the amount, if any, of such
Member's Negative Allocation Change for such Allocation
Period and shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the
amount, if any, of such Member's Positive Allocation
Change for such Allocation Period.
(2) The balance of the Loss Recovery Account shall be reduced
(but not below zero) as of the first day following each
date as of which the Capital Account balance of any
Member is reduced as a result of repurchase or Transfer
with respect to such Member's Interest by an amount
determined by multiplying (a) such positive balance by
(b) a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is equal to
the amount of the repurchase or transfer, and (ii) the
denominator of which is equal to the balance of such
Member's Capital Account immediately before giving effect
to such repurchase or Transfer.
No transferee of any Interest shall succeed to any Loss Recovery
Account balance or portion thereof attributable to the transferor
unless the Transfer by which such transferee received such
Interest did not involve a change of beneficial ownership.
Manager An individual designated as a manager of the Fund pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.6 of the Agreement and who serves on the
Board of Managers of the Fund.
Member Any person who shall have been admitted to the Fund as a member
(including any Manager in such person's capacity as a member of
the Fund but excluding any Manager in such person's capacity as a
Manager of the Fund) until the Fund repurchases the entire
Interest of such person pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof or a
substituted member or members are admitted with respect to any
such person's entire Interest as a member pursuant to Section 4.4
hereof; such term includes the Adviser or an Affiliate of the
Adviser to the extent the Adviser (or such Affiliate) makes a
capital contribution to the Fund and shall have been admitted to
the Fund as a member, but shall not include the Special Advisory
Member in its capacity as such.
Negative Allocation Change The meaning given such term in the definition of Allocation Change.
Net Assets The total value of all assets of the Fund, less an amount equal to
all accrued debts, liabilities and obligations of the Fund,
calculated before giving effect to any repurchases of Interests.
Net Profit or Net Loss The amount by which the Net Assets as of the close of business on
the last day of a Fiscal Period exceed (in the case of Net Profit)
or are less than (in the case of Net Loss) the Net Assets as of
the commencement of the same Fiscal Period (or, with respect to
the initial Fiscal Period of the Fund, as of the close of business
on the Closing Date), such amount to be adjusted to exclude any
items to be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members on
a basis that is not in accordance with the respective Investment
Percentages of all Members as of the commencement of such Fiscal
Period pursuant to Sections 5.5 and 5.6 hereof.
1940 Act The Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules, regulations and
orders thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any successor
law.
Organizational Member The Adviser and any Affiliate of the Adviser that contributes
initial capital to the fund prior to the Closing Date.
Portfolio Funds Investment funds in which the Fund's assets are invested.
Portfolio Managers The organizations that manage and direct the investment activities
of Portfolio Funds or are retained to manage and invest designated
portions of the Fund's assets.
Positive Allocation Change The meaning given such term in the definition of Allocation Change.
Preferred Return The Preferred Return is an amount determined by applying an annual
percentage rate equal to 8% to the capital account balance of a
Member as of the beginning of each fiscal period within the
applicable Allocation Period.
Securities Securities (including, without limitation, equities, debt
obligations, options, and other "securities" as that term is
defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the 0000 Xxx) and any contracts for
forward or future delivery of any security, debt obligation or
currency, or commodity, all types of derivative instruments and
financial instruments and any contracts based on any index or
group of securities, debt obligations or currencies, or
commodities, and any options thereon.
Special Advisory Account A capital account established and maintained on behalf of the
Special Advisory Member pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof solely for
the purpose of receiving the Incentive Allocation.
Special Advisory Member The Adviser in its capacity as the investment adviser to the Fund,
or an Affiliate of the Adviser that the Adviser designates to
serve as Special Advisory Member.
Transfer The assignment, transfer, sale, encumbrance, pledge or other
disposition of all or any portion of an Interest, including any
right to receive any allocations and distributions attributable to
an Interest.
Valuation Date The date as of which the Fund values an Interest for purposes of
determining the price at which the Interest is to be purchased by
the Fund pursuant to an offer made by the Fund pursuant to Section
4.6 hereof.
Article II
ORGANIZATION; ADMISSION OF MEMBERS
2.1 Formation of Limited Liability Company
The Fund has been formed as a limited liability company at the direction of the Initial Manager
who authorized the filing of the Certificate, which actions are hereby ratified by the execution of this
Agreement. The Board of Managers shall execute and file in accordance with the Delaware Act any amendment to the
Certificate and shall execute and file with applicable governmental authorities any other instruments, documents
and certificates that, in the opinion of the Fund's legal counsel, may from time to time be required by the laws
of the United States of America, the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction in which the Fund shall
determine to do business, or any political subdivision or agency thereof, or that such legal counsel may deem
necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement and continue the valid existence and business of the Fund.
2.2 Name
The name of the Fund shall be "Xxxxxxxxxxx Tremont Opportunity Fund, LLC" or such other name as
the Board of Managers may hereafter adopt upon (i) causing an appropriate amendment to the Certificate to be
filed in accordance with the Delaware Act and (ii) taking such other actions as may be required by law.
2.3 Principal and Registered Office
The Fund shall have its principal office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or
at such other place designated from time to time by the Board of Managers.
The Fund shall have its registered office in Delaware at 000 Xxxxx XxXxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, and shall have National Corporate Research, Ltd. as its registered agent for service of process
in Delaware, unless a different registered office or agent is designated from time to time by the Board of
Managers.
2.4 Duration
The term of the Fund commenced on the filing of the Certificate with the Secretary of State of
Delaware and shall continue until the Fund is dissolved pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof.
2.5 Business of the Fund
(a) The business of the Fund is to purchase, sell (including short sales), invest and trade in Securities,
on margin or otherwise, and to engage in any financial or derivative transactions relating thereto or otherwise.
The Fund may execute, deliver and perform all contracts, agreements, subscription documents and other
undertakings and engage in all activities and transactions as may in the opinion of the Board of Managers be
necessary or advisable to carry out its objective or business.
(b) The Fund shall operate as a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company in accordance
with the 1940 Act and subject to any fundamental policies and investment restrictions as may be adopted by the
Board of Managers and in accordance with the 1940 Act.
2.6 Board of Managers
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Initial Manager may designate such persons who shall agree to be bound by
all of the terms of this Agreement to serve as Managers on the Board of Managers, subject to the election of such
persons prior to the Closing Date by the Organizational Member. By signing this Agreement or signing an investor
application or certification in connection with the purchase of an Interest, a Member admitted on the Closing
Date shall be deemed to have voted for the election of each of the Managers so designated. After the Closing
Date, the Board of Managers may, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 2.6 with
respect to the number of and vacancies in the position of Manager and the provisions of Section 3.3 hereof with
respect to the election of Managers to the Board of Managers by Members, designate any person who shall agree to
be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement as a Manager. The names and mailing addresses of the Managers
shall be set forth in the books and records of the Fund. The number of Managers shall be fixed from time to time
by the Board of Managers.
(b) Each Manager shall serve on the Board of Managers for the duration of the term of the Fund, unless his
or her status as a Manager shall be sooner terminated pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof. In the event of any
vacancy in the position of Manager, the remaining Managers may appoint an individual to serve in such capacity,
so long as immediately after such appointment at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Managers then serving would have
been elected by the Members. The Board of Managers may call a meeting of Members to fill any vacancy in the
position of Manager, and shall do so within 60 days after any date on which Managers who were elected by the
Members cease to constitute a majority of the Managers then serving on the Board of Managers.
(c) In the event that no Manager remains to continue the business of the Fund, the Adviser shall promptly
call a meeting of the Members, to be held within 60 days after the date on which the last Manager ceased to act
in that capacity, for the purpose of determining whether to continue the business of the Fund and, if the
business shall be continued, of electing the required number of Managers to the Board of Managers. If the
Members shall determine at such meeting not to continue the business of the Fund or if the required number of
Managers is not elected within 60 days after the date on which the last Manager ceased to act in that capacity,
then the Fund shall be dissolved pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof and the assets of the Fund shall be liquidated
and distributed pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof.
2.7 Members
The Fund may offer Interests for purchase by investors in such manner and at such times as may
be determined by the Board of Managers. All subscriptions for Interests are subject to the receipt by the Fund
or its custodian of cleared funds on or before the acceptance date for such subscriptions in the full amount of
the subscription. Subject to the foregoing, a person may be admitted to the Fund as a Member subject to the
condition that such person shall execute an appropriate signature page of this Agreement or an investor
application or certification form pursuant to which such Member agrees to be bound by all the terms and
provisions of this Agreement. The Board of Managers may in its sole discretion reject any subscription for an
Interest. The Board of Managers may, in its sole discretion, suspend the offering of the Interests at any time.
The admission of any person as a Member shall be effective upon the revision of the books and records of the Fund
to reflect the name and the contribution to the capital of the Fund of such additional Member.
2.8 Special Advisory Member
Upon signing this Agreement, the Adviser (or an affiliated company that it designates to be the
Special Advisory Member) shall be admitted to the Fund as the Special Advisory Member, subject to due approval,
in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act, of the Investment Advisory Agreement. The interest in the
Fund of the Special Advisory Member shall be non-voting and shall have no participation in the net profit or net
loss of the Fund other than as a result of the Incentive Allocation. If at any time the Investment Advisory
Agreement between the Fund and the person then serving as Adviser terminates, the Board of Managers shall admit
as a substitute Special Advisory Member, upon its signing this Agreement, such person as may be retained by the
Fund to provide investment advisory services pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement (or an affiliated
person of such person that it designates to be the Special Advisory Member), subject to the due approval of the
Investment Advisory Agreement with such person in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act.
2.9 Organizational Member
The initial contribution of capital to the Fund by the Organizational Member shall be
represented by an Interest, which Interest shall have the same rights as other Interests held by Members.
2.10 Both Managers and Members
A Member may at the same time be a Manager and a Member, or a Special Advisory Member and
Member, in which event such Member's rights and obligations in each capacity shall be determined separately in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or as provided in the Delaware Act.
2.11 Limited Liability
Except as provided under applicable law, a Member and the Special Advisory Member shall not be
liable for the Fund's debts, obligations and liabilities in any amount in excess of the capital account balance
of such Member, plus such Member's share of undistributed profits and assets. Except as provided under
applicable law, a Manager shall not be liable for the Fund's debts, obligations and liabilities.
Article III
MANAGEMENT
3.1 Management and Control
(a) Management and control of the business of the Fund shall be vested in the Board of Managers, which shall
have the right, power and authority, on behalf of the Fund and in its name, to exercise all rights, powers and
authority of Managers under the Delaware Act and to do all things necessary and proper to carry out the objective
and business of the Fund and their duties hereunder. No Manager shall have the authority individually to act on
behalf of or to bind the Fund except within the scope of such Manager's authority as delegated by the Board of
Managers. The parties hereto intend that, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) each
Manager shall be vested with the same powers, authority and responsibilities on behalf of the Fund as are
customarily vested in each director of a Delaware corporation and (ii) each Independent Manager shall be vested
with the same powers, authority and responsibilities on behalf of the Fund as are customarily vested in each
director of a closed-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act that is organized as a
Delaware corporation who is not an "interested person" of such company, as such term is defined by the 1940 Act.
During any period in which the Fund shall have no Managers, the Adviser shall continue to serve as the Adviser to
the Fund and shall have the authority to manage the business and affairs of the Fund.
(b) Members shall have no right to participate in and shall take no part in the management or control of the
Fund's business and shall have no right, power or authority to act for or bind the Fund. Members shall have the
right to vote on any matters only as provided in this Agreement or on any matters that require the approval of
the holders of voting securities under the 1940 Act or as otherwise required in the Delaware Act.
(c) The Board of Managers may delegate to any other person any rights, power and authority vested by this
Agreement in the Board of Managers to the extent permissible under applicable law, and may appoint persons to
serve as officers of the Fund, with such titles and authority as may be determined by the Board of Managers
consistent with applicable law.
3.2 Actions by the Board of Managers
(a) Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, the Board of Managers shall act only: (i) by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers (including the vote of a majority of the Independent Managers if
required by the 0000 Xxx) present at a meeting duly called at which a quorum of the Managers shall be present (in
person or, if in person attendance is not required by the 1940 Act, by telephone) or (ii) by unanimous written
consent of all of the Managers without a meeting, if permissible under the 0000 Xxx.
(b) The Board of Managers may designate from time to time a Principal Manager who shall preside at all
meetings of the Board of Managers. Meetings of the Board of Managers may be called by the Principal Manager or
by any two Managers, and may be held on such date and at such time and place as the Board of Managers shall
determine. Each Manager shall be entitled to receive written notice of the date, time and place of such meeting
within a reasonable time in advance of the meeting. Except as otherwise required by the 1940 Act, notice need
not be given to any Manager who shall attend a meeting without objecting to the lack of notice or who shall
execute a written waiver of notice with respect to the meeting. Managers may attend and participate in any
meeting by telephone except where in-person attendance at a meeting is required by the 1940 Act. A majority of
the Managers shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.
3.3 Meetings of Members
(a) Actions requiring the vote of the Members may be taken at any duly constituted meeting of the Members at
which a quorum is present. Meetings of the Members may be called by the Board of Managers or by Members holding
25% or more of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all Members, and may be held at such time, date
and place as the Board of Managers shall determine. The Board of Managers shall arrange to provide written
notice of the meeting, stating the date, time and place of the meeting and the record date therefor, to each
Member entitled to vote at the meeting within a reasonable time prior thereto. Failure to receive notice of a
meeting on the part of any Member shall not affect the validity of any act or proceeding of the meeting, so long
as a quorum shall be present at the meeting, except as otherwise required by applicable law. Only matters set
forth in the notice of a meeting may be voted on by the Members at a meeting. The presence in person or by proxy
of Members holding a majority of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all Members as of the record
date shall constitute a quorum at any meeting. In the absence of a quorum, a meeting of the Members may be
adjourned by action of a majority of the Members present in person or by proxy without additional notice to the
Members. Except as otherwise required by any provision of this Agreement or of the 1940 Act, (i) those
candidates receiving a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of Members shall be elected as Managers and
(ii) all other actions of the Members taken at a meeting shall require the affirmative vote of Members holding a
majority of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by those Members who are present in person or by proxy
at such meeting.
(b) Each Member shall be entitled to cast at any meeting of Members a number of votes equivalent to such
Member's Investment Percentage as of the record date for such meeting. The Board of Managers shall establish a
record date not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date of any meeting of Members to determine
eligibility to vote at such meeting and the number of votes that each Member will be entitled to cast at the
meeting, and shall maintain for each such record date a list setting forth the name of each Member and the number
of votes that each Member will be entitled to cast at the meeting.
(c) A Member may vote at any meeting of Members by a proxy properly executed in writing by the Member and
filed with the Fund before or at the time of the meeting. A proxy may be suspended or revoked, as the case may
be, by the Member executing the proxy by a later writing delivered to the Fund at any time prior to exercise of
the proxy or if the Member executing the proxy shall be present at the meeting and decide to vote in person. Any
action of the Members that is permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Members may be taken without a meeting if
consents in writing, setting forth the action taken, are signed by Members holding a majority of the total number
of votes eligible to be cast or such greater percentage as may be required in order to approve such action.
3.4 Custody of Assets of the Fund
The physical possession of all funds, Securities or other properties of the Fund shall at all
times, be held, controlled and administered by one or more custodians retained by the Fund in accordance with the
requirements of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder.
3.5 Other Activities of Members and Managers
(a) The Managers shall not be required to devote all of their time to the affairs of the Fund, but shall
devote such time as may reasonably be required to perform their obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Any Member or Manager, and any Affiliate of any Member or Manager, may engage in or possess an interest
in other business ventures or commercial dealings of every kind and description, independently or with others,
including, but not limited to, acquisition and disposition of Securities, provision of investment advisory or
brokerage services, serving as directors, officers, employees, advisors or agents of other companies, partners of
any partnership, members of any limited liability company, or trustees of any trust, or entering into any other
commercial arrangements. No Member or Manager shall have any rights in or to such activities of any other Member
or Manager, or any profits derived therefrom.
3.6 Duty of Care
(a) Neither a Manager, the Adviser nor the Investment Manager shall be liable to the Fund or to any of its
Members for any loss or damage occasioned by any act or omission in the performance of their services pursuant to
any agreement, including this Agreement, between a Manager, the Adviser or the Investment Manager and the Fund
for the provision of services to the Fund unless it shall be determined by final judicial decision on the merits
from which there is no further right to appeal that such loss is due to an act or omission of the Manager, the
Adviser or the Investment Manager, as applicable, constituting willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence
or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the performance of their services to the Fund.
(b) Members not in breach of any obligation hereunder or under any agreement pursuant to which the Member
subscribed for an Interest shall be liable to the Fund, any Member or third parties only as provided under the
Delaware Act.
3.7 Indemnification
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Fund shall, subject to Section 3.7(b) hereof, indemnify each
Manager (including for this purpose his or her respective executors, heirs, assigns, successors or other legal
representatives), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including, but not
limited to, amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise, or as fines or penalties, and reasonable
counsel fees, incurred in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit, investigation or other
proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any judicial, arbitral, administrative or legislative body, in
which such indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, or with which such indemnitee may
be or may have been threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of being or having been a Manager of the
Fund or the past or present performance of services to the Fund by such indemnitee, except to the extent such
loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense shall have been finally determined in a decision on the merits in
any such action, suit, investigation or other proceeding to have been incurred or suffered by such indemnitee by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the
conduct of such indemnitee's office. The rights of indemnification provided under this Section 3.7 shall not be
construed so as to provide for indemnification of a Manager for any liability (including liability under federal
securities laws which, under certain circumstances, impose liability even on persons that act in good faith) to
the extent (but only to the extent) that such indemnification would be in violation of applicable law, but shall
be construed so as to effectuate the applicable provisions of this Section 3.7 to the fullest extent permitted by
law.
(b) Expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, so incurred by any such indemnitee (but excluding amounts
paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise, or as fines or penalties), may be paid from time to time by the
Fund in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit, investigation or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such indemnitee to repay to the Fund amounts so paid if it shall ultimately be
determined that indemnification of such expenses is not authorized under Section 3.7(a) hereof; provided,
however, that (i) such indemnitee shall provide security for such undertaking, (ii) the Fund shall be insured by
or on behalf of such indemnitee against losses arising by reason of such indemnitee's failure to fulfill such
undertaking, or (iii) a majority of the Managers (excluding any Manager who is either seeking advancement of
expenses hereunder or is or has been a party to any other action, suit, investigation or proceeding involving
claims similar to those involved in the action, suit, investigation or proceeding giving rise to a claim for
advancement of expenses hereunder) or independent legal counsel in a written opinion shall determine based on a
review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that there is reason to believe such
indemnitee ultimately will be entitled to indemnification.
(c) As to the disposition of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding (whether by a compromise payment,
pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise) without an adjudication or a decision on the merits by a court, or by
any other body before which the proceeding shall have been brought, that an indemnitee is liable to the Fund or
its Members by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of such indemnitee's office, indemnification shall be provided pursuant to Section 3.7(a)
hereof if (i) approved as in the best interests of the Fund by a majority of the Managers (excluding any Manager
who is either seeking indemnification hereunder or is or has been a party to any other action, suit,
investigation or proceeding involving claims similar to those involved in the action, suit, investigation or
proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder) upon a determination based upon a review of
readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that such indemnitee acted in good faith and in
the reasonable belief that such actions were in the best interests of the Fund and that such indemnitee is not
liable to the Fund or its Members by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless
disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such indemnitee's office, or (ii) the Board of Managers
secures a written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed
to a full trial-type inquiry) to the effect that such indemnification would not protect such indemnitee against
any liability to the Fund or its Members to which such indemnitee would otherwise be subject by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such
indemnitee's office.
(d) Any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall not prevent the
recovery from any indemnitee of any such amount if such indemnitee subsequently shall be determined in a decision
on the merits in any action, suit, investigation or proceeding involving the liability or expense that gave rise
to such indemnification or advancement of expenses to be liable to the Fund or its Members by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such
indemnitee's office. In (i) any suit brought by a Manager (or other person entitled to indemnification
hereunder) to enforce a right to indemnification under this Section 3.7 it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in
any suit in the name of the Fund to recover any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to this
Section 3.7 the Fund shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the Manager or
other person claiming a right to indemnification under this Section 3.7 has not met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in this Section 3.7. In any such suit brought to enforce a right to indemnification or to
recover any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to this Section 3.7, the burden of proving
that the Manager or other person claiming a right to indemnification is not entitled to be indemnified, or to any
indemnification or advancement of expenses, under this Section 3.7 shall be on the Fund (or any Member acting
derivatively or otherwise on behalf of the Fund or its Members).
(e) An indemnitee may not satisfy any right of indemnification or advancement of expenses granted in this
Section 3.7 or to which such indemnitee may otherwise be entitled except out of the assets of the Fund, and no
Member shall be personally liable with respect to any such claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses.
(f) The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to
which any person may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law. Nothing contained in this Section 3.7 shall
affect the power of the Fund to purchase and maintain liability insurance on behalf of any Manager or other
person.
3.8 Fees, Expenses and Reimbursement
(a) The Adviser and its Affiliates shall be entitled to receive such fees for services provided to the Fund
as may be agreed to by the Adviser (or its Affiliate) and the Fund pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement
or other applicable agreement relating to such services.
(b) The Board of Managers may cause the Fund to compensate each Manager who is not an officer or employee of
the Adviser (or of any Affiliate of the Adviser) for his or her services as such, and such Manager shall be
reimbursed by the Fund for reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by him in performing his duties
under this Agreement.
(c) The Fund shall bear all expenses incurred in its business and operations, other than those specifically
required to be borne by the Adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement. Expenses to be borne by the
Fund include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) all costs and expenses directly related to portfolio transactions and positions for the Fund's account,
including, but not limited to, brokerage commissions, research fees, interest and
commitment fees on loans and debit balances, borrowing charges on securities sold
short, dividends on securities sold but not yet purchased, custodial fees, margin
fees, transfer taxes and premiums, taxes withheld on foreign dividends and
indirect expenses from investments in Portfolio Funds;
(2) all costs and expenses associated with the registration of the Fund under, and costs of compliance with,
any applicable Federal or state laws;
(3) all costs and expenses associated with the organization of separate investment funds managed by
Portfolio Managers retained by the Fund;
(4) attorneys' fees and disbursements associated with updating the Fund's registration statement, prospectus
and other offering related documents (the "Offering Materials"); [the costs of
printing the Offering Materials; the costs of distributing the Offering Materials
to prospective investors;] and attorneys' fees and disbursements associated with
the preparation and review thereof;
(5) the costs and expenses of holding meetings of the Board and any meetings of Members, including legal
costs associated with the preparation and filing of proxy materials;
(6) the fees and disbursements of Fund counsel, legal counsel to the Independent Managers, independent
accountants for the Fund and other consultants and professionals engaged on behalf
of the Fund;
(7) the Management Fee payable to the Adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement;
(8) the fees payable to various service providers pursuant to the Fund Administrative Services Agreement,
the Fund and Investor Accounting Services Agreement, and the Investor Servicing
Agreement;
(9) the costs of a fidelity bond and any liability insurance obtained on behalf of the Fund or the Board;
(10) all costs and expenses of preparing, setting in type, printing and distributing reports and other
communications to Members;
(11) [all expenses of computing the Fund's net asset value, including any equipment or services obtained for
these purposes;]
(12) [all charges for equipment or services used in communicating information regarding the Fund's
transactions among the Adviser and any custodian or other agent engaged by the
Fund;] and
(13) such other types of expenses as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Managers.
The Adviser shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Fund for any of the above expenses that
it pays on behalf of the Fund.
(d) Subject to procuring any required regulatory approvals, from time to time the Fund may, alone or in
conjunction with other registered or unregistered investment funds or other accounts for which the Adviser, or
any Affiliate of the Adviser, acts as general partner or investment adviser, purchase insurance in such amounts,
from such insurers and on such terms as the Board of Managers shall determine.
Article IV
TERMINATION OF STATUS OF ADVISER AND MANAGERS,
TRANSFERS AND REPURCHASES
4.1 Termination of Status of the Adviser
The status of the Adviser (or an affiliated company that it has designated to serve as the
Special Advisory Member) as the Special Advisory Member shall terminate if the Investment Advisory Agreement with
the Adviser terminates and the Fund does not enter into a new Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser,
effective as of the date of such termination.
4.2 Termination of Status of a Manager
The status of a Manager shall terminate if the Manager (i) shall die; (ii) shall be adjudicated
incompetent; (iii) shall voluntarily withdraw as a Manager (upon not less than 90 days' prior written notice to
the other Managers); (iv) shall be removed; (v) shall be certified by a physician to be mentally or physically
unable to perform his or her duties hereunder; (vi) shall be declared bankrupt by a court with appropriate
jurisdiction, file a petition commencing a voluntary case under any bankruptcy law or make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; (vii) shall have a receiver appointed to administer the property or affairs of such
Manager; or (viii) shall otherwise cease to be a Manager of the Fund under the Delaware Act.
4.3 Removal of the Managers
Any Manager may be removed either by (a) the vote or written consent of at least two-thirds
(2/3) of the Managers not subject to the removal vote or (b) the vote or written consent of Members holding not
less than two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all Members.
4.4 Transfer of Interests of Members
(a) An Interest of a Member may be Transferred only (i) by operation of law pursuant to the death, divorce,
bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or incompetency of such Member or (ii) with the written consent of the Board
of Managers (which may be withheld in its sole discretion); provided, however, that the Board of Managers may not
consent to any Transfer other than a Transfer (i) in which the tax basis of the Interest in the hands of the
transferee is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to its tax basis in the hands of the transferor
(e.g., certain Transfers to affiliates, gifts and contributions to family partnerships), (ii) to members of the
Member's immediate family (brothers, sisters, spouse, parents and children), (iii) as a distribution from a
qualified retirement plan or an individual retirement account, or (iv) a Transfer to which the Board of Managers
may consent pursuant to the following sentence. The Board of Managers may consent to other pledges, transfers,
or assignments under such other circumstances and conditions as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate;
provided, however, that prior to any such pledge, transfer, or assignment, the Board of Managers shall consult
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with counsel to the Fund to ensure that such pledge, transfer, or assignment will not cause the Fund to be
treated as a "publicly traded partnership" taxable as a corporation. In no event, however, will any transferee
or assignee be admitted as a Member without the consent of the Board of Managers which may be withheld in its
sole discretion. Any pledge, transfer, or assignment not made in accordance with this Section 4.4 shall be void.
(b) The Board of Managers may not consent to a Transfer of an Interest or a portion thereof of a Member
unless: (i) the person to whom the Interest is Transferred (or each of the person's beneficial owners if such a
person is a "private investment company" as defined in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 205-3 under the Advisers Act) is
a person whom the Board of Managers believes meets the requirements of paragraph (d)(1) of Rule 205-3 under the
Advisers Act or any successor rule thereto; and (ii) the entire Interest of the Member is Transferred to a single
transferee or, after the Transfer of a portion of an Interest, the balance of the Capital Account of each of the
transferee and transferor is not less than $50,000. Any transferee that acquires an Interest by operation of law
as the result of the death, divorce, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or incompetency of a Member or
otherwise, shall be entitled to the allocations and distributions allocable to the Interest so acquired and to
Transfer such Interest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, but shall not be entitled to the other
rights of a Member unless and until such transferee becomes a substituted Member. If a Member transfers an
Interest with the approval of the Board of Managers, the Board of Managers shall promptly take all necessary
actions so that the transferee to whom such Interest is transferred is admitted to the Fund as a Member. Each
Member effecting a Transfer and its transferee agree to pay all expenses, including attorneys' and accountants'
fees, incurred by the Fund in connection with such Transfer.
(c) Each Member shall indemnify and hold harmless the Fund, the Managers, the Adviser, each other Member and
any Affiliate of the foregoing against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including
legal or other expenses incurred in investigating or defending against any such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs and expenses or any judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement), joint or several, to
which such persons may become subject by reason of or arising from (i) any Transfer made by such Member in
violation of this Section 4.4 and (ii) any misrepresentation by such Member in connection with any such Transfer.
4.5 Transfer of Interests of Special Advisory Member
The Adviser (or an affiliated company that it has designated as the Special Advisory Member)
may not Transfer its Interest as the Special Advisory Member, except to an Affiliate of the Adviser. Any such
Transfer shall be subject to approval by the Board of Managers.
4.6 Repurchase of Interests
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Member or other person holding an Interest or portion
thereof shall have the right to withdraw or tender to the Fund for repurchase that Interest or portion thereof.
The Board of Managers from time to time, in its sole discretion and on such terms and conditions as it may
determine, may cause the Fund to repurchase Interests or portions thereof pursuant to written tenders. However,
the Fund shall not offer to repurchase Interests on more than two occasions during any one Fiscal Year unless it
has received an opinion of counsel to the effect that such more frequent offers would not cause any adverse tax
consequences to the Fund or the Members. In determining whether to cause the Fund to repurchase Interests or
portions thereof pursuant to written tenders, the Board of Managers shall consider the recommendation of the
Adviser, and shall also consider the following factors, among others:
(1) whether any Members have requested to tender Interests or portions thereof to the Fund;
(2) the liquidity of the Fund's assets;
(3) the investment plans and working capital requirements of the Fund;
(4) the relative economies of scale with respect to the size of the Fund;
(5) the history of the Fund in repurchasing Interests or portions thereof;
(6) the economic condition of the securities markets; and
(7) the anticipated tax consequences of any proposed repurchases of Interests or portions thereof.
The Board of Managers shall cause the Fund to repurchase Interests or portions thereof pursuant
to written tenders only on terms determined by the Board of Managers to be fair to the Fund and to all Members
(including persons holding Interests acquired from Members), as applicable.
(b) A Member who tenders for repurchase only a portion of the Member's Interest will be required to maintain
a capital account balance equal to $50,000 net of the amount of the Incentive Allocation, if any, that is to be
debited from the capital account of the Member as of the Valuation Date with respect to the portion of the
Interest repurchased. If a Member tenders an amount that would cause the Member's capital account balance to
fall below the required minimum, the Fund reserves the right to reduce the amount to be purchased from the Member
so that the required minimum balance is maintained.
(c) The Adviser (or an affiliated company that it has designated as the Special Advisory Member) may tender
any Interest or a portion thereof that it holds as a Member under Section 4.6(a) hereof.
(d) The Adviser (or an affiliated company that it has designated as the Special Advisory Member) may
withdraw any Incentive Allocation credited to the Special Advisory Account at any time following the date on
which the Incentive Allocation is made.
(e) The Board of Managers may cause the Fund to repurchase an Interest or portion thereof of a Member or any
person acquiring an Interest or portion thereof from or through a Member in the event that the Board of Managers
determines or has reason to believe that:
(1) such an Interest or portion thereof has been transferred in violation of Section 4.4 hereof, or such an
Interest or portion thereof has vested in any person by operation of law as
the result of the death, divorce, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or
incompetency of a Member;
(2) ownership of such an Interest by a Member or other person will cause the Fund to be in violation of, or
subject the Fund to additional registration or regulation under, the
securities laws of the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction;
(3) continued ownership of such an Interest may be harmful or injurious to the business or reputation of the
Fund, the Managers or the Adviser, or may subject the Fund or any of the
Members to an undue risk of adverse tax or other fiscal consequences;
(4) such Member's continued participation in the Fund may cause the Fund to be classified as a "publicly
traded partnership" within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations thereunder;
(5) any of the representations and warranties made by a Member in connection with the acquisition of an
Interest or portion thereof was not true when made or has ceased to be true; or
(6) it would be in the best interests of the Fund, as determined by the Board of Managers in its sole
discretion, for the Fund to repurchase such an Interest or portion thereof.
(f) Repurchases of Interests or portions thereof by the Fund shall be payable promptly after the date of
each such repurchase or, in the case of an offer by the Fund to repurchase Interests, promptly after the
expiration date of such repurchase offer in accordance with the terms of such offer. Payment of the purchase
price for an Interest (or portion thereof) shall consist of: (i) cash or a promissory note, which need not bear
interest, in an amount equal to such percentage, as may be determined by the Board of Managers, of the estimated
unaudited net asset value of the Interest (or portion thereof) repurchased by the Fund determined as of the date
of such repurchase (the "Initial Payment"); and, if determined to be appropriate by the Board of Managers or if
the Initial Payment is less than 100% of the estimated unaudited net asset value,
(ii) a promissory note entitling the holder thereof to a contingent payment equal to the excess, if any, of (x)
the net asset value of the Interest (or portion thereof) repurchased by the Fund as of the date of such
repurchase, determined based on the audited financial statements of the Fund for the Fiscal Year in which such
repurchase was effective, over (y) the Initial Payment. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the
contrary, the Board of Managers, in its discretion, may pay any portion of the repurchase price in marketable
Securities (or any combination of marketable Securities and cash) having a value, determined as of the date of
repurchase, equal to the amount to be repurchased. Any promissory note given to satisfy the Initial Payment
shall be due and payable not more than 45 days after the date of repurchase or, if the Fund has requested
withdrawal of its capital from any Portfolio Funds in order to fund the repurchase of Interests, 10 business days
after the Fund has received at least 90% of the aggregate amount withdrawn by the Fund from such Portfolio Funds.
(g) Subject to the approval of the Board of Managers and compliance with the 1940 Act, the Fund may impose a
redemption fee in connection with repurchases of Interests, including a fee applicable to repurchases of
Interests (or portions thereof) effected prior to expiration of a specified period subsequent to a Member's
admission to the Fund.
(h) A Member may at any time submit to the Fund a written request that the Fund repurchase the entire
Interest of such Member, as contemplated by Section 6.1(3) hereof. Any such request shall be sent to the Fund by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed valid only if the Member has received
a letter from the Fund acknowledging its receipt of the request. The Fund shall send such letter to the Member
promptly upon its receipt of the Member's request.
Article V
CAPITAL
5.1 Contributions to Capital
(a) The minimum initial contribution of each Member to the capital of the Fund shall be such amount as the
Board of Managers, in its discretion, may determine from time to time. The amount of the initial contribution of
each Member shall be recorded on the books and records of the Fund upon acceptance as a contribution to the
capital of the Fund. The Managers shall not be entitled to make contributions of capital to the Fund as Managers
of the Fund, but may make contributions to the capital of the Fund as Members. The Adviser may make
contributions to the capital of the Fund as a Member.
(b) Members may make additional contributions to the capital of the Fund effective as of such times as the
Board of Managers, in its discretion, may permit, subject to Section 2.7 hereof, but no Member shall be obligated
to make any additional contribution to the capital of the Fund except to the extent provided in Section 5.6
hereof. The minimum initial capital contribution of a Member to the capital of the Fund shall be such amount as
the Board of Managers, in its sole discretion, may determine from time to time.
(c) Initial and any additional contributions to the capital of the Fund by any Member shall be payable in
cash, payable in readily available funds at the date of the proposed acceptance of the contribution.
5.2 Rights of Members to Capital
No Member shall be entitled to interest on any contribution to the capital of the Fund, nor
shall any Member be entitled to the return of any capital of the Fund except (i) upon the repurchase by the Fund
of a part or all of such Member's Interest pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof, (ii) pursuant to the provisions of
Section 5.6 (c) hereof or (iii) upon the liquidation of the Fund's assets pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof. No
Member shall be liable for the return of any such amounts. No Member shall have the right to require partition
of the Fund's property or to compel any sale or appraisal of the Fund's assets.
5.3 Capital Accounts
(a) The Fund shall maintain a separate Capital Account for each Member.
(b) Each Member's Capital Account shall have an initial balance equal to the amount of cash constituting
such Member's initial contribution to the capital of the Fund.
(c) Each Member's Capital Account shall be increased by the sum of (i) the amount of cash constituting
additional contributions by such Member to the capital of the Fund permitted pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, plus
(ii) all amounts credited to such Member's Capital Account pursuant to Sections 5.4 through 5.6 hereof.
(d) Each Member's Capital Account shall be reduced by the sum of (i) the amount of any repurchase of the
Interest, or portion thereof, of such Member or distributions to such Member pursuant to Sections 4.6, 5.9 or 6.2
hereof which are not reinvested (net of any liabilities secured by any asset distributed that such Member is
deemed to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code), plus (ii) any amounts debited against such
Capital Account pursuant to Sections 5.4 through 5.7 hereof.
(e) The Fund shall maintain a Special Advisory Account for the Adviser (or an affiliated company that it has
designated to be the Special Advisory Member) in its capacity as Special Advisory Member solely for purposes of
receiving the Incentive Allocation pursuant to Section 5.7 hereof. The Special Advisory Account shall have an
initial balance of zero.
5.4 Allocation of Net Profit and Net Loss
As of the last day of each Fiscal Period, any Net Profit or Net Loss for the Fiscal Period
shall be allocated among and credited to or debited against the Capital Accounts of the Members in accordance
with their respective Investment Percentages for such Fiscal Period.
5.5 Allocation of Certain Expenditures
Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and unless prohibited by the 1940 Act, any
expenditures payable by the Fund, to the extent determined by the Board of Managers to have been paid or withheld
on behalf of, or by reason of particular circumstances applicable to, one or more but fewer than all of the
Members, shall be charged to only those Members on whose behalf such payments are made or whose particular
circumstances gave rise to such payments. Such charges shall be debited from the Capital Accounts of such
Members as of the close of the Fiscal Period during which any such items were paid or accrued by the Fund.
5.6 Reserves
(a) Appropriate reserves may be created, accrued and charged against Net Assets and proportionately against
the Capital Accounts of the Members for contingent liabilities, if any, as of the date any such contingent
liability becomes known to the Adviser or the Board of Managers, such reserves to be in the amounts that the
Board of Managers, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate. The Board of Managers may increase or
reduce any such reserves from time to time by such amounts as the Board of Managers, in its sole discretion,
deems necessary or appropriate. The amount of any such reserve, or any increase or decrease therein, shall be
proportionately charged or credited, as appropriate, to the Capital Accounts of those parties who are Members at
the time when such reserve is created, increased or decreased, as the case may be; provided, however, that if any
such individual reserve item, adjusted by any increase therein, exceeds the lesser of $500,000 or 1% of the
aggregate value of the Capital Accounts of all such Members, the amount of such reserve, increase, or decrease
shall instead be charged or credited to those parties who were Members at the time, as determined by the Board of
Managers, in its sole discretion, of the act or omission giving rise to the contingent liability for which the
reserve was established, increased or decreased in proportion to their Capital Accounts at that time.
(b) If at any time an amount is paid or received by the Fund (other than contributions to the capital of the
Fund, distributions or repurchases of Interests or portions thereof) and such amount exceeds the lesser of
$500,000 or 1% of the aggregate value of the Capital Accounts of all Members at the time of payment or receipt
and such amount was not accrued or reserved for but would nevertheless, in accordance with the Fund's accounting
practices, be treated as applicable to one or more prior Fiscal Periods, then such amount shall be
proportionately charged or credited, as appropriate, to those parties who were Members during such prior Fiscal
Period or Periods.
(c) If any amount is required by paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 5.6 to be charged or credited to a
party who is no longer a Member, such amount shall be paid by or to such party, as the case may be, in cash, with
interest from the date on which the Board of Managers determines that such charge or credit is required. In the
case of a charge, the former Member shall be obligated to pay the amount of the charge, plus interest as provided
above, to the Fund on demand; provided, however, that (i) in no event shall a former Member be obligated to make
a payment exceeding the amount of such Member's Capital Account at the time to which the charge relates; and (ii)
no such demand shall be made after the expiration of three years since the date on which such party ceased to be
a Member. To the extent that a former Member fails to pay to the Fund, in full, any amount required to be
charged to such former Member pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b), whether due to the expiration of the applicable
limitation period or for any other reason whatsoever, the deficiency shall be charged proportionately to the
Capital Accounts of the Members at the time of the act or omission giving rise to the charge to the extent
feasible, and otherwise proportionately to the Capital Accounts of the current Members.
5.7 Incentive Allocation
(a) So long as the Adviser (or an affiliated company that it has designated to be the Special Advisory
Member) serves as the Special Advisory Member of the Fund, the Incentive Allocation shall be debited against the
Capital Account of each Member as of the last day of each Allocation Period with respect to such Member and the
amount so debited shall simultaneously be credited to the Special Advisory Account.
(b) At any time following the date on which an Incentive Allocation is made, the Special Advisory Member may
withdraw up to 100% of the Incentive Allocation (computed on the basis of unaudited data) that was credited to
the Special Advisory Account. Within 30 days after the completion of the audit of the books of the Fund for the
year in which allocations to the Special Advisory Account are made, the Fund shall pay to the Special Advisory
Member any additional amount of Incentive Allocation determined to be owed to the Special Advisory Member based
on the audit, and the Special Advisory Member shall pay to the Fund any excess amount of Incentive Allocation
determined to be owed to the Fund.
(c) If only a portion of the Interest of a Member is repurchased by the Fund as of a date that would not,
but for such repurchase, be the end of an Allocation Period, the Incentive Allocation shall be made as of such
date only as to that portion of any Positive Allocation Change for the Allocation Period that is allocable to the
portion of the Interest repurchased. For this purpose, pro rata portions of the Positive Allocation Change and
the Preferred Return for the Allocation Period, and any balance in the Loss Recovery Account, shall be deemed
associated with the portion of the Interest repurchased, and there shall be a corresponding reduction made in the
Positive Allocation Change, Preferred Return and Loss Recovery Account balance (if any) associated with the
remaining Interest. As of the end of the next Allocation Period with respect to a Member following the
repurchase of a portion of the Member's Interest, the Incentive Allocation with respect to such Interest (if any)
shall be determined based on the Positive Allocation Change and Preferred Return for the period from the
beginning of the Allocation Period in which such repurchase was made through the end of the current Allocation
Period and the balance of the Loss Recovery Account (if any) as of the end of the current Allocation Period.
5.8 Tax Allocations
For each fiscal year, items of income, deduction, gain, loss or credit shall be allocated for
income tax purposes among the Members in such manner as to reflect equitably amounts credited or debited to each
Member's Capital Account for the current and prior fiscal years (or relevant portions thereof). Allocations
under this Section 5.8 shall be made pursuant to the principles of Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code, and in
conformity with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) and 1.704-3(e) promulgated
thereunder, as applicable, or the successor provisions to such Section and Regulations. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, there shall be allocated to the Members such gains or income as shall be
necessary to satisfy the "qualified income offset" requirement of Treasury Regulationss.1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
If the Fund realizes capital gains (including short-term capital gains) for Federal income tax
purposes ("gains") for any fiscal year during or as of the end of which the Interests of one or more Positive
Basis Members (as hereinafter defined) are repurchased by the Fund pursuant to Article IV, the Board of Managers,
unless otherwise determined by the Board of Managers, in its sole discretion, shall allocate such gains as
follows: (i) to allocate such gains among such Positive Basis Members, pro rata in proportion to the respective
Positive Basis (as hereinafter defined) of each such Positive Basis Member, until either the full amount of such
gains shall have been so allocated or the Positive Basis of each such Positive Basis Member shall have been
eliminated and (ii) to allocate any gains not so allocated to Positive Basis Members to the other Members in such
manner as shall equitably reflect the amounts allocated to such Members' Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 5.4.
As used herein, (i) the term "Positive Basis" shall mean, with respect to any Member and as of
any time of calculation, the amount by which its Interest as of such time exceeds its "adjusted tax basis," for
Federal income tax purposes, in its Interest as of such time (determined without regard to any adjustments made
to such "adjusted tax basis" by reason of any transfer or assignment of such Interest, including by reason of
death, and without regard to such Member's share of the liabilities of the Fund under Section 752 of the Code),
and (ii) the term "Positive Basis Member" shall mean any Member whose Interest is repurchased by the Fund and who
has Positive Basis as of the effective date of the repurchase, but such Member shall cease to be a Positive Basis
Member at such time as it shall have received allocations pursuant to clause (i) of the second paragraph of this
Section 5.8 equal to its Positive Basis as of the effective date of such repurchase.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, if the Fund realizes taxable income
and gains in any fiscal year with respect to which the Special Advisory Member is entitled to an Incentive
Allocation under Section 5.7 hereof, the Board of Managers (at the request of the Special Advisory Member) may
specially allocate such gains to the Special Advisory Member in an amount by which the Incentive Allocation
exceeds the Special Advisory Member's "adjusted tax basis" (determined without regard to any allocation to be
made pursuant to this paragraph) in its interest in the Fund as of the time it withdraws such Incentive
Allocation. The Special Advisory Member's "adjusted tax basis", for these purposes, shall be increased by any
amount of the Incentive Allocation withdrawal that it elects to contribute as a Member to the Fund as of the date
of the withdrawal of the Incentive Allocation.
5.9 Distributions
The Board of Managers, in its sole discretion, may authorize the Fund to make distributions in
cash or in kind at any time to all of the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Members' Investment
Percentages.
5.10 Withholding
(a) The Board of Managers may withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (or any other relevant
taxing authority) taxes from any distribution to any Member to the extent required by the Code or any other
applicable law.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, any taxes so withheld by the Fund with respect to any amount distributed
by the Fund to any Member shall be deemed to be a distribution or payment to such Member, reducing the amount
otherwise distributable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement and reducing the Capital Account of such
Member. If the amount of such taxes is greater than any such distributable amounts, then such Member and any
successor to such Member's Interest shall pay to the Fund as a contribution to the capital of the Fund, upon
demand of the Board of Managers, the amount of such excess.
(c) The Board of Managers shall not be obligated to apply for or obtain a reduction of or exemption from
withholding tax on behalf of any Member that may be eligible for such reduction or exemption. To the extent that
a Member claims to be entitled to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, a withholding tax pursuant to an
applicable income tax treaty, or otherwise, the Member shall furnish the Board of Managers with such information
and forms as such Member may be required to complete where necessary to comply with any and all laws and
regulations governing the obligations of withholding tax agents. Each Member represents and warrants that any
such information and forms furnished by such Member shall be true and accurate and agrees to indemnify the Fund
and each of the Members from any and all damages, costs and expenses resulting from the filing of inaccurate or
incomplete information or forms relating to such withholding taxes.
Article VI
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
6.1 Dissolution
The Fund shall be dissolved:
(1) upon the affirmative vote to dissolve the Fund by both: (i) the Board of Managers and (ii) Members
holding at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of votes eligible to be
cast by all Members;
(2) upon the failure of Members to elect a successor Manager at a meeting called by the Adviser in
accordance with Section 2.6(c) hereof when no Manager remains to continue the
business of the Fund;
(3) upon the expiration of any two year period that commences on the date on which any Member has submitted,
in accordance with the procedure specified in Section 4.6(h) hereof, a written
notice to the Fund requesting the repurchase of its entire Interest by the
Fund, if such Interest has not been repurchased by the Fund; or
(4) as required by operation of law.
Dissolution of the Fund shall be effective on the later of the day on which the event giving
rise to the dissolution shall occur or the conclusion of any applicable 60 day period during which the Board of
Managers and Members may elect to continue the business of the Fund as provided above, but the Fund shall not
terminate until the assets of the Fund have been liquidated in accordance with Section 6.2 hereof and the
Certificate has been canceled.
6.2 Liquidation of Assets
(a) Upon the dissolution of the Fund as provided in Section 6.1 hereof, the Board of Managers shall promptly
appoint the Administrator as the liquidator and the Administrator shall liquidate the business and administrative
affairs of the Fund, except that if the Board of Managers does not appoint the Administrator as the liquidator or
the Administrator is unable to perform this function, a liquidator elected by Members holding a majority of the
total number of votes eligible to be cast by all Members shall promptly liquidate the business and administrative
affairs of the Fund. Net Profit and Net Loss during the period of liquidation shall be allocated pursuant to
Section 5.4 hereof. The proceeds from liquidation (after establishment of appropriate reserves for contingencies
in such amount as the Board of Managers or liquidator shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion as
applicable) shall be distributed in the following manner:
(1) the debts of the Fund, other than debts, liabilities or obligations to Members, and the expenses of
liquidation (including legal and accounting expenses incurred in connection
therewith), up to and including the date that distribution of the Fund's
assets to the Members has been completed, shall first be paid on a pro rata
basis;
(2) such debts, liabilities or obligations as are owing to the Members shall next be paid in their order of
seniority and on a pro rata basis;
(3) the Special Advisory Member shall next be paid any balance in the Special Advisory Account after giving
effect to the Incentive Allocation, if any, to be made pursuant to Section 5.7
hereof; and
(4) the Members shall next be paid on a pro rata basis the positive balances of their respective Capital
Accounts after giving effect to all allocations to be made to such Members'
Capital Accounts for the Fiscal Period ending on the date of the distributions
under this Section 6.2(a)(3).
(b) Anything in this Section 6.2 to the contrary notwithstanding, upon dissolution of the Fund, the Board of
Managers or other liquidator may distribute ratably in kind any assets of the Fund; provided, however, that if
any in-kind distribution is to be made (i) the assets distributed in kind shall be valued pursuant to Section 7.3
hereof as of the actual date of their distribution and charged as so valued and distributed against amounts to be
paid under Section 6.2(a) above, and (ii) any profit or loss attributable to property distributed in-kind shall
be included in the Net Profit or Net Loss for the Fiscal Period ending on the date of such distribution.
Article VII
ACCOUNTING, VALUATIONS AND BOOKS AND RECORDS
7.1 Accounting and Reports
(a) The Fund shall adopt for tax accounting purposes any accounting method that the Board of Managers shall
decide in its sole discretion is in the best interests of the Fund. The Fund's accounts shall be maintained in
U.S. currency.
(b) After the end of each taxable year, the Fund shall furnish to each Member such information regarding the
operation of the Fund and such Member's Interest as is necessary for Members to complete federal, state and local
income tax or information returns and any other tax information required by federal, state or local law.
(c) Except as otherwise required by the 1940 Act, or as may otherwise be permitted by rule, regulation or
order, within 60 days after the close of the period for which a report required under this Section 7.1(c) is
being made, the Fund shall furnish to each Member a semi-annual report and an annual report containing the
information required by such Act. The Fund shall cause financial statements contained in each annual report
furnished hereunder to be accompanied by a certificate of independent public accountants based upon an audit
performed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Fund may furnish to each Member such
other periodic reports as it deems necessary or appropriate in its discretion.
7.2 Determinations by the Board of Managers
(a) All matters concerning the determination and allocation among the Members of the amounts to be
determined and allocated pursuant to Article V hereof, including any taxes thereon and accounting procedures
applicable thereto, shall be determined by the Board of Managers unless specifically and expressly otherwise
provided for by the provisions of this Agreement or required by law, and such determinations and allocations
shall be final and binding on all the Members.
(b) The Board of Managers may make such adjustments to the computation of Net Profit or Net Loss, the
Allocation Change with respect to any Member, or any components comprising any of the foregoing as it considers
appropriate to reflect fairly and accurately the financial results of the Fund and the intended allocation
thereof among the Members.
7.3 Valuation of Assets
(a) Except as may be required by the 1940 Act, the Board of Managers shall value or have valued any
Securities or other assets and liabilities of the Fund as of the close of business on the last day of each Fiscal
Period in accordance with such valuation procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Board of
Managers and which conform to the requirements of the 1940 Act. In determining the value of the assets of the
Fund, no value shall be placed on the goodwill or name of the Fund, or the office records, files, statistical
data or any similar intangible assets of the Fund not normally reflected in the Fund's accounting records, but
there shall be taken into consideration any items of income earned but not received, expenses incurred but not
yet paid, liabilities, fixed or contingent, and any other prepaid expenses to the extent not otherwise reflected
in the books of account, and the value of options or commitments to purchase or sell Securities or commodities
pursuant to agreements entered into prior to such valuation date.
(b) The Fund will value interests in Portfolio Funds at their "fair value," as determined in good faith by
the Board of Managers, which value ordinarily will be the value of an interest in a Portfolio Fund determined by
the Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio Fund in accordance with the policies established by the Portfolio Fund,
absent information indicating that such value does not represent the fair value of the interest.
(c) The value of Securities and other assets of the Fund and the net worth of the Fund as a whole determined
pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall be conclusive and binding on all of the Members and all parties claiming
through or under them.
Article VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
8.1 Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.1, this Agreement may be amended, in whole or in part,
with: (i) the approval of the Board of Managers (including the vote of a majority of the Independent Managers,
if required by the 0000 Xxx) and (ii) if required by the 1940 Act, the approval of the Members by such vote as is
required by the 0000 Xxx.
(b) Any amendment that would:
(1) increase the obligation of a Member to make any contribution to the capital of the Fund;
(2) reduce the Capital Account of a Member or Special Advisory Account other than in accordance with Article
V; or
(3) modify the events causing the dissolution of the Fund;
may be made only if (i) the written consent of each Member adversely affected thereby is obtained prior to the
effectiveness thereof or (ii) such amendment does not become effective until (A) each Member has received written
notice of such amendment and (B) any Member objecting to such amendment has been afforded a reasonable
opportunity (pursuant to such procedures as may be prescribed by the Board of Managers) to tender its entire
Interest for repurchase by the Fund.
(c) The power of the Board of Managers to amend this Agreement at any time without the consent of the other
Members as set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 8.1 shall specifically include the power to:
(1) restate this Agreement together with any amendments hereto that have been duly adopted in accordance
herewith to incorporate such amendments in a single, integrated document;
(2) amend this Agreement (other than with respect to the matters set forth in Section 8.1(a) hereof) to
effect compliance with any applicable law or regulation or to cure any
ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision hereof that may be
inconsistent with any other provision hereof; and
(3) amend this Agreement to make such changes as may be necessary or advisable to ensure that the Fund will
not be treated as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation as defined in Section 7704(b) of the Code.
(d) The Board of Managers shall cause written notice to be given of any amendment to this Agreement (other
than any amendment of the type contemplated by clause (1) of Section 8.1(c) hereof) to each Member, which notice
shall set forth (i) the text of the amendment or (ii) a summary thereof and a statement that the text thereof
will be furnished to any Member upon request.
8.2 Special Power of Attorney
(a) Each Member hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints each Manager, acting severally, and any
liquidator of the Fund's assets appointed pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof with full power of substitution, the
true and lawful representatives and attorneys-in-fact of, and in the name, place and stead of, such Member, with
the power from time to time to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, verify, deliver, record, file and/or
publish:
(1) any amendment to this Agreement that complies with the provisions of this Agreement (including the
provisions of Section 8.1 hereof);
(2) any amendment to the Certificate required because this Agreement is amended, including, without
limitation, an amendment to effectuate any change in the membership of the
Fund; and
(3) all such other instruments, documents and certificates that, in the opinion of legal counsel to the
Fund, may from time to time be required by the laws of the United States of
America, the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction in which the Fund
shall determine to do business, or any political subdivision or agency
thereof, or that such legal counsel may deem necessary or appropriate to
effectuate, implement and continue the valid existence and business of the
Fund as a limited liability company under the Delaware Act.
(b) Each Member is aware that the terms of this Agreement permit certain amendments to this Agreement to be
effected and certain other actions to be taken or omitted by or with respect to the Fund without such Member's
consent. If an amendment to the Certificate or this Agreement or any action by or with respect to the Fund is
taken in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, each Member agrees that, notwithstanding any objection that
such Member may assert with respect to such action, the attorneys-in-fact appointed hereby are authorized and
empowered, with full power of substitution, to exercise the authority granted above in any manner that may be
necessary or appropriate to permit such amendment to be made or action lawfully taken or omitted. Each Member is
fully aware that each Member will rely on the effectiveness of this special power-of-attorney with a view to the
orderly administration of the affairs of the Fund.
(c) This power-of-attorney is a special power-of-attorney and is coupled with an interest in favor of each
of the Managers and as such:
(1) shall be irrevocable and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the subsequent death or
incapacity of any party granting this power-of-attorney, regardless of whether
the Fund or Board of Managers shall have had notice thereof; and
(2) shall survive the delivery of a Transfer by a Member of the whole or any portion of such Member's
Interest, except that where the transferee thereof has been approved by the
Board of Managers for admission to the Fund as a substituted Member, this
power-of-attorney given by the transferor shall survive the delivery of such
assignment for the sole purpose of enabling the Board of Managers to execute,
acknowledge and file any instrument necessary to effect such substitution.
8.3 Notices
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, notices that may or are required to be
provided under this Agreement shall be made, if to a Member, by regular mail, or if to the Fund, the Board of
Managers or the Adviser, by hand delivery, registered or certified mail return receipt requested, commercial
courier service, telex or telecopier, and shall be addressed to the respective parties hereto at their addresses
as set forth in the books and records of the Fund. Notices shall be deemed to have been provided when delivered
by hand, on the date indicated as the date of receipt on a return receipt or when received if sent by regular
mail, commercial courier service, telex or telecopier. A document that is not a notice and that is required to
be provided under this Agreement by any party to another party may be delivered by any reasonable means.
8.4 Agreement Binding Upon Successors and Assigns
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective heirs, successors, assigns, executors, trustees or other legal representatives, but the rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder may not be Transferred or delegated except as provided in this Agreement and
any attempted Transfer or delegation thereof that is not made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be
void.
8.5 Applicability of 1940 Act and Form N-2
The parties hereto acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, set forth
the substantive provisions contained in the 1940 Act and the Form N-2 that affect numerous aspects of the conduct
of the Fund's business and of the rights, privileges and obligations of the Members. Each provision of this
Agreement shall be subject to and interpreted in a manner consistent with the applicable provisions of the 1940
Act and the Form N-2.
8.6 Choice of Law
Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto,
the parties expressly agree that all the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed under the laws of the
State of Delaware, including the Delaware Act without regard to the conflict of law principles of such State.
8.7 Not for Benefit of Creditors
The provisions of this Agreement are intended only for the regulation of relations among past,
present and future Members, Managers, the Special Advisory Member and the Fund. This Agreement is not intended
for the benefit of non-Member creditors and no rights are granted to non-Member creditors under this Agreement.
8.8 Consents
Any and all consents, agreements or approvals provided for or permitted by this Agreement shall
be in writing and a signed copy thereof shall be filed and kept with the books of the Fund.
8.9 Merger and Consolidation
(a) The Fund may merge or consolidate with or into one or more limited liability companies formed under the
Delaware Act or other business entities pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation that has been
approved in the manner contemplated by Section 18-209(b) of the Delaware Act.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement, an agreement of merger
or consolidation approved in accordance with Section 18-209(b) of the Delaware Act may, to the extent permitted
by Section 18-209(f) of the Delaware Act, (i) effect any amendment to this Agreement, (ii) effect the adoption of
a new limited liability company agreement for the Fund if it is the surviving or resulting limited liability Fund
in the merger or consolidation, or (iii) provide that the limited liability Fund agreement of any other
constituent limited liability Fund to the merger or consolidation (including a limited liability Fund formed for
the purpose of consummating the merger or consolidation) shall be the limited liability Fund agreement of the
surviving or resulting limited liability Fund.
8.10 Pronouns
All pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural,
as the identity of the person or persons, firm or corporation may require in the context thereof.
8.11 Confidentiality
(a) A Member may obtain from the Fund such information regarding the affairs of the Fund as is just and
reasonable under the Delaware Act, subject to reasonable standards (including standards governing what
information and documents are to be furnished, at what time and location and at whose expense) established by the
Board of Managers.
(b) Each Member covenants that, except as required by applicable law or any regulatory body, it will not
divulge, furnish or make accessible to any other person the name and/or address (whether business, residence or
mailing) of any Member (collectively, "Confidential Information") without the prior written consent of the Board
of Managers, which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion.
(c) Each Member recognizes that in the event that this Section 8.11 is breached by any Member or any of its
principals, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents or any of its Affiliates, including any
of such Affiliates' principals, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents, irreparable injury
may result to the non-breaching Members and the Fund. Accordingly, in addition to any and all other remedies at
law or in equity to which the non-breaching Members and the Fund may be entitled, such Members shall also have
the right to obtain equitable relief, including, without limitation, injunctive relief, to prevent any disclosure
of Confidential Information, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and other litigation expenses incurred in connection
therewith. In the event that any non-breaching Member or the Fund determines that any of the other Members or
any of its principals, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents or any of its Affiliates,
including any of such Affiliates' principals, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents should
be enjoined from or required to take any action to prevent the disclosure of Confidential Information, each of
the other non-breaching Members agrees to pursue in a court of appropriate jurisdiction such injunctive relief.
8.12 Certification of Non-Foreign Status
Each Member or transferee of an Interest from a Member shall certify, upon admission to the
Fund and at such other times thereafter as the Board of Managers may request, whether such Member is a "United
States Person" within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code on forms to be provided by the Fund, and
shall notify the Fund within 60 days of any change in such Member's status.
8.13 Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be
enforceable in the manner set forth in this Agreement, each Member agrees that it is the intention of the Members
that such provision should be enforceable to the maximum extent possible under applicable law. If any provisions
of this Agreement are held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidation or unenforceability shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement (or portion thereof).
8.14 Filing of Returns
The Board of Managers or its designated agent shall prepare and file, or cause the accountants
of the Fund to prepare and file, a Federal information tax return in compliance with Section 6031 of the Code and
any required state and local income tax and information returns for each tax year of the Fund.
8.15 Tax Matters Partner
(a) A Manager who is a Member shall be designated on the Fund's annual Federal income tax return, and have
full powers and responsibilities, as the Tax Matters Partner of the Fund for purposes of Section 6231(a)(7) of
the Code. In the event that no Manager is a Member, a Member shall be so designated. Should any Member be
designated as the Tax Matters Partner for the Fund pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code, it shall, and each
Member hereby does, to the fullest extent permitted by law, delegate to a Manager selected by the Board of
Managers all of its rights, powers and authority to act as such Tax Matters Partner and hereby constitutes and
appoints such Manager as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power to act in its name and on its behalf,
including the power to act through such agents or attorneys as it shall elect or appoint, to receive notices, to
make, execute and deliver, swear to, acknowledge and file any and all reports, responses and notices, and to do
any and all things required or advisable, in the Manager's judgment, to be done by such a Tax Matters Partner.
Any Member designated as the Tax Matters Partner for the Fund under Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Fund from any and all liabilities and obligations that arise from or by
reason of such designation.
(b) Each person (for purposes of this Section 8.15, called a "Pass-Thru Member") that holds or controls an
interest as a Member on behalf of, or for the benefit of, another person or persons, or which Pass-Thru Member is
beneficially owned (directly or indirectly) by another person or persons, shall, within 30 days following receipt
from the Tax Matters Partner of any notice, demand, request for information or similar document, convey such
notice or other document in writing to all holders of beneficial interests in the Fund holding such interests
through such Pass-Thru Member. In the event the Fund shall be the subject of an income tax audit by any Federal,
state or local authority, to the extent the Fund is treated as an entity for purposes of such audit, including
administrative settlement and judicial review, the Tax Matters Partner shall be authorized to act for, and its
decision shall be final and binding upon, the Fund and each Member thereof. All expenses incurred in connection
with any such audit, investigation, settlement or review shall be borne by the Fund.
8.16 Section 754 Election
In the event of a distribution of Fund property to a Member or an assignment or other transfer
(including by reason of death) of all or part of the interest of a Member in the Fund, at the request of a
Member, the Board of Managers, in its discretion, may cause the Fund to elect, pursuant to Section 754 of the
Code, or the corresponding provision of subsequent law, to adjust the basis of the Fund property as provided by
Sections 734 and 743 of the Code.
8.17 Use of Names "Xxxxxxxxxxx" and "Tremont"
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") and Tremont Partners, Inc. ("Tremont") each hereby grants to the
Fund a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use the name "Xxxxxxxxxxx" and "Tremont," respectively, in the name
of the Fund for the duration of this Agreement and any extensions or renewals thereof. Each license may, upon
termination of this Agreement, be terminated by OFI and Tremont, respectively, in which event the Fund shall
promptly take whatever action may be necessary to change its name and discontinue any further use of the name
"Xxxxxxxxxxx" or "Tremont," as the case may be, in the name of the Fund or otherwise. The name "Xxxxxxxxxxx" or
"Tremont" may be used or licensed by OFI or Tremont, respectively, in connection with any of its activities, or
licensed by OFI or Tremont, respectively, to any other party.
EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES HAVING READ THIS AGREEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE SIGNING,
INCLUDING THE CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 8.11.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year
first above written.
MANAGERS:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER:
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
By:
MEMBERS:
Each person who shall sign an investor application or certification and who shall be accepted by the Board of
Managers to the Fund as a Member.
ADVISER:
OPPENHEIMERFUNDS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPECIAL ADVISORY MEMBER:
TREMONT PARTNERS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
