AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF AMERICAN MIDSTREAM GP, LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Exhibit 3.5
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
AMERICAN MIDSTREAM GP, LLC
A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
DATED AS OF
NOVEMBER 4, 2009
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
AMERICAN MIDSTREAM GP, LLC
A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
DATED AS OF
NOVEMBER 4, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article I Definitions | 4 | |||||||
SECTION 1.1 | Definitions | 4 | ||||||
SECTION 1.2 | Construction | 10 | ||||||
Article II Organization | 11 | |||||||
SECTION 2.1 | Formation | 11 | ||||||
SECTION 2.2 | Name | 11 | ||||||
SECTION 2.3 | Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office | 11 | ||||||
SECTION 2.4 | Purposes | 11 | ||||||
SECTION 2.5 | Term | 11 | ||||||
SECTION 2.6 | No State Law Partnership | 12 | ||||||
SECTION 2.7 | Title to Company Assets | 12 | ||||||
SECTION 2.8 | Liability of Members, Assignees, Directors and Officers | 12 | ||||||
SECTION 2.9 | Limited Liability Company Agreement; Effect of Inconsistencies with the Act | 12 | ||||||
Article III Membership | 13 | |||||||
SECTION 3.1 | Membership Interests; Additional Members | 13 | ||||||
SECTION 3.2 | Assignees | 13 | ||||||
SECTION 3.3 | Access To Information | 13 | ||||||
SECTION 3.4 | Liability of Members and Assignees | 14 | ||||||
SECTION 3.5 | Resignation | 14 | ||||||
Article IV Capital Contributions | 14 | |||||||
SECTION 4.1 | Initial Capital Contributions | 14 | ||||||
SECTION 4.2 | Loans | 14 | ||||||
SECTION 4.3 | Return of Contributions | 14 | ||||||
SECTION 4.4 | Capital Accounts | 15 | ||||||
Article V Distributions And Allocations | 15 | |||||||
SECTION 5.1 | Allocations for Capital Account Purposes | 15 | ||||||
SECTION 5.2 | Tax Allocations | 16 | ||||||
SECTION 5.3 | Varying Interests | 16 | ||||||
SECTION 5.4 | Distributions | 16 | ||||||
SECTION 5.5 | Limitations on Distributions | 17 | ||||||
Article VI Management | 17 | |||||||
SECTION 6.1 | Management by Board of Directors | 17 | ||||||
SECTION 6.2 | Number; Qualification; Tenure | 17 | ||||||
SECTION 6.3 | Regular Meetings | 18 | ||||||
SECTION 6.4 | Special Meetings | 18 | ||||||
SECTION 6.5 | Notice | 18 | ||||||
SECTION 6.6 | Action By Consent of Board or Committee of Board | 18 | ||||||
SECTION 6.7 | Conference Telephone Meetings | 18 | ||||||
SECTION 6.8 | Quorum | 19 |
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SECTION 6.9 | Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors | 19 | ||||||
SECTION 6.10 | Committees | 19 | ||||||
SECTION 6.11 | Removal | 20 | ||||||
SECTION 6.12 | Compensation of Directors | 20 | ||||||
Article VII Officers | 20 | |||||||
SECTION 7.1 | Appointed Officers | 20 | ||||||
SECTION 7.2 | Election and Term of Office | 21 | ||||||
SECTION 7.3 | Chairman of the Board | 21 | ||||||
SECTION 7.4 | Chief Executive Officer | 21 | ||||||
SECTION 7.5 | President | 21 | ||||||
SECTION 7.6 | Chief Financial Officer | 22 | ||||||
SECTION 7.7 | Chief Operating Officer | 22 | ||||||
SECTION 7.8 | Vice Presidents | 22 | ||||||
SECTION 7.9 | Treasurer | 22 | ||||||
SECTION 7.10 | Secretary | 22 | ||||||
SECTION 7.11 | Powers of Attorney | 23 | ||||||
SECTION 7.12 | Delegation of Authority | 23 | ||||||
SECTION 7.13 | Expenses | 23 | ||||||
SECTION 7.14 | Removal | 23 | ||||||
SECTION 7.15 | Vacancies | 23 | ||||||
Article VIII Member Meetings | 24 | |||||||
SECTION 8.1 | Meetings | 24 | ||||||
SECTION 8.2 | Notice of a Meeting | 24 | ||||||
SECTION 8.3 | Action by Consent of Members | 24 | ||||||
SECTION 8.4 | Member Vote | 24 | ||||||
SECTION 8.5 | In the Event of a Sole Member | 24 | ||||||
Article IX Outside Activities and Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Agents | 25 | |||||||
SECTION 9.1 | Outside Activities | 25 | ||||||
SECTION 9.2 | Indemnification | 26 | ||||||
SECTION 9.3 | Exculpation of Liability of Indemnitees | 27 | ||||||
SECTION 9.4 | Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties | 28 | ||||||
Article X Taxes | 29 | |||||||
SECTION 10.1 | Tax Returns | 29 | ||||||
SECTION 10.2 | Tax Elections | 29 | ||||||
SECTION 10.3 | Tax Matters Member | 30 | ||||||
Article XI Books, Records, Reports, and Bank Accounts | 30 | |||||||
SECTION 11.1 | Maintenance of Books | 30 | ||||||
SECTION 11.2 | Reports | 30 | ||||||
SECTION 11.3 | Bank Accounts | 31 |
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Article XII Dissolution, Winding-Up, Termination and Conversion | 31 | |||||||
SECTION 12.1 | Dissolution | 31 | ||||||
SECTION 12.2 | Winding-Up and Termination | 31 | ||||||
SECTION 12.3 | Deficit Capital Accounts | 32 | ||||||
SECTION 12.4 | Certificate of Cancellation | 32 | ||||||
Article XIII General Provisions | 33 | |||||||
SECTION 13.1 | Offset | 33 | ||||||
SECTION 13.2 | Notices | 33 | ||||||
SECTION 13.3 | Entire Agreement; Superseding Effect | 33 | ||||||
SECTION 13.4 | Effect of Waiver or Consent | 33 | ||||||
SECTION 13.5 | Amendment or Restatement | 34 | ||||||
SECTION 13.6 | Binding Effect | 34 | ||||||
SECTION 13.7 | Governing Law; Severability | 34 | ||||||
SECTION 13.8 | Further Assurances | 34 | ||||||
SECTION 13.9 | Waiver of Certain Rights | 35 | ||||||
SECTION 13.10 | Counterparts | 35 | ||||||
SECTION 13.11 | Jurisdiction | 35 | ||||||
EXHIBIT A |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY AGREEMENT OF AMERICAN MIDSTREAM GP, LLC
A Delaware Limited Liability Company
COMPANY AGREEMENT OF AMERICAN MIDSTREAM GP, LLC
A Delaware Limited Liability Company
This AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of AMERICAN
MIDSTREAM GP, LLC (the “Company”), dated as of November 4, 2009, is adopted, executed and agreed
to, for good and valuable consideration, by AIM Midstream Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“AIM Midstream Holdings”), as the sole member.
RECITALS
1. The name of the Company is “American Midstream GP, LLC”.
2. The Company was originally formed as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of
a Certificate of Formation (the “Delaware Certificate”), dated as of August 20, 2009 (the “Original
Filing Date”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, pursuant to the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del.C. § 18-101, et seq. (the “Act”) with
AIM Midstream Holdings as the sole member.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.1 Definitions. (a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective
meanings set forth below or set forth in the Sections referred to below:
"Act” has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
"Adjusted Capital Account” means, with respect to any Member, the balance, if any, in such
Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant fiscal year, after giving effect to the
following adjustments:
(i) credit to such Capital Account any amounts that such Member is obligated to restore
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate
sentences of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5);
(ii) debit to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulation Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6).
The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Allocation Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
"Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to
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direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
"controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of American
Midstream GP, LLC, as amended from time to time.
"Allocation Regulations” means Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b), 1.704-2 and 1.704-3
(including temporary regulations), as such regulations may be amended and in effect from time to
time and any corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations.
"Applicable Law” means (a) any United States federal, state, local or foreign law, statute,
rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judgment, decree or permit of any Governmental Authority
and (b) any rule or listing requirement of any applicable National Securities Exchange or listing
requirement of any National Securities Exchange or Securities and Exchange Commission recognized
trading market on which securities issued by the Partnership are listed or quoted.
"Assignee” means any Person that acquires a Membership Interest or any portion thereof through
a Disposition; provided, however, that an Assignee shall have no right to be admitted to the
Company as a Member except in accordance with this Agreement. The Assignee of a dissolved Member
is the shareholder, partner, member or other equity owner or owners of the dissolved Member to whom
such Member’s Membership Interest is assigned by the Person conducting the liquidation or winding
up of such Member. The Assignee of a Bankrupt Member is (a) the Person or Persons (if any) to whom
such Bankrupt Member’s Membership Interest is assigned by order of the bankruptcy court or other
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Bankruptcy, or (b) in the event of a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, the creditor to which such Membership Interest is
assigned.
"Audit Committee” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.10(b)
"Available Cash” means, with respect to any Quarter ending prior to a Dissolution Event,
(i) the sum of all cash and cash equivalents of the Company on hand at the end of such
Quarter, less
(ii) the amount of any cash reserves that are established by the Board to (A) satisfy general,
administrative and other expenses and debt service requirements, (B) permit the Company to make
capital contributions to the Partnership to maintain its general partner interest in the
Partnership upon the issuance of partnership securities by the Partnership, (C) comply with
applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, debt instrument or other
agreement or obligation to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or its assets are
subject, (D) provide funds for distributions under Section 5.3 in respect of any one or
more of the next four Quarters (provided, however, that disbursements made by the Company or cash
reserves established, increased or reduced after the end of such Quarter, but on or before the date
of determination of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter, shall be deemed to have been made,
established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Available Cash, within
such Quarter if the Board so determines) or (E) otherwise provide for the proper conduct of
the business of the Company subsequent to such Quarter.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Available Cash” with respect to the Quarter in which a Dissolution
Event occurs and any subsequent Quarter shall equal zero.
"Bankruptcy” or “Bankrupt” means, with respect to any Person, that (a) such Person (i) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (ii) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition; (iii)
becomes the subject of an order for relief or is declared insolvent in any federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings; (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for such Person a
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief
under any Applicable Law; (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the
material allegations of a petition filed against such Person in a proceeding of the type described
in subclauses (i) through (iv) of this clause (a); or (vi) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part
of such Person’s properties; or (b) a proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any Applicable Law has been
commenced against such Person and 120 Days have expired without dismissal thereof or with respect
to which, without such Person’s consent or acquiescence, a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such
Person or of all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties has been appointed and 90 Days
have expired without the appointment’s having been vacated or stayed, or 90 Days have expired after
the date of expiration of a stay, if the appointment has not previously been vacated.
"Board” has the meaning given such term in Section 5.4.
"Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day when banks in New York,
New York or Houston, Texas are authorized or required by Applicable Law to be closed.
"Capital Account” means, with respect to any Member, the account to be maintained by the
Company for each Member in accordance with Section 4.4.
"Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money and the net
agreed value of any property (other than money) contributed to the Company by such Member. Any
reference in this Agreement to the Capital Contribution of a Member shall include a Capital
Contribution of its predecessors in interest.
"Carrying Value” means, (a) with respect to property contributed to the Company, the fair
market value of such property at the time of contribution reduced (but not below zero) by all
depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to the Members’ Capital Accounts,
(b) with respect to any property whose value is adjusted pursuant to the Allocation Regulations,
the adjusted value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all depreciation, amortization
and cost recovery deductions charged to the Members’ Capital Accounts and (c) with respect to any
other Company Property, the adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax purposes, all as
of the time of determination.
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"Change of Control” means, with respect to the Company, (i) the consolidation or merger of the
Company with or into another Person pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Membership
Interests of the Company are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property,
other than any such transaction where (a) the outstanding Membership Interests of the Company are
changed into or exchanged for Voting Securities of the surviving entity or its parent and (b) the
holders of Membership Interests of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own, directly
or indirectly, not less than a majority of the outstanding Voting Securities of the surviving
entity or its parent immediately after such transaction or (ii) a “person” or “group” (within the
meaning of Sections 13(d) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) being or becoming the “beneficial owner”
(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of all of the then
outstanding Membership Interests of the Company, except in a merger or consolidation which would
not constitute a Change of Control under clause (i) above.
"Claim” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits,
proceedings, Governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties,
administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages (whether actual,
consequential or punitive), including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees,
disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.
"Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
"Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Units” means the common units representing limited partner interests in the
Partnership.
"Company” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Company Property” means any and all property, both real and personal, tangible and
intangible, whether contributed or otherwise acquired, owned by the Company.
"Conflicts Committee” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.10(c).
"Contribution Agreement” means the Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated
the date hereof, among AIM Midstream Holdings, the Company, the Partnership and the other parties
thereto.
"Day” means a calendar day; provided, however, that, if any period of Days referred to in this
Agreement shall end on a Day that is not a Business Day, then the expiration of such period shall
be automatically extended until the end of the next succeeding Business Day.
"Delaware Certificate” has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
"Director” or “Directors” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.2.
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"Dispose,” “Disposing” or “Disposition” means, with respect to any asset (including a
Membership Interest or any portion thereof), a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, gift,
exchange or other disposition of such asset, whether such disposition be voluntary, involuntary or
by operation of Applicable Law.
"Dissolution Event” has the meaning given such term in Section 12.1(a).
"Encumber,” “Encumbering” or “Encumbrance” means the creation of a security interest, lien,
pledge, mortgage or other encumbrance, whether such encumbrance be voluntary, involuntary or by
operation of Applicable Law.
"GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time
during the term of this Agreement.
"Governmental Authority” or “Governmental” means any federal, state, local or foreign court or
governmental or regulatory agency or authority or any arbitration board, tribunal or mediator
having jurisdiction over the Company or its assets or Members.
"Group Member” means a member of the Partnership Group.
"Group Member Agreement” means the partnership agreement of any Group Member, other than the
Partnership, that is a limited or general partnership, the limited liability company agreement of
any Group Member that is a limited liability company, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws
or similar organizational documents of any Group Member that is a corporation, the joint venture
agreement or similar governing document of any Group Member that is a joint venture and the
governing or organizational or similar documents of any other Group Member that is a Person other
than a limited or general partnership, limited liability company, corporation or joint venture, as
such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
"AIM Midstream Holdings” has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
"Incentive Plan” means any plan or arrangement pursuant to which the Company or the
Partnership may compensate any of its or its Affiliates’ employees, consultants, directors and
service providers, including the LTIP.
"Indemnitee” means (a) any Person who is or was an Affiliate of the Company (other than the
Partnership and its Subsidiaries), (b) any Person who is or was a member, partner, officer,
director, employee, agent or trustee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, (c) any Person
who is or was serving at the request of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company as an officer,
director, employee, member, partner, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another Person; provided, that
a Person shall not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee,
fiduciary or custodial services, and (d) any Person the Company designates and an “Indemnitee” for
the purposes of this Agreement.
"Independent Director” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.10(b).
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"LTIP” means the American Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, as may be amended or any
equity compensation plan successor thereto or otherwise adopted by the Company or the Partnership.
"Member” means AIM Midstream Holdings as the sole member of the Company executing this
Agreement and any Person hereafter admitted to the Company as a member as provided in this
Agreement, each in its capacity as a member of the Company, but such term does not include any
Person who has ceased to be a member in the Company. Except as otherwise provided in accordance
with Section 3.1, for purposes of the Act the Members shall constitute a single class or
group of members.
"Membership Interest” means, with respect to any Member, (a) that Member’s status as a Member;
(b) that Member’s share of the income, gain, loss, deduction and credits of, and the right to
receive distributions from, the Company; (c) all other rights, benefits and privileges enjoyed by
that Member (under the Act, this Agreement or otherwise) in its capacity as a Member, including
that Member’s rights to vote, consent and approve and otherwise to participate in the management of
the Company; and (d) all obligations, duties and liabilities imposed on that Member (under the Act,
this Agreement or otherwise) in its capacity as a Member, including any obligations to make Capital
Contributions.
"National Securities Exchange” means an exchange registered with the Commission under Section
6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to
time, and any successor thereto.
"Notices” has the meaning given such term in Section 13.2.
"NYSE” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.2.
"Original Filing Date” has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
"Partnership” means American Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and any
successors thereto.
"Partnership Agreement” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of the Partnership, dated November 4, 2009, as amended from time to time, or any successor
agreement.
"Partnership IPO” means the initial public offering of securities of the Partnership that
result in securities of the Partnership being listed for trading on a National Securities Exchange.
"Partnership IPO Closing Date” means the closing date of the sale of the Common Units in the
Partnership IPO.
"Partnership Group” means the Partnership and its subsidiaries treated as a single
consolidated entity.
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"Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
association, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization, joint venture, trust, court,
Governmental agency or any political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
"Phase In Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.2.
"Quarter” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a fiscal quarter of the Company.
"Registered Public Accountants” means a firm of independent registered certified public
accountant selected from time to time by the Members.
"Sharing Ratio” means, subject to adjustments in accordance with this Agreement, (a) in the
case of a Member executing this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement or a Person acquiring
such Member’s Membership Interest, the percentage specified for that Member as its Sharing Ratio on
Exhibit A, and (b) in the case of Membership Interests issued pursuant to Section 3.1, the
Sharing Ratio established pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the total of all Sharing Ratios
shall always equal 100%.
"Special Approval” means approval by a majority of the members of the Conflicts Committee.
"Subsidiary” has the meaning given such term in the Partnership Agreement.
"Tax Matters Member” has the meaning given such term in Section 10.3.
"Term” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.5.
"Treasury Regulations” means the regulations (including temporary regulations) promulgated by
the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to and in respect of provisions of the Code.
All references herein to sections of the Treasury Regulations shall include any corresponding
provision or provisions of succeeding, similar or substitute, temporary or final, Treasury
Regulations.
"Voting Securities” means securities of any class of a Person entitling the holders thereof to
vote in the election of, or to appoint, members of the board of directors or other similar
governing body of such Person.
"Withdraw,” “Withdrawing” or “Withdrawal” means the withdrawal, resignation or retirement of a
Member from the Company as a Member.
(b) Other terms defined herein have the meanings so given them.
SECTION 1.2 Construction. |
Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) the gender of all words used in this Agreement
includes the masculine, feminine and neuter, (b) the singular forms of nouns, pronouns and verbs
shall include the plural and vice versa, (c) all references to Articles and Sections refer to
articles and sections in this Agreement, each of which is made a part for all purposes and (d) the
term “include” or “includes” means includes, without limitation, and “including” means including,
without limitation.
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ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.1 Formation.
The Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of the Delaware
Certificate, dated as of the Original Filing Date, with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware pursuant to the Act.
SECTION 2.2 Name.
The name of the Company is “American Midstream GP, LLC” and all Company business must be
conducted in that name or such other names that comply with Applicable Law as the Board may select.
SECTION 2.3 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office.
The name of the Company’s registered agent for service of process is The Corporation Trust
Company, and the address of the Company’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The principal place of business of the
Company shall be located at 0000 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000. The Board may change
the Company’s registered agent or the location of the Company’s registered office or principal
place of business as the Board may from time to time determine.
SECTION 2.4 Purposes.
(a) The purposes of the Company are to act as the general partner of the Partnership as
described in the Partnership Agreement and to engage in any lawful business or activity ancillary
or related thereto. The Company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges
granted by the Act, by any other law or by this Agreement, together with any powers incidental
thereto, including such powers and privileges as are necessary or appropriate to the conduct,
promotion or attainment of the business, purposes or activities of the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company is hereby authorized to
execute, deliver and perform, and any Member, Director or officer of the Company on behalf of the
Company, is hereby authorized to execute and deliver the Partnership Agreement, the Contribution
Agreement and any documents contemplated thereby or related thereto and any amendments to any such
documents, all without any vote or consent of any member or any other Person.
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SECTION 2.5 Term.
The period of existence of the Company (the “Term”) commenced on the Original Filing Date and
shall end at such time as a certificate of cancellation is filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware in accordance with Section 12.4.
SECTION 2.6 No State Law Partnership.
The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including a limited partnership) or
joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member, for any
purposes other than federal, state, local and foreign income tax purposes, and this Agreement may
not be construed to suggest otherwise.
SECTION 2.7 Title to Company Assets.
Title to Company assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible,
shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member shall have any ownership
interest in such Company assets or portion thereof.
SECTION 2.8 Liability of Members, Assignees, Directors and Officers.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Member, Assignee, Director or Officer,
solely by reason of being a Member, Assignee, Director or Officer, shall be liable, under a
judgment, decree or order of a court, under common law or in any other manner, for a debt,
obligation or liability of the Company or the Partnership, whether arising in contract, tort or
otherwise, or for the acts or omissions of any other Member, Assignee, Director, Officer, agent or
employee of the Company or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the failure of
the Company (acting in its own capacity or as the general partner of the Partnership) to observe
any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its (or the
Partnership’s) business or affairs shall not be grounds for imposing liability for any such debts,
obligations or liabilities of the Company or the Partnership.
SECTION 2.9 Limited Liability Company Agreement; Effect of Inconsistencies with the Act.
It is the express intention of the Members that this Agreement shall be the sole governing
document for the Company and, except to the extent a provision of this Agreement is expressly
prohibited or ineffective under a nonwaivable provision of applicable law, this Agreement shall
govern even when inconsistent with, or different than, the provisions of applicable law. To the
extent any provision of this Agreement is prohibited or ineffective under a nonwaivable provision
of applicable law, this Agreement shall be considered amended to the least degree possible in order
to make this Agreement effective under applicable law. If applicable law is subsequently amended
or interpreted in such a way to make any provision of this Agreement that was formerly invalid
valid, such provision shall be considered to be valid from the effective date of such
interpretation or amendment. The Members shall be entitled to rely on the provisions of this
Agreement, and the Members shall not be liable to the Company for any action or refusal to act
taken in good faith reliance on the terms of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 3.1 Membership Interests; Additional Members.
AIM Midstream Holdings is the sole initial Member of the Company, as reflected in Exhibit A hereto and was admitted to the Company upon its execution of a counterpart signature page to
the limited liability company agreement of the Company. Additional Person(s) may be admitted to
the Company as a Member(s) in exchange for such consideration and upon such other terms and
conditions, in each case as determined by the Board in good faith. The terms of admission or
issuance must specify the Sharing Ratios applicable thereto and may provide for the creation of
different classes or groups of Members having different rights, powers and duties, including
rights, powers and duties that are senior in preference to existing Members. The Members may
reflect the creation of any new class or group in an amendment to this Agreement indicating the
different rights, powers and duties, and such an amendment shall be approved and executed by the
Members. Any such admission is effective only after such new Member has executed and delivered to
the Members and the Company an instrument containing the notice address of the new Member and such
new Member’s ratification of this Agreement and agreement to be bound by it. Upon the admission of
a new Member, Exhibit A will be updated to reflect such admission.
SECTION 3.2 Assignees.
Unless admitted as a Member, no Assignee, whether by a voluntary Disposition, by operation of
law or otherwise, shall have any rights hereunder, other than the rights of an Assignee. An
Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a Member’s Membership Interest under
the Act, including the right to receive distributions from the Company and the share of profits and
losses attributable to the Membership Interest Disposed to such Assignee, but shall not be deemed
to be a Member for any other purpose under this Agreement and shall not be entitled to vote or
consent with respect to such Membership Interest on any matter presented to the Members for
approval (such power and right to so vote and consent remaining with the Member having so Disposed
of such Membership Interest to the Assignee). In the event any Assignee desires to further Dispose
of such Membership Interest, such Assignee shall be subject to the restrictions on Dispositions set
forth in this Agreement to the same extent and in the same manner as any Member desiring to make a
Disposition of its Membership Interest.
SECTION 3.3 Access To Information.
Each Member shall be entitled to receive any information that it may request concerning the
Company upon reasonable demand for any purpose reasonably related to such Member’s interest in the
Company; provided, however, that this Section 3.3 shall not obligate the Company to create
any information that does not already exist at the time of such request (other than to convert
existing information from one medium to another, such as providing a printout of information that
is stored in a computer database). Each Member shall also have the right, upon reasonable notice
and at all reasonable times during usual business hours, for any purpose
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reasonably related to such Members interest in the Company, to inspect the properties of the
Company and to audit, examine and make copies of the books of account and other records of the
Company. Such right may be exercised through any agent or employee of such Member designated in
writing by it or by an independent public accountant, engineer, attorney or other consultant so
designated. All costs and expenses incurred in any inspection, examination or audit made on such
Member’s behalf shall be borne by such Member.
SECTION 3.4 Liability of Members and Assignees.
The Members and Assignees agree that the rights, duties and obligations of the Members and
Assignees in their capacities as such are only as set forth in this Agreement and as otherwise
arise under the Act. Furthermore, the Members and Assignees agree that the existence of any rights
of a Member or Assignee, or the exercise or forbearance from exercise of any such rights shall not
create any duties or obligations of the Member or Assignees in their capacities as such, nor shall
such rights be construed to enlarge or otherwise alter in any manner the duties and obligations of
the Members or Assignees.
SECTION 3.5 Resignation.
A Member does not have the right or power to resign.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 4.1 Initial Capital Contributions.
At the time of the formation of the Company, as reflected on Exhibit A, AIM Midstream
Holdings made a Capital Contribution in the amount of $1,000 in exchange for all the Membership
Interests in the Company. In addition, on the date hereof, AIM Midstream Holdings made such
additional Capital Contributions to the Company as are described in the Contribution Agreement.
Upon the admission of a subsequent Member, Exhibit A shall be updated to reflect the
Capital Contribution attributable to such Member. After admission as a Member, no Member shall be
obligated to make any additional capital contributions to the Company.
SECTION 4.2 Loans.
If the Company does not have sufficient cash to pay its obligations, any Member may advance
all or part of the needed funds to or on behalf of the Company. An advance described in this
Section 4.2 constitutes a loan from the Member to the Company, bears interest at a rate
determined by the Members from the date of the advance until the date of payment and is not a
Capital Contribution.
SECTION 4.3 Return of Contributions.
Except as expressly provided herein, no Member is entitled to the return of any part of its
Capital Contributions or to be paid interest in respect of either its Capital Account or its
Capital
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Contributions. An unrepaid Capital Contribution is not a liability of the Company or of any
Member. A Member is not required to contribute or to lend any cash or property to the Company to
enable the Company to return any Member’s Capital Contributions.
SECTION 4.4 Capital Accounts.
A Capital Account shall be established and maintained for each Member in accordance with
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) et seq., as such regulations may be amended and in effect
from time to time and any corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations.
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
SECTION 5.1 Allocations for Capital Account Purposes. (a) Except as otherwise set forth in
Section 5.1(b), for purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts and in determining the
rights of the Members among themselves, the Company’s items of income, gain, loss and deduction
shall be allocated and charged to the Members to cause, to the extent possible, the positive
Capital Account balances of the Members to be in the same proportion as their respective Sharing
Ratios.
(b) The following special allocations shall be made prior to making any allocations provided
for in Section 5.1(a) above:
(i) Qualified Income Offset. Except as provided in Section 5.1(b)(ii) hereof,
in the event any Member receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in
Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), items of Company income and gain shall be specifically allocated to
such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the
Allocation Regulations, the deficit balance, if any, in such Member’s Adjusted Capital
Account created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible.
(ii) Nonrecourse Debt Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 5.1, each Member shall be allocated items of Company income and gain in each
fiscal year as necessary, in the Board’s discretion, to comply with the Allocation
Regulations relating to nonrecourse debt.
(iii) Gross Income Allocations. In the event any Member has a deficit balance in such
Member’s Adjusted Capital Account at the end of any Company taxable period, such Member
shall be specially allocated items of Company gross income and gain in the amount of such
excess as quickly as possible; provided, that an allocation pursuant to this Section
5.1(b)(iii) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have a
deficit balance in such Member’s Adjusted Capital Account after all other allocations
provided in this Section 5.1 have been tentatively made as if Section
5.1(b)(iii) were not in the Agreement.
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(iv) Code Section 754 Adjustment. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax
basis of any Company asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required,
pursuant to the Allocation Regulations, to be taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item
of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment
decreases such basis), and such item of gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the
Members in a manner consistent with the manner in which their Capital Accounts are required
to be adjusted pursuant to the Allocation Regulations.
(v) Curative Allocation. The special allocations set forth in Section
5.1(b)(i), Section 5.1(b)(ii) and Section 5.1(b)(iii) (the “Regulatory
Allocations”) are intended to comply with the Allocation Regulations. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Section 5.1, the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into
account in allocating items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Members such that,
to the extent possible, the net amount of allocations of such items and the Regulatory
Allocations to each Member shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated
to each Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.
SECTION 5.2 Tax Allocations.
For federal income tax purposes, except as otherwise required by the Code, the Allocation
Regulations or the following sentence, each item of Company income, gain, loss, deduction and
credit shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as corresponding items are allocated
in Section 5.1. Notwithstanding any provisions contained herein to the contrary, in
accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, Company items
of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated to take into account any variation between
the Company’s tax basis in Company Property and its Carrying Value. Any elections or other
decisions relating to such allocations shall be made by the Tax Matters Member in any manner that
reasonably reflects the purpose and intention of this Agreement, provided, that the Company shall
use the remedial allocation method set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d).
Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.2 are solely for purposes of federal, state and
local taxes, and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s
Capital Account, share of allocations pursuant to Section 5.1, or distributions pursuant to
any provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.3 Varying Interests.
All items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit shall be allocated, and all distributions
shall be made, to the Persons shown on the records of the Company to have been Members as of the
last calendar day of the period for which the allocation or distribution is to be made.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if during any taxable year there is a change in any Member’s Sharing
Ratio, the Members agree that their allocable shares of such items for the taxable year shall be
determined on any method determined by the Members in their sole discretion to be permissible under
Code Section 706 and the related Treasury Regulations to take account of the Members’ varying
Sharing Ratios.
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SECTION 5.4 Distributions.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.2, cash may be distributed at such time and
in such amounts as the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall determine to the
Members in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios. Such distributions shall be made
concurrently to the Members (or their Assignees) as reflected on the books of the Company on the
date set for purposes of such distribution; provided, however, that from and after the Partnership
IPO Closing Date, within 50 days following the end of each Quarter commencing with the Quarter in
which the Partnership IPO Closing Date occurs, an amount equal to 100% of Available Cash with
respect to such Quarter shall be distributed in accordance with this Article V to all
Members simultaneously pro rata in accordance with each Member’s Sharing Ratio (at the time the
amounts of such distributions are determined).
SECTION 5.5 Limitations on Distributions.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall
not make a distribution to any Member on account of its interest in the Company if such
distribution would violate any Applicable Law.
ARTICLE VI
MANAGEMENT
SECTION 6.1 Management by Board of Directors.
Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the business and affairs of the Company shall
be fully vested in, and managed by, the Board and, subject to the discretion of the Board, officers
elected pursuant to Article VII. The Directors and officers shall collectively constitute
“managers” of the Company within the meaning of the Act. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the authority and functions of the Board, on the one hand, and of the officers, on the
other hand, shall be identical to the authority and functions of the board of directors and
officers, respectively, of a corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware. The officers shall be vested with such powers and duties as are set forth in
Article VII and as are specified by the Board. Accordingly, except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Agreement, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed
under the direction of the Board, and the day-to-day activities of the Company shall be conducted
on the Company’s behalf by the officers who shall be agents of the Company. The Members in their
capacity as Members shall not have any power or authority to manage the business or affairs of the
Company or to bind the Company or enter into agreements on behalf of the Company.
SECTION 6.2 Number; Qualification; Tenure.
(a) The number of directors constituting the Board shall be between one and nine (each a
"Director” and, collectively, the “Directors”), and may be fixed from time to time pursuant to a
resolution adopted by a majority of Directors. A Director need not be a Member. Each Director
shall be elected or approved by the Members at an annual meeting of the Members and shall serve as
a Director of the Company for a term of one year (or their earlier death or removal from office) or
until their successors are elected and qualified.
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(b) The initial Director of the Company shall be Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx. No later than the date
on which the Common Units become listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”), the
Members shall appoint one Independent Director; the Members shall appoint one additional
Independent Director within three months of the listing of the Common Units on the NYSE and one
additional Independent Director within 12 months of such listing or within such other time period
as may be required by the NYSE (the “Phase In Period”).
SECTION 6.3 Regular Meetings.
Regular quarterly and annual meetings of the Board shall be held at such time and place as
shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board. Notice of such regular quarterly
and annual meetings shall not be required.
SECTION 6.4 Special Meetings.
A special meeting of the Board may be called at any time at the written request of (a) the
Chairman of the Board, (b) a majority of the Independent Directors or (c) any three Directors.
SECTION 6.5 Notice.
(a) Written notice of all special meetings of the Board must be given to all Directors at
least one Business Day prior to any special meeting of the Board.
(b) All notices and other communications to be given to Directors shall be sufficiently given
for all purposes hereunder if in writing and delivered by email, hand, courier or overnight
delivery service or three days after being mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, with appropriate postage prepaid, or when received in the form of a telegram or
facsimile, and shall be directed to the address or facsimile number as such Director shall
designate by notice to the Company. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of,
any regular or special meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except
for amendments to this Agreement, as provided herein.
(c) Attendance of a Director at a meeting shall constitute waiver of notice of such meeting,
except where such Director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A
meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the Directors are present or if those not
present waive notice of the meeting either before or after such meeting.
SECTION 6.6 Action By Consent of Board or Committee of Board.
To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Board, or any committee of the Board, may act
without a meeting so long as all members of the Board or committee shall have executed a written
consent with respect to any action taken in lieu of a meeting.
SECTION 6.7 Conference Telephone Meetings.
Directors or members of any committee of the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board
or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications
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equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
SECTION 6.8 Quorum.
A majority of all Directors, present in person or participating in accordance with Section
6.7, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the
Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn
the meeting from time to time without further notice. Except as otherwise required by Applicable
Law, all decisions of the Board, or any committee of the Board, shall require the affirmative vote
of a majority of all Directors of the Board, or any committee of the Board, respectively. The
Directors present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment,
notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Directors to leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 6.9 Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors.
Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of
Directors shall be filled by the Members in their sole discretion. Any Director so chosen shall
hold office until the next annual election and until his successor shall be duly elected and shall
qualify, unless sooner displaced.
SECTION 6.10 Committees.
(a) The Board may establish committees of the Board and may delegate any of its
responsibilities, except as otherwise prohibited by Applicable Law, to such committees.
(b) No later than the date on which the Common Units become listed on the NYSE, the Board
shall have an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) comprised of not less than three Directors in
accordance with the rules of the NYSE, all of whom shall be Independent Directors; provided,
however, that in accordance with the rules of the NYSE regarding audit committees, the Audit
Committee may initially be comprised of fewer than three Directors during the Phase In Period. The
Audit Committee shall establish a written audit committee charter in accordance with the rules of
the NYSE (or such other National Securities Exchange or quotation service on which the Common Units
may be listed), as amended from time to time. “Independent Director” shall mean a Director meeting
the standards required of directors who serve on an audit committee of a board of directors
established by (i) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder and (ii) the NYSE (or such other National
Securities Exchange or quotation service on which the Common Units may be listed).
(c) The Board may have a conflicts committee (the “Conflicts Committee”) comprised of two or
more Directors, each of whom shall be Independent Directors and none of whom shall be (i) security
holders, officers or employees of the Company, (ii) officers, directors or employees of any
Affiliate of the Company or (iii) holders of any ownership interest in the Partnership or any of
its subsidiaries other than Common Units or awards that may be granted under the LTIP. The
Conflicts Committee shall function in the manner described in the Partnership Agreement.
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(d) A majority of any committee, present in person or participating in accordance with
Section 6.7, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of such committee.
(e) A majority of any committee may determine its action and fix the time and place of its
meetings unless the Board shall otherwise provide. Notice of such meetings shall be given to each
member of the committee in the manner provided for in Section 6.5. The Board shall have
power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, or to dissolve any such
committee.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the Board from appointing one or more committees
consisting in whole or in part of persons who are not Directors; provided, however, that no such
committee shall have or may exercise any authority of the Board.
SECTION 6.11 Removal.
Any Director or the entire Board may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the
Members.
SECTION 6.12 Compensation of Directors.
Except as expressly provided in any written agreement between the Company and a Director or by
resolution of the Board, no Director shall receive any compensation from the Company for services
provided to the Company in its capacity as a Director, except that each Director shall be
compensated for attendance at Board meetings at rates of compensation as from time to time
established by the Board or a committee thereof; provided, however, that Directors who are also
employees of the Company or any Affiliate thereof shall receive no compensation for their services
as Directors or committee members. In addition, the Directors who are not employees of the Company
or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to be reimbursed for out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred in connection with attending meetings of the Board or committees thereof.
ARTICLE VII
OFFICERS
SECTION 7.1 Appointed Officers.
(a) The officers of the Company shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the
Board. Such officers shall have the authority and duties delegated to each of them, respectively,
by the Board from time to time. The appointed officers of the Company shall be a Chairman of the
Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such
other officers (including, without limitation, a President, a Chief Operating Officer, Executive
Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents and a General Counsel) as the Board from
time to time may deem proper.
(b) The Chairman of the Board shall be chosen from among the Directors. All officers
appointed by the Board shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their
respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article VII. The Board or
any
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committee thereof may from time to time elect or appoint, as the case may be, such other
officers (including one or more Vice Presidents, Controllers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant
Treasurers) and agents, as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the
Company. Such other officers and agents shall have such duties and shall hold their offices for
such terms as shall be provided in this Agreement or as may be prescribed by the Board or such
committee, as the case may be.
SECTION 7.2 Election and Term of Office.
The officers of the Company shall be appointed annually by the Board at the regular meeting of
the Board held after the annual meeting of the Members or at such time and for such term as the
Board shall determine. Each officer shall hold office until such person’s successor shall have
been duly appointed and shall have qualified or until such person’s death or until he shall resign
or be removed pursuant to Section 7.14.
SECTION 7.3 Chairman of the Board.
The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board. If the Chairman is
unable to preside at a meeting of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer is also unable to
preside at such meeting pursuant to Section 7.4, then the Directors may appoint another
Director to preside at such meeting. The Directors also may elect a Vice-Chairman to act in the
place of the Chairman upon his absence or inability to act.
SECTION 7.4 Chief Executive Officer.
The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for the general management of the affairs of
the Company and shall perform all duties incidental to such person’s office that may be required by
law and all such other duties as are properly required of him by the Board. He shall make reports
to the Board and the Members and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board and of any
committee thereof are carried into effect. The Chief Executive Officer shall have full authority
to execute all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, documents or other instruments, except in cases
where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other officer or
agent of the Company or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed. The Chairman of the
Board may serve in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer. If the Chairman of the Board does not
so serve, then the Chief Executive Officer, if he is also a Director, shall, in the absence of or
because of the inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, perform all duties of the Chairman of
the Board and preside at all meetings of the Board. The initial Chief Executive Officer shall be
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx.
SECTION 7.5 President.
The Chief Executive Officer may serve in the capacity as President. If the Chief Executive
Officer does not so serve, then the President shall assist the Chief Executive Officer in the
administration and operation of the Company’s business and general supervision of its policies and
affairs. The President shall have full authority to execute all deeds, mortgages, bonds,
contracts, documents or other instruments, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the Board to some other officer or agent of the Company or shall be required
by law to be otherwise executed. The initial President shall be Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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SECTION 7.6 Chief Financial Officer.
The Chief Financial Officer shall be responsible for financial reporting for the Company and
shall perform all duties incidental to such person’s office that may be required by law and all
such other duties as are properly required by of him by the Board. The Chief Financial Officer
shall have full authority to execute all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, documents or other
instruments, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board
to some other officer or agent of the Company or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed.
He shall make reports to the Board and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board and
any committee thereof relating to financial reporting are carried into effect.
SECTION 7.7 Chief Operating Officer.
The Chief Operating Officer of the Company shall assist the Chief Executive Officer in the
administration and operation of the Company’s business and general supervision of its policies and
affairs.
SECTION 7.8 Vice Presidents.
Each Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President and any Vice President shall have such
powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board.
SECTION 7.9 Treasurer.
(a) The Treasurer shall exercise general supervision over the receipt, custody and
disbursement of company funds. The Treasurer shall, in general, perform all duties incident to the
office of Treasurer and shall have such further powers and duties and shall be subject to such
directions as may be granted or imposed from time to time by the Board. The initial Treasurer shall
be Xxxxxx Flower.
(b) Assistant Treasurers shall have such of the authority and perform such of the duties of
the Treasurer as may be provided in this Agreement or assigned to them by the Board or the
Treasurer. Assistant Treasurers shall assist the Treasurer in the performance of the duties
assigned to the Treasurer and, in assisting the Treasurer, each Assistant Treasurer shall for such
purpose have the powers of the Treasurer. During the Treasurer’s absence or inability, the
Treasurer’s authority and duties shall be possessed by such Assistant Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurers as the Board may designate.
SECTION 7.10 Secretary.
(a) The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, in one or more books provided for that
purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the committees of the Board and the Members.
The Secretary shall (i) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and as required by law; (ii) be custodian of the records and, if the Company shall
adopt a seal, the seal of the Company and affix and attest the seal to all documents to be executed
on behalf of the Company under its seal; (iii) see that the books, reports, statements,
certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept
and filed; and (iv) in general, perform all the duties incident to the office
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of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the Secretary by
the Board. The initial Secretary shall be Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx.
(b) Assistant Secretaries shall have such of the authority and perform such of the duties of
the Secretary as may be provided in this Agreement or assigned to them by the Board or the
Secretary. Assistant Secretaries shall assist the Secretary in the performance of the duties
assigned to the Secretary, and in assisting the Secretary, each Assistant Secretary shall for such
purpose have the powers of the Secretary. During the Secretary’s absence or inability, the
Secretary’s authority and duties shall be possessed by such Assistant Secretary or Assistant
Secretaries as the Board may designate.
SECTION 7.11 Powers of Attorney.
The Company may xxxxx xxxxxx of attorney or other authority as appropriate to establish and
evidence the authority of the officers and other Persons.
SECTION 7.12 Delegation of Authority.
Unless otherwise provided by this Agreement or by resolution of the Board, no officer shall
have the power or authority to delegate to any Person such officer’s rights and powers as an
officer to manage the business and affairs of the Company.
SECTION 7.13 Expenses.
The officers and agents shall be entitled to be reimbursed for out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred in the course of their service hereunder. In addition, the Directors shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred in the course of
their service hereunder.
SECTION 7.14 Removal.
Any officer appointed, or agent appointed, by the Board may be removed by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the Board whenever, in their judgment, the best interests of the Company would be
served thereby. No appointed officer shall have any contractual rights against the Company for
compensation by virtue of such election beyond the date of the appointment of such person’s
successor, such person’s death, such person’s resignation or such person’s removal, whichever event
shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or under an employee
deferred compensation plan.
SECTION 7.15 Vacancies.
A newly created office and a vacancy in any office because of death, resignation or removal
may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board.
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ARTICLE VIII
MEMBER MEETINGS
SECTION 8.1 Meetings.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all acts of the Members to be taken hereunder
shall be taken in the manner provided in this Article VIII. An annual meeting of the
Members for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held
at such time and place as the Board shall specify in the notice of the meeting, which shall be
delivered to each Member at least 10 and not more than 60 days prior to such meeting. Special
meetings of the Member may be called by the Board or by any Member. A Member shall call a meeting
by delivering to the Board one or more requests in writing stating that the signing Member wishes
to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purposes for which the meeting is to be
called.
SECTION 8.2 Notice of a Meeting.
Notice of a meeting called pursuant to Section 8.1 shall be given to the Members in
writing by mail or other means of written communication in accordance with Section 13.2.
The notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when deposited in the mail or sent by
other means of written communication.
Attendance of a Member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except where a Member attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction
of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
SECTION 8.3 Action by Consent of Members.
Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Members may be taken without a meeting if an
approval in writing setting forth such action is signed by the Members holding not less than the
minimum percentage of the Membership Interests that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all the Members entitled to vote on such matter were present and
voted.
SECTION 8.4 Member Vote.
Unless a provision of this Agreement specifically provides otherwise, any provision of this
Agreement requiring the authorization of, or action taken by, the Members shall require the
approval of members holding a majority of the Membership Interests identified on Exhibit A.
SECTION 8.5 In the Event of a Sole Member.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, at any time at which there is only a
single Member of the Company, any provision herein that requires a Member to make a delivery to, or
to obtain the consent of, the other Members of the Company shall be disregarded until such time as
an additional Person is admitted as a Member of the Company.
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ARTICLE IX
OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES AND INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
SECTION 9.1 Outside Activities.
(a) It shall be deemed not to be a breach of any duty (including any fiduciary duty) existing
hereunder, at law, in equity or otherwise, or any other obligation of any type whatsoever of (i)
any Director or Officer for Affiliates of such Director or Officer to engage in outside business
interests and activities in preference to or to the exclusion of the Company or in direct
competition with the Company; provided, that such Affiliate does not engage in such business or
activity as a result of or using confidential or proprietary information provided by or on behalf
of the Company to such Director or (ii) any Director, Officer or other employee of the Company to
be a director, manager, officer, employee or consultant of any Affiliate or Member or any Affiliate
of any Member of the Company; provided, that the Board of Directors is advised of such other
relationship and does not object thereto; and further, provided, that such Officer or employee does
not engage in such business or activity as a result of or using confidential or proprietary
information provided by or on behalf of the Company to such Person;
(b) Except as may be restricted by any other agreement, each Member shall have the right to
engage in businesses of every type and description and other activities for profit and to engage in
and possess an interest in other business ventures of any and every type or description, whether in
businesses engaged in or anticipated to be engaged in by any Member, independently or with others,
including business interests and activities in direct competition with the business and activities
of the Company or its subsidiaries, and none of the same shall constitute a breach of this
Agreement or any duty expressed or implied by law or equity to the Company or its subsidiaries or
any Member. None of the Company, its subsidiaries, any Member or any other Person shall have any
rights by virtue of this Agreement, or the relationship established hereby in any business ventures
of any Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any duty existing at
law, in equity or otherwise, (i) the engaging in competitive activities by any Member in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 9.1(b) is hereby approved by the Board and all Members,
(ii) it shall be deemed not to be a breach of any fiduciary duty or any other obligation of any
type whatsoever of any Member for the Members to engage in such business interests and activities
in preference to or to the exclusion of the Company and (iii) the Members shall have no obligation
hereunder or as a result of any duty expressed or implied by law to present business opportunities
to the Company; provided, however, that such Member does not engage in such business or activity as
a result of or using confidential or proprietary information provided by or on behalf of the
Company to such Member.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, but subject to the terms of
any other agreement to which a party may be subject, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any
analogous doctrine, shall not apply to any Member, Director or Officer. No Member, Director or
Officer who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter
that may be an opportunity for the Company shall have any duty to communicate or offer such
opportunity to the Company, and such Member, Director or Officer
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shall not be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any Member or any other Person
for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by reason of the fact that such Member, Director or
Officer pursues or acquires for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person or does not
communicate such opportunity or information to the Company; provided, that such Member, Director or
Officer does not engage in such business or activity as a result of or using confidential or
proprietary information provided by or on behalf of the Company to such Member, Director or
Officer.
(d) No Member or other Person save the Company shall have any rights by virtue of a Director’s
or Officer’s duties as a Director or Officer, as the case may be, under this Agreement, any Group
Member Agreement, applicable law or otherwise in any business ventures of any Director or Officer,
as the case may be.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent that any
provisions of this Section 9.1 purport or are interpreted to have the effect of
restricting, eliminating or otherwise modifying the duties (including fiduciary duties) that might
otherwise, as a result of Delaware or other applicable law, be owed by the Directors, the Officers
or any of their Affiliates to the Company and its Members, or to constitute a waiver or consent by
the Members to any such fiduciary duty, such provisions in this Section 9.1 shall be deemed
to have been approved by the Members, and the Members hereby agree that such provisions shall
replace or eliminate such duties.
SECTION 9.2 Indemnification. (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law but subject to the
limitations expressly provided in this Agreement, all Indemnitees shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Company from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or
several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest,
settlements or other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or
proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any Indemnitee may
be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its status as
an Indemnitee; provided, that the Indemnitee shall not be indemnified and held harmless if there
has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction
determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification
pursuant to this Section 9.1, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or
willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s
conduct was unlawful. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall be made only
out of the assets of the Company, it being agreed that the Members shall not be liable for such
indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the
Company to enable it to effectuate such indemnification.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses)
incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to Section 9.1(a) in defending any
claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company
prior to a determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified upon receipt by the
Company of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be
determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section
9.1.
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(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 9.1 shall be in addition to any other
rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, as a matter of law or otherwise,
both as to actions in the Indemnitee’s capacity as an Indemnitee and as to actions in any other
capacity, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee.
(d) The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of the Company, its Affiliates
and such other Persons as the Company shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted
against, or expense that may be incurred by, such Person in connection with the Company’s
activities or such Person’s activities on behalf of the Company, regardless of whether the Company
would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this
Agreement.
(e) For purposes of this Section 9.1, (i) the Company shall be deemed to have
requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance
by it of its duties to the Company also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to
the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; (ii) excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee
with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute “fines” within
the meaning of Section 9.1(a); and (iii) action taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with
respect to any employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably
believed by it to be in the best interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall
be deemed to be for a purpose that is in the best interests of the Company.
(f) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this
Section 9.1 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which
the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this
Agreement.
(g) The provisions of this Section 9.1 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their
heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the
benefit of any other Persons.
(h) No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 9.1 or any provision hereof
shall in any manner terminate, reduce or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee
to be indemnified by the Company, nor the obligations of the Company to indemnify any such
Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.1 as in effect
immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or
relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or
repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.
SECTION 9.3 Exculpation of Liability of Indemnitees.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no Indemnitee shall
be liable for monetary damages to the Company or any other Persons who have acquired Membership
Interests in the Company, for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of any act or
omission of an Indemnitee unless there has been a final and non-appealable
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judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the
matter in question, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or,
in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s conduct was criminal.
(b) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnitee has duties (including fiduciary
duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, such Indemnitee acting in connection with
the Company’s business or affairs shall not be liable to the Company or to any Member for its good
faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the
extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of an Indemnitee otherwise
existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace such other duties and
liabilities of such Indemnitee.
(c) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 9.3 or any provision hereof
shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability of the
Indemnitees under this Section 9.3 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment,
modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in
whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims
may arise or be asserted.
SECTION 9.4 Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Group Member Agreement,
whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises between one or more Directors or their
respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company or any Group Member, on the other, any
resolution or course of action by the Board or its Affiliates in respect of such conflict of
interest shall be permitted and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, deemed approved by all
Members, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by
law or equity, including any fiduciary duty, if the resolution or course of action in respect of
such conflict of interest is (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) approved by the vote of a
majority of the Interests held by disinterested parties, (iii) on terms no less favorable to the
Company than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iv)
fair and reasonable to the Company, taking into account the totality of the relationships between
the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or
advantageous to the Company). The Board shall be authorized but not required in connection with
its resolution of such conflict of interest to seek Special Approval of such resolution, and the
Board may also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval. If
Special Approval is not sought and the Board determines that the resolution or course of action
taken with respect to a conflict of interest is on terms no less favorable to the Company than
those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or that the resolution
or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest is fair and reasonable to the
Company, then such resolution or course of action shall be permitted and, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, deemed approved by all the Members, and shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity, including any fiduciary duty. In
connection with any such approval by the Board, it shall be presumed that, in making its decision,
the Board acted in good faith, and in any proceeding brought by any Member or by or on behalf of
such Member or any other Member or the Company challenging such approval, the
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Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall have the burden of overcoming such
presumption.
(b) Whenever the Board makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or
any of its Affiliates causes it to do so, in its capacity as the board of directors of the Company
as opposed to in its individual capacities, whether under this Agreement, any Group Member
Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then, unless another express
standard is provided for in this Agreement, the Board, or such Affiliates causing it to do so,
shall make such determination or take or decline to take such other action in good faith and shall
not be subject to any other or different standards (including fiduciary standards) imposed by this
Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Act or
any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. Whenever the Conflicts Committee makes a
determination or takes or declines to take any other action, it shall make such determination or
take or decline to take such other action in good faith and shall not be subject to any other or
different standards (including fiduciary standards) imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member
Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Act or any other law, rule or
regulation or at equity. In order for a determination or other action to be in “good faith” for
purposes of this Agreement, the Person or Persons making such determination or taking or declining
to take such other action must believe that the determination or other action is in the best
interests of the Partnership.
(c) The Members hereby authorize the Board, on behalf of the Company as a partner of a Group
Member, to approve of actions by the board of such Group Member similar to those actions permitted
to be taken by the Board pursuant to this Section 9.4.
ARTICLE X
TAXES
SECTION 10.1 Tax Returns.
The Tax Matters Member of the Company shall prepare and timely file (on behalf of the Company)
all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by the Company. Each Member
shall furnish to the Company all pertinent information in its possession relating to the Company’s
operations that is necessary to enable the Company’s tax returns to be timely prepared and filed.
The Company shall bear the costs of the preparation and filing of its returns.
SECTION 10.2 Tax Elections.
(a) The Company shall make the following elections on the appropriate tax returns:
(i) to adopt as the Company’s fiscal year the calendar year;
(ii) to adopt the accrual method of accounting;
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(iii) if a distribution of the Company’s property as described in Section 734 of the
Code occurs or upon a transfer of Membership Interest as described in Section 743 of the
Code occurs, on request by notice from any Member, to elect, pursuant to Section 754 of the
Code, to adjust the basis of the Company’s properties; and
(iv) any other election the Tax Matters Member may deem appropriate.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Member shall make an election for the Company to be excluded
from the application of the provisions of subchapter K of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code or
any similar provisions of applicable state, local or foreign law and no provision of this Agreement
(including Section 2.6) shall be construed to sanction or approve such an election.
SECTION 10.3 Tax Matters Member.
AIM Midstream Holdings shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Company pursuant to Code
Section 6231(a)(7) (the “Tax Matters Member”). Any cost or expense incurred by the Tax Matters
Member in connection with its duties, including the preparation for or pursuance of administrative
or judicial proceedings, shall be paid by the Company. The Tax Matters Member shall take all
actions with respect to taxes (including, but not limited to, (a) making, changing or revoking a
material tax election, (b) taking a significant position in any tax return, (c) settling or
otherwise resolving any audit or other proceeding relating to taxes and (d) extending the statute
of limitations with respect to taxes) in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE XI
BOOKS, RECORDS, REPORTS, AND BANK ACCOUNTS
SECTION 11.1 Maintenance of Books.
(a) The Board shall cause to be kept a record at the principal office of the Company or at
such other location approved by the Board complete and accurate books and records of the Company,
supporting documentation of the transactions with respect to the conduct of the Company’s business
and containing the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the Board and of the Members,
appropriate registers and such books of records and accounts as may be necessary for the proper
conduct of the business of the Company, and any other books and records that are required to be
maintained by Applicable Law.
(b) The books of account of the Company shall be (i) maintained on the basis of a fiscal year
that is the calendar year, (ii) maintained on an accrual basis in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied and (iii) audited by the Registered Public Accountants at the end of each
calendar year.
SECTION 11.2 Reports.
With respect to each calendar year, the Board shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Member:
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(a) Within 120 Days after the end of such calendar year, a profit and loss statement and a
statement of cash flows for such year, a balance sheet and a statement of each Member’s Capital
Account as of the end of such year, together with a report thereon of the Registered Public
Accountants; and
(b) Such federal, state, local and foreign income tax returns and such other accounting, tax
information and schedules as shall be necessary for the preparation by each Member on or before
June 15 following the end of each calendar year of its income tax return with respect to such year.
SECTION 11.3 Bank Accounts.
Funds of the Company shall be deposited in such banks or other depositories as shall be
designated from time to time by the Board. All withdrawals from any such depository shall be made
only as authorized by the Board and shall be made only by check, wire transfer, debit memorandum or
other written instruction.
ARTICLE XII
DISSOLUTION, WINDING-UP, TERMINATION AND CONVERSION
SECTION 12.1 Dissolution.
(a) The Company shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up on the first to occur of the
following events (each, a “Dissolution Event”):
(i) the unanimous consent of the Members;
(ii) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of
the Act; or
(iii) at any time there are no members of the Company unless the Company is continued
in accordance with the Act.
(b) No other event shall cause a dissolution of the Company.
SECTION 12.2 Winding-Up and Termination.
(a) On the occurrence of a Dissolution Event of the type described in Section
12.1(a)(i), Section 12.1(a)(ii) or Section 12.1(a)(iii), the Members shall act
as liquidator or select a Person to act as liquidator. The liquidator shall proceed diligently to
wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Act.
The costs of winding up shall be borne as a Company expense. Until final distribution, the
liquidator shall continue to operate the Company properties with all of the power and authority of
the Members. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows:
(i) as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final winding up, the
liquidator shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of
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certified public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities, and operations
through the last Day of the month in which the dissolution occurs or the final winding up is
completed, as applicable;
(ii) the liquidator shall discharge from Company funds all of the debts, liabilities
and obligations of the Company (including all expenses incurred in winding up) or otherwise
make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including the establishment of a
cash escrow fund for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such term as the
liquidator may reasonably determine); and
(iii) all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Members as
follows:
(A) the liquidator may sell any or all Company Property, including to Members,
and any resulting gain or loss from each sale shall be computed and allocated to the
Capital Accounts of the Members in accordance with the provisions of Article
V;
(B) with respect to all Company Property that has not been sold, the fair
market value of that property shall be determined and the Capital Accounts of the
Members shall be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized income,
gain, loss, and deduction inherent in property that has not been reflected in the
Capital Accounts previously would be allocated among the Members if there were a
taxable disposition of that property for the fair market value of that property on
the date of distribution; and
(C) Company Property (including cash) shall be distributed to the Members in
accordance with their relative positive Capital Account balances after the
allocations pursuant to Section 5.1 have been made.
(b) The distribution of cash or property to a Member in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 12.2 constitutes a complete return to the Member of its Capital Contributions and a
complete distribution to the Member of its Membership Interest and all the Company’s property and
constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented pursuant to Section 18-502(b) of the
Act. To the extent that a Member returns funds to the Company, it has no claim against any other
Member for those funds.
SECTION 12.3 Deficit Capital Accounts.
No Member will be required to pay to the Company, to any other Member or to any third party
any deficit balance that may exist from time to time in the Member’s Capital Account.
SECTION 12.4 Certificate of Cancellation.
On completion of the distribution of Company assets as provided herein, the Members (or such
other Person or Persons as the Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of Delaware and take such other actions as may be
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necessary to terminate the existence of the Company. Upon the filing of such certificate of
cancellation, the existence of the Company shall terminate (and the Term shall end).
ARTICLE XIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 13.1 Offset.
Whenever the Company is to pay any sum to any Member, any amounts that Member owes the Company
may be deducted from that sum before payment.
SECTION 13.2 Notices.
All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively,
"Notices”) required or permitted to be given hereunder or that are given with respect to this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally served, delivered by reputable air courier
service with charges prepaid, or transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, telex or facsimile,
addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party shall have specified most
recently by written notice. Notice shall be deemed given on the date of service or transmission if
personally served or transmitted by telegram, telex or facsimile. Notice otherwise sent as
provided herein shall be deemed given upon delivery of such notice:
To the Company:
American Midstream GP, LLC
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: CEO and President
Fax: (000) 000-0000
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: CEO and President
Fax: (000) 000-0000
To AIM Midstream Holdings:
000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
SECTION 13.3 Entire Agreement; Superseding Effect.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Members, in such capacity, relative to
the formation, operation and continuation of the Company.
SECTION 13.4 Effect of Waiver or Consent.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, a waiver or consent, express or implied, to or
of any breach or default by any Member in the performance by that Member of its obligations with
respect to the Company is not a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or
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default in the performance by that Member of the same or any other obligations of that Member
with respect to the Company. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, failure on the part
of a Member to complain of any act of any Member or to declare any Member in default with respect
to the Company, irrespective of how long that failure continues, does not constitute a waiver by
that Member of its rights with respect to that default until the applicable statute-of-limitations
period has run.
SECTION 13.5 Amendment or Restatement.
This Agreement or the Delaware Certificate may be amended or restated only by a written
instrument executed (or, in the case of the Delaware Certificate, approved) by the Members;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Member
agrees that the Board, without the approval of any Member, may amend any provision of the Delaware
Certificate or this Agreement, and may authorize any Officer to execute, swear to, acknowledge,
deliver, file and record any such amendment and such documents as may be required in connection
therewith, to reflect any change that does not require comment or approval (or for which comment or
approval has been obtained) under this Agreement or does not materially adversely affect the
requests of the Members.
SECTION 13.6 Binding Effect.
Subject to the restrictions on Dispositions set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement is
binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the Members and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
SECTION 13.7 Governing Law; Severability.
THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF DELAWARE, EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULE OR PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE OR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. In the event of a direct
conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any mandatory, non-waivable provision of the
Act, such provision of the Act shall control. If any provision of the Act provides that it may be
varied or superseded in a limited liability company agreement (or otherwise by agreement of the
members or managers of a limited liability company), such provision shall be deemed superseded and
waived in its entirety if this Agreement contains a provision addressing the same issue or subject
matter. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Member or
circumstance is held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, (a) the remainder of this Agreement
and the application of that provision to other Members or circumstances is not affected thereby,
and (b) the Members shall negotiate in good faith to replace that provision with a new provision
that is valid and enforceable and that puts the Members in substantially the same economic,
business and legal position as they would have been in if the original provision had been valid and
enforceable.
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SECTION 13.8 Further Assurances.
In connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, each Member shall
execute and deliver any additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts that
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and perform the provisions of this Agreement and
those transactions.
SECTION 13.9 Waiver of Certain Rights.
Each Member irrevocably waives any right it may have to maintain any action for dissolution of
the Company or for partition of the property of the Company.
SECTION 13.10 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all
signing parties had signed the same document. All counterparts shall be construed together and
constitute the same instrument.
SECTION 13.11 Jurisdiction.
Any and all Claims arising out of, in connection with or in relation to (i) the
interpretation, performance or breach of this Agreement, or (ii) any relationship before, at the
time of entering into, during the term of, or upon or after expiration or termination of this
Agreement, between the parties hereto, shall be brought in the courts of the State of Delaware or
any federal court located in the State of Delaware or in any court of competent jurisdiction in
Xxxxxx County in the State of Texas. Each party hereto unconditionally and irrevocably consents to
the jurisdiction of any such court over any Claims and waives any objection that such party may
have to the laying of venue of any Claims in any such court.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the sole Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth
above.
MEMBER: AIM MIDSTREAM HOLDINGS, LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Representative | |||
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EXHIBIT A
MEMBER | MEMBERSHIP INTEREST |
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION |
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AIM Midstream Holdings, LLC | 100% | $1,0001 | ||
AIM Midstream Holdings, LLC | 100% | $2,000,000 |
1 | Redeemed and retired on November 4, 2009 pursuant to the Contribution Agreement. |
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