LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF LIN of New Mexico, LLC
Exhibit 3.70
THE UNDERSIGNED is executing this Limited Liability Company Agreement (this “Agreement”) for
the purpose of forming a limited liability company (the “Company”) pursuant to the provisions of
the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C.
§§18-101. et seq. (the “Act”), and
do hereby certify and agree as follows:
1. Name. The name of the Company shall be LIN of New Mexico, LLC, or such other name as
the Managing Member may from time to time hereafter designate.
2. Definitions. In addition to terms otherwise defined herein, the following
terms are used herein as defined below:
“Managing Member” means LIN Television Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“LIN”), and all other
persons or entities admitted as additional or substitute Managing Members pursuant to this
Agreement, so long as they remain Managing Members.
“Non-Managing Members” means all persons or entities admitted as additional or substitute
Non-Managing Members pursuant to this Agreement, so long as they remain Non-Managing Members and
are so listed on Schedule A, if any.
“Members” means those persons or entities who from time to time are the Managing Member and the
Non-Managing Members, if any.
2. Purpose. The purpose of the Company shall be, directly or indirectly through
subsidiaries or affiliates, to serve as the entity designated as the licensee for television
broadcast stations owned by LIN in the State of Ohio and to engage in any lawful act or activity
which limited liability corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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| 4. | Offices. |
| (a) | The principal place of business and office of the Company shall be located at, and the Company’s business shall he conducted from, such place or places as the Managing Member may from time to time designate to the Non-Managing Members. | ||
| (b) | The registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be located at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000. The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware shall be The Corporation Service Company. |
| 4. | Members. The name and business or residence address of each Member of the Company is set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. | |
| 5. | Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company in accordance with the Act and shall continue until dissolution of the Company in accordance with Section 15 of this Agreement. | |
| 6. | Management of the Company. |
| (a) | The Managing Member shall have the exclusive right to manage the business of the Company, and shall have all powers and rights necessary, appropriate or advisable to effectuate and carry out the purposes and business of the Company and, in general, all powers permitted to be exercised by a managing member under the Act, including, without limitation, the power to (i) open, maintain and close bank accounts and to take all actions it deems necessary or |
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| advisable for the administration of such accounts, (ii) appoint and designate the responsibilities of such officers of the Company from time to time as the Managing Member deems necessary or desirable and (iii) appoint, employ, or otherwise contract with any persons or entities for the transaction of the business of the Company; and the subclauses (i) and (ii) such authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Managing Member may from time to time deem appropriate. | |||
| (b) | No Non-Managing Member, in his status as such, shall have the right to take part in the management or control of the business of the Company or to act for or bind the Company or otherwise to transact any business on behalf of the Company. |
| 7. | Liability of Members; Indemnification. |
| (a) | Neither a Member (including the Managing Member) nor any officer, employee or agent of the Company (including a person having more than one such capacity) shall be personally liable for any expenses, liabilities, debts or obligations of the Company solely by reason of acting in such capacity except as provided in the Act. | ||
| (b) | To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Managing Member, each Member and any officer, employee or agent of the Company from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses or whatever nature (each a “Claim”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to the management or business of the Company; provided that such indemnification shall not apply to any such person if a |
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| court of competent jurisdiction has made a final determination that such Claim resulted directly from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such person. |
9. Capital Contributions. Members shall make capital contributions to the Company
in such amounts and at such times as they shall mutually agree.
10. Assignments of Membership Interest.
(a) No Non-Managing Member may sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber
(collectively “transfer”) all or any part of his interest in the Company, nor shall any
Non-Managing Member have the power to substitute a transferee in his place as a substitute
Non-Managing Member, without, in either event, having obtained the prior written consent of the
Managing Member, which consent may be given or withheld in its sole discretion.
(b) The Managing Member may not transfer all or any part of its interest in the Company, nor
shall the Managing Member have the power to substitute a transferee in its place as a substitute
Managing Member, without, in either event, having obtained the consent of all of the Non-Managing
Members.
11. Withdrawal. Non-Non-Managing Member shall have the right to withdraw from the
Company except with the consent of the Managing Member and upon such terms and conditions as may be
specifically agreed upon between the Managing Member and the withdrawing Non-Managing Member. The
provisions hereof with respect to distributions upon withdrawal are exclusive and no Non-Managing
Member shall be entitled to claim any further or different distribution upon withdrawal under
Section 18-604 of the Act or otherwise.
12. Additional Members. The Managing Member shall have the right to admit
additional Non-Managing Members upon such terms and conditions, at such time or times, and
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for such capital contributions as shall be determined by the Managing Member; and in connection
with any such admission, the Managing Member shall have the right to amend Schedule A hereof to
reflect the name, address and capital contribution of the admitted Non-Managing Member.
13. Allocations and Distributions. Distributions of cash or other assets of the
Company shall be made at such times and in such amounts as the Managing Member may determine.
Distributions shall be made to (and profits and losses shall be
allocated among) Members pro rata
in accordance with the amount of their contributions to the Company as set forth on
Schedule A hereto.
14. Return of Capital. No Non-Managing Member has the right to receive, and the
Managing Member has absolute discretion to make, any distributions to a Non-Managing Member, which
include a return of all or any part of such Non-Managing Member’s capital contribution, provided
that upon the dissolution of the company, the assets of the Company shall be distributed as
provided in Section 18-804 of the Act.
15. Dissolution.
The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up and
terminated upon the first to occur of the following:
(a) December 31, 2030
(b) The determination of the Managing Member to dissolve the Company; or
(c) The bankruptcy or dissolution of the Managing Member or the occurrence of any other
event which terminates the continued membership of the Managing Member in the Company, provided,
however, the Company shall not be dissolved if, within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of
such event, all remaining Members agree in writing to continue the
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business of the Company and to the appointment, effective as of the date of such event, of one (1)
or more additional Members of the Company.
16. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only upon the written consent of all
Members.
17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement as
of August 24, 2005.
| LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION | ||||||
| By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||||
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