PNC ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TEDI FUND LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT August 4, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I. Definitions |
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Section 1.1. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES |
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Section 1.2. ADMINISTRATOR |
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Section 1.3. ADVISER |
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Section 1.4. ADVISERS ACT |
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Section 1.5. AFFILIATE |
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Section 1.6. AGREEMENT |
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Section 1.7. BOARD |
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Section 1.8. CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
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Section 1.9. CERTIFICATE |
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Section 1.10. CHAIRMAN |
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Section 1.11. CLOSING DATE |
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Section 1.12. CODE |
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Section 1.13. COMPANY |
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Section 1.14. DELAWARE ACT |
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Section 1.15. DIRECTOR |
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Section 1.16. DISTRIBUTOR |
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Section 1.17. FISCAL PERIOD |
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Section 1.18. FISCAL YEAR |
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Section 1.19. FORM N-2 |
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Section 1.20. INCENTIVE FEE |
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Section 1.21. INCENTIVE PERIOD |
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Section 1.22. INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS |
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Section 1.23. INTEREST |
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Section 1.24. INVESTMENT FUNDS |
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Section 1.25. INVESTMENT MANAGERS |
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Section 1.26. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT |
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Section 1.27. INVESTMENT PERCENTAGE |
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Section 1.28. LOSS CARRYFORWARD AMOUNT |
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Section 1.29. MANAGEMENT FEE |
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Section 1.30. MANAGER |
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Section 1.31. MASTER FUND |
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Section 1.32. MEMBER |
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Section 1.33. NET ASSETS |
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Section 1.34. NET PROFITS OR NET LOSSES |
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Section 1.35. NOTICE DATE |
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Section 1.36. 1940 ACT |
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Section 1.37. OFFSHORE FUND |
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Section 1.38. ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER |
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Section 1.39. PERSON |
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Section 1.40. PROMISSORY NOTE |
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Section 1.41. PROSPECTUS |
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Section 1.42. SECURITIES |
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Section 1.43. TAXABLE YEAR |
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Section 1.44. TRANSFER |
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Section 1.45. VALUATION DATE |
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Article II. ORGANIZATION; ADMISSION OF MEMBERS |
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Section 2.1. Formation of Limited Liability Company |
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Section 2.2. Name |
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Section 2.3. Principal and Registered Office |
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Section 2.4. Duration |
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Section 2.5. Objective and Business of the Company |
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Section 2.6. Board of Directors |
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Section 2.7. Members |
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Section 2.8. Distribution Fees |
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Section 2.9. Limited Liability |
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Article III. MANAGEMENT |
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Section 3.1. Management and Control |
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Section 3.2. Actions by the Board of Directors |
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Section 3.3. Meetings of Members |
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Section 3.4. Custody of Assets of the Company |
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Section 3.5. Other Activities of Members, the Manager and Directors |
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Section 3.6. Duty of Care |
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Section 3.7. Indemnification |
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Section 3.8. Fees, Expenses and Reimbursement |
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Article IV. TERMINATION OF STATUS OF MANAGER AND DIRECTORS, TRANSFERS AND REPURCHASES |
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Section 4.1. Termination of Status of the Manager |
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Section 4.2. Termination of Status of a Director |
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Section 4.3. Removal of the Directors |
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Section 4.4. Removal of the Manager |
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Section 4.5. Transfer of Interests of Members |
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Section 4.6. Repurchase of Interests |
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Article V. CAPITAL |
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Section 5.1. Contributions to Capital |
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Section 5.2. Rights of Members to Capital |
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Section 5.3. Capital Accounts |
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Section 5.4. Allocation of Net Profits and Net Losses |
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Section 5.5. Allocation of Insurance Premiums and Proceeds |
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Section 5.6. Allocation of Certain Expenditures |
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Section 5.7. Reserves |
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Section 5.8. Allocation of Organizational Expenses |
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Section 5.9. Tax Allocations |
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Section 5.10. Distributions |
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Section 5.11. Withholding |
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Article VI. DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION |
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Section 6.1. Dissolution |
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Section 6.2. Liquidation of Assets |
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Article VII. ACCOUNTING, VALUATIONS AND BOOKS AND RECORDS |
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Section 7.1. Accounting and Reports |
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Section 7.2. Determinations by the Board of Directors |
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Section 7.3. Valuation of Assets |
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Article VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 8.1. Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement |
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Section 8.2. Special Power of Attorney |
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Section 8.3. Notices |
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Section 8.4. Agreement Binding Upon Successors and Assigns |
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Section 8.5. Applicability of 1940 Act and Form N-2 |
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Section 8.6. Choice of Law; Arbitration |
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Section 8.7. Not for Benefit of Creditors |
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Section 8.8. Consents |
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Section 8.9. Merger and Consolidation |
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Section 8.10. Pronouns |
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Section 8.11. Confidentiality |
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Section 8.12. Severability |
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Section 8.13. Filing of Returns |
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Section 8.14. Tax Matters Partner |
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Section 8.15. Section 754 Election; Mandatory Basis Adjustments |
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OF
A Delaware Limited Liability Company
Dated as of August 4, 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
(000) 000-0000
THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT of PNC Alternative Strategies TEDI Fund LLC (the
“Company”) is dated as of August 4, 2005 by and among PNC Capital Advisors, Inc. as the manager
(“PCA” or the “Manager”), and Mercantile Bankshares Corporation as Organizational Member and those
persons hereinafter admitted as Members.
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore been formed as a limited liability company under the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act pursuant to an initial Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate”)
dated and filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 4, 2005;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants hereinafter set
forth, it is hereby agreed as follows:
Article I.
Definitions
Definitions
For purposes of this Agreement:
Section 1.1. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. Such administrative services as the Administrator shall
provide to the Company pursuant to a separate written agreement with the Company.
Section 1.2. ADMINISTRATOR. PCA or any person who may hereafter provide Administrative
Services to the Company pursuant to an administration agreement. For purposes of this Agreement the
term “Administrator” includes a “Sub-Administrator”.
Section 1.3. ADVISER. Any person, registered under the Advisers Act, that is retained by the
Manager to provide investment advisory services to the Master Fund and that is therefore
responsible for the investment and trading of the assets of the Master Fund.
Section 1.4. ADVISERS ACT. The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and orders thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any successor law.
Section 1.5. AFFILIATE. Affiliated person as that term is defined in the 1940 Act.
Section 1.6. AGREEMENT. This Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended from time to
time.
Section 1.7. BOARD. The Board of Directors established pursuant to Section 2.6.
Section 1.8. CAPITAL ACCOUNT. With respect to each Member, the capital account established and
maintained on behalf of each Member pursuant to Section 5.3.
Section 1.9. CERTIFICATE. The Certificate of Formation of the Company and any amendments
thereto as filed with the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware.
Section 1.10. CHAIRMAN. The Director selected to preside over meetings of the Board.
Section 1.11. CLOSING DATE. The first date on or as of which a Member other than the
Organizational Member is admitted to the Company.
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Section 1.12. CODE. The United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as
hereafter amended from time to time, or any successor law.
Section 1.13. COMPANY. The limited liability company governed hereby, as such limited
liability company may from time to time be constituted.
Section 1.14. DELAWARE ACT. The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act as in effect on the
date hereof and as amended from time to time, or any successor law.
Section 1.15. DIRECTOR. An individual designated as a Director of the Company who is delegated
authority provided for in Section 2.6 of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement the term
“Director” shall have the same meaning as the term “Manager” as such term is defined under the
Delaware Act (but is not the same as the term “Manager” as used in this Agreement).
Section 1.16. DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who may serve as the distributor of Interests pursuant
to a distribution agreement with the Company.
Section 1.17. FISCAL PERIOD. The period commencing on the Closing Date of the Company, and
thereafter each period commencing on the day following the last day of the preceding Fiscal Period,
and ending at the close of business on the first to occur of the following dates:
(a) the last day of a Fiscal Year;
(b) the last day of a Taxable Year;
(c) the day preceding the date on which a contribution to the capital of the Company is
made;
(d) the day on which a substitute member is admitted;
(e) the day on which the Company repurchases any Interest, or portion of an Interest, of
a Member;
(f) any day on which any amount is credited to, or debited against, the Capital Account
of a Member, other than an amount to be credited to, or debited against, the Capital Account
of all Members in accordance with their respective Investment Percentages; or
(g) the last day of a fiscal period of any Master Fund.
Section 1.18. FISCAL YEAR. The period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on March 31,
2007, and thereafter each period commencing on April 1 of each year and ending on March 31 of the
following year (or on the date of a final distribution pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof), unless the
Board elects another fiscal year for the Company.
Section 1.19. FORM N-2. The Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended from time to time.
Section 1.20. INCENTIVE FEE. The fee paid to the Manager at the end of each Fiscal Year and
accrued at the end of each Incentive Period (as defined below) which is based upon the performance
of the Company. The Incentive Fee is an amount equal to 10% of each Member’s Net Profits in excess
of such Member’s Loss Carryforward Amount (before any accruals of Incentive Fees).
Section 1.21. INCENTIVE PERIOD. The Incentive Period, which may be composed of one or more
consecutive fiscal periods, generally corresponds to a fiscal year, but may vary with respect to
Members. An Incentive Period may be composed of one or more consecutive fiscal periods.
Section 1.22. INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. Those Directors who are not “interested persons” of the
Company as such term is defined in the 1940 Act.
Section 1.23. INTEREST. The ownership interest in the Company at any particular time of a
Member, or other person to whom an Interest of a Member or portion thereof has been transferred
pursuant to Section 4.5 hereof, including the rights and obligations of such Member or other person
under this Agreement and the Delaware Act.
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Section 1.24. INVESTMENT FUNDS. Unregistered general or limited partnerships or pooled
investment vehicles and/or registered investment companies in which the Company (through the
Offshore Fund and the Master Fund) invests its assets that are advised by an Investment Manager.
Section 1.25. INVESTMENT MANAGERS. Third party investment managers that manage and direct the
investment activities of Investment Funds or are retained to manage and invest a designated portion
of the assets of the Master Fund.
Section 1.26. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. Separate written agreements entered into (i) by
the Manager and the Master Fund and (ii) by the Manager and the Company, pursuant to which the
Manager provides investment management services to the Master Fund.
Section 1.27. INVESTMENT PERCENTAGE. A percentage established for each Member on the Company’s
books as of the first day of each Fiscal Period. The Investment Percentage of a Member for a Fiscal
Period shall be determined by dividing the balance of the Member’s Capital Account as of the
commencement of such period by the sum of the Capital Accounts of all of the Members as of the
commencement of such period. The sum of the Investment Percentages of all Members for each Fiscal
Period shall equal 100%.
Section 1.28. LOSS CARRYFORWARD AMOUNT. The excess, with respect to any Incentive Period, and
to the extent not subsequently offset by allocations of profits or otherwise reduced, of (1) a
Member’s allocable share of Net Losses calculated in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Agreement
(excluding amounts previously allocated to repurchased or distributed portions of the Capital
Account during the Incentive Period) over (2) the Member’s allocable share of Net Profits
calculated in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Agreement (excluding amounts previously allocated
to repurchased or distributed portions of the Capital Account during the Incentive Period), in each
case for the current and any prior Incentive Periods. If at the end of any subsequent Incentive
Period, Net Profits allocated to a Member’s Capital Account in accordance with Section 5.4 of this
Agreement exceed Net Losses allocated during that period in accordance with Section 5.4 of this
Agreement (excluding Net Profits and Net Losses previously taken into account for this purpose by
reason of a partial repurchase or distribution during that period), any Loss Carryforward Amount
for such Member will be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of the excess. No transferee may
succeed to any portion of the Loss Carryforward Account applicable to the Transferring Member
unless the transfer of the Interest or portion of the Interest results in no change in beneficial
ownership in the Interest or portion of the Interest. The Loss Carryforward Amount, for a given
Incentive Period, will be adjusted with respect to any contributions, transfers, distributions and
repurchases applicable to the Member’s Capital Account for that Incentive Period, or portion
thereof.
Section 1.29. MANAGEMENT FEE. The fee paid to the Manager out of the assets of the Master
Fund, as provided in Section 3.8(g) of this Agreement.
Section 1.30. MANAGER. PNC Capital Advisors Inc., formerly known as Mercantile Capital
Advisors, Inc., a Maryland corporation, or any person who may hereinafter serve as the Manager to
the Company or the Master Fund pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement.
Section 1.31. MASTER FUND. PNC Alternative Strategies Master Fund LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, or any other company in which the Offshore Fund invests all or substantially all
of its assets.
Section 1.32. MEMBER. Any person who shall have been admitted to the Company as a member until
the Company repurchases the entire Interest of such person as a member pursuant to Section 4.6
hereof or a substituted member or members are admitted with respect to any such person’s entire
Interest as a member pursuant to Section 4.5 hereof.
Section 1.33. NET ASSETS. The total value of all assets of the Company, less an amount equal
to all accrued debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company, calculated before giving effect
to any repurchases of Interests.
Section 1.34. NET PROFITS OR NET LOSSES. The amount by which the Net Assets as of the close of
business on the last day of a Fiscal Period exceed (in the case of Net Profit) or are less than (in
the case of Net Loss) the Net Assets as of the commencement of the same Fiscal Period (or, with
respect to the initial Fiscal Period of the Company, at the close of business on the Closing Date),
such amount to be adjusted to exclude:
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(a) the amount of any insurance premiums or proceeds to be allocated among the Capital
Accounts of the Members pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof;
(b) any items to be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members on a basis that
is not in accordance with the respective Investment Percentages of all Members as of the
commencement of such Fiscal Period pursuant to Section 5.6 and Section 5.7 hereof; and
(c) Monthly reimbursement of organizational expenses allocated among the Capital Accounts
of the Members pursuant to Sections 3.8 and 5.8 hereof.
Section 1.35. NOTICE DATE. The date, as specified in any tender offer made by the Company, by
which Members choosing to tender Interests for repurchase must notify the Company of their intent.
Section 1.36. 1940 ACT. The Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules, regulations and
orders thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any successor law.
Section 1.37. OFFSHORE FUND. PNC Alternative Strategies Cayman Fund LDC, a Cayman Islands
limited duration company, or any other similar non-U.S. jurisdiction company in which the Company
invests all or substantially all of its assets, and which in turn invests all or substantially all
of its assets in the Master Fund.
Section 1.38. ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER. Mercantile Bankshares Corporation.
Section 1.39. PERSON. Any individual, entity, corporation, partnership, association, limited
liability company, joint-stock company, trust, estate, joint venture, organization, or
unincorporated organization.
Section 1.40. PROMISSORY NOTE. A non-interest bearing and non-transferable promise of the
Company to pay which will contain terms providing for payment to a redeeming Member at two separate
times.
Section 1.41. PROSPECTUS. The Company’s prospectus, as included in the Form N-2, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
Section 1.42. SECURITIES. Securities (including, without limitation, equities, debt
obligations, options, and other “securities” as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the
0000 Xxx) and any contracts for forward or future delivery of any security, debt obligation or
currency, or commodity, all types of derivative instruments and any contracts based on any index or
group of securities, debt obligations or currencies, or commodities, and any options thereon, as
well as investments in registered investment companies and private investment funds.
Section 1.43. TAXABLE YEAR. The period from January 1 to December 31 of each year.
Section 1.44. TRANSFER. The assignment, transfer, sale, encumbrance, pledge or other
disposition of all or any portion of an Interest, including any right to receive any allocations
and distributions attributable to an Interest. Verbs, adverbs or adjectives such as “Transfer,”
“Transferred” and “Transferring” have correlative meanings.
Section 1.45. VALUATION DATE. The date as of which the Interests are valued by the Company.
Article II.
ORGANIZATION; ADMISSION OF MEMBERS
ORGANIZATION; ADMISSION OF MEMBERS
Section 2.1. Formation of Limited Liability Company.
The Board shall execute and file in accordance with the Delaware Act any amendment to the
Certificate and shall execute and file with applicable governmental authorities any other
instruments, documents and certificates that, in the opinion of the Company’s legal counsel, may
from time to time be required by the laws of the United States of America, the State of Delaware or
any other jurisdiction in which the Company shall determine to do business, or any political
subdivision or agency thereof, or that such legal counsel may deem necessary or appropriate to
effectuate, implement and continue the valid existence and business of the Company.
Section 2.2. Name.
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The name of the Company shall be PNC Alternative Strategies TEDI Fund LLC or such other name
as the Board may hereafter adopt upon (i) causing an appropriate amendment to the Certificate to be
filed in accordance with the Delaware Act and (ii) sending notice thereof to each Member.
Section 2.3. Principal and Registered Office.
(a) The Company shall have its principal office at Two Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, 00000, or at such other place designated from time to time by the Board.
(b) The Company shall have its registered office in Delaware at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 00000 and shall have Corporation Service Company as its
registered agent for service of process in Delaware, unless a different registered office or
agent is designated from time to time by the Board.
Section 2.4. Duration.
The term of the Company commenced on the filing of the Certificate with the Secretary of State
of Delaware and shall continue until the Company is dissolved pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof.
Section 2.5. Objective and Business of the Company.
(a) The objective of the Company is to seek attractive risk adjusted rates of return with
a risk profile that is significantly lower than that of traditional “long only” small
capitalization market exposure. The Company intends to achieve its objective principally
through investing (through the Offshore Fund and the Master Fund) in Investment Funds managed
by Investment Managers who employ a variety of alternative investment strategies. The business
of the Company is to invest, as a feeder fund, all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets, through the Offshore Fund, in the Master Fund, which has the same investment objective
as the Company, as part of a master-feeder fund structure. In connection with its investment
as a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure, the business of the Company includes
purchasing, selling (including short sales), investing and trading in Securities, on margin or
otherwise, and engaging in any financial or derivative transactions relating thereto or
otherwise. The Company may execute, deliver and perform all contracts, agreements,
subscription documents and other undertakings and engage in all activities and transactions as
may in the opinion of the Board be necessary or advisable to carry out its objective or
business.
(b) The Company shall operate as a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment
company in accordance with the 1940 Act and subject to any policies and investment
restrictions set forth in the Prospectus.
Section 2.6. Board of Directors.
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Organizational Member may designate such persons who
shall agree to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement to serve as the initial
Directors on the Board, subject to the election of such persons prior to the Closing Date by
the Organizational Member. By signing this Agreement or the signature page of the Company’s
investor application or certification, a Member admitted on the Closing Date shall be deemed
to have voted for the election of each of the initial Directors to the Board. After the
Closing Date, the Board may, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 2.6 with respect to the number of, and vacancies in, the position of Director and the
provisions of Section 3.3 hereof with respect to the election of Directors to the Board by
Members, designate any person who shall agree to be bound by all of the terms of this
Agreement as a Director. The names and mailing addresses of the Directors shall be set forth
in the books and records of the Company. The number of Directors shall be fixed from time to
time by the Board.
(b) Each Director shall serve on the Board for the duration of the term of the Company,
unless his or her status as a Director shall be sooner terminated pursuant to Section 4.2
hereof. In the event of any vacancy in the position of Director, the remaining Directors
serving on the Board may appoint an individual to serve in such capacity, so long as
immediately after such appointment at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors then serving
would have been elected by the Members. The Board may call a meeting of Members to fill any
vacancy in the position of Director, and shall do so within 60 days after any date on which
Directors who were elected by the Members cease to constitute a majority of the Directors then
serving on the Board.
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(c) In the event that no Director remains to continue the business of the Company, the
Manager shall promptly call a meeting of the Members, to be held within 60 days after the date
on which the last Director ceased to act in that capacity, for the purpose of determining
whether to continue the business of the Company and, if the business shall be continued, of
electing the required number of Directors to the Board. If the Members shall determine at such
meeting not to continue the business of the Company or if the required number of Directors is
not elected within 60 days after the date on which the last Director ceased to act in that
capacity, then the Company shall be dissolved pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof and the assets of
the Company shall be liquidated and distributed pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof.
Section 2.7. Members.
The Board expects to admit Members as of the first business day of each calendar month.
Members may be admitted to the Company subject to the condition that each such Member shall execute
and deliver the Company’s investor application or certification pursuant to which such Member
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions hereof and that the minimum initial capital
contribution, as required by Section 5.1, has been deposited with the Company’s escrow agent. The
Board may in its sole discretion reject any subscription for Interests. The Board may, in its sole
discretion, suspend subscriptions for Interests at any time. The admission of any Person as a
Member shall be effective upon the revision of the books and records of the Company to reflect the
name and the contribution to the capital of the Company of such additional Member.
Section 2.8. Distribution Fees.
(a) A Member may be charged a distribution fee when a Distributor is used to sell such
Member’s Interest in the amount and as set forth in the Prospectus.
(b) The distribution fee will be deducted from a prospective Member’s subscription
amount; it will not constitute a capital contribution made by the Member to the Company nor
part of the assets of the Company and may be adjusted or waived as described in the
Prospectus.
Section 2.9. Limited Liability.
Except as provided under applicable law, including capital contribution obligations, a Member
shall not be liable for the Company’s debts, obligations and liabilities in any amount in excess of
such Member’s contributions to the capital of the Company (plus such Member’s share of
undistributed profits and assets). Except as provided under applicable law, a Director shall not be
liable for the Company’s debts, obligations and liabilities.
Article III.
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
Section 3.1. Management and Control.
(a) Management and control of the business of the Company shall be vested in the Board,
which shall have the right, power and authority, on behalf of the Company and in its name, to
exercise all rights, powers and authority of “manager” as defined under the Delaware Act (but
is not the same as the term “Manager” as defined in this Agreement) and to do all things
necessary and proper to carry out the objective and business of the Company and their duties
hereunder. No Director shall have the authority individually to act on behalf of or to bind
the Company except within the scope of such Director’s authority as delegated by the Board.
The parties hereto intend that, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided herein,
(i) each Director shall be vested with the same powers, authority and responsibilities on
behalf of the Company as are customarily vested in each director of a Delaware corporation and
(ii) each Independent Director shall be vested with the same powers, authority and
responsibilities on behalf of the Company as are customarily vested in each director of a
closed-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act that is organized as a
Delaware corporation who is not an “interested person” (as such term is defined in the 0000
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Manager shall have the authority to manage the business and affairs of the Company. The
Manager will oversee the day-to-day management of the Company and, subject to the approval of
the Board, has the authority to: approve the acceptance of initial and subsequent
subscriptions on behalf of the Company; determine whether future
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subscriptions should be
accepted; make determinations on the transfer of Interests; and manage and oversee the general
administrative and operational aspects of the Company.
(b) Members shall have no right to participate in and shall take no part in the
management or control of the Company’s business and shall have no right, power or authority to
act for or bind the Company. Members shall have the right to vote on any matters only as
provided in this Agreement or on any matters that require the approval of the holders of
voting securities under the 1940 Act or as otherwise required in the Delaware Act.
(c) The Board may delegate to a committee or to any other person any rights, power and
authority vested by this Agreement in the Board to the extent permissible under applicable
law.
(d) The Company will file a tax return as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all decisions for the Company
relating to tax matters including, without limitation, whether to make any tax elections, the
positions to be made on the Company’s tax returns and the settlement or further contest or
litigation of any audit matters raised by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing
authority, will be made by the Board. All actions (other than ministerial actions) taken by
the Manager, as designated in this Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 below, will be subject to the
approval of the Board. Each Member agrees not to treat, on its own income tax return or any
claim for a tax refund, any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit in a manner
inconsistent with the treatment of such item by the Company.
Section 3.2. Actions by the Board of Directors.
(a) Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, the Board shall act only: (i) by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors (including the vote of a majority of the
Independent Directors, if required by the 0000 Xxx) present at a meeting duly called at which
a quorum of the Directors shall be present (in person or, if in person attendance is not
required by the 1940 Act, by telephone) or (ii) by unanimous written consent of all of the
Directors without a meeting, if permissible under the 1940 Act.
(b) The Board may designate from time to time a Chairman who shall preside at all
meetings. Meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman or by any two Directors, and may
be held on such date and at such time and place as the Board shall determine. Each Director
shall be entitled to receive written notice of the date, time and place of such meeting within
a reasonable time in advance of the meeting. Notice need not be given to any Director who
shall attend a meeting without objecting to the lack of notice or who shall execute a written
waiver of notice with respect to the meeting. Directors may attend and participate in any
meeting by telephone except where in person attendance at a meeting is required by the 1940
Act. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.
(c) The Board may designate from time to time agents and employees of the Company who
shall have the same powers and duties on behalf of the Company (including the power to bind
the Company) as are customarily vested in officers of a Delaware corporation, and designate
them as officers of the Company.
Section 3.3. Meetings of Members.
(a) Actions requiring the vote of the Members may be taken at any duly constituted
meeting of the Members at which a quorum is present. Meetings of the Members may be called by
the Board or by Members holding a majority of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by
all Members, and may be held at such time, date and place as the Board shall determine. The
Board shall arrange to provide written notice of the meeting, stating the date, time and place
of the meeting and the record date therefor, to each Member entitled to vote at the meeting
within a reasonable time prior thereto. Failure to receive notice of a meeting on the part of
any Member shall not affect the validity of any act or proceeding of the meeting, so long as a
quorum shall be present at the meeting, except as otherwise required by applicable law. Only
matters set forth in the notice of a meeting may be voted on by the Members at a meeting. The
presence in person or by proxy of Members holding a majority of the total number of votes
eligible to be cast by all Members as of the record date shall constitute a quorum at any
meeting. In the absence of a quorum, a meeting of the Members may be adjourned by action of a
majority of the Members present in person or by proxy without additional notice to the
Members. Except as otherwise required by any provision of this Agreement or of the 1940 Act,
(i) those candidates receiving a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of Members shall
be elected as Directors and (ii) all other actions of the Members taken at a meeting shall
require the affirmative vote of Members holding
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a majority of the total number of votes
eligible to be cast by those Members who are present in person or by proxy at such meeting.
(b) Each Member shall be entitled to cast at any meeting of Members a number of votes
equivalent to such Member’s Investment Percentage as of the record date for such meeting. The
Board shall establish a record date not less than 10 nor more than 90 days prior to the date
of any meeting of Members to determine eligibility to vote at such meeting and the number of
votes that each Member will be entitled to cast thereat, and shall maintain for each such
record date a list setting forth the name of each Member and the number of votes that each
Member will be entitled to cast at the meeting.
(c) A Member may vote at any meeting of Members by a proxy properly executed in writing
by the Member and filed with the Company before or at the time of the meeting. A proxy may be
suspended or revoked, as the case may be, by the Member executing the proxy by a later writing
delivered to the Company at any time prior to exercise of the proxy or if the Member executing
the proxy shall be present at the meeting and decide to vote in person. Any action of the
Members that is permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Members may be taken without a
meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action taken, are signed by Members holding
a majority of the total number of votes eligible to be cast or such greater percentage as may
be required in order to approve such action.
Section 3.4. Custody of Assets of the Company.
The physical possession of all funds, Securities or other properties of the Company shall at
all times be held, controlled and administered by one or more custodians retained by the Company in
accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act. The Manager will have no responsibility, other
than that associated with the oversight and supervision of custodians retained by the Company, with
respect to the collection of income or the physical acquisition or safekeeping of the funds,
Securities or other assets of the Company, all duties of collection, physical acquisition or
safekeeping being the sole obligation of such custodians.
Section 3.5. Other Activities of Members, the Manager and Directors.
(a) Neither the Manager nor any Director shall be required to devote its full time to the
affairs of the Company, but shall devote such time as may reasonably be required to perform
its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Any Member, Manager or Director, and any Affiliate of any Member, Manager or
Director, may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures or commercial
dealings of every kind and description, independently or with others, including, but not
limited to, acquisition and disposition of Securities, provision of investment advisory or
brokerage services, serving as directors, officers, employees, advisors or agents of other
companies, partners of any partnership, members of any limited liability company, or trustees
of any trust, or entering into any other commercial arrangements. No Member, Manager or
Director shall have any rights in or to such activities of any other Member, Manager or
Director, or any profits derived therefrom.
Section 3.6. Duty of Care.
(a) The Manager and Directors shall not be liable to the Company or to any of its Members
for any loss or damage occasioned by any act or omission in the performance of their services
under this Agreement, unless it shall be determined by final judicial decision on the merits
from which there is no further right to appeal that such loss is due to an act or omission of
such Manager or Director constituting willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence of
the duties involved in the conduct of such Manager’s or Director’s office.
(b) Members not in breach of any obligation hereunder or under any agreement pursuant to
which the Member subscribed for an Interest shall be liable to the Company, any Member or
third parties only as provided under the Delaware Act.
Section 3.7. Indemnification.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.7(b)
hereof, indemnify the Manager and Adviser (including for this purpose each officer, director,
member, partner, principal, employee or agent of, or any Person who controls, is controlled by
or is under common control with, the Manager or Adviser or partner of the Manager or Adviser
and their respective executors, heirs, assigns,
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successors or other legal representatives),
its officers and each Director (and his respective executors, heirs, assigns, successors or
other legal representatives) (each such person an “indemnitee”) against all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, amounts paid in
satisfaction of judgments, in compromise, or as fines or penalties, and reasonable counsel
fees, incurred in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit,
investigation or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any judicial, arbitral,
administrative or legislative body, in which such indemnitee may be or may have been involved
as a party or otherwise, or with which such indemnitee may be or may have been threatened,
while in office or thereafter. Except to the extent that such loss, claim, damage, liability,
cost or expense shall have been finally determined in a judicial decision on the merits from
which no further right to appeal may be taken in any such action, suit, investigation or other
proceeding to have been incurred or suffered by such indemnitee by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, breach of fiduciary duty or gross negligence of the duties involved in
the conduct of such indemnitee’s office. The rights of indemnification provided under this
Section 3.7 shall not be construed so as to provide for indemnification of a Director for any
liability (including liability under federal securities laws which, under certain
circumstances, impose liability even on persons that act in good faith) to the extent (but
only to the extent) that such indemnification would be in violation of applicable law, but
shall be construed so as to effectuate the applicable provisions of this Section 3.7 to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
(b) Expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, so incurred by any such indemnitee (but
excluding amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise, or as fines or penalties),
may be paid from time to time by the Company in advance of the final disposition of any such
action, suit, investigation or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of
such indemnitee to repay to the Company amounts so paid if it shall ultimately be determined
that indemnification of such expenses is not authorized under this Section 3.7; provided, that
(i) such indemnitee shall provide security for such undertaking, (ii) the Company shall be
insured by or on behalf of such indemnitee against losses arising by reason of such
indemnitee’s failure to fulfill such undertaking, or (iii) a majority of the Directors
(excluding any Director who is either seeking advancement of expenses hereunder or is or has
been a party to any other action, suit, investigation or proceeding involving claims similar
to those involved in the action, suit, investigation or proceeding giving rise to a claim for
advancement of expenses hereunder) or independent legal counsel in a written opinion
determines based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type
inquiry) that there is reason to believe such indemnitee ultimately will be entitled to
indemnification.
(c) As to the disposition of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding (whether by a
compromise payment, pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise) without an adjudication or a
decision on the merits by a court, or by any other body before which the proceeding shall have
been brought, that an indemnitee is liable to the Company or its Members by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, breach of fiduciary duty or gross negligence of the duties involved in
the conduct of such indemnitee’s office, indemnification shall be provided pursuant to
Section 3.7(a) hereof if:
(i) approved as in the best interests of the Company by a majority of the Directors
(excluding any Director who is either seeking indemnification hereunder or is or has been
a party to any other action, suit, investigation or proceeding involving claims similar
to those involved in the action, suit, investigation or proceeding giving rise to a claim
for indemnification hereunder) upon a determination based upon a review of readily
available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that such indemnitee acted in
good faith and in the reasonable belief that such actions were in the best interests of
the Company and that such indemnitee is not liable to the Company or its Members by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, breach of fiduciary duty or gross negligence of
the duties involved in the conduct of such indemnitee’s office, or
(ii) the Board secures a written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a
review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) to the effect
that such indemnification would not protect such indemnitee against any liability to the
Company or its Members to which such indemnitee would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, breach of fiduciary duty or gross negligence of the
duties involved in the conduct of such indemnitee’s office.
(d) Any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to this Section 3.7
shall not prevent the recovery from any indemnitee of any such amount if such indemnitee
subsequently is determined in a final judicial decision on the merits in any action, suit,
investigation or proceeding involving the liability or expense that gave rise to such
indemnification or advancement of expenses to be liable to the Company or its Members
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by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the
duties involved in the conduct of such indemnitee’s office. In (i) any suit brought by an
indemnitee (or other person entitled to indemnification hereunder) to enforce a right to
indemnification under this Section 3.7 it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit in the
name of the Company to recover any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to
this Section 3.7 the Company shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final
adjudication that, the indemnitee under this Section 3.7 has not met the applicable standard
of conduct set forth in this Section 3.7. In any such suit brought to enforce a right to
indemnification or to recover any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to
this Section 3.7, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified,
or to any indemnification or advancement of expenses, under this Section 3.7 shall be on the
Company (or any Member acting derivatively or otherwise on behalf of the Company or its
Members).
(e) An indemnitee may not satisfy any right of indemnification or advancement of expenses
granted in this Section 3.7 or to which such indemnitee may otherwise be entitled except out
of the assets of the Company, and no Member shall be personally liable with respect to any
such claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses.
(f) The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall not be exclusive of or affect
any other rights to which any person may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.
Nothing contained in this Section 3.7 shall affect the power of the Company to purchase and
maintain liability insurance on behalf of the Manager, any Director, the Adviser or other
person.
Section 3.8. Fees, Expenses and Reimbursement.
(a) So long as the Administrator provides Administrative Services to the Company, it
shall be entitled to receive reasonable and customary fees for such services as well as
out-of-pocket expenses as may be agreed to by the Administrator and the Company pursuant to a
separate written agreement.
(b) As consideration for providing advisory services to the Master Fund, and for so long
as the Manager provides such advisory services to the Master Fund, the Manager shall be
entitled to receive the Incentive Fee in respect of Incentive Period.
(c) The Board may cause the Company to compensate each Director for his or her services
rendered in connection with the Company. In addition, the Directors shall be reimbursed by the
Company for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in performing their duties
under this Agreement.
(d) The Company shall bear all expenses related to its investment program and operations,
including, but not limited to, the Incentive Fee; fees and expenses of the Administrator; any
interest expense; attorney’s fees and disbursements associated with preparing and updating
offering materials and with qualifying prospective investors; fees and disbursements of any
accountants engaged by the Company, and expenses related to the annual audit of the Company;
record-keeping, custody and escrow fees and expenses; the costs of errors and
omissions/directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and a fidelity bond; the costs of
preparing and mailing reports and other communications, including proxy, tender offer
correspondence or similar materials, to Members; fees and travel expenses of Directors
relating to meetings of the Board and committees thereof; and any extraordinary expenses,
including indemnification expenses as provided in this Agreement.
The Offshore Fund will bear its allocable portion of the operating expenses of the Master
Fund and expenses of the Master Fund’s investment in the Investment Funds, including, but not
limited to, fees paid and expenses reimbursed to Investment Funds or Investment Managers
(including management fees, performance or incentive fees or allocations and redemption or
withdrawal fees, however titled or structured); all costs and expenses directly related to
portfolio transactions and positions for the Master Fund’s account such as direct and indirect
expenses associated with the Master Fund’s investments, including its investments in
Investment Funds (whether or not consummated), and enforcing the Master Fund’s rights in
respect of such investments; transfer taxes and premiums; taxes withheld on non-U.S.
dividends; fees for data and software providers; research expenses; professional fees
(including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of consultants, attorneys and experts);
if applicable in connection with temporary or cash management investments, brokerage
commissions, interest and commitment fees on loans and debit balances, borrowing charges on
securities sold short, dividends on securities sold but not yet purchased and margin fees; any
non-investment-related interest expense; attorneys’ fees and disbursements; fees and
disbursements of any accountants engaged by the Master Fund, and expenses related to the
annual audit of the Master Fund; record-keeping and
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custody fees and expenses; the costs of
errors and omissions/directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and a fidelity bond; the
Management Fee; the costs of preparing and mailing reports and other communications to the
Master Fund’s investors; expenses in connection with the ongoing offering of the Master Fund’s
interests; fees and travel expenses of directors relating to meetings of the Master Fund’s
Board of Directors and committees thereof; all costs and charges for equipment or services
used in communicating information regarding the Master Fund’s transactions; and any
extraordinary expenses, including indemnification expenses.
(e) Subject to procuring any required regulatory approvals, from time to time the Company
may, alone or in conjunction with other accounts for which the Manager, or any of its
affiliates, acts as general partner or investment adviser, purchase insurance in such amounts,
from such insurers and on such terms as the Board shall determine.
(f) The expenses incurred by the Manager in connection with the Company’s formation,
initial registration as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and the initial offering of
Interests of the Company will be reimbursed to the Manager from the assets of the Company. The
Company will only be obliged to reimburse organizational expenses and offering costs for
twelve months after the Closing Date and if after such time such costs remain unpaid to the
Manager, the Manager will bear the remaining portion of such expenditures. If such
expenditures are paid in full prior to the twelfth month then, during the remainder of the
twelve month period, newly admitted Members, and existing Members that subscribe for
additional Interests, will be allocated a proportionate share of the amount previously
reimbursed to the Manager, and those Members who bore the previously reimbursed expenditures
will be credited with a proportionate share of the expenditures allocated to such newly
admitted or existing Members. Expenses incurred in connection with the ongoing offering of
Interests of the Company will be borne by the Company.
(g) In consideration of the services provided by the Manager to the Master Fund under the
Investment Management Agreement, the Master Fund will pay the Manager a quarterly fee of
0.3125% of the Master Fund’s net assets (the “Management Fee”). The Offshore Fund, through its
investment in the Master Fund, will bear its allocable portion of the Management Fee. In its
sole discretion, the Manager shall be entitled to reduce the Offshore Fund’s share of the
Management Fee, and such reduction will be for the benefit of all Members.
Article IV.
TERMINATION OF STATUS OF MANAGER AND DIRECTORS, TRANSFERS AND REPURCHASES
TERMINATION OF STATUS OF MANAGER AND DIRECTORS, TRANSFERS AND REPURCHASES
Section 4.1. Termination of Status of the Manager.
The status of the Manager as investment manager under the Investment Management Agreement
between the Company and the Manager shall be terminated at any time, (i) by the Company on 60 days’
written notice to the Manager, without the payment any penalty, by a vote of a majority of the
entire Board or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company; or
(ii) upon 90 days’ written notice by the Manager. The status of the Manager as investment manager
of the Master Fund shall be terminated if the Investment Management Agreement between the Master
Fund and the Manager terminates and the Master Fund does not enter into a new investment management
agreement with the Manager, effective as of the date of such termination. The Investment Management
Agreement will automatically and immediately terminate in the event of its assignment by the
Manager, provided that an assignment to a successor to all or substantially all of the Manager’s
business or to a wholly-owned subsidiary of such successor which does not result in a change of
actual control of the Manager’s business shall not be deemed to be an assignment for the purposes
of the Investment Management Agreement.
Section 4.2. Termination of Status of a Director.
The status of a Director shall terminate if the Director, pursuant to Delaware law, is
removed, resigns or is subject to various disabling events such as death, incapacity or bankruptcy.
A Director may resign, subject to giving 90 days’ prior written notice to the other Directors if
such resignation is likely to affect adversely the tax status of the Company.
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Section 4.3. Removal of the Directors.
Any Director may be removed either by (a) the vote or written consent of at least two-thirds
(2/3) of the Directors not subject to the removal vote or (b) the vote or written consent of
Members holding not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by
all Members.
Section 4.4. Removal of the Manager.
The Manager may be removed as Manager under this Agreement by the vote or written consent of
Members holding not less than 80% of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all Members.
Section 4.5. Transfer of Interests of Members.
(a) An Interest of a Member may be transferred only (i) by operation of law pursuant to
the bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of such Member or (ii) under certain limited
circumstances with the written consent of the Board (which may be withheld in its sole
discretion).
(b) The Board may not consent to a Transfer unless:
(i)(x) the Company consults with legal counsel to the Company and counsel confirms
that the Transfer will not cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded
partnership” taxable as a corporation or be subject to any other adverse tax or
regulatory treatment and (y) the following conditions are met: (i) the Transferring
Member has been a Member for at least six (6) months; (ii) the proposed Transfer is to be
made on a Valuation Date; and (iii) the Transfer is one in which the tax basis of the
Interest in the hands of the transferee is determined, in whole or in part, by reference
to its tax basis in the hands of the Transferring Member (e.g., certain Transfers to
affiliates);
(ii)(x) the person to whom the Interest is Transferred (or each of the person’s
beneficial owners if such a person is a “private investment company” as defined in
paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 205-3 under the Advisers Act) is a person whom the Board
believes meets the requirements of paragraph (d)(1) of Rule 205-3 under the Advisers Act
or any successor rule thereto and (y) the person to whom the Interest is Transferred is
one of the following: (A) a pension, profit-sharing, or other employee benefit trust that
is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code by reason of qualification under
Section 401 of the Code; (B) an employee benefit plan or other program established
pursuant to Sections 403(b), 408(k) or 457 of the Code; (C) a deferred compensation plan
established by a corporation, partnership, non-profit entity or state and local
government, or government-sponsored program, in each case, which is generally exempt from
U.S. federal income tax; (D) a foundation, endowment or other organization that is exempt
from taxation under Section 501(c) of the Code (other than an organization exempt under
Section 501(c)(1)); (E) an individual retirement account (“XXX”) (including a regular
XXX, spousal XXX for non-working spouse, Xxxx XXX and rollover XXX); or (F) a state
college or university; and
(iii) the entire Interest of the Member is Transferred to a single transferee or, in
the case of multiple transferees, after the Transfer of a portion of an Interest, the
balance of the Capital Account of each transferee and the remaining balance of the
Capital Account of the transferor (if any) is each not less than $50,000 or such lesser
amount as the Board may determine in its sole discretion.
(c) Any transferee that acquires an Interest by operation of law as the result of the
bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of a Member, shall be entitled to the allocations and
distributions allocable to the Interest so acquired and to Transfer such Interest in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, but shall not be entitled to the other rights of
a Member unless and until such transferee becomes a substituted Member. Once a Member obtains
the approval of the Board and satisfies the other requirements to transfer its Interests, the
Board shall promptly take all necessary actions so that the transferee to whom such Interest
is transferred is admitted to the Company as a Member.
(d) In no event, however, will any transferee or assignee be admitted as a Member without
the consent of the Board, which may be withheld in its sole discretion. Any pledge, transfer,
or assignment not made in accordance with this Section 4.5 shall be void.
(e) The admission of any transferee as a substituted Member will be effective upon the
execution and delivery by, or on behalf of, the substituted Member of this Agreement or an
instrument that constitutes the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Each Member and
transferee agrees to pay all expenses, including
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attorneys’ and accountants’ fees, incurred by
the Company in connection with any Transfer. If a Member Transfers its entire Interest as a
Member, it will not cease to be a Member unless and until the transferee is admitted to the
Company as a substituted Member in accordance with this Section 4.5.
(f) Each Member shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Directors, the
Manager, each other Member and any Affiliate of the foregoing against all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal or other expenses incurred in
investigating or defending against any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and
expenses or any judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement), joint or several, to which
such persons may become subject by reason of, or arising from, (i) any Transfer made by such
Member in violation of this Section 4.5 and (ii) any misrepresentation by such Member in
connection with any such Transfer.
Section 4.6. Repurchase of Interests.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Member or other person holding an
Interest or portion thereof shall have the right to withdraw or tender to the Company for
repurchase that Interest or portion thereof. The Board from time to time, in its sole
discretion and on such terms and conditions as it may determine, may cause the Company to
repurchase Interests or portions thereof pursuant to written tenders. However, the Company
shall not offer to repurchase Interests on more than four occasions during any Taxable Year
unless it has received an opinion of counsel to the effect that such more frequent offers
would not cause any adverse tax consequences to the Company or Members. In determining whether
to cause the Company to repurchase Interests pursuant to written tenders, the Board shall
consider the recommendation of the Manager, and shall also consider the following factors,
among others:
(i) whether any Members have requested to tender Interests or portions thereof to
the Company;
(ii) the liquidity of the Company’s assets (including fees and costs associated with
withdrawing from Investment Funds);
(iii) the investment plans and working capital and reserve requirements of the
Company;
(iv) the relative economies of scale with respect to the size of the Company;
(v) the history of the Company in repurchasing Interests; and
(vi) the anticipated tax consequences of any proposed repurchases of Interests.
The Board shall cause the Company to repurchase Interests or portions thereof pursuant to
written tenders only on terms fair to the Company and to all Members (including persons holding
Interests acquired from Members), as applicable.
(b) A Member tendering for repurchase only a portion of the Member’s Interest will be
required to maintain a Capital Account balance of at least $50,000 after giving effect to the
repurchase. If a Member tenders an amount that would cause the Member’s Capital Account
balance to fall below the required minimum, the Manager reserves the right to reduce the
amount to be repurchased from the Member so that the required minimum balance is maintained or
to repurchase the Member’s entire Interest in the Company.
(c) Repurchases pursuant to Company tender offers shall be effective after receipt and
acceptance by the Company of all eligible written tenders of Interests from Members and,
unless otherwise determined by the Board from time to time, including as a result of changes
in applicable law or the interpretation thereof, shall be subject to the following repurchase
procedures:
(i) Members choosing to tender an Interest for repurchase must do so by the
applicable Notice Date. Generally, the Notice Date will be the last calendar day of the
third month prior to the month containing the date as of which Interests are to be
repurchased. (For example, the Notice Date for a repurchase offer having a
December 31 repurchase date would be September 30.) Interests (or portions thereof) will
be valued as of the Valuation Date (which date, unless otherwise determined by the Board,
shall be the last business day of the month in which such Interests are to be
repurchased);
(ii) Promptly after the Notice Date, the Company will give to each Member whose
Interest has been accepted for repurchase a Promissory Note entitling the Member to be
paid an amount equal to the value, determined as of the Valuation Date, of the
repurchased Interest;
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(iii) The Promissory Note, which will be non-interest bearing and non-transferable,
is expected to contain terms providing for payment at two separate times;
(iv) The initial payment in respect of the Promissory Note (the “Initial Payment”)
will be in an amount equal to at least 90% of the estimated value of the repurchased
Interest, determined as of the Valuation Date. The Initial Payment will be made as of the
later of (1) a period of within 30 days after the Valuation Date, or (2) if the Master
Fund has requested withdrawals of its capital from any Investment Funds in order to fund
the repurchase of the Company’s interests in the Master Fund (through the Offshore Fund),
within ten business days after the Master Fund has received at least 90% of the aggregate
amount withdrawn from such Investment Funds; and
(v) The second and final payment in respect of the Promissory Note (the “Post-Audit
Payment”) will be in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the value of the
repurchased Interest, determined as of the Valuation Date and based upon the results of
the annual audit of the Company’s financial statements for the year in which the
Valuation Date occurs, over (2) the Initial Payment. The Manager anticipates that the
annual audit of the Company’s financial statements will be completed within 60 days after
the end of each Fiscal Year and that the Post-Audit Payment will be made promptly after
the completion of the audit.
(vi) Although the amounts required to be paid by the Company under the Promissory
Note will generally be paid in cash, the Company may under certain limited circumstances
pay all or a portion of the amounts due by an in-kind distribution of securities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the Board, in its
discretion, may pay all or any portion of the repurchase price in marketable Securities (or
any combination of marketable Securities and cash) having a value, determined as of the date
of repurchase, equal to the amount to be repurchased. All repurchases of Interests shall be
subject to any and all conditions as the Board may impose in its sole discretion. The amount
due to any Member whose Interest or portion thereof is repurchased shall be equal to the
audited value of such Member’s Capital Account or portion thereof, as applicable, as of the
Valuation Date, after giving effect to all allocations to be made to such Member’s Capital
Account as of such date.
(e) The Board may, in its sole discretion, elect to impose charges on Members who submit
their Interest for repurchase.
Article V.
CAPITAL
CAPITAL
Section 5.1. Contributions to Capital.
(a) The minimum initial contribution of each Member to the capital of the Company shall
be $75,000, subject to the discretion of the Manager to accept initial investments in lesser
amounts. The amount of the initial contribution of each Member shall be recorded on the books
and records of the Company upon acceptance as a contribution to the capital of the Company.
(b) The Members may make additional contributions to the capital of the Company of at
least $10,000 (subject to the discretion of the Manager to accept additional contributions in
lesser amounts), effective as of such times as the Manager, in its discretion, may permit,
subject to Section 2.7 hereof, but no Member shall be obligated to make any additional
contribution to the capital of the Company except to the extent provided in Section 5.7
hereof.
(c) Except as otherwise permitted by the Board, (i) initial and any additional
contributions to the capital of the Company by any Member shall be payable in cash, and
(ii) initial and any additional contributions in cash shall be payable in readily available
funds.
Section 5.2. Rights of Members to Capital.
No Member shall be entitled to interest on any contribution to the capital of the Company, nor
shall any Member be entitled to the return of any capital of the Company except (i) upon the
repurchase by the Company of a part or all of such Member’s Interest pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof
or (ii) upon the liquidation of the Company’s assets pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof. Except as
specified in the Delaware Act, or with respect to distributions or
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similar disbursements made in
error, no Member shall be liable for the return of any such amounts. No Member shall have the right
to require partition of the Company’s property or to compel any sale or appraisal of the Company’s
assets.
Section 5.3. Capital Accounts.
(a) The Company shall maintain a separate Capital Account for each Member.
(b) Each Member’s Capital Account shall have an initial balance equal to the amount of
cash constituting such Member’s initial contribution to the capital of the Company.
(c) Each Member’s Capital Account shall be increased by the sum of (i) the amount of cash
constituting additional contributions by such Member to the capital of the Company permitted
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, plus (ii) all amounts credited to such Member’s Capital
Account pursuant to Section 5.4 through Section 5.8 hereof.
(d) Each Member’s Capital Account shall be reduced by the sum of (i) the amount of any
repurchase of the Interest, or portion thereof, of such Member or distributions to such Member
pursuant to Section 4.6, Section 5.10, Section 5.11 or Section 6.2 hereof that are not
reinvested (net of any liabilities secured by any asset distributed that such Member is deemed
to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code), plus (ii) any amounts debited
against the Member’s Capital Account pursuant to Section 5.4 through Section 5.8 hereof.
(e) In the event all or a portion of the Interest of a Member is Transferred in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Transferee will succeed to the Capital
Account of the Transferor to the extent of the Transferred Interest or portion of an Interest.
(f) No Member will be required to pay the Company or any other Member any deficit in such
Member’s Capital Account upon dissolution of the Company or otherwise.
Section 5.4. Allocation of Net Profits and Net Losses.
As of the last day of each Fiscal Period, any Net Profits or Net Losses for the Fiscal Period
shall be allocated among and credited to or debited against the Capital Accounts of the Members in
accordance with their respective Investment Percentages for such Fiscal Period.
Section 5.5. Allocation of Insurance Premiums and Proceeds.
(a) Any premiums payable by the Company for insurance purchased pursuant to
Section 3.8(d) and Section 3.8(e) above shall be apportioned evenly over each Fiscal Period or
portion thereof falling within the period to which such premiums relate under the terms of
such insurance, and the portion of the premiums so apportioned to any Fiscal Period shall be
allocated among and debited against the Capital Accounts of each Member who is a member of the
Company during such Fiscal Period in accordance with such Member’s Investment Percentage for
such Fiscal Period.
(b) Proceeds, if any, to which the Company may become entitled pursuant to such insurance
shall be allocated among and credited to the Capital Accounts of each Member who is a member
of the Company during the Fiscal Period in which the event that gives rise to recovery of
proceeds occurs in accordance with such Member’s Investment Percentage for such Fiscal Period.
Section 5.6. Allocation of Certain Expenditures.
Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and unless prohibited by the 1940 Act, any
expenditures payable by the Company, to the extent determined by the Board to have been paid or
withheld on behalf of, or by reason of particular circumstances applicable to, one or more but
fewer than all of the Members, shall be charged to only those Members on whose behalf such payments
are made or whose particular circumstances gave rise to such payments. Such charges shall be
debited from the Capital Accounts of such Members as of the close of the Fiscal Period during which
any such items were paid or accrued by the Company.
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Section 5.7. Reserves.
(a) Appropriate reserves may be created, accrued and charged against Net Assets and
proportionately against the Capital Accounts of the Members for contingent liabilities, if
any, as of the date any such contingent liability becomes known to the Manager or the Board.
Such reserves will be in the amounts that the Board, in its sole discretion, deems necessary
or appropriate. The Board may increase or reduce any such reserves from time to time by such
amounts as the Board, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate. The amount of
any such reserve, or any increase or decrease therein, shall be proportionately charged or
credited, as appropriate, to the Capital Accounts of those parties who are Members at the time
when such reserve is created, increased or decreased, except that if any such individual
reserve item, adjusted by any increase therein, exceeds the lesser of $500,000 or 1% of the
aggregate value of the Capital Accounts of all such Members, then the amount of the reserve,
increase or decrease may instead be charged or credited to those parties who were Members at
the time, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, of the act or omission giving
rise to the contingent liability for which the reserve was established, increased or decreased
in proportion to their Capital Accounts at that time.
(b) If at any time an amount is paid or received by the Company (other than contributions
to the capital of the Company, distributions or repurchases of Interests or portions thereof)
and such amount exceeds the lesser of $500,000 or 1% of the aggregate value of the Capital
Accounts of all Members at the time of payment or receipt and such amount was not accrued or
reserved for but would nevertheless, in accordance with the Company’s accounting practices, be
treated as applicable to one or more prior Fiscal Periods, then such amount shall be
proportionately charged or credited, as appropriate, to those parties who were Members during
such prior Fiscal Period or Periods.
Section 5.8. Allocation of Organizational Expenses.
The Manager will allocate among the Members a monthly expense to reimburse the Manager for the
Company’s organizational expenses and offering costs, as described in Section 3.8(f).
Section 5.9. Tax Allocations.
(a) For each Fiscal Year, items of income, deduction, gain, loss or credit shall be
allocated for income tax purposes among the Members in such manner as to reflect equitably
amounts credited or debited to each Member’s Capital Account for the current and prior fiscal
years (or relevant portions thereof). Allocations under this Section 5.9 shall be made
pursuant to the principles of Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code, and in conformity with
Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) and 1.704-3(e)
promulgated thereunder, as applicable, or the successor provisions to such Section and
Regulations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, there shall be
allocated to the Members such gains or income as shall be necessary to satisfy the “qualified
income offset” requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
(b) If the Company realizes capital gains (including short-term capital gains) for U.S.
federal income tax purposes for any Fiscal Year during or as of the end of which the Interests
of one or more Positive Basis Members (as hereinafter defined) are repurchased by the Company
pursuant to Article IV, the Manager may elect to allocate net gains as follows:
(i) to such Positive Basis Members, in proportion to the Positive Basis (as
hereinafter defined) of each such Positive Basis Member, until either the full amount of
the net gains has been so allocated or the Positive Basis of each Positive Basis Member
shall have been eliminated; and
(ii) any net gains not so allocated to Positive Basis Members to the other Members
in a manner that equitably reflects the amounts credited to the Members’ Capital
Accounts.
(c) If the Company realizes capital losses for U.S. federal income tax purposes for any
Fiscal Year during or as of the end of which the Interests of one or more Negative Basis
Members (as hereinafter defined) are repurchased by the Company under Article IV of this
Agreement, the Manager may elect to allocate net losses as follows:
(i) to such Negative Basis Members, in proportion to the Negative Basis (as
hereafter defined) of each Negative Basis Member, until either the full amount of net
losses will have been so allocated or the Negative Basis of each Negative Basis Member
has been eliminated, and
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(ii) any net losses not so allocated to Negative Basis Members, to the other Members
in a manner that reflects equitably the amounts credited to the Members’ Capital
Accounts.
(d) As used herein, (i) the term “Positive Basis” means, with respect to any Member and
as of any time of calculation, the amount by which the value of its Interest as of such time
exceeds its “adjusted tax basis,” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in its Interest as of
such time (determined without regard to any adjustments made to such “adjusted tax basis” by
reason of any transfer or assignment of such Interest and without regard to such Member’s
share of the liabilities of the Company under Section 752 of the Code), and (ii) the term
“Positive Basis Member” means any Member whose Interest is repurchased by the Company and who
has Positive Basis as of the effective date of the repurchase, but such Member shall cease to
be a Positive Basis Member at such time as it shall have received allocations pursuant to
clause (i) of paragraph (b) equal to its Positive Basis as of the effective date of such
repurchase.
(e) The term “Negative Basis” means, with respect to any Member and as of any time of
calculation, the amount by which the Member’s “adjusted tax basis,” for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, in the Member’s Interest in the Company as of that time (determined without
regard to any adjustments made to the “adjusted tax basis” by reason of any Transfer or
assignment of the Interest and without regard to such Member’s share of the liabilities of the
Company under Section 752 of the Code) exceeds the value of its Interest as of such time. As
used in this Section 5.9, the term “Negative Basis Member” means any Member whose Interest is
repurchased by the Company and who has Negative Basis as of the effective date of the
repurchase, but such Member shall cease to be a Negative Basis Member at such time as it shall
have received allocations pursuant to clause (i) of paragraph (c) equal to its Negative Basis
as of the effective date of such repurchase.
Section 5.10. Distributions.
The Board, in its sole discretion, may authorize the Company to make distributions in cash or
in kind at any time to all of the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Members’
Investment Percentages.
Section 5.11. Withholding.
(a) The Board may withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (or any other
relevant taxing authority) taxes from any distribution to any Member to the extent required by
the Code or any other applicable law.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, any taxes so withheld by the Company, or withheld by
any other person, with respect to any amount distributed by the Company to any Member shall be
deemed to be a distribution or payment to such Member pursuant to this Agreement, reducing the
amount otherwise distributable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement and reducing the
Capital Account of such Member. If the amount of such taxes is greater than any such
distributable amounts, then such Member and any successor to such Member’s Interest shall pay
to the Company as a contribution to the capital of the Company, upon demand of the Board, the
amount of such excess.
(c) The Board shall not be obligated to apply for or obtain a reduction of or exemption
from withholding tax on behalf of any Member that may be eligible for such reduction or
exemption. To the extent that a Member claims to be entitled to a reduced rate of, or
exemption from, a withholding tax pursuant to an applicable income tax treaty, or otherwise,
the Member shall furnish the Board with such information and forms as such Member may be
required to complete where necessary to comply with any and all laws and regulations governing
the obligations of withholding tax agents. Each Member represents and warrants that any such
information and forms furnished by such Member shall be true and accurate and agrees to
indemnify the Company and each of the Members from any and all damages, costs and expenses
resulting from the filing of inaccurate or incomplete information or forms relating to such
withholding taxes.
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Article VI.
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 6.1. Dissolution.
The Company shall be dissolved:
(a) upon the affirmative vote to dissolve the Company by: (i) the Board or (ii) Members
holding at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all
Members;
(b) upon the failure of the Members to elect a successor Director at a meeting called by
Manager in accordance with Section 2.6 hereof when no Director remains to continue the
business of the Company;
(c) upon the expiration of any two year period that commences on the date on which any
Member has submitted a written notice to the Company requesting to tender its entire Interest
for repurchase by the Company, if such Interest has not been repurchased by the Company; or
(d) as required by operation of law.
Dissolution of the Company shall be effective on the later of the day on which the event
giving rise to the dissolution shall occur, but the Company shall not terminate until the assets of
the Company have been liquidated in accordance with Section 6.2 hereof and the Certificate has been
canceled.
Section 6.2. Liquidation of Assets.
(a) Upon the dissolution of the Company as provided in Section 6.1 hereof, the Board
shall promptly appoint the Board or Manager as the liquidator and the Board or Manager shall
liquidate the business and administrative affairs of the Company, except that if the Board
does not appoint the Manager as the liquidator or the Board is unable to perform this
function, another liquidator will be elected by the Board. Net Profits and Net Losses during
the period of liquidation shall be allocated pursuant to Section 5.4 hereof. The proceeds from
liquidation (after establishment of appropriate reserves for contingencies in such amount as
the Board or other liquidator shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion as applicable)
shall be distributed in the following manner:
(i) the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company, other than debts to
Members, and the expenses of liquidation (including legal and accounting expenses
incurred in connection therewith), up to and including the date that distribution of the
Company’s assets to the Members has been completed, shall first be paid on a
proportionate basis;
(ii) such debts, liabilities or obligations as are owing to the Members shall next
be paid in their order of seniority and on a proportionate basis; and
(iii) the Members shall next be paid on a proportionate basis the positive balances
of their respective Capital Accounts after giving effect to all allocations to be made to
such Members’ Capital Accounts for the Fiscal Period ending on the date of the
distributions under this Section 6.2.
(b) Anything in this Section 6.2 to the contrary notwithstanding, upon dissolution of the
Company, the Board or other liquidator may distribute ratably in kind any assets of the
Company; provided, however, that if any in-kind distribution is to be made (i) the assets
distributed in kind shall be valued pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof as of the actual date of
their distribution and charged as so valued and distributed against amounts to be paid under
Section 6.2(a) above, and (ii) any profit or loss attributable to property distributed in-kind
shall be included in the Net Profits or Net Losses for the Fiscal Period ending on the date of
such distribution.
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Article VII.
ACCOUNTING, VALUATIONS AND BOOKS AND RECORDS
ACCOUNTING, VALUATIONS AND BOOKS AND RECORDS
Section 7.1. Accounting and Reports.
(a) The Company shall adopt for tax accounting purposes any accounting method that the
Board shall decide in its sole discretion is in the best interests of the Company. The
Company’s accounts shall be maintained in U.S. currency.
(b) After the end of each Taxable Year, the Company shall furnish to each Member such
information regarding the operation of the Company and such Member’s Interest as is necessary
for Members to complete U.S. federal and state income tax or information returns and any other
tax information required by U.S. federal and state law.
(c) Except as otherwise required by the 1940 Act, or as may otherwise be permitted by
rule, regulation or order, within 60 days after the close of the period for which a report
required under this Section 7.1 is being made, the Company shall furnish to each Member an
unaudited semi-annual report and an audited annual report containing the information required
by such Act. The Company shall cause financial statements contained in each annual report
furnished hereunder to be accompanied by a certificate of independent public accountants based
upon an audit performed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The
Company may furnish to each Member such other periodic reports as it deems necessary or
appropriate in its discretion.
Section 7.2. Determinations by the Board of Directors.
(a) All matters concerning the determination and allocation among the Members of the
amounts to be determined and allocated pursuant to Article V hereof, including any taxes
thereon and accounting procedures applicable thereto, shall be determined by the Board unless
specifically and expressly otherwise provided for by the provisions of this Agreement or
required by law, and such determinations and allocations shall be final and binding on all the
Members.
(b) The Board may make such adjustments to the computation of Net Profits or Net Losses,
and the allocation thereof to a Member’s Capital Account, or any components comprising any of
the foregoing as it considers appropriate to reflect fairly and accurately the financial
results of the Company and the intended allocation thereof among the Members.
Section 7.3. Valuation of Assets.
(a) Valuation of Securities and other assets shall be made by the Board in accordance
with the requirements of the 1940 Act and the valuation procedures adopted by the Board.
(b) The value of the assets and liabilities shall be determined by reference to the
latest market prices and values available and in further accordance with the valuation
procedures adopted by the Board.
(c) The value of Securities and other assets of the Company and the net worth of the
Company as a whole determined pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall be conclusive and binding on
all of the Members and all parties claiming through or under them.
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Article VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 8.1. Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.1, this Agreement may be amended, in
whole or in part, with: (i) the approval of the Board (including the vote of a majority of the
Independent Directors, if required by the 0000 Xxx) without the Members approval; and (ii) if
required by the 1940 Act, the approval of the Members by such vote as is required by the 0000
Xxx.
(b) Any amendment that would:
(i) increase the obligation of a Member to make any contribution to the capital of
the Company;
(ii) reduce the Capital Account of a Member other than in accordance with Article V;
or
(iii) modify the events causing the dissolution of the Company;
may be made only if (i) the written consent of each Member adversely affected thereby is obtained
prior to the effectiveness thereof or (ii) such amendment does not become effective until (A) each
Member has received written notice of such amendment and (B) any Member objecting to such amendment
has been afforded a reasonable opportunity (pursuant to such procedures as may be prescribed by the
Board) to tender its entire Interest for repurchase by the Company.
(c) The power of the Board to amend this Agreement at any time without the consent of the
other Members as set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 8.1 shall specifically include the
power to:
(i) restate this Agreement together with any amendments hereto that have been duly
adopted in accordance herewith to incorporate such amendments in a single, integrated
document;
(ii) amend this Agreement (other than with respect to the matters set forth in
Section 8.1(b) hereof) to effect compliance with any applicable law or regulation or to
cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision hereof that may be
inconsistent with any other provision hereof; and
(iii) amend this Agreement to make such changes as may be necessary or advisable to
ensure that the Company will not be treated as an association or a publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation as defined in Section 7704(b) of the Code for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
(d) The Board shall cause written notice to be given of any amendment to this Agreement
to each Member, which notice shall set forth (i) the text of the proposed amendment or (ii) a
summary thereof and a statement that the text of the amendment thereof will be furnished to
any Member upon request.
Section 8.2. Special Power of Attorney.
(a) Each Member hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints each Director, acting
severally, and any liquidator of the Company’s assets appointed pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof
with full power of substitution, the true and lawful representatives and attorneys-in-fact of,
and in the name, place and stead of, such Member, with the power from time to time to make,
execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, verify, deliver, record, file and/or publish:
(i) any amendment to this Agreement that complies with the provisions of this
Agreement (including the provisions of Section 8.1 hereof);
(ii) any amendment to the Certificate required because this Agreement is amended,
including, without limitation, an amendment to effectuate any change in the membership of
the Company; and
(iii) all such other instruments, documents and certificates that, in the opinion of
legal counsel to the Company, may from time to time be required by the laws of the United
States of America, the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction in which the Company
shall determine to do business, or any political subdivision or agency thereof, or that
such legal counsel may deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement and
continue the valid existence and business of the Company as a limited liability company
under the Delaware Act.
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(b) Each Member is aware that the terms of this Agreement permit certain amendments to
this Agreement to be effected and certain other actions to be taken or omitted by or with
respect to the Company without such Member’s consent. If an amendment to the Certificate or
this Agreement or any action by or with respect to the Company is taken in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement, each Member agrees that, notwithstanding any objection that
such Member may assert with respect to such action, the attorneys-in-fact appointed hereby are
authorized and empowered, with full power of substitution, to exercise the authority granted
above in any manner that may be necessary or appropriate to permit such amendment to be made
or action lawfully taken or omitted. Each Member is fully aware that each Member will rely on
the effectiveness of this special power-of-attorney with a view to the orderly administration
of the affairs of the Company.
(c) This power-of-attorney is a special power-of-attorney and is coupled with an interest
in favor of each of the Directors and as such:
(i) shall be irrevocable and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the
subsequent death or incapacity of any party granting this power-of-attorney, regardless
of whether the Company or Board shall have had notice thereof; and
(ii) shall survive the delivery of a Transfer by a Member of the whole or any
portion of such Member’s Interest, except that where the transferee thereof has been
approved by the Board for admission to the Company as a substituted Member or upon the
withdrawal of a Member from the Company pursuant to a periodic tender, this
power-of-attorney given by the transferor shall survive the delivery of such assignment
or withdrawal for the sole purpose of enabling the Board to execute, acknowledge and file
any instrument necessary to effect such substitution or withdrawal.
Section 8.3. Notices.
Notices that may or are required to be provided under this Agreement shall be made, if to a
Member, by regular mail, or if to the Board or the Manager, by hand delivery, registered or
certified mail return receipt requested, commercial courier service, telex or telecopier, and shall
be addressed to the respective parties hereto at their addresses as set forth in the books and
records of the Company. Notices shall be deemed to have been provided, when delivered by hand, on
the date indicated as the date of receipt on a return receipt or when received if sent by regular
mail, commercial courier service, telex or telecopier. A document that is not a notice and that is
required to be provided under this Agreement by any party to another party may be delivered by any
reasonable means.
Section 8.4. Agreement Binding Upon Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective heirs, successors, assigns, executors, trustees or other legal representatives, but the
rights and obligations of the parties hereunder may not be Transferred or delegated except as
provided in this Agreement and any attempted Transfer or delegation thereof that is not made
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be void.
Section 8.5. Applicability of 1940 Act and Form N-2.
The parties hereto acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, set forth
the substantive provisions contained in the 1940 Act and the Form N-2 that affect numerous aspects
of the conduct of the Company’s business and of the rights, privileges and obligations of the
Members. Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to, and interpreted in a manner
consistent with the applicable provisions of, the 1940 Act and the Form N-2.
Section 8.6. Choice of Law; Arbitration.
(a) Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties
hereto, the parties expressly agree that all the terms and provisions hereof shall be
construed under the laws of the State of Delaware, including the Delaware Act without regard
to the conflict of law principles of such State.
(b) To the extent such action is consistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act and any
other applicable law, except as provided in Section 8.11(b)
of this Agreement, each Member
agrees to submit all controversies arising between or among Members or one or more Members and
the Company in connection with the Company or its businesses or concerning any transaction,
dispute or the construction, performance or breach
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of this Agreement or any other agreement
relating to the Company, whether entered into prior to, on or subsequent to the date of this
Agreement, to arbitration in accordance with the provisions set out in this Section 8.6. EACH
MEMBER UNDERSTANDS THAT ARBITRATION IS FINAL AND BINDING ON THE MEMBERS AND THAT THE MEMBERS
IN EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT ARE WAIVING THEIR RIGHTS TO SEEK REMEDIES IN COURT, INCLUDING THE
RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL.
(c) Controversies will be finally settled by, and only by, arbitration in accordance with
the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) to the
fullest extent permitted by law. The place of arbitration will be New York, New York. Any
arbitration under this Section 8.6 will be conducted before a panel of three arbitrators. The
Member or Members initiating arbitration under this Section 8.6 will appoint one arbitrator in
the demand for arbitration. The Member or Members against whom or which arbitration is sought
will jointly appoint one arbitrator within 30 business days after notice from the AAA of the
filing of the demand for arbitration. The two arbitrators nominated by the Members will
attempt to agree on a third arbitrator within 30 business days of the appointment of the
second arbitrator. If the two arbitrators fail to agree on the third arbitrator within the
30-day period, then the AAA will appoint the third arbitrator within 30 business days
following the expiration of the 30-day period. Any award rendered by the arbitrators will be
final and binding on the Members, and judgment upon the award may be entered in the supreme
court of the state of New York and/or the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New
York, or any other court having jurisdiction over the award or having jurisdiction over the
Members or their assets. The arbitration agreement contained in this Section 8.6 will not be
construed to deprive any court of its jurisdiction to grant provisional relief (including by
injunction or order of attachment) in aid of arbitration proceedings or enforcement of an
award. In the event of arbitration as provided in this Section 8.6, the arbitrators will be
governed by and will apply the substantive (but not procedural) law of Delaware, to the
exclusion of the principles of the conflicts of law of Delaware. The arbitration will be
conducted in accordance with the procedures set out in the commercial arbitration rules of the
AAA. If those rules are silent with respect to a particular matter, the procedure will be as
agreed by the Members, or in the absence of agreement among or between the Members, as
established by the arbitrators. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this
Section 8.6(c) will be construed to the maximum extent possible to comply with the laws of the
State of Delaware, including the Uniform Arbitration Act (10 Del. C. (S) 5701 et seq.) (the
“Delaware Arbitration Act”). If, nevertheless, it is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction that any provision or wording of this Section 8.6(c), including any rules of the
AAA, are invalid or unenforceable under the Delaware Arbitration Act or other applicable law,
such invalidity will not invalidate all of this Section 8.6(c). In that case, this
Section 8.6(c) will be construed so as to limit any term or provision so as to make it valid
or enforceable within the requirements of the Delaware Arbitration Act or other applicable
law, and, in the event such term or provision cannot be so limited, this Section 8.6(c) will
be construed to omit such invalid or unenforceable provision.
Section 8.7. Not for Benefit of Creditors.
The provisions of this Agreement are intended only for the regulation of relations among past,
present and future Members, Directors, the Manager and the Company. This Agreement is not intended
for the benefit of non-member creditors and no rights are granted to non-Member creditors under
this Agreement.
Section 8.8. Consents.
Any and all consents, agreements or approvals provided for or permitted by this Agreement
(including minutes of any meeting) shall be in writing and a signed copy thereof shall be filed and
kept with the books of the Company.
Section 8.9. Merger and Consolidation.
(a) The Company may merge or consolidate with or into one or more limited liability
companies formed under the Delaware Act or other business entities pursuant to an agreement of
merger or consolidation that has been approved in the manner contemplated by Section 18-209(b)
of the Delaware Act or may sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the Company
property, including its good will, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration
when and as authorized by the Board. The Board alone may approve, and Member approval shall
not be required for, any merger or consolidation of the Company or any sale, lease or exchange
of Company property, if such action would not have the effect of (i) increasing the obligation
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Member to make any contribution to the capital of the Company, (ii) reducing the Capital
Account of a Member other than in accordance with Article V hereof, or (iii) modifying the
events causing the dissolution of the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement, an
agreement of merger or consolidation approved in accordance with Section 18-209(b) of the
Delaware Act may, to the extent permitted by Section 18-209(f) of the Delaware Act, (i) effect
any amendment to this Agreement, (ii) effect the adoption of a
new limited liability company
agreement for the Company if it is the surviving or resulting limited liability company in the
merger or consolidation, or (iii) provide that the limited liability company agreement of any
other constituent limited liability company to the merger or consolidation (including a
limited liability company formed for the purpose of consummating the merger or consolidation)
shall be the limited liability company agreement of the surviving or resulting limited
liability company.
Section 8.10. Pronouns.
All pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural,
as the identity of the person or persons, firm or corporation may require in the context thereof.
Section 8.11. Confidentiality.
(a) A Member may obtain from the Company such information regarding the affairs of the
Company as is just and reasonable under the Delaware Act, subject to reasonable standards
(including standards governing what information and documents are to be furnished, at what
time and location and at whose expense) established by the Board.
(b) Each Member covenants that, except as required by applicable law or any regulatory
body, it will not divulge, furnish or make accessible to any other person the name and/or
address (whether business, residence or mailing) of any Member (collectively, “Confidential
Information”) without the prior written consent of the Board, which consent may be withheld in
its sole discretion.
(c) Each Member recognizes that in the event that this Section 8.11 is breached by any
Member or any of its principals, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents
or any of its affiliates, including any of such affiliates’ principals, partners, members,
directors, officers, employees or agents, irreparable injury may result to the non-breaching
Members and the Company. Accordingly, in addition to any and all other remedies at law or in
equity to which the non-breaching Members and the Company may be entitled, such Members shall
also have the right to obtain equitable relief, including, without limitation, injunctive
relief, to prevent any disclosure of Confidential Information, plus reasonable attorneys’ fees
and other litigation expenses incurred in connection therewith. In the event that any
non-breaching Member or the Company determines that any of the other Members or any of its
principals, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents or any of its
affiliates, including any of such affiliates’ principals, partners, members, directors,
officers, employees or agents should be enjoined from or required to take any action to
prevent the disclosure of Confidential Information, each of the other non-breaching Members
agrees to pursue in a court of appropriate jurisdiction such injunctive relief.
Section 8.12. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction not to
be enforceable in the manner set forth in this Agreement, each Member agrees that it is the
intention of the Members that such provision should be enforceable to the maximum extent possible
under applicable law. If any provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid or unenforceable,
such invalidation or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision of this Agreement (or portion thereof).
Section 8.13. Filing of Returns.
The Board or its designated agent shall prepare and file, or cause the accountants of the
Company to prepare and file, a U.S. federal information tax return in compliance with Section 6031
of the Code and any required state and local income tax and information returns for each Taxable
Year of the Company.
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Section 8.14. Tax Matters Partner.
(a) The Manager shall be designated on the Company’s annual federal income tax return,
and have full powers and responsibilities, as the Tax Matters Partner of the Company for
purposes of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. In the event the Manager cannot act as Tax Matters
Partner, another Member shall be so designated. Should any Member other than the Manager be
designated as the Tax Matters Partner for the Company pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7) of the
Code, it shall, and each Member hereby does, to the fullest extent permitted by law, delegate
to the Manager all of its rights, powers and authority to act as such Tax Matters Partner and
hereby constitutes and appoints the Manager as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with
power to act in its name and on its behalf, including the power to act through such agents or
attorneys as it shall elect or appoint, to receive notices, to make, execute and deliver,
swear to, acknowledge and file any and all reports, responses and notices, and to do any and
all things required or advisable, in the Manager’s judgment, to be done by such a Tax Matters
Partner. Any Member designated as the Tax Matters Partner for the Company under
Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from any
and all liabilities and obligations that arise from or by reason of such designation.
(b) Each person (for purposes of this Section 8.14(b), called a “Pass-Thru Partner”) that
holds or controls an interest as a Member on behalf of, or for the benefit of, another person
or persons, or which Pass-Thru Partner is beneficially owned (directly or indirectly) by
another person or persons, shall, within 30 days following receipt from the Tax Matters
Partner of any notice, demand, request for information or similar document, convey such notice
or other document in writing to all holders of beneficial interests in the Company holding
such interests through such Pass-Thru Partner. In the event the Company shall be the subject
of an income tax audit by any federal, state or local authority, to the extent the Company is
treated as an entity for purposes of such audit, including administrative settlement and
judicial review, the Tax Matters Partner shall be authorized to act for, and its decision
shall be final and binding upon, the Company and each Member thereof. All expenses incurred by
the Company or the Tax Matters Partner in connection with any such audit, investigation,
settlement or review shall be borne by the Company.
Section 8.15. Section 754 Election; Mandatory Basis Adjustments.
(a) In the event of a distribution of Company property to a Member or an assignment or
other Transfer of all or part of the Interest of a Member in the Company, at the request of a
Member, the Manager, in its discretion, may cause the Company to elect, pursuant to
Section 754 of the Code, or the corresponding provision of subsequent law, to adjust the basis
of the Company property as provided by Sections 734 and 743 of the Code.
(b) In connection with a repurchase of a Member’s Interest or a distribution to a Member,
such Member shall, at the request of the Manager, provide the Company with any information
necessary to enable the Manager to determine the adjusted U.S. federal income tax basis of
such Member’s Interest immediately prior to such repurchase or distribution.
(c) In connection with any Transfer of an Interest, the transferee shall provide the
Company, within 30 days after such Transfer, with the written notice described in Section 3 of
Notice 2005-32, 2005-16 I.R.B. 895 (or any successor regulation or administrative
pronouncement).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year
first above written.
MANAGER: PNC CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President |
MEMBERS:
Each person who shall sign the Company’s investor application or certification and who shall be accepted by the
Board to the Company as a Member.
Original dated as of August 4, 2005 and amended as of October 5, 2007
Board to the Company as a Member.
Original dated as of August 4, 2005 and amended as of October 5, 2007
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