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NAR INVESTMENTS LLC
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Dated: as of
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMPANY
1
1.1
Formation
1
1.2
Name
1
1.3
Purpose and Business of the Company
1
1.4
Powers
2
1.5
Term
2
1.6
Registered Office; Agent for Service of Process
2
1.7
Principal Office
2
ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS
2
2.1
Definitions
2
ARTICLE III CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
6
3.1
Capital Accounts
6
3.2
Additional Contributions
7
3.3
Loans
7
ARTICLE IV ALLOCATION OF PROFIT AND LOSS
7
4.1
Allocation of Profits and Losses
7
4.2
Regulatory Allocations
9
ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS
10
5.1
Distributions Other Than Upon Winding-Up
10
5.2
Distributions Upon Winding Up
10
ARTICLE VI TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
11
6.1
Right of First Refusal
11
6.2
Permitted Transfers
13
6.3
Certain Prohibited Transfers
14
6.4
Other Purported Transfers
14
6.5
Right to Withdraw
14
ARTICLE VII DISSOLUTION AND WINDING-UP
15
7.1
Events Occasioning Dissolution
15
7.2
Winding-Up
16
7.3
Liquidating Distributions
16
ARTICLE VIII MANAGEMENT
16
8.1
Management by the Managers
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8.2
Number of Managers and Term of Office
19
8.3
Successor and Additional Managers
19
8.4
Resignation and Removal
19
8.5
Death, Dissolution, Incapacity or Bankruptcy of a Manager
20
8.6
Death, Incapacity or Bankruptcy of a Member
21
8.7
Other Interests
21
8.8
Reliance by Third Parties
22
8.9
Reimbursement of Expenses
22
8.10
Liability and Indemnity
22
8.11
Limited Liability
24
ARTICLE IX SUBSTITUTION; ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
24
9.1
Substituted Members
24
9.2
Additional Members
25
ARTICLE X ACCOUNTING
25
10.1
Accounting Method.
25
10.2
Books and Records
26
10.3
Reports
26
10.4
Federal Income Tax Elections
26
10.5
Tax Matters Partner
26
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
26
11.1
Decisions by the Managers
26
11.2
Amendments
27
11.3
Notices
27
11.4
No Delivery of Certificates
27
11.5
Governing Law
27
11.6
Further Assurances
27
11.7
Headings, Gender and Number
28
11.8
Benefit
28
11.9
Counterparts
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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
NAR INVESTMENTS LLC
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT made as of this
day of
, 2014, by and among the persons or entities
identified on Schedule A as Members of the NAR Investments LLC (hereinafter referred
to collectively as the "Members" and each individually, a "Member").
ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMPANY
1.1
Formation. The Members are entering into this Agreement to
form a limited liability company pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability
Company Act as adopted in the State of Delaware (6 Del. C. § 18-101 et seq.), as
amended from time to time (the "Act"). The parties hereto desire to set forth the terms
and conditions for the operation of the Company. This Agreement sets forth fully the
agreements and understandings of the Members in respect of the Company.
1.2
Name. The name of the Company is "NAR INVESTMENTS
LLC."
1.3
Purpose and Business of the Company. The purpose of the
Company is to pool certain of the funds of the Members so as to permit the Members to
share in various investments. The Company is designed to ease the administrative
burdens of managing assets, facilitate diversification, broaden access to investment
opportunities and reduce transaction costs for the Members. The Company further may
simplify the transfer of assets otherwise not readily divisible into small units, such as real
property, partnership interests, interests in hedge funds, private equity funds and
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unincorporated business interests. The Company further may engage in any act or
activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Act, in
accordance with this Agreement. The Company is not being formed solely for the
purpose of acquiring securities in connection with any particular investment.
1.4
Powers. The Company shall have the power to do all things
necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business to the fullest possible extent.
1.5
Term. The term of the Company shall commence upon its
formation pursuant to the Act and shall have a perpetual existence unless terminated in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
1.6
Registered Office; Agent for Service of Process. The address of
the Company's registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o Corporation Services
Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, County of New Castle,
Delaware 19808. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on
the Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation Services Company, 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The
Managers may, from time to time, change the registered office or the registered agent of
the Company.
1.7
Principal Office. The principal office of the Company shall be c/o
Elysium Management LLC, 445 Park Avenue, Suite 1401, New York, New York 10022,
or such other locations as the Managers may determine.
ARTICLE H
DEFINITIONS
2.1
Definitions.
The following defined terms used in this Agreement
shall have the respective meanings specified below.
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"Accounting Period" shall mean the period of the Company beginning on
the date hereof, the first day of a Fiscal Year or any other day reasonably selected by the
Manager (an "adjustment date") and ending on the earlier of the next succeeding
adjustment date or the last day of a Fiscal Year.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the
corresponding provisions of any successor statute.
"Eligible Person" shall mean: (i) any person who is then a Member of the
Company; (ii) Leon D. Black ("LDB"); (iii) a descendant of LDB ("LDB Descendant");
(iv) the spouse (including a same sex spouse) of any Member, LDB or LDB Descendant;
(v) a descendant of any Member; (vi) the estate of any Member; (vii) trusts for the
primary benefit of any one or more Members, LDB or LDB Descendants, Qualified
Charitable Organizations, the spouse (including a same sex spouse) of any Member, LDB
or LDB Descendant and/or any one or more of the descendants of any Member; (viii) a
beneficiary of any trust which is a Member; (ix) any custodian for the benefit of any of
the foregoing individuals under any state's Uniform Transfers to Minors Act or
comparable law in any other jurisdiction; and (x) any entity all the beneficial owners of
which are persons or entities previously described in this paragraph.
"Fiscal Year" shall mean each fiscal year of the Company (or portion
thereof), which shall end on December 31; provided, however, that upon termination of
the Company "Fiscal Year" shall mean the period from the January 1 immediately
preceding such termination to the date of such termination.
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"Manager or "Managers" shall mean LEON D. BLACK, so long as he is
serving as a Manager, and such other successor or additional Managers designated as
provided in this Agreement.
"Membership Interest" means the ownership interest of a Member in the
Company at the relevant time, and the right of such Member to any and all benefits to
which a Member may be entitled under this Agreement and the Act, together with all
obligations of such Member to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
"Member" means each person set forth on Schedule A holding an interest
in the Company and such other persons admitted as Members of the Company in
accordance with Article IX.
"Net Profit" and "Net Loss" mean the Company's net profits or net losses,
as the case may be, determined on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and in accordance with the
following: (i) Net Profits and Net Losses shall include realized and unrealized profits and
losses with respect to all property or positions held by the Company. Realized or
unrealized profit and loss with respect to any property or position held during any Fiscal
Year includes the realized or unrealized appreciation or depreciation with respect to such
property or position determined by comparing the net proceeds from the sale of such
property or the closing of such position, as the case may be, or the market value of such
property or position at the end of such Fiscal Year with either the cost of such property or
position, if established during such Fiscal Year, or the market value of such property or
position at the end of the preceding Fiscal Year, if such property was sold or such
position established during a prior Fiscal Year, and (ii) there shall be deducted in
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computing Net Profits and Net Losses expenses if any, in respect of the particular Fiscal
Year (whether performed therein or to be performed thereafter), and such reserves for
contingent liabilities of the Company, including estimated expenses, if any, in connection
therewith, as the Managers shall determine.
"Percentage Interest" means, with respect to each Member, the ratio of the
Capital Account balance of such Member (and in the case of an assignee, such Member's
assignor), and the aggregate Capital Account balances of all the Members (and their
assignors) as of the date in question. The Percentage Interests of the Members, as of the
date of the Agreement, are set forth on Schedule A.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, association, partnership
(general or limited), joint venture, trust, estate, limited liability company, or other legal
entity or organization.
"Qualified Charitable Organization" shall mean a corporation,
organization or other entity, transfers to which are deductible for Federal income, gift
and estate tax purposes under Section 170(c), Section 2522(a) and Section 2055(a) of the
Code.
"Schedule A" means Schedule A annexed to this Agreement as amended
and in effect from time to time. The Managers shall amend Schedule A from time to time
to reflect any change in ownership of Membership Interests. Any amendment or revision
to Schedule A in accordance with this Agreement shall not be deemed an amendment to
this Agreement.
"Treasury Regulations" shall mean the Income Tax Regulations
promulgated under the Code, as amended from time to time.
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ARTICLE III
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
3.1
Capital Accounts.
3.1.1
A separate capital account (a "Capital Account") shall be
maintained for each Member. Each Member's Capital Account shall be credited with (i)
the amount of such Member's aggregate capital contributions made in cash and the fair
market value of all property contributed by such Member (net of liabilities that are
secured by such contributed property), (ii) such Member's allocated share of Net Profit
and other items of income and gain of the Company, and (iii) the amount of any
Company liabilities assumed by such Member. Each Member's Capital Account shall be
reduced by (i) the amount of any cash distributions to such Member and the fair market
value of all property distributed in kind to such Member (net of liabilities that are secured
by such distributed property), (ii) such Member's allocated share of Net Loss and other
items of deduction and loss of the Company, and (iii) the amount of any liabilities of such
Member assumed by the Company.
3.1.2 The foregoing provisions and other provisions of this
Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with
Treasury Regulations § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
The Managers shall be authorized to make appropriate amendments to the allocation of
items to the Capital Accounts if necessary to comply with such Treasury Regulation.
3.1.3 In the event of a transfer of any interest in the Company,
the transferee shall succeed, as of the date of such transfer, to that portion of the
transferor's Capital Account that relates to such transferred Membership Interest.
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3.2
Additional Contributions. No Member shall be required to make
additional contributions.
3.3
Loans. Any Member may, but shall not be required to, make loans
to the Company and, in respect of such loans, shall be treated as a creditor of the
Company. Such loans shall be repaid as and when the Company has funds available
therefor, and such loans and interest thereon (at rates to be agreed upon by the lending
Member and the Company) shall constitute obligations of the Company. Any such loan
shall not increase such Member's Capital Account, entitle such Member to any increase
in such Member's share of the profits of the Company or subject such Member to any
greater proportion of losses which the Company may sustain.
ARTICLE IV
ALLOCATION OF PROFIT AND LOSS
4.1
Allocation of Profits and Losses.
4.1.1 The Company's Net Profit and Net Loss for any
Accounting Period shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to their
Percentage Interests.
4.1.2 The Company's items of income, gain, loss and deduction
shall be allocated for Federal, state and local income tax purposes among the Members
proportionately to the allocation of Net Profit and Net Loss among the Members.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for Federal, state and local income tax purposes, in
accordance with Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to property
contributed to the Company by a Member shall be allocated among the Members in
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accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder so as to take account of any difference between the tax basis of such property
to the Company for Federal income tax purposes and its book basis.
4.1.3 If any Membership Interest is transferred or any Percentage
Interest is changed pursuant to the terms of the Agreement during a Fiscal Year, the
amount of Net Profit and Net Loss to be allocated to the Members for such entire Fiscal
Year in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests shall be allocated to the
portion of such Fiscal Year which precedes the date of such transfer or change (and if
there shall have been a prior transfer or change in such Fiscal Year, which commences on
the date of such prior transfer or change) and to the portion of such Fiscal Year which
occurs on and after the date of such transfer or change (and if there shall be a subsequent
transfer or change in such Fiscal Year, which precedes the date of such subsequent
transfer or change), in proportion to the number of days in each such portion (or, in the
case of a transfer, in accordance with an interim closing of the books at the election and
the expense of the parties to the transfer), and the amounts of the items so allocated to
each such portion shall be credited or charged to the Members in proportion to their
respective Percentage Interests during each such portion of the Fiscal Year in question.
Such allocation shall be made without regard to the date, amount or receipt of any
distributions that may have been made with respect to the transferred Percentage Interest.
As of the date of such transfer, the transferee Member shall succeed to the Capital
Account of the transferor Member with respect to the transferred Membership Interest.
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4.2
Regulatory Allocations.
4.2.1 Section 704 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
issued thereunder, including but not limited to the provisions of such Treasury
Regulations addressing qualified income offset provisions, minimum gain chargeback
requirements and allocations of deductions attributable to nonrecourse debt and partner
nonrecourse debt, are hereby incorporated by reference. If, as a result of the provisions
of Section 704 of the Code and such Treasury Regulations, items of Net Profit or Net
Loss are allocated to the Members in a manner that is inconsistent with the manner in
which the Members intend to divide Company distributions as reflected in Section 4.1, to
the extent permitted under such Treasury Regulations, items of future profit and loss shall
be allocated among the Members so as to prevent such allocations from distorting the
manner in which Company distributions will be divided among the Members pursuant to
this Agreement.
4.2.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV, no
Member shall be allocated in any Fiscal Year of the Company any Net Loss to the extent
such allocation would cause or increase a deficit balance in such Member's Capital
Account, determined after taking into account all other allocations to be made for such
year pursuant to this Article IV and after adjusting such Capital Account for the
reasonably expected adjustments, allocations and distributions described in Treasury
Regulations §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). In the event that one but not all of the Members would
have a deficit balance in his Capital Account, the limitation set forth in this Section 4.2.2
shall be applied so as to allocate the maximum permissible Net Loss to such Member
under Treasury Regulations §1.704-1(b)(2)(iiXd). Any such Net Loss in excess of the
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limitation set forth in this Section 4.2.2 that would be allocated to a Member shall be
allocated to the other Member or Members. In the event any Member has a deficit
balance in his Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year, such Member shall be
specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as
quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 4.2.2 shall be
made only if and to the extent that a Member would have a deficit balance in his Capital
Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article IV
have been tentatively made as if this Section 4.2.2 were not in this Agreement. This
Section 4.2.2 is intended to comply with the qualified income offset requirement of
Treasury Regulations §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS
5.1
Distributions Other Than Upon Winding-Up. Distributions shall
be made to the Members at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined in the sole
discretion of the Managers. Such distributions shall be allocated among the Members in
proportion to their Percentage Interests. The Managers shall have authority to make any
such distributions on behalf of any Member (i) directly to the United States Treasury and
any state or local taxing authority of such amounts as may be necessary to discharge such
Member's income tax liability (including but not limited to Federal, State, local or
otherwise) and (ii) if such Member is under the age of majority, to a custodian on behalf
of such Member.
5.2
Distributions Upon Winding Up. Upon the dissolution and
winding-up of the Company, distributions shall be made as provided in Section 7.3.
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ARTICLE VI
TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
6.1
Right of First Refusal.
Except as permitted by Section 6.2, but in
all events subject to Section 9.1 hereof, no Member or any assignee thereof shall have the
right to sell, assign, or otherwise transfer all or any part of such Member's Membership
Interest (the "Offered Interests") unless such Member or assignee (the "Seller") first
offers to sell the Offered Interests pursuant to the terms of this Section 6.1.
6.1.1 No transfer may be made under this Section 6.1 unless the
Seller has received a bona fide written offer (the "Purchase Offer") from the prospective
transferee (the "Purchaser") to purchase the Offered Interests for a purchase price (the
"Offer Price") denominated and payable in United States dollars at closing or according
to specified terms, with or without interest, which offer shall be in writing signed by the
Purchaser and shall be irrevocable for a period ending no sooner than the day following
the end of the Offer Period, as hereinafter defined.
6.1.2 Prior to making any transfer that is subject to the terms of
this Section 6.1, the Seller shall give to each Member, written notice (the "Offer Notice")
which shall include the following: (1) the identity of the Purchaser; (2) a copy of the
Purchase Offer; (3) a statement signed by the Purchaser to the effect that, upon purchase
of the Offered Interests, the Purchaser agrees to become a Member, to be bound by all of
the terms and conditions of this Agreement as a Member with respect to the Offered
Interests, and to execute such documents and instruments as the other Members deem
necessary or appropriate to confirm such agreements; and (4) an offer (the "Firm Offer")
to sell the Offered Interests to the other Members (the "Offerees") for the Offer Price,
payable according to the same terms as (or more favorable terms than) those contained in
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the Purchase Offer, provided that the Firm Offer shall be made without regard to the
requirement of any earnest money or similar deposit required of the Purchaser prior to
closing, and without regard to any security (other than the Offered Interests) to be
provided by the Purchaser for any deferred portion of the Offer Price.
6.1.3 The Firm Offer shall be irrevocable for a period (the "Offer
Period") ending at 5:00 •.,
local time, at the Company's principal place of business, on
the ninetieth (90th) day following the day of the Offer Notice.
6.1.4 At any time during the Offer Period, any Offeree may
accept the Firm Offer as to all or any portion of the Offered Interests by giving written
notice of such acceptance to the Seller and each other Offeree (an "Acceptance") which
notice shall indicate the maximum portion of the Offered Interests that such Offeree is
willing to purchase. In the event that Offerees ("Accepting Offerees"), in the aggregate,
accept the Firm Offer with respect to all, or more than all, of the Offered Interests during
the Offer Period, the Firm Offer shall be deemed to be accepted. In the event that
Accepting Offerees accept the Firm Offer with respect to more than all of the Offered
Interests, each Accepting Offeree shall be deemed to have accepted the Firm Offer with
respect to that portion of the Offered Interests that corresponds to the ratio of the Offered
Interests that such Accepting Offeree indicated a willingness to purchase to the aggregate
Offered Interests all Accepting Offerees indicated a willingness to purchase. If Offerees
do not accept the Firm Offer as to all, or more than all, of the Offered Interests during the
Offer Period, the Firm Offer shall be deemed to be rejected in its entirety.
6.1.5 In the event the Firm Offer is accepted, the closing of the
sale of the Offered Interests shall take place within thirty (30) days after the Firm Offer is
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accepted or, if later, the date of closing set forth in the Purchase Offer. The Seller and all
Accepting Offerees shall execute such documents and instruments as may be necessary or
appropriate to effect the sale of the Offered Interests pursuant to the terms of the Firm
Offer and this Section 6.1 and such sale shall be subject to the provisions of Section 9.1.
6.1.6 If the Firm Offer is not accepted in the manner hereinabove
provided, the Seller may sell the Offered Interests to the Purchaser at any time within
sixty (60) days after the last day of the Offer Period, provided that such sale shall be
made on terms no more favorable to the Purchaser than the terms contained in the
Purchase Offer and provided further that such sale complies with the other terms,
conditions, and restrictions of this Agreement that are applicable to sales of Membership
Interests and are not expressly made inapplicable to sales occurring under this Section
6.1. In the event that the Offered Interest is not sold in accordance with the terms of the
preceding sentence, the Offered Interest shall again become subject to all of the
conditions and restrictions of this Section 6.1.
6.2
Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding Section 6.1, but in all events
subject to Section 9.1 hereof, a Member may sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer all
or any part of such Member's Membership Interest without an offer first having been
made pursuant to Section 6.1, if, and only if, such transferee or pledgee is an Eligible
Person. In addition, notwithstanding Section 6.1, any interest as a Member which is held
by a custodian for a minor under a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, Uniform Transfers to
Minors Act or a similar act shall be fully transferable and assignable to the minor when
the minor reaches the age of termination of such custodianship under the applicable
statute.
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6.3
Certain Prohibited Transfers. Notwithstanding Sections 6.1 and
6.2 hereof, no Member shall have the right to sell, assign, or otherwise transfer any
portion or all of such Member's Membership Interest if such sale, assignment or other
transfer would cause (i) the Company to be classified as a publicly traded partnership or
otherwise as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes or (ii) unless the
Company determines it to be immaterial, a termination of the Company pursuant to
Section 708 of the Code.
6.4
Other Purported Transfers. No Member shall have the right to sell,
assign, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise voluntarily transfer or encumber any portion or all
of such Member's Membership Interest, except as provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.2
hereof. A transferee who acquires a Membership Interest by any purported sale,
assignment, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation or other voluntary transfer or encumbrance
by a Member of any or all of such Member's Membership Interest in violation of this
Article, shall be entitled only to share in such profits and losses, to receive such
distribution or distributions, and to receive such allocation of income, gain, loss,
deduction, or credit or similar item to which the assignor was entitled, to the extent
assigned. Such transferee shall have no right to an accounting of the affairs of the
Company and shall not have any rights of a Member under the Act or this Agreement,
except as to allocations and distributions with respect to such transferred interests.
6.5
Right to Withdraw.
6.5.1 Any Member may withdraw all or a portion of his, her or
its Capital Account at any time, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.5.2.
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6.5.2 Distribution Upon Withdrawal. If notice of withdrawal is
given by a Member pursuant to Section 6.5.1 (the "Withdrawing Member"), the
Managers shall distribute to such Withdrawing Member assets of the Company with an
aggregate fair market value equal to the Withdrawing Member's proportionate share of
Company assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managers shall withhold from the
distribution to the Withdrawing Member an amount the Managers, subject to Section
8.1.1, determine will be sufficient to provide for (i) the expenses that will be incurred by
the Company in connection with the withdrawal of the Withdrawing Member, including,
without limitation, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the distribution of
such Withdrawing Member's proportionate share of the Company assets or the
liquidation of all or such share of the Company assets into cash proceeds, and (ii) the
Withdrawing Member's share of the matured liabilities of the Company and, where
appropriate, a reserve for contingent and unmatured liabilities of the Company, including
capital contributions committed to be made with respect to investments made by the
Company.
ARTICLE VII
DISSOLUTION AND WINDING-UP
7.1
Events Occasioning Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve and
terminate upon the first to occur of any of the following events:
7.1.1 The unanimous written consent of the Members to dissolve
the Company.
7.1.2 The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under
Section 18-802 of the Act; and
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7.1.3 Except as provided in Section 18-801(a)(4) of the Act, at
any time there are no Members.
7.2
Winding-Up. The Company shall be allowed one year from the
date of any event occasioning dissolution for the winding-up of its affairs and shall be
allowed such additional time as may be reasonable for the orderly sale of the Company
properties.
7.3
Liquidating Distributions. Upon the dissolution and winding-up of
the Company, the assets of the Company shall be distributed in the following order of
priority:
7.3.1 To the payment of the expenses of winding-up, including
the establishment of any reserves against liabilities or obligations of the Company that
the Managers deem appropriate, such reserves to be charged against the Members'
Capital Accounts according to the Percentage Interests of the Members, which reserve,
prior to payment of such liabilities and obligations, shall be placed in the hands of an
escrow agent for such period and upon such terms as the Managers shall determine; and,
then,
7.3.2 To the payment of other debts and liabilities of the
Company; and, then,
7.3.3 To the Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests.
ARTICLE VIII
MANAGEMENT
8.1
Management by the Managers.
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8.1.1 The business affairs of the Company shall be managed by
the Managers in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.1 below. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Managers may appoint officers of the Company or other authorized
persons who shall be authorized to perform such actions for and on behalf of the
Company as the Managers shall determine. The President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Company shall be the individuals as set forth in Schedule B to this
Agreement or as may be appointed by the Managers from time to time, which individuals
shall serve until the earlier of their retirement, removal, death or disability. The
Managers and/or, to the extent determined by the Managers, any officers appointed or
authorized persons designated by the Managers, shall have all necessary powers to carry
out the purposes of the Company. The Managers may remove any officer or authorized
person at any time, without cause. In exercising the powers granted by this Agreement
and in performing the duties required by this Agreement with respect to the management
and operation of the Company, each Manager, pursuant to general principles of law, has a
fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the Company and the Members.
8.1.2 In addition to the powers granted by law, the Managers
shall have full power to do everything in administering the Company that the Managers
may deem advisable, including the power: To retain so long as the Managers may deem
advisable and to acquire by purchase or otherwise, any kind of real property or personal
property, including (without limitation) common and preferred stocks, interests in
investment companies and discretionary common trust funds, hedge funds, private equity
funds, partnerships (whether or not as a general partner) and limited liability companies
(whether or not as a manager), works of art, undivided interests and secured and
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unsecured obligations -- all without diversification as to kind or amount and without
being limited to investments authorized by law; to sell for cash or on credit (at public or
private sale), exchange, mortgage, lease for any period (either as landlord or tenant and
including renewals of the term) and modify, extend or cancel leases, grant options or
otherwise dispose of or deal with any real or personal property, all without regard to
statutory restrictions, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as they deem
advisable without first obtaining a court order; to erect, renovate or alter buildings or
otherwise improve and manage buildings and property; demolish buildings; make
ordinary and extraordinary repairs; grant easements and make party wall contracts;
dedicate roads; subdivide; adjust boundary lines and partition; to distribute in kind or in
money or partly in each, even if shares be composed differently; to hold property in the
names of nominees or so that it will pass on delivery, and to leave property in the custody
of a firm of stockbrokers and registered in the name of the stockbrokers' nominees; to
renew, assign, alter, extend, compromise, abandon or release or arbitrate claims asserted
by or against the Company; to engage and rely on brokers and investment counsel,
accountants, appraisers and other experts (including art experts) and legal counsel and to
compensate them; to employ custodians of the assets and bookkeepers and clerks and
other assistants; to borrow money and mortgage and pledge any Company property for
any purpose, provided that no Person who makes any nonrecourse loan to the Company
shall have or acquire, as a result of making such loan, any direct or indirect interest in the
profits, capital or property of the Company, other than as a creditor; and to lend funds to
any Person, (including a Member or Manager of the Company, provided that such
dealings shall be on terms no less favorable to the Company than terms that would be
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obtained on an arms-length basis), with or without security and upon such terms and
conditions as the Managers deem advisable.
8.2
Number of Managers and Term of Office. There shall always be at
least one (1) Manager. Each Manager shall hold office until (i) its resignation or
removal, if an entity, or (ii) her or his earlier death, incapacity, resignation or removal, if
an individual.
8.3
Successor and Additional Managers. A majority in interest of the
Members may designate another entity or person to serve as an additional Manager or as
a successor Manager. As a condition precedent to a designated person or entity
becoming an additional or successor Manager, such entity or person must qualify for the
position of Manager, as provided in this Section. A successor or additional Manager
shall qualify as a Manager under this Section if such entity or person provides the
Members with a statement that it, he or she agrees to become a Manager and to be bound
by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement as a Manager. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 8.3, if any Member who is an individual makes a
gratuitous transfer of all or a portion of his or her Membership Interest, such transferor
Member may not in his or her individual capacity serve as a Manager and if then serving,
shall immediately cease to serve as a Manager, and may participate in the election of an
additional or successor Manager as set forth in this Section 8.3, only if such additional or
successor Manager is a person who is not related or subordinate to the transferor Member
within the meaning of Section 672(c) of the Code.
8.4
Resignation and Removal.
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8.4.1
A Manager may resign at any time. Such resignation shall
be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time is
specified, at the time of its receipt by any other Manager, or if no other Manager is then
serving, by the Members. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make
it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation.
8.4.2 The Members holding at least a two-thirds (2/3)
Membership Interest may, by vote or unanimous written consent, remove any acting
Manager at any time, without cause.
8.5
Death, Dissolution, Incapacity or Bankruptcy of a Manager.
8.5.1
Upon the dissolution, death, incapacity, termination,
withdrawal, expulsion, or adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency of a Manager or upon
the entry of an order for relief, naming a Manager as the debtor in proceedings under any
Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code, such Manager shall cease to be a Manager of the
Company. In that case, the remaining or successor Managers (if any), shall continue as
the Managers. If there is no remaining or successor Manager, then one or more persons
shall be appointed as the Managers, in accordance with Section 8.3.
8.5.2 A Manager shall be deemed incapacitated when either (i) a
court of competent jurisdiction has issued a final order that the Manager is an adjudged
incompetent or appoints a guardian, conservator, committee or other similar fiduciary, or
(ii) a licensed physician or psychiatrist appointed either by a majority of the other
Managers or by a majority in interest of the Members (excluding any Membership
Interests held by the Manager whose capacity is at issue) certify in writing that, in his or
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her opinion, such Manager lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make and
communicate decisions about the management and operation of the Company.
8.6
Death, Incapacity or Bankruptcy of a Member.
8.6.1 The death, incapacity, liquidation, dissolution, or entry of
an order for relief in a bankruptcy case of a Member (a "former Member") shall not
dissolve the Company. In any such event, the successors, assigns, executors,
administrators or personal representatives of such former Member shall have all the rights
of a Member in respect of distributions, allocations and capital, but shall not become a
Member unless a majority in interest (excluding Membership Interests held by the former
Member) of the remaining Members consent and the provisions of Section 9.1 have been
satisfied. The estate of a deceased former Member shall be deemed to be the assignee of
such former Member's Membership Interest and such estate shall be bound in all respects
by the deceased former Member's obligations to the Company.
8.6.2 A Member shall be deemed incapacitated when either (i) a
court of competent jurisdiction has issued a final order that the Member is an adjudged
incompetent or appoints a guardian, conservator, committee or other similar fiduciary, or
(ii) a licensed physician or psychiatrist appointed either by a majority of the Managers or
by a majority in interest of the Members (excluding the Membership Interests held by the
Member whose capacity is at issue) certify in writing that, in their opinion, such Member
lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make and communicate decisions
concerning such Member's Membership Interests in the Company.
8.7
Other Interests. The Managers and Members may engage in or
possess interests in other business ventures of every nature and description, whether or
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not competitive with the business of the Company, independently or with others, and
neither a Manager nor any Member shall, by virtue of this Agreement, have any rights in
or to such other ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom.
8.8
Reliance by Third Parties. Any person not a party to this
Agreement dealing with the Company shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon the
power and authority of the Managers to bind the Company in all respects, to execute
agreements, instruments and other writings on behalf, and in the name, of the Company
and to take any and all other action on behalf, and in the name, of the Company.
8.9
Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company will pay all fees and
expenses incident to its activities including (but not limited to) compensation to any
investment advisor. The Company will pay for research fees, interest on margin
accounts, legal and accounting fees, borrowing charges on securities sold short, custodial
fees, brokerage commissions, bank services fees, interest on loans and debit balances and
any other reasonable expenses related to the purchase, sale or holding of company assets
as the Managers shall determine in the Managers' sole discretion. The Managers shall be
entitled to reimbursement from the Company funds for any reasonable out of pocket costs
or expenses incurred by the Managers in the conduct of Company business, including
without limitation general overhead expenses, office expenses, secretarial services,
computer support, other office support, investment research, attorney's fees, accounting
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the administration and establishment of the
Company.
8.10
Liability and Indemnity.
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8.10.1 Each Manager, Officer and authorized person may act or
refrain from acting (consistent with the duties described in Section 8.1 or in the
instrument granting authority) without liability to the Company or to any Member for any
reasonable error in judgment, mistake of law or fact, or any act or failure to act, so long
as such action or inaction was taken in good faith with the reasonable belief that such
action or inaction was in the best interests of the Company and the Members. Consistent
with the preceding sentence, each Manager, Officer and authorized person may act or
refrain from acting without liability to the Company or to any Member in reliance upon
any opinion of any consultant or advisor on any matter which the Manager, Officer or
authorized person reasonably believes to be within the consultant or advisor's
professional competence.
8.10.2 The Company shall, to the extent of its assets, indemnify
and hold harmless each person who is or was a Manager, Officer or authorized person
from any and all liability, loss, damage, cost and expense (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) arising from any act or failure to act by such
Manager, Officer or authorized person in the performance of any of the powers,
authorities or duties of the Manager, Officer or authorized person under this Agreement
or applicable law, if it is determined that such Manager, Officer or authorized person
acted in good faith and with reasonable belief that such action or inaction was in the best
interests of the Company and the Members.
8.10.3 The right to indemnification conferred by hereunder shall
include the right to be paid or reimbursed by the Company for the reasonable expenses
incurred in advance of the final disposition of any proceeding and without any
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determination as to the person's ultimate entitlement to indemnification; provided,
however, that the payment of such expenses incurred in advance of the final disposition
of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of a written
affirmation by such person of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the
standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under this section and a written
undertaking, by or on behalf of such person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified.
8.11
Limited Liability. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement, no Member shall be liable for any of the losses, debts or liabilities of the
Company in excess of his, her or its respective capital contributions, except as otherwise
expressly provided by law.
ARTICLE IX
SUBSTITUTION; ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
9.1
Substituted Members. The transferee of a Membership Interest
may not be admitted as a substituted Member unless all of the following conditions have
been met:
9.1.1 The transfer conforms with Section 6.1, Section 6.2 or
Section 8.6.1 hereof;
9.1.2 In the case of a transfer in accordance with Section 6.1 or
Section 6.2, the Managers have received a written instrument executed by the transferor,
which instrument transfers to the transferee all or part of the transferor's Membership
Interest;
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9.1.3 The transferee has approved and adopted all of the
provisions of this Agreement, as the same may have been amended, by written instrument
delivered to the Managers; and
9.1.4 The transferee has paid or agreed to pay all reasonable
expenses relating to such admission.
9.2
Additional Members. Additional Membership Interests may be
issued and sold by the Company to any person, including but not limited to a natural
person, trust, corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other association, for
fair market value, as determined by the Managers using reasonable business judgment,
and under such terms as deemed advisable by the Managers, including but not limited to
terms relating to the applicability of this Agreement to such additional Membership
Interests. Admission of any Member shall not be a cause of dissolution.
ARTICLE X
ACCOUNTING
10.1
Accounting Method.
10.1.1 The Company's assets and liabilities will be determined on
the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
10.1.2 A security listed on a national securities exchange will be
valued at its last sale price on the most recent date on or before the end of a Fiscal Year
or, if no sale occurred on said date, at the mean between the closing "bid" and "asked"
prices.
10.1.3 All other positions and all other assets and liabilities will be
assigned a value determined in good faith by the Managers. With respect to other
investment vehicles in which the Company may invest, the Manager may rely on the
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values reported by such entities in computing the value of the Company's assets but will
carry the investment at the cost basis unless otherwise prudent.
10.2
Books and Records. The Managers shall maintain the general
accounts of the Company. The books of the Company shall be kept on a basis consistent
with the provisions of this Agreement and shall be open to the inspection and
examination of all Members, in person or by their duly authorized representatives, at
reasonable times. The books of the Company shall be maintained based on generally
accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
10.3
Reports. At the request of any Member, the Company shall furnish
the Members with a copy of the Company's financial statements for the current or any
prior Fiscal Year and with a statement of such Member's Capital Account, as reflected on
the books of the Company. Each Member also shall be supplied with all information
with respect to the Company required in connection with the preparation of such
Member's tax returns.
10.4
Federal Income Tax Elections. All elections required or permitted
to be made by the Company under the Code shall be made by the Managers in such
manner as will, in the Managers' opinion, be most advantageous to a majority-in-interest
of the Members.
10.5
Tax Matters Partner. The Members shall from time to time
designate a "tax matters partner" pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1
Decisions by the Managers. Except as otherwise required by law
or in this Agreement, if there is more than one Manager serving at any time and an action
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is to be taken by the Managers (or the Company), such action shall be taken by the
Managers, unanimously, or, if there are more than two Managers, with the agreement of a
majority of such Managers.
11.2
Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time
upon the unanimous written consent of the Members. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
administrative provisions in this Agreement may be amended solely by the Managers.
11.3
Notices. All notices to the Managers, the Company or any
Member under this Agreement shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such
notice, and transmitted postage prepaid by first class certified mail, return receipt
requested, to such Member's address or to any such other address as may hereafter be
designated by a Member upon giving notice thereof to the Company. All notices shall be
deemed given when dispatched.
11.4
No Delivery of Certificates. The Company is not required to
deliver copies of any Certificate of Formation or amendment or cancellation to the
Members.
11.5
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the Act and by the laws of the State of Delaware applicable in the
case of agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State.
11.6
Further Assurances. Each party to this Agreement agrees to
execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and record such further certificates, amendments,
instruments and documents, and to do all such other acts and things, as may be required
by law, or as may, in the reasonable opinion of the Managers, be necessary or advisable
to carry out the interests and purposes of this Agreement.
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11.7
Headings. Gender and Number. The headings in this Agreement
are for convenience only and in no way define, limit or otherwise affect the scope or
intent hereof. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the
masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons
may require.
11.8
Benefit. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of the Members, their respective successors, heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns.
11.9
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts, including by facsimile, each of which when so executed shall be an original
and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have set their hands as of the day
and year first above written.
MANAGER:
LEON D. BLACK
MEMBER:
BLACK FAMILY PARTNERS, M.
By: Black Family GP, LLC, its General Partner
By:
LEON D. BLACK, Manager
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Schedule A
MEMBER
Initial Contribution
Percentage Interest
Black Family Partners, M.
100%
Total
100%
DAR Investments LLC Awe:nem of Limited Lanni* Company
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Schedule B
Title
Officer Name
President
JOHN J. HANNAN
Vice President
RICHARD RESSLER
Secretary
EILEEN ALEXANDERSON
Treasurer
BARRY J. COHEN
NAR Investments LLC Awe:nem of Limited Liability Company
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