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EXHIBIT 10.50
AMENDED AND RESTATED
OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
NHP/PRC MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS 1
ARTICLE II
FORMATION 8
2.1 ORGANIZATION 8
2.2 AGREEMENT, EFFECT OF INCONSISTENCIES WITH ACT 8
2.3 NAME 9
2.4 EFFECTIVE DATE 9
2.5 TERM 9
2.6 REGISTERED AGENT AND OFFICE. 9
2.7 PRINCIPAL OFFICE; OTHER OFFICES. 9
2.8 FOREIGN QUALIFICATION. 10
ARTICLE III
NATURE OF BUSINESS 10
ARTICLE IV
ACCOUNTING AND RECORDS 10
4.1 ACCESS TO INFORMATION 10
4.2 AUDITS 10
4.3 RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED 10
4.4 REPORTS TO MEMBERS 11
4.5 NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS 12
4.6 TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS 12
ARTICLE V
MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS 13
5.1 MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS 13
5.2 INITIAL OWNERSHIP OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS 13
ARTICLE VI
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS 13
6.1 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS 13
6.3 LIABILITY OF MEMBERS 16
6.4 EXCULPATION 16
6.5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 16
6.6 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 17
6.7 TITLE TO COMPANY PROPERTY 17
ARTICLE VII
MANAGERS 18
7.1 BOARD OF MANAGERS 18
7.2 POWERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS 18
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7.3 ELECTION, NUMBER, QUALIFICATION, REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF
MANAGERS 19
7.4 INITIAL BOARD OF MANAGERS 20
7.5 MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, NOTICES OF MEETINGS AND
AGENDAS FOR MEETINGS 20
7.6 ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT 21
7.7 TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. 21
7.8 QUORUM; ACTION OF THE BOARD; ADJOURNMENTS 22
7.9 COMPANY MINUTES. 22
7.10 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 22
7.11 OFFICERS. 22
7.12 COMPENSATION 24
7.13 COMMITTEES. 24
7.14 MEMBERS AS EMPLOYEES; TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES 24
7.15 STANDARD OF CARE 24
ARTICLE VIII
CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 25
8.1 INITIAL CONTRIBUTIONS 25
8.2 MAINTENANCE OF CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 25
8.3 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 704(B) OF THE CODE 25
8.4 ADVANCES 26
ARTICLE IX
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS 26
9.1 DISTRIBUTIONS 26
9.2 ALLOCATIONS 27
ARTICLE X
TAXES 31
10.1 ELECTIONS 31
10.2 TAXES OF TAXING JURISDICTIONS 31
10.3 TAX MATTERS MEMBER 31
10.4 TAX MATTERS MEMBER DUTIES 31
10.5 ACCRUAL METHOD OF ACCOUNTING 31
10.6 CONSISTENT REPORTING 32
ARTICLE XI
DISPOSITION OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS 32
11.1 DISPOSITION 32
11.2 PERMITTED ASSIGNMENTS 32
11.3 CERTAIN PERMITTED DISPOSITIONS 33
11.4 COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS 33
11.5 REGISTRATION OF PLEDGE; COMPLIANCE WITH UCC 33
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ARTICLE XII
DISSOCIATION OF A MEMBER 33
12.1 DISSOCIATION 33
12.2 PURCHASE OF DISSOCIATED MEMBER'S MEMBERSHIP INTEREST 34
12.3 PURCHASE PRICE OF DISSOCIATED MEMBER'S MEMBERSHIP INTEREST 34
12.4 DAMAGES 35
ARTICLE XIII
ADMISSION OF ASSIGNEES AND ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS; WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS OF MEMBERS;
EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS 35
13.1 ADMISSION OF SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS 35
13.2 ADMISSION OF PERMITTED TRANSFEREES 35
13.3 ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS 35
13.4 WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS OF MEMBERS 35
13.5 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS 36
ARTICLE XIV
DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP 36
14.1 DISSOLUTION 36
14.2 EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION 36
14.3 DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION 36
14.4 WINDING UP AND CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION 37
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT 37
ARTICLE XVI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 37
16.1 NOTICE 37
16.2 NO PARTNERSHIP INTENDED FOR NONTAX PURPOSES 38
16.3 RIGHTS OF CREDITORS AND THIRD PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT 38
16.4 CERTAIN EXPENSES 38
16.5 GOVERNING LAW 39
16.6 ARBITRATION 39
16.7 COUNTERPARTS 40
16.8 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 40
16.9 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE 40
ARTICLE XVII
NHP INCORPORATED GUARANTY 40
17.1 GUARANTY 40
17.2 NATURE OF GUARANTY 40
17.3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 40
17.4 OWNERSHIP OF NHP 40
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OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
NHP/PRC MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
This Operating Agreement (this "Agreement") of NHP/PRC Management Company
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, organized pursuant to the Act (the
"Company"), is entered into and shall be effective as of the Effective Date, by
and among the Company and the Persons executing this Agreement as Members.
WHEREAS, the Company was formed by ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and
Property Resources Corporation on November 6, 1996 by the filing of a
certificate of formation under the Act; and
WHEREAS, on the Effective Date, Property Resources Corporation sold a 15%
Membership Interest in the company to NHP Management Company, a District of
Columbia corporation, and after such sale Messrs. Linde and Chatzky contributed
their interest in the Company to Property Resources Corporation.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
ACT - The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Section 18-101,
ET SEQ., and any successor statute, as amended from time to time.
ADDITIONAL MEMBER - A Member other than an Initial Member or a Substitute
Member who has acquired a Membership Interest from the Company.
ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT - With respect to any Member, the deficit
balance, if any, in such Member's Capital Account as of the end of the relevant
taxable year, after giving effect to the following adjustments:
(i) such deficit shall be decreased by any amounts which such
Member is deemed to be obligated to restore, pursuant to Regulation Section
1.704-2(g)(1); and
(ii) such deficit shall be increased by the items described in
Regulations SectionSection1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to
comply with the provisions of Regulation Section1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall
be interpreted consistently therewith.
ADMISSION AGREEMENT - The Agreement between an Additional Member described
in Article XIII or a Substitute Member and the Company pursuant to which an
Additional Member or a Substitute Member becomes a Member of the Company.
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AFFILIATE - An individual or Organization is an affiliate of a Person if
such individual or Organization: (i) controls or has the power to control the
Person; (ii) is directly or indirectly controlled by the Person; or (iii) is
controlled by a third party or parties that also controls or has the power to
control the Person. For the purposes of this definition, the term "control" and
its variations shall mean the possession directly or indirectly of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Initial Members shall not be
deemed to be Affiliates of one another.
AFFILIATE AGREEMENTS - Shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.1(d).
AGREEMENT - This Operating Agreement including all amendments adopted
in accordance with this Agreement and the Act.
ASSIGNEE - A Person to whom a Membership Interest has been transferred
who has not been admitted as a Substituted Member.
BANKRUPT MEMBER - Any Member:
(a) that (i) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, (ii) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition, (iii) becomes the subject
of an order for relief or is declared insolvent in any federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for
such Member a reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any law, (v) files an answer
or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a
petition filed against such Member in a proceeding of the type described in
clauses (i)-(iv), or (vi) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment
of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the Member or of all or any substantial
part of the Member's properties, or
(b) with respect to which (i) a proceeding is commenced
seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution, or similar relief under any law and 90 days have expired without
the proceeding being dismissed, or (ii) without that Member's consent or
acquiescence, a trustee, receiver, or liquidator is appointed of that Member or
of all or any substantial part of its properties and 90 days have expired
without the appointment being vacated or stayed, or if stayed, 90 days have
expired after the date of expiration of a stay, unless the appointment has been
vacated.
BOARD OF MANAGERS - Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a).
BUSINESS DAY - Any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any legal holiday
observed in the Commonwealth of Virginia or the State of New York.
CAPITAL ACCOUNT - The account maintained for a Member or Assignee
determined in accordance with Article VIII.
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CASH FLOW - The sum of provisions (A), (B) and (C) in the definition of Net
Cash Flow.
CERTIFICATE - The Certificate of Formation of the Company filed on November
6, 1996, as properly adopted and as amended from time to time by the Members and
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
CLASS A MANAGER - A Manager designated by the Class A Member.
CLASS A MEMBERSHIP INTEREST - The Membership Interests designated as Class
A Membership Interests of the Company outstanding at such time.
CLASS A MEMBER - A Member holding Class A Membership Interests of the
Company at such time. The initial Class A Member shall be "NHP" (as hereinafter
defined).
CLASS A PRIORITY RETURN - Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
CLASS B MANAGER - A Manager designated by the Class B Member.
CLASS B MEMBERSHIP INTEREST - The Membership Interests designated as Class
B Membership Interests of the Company outstanding at such time.
CLASS B MEMBER - A Member holding Class B Membership Interests of the
Company at such time. The initial Class B Member shall be "PRC" (as hereinafter
defined).
CLASS B PRIORITY RETURN - Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
CODE - The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
COMMITMENT - The obligation of a Member or Assignee to make a Contribution
in the future.
COMPANY - NHP/PRC Management Company LLC, a limited liability company
formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, and any successor limited
liability company.
COMPANY LIABILITY - Any enforceable debt or obligation for which the
Company is liable or which is secured by any Company Property.
COMPANY PROPERTY - Any Property owned by the Company.
CONTRIBUTION - Any contribution of Property to the Company made by or on
behalf of a new or existing Member or Assignee as consideration for a Membership
Interest.
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DISINTERESTED MEMBER - With respect to any transaction, a Member other than
a Member who has a direct or indirect interest in such transaction other than as
a Member of the Company generally.
DISPOSITION (DISPOSE) - Any sale, assignment, lease, transfer, conveyance,
exchange, mortgage, pledge, grant, hypothecation, or other transfer, absolute or
as security or encumbrance (including dispositions by operation of law).
DISSOCIATION - Any action which causes a Person to cease to be a Member as
described in Article hereof.
DISSOCIATED MEMBER - A Person who has ceased to be Member as a result of
Dissociation under Article hereof.
DISTRIBUTION - A transfer of Property to a Member on account of a
Membership Interest as described in Article .
EFFECTIVE DATE - The Effective Date is January 6, 1997.
GAAP - Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United
States of America, applied on a consistent basis.
HAP CONTRACTS - The HUD Housing Assistance Payments contracts pertaining to
the 19 properties which are subject to the Management Contracts.
HUD - The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or any
successor organization.
HUD MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES - Shall have the meaning set forth in Article
III.
IMMEDIATE FAMILY - A Person's Immediate Family includes the Person's
spouse, children (including natural, adopted and stepchildren) and
grandchildren, or trust exclusively for the benefit of any of the foregoing.
INDEBTEDNESS - Any obligation, whether or not contingent, (i) in respect of
borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments,
(ii) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property (including any capital leases), except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or a trade payable, if and to the extent any of
the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of
the Company prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (iii) to
the extent not otherwise included, obligations under interest rate exchange,
currency exchange, swaps, futures or similar agreements, and (iv) guaranties
(other than endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation,
reimbursement agreements in respect to letters of credit), of all or any part of
any Indebtedness of any third party.
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INITIAL CONTRIBUTION - The Contribution agreed to be made by the Initial
Members as described in Article .
INITIAL MEMBERS - Those Persons identified on EXHIBIT A attached hereto and
made a part hereof by this reference who have executed this Agreement.
LEGAL REQUIREMENT - Any federal, state, or local law, or regulation,
excluding regulations which are contrary to applicable law.
LIQUIDATING DISTRIBUTION - A Distribution made as consideration for a
Membership Interest pursuant to Section 14.3.
LISTING AGREEMENT - Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(n).
MAJORITY BOARD VOTE - In the case of any vote by the Board of Managers,
the affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers present at a meeting at which
a Quorum is present.
MAJORITY OF THE DISINTERESTED MEMBERS - The affirmative vote or consent of
Members entitled to vote on, consent to, or approve of a particular matter
owning in excess of one-half of the Membership Interests held by Disinterested
Members. A Member who has Disposed of that Member's entire Membership Interest
to an Assignee, but has not ceased to be a Member as provided below, shall be
considered a Member for the purpose of determining a Majority of the
Disinterested Members.
MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING MEMBERS - The affirmative vote or consent of
Remaining Members entitled to vote on, consent to, or approve a particular
matter owning in excess of one-half of the Membership Interests held by
Remaining Members. Assignees shall not be considered Members entitled to vote
for the purpose of determining a Majority of the Remaining Members. A Member
who has Disposed of that Member's entire Membership Interest to an Assignee, but
has not ceased to be a Member as provided below, shall be considered a Member
for the purpose of determining a Majority of the Remaining Members.
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS - Those certain HUD subsidized property management
contracts, more particularly defined in EXHIBIT B attached hereto and
incorporated herein.
MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS - Management Documents shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 6.1(d) of this Agreement.
MANAGER - Each individual who, at any time, has been elected pursuant to
Section 7.3 or 7.4 and is serving at such time on the Board of Managers.
MEMBER - An Initial Member, Substituted Member or Additional Member in
their capacity as a Member of the Company.
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MEMBERSHIP INTEREST - The rights of a Member or, in the case of an
Assignee, the rights of the assigning Member in Distributions (liquidating or
otherwise) and allocations of the profits, losses, gains, deductions, and
credits of the Company.
MINIMUM GAIN - Has the meaning set forth in Regulation Section1.704-
2(b)(2), or any corresponding provision of any succeeding Regulation.
MONEY - Cash or other legal tender of the United States, or any obligation
that is immediately reducible to legal tender without delay or discount. Money
shall be considered to have a fair market value equal to its face amount.
NET CASH FLOW - The sum of (A) the gross revenues provided from operations
of the Company (not including (i) accrued but unreceived revenues, and (ii)
payments by the Members pursuant to Section 16.4), including revenue from the
investment of Company cash reserves or deposits and cash previously set aside as
reserves and which the Managers determine are not needed for the operation of
the Company's business, plus (B) the net proceeds from (i) any Disposition of
Company Property, or any part thereof, or (ii) any financing or refinancing of
any Indebtedness of the Company, plus (C) all cash Contributions, less (D) the
sum of operating expenses (including, without limitation, all payments and
obligations under the "Subcontract Agreements" (hereinafter defined), and the
"Transition Payments" (hereinafter defined)), and payments on any Member loans,
and any other obligations of the Company, and any cash set aside as reserves, as
determined by a Supermajority Member Vote, for the conduct of the Company's
business, but excluding audit and tax preparation costs in addition to the other
expenses reimbursed by the Members pursuant to Section 16.4. The items
constituting the Net Cash Flow shall be determined on a cash basis and no
deduction therefrom shall be made for depreciation or amortization or similar
non-cash expenses.
NHP - Shall mean NHP Management Company, a District of Columbia
corporation.
NORMAL AND ORDINARY MANAGEMENT FEES. All revenues attributable to regular
monthly payments made or due to the Company under Section 27 of the Management
Contracts.
ORGANIZATION - A Person other than a natural person. Organization
includes, without limitation, corporations (both non-profit and other
corporations), partnerships (both limited and general), joint ventures, limited
liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and unincorporated
associations, but the term does not include joint tenancies or tenancies by the
entirety.
PERMITTED TRANSFEREE - With respect to a Member which is an Organization,
shall mean any Affiliate of such Organization of which such Member owns a
minimum of eighty percent (80%) of such Affiliate's voting stock or other voting
equity interests, and with respect to a Member which is an individual, includes
such Member's Immediate Family, and with respect to PRC, shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, their respective Immediate Family members and Affiliates
controlled by ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
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provided that ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, their respective Immediate Family
members or Affiliates controlled by ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ shall at all
times continue to own at least 51% of the outstanding Class B Membership
Interests, and provided further that both ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ remain
principal executive officers of PRC and day-to-day operational control of PRC
remains vested in ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or, in either ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ in the event of the death or incapacity of one of them.
PERSON - An individual, trust, estate, or any Organization permitted to be
a member of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware.
PRC - Shall mean Property Resources Corporation, a New York corporation.
PRIME RATE - Shall mean the prime rate of interest published in the "Money
Rates" section of the WALL STREET JOURNAL as the base rate of interest on
corporate loans posted by the nation's largest banks; which rate shall be
adjusted as and when any changes in the WALL STREET JOURNAL's prime rate occurs,
or if such rate is no longer published, then the prime rate or an equivalent
announced from time to time by the Bank of Boston (or its successors).
PROCEEDING - Any judicial or administrative trial, hearing or other
activity, civil criminal or investigative, the result of which may be that a
court, arbitrator, or governmental agency may enter a judgment, order, decree,
or other determination which, if not appealed and reversed, would be binding
upon or otherwise affect the Company or a Member (including any Substitute
Member or Additional Member) subject to the jurisdiction of such court,
arbitrator, or governmental agency.
PROPERTY - Any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible
(including goodwill), including Money and any legal or equitable interest in
such property, but excluding services and promises to perform services in the
future.
REGULATIONS - Except where the context indicates otherwise, the permanent
or temporary regulations of the Department of the Treasury under the Code as
such regulations may be lawfully changed from time to time.
REMAINING MEMBERS - With respect to any act, event or occurrence
contemplated hereby, all of the Members of the Company other than the Member(s)
to which such act, event or occurrence directly relates.
REOL - Shall mean Real Estate On-Line LLC, a New York limited liability
company, which is a computerized property listing service.
SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT OR SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENTS - Shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 6.1(n).
SUBSTITUTE MEMBER - An Assignee who has been admitted to all of the rights
of membership pursuant to this Agreement.
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SUPERMAJORITY MEMBER VOTE - The affirmative vote or consent of Members
entitled to vote on, consent to, or approve a particular matter holding in
excess of ninety percent (90%) of the Membership Interests. Assignees shall not
be considered Members entitled to vote for the purpose of determining a
Supermajority Member Vote. A Member who has Disposed of that Member's entire
Membership Interest to an Assignee, but has not ceased to be a Member as
provided below, shall be considered a Member for the purpose of determining a
Supermajority Member Vote.
TAXABLE YEAR - The taxable year of the Company as determined pursuant to
section 706 of the Code.
TAXING JURISDICTION - Any state, local, or foreign government that collects
tax, interest or penalties, however designated, on any Member's share of the
income or gain attributable to the Company.
TRANSITION PAYMENTS - The amount of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Six
Hundred Forty-seven Dollars ($117,647.00) annually for the first full two (2)
years of operation, which amounts shall be paid to NHP from Cash Flow, subject
only in payment priority to any and all payments due under the Subcontract
Agreements attributable to Normal and Ordinary Management Fees. In the event
there are insufficient funds to make the Transition Payments, such unpaid
amounts shall accrue interest at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum and be
paid from the first available Cash Flow after the payment of the Subcontract
Agreement obligations.
ARTICLE II
FORMATION
2.1 ORGANIZATION. The Company was organized as a Delaware limited
liability company pursuant to the provisions of the Act on November 6, 1996.
This agreement amends and restates the prior agreement of the parties as to the
operation of the Company.
2.2 AGREEMENT, EFFECT OF INCONSISTENCIES WITH ACT. For and in
consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Members executing this Agreement hereby agree to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, as it may from time to time be amended according
to its terms. Except to the extent a provision of this Agreement expressly
incorporates federal income tax rules by reference to sections of the Code or
Regulations or is expressly prohibited or ineffective under the Act or any other
applicable law or rule, this Agreement shall govern, even when inconsistent
with, or different than, the provisions of the Act or any other law or rule. To
the extent any provision of this Agreement is prohibited, ineffective, invalid,
illegal or unenforceable under the Act or other applicable law or rule, this
Agreement shall be considered amended to the smallest degree possible in order
to make the Agreement effective under the Act or other applicable law or rule.
In the event that either the Act or other applicable law or rule is subsequently
amended or interpreted in such a way to make any provision of this Agreement
that was formerly invalid, illegal or unenforceable valid (or there shall be
added as part of this Agreement a provision as similar as possible to such
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision),
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such new or amended provision shall be considered to be valid and effective on
the date upon which the prior provision was held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable. Any of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be impaired
or affected. The Members hereby agree that each Member shall be entitled to
rely on the provisions of this Agreement, and no Member shall be liable to the
Company or to any Member for any action or refusal to act taken in good faith
reliance on the terms of this Agreement. The Members and the Company hereby
agree that the duties and obligations imposed on the Members of the Company as
such shall be those set forth in this Agreement, which, together with the other
agreements executed by and between the Members on or prior to the Effective
Date, in connection with this Agreement, represent the entire agreement among
all the Members and between the Members and the Company, on the Effective Date,
as to the matters covered hereby and supersedes and replaces all prior or
contemporaneous agreements, commitments and understandings, oral or written,
between the Members and the Company, and which is intended to govern the
relationship among the Company and the Members, notwithstanding any provision of
the Act or common law to the contrary.
2.3 NAME. The name of the Company is NHP/PRC Management Company LLC,
and all business of the Company may be conducted under that name, or under any
other name approved by a Supermajority Member Vote, but in any case, only to the
extent permitted by applicable law. Each of the Initial Members grants to the
Company a royalty-free limited license to use such Member's name in the name of
the Company, provided that the Initial Members may terminate such license upon
written notice to the Board of Managers, and, provided further, that the use of
any logo must be approved prior to any such use. At such time as an Initial
Member ceases to be a Member, such license shall terminate, and the Company
shall promptly change its name to a name which does not include such former
Member's name, and shall cease to use such former Member's name.
2.4 EFFECTIVE DATE. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
Effective Date.
2.5 TERM. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up in
accordance with the Act and this Agreement on December 31, 2045, unless the term
shall be extended by amendment to this Agreement and the Certificate, or unless
the Company shall be sooner dissolved and its affairs wound up in accordance
with the Act or this Agreement.
2.6 REGISTERED AGENT AND OFFICE. The registered agent for the service
of process and the registered office shall be that Person and location reflected
in the Certificate as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware. The Board of Managers may, from time to time, change the
registered agent or office through appropriate filings with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware. In the event the registered agent ceases to act
as such for any reason or the registered office shall change, the Board of
Managers shall promptly designate a replacement registered agent or file a
notice of change of address as the case may be. If the Board of Managers shall
fail to designate a replacement registered agent or change of address of the
registered office within twenty (20) Business Days, any Member may designate a
replacement registered agent or file a notice of change of address.
2.7 PRINCIPAL OFFICE; OTHER OFFICES. The principal office of the
Company shall be at the offices of NHP Incorporated, located at Fairfax Square,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, or such other
place(s) as the Board of Managers may designate
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from time to time, which need not be in the State of Delaware. The Company may
have such other offices as the Board of Managers may determine to be
appropriate.
2.8 FOREIGN QUALIFICATION. Promptly following the Effective Date, the
Board of Managers shall cause the Company to become qualified as a foreign
limited liability company in the State of New York.
ARTICLE III
NATURE OF BUSINESS
The Company is organized solely to engage in managing the properties listed
on EXHIBIT B to this Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein (the
"HUD Management Properties"), by entering into management agreements with owners
of the Management Properties and submanagement agreements with the Initial
Members, and any other activity expressly authorized by this Agreement. The
Company exists only for the purpose specified in this Article , and may not
conduct any other business without a Supermajority Member Vote. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to obligate any Member or the Company to
violate any Legal Requirement, including, but not limited to, any such
requirements imposed by HUD.
ARTICLE IV
ACCOUNTING AND RECORDS
4.1 ACCESS TO INFORMATION. In addition to the other rights
specifically set forth in this Agreement, each Member shall have access to all
records of the Company, such other information and data in respect of the
Company as may be within the Company's reasonable control, and to all
information to which a Member is entitled to have access pursuant to the Act.
The Company waives, and agrees to cause the Managers to waive the provisions of
Section 18-305(c) of the Act, and any successor provision to the same effect.
4.2 AUDITS. The independent public accountant for the Company shall
be ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, or such other public accountant as may be selected by
NHP which shall conduct annual audits of the Company's books, records and
financial statements. Additionally, each Member shall have the right to
conduct, or cause to be conducted, from time to time, an audit of the books and
records of the Company. The Member conducting, or causing to be conducted, such
supplemental audit shall bear the entire expense of the audit.
4.3 RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED. The Board of Managers shall keep or
cause to be kept complete and accurate books and records of the Company and
supporting documentation of the transactions with respect to the conduct of the
Company's business, and shall utilize a system of accounting established and
administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. In addition, the Board of
Managers shall maintain the following records at the Company's principal office:
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(a) A current list of the full name and last known business
address of each Member, former Member and other holder of a Membership Interest
and the Membership Interest of each such Person;
(b) A copy of the Certificate and all amendments thereto, together
with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which the Certificate
and/or any amendments thereto have been executed;
(c) Copies of the Company's federal, foreign, state and local
income tax or information returns and reports, if any, for the six most recent
years;
(d) Copies of this Agreement including all amendments hereto; and
(e) Any financial statements of the Company for the five most
recent years.
4.4 REPORTS TO MEMBERS.
(a) The Board of Managers shall deliver to each Member within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of each fiscal year,
(i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at the end of
such fiscal quarter, (ii) the related unaudited consolidated statements of
income, members' equity and cash flows of the Company and a schedule of the Net
Cash Flow for such fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the
then current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, and (iii) an
Officer's certificate certifying that such statements fairly present the
consolidated financial condition of the Company as at the dates indicated and
the consolidated results of the Company's operations and its consolidated cash
flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and
normal year-end adjustments.
(b) The Board of Managers shall deliver to each Member as soon as
available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal
year, the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at the end of such fiscal
year, the related consolidated statement of income and the consolidated
statements of members' equity and cash flows of the Company for such fiscal
year, together with an Officer's certificate certifying that such statements
fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Company as at the
dates indicated and the consolidated results of the Company's operations and its
consolidated cash flows for the periods indicated, and a report of the auditor
selected pursuant to Section 4.2 expressing an opinion on the Company's
consolidated financial statements (and as to fair presentation, the auditor's
report shall be unqualified).
(c) Promptly upon receipt thereof, the Company shall provide to
each Member copies of all final reports submitted to the Company by independent
certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special
audit of the financial statements of the Company made by such accountants,
including, without limitation, any comment letter submitted by such accountants
to management in connection with their annual audit.
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(d) The Company shall provide each Member with a copy of any
representation letter furnished by the Company to its independent auditors in
connection with any annual or special audit of the Company's financial
statements.
(e) The Board of Managers shall provide all Members and Assignees
with those information returns required by the Code and the laws of any state.
4.5 NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS. Promptly, but not later than ten (10)
Business Days after the Board of Managers or an executive Officer of the Company
or any Member obtains actual knowledge of any of the following events, the
Company or such Member shall provide written notice of such event to each
Member:
(a) The Management Contracts for any of the HUD Management
Properties shall have been modified, terminated or shall not have been renewed.
(b) A material notice under any such contract, in which case the
written notice to the Members from the Company shall include a copy of such
notice.
(c) The incurrence of any material involuntary lien or
encumbrance, or the occurrence of any event outside of the ordinary course of
business of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in an
accrual of a liability (or contra-asset) on the Company's consolidated balance
sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(d) Either (i) the institution of any Proceeding not previously
disclosed to the Members in writing by the Company, or (ii) any material
development in any Proceeding. The Company shall upon the reasonable request of
a Member provide such Member with such other information as may be reasonably
available to the Company to enable the Member and its counsel to evaluate such
matters.
(e) Any other act, event or occurrence which could reasonably be
expected to result in a material adverse effect on the results of operations,
properties, operations, or financial condition of the Company.
4.6 TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS. The Board of Managers shall cause the
Company's accountants to prepare and timely file income tax returns of the
Company in all jurisdictions where such filings are required, and the Company
shall (i) deliver a copy of all such filings to each Member, and (ii) cause the
Company's accountants to prepare and deliver to each Member, within ninety (90)
days after the expiration of each fiscal year or as soon as practicable
thereafter, and at Company expense, all information with respect to the Company,
information returns and reports required by the Code and Regulations for the
preparation of the Members' federal income tax returns.
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ARTICLE V
MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
6.1 MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS.
(a) The Company's Membership Interests are divided into two
classes as follows:
Class A Membership Interests (15%)
Class B Membership Interests (85%)
TOTAL (100%)
(b) The holders of the Membership Interests shall (i) not be
subject to any right of redemption by the Company and shall have no conversion
rights and (ii) be entitled to one vote per percentage point of Membership
Interest on any matter submitted to a vote or consent of Members. Except with
respect to the designation of Managers as set forth in Article VII and
distributions as provided in Section 9.1, each Membership Interest shall be
identical in all respects with each other Membership Interest. The Members,
other than the Members who have received notice of the intended repurchase of
their interest pursuant to Section 12.2(a), shall be entitled to vote their
Membership Interests on any matter submitted generally to a vote of the Members.
5.2 INITIAL OWNERSHIP OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS. The names and addresses
of the Initial Members and their respective percentage ownership of Membership
Interests are as reflected on EXHIBIT A attached hereto and by this reference
made a part hereof as if set forth fully herein.
ARTICLE VI
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS
6.1 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS. The management of the Company rests exclusively
with the Board of Managers, except as to duties granted to the Members of the
Company pursuant to this Section 6.1. Except as otherwise provided herein, any
action approved by a Majority Board Vote shall bind the Company.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company may not take any of
the following actions without first obtaining a Supermajority Member Vote:
(a) the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the
Company;
(b) the liquidation, reorganization or recapitalization of the
Company;
(c) the issuance, repurchase or redemption of any Membership
Interests or any rights to purchase Membership Interests;
(d) any transaction between the Company on the one hand and any
Affiliate of the Company on the other hand, other than (i) the "Subcontract
Agreements" (hereinafter defined); (ii) this Agreement; (iii) the nineteen (19)
Management Contracts; (iv) the
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Assignment of Management Agreements from PRC to the Company, as in effect as of
the date of this Agreement; (v) the nineteen (19) Management Continuity
Agreements, as in effect as of the date of this Agreement, between certain
limited partnerships which are Affiliates of PRC and PRC (the "Management
Continuity Agreement"); (vi) the nineteen (19) Assignments of Management
Continuity Agreement, as in effect as of the date of this Agreement, between PRC
and the Company (the "Assignments of Management Continuity Agreement"); and
(vii) the Listing Agreement and the Operating Agreement of REOL ((i) and (iii)
through (vii) are collectively, the "Affiliate Agreements"). The Agreements set
forth in (i) and (iii) through (vi) above are collectively hereinafter referred
to as the "Management Documents."
(e) any change in the accounting policies, practices or procedures
of the Company from the historical accounting policies, practices and procedures
of the Company;
(f) (i) any Disposition of Property, other than: (x) money; or (y)
pursuant to Article VI of the NHP Subcontract Agreement as in effect as of the
date hereof; or (ii) the voluntary incurrence of any liability or expense, in
each case, except (A) as expressly provided in the Affiliate Agreements, or (B)
any incurrence of any liability or expense with respect to compliance with Legal
Requirements or response to a Proceeding described in (l) below.
(g) the issuance, redemption, exchange or material modification of
the terms of any Indebtedness or equity of the Company;
(h) the employment of any agent, employee, consultant, attorney or
officer, except as set forth in (l) below, in which event such agent, employee,
consultant, attorney or officer must be reasonably satisfactory to all of the
Members;
(i) the engagement by the Company in any business not in the
ordinary course of business;
(j) the filing by the Company of a petition under the United
States Bankruptcy Code or any similar state law filing or insolvency proceeding;
(k) any Admission Agreement and the admission of any Additional
Member other than as permitted by Section 13.2 hereof;
(l) the establishment of any reserves which reduce Net Cash Flow,
other than reasonable reserves established for the purposes of the defense of
any Proceeding commenced or threatened by a Third Party or the payment of the
fees or expenses resulting from the enforcement of the Management Documents;
(m) the taking of any action, or the making of any election which
could reasonably be expected to result in the Company no longer being taxed as a
"pass through" entity for U.S. federal or state tax purposes;
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(n) any amendment of this Agreement, that certain Subcontract
Agreement by and between the Company and NHP, the Subcontract Agreement by and
between the Company and PRC (individually, a "Subcontract Agreement,"
collectively, the "Subcontract Agreements") or, the Real Estate Listing, Option,
Purchase and Membership Rights Agreement by and between REOL and the Company
(the "Listing Agreement");
(o) to the extent otherwise expressly required in this Agreement;
and
(p) the waiver of rights and/or obligations or consent to
assignment under the Subcontract Agreements.
All Member votes, including any actions prescribed by the Act or other
applicable law, (i) shall require a Supermajority Member Vote and (ii) may be
taken without a meeting if Members representing the required or permitted number
of votes consent thereto in writing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Managers may take any actions
necessary to comply with any applicable Legal Requirement without Supermajority
Member Vote, provided that any such action does not result in an expense to the
Company in excess of the expenses already permitted hereunder.
6.2 ACTION BY MEMBERS.
(a) Members may act by either (i) the affirmative vote of Members
present or by proxy at a meeting of Members convened pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 6.2 or (ii) the written consent of the Members, in each case
owning the Membership Interests required to take the subject action. In the
case of any action by written consent, each Member will certify as to the number
and class of Membership Interests owned by such Member at such time. Any
Member may request that any Supermajority Member Vote shall be conducted by
secret ballot.
(b) There will be no regular meetings of Members. A special
meeting of Members, or Members holding a particular class of Membership
Interests, may be called, and shall be held, at the direction of the Chairperson
or any Member (or Members) that owns (or own) at least 10% of any Class of
Membership Interests entitled to vote on the matter that is the subject of the
meeting. Any such direction will be delivered to the Chairperson, with a copy
to the Secretary, and shall include a description of the matter(s) to be voted
upon at such special meeting, as well as the time of such special meeting (which
must be at least seven (7) Business Days following the date the direction is
delivered to the Chairperson). Within two (2) Business Days after receipt by
the Chairperson of any such written request for a special meeting, the Secretary
shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) such request (together with the related
description of matters to be voted upon) to each other Member on the subject
matter of the meeting.
(c) The Chairperson will preside at all meetings of Members called
pursuant to paragraph (b). If he or she is unable to preside, then a person
appointed by the members of the Board of Managers present at the meeting will
preside at such meeting. The Secretary, or a person appointed by the members of
the Board of Managers present
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at the meeting, will act as secretary of such meeting and record the minutes of,
and resolutions adopted by, such meeting.
(d) Members may participate in meetings of Members by telephone to
the same extent permitted by Managers for meetings of the Board of Managers as
described in Section 7.7.
(e) Members shall vote according to the Membership Interests held
by such Members that are entitled to vote on the subject matter of such vote. A
Supermajority Member Vote is required for all votes in which all Members may
participate.
6.3 LIABILITY OF MEMBERS. Except as set forth in Section 16.4, no
Member shall be liable as a Member for the liabilities of the Company. The
failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to
the exercise of its powers or management of its business or affairs under this
Agreement or the Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the
Members for liabilities of the Company.
6.4 EXCULPATION. Neither any Member, nor any Manager or Officer, nor
any Affiliate of the foregoing (each, an "Exculpated Party"), shall be liable to
the Company or any Member for any loss suffered by the Company or any Member
which arises out of any act or omission of the Exculpated Party in such capacity
involving the exercise of discretion or business judgment, if (i) such act or
omission was committed, or omitted, by the Exculpated Party in good faith and in
the reasonable belief that such act or omission was in the best interests of the
Company and (ii) such act or omission did not constitute or involve any gross
negligence or willful misconduct of or by the Exculpated Party. In furtherance
of the foregoing, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
assume the defense of an Officer, employee or Manager for actions against them
in their capacity as such as the Company may deem advisable for so long as (i)
the Company is also a party to such Proceeding, or (ii) the costs of the Company
arising from such Proceeding are reimbursed by any of the Members directing the
Company to assume such defense and such Member shall unconditionally agree, in
writing, to pay such expense. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
each of the Members hereby indemnifies the other Members for any action or
liability arising out of a breach of such Member's representations and
warranties set forth in Section 6.5 hereof and obligations under Section 16.4.
6.5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Member hereby represents and
warrants to the Company and to each other Member that: (a) it is duly organized,
validly existing, and in good standing under the law of its state of
organization and that it has full organizational power to execute and agree to
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (b) the Member is
acquiring its interest in the Company for the Member's own account as an
investment and without an intent to distribute all or any portion of such
interest; (c) the Member acknowledges that the Membership Interests have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws,
and may not be resold or transferred by the Member without appropriate
registration or the availability of an exemption from such requirements; (d)
this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it, is not
subject to any further consent, waiver, authorization, approval or filing
requirements, and constitutes its legal, valid and binding agreement,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; and (e) any and all
statements, representations or warranties regarding such Member contained in any
filing with a government
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or governmental agency relating to the Company, which was based on information
supplied in writing by such Member specifically for inclusion therein, did not
contain any misstatement or omission, which misstatement or omission made the
information materially misleading at the time made.
6.6 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
(a) Any Person who is a Member, Manager, or Affiliate of the
Company or any Member, may be employed or engaged by the Company to render
services to or on behalf of the Company for compensation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that (x) such compensation and services shall be on terms no less favorable to
the Company than if such compensation and services were paid to and/or performed
by a Person who was not a Member or an Affiliate of the Company or any Member,
(y) after full and accurate disclosure of the interest to all of the Members,
the Company's Board of Managers (the "Board of Managers") authorizes or ratifies
the terms of such engagement, and (z) such compensation is approved by a
Supermajority Member Vote. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the
following agreements as in effect as of the date of this Agreement: (i) the
Subcontract Agreements and (ii) Listing Agreement.
(b) A Member shall be entitled to enter into transactions that may
be considered to be competitive with, or a business opportunity that may be
beneficial to, the Company, it being expressly understood that some of the
Members may enter into transactions that are similar to the transactions into
which the Company may enter.
(c) A Member does not violate a duty or obligation to the Company
merely because the Member's conduct furthers the Member's own interest. A
Member may lend Money to and transact other business with the Company. The
rights and obligations of a Member who lends Money to or transacts business with
the Company are the same as those of a Person who is not a Member, subject to
other applicable law. No transaction with the Company shall be voidable solely
because a Member has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction if either
the transaction is permitted under Section 6.6(a) or a Majority of the
Disinterested Members, knowing the material facts of the transaction and the
Member's interest, authorize, approve, or ratify the transaction.
(d) Members shall account to the Company and hold as trustee for
it any Property, profit or benefit derived by any Member, without the consent of
a Majority of the Disinterested Members in the conduct and winding up of the
Company business or from use or appropriation by the Member of the Company
Property which is not otherwise permitted by this Agreement.
6.7 TITLE TO COMPANY PROPERTY. All Property acquired by the Company
shall be acquired and held by the Company in its own name.
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ARTICLE VII
MANAGERS
7.1 BOARD OF MANAGERS. Subject to Section 6.1, the management of the
Property, business and affairs of the Company shall be vested in, and conducted
under the direction and control of, the Board of Managers, and, except as
expressly set forth herein, no Member shall have the power or authority to act
for or to bind the Company.
7.2 POWERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
(a) Subject to any vote or consent of Members as may be expressly
required under the Act or any provision of this Agreement (unless not permitted
under the Act or other applicable Legal Requirement), the Board of Managers
shall have the power and authority, on behalf of and in the name of the Company,
to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the business and affairs
of the Company, including, without limitation:
(i) THE CONDUCT OF THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS, THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPANY OFFICES, AND THE EXERCISE OF THE POWERS OF THE COMPANY
WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF DELAWARE;
(ii) THE INSTITUTION, PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE OF ANY
PROCEEDING IN THE COMPANY'S NAME;
(iii) THE PURCHASE, RECEIPT, LEASE OR OTHER ACQUISITION,
OWNERSHIP, HOLDING, IMPROVEMENT, USE AND OTHER DEALING WITH, ANY PROPERTY,
WHEREVER LOCATED;
(iv) THE DISPOSITION OF ANY PROPERTY;
(v) THE ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS, GUARANTIES AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS; INCURRING OF LIABILITIES; BORROWING MONEY, ISSUANCE OF NOTES,
BONDS, AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS; AND THE SECURING OF ANY OF THE COMPANY'S
OBLIGATIONS BY DISPOSITION OF ANY OF ITS PROPERTY OR INCOME;
(vi) THE LENDING OF MONEY, INVESTMENT AND REINVESTMENT OF
THE COMPANY'S FUNDS, AND RECEIPT AND HOLDING OF PROPERTY AS SECURITY FOR
REPAYMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE LOANING OF MONEY TO, AND OTHERWISE
ASSISTING MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS;
(vii) THE APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND AGENTS OF
THE COMPANY, THE DEFINING OF THEIR DUTIES, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR
COMPENSATION; AND
(vii) THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION, OR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION
TO ANY OR ALL EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ON ACCOUNT
OF SERVICES PREVIOUSLY RENDERED TO THE COMPANY, WHETHER OR NOT AN AGREEMENT TO
PAY SUCH COMPENSATION WAS MADE BEFORE SUCH SERVICES WERE RENDERED.
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(b) In addition to any rights and powers that may be expressly
provided for in this Agreement, and, subject to Section 6.1, the Board of
Managers shall possess all of the rights and powers of a board of directors of a
corporation formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law (8 DEL. C. Section
101, ET SEQ.).
7.3 ELECTION, NUMBER, QUALIFICATION, REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF
MANAGERS.
(a) The Board of Managers shall be elected by the Members in
accordance with the following provisions:
(i) THE CLASS A MEMBERS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO DESIGNATE TWO
(2) MANAGERS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF MANAGERS; AND
(ii) THE CLASS B MEMBERS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO DESIGNATE ONE
(1) MANAGER TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
(b) Initially, there shall be three (3) Managers on the Board of
Managers. The Members may, by a Supermajority Member Vote, change the total
number of Managers comprising the Board of Managers or the number of such
Managers to be designated by either the Class A Members or Class B Members.
(c) In addition to designating Managers as provided in 7.3(a)
above, the Members may (but shall not be required to ) designate an alternate
for each Manager (an "Alternate Manager") to serve on the Board of Managers in
the absence of such Manager. Each Alternate Manager shall be designated by the
Member who designated the Manager for whom the Alternate Manager will serve as
an alternate. There shall be no more than one Alternate Manager for each
Manager. No Alternate Manager shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of the
Board of Managers unless the Manager for whom such person serves as Alternate
Manager is absent from such meeting of the Board of Managers, in which case, the
Alternate Manager for such absent Manager shall have full power and authority to
vote and to take such other actions as the absent Manager could have taken if he
or she were in attendance at such meeting.
(d) Each person designated as a Manager (or Alternate Manager)
shall hold office until his or her successor is duly designated in accordance
with this Section 7.3, or until his or her earlier resignation, removal (in
accordance with Section 7.3(f)), death, disability, disqualification or
otherwise.
(e) Any Manager (and any Alternate Manager) may resign at any time
upon written notice delivered to the Board of Managers, with a copy to each
Member, which shall be effective upon the date set forth therein or, if no such
date is specified, upon delivery of such notice to the Chairperson or Secretary.
(f) Any Manager (or any Alternate Manager) may be removed, with or
without cause, at any time by the Class of Members which designated such Manager
(or such Alternate Manager) pursuant to Section 7.3(a).
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(g) Any vacancy on the Board of Managers resulting from
resignation, removal, death, disability, disqualification or otherwise, of a
Manager shall be filled by the Class of Members entitled to designate such
Manager pursuant to Section 7.3(a). In the event of the resignation, removal,
death, disability, disqualification or otherwise of an Alternate Manager, a new
Alternate Manager may be nominated and elected as provided in Section 7.3(c).
(h) The election of a Manager (or Alternate Manager) shall be
effective upon written notice delivered to the Company by the Class of Members
entitled to designate or replace such Manager (or Alternate Manager). Such
Class of Members shall also deliver a copy of such notice to each Manager and
each other Member.
7.4 INITIAL BOARD OF MANAGERS.
(a) The Class A Member hereby designates J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esquire as the initial Class A Managers.
(b) The Class B Member hereby designates ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ as the
initial Class B Manager and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be the Alternate Class B Manager.
7.5 MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, NOTICES OF MEETINGS AND AGENDAS
FOR MEETINGS.
(a) The Board of Managers shall (i) elect from among themselves
one Manager to act as chairperson of the Board of Managers (the "Chairperson")
who, in addition to having the same powers and duties as the other Managers,
shall also preside at all meetings of the Board of Managers, and (ii) appoint
one Person (who may, but need not be, a Manager) to act as secretary of, and to
record the minutes of, all meetings of the Board of Managers (the "Secretary").
In the absence of the Chairperson at any meeting of the Board of Managers, any
other Manager selected by the Board of Managers shall act as Chairperson at such
meeting. In the absence of the Secretary at any meeting of the Board of
Managers, any other Person (who may, but need not be, a Manager) selected by the
Board of Managers shall act as Secretary at such meeting.
(b) Regular meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held on
such dates as may be agreed from time to time by the Board of Managers. Regular
or special meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held at the Company's
principal office set forth in Section 2.7, as amended, whether within or outside
the State of Delaware, or at such other location (whether within or outside the
State of Delaware) as may be agreed from time to time by the unanimous vote of
the Board of Managers.
(c) With respect to regular meetings of the Board of Managers, the
Secretary shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) at the direction of the
Chairperson, not later than five (5) Business Days before the subject regular
meeting date, to each Manager, with a copy to each Member, a written notice of,
and agenda for, such meeting.
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(d) Special meetings of the Board of Managers may be called, and
shall be held, at the direction of any Manager pursuant to written notice (a
"Special Meeting Direction") given to the Chairperson, with a copy to the
Secretary and to each of the Managers and Members, which Special Meeting
Direction shall include the agenda for such special meeting, as well as the time
of such special meeting. The Special Meeting Direction must be delivered to the
Chairperson and the Members at least seven (7) Business Days before the date of
the subject special meeting. Within two (2) Business Days after receipt by the
Chairperson of a Special Meeting Direction, the Secretary shall deliver (or
cause to be delivered) at the direction of the Chairperson the Special Meeting
Direction.
(e) Notice of any regular or special meeting of the Board of
Managers required to be given under Section 7.5(c) or 7.5(d) need not be given
to any Manager who submits a written waiver of notice signed by such Manager
either before or after the subject meeting. The attendance of a Manager at any
regular or special meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting;
PROVIDED, that where a Manager attends a regular or special meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of such meeting, to the
transaction of any business because such meeting is not called in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 7.5, and where such Manager does so object,
his attendance at such meeting shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting.
(f) Any member of the Board of Managers who wishes to have any
matter discussed or acted upon at any regular or special meeting of the Board of
Managers which matter is not specified in the subject agenda for such meeting
may, not later than two (2) Business Days prior to the subject meeting date,
give written notice to the Chairperson, with a copy to the Secretary, each of
the other Managers and each of the Members, specifying such additional
matter(s), whereupon the initial agenda for the subject meeting shall be deemed
to have been amended to include such matters.
(g) In addition to the Managers, each Alternate Manager and each
Member shall have the right to attend any or all regular or special meetings of
the Board of Managers, but shall have no right to participate in any vote of the
Board of Managers (except as provided in Section 7.3(d) in the case of an
Alternate Manager). In addition, the Board of Managers may, by Majority Board
Vote, invite any other Person to attend, as an observer, any meeting of the
Board of Managers.
7.6 ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at any meeting of the Board of Managers may be taken without a meeting if
all of the Managers then comprising the Board of Managers consent thereto in
writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings
of the Board of Managers.
7.7 TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. Managers shall have the right to participate
in a meeting of the Board of Managers by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all Persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
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7.8 QUORUM; ACTION OF THE BOARD; ADJOURNMENTS.
(a) The presence, in person (or by attendance of the respective
Alternate Managers) of a majority of each class of Managers then fixed by or in
accordance with this Agreement as comprising the Board of Managers shall
constitute a quorum (a "Quorum") for the transaction of business; PROVIDED that
with respect to any regular or special meeting, notice thereof shall have been
delivered to (or waived by) each Manager in accordance with Section 7.5(g).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Quorum is not achieved at any two
consecutive duly noticed meetings of the Board of Managers to be held at
reasonable intervals because at least a majority of Managers of each class were
not present, at the next duly noticed meeting of the Board of Managers a Quorum
shall be deemed to have been attained if a majority of the entire Board of
Managers is present; provided, however, that the only items which may be
considered at such meeting are those set forth in the notices for either of the
first two meetings.
(b) Each Manager shall have one vote and a Majority Board Vote
shall be the act of the Board of Managers.
(c) At any meeting of the Board of Managers at which a Quorum is
not present, the subject meeting shall be adjourned to another time or place and
notice thereof shall be given in accordance with Section 7.5(b). At the
adjourned meeting, the Managers may, provided that a Quorum is present, transact
any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
7.9 COMPANY MINUTES. The decisions and resolutions of the Board of
Managers shall be recorded in minutes, which shall state the date, time and
place of the meeting (or the date of the written consent in lieu of a meeting),
the Managers, Alternate Managers, and other Persons present at the meeting, the
matters or resolutions put to a vote (or the subject of a written consent) and
the results of such voting (or written consent). A draft of the minutes for
each meeting shall be delivered to each Manager promptly after each meeting.
After all objections have been rescinded or recorded in the minutes and the
minutes have been approved by the Board of Managers, the final minutes shall be
signed by the Chairperson and the Secretary (or acting chairperson or
secretary), filed in a minute book kept at the principal office of the Company,
and a copy of such final minutes of each meeting shall be delivered to each
Manager.
7.10 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. With respect to any action to be taken by
a Manager or Member as to which such Manager or Member has an actual or
potential conflict of interest of which such Manager or Member is aware, such
Manager or Member shall disclose such actual or potential conflict and the
nature thereof to each other Manager or Member prior to the taking of any action
thereon by the Managers or Members, but such Manager or Member shall not, by
virtue of such actual or potential conflict, be excluded from having such
Manager's or Member's vote counted in determining whether a Majority Board Vote
or Supermajority Member Vote has been obtained.
7.11 OFFICERS.
(a) GENERALLY. The Board of Managers, as set forth below, may
appoint agents of the Company, referred to as "Officers" of the Company. The
Officers shall have such
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titles as the Board of Managers may determine, which titles and authority shall
initially be those set forth in this Section 7.11.
(b) TITLES AND NUMBER. The initial Officers of the Company shall
be the President, any and all Vice Presidents, the Secretary, any Treasurer and
any and all Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. There shall be
appointed from time to time, in accordance with Section 7.11(c) below, such Vice
Presidents, Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries, Treasurers and Assistant
Treasurers as the Board of Managers may desire. Any Person may hold two or more
offices, except that the offices of President and Secretary may not be held by
the same Person.
(c) APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF OFFICE. The Officers shall be
appointed by the Board of Managers at such time and for such term as the Board
of Managers shall determine. Any Officer may be removed, with or without cause,
only by the Board of Managers. Vacancies in any office may be filled only by
the Board of Managers.
(d) PRESIDENT. Subject to the limitations imposed by this
Agreement, any employment agreement, any employee plan or any determination of
the Board of Managers, the President, subject to the general control of the
Board of Managers, shall be the chief executive officer of the Company and, as
such, shall be responsible for the management and direction of the day-to-day
business and affairs of the Company, its other Officers, employees and agents,
shall supervise generally the affairs of the Company and shall have full
authority to execute all documents and take all actions that the Company may
legally take. The President shall exercise such other powers and perform such
other duties as may be assigned to him by this Agreement or the Board of
Managers, including any duties and powers stated in any employment agreement
approved by Supermajority Member Vote.
(e) VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence of the President, each Vice
President appointed by the Board of Managers shall, except as hereinafter
provided, have all of the powers and duties conferred upon the President,
including the same power as the President to execute documents on behalf of the
Company. Each such Vice President shall perform such other duties and may
exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to him by the
Board of Managers or the President.
(f) SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. The Secretary shall
record or cause to be recorded in books provided for that purpose the minutes of
the meetings or actions of the Board of Managers or the Officers, shall see that
all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
and as required by law, shall be custodian of all records (other than
financial), shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificates and all
other documents and records required by law are properly kept and filed, and, in
general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such
other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him by this Agreement,
the Board of Managers or the President. The Assistant Secretaries shall
exercise the powers of the Secretary during that Officer's absence or inability
or refusal to act.
(g) TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS. The Treasurer shall keep
or cause to be kept the books of account of the Company and shall render
statements of the financial affairs
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of the Company in such form and as often as required by this Agreement, the
Board of Managers or the President. The Treasurer, subject to the order of the
Board of Managers, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the
Company. The Treasurer shall perform all other duties commonly incident to his
office and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as this
Agreement, the Board of Managers or the President shall designate from time to
time. The Assistant Treasurers shall exercise the power of the Treasurer during
that Officer's absence or inability or refusal to act. Each of the Assistant
Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign all
certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Company. If
no Treasurer is appointed and serving, or in the absence of the appointed
Treasurer, such other Officer as the Board of Managers shall select shall have
the powers and duties conferred upon the Treasurer.
(h) POWERS OF ATTORNEY. The Board of Managers may ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ of
attorney or other authority as appropriate to establish and evidence the
authority of the Officers and other Persons.
7.12 COMPENSATION. The members of the Board of Managers and Officers
shall not receive compensation for their services as such.
7.13 COMMITTEES. The Board of Managers may designate one or more
committees, appoint one or more of the Managers to serve on each such committee,
and appoint one or more Managers as alternate members of any committee to serve
in the absence or disqualification of any Manager appointed as a member of such
committee. At lease one Class A Manager and one Class B Manager shall be a
member of each committee created by the Board. Each such committee shall be
advisory in nature and in no event shall any such committee possess or exercise
any of the powers or authority of the Board of Managers or the authority to bind
the Company in any way. Each such committee shall review and make
recommendations to the full Board of Managers with respect to the matters
assigned to such committee.
7.14 MEMBERS AS EMPLOYEES; TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Subject to
Section 6.1, any Person, whether or not a Member, an Affiliate of a Member, an
Affiliate of a Member's Affiliate, a member of any Member's family or of the
family of an Affiliate of a Member, may be employed or engaged by the Company to
render services to the Company, including accounting services and legal
services.
7.15 STANDARD OF CARE. Each Manager and Officer shall discharge its
respective duties to the Company and the Members in good faith and with that
degree of care that an ordinarily prudent individual in a similar position would
use under similar circumstances. In discharging its duties, a Manager or
Officer shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records
required to be maintained under Article IV and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements by any Person as to matters the Manager or Officer
reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the
Company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value
and amount of the assets, liabilities, Net Cash Flow of the Company or any other
facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions
to Members might properly be paid.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
8.1 INITIAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Each Initial Member shall make the
Contribution described for that Member on EXHIBIT A at the time and on the terms
specified on EXHIBIT A and shall perform that Member's Commitment. The value of
the Contributions shall be as set forth on EXHIBIT A. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary which may be contained herein, the Class B Member shall not
receive any credit to its Capital Account corresponding to its Contribution of
the Management Contracts or for the equity interest in REOL and the Class A
Member shall not receive any credit to its Capital Account for any expenses it
incurred in connection with the assumption of management responsibilities or the
Transition Payments. No interest shall accrue on any Contribution and no Member
shall have the right to withdraw or be repaid any Contribution except as
provided in this Agreement. Each Additional Member shall make the Contribution
and shall perform the Commitment described in the Admission Agreement. The
value of the Additional Member's Contribution and the time for making such
Contribution shall be set forth in the Admission Agreement.
8.2 MAINTENANCE OF CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. The Company shall establish and
maintain a Capital Account for each Member and Assignee in accordance with the
following provisions:
(a) Subject to Section 8.1 hereof, a Member's Capital Account
shall be credited with the amount of Money and the fair market value of any
Contribution by such Member, the amount of any Company Liabilities assumed by
such Member (or which are secured by Company Property distributed to such
Member), such Member's distributive share of Profit and any item in the nature
of income or gain specially allocated to such Member pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 hereof; and
(b) A Member's Capital Account shall be debited with the amount of
Money and the fair market value of any Company Property distributed to such
Member, the amount of any liabilities of such Member assumed by the Company (or
which are secured by Property contributed by such Member to the Company), such
Member's distributive share of Loss and any item in the nature of expenses or
losses specially allocated to such Member pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 hereof.
If any Membership Interest is transferred pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor
to the extent it is attributable to the transferred Membership Interest. If the
fair market value of Company Property is adjusted pursuant to this Agreement or
as required pursuant to the Regulations, the Capital Account of each Member
shall be adjusted to reflect the aggregate adjustment in the same manner as if
the Company had recognized gain or loss equal to the amount of such aggregate
adjustment.
8.3 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 704(B) OF THE CODE. The provisions of this
Article as they relate to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended, and
shall be construed, and, if necessary, modified to cause the allocations of
profits, losses, income, gain and credit pursuant to Article to have
substantial economic effect under Regulation 1.704-1(b), in light of the
Distributions made pursuant to Articles and and the Contributions made
pursuant to this Article . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
this Agreement shall not be
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construed as creating a deficit restoration obligation or otherwise personally
obligate any Member or Assignee to make a Contribution in excess of the Initial
Contribution and Commitment, if any, of the Member or Assignee.
8.4 ADVANCES. In the event that the Company does not have sufficient
funds to pay the costs of defense of any Proceeding commenced by a Third Party,
any Member shall be permitted to make a loan to the Company at an interest rate
per annum equal to the Prime Rate plus one percent (1%). In addition, if any
Member shall advance any other funds to the Company in excess of its Commitment,
such advance shall be treated as a loan to the Company. All such loans to the
Company shall be repaid prior to any Distributions, the amount of any advance in
excess of a Member's Cash Contributions shall neither increase its Capital
Account nor entitle it to any increase in its share of the Distributions of the
Company.
ARTICLE IX
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
9.1 DISTRIBUTIONS. Except as otherwise provided in Section 14.3 hereof
with respect to Distributions to be made upon the dissolution and liquidation of
the Company:
(a) Except as otherwise agreed by Supermajority Member Vote, the
Company shall within twenty (20) days after the end of each calendar quarter,
distribute the Net Cash Flow with respect to such calendar quarter in the
following order:
(i) FIRST, TO THE CLASS B MEMBERS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
CLASS B PRIORITY RETURN FOR SUCH QUARTER (AND PRORATED FOR ANY PARTIAL QUARTER),
AS SET FORTH IN SCHEDULE 9.1, ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, ALONG
WITH ANY ACCRUED AND UNPAID CLASS B PRIORITY RETURN FROM PREVIOUS PERIODS PLUS A
DEFERRAL CHARGE ON SUCH ACCRUED AND UNPAID CLASS B PRIORITY RETURN AT TEN
PERCENT (10%) PER ANNUM. [SCHEDULE TO REFLECT AN AMOUNT WHICH IS 85% OF
PROJECTED PROFIT TO THE COMPANY], AND
(ii) SECOND, TO THE CLASS A MEMBERS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
CLASS A PRIORITY RETURN FOR SUCH QUARTER (AND PRORATED FOR ANY PARTIAL QUARTER),
AS SET FORTH IN SCHEDULE 9.1, ALONG WITH ANY ACCRUED AND UNPAID CLASS A PRIORITY
RETURN FROM PREVIOUS PERIODS PLUS A DEFERRAL CHARGE ON SUCH ACCRUED AND UNPAID
CLASS A PRIORITY RETURN AT TEN PERCENT (10%) PER ANNUM, AND [SCHEDULE TO REFLECT
AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 15% OF PROJECTED PROFIT TO THE COMPANY], AND
(iii) FINALLY, ANY REMAINING NET CASH FLOW TO THE MEMBERS IN
PROPORTION TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS.
(b) In the case of a sale of substantially all of the Company's
assets or a sale of Membership Interests by a Member, including, but not limited
to, exercise of the "Put Option" or the "Call Option" under that certain Put-
Call Option Agreement of even date herewith, by and between the Initial Members
(the "Put-Call Option Agreement"), the Company shall make any and all
Distributions in accordance with Section 9.1(a) to the
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Members as of the date immediately preceding the closing of any such sale from
the available Net Cash Flow of the Company through such date.
(c) The Company shall deduct from any Distributions otherwise
payable hereunder to a Member any amounts due to the Company from such Member.
Any waiver of this provision shall require a Supermajority Member Vote.
9.2 ALLOCATIONS.
(a) PROFIT AND LOSS. "Profit" and "Loss" mean, for each taxable
year of the Company (or other period for which Profit or Loss must be computed),
the Company's taxable income or loss determined in accordance with Section
703(a) of the Code, with the following adjustments:
(i) ALL ITEMS OF INCOME, GAIN, LOSS OR DEDUCTION REQUIRED TO
BE STATED SEPARATELY PURSUANT TO SECTION 703(A)(1) OF THE CODE SHALL BE INCLUDED
IN COMPUTING COMPANY TAXABLE INCOME OR LOSS;
(ii) ANY TAX-EXEMPT INCOME OF THE COMPANY, NOT OTHERWISE TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT IN COMPUTING THE COMPANY'S TAXABLE INCOME, SHALL BE INCLUDED IN
COMPUTING PROFIT OR LOSS;
(iii) ANY EXPENDITURES OF THE COMPANY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
705(A)(2)(B) (OR TREATED AS SUCH PURSUANT TO REGULATION Section1.704-
1(B)(2)(IV)(I)) AND NOT OTHERWISE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN COMPUTING PROFIT OR
LOSS, SHALL BE SUBTRACTED FROM TAXABLE INCOME OR LOSS; AND
(iv) ANY ITEMS WHICH ARE SPECIALLY ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION 9 HEREOF SHALL NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN COMPUTING PROFIT OR LOSS.
(b) STANDARD ALLOCATION OF PROFIT AND LOSS. Except as otherwise
set forth in this Section 9.2: The Profit and Loss of the Company for each
fiscal year shall be allocated among the Members in a manner such that capital
accounts of each Member at the end of each such fiscal year would be equal to
the Net Cash Flow that would otherwise be distributed to such Member if all the
assets of the Company were Disposed of at book value at the end of such fiscal
year and Net Cash Flow were Distributed to the Members to the Members in
accordance with Section 9.1.
(c) ALLOCATIONS CAUSING NEGATIVE CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; MINIMUM GAIN
RULE AND QUALIFIED INCOME OFFSET.
(i) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.2(B):
1) IF THE ALLOCATION OF A LOSS TO A MEMBER FOR ANY
FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.2(B)(II) WOULD CAUSE SUCH MEMBER TO HAVE AN
ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT OR INCREASE SUCH ADJUSTED CAPITAL
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ACCOUNT DEFICIT AS OF THE END OF SUCH FISCAL YEAR, THEN THE PORTION OF SUCH LOSS
THAT WOULD HAVE SUCH EFFECT SHALL INSTEAD BE SPECIALLY ALLOCATED AMONG AND
CHARGED TO THE CAPITAL ACCOUNTS OF THE OTHER MEMBERS, PRO RATA, IN PROPORTION TO
THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
9.2(C); AND
2) IF, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ANY MEMBER HAS
AN ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT, THEN (I) ITEMS OF GROSS INCOME FOR SUCH
FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE SPECIALLY ALLOCATED TO SUCH MEMBER TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY
TO ELIMINATE SUCH DEFICIT, (II) THE PROFIT OR LOSS OF THE COMPANY FOR SUCH
FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE RECOMPUTED BY ELIMINATING SUCH SPECIALLY ALLOCATED ITEMS OF
GROSS INCOME, AND (III) THE RECOMPUTED PROFIT OR LOSS SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE
REMAINING MEMBERS AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 9.2(B) AND THIS SECTION 9.2(C).
(ii) ANY SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS OF PROFIT OR GROSS INCOME
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 9.2(C) SHALL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN COMPUTING
SUBSEQUENT ALLOCATIONS OF PROFIT AND LOSS SO THAT, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE
AGGREGATE AMOUNTS OF PROFIT AND LOSS ALLOCATED TO EACH MEMBER WILL BE EQUAL TO
THE AGGREGATE AMOUNTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO SUCH MEMBER IN THE
ABSENCE OF UNEXPECTED INCREASES OR DECREASES IN ITS ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT.
(d) NONRECOURSE. Except pursuant to Section 16.4, to the extent
that (a) any Member or Members may bear the burden of an economic loss
corresponding to any Company Loss, deduction or item in the nature thereof
attributable to a Company Liability that would be considered nonrecourse for
purposes of Regulation Section1.1001-2, (b) any Member makes a loan or
Contribution to the Company in order to fund a Company expense corresponding to
any Loss, deduction or item in the nature thereof, or (c) any Member bears the
economic risk of loss for a Company Liability by reason of such Member's
obligation to make a net payment to a creditor with respect to such liability or
a net contribution to the Company with respect to such liability, such Loss,
deduction or item in the nature thereof shall be allocated solely to the Member
or Members who bear such economic burden, who make such loan or Contribution, or
who make such net payment or contribution, in the same proportions as such
Members bear such economic burden or make such loan, Contribution or net
payment. The foregoing provisions are intended to comply with Regulation
Section1.704-2 and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with
such Regulations.
(e) SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS OF ITEMS IN THE NATURE OF INCOME OR GAIN.
(i) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 9.2(E)(III) HEREOF, IF ANY
MEMBER UNEXPECTEDLY RECEIVES ANY ADJUSTMENT, ALLOCATION OR DISTRIBUTION
DESCRIBED IN REGULATION Section1.704-1(B)(2)(II)(D)(4), (5) OR (6), ITEMS OF
COMPANY INCOME AND GAIN SHALL BE SPECIALLY ALLOCATED TO SUCH MEMBER IN AN AMOUNT
SUFFICIENT TO ELIMINATE, TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS, THE ADJUSTED
CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT OF SUCH MEMBER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
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(ii) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 9.2(E)(III)
HEREOF, IF ANY MEMBER HAS A DEFICIT CAPITAL ACCOUNT AT THE END OF ANY COMPANY
TAXABLE YEAR WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT SUCH MEMBER IS DEEMED TO BE
OBLIGATED TO RESTORE PURSUANT TO THE PENULTIMATE SENTENCE OF REGULATION
Section1.704-2(G)(1), EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED ITEMS OF
COMPANY INCOME AND GAIN IN THE AMOUNT OF SUCH EXCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
(iii) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION 9.2,
IF THERE IS A NET DECREASE IN COMPANY MINIMUM GAIN DURING ANY COMPANY TAXABLE
YEAR, EACH MEMBER WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE AN ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT
AT THE END OF SUCH YEAR SHALL BE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED ITEMS OF COMPANY INCOME
AND GAIN FOR SUCH YEAR (AND, IF NECESSARY, SUBSEQUENT YEARS) IN AN AMOUNT
SUFFICIENT TO ELIMINATE SUCH ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. THE ITEMS TO BE SO ALLOCATED SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
REGULATION Section1.704-1(B)(4)(IV)(E). THIS SECTION 9.2(E)(III) IS INTENDED TO
COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM GAIN CHARGEBACK REQUIREMENT IN SUCH SECTION OF THE
REGULATIONS AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED CONSISTENTLY THEREWITH.
(iv) TO THE EXTENT AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE ADJUSTED TAX BASIS OF
ANY COMPANY PROPERTY PURSUANT TO CODE SECTION 734(B) OR CODE SECTION 743(B) IS
REQUIRED, PURSUANT TO REGULATION Section1.704-1(B)(2)(IV)(M), TO BE TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, THE AMOUNT OF SUCH ADJUSTMENT TO THE
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS SHALL BE TREATED AS AN ITEM OF GAIN (IF THE ADJUSTMENT
INCREASES THE BASIS OF THE ASSET) OR LOSS (IF THE ADJUSTMENT DECREASES THE BASIS
OF THE ASSET) AND SUCH GAIN OR LOSS SHALL BE SPECIALLY ALLOCATED TO THE MEMBERS
IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH THEIR CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ARE
REQUIRED TO BE ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION OF THE REGULATION.
(v) ANY SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS OF ITEMS OF INCOME OR GAIN
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 9.2(E)(I) - (IV) HEREOF SHALL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN
COMPUTING SUBSEQUENT ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 9.2, SO
THAT THE NET AMOUNT OF ANY ITEMS SO ALLOCATED AND THE PROFITS, LOSSES AND ALL
OTHER ITEMS ALLOCATED TO EACH MEMBER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 9.2 SHALL, TO THE
EXTENT POSSIBLE, BE EQUAL TO THE NET AMOUNT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO
EACH SUCH PERSON PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 9.2 IF SUCH SPECIAL
ALLOCATIONS HAD NOT BEEN REQUIRED.
(f) TAX ALLOCATIONS.
(i) IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE SECTION 704(C) AND THE
REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, INCOME, GAIN, LOSS AND DEDUCTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY
PROPERTY CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY SHALL, SOLELY FOR TAX
PURPOSES, BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBERS SO AS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF ANY VARIATION
BETWEEN THE ADJUSTED BASIS OF SUCH PROPERTY CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMPANY FOR
FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES AND ITS INITIAL FAIR MARKET VALUE.
(ii) IF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF ANY COMPANY PROPERTY IS
ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS, SUBSEQUENT
ALLOCATIONS
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OF INCOME, GAIN, LOSS AND DEDUCTION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ASSET SHALL TAKE
ACCOUNT OF ANY VARIATION BETWEEN THE ADJUSTED BASIS OF SUCH ASSET FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES AND ITS FAIR MARKET VALUE IN THE SAME MANNER AS UNDER CODE
SECTION 704(C) AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.
(iii) ANY ELECTIONS OR OTHER DECISIONS RELATING TO SUCH
ALLOCATIONS SHALL BE MADE BY THE TAX MATTERS MEMBER IN ANY MANNER THAT
REASONABLY REFLECTS THE PURPOSE AND INTENTION OF THIS AGREEMENT. ALLOCATIONS
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 9.2(F) ARE SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL, STATE AND
LOCAL TAXES AND SHALL NOT AFFECT, OR IN ANY WAY BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN
COMPUTING, ANY CAPITAL ACCOUNT OR THE SHARE OF PROFITS, LOSSES, OTHER ITEMS OR
DISTRIBUTIONS PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
(g) ALLOCATION UPON TRANSFER.
(i) IF ANY MEMBERSHIP INTEREST IS DISPOSED OF DURING ANY
ACCOUNTING PERIOD IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PROFITS,
LOSSES, EACH ITEM THEREOF AND ALL OTHER ITEMS ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH MEMBERSHIP
INTEREST FOR SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE DIVIDED AND ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE TRANSFEROR
AND THE TRANSFEREE BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR VARYING INTERESTS DURING THE
PERIOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE SECTION 706(D), USING ANY CONVENTIONS PERMITTED
BY LAW AND SELECTED BY THE TAX MATTERS MEMBER. AS LONG AS THE CONVENTIONS
SELECTED REASONABLY ALLOCATE AMONG THE MEMBERS THE INCOME, GAIN, AND/OR LOSS OF
THE COMPANY FOR SUCH PERIOD.
(ii) ALL DISTRIBUTIONS ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF SUCH
DISPOSITION SHALL BE MADE TO THE TRANSFEROR, AND ALL DISTRIBUTIONS THEREAFTER
SHALL BE MADE TO THE TRANSFEREE. SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF MAKING SUCH ALLOCATIONS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS, THE COMPANY SHALL RECOGNIZE SUCH DISPOSITION NOT LATER THAN
THE END OF THE CALENDAR MONTH DURING WHICH IT IS GIVEN NOTICE OF SUCH
DISPOSITION, PROVIDED THAT IF THE COMPANY DOES NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE STATING THE
DATE OF THE DISPOSITION OF SUCH MEMBERSHIP INTEREST AND SUCH OTHER INFORMATION
AS THE BOARD OF MANAGERS MAY REQUIRE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE
ACCOUNTING PERIOD DURING WHICH THE DISPOSITION OCCURS, THEN ALL OF SUCH ITEMS
SHALL BE ALLOCATED, AND ALL DISTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE MADE TO THE PERSON WHO,
ACCORDING TO THE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF THE COMPANY, ON THE LAST DAY OF THE
ACCOUNTING PERIOD DURING WHICH THE DISPOSITION OCCURS, WAS THE OWNER OF THE
MEMBERSHIP INTEREST. NEITHER THE COMPANY, THE MEMBERS NOR THE MANAGERS SHALL
INCUR ANY LIABILITY FOR MAKING ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 9.2(G), WHETHER OR NOT THE MANAGERS OR THE
COMPANY HAS KNOWLEDGE OF ANY DISPOSITION OF ANY MEMBERSHIP INTEREST.
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ARTICLE X
TAXES
10.1 ELECTIONS. Subject to Section 6.1, the Board of Managers may make
any tax elections for the Company allowed under the Code or the tax laws of any
state or other jurisdiction having taxing jurisdiction over the Company,
provided, however, that the Board of Managers shall not elect to use the
"remedial method" under Regulation Section 1.704-3(d) or the "traditional method
with curative allocations" under Regulation Section 1.704-3(c) without first
obtaining a Supermajority Member Vote.
10.2 TAXES OF TAXING JURISDICTIONS. To the extent that the laws of any
Taxing Jurisdiction require, each Member and economic interest holder (or such
Members as may be required by the Taxing Jurisdiction) will submit an agreement
indicating that the Member will make timely income tax payments to the Taxing
Jurisdiction and that the Member accepts personal jurisdiction of the Taxing
Jurisdiction with regard to the collection of income taxes attributable to the
Member's income, and interest and penalties assessed on such income. If the
Member fails to provide such agreement, the Company may withhold and pay over to
such Taxing Jurisdiction the amount of tax, penalty and interest determined
under the laws of the Taxing Jurisdiction with respect to such income. Any such
payments with respect to the income of a Member shall be treated as a
Distribution for purposes of Article .
The Board of Managers may, where permitted by the rules of any Taxing
Jurisdiction, file a composite, combined or aggregate tax return reflecting the
income of the Company and pay the tax, interest and penalties of some or all of
the Members on such income to the Taxing Jurisdiction, in which case the Company
shall inform the Members of the amount of such tax, interest and penalties so
paid.
10.3 TAX MATTERS MEMBER. The Class A Member shall be designated as the
"TAX MATTERS MEMBER" of the Company pursuant to section 6231(a)(7) of the Code;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Class A Member is ineligible to act as tax
matters member, any other Member may act as the Tax Matters Member of the
Company. Any Member designated as Tax Matters Member shall take such action as
may be necessary to cause each other Member to become a NOTICE MEMBER within the
meaning of section 6223 of the Code. Any Member who is designated Tax Matter
Member may not take any action contemplated by sections 6222 through 6232 of the
Code without the consent of the Board of Managers.
10.4 TAX MATTERS MEMBER DUTIES. The Tax Matters Member ("TMP") shall
keep all Members informed of all administrative and judicial proceedings for the
adjustment of Company items at the Company level. The TMP shall file a request
for administrative adjustment on behalf of the Company, and at the Company's
sole expense, at the direction of the Members upon a Supermajority Member Vote
(with the substance of the requested adjustment being determined by such
Supermajority Member Vote).
10.5 ACCRUAL METHOD OF ACCOUNTING. The records of the Company shall be
maintained on an accrual method of accounting.
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10.6 CONSISTENT REPORTING. Each party hereto agrees to reflect and
report on all tax forms or tax returns to be filed with any federal, state or
local government agency or taxing authority, the transactions contemplated and
evidenced by this Agreement in a manner that to the greatest extent possible is
consistent with the form of the transactions as evidenced by this Agreement and
the terminology used in this Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
DISPOSITION OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
11.1 DISPOSITION. No Member or Assignee may Dispose of all or any
portion of the Member's or Assignee's Membership Interest except in strict
conformity with the provisions of this Article XI. A purported Disposition that
is not in conformity with the provisions of this Article XI shall be, and is
declared to be, void AB INITIO and will not entitle the purported transferee to
any rights or interest in the Company including, without limitation, any right
to receive any Distributions. Except as otherwise provided in this Article XI, a
Disposition of an interest in the Company does not entitle the transferee to
become a Member or exercise any rights of a Member. A Disposition that is in
conformity with the provisions of this Article XI will entitle the Assignee to
receive, to the extent assigned, only the Distributions and return of capital,
and to be allocated the net Profits and net Losses, attributable to such
Membership Interest. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with an
attempted or effective Disposition shall be borne by the transferor or intended
transferor.
11.2 PERMITTED ASSIGNMENTS. A Member may assign his Membership
Interest:
(a) to Permitted Transferees or another Member; or
(b) to a Person or Persons not referenced in Section 11.2(a) only
with the approval of a Majority of the Remaining Members; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no Membership Interest shall be assigned pursuant to this Section 11.2:
(i) IF SUCH DISPOSITION, ALONE OR WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER
TRANSACTIONS, WOULD RESULT IN A TERMINATION OF THE COMPANY WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SECTION 708 OF THE CODE;
(ii) WITHOUT AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS THAT SUCH ASSIGNMENT IS SUBJECT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION UNDER, OR EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF, ALL
APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS;
(iii) UNLESS AND UNTIL THE COMPANY RECEIVES FROM THE ASSIGNEE
THE INFORMATION AND AGREEMENTS THAT THE BOARD OF MANAGERS MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND ANY
AGREEMENT THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY ANY TAXING JURISDICTION; OR
(iv) IF SUCH DISPOSITION WOULD RESULT IN THE COMPANY BEING
SUBJECT TO THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940.
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11.3 CERTAIN PERMITTED DISPOSITIONS. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth in Section 11.1 or 11.2:
(a) The Initial Member who is a Class B Member may Dispose of its
Membership Interests pursuant to the Put-Call Option Agreement.
(b) The Initial Member who is a Class B Member may Dispose of its
Membership Interests pursuant to that certain Assignment, dated as of the date
hereof, by and between the Initial Members.
(c) Upon any transfer of all of a Member's Interest pursuant to
such Put-Call Option Agreement, the transferee and the transferor shall be
released and discharged from all obligations and liabilities arising under this
Agreement to each other and the transferor shall be released of any obligations
to the Company under this Agreement, other than such Member's duty to cooperate
with respect to preparation of audits, tax returns and other reporting
requirements, as may be required of the Company, and any breach of any
representations and warranties made by such Member or other obligation under
Section 16.4 prior to such Transfer.
11.4 COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. No Member's Membership Interest
has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under any
applicable state securities laws. The Company shall have no obligation to
register any Member's Membership Interest under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or under any applicable state securities laws, or to make any exemption
therefrom available to any Member.
11.5 REGISTRATION OF PLEDGE; COMPLIANCE WITH UCC. The Company shall
register the pledge of the Class B Membership Interests created by the
Assignment on the books of the Company pursuant to Section 8-108 of the Uniform
Commercial Code in effect in the State of Delaware (the "UCC"), and shall comply
with all provisions of the UCC regarding uncertificated securities.
ARTICLE XII
DISSOCIATION OF A MEMBER
12.1 DISSOCIATION. A Person shall cease to be a Member upon the
happening of any of the following events:
(a) the Member's becoming a Bankrupt Member and, in the case of
NHP, the occurrence of any event with respect to NHP Incorporated which would
cause NHP Incorporated to be a Bankrupt Member were it a Member;
(b) in the case of a Member who is a natural person, the death of
the Member or the entry of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction
adjudicating the Member incompetent to manage the Member's estate;
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(c) in the case of a Member who is acting as a Member by virtue of
being a trustee of a trust, the termination of the trust (but not merely the
substitution of a new trustee);
(d) in the case of a Member that is an Organization other than a
corporation, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the Organization;
(e) in the case of a Member that is a corporation, the filing of a
certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the
revocation of its charter; or
(f) in the case of an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of
the estate's entire interest in the Company.
12.2 PURCHASE OF DISSOCIATED MEMBER'S MEMBERSHIP INTEREST. Upon the
Dissociation of a Member, if the Remaining Members elect to continue the
business of the Company, a Majority of the Remaining Members shall, subject to
the provisions of the Act, elect one of the two following provisions:
(a) The Disassociated Member's Membership Interest shall be
purchased by the Company for a purchase price equal to the aggregate fair market
value of the Member's Membership Interest determined according to the provisions
of Section 12.3 hereof. The purchase price of such interest shall be paid by
the Company to the Member (or such Member's estate) in cash within 60 days of
determination of the aggregate fair market value or, at the Company's option,
said debt may be evidenced by a promissory note bearing interest at the Prime
Rate with interest payable quarterly, and the principal of which shall be due
and payable upon the earlier of (i) expiration of five years or (ii) the sale or
other Disposition of all of the Company Property; or
(b) The Dissociated Member, or a Permitted Transferee of the
Dissociated Member's Interest, shall hold the Dissociated Member's Membership
Interest as a Member.
12.3 PURCHASE PRICE OF DISSOCIATED MEMBER'S MEMBERSHIP INTEREST. The
fair market value of a Member's Interest to be purchased by the Company pursuant
to Section 12.2(a) shall be determined by agreement between the Dissociated
Member (or the Assignee of the Dissociated Member's Membership Interest, as the
case may be) and a Majority of the Remaining Members of the Company. For this
purpose, the fair market value of the Dissociated Member's Membership Interest
shall be computed as the amount which could reasonably be expected to be
realized by such Member upon the sale of all of the Company Property in the
ordinary course of business at the time of Dissociation. If the Dissociated
Member (or the Assignee of the Dissociated Member's Membership Interest, as the
case may be) and a Majority of the Remaining Members of the Company cannot agree
upon the fair market value of such Membership Interest within thirty (30) days,
the fair market value thereof shall be determined by appraisal. A Majority of
the Remaining Members of the Company and the Dissociated Member (or the Assignee
of the Dissociated Member's Membership Interest, as the case may be) shall
jointly select a certified appraiser (and, in the event that the Remaining
Members and the Dissociated Member cannot
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agree upon an appraiser, then the appraiser shall be selected by the Company's
(in the event PRC (or its Affiliates) is the Dissociated Member) or the
Remaining Member's (in the event NHP (or its Affiliates) is the Dissociated
Member) and such party's respective certified public accounting firms), which
appraiser shall determine the value of the Membership Interest. The purchase
price for such Dissociated Member's Membership Interests shall be equal to the
value as determined by such appraiser (the APPRAISED VALUE) unless such
Appraised Value is higher than the purchase price as determined by the
Dissociated Member (in which event the Dissociated Member's purchase price shall
apply), or lower than the Company's purchase price as determined by the
Remaining Members of the Company (in which event the Remaining Members of the
Company's purchase price shall apply). The purchase price for such Dissociated
Member's Membership Interest, as determined by the preceding sentence, shall be
final and binding and may be enforced by legal proceedings. The compensation of
the appraiser shall be borne equally by the Dissociated Member (or the Assignee
of the Dissociated Member's Membership Interest, as the case may be) and the
Company.
12.4 DAMAGES. The provisions set forth herein shall not affect any
claim the Company may have against the Dissociated Member. The Company shall
have the right to offset any payments due under this Article by any costs, fees
and damages that the Company may incur in connection with any such claim.
ARTICLE XIII
ADMISSION OF ASSIGNEES AND ADDITIONAL MEMBERS; WITHDRAWAL
RIGHTS OF MEMBERS; EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS
13.1 ADMISSION OF SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS. An Assignee of a Membership
Interest shall be admitted as a Substitute Member, to all the rights of the
Member who initially assigned the Membership Interest, only with the approval,
which may be withheld in their sole and absolute discretion, of a Majority of
the Remaining Members. If so admitted, the Substitute Member shall have all the
rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of the
Member originally holding the Membership Interest. The admission of a
Substitute Member, without more, shall not release the Member originally holding
the Membership Interest from any liability to the Company that may have existed
prior to the approval.
13.2 ADMISSION OF PERMITTED TRANSFEREES. Notwithstanding Section 13.1
hereof, the Assignee of a Membership Interest of any Member shall be admitted as
a Substitute Member without the consent of the Remaining Members if (i) the
transfer occurs by reason of or incident to the death, dissolution, divorce,
liquidation, merger or termination of the transferor Member, and (ii) the
Transferee is a Permitted Transferee.
13.3 ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. Additional Members may be
admitted to the Company only upon the prior authorization of the Members
pursuant to a Supermajority Member Vote.
13.4 WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS OF MEMBERS. No Member shall have the right to
withdraw or resign as a Member of the Company except (i) in connection with such
Member's Disposition of all, but not less than all, of its Membership Interests
in connection with Sections 11.2 or 11.3
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or (ii) with the express prior written consent of each of the Remaining Members,
which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of
each such Remaining Member.
13.5 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS. No Member shall have the right to remove or
otherwise cause the expulsion from the Company of any other Member.
ARTICLE XIV
DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP
14.1 DISSOLUTION. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound
up, upon the first to occur of the following events:
(a) the expiration of the Term;
(b) the unanimous written consent of all of the Members;
(c) the Dissociation of any Member, unless the business of the
Company is continued with the consent of a Majority of the Remaining Members; or
(d) upon a decree of judicial dissolution entered pursuant to
Section 18-802 of the Act.
14.2 EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION. Upon dissolution, the Company shall cease
carrying on, as distinguished from the winding up of, the Company business, but
the Company shall not be terminated, and shall continue until the winding up of
the affairs of the Company is completed and the certificate of cancellation has
been issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
14.3 DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION. Upon the winding up of the
Company, the Company Property shall be distributed:
(a) first, to creditors, including Members who are creditors, to
the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of Company Liabilities, including,
but not limited to, PARI PASSU to any Liabilities under the Subcontract
Agreements with NHP and PRC;
(b) second, to the setting up of any reserves which the Board of
Managers may deem necessary or appropriate for any anticipated obligations or
contingencies of the Company arising out of or in connection with the operation
or business of the Company. Such reserves may be paid over by the Members to an
escrow agent or trustee selected by the Members to be disbursed by such escrow
agent or trustee in payment of any of the aforementioned obligations or
contingencies and, if any balance remains at the expiration of such period as
the Members shall deem advisable, shall be distributed by such escrow agent or
trustee in the manner hereinafter provided;
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(c) third, to any accrued and unpaid Class B Priority Return, plus
a deferral charge as set forth in Section 9.1(a), and then to any unpaid Class
A Priority Return, plus a deferral charge as set forth in Section 9.1(a);
(d) thereafter, to the Members proportionately in accordance with
their Membership Interests.
Liquidation proceeds shall be paid as soon as practicable following liquidation,
and in any event within 90 days after the date of liquidation. Such
Distributions shall be in Money and/or Property (which shall be distributed
proportionately), except as determined by Supermajority Member Vote.
14.4 WINDING UP AND CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION. The winding up of the
Company shall be completed when all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the
Company have been paid and discharged or reasonably adequate provision therefor
has been made, and all of the remaining Company Property has been distributed to
the Members. Upon the completion of winding up of the Company, a certificate of
cancellation shall be delivered for filing to the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. The certificate of cancellation shall set forth the
information required by the Act.
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT
This Agreement may be amended or modified from time to time only by a
written instrument executed by each of the Members.
ARTICLE XVI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
16.1 NOTICE. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing (including telex or similar writing) and shall be deemed given (a) when
delivered personally to the recipient, (b) when sent to the recipient by
telecopy (with receipt electronically confirmed by sender's machine) if prior to
6 p.m. (Eastern Time) on a Business Day, otherwise on the next Business Day, or
(c) one (1) Business Day after the date sent to the recipient by reputable
express courier service (charges prepaid) to the parties at the following
addresses or telecopier numbers (or at such other address, or telecopy number
for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
(a) if to Class B Member, to:
Property Resources Corporation
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Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
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with a copy to:
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One Citicorp Center
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Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
(b) if to Class A Member, to:
NHP Incorporated
Fairfax Square
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and a copy to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esquire, General Counsel
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with a copy to:
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16.2 NO PARTNERSHIP INTENDED FOR NONTAX PURPOSES. The Members have
formed the Company under the Act, and expressly do not intend hereby to form a
partnership under either the Delaware Uniform Partnership Act nor the Delaware
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. The Members do not intend to be
partners one to another, or partners as to any third party. To the extent any
Member, by word or action, represents to another Person that any other Member is
a partner or that the Company is a partnership, the Member making such wrongful
representation shall be liable to any other Member who incurs personal liability
by reason of such wrongful representation.
16.3 RIGHTS OF CREDITORS AND THIRD PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. This
Agreement is entered into among the Company and the Members for the exclusive
benefit of the Company, its Members, and their permitted successors and assigns.
This Agreement is expressly not intended for the benefit of any creditor of the
Company or any other Person. Except and only to the extent provided by
applicable statute, no such creditor or third party shall have any rights under
this Agreement, Admission Agreement or any agreement between the Company and any
Member with respect to any Contribution or otherwise.
16.4 CERTAIN EXPENSES. Each party shall bear the expenses incurred by
it in connection with the organization of the Company. The Class B Members
shall reimburse the Company for all governmental filing fees (excluding any
taxes) incurred in connection with the formation of the
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Company and the qualification of the Company as a foreign limited liability
company in the State of New York. Any payments pursuant to this Section 16.4
shall not be deemed to be additions to capital, and shall not be included in the
calculation of the Members' Capital Accounts or their percentage Membership
Interests. The Class A Members and the Class B Members shall equally bear the
costs of any tax preparation and audits and tax preparation costs set forth
herein not to exceed a total cost of $12,000 for the first audit year and
$10,000 for each year thereafter, which costs shall be paid from the funds that
would otherwise be distributed to such Members.
16.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, EXCLUDING ANY
CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULE OR PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE,
INTERPRETATION, OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE LAW OF ANOTHER
JURISDICTION.
16.6 ARBITRATION. Except to the extent this Agreement provides
otherwise, any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved by
arbitration as hereinafter provided. The party desiring arbitration shall give
written notice to that effect to the other party and to such party's counsel, as
provided for in Section 16.1 hereof. The party initiating the arbitration shall
send a copy of the notice initiating the arbitration to the American Arbitration
Association (or its successor) and shall request that the American Arbitration
Association select within 10 days thereafter an individual who meets the
following criteria to act as the arbitrator. The arbitrator must be (i)
"independent," I.E., not having at that time or at any time within the
immediately preceding five (5) years a substantial relationship with either
party to the arbitration, any Affiliate of either such party, or any officer or
director of any such party or Affiliate (ii) an attorney having at least ten
(10) years experience, and (iii) knowledgeable in the areas of multi-family
residential real estate ownership, management and finance. No party to the
arbitration shall have any right to object to the individual named as the
arbitrator except upon the ground that the named individual does not meet the
aforesaid criteria. If more than one arbitration is conducted pursuant to this
Agreement, the parties agree to use the same arbitrator, subject to his
availability. The arbitration shall be conducted in the City of New York and,
to the extent consistent with this Paragraph, in accordance with the expedited
procedures set forth in and otherwise in accordance with the then Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (or any organization
successor thereto). The arbitrator shall be instructed to proceed with all
reasonable diligence to resolve the dispute by no later than 30 days after the
date on which the American Arbitration Association received the request to
initiate the arbitration, to render his decision in writing and to deliver
counterpart copies thereof to each of the parties. The arbitrator may issue a
default award against a party that fails to appear at any meeting or hearing
scheduled by the arbitrator or which attempts to delay the arbitration. Such
decision shall be binding, final and conclusive on the parties. Judgment may be
had on the decision so rendered in any court of competent jurisdiction, federal
or state, and may be enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware. The fees of the arbitrator, the fees and expenses of respective
counsel engaged by the parties, the fees and expenses of expert witnesses and
other witnesses called by the parties and the cost of transcripts shall be paid
by the party against which the dispute is resolved, unless otherwise specified
by the arbitrator.
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16.7 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
16.8 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it by this Agreement; (b) an accounting
term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
GAAP; (c) "or" is not exclusive; and (d) words in the masculine, feminine or
neuter gender, and the singular or plural, shall be deemed to include the others
whenever and wherever the context so requires. Any references to any statute or
law will also refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless
the context requires otherwise. This Agreement represents the result of
bargaining and negotiations between the parties hereto during which each party
has had the benefit of legal counsel. Consequently, each of the parties hereto
expressly waives and disclaims, in connection with the interpretation of this
Agreement, any rule of law requiring that ambiguous or conflicting terms be
construed against the party that drafted or prepared this Agreement.
16.9 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. Without limiting or waiving in any respect
any rights or remedies of the parties hereto under this Agreement now or
hereinafter existing at law or in equity or by statute, each of the parties
hereto agrees that damages for breach are an inadequate remedy for loss suffered
by reason of breach hereof and that the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek
injunctive relief and/or specific performance (as applicable) concerning the
obligations to be performed by the others in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement.
ARTICLE XVII
NHP INCORPORATED GUARANTY
17.1 GUARANTY. NHP Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (GUARANTOR)
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the due and prompt payment and
performance of all obligations, covenants and agreements to be performed by NHP
hereunder (the OBLIGATIONS).
17.2 NATURE OF GUARANTY. The guaranty to be provided by Guarantor
pursuant to Section 17.1 hereof is a guaranty of payment and performance, not
merely of collection, and is independent of any other guaranty or surety of the
Obligations. If NHP shall fail to perform or pay any Obligation, Guarantor
shall pay or perform such Obligation as and when due. Guarantor hereby waives
(i) promptness, diligence, notice, disclosure, demand for, presentment, protest
and dishonor, and (ii) except as set forth below, any right to force the Company
or the Members to proceed first, concurrently or jointly against NHP, any other
guarantor, surety or other co-obligor.
17.3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Guarantor hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 6.5(a), (d) and (e).
17.4 OWNERSHIP OF NHP. Guarantor represents and warrants that it is
Beneficial Owner of all of the outstanding equity of NHP, and that it shall not,
directly or indirectly, dispose or otherwise transfer any direct or indirect
equity interest in NHP, other than to an Affiliate, without the prior written
consent of all of the Members.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set out hand and seals on the date set
forth beside our names.
MEMBERS:
Class A Member:
NHP MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a District
of Columbia corporation
January 6, 1997 By:
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Its: Executive Vice President
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Class B Member:
PROPERTY RESOURCES CORPORATION, a
New York corporation
January 6, 1997 By:
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Its: Vice President
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Guarantor:
NHP INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation
January 6, 1996 By:
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Its: Executive Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
To Amended and Restated Operating Agreement
of NHP/PRC Management Company LLC
INITIAL MEMBERS
MEMBERSHIP PERCENTAGES OF
INITIAL MEMBER/ADDRESS CLASS OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
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CLASS A MEMBER
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NHP Management Company 100%
c/o NHP Incorporated
Fairfax Square
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CLASS B MEMBER
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Property Resources Corporation 100%
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