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Operating Agreement of _____________________________, LLC
A. THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT is entered into as of __________, 2009 by
__________________________________________ (hereinafter referred to as “Member”).
B. The Member has formed a limited liability company under the Beverly-Killea
Limited Liability Company Act. The Articles of Organization of the Company, filed with the
California Secretary of State on __________________, are hereby adopted and approved by theMember.
C. The Member enters into this Agreement to provide for the governance of the
Company and the conduct of its business, and to specify their relative rights and obligations.
NOW THEREFORE, the Member agrees as follows:
1 NAME
1.1 The name of the Company is:
_______________________________, LLC
1.2 The Articles of Organization were filed with the California Secretary of State on
_________________, File Number ___________________. A copy of the Articles of
Organization as filed is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit “A.”
2 DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings specified in this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement and when not so defined shall have the meanings set forth in
California Corporations Code section 17001.
2.1 “Act” means the Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act California
Corporations Code §§17000-17705), including amendments from time to time.
2.2 “Agreement” or “Operating Agreement” means this operating agreement, asoriginally executed and as amended from time to time.
2.3 “Articles of Organization” is defined in Corporations Code section 17001(b), asapplied to this Company.
2.4 “Assignee” means a Member who by means of a Transfer has received anEconomic Interest in the Company.
2.5 “Assigning Member” means a Member who by means of a Transfer hastransferred an Economic Interest in the Company to an Assignee.
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2.6 “Code” or “IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
any successor provision.
2.7 “Company” means 204 West Main Street, LLC, a California Limited Liability
Company.
2.8 “Corporations Code” (“Corp C”) means the California Corporations Code.
2.9 “Economic Interest” means a Person’s right to share in the income, gains, losses,deductions, credit or similar items of, and to receive distributions from, the Company, but does
not include any other rights of a Member, including the right to vote or to participate in
management.
2.10 “Encumber” means the act of creating or purporting to create an Encumbrance,
whether or not perfected under applicable law.
2.11 “Encumbrance” means, with respect to any Membership Interest, or any elementthereof, a mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, proxy coupled with an interest (other than as
contemplated in this Agreement), option, or preferential right to purchase.
2.12 “Family Member” means, with respect to any Member who is an individual, that
person’s lineal descendants and spouse.
2.13 “Initial Member” means the Member set forth in the first sentence of this
Agreement.
2.14 “Interest Holder” means the holder of any interest in the Company upon the
transfer of a Membership Interest without the transferee being admitted to the Company as a
Member.
2.15 “Involuntary Transfer” means, with respect to any Membership Interest, or any
element thereof, any Transfer or Encumbrance, whether by operation of law, pursuant to courtorder, foreclosure of a security interest, execution of a judgment or other legal process, or
otherwise, including a purported transfer to or from a trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, or assignee
for the benefit of creditors.
2.16 “Majority of Members” means a Member or Members whose Percentage
Interests represent more than Fifty percent (50 %) of the Percentage Interests of all the Members.
2.17 “Majority of Voting Interests” means more than Fifty percent (50%) of the
Voting Interests in the Company.
2.18 “Manager” or “Managers” means the Person or Persons listed in Section 6.1
hereof and any such other Person who may be appointed as a Manager of the Company.
2.19 “Member” means the Initial Member or a Person who otherwise acquires aMembership Interest, as permitted under this Agreement, and who remains a Member.
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2.20 “Membership Interest or Member’s Interest” means the respective right of a
Member or an Assignee to an allocated share, expressed as a percentage of the economic benefits
of the Company, including net profits, net losses, and distributions. A Member’s MembershipInterest shall be equal to that percentage determined by dividing the total number of Units owned
by the Member by the total Units owned by all Members.
2.21 “Net Losses” means the net loss of the Company, computed in accordance with
Code Section 703, applied consistently with prior periods.
2.22 “Net Profits” means the net income of the Company, computed in accordance
with Code Section 703, applied consistently with prior periods.
2.23 “Percent of the Members” means the specified total of Percentage Interests of allthe Members.
2.24 “Percent Interest” means a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the total of a Member’s Capital Account and the denominator of which is the total of allCapital Accounts of all Members.
2.25 “Permitted Transfer” and “Permitted Transferee” have the meanings setforth in Section 13.5 hereof.
2.26 “Person” means an individual, partnership, limited partnership, trust, estate,
association, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity, whether domestic or foreign.
2.27 “Proxy” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of Corp C §17001(a)(i).
A Proxy may not be transmitted orally.
2.28 “Regulations” (“Reg”) means the income tax regulations promulgated by the
United States Department of the Treasury and published in the Federal Register for the purpose
of interpreting and applying the provisions of the Code, as such Regulations may be amendedfrom time to time, including corresponding provisions of applicable successor regulations.
2.29 “ Representative” will mean the executor or administrator of a deceased Member’s
probate estate in the case of Units subject to probate administration, the successor trustee of anytrust holding Units or any other qualified representative of a Member, whether by virtue of court
administration, pursuant to Power of Attorney or otherwise.
2.30 “Substituted Members” means an Interest Holder who has been admitted to the
Company as a Member by the unanimous consent of the existing Members in favor of the
Interest Holder’s admission to the Company as a Member.
2.31 “Successor in Interest” means an Interest Holder, or Assignee who is a successor
of a Person by merger or otherwise by operation of law, or a transferee of all or substantially all
of the business or assets of a Person.
2.32 “Tax Item” means each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the
Company.
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2.33 “Tax Matters Member” means the party designated pursuant to the Code to
receive all notices from the Internal Revenue Service which pertain to the tax affairs of the
Company and referred to in the Code as the Tax Matters Partner.
2.34 “Transfer” means, with respect to a Membership Interest or any element of a
Membership Interest, any sale, assignment, gift, Involuntary Transfer, Encumbrance, or other disposition of such a Membership Interest or any element of such Membership Interest, directly
or indirectly, other than an Encumbrance that is expressly permitted under this Agreement.
2.35 “Transferee” means a third person or entity to whom a Transferring Member
sells, transfers, encumbers, assigns or otherwise disposes of all or any part of the Member’s
Interest in the Company.
2.36 “Transferring Member” means a Member who voluntarily sells, transfers,
encumbers, assigns, or otherwise disposes of all or any part of the Member’s Interest in the
Company to any third person or entity.
2.37 “Triggering Event” is defined in Article 13, Section 13.7.
2.38 “Unit” shall mean the representative measurement of ownership in the Company.
2.39 “Vote” means a written consent or approval, a ballot cast at a meeting, or a voice
vote.
2.40 “Voting Interest” or “Voting Interests” means with respect to a Member, the
right to Vote or participate in management and any right to information concerning the businessand affairs of the Company provided under the Act, except as limited by the provisions of this
Agreement. A Member’s Voting Interest shall be directly proportional to that Member’s
Percentage Interest.
3 PRINCIPAL OFFICE/REGISTERED OFFICE
3.1 Principal Office. The principal executive office of the Company shall be at ____
____________________________________ or such other place or places as may be determined
by the Members from time to time.
3.2 Registered Agent’s Office. The initial agent for service of process on the
Company shall be __________________________ whose address is ______________________,
CA ________________. A majority of Members may from time to time change the Company’sagent for service of process.
4 PURPOSE AND POWERS
4.1 Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful activity for
which a limited liability company may be organized under the Act. More specifically, the
Company shall initially engage in the following: the business of holding, managing, renting andselling real estate and performing all acts which may be necessary to further the company’s
business.
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4.2 Powers. The Member intends the Company to be a limited liability company
under the Act, to have all the powers granted to a limited liability company under the Act and to
be classified as a “disregarded entity” so long as the Initial Member is the sole Member or thereis otherwise a single Member of the Company and to be classified as a partnership if there are
multiple members of the Company, for federal and, to the maximum extent possible, state
income tax purposes. The Members shall not take any action inconsistent with the express intentof the parties to this Agreement.
5 TERM
The term of existence of the Company shall commence on the effective date of filing of
Articles of Organization with the California Secretary of State and shall continue until
terminated by the provisions of this Agreement or as provided by law.
6 MANAGEMENT
6.1 Managers. The Company will be managed by a Board of Managers. Theauthorized number of Managers of this Company will not be less than ONE (1) nor more than
THREE (3) until changed, within the limits specified herein, by a resolution amending suchexact number duly adopted by the Members as provided in Section 6.2 hereof. The initial
number of Managers will be one (1), namely:
JEFFREY L. TAYLOR
6.2 Election and Term of Managers. The Manager designated in Section 6.1 shall
remain the Manager until death, resignation or until removed by the Members pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
6.3 Removal. Any Manager may be removed from office without cause by theunanimous affirmative vote of the Members.
6.4 General Obligations. The Managers will cause to be filed original or amendeddocuments and will take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary to perfect and
maintain the status of the Company as a limited-liability company under the laws of the State of
California and any other states or jurisdictions in which the Company engages in business and, if
required by law, will execute and cause to be recorded appropriate original or amendeddocuments in each county in each such other state in which the Company owns real property.
Unless the Code or Regulations require otherwise, the Initial Member will serve as the Tax
Matters Member.
6.5 General Authority. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.9, the Manager will
have complete and exclusive control over the management of the business and affairs of theCompany. If there is more than one Manager, the rights and powers of the Managers will be
exercised among them as they may agree among themselves, but in the absence of such an
agreement or in the event of deadlock or other lack of decision pursuant to such other agreement,
they will be bound by the unanimous vote of the Managers then in office.
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6.6 Scope of Duties. The Managers will not be required to devote their full time to
the business or affairs of the Company but will devote the time reasonably necessary to perform
the duties of the Managers under this Agreement and to prudently manage and operate theCompany’s business and properties.
6.7 Limitation of Liability and Indemnification of Managers.
6.7.1 The Managers will not be liable for the return of any contribution of
capital of any Member or for any profits thereon, and any return of capital and profits will bemade, if at all, solely from the assets and business of the Company.
6.7.2 Except as otherwise provided herein, the Managers will not be liable to the
Company or the Members or other Interest Holders for any act or omission in connection withthe business or affairs of the Company so long as the Manager against whom liability is asserted
acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed by the
Manager to be within the scope of authority under this Agreement and in the best interests of the
Company, unless such act or omission constitutes gross negligence, intentional misconduct,fraud or a knowing violation of law.
6.7.3 In the event there is more than one Manager at the time any alleged
liability arises under this Agreement or in favor of any Member or other Interest Holder against
the Managers, the liability of each Manager will be joint and several. Multiple Managers will
have the right separately to agree upon indemnification and contribution obligations amongthemselves.
6.7.4 The Company or its successor, trustee or receiver will indemnify, defendand hold harmless the Managers against all claims, demands, actions, losses, liabilities, damages,
costs and expenses, which after the date of this Agreement arise out of the Company or its
business or affairs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in defending all such matters.However, this indemnification will apply only if the Manager against whom a claim, action or
demand is asserted has acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably
believed by the Manager to be within the scope of authority under this Agreement and in the bestinterests of the Company, and only if the act or omission underlying the claim, action or demand
did not constitute gross negligence, intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.
6.7.5 The satisfaction of the indemnification obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 will be from and limited to the assets of the Company, and no Member or other
Interest Holder will have any personal liability for satisfaction of any such indemnity obligations.
In the event that a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction is made that theCompany is not obligated in respect of any amount previously paid by it to or on behalf of any
Manager, the Manager will refund that amount within thirty (30) days of the final determination.
6.8 Binding Authority: The signatures of each Manager will be required to bind the
Company to any agreement or on any document or instrument.
6.9 Vote Restrictions on Manager Authority. Without the unanimous vote or writtenconsent of all the Members, no Manager will directly or indirectly:
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6.9.1 Do any act in contravention of this Agreement, as amended from time to
time,
6.9.2 Do any act that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business
of the Company, provided that actions of the Managers in accordance with the purposes of the
Company or rights and powers granted under this Agreement will not be considered to breachthis clause,
6.9.3 Confess a judgment against the Company,
6.9.4 Possess Company property, or assign rights in specific Company property,
for other than a Company purpose,
6.9.5 Knowingly perform any act that would subject any Member to liability as
a general partner of a partnership in any jurisdiction,
6.9.6 Commingle funds of the Company with funds of any other person;
6.9.7 Lend to any person any of the cash funds or other Company property;
6.9.8 Purchase or lease Company property from the Company or sell or lease
property to the Company;
6.9.9 Guarantee the indebtedness of any person or cause, suffer or permit any
Company property to secure or become collateral for any indebtedness of any person other than
the Company;
6.9.10 Amend the number of Managers set forth in Section 6.1;
6.9.11 Unless such Manager or Managers have been appointed as the Tax
Matters Member for the Company, extend the statute of limitations for assessment of tax
deficiencies against the Company and its Members with respect to adjustments to the Company’sfederal, state or local tax returns;
6.9.12 Unless such Manager or Managers have been appointed as the Tax
Matters Member for the Company, represent the Company, the Members and Interest Holders before taxing authorities or courts of competent jurisdiction in tax matters affecting the
Company, the Members and any Interest Holders in their capacities as such, and to execute any
agreements or other documents relating to or affecting tax matters, including agreements or other documents that bind the Members and Interest Holders with respect to tax matters or otherwise
affect the rights of the Company, Members and Interest Holders;
6.9.13 Prosecute or defend claims by or against the Company or affecting title to
Company property and, unless such Manager or Managers have been appointed as the Tax
Matters Member for the Company, to contest any determination by the Internal Revenue Service
or any state or local taxing authority as to any matters affecting the Company, any Members or Interest Holders; or
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6.9.14 Appoint one of the Managers as the Tax Matters Member for the
Company.
6.10 Insurance. At all times during which the Company owns real property, the
Managers will cause the Company to obtain, maintain, renew and pay for fire and other casualty,
rental income or interruption, general liability, worker’s compensation, automobile, and other insurance in amounts, on other terms, and from insurers customarily required by or acceptable to
commercial lenders loaning money secured by similar property.
6.11 Compensation of Managers. The Company will pay or reimburse the Managers
for all reasonable legal, accounting, travel, and other fees and expenses incurred by the Managers
in connection with the performance of their obligations under this Agreement. The Managers
shall be entitled to compensation for the Manager’s services as determined by the Members.
7 RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF MEMBERS
7.1 Members and Voting. There shall be only one class of membership and noMember shall have any rights or preferences in addition to or different from those possessed by
any other Member. Each Member shall vote in proportion to the Member’s Percentage Interestas of the governing record date, determined in accordance with Section 7.2. Any action that may
or that must be taken by the Members shall be by a unanimous Vote of the Members.
7.2 Record Date. The record date for determining the Members entitled to Notice of any Meeting, to Vote, to receive distribution, or to exercise any right in respect of any other
lawful action, shall be the date set by a majority of Members, provided that such record date
shall not be more than 60, nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the Meeting, nor more thansixty (60) days prior to any other action.
In the absence of any action setting a record date the record date shall bedetermined in accordance with California Corporations Code section 17104(k).
7.3 Permitted Transfers. Transfers of Membership Interests shall be governed bySection 13 of this Agreement.
7.4 Certificates Evidencing Membership Interests. The Company may, but shall not
be required, to issue certificates evidencing Membership Interests (Membership InterestCertificates) to Members of the Company. Once Membership Interest Certificates have been
issued, they shall continue to be issued as necessary to reflect current Membership Interests held
by Members. Membership Interest Certificates shall be in such form as may be approved by theMember, shall be manually signed by the Member, and shall bear conspicuous legends
evidencing the restrictions on Transfer and the purchase rights of the Company and Members set
forth in Article 13. All issuances, reissuances, exchanges, and other transactions in MembershipInterests involving Members shall be recorded in a permanent ledger as part of the books and
records of the Company.
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8 MEMBER’S INTERESTS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
8.1 Units. The Member’s ownership in the Company shall be represented by Units.The initial number of Membership Units authorized for issuance by the Company shall be Ten
Thousand (10,000). The number of Membership Units authorized for issuance by the Company
shall be increased or decreased, upon the unanimous consent of the Members.
8.2 Initial Capital Contributions. The initial capital contribution and the number of
Units of the Initial Member are set forth in Exhibit “B” attached hereto. The originalcontribution has been fully received and credited to the Initial Member’s capital account as an
initial contribution to the capital of the Company. Upon any permitted transfer or admission of
additional Members in the Company, the capital contributions, fair market value of property
contributed and the number of Units of the Members shall be set forth on an addendum toExhibit “B” which states the Units held by all Members in the Company immediately following
the time of transfer or admission of additional Member(s). The date of transfer or admission of
new or additional Member(s) shall also be stated.
8.3 Members’ Interests in Company Capital. Each Member’s Interest in the capital of
the Company will be equal to the total capital contributed by that Member (or that Member’s predecessor in interest) to the Company in cash or property.
8.4 Subsequent Contributions. Subsequent contributions to the capital of the
Company will be made in such amounts and at such times as the Members will from time to timeagree by the unanimous vote of the Members.
9 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Separate capital accounts will be maintained by the Company for each Member in
accordance with Code Section 704(b) and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, representingthe Members’ respective capital contributions to the Company.
9.1 Increase in Capital Account. The capital account of each Member will consist of the original contribution to capital by the Member, increased by the following:
9.1.1 The fair market value of any additional property contributed by the
Member to the Company (net of liabilities secured by such contributed property that theCompany is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752);
9.1.2 Additional contributions by the Member of cash; and
9.1.3 The Member’s share of the Company’s Net Profits allocated to the
Member pursuant to Article 10, including income and gain as computed for book purposes inaccordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g).
9.2 Decrease in Capital Account. The capital account of the Member will be
decreased by the following:
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9.2.1 The amount of money distributed to the Member by the Company
pursuant to Article 12;
9.2.2 The fair market value of property distributed to the Member by the
Company (net of liabilities secured by such property that the Member is considered to assume or
take subject to pursuant to Code Section 752); and
9.2.3 Allocations to the Member of Company loss and deductions, including
loss and deductions computed for book purposes described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g).
9.3 Special Allocation for 704(c) property. In cases where Code Section 704(c)
applies to property of the Company, the Members’ capital accounts will be adjusted inaccordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) for allocations to the Members of
depreciation, depletion, amortization, gain, and loss, as computed for book purposes, with
respect to such property.
9.4 Special Allocation for Revaluation. The capital accounts of the Members may be
adjusted to reflect a revaluation of Company property (including intangible assets such asgoodwill) on the Company’s books, to the extent provided in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)
(iv)(f).
9.5 Elections by Tax Matters Member. The Tax Matters Member may make allelections for federal income tax purposes, including an election to adjust the basis of the
Company property pursuant to Code Sections 734, 743 and 754, in the event of the transfer of an
Interest in the Company or the distribution of property by the Company. The Members’ capitalaccounts will be adjusted to the extent provided in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m).
9.6 Purpose of Article 9. The provisions of this Article 9 regarding the maintenanceof capital accounts are intended to comply with Code Section 704(b), as amended, and the
Regulations promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Article, the Members may modify the method by which capital accounts are maintained by aunanimous Vote of the Members, provided such changes are consistent with Code Section 704
and Regulations promulgated thereunder.
10 PROFITS AND LOSSES
10.1 Net Profits and Losses. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in
Sections 10.2 and 10.3, Net Profits and Net Losses will be allocated and credited to theMembers’ respective capital accounts in accordance with their Membership Interests.
10.2 Special Allocations.
10.2.1 Except as provided in Section 10.2.2 hereof, in the event any Member
unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocations or distributions described in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Company income and gain will be speciallyallocated to each such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent
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required by such Regulations, the adjusted capital account deficit of such Member as quickly as
possible.
10.2.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10.2, if there is a net
decrease in Company minimum gain for any Company fiscal year, the minimum gain charge
back requirement contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2 will apply and each Member must beallocated items of Company income and gain for that year equal to that Member’s share of the
net decrease in Company minimum gain. This Section 10.2.2 is intended to comply with the
minimum gain charge back requirement of the Regulations and will be interpreted consistentlytherewith.
10.3 Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in Sections 10.2.1 and 10.2.2 (the
“regulatory allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Code Section 704and Regulations promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article
10 (other than the regulatory allocations), the regulatory allocations will be taken into account in
allocating other profits, losses and items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the
Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of other profits, lossesand other items and the regulatory allocations to each Member will be equal to the net amount
that would have been allocated to each such Member if the regulatory allocations had notoccurred.
10.4 Federal Income Tax. It is the intent of this Company and its Member that this
Company will be governed by the applicable provisions of Subchapter K, of Chapter 1, of theInternal Revenue Code, as amended, during such times as the Company has more than a single
Member and shall be a “disregarded entity” during such times as the Company has a single
Member.
11 INTEREST AND COMPENSATION
11.1 Interest and Compensation. Members will not be credited with interest on their
capital accounts, and, unless the Members unanimously agree, Members as such and in their
capacities as Managers will not be entitled to salary for services rendered on behalf of theCompany.
11.2 Withdrawal of Member. No Member may withdraw or resign as a Member
without the written consent of all the Managers. The withdrawal of a Member will not cause theCompany to dissolve. If a Member is permitted to withdraw, the Company shall have the
opportunity to purchase the withdrawing Member’s Interest on the terms provided for in Sections
13.8 and 13.9 hereof.
12 DISTRIBUTIONS TO MEMBERS
12.1 Distributions. The Members will determine the amount of cash, if any, available
for distribution at such times as the Members of the Company deem advisable. The distribution
will be based upon all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the operating expenses and
debt service of the Company, sums expended by the Company for capital expenditures and areasonable reserve for working capital.
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12.2 Amount of Distributions. No distribution will be made if, after the distribution is
made, the assets of the Company are less than all liabilities of the Company, except liabilities to
Members on account of their contributions.
12.3 Allocation of Distribution. Distributions will be made in proportion to the
Membership Interests in the Company, as of the date of distribution, unless otherwise agreed bythe unanimous Vote of the Members.
13 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST
13.1 Right of First Refusal. Except as specifically provided herein, no Member will
voluntarily sell, transfer, encumber, assign, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the
Member’s Units in the Company to any Transferee without first offering to sell the Units to theCompany. The Transferring Member will send to the Company a written offer executed by the
Transferee stating (1) the exact Units to be purchased by the Transferee, (2) the amount of the
purchase price, (3) the terms for the purchase, and (4) the qualifications of the Transferee, if any
are required, to own Membership Units in the Company.
Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written offer by the Company, the Companymay purchase the Units of the Transferring Member on the terms set forth in the offer by the
Transferee or terms set forth in Section 13.9 below, whichever are more favorable to the
Company in its sole discretion. The exercise of the option by the Company will be determined
by the Vote of the Members.
Within five (5) days of the Company’s failure to exercise any right of first refusal
described in this Article, the Members of the Company will forward to each of the other Members of the Company, a copy of the Transferring Member’s written offer together with a
statement that the Company has elected not to exercise its right of first refusal.
The Members will then have the right to purchase the Transferring Member’s Units in the
Company at the price and on the terms specified in the Transferring Member’s written offer or
on the terms set forth in Section 13.9 below, whichever are more favorable to the Members intheir sole and absolute discretion. Any Member desiring to acquire part or all of the Transferring
Member’s Units will deliver to the Members of the Company a written election to purchase the
Units or a specified portion of such Units, within thirty (30) days of the date of the Company’s
notice. If the Company receives notice from the Members electing to purchase in the aggregatemore than the Transferring Member’s Units, each purchasing Member will have priority, up to
the amount of the Units specified in his or her notice, to purchase such proportion of the Units as
his or her own Units bears to the total Membership Units of the Company held by the Memberselecting to purchase.
If any Member elects to purchase as specified above, the Members of the Company willnotify each purchasing Member of the Transferring Member’s Units as to which his or her
election was effective within fourteen (14) days of the expiration of the option period provided to
Members described herein. Such Members will meet the terms and conditions of the purchase
within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of the Member’s notification of the TransferringMember’s Units as to which such Member’s election was effective.
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If the Company and the Members do not exercise the right of first refusal as to all of the
Units of the Transferring Member described in the written offer, the Transferring Member may
sell, transfer, assign, encumber, or otherwise dispose of the Units to the Transferee specified inthe notice on the exact terms specified in the notice. However, if the Transferring Member does
not sell, transfer, assign, encumber, or otherwise dispose of the Units to the Transferee on those
exact terms within sixty (60) days after expiration of the time for the Company and the Membersto exercise the right of first refusal, the Transferring Member must, before disposing of the Units
re-offer the Units to the Company and the Members in the manner as set forth in this Article. If
all of the Members of the Company, other than the Transferring Member, do not approve of the proposed sale, transfer, assignment, or encumbrance by unanimous written consent, the
Transferee of the Units will have no right to Vote or participate in the management of the
business and affairs of the Company or to become a Member. The Transferee, unless unanimous
written consent is obtained, is only entitled to receive the share of profits or other compensation by way of income, and the return of contributions to which the Transferring Member would
otherwise be entitled.
No Transferring Member or any Transferee may exercise any Voting rights of a Member except upon admittance by the non-transferring Members of the Transferee as a Substituted
Member.
13.2 Rights of Transferee. In the event the sale, transfer, assignment or encumbrance
is approved by unanimous written consent of the remaining Members, the Transferee will be
admitted to all the rights and powers of a Member, and be subject to all the restrictions andliabilities of the Transferring Member. However, pursuant to the Act, the Transferring Member
will not be released from liability to the Company.
13.3 Conditions to Transfer. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13.1 and 13.2
above, no Member will have the right voluntarily or involuntarily to sell, assign, pledge,
mortgage, encumber or grant any security interest in or otherwise transfer all or any portion of any Membership Interest, and no such purported transfer need be recognized by the Company,
unless all of the following requirements are satisfied:
13.3.1 The transfer will not of itself cause the Company to be in default under
any indebtedness of the Company;
13.3.2 The Transferring Member will deliver to the Company at the Company’srequest an opinion in form and substance and from legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Members stating that such transfer does not violate any federal or state securities law, and the
Transferee will deliver such additional documents respecting the Transferee’s investor suitabilityand other legal or investment matters as the Members may reasonably require; and provided
further that the Company will have no duty to participate in, cause or pay for any registration or
qualification procedures under federal or state securities laws;
13.3.3 The Transferring Member will deliver to the Company a fully executed
written agreement of assignment that sets forth the name, address, and taxpayer identification
number of the Transferee, and the terms of such transfer, provided such terms will not conflictwith any provision of this Agreement;
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If any Member is a closely held corporation, or is an unincorporated association or
partnership, the transfer, assignment or hypothecation of any stock or interest in such
corporation, association or partnership in the aggregate in excess of fifty percent (50%) will bedeemed an assignment or transfer within the meaning of this Agreement, except as provided in
Section 13.5.
13.4 Admission of Substituted Members. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections
13.1 and 13.2 above, no Transferee will become a Substituted Member unless the following
additional conditions are met:
13.4.1 The Transferee executes, acknowledges and delivers to the Company a
written agreement stating that such Transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this
Agreement and executes such other instruments as the Members deem necessary or appropriatefor admission as a Substituted Member;
13.4.2 Each Transferee reimburses the Company for all reasonable accounting,
legal and other expenses incurred by the Company regarding the transfer and such admission;
13.4.3 All of the remaining Members and Managers consent to the admission of such Transferee as a Substituted Member.
13.5 Permitted Transfers. Any Member may, notwithstanding Sections 13.1 through
13.3, transfer all or part of the Member’s Units in the Company to the following Persons(any such Transfer referred to herein is a “Permitted Transfer” and any suchPerson to whom a Permitted Transfer is made is referred to herein as a“Permitted Transferee”):
13.5.1 to the Company;
13.5.2 to any other Member;
13.5.3 to a Family Member of such Member;
13.5.4 to a trust of which such Member is treated as theowner pursuant to Code Sections 671 through 677; provided, however, thatthe subsequent failure of such Member to be treated as the owner of suchtrust pursuant to such Code Sections shall constitute a Transfer, unless thebeneficiaries of the trust are Permitted Transferees as defined in this Section
13.5;
13.5.5 to any trust for the sole benefit of any one or moreFamily Members of such Member;
13.5.6 with respect to a Transfer by a Member, to any trust for thebenefit of such Member’s spouse, provided that such Transfer constitutes“qualified terminal interest property” within the meaning of Code Sections2056(b)(7)(B) or 2523(f)(2), and; provided that all of the beneficiaries of the
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trust (other than such individual’s spouse) shall be Family Members of suchindividual;
13.5.7 to any entity in which all of the ownership interestsare owned by such Member or by Family Members of such Member;
13.5.8 with respect to a Transfer by a trust, to thebeneficiaries thereof in accordance with the terms of the trust instrument;
13.5.9 with respect to a Transfer by an incompetentMember, to the guardian or legal representative of said incompetentMember; and with respect to a Transfer by such guardian or legalrepresentative, to any Person that said incompetent individual otherwisewould have been permitted to make a Transfer to, pursuant to this Section13.5.
13.6 Transfer Upon Death of Member. Within a period beginning with the death of
any Member and ending ninety (90) days following the death of the Member, the remainingMember(s) will have the option to purchase all of the decedent’s Units in the Company at the price and on the terms provided in this Agreement.
Any Member desiring to acquire part or all of the deceased Member’s Units will deliver to the deceased Member’s representative a written election to purchase the Units or a specified
portion of such Units, within ninety (90) days of the date of the deceased Member’s death. If the
Company receives notice from Members electing to purchase in the aggregate more than the
deceased Member’s Units, each purchasing Member will have priority, up to the amount of theUnits specified in his or her notice, to purchase such proportion of the Units as his or her Units
bears to the total Units of the Company held by Members electing to purchase.
If Units are owned by a revocable living trust, the death of the Grantor of the Trust will
be deemed the death of the Member and subject the Units held by the trust to be purchased under
this Section 13.6
13.7 Triggering Events - Involuntary Transfer. If any of the triggering events listed
below occur as to any Member, the Company or the other Members will have the option to
purchase all of the Units owned by the Member. The options to purchase shall be vested andexercisable in the priority and manner set forth in the Section of this Agreement entitled “Right
of First Refusal”.
The options will be triggered if any of the following events occur:
13.7.1 A Member is adjudicated a bankrupt, either voluntary or involuntary;
13.7.2 A Member makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
13.7.3 A Member’s Interest is subject to a writ of attachment or charging order;
13.7.4 The execution of any property settlement agreement between any Member
and spouse, or the entry of any decree of divorce or separate maintenance by a court of
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competent jurisdiction, wherein the spouse is awarded any Units or a trust is imposed on said
Units for the benefit of said spouse, then to the extent said Units are transferred, or to the extent
said Units are subject to the imposition of any such trust or lien, there will be deemed atriggering event as to the Units so affected.
If Units have been transferred to or are originally owned by a revocable living trust, atriggering event occurring as to any Grantor of such trust will be deemed the occurrence of a
triggering event to the Member trust and subject the Units held by the trust to purchase under this
Section 13.7.
When a triggering event occurs, the Member as to whom the event has occurred shall
give the Member(s) written notice of the occurrence of the event. The Company will then give
written notice to the other Members, or the other Members’ respective representatives of itsoptions to purchase the Units and the terms as set forth in this Article.
13.8 Valuation. The purchase price for any Units to be purchased under Sections 13.6
and 13.7 of this Agreement will be as agreed between or among the buyer and seller or theselling Member’s representative. In the event the parties do not agree within thirty (30) days of
the later of (a) the date giving rise to the option to purchase, or (b) the date of timely exercise of such option, the parties will select an appraiser or appraisers (“Appraiser”), mutually satisfactory
to each of them, who will determine the value of the Company (determined net of ordinary and
reasonable costs of sale) and will determine the value of the Units subject to purchase. In the
event the parties cannot mutually agree on the selection of the Appraiser(s) to value theCompany within ten (10) days of expiration of the thirty (30) day period described above, each
party, within ten (10) days thereafter, will select an Appraiser, and the Appraisers so selected
will mutually select a third. The three Appraisers will then value the Company net of ordinaryand reasonable costs of sale. In the event the parties cannot mutually agree on the selection of
the Appraiser(s) to value the Units subject to purchase within ten (10) days of expiration of the
thirty (30) day period described above, each party, within ten (10) days thereafter, will select anAppraiser, and the Appraisers so selected will mutually select a third. These three Appraisers
will then value the Units subject to purchase, giving effect to any applicable marketability,
control or other discounts or premiums. The values will equal the average of the appraisals. The parties will bear the costs of the Appraisers which they select and share equally the cost of the
independent Appraiser(s).
13.9 Payment. The consideration for any Membership Interest transferred under thisAgreement will be paid to the transferring Member or his representative or successor, as the case
may be, as provided for in this Agreement.
If the event leading to the purchase is the death of any Member, the decedent’s
representative will apply for and obtain any necessary court approval or confirmation of the sale
of the decedent’s Membership Interest and the Company or the surviving Members will file thenecessary proofs of death and collect the proceeds of any outstanding policies of insurance on
the life of the decedent owned by the Company or such Members. If the purchase price is fully
funded by proceeds of any such insurance policies, the purchaser will pay the purchase price in
cash from the proceeds of any such insurance policies. If the purchase price is not fully funded by insurance on the life of the decedent Member, each purchaser will pay the purchase price in
cash up to the full amount of the proceeds of any such insurance policies of which that Member
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is the policy owner, and will pay any remaining portion of the purchase price in accordance with
the terms of the following subparagraph.
The terms for payment of the purchase price of a Membership Interest (other than
amounts by life insurance proceeds as provided in the preceding paragraph) will be as agreed by
the parties. If the parties do not otherwise agree, the balance of the purchase price shall be paidtwenty percent (20%) in cash as a down payment and the balance pursuant to the terms of a
Promissory Note (herein the “Note”) to be executed by the Company or by the Member or
Members, as the case may be. The Note will provide for payments of principal and interest,amortized over a ten (10) year period and shall provide that payments shall be made not less
frequently than quarterly. Interest shall accrue against the balance of the purchase price at the
“applicable federal rate” as established for the month of purchase pursuant to Section 1274 of the
Code. The Note will be dated as of the date the purchase is made. The Note will provide thatthe maker may prepay all or any portion of the unpaid principal balance and accrued interest at
any time, without penalty. The Note will include the provision that the entire unpaid principal
balance, and all accrued interest, will become immediately due and payable upon the happening
of any of the following conditions:
13.9.1 Adjudication of bankruptcy of the maker of the Note;
13.9.2 Voluntary or involuntary petition by or on behalf of the maker of the Note
for arrangement or reorganization, or for the protection of creditors and the debtor, under the
Bankruptcy Act;
13.9.3 Upon default in payment of any of the terms by the maker of amounts
required to be paid under the Note;
13.9.4 In the event the sale is to a Member, upon the sale of all, or substantially
all, of the Membership Interest in the Company by the Member;
13.9.5 If the sale is to the Company, upon the sale of the Company of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company.
13.10 Governmental Approvals. The Company agrees to apply for and use its best
efforts to obtain all governmental and administrative approvals required, if any, in connection
with the purchase and sale of Membership Interests under this Agreement. The Members agreeto cooperate in obtaining the approvals and to execute any and all documents that may be
required to be executed by them in connection with the approvals. The Company will pay all
costs and filing fees in connection with obtaining the approvals.
1 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES ISSUES
13.11 Prohibited “Market” Transfers. Each Member hereby covenants and agrees with
the Company for the benefit of the Company and all other Members that (a) it is not currently
making a market in Membership Interests or Units; (b) it will not transfer any Membership
Interest or Unit upon an established securities market or a secondary market (or the substantialequivalent) within the meaning of Code Section 7704(b) (and any regulations, proposed
regulations, revenue rulings or other official pronouncements of the Internal Revenue Service or
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Treasury Department that may be promulgated or published), and (c) in the event such
regulations, revenue rulings, or other pronouncements treat any or all arrangements which
facilitate the selling of a Membership Interest or Unit which are commonly referred to as“Matching Services” as being a secondary market or substantial equivalent thereof, he will not
transfer any Membership Interest or Unit through a Matching Service that is not approved in
advance by the Company.
13.12 Securities Law Legend. Each Member hereby agrees that the following legend
may be placed upon any counterpart of this Agreement, or any other document or instrumentevidencing ownership of Membership Units in this Company:
THE MEMBERSHIP UNITS DESCRIBED HEREIN (1) HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS,(2) HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND (3) MAY NOT BE
SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE FEDERAL
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND STATE QUALIFICATION RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FURNISHED AT HOLDER’S EXPENSE IN FORM AND
SUBSTANCE AND FROM COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER OF THESESECURITIES THAT SUCH REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND APPLICABLE STATE LAW.
14 DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
14.1 Events Requiring Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved only upon the
unanimous written consent of the Members.
14.2 Liquidation. Upon the occurrence of any event requiring dissolution as set forth
in Section 15.1, the Members of the Company will immediately execute and deliver to theSecretary of State a statement of its intent to dissolve. Upon filing the statement of intent to
dissolve, the Company will cease to carry on its business and will wind up its affairs and
liquidate.
14.3 Distribution of Assets. During the liquidation of the Company, the Members will
continue to share Net Profits and Losses in the same proportions as before dissolution. In
settling accounts after dissolution, the proceeds from the liquidation of the Company’s assets will be applied as follows:
14.3.1 To creditors of the Company, in the order of priority as provided by law,other than debts owed to Members for their contributions;
14.3.2 To the Members with respect to their positive capital account balances;
14.4 Gains or Losses. During liquidation, any gain or loss on the disposition of the
Company’s property will be credited or charged to the Members in accordance with the
provisions of Article 10. Any property distributed in kind in liquidation will be valued andtreated as though the property were sold for its fair market value and the cash proceeds
distributed. The difference between the value of the property distributed in kind and its book
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value to the Company will be treated as a gain or loss on the sale of the property to be allocated
between the Members pursuant to Article 10.
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15 INDEMNIFICATION
15.1 Indemnification of Member, Employee or Agent: Proceeding Other Than ByCompany. The Company will indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact that he is or was a Member, Manager, employee or agent of this Company, or is or was
serving at the request of this Company as Manager, director, officer, employee or agent of
another limited-liability company or corporation, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of this Company, and, with
respect to a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct wasunlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of this Company, and that, with respect toany criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful.
15.2 Indemnification of Member, Employee or Agent: Proceeding by Company. The
Company will indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of this Company to procurea judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Member, Manager, employee or
agent of this Company, or is or was serving at the request of this Company as a Member,
Manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another limited-liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in
settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
defense or settlement of the actions or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner which hereasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of this Company.
Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has
been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to this Company or for amounts paid in settlement to this Company, unless and only to
the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent
jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
15.3 Indemnity if Successful. To the extent that a Member, employee or agent of the
Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 16.1 or 16.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,
the Company will indemnify the Member, employee or agent against expenses, including
attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense.
15.4 Expenses. Any indemnification under Sections 16.1 and 16.2, unless ordered by a
court or advanced by the Company, must be made by this Company only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Member, Manager, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination must be made:
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15.4.1 By a unanimous Vote of the Members who were not parties to the act, suit
or proceeding; or
15.4.2 If a unanimous Vote of the Members who were not parties to the act, suit
or proceeding cannot be obtained, by a majority of the Members, disregarding the vote of any
Member who was a party to the act, suit or proceeding.
16 COMPANY RECORDS AND REPORTS
16.1 Books and Records. The Members will cause the Company to keep the
following:
16.1.1 Complete books and records of account in which will be entered fully andaccurately all transactions and other matters relating to the Company. The Company’s books
and records will be kept on a cash basis, except as the Members may otherwise determine to be
permitted under the Code;
16.1.2 A current list of the full name and last known business or residence
address of each Member set forth in alphabetical order listing the Member’s capital contributionto the Company and Interests owned;
16.1.3 A copy of the Articles of Organization and all amendments thereto and all
filings by the Company in California and other states; and
16.1.4 A copy of any then effective written operating agreement.
16.2 Location of Books and Records. All such books and records will be maintained at
the principal executive office of the Company and also at the resident agent’s office of the
Company. In each location, such books and records will be available for inspection and copying by, and at the expense of, the Members, or their duly authorized representatives, during
reasonable business hours.
17 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
17.1 Agreement to Perform Necessary Acts. Each Member agrees to perform any
further acts and execute and deliver any documents that may be reasonably necessary to carryout the provisions of this Agreement.
17.2 Amendments. The provisions of this Agreement may not be waived, altered,amended, or repealed, in whole or in part, except with the unanimous written consent of the
Members.
17.3 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding on, and will inure to the
benefit of, the Members and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.
17.4 Validity of Agreement. It is intended that each Section of this Agreement will beviewed as separate and divisible, and in the event that any Section will be held to be invalid, the
remaining Sections will continue to be in full force and effect.
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17.5 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this
Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given on the date of serviceif served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given, or within seventy-two (72) hours
after mailing if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or
certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed to the party at his address set forth on thesignature page of this Agreement, or any other address that any party may designate by written
notice to the others.
17.6 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL QUESTIONS RELATING
TO ITS VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PROVISIONS CONCERNING LIMITATIONS OF
ACTION), WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THELAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE BY
RESIDENTS OF AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.
17.7 Exclusive Jurisdiction. It is agreed that the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for _____________ County, will be the sole and exclusive forum for the
resolution of any disputes arising among any of the Members. The Company and each of theMembers expressly and unconditionally confer jurisdiction for the resolution of any and all
disputes upon such Court. In the event that any litigation commenced in such Court is properly
removable to a Federal Court under the laws of the United States of America, such removal will
take place if the legal basis for removal exists; provided, however, that the parties to thisAgreement agree that the exclusive venue of the Federal forum for the resolution of any disputes
will be the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, located in Los
Angeles, California.
17.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the sameinstrument.
17.9 Gender and Number. As used in this Agreement, the masculine, feminine, andneuter gender, and the singular or plural number will be considered to include the others
whenever the context so indicates.
17.10 Attorney’s Fees. If any party brings an action or proceeding (including any cross-complaint, counterclaims, or third-party claim) against any other party by reason of a default by
the other party or otherwise arising out of this Agreement, the non-prevailing party will pay to
the prevailing party in such action or proceeding all of the prevailing party’s costs and expensesof suit (including the costs and expenses of enforcing any judgment or settlement), including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, which will be payable whether or not such action is prosecuted to
judgment. “Prevailing party” within the meaning of this Section 18.10 includes a party whodismisses an action for recovery hereunder in exchange for payment of the sums allegedly due,
performance of covenants allegedly breached, or consideration substantially equal to the relief
sought in the action.
17.11 Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the Articles of Organization
constitute the complete and exclusive statement among the Members with respect to the subject
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matter contained therein. This Agreement and the Articles of Organization supersede all prior
agreements by and among the Members.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Member has executed or caused to be executed this
Agreement on the day and year first above written.
MEMBER:
BANKERS UNION TRUST, dated January 16,
2008, as amended
JEFFREY L. TAYLOR
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EXHIBIT “A”
Articles of Organization
(See attached)
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EXHIBIT “B”
Initial Contribution
Member Contribution
See Exhibit “C”
attached hereto.
Membership Units
10,000
Membership Interest
100%
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