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**LLC Operating Agreement**
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Texas Series LLC
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**Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement**
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**of**
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**Turn Net Systems LLC**
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This Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement as amended from time
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to time, including all Supplements (defined below) (the "**Agreement**")
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of Turn Net Systems LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the
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"**Company**") is entered into as of January 15, 2018 by Turn Net
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Systems LLC.
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In order to form a limited liability company pursuant to and in
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accordance with the Texas Business Organization Code (BOC), as amended
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from time to time, the Members hereby agree as follows:
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**1. Definitions.** The following terms as used in this Agreement shall
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be defined as follows:
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1.1 "**Certificate of Formation**" means the document filed with the
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Texas Secretary of State required to form a limited liability company in
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Texas.
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1.2 "**Person**" whether capitalized or not, means any individual, sole
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proprietorship, joint venture, partnership, corporation, company, firm,
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bank, association, cooperative, trust, estate, government, governmental
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agency, regulatory authority, or other entity of any nature.
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1.3 "**Initial Member**" or "**Initial Members**" means those Persons
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whose names are set forth in the first version of Schedule 1. A
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reference to an "**Initial Member**" means any of the Initial Members.
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1.4 "**Membership Interest**" or "**Beneficial Interest**" means a
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Person\'s right to share in the income, gains, losses, deductions,
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credit or similar items of, and to receive distributions from, the
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Company or Series, but does not include any other rights of a Member,
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including the right to vote or to participate in management.
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1.5 "**Member**" means an Initial Member or a Person who otherwise
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acquires a Membership Interest, as permitted under this Agreement, and
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who remains a Member. Each Member may be a member with respect to one or
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more Series as herein provided.
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1.6 "**Series**" means each separate series of limited liability company
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interests in the Company established or provided in Sections 2 and 3 of
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this Agreement and in accordance with the BOC. The Company may establish
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various Series with differing Members, differing assets and separate
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liabilities as more specifically provided in Section 3.
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1.7 "**Assignee**" means a Person who has acquired a Member's Membership
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Interest in a Company Series, through a Transfer in accordance with the
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terms of this Agreement.
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1.8 "**Accounting Policies and Procedures**" means the policies and
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procedures adapted from time to time by the Board Of Directors for
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preparation of the Company financial statement, financial projects and
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other accounting reports.
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1.9 "**Adverse Consequences**" means all actions, suits, proceedings,
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hearings, investigations, charges, complaints, demands, injunctions,
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judgments, orders, decrees, rulings, damages, dues, penalties, fines,
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costs, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities, obligations, liens,
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losses, expenses, and fees, including court costs and reasonable
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attorney's fees and expenses.
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1.10 "**Affiliate**" means, with respect to a Person, another Person,
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directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controlling,
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controlled by, or under common control with the Person in question. The
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term "control" shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
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power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
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the controlled Person.
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1.11 "**Assigning Member**" means a Member who by means of a Transfer
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has transferred his or her Membership Interest in the Company to an
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Assignee.
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1.12 "**Business Day**" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or
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other day on which commercial banks in Texas are authorized or required
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to be closed under the laws of the state of Texas.
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1.13 "**Capital Account**" means, as to any Member, a separate account
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maintained and adjusted in accordance with Section 4.3 (Allocation of
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Profits and Losses).
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1.14 "**Capital Contribution**" means, with respect to any Member, the
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amount of money, the forgiveness of any debt, the Fair Market Value of
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any services or property (other than money) contributed to the Company
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(net of liabilities secured by such contributed property that the
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Company is considered to assume or take "subject to" under IRC Section
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752) in consideration of a Percentage Interest held by such Member.
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Under no conditions shall a Capital Contribution be deemed a loan.
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1.15 "**Code"** or "**IRC**" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
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amended, and any successor provision.
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1.16 "**Confidential Information**" means everything encapsulated in the
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Turn Net Systems Mutual NDA.
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1.17 "**Series Property**" means all assets, real, personal and other,
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owned by the Series, whether or not contributed to the Series by a
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Member.
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1.18 "**Encumber**" means the act of creating or purporting to create an
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Encumbrance, whether or not perfected under applicable law.
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1.19 "**Encumbrance**" means, with respect to any Membership Interest,
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or any element thereof, a mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien,
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proxy coupled with an interest (other than as contemplated in this
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Agreement), option, or preferential right to purchase.
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1.20 "**Fair Market Value**" or "**FMV**" means, with respect to any
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item Series Property, the item\'s adjusted basis for federal income tax
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purposes, except as follows:
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\(a\) The Fair Market Value of any property contributed by a Member to a
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Series shall be the value of such property, as mutually agreed by the
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contributing Member and the Series Members; and
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\(b\) The Fair Market Value of any item of Series Property distributed
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to any Member shall be the value of such item of property on the date of
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distribution, as mutually agreed by the receiving Member and the Series.
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1.21 "**Family**" means, with respect to a specified individual, such
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individual's lineal or adopted descendants, his or her parents, spouse,
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domestic partner, significant other, siblings, and lineal or adopted
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descendants of any thereof, and any family limited partnership, trust or
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other fiduciary or other entity solely for the benefit of (x) such
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individual, (y) such individual's lineal or adopted descendants or (z)
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such individual's parents, spouse, domestic partner, significant other,
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siblings or lineal or adopted descendants of any thereof.
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1.22 "**Fiscal Year**" shall be from January 1 of each year until or
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unless changed by a Majority Vote of the Members.
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1.23 "**Intellectual Property Rights**" means (a) all inventions
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(whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice), all
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improvements thereto, and all patents, patent applications, and patent
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disclosures, together with all reissuances, divisions, continuations,
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continuations-in-part, revisions, renewals, extensions, and
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reexaminations thereof, (b) all works of authorship, including all mask
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work rights, database rights and copyrightable works, all copyrights,
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all applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith,
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and all moral rights, (c) all trade secrets, (d) all registered and
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unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade dress, domain names,
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logos, trade names, and corporate names, together with all translations,
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adaptations, derivations, and combinations thereof and including all
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goodwill associated therewith, and all applications, registrations and
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renewals in connection therewith, (e) all derivative works of any of the
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foregoing; (f) any other similar rights or intangible assets recognized
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under any laws or international conventions, and in any country or
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jurisdiction in the world, and above the world (in space or near space),
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as intellectual creations to which rights of ownership accrue, and all
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registrations, applications, disclosures, renewals, extensions,
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continuations or reissues of the foregoing now or hereafter in force,
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and (g) all copies and tangible or intangible embodiments of all of the
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foregoing (a) through (f) in any form or medium throughout the world,
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above the world (in space or near space). Any of the foregoing as it
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conflicts with the separately executed Turn Net Systems LLC IP
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assignment agreement shall not be binding.
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1.24 "**Investment Entity**" means any Person in which the Company or a
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Series has an Investment.
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1.25 "**Management Series**" means the Series established in Turn Net
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Systems LLC Management Series Supplement provided to pursue management
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activities of the Company.
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1.26 "**Board Of Directors**" means the collective group of persons
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hereafter designated as Board Of Directors in accordance with this
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Agreement, until such Person ceases to be a Director.
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1.27 "**Involuntary Transfer**" means, with respect to any Membership
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Interest, or any element thereof, any Transfer or Encumbrance, whether
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by operation of law, pursuant to court order, foreclosure of a security
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interest, execution of a judgment or other legal process, or otherwise,
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including a purported transfer to or from a trustee in bankruptcy,
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receiver, or assignee for the benefit of creditors.
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1.28 "**Member Percentage Interest"** means the percentage set forth in
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the Series supplement.
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1.29 "**Series Manager**" means any Person hereafter designated as a
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Manager of a particular Series in accordance with this Agreement, as
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each may from time to time be appointed.
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1.30 "**Profits and Losses**" means, for each fiscal year or other
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period specified in this Agreement, an amount equal to the Company\'s
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taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance
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with Section 703 (a) of the Code.
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1.31 "**Reserve Amount**" means the amount from time to time established
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by the Board Of Directors as a reserve to meet the reasonably
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anticipated working capital needs of the Company and the Series.
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1.32 "**Series Member**" means a Member with respect to a particular
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Series as established in accordance with this Agreement.
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1.33 "**Selling Member**" means a Member desires to sell any of his or
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her Membership Interests.
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1.34 "**Sharing Ratios**" means the percentages in which Members
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participate in and bear, certain items. Sharing Ratios shall be
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established separately for each Series and for each Member therein, with
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each Series Member having the Series Sharing Ratio with respect to such
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Series as established in the Supplement establishing such Series.
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1.35 "**Substituted Member**" means a Transferee, other than an existing
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Member, of the Membership Interest who may be admitted as a Member with
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respect to such Membership Interest.
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1.36 "**Successor in Interest**" means an Assignee, a successor of a
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Person by merger or otherwise by operation of law, or a transferee of
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all or substantially all of the business or assets of a Person.
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1.37 "**Supplement**" means a supplement to this Agreement establishing
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a Series, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 3.1,
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executed by the Board Of Directors, Series Manager and, where required
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hereunder, the Series Members of the applicable Series. Schedule 3.1 is
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the general form for establishing a Series hereunder, and is subject to
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modification as approved by the Board Of Directors to establish Series,
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to admit new Members to a Series, or to modify the provisions pertaining
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to an existing Series. Each Supplement is hereby incorporated into, and
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made a part hereof.
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1.38 "**Cause**" means (A) a finding by a court or other government body
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or a plea or similar agreement admitting that an act or omission
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constitutes a felony under the laws of the United States or the state of
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Texas, or a violation of the securities law of any United States
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governmental or self-regulatory body, (B) a material and/or fiduciary
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breach of this agreement, or (C) fraudulent behavior.
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**2. Organization.**
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2.1 Company Name. The name of the limited liability company formed
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hereby shall be Turn Net Systems LLC.
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2.2 Purpose. The Company shall have the power (whether conducted
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directly or indirectly through any type of Investment in any type of
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Person or through Series) to engage in any activity permitted by law.
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This is inclusive of but not limited to the following activities and
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approved by the Board Of Directors: acquiring, owning, holding,
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maintaining, improving, developing, operating, managing, leasing,
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selling, exchanging, and otherwise dealing with various technological
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products and services; any other business or activity approved by the
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Board Of Directors; and the financing of any of the foregoing
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activities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
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Investments may take the form of acquisitions of interests in general
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partnership, limited partnership, joint ventures, corporation,
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syndicates, associates, business trust, limited liability companies,
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undivided, sale-leaseback transition or the direct acquisition of
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investment assets.
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2.3 Place of Business and Office; Resident Agent. The name and address
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of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the
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Company in the State of Texas is: InCorp Services, Inc. 815 Brazos St.,
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Ste. 500 Austin, TX 78701
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2.4 Term. The term of the Company shall commence upon the filing of the
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Certificate of Formation with the Texas Secretary of State and shall
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have perpetual existence unless it shall be dissolved and its affairs
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shall have been wound up as provided in Section 10 (Dissolution and
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Winding Up of Business).
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2.5 Qualification in Other Jurisdictions. The Company may register in
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any other jurisdiction upon the approval of the Board Of Directors.
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2.6 No State Law Partnership. The Company shall not be a partnership or
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joint venturer under any state or federal law, and no Member or Manager
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shall be a partner or joint venture of any other Member or Manager for
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any purposes; other than under the Code or other applicable tax laws,
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and this Agreement may not be construed otherwise.
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2.7 Series of Members and Membership Interests. The Company, with the
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Board Of Directors approval, may establish separate Series, as
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contemplated by Section 101.601-101.622 of the Texas Business
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Organization Code. Each Series may have separate Members and each Series
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(i) will own separate assets, (ii) will have the separate rights and
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powers as herein provided, and (iii) may have separate investment and
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business purposes. The debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses
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incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing from time to time with
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respect to a particular Series shall be enforceable against the assets
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of such Series only, and not against the assets of any other Series or
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of the Company generally, none of the debts, liabilities, obligations
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and expenses incurred, contract for, or otherwise existing with respect
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to the Company generally or any other Series shall be enforceable
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against the assets of such Series.
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\(b\) Upon admission to the Company, each Member may be designated as a
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Series Member of a particular Series. A Member may be a member of more
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than one Series. Each Member shall have the rights, duties and powers as
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herein provided with respect to each Series of which it is a member.
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Members of a Series will be designated by the Board Of Directors and
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Series Manager. No Member shall have the right to vote any matter
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pertaining to a particular Series, or with respect to the Company
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generally, except as herein expressly provided.
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**3.Membership Series, Disposition of Interests**
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3.1 Membership Series.
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(a)The Company may from time to time, with the Board Of Directors's
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prior approval, establish new Series. No Member shall have any right to
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vote on the establishment of any new Series.
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(b)The Board Of Directors shall establish new Series by completing and
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executing a Supplement therefore and causing each Series Member of such
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Series to execute such Supplement, and if any such Series Member is a
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married individual, in a common law marriage, or having a domestic
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partner, causing each such Series Member's spouse, common law marriage
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partner or domestic partner to execute a Consent of Spouse
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("**Consent**") in the form of Exhibit A. Upon completion and execution
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of each such Supplement and Consent, a new Series shall be established
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with the Series Members therein designated, each of which shall have the
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rights, duties and obligations established by this Agreement as
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specified by such Supplement.
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(c)Once a Series has been established and the initial Series Members
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therefore are admitted to such Series (such admission to be effective
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upon their execution of the Supplement and, if applicable, the Consent),
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no additional Members may be admitted to such Series without the Board
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Of Directors and Series Manager prior approval. If the Board Of
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Directors and Series Manager so approves, additional Members may be
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admitted to such Series and each Series Member's Sharing Ratio therein
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shall be subject to dilution to reflect the admission of such new Member
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under the terms and conditions approved by the Series Manager. Unless a
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Series Member agrees otherwise, any such dilution shall be prospective
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only, and the Series Membership shall continue to share in distributing
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of funds derived for any accounts receivable of the Series existing on
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the date the new Members are admitted thereto in accordance with their
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Series Sharing Rations preceding such dilution. Such admission may be
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reflected as an amendment to the applicable supplement which shall be
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valid (and such admission shall be effective) if executed by the Series
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Manager and the new Members. Not withstanding the foregoing, if and to
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the extent new Member's Series Sharing Ratio in such Series that has
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vested pursuant to the provision of Section 3.4 and/or the applicable
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Supplement shall not be subject to dilution by such admission; only the
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position of such Series Sharing Ratios that has not so vested shall be
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subject to dilution.
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3.2 Dispositions of Membership Interests.
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(a)General Restriction. A Member may not make an assignment, transfer or
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other disposition (voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law) (a
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"**Transfer**") of all or any portion of his or her Membership Interest,
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nor pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, grant a security interest in, or
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otherwise encumber (an "**Encumbrance**") all or any portion of its
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Membership Interest,
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Any attempted Transfer of all or any portion of a Membership Interest,
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other than in strict accordance with this Section, shall be void.
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3.3 Conflicts of Interest. \[Specify any restrictions on other
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activities, if any\].
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3.4 Resignation and Removal; Vesting and Conversion of Certain
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Membership Interests.
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\(a\) Expulsion of a member for Cause. Expulsion of a Member requires an
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affirmative vote by the Board Of Directors and by all Members in each
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Series which the Member subject to expulsion is a Member of. The Member
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subject to expulsion is not eligible to vote in the proceeding.
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\(b\) Self withdrawal of a Member requires an affirmative vote by the
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Board Of Directors and by all Series Members which the applicable Member
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is a Member of. The Member requesting self withdrawal is not eligible to
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vote in the proceeding.
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\[Specify provisions on withdrawal, removal and vesting of membership
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interests, if any\].
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3.5 Creation of Additional Membership Interests. In addition to the
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establishment of Series pursuant to Section 3.1 (Membership Series),
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additional Membership Interests may be created and issued to existing
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Members or to other Persons, and such other Persons may be admitted to
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the Company as Members in one or more classes, with the approval of the
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Board Of Directors, Series Manager and Series Members on such terms and
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conditions as the Board Of Directors and Series Manager may approve at
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the time of admission. The creation of new Membership Interests, the
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admission of any new Members, or the creation of any new class or group
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of Members in accordance with this Agreement may (i) result in the
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dilution of the Sharing Ratios of existing Members, and (ii) be
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reflected as an amendment to this Agreement or a Supplement which shall
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be valid if executed by the Board Of Directors, Series Manager, existing
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Members and new Member. Any such new Member that is a married individual
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shall also, as a condition to becoming a Member, cause his or her spouse
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to execute a Consent.
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3.6 Company Information. In addition to the other rights specifically
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set forth in this Agreement, each Member is entitled to the following
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information under the circumstances and conditions set forth in the BOC:
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(1) true and full information regarding the status of the business and
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financial condition of each Series of which it is a Series Member; (2)
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promptly after becoming available, a copy of the Company's federal,
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state and local income tax returns for each year applicable to each
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Series of which it is a Series Member; (3) a current list of the name
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and last known business, or mailing address of each Member and Manager;
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(4) a copy of this Agreement and only those Supplements applicable to
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each Series of which it is a Series Member, the Company's Certificate of
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Formation, and all amendments to such documents; (5) true and full
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information regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement
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of the agreed value of any other property or services contributed by
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each Member and which each Member has agreed to contribute in the
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future, and the date on which each became a Member, to the extent
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applicable to each Series of which it is a Series Member; and (6) other
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information regarding the affairs of the Company to which that Member is
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entitled pursuant to the BOC (including all the Company books and
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records) to the extent applicable to each Series of which it is a Series
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Member. To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither the Company nor
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any Manager shall be obligated to provide any information to any Member
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regarding a Series of which it is not a Series Member, and each Member
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waives any rights it may have to such company information.
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3.7 Liability to Third Parties. No Member, solely by reason of being a
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member, shall be liable for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of
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the Company.
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3.8 Waiver of Fiduciary Duties. To the maximum extent permitted by law,
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each Member absolutely and irrevocably waives any and all claims,
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actions, causes of action, loss, damage and expense including any and
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all attorneys' fees and other costs of enforcement arising out of or in
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connection with any breach of any fiduciary duty by any other Member or
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Manager or any of its Affiliates in the nature of actions taken or
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omitted by any such other Persons, which actions or omissions would
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otherwise constitute the breach of any fiduciary duty owed to the
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Members, except a breach of any specific term of this Agreement. It is
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the express intent of the Members that each Member and Manager and each
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and all of their Affiliates shall be and hereby are relieved of any and
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all fiduciary duties which might otherwise arise out of or in connection
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with this Agreement to the Members or any of them.
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**4.Management of the Company and Series**
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4.1 Management of Company and Series.
|
||
|
||
\(a\) The Series Manager shall be fully empowered and authorized to
|
||
implement the terms and provisions of each Board Of Directors approved
|
||
Business Plan and Annual Budget on behalf of the Series, subject to the
|
||
limitations set forth in Section 4.1(d).
|
||
|
||
(b)The day to day affairs of each Series shall be directed by the Series
|
||
Manager therefore. The Series Manager shall be fully empowered and
|
||
authorized to implement the terms and provisions of each approved
|
||
Business Plan and Annual Budget on behalf of the Series, subject to the
|
||
limitations set forth in Section 4.1(d).
|
||
|
||
\(c\) Not later than February 1 of each year, each Series Manager shall
|
||
deliver to the Board Of Directors a detailed proposed business plan (the
|
||
"**Business Plan**") for the Company's next succeeding fiscal year,
|
||
which shall include the proposed budget for such year (the "**Annual
|
||
Budget**").
|
||
|
||
The Business Plan and Annual Budget shall contain such other information
|
||
as the Series Manager wishes to include and shall contain such
|
||
information as the Board Of Directors may request. The Board Of
|
||
Directors will review the proposed Annual Budget and Business Plan, and
|
||
subject to required revisions, approve the same for the next succeeding
|
||
fiscal year no later than November 15 of each year.
|
||
|
||
The Business Plan and Annual Budget shall include projected revenues,
|
||
expenses for the year in question, projected investment activities and
|
||
such other matters as the Series Manager may deem appropriate. If the
|
||
Annual Budget provides for a contingency or similar line item, then
|
||
unless otherwise specifically provided to the contrary therein, the
|
||
Series Manager shall be empowered to expend the amount set forth in such
|
||
line item for the Series obligations. If the Business Plan is not
|
||
approved by the date set forth above, then: (i) any items or portions
|
||
thereof that have been approved will become operative immediately; and
|
||
(ii) with respect to the Annual Budget, the Series Manager may expend,
|
||
in respect of noncapital or recurring expenses in any quarter of the
|
||
then current calendar year, an amount equal to the budget amount for the
|
||
corresponding quarter of the immediately preceding calendar year, as set
|
||
forth on the last approved Annual Budget after giving effect to any
|
||
material changes to the Series or its properties during the prior year;
|
||
however, if any contract approved as a part of any prior approved Annual
|
||
Budget or Business Plan provides for automatic increases in costs
|
||
thereunder after the beginning of the then current calendar year, then
|
||
the Series Manager may expend the amount of that increase.
|
||
|
||
\(d\) Following submission and recording of the final version of the
|
||
Business Plan and Annual Budget, the Series Manager shall be authorized
|
||
to take the actions, incur obligations and make the expenditures therein
|
||
expressly set forth. The Series Manager shall not have any authority or
|
||
power to take any action on behalf of the Company or Series that would
|
||
constitute a Major Decision (as defined below), unless it has been
|
||
expressly approved in writing by the Board Of Directors. As used herein,
|
||
the term "**Major Decision**" shall include the following:
|
||
|
||
\(1\) causing the Company or a Series to enter into any agreement which
|
||
would subject the Company or a Series or its assets to any recourse
|
||
liability for borrowings, or for capital contributions to any Person;
|
||
|
||
\(2\) causing the Company or a Series to grant any interests in the
|
||
assets, profit, and income of the Company or a Series;
|
||
|
||
\(3\) causing a dissolution of the Company or any Series;
|
||
|
||
\(4\) regarding the Company assets, any sale, transfer, exchange,
|
||
mortgage, financing, hypothecation or encumbrance of all or any part
|
||
thereof, or any modification of the terms of the foregoing;
|
||
|
||
\(5\) regarding the Company and Series financial affairs, (A)
|
||
determination of major accounting policies including selection of
|
||
accounting methods and making various decisions regarding treatment and
|
||
allocation of transactions for federal and state income, franchise or
|
||
other tax purposes (B) determination of the terms and conditions of all
|
||
borrowings of the Company or a Series and the identity of the lender
|
||
thereof (or (i) applicable Budget therefor;
|
||
|
||
\(6\) regarding any Series Capital Contributions;
|
||
|
||
\(7\) regarding the Company operations, approval of insurance coverages,
|
||
the underwriters thereof and claims related thereto, the settlement of
|
||
any litigation that is not fully covered by insurance involving more
|
||
than \$1000.00, entering into any contract which obligates the Company
|
||
or a Series for more than \$500.00 (except to the extent expressly set
|
||
forth in an Annual Budget) or which cannot be cancelled without payment
|
||
of a cancellation fee or other premium on not more than 30 days prior
|
||
notice; and entering into any lease for office space;
|
||
|
||
\(8\) filing of any petition or consenting to the filing of any petition
|
||
that would subject the Company or a Series to a bankruptcy or similar
|
||
proceeding;
|
||
|
||
\(9\) any other action which, considered before the taking thereof,
|
||
could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon the business
|
||
or affairs of the Company or a Series or is a breach of fiduciary duty.
|
||
|
||
4.2 Each Manager shall discharge its duties in a good and proper manner
|
||
as provided for in this Agreement. Each Manager, on behalf of the
|
||
Company or Series, as applicable, shall enforce agreements entered into
|
||
by the Company or the applicable Series, and conduct or cause to be
|
||
conducted the ordinary business and affairs of the Company or Series in
|
||
accordance with good industry practice and the provisions of this
|
||
Agreement. No Series Manager shall be required to devote a particular
|
||
amount of time to the Company's or Series business, but shall devote
|
||
sufficient time to perform its duties hereunder. The Company, or any
|
||
Series, may rely upon any action taken or document executed by the
|
||
applicable Series Manager or any Officer without duty of further
|
||
inquiry, and may assume that such Series Manager or Officer has the
|
||
requisite power and authority to take the action or execute the document
|
||
in question.
|
||
|
||
4.3 Compensation of Members. Except as otherwise specifically provided
|
||
herein, no compensatory payment shall be made by the Company to any
|
||
Series Member for the services to the Company or Series of such Member
|
||
or any member or employee of such Member.
|
||
|
||
4.4 Officers. The Board Of Directors may from time to time, designate
|
||
one or more Persons to be officers or agents of the Company (an
|
||
"**Officer**"). Any Officer so designated shall have such title and
|
||
authority and perform such duties as the Board Of Directors may, from
|
||
time to time, designate. Unless the Board Of Directors decides
|
||
otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a business
|
||
corporation, the assignment of such title shall constitute the
|
||
delegation to such Officer of the authority and duties that are normally
|
||
associated with that office, subject to any specific delegation of
|
||
authority and duties made to such Officer by the Board Of Directors.
|
||
Each Officer shall hold office until his successor shall be duly
|
||
designated and shall qualify or until his death or until he shall resign
|
||
or shall have been removed. The salaries or other compensation, if any,
|
||
of the Officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed from time to
|
||
time by the Board Of Directors. Any Officer may resign as such at any
|
||
time. Any Officer may be removed as such, with or without Cause, by the
|
||
Board Of Directors. Designation of an Officer shall not, in and of
|
||
itself, create contract rights. The initial Officers of the Company are:
|
||
Charles N Wyble, CEO; and Patti A Wyble, CFO.
|
||
|
||
4.5 Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses; Insurance. To the
|
||
fullest extent permitted by law, and subject to the limitations set
|
||
forth in this Section, and with, in each case, the Board Of Directors
|
||
prior approval: (a) the Series shall indemnify each Series Manager or
|
||
Member for the entirety of any Adverse Consequences that a Series
|
||
Manager, or Member may suffer including, but not limited to, any
|
||
Manager, or Member who, is to be made a party to any pending or
|
||
completed action, suit or proceeding ("**Proceeding**"), any appeal
|
||
therein, or any inquiry or investigation preliminary thereto, solely by
|
||
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Manager, Member and was
|
||
acting within scope of duties or under the authority of the Series and
|
||
was not in breach of agreements or violating fiduciary responsibility;
|
||
(b) the Series shall pay a Manager or Member for expenses incurred by
|
||
him or her (1) in advance of any deposition of a Proceeding to which
|
||
such Manager or Member is a party, and (2) in connection with his or her
|
||
appearance as a witness or other participation in any Proceeding. Such
|
||
indemnification shall also include counsel fees. The Series may
|
||
indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or agent of the Series to
|
||
the same extent and subject to the same conditions under which it may
|
||
indemnify and advance expenses to the Manager or Members under the
|
||
preceding sentence. The provisions of this Section shall not be
|
||
exclusive of any other right under any law, provision of the Certificate
|
||
or this Agreement, or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
|
||
indemnity shall not apply to actions constituting gross negligence,
|
||
willful misconduct or bad faith, or involving a material or fiduciary
|
||
breach of this Agreement or the duties set forth herein, which breach,
|
||
in the Series Manager's reasonable opinion, causes a substantial loss to
|
||
the Series, but shall apply to actions constituting simple negligence.
|
||
The Series may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any
|
||
Manager, Member, employee or agent of the Series, whether or not the
|
||
Series would have the power to indemnify such Person under this Section.
|
||
This indemnification obligation shall be limited to the assets of the
|
||
Series, and no Member shall be required to make a Capital Contribution
|
||
in respect thereof.
|
||
|
||
**5.Accounts and Records.**
|
||
|
||
5.1 Records and Accounting; Reports; Fiscal Affairs. Proper and complete
|
||
records and books of accounting of the business of the Company,
|
||
including a list of names, addresses and interests of all Members, shall
|
||
be maintained under the direction of the Board Of Directors at the
|
||
Company's principal place of business. Each Member or his or her duly
|
||
authorized representative may examine the books of account of the
|
||
Company records, reports and other papers regarding the business and
|
||
financial condition of the Company, make copies and extracts therefrom
|
||
at such Member's expense, and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts
|
||
of the Company with independent public accountants of the Company, all
|
||
at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested.
|
||
|
||
The books and records of the Company shall be kept on a cash basis in
|
||
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
|
||
consistent basis, and in all events shall conform with Generally
|
||
Accepted Accounting Policies and Procedures.
|
||
|
||
5.2 Fiscal Year End. The fiscal year end of the Company shall be
|
||
December 31.
|
||
|
||
5.3 Keeper of the Books. At all times during the term of existence of
|
||
the Company, and beyond that term if deemed by Board Of Directors to be
|
||
necessary, the CFO shall keep or cause to be kept the books of accounts
|
||
referred to in Section 5.1 (Records and Accounting), and the following:
|
||
|
||
\(a\) A current list of the full name and last known business or
|
||
residence address of each Member and each Series, together with the
|
||
Capital Contribution and the share in Profits and Losses of each Member;
|
||
|
||
\(b\) A copy of the Certificate of Formation, as amended;
|
||
|
||
\(c\) Executed counterparts of this Agreement, as amended;
|
||
|
||
\(d\) Executed Supplements and Consents, if any;
|
||
|
||
\(e\) Separate and distinct records for each Series and all Series
|
||
Investments and other assets, Series Members, Series Sharing Ratios, and
|
||
the Membership Interests attributable to each Series in accordance with
|
||
the provisions of the BOC. The separate books and records kept for each
|
||
Series shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions of this
|
||
Section.
|
||
|
||
\(f\) Any powers of attorney under which the Company takes action;
|
||
|
||
\(g\) Copies of the Company\'s federal, state, and local income tax or
|
||
information returns and reports, if any, for the six (6) most recent
|
||
taxable years;
|
||
|
||
\(h\) Financial statements of the Company for the six (6) most recent
|
||
fiscal years; and
|
||
|
||
\(i\) All Company records as they relate to the Company\'s internal
|
||
affairs for the current and past four (4) fiscal years.
|
||
|
||
5.4 Member Examination of Records. Each Member, at its expense and under
|
||
the circumstance and conditions set forth in the BOC, may at all
|
||
reasonable times during usual business hours, audit, examine and make
|
||
copies of account records, files and bank statements of the Company
|
||
applicable to each Series of which it is a Series Member. Such right may
|
||
be exercised by any Member or by its designated agents or employees.
|
||
|
||
5.5 Bank Accounts. All funds of the Company shall be deposited in one or
|
||
more accounts with one or more recognized financial institutions in the
|
||
name of the Company, at such locations as shall be determined by the
|
||
Board Of Directors and CFO. Withdrawal from such accounts shall require
|
||
the signature of such Person or Persons as the Board Of Directors and
|
||
Series Manager jointly designate.
|
||
|
||
5.6 Members' Tax Requirements. Within sixty (60) days after the end of
|
||
each taxable year, the Company shall forward to each Member all
|
||
information necessary for the Members to complete their federal and
|
||
state income tax or information returns, and a copy of the Company\'s
|
||
federal, state, and local income tax or information returns for such
|
||
year.
|
||
|
||
**6.Capital Contributions and Finance**
|
||
|
||
6.1 Membership Records. The name and business address, Capital
|
||
Contributions, and Percentage Interest of each of the Members is set
|
||
forth in Schedule 1.
|
||
|
||
6.2 Capital Contribution. The Board Of Directors and Series Manager
|
||
shall determine if Capital Contributions are required to enable a Series
|
||
to invest in any Investment Entity or to operate its business. No Member
|
||
shall have any obligation to make any Capital Contribution.
|
||
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Management Series members or Series
|
||
Managers, in their sole and absolute discretion, may at any time elect
|
||
to fund or not fund further Capital Contributions with respect to the
|
||
Company or any Investment, Investment Entity, or Series without any
|
||
liability whatsoever to the Company or any Member, even if such failure
|
||
to contribute results in the loss of any opportunity or the forfeiture
|
||
of any Investment or interest in any Investment Entity, or results in
|
||
any other penalty or liability.
|
||
|
||
6.3 Return of Contributions. Except as expressly provided herein, no
|
||
Member shall be entitled to the return of any part of its Capital
|
||
Contributions, to be paid interest in respect of either its Capital
|
||
Account or any Capital Contribution made by it or paid for the fair
|
||
market value of its Membership Interest upon withdrawal or otherwise.
|
||
Unrepaid Capital Contributions shall not be a liability of the Company,
|
||
any Series or of any Member. No Member shall be required to contribute
|
||
or lend any cash or property to the Company or any Series to enable the
|
||
Company or Series to return any Member's Capital Contributions.
|
||
|
||
6.4 Member Guaranties.No Member shall undertake to guarantee or
|
||
otherwise become liable for any obligation of the Company, or any
|
||
obligation in respect of a Series or an Investment Entity.
|
||
|
||
**7. Investments.**
|
||
|
||
7.1 Investments. All Investments by any Series shall be made on such
|
||
terms and conditions as the Series Manager and Members may determine.
|
||
|
||
**8. Distributions.**
|
||
|
||
8.1 Distributions in General. From time to time, but not less often than
|
||
monthly, the Manager and CFO shall determine (i) the amount, if any, by
|
||
which the Company's funds then on hand exceed the Reserve Amount (such
|
||
excess being referred to herein as "**Excess Funds**"), and (ii) the
|
||
Series from which such Excess Funds have been derived. Excess Funds
|
||
shall be distributed to the Members as provided in Section 8.2 and
|
||
Section 8.3.
|
||
|
||
8.2 Temporary Distributions. If the Board Of Directors, CEO and CFO
|
||
determines that there are Excess Funds subject to distribution but that
|
||
additional Capital Contributions will be required on the part of the
|
||
Management Series for future Company or Series needs within the next two
|
||
(2) calendar month period, then the Board Of Directors, CEO and CFO may
|
||
elect to make temporary distributions of such Excess Funds to the
|
||
Management Series which distributions shall have the effect of reducing
|
||
the amount of Capital Contributions outstanding on the part of the
|
||
Management Series, as applicable. If any such distributions have not
|
||
been returned by the Management Series, as applicable, by way of making
|
||
Capital Contributions to the Company or Series as applicable within
|
||
twelve (12) full calendar months following the date of such distribution
|
||
(or, if sooner, upon the dissolution, liquidation, and termination of
|
||
the Company or Series), then the Management Series, as applicable, shall
|
||
return the amount so distributed to them pursuant to this Section as
|
||
Capital Contributions.
|
||
|
||
8.3 Distributions to Members.(a) Not later than the 15th day of each
|
||
calendar month, the Excess Funds derived from the business and
|
||
operations of each Series (the "**Source Series**") shall be distributed
|
||
as follows:
|
||
|
||
\(1\) First, to the Management Series in return of their unreturned
|
||
Capital Contributions made to the Source Series, in proportion to the
|
||
unpaid balances thereof;
|
||
|
||
\(2\) Next to the Series Members of the Source Series in accordance with
|
||
their Sharing Ratios therein.
|
||
|
||
8.4 Withholding. The Company may withhold distributions or portions
|
||
thereof if it is required to do so by any applicable rule, regulation,
|
||
or law, and each Member hereby authorizes the Company to withhold from
|
||
or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Member any amount of
|
||
federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the Board Of Directors, CEO
|
||
and CFO reasonably determines that the Company is required to withhold
|
||
or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocatable to such
|
||
Member pursuant to this Agreement. Any amounts so paid or withheld with
|
||
respect to a Member pursuant to this Section shall be treated as having
|
||
been distributed to such Member and shall reduce any amounts otherwise
|
||
distributable to such Member (either currently or in the future)
|
||
pursuant to Section 8.3 (Distribution to Members) or Section 10
|
||
(Dissolution).
|
||
|
||
**9. Capital Accounts, Allocations and Tax Matters.**
|
||
|
||
9.1 Federal Tax Items. Items of income, gain, deduction, loss, credit
|
||
and all other federal tax items shall be allocated to the Members as
|
||
provided in Schedule 9 or in any applicable Supplement.
|
||
|
||
**10. Withdrawal, Dissolution, Liquidation and Termination.**
|
||
|
||
10.1 Dissolution, Liquidation, and Termination Generally.
|
||
|
||
\(a\) The Company shall be dissolved upon the first to occur of any of
|
||
the following:
|
||
|
||
\(1\) The sale or disposition of all assets of the Company and the
|
||
receipt, in cash, of all consideration therefor, and the determination
|
||
of the Board Of Directors and all Series Managers and Series Members not
|
||
to continue the business of the Company directly or through an
|
||
Investment Entity;
|
||
|
||
\(2\) The occurrence of any event which, as a matter of law, requires
|
||
that the Company be dissolved.
|
||
|
||
\(b\) Any Series of the Company shall be dissolved upon the first to
|
||
occur of any of the following:
|
||
|
||
\(1\) The sale or disposition of all assets of the Series and the
|
||
receipt, in cash, of all consideration therefor, and the determination
|
||
of the Board Of Directors and Series Manager not to continue the
|
||
business of the Series directly or through an Investment Entity;
|
||
|
||
\(2\) The determination of the Series Manager and all series members to
|
||
dissolve the Series; and
|
||
|
||
\(3\) The occurrence of any event which as a matter of law requires that
|
||
the Series be dissolved.
|
||
|
||
10.2 Liquidation and Termination. Upon dissolution of the Company or a
|
||
Series such Person as the Board Of Directors may designate shall act as
|
||
liquidator. The liquidator shall proceed diligently to wind up the
|
||
affairs of the applicable Company or Series and make final distributions
|
||
as provided herein. The costs of liquidation shall be a Company or
|
||
Series expense, as applicable. Until final distribution, the liquidator
|
||
shall continue to operate the Company or Series with all of the power
|
||
and authority of the Board Of Directors or Series Manager, as applicable
|
||
hereunder. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as
|
||
follows:
|
||
|
||
\(a\) as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final
|
||
liquidation, the liquidator shall cause a proper accounting to be made
|
||
by a firm of certified public liquidator, which shall cause a proper
|
||
accounting to be made by a firm of certified public accountants
|
||
acceptable to the Board Of Directors of the applicable Company's or
|
||
Series' assets, liabilities, and operations through the last day of the
|
||
calendar month in which the dissolution shall occur or the final
|
||
liquidation shall be completed, as applicable;
|
||
|
||
\(b\) the liquidator shall cause the applicable Company or Series to
|
||
satisfy all of the debts and liabilities of said Company or Series and
|
||
(whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment
|
||
thereof); and
|
||
|
||
\(c\) all remaining assets of the Company or Series shall be distributed
|
||
to the Members or applicable Series Members as follows:
|
||
|
||
\(1\) the liquidator may sell any or all applicable Company or Series
|
||
property and the sum of (A) any resulting gain or loss from each sale
|
||
plus (B) the fair market value of such property that has not been sold
|
||
shall be determined and (notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9
|
||
(Capital Accounts)) income, gain, loss, and deduction inherent in such
|
||
property (that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts
|
||
previously) shall be allocated among the Members to the extent possible
|
||
to cause the Capital Account balance of each Member to equal the amount
|
||
distributable to such Member under Section 10.2(c)(2); and
|
||
|
||
\(2\) Company or Series property as applicable shall be distributed to
|
||
the Members as provided in Section 8.3 (Distribution to Members).
|
||
|
||
10.3 Deficit Capital Accounts. No Member shall be required to pay to the
|
||
Company, Series, to any other Member or to any third party any deficit
|
||
balance which may exist from time to time in the Member's Capital
|
||
Account.
|
||
|
||
10.4 Cancellation of Certificate. In the case of the dissolution,
|
||
liquidation and termination of the Company, on completion of the
|
||
distribution of Company assets, the Board Of Directors (or such other
|
||
person as the BOC may require or permit) shall file a Certificate of
|
||
Cancellation with the Secretary of State of Texas, cancel any other
|
||
filings made pursuant to Section 2.5 (Qualification in Other
|
||
Jurisdictions) and take such other actions as may be necessary to
|
||
terminate the existence of the Company. In the case of the dissolution,
|
||
liquidation and termination of a Series, the Manager shall file such
|
||
certificates as may be required by the BOC or other law in respect
|
||
thereof.
|
||
|
||
**11.Arbitration**
|
||
|
||
Any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of or relating to this
|
||
Agreement, shall be settled by binding arbitration in Austin TX. Such
|
||
arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the then prevailing
|
||
commercial arbitration rules of American Arbitration Association
|
||
("**AAA**"), with the following exceptions if in conflict: (a) one
|
||
arbitrator shall be chosen by the AAA (the "**Arbitrator**"); (b) each
|
||
party to the arbitration will pay its pro rata share of the expenses and
|
||
fees of the arbitrator, together with other expenses of the arbitration
|
||
incurred or approved by the Arbitrator; and (c) arbitration may proceed
|
||
in the absence of any party if written notice (pursuant to the
|
||
Arbitrator's rules and regulations) of the proceeding has been given to
|
||
such party. The parties agree to abide by all decisions and awards
|
||
rendered in such proceedings. Such decisions and awards rendered by the
|
||
arbitrator shall be final and conclusive and may be entered in any court
|
||
having jurisdiction thereof as a basis of judgment and of the issuance
|
||
of execution for its collection. All such controversies, claims or
|
||
disputes shall be settled in this manner in lieu of any action at law or
|
||
equity, provided however, that nothing in this subsection shall be
|
||
construed as precluding bringing an action for injunctive relief or
|
||
other equitable relief. The Arbitrator shall not have the right to award
|
||
punitive damages or speculative damages to either party and shall not
|
||
have the power to amend this Agreement. IF FOR ANY REASON THIS
|
||
ARBITRATION CLAUSE BECOMES NOT APPLICABLE, THEN EACH PARTY, TO THE
|
||
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
|
||
ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY AS TO ANY ISSUE RELATING HERETO IN ANY
|
||
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
|
||
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER MATTER INVOLVING THE PARTIES HERETO.
|
||
|
||
**12.Miscellaneous.**
|
||
|
||
12.1 Notices. All notices provided for or permitted to be given pursuant
|
||
to this Agreement must be in writing and shall be given or served by (a)
|
||
depositing the same in the United States mail addressed to the party to
|
||
be notified, postpaid and certified with return receipt requested, (b)
|
||
by delivering such notice in person to such party, or (c) by facsimile.
|
||
All notices are to be sent to or made at the addresses set forth on the
|
||
signature pages hereto. All notices given in accordance with this
|
||
Agreement shall be effective upon delivery at the address of the
|
||
addressee. By giving written notice thereof, each Member shall have the
|
||
right from time to time to change its address pursuant hereto.
|
||
|
||
12.2 Governing Law. This Agreement and the obligations of the Members
|
||
hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
|
||
the State of Texas, excluding any conflicts of law rule or principle
|
||
which might refer such construction to the laws of another state or
|
||
country.
|
||
|
||
12.3 Entireties; Amendments. This Agreement and its exhibits constitute
|
||
the entire agreement between the Members relative to the formation of
|
||
the Company. Except as otherwise provided herein, no amendments to this
|
||
Agreement shall be binding upon any Member unless set forth in a
|
||
document duly executed by such Member.
|
||
|
||
12.4 Waiver. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by any Member of
|
||
any breach or default by any other Member in the performance by the
|
||
other Member of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed
|
||
to be a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the
|
||
performance by such other Member of the same or any other obligation
|
||
hereunder. Failure on the part of any Member to complain of any act or
|
||
to declare any other Member in default, irrespective of how long such
|
||
failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver of rights hereunder.
|
||
|
||
12.5 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application
|
||
thereof to any Person or circumstances shall be invalid or unenforceable
|
||
to any extent, and such invalidity or unenforceability does not destroy
|
||
the basis of the bargain between the parties, then the remainder of this
|
||
Agreement and the application of such provisions to other Persons or
|
||
circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the
|
||
greatest extent permitted by law.
|
||
|
||
12.6 Ownership of Property and Right of Partition. A Member's interest
|
||
in the Company shall be personal property for all purposes. No Member
|
||
shall have any right to partition the property owned by the Company.
|
||
|
||
12.7 Captions, References. Pronouns, wherever used herein, and of
|
||
whatever gender, shall include natural persons and corporations and
|
||
associations of every kind and character, and the singular shall include
|
||
the plural wherever and as often as may be appropriate. Article and
|
||
section headings are for convenience of reference and shall not affect
|
||
the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the terms
|
||
"hereof," "hereby," "herein," or words of similar import are used in
|
||
this Agreement they shall be construed as referring to this Agreement in
|
||
its entirety rather than to a particular section or provision, unless
|
||
the context specifically indicates to the contrary. Any reference to a
|
||
particular "Article" or a "Section" shall be construed as referring to
|
||
the indicated article or section of this Agreement unless the context
|
||
indicates to the contrary.
|
||
|
||
12.8 Involvement of Members in Certain Proceedings. Should any Member
|
||
become involved in legal proceedings unrelated to the Company's business
|
||
in which the Company is required to provide books, records, an
|
||
accounting, or other information, then such Member shall indemnify the
|
||
Company from all expenses incurred in conjunction therewith.
|
||
|
||
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound
|
||
hereby, has duly executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of
|
||
the date and year first aforesaid.
|
||
|
||
**13. Board Of Directors**
|
||
|
||
The Board Of Directors shall be elected yearly by the LLC membership.
|
||
|
||
The initial directors shall be:
|
||
|
||
Shawn Robinson
|
||
|
||
Aaron Wolf
|
||
|
||
The initial term shall be from 01/01/2018 to 01/01/2019
|
||
|
||
The board shall be governed by the charter.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Turn Net Systems
|
||
|
||
TX Series LLC Operating Agreement
|
||
|
||
**Schedule 9**
|
||
|
||
**Capital Accounts, Allocations and Tax Matters**
|
||
|
||
**1. Definitions.** The following terms shall have the following
|
||
meanings:
|
||
|
||
\(a\) "**Adjusted Capital Account**" means, with respect to a Member,
|
||
such Member's Capital Account as of the end of each fiscal year, as the
|
||
same is specially computed to reflect the adjustments required or
|
||
permitted to be taken into account in applying Regulations Section
|
||
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)*(d)* (including adjustments for Partnership Minimum
|
||
Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain).
|
||
|
||
\(b\) "**Adjusted Capital Account Deficit**" means, for each Member, the
|
||
deficit balance, if any, in that Member's Adjusted Capital Account.
|
||
|
||
\(c\) "**Capital Account**" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
|
||
2.
|
||
|
||
\(d\) "**Code**" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
|
||
from time to time, and any corresponding provisions of succeeding law.
|
||
|
||
\(e\) "**Depreciation**" means, for each taxable year or other period,
|
||
an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery
|
||
deduction allowable with respect to an asset for the year or other
|
||
period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from
|
||
its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of
|
||
the year or other period, Depreciation will be an amount which bears the
|
||
same ratio to the beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax
|
||
depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for the year
|
||
or other period bears to the beginning adjusted tax basis, provided that
|
||
if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost
|
||
recovery deduction for the year or other period is zero, Depreciation
|
||
will be determined with reference to the beginning Gross Asset Value
|
||
using any reasonable method selected by the Manager .
|
||
|
||
\(f\) "**Gross Asset Value**" has the meaning assigned to it in Section
|
||
3.
|
||
|
||
\(g\) "**Partner Nonrecourse Debt**" has the meaning assigned to it in
|
||
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(4) and 1.752-2.
|
||
|
||
\(h\) "**Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain**" has the meaning
|
||
assigned to it in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
|
||
|
||
\(i\) "**Partner Nonrecourse Deductions**" has the meaning assigned to
|
||
it in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
|
||
|
||
\(j\) "**Partnership Minimum Gain**" has the meaning assigned to it in
|
||
Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
|
||
|
||
\(k\) "**Profits**" and "**Losses**" mean, for each taxable year or
|
||
other period, an amount equal to the Company's (including all Series')
|
||
taxable income or loss for the year or other period determined in
|
||
accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (including all items of
|
||
income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately under
|
||
Section 703(a)(1) of the Code), with the following adjustments:
|
||
|
||
\(1\) Any income that is exempt from federal income tax and not
|
||
otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses will be
|
||
added to taxable income or loss;
|
||
|
||
\(2\) Any expenditures described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated
|
||
as Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures under Regulations Section
|
||
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)*(i)*, and not otherwise taken into account in
|
||
computing Profits or Losses, will be subtracted from taxable income or
|
||
loss;
|
||
|
||
(3)Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect
|
||
to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes will
|
||
be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property,
|
||
notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of the property differs from
|
||
its Gross Asset Value;
|
||
|
||
\(4\) In lieu of depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery
|
||
deductions taken into account in computing taxable income or loss, there
|
||
will be taken into account Depreciation for the taxable year or other
|
||
period;
|
||
|
||
\(5\) Any items which are specially allocated under Sections 4(b), 4(c)
|
||
or 4(d) will not affect calculations of Profits or Losses; and
|
||
|
||
\(6\) If the Gross Asset Value of any asset is adjusted under Sections
|
||
3(b) or 3(c), the adjustment will be taken into account as gain or loss
|
||
from disposition of the asset for purposes of computing Profits or
|
||
Losses.
|
||
|
||
\(l\) "**Regulations**" means the regulations promulgated by the United
|
||
States Department of the Treasury pursuant to and in respect of
|
||
provisions of the Code. All references herein to sections of the
|
||
Regulations shall include any corresponding provisions of succeeding,
|
||
similar, substitute proposed or final Regulations.
|
||
|
||
\(m\) "**Regulatory Allocations**" has the meaning assigned to it in
|
||
Section 4(c).
|
||
|
||
**2. Capital Accounts.**
|
||
|
||
\(a\) Establishment and Maintenance. A separate capital account will be
|
||
maintained for each Member (each capital account maintained for a Member
|
||
is herein called a "**Capital Account**"). The Capital Accounts of each
|
||
Member will be determined and adjusted (with all calculations being made
|
||
on an individual basis) as follows:
|
||
|
||
\(1\) Each Member's Capital Account will be credited with the Member's
|
||
Capital Contributions, the Member's distributive share of Profits, any
|
||
items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated to
|
||
the Member under Sections 4(b) or 4(c), and the amount of any Company
|
||
liabilities that are assumed by the Member or secured by any Company
|
||
property distributed to the Member;
|
||
|
||
\(2\) Each Member's Capital Account will be debited with the amount of
|
||
cash and the Gross Asset Value of any Company property distributed to
|
||
the Member under any provision of this Agreement, the Member's
|
||
distributive share of Losses, any items in the nature of deduction or
|
||
loss that are specially allocated to the Member under Section 4(b) or
|
||
4(c), and the amount of any liabilities of the Member assumed by the
|
||
Company or which are secured by any property contributed by the Member
|
||
to the Company;
|
||
|
||
\(3\) If any interest in the Company is transferred in accordance with
|
||
the terms of this Agreement, the transferee will succeed to the Capital
|
||
Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the transferred
|
||
interest.
|
||
|
||
\(b\) Modifications by Manager. The provisions of this Section and the
|
||
other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of
|
||
Capital Accounts have been included in this Agreement to comply with
|
||
Section 704(b) of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder
|
||
and will be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with those
|
||
provisions. The Manager may modify the manner in which the Capital
|
||
Accounts are maintained under this Section to comply with those
|
||
provisions, as well as upon the occurrence of events that might
|
||
otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with those provisions;
|
||
however, without the unanimous consent of all Members, the Manager may
|
||
not make any modification to the way Capital Accounts are maintained if
|
||
such modification would have the effect of changing the amount of
|
||
distributions to which any Member would be entitled during the
|
||
operation, or upon the liquidation, of the Company.
|
||
|
||
**3. Adjustment of Gross Asset Value.** "**Gross Asset Value**", with
|
||
respect to any asset, is the adjusted basis of that asset for federal
|
||
income tax purposes, except as follows:
|
||
|
||
\(a\) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed (or deemed
|
||
contributed under Code Sections 704(b) and 752 and the Regulations
|
||
promulgated thereunder) by a Member to the Company will be the fair
|
||
market value of the asset on the date of the contribution, as determined
|
||
by the Manager;
|
||
|
||
\(b\) The Gross Asset Values of all Company assets will be adjusted to
|
||
equal the respective fair market values of the assets, as determined by
|
||
the Manager, as of (1) the acquisition of an additional interest in the
|
||
Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de
|
||
minimis capital contribution, (2) the distribution by the Company to a
|
||
Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company property as
|
||
consideration for an interest in the Company if an adjustment is
|
||
necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of
|
||
the Members in the Company, and (3) the liquidation of the Company
|
||
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);
|
||
|
||
\(c\) The Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any
|
||
Member will be the gross fair market value of the asset on the date of
|
||
distribution;
|
||
|
||
\(d\) The Gross Asset Values of Company assets will be increased or
|
||
decreased to reflect any adjustment to the adjusted basis of the assets
|
||
under Code Section 734(b) or 743(b), but only to the extent that the
|
||
adjustment is taken into account in determining Capital Accounts under
|
||
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)*(m)*, provided that Gross Asset
|
||
Values will not be adjusted under this Section 3 to the extent that the
|
||
Manager determines that an adjustment under Section 3.(b) is necessary
|
||
or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise
|
||
result in an adjustment under this Section 3.(d);
|
||
|
||
\(e\) After the Gross Asset Value of any asset has been determined or
|
||
adjusted under Sections 3.(a), 3.(b) or 3.(d), Gross Asset Value will be
|
||
adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to the
|
||
asset for purposes of computing Profits or Losses.
|
||
|
||
**4. Profits, Losses and Distributive Shares of Tax Items.**
|
||
|
||
\(a\) Allocations of Profits and Losses. Except as otherwise provided in
|
||
this Agreement, and after taking into account any allocations under
|
||
Sections 4.(b) and 4.(c), Profits and Losses of the Company (including
|
||
all Series) shall be allocated among the Members in a manner such that
|
||
the Capital Account of each Member, immediately after making such
|
||
allocation, is, as nearly as possible, equal (proportionately) to (i)
|
||
the distributions that would be made to such Member pursuant to Section
|
||
8.3 if the Company were dissolved, its affairs wound up and its assets
|
||
(including all Series assets) sold for cash equal to their Gross Asset
|
||
Value, all Company liabilities (including all Series liabilities) were
|
||
satisfied (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the
|
||
Gross Asset Value of the assets securing such liability), and the net
|
||
assets of the Company (and all Series) were distributed in accordance
|
||
with Section 8.3 and to the Members immediately after making such
|
||
allocation, minus (ii) such Member's share of Partnership Minimum Gain
|
||
and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, computed immediately prior to
|
||
the hypothetical sale of assets.
|
||
|
||
\(b\) Special Allocations. The following special allocations will be
|
||
made in the following order and priority before the allocations of
|
||
Profits and Losses under Section 4(a):
|
||
|
||
\(1\) Partnership Minimum Gain Chargeback. If there is a net decrease in
|
||
Partnership Minimum Gain during any taxable year or other period for
|
||
which allocations are made, before any other allocation under this
|
||
Agreement, each Member will be specially allocated items of Company
|
||
income and gain for that period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods)
|
||
in proportion to, and to the extent of, an amount equal to such Member's
|
||
share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during such year
|
||
determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2). The
|
||
items to be allocated will be determined in accordance with Regulations
|
||
Section 1.704-2(g). This Section is intended to comply with the
|
||
Partnership Minimum Gain chargeback requirements of the Regulations,
|
||
will be interpreted consistently with the Regulations and will be
|
||
subject to all exceptions provided therein.
|
||
|
||
\(2\) Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding
|
||
any other provision of this Section 4 (other than Section 4.(b)(1) which
|
||
shall be applied first), if there is a net decrease in Partner
|
||
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt
|
||
during any taxable year or other period for which allocations are made,
|
||
any Member with a share of such Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
|
||
(determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5)) as of the beginning
|
||
of the year will be specially allocated items of Company income and gain
|
||
for that period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in an amount
|
||
equal to such Member's share of the net decrease in the Partner
|
||
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain during such year determined in accordance
|
||
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2). The items to be so allocated
|
||
will be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g).
|
||
This Section 4.(b)(2) is intended to comply with the Partner Nonrecourse
|
||
Debt Minimum Gain chargeback requirements of the Regulations, will be
|
||
interpreted consistently with the Regulations and will be subject to all
|
||
exceptions provided therein.
|
||
|
||
\(3\) Qualified Income Offset. A Member who unexpectedly receives any
|
||
adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Regulations Sections
|
||
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) will be specially allocated items of
|
||
Company income and gain in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate,
|
||
to the extent required by the Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account
|
||
Deficit of the Member as quickly as possible.
|
||
|
||
\(4\) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable
|
||
year or other period for which allocations are made will be allocated
|
||
among the Members in proportion to their respective Series Sharing
|
||
Ratios for the Series obligated on the nonrecourse liabilities giving
|
||
rise to the Nonrecourse Deductions.
|
||
|
||
\(5\) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Notwithstanding anything to the
|
||
contrary in this Agreement, any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any
|
||
taxable year or other period for which allocations are made will be
|
||
allocated to the Member who bears the economic risk of loss with respect
|
||
to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which the Partner Nonrecourse
|
||
Deductions are attributable in accordance with Regulations Section
|
||
1.704-2(i).
|
||
|
||
\(6\) Code Section 754 Adjustments. To the extent an adjustment to the
|
||
adjusted tax basis of any Company asset under Code Sections 734(b) or
|
||
743(b) is required to be taken into account in determining Capital
|
||
Accounts under Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), the amount of
|
||
the adjustment to the Capital Accounts will be treated as an item of
|
||
gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if
|
||
the adjustment decreases the basis), and the gain or loss will be
|
||
specially allocated to the Members in a manner consistent with the
|
||
manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted under
|
||
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2(iv)(m).
|
||
|
||
\(c\) Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in Section 4.(b)
|
||
(the "**Regulatory Allocations**") are intended to comply with certain
|
||
requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. The
|
||
Regulatory Allocations may effect results which would be inconsistent
|
||
with the manner in which the Members intend to divide Company
|
||
distributions. Accordingly, the Manager is authorized to divide other
|
||
allocations of Profits, Losses, and other items among the Members, to
|
||
the extent that they exist, so that the net amount of the Regulatory
|
||
Allocations and the special allocations to each Member is zero. The
|
||
Manager will have discretion to accomplish this result in any reasonable
|
||
manner that is consistent with Code Section 704 and the related
|
||
Regulations.
|
||
|
||
\(d\) Tax Allocations---Code Section 704(c). For federal, state and
|
||
local income tax purposes, Company income, gain, loss, deduction or
|
||
expense (or any item thereof) for each fiscal year shall be allocated to
|
||
and among the Members to reflect the allocations made pursuant to the
|
||
provisions of this Section 4 for such fiscal year. In accordance with
|
||
Code Section 704(c) and the related Regulations, income, gain, loss and
|
||
deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the
|
||
Company, solely for tax purposes, will be allocated among the Members so
|
||
as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis to the
|
||
Company of the property for federal income tax purposes and the initial
|
||
Gross Asset Value of the property (computed in accordance with Section
|
||
3). If the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted under
|
||
Section 3(b), subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction
|
||
with respect to that asset will take account of any variation between
|
||
the adjusted basis of the asset for federal income tax purposes and its
|
||
Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and
|
||
the related Regulations. Any elections or other decisions relating to
|
||
allocations under this Section will be made in any manner that the
|
||
Manager determines reasonably reflects the purpose and intention of this
|
||
Agreement. Allocations under this Section are solely for purposes of
|
||
federal, state and local taxes and will not affect, or in any way be
|
||
taken into account in computing, any Member's Capital Account or share
|
||
of Profits, Losses or other items or distributions under any provision
|
||
of this Agreement.
|
||
|
||
\(e\) Members Bound. Members shall be bound by the provisions of this
|
||
Section in reporting their shares of Company income and loss for income
|
||
tax purposes.
|
||
|
||
**5. Tax Returns.** The Manager shall cause to be prepared and filed all
|
||
necessary federal and state income tax returns for the Company,
|
||
including making the elections described in Section 6 (Tax
|
||
Elections).Each Member shall furnish to the Manager all pertinent
|
||
information in its possession relating to Company operations that is
|
||
necessary to enable such income tax returns to be prepared and filed.
|
||
|
||
**6. Tax Elections.** The following elections shall be made on the
|
||
appropriate returns of the Company:
|
||
|
||
\(a\) to adopt the calendar year as the Company's fiscal year;
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\(b\) to keep the Company's books and records on the income-tax method;
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\(c\) if there is a distribution of Company property as described in
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section 734 of the Code or if there is a transfer of a Company interest
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as described in section 743 of the Code, upon written request of any
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Member, to elect, pursuant to section 754 of the Code, to adjust the
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||
basis of Company properties; and
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\(d\) to elect to amortize the organizational expenses of the Company
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ratably over a period of sixty (60) months as permitted by section
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709(b) of the Code.
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No election shall be made by the Company or any Member to be excluded
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from the application of the provisions of subchapter K of chapter 1 of
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subtitle A of the Code or any similar provisions of applicable state
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||
laws.
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**7. Tax Matters Member.** The Manager shall be the "**tax matters
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partner**" of the Company pursuant to section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. As
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tax matters partner, such Member shall take such action as may be
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necessary to cause each other Member to become a "**notice partner**"
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within the meaning of section 6223 of the Code. Such Member shall inform
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each other Member of all significant matters that may come to its
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||
attention in its capacity as tax matters partner by giving notice
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thereof within ten days after becoming aware thereof and, within such
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||
time, shall forward to each other Member copies of all significant
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written communications it may receive in such capacity. Such Member
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shall not take any action contemplated by sections 6222 through 6232 of
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the Code without the consent of the Manager. This provision is not
|
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intended to authorize such Member to take any action left to the
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||
determination of an individual Member under sections 6222 through 6232
|
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of the Code.
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**8. Allocations on Transfer of Interests.** The Company income, gain,
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loss or deduction allocable to any Member in respect of any interest in
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the Company which may have been transferred shall be allocated during
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such year based upon an interim closing of the Company's books as
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described in the first sentence of Treasury Regulations §
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1.706-1(c)(2)(ii), taking into account the actual results of Company
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operations during the portion of the year in which such Member was the
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owner thereof, and the date, amount and recipient of any distribution
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||
which may have been made with respect to such interest.
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