Exhibit 4.2
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED
OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
RURAL HOSPITAL ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
(an
Oklahoma limited liability company)
Dated as of October 30, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Formation |
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Name |
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Agent and Principal Office |
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Term |
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Business |
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| ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS |
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| ARTICLE III. UNITS |
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Issuance |
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Rights of the Voting Units |
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Rights of the Non-Voting Units |
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Redemption of Non-Voting Units |
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| ARTICLE IV. MEMBERSHIP |
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Members |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Securities Laws |
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Restrictions on Transfers of Company
Interests |
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Admission of Substitute Members |
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Rights of Assignees |
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Additional Members |
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Resignation or Withdrawal of a
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Disassociation of a Member |
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Rights of a Disassociated Member |
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No Authority as Agent |
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Interest in Property of the
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Information Rights |
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Voting Rights |
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Member Meetings |
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Adjournment |
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Waiver of Notice; Consent to
Meeting |
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Quorum |
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Vote by Proxy |
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Records of Meeting |
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| ARTICLE V. CONTRIBUTIONS TO
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Capital Contributions |
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Additional Capital Contributions;
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Capital Accounts |
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No Interest |
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No Withdrawal |
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Legal Tender |
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Prohibition |
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No Partition |
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Redemption |
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| ARTICLE VI. MANAGEMENT AND
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Generally |
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Removal of Managers and Term |
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Changes in Board Composition |
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Managers |
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Meetings of Managers |
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Additional Matters |
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Limitations on Powers of Members |
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Committees of Managers |
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Officers |
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No Management Fees |
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| ARTICLE VII. DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Distributions of Net Proceeds from
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Priority of Distributions of Net
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Tax Distributions |
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Restrictions on Distributions |
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Return of Distributions |
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No Other Withdrawals |
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In-Kind Distributions |
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Withholding on Distributions |
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Distributions and Capital
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| ARTICLE VIII. ALLOCATIONS |
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Percentage Interests |
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Allocation of Profits and Losses |
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Special Allocations |
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Curative Allocations |
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Tax Allocations: Code Section
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Other Allocation Rules |
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Changes in Percentage Interests |
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Treatment of Preferred Return
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| ARTICLE IX. BOOKS, RECORDS,
ACCOUNTING, AND REPORTS |
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Accounting |
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Financial Statements |
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Books and Records |
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Delivery to Members and
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Reliance on Books and Records |
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Tax Matters Partner |
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Tax Election |
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| ARTICLE X. LIABILITY, EXCULPATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE; COMPETING ACTIVITIES |
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Liability |
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Exculpation |
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Duties and Liabilities of Covered
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Indemnification |
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Expenses |
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Insurance |
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Competing Activities; Confidential
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Survival |
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| ARTICLE XI. DISSOLUTION AND
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Termination |
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Authority to Wind Up |
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Articles of Dissolution; Winding
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Distribution of Property |
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Capital Account Deficit |
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| ARTICLE XII. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS
REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF UNITS |
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Rights of First Refusal |
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Transfer Notice |
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Option Period |
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Member Purchase |
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Closing of Purchase |
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Transfer |
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| ARTICLE XIII. GENERAL
PROVISIONS |
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Notices |
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Captions |
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Usage |
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Further Actions |
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Binding Effect |
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Integration |
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Waiver |
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Counterparts |
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Applicable Law |
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Invalidity of Provisions |
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Consultation with Attorney(s) |
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No Third Party Beneficiary |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
RURAL HOSPITAL ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
This
Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (“ Agreement
”) of Rural Hospital Acquisition, L.L.C. (the “
Company ”), with its principal place of business at
2304 Old Farm Road, Oklahoma 73013, and the Members of the Company,
whose names and addresses, and types and number of Units of
ownership are shown on the attachment hereto, is effective as of
October 29, 2007 (the “ Effective Date ”).
The terms of said Agreement are as follows:
ARTICLE I
MATTER
1.1. Formation . The Company
was formed on April 24, 2007 as a limited liability company
under the Act, by the filing with the Secretary of State of the
State of Oklahoma (“Oklahoma Secretary of State”) of
Articles of Organization, as amended on October 29, 2007 by
the filing with the Oklahoma Secretary of State of Amended and
Restated Articles of Organization (as so amended and restated, the
“ Articles ”), a copy of which shall be
furnished to each Member.
1.2. Name . The name of the
Company shall be Rural Hospital Acquisition, L.L.C.
1.3. Agent and Principal
Office . The initial registered agent and the initial principal
office of the Company shall be as stated in the Articles.
1.4. Term . This Agreement,
when fully executed, shall be effective on the Effective Date. This
Agreement shall continue through the dissolution and the winding up
of the business of the Company.
1.5. Business . The purpose of
the Company’s formation is the transaction of any or all
lawful business for which limited liability companies may be
organized under the Act.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this
Article:
“ Accounting Period
” shall mean the Fiscal Year.
“ Act ” means the
Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act, Okla. Stat. Tit. 18,
§2000 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, and any
successor to such Act.
“ Additional Member
” shall mean any Person who has been admitted to all the
rights of a Member pursuant to Section 4.7 of this
Agreement.
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“ Adjusted Capital
Account ” means, with respect to any Member, the
Member’s Capital Account balance, increased by the amount, if
any, of such Member’s share of the Company Minimum Gain and
Member Minimum Gain.
“ Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit ” means, with respect to any Member, the deficit
balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account as of the
end of the relevant Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the
following adjustments:
(i) Credit
to such Capital Account any amounts which such Member is obligated
to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or is deemed
to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations section
1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(c), the penultimate sentence of Regulations
section 1.704-2(g)(1), or the penultimate sentence of Regulations
section 1.704-2(i)(5); and
(ii) Debit
to such Capital Account the items described in Regulations sections
1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
This definition of Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit is intended to comply with Regulations section
1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d) and must be interpreted consistently
therewith.
“ Affiliate ”
means any Person that is directly controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person. “Control” means either
(i) the possession of the power to directly cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through ownership of voting securities or by contract or
(ii) a direct equity interest of ten percent (10%) or more in
the Person.
“ Agreement ”
means this Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, as it may be
amended from time to time.
“ Articles ” has
the meaning given such term in Section 1.1 .
“ Assignee ” shall
mean a transferee of Units who has not been admitted as a
Substitute Member. An Assignee of Units shall have no right to vote
on, consent to, approve, or participate in the determination of any
matter, or to otherwise participate in the management of the
business and affairs of the Company or to become a Member. An
Assignee is only entitled to receive distributions and to be
allocated the Profit and Loss, as the case may be, attributable to
the Units transferred to the Assignee.
“ Bankruptcy ”
shall mean, with respect to any Person: (a) that a petition
has been filed by or against such Person as a “debtor”
and the adjudication of such Person as bankrupt under the
provisions of the bankruptcy laws of the United States of America
has commenced and, in the case of an involuntary bankruptcy, such
petition shall not have been dismissed within sixty (60) calendar
days from the date of filing; (b) that such Person has made an
assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally; (c) a
receiver has been appointed for substantially all of the property
and assets of such Person; or (d) the voluntary or involuntary
acceleration of any Indebtedness of such Person.
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“ Business Day ”
shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the State of Oklahoma are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
“ Capital Account
” shall mean, with respect to each Member, a separate account
established and maintained in accordance with
Section 5.3 .
“ Capital Contributions
” of a Member shall mean that amount of cash and/or the Gross
Asset Value of other property actually contributed by such Member
to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“ Change of Control
Transaction ” shall mean (a) a sale, lease or other
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,
(b) a reorganization, merger, or consolidation of the Company
with or into any other limited liability company or entity, or an
acquisition of the Company effected by an exchange of outstanding
securities of the Company, or a redemption or repurchase of the
outstanding Units issued by the Company (other than a redemption or
repurchase of Non-Voting Units pursuant to
Section 3.4.1 or Section 3.4.2 of this
Agreement), in which transaction the Company’s members
immediately prior to such transaction own immediately after such
transaction less than fifty percent (50%) of the equity securities
of the surviving limited liability company or entity (or its
parent), (c) any sale of voting control or other transaction
similar to those described in clause (b) above following which
the Company’s members immediately prior to such transaction
no longer hold effective control of the Company following such
transaction, whether through voting power, ownership, ability to
elect Managers, or otherwise or (d) liquidation, dissolution,
shut down, cessation of business, whether voluntary or involuntary,
or other winding up of the Company.
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as in effect from time
to time.
“ Company ” shall
have the meaning given to such term in the preamble.
“ Company Minimum Gain
” has the meaning set forth in Regulations section
1.704-2(d).
“ Confidential
Information ” shall have the meaning given to such term
in Section 10.7.3 .
“ Covered Person ”
shall mean (i) any Member, any Affiliate of a Member, any
officers, directors, trustees, shareholders, members, managers,
beneficiaries, partners, employees, representatives or agents of
the Company, any Member or their respective Affiliates, or
(ii) any Person who is elected to serve as a Manager.
“ Disassociated Member
” shall mean a Member who has ceased to be a Member as a
result of incapacity, death, divorce, Bankruptcy or Dissolution or
redemption by the Company of all such Member’s Units or
Transfer of all such Member’s Units.
“ Disassociated Purchase
Price ” shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 4.10 .
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“ Dissolution ” of
a Member which is not a natural person shall mean that such Member
has terminated its existence, whether partnership, limited
liability company or corporation, wound up its affairs and
dissolved; provided, however, that a change in the membership of
any Member that is a partnership or limited liability company shall
not be deemed or constitute a “Dissolution” hereunder,
whether or not the Member is deemed technically dissolved for
partnership or limited liability company law purposes, so long as
the business of the Member is continued.
“ Economic Interest
” shall mean the right to share in Profits and Losses
realized by the Company, or to receive distributions from, the
Company pursuant to this Agreement, but shall not include any other
rights of a Member, including, without limitation, the right to
vote or participate in management of the Company or, except as
required by the Act, to receive information concerning the
Company.
“Fiscal Year ”
means the 12 month period ending September 30 of each
year; provided that the last Fiscal Year will be the period
beginning on October 1 of the calendar year in which the final
liquidation and termination of the Company is completed and ending
on the date the final liquidation and termination is completed (to
the extent any computation or other provision hereof provides for
an action to be taken on a Fiscal Year basis, an appropriate
proration or other adjustment shall be made in respect of the final
Fiscal Year to reflect that the period is less than
365 days).
“ GAAP ” shall
mean United States generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect at the time in question.
“ Gross Asset Value
” means, with respect to any Company asset, the asset’s
adjusted tax basis for federal income tax purposes, except as
follows:
(i) The initial Gross Asset Value of
any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross
fair market value of such asset, as determined by the contributing
Member and the Company;
(ii) the Gross Asset Values of all
Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross
fair market values, as determined or approved by a Super-majority
of the Managers, as of the following times: (a) 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; (b) the distribution by the Company to a Member
of more than a de minimis amount of Property as consideration for
such Member’s an interest in the Company; and (c) the
liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Reg. § 1.704
1(b)(2)(ii)(g);
(iii) the Gross Asset Value of any
Company asset distributed to any Member shall be the gross fair
market value of such asset on the date of distribution as
determined by the Managers in good faith and set forth in a
certificate signed by the Managers and delivered to each of the
Members; and
(iv) the Gross Asset Values of
Company assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any
adjustments to the adjusted tax basis of such assets pursuant
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Code Section
734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that
such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts pursuant to Reg. § 1.704 1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and
Section 5.3 . If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has
been determined or adjusted pursuant to items (i) through
(iii) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be
adjusted by the depreciation taken into account with respect to
such asset for purposes of computing items of income, gain,
expense, loss or deduction.
“ Interest ” means
a Member’s entire rights in the Company, including the right
to share in distributions and allocations hereunder, to vote or
participate in management of the Company to the extent set forth
herein and to receive information concerning the business and
affairs of the Company.
“ Managers ” shall
mean the persons or entities designated as Managers of the Company
as provided in Article 6 .
“ Members ” shall
mean the signatories to this Agreement, any Substitute Members and
any Additional Members admitted pursuant to this Agreement, but
does not include Assignees, provided that any reference in this
Agreement to Member(s) with respect to the right to receive
distributions and allocations of Profit and Loss shall include any
holder of an Economic Interest even if such holder is not a
Member.
“ Member Minimum Gain
” means partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain as determined
under the rules of Regulations section 1.704-2(i).
“ Member Nonrecourse
Deduction ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations
section 1.704-2(i)(1) and (2).
“ Nonrecourse Deductions
” has the meaning set forth in Regulations section
1.704-2(b)(1).
“ Non-Voting Members
” means Members who own Non-Voting Units.
“ Non-Voting Units
” means Non-Voting Units outstanding, which are set forth on
Exhibit A (as amended from time to time).
“ Original Issue Price
” means, with respect to each outstanding Non-Voting Unit, an
amount equal to (a) the one million dollars paid by SCAH to
acquire the Non-Voting Units, divided by (b) the number of
Non-Voting Units issued to SCAH as set forth on
Exhibit A .
“ Percentage Interest
” means the Percentage Interest set forth next to the name of
each Member (or holder of Units) on Exhibit A ,
which shall be equal to (x) the number of Units owned by such
Member, (y) divided by the total number of Units then
outstanding, (z) multiplied by 100. Collectively, the
Percentage Interests always must equal 100% in the aggregate.
“ Person ” shall
mean a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited and
whether domestic or foreign), limited liability company, foreign
limited liability company, trust, estate, association, corporation,
custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own or
representative capacity.
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“ Preferred Return
Amount ” shall mean, with respect to each Non-Voting
Unit, an amount each year equal to the product of (x) eight
percent (8%) per annum, and (y) the Original Issue Price of
the Non-Voting Unit for the relevant Accounting Period (or portion
thereof). The Preferred Return Amount shall be determined as of the
end of each Accounting Period; provided , however ,
that each Accounting Period shall be considered to consist of three
hundred and sixty (360) days. The Preferred Return Amount due
in respect of each Non-Voting Unit shall accumulate, but such
amount shall not compound.
“ Profit ” or
“ Loss ” shall mean, for any Accounting Period,
the amount, computed as of the last day thereof, of the income or
loss of the Company determined in accordance with federal income
tax principles (determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a)
(for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction
required to be stated separately pursuant to Code
Section 703(a)(1) will be included in computing such taxable
income or loss), with the following adjustments:
(i) Any income of the Company that is
exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account
in computing Profit or Loss pursuant to this definition of
“Profit” and “Loss” shall be added to such
taxable income or loss;
(ii) Any expenditures of the Company
described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as
Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(i) ), and not otherwise taken
into account in computing Profit or Loss, shall be subtracted from
such taxable income or added to such taxable loss;
(iii) Any adjustment in the Gross
Asset Value of property in accordance with this Agreement shall be
taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such
asset for purposes of computing Profit or Loss (to the extent such
adjustment is not already reflected in the Capital Accounts of the
Members);
(iv) gain or loss resulting from the
disposition of any Company asset with respect to which gain or loss
is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by
reference to the Gross Asset Value of the asset disposed of,
notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such asset differs
from its Gross Asset Value;
(v) In lieu of the depreciation,
amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account
in computing such taxable income or loss, the Company shall compute
such deductions based on the Gross Asset Value of a property;
and
(vii) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this definition, any items which are specially
allocated pursuant to Sections 8.3 and 8.4 hereof shall not be
taken into account in computing Profit and Loss.
“ Proposed Transferee
” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
12.2 .
“ Redemption Date
” shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 3.4.2 .
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“ Redemption Price
” shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 3.4.1 .
“ Regulations ”
means the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, as
amended and in effect from time to time (including corresponding
provisions of any succeeding regulations).
“ Regulatory Allocations
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4
.
“ Remaining Units
” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.4
.
“ Revaluation Event
” means any of the events described in items (i) through
(iii) of the definition of Gross Asset Value.
“ SCAH ” means
Surgical Center Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Nevada
Corporation.
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Subsidiary ”
shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, or other entity in which the Company either,
directly or indirectly, owns capital stock or is a partner or is in
some other manner affiliated through an investment or participation
in the equity of such entity, including, without limitation, RHA
Tishomingo, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, RHA Stroud,
LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, and RHA Anadarko, LLC,
an Oklahoma limited liability company.
“ Substitute Member
” shall mean an Assignee who has been admitted to all the
rights of a Member pursuant to this Agreement.
“ Super-majority ”
as used in relation to approval by the Managers means approval of
at least 80% of the Managers.
“ Tax Distribution
Amount ” shall mean the amount of the federal and state
income tax liability with respect to the taxable income of the
Company allocable to a Member with respect to each Unit (whether a
Non-Voting Unit or a Voting Unit) for a fiscal year. The
calculation of such federal and state income tax liability shall
(i) assume that all such holders are taxable as individuals
for federal and state income tax purposes, (ii) assume that
all such holders are in the highest marginal federal and state
income tax bracket applicable to individuals in the State of
Oklahoma (currently thirty-five percent (35%) and seven (7%),
respectively), (iii) assume the deductibility of Oklahoma
State income taxes for federal income tax purposes and
(iv) not take into account any adjustments to taxable income,
gain, loss, deduction or credit allocable to a Member as a result
of any adjustments to the basis of Company property on behalf of a
Member pursuant to an election under Section 754 of the Code
(or any state law provisions similar to Section 754 of the
Code). In determining the amount of estimated federal and state
income tax liability for any fiscal year, if the Company has
allocated a taxable loss to the Members for any Accounting Period,
the amount of such loss shall be carried forward and applied to
offset any taxable income allocated to the Members for each
succeeding Accounting Period in which the Members are allocated
taxable income until such loss is fully absorbed by taxable income
allocated to the Members, consistent with applicable rules relating
to loss carry-forwards under the Code and the provisions of this
definition.
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“ Transfer ” shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.4.1
.
“ Transfer Notice
” shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 12.2 .
“ Transferring Member
” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
12.1 .
“ Voting Members ”
means Members who own Voting Units.
“ Voting Units ”
means the Voting Units owned by the Voting Members as set forth on
Exhibit A (as amended from time to time).
“ Unit ” or
“ Units ” means the units of ownership that
represent a Member’s Interest in the Company.
ARTICLE III
UNITS
3.1. Issuance . The Company
shall be authorized to issue two (2) classes of Units,
designated as “ Voting Units ,” and “
Non-Voting Units .” The total number of Units which
the Company is authorized to issue shall be an aggregate of two
million (2,000,000) Units, comprised of one million (1,000,000)
Voting Units and one million (1,000,000) Non-Voting Units. The
total number of authorized Units may not be increased without the
approval of a Super-majority of the Managers and of Members holding
at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Voting Units.
3.2. Rights of the Voting
Units . The Voting Members shall each be entitled to vote on
any matters to be put to a vote of the Members as set forth in
Section 4.14 , shall be entitled to receive the
distributions provided in Articles 7 and 11 , and
shall have all other rights expressly granted under this Agreement
or by the Act.
3.3. Rights of the Non-Voting
Units . The Non-Voting Members shall have the put right set
forth in Section 3.4.2 and be entitled to receive the
Redemption Price for the exercise thereof provided for in
Section 3.4.2 , and the distributions provided in
Articles 7 and 11 , and shall have all other rights
expressly granted under this Agreement or by the Act. The
Non-Voting Members shall not have any voting rights with respect to
any matters to be put to a vote of the Members, except as expressly
required by the Act.
3.4. Redemption of Non-Voting
Units .
3.4.1. Redemption by Company .
At any time prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective
Date, upon approval by a Super-majority of the Managers and upon
ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the
Non-Voting Members, the Company may elect to repurchase, in cash,
all of the outstanding Non-Voting Units by payment (per each
Non-Voting Unit) of an amount equal to the Original Issue Price for
such Non-Voting Units, plus any accrued but unpaid Preferred Return
Amount due and payable with respect to the Non-Voting Units (the
“Redemption Price”).
3.4.2. Put Right of Non-Voting
Member . Following the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective
Date at any time, and from time to time, upon the written election
of a
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Non-Voting
Member provided at least ten (10) Business Days before the
effective date of such redemption (the “ Redemption
Date ”), the Company shall repurchase, in cash, the
outstanding Non-Voting Units for which an election has been made
under this Section 3.4.2, by payment of an amount equal to
the Redemption Price for each Non-Voting Unit for which an election
has been made.
3.4.3. Availability of Funds at
Redemption . If the funds of the Company legally available on
the Redemption Date for redemption of the Non-Voting Units pursuant
to Section 3.4.2 are insufficient to redeem the total
number of Non-Voting Units that are put to the Company by the
electing Non-Voting Members to be redeemed on such date, those
funds that are legally available will be used to redeem Non-Voting
Units, on a pari passu basis, in proportion to the aggregate
Redemption Price that would be payable to each Non-Voting Member
electing redemption, if all such Non-Voting Units for which
redemption was sought were redeemed. The Non-Voting Units not
redeemed shall remain outstanding and entitled to all the rights
and preferences provided herein, including the rights of redemption
set forth herein. If at any time thereafter additional funds become
legally available for redemption, such funds will immediately be
used to redeem the balance of the Non-Voting Units which the
Company has become obliged to redeem on the Redemption Date
pursuant to Section 3.4.2 but which it has not
redeemed.
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERSHIP
4.1. Members . Effective as of
the date hereof, the Members of the Company shall be as set forth
on the signature pages to this Agreement.
4.2. Representations and
Warranties . Each Member hereby represents and warrants for
itself only to the Company and each other Member as follows:
4.2.1. Purchase Entirely for Own
Account . The Member is acquiring its Units for the
Member’s own account for investment purposes only and not
with a view to or for the resale, distribution, subdivision or
fractionalization thereof in violation of the securities laws and
has no contract, understanding, undertaking, agreement or
arrangement of any kind with any Person to sell, transfer or pledge
to any Person any Interest, nor does such Member have any present
plans to enter into any such agreement.
4.2.2. Investment Experience;
Accredited Investor . By reason of such Member’s business
or financial experience, the Member has the capacity to protect its
own interests in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder, is able to bear the risk of investment in the Company,
and at the present time could afford a complete loss of such
investment. The Member is an “accredited investor” as
such term is defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the
Securities Act.
4.3. Securities Laws . The
Member acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Units has not
been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities
laws, inasmuch as the Units are being acquired in a transaction not
involving a public offering, and, under such laws,
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may not
be resold or transferred by the Member without appropriate
registration under the Securities Act or the availability of an
exemption from such requirements.
4.4. Restrictions on Transfers of
Company Interests .
4.4.1. Transfer of Interest .
No Member, Substitute Member or holder of an Economic Interest
shall, directly or indirectly, sell, assign, pledge, mortgage or
otherwise dispose of, encumber or transfer its Interest or Economic
Interest in the Company, whether in whole or in part (collectively,
“Transfer”), except as approved by a Super-majority of
the Managers and in accordance with all applicable provisions of
Article 12, if any.
4.4.2. Requirements for
Transfer . No Transfer of an Interest or Economic Interest of a
Member, Substitute Member or holder of an Economic Interest shall
be permitted (regardless of whether the Managers approve such a
Transfer) if it would, or would reasonably be likely to:
(i) result in violation of the
Securities Act, any applicable state law or the applicable
securities laws of any other jurisdiction;
(ii) result in the Transfer of an
Interest or an Economic Interest of a Member to a direct or
indirect competitor of the Company;
(iii) result in a violation of any
law, rule, or regulation by the Member, any other Member, any
Manager or the Company;
(iv) cause the Company to be deemed a
“publicly traded partnership” as such term is defined
in Section 7704(b) of the Code; or
(v) cause the termination or
dissolution of the Company.
4.4.3. Transfers of Economic
Interest Only . In the event of any Transfer made in accordance
with this Section 4.4 , the transferee shall receive
only the transferor’s Economic Interest in the Company, and
the transferee shall not be admitted as a Member or have any right
as a result of such Transfer to participate in the affairs of the
Company as a Member, unless such transferee is also admitted as a
Substitute Member in accordance with Section 4.5
.
4.4.4. Void Transfers . Any
voluntary or involuntary Transfer in violation of this
Section 4.4 or the requirements of Article 12
shall be null and void ab initio, and shall not operate to Transfer
any portion of any Interest or Economic Interest in the Company to
the purported transferee.
4.5. Admission of Substitute
Members . An Assignee of Units of the Company shall be admitted
as a Substitute Member only upon the approval of a Super-majority
of the Managers. If so admitted, the Substitute Member shall have
all the rights and powers, and shall be subject to all the
restrictions and liabilities of, the Member who assigned such Units
to the extent that such rights powers, restrictions and liabilities
resulted from such assigning Member’s ownership of the
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assigned
Units. The admission of a Substitute Member shall not release any
Member who assigned such Units from liabilities or obligations to
the Company, the other Members or any other Person that may have
arisen prior to the Transfer.
4.6. Rights of Assignees .
Unless and until it is a Substitute Member, the Assignee of any
Units shall have no right to vote on, consent to, approve or
participate in the determination of any matter, or to otherwise
participate in the management of the business and affairs of the
Company or to become a Member, which rights shall be retained by
the Member or Substitute Member who Transferred the applicable
Units to the Assignee. Unless it is a Substitute Member, the
Assignee is only entitled to receive distributions (including its
return of capital) and to be allocated the Profits and/or Losses,
as the case may be, attributable to the Units Transferred to the
Assignee.
4.7. Additional Members . One
or more Additional Members of the Company may be admitted to the
Company as a Member upon the approval of the Managers and such
Persons shall be admitted as Members of the Company;
provided that (i) the issuance of new Units to be held
by such Additional Member has been approved in accordance with
Section 3.1 , and (ii) such Additional Members
execute a counterpart signature page to this Agreement agreeing to
be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any other agreements or
instruments by which a Member is bound as a condition to or by
virtue of the Member’s ownership of Units.
4.8. Resignation or Withdrawal of
a Member . Except as specifically provided in this Agreement,
no Member shall have the right to resign or withdraw from
membership in the Company or withdraw its interest in the capital
of the Company.
4.9. Disassociation of a
Member . The incapacity, death, Bankruptcy or Dissolution of a
Member or the redemption by the Company of all of such
Member’s Units: (a) will cause such Member to become a
Disassociated Member; and (b) will terminate the membership of
such Member in the Company. A Disassociated Member shall have no
right to participate in the management of the business and affairs
of the Company, but shall be entitled only to receive distributions
and any other share of profits to which the Disassociated Member
would have been entitled under this Agreement but for the
incapacity, death, Bankruptcy or Dissolution of such Member.
4.10. Rights of a Disassociated
Member .
4.10.1. Purchase Option of
Disassociated Member’s Interests . In the event any
Member becomes a Disassociated Member, the Disassociated Member or
its legal representative, successor or assign may request admission
to the Company as a Substitute Member pursuant to
Section 4.5 within ten (10) days of the event
triggering the disassociation (the “Date of
Disassociation”). If no request for Substitute Member status
is made and granted pursuant to Section 4.5 , the
remaining Member(s) may elect, within thirty (30) days of the
expiration of the date by which such request was to be made (if no
request is made), or the date on which such request is denied (if
such a request is not approved by the Managers) (the “
Disassociation Purchase Option Date ”), to purchase
the Dissociated Member’s interest on such terms and
conditions as the remaining Members and the Dissociated Member or
its legal representative, successor or assign may agree. If
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the remaining
Members and the Dissociated Member or its legal representative,
successor or assign do not agree, the remaining Members shall have
an option (to be exercised within sixty (60) days after the
Disassociation Purchase Option Date by giving notice to the
Disassociated Member or its legal representative, successor or
assign, as applicable) to purchase the interest, for the Contract
Price as specified in Section 4.10.2 . The number of
Units of such Dissociated Member’s interest that a Member
shall be entitled to purchase pursuant to this
Section 4.10.1 shall be determined based upon the
proportion that the Percentage Interest of such Member bears to the
aggregate of the Percentage Interests of all of the Members
electing to purchase the Dissociated Member’s interest. In
the event any Member elects to purchase none or less than all of
his, her or its pro rata share of such Dissociated Member’s
interest, then the other Members may elect to purchase more than
their pro rata share. If no request for Substitute Member status is
made and granted pursuant to Section 4.5 , and the
remaining Members do not exercise their options under this
Section 4.10 , the Disassociated Member or its legal
representative, successor or assign shall thereafter have only
those rights of an Assignee under this Agreement.
4.10.2. Contract Price . The
“Contract Price” shall equal the fair market value of
the Disassociated Member’s Interest as of the Date of
Disassociation. The fair market value shall be determined within
sixty (60) days after the Disassociation Purchase Option
Date by agreement among the Members, or if no agreement can be
reached, then by an appraisal (the appraiser shall be selected in
accordance with Section 4.10.3 ) of the fair market
value of the Member’s Interest.
4.10.3. Selection of Appraiser
. If the appraisal of an Interest is required pursuant to
Section 4.10.2 , then the parties shall attempt to
agree on the selection of an appraiser. If the parties cannot agree
on an appraiser, then the Member (or such Member’s
representative) whose Interest is being transferred shall select a
qualified appraiser and the Company (at the direction of a
Super-majority of the Managers) shall select a second qualified
appraiser. The two appraisers shall then select a third qualified
appraiser. The two appraisers selected by the transferring Member
and the Company shall prepare appraisals of the fair market value,
and shall present those appraisals to the third appraiser. The
third appraiser acts as an arbitrator and determines the fair
market value by selecting either (i) one of the two appraisals
presented, or (ii) a value between the two appraisals
presented. If the Members use one appraiser, then the cost of the
appraiser shall be split between the transferring Member and the
Company. If the Members use three appraisers, then: (A) the
cost of the appraiser selected by the transferring Member and
one-half of the cost of the third appraiser shall be borne by the
transferring Member; and (B) the cost of the appraiser
selected by the Company and one-half of the cost of the third
appraiser shall be borne by the Company. The decision of the
appraiser or appraisers shall be final and binding upon the Members
and the Company.
4.11. No Authority as Agent .
No Member shall have the authority in its capacity as a Member to
enter into any transaction on behalf of the Company or to otherwise
bind the Company.
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4.12. Interest in Property of the
Company . Each Member’s Interest in the Company shall for
all purposes be personal property. No Member shall have any
interest in specific Company property. All property of the Company,
whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, shall be deemed
to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member,
individually, shall have any direct ownership in such
property.
4.13. Information Rights . In
addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by
applicable law, a Member shall have the right on demand and at such
Member’s own expense:
4.13.1. To obtain any and all
information regarding the status of the business and financial
condition of the Company;
4.13.2. Promptly after becoming
available, to obtain a copy of the Company’s Federal, state,
and local income tax returns for each year;
4.13.3. To have furnished to it a
current list of the name and last known business, residence or
mailing address of each Member;
4.13.4. To obtain information
regarding the Capital Contributions made by each Member;
4.13.5. To receive a copy of this
Agreement and the Articles and all amendments, together with copies
of any powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement, the
Articles, and all amendments that have been executed; and
4.13.6. To inspect and copy any of
the Company’s books and records and obtain such other
information regarding the affairs of the Company during normal
business hours.
4.14. Voting Rights . Except
as expressly required by law or as provided in this Agreement,
Members shall have no voting, approval or consent rights. In
matters on which Members are entitled to vote, each Voting Unit
carries one vote. Whenever this Agreement references an action to
be taken by the Members, such reference, unless otherwise stated,
presumes that such action requires the vote or consent of a
majority in interest of the Voting Units issued and outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance of new Units will
require the approval of seventy-five percent (75%) of the Voting
Units. Actions and decisions requiring the approval of the Voting
Members pursuant to any provision of this Agreement may be
authorized or made either by vote of the requisite percentage of
interest of Voting Members taken at a meeting of the Voting
Members, or by unanimous written consent of all Voting Members. A
corporate Voting Member may cast its vote through any of such
Voting Member’s duly authorized officers.
4.15. Member Meetings . Member
Meetings may be called by any Member or Manager, by giving at least
five (5) Business Days’ prior notice of the time, place
and purpose of the meeting to all Members. Any such meeting shall
be held during the Company’s normal business hours at its
principal place of business, unless all of the Members consent in
writing or by their attendance at such meeting to its being held at
another location or time. A Member may attend such meeting by
telephone or videoconference.
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4.16. Adjournment . When a
meeting is adjourned to another time or place, a notice of the
adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with
Section 4.15 . At the adjourned meeting, the Company
may transact any business that might have been transacted at the
original meeting.
4.17. Waiver of Notice; Consent to
Meeting . The actions taken at any meeting, however called and
noticed, and whenever held, are as valid as though the action was
taken at a meeting duly held, if a quorum is present either in
person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting,
each Member entitled to vote, but not present in person or by
proxy, approves by signing a written waiver of notice or an
approval to the holding of the meeting or an approval of the
minutes thereof. All waivers, consents, and approvals shall be
filed with the Company records or made a part of the minutes of the
meeting. A Member’s attendance at a meeting shall constitute
a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when such Member objects,
at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened; and except
that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object
to the consideration of matters required to be included in the
notice of the meeting, but not so included, if the objection is
expressly made at the meeting.
4.18. Quorum . A majority in
interest of the Voting Members, represented in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Members. In the absence
of a quorum, any meeting of Members may be adjourned from time to
time by the Members represented either in person or by proxy
pursuant to Section 4.16 .
4.19. Vote by Proxy . A Voting
Member may vote by proxy given to any other Member. Any such proxy
must be in writing and must identify the special meeting or matter
to which the proxy applies or state that it applies to all matters
coming before the Company for approval prior to a specified date in
the proxy under any provision of this Agreement. Any such proxy
shall be revocable at any time and shall not be effective at any
meeting at which the Voting Member giving such proxy is in
attendance.
4.20. Records of Meeting . The
Company shall maintain records of all actions taken by the Voting
Members pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, including
minutes of all Company meetings, copies of all actions taken by
consent of the Voting Members and copies of all proxies pursuant to
which one Voting Member votes or executes a consent on behalf of
another.
ARTICLE V
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAPITAL
5.1. Capital Contributions .
The Voting Members and Non-Voting Members have made deemed Capital
Contributions to the Company in the amount set forth on
Exhibit A and such amount shall be credited to
each Member’s respective Capital Account. In exchange for
such Capital Contributions and by agreement among all Members, each
Member shall have the rights set forth in this Agreement.
5.2. Additional Capital
Contributions; Loan . No Member shall be permitted to make any
additional contribution to the capital of the Company or loan (or
advance) any money to the Company, in each case, without the
consent of a Super-majority of the Managers. No Member
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