Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS HOLDING, LLC
DATED
AS
OF
MAY
14, 2007
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| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS;
CONSTRUCTION |
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Definitions
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Cross
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Usage
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| ARTICLE II THE COMPANY AND ITS
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SECTION 2.1. |
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Formation
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SECTION 2.2. |
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Name
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Effective
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Term
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Offices
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Registered Office
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Purpose
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Powers of the
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SECTION 2.9. |
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Maintain Status;
Qualify as a Corporation
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Ownership of
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| ARTICLE III COMPANY SHARES |
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Capital
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Additional Capital
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| ARTICLE IV MEMBERS AND
MEETINGS |
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SECTION 4.1. |
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No Personal
Liability; No Fiduciary Duties
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Admission of New
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Resignation
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Time and Place of
Meetings
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Annual
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Special
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Notice of
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Waiver of
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Voting; Action by
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SECTION 4.10. |
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Representation at
Member Meetings
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Exclusive
Agreement
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Hendricks
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SECTION 4.13. |
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Deemed Share of
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SECTION
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Ownership of
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| ARTICLE V MANAGEMENT OF THE
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Management and
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Super-Majority
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SECTION 5.3. |
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Majority
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| ARTICLE VI TRANSFERS |
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Restrictions on
Transfer; Permitted Transfers
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Right of First
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SECTION 6.3. |
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Appraisal
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SECTION 6.4. |
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Documents
Delivered Upon Transfer
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Preemptive
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| ARTICLE VII ACCOUNTING;
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Books and
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Fiscal Year
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SECTION 7.3. |
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Bank and
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SECTION 7.4. |
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Tax Matters
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SECTION 7.5. |
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Tax
Elections
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SECTION 7.6. |
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Insurance
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SECTION 7.7. |
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No Managers
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SECTION 7.8. |
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Accountants
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| ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION AND
INSURANCE |
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SECTION 8.1. |
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Indemnification
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SECTION 8.2. |
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Insurance
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| ARTICLE IX ISSUANCE OF SHARE
CERTIFICATES |
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Issuance of Share
Certificates
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Transfer of Share
Certificates
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SECTION 9.3. |
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Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Certificates
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| ARTICLE X DISSOLUTION AND WINDING
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SECTION 10.1. |
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No
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SECTION 10.2. |
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Events Causing
Dissolution
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SECTION 10.3. |
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Liquidation
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SECTION 10.4. |
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Termination
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SECTION 10.5. |
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Claims of the
Members
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| ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 11.1. |
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Formation
Expenses
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SECTION 11.2. |
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Further
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SECTION 11.3. |
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Notices
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Amendments
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Severability
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Headings and
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Counterparts
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Governing Law;
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SECTION 11.9. |
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Entire
Agreement
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Assignment; No
Third Party Beneficiaries
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No Right to
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Remedies
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SECTION 11.13. |
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Specific
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SECTION 11.14. |
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Confidentiality
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SCHEDULES |
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Schedule A |
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Members;
Shares
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iii
AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT
OF
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS HOLDING, LLC
This
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (as
amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time,
this “ Agreement ”) of Discovery Communications
Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “
Company ”), is entered into as of the 14 th day of May,
2007, by and among Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership, a New
York general partnership (“ ANPP ”), LMC
Discovery, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ LMCD
”), and John S. Hendricks (“ Hendricks
”).
WHEREAS,
the Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act
pursuant to a Certificate of Formation, which was executed and
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 13,
2007;
WHEREAS,
on the date hereof (i) LMCD contributed 25,200 shares of
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “
DCI Class A Stock ”), of Discovery
Communications, Inc., a Delaware company and predecessor to
Discovery Communications, LLC (“ DCI ”), in
exchange for 25,200 Shares (as defined below), (ii) ANPP
contributed 12,599 shares of DCI Class A Stock in exchange for
12,599 Shares, (iii) Cox Communications Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ Cox ”) contributed
12,600 shares of DCI Class A Stock in exchange for 12,600
Shares; (iv) Hendricks contributed 1 share of DCI Class A
Stock in exchange for 1 Share; and (v) LMCD, ANPP, Cox and
Hendricks entered into the Limited Liability Agreement of the
Company (the “ Old LLC Agreement ”);
WHEREAS,
on the date hereof, but immediately prior to the execution of this
Agreement, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
(the “ Reorganization Agreement ”), dated as of
the date hereof, by and among Cox Communications, Inc., Cox, DCI,
the Company and Travel Media, Inc., Cox exchanged (the “
Cox Exchange ”) all of the Shares beneficially owned
by it for all of the capital stock of Travel Media, Inc., which
holds (i) the assets, liabilities and business of The Travel
Channel, and (ii) approximately $1.3 billion in cash;
and
WHEREAS,
as a result of the Cox Exchange, Cox, pursuant to
Section 4.3(a) of the Old LLC Agreement, withdrew from the
Company; and
WHEREAS,
LMCD, ANPP and Hendricks wish to amend and restate in its entirety
the Old LLC Agreement and continue the business of the
Company.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION
SECTION
1.1. Definitions . The terms defined in this Article I
will, for the purposes of this Agreement, have the meanings
specified below.
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Act ” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act, 6 Del. C. §§ 18-101, et seq ., as
amended from time to time.
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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Member, any
Person (other than the Company) that directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by, or is under
common Control with such Member.
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Annual Business Plan ” means for any fiscal year of
the Company, a comprehensive statement of the objectives and
projections of the Company (including its Subsidiaries) with
respect to the operations of its business, including objectives and
projections concerning capital expenditures, cable television
programming developments, license fees, subscriber discounts,
revenues, and expenses.
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Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or a day when banks in New York City are authorized or
required by law to be closed.
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Capitalized Lease Obligations ” of any Person means
any obligations to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or
other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, which are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet
of such Person under GAAP and the amount of such obligations at any
time will be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined
in accordance with GAAP.
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Cash Flow ” means for any Person, for any period,
gross operating revenues of such Person and any Entities required
to be consolidated with such Person on a financial statement in
accordance with GAAP (the “ Consolidated Group
”) for such period derived in the ordinary course of business
from continuing operations minus all operating expenses from
continuing operations of such Consolidated Group for such period,
including technical, programming, selling, advertising, general and
administrative expenses and corporate overhead incurred to the
extent deducted in calculating operating income by such
Consolidated Group during such period and all income taxes paid,
but excluding depreciation, amortization, deferred taxes and other
non-cash charges and interest expense, all the foregoing otherwise
being determined in accordance with GAAP. Interest income,
extraordinary items and gains or losses on sales or dispositions of
property will be excluded from the calculation of Cash Flow. In the
event of a sale, transfer or other disposition of any asset by any
member of the Consolidated Group during any period, Cash Flow will
be adjusted (i) to give effect to such sale, transfer or other
disposition by excluding from Cash Flow the actual cash flow
derived from such asset as if such sale, transfer or other
disposition occurred on the first day of such period, and
(ii) by adding to Cash Flow all sale, transfer and other
disposition-related operating
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incurred by such member in connection with the sale, transfer or
other disposition of such asset. In the event of an acquisition of
any asset by any member of the Consolidated Group during any
period, Cash Flow will be adjusted (a) to give effect to such
acquisition by including in Cash Flow the actual cash flow derived
from such asset as if such acquisition occurred on the first day of
such period, and (b) by adding to Cash Flow all
acquisition-related operating expenses incurred by such member in
connection with the acquisition of such asset.
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Certificate ” means the Certificate of Formation for
the Company originally filed with the Delaware Secretary of State
and as amended from time to time.
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
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Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any similar agency then having jurisdiction to
enforce the Securities Act.
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Control ” means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of
voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. The terms
“controls,” “controlled” and
“controlling” will have corresponding meanings.
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Debt Service ” means for any period, the sum of
(i) all principal due and payable with respect to any item of
Indebtedness during such period and (ii) all interest,
premium, commitment, and other recurring or nonrecurring charges
that are payable and should be accrued in accordance with GAAP with
respect to any item of Indebtedness during such period.
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Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
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Fair Market Value ” means as to any property (both
tangible and intangible), the price in cash at which a willing
seller would sell and a willing buyer would buy such property
having full knowledge of the facts, in an arm’s-length
transaction without time constraints, and without being under any
compulsion to buy or sell.
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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect in the United States from time to time and
consistently applied.
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Immediate Family ” means, with respect to any Member
who is an individual, the spouse, the siblings (by birth or
adoption), and any lineal ascendants and descendants thereof and of
the spouse and siblings (by birth or adoption) thereof.
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Indebtedness ” means with respect to any Person, any
indebtedness or obligations, direct or indirect, secured or
unsecured, contingent or otherwise (whether or not the recourse of
the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to
a portion thereof) for borrowed money, and any deposits or advances
of any kind held by such Person, and all obligations with respect
to which interest charges are customarily
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and all obligations evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or
similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and unpaid
of the purchase price of any property or payment for any services
(other than accounts payable to suppliers incurred in the ordinary
course of business and paid in the ordinary course of business), if
and to the extent any of the foregoing obligations or indebtedness
would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and will also include, to the
extent not otherwise included (but without duplication),
(i) any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (ii) obligations
secured by a lien to which the property or assets owned or held by
such Person are subject, whether or not the obligation or
obligations secured thereby will have been assumed, (iii) any
obligations, contingent or otherwise, guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any debt or obligation of any other
Person, (iv) the face value of any letters of credit and
bankers acceptances less amounts drawn thereunder and for which
reimbursement has been made, (v) the amount of any obligations
of such Person under conditional sales and title retention
agreements and (vi) obligations of any such Person under any
Interest Rate Agreement applicable to any of the foregoing.
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Member ” means each of ANPP, LMCD and Hendricks and
such other Persons who will become members of the Company in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement pursuant to and in
accordance with the Act.
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Parent ” means with respect to any Person, any other
Person that owns directly or indirectly through one or more
Subsidiaries, more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting or
beneficial interests in such first Person.
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Person ” means any individual, partnership, company,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, estate,
unincorporated association, syndicate, joint venture or
unincorporated organization, any government or any department,
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
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Securities Act ” means the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
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Stock Purchase Agreement ” means the Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2003, among Hendricks, ANPP,
Cox, LMCD and DCI.
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Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, or other
business entity, whether now existing or hereafter organized or
acquired, (i) in the case of a corporation, in which such
Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more Subsidiaries,
holds more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of
the capital stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote or (ii) in the case of a partnership,
joint venture, association or other business entity, in which such
Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more Subsidiaries,
has the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such entity by contract or otherwise.
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The Discovery Channel ” means the basic programming
service consisting primarily of documentary, science and nature
programming produced by DCI for carriage on cable television
systems.
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Transfer ” means a sale, assignment, transfer, pledge,
hypothecation, grant of security interest, or other disposition,
whether voluntary or by operation of law.
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Treasury Regulations ” means the income tax
regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated under the
Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time.
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Wholly-owned and Managed Subsidiary ” means with
respect to any Person, an Entity (i) in which such Person owns,
directly or indirectly, through one or more wholly-owned
subsidiaries, all the issued and outstanding equity securities or
other ownership interest and (ii) in which such Person,
directly or indirectly, has the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Entity by contract
or otherwise.
SECTION
1.2. Cross References . Each of the following terms will
have the meaning assigned thereto in the Section of this Agreement
set forth below opposite such term:
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Affiliated
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5.2(b) |
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Agreement
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Preamble |
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Annualized Cash
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ANPP
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Preamble |
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ANPP Proxy
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4.12 |
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Company
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Preamble |
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Convertible
Securities
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3.1(b) |
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Cox
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Recitals |
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Cox Exchange
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Recitals |
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DCI
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Recitals |
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DCI Class A
Stock
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Recitals |
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Excess
Securities
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6.5(a) |
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Expiration
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6.2(f) |
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Fiscal Year
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SECTION
1.3. Usage Generally . The definitions in this Agreement
apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun includes the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. All references
herein to Articles, Sections and Schedules are deemed to be
references to Articles and Sections of, and Schedules to, this
Agreement unless the context otherwise requires. All Schedules
attached hereto are deemed incorporated herein as if set forth in
full herein and, unless otherwise defined therein, all terms used
in any Schedule have the meanings ascribed to such term in this
Agreement. The words “include,” “includes”
and “including” are deemed to be followed by the phrase
“without limitation.” The words “hereof,”
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement
as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any agreement,
instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such
agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or
instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by
succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.
ARTICLE II
THE
COMPANY AND ITS MEMBERS
SECTION
2.1. Formation . The Members hereby agree to continue the
Company, which was formed as a limited liability company under the
Act on April 13, 2007, for the purposes set forth in this
Article II. The Members hereby agree that the Company and its
Subsidiaries will be governed by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and, except as otherwise provided herein, the Act.
SECTION
2.2. Name . The name of the Company will be “Discovery
Communications Holding, LLC” and the business of the Company
will be conducted under that name or under any other name approved
by the Members.
SECTION
2.3. Effective Date . This Agreement will be effective on
the date hereof.
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SECTION
2.4. Term . The Company will continue until dissolved and
its affairs wound up in accordance with the Act and the terms of
this Agreement.
SECTION
2.5. Offices . The principal office of the Company will be
established and maintained in Silver Spring, Maryland, or at such
other or additional place or places as the Members will determine
from time to time. The Company may have other offices at such place
or places as the Members may from time to time designate.
SECTION
2.6. Registered Office and Registered Agent .
(a) The
registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware will be
located at 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, City of Dover,
County of Kent, Delaware 19904 or such other place within the State
of Delaware as may be determined by the Members.
(b) The
registered agent for service of process on the Company will be
National Registered Agents, Inc., or any successor registered agent
appointed by the Members in accordance with the Act.
SECTION
2.7. Purpose . The purposes of the Company are (a) to
hold all of the outstanding equity interests of DCI and any other
equity or debt interests or other securities of any type of DCI
into which such interests may be converted, and (b) to carry
on any other lawful acts or activities for which limited liability
companies may be organized under the Act.
SECTION
2.8. Powers of the Company .
(a) The
Company will have the power and authority to take any and all
actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental
to or for the furtherance of the purposes set forth in
Section 2.7.
(b) The
Company may enter into and perform the Credit, Pledge and Security
Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2007 (the “ Credit
Agreement ”), among the Company, as borrower, the Lenders
(as defined therein), and Bank of America, N.A., a national banking
association, as Administrative Agent (as defined therein), and all
documents, agreements, certificates, or financing statements
contemplated thereby or related thereto, all without any further
act, vote or approval of any Member or other person notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Act or applicable law,
rule or regulation. The foregoing authorization shall not be deemed
a restriction on the powers of a Member to enter into other
agreements on behalf of the Company.
SECTION
2.9. Maintain Status; Qualify as a Corporation . The Members
will take such steps as are necessary to (a) maintain the
Company’s status as a limited liability company formed under
the laws of the State of Delaware and its qualification to conduct
business in any jurisdiction where the Company does business and is
required to be qualified, and (b) ensure that the Company will
continue to be
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treated
as a corporation for United States federal, state and local tax
purposes to the extent such treatment is available.
SECTION
2.10. Ownership of Property . Legal title to all assets,
rights and property, whether real, personal or mixed, conveyed to,
or held by the Company or its Subsidiaries will reside in the
Company or its Subsidiaries and will be conveyed only in the name
of the Company or its Subsidiaries and no Member or any other
Person will have any ownership of such assets, rights or
property.
ARTICLE III
COMPANY SHARES
SECTION
3.1. Capital Structure .
(a) The
Company is authorized to issue equity interests in the Company
designated as “Shares,” which will constitute limited
liability company interests under the Act (the “
Shares ”). The Company may create additional classes
or groups of equity interests or members having such relative
rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be approved by
holders of eighty percent (80%) or more of the issued and
outstanding Shares. The capital structure of the Company will
initially consist of the Shares issued and outstanding immediately
following the Cox Exchange and set forth on Schedule A, having
the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and
restrictions as set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, all
Shares owned by ANPP will be deemed to include all the rights and
obligations of ANPP and Hendricks under the Stock Purchase
Agreement, and references in Section 5.08 of the Stock
Purchase Agreement to the “Shareholders Agreement” will
hereinafter be deemed references to this Agreement. The name and
address of each Member and the number and class (if any) of Shares
owned thereby are set forth in Schedule A of this Agreement. A
Member may change its address upon notice thereof to the other
Member(s) that are still Members and the Company in accordance with
this Agreement. Any reference in this Agreement to Schedule A
will be deemed to be a reference to Schedule A as amended and
in effect from time to time.
(b) Subject
to Sections 5.2 and 6.5, the Company is authorized to issue
options, warrants to purchase Shares, restricted Shares and other
securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for Shares
(collectively, “ Convertible Securities ”), on
such terms as may be determined by the Members.
(c) The
Shares will have the voting rights set forth in Article IV of
this Agreement and will have all rights to any allocations and to
any distributions as may be authorized and set forth under this
Agreement and under the Act.
(d)
For the avoidance of doubt, all of the rights and obligations of
ANPP and Hendricks under the Stock Purchase Agreement that applied
with respect to the Hendricks DCI Share (as defined in the Old LLC
Agreement) prior to the Initial Capital Contribution (as defined in
the Old LLC Agreement), including the “Put” and
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“Call” option set forth therein, will inure and apply
to the Hendricks Share (as defined below).
SECTION
3.2. Additional Capital Contributions . None of the Members
will be required to make additional contributions to the capital of
the Company.
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERS AND MEETINGS
SECTION
4.1. No Personal Liability; No Fiduciary Duties . Except as
provided in the Act, no Member or any representative of a Member
will be personally liable for any debts, liabilities, or
obligations of the Company. No Member or any representative of a
Member will owe any fiduciary duties to the Company or any other
Member.
SECTION
4.2. Admission of New Members .
(a) Except
(i) in connection with a Transfer pursuant to Article VI,
or (ii) upon approval of holders of eighty percent (80%) or
more of the issued and outstanding Shares, the Company may not
admit any new Members and may not issue any new Shares.
(b) A
transferee will be admitted as a substitute Member if the Transfer
to such transferee is made in compliance with all of the
requirements of Article VI (including, but not limited to, the
requirement that such transferee becomes a party to this Agreement)
and such transferee complies with all of the terms of this
Agreement applicable to it related to the Transfer.
SECTION
4.3. Resignation .
(a) Immediately
after the exercise of the “Put” or “Call”
under and as such terms are defined in the Stock Purchase
Agreement, Hendricks will be deemed to have resigned and withdrawn
from the Company without any further action by Hendricks or the
Company. As a result of such withdrawal, Hendricks (i) will no
longer be a Member of the Company, (ii) will not be entitled
to receive any distributions from the Company, (iii) will not
otherwise be entitled to receive consideration for his Share except
pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, and (iv) will not
have any rights or obligations under this Agreement other than any
rights or obligations arising as a result of the breach of this
Agreement prior to such withdrawal.
(b) Other
than as provided in Section 4.3(a), the Members may not resign
or withdraw from the Company prior to the dissolution and winding
up of the Company, except in connection with a Transfer of Shares
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. A resigning Member will
not be entitled to receive any distribution and will not otherwise
be entitled to receive the fair value of its Shares except as
expressly provided in this Agreement.
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SECTION
4.4. Time and Place of Meetings . Meetings of the Members
will be held at the Company’s offices, at such times and
dates as are specified herein or as may be fixed from time to time
by the Members, or at such other place either within or without the
State of Delaware or the United States as may be designated from
time to time by the Members and stated in the notice of the meeting
or in a duly executed waiver of the notice thereof. Meetings of
Members for any other purpose may be held at such time and place,
within or without the State of Delaware or the United States, as
will be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed
waiver of notice thereof.
SECTION
4.5. Annual Meeting . The annual meeting of the Members, if
any, will be held (a) at ten o’clock in the forenoon of the
second Monday in February of each year, if this day is not a
holiday, and if a holiday, then on the first following day that is
not a legal holiday or (b) at such other time as may be
designated from time to time by the Members.
SECTION
4.6. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Members for
any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise provided by statute, this
Agreement or any written agreement entered into by and between the
Company and all of its Members, may be called by any Member or
Members holding not less than ten percent (10%) of all the Shares
entitled to vote at the meeting. Business transacted at any special
meeting of the Members will be limited to the purpose or purposes
stated in the notice, unless the Members representing a majority of
the issued and outstanding Shares entitled to vote otherwise
consent thereto either at the special meeting or in writing
executed subsequent to the meeting.
SECTION
4.7. Notice of Meetings .
(a) Written
notice stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting and, in case
of a special meeting, the purpose for which the meeting is called
must be delivered not less than ten (10) days nor more than
fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either
personally, by facsimile, by mail, by the Secretary of the Company
to each Member of record of Shares entitled to vote at such
meeting. Notice to Members, if mailed, will be deemed delivered as
to any Member when deposited in the U. S. mail, addressed to the
Member, with postage prepaid, but, if two successive letters mailed
to the last-known address of any Member are returned as
undeliverable, no further notices to such Member will be necessary
until another address for such Member is made known to the Company.
Notice to Members, if by facsimile, will, if sent during normal
business hours of the recipient, be deemed delivered on the date of
receipt of transmission to the facsimile number provided by or on
behalf of the Member being mechanically acknowledged and, if not
sent during normal business hours, on the next Business Day.
(b)
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need
not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof
are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At
the adjourned meeting, the Company may transact any business which
might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the
adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the
adjourned meeting will be given to each Member holding Shares
entitled to vote at the meeting. No
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meeting
will be adjourned for more than sixty (60) days, whether by
way of a single adjournment or multiple adjournments.
SECTION
4.8. Waiver of Notice .
(a) When
any notice is required to be given to any Member of the Company
under the provisions of this Agreement, a waiver thereof in writing
signed by the Person entitled to such notice, whether before, at,
or after the time stated therein, will be equivalent to the giving
of such notice.
(b) By
attending a meeting, a Member:
(i) Waives
objection to lack of notice or defective notice of such meeting
unless the Member, at the beginning of the meeting, objects to the
holding of the meeting or the transacting of business at the
meeting; and
(ii) Waives
objection to consideration at such meeting of a particular matter
not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice
unless the Member objects to considering the matter when it is
presented.
SECTION
4.9. Voting; Action by Written Consent . Except as otherwise
set forth in this Agreement, with respect to any matter submitted
to a vote of the Members, each Member will be entitled to one vote
per Share held by such Member. Any action required or permitted to
be taken at any meeting of the Members may be taken without a
meeting if Members holding not less than the minimum number of
Shares that would be necessary to approve the action pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, consent thereto in writing, and the
writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings
of the Members. In no instance where action is authorized by
written consent will a meeting of Members be called or notice be
given; however, a copy of the action taken by written consent will
be filed with the records of the Company. Written consent by the
Members pursuant to this Section 4.9 will have the same force
and effect as a vote of such Members taken at a duly held meeting
of the Members.
SECTION
4.10. Representation at Member Meetings
(a)
Authorized Representatives . Each Member (other than a
Member that is an individual) will designate one individual who
will act as such Member’s authorized representative at each
meeting of the Members. Each Member (other than a Member that is an
individual) may, if it so chooses, designate one alternate
representative who may act instead of the authorized representative
at any meeting of the Members in the event that the authorized
representative is, for any reason, unavailable to attend such
meeting. Each such authorized representative and alternate
representative will present a certified resolution in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Secretary of the Company evidencing
the designation of him or her as an authorized representative or
alternate representative. Each authorized representative or
alternate representative will serve for such term as provided in
the certified resolution or until he or she is replaced or removed
by the Member that designated him or her. Such replacement or
removal will become effective upon receipt by the Secretary of the
Company of a certified resolution
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in a
form reasonably satisfactory to the Secretary. In the event that
both the authorized representative and the alternate representative
are unavailable to attend a specific meeting, a Member may
designate a substitute representative for that meeting. Such
substitute representative will present a certified resolution in a
form reasonably satisfactory to the Secretary of the Company
evidencing the designation of him or her as a substitute
representative for purposes of that meeting only.
(b)
Voting Authority and Proxies . A Member may vote in person,
through its authorized representative, alternative representative
or substitute representative, or by proxy executed in writing by
the Member or by his, her or its duly authorized attorney-in-fact.
No proxy will be valid after three (3) years from the date of
its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
SECTION
4.11. Exclusive Agreement . Except as expressly authorized
by this Agreement, none of the Members will enter into a voting
trust or voting agreement with any other Person, give a proxy to
any other Person, or otherwise agree with any other Person to
restrict or limit the power to vote its Shares. This Section will
not be deemed to preclude any Member o
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