(a) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its capital stock, or issue, grant, sell, transfer, authorize or encumber any shares of capital stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any kind to acquire, any
shares of any class or series of its capital stock, or enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting of its capital stock;
(b) (i) increase the compensation payable or to become payable to or fringe benefits of any current or former directors, officers, employees, independent contractors or consultants of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or the Nonprofit Organizations (collectively, “Company Personnel”), except for increases in salary or wages in the Ordinary Course of Business to employees who are not executive officers or directors or the payment of accrued but unpaid bonuses, (ii) grant new bonuses or grant any severance or termination or transition pay to Company Personnel, (iii) establish, adopt or enter into, amend or terminate any Benefit Plan or any plan, agreement, arrangement, program, policy, trust, fund or other arrangement that would be a Benefit Plan if it were in existence as of the date of this Agreement (except as may be required by applicable Law), (iv) hire, or enter any agreement to hire, any employee on a full-time, part-time (other than temporary employees hired in the Ordinary Course of Business), consulting or other basis for annual compensation in excess of $25,000 or (v) enter into, renew, extend, amend, modify, terminate, cancel, waive, release or assign any employment or independent contractor agreements with any current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or Nonprofit Organization;
(c) (i) alter through merger, liquidation, reorganization, restructuring or in any other fashion the corporate structure, management structure or, if applicable, ownership of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization, (ii) acquire or agree to acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of assets or otherwise) any Person or material assets, or any voting or non-voting equity securities or similar ownership interests in any Person, (iii) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any shares of any class or series of its capital stock or (iv) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or make other distribution payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise to holders of any class or series of its capital stock;
(d) enter into, renew, extend or amend or modify in any material respect or terminate, cancel, waive, release or assign any contract or agreement which is or, if applicable, would be a Material Contract, other than any contract entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with the development of “The Petroglyphs” provided that, such contract would not result in sales or Liabilities in excess of $1,000,000 and was competitively bid by at least two third parties;
(e) except as disclosed in the Company’s, the Company Subsidiaries’ and the Nonprofit Organizations’ capital expenditure budgets for the current fiscal year, true, correct and complete copies of which have been provided to Acquiror, commit to any capital expenditures in excess of $1,000,000;
(f) manage the working capital of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Nonprofit Organizations (including, but not limited to, accounts receivable and accounts payable) outside of the Ordinary Course of Business;
(g) make any loans, any advances (other than travel advances to employees in the Ordinary Course of Business) or any capital contributions to, or any investments in, any other Person;
(h) (i) incur or modify Indebtedness owed by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization, guarantee any Indebtedness of another Person or cancel any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization, (ii) redeem, repurchase, prepay or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization or (iii) enter into hedging, swap or factoring arrangements or contracts or other similar financing instruments;
(i) amend any provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company, any Company Subsidiaries or any Nonprofit Organizations;
(j) transfer, lease, license, sublicense, assign, sell, sublease, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, in whole or in part, or incur or subject any Encumbrance on, any property or assets, (including, without limitation, any interest in any Real Property), in each case other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, or amend in any material respect, extend or terminate any Real Property Lease;
(k) other than with respect to purchase orders in the Ordinary Course of Business, make any payments in excess of $1,000,000 or incur any commitment in excess of $1,000,000;
(l) | commence, undertake or engage in any new line of business; |
(m) permit any insurance policy or arrangement naming or providing for the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization as a beneficiary or a loss payable payee to lapse, be cancelled or terminated or impaired in any way;
(n) settle, dismiss, compromise, or commence any Action threatened against, relating to or involving the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization in connection with the Shareholders’ Litigation or any business, asset or property of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization, or waive, assign or release any material rights or claims;
(o) enter into any transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding between (i) the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization, on the one hand, and (ii) any other Affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, of the type that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K;
(p) take any action that is intended or may reasonably be expected to result in any of its representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement being or becoming untrue in any material respect, or in any of the conditions to the Cash Merger set forth in Article VII hereof being satisfied or in a violation of any provision of this Agreement;
(q) (i) make any Tax election or change any method of accounting, (ii) enter into any settlement or compromise of any Tax liability, (iii) file any amended Tax Return with respect to any Tax, (iv) change any annual Tax accounting period, (v) enter into any closing agreement relating to any Tax, (vi) surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund or (vi) take
any action or enter into any agreement that would jeopardize the Tax exemption of any of the Nonprofit Organizations;
(r) fail to timely satisfy or cause to be timely satisfied all applicable Tax reporting and filing requirements contained in the Code with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(s) make any changes in accounting policies or procedures other than in the Ordinary Course of Business and other than as required by GAAP or a Governmental Authority;
(t) except to the extent necessary to take any actions that the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or the Nonprofit Organizations are otherwise permitted to take pursuant to Section 6.7 (and in such case only in accordance with the terms of Section 6.7), waive any of its rights under, or release any other party from, amend, or fail to enforce its rights under, any standstill provision of any agreement;
(u) fail to timely file any SEC Reports required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act prior to the Effective Time; or
(v) enter into any agreement, contract, commitment, understanding or arrangement to do any of the foregoing, or authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to take any of the actions described in Sections 6.1(a) through 6.1(v).
6.2 Advice of Changes; Filing. The Company will confer with Acquiror and report on operational matters and other matters as requested by Acquiror. The Company and Acquiror will each promptly provide the other with copies of all filings made by such party with any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.3 Shareholders Meeting. As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement (and in any event, no later than September 30, 2006), the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, and in accordance with applicable Law, will (i) duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders for the purpose of approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including any postponements or adjournments thereof, the “Shareholders Meeting”) and (ii) (A) include the Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and (B) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the necessary approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company.
(a) As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company will, with the assistance and approval of Acquiror, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, prepare and mail the proxy statement to be sent to the shareholders of the Company in connection with the Shareholders Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”). Acquiror and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Company will provide Acquiror with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement and (ii) Acquiror will furnish to the Company the information relating to it required by the Exchange Act to be set forth in the Proxy Statement. The Company will cause
the Proxy Statement to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act. Acquiror shall provide the Company with such assistance as it may reasonably request in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Shareholders Meeting, provided, however, that (A) Acquiror shall not engage any third party in connection with the proxy solicitation process that is objected to by the Company in its sole discretion and (B) such third party engaged by Acquiror in connection with the proxy solicitation process may be dismissed by the Company in its sole discretion at any time.
(b) The Company agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the shareholders of the Company and at the time of the Shareholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Acquiror agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Acquiror for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the shareholders of the Company and at the time of the Shareholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Acquiror will be deemed to have been supplied by Acquiror. If at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the date of the Shareholders Meeting any event or circumstances relating to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company will promptly inform Acquiror and, after consultation with Acquiror, file such amendment or supplement with the SEC. If at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the date of the Shareholders Meeting any event or circumstances relating to Acquiror, its officers or directors, should be discovered by Acquiror that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, Acquiror will promptly inform the Company and, after consultation with Acquiror, the Company will file such amendment or supplement with the SEC.
(c) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, after consultation with Acquiror, to resolve all SEC comments with respect to the Proxy Statement as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof. Each of Acquiror and the Company agrees to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which will have become false or misleading. The Company will as soon as reasonably practicable notify Acquiror of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to Acquiror).
6.5 Access to Information. During the period from the execution of this Agreement through the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time, the Company will, and will cause each Company Subsidiary and Nonprofit Organization to, afford representatives of
Acquiror and its financing sources reasonable access during normal business hours to officers, employees, agents and representatives of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Nonprofit Organizations and to all of their respective properties (including without limitation, access for the purpose of (i) performing any non-intrusive environmental procedures, investigations or studies, or taking other non-intrusive actions related thereto, in connection with obtaining Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for or at the Real Property and (ii) preparing and coordinating programs, objectives and other information related to the integration of the business of the Company with the business of Acquiror and its Affiliates following consummation of the Cash Merger), and will furnish, within a reasonable time, to Acquiror all information (including extracts and copies of books, records, contracts and other documents, including a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed or received by it during such period pursuant to the requirements of federal securities laws) concerning the operations and business of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization, including access to their respective personnel as Acquiror may reasonably request. In conducting any inspection of any properties of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or the Nonprofit Organizations, neither Acquiror nor any of its representatives will (A) interfere with the business of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization conducted at such property, or (B) damage any property or any portion thereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that Acquiror will be permitted to contact and have discussions with any vendors, suppliers, tenants and subtenants; provided that Acquiror provides the Company with reasonable advance notice of its intention to take any of the foregoing actions and Acquiror agrees to use its reasonable best efforts not to unreasonably interfere with the business of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Nonprofit Organization in taking any of the foregoing actions. The Company and Acquiror will each promptly provide the other copies of all filings made by such party with any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.6 Confidentiality. (a) All information relating to the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Nonprofit Organizations that is obtained by Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) all information relating to Acquiror and its Affiliates and financing sources that is obtained by the Company pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will constitute “Confidential Information.” Confidential Information of the other parties to this Agreement may be used or disclosed by the recipient only in connection with this Agreement and each party agrees to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information of the other parties in the same manner that it protects the confidentiality of its own proprietary and confidential information of like kind and sensitivity, but in no event will less than reasonable care be exercised. The Company and Acquiror agree that all terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed without the other party’s prior written consent, except as required in connection with the Proxy Statement or otherwise by applicable Law or a Governmental Authority. Confidential Information shall not include information that: (i) was in the recipient’s possession prior to being furnished by the disclosing party; (ii) is or becomes publicly available through no breach of the terms of this Agreement by the recipient; (iii) is received by the recipient from a third party who, to the recipient’s knowledge, was not thereby in breach of any confidentiality obligation; or (iv) is independently developed by the recipient without use of the disclosing party’s confidential or proprietary information. In the event any party receives a subpoena or other validly issued administrative or judicial process requesting any portion of the Confidential Information of any other party, it shall provide prompt notice to the other of such receipt and tender to it defense of such demand. Unless the demand shall have been timely limited,
quashed or extended, the party receiving the subpoena shall thereafter be entitled to comply with such subpoena or other process to the extent permitted by law. If requested by the disclosing party, the recipient shall cooperate (at the disclosing party’s expense) in the defense of a demand.
6.7 | Acquisition Proposals. |
(a) The Company agrees that, except in the case of any Person identified on Section 6.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (a “Disclosed Qualified Bidder”) or as otherwise permitted in this Section 6.7, (i) it and its officers and directors will not, (ii) the Company Subsidiaries and the Company Subsidiaries’ officers and directors will not, and (iii) its and the Company Subsidiaries’ investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, employees, consultants or other agents, advisors or representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) will not, (A) directly or indirectly, initiate, solicit, cause, encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate any inquiries or the making, submission or reaffirmation of any proposal or offer with respect to a tender offer or exchange offer, proxy solicitation, merger, reorganization, share exchange, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, consolidation, business combination or other similar transaction involving the Company and/or the Company Subsidiaries or any proposal or offer to acquire in any manner an equity or voting interest in the Company, or the assets, securities or other ownership interests of or in the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (any such proposal or offer being hereinafter referred to as an “Acquisition Proposal”), or (B) directly or indirectly, engage in any negotiations or discussions concerning, or provide access to its properties, books and records or any confidential information or data to, any Person relating to, or that may reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal. The Company will promptly take the steps necessary to inform the Persons set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the foregoing sentence of the obligations undertaken in this Section 6.7, and the Company agrees that it will be responsible for any breach of this Section 6.7 by those Persons. Subject to Section 6.7(b), neither the Company nor its Board of Directors or any committee thereof will approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, or execute or enter into, any letter of intent, agreement in principle, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding relating in any respect to an Acquisition Proposal or propose or agree to do any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement will prevent the Company or the Board of Directors from (i) taking and disclosing to its shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any similar communication to shareholders in connection with the making or amendment of a tender offer or exchange offer) or from making any legally required disclosure to shareholders with regard to an Acquisition Proposal (provided that neither the Company nor its Board of Directors may recommend any Acquisition Proposal unless permitted by Section 6.7(b) and the Company may not fail to make or withdraw, modify or change in a manner adverse to Acquiror all or any portion of the Board Recommendation, and provided further that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any “stop-look-and-listen” communication by the Company or its Board of Directors to the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any similar communication to the shareholders of the Company in connection with the making or amendment of a tender offer or exchange offer containing the substance of a “stop-look-and-listen” communication pursuant to such Rule 14d-9(f)) will not be considered a failure to make, or a withdrawal, modification or change in any manner adverse to Acquiror of, all or a portion of the Company Board Recommendation), or (ii) prior to the
approval of this Agreement by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with this Agreement, (A) providing access to its properties, books and records and providing information or data to either a Disclosed Qualified Bidder or in response to a request therefor by a Person who has made an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal if the Board of Directors receives from the Person so requesting such information an executed confidentiality agreement on terms substantially similar to those contained in Section 6.6 (except for such changes specifically necessary in order for the Company to be able to comply with its obligations under this Agreement) or (B) engaging in any negotiations or discussions with a Disclosed Qualified Bidder or with any Person who has made an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal, if and only to the extent that prior to taking any of the actions set forth in clauses (A) or (B) of clause (ii) with respect to any Person other than a Disclosed Qualified Bidder, (x) the Board of Directors will have determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that such action is necessary in order for the Board of Directors to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law and (y) the Company will have informed Acquiror promptly following (and in no event later than 24 hours after) the taking by it of any such action; provided that none of the Company, the Board of Directors or any of the Company’s Representatives shall take any of the actions specified in this clause (ii) in respect of an Acquisition Proposal submitted by or on behalf of any Person or its prior or existing Affiliates who received a termination fee from or on behalf of the Company in connection with its prior Acquisition Proposal (an “Prior Contracting Party”) unless and until the Prior Contracting Party shall have returned such termination fee to the Company, which fee will be held in escrow by the Company and either paid to Acquiror on behalf of such Prior Contracting Party in accordance with Section 8.2 of this Agreement or returned to the Prior Contracting Party when such Prior Contracting Party has withdrawn and is no longer pursuing its Acquisition Proposal.
A “Superior Proposal” means a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that, after taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory, timing and other aspects of the proposal and the Person or Persons making the proposal (including any break-up fees, expense reimbursement provisions and conditions to consummation), (i) would, if consummated, result in a transaction more favorable to the Company’s shareholders from a financial point of view than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (after giving effect to any adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement proposed in writing by Acquiror in response to such Acquisition Proposal) and (ii) is fully financed or reasonably capable of being fully financed, reasonably likely to receive all required governmental approvals on a timely basis and otherwise reasonably capable of being consummated on the terms proposed. The Company will promptly inform the Persons set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the first sentence of this Section 6.7(a) of the obligations undertaken in this Section 6.7.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.7 to the contrary, if, at any time prior to the approval of this Agreement by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with this Agreement, the Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with and receipt of advice from its financial advisors and legal counsel, in response to a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that was unsolicited and that did not otherwise result from a breach of Section 6.7(a), that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal and that terminating this Agreement to accept such Superior Proposal and/or recommending such Superior Proposal to the shareholders of the Company is necessary in order for the Board of Directors to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, the Company may terminate this Agreement and/or its
Board of Directors may recommend such Superior Proposal to its shareholders, as applicable; provided, however, that the Company will not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this sentence, and any purported termination pursuant to this sentence will be void and of no force or effect, unless concurrently with such termination pursuant to this Section 6.7(b) the Company pays to Acquiror the termination amounts payable pursuant to Sections 8.2(b) and 8.2(c); and provided, further, that the Company will not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement and the Board of Directors will not recommend a Superior Proposal to its shareholders pursuant to this Section 6.7(b) unless the Company will have delivered to Acquiror a prior written notice advising Acquiror that the Company or its Board of Directors intends to take such action with respect to a Superior Proposal, specifying in reasonable detail the material terms and conditions of the Superior Proposal, such notice to be delivered not less than 24 hours prior to the time the action is taken, and, during such 24 hour period, the Company and its advisors will negotiate in good faith with Acquiror to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement such that such Acquisition Proposal would no longer constitute a Superior Proposal, in which case this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and the Company will reject such Acquisition Proposal. For avoidance of doubt, the Company acknowledges and agrees that it will not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.7(b) after the Shareholders Meeting (or any postponement or adjournment thereof) if, at the Shareholders Meeting, the Requisite Shareholder Vote is obtained to approve this Agreement.
(c) The Company agrees that (i) it will, and will cause each Company Subsidiary and its and their Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal submitted by a Person who is not a Disclosed Qualified Bidder and (ii) except to the extent necessary to take any actions that the Company is otherwise permitted to take pursuant to this Section 6.7 (and in such case only in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.7), it will not release any Person from, or waive any provisions of, any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which it or any Company Subsidiary is a party with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. The Company will also, if it has not already done so, promptly request, to the extent it has a contractual right to do so, that each Person, if any, that has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement within the twelve months prior to the date of this Agreement in connection with its consideration of any Acquisition Proposal to return or destroy all confidential information or data heretofore furnished to any Person by or on behalf of the Company, any Company Subsidiaries or any Nonprofit Organizations.
(d) The Company will promptly (and in no event later than 24 hours after receipt of an Acquisition Proposal) notify Acquiror (which notice will be provided orally and in writing and will identify any Person making an Acquisition Proposal and set forth in reasonable detail its material terms and conditions) of the Company’s receipt of an Acquisition Proposal after the date hereof, or if any nonpublic information is requested from, or any discussions or negotiations are sought to be initiated or continued with, it, any Company Subsidiary or any of its or any Company Subsidiary’s Representatives and thereafter will keep Acquiror informed, on a current basis, of the status and material terms and conditions of any proposals or offers. The Company will make available to Acquiror (to the extent it has not previously done so) all nonpublic information made available to any Person making an Acquisition Proposal after the date hereof at substantially the same time as it provides it to such other Person.
6.8 | Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts. |
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party will use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law or applicable agreement to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each party hereto agrees to make an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions pursuant to the HSR Act and to make other required filings pursuant to other Antitrust Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, if and to the extent that the parties determine any such filings are required, as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement and to supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws and to take all other actions necessary, proper or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable.
(b) Acquiror and the Company will, in connection with the efforts referenced in Section 6.8(a) to obtain all requisite approvals and authorizations for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Law, use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cooperate in all respects with each other in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private party; (ii) keep the other party informed of any communication received by such party from, or given by such party to, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) or any other Governmental Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private party, in each case regarding any of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and (iii) permit the other party to review any communication given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, the FTC, the DOJ or any such other Governmental Authority or other Person or, in connection with any proceeding by a private party, with any other Person, and to the extent permitted by the FTC, the DOJ or such other applicable Governmental Authority or other Person, give the other party the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences in accordance with Antitrust Law.
(c) In furtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the parties contained in Sections 6.8(a) and (b), if any objections are asserted with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any Antitrust Law or if any suit is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by the FTC, the DOJ or any other applicable Governmental Authority or any private party challenging any of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby as violative of any Antitrust Law or which would otherwise prohibit or materially impair or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, each of Acquiror and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to resolve any such objections or suits so as to permit consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including in order to resolve such objections or suits which, in any case if not resolved, could reasonably be expected to prohibit or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; provided, however, that neither Acquiror nor any of its shareholders or Affiliates will be obligated to sell, hold separate or otherwise dispose of or
conduct its business in a manner which would resolve such objections or suits or agree to sell, hold separate or otherwise dispose of or conduct its business. Without excluding other possibilities, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be deemed to be materially delayed if unresolved objections or suits under any Antitrust Law delay or could reasonably be expected to delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby beyond the Termination Date.
(d) Subject to the obligations under Section 6.8(c), in the event that any administrative or judicial action or proceeding is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a Governmental Authority challenging any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby, (i) each of Acquiror and the Company will cooperate in all respects with each other and use its respective reasonable best efforts to contest and resist any such action or proceeding and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or other order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) each of Acquiror and the Company will use its respective reasonable best efforts to defend, at its own cost and expense, any action or actions, whether judicial or administrative, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, nothing in this Section 6.8 will limit a party’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(b) or Section 8.1(c) so long as such party has up to then complied in all material respects with its obligations under this Section 6.8.
6.9 Resignations. At or prior to the Closing Date, the Company will cause to be delivered to Acquiror duly signed resignations, effective as of the Effective Time, of the directors and officers (other than the officers listed in Section 2.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule) of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Nonprofit Organizations and will take such other action as is necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
6.10 Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance; Continued Indemnity; Shareholders’ Litigation. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will fully pay the applicable premiums to renew, increase and/or extend the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy or policies (or purchase a “run off” policy) (the “Policies”) to provide continuing liability coverage to the directors and officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time for claims made against such officers and/or directors for actions taken by or omitted to be taken by them prior to the Closing Date (a) for a period of six years following the Closing Date and (b) with a maximum amount of at least $10,000,000. Acquiror acknowledges and agrees that, regardless of whether the Closing occurs, the Company (or the Surviving Corporation) shall indemnify the directors and officers of the Company who served the Company in that capacity at any time after September 30, 2005 to the extent described in the indemnification provisions set forth in the amended and restated bylaws of the Surviving Corporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Acquiror further acknowledges and agrees that the Company (or the Surviving Corporation) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, honor a prior determination made under the Company bylaws in effect as of September 30, 2005, that advancement of litigation defense expenses and indemnification of the current directors and officers is proper. The Company will allow Parent and Acquiror to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to the settlement of the Shareholders’ Litigation.
6.11 Public Announcements. Each of the Company and Acquiror agrees that no public release or announcement concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be issued by any party without the prior written consent of the Company and Acquiror (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as such release or announcement may be required by Law, in which case the party required to make the release or announcement will use its reasonable best efforts to allow the other party reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance.
6.12 | Cooperation; Financial Data. |
(a) The Company will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, cooperate reasonably and in good faith, at Acquiror’s request and expense, in providing documentation, participating in meetings, answering questions and otherwise providing information about the Company and its assets, employees, history and business and such other information or cooperation as may be reasonably requested by Acquiror from time to time after the date of this Agreement in order to help facilitate: (i) obtaining of any required governmental approvals to consummate the Cash Merger; (ii) implementation of Acquiror’s desired post-Closing organizational structure for the Company; (iii) planning for the continued post-Closing operation of the Company’s business; (iv) financing arrangements related to the Cash Merger or the post-Closing operation of the Company’s business; and (v) such other events or circumstances for which the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ cooperation would be helpful and for which Acquiror reasonably requests such cooperation.
(b) As soon as practicable, but in any event no later than 10 business days after each calendar month-end following the date of this Agreement that occurs prior to the Effective Time, the Company will deliver to Acquiror a copy of the Company’s internal operating balance sheet and internal profit and loss statement (prepared in form and substance on a basis consistent with past practice).
6.13 | Nonprofit Organizations. |
(a) In connection with the Cash Merger, at the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will assume control of the boards of directors of the Nonprofit Organizations. Acquiror has agreed that the Surviving Corporation shall do so as an accommodation to the Company and in acknowledgment of the ancestral heritage of the Company’s shareholders and the history of the Atrisco Land Grant and the Real Property. Acquiror will cause the Surviving Corporation to continue to operate the Nonprofit Organizations as nonprofit organizations in keeping with their charitable or other exempt purposes. The parties acknowledge and agree that no part of the Cash Merger Consideration is intended to be, or will be construed as or accounted for as, payment or consideration for any of the assets of the Nonprofit Organizations.
(b) At the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will contribute to the Trust the Santa Clara Cemetery, the San Jose de Armijo Cemetery, the Evangelico Cemetery (collectively, the “Cemeteries”) and the church known as La Capillita Antigua, San Jose de Ranchos de Atrisco and Cemetary (the “Church”), all of which are located on the Real Property. Without limiting the foregoing, Acquiror will cause the Surviving Corporation to honor all historical and hereditary rights and privileges of Atrisco Land Grant heirs, their families and
others in the Atrisco community with respect to burial in the Cemeteries. Acquiror may, in its discretion, cause the Surviving Corporation to reorganize or restructure the Nonprofit Organizations and their assets in order to operate them more efficiently or effectively, provided such restructuring or reorganization does not result in the disturbance of the Cemeteries (including access thereto) or disruption in the operation or maintenance of the Cemeteries or the Church. Additionally, Acquiror may, in its discretion, cause the Surviving Corporation to create one or more new nonprofit organizations or establish one or more trusts or other appropriate entities and endow such entities with sufficient assets so as to provide for their continued operation; provided, that any such arrangement must be adequate to provide reasonable assurance of continuing compliance with Acquiror’s obligations pursuant to this Section 6.13.
(c) In the event that the Surviving Corporation is sold (through a stock or asset sale) or merged with or into another Person in a transaction in which the Surviving Corporation is not the survivor, the Surviving Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the acquiring Person continues to honor Acquiror’s and the Surviving Corporation’s commitments pursuant to this Section 6.13, or to make other arrangements reasonably designed to ensure such ongoing performance.
6.14 Employees. Except for any officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time who are not identified in Section 2.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or who otherwise resign from the Company, Acquiror will cause the Surviving Corporation to continue to employ all employees of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Nonprofit Organizations at their current compensation and benefit levels (as of the date of this Agreement) for a period of not less than twelve months following the Effective Time, subject to the Surviving Corporation’s right to terminate any such employees for cause during such twelve month period.
6.15 | Title and Title Insurance. |
(a) The Company shall request the Title Insurer to deliver to Acquiror a current Commitment for Title Insurance or a Preliminary Title Report, together with legible copies of all documents referred to therein (collectively, the “Title Report”) from the Title Insurer. The Title Report shall show the status of title to the Real Property as of the date of the Title Report and shall list the Company as the proposed insured.
(b) The Company, at Acquiror’s expense, shall cooperate with Acquiror in causing the Title Insurer to deliver to the Company (i) at Closing an unconditional commitment to issue an ALTA owner’s comprehensive policy of title insurance, including owner’s comprehensive endorsements in the form of NM56 (as to unimproved land) and NM57 (as to improved land) and a non-imputation endorsement in the form of NM28 (collectively, the “Owner’s Title Policy”) and a pro forma title policy and (ii) as soon after the Closing as is reasonably possible, the Owner’s Title Policy. The Company will cooperate with Acquiror and the Title Insurer with respect to executing and delivering any affidavits or other documents or certificates required by the Title Insurer as a condition precedent to its issuance of (A) an unconditional commitment to issue the Owner’s Title Policy and a pro forma title policy and (B) the Owner’s Title Policy. The Owner’s Title Policy shall be issued by the Title Insurer in the amount not less than $250,000,000, effective as of the Closing Date or as soon as reasonably possible thereafter, and shall insure the Company that fee simple title to the Real Property is
vested in the Company, subject only to: (i) the usual printed exceptions and exclusions contained in such title insurance policies; and (ii) the exceptions to title approved in writing by Acquiror.
6.16 Further Action. Each of the parties hereto will use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law, and execute and deliver such documents and other papers, as may be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including a written instruction letter to the Paying Agent to proceed with the actions required by this Agreement.
6.17 Creation and Funding of Trust for Charitable Programs. The parties further agree that, prior to the Effective Time, a charitable trust shall be formed by the Company in accordance with law and subject to the terms of this Agreement to promote and preserve the ancestral and cultural heritage of the Company’s shareholders and the history of the Atrisco Land Grant and the Real Property and to otherwise serve the local community (the “Trust”). The Trust will be organized substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. The Surviving Corporation will commit to donate $1,000,000 per year for 100 years following the Effective Date (an aggregate of $100,000,000) to support the establishment and operation of the Trust. On the Closing Date, Acquiror shall deposit with an escrow agent reasonably acceptable to the Company, for the benefit of the Trust pending its formation and the occurrence of the Effective Time, $2,000,000, representing the first and second annual contribution by the Surviving Corporation to the Trust.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CASH MERGER
7.1 Mutual Conditions to Closing. The respective obligations of each party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
(a) This Agreement will have been approved by the shareholders of the Company by the Requisite Shareholder Vote in accordance with the Company’s articles of incorporation, bylaws and the NMBCA;
(b) No Law which prohibits, restrains or enjoins the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any United States federal or state Governmental Authority, unless failing to comply with such Law would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to either result in a Material Adverse Effect or lead to the criminal prosecution of any officer or director of Acquiror, the Company or their respective Affiliates; provided, however, that prior to invoking this condition each party agrees to comply with Section 6.8;
(c) No action, suit or proceeding instituted by any United States federal or state Governmental Authority will be pending seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin or challenging the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, unless any such action, suit or proceeding would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to either result in a Material Adverse Effect or lead to the criminal prosecution of any officer or director of Acquiror, the Company, or their respective Affiliates; and
(d) (i) The waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the HSR Act will have been terminated or will have expired and (ii) all other required approvals pursuant to any Antitrust Law of any Governmental Authority will have been obtained or waiting periods thereunder will have been terminated or will have expired, unless if failure to obtain such approval or failure of such waiting period to terminate or expire would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to either result in a Material Adverse Effect or lead to the criminal prosecution of any officer of director of Acquiror, the Company, or their respective Affiliates.
(e) The Spin-Off shall have been completed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, and all documents required to be delivered in connection with the Spin-Off shall have been executed and delivered by all parties thereto.
7.2 Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror. The obligations of Acquiror to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be further subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article IV will be true, complete and correct in all material respects (without regard to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifiers) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (unless any such representation or warranty is made only as of a specific date, in which event such representation or warranty will be true, complete and correct as of such specific date);
(b) The Company will have performed in all material respects each of the obligations, and complied in all material respects with each of the agreements and covenants, required to be performed by or complied with by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time;
(c) The Company will have delivered to Acquiror its audited annual financial statements (or if audited financial statements are not available, unaudited financial statements, provided such unaudited financial statements have undergone at least a review by the Company’s independent auditors) for all annual accounting periods ended after the Balance Sheet Date containing an unqualified opinion by its independent auditors that is not modified in any way by an explanatory paragraph relating to the consistency of the application of accounting principles, ability to continue as a going concern or for any other matter.
(d) There will not have occurred any fact, event, change, development, circumstance or effect which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) The Dissenting Shares will not constitute more than ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding Shares;
(f) Each of the key employees of the Company identified in Section 7.2(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (each, a “Key Employee”) will continue to be employed in the position set forth opposite such Person’s name in Section 7.2(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, unless, in each case, such Key Employee will no longer be so employed as a result of
(i) death or disability or (ii) termination by the Company for cause; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 6.14, nothing in this Agreement will be construed as being or creating an obligation of Acquiror or the Company, as the Surviving Corporation in the Cash Merger, to continue the employment of any such Key Employee following the Closing; and
(g) Acquiror will have received the formal resignation of each person serving as a director of the Company effective at the Effective Time.
7.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be further subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of Acquiror set forth in this Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as of the date of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (unless any such representation or warranty is made only as of a specific date, in which event such representation and warranty will be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified date); and
(b) Acquiror will have performed in all material respects the obligations, and complied in all material respects with the agreements and covenants, required to be performed by or complied with by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
8.1 Termination before Effective Time. As set forth below, this Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to or on the Effective Time notwithstanding approval thereof by the shareholders of the Company:
(a) | by mutual written consent of each party hereto; |
(b) by any party hereto if any United States federal or state Governmental Authority will have issued a final order, decree or ruling or taken any other final action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such order, decree, ruling or other action is or will have become final and nonappealable;
(c) by any party if the Effective Time has not occurred on or before the earlier of (i) October 15, 2006 or (ii) the date on which the conditions to such party’s obligations as set forth in Article VII become incapable of being satisfied, unless such condition is waived by such party (the “Termination Date”); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c) will not be available to the party seeking to terminate if the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or before the Termination Date is the result of such party’s breach of any representation or covenant contained in this Agreement or the failure of such party to use its reasonable efforts to satisfy the conditions precedent to the obligation of the other party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, further, however, that if the Shareholders Meeting has not occurred by the Termination Date, then either party (so long as such party is not in breach of this Agreement) may elect to extend the Termination Date in order to provide for the holding of the Shareholders Meeting, but in no event shall the Termination
Date be extended past November 15, 2006; provided, further, however, that the Termination Date will be extended for a period of time equal to the effectiveness of any temporary injunction issued by any Governmental Authority with respect to the holding of the Shareholders Meeting or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) by the Company (i) if there will have been a failure of any condition to the Company’s obligations set forth in Section 7.3 (and such condition has not been waived by the Company) or a material breach of any material representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Acquiror contained in this Agreement, or if any such representation or warranty will have become untrue or inaccurate, such that (A) the conditions set forth in Sections 7.3(a) or 7.3(b) would not be capable of being satisfied and (B) such breach or inaccuracy is not capable of being cured or, if reasonably capable of being cured, will not have been cured prior to the earlier of (1) 30 Business Days following notice of such breach and (2) the Termination Date; provided that the Company will not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(d)(i) if the Company is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or if any such representation or warranty will have become materially untrue or inaccurate, or (ii) prior to the adoption and approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company, in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, Section 6.7(b);
(e) by Acquiror (i) if there will have been a failure of any condition to Acquiror’s obligations set forth in Section 7.2 (and such condition has not been waived by Acquiror) or the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company contained in this Agreement, or if any such representation or warranty will have become untrue or inaccurate, such that (A) the condition set forth in Section 7.2(a) would not be capable of being satisfied and such breach or inaccuracy is not capable of being cured or, if reasonably capable of being cured, will not have been cured prior to the earlier of (1) 30 Business Days following notice of such breach and (2) the Termination Date or (B) the condition set forth in Section 7.2(b) would not be capable of being satisfied and such breach is not capable of being cured or, if reasonably capable of being cured, will not have been cured prior to the earlier of (i) 30 Business Days following notice of such breach and (2) the Termination Date; provided that with respect to clause (A) or (B), the amount of damages reasonably suffered by Acquiror as a result any such breach following any cure efforts would exceed $500,000; provided that Acquiror will not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(e)(i) if Acquiror is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or if any such representation or warranty will have become untrue or inaccurate, or (ii) if the Board of Directors (A) will have withdrawn, modified or changed (it being understood and agreed that any “stop-look-and-listen” communication by the Board of Directors to the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) of the Exchange Act, or any similar communication to the shareholders of the Company in connection with the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer containing the substance of a “stop-look-and-listen” communication pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f), will not be deemed to constitute a withdrawal, modification or change of its recommendation of this Agreement) in a manner adverse to Acquiror its approval or recommendation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or will have resolved to effect any of the foregoing, or (B) will have recommended to the shareholders of the Company an Acquisition Proposal other than the transactions contemplated hereunder, or will have resolved to effect any of the foregoing;
(f) by any party if, upon a vote thereon at the Shareholders Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, this Agreement will not have been approved by the Requisite Shareholder Vote.
8.2 | Effect of Termination. |
(a) In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, this Agreement will forthwith become void and there will be no liability or obligation on the part of any party hereto, except with respect to Section 6.6, this Section 8.2, Section 8.3 and Article IX, which will survive such termination; provided, however, that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful and material breach hereof.
(b) In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(a), 8.1(b), 8.1(c), 8.1(d)(ii), 8.1(e) or 8.1(f), Acquiror will be entitled to the return of the full amount of the Deposit paid pursuant to Section 2.1, together with all interest accrued thereon. In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(a), 8.1(d)(ii) or 8.1(e)(ii) or by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c), the Company shall pay to Acquiror the full amount of the SHNM Termination Fee paid by Acquiror pursuant to Section 2.1. In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(b), the Company shall pay to Acquiror $5,000,000 of the SHNM Termination Fee paid by Acquiror pursuant to Section 2.1. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(i), the Company will be entitled to be paid the full amount of the Deposit, together with all interest accrued thereon, as liquidated damages and its sole and exclusive remedy for any breach or liability of Acquiror under this Agreement, it being acknowledged that such amount is intended as a reasonable estimate of the Company’s damages in such event, and is not intended as a penalty. Acquiror will instruct the Paying Agent to wire the Deposit, together with all interest accrued thereon, in immediately available funds, to Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 8.2(b), as promptly as practicable (but in any event within two Business Days) after termination of this Agreement.
(c) In addition, in the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) or by Acquiror pursuant to Section 8.1(e)(i) or (e)(ii), then the Company will promptly pay Acquiror the sum of the SunCal Expenses as liquidated damages in addition to the return of its Deposit and the amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.2(b). In the event this Agreement is terminated by Acquiror pursuant to Section 8.1(e)(i) as a result of the Company’s intentional or willful breach after the date of this Agreement of its representations, warranties or covenants, then the Company will promptly pay Acquiror the SHNM Termination Fee paid by Acquiror pursuant to Section 2.1 as liquidated damages in addition to the return of its Deposit and the SunCal Expenses. In the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(i), then Acquiror will promptly pay the Company the sum of $5,000,000 as liquidated damages, which payment may be satisfied by the release of the Deposit by the escrow agent holding said Deposit to the Company, as provided in Section 8.2(b) above. The parties agree that the foregoing amounts are reasonable estimates of their respective damages in the applicable circumstances and that such amounts are not intended as, and do not, constitute penalties. The Company or Acquiror, as and to the extent applicable, will pay the amounts owed under this Section 8.2(c) to the other party as promptly as practicable (but in any event within two Business Days) after termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.1(d)(i) or (d)(ii) or Section 8.1(e)(i) or (ii) payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
(d) If (A) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(c) or 8.1(f) and (B) on or before the 18-month anniversary of such termination (the “Restricted Period”), the Company enters into an agreement providing for the implementation of an Acquisition Proposal or consummates an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not any such Acquisition Proposal was communicated to the Company prior to or following termination of this Agreement), the Company shall pay to Acquiror the sum of the SunCal Expenses plus the aggregate amount of the SHNM Termination Fee not previously reimbursed pursuant to Section 8.2(b) plus the aggregate amount of any Company Expenses actually paid by Acquiror pursuant to Section 8.3, as liquidated damages in addition to the amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.2(b). The parties agree that the foregoing amounts are reasonable estimates of their respective damages in the applicable circumstances and that such amounts are not intended as, and do not, constitute penalties. The Company will pay the amount owed under this Section 8.2(d) to Acquiror by wire transfer of immediately available funds as promptly as practicable (but in any event within two Business Days) after the execution of an agreement providing for the implementation of an Acquisition Proposal. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(c) or 8.1(f) and the Company does not enter into an Agreement during the Restricted Period providing for the implementation of an Acquisition Proposal, the Company will no longer be obligated to pay SunCal any portion of the SHNM Termination Fee or any SunCal Expenses or any Company Expenses actually paid by the Acquiror pursuant to Section 8.3.
(e) The parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in this Section 8.2 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these agreements, none of the parties hereto would enter into this Agreement; accordingly, if a party fails to timely pay any amount required to be paid by it pursuant to this Section 8.2 (such party, the “Payor”), and, in order to obtain the payment, the party entitled to receive such payment pursuant to this Section 8.2 (such other party, the “Payee”) commences a suit which results in a judgment against the Payor for the payment set forth in this Section 8.2, the Payor will pay to Payee its reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) in connection with this suit, together with interest on the amount due from each date for payment until the date of the payment at the prime rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal on the date the payment was required to be made) plus one percentage point.
8.3 Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, each party will bear its own expenses in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that Acquiror shall be exclusively responsible for all filing fees in connection with filings to be made, if any, under the HSR Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Acquiror will promptly (and in any event within two Business Days after the date hereof) reimburse the Company for all Company Expenses (as defined below) upon Acquiror’s receipt of documentation reasonably acceptable to Acquiror evidencing the Company’s payment of such Company Expenses. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Expenses” includes reasonable legal, financial advisor, fairness opinion, appraisal, due diligence, Board attendance fees, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance premiums, accounting, proxy solicitor, SEC and other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Company prior to termination of this Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated by the ANM Merger Agreement, the Sedora Merger Agreement and this Agreement, not to exceed $3.0 million
in the aggregate. For the avoidance of doubt, “Company Expenses” shall include, without limitation, (i) any legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the defense of the Company or any of its directors and officers for which the Company is responsible in connection with any related shareholder litigation, but not any amounts paid in settlement thereof, and (ii) all expenses related to the solicitation, counting and certification of proxies, but shall not include any fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with its consideration of any Acquisition Proposal made after the date of this Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c) or 8.1(d)(ii) or by Acquiror pursuant to Section 8.1(e)(i) or (e)(ii), the Company shall pay (without duplication) to Acquiror the aggregate amount of any Company Expenses actually paid by Acquiror pursuant to this Section 8.3, as liquidated damages in addition to the amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.2. The parties agree that the foregoing amounts are reasonable estimates of their respective damages in the applicable circumstances and that such amounts are not intended as, and do not, constitute penalties. The Company will pay the amount owed under this Section 8.3 to Acquiror as promptly as practicable (but in any event within two Business Days after termination of this Agreement). For purposes of this Agreement, “SunCal Expenses” includes reasonable legal, financial advisor, appraisal, due diligence, accounting, proxy solicitor, SEC and other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by SunCal prior to termination of this Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
8.4 Amendment. Subject to applicable Law, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto by action taken by or on behalf of their respective boards of directors at any time prior to the Effective Time. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
8.5 Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, any party hereto may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) subject to the requirements of applicable Law, waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any such extension or waiver will be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. None of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, will survive the Effective Time, except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms apply or are to be performed in whole or in part at or after the Effective Time and (b) this Article IX.
9.2 Materiality; Company Disclosure Schedule. As used in this Agreement, unless the context would require otherwise, the terms “material” or “material to the Company” and the concept of the “material” nature of an effect upon the Company will be measured relative to the entire business of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Nonprofit Organizations taken as a whole.
9.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or electronic mail (in either case with electronic confirmation of receipt) at the facsimile telephone number or email address specified in this Section 9.3 prior to 5:00 p.m. (Albuquerque, New Mexico time) on a Business Day; (b) the Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or electronic mail (in either case with electronic confirmation of receipt) at the facsimile telephone number or email address specified in this Section 9.3 later than 5:00 p.m. (Albuquerque, New Mexico time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (Albuquerque, New Mexico time) on such date; (c) the Business Day after dispatch for overnight delivery, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service; or (d) actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications will be as follows:
If to the Company:
Westland Development Co., Inc.
401 Coors Boulevard, NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87121
Fax: (505) 831-4865
Email: bpage@westlandnm.com
Attention: Barbara Page, President
with a copy to:
Westland Development Co., Inc.
401 Coors Boulevard, NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87121
Fax: (505) 831-4865
Email: rsimon7@aol.com
Attention: Robert S. Simon, Esq.
if to Acquiror, to:
SCC Acquisition Corp.
c/o SunCal Companies
2392 Morse Avenue
Irvine, California 92614
Fax: (505) 878-9852
Email: wmyers@suncal.com
Attention: Mark Magstadt
Bill Myers | |
Bruce Cook, Esq. |
with a copy to:
Jones Day
222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10036
Fax: (212) 755-7306
Email: raprofusek@jonesday.com
Attention: Robert A. Profusek, Esq.
9.4 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement will nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
9.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Company Disclosure Schedule constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
9.6 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party or by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of each of the other parties (which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole discretion of such other party), except that the Agreement may be assigned (in whole but not in part) (a) to an Affiliate of a party hereto or (b) by Acquiror to any of its Affiliates or their respective financing sources; provided that the party making such assignment will not be released from its obligations hereunder. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section 9.6 will be void.
9.7 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 6.10, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or will confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
9.8 Governing Law. This Agreement and the legal relations between the parties will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, except to the extent the laws of the State of New Mexico are required to apply to the Cash Merger (without giving effect to choice of law principles thereof).
9.9 Specific Performance; Jurisdiction. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in any federal or state court sitting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law or in equity. In addition, each of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts sitting in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from such court,
(c) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the federal and state courts sitting in Albuquerque, New Mexico and (d) to the fullest extent permitted by Law, consents to service being made through the notice procedures set forth in Section 9.3.
9.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, and by facsimile signature, each of which when executed will be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement.
9.11 Interpretation. When reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, such reference will be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. This Agreement will be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted. The meanings given to terms defined herein will be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
9.12 Knowledge. As used throughout this Agreement, the term “knowledge” (and its variation, “know”) means the actual awareness of a particular fact or circumstance and the awareness of a fact or circumstance that a prudent individual could reasonably be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of in the course of conducting a reasonable investigation and due inquiry concerning the fact or circumstance. In all instances, “knowledge” of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and/or the Nonprofit Organizations shall be deemed to include, without limitation, the collective knowledge of all of the directors and officers of the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Acquiror have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
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[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]
Exhibit A
Restated
Articles of Incorporation
of
Westland Development Co., Inc.
Westland Development Co., Inc. (NMPRC #3179900) adopts the following Restated Articles of Incorporation under the New Mexico Business Corporation Act:
Article I: The name of this corporation shall be Westland Development Co., Inc.
Article II: The period of this corporation’s existence shall be in perpetuity.
Article III: This corporation shall have all of the powers granted to business corporations by the New Mexico Business Corporation Act (Sections 53-1 through 53-18 NMSA 1978).
Article IV: The corporation has authority to issue 1,000 shares of common stock. The board of directors may divide any or all classes into series, and may fix and determine the designations, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and the restrictions and qualifications thereof, of the shares of each series so established.
Article V: The corporation shall indemnify each of its directors, officers, employees, and agents to the fullest extent permissible under NMSA Section 53-11-4.1l; provided, however, that such indemnification shall only be available with respect to facts, events or circumstances arising or occurring after the effective date of these Restated Articles of Incorporation. Subject to the proviso in the preceding sentence, indemnification of directors and officers shall be mandatory in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by law.
Article VI: To the fullest extent permitted by the New Mexico Statutes as in effect from time to time, a director of this corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director on or after the effective date of these Restated Articles of Incorporation. Any repeal or modification of this article shall not increase the liability of a director of the corporation arising out of acts or omissions occurring before the repeal or modification becomes effective.
Article VII: The board of directors may, from time to time, make distributions to shareholders that do not violate the provisions of NMSA Section 53-11-44, in cash or property.
These Restated Articles of Incorporation correctly set forth without change the corresponding provisions of the Articles of Incorporation as amended, and supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all previous amendments.
Executed _______________, 2006. | Westland Development Co., Inc. |
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Exhibit B
Amended and Restated
Bylaws
of
Westland Development Co., Inc.
(As Adopted ________ __, 2006)
Section 1
Offices, Corporate Seal, and Share Certificates
1.1 Offices. The corporation shall maintain a principal office in New Mexico. The corporation may maintain offices and transact business at any place designated by the board of directors.
1.2 Corporate Seal. A corporate seal is not required on any instrument executed for the corporation. If a corporate seal is used, it shall be a circle having on its circumference the words “Corporate Seal.”
1.3 Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing the shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the board of directors. Such certificates shall be signed by any officer of the corporation.
1.4 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock of the corporation shall be transferable on the books of the corporation only by the holder of record in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares.
1.5 Lost Certificates. If any certificate for shares of the corporation is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the board of directors of the corporation may authorize the issuance of a replacement certificate on such terms and conditions as the board may require, including provision for indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of the replacement certificate.
Section 2
Shareholders
2.1 Annual Meetings. The corporation shall hold annual meetings of shareholders as designated by the board of directors. At the annual meeting shareholders shall elect a board of directors and may transact any other business properly brought before the meeting.
2.2 Special Meetings. The president may and the president or secretary shall, on written request of a majority of the board of directors or of shareholders owning not fewer than one-third of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation, call special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes unless otherwise prescribed by statute. The written
request and the notice of the special meeting shall state the purposes of the meeting and the business transacted at the meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
2.3 Time and Place of Meetings. The board of directors, the president, or the secretary shall fix the time and place of all meetings of shareholders.
2.4 Voting. Subject to the articles of incorporation and the requirement for cumulative voting for the election of directors, each shareholder is entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each voting share held. Shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be determined as of 4 p.m. on the business day before notice of the meeting is sent. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven months from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
2.5 Notice of Meetings. The corporation shall give written notice of annual and special meetings, stating the place, date, hour, and, in the case of special meetings, the purposes of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting not less than ten nor more than 50 days before the meeting unless otherwise prescribed by statute.
2.6 List of Shareholders. The corporation shall prepare and make available, no more than two days after notice of a meeting of shareholders is sent, a complete alphabetical list of all shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting, arranged by voting groups (if any) and showing the address and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder. The list shall be available for inspection and copying by any shareholder.
2.7 Quorum and Adjournment. The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of the shareholders, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute. If a quorum is not present at any meeting, a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote and present at the meeting in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. At an adjourned meeting, when a quorum is present, the shareholders may transact any business they might have transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the corporation shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.8 Majority Required. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power present and voting shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless an express provision of a statute or of the articles of incorporation requires a different vote. If a meeting commenced with a quorum, business may continue until adjournment of the meeting notwithstanding the withdrawal or temporary absence of sufficient shares to reduce the number present to less than a quorum; provided that the affirmative vote must be such as would constitute a majority if a quorum were present.
2.9 Action Without Meeting. The shareholders may take any action they could take at a meeting without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action sign a written consent setting forth the action taken. Such a consent may be signed in counterparts.
2.10 Waiver of Notice. Attendance of a shareholder at a meeting: (i) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, and (ii) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. Any shareholder may waive notice of a meeting of shareholders by executing a written waiver of notice.
Section 3
Directors
3.1 Number and Election. The board of directors shall initially consist of three members, however, the number of directors may be changed from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Except as provided in these Bylaws for the filling of vacancies, the shareholders shall elect the directors at the annual meeting. Each director shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualifies, or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. Directors need not be shareholders.
3.2 Vacancies. A majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or a sole remaining director may fill vacancies and newly created directorships. A director so chosen shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualifies, or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal.
3.3 �� Powers. The board of directors shall manage the business of the corporation and may exercise all powers of the corporation and do all lawful acts and things permitted by statute or by the articles of incorporation.
3.4 Place of Meetings. The board of directors of the corporation may hold its meetings either in or out of New Mexico. At the discretion of the board of directors, meetings may be held by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.
3.5 Annual Meetings. The board of directors shall hold its annual meeting immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders at the place announced at the annual meeting of shareholders. No notice is necessary to hold the annual meeting, provided a quorum is present. If a quorum is not present, the annual meeting shall be held at the next regular meeting or as a special meeting.
3.6 Regular Meetings. The board of directors may hold regular meetings without notice at the times and places determined by the board of directors.
3.7 Special Meetings. The president or secretary may, and on written request of two directors shall, call special meetings of the board of directors on not less than one day’s notice to each director personally, or by facsimile, overnight courier, telegram or telephone, or on not less than five days’ notice to each director by mail.
3.8 Quorum. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation, a majority of the members of the board of directors then in office shall constitute a
quorum of the board of directors. The concurrence of a majority of those present and voting shall be sufficient to conduct the business of the board. If a quorum is not present, the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
3.9 Action Without Meeting. The board of directors or any committee thereof may take any action without a meeting if all directors or members of the committee, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing. The writing or writings shall be filed with the minutes of the board of directors. Such a consent may be signed in counterparts.
3.10 Waiver of Notice. Attendance or participation of a director at a meeting waives any required notice unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on his arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Any director may waive notice of any meeting by executing a written waiver of notice.
3.11 Compensation. The corporation may pay, or reimburse the directors for, the expenses of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors. The corporation may pay the directors a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. Such payment shall not preclude any director from serving the corporation and receiving compensation in any other capacity. The board of directors shall establish and set forth in its minutes the amount or rate of compensation of directors.
3.12 Voting. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws to the contrary, any and all actions to be taken or approved by the board of directors (whether by an action without a meeting or at an annual meeting, a regular meeting or a special meeting) must be approved by a majority of all of the members of the board of directors.
Section 4
Officers
4.1 Appointment of Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at the annual meeting and may, but need not, include a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer and such other officers and agents as the board of directors deems necessary or appropriate. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
4.2 Tenure and Duties of Officers. Officers shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the board of directors, shall have the titles designated by the board of directors, and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties determined from time to time by the board of directors.
4.3 Compensation. The board of directors shall determine from time to time the compensation of the officers. An officer shall not be prevented from receiving compensation because of service as a director. The minutes of the meetings of the board of directors shall set forth the compensation of the officers or the method of fixing the compensation of the officers.
4.4 Vacancies. The board of directors may fill at any time a vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise.
4.5 Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if one is appointed and serving, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors and shall perform any other duties the board of directors assigns.
4.6 President. If a chairman of the board is not appointed, is not serving, or is absent, the president shall preside at meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors. Subject to policies established by the board of directors, the president shall be the chief operating officer of the corporation. The president may sign deeds, conveyances, contracts, agreements, certificates evidencing shares, and all other instruments requiring execution on behalf of the corporation.
4.7 Vice Presidents. There shall be as many vice presidents as the board of directors chooses to appoint. Vice presidents shall perform the duties assigned to them by the board of directors or the president. Any one of the vice presidents, as authorized by the board of directors, shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of the president if the president is temporarily absent or unable to act.
4.8 Secretary. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, minutes of all meetings of the shareholders, board of directors and committees. The secretary is the custodian of the corporate seal, if any, and shall affix it to documents when necessary or appropriate. The secretary shall give or cause to be given required notices of all meetings of the shareholders or board of directors. The secretary shall have custody of the books and records of the corporation, except the books of account, and in general shall perform all the duties incident to the office of secretary of a corporation and such other duties as may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.
4.9 Treasurer. The treasurer shall have custody of the funds and securities of the corporation and the books of account. The treasurer shall see to the deposit of the funds of the corporation in the bank or banks the board of directors designates. The books of account shall be monitored on a current basis under the treasurer’s direction and supervision. The treasurer shall render financial statements to the president and to all directors at proper times. The treasurer shall have charge of the preparation and filing of reports, financial statements, and returns as required by law. The treasurer shall give the corporation a fidelity bond as required by law or by the board of directors, with the premium therefor paid by the corporation as an operating expense.
Section 5
Committees
5.1 Committees. The board of directors may establish regular or special committees. The resolution establishing a regular or special committee shall set forth its powers and duties. In the discretion of the board of directors, persons serving on a regular or special committee need not be directors. The corporation may pay members of regular or special committees compensation for attending committee meetings.
5.2 Minutes of Committee Meetings. The chairman of each regular or special committee designated by the board of directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, minutes of meetings of such committees and shall file the minutes with the secretary of the corporation.
Section 6
Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
6.1 Indemnification. Except as provided in these Bylaws, the corporation shall hold harmless and indemnify each of its directors and officers (“indemnitee”) against any and all liability and expenses incurred by indemnitee in connection with any threatened or actual proceeding or legal action resulting from indemnitee’s service to the corporation or to another entity at the corporation’s request on or after the date on which these Bylaws are adopted.
6.2 Exclusions. Except insofar as permitted by law, the corporation shall not indemnify indemnitee for acts by indemnitee that were grossly negligent, that resulted in personal profit or advantage to indemnitee to which indemnitee was not legally entitled, or that involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.
6.3 Procedure. Indemnitee shall notify the corporation promptly of the threat or commencement of any proceeding or legal action with respect to which indemnitee intends to seek indemnification. The corporation shall be entitled to assume indemnitee’s defense with counsel reasonably satisfactory to indemnitee, unless indemnitee provides the corporation with an opinion of counsel reasonably concluding that there may be a conflict of interest between indemnitee and the corporation in the defense of the proceeding or legal action. If the corporation assumes the defense, the corporation shall not be liable to indemnitee for legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by indemnitee.
6.4 Expense Advances. The corporation shall advance automatically expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred or to be incurred by indemnitee in defending a proceeding or legal action upon receipt of notice of the expenses. To the extent required by law, the corporation shall not advance expenses unless (i) indemnitee furnishes the corporation with a written affirmation of indemnitee’s good faith belief that indemnitee has met the proper standard of conduct; (ii) indemnitee or a representative furnishes the corporation with a written undertaking to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined (after expiration or exhaustion of any appeal rights) that indemnitee did not meet the standard of conduct; and (iii) a determination is made that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification.
6.5 Settlement of Claims. The corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify indemnitee for any amounts incurred in settlement if settlement is made without the corporation’s prior written consent. The corporation shall not enter into any settlement that would impose any penalty or limitation on indemnitee without indemnitee’s prior written consent. Neither the corporation nor indemnitee will unreasonably withhold consent to any proposed settlement.
6.6 Effect of Repeal. In order that indemnitee may rely on the indemnification promised by this Section, no repeal or amendment of this Section shall reduce the right of indemnitee to payment of expenses or indemnification for acts of indemnitee taken before the date of repeal or amendment.
Section 7
Repeal, Alteration or Amendment
These Bylaws may be repealed, altered or amended, or substitute bylaws may be adopted, only by (a) the vote/consent of the board of directors, or (b) the affirmative vote/consent of shareholders who own, on a cumulative basis, more than 80% of the issued capital stock of the corporation.
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Barbara Page
President
ATTEST:
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Name:
Title:
Exhibit C
FORM OF
TRUST AGREEMENT
of the
ATRISCO HERITAGE FOUNDATION
THE FOUNDATION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made , 2006 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Westland Development Co, Inc., a New Mexico corporation (“Donor”), and (“Initial Trustees”). [The Initial Trustees will be designated by the current Westland Board of Directors]
1. Name of Foundation. The name of the Foundation shall be the Atrisco Heritage Foundation (“the Foundation”), and so far as practicable the Trustees (as defined below) shall conduct the activities of the Foundation in that name.
2. Purpose of Foundation. The Foundation is created and shall be operated exclusively for the purposes of (i) promoting and preserving the ancestral and cultural heritage of the general community of Albuquerque, New Mexico, including the shareholders of Donor immediately prior to the Effective Date and the history of the Atrisco Land Grant; (ii) promoting and preserving the history of the church La Capillita Antigua, San Jose de Ranchos de Atrisco founded in the eighteenth century, including the upkeep of its building and surrounding land; (iii) promoting and preserving the ancestral history, including the lives and deaths, of the ancestors of the shareholders of Donor immediately prior to the Effective Date; and (iv) preserving and strengthening the community of the heirs of the Atrisco Land Grant through community development, scholarship grants, and such other activities as the Trustees may deem to be within this statement of purpose, all to be done in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax laws) (the “Internal Revenue Code”) for non-profit § 501(c)(3) charitable entities.
3. Trust Fund. The Initial Trustees and all successor Trustees (collectively, “the Trustees”) may receive donations from any other source in cash or in other property acceptable to them. All donations so received together with the income (“the Trust Fund”), shall be held, managed, administered, and paid out by the Trustees pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Trustees may accept donations which restrict their uses and purposes, provided such restrictions are within the uses and purposes set forth in Paragraph 2 above and will not cause the Foundation to be in violation of the requirements of Section 4942(j)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which limit the time, manner, amount, or other terms of distribution; but, unless otherwise specifically required, the Trustees may mingle such restricted donations with other assets of the Trust Fund.
4. Use of Trust Fund. The Trustees shall (i) apply the Trust Fund, at such times, in such manner, and in such amounts as they may determine, or as may be required by restricted donations, to the uses and purposes set forth in Paragraph 2 above, and (ii) may make contributions to other charitable organizations to be used within the State of New Mexico or in other locations where such funds can be used to further the purposes stated above and in a
manner not inconsistent with the uses and purposes set forth in Paragraph 2 above, as determined by a majority of the Trustees. For purposes of this Paragraph 4, the term “charitable organization” shall mean an organization that is a tax exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, other than a non-operating private foundation, and that will use the contribution for the active conduct of activities that are in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Paragraph 2. Any other provisions of this Agreement notwithstanding, the Trustees shall distribute the trust income for each taxable year at such time and in such manner as not to become subject to the tax on undistributed income imposed by Section 4942 of the Internal Revenue Code. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustees during each tax year shall make “qualifying distributions” that are equal to or greater than (A) the lesser of 85% of the Foundation’s “adjusted net income” or 85% of the Foundation’s “minimum investment return” for the tax year and (B) 66.6% of the Foundation’s “minimum investment return” for the tax year. The terms “qualifying distributions”, “adjusted net income” and “minimum investment return” are defined in Section 4942 of the Internal Revenue Code. As demonstrated by the distribution requirements in this Paragraph 4, it is intended that the Foundation be an operating foundation within the meaning of Section 4942(j)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
5. Trustees. The Foundation shall be administered by five Trustees. The Initial Trustees shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of Donor in office as of ______________ (insert date). The Initial Trustees shall assume the duties of Trustees as of that date. Each Initial Trustee shall serve until the earliest to occur of the following events: (i) death; (ii) incapacity; (iii) resignation as provided in Paragraph 8; or (iv) removal as provided in Paragraph 8.
6. Qualifications of Successor Trustees. Any Successor Trustee must either be (i) a shareholder of the Donor as of the date prior to the creation of this Foundation; or (ii) an heir-at-law of an individual who was a shareholder of the Donor as of that date. For purposes of this Paragraph 6, the determination that an individual is an heir-at-law of a shareholder of the Donor will be made under the New Mexico laws of intestacy that are in effect at the time the individual is to be elected or appointed as a Successor Trustee.
7. Selection of Successor Trustees. In the event of a vacancy in the office of a Trustee, whether due to the resignation, incapacity, death or removal of such Trustee, that vacancy shall be filled by a majority of the remaining Trustees.
8. Resignation, Removal of Trustees. Any Trustee may resign at any time without leave of court. Any Trustee may be removed by the agreement of a majority of the Trustees.
9. Vacancy of Trustees. Until a vacancy due to the removal or resignation of a Trustee has been filled, the remaining Trustees shall continue to act as though the vacant position did not exist, and the vacant position shall not be considered in determining the majority necessary for the remaining Trustees to act.
10. Action of Trustees. Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 10, the Trustees shall act, and may only act, by a vote of a majority of their number at any given time, with consideration of the provisions of Paragraph 9, above. Subject to the foregoing sentence, any instrument required to be executed by this Foundation shall be valid if executed in the name of the Foundation by a majority of the Trustees. All actions of the Trustees shall be taken either by
resolution at a meeting or by written record without a meeting, executed by a majority of the Trustees. The Trustees shall appoint among themselves a Chair. The Chair shall be responsible for presiding at all meetings of the Trustees. The Trustees shall meet at least quarterly, and at any other time selected by the Chair upon the giving of reasonable notice to all Trustees. Notice of meetings may be given in person, by mail, by facsimile, or electronically. The Trustees shall appoint from among themselves a secretary, who shall keep a record of all actions of the Trustees. A copy of any resolution or action taken by the Trustees, certified by any one of the Trustees, may be relied upon by any person dealing with the Foundation. The Chair and Secretary shall serve until the earliest to occur of the following events: (i) death; (ii) incapacity; (iii) resignation; or (iv) removal. No person shall be required to see to the application of any money, securities, or other property paid or delivered to the Trustees, or to inquire into any action, decision, or authority of the Trustees.
11. Trustees’ Powers. In the administration of the Foundation and of the Trust Fund, the Trustees shall have all powers and authority necessary or available to carry out the purposes of the Foundation as set forth in Paragraph 2, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall have the powers and authority set forth in this Paragraph 11, all subject, however, to (i) the restrictions in subparagraph (m) of this Paragraph 11, and (ii) the condition that no power or authority shall be exercised by the Trustees in any manner or for any purpose which would jeopardize the Foundation’s tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or which may result in the imposition of an excise tax by the Internal Revenue Service under Subchapter A of Chapter 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, or which would jeopardize the Foundation’s status as an operating foundation under Section 4942(j)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(a) To receive the income, profits, rents, and proceeds of the Trust Fund.
(b) To purchase, subscribe for, retain, invest, and reinvest in securities or other property wherever situated, and whether or not productive or of a wasting nature. The words “securities or other property” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to include real or personal property, corporate shares, common or preferred, or any other interest in any corporation, association, investment trust, or investment company, bonds, notes, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness or ownership, secured or unsecured, even though the same may not be legal investments for a Trustee under the applicable laws; but securities and other property shall not be deemed to include shares or indebtedness of Donor unless they are donated to the Foundation.
(c) To sell for cash or on credit, convert, redeem, exchange for other securities or other property, or otherwise dispose of any securities or other property at any time held by them.
(d) To alter, repair, improve, erect buildings upon, demolish, manage, partition, mortgage, lease, exchange, grant options to lease or to buy, and sell or dispose of real property, at public or private sale, and upon such conditions and such terms as to cash and credit as they may deem advisable.
(e) To pay all administration expenses of the Foundation and any taxes imposed upon it, and to settle, compromise, or submit to arbitration, any claims, mortgages, debts, or damages, due or owing to or from the Foundation, to commence or defend suits or legal proceedings, and to represent the Foundation in all suits or legal proceedings.
(f) To exercise any conversion privilege or subscription right available in connection with any securities or other property; to consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, or readjustment of the finances of any corporation, company, or association or to the sale, mortgage, pledge, or lease of the property of any corporation, company, or association any of the securities of which may at any time be held by them and to do any act, including the exercise of options, the making of agreements or subscriptions, and the payment of expenses, assessments, or subscriptions which may be deemed necessary or advisable, and to hold and retain any securities or other property which they may so acquire.
(g) To vote personally, or by general or limited proxy, any shares of stock, and similarly to exercise personally, or by general or by limited power of attorney, any right appurtenant to any securities or other property.
(h) To borrow money in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable or proper to carry out the purpose of the Foundation and to pledge any securities or other property for the repayment of any such loan.
(i) To hold part or all of the Trust Fund uninvested.
(j) To employ suitable accountants, agents, counsel, custodians, and investment experts and to pay their reasonable expenses and compensation.
(k) To register securities, to the extent permitted by law, in the name of a nominee with or without the addition of words indicating that such securities are held in a fiduciary capacity.
(l) To make, execute, and deliver all instruments necessary or proper for the accomplishment of the purpose of the Foundation or of any of the foregoing powers, including deeds, bills of sale, transfers, leases, mortgages, security agreements, assignments, conveyances, contracts, purchase agreements, waivers, releases, and settlements.
(m) Any other provisions of this agreement notwithstanding, the Trustees shall not engage in any act of self-dealing as defined in Section 4941(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; nor retain any excess business holdings as defined in Section 4943(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; nor make any investments in such manner as to incur tax liability under Section 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code; nor make any taxable expenditures as defined in Section 4945(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
12. Bond and Compensation. No Trustee shall be required to furnish any bond or surety. The Trustees may receive reasonable compensation for their services, to the extent agreed upon a majority of the Trustees; provided, however, that no Trustee shall receive compensation in excess of that compensation permitted by those provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to the Foundation.
13. Accounting by Trustees. The Trustees shall deliver an annual accounting of their transactions to the Donor no later than the date the Foundation files its annual information return, currently Form 990, with the Internal Revenue Service. The Trustees shall be released with respect to all matters and things set forth in such account as though such account had been settled by the decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
14. Liability of Trustees. No Trustee shall be answerable for loss in investments made in good faith. No Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions of any other Trustee, or of any accountant, agent, counsel, or custodian selected with reasonable care. Each Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon any instrument, certificate, or paper, believed by that Trustee to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons, and no Trustee shall be under any duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statement contained in any such writing but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of the statements. Except as otherwise required by the New Mexico Uniform Trust Code, no Trustee shall be held personally liable for any damages resulting from any negligent act or omission of an employee of the Foundation; any negligent act or omission of another Trustee; or any action taken as a Trustee or any failure to take any action as a Trustee unless the Trustee has breached or failed to perform the duties of Trustee; and the breach or failure to perform constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness. The shareholders of Donor, at the time of the creation of this Foundation (prior to the closing of the merger) and their heirs shall have standing to seek judicial action to ensure compliance with the terms hereof by the Trustees.
15. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended for one or more of the following reasons: (i) to ensure that the Foundation continues to qualify as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (ii) to ensure that the Foundation continues to qualify as an operating foundation under Section 4942(j)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (iii) to achieve more convenient or efficient administration of the Foundation; or (iv) to enable the Trustees to carry out the purpose of the Foundation more effectively. Paragraph 2 of this Agreement may not be amended unless such amendment is required to maintain the Foundation’s tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Any amendment that may be made as provided in this Paragraph 15 must be agreed to by a majority of the Trustees and must be in writing and signed by those Trustees agreeing to the amendment.
16. Irrevocability and Termination. Except as to the amendments permitted to this Agreement under Paragraph 15, this Agreement is irrevocable. The Trustees of the Foundation may at any time by unanimous vote terminate the Foundation. Additionally, it is the intent of the Donor that the Foundation and the Trust Fund qualify as a charity, exempt from the New Mexico statutory “Rule Against Perpetuities” under Section 45-2-904 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated. If a determination is made that the Foundation and the Trust Fund are not exempt from the New Mexico “Rule Against Perpetuities”, the Foundation and Trust Fund shall terminate on the later to occur of (i) the 89th anniversary of the date the Foundation and Trust Fund were established; or (ii) the date that is twenty-one years following the death of the last heir of a shareholder of the Donor who was alive on the date the Foundation and Trust Fund were established. Upon termination of the Foundation and Trust Fund, the remaining assets shall be distributed to one or more organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code solely for the charitable purposes of the Foundation as set forth in Paragraph 2 and as the Trustees shall select.
17. Situs. This Agreement is executed and delivered in the State of New Mexico, the situs shall be in that state, and it shall be governed by the laws of that state.
18. Amendment or Revocation of Internal Revenue Code. In the event the sections of the Internal Revenue Code referenced herein are amended or revoked, the Trustees shall act in accordance with those provisions as in effect as of the creation of this Foundation.
19. Acceptance of Trust. The Initial Trustees accept the trust created by this Agreement, and they agree to hold, manage, and administer the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the Initial Trustees and the Donor:
INITIAL TRUSTEES:
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DONOR:
WESTLAND DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.
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Acknowledgements
Exhibit D
FORM OF
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
ATRISCO OIL & GAS LLC
This Limited Liability Company Agreement (this "Agreement") of Atrisco Oil & Gas LLC (the "Company") is made and entered into as of [________], 2006 by the sole unitholder of the Company listed on the signature page hereto (together with any additional unitholders that may be admitted to the Company as provided herein, each a "Unitholder" and collectively, the "Unitholders").
RECITALS
A. The Company was formed as a New Mexico limited liability company by the filing of the Articles of Organization with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission on [________], 2006, pursuant to and in accordance with the New Mexico Limited Liability Company Act (the "Act").
B. Prior to the closing (the "Closing") of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of [________], 2006, by and between Westland Development Co., Inc., a New Mexico corporation ("Westland"), and SCC Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, Westland will enter into a Quitclaim Mineral Deed and Assignment of Oil & Gas Leases (the "Deed and Assignment"), pursuant to which Westland will transfer and contribute to the Company (i) a 100% interest in rents and royalties under the Sunvalley Lease and the Great Northern Lease and (ii) a 50% undivided interest in all minerals under the Subject Lands (each as defined in the Deed and Assignment) (collectively, the "Mineral Assets"). In exchange for the transfer and contribution of the Mineral Assets, the Company will issue to Westland 794,927 Class A Units and one Class B Unit, representing 100% of the Units of the Company.
C. Immediately prior to, and subject to, the Closing, Westland will distribute all of the Class A Units to Westland's shareholders existing as of the record date for the special meeting to approve the Merger Agreement (the "Distribution") as a dividend on a one-for-one basis in accordance with such shareholders' respective ownership of Westland common stock, no par value per share ("No Par Common Stock"), and Westland Class B common stock, $1.00 par value per share ("Class B Common Stock").
D. Following the Distribution and the Closing, (i) Westland's shareholders existing as of the record date for the special meeting to approve the Merger Agreement will own 100% of the Class A Units and (ii) Westland will own the sole Class B Unit.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned Unitholder hereby adopts the following as the Company's "limited liability company agreement," as that term is used in the Act.
I. ORGANIZATION
1.1.Formation. The Company's Articles of Organization, the formation of the Company as a New Mexico limited liability company under the Act and all actions taken by the Person who executed and filed the Company's Articles of Organization are hereby adopted and ratified. "Person" means any natural person or any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust, business trust, cooperative, association, limited liability company or other entity, including the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of such Person where the context so admits.
1.2.Name. The name of the Company is "Atrisco Oil & Gas LLC". All business of the Company will be conducted under such name or such other names that the Board selects.
1.3.Purpose. The Company is formed for the limited purpose of (a) receiving, holding, protecting and exploiting the Mineral Assets, (b) paying or providing for any costs or liabilities incurred in carrying out the purpose of the Company under this Section 1.3, (c) making distributions to the Class A Unitholders as permitted under Section 3.1, and (d) any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing. The Company will not engage in any other trade or business.
1.4.Term. The term of the Company will be unlimited unless dissolved in accordance with the Act and this Agreement.
1.5.Governance Provisions. (a) Subject to such matters as are expressly reserved hereunder or under the Act to the Unitholders for decision, the business and affairs of the Company will be managed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") which will consist of four members designated by the Class A Unitholders (the "Class A Directors") and one member designated by the Class B Unitholder (the "Class B Director" and together with the Class A Directors, the "Directors"). The Board will be responsible for setting policy for the Company, approving the overall direction of the Company and making all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company. All Directors must be Qualified Candidates. "Qualified Candidates" will be, in the case of the Class A Directors, members of Westland's Board of Directors existing immediately prior to the Closing and any other Persons designated as a Board nominee in accordance with Section 1.5(q), and, in the case of the Class B Director, the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Division President of the SunCal Companies.
(b) The initial Class A Directors will be [________], [________], [________] and [________] (the "Initial Class A Directors"). The initial Class B Director, who will take office immediately after the Closing, will be [________] (the "Initial Class B Director" and together with the Initial Class A Directors, the "Initial Directors"). The Initial Directors will serve as Directors for an initial term ending on the second anniversary of the Closing (the "Initial Term"). Following the end of the Initial Term, the Board will classify the Directors into two classes of Directors with (i) two Directors (consisting of two Class A Directors elected by the Class A Unitholders in accordance with this Section 1.5) serving for a term expiring on the first anniversary of the expiration of the Initial Term (the "Class I Directors") and (ii) three Directors (consisting of the Initial Class B Director and two Initial Class A Directors selected by the
Board) serving for a term expiring on the second anniversary of the expiration of the Initial Term (the "Class II Directors"), with each subsequent term of each Director expiring on the second anniversary after the commencement of such term. Following the expiration of the term of the initial Class II Directors, each class of Directors subject to election will be elected in accordance with this Section 1.5. The Board will have the power to fill any vacancy created by the removal, resignation, death or disability of any Director prior to the expiration of his or her term of office in accordance with Section 1.5(e).
(c) Each Class A Director (other than the Initial Class A Director) will be elected by Class A Unitholders holding a majority of the Class A Units, and will serve until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier removal, resignation, death or disability.
(d) The Class B Director (other than the Initial Class B Director) will be elected by the Class B Unitholder holding the sole Class B Unit, and will serve until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier removal, resignation, death or disability.
(e) A Director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board. Upon the removal, resignation, death or disability prior to the expiration of his or her term of office of (i) a Class A Director, such vacancy on the Board will be filled by the approval of a majority of the remaining Class A Directors and (ii) the Class B Director, such vacancy on the Board will be filled by the Class B Unitholder holding the sole Class B Unit. The Company will have no "manager," as such term is used in the Act.
(f) The Board will meet at least twice a year to discuss the management of the Company's business at such times and places as determined by the Board. Any Director may request a special meeting subject to at least two business days' prior written notice. A majority of Directors, including the Class B Director, will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board.
(g) Notice of any Board meeting may be waived by any Director before or after such meeting.
(h) All matters approved by the Board must be approved by a majority vote of the Whole Board, subject to the rights of the Class B Unitholder set forth in Section 1.6.
(i) Meetings of the Board may be conducted in person or by conference telephone facilities. Any Director not present at a meeting of the Board may participate by conference telephone facilities. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting if a majority of the Directors then in office consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board.
(j) The Board will have the authority to appoint and terminate officers of the Company, including, without limitation, a President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, and any number of Vice Presidents as determined from time to time by the President, and retain and terminate all employees, agents and consultants of the Company, and to delegate
such duties to any such officers, employees, agents and consultants as the Board deems appropriate, including the power, acting individually or jointly, to represent and bind the Company in all matters, in accordance with the scope of their respective duties. Each officer appointed by the Board will have the roles and responsibilities customarily assigned to the title ascribed to such officer position and otherwise as directed by the President from time to time.
(k) No Unitholder, Director or officer (acting in his or her capacity as such) will have any authority, in such Person's capacity as Unitholder, Director or officer, to bind the Company with respect to any matter except pursuant to a resolution authorizing such action (and authorizing such Persons to bind the Company with respect to such action) which resolution is duly adopted by the Board by the affirmative vote required for such matter pursuant to this Agreement or the Act.
(l) An annual meeting of the Class A Unitholders will be held at such date and time as may be designated from time to time by the Board. The Class A Unitholders will transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 1.5(q).
(m) Special meetings of the Class A Unitholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called only by the request of a majority of the total number of Directors that the Company would have if there were no vacancies (the “Whole Board”). The notice of any special meeting of Class A Unitholders must state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
(n) Written notice of every meeting of the Class A Unitholders, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, will be given not less than ten nor more than 60 calendar days before the date of the meeting to each Class A Unitholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time, written notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, date and time thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than 60 calendar days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, date and time of the adjourned meeting must be given in conformity with this Section 1.5(n). At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
(o) The holders of a majority of Class A Units issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at a meeting of Class A Unitholders, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Class A Unitholders for the transaction of business at a meeting of the Class A Unitholders. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the Class A Unitholders, the Class A Unitholders entitled to vote at that meeting of Class A Unitholders, present in person or represented by proxy, will have the power to adjourn, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present or represented.
(p) Each Class A Unitholder will be entitled at every meeting of the Class A Unitholders to one vote for each Class A Unit standing in the name of that Class A Unitholder on the books of the Company on the record date for the meeting and those votes may be cast either in person or by written proxy. Every proxy must be duly executed and filed with the Secretary
of the Company. A Class A Unitholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Company. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the Class A Units present in person or represented by proxy and which has actually voted will decide any question properly brought before such meeting.
(q) At an annual or special meeting of the Class A Unitholders, nominations of persons for election to the Board and such other business will be conducted or considered as is properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual or special meeting, nominations of persons for election to the Board and such other business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of a majority of the Whole Board, or (iii) otherwise properly requested to be brought before the meeting by a Class A Unitholders in accordance with the following sentence. For business to be properly requested by Class A Unitholders to be brought before an annual or special meeting, the Class A Unitholders must (i) be the holder of record of at least 20% of the then-outstanding Class A Units at the time of the giving of the notice for such meeting, (ii) be entitled to vote at such meeting, and (iii) have given notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company, which notice shall have been received at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 20 calendar days prior to the date of the Class A Unitholder meeting.
1.6.Approval Rights of the Class B Unitholder. The following matters may not be approved or acted upon by the Board or the Unitholders without the separate prior approval of the Class B Unitholder:
(a) | the Company entering into any new lines of business; |
(b) distributions by the Company not in conformity with the Company's distribution policy set forth in Section 3.1;
(c) any amendment to this Agreement or any of the Company's other constituent documents;
(d) any action by the Company in breach of the Company's obligations under the Deed and Assignment;
(e) any merger, consolidation, recapitalization or Change in Control transaction involving the Company; and
(f) | the liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company. |
"Change in Control" shall mean an event that shall be deemed to have occurred if, on or after the date of this Agreement, (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities, (ii) the Unitholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other Person, other than a merger or
consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 70% of the total voting power of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iii) the Unitholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the Company's assets. Except as set forth in this Section 1.6 or Section 1.5(d), the Class B Unitholder will have no voting rights.
II. UNITHOLDERS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND PERCENTAGE INTERESTS
2.1.Unitholders. Schedule A contains the name and address of each Unitholder as of the date of this Agreement. Schedule A may be amended from time to time to reflect the admission or resignation of a Unitholder or the transfer or assignment of a Unit in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and applicable law.
2.2.Units. Unitholder's ownership interests in the Company will be represented by Class A Units ("Class A Units") and Class B Units ("Class B Units" and together with Class A Units, "Units"). Unitholders owning (a) Class A Units will be referred to as "Class A Unitholders" and (b) the Class B Unit will be referred to as the "Class B Unitholder". Each Unitholder will own that class and number of Units set forth next to such Unitholder's name on Schedule A, attached hereto, which may be amended from time to time. Each Unit of the Company shall be represented by a certificate and shall be a "Security" within the meaning of, and shall be governed by, Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New Mexico.
2.3.Transferability of Units. (a) The Units will not be transferable, other than pursuant to applicable laws of intestacy, will or descent to lineal descendants of the Unitholders existing as of the date of the Distribution; provided, that the Board may provide for the transferability of the Units to third parties in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws at the Company's sole expense. Each certificate representing any Units will be endorsed by the Company with a legend reading substantially as follows:
"THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED AS A DIVIDEND FROM WESTLAND DEVELOPMENT CO., INC. AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. SUCH UNITS MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR A VALID EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT.
THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY AGREEMENT OF ATRISCO OIL & GAS LLC, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF ATRISCO OIL & GAS LLC."
(b) No Unitholder shall Transfer any Units to any Person, unless such Person agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to the transferring Unitholder. In addition, no Transfer by any Unitholder of any Units during the term
of this Agreement shall be effective unless and until the transferee of such Units, subject to the terms and conditions such forth herein, becomes a party hereto as a Unitholder by execution of a counterpart signature page hereto and an instrument of accession thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Unitholder shall Transfer any Units to the extent that such Transfer would violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other federal or state securities or blue sky laws. "Transfer" means, when used as a noun, any disposition of all or any portion of Units, for value or otherwise, including, without limitation, any sale, gift, bequest, assignment, pledge or encumbrance, and whether effected by contract, by operation of law or otherwise. "Transfer" when used as a verb, shall have a correlative meaning.
2.4.Initial Capital Contributions. (a) The initial Unitholder has made the initial contributions to the Company in the amount set forth on Schedule A. All capital contributions will be set forth in the books and records of the Company.
(b) All legal and equitable ownership interests in the Company, including such Unitholder's share of the Company's profits and losses and rights to receive distributions of the Company's assets in accordance herewith and with the Act, shall be evidenced solely by the Class A Units. The Class B Units shall not be entitled to share in the profits, losses or assets of the Company.
(c) No interest will be paid on any capital contribution to the Company or Capital Account of any Unitholder. No Unitholder will be liable for the return of the capital contributions or Capital Account, or any portion thereof, of any other Unitholder, it being agreed that such return will be made solely from the assets of the Company. No Unitholder will be entitled to demand and receive property other than cash in return for its capital contributions to the Company, its Capital Account or its interests in the Company. No Unitholder will be entitled to withdraw any part of its capital contribution, Capital Account or other capital or to receive any distribution from the Company, except as specifically provided in this Agreement.
2.5.Additional Capital Contributions. The Unitholders will not be required to make any additional capital contributions to the Company.
2.6.Capital Accounts. (a) In accordance with the capital accounting rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) (relating to maintenance of capital accounts), a separate capital account (a "Capital Account") will be maintained for each Unitholder. Each Unitholder's Capital Account will initially equal the amount set forth on Schedule A.
(b) | Each Unitholder's Capital Account will from time to time be increased by: |
(i) the amount of money contributed by such Unitholder to the Company;
(ii) the fair market value of property contributed by such Unitholder to the Company (net of any liabilities secured by such property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to pursuant to Section 752 of the Code);
(iii) | allocations to such Unitholder of profits; and |
(iv) upon the distribution of Company property to a Unitholder, the profit (if any) that would have been allocated to such Unitholder if such Company property had been sold at its fair market value immediately prior to the distribution.
(c) | Each Unitholder's Capital Account will from time to time be reduced by: |
(i) the amount of money distributed to such Unitholder by the Company;
(ii) the fair market value of property distributed to such Unitholder by the Company (net of any liabilities secured by such property that such Unitholder is considered to assume or take subject to pursuant to Section 752 of the Code);
(iii) | allocations to such Unitholder of the Company's losses; and |
(iv) upon the distribution of Company property to a Unitholder, the loss (if any) that would have been allocated to such Unitholder if such Company property had been sold at its fair market value immediately prior to the distribution.
(d) Upon the transfer of a Unitholder's entire interest in the Company, the Capital Account of such Unitholder will carry over to the transferee. Upon the transfer of a portion of a Unitholder's interest in the Company, the portion of such Unitholder's Capital Account attributable to the transferred portion will carry over to the transferee. In the event that the document effecting such transfer specifies the portion of such Unitholder's Capital Account to be transferred, such portion will be deemed to be the portion attributable to the transferred portion of such Unitholder's interest for purposes of this Section 2.6(d).
III. DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX MATTERS
3.1.Distributions. Any excess cash held by the Company, net of a reasonable reserve for future operating costs and expenses of the Company, will be distributed by the Company to the Class A Unitholders in accordance with, and in proportion to, the number of Class A Units held by them, at least annually, or as otherwise determined by the Board. No distributions will be made by the Company to the Class B Unitholder.
3.2.Tax Matters. To the extent applicable, the "tax matters partner" (within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, (the "Code")) will initially be [________] or such other Person designated by the Board. The tax matters partner will file all tax returns and reports of the Company on a timely basis and will send copies of such to the other Unitholders.
3.3.Allocations. All items of profit and loss of the Company will be allocated to the Class A Unitholders in proportion to the number of Class A Units held by them. The Class B Unitholder will not be allocated any items of profit or loss of the Company.
IV. DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
4.1.Dissolution and Termination. (a) Subject to Section 4.1(d), the Company will be dissolved and its business wound up upon the earliest to occur of (i) the unanimous consent of
the Board to dissolve, wind up and liquidate the Company, (ii) the entry of a final decree by any court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to Section 53-19-40 of the Act, and (iii) the time at which there are no remaining Unitholders, unless the business of the Company is continued in accordance with the Act.
(b) Upon dissolution, the Company's business will be liquidated in an orderly manner. The Board or, if there is no Board, such liquidation trustee as may be approved by the Unitholders, will act as the liquidator to wind up the business of the Company pursuant to this Agreement. In performing its duties, the liquidator is authorized to sell, distribute, exchange or otherwise dispose of the assets of the Company in accordance with the Act and in any reasonable manner that the liquidator determines to be in the best interest of the Unitholders or their successors-in-interest.
(c) In the event it becomes necessary in connection with the liquidation of the Company to make a distribution of property in kind, such property will be transferred and conveyed to the Unitholders so as to vest in each of them, as a tenant-in-common, an undivided interest in the whole of such property equal to their interests in the property based upon the amount of cash that would be distributed to each of the Unitholders in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof if such property were sold for an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of such property, as determined by the liquidator in good faith.
(d) Upon the dissolution of the Company, distributions will be made as provided for in Section 3.1 hereof.
V. MISCELLANEOUS
5.1.No Third Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to benefit the Unitholders and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, will not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company, and no such creditor of the Company, nor any other party, will be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement, and the Unitholders will not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company, or any other party, to make any contribution to the Company.
5.2.Annual Reporting Obligations. The Company will furnish the Unitholders with (a) annual reports of the Company's income and expenses and (b) interim reports of any material developments and reserve reports received by the Company.
5.3.Books and Records. The Company will keep or cause to be kept full and accurate books and records of account of the Company's business. The Company will furnish such reports and information as may be requested by any Director.
5.4.Accounting and Fiscal Year. The books of the Company will be kept on the accrual basis and the Company will report its operations for tax purposes on the accrual method. The fiscal year of the Company and the taxable year of the Company for federal income tax purposes will end on December 31 except as otherwise required in accordance with the Code.
5.5.Notices. All notices, demands, consents, approvals, requests or other communications which any party to this Agreement may desire or be required to give hereunder
(collectively, "Notices") will be in writing and given by (a) personal delivery, (b) facsimile transmission, or (c) a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to a Unitholder at the address set forth opposite his or her name in the books and records of the Company. Any Unitholder may designate another addressee (and/or change its address) for Notices hereunder by a Notice given pursuant to this Section 5.5. A Notice sent in compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.5 will be deemed given on the date of receipt.
5.6.Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and will inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and, except as otherwise provided herein, their permitted successors and assigns.
5.7.Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or any application thereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and other application thereof will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
5.8.Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument approved by the Board, subject to the rights of the Class B Unitholder set forth in Section 1.6.
5.9.Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Mexico, without regard to applicable conflict of laws principles.
5.10.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY
5.11.Limitation on Liability. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Act or this Agreement, (a) the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, will be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Unitholder will be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability solely by reason of being a Unitholder, and (b) the liability of each Unitholder will be limited to the amount of capital contributions required to be made by such Unitholder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
5.12.Exculpation of the Unitholders. No Unitholder nor any agent (including the Board and each Director and officer) of the Company will be liable, responsible or accountable, in damages or otherwise, to any Unitholder, the Company or any other Person for any act performed by them, or failure to act, unless a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such Person establishes that such Person's acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that such Person personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which such Person knew such Person was not legally entitled or, that with respect to a distribution to a Unitholder, such Unitholder's acts were not performed in accordance with the Act or this Agreement.
5.13.Indemnification. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Director and officer of the Company to the fullest extent permitted under the Act, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced (but, in the case of any amendment, substitution or replacement only to the extent that such amendment, substitution or replacement permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Company is providing immediately prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liabilities and losses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Person by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Director or officer of the Company or is or was serving as an agent of a subsidiary of the Company; provided, however, that no such Person will be indemnified for any expenses, liabilities and losses suffered that are attributable to such Person's bad faith, intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law (as described in Section 5.12). Expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, incurred by any such indemnified Person in defending a proceeding will be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, including any appeal therefrom, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay promptly such amount if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
5.14.Competitive Activities, Etc. The Class B Unitholder and the Class B Director (collectively, "Class B Persons"), directly or through Affiliated entities, are or may be engaged in businesses which may be competitive with the business of the Company or companies it owns or in which it invests. Nothing herein, in the Act, this Agreement or otherwise (collectively, the "Applicable Rules") will be deemed to restrict any Class B Person from engaging in such other business activity (regardless of the effects thereof on the Company or companies it owns or in which it invests) and, notwithstanding any Applicable Rule to the contrary, in no event will any Class B Person have any obligation to act or refrain from acting (including, without limitation, presenting any opportunity or other matter to the Company for it to consider or pursue or to maintain the confidentiality of, or not use, any confidential or proprietary information) by reason of any relationship with, or actual or alleged duty to, the Company. Each Unitholder agrees that, in any such case, to the extent a court might otherwise hold that the conduct of such activity is a breach of any Applicable Rule, it has hereby irrevocably waived any and all rights of recovery it may otherwise have by reason thereof. "Affiliate" of any Person means a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the first mentioned Person.
5.15.Corporate Conversion. (a) In the event that the Company determines to consummate a QPO, the Board shall have the power and authority, without any vote or consent of the Unitholders, to incorporate the Company or take such other action as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, (i) dissolving the Company, creating one or more subsidiaries of the newly formed corporation and transferring to such subsidiaries any or all of the assets of the Company (including by merger) or (ii) causing the Unitholders to exchange their Units for common shares of the newly-formed corporation. Any shares created or received in connection with such transaction are referred to as "Conversion Shares". In connection with any such transaction, (A) each Unit shall automatically be converted into Conversion Shares in the manner set forth in Section 5.15(b) and (B) such Conversion Shares shall have the same economic interest and other rights and obligations in such corporation or its subsidiaries as the converted Units had with respect to the Company subject to any modifications (as determined by
the Board in good faith) required solely as a result of the conversion to corporate form. Prior to consummating any such transaction, the Board shall approve the proposed forms of a certificate of incorporation, by-laws, stockholders' agreement and any other governing documents proposed to be established for such corporation and its subsidiaries, if any, all of which shall, as nearly as practicable (as determined by the Board), reflect the rights and obligations of the Unitholders under this Agreement and comparable agreements applicable to any Subsidiary as of the date of such transaction. "QPO" means an offer and sale of equity securities of the Company (including any successor thereto) to the public pursuant to which (i) the aggregate gross proceeds attributable to sales of equity securities for the account of the Company (including any successor thereto) exceed $[________] (exclusive of expenses and underwriting commissions) in which the aggregate equity value of the Company is at least $[________] and (ii) the equity securities covered by such registration statement are listed for trading on either the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market. "Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation more than 50% of whose outstanding voting securities, or any partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity more than 50% of whose total equity interest is directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
(b) On the date of the consummation of the QPO (the "Conversion Date"), Units held by any Unitholder (the "Original Units") shall be automatically converted into the number of validly issued, fully paid and, if applicable, nonassessable Conversion Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the cash proceeds that shall be deemed to have been received in respect of such Original Units in connection with the QPO Deemed Liquidation on the Conversion Date in a distribution in accordance with the rights and preferences set forth in this Agreement (giving effect to applicable orders of priority and taking into account all prior distributions other than mandatory tax distribution amounts) by (ii) the per share offering price applicable in such QPO. The cash proceeds that each such Original Unit shall be deemed to have received in connection with the QPO Deemed Liquidation on the Conversion Date shall be determined by assuming that the Company shall be liquidated (the "QPO Deemed Liquidation") in a manner that would provide Unitholders in the aggregate with an amount in cash equal to the pre-QPO equity value of the Company and its Subsidiaries as determined by the managing underwriter in connection with the QPO as of the Conversion Date.
(c) As promptly as practicable after the determination of the number of Conversion Shares each holder shall receive under Section 5.15(b) above, each holder of Original Units shall deliver to the Company the certificate or certificates, if any, representing the Original Units to be converted into Conversion Shares, duly endorsed or assigned in blank or to the Company (if required by it) and stating the name or names (with address) in which the certificate or certificates for the Conversion Shares, if any, are to be issued. Upon receipt of any such certificates representing the Original Units, the Company shall issue and deliver to each holder entitled to Conversion Shares, to the place and in the name designated by such holder, a certificate or certificates, if any, for the number of Conversion Shares to which such Unitholder is entitled (including any fractional Conversion Shares). The Person in whose name the certificate or certificates of the Conversion Shares may be issued shall be deemed to have become a holder of record on the Conversion Date unless the transfer books of the Company are closed on that date, in which event such Person shall be deemed to have become a holder of record on the next succeeding date on which the transfer books are open.
5.16.Administrative Services. Prior to the Closing, the Company and the Class B Unitholder will enter into an administrative services agreement in a form mutually agreed upon by such parties (such agreement to be effective upon, and subject to, the Closing) pursuant to which the Class B Unitholder will provide the Company with up to $200,000 per year in certain administrative support services for the period beginning on the Closing and ending on the third anniversary of the Closing.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
COMPANY:
ATRISCO OIL & GAS LLC
By:_________________________________
UNITHOLDER:
WESTLAND DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.
By:_________________________________
President and Chief Executive Officer
Schedule A
UNITHOLDERS
Unitholder / Address | Initial Contribution | Class / Number of Units |
Westland Development Co., Inc. 401 Coors Boulevard, NW Albuquerque, New Mexico 87121 | Mineral Assets (as defined in Recital B) | 794,927 Class A Units 1 Class B Unit |