Section 4.3 Duties of Managers.
(a) The Managers shall maintain the records described in Section 1.9; to cause to be prepared all reports which are required to be furnished by the Company to any Person; and to do all other things and execute and deliver any documents which may be necessary or advisable in order to supervise and manage the affairs and business, and carry out the purposes, of the Company in accordance with this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that (i) no Manager shall be required to devote his, her or its entire time or attention to the business of the Company; (ii) no Member shall be restricted in any manner from participating in other businesses or activities which may be competitive with the business of the Company (the “Separate Activities”); and (iii) neither the Company nor any Member shall have any right, by virtue of this Operating Agreement, to share or otherwise participate in any Separate Activities of a Member or a Manager.
(c) The Managers shall provide the following to the Member within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year (or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable): (i) annual financial statements including a balance sheet, profit and loss statement and cash flow statement; and (ii) annual tax reporting information.
Section 4.4 Reliance on Act of Managers. No Person dealing with the Managers shall be required to ascertain whether the Managers are acting in accordance with this Agreement, and such Person shall be protected in relying solely upon the deed, transfer, or assurance of, and the execution of any instrument or instruments by, any one of the Managers.
Section 4.5 Liabilities of Managers. Each Manager shall perform his duties in good faith, in a manner he, she or it reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with the care that ordinarily prudent persons in a similar position would use under similar circumstances. A Manager who so performs his, her or its duties shall not have any liability by reason of being or having been a Manager. A Manager shall only be liable for willful misconduct, fraud, gross negligence or bad faith.
Section 4.6 Indemnification of Managers. Neither the Member, Managers nor any officer will be liable to the Company by reason of the actions of such person in the conduct of the business of the Company except for fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company will, to the fullest extent to which it is empowered to do so by the Ohio law or any other applicable law, indemnify and make advances for expenses to any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, she or it is or was a Manager, Member or officer of the Company, against losses, damages, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that no Person shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder if and to the extent any costs arise as a result of such Person’s bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud, or gross negligence. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not of itself create a presumption that a Person acted with willful misconduct, fraud, gross negligence or bad faith.
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