Exhibit 3.24
Execution Version
OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
SALIX ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC
DATED AUGUST 23, 2017
This Operating Agreement (this “Agreement”) of Salix Animal Health, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is adopted and entered into by Spectrum Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as sole member (the “Sole Member”).
For the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (as amended from time to time, the “Act”), the Sole Member hereby agrees and states as follows:
| 1. | Name. The name of the Company is Salix Animal Health, LLC. |
| 2. | Purpose. The purpose of the Company is (a) to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Act as determined by the Sole Member and any additional members (such members, along with the Sole Member, the “Members”) and (b) to engage in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing as determined by the Members. The Company shall have the authority to take all actions necessary or convenient to accomplish its purpose and operate its business as described in this Section 2. |
| 3. | Registered Office and Agent. The registered office of the Company is 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, New Castle County, and its registered agent is Corporation Service Company. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Members. The Company’s principal place of business is One Rider Trail Plaza Drive, Suite 300, Earth City, MO 63045. |
| 4. | Principal Office. The Company shall have a single principal office which shall at all times be located within the United States. The principal office shall be located at such a place as shall be designated by the Members of the Company, which may thereafter be changed from time to time. |
| 5. | Term. The Company shall continue in existence until dissolved in accordance with the Act and this Agreement. |
| 6. | Members. The Company presently has one member. The name and the mailing address of the Sole Member is as follows: |
NAME: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
ADDRESS: 3001 Deming Way, Middleton, WI 53526-1431
| 7. | Sole Member Management. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, management of the Company shall be vested in the Sole Member. The Sole Member shall have the sole and exclusive responsibility and authority for the management, conduct and operation of the Company’s business in all respects and in all matters, except to the extent that the Sole Member agrees to delegate any such responsibility or authority to any manager, officer, employee or agent of the Company. |
| 8. | Officers. The Sale Member may appoint officers to run theday-to-day operations of the Company. The officers may be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Treasurer, a Vice President, a Secretary or other such officer as the Sole Member may elect from time to time. Officers so appointed shall hold office until their successors shall have been duly appointed and shall have qualified, or until their death, or until they shall have resigned or have been removed. The names of the initial officers and their respective offices in the Company are set forth on Exhibit A hereto. |
| 9. | Authority of Members to Bind the Company. Only the Sole Member and any manager, officer, employee or agent of the Company authorized by the Sole Member shall have the authority to bind the Company. |
| 10. | Capital Contributions. The Members shall contribute capital to the Company from time to time as the Sole Member shall require with such capital contribution being made by the Members pro rata in accordance with their membership interests. |
| 11. | Allocation of Profits and Losses. All income, gains and losses will be allocated to the capital accounts of each of the Members in accordance with their membership interests. |
| 12. | Distributions. The Members will receive distributions if upon winding up of the Company, the assets or proceeds available exceed the amount required for the payment and discharge of all of the Company’s debts and liabilities. Other than as stated above, distributions to the Members shall be in the discretion of the Sole Member. The Sole Member may in its discretion, make distributions to a Member which may include a return of all or any part of the Member’s contribution. The Members have no right to demand or receive property other than cash from the Company in return for their capital contributions. |
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| 13. | Bank Accounts. Funds of the Company shall be deposited in a Company account or accounts in the bank or banks as selected by the Company. Withdrawals from these bank accounts shall only be made by (a) the Sole Member or (b) such other parties as maybe approved by the Sole Member. |
| 14. | Amendments. Amendments to this Agreement may be made only with the consent of the Sole Member or, if at such time there shall be additional Members, all the Members. |
| 15. | Assignments of Interest of a Member. A Member may assign in whole or part such Member’s membership interest in the Company only with the consent of the Sole Member. |
| 16. | Withdrawal or Resignation. A Member may withdraw from the Company in accordance with the Act. |
| 17. | Admission of Additional Members. One or more additional Members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the consent of the Sole Member or, if at such a time there shall be additional Members, all of the Members. |
| 18. | Liability of the Members. The Members shall not have any liability for the obligations or liabilities of the Company except to the extent provided in the Act. The Sole Member exercising management powers or responsibilities for or on behalf of the Company shall not be personally liable for monetary damages to the Company, its members, or any other person for any statement, vote, decision, or failure to act regarding management or policy decisions by the Sole Member, unless: (a) the Sole Member breached or failed to perform the duties as a manager or managing member; and (b) Sole Member’s breach of, or failure to perform, those duties constitutes any of the following: (i) violation of the criminal law, unless the Sole Member had a reasonable cause to believe its conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; (ii) a transaction from which the Sole Member derived an improper personal benefit, either directly or indirectly; (iii) a distribution in violation ofSection 18-607 of the Act; (iv) in a proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor or by or in the right of a Member, conscious disregard of the best interest of the Company, or willful misconduct; or (v) in a proceeding by or in the right of someone other than the Company or a Member, recklessness or an act or omission which was committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. |
| 19. | Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend each of the Members and officers, employees and agents, if |
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any, of the Company (collectively, the “Indemnities”), against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, Including, without limitation, legal and other expenses incurred In Investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damages or liabilities, and any amounts expended in settlement of any claim (collectively, “Liabilities”), to which any Indemnity may become subject by reason of any act or omission (even if negligent or grossly negligent) performed or omitted to be performed on behalf of the Company or by reason of the fact that such Indemnity is or was a Member, or officer, employee, or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, manager, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, provided, however, that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any Indemnity if (a) prohibited by the Act, or (b) a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such Indemnity establishes (i) that his or her acts or omissions were committed in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or (ii) that he or she personally gained through such an act or omission a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. The provisions of this Section 19 shall continue to afford protection to each Indemnity regardless of whether such Indemnity remains a Member, officer, employee, or agent of the Company. Any indemnity under this Section 19 or otherwise shall be paid out of and to the extent of the Company’s assets only.
| 20. | Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (a) the consent of the Sole Member or, if any additional members shall have been added, all Members; or (b) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution underSection 18-802 of the Act. In the absence of either of the foregoing, the Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the bankruptcy or dissolution of the Sole Member or, if any additional members shall have been added, all of the Members or as otherwise specifically required by the Act. |
| 21. | Liquidation. Upon dissolution pursuant to Section 20, the Company’s business and assets shall be liquidated in an orderly manner. The Sole Member (or, if at such time there shall be additional Members), all the Members shall designate a person to be the liquidator to wind up the affairs of the Company. In performing its duties, the liquidator is authorized to sell, distribute, exchange or otherwise dispose of Company assets in accordance with the Act in any manner that the liquidator shall determine, provided that any distribution to one or more Members shall be made in accordance with Section 12. |
| 22. | Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws of such State. |
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| 23. | Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be declared to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall survive to the extent it is not so declared, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the other provisions here of shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, unless such action would substantially impair the benefits to any party of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. |
| 24. | Certificates. The membership interests shall be uncertificated. If one or more additional members is admitted to the Company pursuant to Section 17, the Company shall keep or cause to be kept, a register that will provide for the registration and transfer of membership interests of the Company. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sole Member, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this Agreement as the date first written above.
| SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Joanne P. Chomiak | |
| Name: | Joanne P. Chomiak | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President - Tax and Treasurer | |
[Signature Page to Salix Operating Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
Officers
Name | Office | |
| Randy Lewis | President | |
| Nathan E. Fagre | Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | |
| Joanne P. Chomiak | Vice President and Treasurer | |
| Diane Miller | Assistant Treasurer | |
| Heather L. Clefisch | Assistant Secretary | |
| Peggy Barlett | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mike Pfefferkorn | Assistant Secretary | |
| Scott T. Piering | Assistant Secretary |
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