Exhibit 3.57
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
AMR BROCKTON, L.L.C.
THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") of AMR
BROCKTON, L.L.C. (the "Company") is entered into as of February 4, 2000 by
AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC., a Massachusetts corporation
having a place of business at c/o American Medical Response, Inc., 2821 S.
Parker Road, 10th Floor, Aurora, Colorado 80014 (the "Member").
WHEREAS, the Member wishes to form a limited liability company pursuant to
and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act in order to
conduct the business described herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Member agrees as follows:
ARTICLE 1
FORMATION AND PURPOSE
1.1 Formation, etc. The undersigned hereby forms a limited liability
company pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of the
State of Delaware, 6 Del. C. Sections 18-101 through 18-1109, as amended from
time to time (the "Act"), and the rights and liabilities of the Member shall be
as provided in the Act, except as herein otherwise expressly provided. Upon the
filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate
of Formation (the "Certificate") of the Company, the Member shall be admitted as
a member of the Company and shall acquire a limited liability company interest
in the Company.
1.2 Name. The name of the Company is AMR Brockton, L.L.C. The business of
the Company may be conducted under that name or, upon compliance with applicable
laws, any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.
1.3 Registered Office/Agent. The registered office required to be
maintained by the Company in the State of Delaware pursuant to the Act shall
initially be c/o Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington,
Delaware 19801. The name and address of the registered agent of the Company
pursuant to the Act shall initially be Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The Company may, upon compliance with the
applicable provisions of the Act, change its registered office or registered
agent from time to time in the discretion of the Member.
1.4 Term. The term of the Company shall continue until the Company is
dissolved as provided in Article 7.
1.5 Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to acquire, hold, maintain,
develop, improve, operate, sell, lease, finance, dispose of, invest in, or
otherwise deal with certain real
property located in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts known as and
numbered 45 Industrial Boulevard, and all personal property used or useful in
connection therewith (collectively, the "Property"), and to exercise (i) all
rights, powers and privileges and other incidents of ownership with respect to
the Property, and (ii) all powers enumerated in the Act necessary or convenient
to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business or purposes otherwise
set forth herein.
1.6 Specific Powers. Without limiting the generality of Section 1.5, the
Company shall have all power and authority granted pursuant to the Act to take
any and all actions necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental or
convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 1.5,
including, but not limited to, the power:
1.6.1 to conduct its business, carry on its operations and have and
exercise the powers granted to a limited liability company by the Act in
any jurisdiction, whether domestic or foreign, that may be necessary,
convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the
Company;
1.6.2 to negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate,
modify, amend, waive, perform and carry out contracts, in connection with,
convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the
Company;
1.6.3 issue guaranties and indemnities;
1.6.4 invest its liquid assets in short-term money market instruments
and certificates of deposit;
1.6.5 maintain one or more offices, rent space, engage and retain
personnel and agents;
1.6.6 acquire, hold and dispose of interests (whether by the making of
investments or otherwise and on such terms and conditions as the Member may
determine) in other entities, including as a partner of a partnership, a
member of a limited liability company and a stockholder of a corporation;
1.6.7 to borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness and to
secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on the assets of the
Company;
1.6.8 to appoint agents and representatives of the Company and define
their duties; and
1.6.9 to make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or
instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of
the purpose of the Company.
1.7 Certificate. Dennis W. Dreyer and Joshua T. Gaines are designated as
authorized persons within the meaning of the Act to execute, deliver and file
the Certificate, and Dennis W. Dreyer and Joshua T. Gaines are designated as
authorized persons, within the meaning of the Act, to execute, deliver and file
any amendments or restatements of the Certificate and any other
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certificates necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in a
jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.
1.8 Foreign Qualification. The Member shall take all necessary actions to
cause the Company to be authorized to conduct business legally in appropriate
foreign jurisdictions.
ARTICLE 2
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; MEMBERS, ETC.
2.1 Capital Contributions. The Member may make capital contributions to the
Company for such purposes, at such times and in such amounts as shall be
determined by such Member; provided, however, that the Member shall not be
obligated to make any capital contributions in addition to any capital
contributions being made in connection with the formation of the Company.
2.2 Limited Liability. The debts, obligations and liabilities of the
Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the
debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and the Member shall not be
obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company
by reason of being a member of the Company. All persons or entities dealing with
the Company shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the payment of
the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 2.2, as provided in Section 18-303 of the Act, the
Member may in a separate agreement obligate itself to pay or perform all or any
specified portion of the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company.
2.3 Admission of Additional Members. No additional members to the Company
shall be admitted without amending this Agreement by a writing duly executed by
the Member, which amendment shall reflect, among other things, the admission of
such additional members.
ARTICLE 3
CAPITAL ACCOUNT; ALLOCATIONS; DISTRIBUTIONS
3.1 Capital Account. The Company shall maintain a capital account for the
Member. The capital account shall be increased by all capital contributions made
by the Member and all profits allocated to the Member and be decreased by all
distributions to the Member and by all losses allocated to the Member.
3.2 Allocations. All of the Company's profits and losses shall be allocated
to the Member.
3.3 Distributions. The amount and timing of all distributions shall be
determined by the Member. Distributions may be made in cash, securities or other
property.
3.4 Withholding. The Member hereby authorizes the Company to withhold and
pay over any withholding or other taxes payable by the Company.
3.5 Taxation. It is the intent of the Member that, since the Company has a
single owner, the Company shall be disregarded as an entity separate from its
Member for federal tax
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purposes pursuant to Section 7701 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder.
ARTICLE 4
MANAGEMENT
4.1 Management. The management of the Company shall be vested in its
Manager who shall also be its Member until such time as the Member appoints
another person to serve as Manager. The Manager, acting through its duly
authorized agents, is authorized and empowered on behalf and in the name of the
Company to perform all acts and engage in all activities and transactions which
it may in its sole discretion deem necessary or advisable in order to cause the
Company to carry out its purpose and exercise the powers granted to the Company
hereunder and under the Act. The Manager is an agent of the Company and the
actions of the Manager in such capacity shall be binding on the Company without
liability to the Manager.
4.2 Agents. The Manager by written instrument signed by the Manager shall
have the power to appoint agents to act for the Company with such titles as the
person or entity making the appointment deems appropriate and to delegate to
such agents such of the powers as are held by the Manager hereunder as the
Manager may determine; provided, however, that no such appointment or delegation
shall cause the Person so appointed or delegated to be deemed a "manager" within
the meaning of the Act. Any person appointed as an agent of the Company with a
title customarily held by an officer of a corporation shall have the same power
and authority to act on behalf of the Company as an officer holding the same
title would customarily have in a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware; provided, however, that unless such power is specifically delegated to
the agent in question either for a specific transaction or generally, no such
agent shall have the power to lease or acquire real property, to borrow money,
to issue notes, debentures, securities, equity or other interests of or in the
Company, to make investments in (other than the investment of surplus cash in
the ordinary course of business) or to acquire securities of any person, to give
guarantees or indemnities, to merge, liquidate or dissolve the Company or to
sell or lease all or any substantial portion of the assets of the Company. The
Manager by written instrument signed by the Manager may, in the sole discretion
of the Manager, ratify any act previously taken by an agent acting on behalf of
the Company.
4.3 Reliance by Third Parties. Any person or entity dealing with the
Company or the Manager may rely upon a certificate signed by the Manager as to:
(a) the persons who or entities which are authorized to executed and deliver any
instrument or document of or on behalf of the Company; (b) the persons who or
entities which are authorized to take any action or refrain from taking any
action as to any matter whatsoever involving the Company.
ARTICLE 5
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
The Member may sell, assign, pledge, encumber, dispose of or otherwise
transfer all or any part of the economic or other rights that comprise the
Member's interest in the Company. A transferee shall have the right to be
substituted for the Member under this Agreement only if the Member so provides
in the document of transfer. The Member shall not resign or withdraw from
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the Company unless the Member shall have transferred all of the Member's
interest in the Company and the transferee shall have become a member of the
Company. None of the events described in Section 18-304 of the Act shall cause
the Member to cease to be a member of the Company.
ARTICLE 6
AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENT
This Agreement may be amended or modified by the Member by a writing
executed by the Member. The Member shall cause to be prepared and filed any
amendment to the Certificate that may be required to be filed under the Act as a
consequence of any such amendment or modification.
ARTICLE 7
DISSOLUTION OF COMPANY
7.1 Events of Dissolution or Liquidation. The Company shall be dissolved
upon: (a) the written determination of the Member or (b) the entry of a decree
of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act.
7.2 Liquidation. There shall be made, as promptly as is practicable after
termination of the business of the Company, a final allocation pursuant to
Section 3.2 as of the date of such termination, and a distribution of the assets
of the Company as follows: first, to creditors of the Company, including the
Member if a creditor to the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of
liabilities of the Company (whether by payment thereof or the making of
reasonable provision for payment thereof) other than liabilities for which
reasonable provision for payment has been made; and then, to the Member.
ARTICLE 8
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 General. This Agreement: (a) shall be binding upon the legal successors
of the Member; (b) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware; and (c) contains the entire agreement as to the
subject matter hereof.
8.2 Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are used for
administrative convenience only and do not constitute substantive matter to be
considered in construing the terms of this Agreement.
8.3 No Third Party Rights. Except as provided in Section 4.3, the
provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of the Company, the Member and
permitted assignees and no other person or entity, including creditors of the
Company, shall have any right or claim against the Company or the Member by
reason of this Agreement or any provision hereof or be entitled to enforce any
provision of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 9
PROVISIONS RELATING TO SINGLE PURPOSE BANKRUPTCY REMOTE ENTITY
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as the
loan secured by that certain mortgage lien (the "First Mortgage") in favor of La
Salle National Bank, as Trustee for GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate Series 1999-C1, or its successors
and assigns who may from time to time be holders of the note secured by the
First Mortgage, is outstanding, the following terms and provisions shall be
effective and take precedence over any conflicting provisions of this Agreement:
9.1 Certain Prohibited Activities.
9.1.1 the Company shall only incur indebtedness in an amount necessary
to acquire, operate, maintain and replace the Property;
9.1.2. the Company shall not incur, assume, or guaranty any other
indebtedness, other than trade and operational debt incurred in the
ordinary course of business with trade creditors and in amounts as are
normal and reasonable under the circumstances;
9.1.3 the Company shall not, except as may be permitted by the terms
and provisions of the First Mortgage, (i) dissolve or liquidate, or
consolidate or merge with or into any other entity, (ii) convey or transfer
its properties and assets substantially as an entirety, or (iii) transfer
any of its membership interests to any entity other than an Affiliate (as
defined in Section 9.3); and
9.1.4 no material amendment to the articles of organization or the
operating agreement of the Company may be made without first obtaining the
approval of the mortgagee then holding the First Mortgage.
9.2 Subordination of Indemnification Rights. Any indemnification of the
Company's Member shall be fully subordinated to the First Mortgage, and such
indemnification shall not constitute a claim against the Company in the event
that cash flow in excess of amounts necessary to pay the holder of the First
Mortgage is insufficient to pay such obligations.
9.3 Separateness Covenants. In order to preserve and ensure its separate
and distinct identity, in addition to the other provisions set forth in this
Agreement, the Company shall conduct its affairs in accordance with the
following provisions:
9.3.1 The Company shall allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead
for office space shared with the Member or any Affiliate (as hereinafter
defined).
9.3.2 The Company shall maintain books and records of account separate
from those of the Member and Affiliates.
9.3.3 The Company shall observe all limited liability company
formalities.
9.3.4 The Company shall not commingle assets with those of the Member
or any Affiliate.
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9.3.5 The Company shall conduct its own business in its own name.
9.3.6 The Company shall maintain financial statements separate from
those of the Member and Affiliates.
9.3.7 The Company shall pay any liabilities out of its own funds,
including salaries of any employees, not funds of the Member or any
Affiliate.
9.3.8 The Company shall maintain an arm's length relationship with the
Member and Affiliates.
9.3.9 The Company shall not guaranty or become obligated for the debts
of any other entity, including the Member or any Affiliate, or hold out its
credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other entity
(provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the Company from
being and holding itself responsible for expenses incurred or obligations
undertaken by the property manager of the Property, if any, in respect of
its duties regarding the Property).
9.3.10 The Company shall use stationary, invoices and checks separate
from the Member and Affiliates.
9.3.11 The Company shall not pledge its assets for the benefit of any
other entity, including the Member or any Affiliate.
9.3.12 The Company shall hold itself out as an entity separate from
any Member or affiliate.
For purposes of this Article 9, the following terms shall have the
following respective meanings:
"Affiliate" (or "Affiliates") shall mean any Person controlling, controlled
by, or under common control with, the Company. For purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust
(including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization, or government
or agency or political subdivision thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first set forth above.
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AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE OF
MASSACHUSETTS, INC., a Massachusetts
corporation
By: /s/ [Joshua T. Gaines]
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Name: Joshua T. Gaines
Title: Vice President
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