EXHIBIT 3.72
AMENDMENT TO THE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
NRG KAUFMAN LLC
A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
THIS AMENDMENT (the "Amendment") to the Limited Liability Company Agreement
of NRG Kaufman LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), dated
as of November 15, 2002 (the "Effective Date"), is adopted, executed and agreed
to by the undersigned, NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the sole
member of the Company (the "Member"), and Robert A. Sagedy, Jr., the Independent
Member of the Company (the "Independent Member").
WHEREAS, the Member has entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement
dated December 20, 2000 in respect of the Company, which provides that the
unanimous consent of the Members and at least one Independent Member shall be
required to take certain actions; and
WHEREAS, the Member and the Independent Member deem it to be advisable and
in the best interests of the Company to amend the provision in the Limited
Liability Company Agreement requiring the unanimous consent of the Members and
the Independent Member and certain other provisions referencing such Independent
Member.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the Member and the
Independent Member hereby amend the Limited Liability Company Agreement as
follows:
(1) Section 3.08 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:
" WITHDRAWAL. A Member may not withdraw or resign from the Company;
provided, however, that the Independent Member may resign at any time,
and such resignation shall become effective upon acceptance by the
Company."
(2) Section 6.05 is hereby deleted in its entirety and is replaced by
the words "Intentionally Omitted."
Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the
Limited Liability Company Agreement are and shall remain in full force and
effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member and the Independent Member hereto have
caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
NRG ENERGY, INC.
By: /s/ Richard C. Kelly
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Name: Richard C. Kelly
Its: President and Chief Operating Officer
By: /s/ Robert A. Sagedy
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Name: Robert A. Sagedy, Jr.
Independent Member
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
NRG KAUFMAN LLC
A Delaware Limited Liability Company
THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF NRG KAUFMAN LLC (this
"Agreement"), dated December 20, 2000 (the "Effective Date"), is adopted,
executed and agreed to, for good and valuable consideration, by the Members (as
defined below).
RECITALS
1. NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware limited liability company ("NRG"), has
agreed to become the sole Member of the Company (as defined below).
2. NRG now desires to enter into this Agreement with respect to various
matters relating to the Company.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.01 DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Sections referred to
below:
ACT - the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
AFFECTED MEMBER - Section 9.01.
AFFILIATE - with respect to any Person, (a) each entity that such
Person Controls; (b) each Person that Controls such Person, including, in
the case of a Member, such Member's Parent; and (c) each entity that is
under common Control with such Person, including, in the case of a Member,
each entity that is Controlled by such Member's Parent.
AGREEMENT - introductory paragraph.
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE - Section 6.02(a)(i).
ASSIGNEE - any Person that acquires a Membership Interest or any
portion thereof through a Disposition; provided, however, that, an Assignee
shall have no right to be admitted to the Company as a Member except in
accordance with Section 3.03(b)(iii).
BANKRUPTCY OR BANKRUPT - with respect to any Person, that (a) such
Person (i) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (ii)
files a voluntary bankruptcy petition; (iii) becomes the subject of an
order for relief or is declared insolvent in any federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings; (iv) files a petition or answer
seeking for such Person a reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any Law;
(v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the
material allegations of a petition filed against such Person in a
proceeding of the type described in subclauses (i) through (iv) of this
clause (a); or (vi) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of
a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any
substantial part of such Person's properties; or (b) against such Person, a
proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any Law has been
commenced and 60 Days have expired without dismissal thereof or with
respect to which, without such Person's consent or acquiescence, a trustee,
receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of
such Person's properties has been appointed and 60 Days have expired
without the appointment's having been vacated or stayed, or 60 Days have
expired after the date of expiration of a stay, if the appointment has not
previously been vacated.
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BUSINESS DAY - any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a holiday
on which national banking associations in Minnesota, Louisiana, Texas or
New York are not open for business.
BUYOUT EVENT - Section 9.01.
CAPITAL ACCOUNT - the account to be maintained by the Company for each
Member in accordance with Section 4.06.
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION - with respect to any Member, the amount of money
and the net agreed value of any property (other than money) contributed to
the Company by the Member. Any reference in this Agreement to the Capital
Contribution of a Member shall include a Capital Contribution of its
predecessors in interest.
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS - a firm of independent public
accountants selected from time to time by the Management Committee.
CHANGE OF MEMBER CONTROL - with respect to any Member, an event (such
as a Disposition of voting securities) that causes such Member to cease to
be Controlled by such Member's Parent; provided, however, that an event
that causes any of such Member's Parents to be Controlled by another Person
shall not constitute a Change of Member Control.
CLAIM - any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands,
lawsuits, suits, proceedings, Governmental investigations or audits,
losses, assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations,
costs, expenses, liabilities and damages (whether actual, consequential or
punitive), including interest, penalties, reasonable attorney's fees,
disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and
imposts.
CODE - the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
COMPANY - NRG Kaufman LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - information and data (including all copies
thereof) that is furnished or submitted by any of the Members or their
Affiliates, whether oral (and if oral, reduced to writing and marked
"confidential" within 10 days of disclosure), written, or electronic, on a
confidential basis to the other Members or their Affiliates in connection
with the Company, and any and all of the activities and studies performed
pursuant to this Agreement or any Project Agreement, and the resulting
information and data obtained from those studies. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the term "Confidential Information" shall not include any
information that:
(a) is in the public domain at the time of its disclosure or
thereafter (other than as a result of a disclosure directly or
indirectly by a Member or its Affiliates in contravention of this
Agreement or any Project Agreement);
(b) as to any Member, was in the possession of such Member or
its Affiliates prior to the execution of this Agreement; or
(c) is engineering information (for example, heat balance and
capital cost information) that has been independently acquired or
developed by a Member or its Affiliates without violating any of the
obligations of such Member or its Affiliates under this Agreement.
CONTROL - the possession, directly or indirectly of either of the
following:
(a) (i) in the case of a corporation, more than 50% of the
outstanding voting securities thereof; (ii) in the case of a limited
liability company, partnership, limited partnership or venture, the
right to more than 50% of the distributions therefrom (including
liquidating distributions); (iii) in the case of a trust or estate,
including a business trust, more than 50% of the
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beneficial interest therein; and (iv) in the case of any other entity,
more than 50% of the economic or beneficial interest therein; or
(b) in the case of any entity, the power or authority, through
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, to exercise
a controlling influence over the management of the entity.
DAY - a calendar day; provided, however, that if any period of Days
referred to in this Agreement shall end on a Day that is not a Business
Day, then the expiration of such period shall be automatically extended
until the end of the first succeeding Business Day.
DEFAULT - the failure of a Member to comply in any material respect
with any of its material agreements, covenants or obligations under this
Agreement; the failure of any representation or warranty made by a Member
in this Agreement to have been true and correct in all material respects at
the time it was made; or the failure of a Member, without justified cause,
to take any action materially necessary for the progress of the Project
consistent with or required by the terms of this Agreement (including
participating in meetings or decisions).
DEFAULT RATE - a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (a) a varying
rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the prime rate as published in The
Wall Street Journal, with adjustments in that varying rate to be made on
the same date as any change in that rate is so published, plus (ii) 3% per
annum, and (b) the maximum rate permitted by Law.
DEFERRED AMOUNT - Section 9.03(c).
DELAWARE CERTIFICATE - Section 2.01.
DISPOSE, DISPOSING OR DISPOSITION - with respect to any asset
(including a Membership Interest or any portion thereof), a sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance, gift, exchange or other disposition
(other than the pledge or assignment to any creditor of the Company or the
Member, or any collateral agent for such creditor, of any Membership
Interest as security for the indebtedness to such creditor) of such asset,
whether such disposition be voluntary, involuntary or by operation of Law,
including the following: (a) in the case of an asset owned by a natural
person, a transfer of such asset upon the death of its owner, whether by
will, intestate succession or otherwise; (b) in the case of an asset owned
by an entity, (i) a merger or consolidation of such entity (other than
where such entity is the survivor thereof), (ii) a conversion of such
entity into another type of entity, or (iii) a distribution of such asset,
including in connection with the dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or
termination of such entity (unless, in the case of dissolution, such
entity's business is continued without the commencement of liquidation or
winding-up); and (c) a disposition in connection with, or in lieu of, a
foreclosure of an Encumbrance; but such terms shall not include the
creation of an Encumbrance.
DISPUTE - Section 10.01.
DISPUTE NOTICE - Section 10.02.
DISPUTING MEMBER - Section 10.01.
DISSOLUTION EVENT - Section 11.01 (a).
EFFECTIVE DATE - introductory paragraph.
ENCUMBER, ENCUMBERING, OR ENCUMBRANCE - the creation of a security
interest, lien, pledge, mortgage or other encumbrance, whether such
encumbrance be voluntary, involuntary or by operation of Law; provided,
however, that the pledge or assignment to any creditor of the Company or
NRG or any collateral agent for such creditor, of any Membership Interest
as security for the indebtedness to such creditor shall not be deemed to be
an Encumbrance thereof.
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FAIR MARKET VALUE - Section 9.03.
GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY (OR GOVERNMENTAL) - a federal, state, local or
foreign governmental authority; a state, province, commonwealth, territory
or district thereof; a county or parish; a city, town, township, village or
other municipality; a district, ward or other subdivision of any of the
foregoing; any executive, legislative or other governing body of any of the
foregoing; any agency, authority, board, department, system, service,
office, commission, committee, council or other administrative body of any
of the foregoing; any court or other judicial body; and any officer,
official or other representative of any of the foregoing.
INCLUDING - including, without limitation.
INDEPENDENT MEMBER - means a natural person who is not an officer,
director, agent, employee or representative of the Company, NRG; or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing.
LAW - any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code
(including the Code), law, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, decree,
ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision, declaration, or
interpretative or advisory opinion or letter of a Governmental Authority
having valid jurisdiction.
LENDING MEMBER - Section 4.03(a)(ii).
LOAN DOCUMENTS - any and all documents relating to money borrowed by
Northeast, including money borrowed through public or private sales of its
debt securities, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time.
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE - Section 6.02.
MEMBER - any Person executing this Agreement as of the date of this
Agreement as a member or hereafter admitted to the Company as a member as
provided in this Agreement, but such term does not include any Person who
has ceased to be a member in the Company.
MEMBERSHIP INTEREST - with respect to any Member, (a) that Member's
status as a Member; (b) that Member's share of the income, gain, loss,
deduction and credits of, and the right to receive distributions from, the
Company; (c) all other rights, benefits and privileges enjoyed by that
Member (under the Act, this Agreement, or otherwise) in its capacity as a
Member, including that Member's rights to vote, consent and approve and
otherwise to participate in the management of the Company, including
through the Management Committee; and (d) all obligations, duties and
liabilities imposed on that Member (under the Act, this Agreement or
otherwise) in its capacity as a Member, including any obligations to make
Capital Contributions.
NON-CONTRIBUTING MEMBER - Section 4.03(a).
NRG - NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.
OFFICER - any Person designated as an officer of the Company as
provided in Section 6.02(j), but such term does not include any Person who
has ceased to be an officer of the Company.
OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES - Section 6.05(b).
PARENT - if applicable to a Member, the company or companies set forth
opposite the name of such Member on Exhibit A.
PERMITS - all permits, licenses, approvals or other actions of
Governmental Authorities that are required for the ownership and operation
of the Project, as contemplated by this Agreement.
PERSON - the meaning assigned that term in Section 18-101(11) of the
Act and also includes a Governmental Authority and any other entity.
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PURCHASE PRICE - Section 9.03.
REPRESENTATIVE - Section 6.02(a)(i).
SECURITIES ACT - the Securities Act of 1933.
SELLER - Atlantic City Electric Company, a New Jersey corporation.
SHARING RATIO - subject in each case to adjustments in accordance with
this Agreement or in connection with Dispositions of Membership Interests,
(a) in the case of a Member executing this Agreement as of the date of this
Agreement or a Person acquiring such Member's Membership Interest, the
percentage specified for that Member as its Sharing Ratio on Exhibit A, and
(b) in the case of Membership Interest issued pursuant to Section 3.04, the
Sharing Ratio established pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the
total of all Sharing Ratios shall always equal 100%.
SOLE DISCRETION - a Member's sole and absolute discretion, with or
without cause, and subject to whatever limitations or qualifications the
Member may impose.
TAX MATTERS MEMBER - Section 7.03(a).
TERM - Section 2.06.
TERMINATED MEMBER - Section 9.05.
TREASURY REGULATIONS - the regulations (including temporary
regulations) promulgated by the United States Department of the Treasury
pursuant to and in respect of provisions of the Code. All references herein
to sections of the Treasury Regulations shall include any corresponding
provision or provisions of succeeding, similar or substitute, temporary or
final Treasury Regulations.
Other terms defined herein have the meanings so given them.
1.02 CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) the gender
(or lack of gender) of all words used in this Agreement includes the masculine,
feminine, and neuter; (b) references to Articles and Sections refer to Articles
and Sections of this Agreement; (c) references to Exhibits refer to the Exhibits
attached to this Agreement, each of which is made a part hereof for all
purposes; (d) references to Laws refer to such Laws as they may be amended from
time to time, and references to particular provisions of a Law include any
corresponding provisions of any succeeding Law; and (e) references to money
refer to legal currency of the United States of America.
ARTICLE 2
ORGANIZATION
2.01 FORMATION. The Company has been organized as a Delaware limited
liability company by the filing of a Certificate of Formation (the "Delaware
Certificate"), dated December_______, 2000 the "Formation Date"), with the
Secretary of State of Delaware pursuant to the Act.
2.02 NAME. The name of the Company is "NRG Kaufman LLC" and all Company
business must be conducted in that name or such other names that comply with Law
as the Management Committee may select.
2.03 REGISTERED OFFICE; REGISTERED AGENT; PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN THE UNITED
STATES; OTHER OFFICES. The registered office of the Company required by the Act
to be maintained in the State of Delaware shall be the office of the initial
registered agent named in the Delaware Certificate or such other office (which
need not be a place of business of the Company) as the Management Committee may
designate in the manner provided by Law. The registered agent of the Company in
the State of Delaware shall be the initial registered agent named in the
Delaware
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Certificate or such other Person or Persons as the Management Committee may
designate in the manner provided by Law. The principal office of the Company in
the United States shall be at such place as the Management Committee may
designate, which need not be in the State of Delaware, and the Company shall
maintain records there or such other place as the Management Committee shall
designate and shall keep the street address of such principal office at the
registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware. The Company may have
such other offices as the Management Committee may designate.
2.04 PURPOSES. The purpose of the Company shall be the ownership and
operation of power generation facilities, either directly or through the
ownership of one or more entities engaged in that business.
2.05 FOREIGN QUALIFICATION. Prior to the Company's conducting business in
any jurisdiction other than Delaware, the Management Committee shall cause the
Company to comply, to the extent procedures are available and those matters are
reasonably within the control of the Management Committee, with all requirements
necessary to qualify the Company as a foreign limited liability company in that
jurisdiction. At the request of the Management Committee, each Member shall
execute, acknowledge, swear to, and deliver all certificates and other
instruments conforming with this Agreement that are necessary or appropriate to
qualify, continue, and terminate the Company as a foreign limited liability
company in all such jurisdictions in which the Company may conduct business.
2.06 TERM. The period of existence of the Company (the "Term") commenced on
the Formation Date and shall end at such time as a certificate of cancellation
is filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware in accordance with Section
11.04. Such period may be extended from time to time by Members holding a
majority of the Membership Interests.
2.07 NO STATE-LAW PARTNERSHIP. The Members intend that the Company not be a
partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no
Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member, for any purposes
other than federal and state tax purposes, and this Agreement may not be
construed to suggest otherwise.
2.08 UNITS; CERTIFICATES OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST; APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE 8
OF UCC. Membership Interests shall be represented by units ("Units"). The number
of authorized Units shall be one thousand (1,000). All Membership Interests
shall be represented by certificates in such form as the Management Committee
shall from time to time approve, shall be recorded in a register thereof
maintained by the Company, and shall be subject to such rules for the issuance
thereof as the Management Committee may from time to time determine. Membership
Interests shall be subject to the provisions of Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as may be applicable in the State of New York from time to time.
ARTICLE 3
MEMBERSHIP; DISPOSITIONS OF INTERESTS
3.01 INITIAL MEMBERS. The initial Members of the Company are the Persons
executing this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement as Members, each of
which is admitted to the Company as a Member effective contemporaneously with
the execution by such Person of this Agreement.
3.02 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. Each Member hereby
represents, warrants and covenants to the Company and each other Member that the
following statements are true and correct as of the Effective Date and shall be
true and correct at all times that such Member is a Member:
(a) that Member is duly incorporated, organized or formed (as
applicable), validly existing, and (if applicable) in good standing under
the Law of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or
formation; if required by applicable Law, that Member is duly qualified and
in good standing in the jurisdiction of its principal place of business, if
different from its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or
formation; and that Member has full power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and all
necessary actions by the board of directors, shareholders, managers,
members, partners, trustees, beneficiaries, or other applicable Persons
necessary for the due authorization, execution, delivery, and performance
of this Agreement by that Member have been duly taken;
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(b) that Member has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and
the other documents contemplated herein, and they constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligation of that Member enforceable against it in
accordance with their terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar Laws of general application and by the effect of
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered at law or in
equity); and
(c) that Member's authorization, execution, delivery, and performance
of this Agreement does not and will not (i) conflict with, or result in a
breach, default or violation of, (A) the organizational documents of such
Member, (B) any contract or agreement to which that Member is a party or is
otherwise subject, or (C) any Law, order, judgment, decree, writ,
injunction or arbitral award to which that Member is subject; or (ii)
require any consent, approval or authorization from, filing or registration
with, or notice to, any Governmental Authority or other Person, unless such
requirement has already been satisfied.
3.03 DISPOSITIONS AND ENCUMBRANCES OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS.
(a) GENERAL RESTRICTION. A Member may not Dispose of or Encumber all
or any portion of its Membership Interest except in strict accordance with
this Section 3.03. (References in this Section 3.03 to Dispositions or
Encumbrances of a "Membership Interest" shall also refer to Dispositions or
Encumbrances of a portion of a Membership Interest.) Any attempted
Disposition or Encumbrance of a Membership Interest, other than in strict
accordance with this Section 3.03, shall be, and is hereby declared, null
and void ab initio. The Members agree that a breach of the provisions of
this Section 3.03 may cause irreparable injury to the Company and to the
other Members for which monetary damages (or other remedy at law) are
inadequate in view of (i) the complexities and uncertainties in measuring
the actual damages that would be sustained by reason of the failure of a
Member to comply with such provision and (ii) the uniqueness of the Company
business and the relationship among the Members. Accordingly, the Members
agree that the provisions of this Section 3.03 may be enforced by specific
performance.
(b) DISPOSITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS.
(i) GENERAL RESTRICTION. A Member may not Dispose of all or any
portion of its Membership Interest except by complying with all of the
following requirements:
(A) such Member must receive the unanimous consent of the
non-Disposing Members, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld by each of such other Members; provided, however, that
such consent need not be obtained if (I) the proposed Assignee is
a Wholly-Owned Affiliate of the Disposing Member and (II) such
proposed Assignee demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of
the other Members that it has the ability to meet the financial
and contractual commitments and other obligations of the
Disposing Member; and
(B) such Member must comply with the requirements of
Section 3.03(b)(iii) and, if the Assignee is to be admitted as a
Member, Section 3.03(b)(ii).
(ii) ADMISSION OF ASSIGNEE AS A MEMBER. An Assignee has the right
to be admitted to the Company as a Member, with the Membership
Interest (and attendant Sharing Ratio) so transferred to such
Assignee, only if (A) the Disposing Member making the Disposition has
granted the Assignee either (I) the Disposing Member's entire
Membership Interest or (II) the express right to be so admitted; and
(B) such Disposition is effected in strict compliance with this
Section 3.03.
(iii) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ALL DISPOSITIONS AND ADMISSIONS.
In addition to the requirements set forth in Sections 3.03(b)(i) and
3.03(b)(ii), any Disposition of a Membership Interest and any
admission of an Assignee as a Member shall also be subject to the
following requirements, and such Disposition (and admission, if
applicable) shall not be effective unless such requirements are
complied with; provided, however, that the Management Committee, in
its sole and absolute discretion, may waive any of the following
requirements:
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(A) DISPOSITION DOCUMENTS. The following documents must be
delivered to the Management Committee and must be satisfactory,
in form and substance, to the Management Committee:
(I) DISPOSITION INSTRUMENT. A copy of the instrument
pursuant to which the Disposition is effected.
(II) RATIFICATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. An instrument,
executed by the Disposing Member and its Assignee,
containing the following information and agreements, to the
extent they are not contained in the instrument described in
Section 3.03(b)(iii)(A)(I): (1) the notice address of the
Assignee; (2) if applicable, the Parent of the Assignee; (3)
the Sharing Ratios after the Disposition of the Disposing
Member and its Assignee (which together must total the
Sharing Ratio of the Disposing Member before the
Disposition); (4) the Assignee's ratification of this
Agreement and agreement to be bound by it, and its
confirmation that the representations and warranties in
Section 3.02 are true and correct with respect to it; (5)
the Assignee's ratification of all of the Project Agreements
and agreement by be bound by them, to the same extent that
the Disposing Member was bound by them prior to the
Disposition; and (6) representations and warranties by the
Disposing Member and its Assignee (aa) that the Disposition
and admission is being made in accordance with all
applicable Laws, and (bb) that the matters set forth in
Sections 3.03(b)(iii)(A)(III) and (IV) are true and correct.
(III) SECURITIES LAW OPINION. Unless the Membership
Interest subject to the Disposition is registered under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities Law, or
the proposed Assignee is a Wholly-Owned Affiliate as
described in 3.03(b)(i)(A) above, a favorable opinion of the
Company's legal counsel, or of other legal counsel
acceptable to the Management Committee, to the effect that
the Disposition and admission is being made pursuant to a
valid exemption from registration under those Laws and in
accordance with those Laws.
(IV) TAX OPINION. A favorable opinion of the Certified
Public Accountants, or of other certified public accountants
acceptable to the Management Committee, to the effect that
the Disposition would not result in the Company's being
considered to have terminated within the meaning of Code
Section 708.
(B) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Disposing Member and its
Assignee shall pay, or reimburse the Company for, all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the
Disposition and admission, including the legal fees incurred in
connection with the legal opinions referred to in Sections
3.03(b)(iii)(A)(III) and (IV), on or before the tenth Day after
the receipt by that Person of the Company's invoice for the
amount due.
(C) NO RELEASE. No Disposition of a Membership Interest
shall effect a release of the Disposing Member from any
liabilities to the Company or the other Members arising from
events occurring prior to the Disposition.
(iv) CHANGE OF MEMBER CONTROL. A Change of Member Control must
also comply with the requirements of this Section 3.03.
(c) ENCUMBRANCES OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST. A Member may Encumber its
Membership Interest if the instrument creating such Encumbrance provides
that any foreclosure of such Encumbrance (or Disposition in lieu of such
foreclosure) must comply with the requirements of Section 3.03(b).
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(d) RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. Except as otherwise expressly permitted
by this Agreement, this Section 3.03(d) shall apply to any proposed
voluntary Disposition of a Membership Interest to any purchaser (other than
a majority owned Affiliate of the disposing party) for consideration in the
form of cash or promissory notes or other obligations to pay sums certain.
The Member proposing to make such a Distribution shall provide written
notice (a "Disposition Notice") to the remaining Members at least 90 days
prior to the proposed Disposition. The Disposition Notice must set forth
the identity of the proposed transferee, the sale price, and all other
material terms and conditions of the proposed Disposition. In the Case of a
Change of member Control, the Disposition notice must set forth the
portion, if less than 100%, of the total purchase price that is applicable
to such Member's Membership Interest. Upon receipt of a Disposition Notice,
the remaining Members shall have the option for a period of 30 days to
purchase all, but not less than all, of such Membership Interest. Such
Membership Interest shall be allocated to the Members exercising their
option under this Section 3.03(d) pro rata in accordance with their
Membership Interests. The purchase pursuant to the exercise of this option
shall be at the price and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
proposed Disposition. If no Member exercises such option, the Member
proposing such Disposition shall be free, for a period of 60 days after the
expiration of the remaining Members' options, to Dispose of the Membership
Interests that were the subject of the Disposition Notice, but only to the
party, and for the price and on the terms and conditions, set forth in the
Disposition Notice. If the proposed disposition does not occur within 60
days after the expiration of the remaining Members' options, the Membership
Interest may not be Disposed of pursuant to this section 30.0(d) unless the
Member again complies with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) RIGHTS IN MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS PLEDGED AS COLLATERAL. Any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, by executing
and delivering this Agreement, each Member shall be deemed to have
consented to (i) the pledge, assignment, hypothecation and transfer to any
creditor of the Company or Northeast or its agents, successors or assigns
of, and the grant to such creditor or other Person of a lien on and
security interest in, as security for the indebtedness of the Company or
Northeast to such creditor, all of such Member's right, title and interest
in, to and under its Membership Interest and any other collateral securing
such indebtedness, (ii) the exercise by any such creditor or other Person
of the rights and remedies under any security document related to such
collateral, including, without limitation, the right to exercise the voting
and consensual rights and other powers of each Member to the extent
provided in any such security document, and (ii) the right to foreclose
upon or exercise a power of sale with respect to the Membership Interest of
each Member and any other collateral subject to such security documents and
to cause the agent or designee of such creditor or any third party
purchaser of such Membership Interest to become an additional or substitute
Member, and (c) all other provisions of the loan and security documents
relating to such indebtedness or collateral, the issuance of new or
substituted Membership Interests, or the ownership of Membership Interests.
3.04 CREATION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIP INTEREST. Additional Membership
Interests may be created and issued to existing Members or to other Persons, and
such other Persons may be admitted to the Company as Members, with the unanimous
consent of the existing Members, on such terms and conditions as the existing
Members may unanimously determine at the time of admission. The terms of
admission or issuance must specify the Sharing Ratios applicable thereto and may
provide for the creation of different classes or groups of Members having
different rights, powers, and duties. The Management Committee may reflect the
creation of any new class or group in an amendment to this Agreement indicating
the different rights, powers, and duties. Any such admission is effective only
after the new Member has executed and delivered to the Members an instrument
containing the notice address of the new Member, the Assignee's ratification of
this Agreement and agreement to be bound by it, and its confirmation that the
representations and warranties in Section 3.02 are true and correct with respect
to it. The provisions of this Section 3.04 shall not apply to Dispositions of
Membership Interests or admissions of Assignees in connection therewith, such
matters being governed by Section 3.03.
3.05 ACCESS TO INFORMATION. Each Member shall be entitled to receive any
information that it may request concerning the Company; provided, however, that
this Section 3.05 shall not obligate the Company or the Management Committee to
create any information that does not already exist at the time of such request
(other than to convert existing information from one medium to another, such as
providing a printout of information that is stored in a computer database). Each
Member shall also have the right, upon reasonable notice, and at all reasonable
times during usual business hours to inspect the properties of the Company and
to audit, examine and make copies of
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the books of account and other records of the Company. Such right may be
exercised through any agent or employee of such Member designated in writing by
it or by an independent public accountant, engineer, attorney or other
consultant so designated. The Member making the request shall bear all costs and
expenses incurred in any inspection, examination or audit made on such Member's
behalf. Confidential Information obtained pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 3.06.
3.06 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
(a) Except as permitted by Section 3.06(b),
(i) each Member shall keep confidential all Confidential
Information and shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any
Person, including any of its Affiliates, and
(ii) each Member shall use the Confidential Information only in
connection with the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.06(a), but subject to the other
provisions of this Section 3.06, a Member may make the following
disclosures and uses of Confidential Information:
(i) disclosures to another Member in connection with the
Company;
(ii) disclosures and uses that are approved by the Management
Committee;
(iii) disclosures to an Affiliate of such Member on a "need to
know" basis in connection with the Company, if such Affiliate has
agreed to abide by the terms of this Section 3.06;
(iv) disclosures to a Person that is not a Member or an Affiliate
of a Member, if such Person has been retained to provide services by
the Member in connection with the Company or such Member's Membership
Interest and has agreed to abide by the terms of this Section 3.06;
(v) disclosures to lenders, potential lenders or other Persons
providing financing for the Project, potential equity purchasers, if
such Persons have agreed to abide by the terms of this Section 3.06;
(vi) disclosures to ISO and its consultants and representatives;
(vii) disclosures to Governmental Authorities that are necessary
to operate the Project consistent with the Project Agreements;
(viii) disclosures that a Member is legally compelled to make by
deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil
investigative demand, order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or
similar process, or otherwise by Law or securities exchange
requirements; provided, however, that, prior to any such disclosure,
such Member shall, to the extent legally permissible:
(A) provide the Management Committee with prompt notice of
such requirements so that one or more of the Members may seek a
protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance
with the terms of this Section 3.06(b)(vii);
(B) consult with the Management Committee on the
advisability of taking steps to resist or narrow such disclosure;
and
(C) cooperate with the Management Committee and with the
other Members in any attempt one or more of them may make to
obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy or
assurance that confidential treatment will be afforded the
Confidential Information; and in the event such protective order
or other remedy is not obtained, or the other Members waive
compliance with the provisions hereof, such Member agrees (I) to
furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that
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other Members are advised by counsel to the disclosing Member is
legally required and (II) to exercise all reasonable efforts to
obtain assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded
such Confidential Information.
(c) Each Member shall take such precautionary measures as may be
required to ensure (and such Member shall be responsible for) compliance
with this Section 3.06 by any of its Affiliates, and its and their
directors, officers, employees and agents, and other Persons to which it
may disclose Confidential Information in accordance with this Section 3.06.
(d) A Terminated Member shall promptly destroy (and provide a
certificate of destruction to the Company with respect to) or return to the
Company, as directed by the Management Committee, all Confidential
Information in its possession. Notwithstanding the immediately-preceding
sentence, a Terminated Member may, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 3.06, retain and use Confidential Information for the limited
purpose of preparing such Terminated Member's tax returns and defending
audits, investigations and proceedings relating thereto.
(e) The Members agree that no adequate remedy at law exists for a
breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of this Section 3.06,
the continuation of which unremedied will cause the Company and the other
Members to suffer irreparable harm. Accordingly, the Members agree that the
Company and the other Members shall be entitled, in addition to other
remedies that may be available to them, to immediate injunctive relief from
any breach of any of the provisions of this Section 3.06 and to specific
performance of their rights hereunder, as well as to any other remedies
available at law or in equity.
(f) The obligations of the Members under this Section 3.06 shall
terminate on the third anniversary of the end of the Term.
3.07 LIABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES. No Member shall be liable for the debts,
obligations or liabilities of the Company.
3.08 WITHDRAWAL. A Member may not withdraw or resign from the Company.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
4.01 INITIAL CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Contemporaneously with the execution by
such Member of this Agreement, each Member shall make the Capital Contributions
described for that Member in Exhibit A.
4.02 SUBSEQUENT CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Without creating any rights in favor
of any third party, each Member shall contribute to the Company, in cash, on or
before the date specified as hereinafter described, that Member's Sharing Ratio
of all monies that in the unanimous judgment of the Management Committee are
necessary to enable the Company to acquire the Project from the Seller and to
cause the assets of the Company to be properly operated and maintained and to
discharge its costs, expenses, obligations, and liabilities, including without
limitation its Sharing Ratio of the purchase price set forth in the Asset Sale
Agreement, and its Sharing Ratio of Working Capital Requirements in order to
bring current Company bank accounts to an amount equal to the Working Capital
Requirements, as more particularly described in Section 5.01 below. The
Management Committee shall notify each other Member of the need for Capital
Contributions pursuant to this Section 4.02 when appropriate, which notice must
include a statement in reasonable detail of the proposed uses of the Capital
Contributions and a date (which date may be no earlier than the fifth Business
Day following each Member's receipt of its notice) before which the Capital
Contributions must be made. Notices for Capital Contributions must be made to
all Members in accordance with their Sharing Ratios.
4.03 FAILURE TO CONTRIBUTE. (a) If a Member does not contribute, within 10
Days of the date required, all or any portion of a Capital Contribution that
Member is required to make as provided in this Agreement, the other Members may
cause the Company to exercise, on notice to that Member (the "Non-Contributing
Member"), one or more of the following remedies:
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(i) taking such action (including court proceedings) as the
other Members may deem appropriate to obtain payment by the
Non-Contributing Member of the portion of the Non-Contributing
Member's Capital Contribution that is in default, together with
interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date that the Capital
Contribution was due until the date that it is made, all at the cost
and expense of the Non-Contributing Member;
(ii) permitting the other Members in proportion to their Sharing
Ratios or in such other percentages as they may agree (the "Lending
Member," whether one or more), to advance the portion of the
Non-Contributing Member's Capital Contribution that is in default,
with the following results:
(A) the sum advanced constitutes a loan from the Lending
Member to the Non-Contributing Member and a Capital Contribution
of that sum to the Company by the Non-Contributing Member
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement,
(B) the principal balance of the loan and all accrued
unpaid interest thereon is due and payable in whole on the tenth
Day after written demand therefor by the Lending Member to the
Non-Contributing Member,
(C) the amount lent bears interest at the Default Rate from
the Day that the advance is deemed made until the date that the
loan, together with all interest accrued on it, is repaid to the
Lending Member,
(D) all distributions from the Company that otherwise would
be made to the Non-Contributing Member (whether before or after
dissolution of the Company) instead shall be paid to the Lending
Member until the loan and all interest accrued on it have been
paid in full to the Lending Member (with payments being applied
first to accrued and unpaid interest and then to principal),
(E) the payment of the loan and interest accrued on it is
secured by a security interest in the Non-Contributing Member's
Membership Interest, as more fully set forth in Section 4.03(b),
and
(F) the Lending Member has the right, in addition to the
other rights and remedies granted to it pursuant to this
Agreement or available to it at Law or in equity, to take any
action (including court proceedings) that the Lending Member may
deem appropriate to obtain payment by the Non-Contributing Member
of the loan and all accrued and unpaid interest on it, at the
cost and expense of the Non-Contributing Member;
(iii) exercising the rights of a secured party under the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of Delaware, as more fully set forth in
Section 4.03(b); or
(iv) exercising any other rights and remedies available at Law or
in equity.
In addition, the failure to make such contributions shall constitute a Default
by the Non-Contributing Member, and the other Members shall have the rights set
forth in Article 9 with respect to such Default.
(b) Each Member grants to the Company, and to each Lending Member
with respect to any loans made by the Lending Member to that Member as a
Non-Contributing Member pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(ii), as security,
equally and ratably, for the payment of all Capital Contributions that
Member has agreed to make and the payment of all loans and interest accrued
on them made by Lending Members to that Member as a Non-Contributing Member
pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(ii), a security interest in and a general lien
on its Membership Rights and the proceeds thereof, all under the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of Delaware. On any default in the payment of
a Capital Contribution or in the payment of such a loan or interest accrued
on it, the Company or the Lending Member, as applicable, is entitled to all
the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial
Code of the State of Delaware
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with respect to the security interest granted in this Section 4.03(b). Each
Member shall execute and deliver to the Company and the other Members all
financing statements and other instruments that the Lending Member may
request to effectuate and carry out the preceding provisions of this
Section 4.03(b). At the option of a Lending Member, this Agreement or a
carbon, photographic, or other copy hereof may serve as a financing
statement.
4.04 LOANS. If the Company does not have sufficient cash to pay its
obligations, any Member(s) that may agree to do so with the consent of the
Management Committee may advance all or part of the needed funds to or on behalf
of the Company. An advance described in this Section 4.04 constitutes a loan
from the Member to the Company, bears interest at a rate determined by the
Management Committee from the date of the advance until the date of payment, and
is not a Capital Contribution.
4.05 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS. Except as expressly provided herein, a Member
is not entitled to the return of any part of its Capital Contributions or to be
paid interest in respect of either its Capital Account or its Capital
Contributions. An unrepaid Capital Contribution is not a liability of the
Company or of any Member. A Member is not required to contribute or to lend any
cash or property to the Company to enable the Company to return any Member's
Capital Contributions.
4.06 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. A Capital Account shall be established and
maintained for each Member. Each Member's Capital Account shall be increased by
(a) the amount of money contributed by that Member to the Company, (b) the fair
market value of property contributed by that Member to the Company (net of
liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Company is considered
to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code), and (c) allocations
to that Member of Company income and gain (or items thereof), including income
and gain exempt from tax and income and gain described in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), but excluding income and gain described in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i), and shall be decreased by (d) the
amount of money distributed to that Member by the Company, (e) the fair market
value of property distributed to that Member by the Company (net of liabilities
secured by such distributed property that such Member is considered to assume or
take subject to under Section 752 of the Code), (f) allocations to that Member
of expenditures of the Company described (or treated as described) in Section
705(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and (g) allocations of Company loss and deduction (or
items thereof), including loss and deduction described in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), but excluding items described in (f) above and
loss or deduction described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) or
1.704-1(b)(4)(iii). The Members' Capital Accounts shall also be maintained and
adjusted as permitted by the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and as required by the other provisions of Treasury
Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and 1.704-1(b)(4), including adjustments
to reflect the allocations to the Members of depreciation, depletion,
amortization, and gain or loss as computed for book purposes rather than the
allocation of the corresponding items as computed for tax purposes, as required
by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g). Thus, the Members' Capital
Accounts shall be increased or decreased to reflect a revaluation of the
Company's property on its books based on the fair market value of the Company's
property on the date of adjustment immediately prior to (A) the contribution of
money or other property to the Company by a new or existing Member as
consideration for a Membership Interest or an increased Sharing Ratio, (B) the
distribution of money or other property by the Company to a Member as
consideration for a Membership Interest, or (C) the liquidation of the Company.
A Member that has more than one Membership Interest shall have a single Capital
Account that reflects all such Membership Interests, regardless of the class of
Membership Interests owned by such Member and regardless of the time or manner
in which such Membership Interests were acquired. Upon the Disposition of all or
a portion of a Membership Interest, the Capital Account of the Disposing Member
that is attributable to such Membership Interest shall carry over to the
Assignee in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(l).
ARTICLE 5
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
5.01 DISTRIBUTIONS OR BILLINGS. Distributions to the Members shall be made
only to all simultaneously in proportion to their respective Sharing Ratios (at
the time the amounts of such distributions are determined), and distributions
shall be made only in such aggregate amounts and at such times as shall be
determined by the Management Committee and as are permitted by the Loan
Documents. When so permitted, the Management Committee shall endeavor to
distribute to the Members, on or before the last day of each calendar month, or
more
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often if approved by the Management Committee, the estimated amount of any cash
available for such calendar month (net of any adjustments, if any, made to
reflect the actual cash available for the preceding calendar month). Any cash in
excess of the Working Capital Requirements shall be distributed to the Members.
5.02 DISTRIBUTIONS ON DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP. Upon the dissolution and
winding up of the Company, after adjusting the Capital Accounts for all
distributions made under Section 5.01 and all allocations under Article 5, all
available proceeds distributable to the Members as determined under Section
11.02 shall be distributed to all of the Members to the extent of the Members'
positive Capital Account balances.
5.03 ALLOCATIONS.
(a) For purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts pursuant to
Section 4.06 and for income tax purposes, except as provided in Section
5.03(b), each item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the
Company shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with their Sharing
Ratios.
(b) For income tax purposes, income, gain, loss, and deduction with
respect to property contributed to the Company by a Member or revalued
pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) shall be
allocated among the Members in a manner that takes into account the
variation between the adjusted tax basis of such property and its book
value, as required by Section 704(c) of the Code and Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i), using the remedial allocation method permitted by
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d).
5.04 VARYING INTERESTS. All items of income, gain, loss, deduction or
credit shall be allocated, and all distributions shall be made, to the Persons
shown on the records of the Company to have been Members as of the last calendar
day of the period for which the allocation or distribution is to be made.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if during any taxable year there is a change in
any Member's Sharing Ratio, the Members agree that their allocable shares of
such items for the taxable year shall be determined on any method determined by
the Management Committee to be permissible under Code Section 706 and the
related Treasury Regulations to take account of the Members' varying Sharing
Ratios.
ARTICLE 6
MANAGEMENT
6.01 MANAGEMENT BY MEMBERS. Except as described below in Sections 6.03 and
6.05, the management of the Company is fully vested in the Members, acting
exclusively in their membership capacities. When the Company has only one
Member, that Member shall exercise its management prerogative by written consent
when necessary. When the Company has more than one Member, the balance of this
Section and Section 6.02 shall apply. To facilitate the orderly and efficient
management of the Company, the Members shall act (a) collectively as a
"committee of the whole" pursuant to Section 6.02 or (b) through the delegation
from time to time of certain responsibility and authority to particular Members
pursuant to Section 6.05. No Member has the right, power or authority to act for
or on behalf of the Company, to do any act that would be binding on the Company,
or to incur any expenditures on behalf of the Company, except in accordance with
the immediately preceding sentence. Decisions or actions taken in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute decisions or actions by
the Company and shall be binding on each Member, Representative, Officer and
employee of the Company.
6.02 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The Members shall act collectively through
meetings as a "committee of the whole," which is hereby named the "Management
Committee." The Management Committee shall conduct its affairs in accordance
with the following provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement:
(a) REPRESENTATIVES.
(i) DESIGNATION. To facilitate the orderly and efficient conduct
of Management Committee meetings, each Member shall notify the other
Members, from time to time, of the identity of two of its officers,
employees or agents who will represent it at such meetings (each a
"Representative"). In addition, each Member may (but shall have not
obligation to) notify the other Members, from time to time, of the
identity of other officers, employees or agents who will represent it
at any meeting that the Member's Representatives are unable to attend
(each an
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"Alternate Representative"). (The term "Representative" shall also
refer to any Alternate Representative that is actually performing the
duties of the applicable Representative.) The initial Representatives
of each Member are set forth on Exhibit A. A Member may designate
different Representatives or Alternate Representatives for any meeting
of the Management Committee by notifying each of the other Members at
least three Business Days prior to the scheduled date for such
meeting; provided, however, that if giving such advance notice is not
feasible, then such new Representatives or Alternate Representatives
shall present written evidence of their authority at the commencement
of such meeting.
(ii) AUTHORITY. Each Representative shall have the full authority
to act on behalf of the Member that designated such Representative;
the action of a Representative at a meeting (or through a written
consent) of the Management Committee shall bind the Member that
designated such Representative; and the other Members shall be
entitled to rely upon such action without further inquiry or
investigation as to the actual authority (or lack thereof) of such
Representative. In addition, the act of an Alternate Representative
shall be deemed the act of the Representative for which such Alternate
Representative is acting, without the need to produce evidence of the
absence or unavailability of such Representative.
(iii) DISCLAIMER OF DUTIES; INDEMNIFICATION. EACH
REPRESENTATIVE SHALL REPRESENT, AND OWE DUTIES TO, ONLY THE MEMBER
THAT DESIGNATED SUCH REPRESENTATIVE (THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF SUCH
DUTIES BEING AN INTERNAL CORPORATE AFFAIR OF SUCH MEMBER), AND NOT TO
THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER MEMBER OR REPRESENTATIVE, OR ANY OFFICER OR
EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 6.05 SHALL ALSO
INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF EACH MEMBER'S REPRESENTATIVES. THE COMPANY
SHALL INDEMNIFY, PROTECT, DEFEND, RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS EACH
REPRESENTATIVE FROM AND AGAINST ANY CLAIMS ASSERTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF
ANY PERSON (INCLUDING ANOTHER MEMBER), OTHER THAN THE MEMBER THAT
DESIGNATED SUCH REPRESENTATIVE, THAT ARISE OUT OF, RELATE TO OR ARE
OTHERWISE ATTRIBUTABLE TO, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, SUCH
REPRESENTATIVE'S SERVICE ON THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, OTHER THAN SUCH
CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THE FRAUD OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH
REPRESENTATIVE.
(iv) ATTENDANCE. Each Member shall use all reasonable efforts to
cause its Representatives or Alternate Representatives to attend each
meeting of the Management Committee, unless its Representatives are
unable to do so because of a "force majeure" event or other event
beyond his reasonable control, in which event such Member shall use
all reasonable efforts to cause its Representatives or Alternate
Representatives to participate in the meeting by telephone pursuant to
Section 6.02(h).
(b) CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY. One of the Representatives will be
designated as Chairman of the Management Committee, in accordance with this
Section 6.02(b), to preside over meetings of the Management Committee. The
Management Committee shall also designate a Secretary of the Management
Committee, who need not be a Representative.
(c) PROCEDURES. The Secretary of the Management Committee shall
maintain written minutes of each of its meetings, which shall be submitted
for approval no later than the next regularly-scheduled meeting. The
Management Committee may adopt whatever rules and procedures relating to
its activities as it may deem appropriate, provided that such rules and
procedures shall not be inconsistent with or violate the provisions of this
Agreement.
(d) TIME AND PLACE OF MEETINGS. The Management Committee shall meet
quarterly, subject to more or less frequent meetings upon approval of the
Management Committee. Notice of, and an agenda for, all Management
Committee meetings shall be provided by the Chairman to all Manager Members
at least ten Days prior to the date of each meeting, together with proposed
minutes of the previous Management Committee meeting (if such minutes have
not been previously ratified). Special meetings of
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the Management Committee may be called at such times, and in such manner,
as any Member deems necessary. Any Member calling for any such special
meeting shall notify the Chairman, who in turn shall notify all Members of
the date and agenda for such meeting at least ten Days prior to the date of
such meeting. Such ten-day period may be shortened by the Management
Committee. All meetings of the Management Committee shall be held at a
location designated by the Chairman. Attendance of a Member at a meeting of
the Management Committee shall constitute a waiver of notice of such
meeting, except where such Member attends the meeting for the express
purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that
the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
(e) QUORUM. The presence of one Representative designated by each
Member shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any
meeting of the Management Committee.
(f) VOTING. Except as provided otherwise in this Agreement, (i)
voting at any meeting of the Management Committee shall be according to the
Members' respective Sharing Ratios, and (ii) the affirmative vote of
Members holding a majority of the Sharing Ratios shall constitute the act
of the Management Committee.
(g) ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at a meeting of the Management Committee may be taken without a
meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote if a consent or consents
in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by Members that
could have taken the action at a meeting of the Management Committee at
which all Members entitled to vote on the action were represented and
voted.
(h) MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE. Members may participate in and hold such
meeting by means of conference telephone, video conference or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a Member
participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.
(i) SUBCOMMITTEES. The Management Committee may create such
subcommittees, delegate to such subcommittees such authority and
responsibility, and rescind any such delegations, as it may deem
appropriate.
(j) OFFICERS. The Management Committee may designate one or more
Persons to be Officers of the Company. Any Officers so designated
shall have such titles and, subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, have such authority and perform such duties as the
Management Committee may specifically delegate to them and shall serve
at the pleasure of the Management Committee.
6.03 DELEGATION TO PARTICULAR MEMBER. The Company's sole Member, or
the Management Committee may delegate to one or more Members such authority
and duties as the Management Committee may deem advisable. Decisions or
actions taken by any such Member in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement shall constitute decisions or actions by the Company and shall be
binding on each Member, Representative, Officer and employee of the
Company. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 6.03 may be revoked at any
time by the delegating entity. With respect to duties discharged hereunder
by a Member (a) such Member may discharge such duties through the personnel
of a Affiliate of such Member, and (b) unless the Members otherwise agree,
the Company shall compensate such Member (or its Affiliate, as applicable)
for the performance of such duties in an amount equal to the man-hours
expended by the personnel of such Member (or its Affiliate) multiplied by
the applicable rate(s) shown on Exhibit B (which rates each shall escalate
on the first day of each calendar year during the term hereof by an amount
which is 5% of the rate applicable during the prior calendar year), and
shall reimburse such Member for all out of pocket costs incurred by such
Member in discharging such duties. In addition, prior to performing any
such duties, the performing Member shall provide to the other Member for
approval an estimate of man-hours and types of personnel required to
perform the delegated duties and a schedule for the performance of the
delegated duties and for other costs associated therewith, and shall
promptly inform the other Member of any variance from the budget or
schedule.
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6.04 AFFILIATE AGREEMENTS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
(a) Subject to Section 6.04(b) below, the Members agree that the
Company shall enter into the following agreements with the Members'
Affiliates:
(i) the Corporate Services Agreement.
(b) The terms of such agreements shall be subject to the unanimous
approval of the Management Committee.
(c) Subject to any other agreement between the Members (and their
respective Affiliates, as applicable), a Member or an Affiliate of a Member
may engage in and possess interests in other business ventures of any and
every type and description, independently or with others, including ones in
competition with the Company, with no obligation to offer to the Company,
any other Member or any Affiliate of another Member the right to
participate therein. Subject to, and in addition to, Section 6.05(a), the
Company may transact business with any Member or Affiliate thereof,
provided the terms of those transactions are approved by the Management
Committee or expressly contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Members recognize and agree that they and
their respective Affiliates currently engage in certain activities
involving the generation, transmission, distribution, marketing and trading
of electricity and other energy products (including futures, options,
swaps, exchanges of future positions for physical deliveries and commodity
trading), and the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of such
products, as well as other commercial activities related to such products,
and that these and other activities by Members and their Affiliates may be
made possible or more profitable by reason of the Company's activities
(herein referred to as "Outside Activities "). The Members agree that (i)
no Member or Affiliate of a Member shall be restricted in its right to
conduct, individually or jointly with others, for its own account any
Outside Activities, and (ii) no Member or its Affiliates shall have any
duty or obligation, express or implied, to account to, or to share the
results or profits of such Outside Activities with, the Company, any other
Member or any Affiliate of any other Member, by reason of such Outside
Activities.
6.05 UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ACTION. Any other provision of
this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the unanimous consent of the
Members, and at least one Independent Member, shall be required to:
(a) File a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or otherwise institute
insolvency proceedings with respect to the Company, or take any action that
would result in such an event occurring with respect to any Owner Entity.
(b) Cause the dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, merger or sale
of substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Owner Entity.
(c) Cause or permit the Company to engage in any other activity other
than those set forth in Section 2.04.
(d) Amend this Agreement in any manner that would have a material
adverse impact on any creditor of the Company.
6.06 CERTAIN ACTIONS PROHIBITED. So long as the Company has any
indebtedness outstanding, (a) the Company shall not be dissolved, liquidated,
consolidated or merged with any other entity, nor shall this Agreement be
amended in any manner that would have a material adverse impact on the holders
of such indebtedness, and (b) notwithstanding the failure of the Members to
continue the existence of the Company as provided in Section 2.06 during such
period, no action shall be taken by the Company or any of the Members shall
cause any collateral for such indebtedness to be liquidated or that would
adversely affect the rights of the holders of such indebtedness or their agents
to exercise their rights under any security documents relating thereto or to
retain such collateral until such indebtedness is paid in full or otherwise
completely discharged.
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6.07 DISCLAIMER OF DUTIES AND LIABILITIES.
(a) NO MEMBER SHALL OWE ANY DUTY (INCLUDING ANY FIDUCIARY DUTY) TO
THE OTHER MEMBERS OR TO THE COMPANY, OTHER THAN THE DUTIES THAT ARE
EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
(b) NO MEMBER SHALL BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE) FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES).
(c) THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBERS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE
OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBERS ONLY, AND NO RECOURSE SHALL BE AVAILABLE AGAINST
ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR OR AFFILIATE OF ANY MEMBER, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW.
6.08 INDEMNIFICATION. Each Member shall indemnify, protect, defend, release
and hold harmless each other Member, and such other Member's Representatives,
Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from
and against any Claims asserted by or on behalf of any Person (including another
Member) that arise out of, relate to or are otherwise attributable to, directly
or indirectly, a breach by the indemnifying Member of this Agreement, or the
negligence, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnifying Member in
connection with the Project or this Agreement; provided, however, that this
Section 6.05 shall not apply to any Claim or other matter for which a Member (or
its Representative) has no liability or duty, or is indemnified or released,
pursuant to Section 6.02(a)(iii), 6.07 or 6.08.
ARTICLE 7
TAXES
7.01 TAX RETURNS. The Tax Matters Member shall prepare and timely file (on
behalf of the Company) all federal, state and local tax returns required to be
filed by the Company. Each Member shall furnish to the Tax Matters Member all
pertinent information in its possession relating to the Company's operations
that is necessary to enable the Company's tax returns to be timely prepared and
filed. The Company shall bear the costs of the preparation and filing of its
returns.
7.02 TAX ELECTIONS. The Company shall make the following elections on the
appropriate tax returns:
(a) to adopt as the Company's fiscal year the calendar year;
(b) to adopt the accrual method of accounting;
(c) if a distribution of the Company's property as described in Code
Section 734 occurs or upon a transfer of Membership Interest as described
in Code Section 743 occurs, on request by notice from any Member, to elect,
pursuant to Code Section 754, to adjust the basis of the Company's
properties;
(d) to elect to amortize the organizational expenses of the Company
ratably over a period of 60 months as permitted by Section 709(b) of the
Code; and
(e) any other election the Management Committee may deem appropriate.
Neither the Company nor any Member shall make an election for the Company to be
excluded from the application of the provisions of subchapter K of chapter 1 of
subtitle A of the Code or any similar provisions of applicable state law and no
provision of this Agreement (including Section 2.07) shall be construed to
sanction or approve such an election.
7.03 TAX MATTERS MEMBER, (a) Northeast shall be the "tax matters partner"
of the Company pursuant to Section 623 l(a)(7) of the Code (the "Tax Matters
Member"). At the request of each other Member, the Tax Matters Member shall take
such action as may be necessary to cause, to the extent possible, such other
Member to become a "notice partner" within the meaning of Section 6223 of the
Code. The Tax Matters Member shall inform each other Member of all significant
matters that may come to its attention in its capacity as Tax Matters Member by
giving
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notice thereof on or before the fifth Business Day after becoming aware thereof
and, within that time, shall forward to each other Member copies of all
significant written communications it may receive in that capacity.
(b) The Tax Matters Member shall take no action without the
authorization of the Management Committee, other than such action as may be
required by Law. Any cost or expense incurred by the Tax Matters Member in
connection with its duties, including the preparation for or pursuance of
administrative or judicial proceedings, shall be paid by the Company.
(c) The Tax Matters Member shall not enter into any extension of the
period of limitations for making assessments on behalf of the Members
without first obtaining the consent of the Management Committee. The Tax
Matters Member shall not bind any Member to a settlement agreement without
obtaining the consent of such Member. Any Member that enters into a
settlement agreement with respect to any Company item (as described in Code
Section 6231(a)(3)) shall notify the other Members of such settlement
agreement and its terms within 90 Days from the date of the settlement.
(d) No Member shall file a request pursuant to Code Section 6227 for
an administrative adjustment of Company items for any taxable year without
first notifying the other Members. If the Management Committee consents to
the requested adjustment, the Tax Matters Member shall file the request for
the administrative adjustment on behalf of the Members. If such consent is
not obtained within 30 Days from such notice, or within the period required
to timely file the request for administrative adjustment, if shorter, any
Member, including the Tax Matters Member, may file a request for
administrative adjustment on its own behalf. Any Member intending to file a
petition under Code Sections 6226, 6228 or other Code Section with respect
to any item involving the Company shall notify the other Members of such
intention and the nature of the contemplated proceeding. In the case where
the Tax Matters Member is the Member intending to file such petition on
behalf of the Company, such notice shall be given within a reasonable
period of time to allow the other Members to participate in the choosing of
the forum in which such petition will be filed.
(e) If any Member intends to file a notice of inconsistent treatment
under Code Section 6222(b), such Member shall give reasonable notice under
the circumstances to the other Members of such intent and the manner in
which the Member's intended treatment of an item is (or may be)
inconsistent with the treatment of that item by the other Members.
ARTICLE 8
BOOKS, RECORDS, REPORTS, AND BANK ACCOUNTS
8.01 MAINTENANCE OF BOOKS.
(a) The Management Committee shall keep or cause to be kept at the
principal office of the Company or at such other location approved by the
Management Committee complete and accurate books and records of the
Company, supporting documentation of the transactions with respect to the
conduct of the Company's business and minutes of the proceedings of its
Members and the Management Committee, and any other books and records that
are required to be maintained by applicable Law.
(b) The books of account of the Company shall be (i) maintained on
the basis of a fiscal year that is the calendar year, (ii) maintained on an
accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied, and (iii) audited by the Certified Public Accountants
at the end of each calendar year.
8.02 REPORTS.
(a) With respect to each calendar year, the Management Committee shall
prepare and deliver to each Member:
(i) Within 120 Days after the end of such calendar year, a
profit and loss statement and a statement of cash flows for such year,
a balance sheet and a statement of each Member's
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Capital Account as of the end of such year, together with a report
thereon of the Certified Public Accountants; and
(ii) Such federal, state and local income tax returns and such
other accounting, tax information and schedules as shall be necessary
for the preparation by each Member on or before July 15 following the
end of each calendar year of its income tax return with respect to
such year.
(b) Within 15 Business Days after the end of each calendar month, the
Management Committee shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each
Member, with an appropriate certificate of the Person authorized to prepare
the same (provided that the Management Committee may change the financial
statements required by this Section 8.02(b) to a quarterly basis or may
make such other change therein as it may deem appropriate):
(i) A profit and loss statement and a statement of cash flows
for such month (including sufficient information to permit the Members
to calculate their tax accruals), for the portion of the calendar year
then ended;
(ii) A balance sheet and a statement of each Member's Capital
Account as of the end of such month and the portion of the calendar
year then ended; and
(iii) A statement comparing the actual financial status and
results of the Company as of the end of or for such month and the
portion of the calendar year then ended with the budgeted or
forecasted status and results as of the end of or for such respective
periods.
(c) The Management Committee shall also cause to be prepared and
delivered to each Member such other reports, forecasts, studies, budgets
and other information as the Management Committee may request from time to
time.
8.03 BANK ACCOUNTS. Funds of the Company shall be deposited in such banks
or other depositories as shall be designated from time to time by the Management
Committee. All withdrawals from any such depository shall be made only as
authorized by the Management Committee and shall be made only by check, wire
transfer, debit memorandum or other written instruction.
ARTICLE 9
BUYOUT OPTION
9.01 BUYOUT EVENTS. This Article 9 shall apply to any of the following
events (each a "Buyout Event"):
(a) a Member shall dissolve or become Bankrupt; or
(b) a Member shall commit a Default.
In each case, the Member with respect to whom a Buyout Event has occurred is
referred to herein as the "Affected Member."
9.02 PROCEDURE. If a Buyout Event occurs and is not cured within 30
Business Days of the Affected Member's receipt of notice thereof from another
Member (or such shorter period (not less than 10 Business Days) as may be
reasonable under the circumstances and set forth in such notice), then each of
the other Members shall have the option to acquire the Membership Interest of
the Affected Member (or to cause it to be acquired by a third party designated
by the other Members), in accordance with procedures that are substantively
equivalent to those set forth in Section 3.03(b)(iii) (and with the Members
exercising such preferential right also being referred to herein as "Purchasing
Members ").
9.03 PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price for a Membership Interest being
purchased pursuant to this Article 9 (the "Purchase Price ") shall be determined
in the following manner. The Affected Member and the Purchasing Members shall
attempt to agree upon the fair market value of the applicable Membership
Interest and the terms and method of payment of such amount. If those Members do
not reach such agreement on or before the 30th
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Day following the exercise of the option, any such Member, by notice to the
others, may require the determination of fair market value and the terms and
method of payment to be made by the Arbitrator pursuant to Article 10.
9.04 CLOSING. If an option to purchase is exercised in accordance with the
other provisions of this article 9, the closing of such purchase shall occur on
the 30th Day after the determination of the Fair Market Value pursuant to
Section 9.03 (or, if later, the fifth Business Day after the receipt of all
applicable regulatory and governmental approvals to the purchase), and shall be
conducted in a manner substantively equivalent to that set forth in Section
3.03.
9.05 TERMINATED MEMBER. Upon the occurrence of a closing under Section
9.04, the following provisions shall apply to the Affected Member (now a
"Terminated Member"):
(a) The Terminated Member shall cease to be a Member immediately upon
the occurrence of the closing.
(b) As the Terminated Member is no longer a Member, it will no longer
be entitled to receive any distributions (including liquidating
distributions) or allocations from the Company, and neither it nor its
Representative shall be entitled to exercise any voting or consent rights
or to receive any further information (or access to information) from the
Company.
(c) The Terminated Member must pay to the Company all amounts owed to
it by such Member.
(d) The Terminated Member shall remain obligated for all liabilities
it may have under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to the Company
that accrue prior to the closing.
(f) The Sharing Ratio of the Terminated Member shall be allocated
among the purchasing Members in the proportion of the total Purchase Price
paid by each.
ARTICLE 10
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
10.01 DISPUTES. This Article 10 shall apply to any dispute arising under or
related to this Agreement (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, and
whether arising at law or in equity), including (a) any dispute regarding the
construction, interpretation, performance, validity or enforceability of any
provision of this Agreement or whether any Person is in compliance with, or
breach of, any provisions of this Agreement, and (b) the applicability of this
Article 10 to a particular dispute. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article
10 shall not apply to any matters that, pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, are to be resolved by a vote of the Members (including through the
Management Committee); provided, however, that if a vote, approval, consent,
determination or other decision must, under the terms of this Agreement, be made
(or withheld) in accordance with a standard other than Sole Discretion (such as
a reasonableness standard), then the issue of whether such standard has been
satisfied may be a dispute to which this Article 10 applies. Any dispute to
which this Article 10 applies is referred to herein as a "Dispute." With
respect to a particular Dispute, each Member that is a party to such Dispute is
referred to herein as a "Disputing Member." The provisions of this Article 10
shall be the exclusive method of resolving Disputes.
10.02 NEGOTIATION TO RESOLVE DISPUTES. If a Dispute arises, either
Disputing Member may initiate the dispute-resolution procedures of this Article
10 by delivering a notice (a "Dispute Notice") to the other Disputing Members.
Within 10 Days of delivery of a Dispute Notice, each Disputing Member shall
designate a representative, and such representatives shall promptly meet
(whether by phone or in person) in a good faith attempt to resolve the Dispute.
If such representatives can resolve the Dispute, such resolution shall be
reported in writing and shall be binding upon the Disputing Members. If such
representatives are unable to resolve the Dispute within 30 Days following the
delivery of the Dispute Notice (or such other period as such representatives may
agree), or if a Disputing Member fails to appoint a representative within 10
Days of delivery following the delivery of the Dispute Notice, then any
Disputing Member may take such Dispute to litigation.
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ARTICLE 11
DISSOLUTION, WINDING-UP AND TERMINATION
11.01 DISSOLUTION. The Company shall dissolve and its affairs shall be
wound up on the first to occur of the following events (each a "Dissolution
Event"):
(a) the unanimous consent of the Members; or
(b) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under
Section 18-802 of the Act.
11.02 WINDING-UP AND TERMINATION.
(a) On the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, the Management Committee
shall select one Member to act as liquidator. The liquidator shall proceed
diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final
distributions as provided herein and in the Act. The costs of winding up
shall be borne as a Company expense. Until final distribution, the
liquidator shall continue to operate the Company properties with all of the
power and authority of the Members. The steps to be accomplished by the
liquidator are as follows:
(i) as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after
final winding up, the liquidator shall cause a proper accounting to be
made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the
Company's assets, liabilities, and operations through the last
calendar day of the month in which the dissolution occurs or the final
winding up is completed, as applicable;
(ii) the liquidator shall discharge from Company funds all of the
Indebtedness and other debts, liabilities and obligations of the
Company (including all expenses incurred in winding up and any loans
described in Section 4.03) or otherwise make adequate provision for
payment and discharge thereof (including the establishment of a cash
escrow fund for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such
term as the liquidator may reasonably determine); and
(iii) all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to
the Members as follows:
(A) the liquidator may sell any or all Company property,
including to Members, and any resulting gain or loss from each
sale shall be computed and allocated to the Capital Accounts of
the Members in accordance with the provisions of Article 5;
(B) with respect to all Company property that has not been
sold, the fair market value of that property shall be determined
and the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted to
reflect the manner in which the unrealized income, gain, loss,
and deduction inherent in property that has not been reflected in
the Capital Accounts previously would be allocated among the
Members if there were a taxable disposition of that property for
the fair market value of that property on the date of
distribution; and
(C) Company property (including cash) shall be distributed
among the Members in accordance with Section 5.02; and those
distributions shall be made by the end of the taxable year of the
Company during which the liquidation of the Company occurs (or,
if later, 90 Days after the date of the liquidation).
(b) The distribution of cash or property to a Member in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 11.02 constitutes a complete return to
the Member of its Capital Contributions and a complete distribution to the
Member of its Membership Interest and all the Company's property and
constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented pursuant to
Section 18-502(b) of the Act. To the extent that a Member returns funds to
the Company, it has no claim against any other Member for those funds.
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11.03 DEFICIT CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. No Member will be required to pay to the
Company, to any other Member or to any third party any deficit balance that may
exist from time to time in the Member's Capital Account.
11.04 CERTIFICATE OF CANCELLATION. On completion of the distribution of
Company assets as provided herein, the Members (or such other Person or Persons
as the Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation with
the Secretary of State of Delaware, cancel any other filings made pursuant to
Section 2.05, and take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the
existence of the Company. Upon the filing of such certificate of cancellation,
the existence of the Company shall terminate (and the Term shall end), except as
may be otherwise provided by the Act or other applicable Law.
ARTICLE 12
GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.01 OFFSET. Whenever the Company is to pay any sum to any Member, any
amounts that Member owes the Company may be deducted from that sum before
payment.
12.02 NOTICES. Except as expressly set forth to the contrary in this
Agreement, all notices, requests or consents provided for or permitted to be
given under this Agreement must be in writing and must be delivered to the
recipient in person, by courier or mail or by facsimile or other electronic
transmission. A notice, request or consent given under this Agreement is
effective on receipt by the Member to receive it; provided, however, that a
facsimile or other electronic transmission that is transmitted after the normal
business hours of the recipient shall be deemed effective on the next Business
Day. All notices, requests and consents to be sent to a Member must be sent to
or made at the addresses given for that Member on Exhibit A or in the instrument
described in Section 3.03(b)(iv)(A)(II) or 3.04, or such other address as that
Member may specify by notice to the other Members. Any notice, request or
consent to the Company must be given to all of the Members. Whenever any notice
is required to be given by Law, the Delaware Certificate or this Agreement, a
written waiver thereof, signed by the Person entitled to notice, whether before
or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of
such notice.
12.03 ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SUPERSEDING EFFECT. This Agreement constitutes the
entire agreement of the Members and their Affiliates relating to the Company and
the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes all provisions and concepts
contained in all prior contracts or agreements between the Members or any of
their Affiliates with respect to the Company and the transactions contemplated
hereby, whether oral or written, except for the Preliminary Agreement as
specifically provided herein, and for liabilities accrued under the Preliminary
Agreement.
12.04 PRESS RELEASES. Each Member agrees that it shall not (and shall cause
its Affiliates not to), without the other Members' consent, issue a press
release or have any contact with or respond to the news media with any sensitive
or Confidential Information, except as required by securities or similar laws
applicable to a Member and its Affiliates. Any press release by a Member or its
Affiliates with respect to any sensitive or Confidential Information shall be
subject to review and approval by the other Party, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
12.05 EFFECT OF WAIVER OR CONSENT. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, a waiver or consent, express or implied, to or of any breach or
default by any Member in the performance by that Member of its obligations with
respect to the Company is not a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or
default in the performance by that Member of the same or any other obligations
of that Member with respect to the Company. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, failure on the part of a Member to complain of any act of any Member
or to declare any Member in default with respect to the Company, irrespective of
how long that failure continues, does not constitute a waiver by that Member of
its rights with respect to that default until the applicable
statute-of-limitations period has run.
12.06 AMENDMENT OR RESTATEMENT. This Agreement or the Delaware Certificate
may be amended or restated only by a written instrument executed (or, in the
case of the Delaware Certificate, approved) by all of the Members.
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12.07 BINDING EFFECT. Subject to the restrictions on Dispositions set forth
in this Agreement, this Agreement is binding on and shall inure to the benefit
of the Members and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
12.08 GOVERNING LAW; SEVERABILITY. This Agreement is governed by and shall
be construed in accordance with the Law of the state of Delaware, excluding any
conflict-of-laws rule or principle that might refer the governance or the
construction of this agreement to the Law of another jurisdiction. In the event
of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any mandatory,
non-waivable provision of the Act, such provision of the Act shall control. If
any provision of the Act provides that it may be varied or superseded in a
limited liability company agreement (or otherwise by agreement of the members or
managers.
NRG Energy, Inc.
By: /s/ Craig A. Mataczynski
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Name: Craig A. Mataczynski
Title: Senior Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
Member Capital Contribution Membership Units Percentage Ownership
- ---------------- -------------------- ---------------- --------------------
NRG Energy, Inc. $ 1,000.00 1,000 100%
Designated Representatives to Management Committee:
Craig A. Mataczynski
Alan D. Williams
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