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Exhibit 3.74

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SCALEIO LLC

THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) of ScaleIO LLC (the “Company”) dated as of this 31st day of October, 2013, by EMC Corporation, as the sole member of the Company (the “Member”).

RECITAL

The Member has formed the Company as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and desires to enter into a written agreement, in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and any successor statute, as amended from time to time (the “Act”), governing the affairs of the Company and the conduct of its business.

ARTICLE 1

The Limited Liability Company

1.1 Formation. The Member has previously formed the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to the provisions of the Act. A certificate of formation for the Company as described in Section 18-201 of the Act (the “Certificate of Formation”) has been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in conformity with the Act.

1.2 Name. The name of the Company shall be “ScaleIO LLC” and its business shall be carried on in such name with such variations and changes as the Member shall determine or deem necessary to comply with requirements of the jurisdictions in which the Company’s operations are conducted.

1.3 Business Purpose; Powers. The Company is formed for the purpose of engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act. The Company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted by the Act or by any other law or by this Agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, so far as such powers and privileges are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business purposes or activities of the Company.

1.4 Registered Office and Agent. The location of the registered office of the Company shall be 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The Company’s Registered Agent at such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company.

1.5 Term. Subject to the provisions of Article 6 below, the Company shall have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE 2

The Member

2.1 The Member. The name and address of the Member is as follows:

 

Name

   Address

EMC Corporation

   176 South Street
  Hopkinton, MA 01748

2.2 Actions by the Member; Meetings. The Member may approve a matter or take any action at a meeting or without a meeting by the written consent of the Member. Meetings of the Member may be called at any time by the Member.

2.3 Liability of the Member. All debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and the Member shall not be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a member.

2.4 Power to Bind the Company. The Member (acting in its capacity as such) shall have the authority to bind the Company to any third party with respect to any matter.

2.5 Admission of Members. New members shall be admitted only upon the approval of the Member.

ARTICLE 3

Management by the Member

3.1 Management by the Member. The management of the Company is fully reserved to the Member, and the Company shall not have “managers,” as that term is used in the Act. The powers of the Company shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the direction of, the Member, who shall make all decisions and take all actions for the Company. In managing the business and affairs of the Company and exercising its powers, the Member shall act through resolutions adopted in written consents. Decisions or actions taken by the Member in accordance with this Agreement shall constitute decisions or action by the Company and shall be binding on the Company.

3.2 Officers and Related Persons. The Member shall have the authority to appoint and terminate officers of the Company and retain and terminate employees, agents and consultants of the Company and to delegate such duties to any such officers, employees, agents and consultants as the Member deems appropriate, including the power, acting individually or jointly, to represent and bind the Company in all matters, in accordance with the scope of their respective duties.

 

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ARTICLE 4

Capital Structure and Contributions

4.1 Capital Structure. The capital structure of the Company shall consist of one class of common interests (the “Common Interests”). All Common Interests shall be identical with each other in every respect. The Member shall own all of the Common Interests issued and outstanding.

4.2 Capital Contributions. The Member may from time to time contribute or cause to be contributed to the Company such additional money or property as the Member may desire to contribute. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, at no time shall the Member be required to contribute capital to the Company.

ARTICLE 5

Profits. Losses and Distributions

5.1 Profits and Losses. For financial accounting and tax purposes, the Company’s net profits or net losses shall be determined on an annual basis in accordance with the manner determined by the Member. In each year, profits and losses shall be allocated entirely to the Member.

5.2 Distributions. The Member shall determine profits or other assets available for distribution and the amount or type, if any, to be distributed to the Member, and shall authorize and distribute on the Common Interests, the determined amount or type when, as and if declared by the Member. The distributions of the Company shall be allocated entirely to the Member.

ARTICLE 6

Events of Dissolution

6.1 Events of Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Dissolution”):

(a) The Member votes for dissolution; or

(b) A judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Act.

 

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ARTICLE 7

Transfer of Interests in the Company

7.1 Transfer of Interests in the Company. The Member may sell, assign, transfer, convey, gift, exchange or otherwise dispose of any or all of its Common Interests and, upon receipt by the Company of a written agreement executed by the person or entity to whom such Common Interests are to be transferred agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, such person shall be admitted as a member, with no further action required by the Company. Upon transfer of all of the Common Interests owned by the Member, and receipt by the Company of a written agreement as described above, the Member shall no longer be a member of the Company.

ARTICLE 8

Exculpation and Indemnification

8.1 Exculpation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, whether express or implied, or any obligation or duty at law or in equity, no Member, or any officers, directors, stockholders, partners, employees, affiliates, representatives or agents of any Member, nor any officer, employee, representative or agent of the Company (individually, a “Covered Person” and, collectively, the “Covered Persons”) shall be liable to the Company or any other person for any act or omission (in relation to the Company, its property or the conduct of its business or affairs, this Agreement, any related document or any transaction or investment contemplated hereby or thereby) taken or omitted by a Covered Person in the reasonable belief that such act or omission is in or is not contrary to the best interests of the Company and is within the scope of authority granted to such Covered Person, provided such act or omission does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct, bad faith, or gross negligence.

8.2 Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Claims”), in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs. A Covered Person shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.2 with respect to (i) any Claim with respect to which such Covered Person has engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or (ii) any Claim initiated by such Covered Person unless such Claim (or part thereof) (A) was brought to enforce such Covered Person’s rights to indemnification hereunder or (B) was authorized or consented to by the Member. Expenses incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Claim shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Claim upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized by this Section 8.2.

 

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8.3 Amendments. Any repeal or modification of this Article 8 by the Member shall not adversely affect any rights of such Covered Person pursuant to this Article 8, including the right to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a Covered Person existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

8.4 Predecessors. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any director of the predecessor entity to the Company (the “Predecessor”) shall not be personally liable to the Company, the Member or the Predecessor’s stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Predecessor shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended.

The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any director or officer of the Predecessor who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Claim by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Predecessor or is or was serving at the request of the Predecessor as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Claim. The Company shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Claim initiated by such person only if the Claim was authorized by the Predecessor’s Board of Directors.

The Company shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Predecessor who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Claim by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Predecessor or is or was serving at the request of the Predecessor as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Claim.

8.5 Prepayment of Expenses. The Company shall pay the expenses incurred by any Covered Person or any officer or director of the Predecessor, and may pay the expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Company or the Predecessor, in defending any Claim in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a person in advance of the final disposition of the Claim shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 8 or otherwise.

 

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8.6 Determination: Claim. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article 8 is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under this Agreement or applicable law.

8.7 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article 8 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Agreement, agreement, action of the Member or the Board of Directors of the Predecessor or otherwise.

8.8 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Covered Person or any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Predecessor, or is or was serving at the request of the Company or the Predecessor as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

ARTICLE 9

Miscellaneous

9.1 Tax Treatment. Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company shall be a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (as well as for any analogous state or local tax purposes), and the Member and the Company shall timely make any and all necessary elections and filings for the Company to be treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (as well as for any analogous state or local tax purposes).

9.2 Amendments. Amendments to this Agreement and to the Certificate of Formation shall be approved in writing by the Member. An amendment shall become effective as of the date specified in the approval of the Member or if none is specified as of the date of such approval or as otherwise provided in the Act.

9.3 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability, provided, however, that the remaining provisions will continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way unless such invalid or unenforceable provision or clause shall be so significant as to materially affect the expectations of the Member regarding this Agreement. Otherwise, any invalid or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by the Member with a valid provision which, in the good faith belief of the Member, most closely approximates the intent and economic effect of the invalid or unenforceable provision.

 

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9.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

9.5 Limited Liability Company. The Member intends to form a limited liability company and does not intend to form a partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other laws.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the day first above written.

 

EMC CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Paul T. Dacier
  Name: Paul T. Dacier
  Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel