EX1A-1 UNDR AGMT 5 spt-operatingagreement.txt SPT OPERATING AGREEMENT OPERATING AGREEMENT OF SENSORY PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. (A Delaware Corporation ? S Class) Table of Contents Page ARTICLE I - ORGANIZATION 1 Section 1.01 Organization 1 Section 1.02 Name of Company 1 Section 1.03 Purpose. 1 Section 1.04 Legal Status of Company 1 Section 1.05 Definitions 1 ARTICLE II - MEMBERS 1 Section 2.01 Initial Members 1 Section 2.02 Additional Members 1 Section 2.03 Membership Interest 2 Section 2.04 Investment and Securities Matters 2 Section 2.05 Information 2 Section 2.06 Liability to Third Parties 2 Section 2.07 Voting Rights 2 Section 2.08 Annual Meeting 3 Section 2.09 Special Meetings 3 Section 2.10 Notice of Annual and Special Meetings 3 Section 2.11 Attendance at Meetings 3 Section 2.12 Member to Vote in Person or by Proxy 3 Section 2.13 Action by Written Consent 4 Section 2.14 Participation by Communication Equipment 4 Section 2.15 No Authority to Commence Civil Suit 4 Section 2.16 Independent Activities 4 Section 2.17 Transactions Permitted With Members and Affiliates 4 ARTICLE III - MANAGERS 4 Section 3.01 General Powers 4 Section 3.02 Number and Term of Office 5 Section 3.03 Limitation of Authority of Members 5 Section 3.04 Authority to Execute Documents 5 Section 3.05 Annual and Regular Meetings 5 Section 3.06 Special Meetings 5 Section 3.07 Managers to Have One Vote Each 5 Section 3.08 Action by Unanimous Written Consent 6 Section 3.09 Participation by Communicating Equipment 6 Section 3.10 Resignation and Removal of Managers 6 Section 3.11 Vacancies 6 Section 3.12 Duties of the Chairman of the Managers 6 Section 3.13 Discharge of Duties; Reliance on Reports 6 Section 3.14 Accountable as Trustee 7 Section 3.15 Officers 7 Section 3.16 Removal, Resignation or Replacement of Officers 7 ARTICLE IV - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION 7 Section 4.01 Limitation of Personal Liability for Managers 7 Section 4.02 Indemnification 7 Section 4.03 Liability Insurance 8 ARTICLE V - CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS 8 Section 5.01 Initial Contributions; Membership Interest 8 Section 5.02 Subsequent Contributions 8 Section 5.03 Failure to Make Additional Contribution 8 Section 5.04 Contribution Returns 8 Section 5.05 Loans by Members 9 Section 5.06 Income Accounts 9 Section 5.07 Capital Accounts 9 ARTICLE VI - ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS 9 Section 6.01 Allocations 9 Section 6.02 Distributions 9 ARTICLE VII - WITHDRAWAL; TRANSFERABILITY OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST 10 Section 7.01 No Withdrawal of Member 10 Section 7.02 Transferability of Membership Interest 10 ARTICLE VIII - TAXES 10 Section 8.01 Tax Returns 10 Section 8.02 Tax Elections 10 Section 8.03 Tax Matters Member 10 Section 8.04 Banking and Accounts 10 Section 8.05 Indemnification of Tax Matters Member 11 ARTICLE IX - DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION 11 Section 9.01 Dissolution 11 Section 9.02 Certificate of Dissolution 11 Section 9.03 Winding Up 11 Section 9.04 Liquidation and Termination 11 Section 9.05 Deficit Capital Accounts 12 ARTICLE X - GENERAL PROVISIONS 13 Section 10.01 Books and Records 13 Section 10.02 Invalidity 13 Section 10.03 Waiver 13 Section 10.04 Choice of Law and Choice of Forum 13 Section 10.05 Counterparts 13 Section 10.06 Further Assistance 13 Section 10.07 Conflict With Statute 14 Section 10.08 Amendment 14 Section 10.09 Construction 14 Section 10.10 Entire Agreement 14 Section 10.11 Acknowledgment and Waiver 14 OPERATING AGREEMENT OF SENSORY PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC (Delaware Corporation ? S Class) THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT of SENSORY PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. (the ?Company?) dated as of March 28th, 2016, is hereby adopted and agreed to, for good and valuable consideration, by the Members (as defined below) and the Company. ARTICLE I - ORGANIZATION Section 1.01 Organization. Pursuant to the Delaware Corporation General Law, the Company has been organized as a Delaware Corporation by filing Articles of Organization (the ?Articles?) with the Delaware Division of Corporations. Section 1.02 Name of Company. The name of the Company shall be SENSORY PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. All business of the Company shall be transacted in that name or in other names that are selected by the Company from time to time and are in compliance with the Delaware Corporation General Law. Section 1.03 Purpose. The purpose or purposes for which the Company is organized is to engage in any activity for which corporations may be organized under Delaware Corporation General Law. The Company shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to effect any purpose for which it is formed, including all powers granted by Delaware Corporation General Law. Section 1.04 Legal Status of Company. The Members do not intend that the Company be a co-partnership, limited partnership or corporation, except for purposes of federal and state tax law, and none of the Members or Managers (as defined below) of the Company is a partner of any other Member or Manager as a result of becoming a Member or Manager of the Company, and this Agreement shall not be construed as providing otherwise. Section 1.05 Definitions. Terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the meaning, if given, by Delaware Corporation General Law. Any reference herein to the ?Agreement? shall include any other operating agreement adopted by the Members and the Company. ARTICLE II - MEMBERS Section 2.01 Initial Members. The initial Members of the Company are the persons executing this Agreement effective as of the date hereof as Members and each such initial Member is admitted to the Company as a Member effective upon such execution (the ?Initial Members?). The Initial Members along with any Additional Members admitted pursuant to Section 2.02 shall constitute the ?Members? of the Company. Section 2.02 Additional Members. Additional Members may be admitted, and the capital contribution to be made thereby shall be set, only upon the approval of 100% of the existing Members (the ?Additional Members?), except as set forth in a Membership Transfer Restriction Agreement or other written agreement executed by all of the Members and the Company. Section 2.03 Membership Interest. The Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 units of Membership Interest in Common Stock and 1,000 units of Membership Interest in Preferred Stock (as defined by Delaware Corporation General Law). Section 2.04 Investment and Securities Matters. Each of the Members hereby represents, acknowledges and agrees as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date on which any of them may acquire additional Membership Interests in the Company under this Agreement that: (a) The Member, or the financial advisor or counselor of the Member, if any, is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters. (b) The Member is purchasing the Membership Interest for the investment of the Member and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. (c) The Member did not learn of or discover the opportunity to purchase the Membership Interest by virtue of any general advertising or general solicitations through advertisement, article, notice, or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media; or by any broadcast over radio or television; or by any seminar or meetings whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising. (d) The Member acknowledges that no commission or other remuneration has been paid by the Member or, to the knowledge of the Member, by any other person with respect to the Membership Interest. Section 2.05 Information. In addition to the other rights specifically set forth in this Agreement, each Member is entitled to all information to which that Member is entitled to have access pursuant to Delaware Corporation General Law, under the circumstances and subject to the conditions therein stated, including, without limitation, the books, records of account, business records, the Articles and this Agreement. Section 2.06 Liability to Third Parties. Unless provided by law or expressly assumed, a person who is a Member or Manager, or both, shall not be liable for the acts, debts or liabilities of the Company, including those under a judgment, decree or order of a court. Section 2.07 Voting Rights. Each Member shall be entitled to vote on all matters to be submitted for a vote by the Members, including the selection of Managers, in proportion to such Member?s Membership Interest (as defined in Section 5.01) of the Company; and the approval of all such matters and the selection of Managers shall be by majority vote of the Membership Interest at an annual or special meeting of the Members (a ?Majority Vote?), unless a higher percentage is required for approval elsewhere in this Agreement. Notwithstanding Section 3.01 below, or any other provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the following actions shall require the approval by Majority Vote of the Members or such higher percentage as may be specified here or elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) election and compensation of Managers; (b) distributions of profits and losses to the Members; (c) amendments to the Articles or this Agreement (100% required for approval); (d) approval of any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution; (e) sale, exchange, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company?s assets; (f) change in any Member?s Membership Interest relative to all other Members (100% required for approval); (g) establishment of the consideration to be accepted for the sale of any Membership Interest in the Company; (h) incurring indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $100,000 at any time outstanding; (i) creation of any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or disposition of any such property or assets except in the ordinary course of business; (j) approval of capital expenditures or capital additions or improvements in excess of $50,000; (k) the guaranty of obligations of any other person or entity except for endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business; (l) any material change in the character of the business and affairs of the Company; or (m) tax elections (Majority Vote unless a higher percentage is required by the tax laws). Section 2.08 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the Members, for the election of Managers and for the transaction of other business as may come before the meeting, may be held in each year either in or outside the State of New Jersey on the 1st day of May at 10:00 a.m. (or if such is a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day), or at any other time and date as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Members. Section 2.09 Special Meetings. Any Member or Members with at least 25% of the Membership Interests, or the Managers acting collectively, may call a meeting of the Members for any reasonable time at the principal office of the Company, or such other place in or outside the State of New Jersey, upon giving proper notice to all the Members. Section 2.10 Notice of Annual and Special Meetings. The Chairman, or if no Chairman has been elected, any Manager shall cause notice of the time, place and purposes of each meeting of the Members to be personally delivered, sent via facsimile or mailed, at least five (5) days but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting, to each Member of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Notice shall be deemed given upon deposit in the United States mail addressed to the address of the Member as revealed on the records of the Company. Notice of a meeting of Members need not be given to any Member who signs a waiver of notice in writing, whether before or after the time of the meeting. The notice shall state the nature of the business to be transacted and the matters, if any, upon which the Members will be requested to vote; provided, however, that action may be taken on any matter brought before a meeting of the Members regardless of whether such matter is set forth in the notice. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the Members of the Company need not be given if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. Section 2.11 Attendance at Meetings. Attendance of a person at a meeting of Members in person or by proxy constitutes waiver of objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the Member at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting. Section 2.12 Member to Vote in Person or by Proxy. A Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members or to express consent or dissent without a meeting shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing authorizing other persons to act. A proxy shall be signed by the Member or authorized agent or representative and shall not be valid after the expiration of three (3) years from its date unless otherwise provided. Section 2.13 Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of Members may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by Members representing the Membership Interests of the Company required to authorize the action, and are delivered to the Company. Prompt notice of the taking of the action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to Members who have not consented in writing. Section 2.14 Participation by Communication Equipment. A Member may participate in a meeting of the Members by a conference telephone or by other similar communications equipment through which all persons participating in the meeting may communicate with the other participants. All participants shall be advised of the communications equipment and the names of the parties in the conference shall be divulged to all participants. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this section constitutes presence in person at the meeting. Section 2.15 No Authority to Commence Civil Suit. No Member shall have the authority to commence and maintain a civil suit in the right of the Company, and no such civil suit shall be commenced and maintained in the right of the Company, except upon Majority Vote of the Members, approval of the Managers or as provided Delaware Corporation General Law. Section 2.16 Independent Activities. Any Member or Former Member may, notwithstanding the existence of this Agreement, engage in whatever other activities such Member chooses, so long as they do not compete with the Company or otherwise for a period of five years, without having or incurring any obligation to offer any interest in such activities to the Company or to any other party to this Agreement. Section 2.17 Transactions Permitted With Members and Affiliates. The validity of any transaction, agreement or payment involving the Company, the Members or any affiliate thereof otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement shall not be affected by reason of the relationship between any Member and such affiliate or by reason of the approval of said transaction, agreement or payment by any Member. ARTICLE III - MANAGERS Section 3.01 General Powers. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 2.06 above, the property, affairs, and business of the Company shall be managed by the Managers, and the Managers may exercise all of the powers of the Company, whether derived from law, the Articles or otherwise. Each of the Members shall only act as a member under the Delaware Corporation General Law, and the Members shall have no managerial power unless explicitly authorized by this Agreement. Each Manager has the power, on 100% approval of all Managers, on behalf of the Company, to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the business and affairs of the Company, including the power to: (a) purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any real or personal property; (b) sell, convey, mortgage, grant a security interest in, pledge, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of or encumber any real or personal property; (c) open one or more depository accounts and make deposits into and checks and withdrawals against such accounts; (d) borrow money and incur liabilities and other obligations; (e) enter into any and all agreements and execute any and all contracts, documents and instruments; (f) engage employees and agents, define their respective duties and establish their compensation or remuneration; (g) establish pension plans, trusts, profit sharing plans and other benefit and incentive plans for Members, employees and agents of the Company; (h) obtain insurance covering the business affairs and property of the Company and on the lives and well being of its Members, employees and agents; (i) commence, prosecute or defend any proceeding in the Company?s name; and (j) participate with others in partnerships, joint ventures and other associations and strategic alliances. Section 3.02 Number and Term of Office. The number of Managers of the Company shall be not less than one (1) and not more than twenty-five (25) and shall be determined from time to time by the Members. A Manager shall hold office for the term elected, until a successor is elected and qualified or until death, resignation or removal. The Managers shall be elected on an annual basis. The election as a Manager does not of itself create any contract rights. Section 3.03 Limitation of Authority of Members. No Member (other than a Member who is a Manager) has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Company, to do any act which would be binding on the Company or to incur any expenditure on behalf of the Company. The Managers have all agency authority described in Delaware Corporation General Law. Section 3.04 Authority to Execute Documents. All deeds, documents, contracts, agreements, bonds, debentures, notes, obligations, evidences of indebtedness, checks, drafts and other instruments requiring execution by the Company shall be executed and delivered by one or more Managers as may from time to time be authorized by the Managers. All funds of the Company not otherwise employed shall be deposited to the credit of the Company in such financial institutions as designated by the Managers. The Managers may execute or cause to be executed, in the name and on behalf of the Company, as the holder of stock or other securities in any entity, all written proxies, powers of attorney or other written instruments as the Managers may deem necessary for the Company to exercise such powers and rights. Section 3.05 Annual and Regular Meetings. The annual meeting of the Managers, for the election of officers (if any) and for the transaction of other business as may come before the meetings, shall be held in each year either in or outside the State of New Jersey as soon as possible after the annual meeting of the Members on the same day and at the same place as the annual meeting of the Members. Notice of the annual meeting of the Managers shall not be required. Notice of regular meetings, if set by resolution of the Managers, need not be given; provided, however, that in case the Managers shall change the time or place of regular meetings, notice of this action shall be promptly given in person or by telephone to each Manager who shall not have been present at the meeting at which the action was taken. Section 3.06 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Managers shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Managers (if any) or by 25% or more of the Managers, at such time and place as may be specified in the notice or waiver of notice. Special meetings of the Managers may be called on 24 hours? notice to each Manager, given personally, by facsimile or by telephone, or on 3 days? written notice. Written notice shall be deemed given upon deposit in the United States mail addressed to the address of the Manager as revealed on the records of the Company. Notice of any special meeting need not be given to any Manager who shall be present at the meeting, or who shall waive notice of the meeting in writing, whether before or after the time of the meeting. No notice need be given of any adjourned special meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. Section 3.07 Managers to Have One Vote Each. Each Manager shall have one vote. Except as otherwise required by the Delaware Corporation General Law or the Articles, all matters presented to a vote of the Managers shall be decided by a majority vote of the Managers. Section 3.08 Action by Unanimous Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Managers may be taken without a meeting if, under authorization voted before or after the action, written consents thereto are signed by all Managers then in office and such written consents are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Managers. Section 3.09 Participation by Communicating Equipment. A Manager may participate in a meeting of the Managers by a conference telephone or by other similar communications equipment through which all persons participating in the meeting may communicate with the other participants. All participants shall be advised of the communications equipment and the names of the parties in the conference shall be divulged to all participants. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this section constitutes presence in person at the meeting. Section 3.10 Resignation and Removal of Managers. Any Manager may resign at any time by delivering a written resignation to the remaining Managers and such resignation shall be effective upon receipt thereby or at a subsequent time as set forth in the notice of resignation. Any of the Managers may be removed from office at any time, with cause, upon Majority Vote of the Members. Section 3.11 Vacancies. If any Manager vacancies shall occur, by reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise, or if the authorized number of Managers shall be increased, the Managers then in office shall continue to act, and the vacancies shall be filled by vote of a majority of the Managers then in office; provided, however, that a Manager appointed to fill such vacancy shall only hold office until the next election of Managers by the Members. Section 3.12 Duties of the Chairman of the Managers. The Chairman of the Managers, Company CEO and President Ben White, shall preside at all meetings of the Managers and Members and shall have the power to assign such other duties to the Managers. Section 3.13 Discharge of Duties; Reliance on Reports. A Manager shall discharge his or her duties as a Manager in good faith, with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances and in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Company. In discharging his or her duties, a Manager may rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by any of the following: (a) One or more other Managers, or Members, or employees of the Company whom the Manager reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matter presented. (b) Legal counsel, professional accountants, engineers or other persons as to matters the Manager reasonably believes are within the person?s professional or expert competence. (c) A committee of Managers of which he or she is not a member if the Manager reasonably believes the committee merits confidence. A Manager is not entitled to rely on the information, opinions, reports, or statements set forth in this section if the Manager has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes reliance otherwise permitted by this provision unwarranted. A Manager is not liable for an action taken as a Manager or the failure to take any action if he or she performs the duties of his or her office in compliance with this section. Section 3.14 Accountable as Trustee. A Manager shall account to the Company and hold as trustee for it any profit or benefit derived by the Manager from any transaction connected with the conduct or winding up of the Company or from any personal use by the Manager of its property. Section 3.15 Officers. The Company may have three or more officers. The initial three officers will be Ben White - Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Marmol - Chief Strategy Officer, Todd Hines - Chief Production Officer. Additional officers shall be elected or appointed by the Managers (in accordance with Section 3.07), and who shall have the title, authority and duties as authorized or directed by the Managers. An officer shall hold office for the term of two years for which elected or appointed and until a successor is elected or appointed and qualified, or until resignation or removal. Section 3.16 Removal, Resignation or Replacement of Officers. An officer elected or appointed by the Managers may be removed by the Managers with just cause. The removal of an officer shall be without prejudice to his or her contract rights, if any. The election or appointment of an officer does not of itself create contract rights. An officer may resign by written notice to the Company, which resignation is effective upon its receipt by the Company or at a subsequent time specified in the notice of resignation. Vacancies in any office may be filled by unanimous vote of the Managers and/or Board of Directors. ARTICLE IV - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION Section 4.01 Limitation of Personal Liability for Managers. A Manager of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its Members for monetary liability for breach of duty as established in Delaware Corporation General Law except that this provision does not eliminate or limit the liability of a Manager for any of the following: (a) The receipt of a financial benefit for which the Manager is not entitled. (b) A knowing violation of law. (c) An act or omission occurring before the effective date of this Agreement. Any repeal, amendment or other modification of this Section shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Manager of the Company existing at the time of such repeal, amendment or other modification. Section 4.02 Indemnification. The Company, to the extent authorized by the Managers or the Members, may indemnify a Member, Manager, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending or a completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Member, Manager, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, member, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys? fees, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding. The Company may pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an indemnity in advance of final disposition of the proceeding, to the extent authorized by the Managers or the Members. Section 4.03 Liability Insurance. The Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Member, Manager, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, member, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person?s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article or the Delaware Corporation General Law. ARTICLE V - CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS Section 5.01 Initial Contributions; Membership Interest. The Members shall make the capital contributions to the Company as set forth on Exhibit ?A? attached, which contributions shall be paid within 10 days of the date of this Agreement. The respective rights of each Member in the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions of the Company?s assets and any right to vote or participate in management (the ?Membership Interest?), shall be in proportion to the Membership Interests as set forth in Exhibit ?A? attached, as may be adjusted from time to time as provided in this Agreement. Services may be contributed as all or part of any Member?s capital contribution to the extent permitted under Delaware Corporation General Law. Section 5.02 Subsequent Contributions. No Member shall be required to contribute any additional capital to the Company except upon unanimous approval of the Members. In the event of such vote, all Members shall be notified of the date on which the additional capital contributions shall be made, which date shall be at least twenty (20) days after the notice. Each Member shall contribute a percentage of the additional capital which is equal to that Member?s Membership Interest in the Company. Should any Member decline to contribute to the Company the amount of any additional required capital contribution within the time so specified, the remaining Members shall have the option of contributing the additional contributions. Section 5.03 Failure to Make Additional Contribution. Upon the failure by a Member to make the full amount of any additional capital contribution described in Section 5.02 above, the Membership Interests of the Members shall be reallocated so that the noncontributing Members? percentage interests in the Company shall be reduced as provided herein to reflect the failure to make the required capital contribution, and the Members making such contributions shall be allocated a percentage interest in the Company to equitably reflect such contribution. Section 5.04 Contribution Returns. A Member is not entitled to the return of any part of the Member?s capital contributions or to be paid interest in respect of either the capital account or the 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 it to return any Member?s capital contribution. Section 5.05 Loans by Members. Should the Company lack sufficient cash to pay its obligations, any Member that may agree to do so may advance all or part of the needed funds to or on behalf of the Company. An advance described in this section constitutes a loan from the Member to the Company, bears interest at the interest rate agreed to by the Company and the lending Member from the date of the advance until the date of payment, and is not a capital contribution. Section 5.06 Income Accounts. An individual income account shall be maintained for each Member. At the end of each fiscal year each Member?s share of net profits or net losses of the Company, if not previously credited or debited, shall be credited or debited to such Member?s income account. After such amounts have been credited or debited to such Member?s income account, any balance or deficit remaining in such account at the end of such fiscal year shall be transferred to or charged against such Member?s capital account. Section 5.07 Capital Accounts. A capital account shall be maintained for each Member. The capital account for each Member shall consist of: (a) that Member?s initial contribution to capital, if any; (b) any amounts that have been assigned from such Member?s capital account to another Member?s capital account as a result of a sale, devise or transfer of their interest or a part thereof in the Company; (c) any additional capital contributions; and (d) any amounts transferred from a Member?s income account to their capital account pursuant to this Agreement and reduced by all distributions and reductions of Company capital. ARTICLE VI - ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS Section 6.01 Allocations. Except as may be required by Section 704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the ?Code?), and Treasury Regulation ?1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(4) (or successor statutory or regulatory provisions); all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with their proportional Membership Interest. All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable to any Membership Interest that may have been transferred or reallocated shall be allocated between the transferor and transferee based upon the portion of the tax year during which each was recognized as owning that Membership Interest, without regard to the results of Company operations during any particular portion of that tax year and without regard to whether cash distributions were made to the transferor or the transferee during that tax year; provided, however, that this allocation must be made in accordance with a method permissible under Section 706 of the Code and the regulations thereunder. Section 6.02 Distributions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Company may pay such distributions to the Members as may be agreed upon by Majority Vote of the Members and shall be permitted under the Delaware Corporation General Law. Cash available for distribution shall be determined at least annually and shall be distributed at such times as determined by Majority Vote of the Members that funds are available therefor, taking into account the reasonable business needs of the Company. All distributions shall be made to the Members in accordance with their proportional Membership Interests. ARTICLE VII - WITHDRAWAL; TRANSFERABILITY OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST Section 7.01 No Withdrawal of Member. A Member does not have the right or power to voluntarily withdraw from the Company as a Member, except as specifically set forth in a Membership Interest Transfer Restriction Agreement or other written agreement executed by all of the Members and the Company. Section 7.02 Transferability of Membership Interest. Except as specifically permitted in this Agreement, a Membership Interest Transfer Restriction Agreement or other written agreement executed by all of the Members and the Company, no Member shall sell or otherwise transfer any portion of the Member?s Membership Interest in the Company in any manner, voluntarily or involuntarily, including, without limitation, by sale, gift, granting an option to purchase, bequest, descent, device or operation of law, or any other disposition. Any transfer of Membership Interest in violation of this Section shall be deemed an assignment of such Membership Interest within the Delaware Corporation General Law and does not entitle the assignee to participate in the management or affairs of the Company or to become or exercise any rights of a Member. ARTICLE VIII - TAXES Section 8.01 Tax Returns. The Tax Matters Member (as defined below) shall cause to be prepared and filed all necessary federal and state income tax returns for the Company, including making the elections described in Section 8.02. Each Member shall provide the Tax Matters Member with all pertinent information in its possession relating to Company operations that is necessary for the Company to prepare and file its income tax returns. Section 8.02 Tax Elections. Pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof, the Members by Majority Vote, except to the extent a higher percentage is required by the Code or regulations thereunder, may elect certain tax classifications for the Company, including, without limitation, being taxed as a partnership or corporation for federal income tax purposes. Section 8.03 Tax Matters Member. An individual Member appointed by the Members shall be designated as the ?tax matters partner? of the Company pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code (the ?Tax Matters Member?); and shall take such action as may be necessary to cause each other Member to become a ?notice partner? within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code, shall inform each other Member of all significant matters that may come to its attention in its capacity as ?tax matters partner? by giving 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. Any Member who is designated ?tax matters partner? may not take any action contemplated by Sections 6222 through 6233 of the Code without the approval by Majority Vote of the Members, but this sentence does not authorize such Member (or any other Member) to take any action left to the determination of an individual Member under Sections 6222 through 6233 of the Code. Section 8.04 Banking and Accounts. All funds of the Company shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts as shall be determined by the Managers. All withdrawals therefrom shall be made upon checks signed by the person authorized to do so by the Managers. Section 8.05 Indemnification of Tax Matters Member. The Company shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Tax Matters Member from all expenses including, without limitation, legal and accounting fees, claims, liabilities, losses and damages incurred in connection with the performance of such Member as Tax Matters Member. Neither the Members nor the Managers, nor any other person or affiliate of the Company shall have any obligation to provide funds for such purpose. ARTICLE IX - DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION Section 9.01 Dissolution. The Company is dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up when the first of the following occurs: (a) at the time specified in the Articles; (b) upon the happening of an event specified in the Articles, or this Agreement, including a vote of Members; (c) upon the unanimous vote of all the Members entitled to vote; (d) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution. Section 9.02 Certificate of Dissolution. Upon the dissolution and commencement of winding up the Company, a certificate of dissolution shall be duly executed and filed in accordance with Delaware Corporation General Law. Section 9.03 Winding Up. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles, this Agreement or Delaware Corporation General Law, the Managers who have not wrongfully dissolved the Company may wind up the Company?s affairs. The Managers who are winding up the Company?s affairs shall continue to function, for the purpose of winding up, in accordance with the procedures determined by Delaware Corporation General Law, the Articles, and this Agreement, shall be held to no greater standard of conduct than that required by Delaware Corporation General Law and shall be subject to no greater liabilities than would apply in the absence of dissolution. The Company may sue and be sued in its name and process may issue by and against the Company in the same manner as if dissolution had not occurred. An action brought by or against the Company before its dissolution does not abate because of the dissolution. Section 9.04 Liquidation and Termination. Upon dissolution of the Company, one or more Managers shall serve as liquidator. The liquidator shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided herein and in Delaware Corporation General Law. The costs of liquidation 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 Managers. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows: (a) As promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidator shall cause a professional accountant to make a proper accounting of the Company?s assets, liabilities, and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable. (b) The liquidator shall cause the notice required by Delaware Corporation General Law to be mailed to each known creditor of and claimant against the Company and the notice and to be published in the manner described therein. (c) The assets shall be distributed in accordance with Delaware Corporation General Law, except as set forth in (d) below. (d) The distribution of assets to the Members shall be as follows: (i) 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; (ii) 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 previously been reflected in the capital accounts 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 (iii) Company property shall be distributed among the Members in accordance with the positive capital account balances of the Members, as determined after taking into account all capital account adjustments for the taxable year of the Company during which the liquidation of the Company occurs (other than those made by reason of this clause (iii)); 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, ninety (90) days after the date of the liquidation). All distributions in kind to the Members shall be made subject to the liability of each distributee for costs, expenses and liabilities theretofore incurred or for which the Company has committed prior to the date of termination and those costs, expenses and liabilities shall be allocated to the distributee pursuant to this Section. The distribution of cash and/or property to a Member in accordance with the provisions of this Section 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 within the Delaware Corporation General Law. Section 9.05 Deficit Capital Accounts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and notwithstanding any custom or rule of law to the contrary, to the extent that the deficit, if any, in the capital account of any Member results from or is attributable to deductions and losses of the Company (including non-cash items such as depreciation), or distributions of money pursuant to this Agreement to all Members in proportion to their respective Membership Interests, upon dissolution of the Company such deficit shall not be an asset of the Company and such Members shall not be obligated to contribute such amount to the Company to bring the balance of such Member?s capital account to zero. ARTICLE X - GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 10.01 Books and Records. The Company shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business in the State of New Jersey all the following: (a) A current list of the full name and last known address of each Member and each Manager. (b) A copy of the Articles or Restated Articles of Organization, together with any amendments to the Articles. (c) Copies of the Company?s federal, state and local tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years. (d) Copies of any financial statements of the Company for the three most recent years. (e) Copies of operating agreements, including this Agreement. (f) Copies of records that would enable a Member to determine the Members? relative share of the Company?s distributions and the Members? relative voting rights. (g) Copies of any Membership Transfer Restriction Agreements. Section 10.02 Invalidity. The invalidity of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of the remainder of any such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement. Section 10.03 Waiver. The failure of any party at any time to require performance by any other party of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a continuing waiver of that provision or a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the full right to require such performance from the other party at any time thereafter. Section 10.04 Choice of Law and Choice of Forum. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of New Jersey. Any and all actions concerning any dispute arising hereunder shall be filed and maintained only in a state or federal court sitting in the State of New Jersey, and the parties hereto specifically consent and submit to the jurisdiction of such state or federal court. Section 10.05 Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the signature on each such counterpart were upon the same instrument. Each executed copy shall be deemed an executed original for all purposes. Section 10.06 Further Assistance. Each party shall, at the request of any other party, furnish, execute and deliver such other documents as the other party may reasonably request and shall take such other actions as any other party shall reasonably request, provided only that the furnishing of such documents and taking of such action shall be necessary and convenient to consummate or confirm the transactions contemplated herein. Section 10.07 Conflict With Statute. In the event any article or section of this Operating Agreement shall conflict with the Delaware Corporation General Law, the Delaware Corporation General Law shall control. Section 10.08 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by unanimous agreement of the Members and the Company. Section 10.09 Construction. As used herein, the term ?Member? or ?Members? and ?Manager? or ?Managers? shall be construed in the plural or singular as the circumstances may require. In the event the Company has only one Member, this Agreement shall be an agreement between the Company and the Member regarding the business and affairs of the Company and is not intended to be an ?Operating Agreement? within the definition of Delaware Corporation General Law. Section 10.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements or negotiations between such parties. Section 10.11 Acknowledgment and Waiver. The Members acknowledge that this Agreement has been prepared by counsel to the Company and that each Member has been advised to obtain separate legal counsel to represent the legal interests of such Member. Each Member waives any claims it may have against the Company?s counsel regarding any conflict of interest with regard to this matter. Signatures on following page IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Members and the Company have made this Agreement effective as of the date first set forth above. THE COMPANY: COMPANY NAME By: ______________________________ NAME Its: Position THE MEMBERS: NAME OF ENTITY By: ___________________________________ Name Its: Position _______________________________________ NAME NAME OF ENTITY By: ___________________________________ Name Its: Position _______________________________________ NAME _______________________________________