Separateness Requirements. (a) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in order to preserve and ensure its separate and distinct identity, in addition to the other provisions set forth in this Agreement, the Company has conducted and shall conduct its affairs in accordance with the following provisions (all statements which follow which refer to past conduct shall be applicable to all times since the Company’s formation and all statements which refer to future conduct shall be applicable at all times during the Covered Period): (i) The Company has not owned, does not own and will not own any asset or property other than (i) the Property, and (ii) incidental personal property necessary for the ownership or operation of the Property. (ii) The Company will not engage in any business other than to purchase, own, hold, sell, trade, assign, transfer, operate, develop, lease, manage, mortgage, pledge and otherwise operate and deal with the Property and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Equity Wrap Documents. (iii) Except as permitted by Equity Wrap Documents, the Company has not entered into and will not enter into any contract or agreement with (i) any Affiliate of the Company, (ii) any constituent party of the Company, (iii) any guarantor (an “Indemnitor”) of the Obligations or any part thereof, or (iv) any Affiliate of any constituent party of the Company or any Indemnitor, except upon terms and conditions that are intrinsically fair and substantially similar to those that would be available on an arm’s length basis with third parties other than any such party. The Company has maintained and will maintain an arm’s length relationship with its Affiliates. (iv) The Company will not incur, create or assume any indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than (i) unsecured trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of its business of owning and operating the Property, provided that such trade payables (A) are not evidenced by a note, and (B) are not, unless being contested in accordance with the terms of the Deed of Trust, outstanding for more than sixty (60) days from the date incurred with trade creditors and are in amounts as are normal and reasonable under the circumstances, and (ii) such other indebtedness that is permitted by the Equity Wrap Documents. No indebtedness may be secured (senior, subordinate or pari passu) by the Property. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 21(a)(iv), the Company may, during the Covered Period, (i) incur the Obligations, and (ii) enter into and perform the Equity Wrap Documents, including, without limitation, the Deed of Trust, and all other documents, agreements, instruments, certificates and financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto. (v) The Company has not made and will not make any loans or advances to any third party (including any Affiliates of the Company or any Indemnitor), shall not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person (other than pledges of Property to the Owner Participant and any of its successors in interest under the Deed of Trust) and shall not acquire obligations or securities of its Affiliates. (vi) The Company has been, is and will remain solvent and shall not incur any indebtedness which the Company will not be able to repay when due, and the Company has paid and will pay its debts and liabilities from its own assets as the same shall become due. The Company agrees to give prompt notice to Owner Participant of the insolvency or bankruptcy filing of the Company or any equity member of the Company, and of the death, insolvency or bankruptcy filing of any Indemnitor. (vii) The Company has done or caused to be done and will do all things necessary to observe organizational formalities and preserve its existence as a single purpose limited liability company. (viii) The Company has maintained and will maintain all of its books, records, financial statements and bank accounts in its own name and separate from those of its Affiliates and any constituent party of the Company. The Company has prepared and maintained and will prepare and maintain its financial records and accounts in accordance with sound accounting principles consistently applied and susceptible to audit. (ix) The Company has been and will be, and at all times will hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct from any other entity (including any Affiliate thereof) including any member of the Company or any Affiliate of any member of the Company, shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate entity, has conducted and shall conduct business in its own name, has not and shall not identify itself or any of its Affiliates as a division or part of the other, and shall maintain and utilize separate stationery, invoices and checks. (x) The Company will file its own tax returns or, if the Company is part of a consolidated group for purposes of filing tax returns, the Company will be shown as a separate member of such group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company is owned by the Equity Member, the Company will report its taxable income or loss as part of the separate company information of Equity Member for inclusion in the Equity Member’s consolidated income tax return, or as applicable law otherwise permits or requires. (xi) The Company will retain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations (the Company shall be permitted to distribute any remaining cash after payment of its current obligations and funding of appropriate operating reserves). (xii) To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Company nor any constituent party of the Company will seek the dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation or merger in whole or in part, of the Company. (xiii) The Company has not and will not commingle the funds and other assets of the Company with those of any Affiliate or constituent party of the Company, any Indemnitor, any Affiliate of any such constituent party or Indemnitor, or any other Person. (xiv) The Company has maintained and will maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any Affiliate or constituent party of the Company, any Indemnitor, any Affiliate of any such constituent party or Indemnitor, or any other Person. (xv) The Company does not and will not guarantee, become obligated for or hold itself out to be responsible for the debts or obligations of any other Person or the decisions or actions respecting the daily business or affairs of any other Person except as permitted by the Equity Wrap Documents. The Company has not and will not hold its assets out as being available for the payment of any liability of any other Person. (xvi) The Company will not permit any Affiliate, except in the role as property manager satisfying the requirements of the Deed of Trust, independent access to its bank accounts. (xvii) The Company has paid and shall pay the salaries of its own employees from its own funds. (xviii) The Company has allocated and shall allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead for any office space which the Company shares with any other Person. (b) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, during the Covered Period, the Equity Member shall not: (i) hold its credit out as available to pay the debts of the Company; (ii) pay the debts of the Company; (iii) hold itself out other than as a separate and distinct entity from the Company; or (iv) hold its assets in the Company’s name. Failure of the Company, or a Member, Manager or Officer on behalf of the Company, to comply with any of the foregoing covenants or any other covenants contained in this Agreement shall not affect the status of the Company as a separate legal entity or the limited liability of a Member. The Members hereby agree that the entering into and performance by the Company of the Equity Wrap Documents in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof shall not be deemed to have caused the Company to have violated, or to have failed to comply with, any of the foregoing covenants set forth in this Section 21 or any other covenants contained in this Agreement.
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Sources: Limited Liability Company Agreement (Xm Investment LLC), Limited Liability Company Agreement (Xm Investment LLC)
Separateness Requirements. (a) SECTION 10.01. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement anything to the contrarycontrary contained herein, in order to preserve and ensure its separate and distinct identity, in addition to the other provisions set forth in this Agreement, the Company has conducted and shall conduct its affairs in accordance with the following provisions (all statements which follow which refer to past conduct shall be applicable to all times since the Company’s formation and all statements which refer to future conduct shall be applicable at all times during the Covered Period):
(i) The Company has not owned, does not own and will not own any asset or property other than (i) the Property, and (ii) incidental personal property necessary for the ownership or operation of the Property.
(ii) The Company will not engage in any business other than to purchase, own, hold, sell, trade, assign, transfer, operate, develop, lease, manage, mortgage, pledge and otherwise operate and deal with the Property and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Equity Wrap Documents.
(iii) Except as permitted by Equity Wrap Documents, the Company has not entered into and will not enter into any contract or agreement with (i) any Affiliate of each Member agree that the Company, will:
(iia) any constituent party of the Company, (iii) any guarantor (an “Indemnitor”) of the Obligations or any part thereof, or (iv) any Affiliate maintain its books and records and bank accounts separate from those of any constituent party other Person (except that, for accounting and reporting purposes, the Company may be included in the consolidated financial statements of an equity owner of the Company or any Indemnitor, except upon terms and conditions that are intrinsically fair and substantially similar to those that would be available on an arm’s length basis in accordance with third parties other than any such party. The Company has maintained and will GAAP);
(b) maintain an arm’s length relationship with its Affiliates.Members, other Affiliates and any other party furnishing services to it;
(ivc) The Company will not incurmaintain its books, create records, resolutions and agreements as official records;
(d) conduct its business in its own name and through its own authorized officers;
(e) prepare and maintain its financial statements, accounting records and other entity documents separate from those of any other Person (except for inclusion in consolidated financial statements of an equity owner, as described in clause (a) above);
(f) except as contemplated under the Loan Documents and under the provisions of paragraph (h) below, pay its own liabilities out of its own funds and assets;
(g) observe all limited liability company formalities necessary to maintain its identity as an entity separate and distinct from the Equity Member and all of its other Affiliates;
(h) participate in the fair and reasonable allocation, and pay its share, of any and all overhead expenses and other common expenses for facilities, goods or assume any indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than services provided to multiple entities;
(i) unsecured trade payables use its own stationery, invoices and checks (except when acting in a representative capacity, in which event such capacity shall be disclosed);
(j) hold and identify itself as a separate and distinct entity under its own name and not as a division or part of any other Person (except for inclusion in consolidated financial statements of an equity owner, as described in clause (a) above);
(k) except as may otherwise be contemplated by the Loan Documents, deposit all of its funds in checking accounts, savings accounts, time deposits or certificates of deposit in its own name or invest such funds in its own name;
(l) hold its assets in its own name, except as contemplated under the Loan Documents;
(m) maintain a sufficient number of employees (which may be zero) for its contemplated business and pay the salaries of such employees from its own funds; and
(n) maintain adequate capital for the conduct of its business.
SECTION 10.02. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, during the Covered Period, the Company, and each Member agrees that the Company, will not:
(a) seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of its assets;
(b) fail to correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity;
(c) except as otherwise contemplated under the Loan Documents, commingle its funds or other assets with those of any other Person;
(d) assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other Person or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person, except as otherwise contemplated or permitted by the Loan Documents (provided, that this provision shall not be deemed to prohibit indemnification and contribution agreements by the Company and its Affiliates entered into under this Agreement or the Loan Documents or (to the extent permitted or not prohibited under the Loan Documents) commercially reasonable indemnification obligations incurred in the ordinary course of its business of owning and operating the Property, provided that such trade payables (A) are not evidenced by a note, and (B) are not, unless being contested in accordance with the terms of the Deed of Trust, outstanding for more than sixty (60) days from the date incurred with trade creditors and are in amounts as are normal and reasonable under the circumstances, and (ii) such other indebtedness that is permitted by the Equity Wrap Documents. No indebtedness may be secured (senior, subordinate or pari passu) by the Property. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 21(a)(ivCompany), the Company may, during the Covered Period, (i) incur the Obligations, and (ii) enter into and perform the Equity Wrap Documents, including, without limitation, the Deed of Trust, and all other documents, agreements, instruments, certificates and financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto.;
(ve) The Company has not made and will not make acquire obligations or securities of its Members;
(f) pledge any loans or advances to any third party (including any Affiliates of the Company or any Indemnitor), shall not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person, except as otherwise contemplated or permitted by the Loan Documents;
(g) make any loans to any other Person, or buy or hold evidence of indebtedness issued by any other Person (other than pledges of Property to except as provided in the Owner Participant and any of its successors in interest under the Deed of Trust) and shall not acquire obligations or securities of its Affiliates.Loan Documents);
(vih) The Company has been, is and will remain solvent and shall not incur any indebtedness which the Company will not be able to repay when due, and the Company has paid and will pay identify its debts and liabilities from its own assets as the same shall become due. The Company agrees to give prompt notice to Owner Participant of the insolvency or bankruptcy filing of the Company or any equity member of the Company, and of the death, insolvency or bankruptcy filing of any Indemnitor.
(vii) The Company has done or caused to be done and will do all things necessary to observe organizational formalities and preserve its existence as a single purpose limited liability company.
(viii) The Company has maintained and will maintain all of its books, records, financial statements and bank accounts in its own name and separate from those of its Affiliates and any constituent party of the Company. The Company has prepared and maintained and will prepare and maintain its financial records and accounts in accordance with sound accounting principles consistently applied and susceptible to audit.
(ix) The Company has been and will be, and at all times will hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct from any other entity (including any Affiliate thereof) including any member of the Company or any Affiliate of any member of the Company, shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate entity, has conducted and shall conduct business in its own name, has not and shall not identify itself Members or any of its Affiliates as a division or part of the other, and shall maintain and utilize separate stationery, invoices and checks.it (except for inclusion in consolidated financial statements of an equity owner);
(xi) The Company will file its own tax returns orengage (either as transferor or transferee) in any material transaction with any Affiliate other than for fair value and on terms similar to those obtainable in arms-length transactions with unaffiliated parties, if or engage in any transaction with any Affiliate involving any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any entity;
(j) engage in any business activity or operate for any purpose other than as stated in Section 2.01 of this Agreement;
(k) have or create any subsidiaries, or hold any equity interest in any other Person (except to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents and except for the general partner interest held by the Company is part of a consolidated group for purposes of filing in the Partnership); or
(l) fail to file separate federal or state income tax returns, the Company will be shown as a separate member of such groupif required by applicable law.
SECTION 10.03. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company is owned by the Equity Member, the Company will report its taxable income or loss as part of the separate company information of Equity Member for inclusion in the Equity Member’s consolidated income tax return, or as applicable law otherwise permits or requires.
(xi) The Company will retain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations (the Company shall be permitted to distribute any remaining cash after payment of its current obligations and funding of appropriate operating reserves).
(xii) To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Company nor any constituent party of the Company will seek the dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation or merger in whole or in part, of the Company.
(xiii) The Company has not and will not commingle the funds and other assets of the Company with those of any Affiliate or constituent party of the Company, any Indemnitor, any Affiliate of any such constituent party or Indemnitor, or any other Person.
(xiv) The Company has maintained and will maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any Affiliate or constituent party of the Company, any Indemnitor, any Affiliate of any such constituent party or Indemnitor, or any other Person.
(xv) The Company does not and will not guarantee, become obligated for or hold itself out to be responsible for the debts or obligations of any other Person or the decisions or actions respecting the daily business or affairs of any other Person except as permitted by the Equity Wrap Documents. The Company has not and will not hold its assets out as being available for the payment of any liability of any other Person.
(xvi) The Company will not permit any Affiliate, except in the role as property manager satisfying the requirements of the Deed of Trust, independent access to its bank accounts.
(xvii) The Company has paid and shall pay the salaries of its own employees from its own funds.
(xviii) The Company has allocated and shall allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead for any office space which the Company shares with any other Person.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision hereof anything to the contrarycontrary contained herein, during the Covered Period, the each Equity Member shall notwill:
(ia) hold observe all customary formalities necessary to maintain its credit out identity as available to pay an entity separate and distinct from the debts Company and all of the Companyits other Affiliates;
(ii) pay the debts of the Company;
(iiib) hold itself out other than as a separate and distinct entity from from, the Company; orCompany and not identify the Company as a division of the Equity Member;
(ivc) maintain its books and records and bank accounts separate from any other Person (except that, for accounting and reporting purposes, the Equity Member may be included in the consolidated financial statements of an equity owner of the Equity Member in accordance with GAAP); and
(d) hold its assets in the Company’s its own name. Failure of the Company, or a Member, Manager or Officer on behalf of the Company, to comply with any of the foregoing covenants or any other covenants contained in this Agreement shall not affect the status of the Company as a separate legal entity or the limited liability of a Member. The Members hereby agree that the entering into and performance by the Company of the Equity Wrap Documents in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof shall not be deemed to have caused the Company to have violated, or to have failed to comply with, any of the foregoing covenants set forth in this Section 21 or any other covenants contained in this Agreement.
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Sources: Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (ET Wayne Finance, L.L.C.)