EXHIBIT 10.30
OPERATING AGREEMENT OF
CORRAL HOLLOW PROPERTIES, LLC
A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
In accordance with the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Limited Liability
Company Act and subject to the Articles of Organization, which
were filed on September 8, 2003 with the Secretary of State of
California, the members of CORRAL HOLLOW PROPERTIES,
LLC listed on the signature page, make the following agreement
on October 21, 2003 regarding the conduct of the business and
affairs of CORRAL HOLLOW PROPERTIES, LLC, a California
limited liability company ("Company"):
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITION OF TERMS
1.01 When used in this agreement, the following terms have the
meanings set forth here:
(a) "Act" means California's Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Limited
Liability Company Act, as set forth in Corporations Code Title 2.5.
(b) "Agreement" means this operating agreement, as
originally executed and as amended from time to time.
(c) "Approved Costs" means all costs, including
Financing and the Management Fee, incurred in carrying out the
Project. Approved Costs include, but are not limited to: hard and
soft costs, developments costs, design and engineering costs,
marketing costs, labor costs, supplier costs, legal, administrative
and accounting costs attributable to the Project, salaries of the
project xxxxxxx, permit costs, site trailer costs, materials costs,
insurance costs, and all costs of the General Contractor.
(d) "Articles" means the Articles of Organization for
the Company as originally filed with the Secretary of State and as
amended from time to time.
(e) "Bankruptcy" means, and a Member is deemed a
"Bankrupt Member" on, (1) the entry of a decree or order for relief
against the Member by a court of competent jurisdiction in any
involuntary case brought against the Member under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, or similar law "Debtor Relief Laws") that generally
affect the rights of creditors and relief of debtors; (2) the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
conservator, trustee or similar agent under Debtor Relief Laws for
the Member or for any substantial portion of the Member's assets;
(3) the issuance of an order for the winding up and/or liquidation
of the Member's affairs; (4) the filing of a petition in any involuntary
bankruptcy case that remains un-dismissed or suspended under the
federal bankruptcy laws; (5) the commencement by a Member of
voluntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Law; (6) the
written admission of a Member that the Member is unable to pay
the Member's debts as they become due; (7) the consent by any
Member to the entry of an order for relief in any involuntary case,
or to the appointment of (or the taking of possession by) a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, conservator, trustee or similar
agent under Debtor Relief Law for the Member or for any
substantial portion of the Member's assets; or (8) the making by
a Member of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
(f) "Capital Account" means the individual accounts
established and maintained pursuant to Paragraph 3.05.
(g) "Capital Contribution" means the total value of cash
and agreed fair market value of property contributed and agreed to
be contributed to the Company by each member, as shown in
Exhibit "A", as the same may be amended from time to time.
(h) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended. All references in this Agreement to sections of the
Code include any corresponding provision or provisions of
succeeding law.
(i) "Company" means CORRAL HOLLOW
PROPERTIES, LLC, a California limited liability company.
(j) "Company Minimum Gain" shall have the meaning
ascribed to the term "Partnership Minimum Gain" in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d).
(k) "Distributable Cash" means the amount of cash
which the Manager deems available for distribution to the
Members including Sales Proceeds, taking into account all debts,
liabilities, and obligations of the Company then due, and working
capital and other amounts which the Manager deems necessary for
the Company's business or to place into reserves for customary
and usual claims with respect to such business.
(l) "Dissociation Event" means the withdrawal,
Bankruptcy, expulsion or dissolution of any Member or the
occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued
membership of any Member in the Company.
(m) "Economic Interest" shall mean the right to receive
distributions of the Company's assets and allocations of income,
gain, loss, deduction, credit and similar items from the Company
pursuant to this Agreement and the Act, but shall not include any
other rights of a Member, including, without limitation, the right
to vote or participate in the management of the Company, or except
as provided in Section 17106 of the Corporations Code, any right
to information concerning the business and affairs of the Company.
(n) "Entity" means any association, corporation, general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint
stock association, joint venture, firm, trust, business trust,
cooperative, and foreign association of like structure.
(o) "Financing" means all loans, if any, procured by
the Company for the purpose of completing the Project, including
any construction loan.
(p) "Fiscal Year" shall mean the Company's fiscal year,
which shall be the calendar year.
(q) "General Contractor" shall mean the general
contractor selected by the Manager to build the Project.
(r) "Interest" in the Company means the entire
ownership interest of a Member in the Company at any particular
time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to
which a Member may be entitled as provided in this Agreement
and under the Act, together with the obligations of the Member
to comply with all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(s) "Management Fee" means the fee paid to Member
JB Valley Development Corporation for its performance of services
in connection with the management of the Company as follows:
(1) a Project management fee in the amount of Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000) per month during the entitlement process for the
Project; and (2) after the entitlement process for the Project,
a fee equal to one and one-half (1.5%) percent of the selling price
as to each of the homes sold in the Project pursuant to Paragraph
17.05(c) herein. The Management Fee does not cover any
contractor or realtor fees in connection with the construction or
selling of the Project.
(t) "Manager" means collectively, one or more
individuals or entities appointed by consent of all Members and
having the authority as set forth in this Agreement.
(u) "Member" (or collectively, "Members") means each
person or Entity who is an original signatory to the Agreement
and has been admitted to the Company as a Member, or who is an
assignee that has been admitted to the Company as a Member that
has not resigned, withdrawn, or been dissolved, or who is
subsequently admitted to the Company as a Member.
(v) "Member Nonrecourse Debt" shall have the meaning
ascribed to the term "Partner Nonrecourse Debt" in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
(w) "Member Nonrecourse Deductions" shall mean
items of Company loss, deduction, or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B)
expenditures which are attributable to Member
Nonrecourse Debt.
(x) "Membership Interest" means a Member's Interest
in the Company.
(y) "Net Profits" and "Net Loss" shall mean the income,
gain, loss and deductions of the Company in the aggregate or
separately stated, as appropriate, determined in accordance with
the method of accounting at the close of each Fiscal Year on the
Company's information tax return filed for federal income tax
purposes.
(z) "Nonrecourse Liability" shall have the meaning set
forth in Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
(aa) "Optional Purchase Event" shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in Paragraph 23.01.
(bb) "Percentage Interest" of a Member means the
percentage of the Member set forth opposite the name of the
Member in Exhibit "A" attached to this Agreement, as the
percentage may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
(cc) "Principal office" means the office of this Company
determined by the Manager.
(dd) "Project" means the development or construction
of lots or dwellings acquired from time to time by the Company in
the Property subdivision, and the subsequent sale of the lots and
dwellings situated thereon.
(ee) "Property" means that certain real estate known as
the "Xxxxxxxx Property" consisting of approximately 47.5 acres,
located in Tracy, California, as more particularly described
and attached hereto in Exhibit "B".
(ff) "Pro Rata Part" means the proportion that a
percentage interest of a Member bears to the aggregate interest
in the Company of all Members.
(gg) "Regulations" means, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the regulations in force as final or temporary
that have been issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury
pursuant to its authority under the Code, and any successor
regulations.
(hh) "Sales Proceeds" means the net proceeds from the
sale of each home in the Project after the payment of all projected
expenses related to the home sold, plus a reasonable retention
reserve for pick-up/warranty.
..
(ii) "Share" refers to an interest in the Company
representing a contribution to capital. Whenever reference is
made to "percentage interest," a share may be converted into the
same by dividing a Member's number of shares by the total of
all shares outstanding.
(jj) "Substitute Member" means any individual or Entity
that is admitted into membership on the written consent of all
Members in accordance with Paragraph 3.11.
(kk) "Tax Matters Member" means the Member chosen
pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6231(a)(7) to deal with
the Internal Revenue Service on tax matters.
ARTICLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF COMPANY
2.01 Formation of Company. The Members have formed a
limited liability company under the Act by properly executing
and filing the Articles and executing this Agreement. The rights,
duties, and liabilities of the Members and the Manager are
determined pursuant to the Act, the Articles, and this Agreement.
2.02 Company Name. The name of the Company is CORRAL
HOLLOW PROPERTIES, LLC. The Company will transact
business under that name. However, the Manager may conduct
business under another name if the Manager thinks it advisable,
provided that the Manager complies with the Act and any other
applicable laws, file fictitious name certificates and the like, and
file any necessary amendments.
2.03 Company Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to
engage in any business activity permitted by the Act. The Company
will own, hold sell, assign, transfer, operate, lease and otherwise
deal with real and personal property and improvements thereon.
The Members acknowledge and agree that the development of the
Project which is to be the principal business of the Company is
as follows:
(a) Acquisition of the Property;
(b) Following the acquisition, the Property will be
further developed with the end result to be the construction of
single family dwellings; and
(c) The development of the Property, the financing
and the division of profits and losses will be conducted as
previously agreed upon by the Members and as set forth herein.
2.04 Duration of Company and Agreement. The Company
existence commenced on the Effective Date and shall continue
until dissolved and liquidated pursuant to the provisions of
Article 21 below.
ARTICLE 3. MEMBERS AND MEMBERSHIP
INTERESTS
3.01 Names, Addresses, and Initial Capital Contributions of
Members. Members, their respective addresses, their initial capital
contributions to the Company, and their respective percentage
interests in the Company are set forth on Exhibit "A", attached to
this Agreement and made a part of it. Each Member agrees to
make the initial contribution set out in Exhibit "A" in tranches at
the call of the Manager on an as-needed basis from time-to-time
to develop the Project in the discretion of the Manager. If a
Member fails to make a required Capital Contribution
within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this Agreement,
that Member's entire Membership Interest shall terminate and
that Member shall indemnify and hold the Company and the other
Member's harmless from any loss, cost, or expense, including
reasonable attorney fees, caused by the failure to make such
Capital Contribution.
3.02 Future Contributions. Members may be required to
make additional capital contributions to the Company other than
the capital contribution required to be made under Paragraph 3.01
without any Member's prior written consent when directed by
the Manager based on his, her or its determination. Subsequent
contributions must be in amounts and may be in any type of
property as is determined by the Manager. If subsequent
contributions are required, Members may make additional Capital
Contributions on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Member's
Capital Account and in proportion to the Member's Percentage
Interest. Upon such determination, the Manager shall give written
notice to each Member. Each Member shall have fourteen (14)
days from the date such notice is given to contribute his, her or
its share of the additional capital to the Company. Each Member
shall receive a credit to its Capital Account in the amount of any
additional capital which he, she or it contributes to the Company.
3.03 Failure to Make Contributions. If a Member does not
timely contribute capital when required, that Member shall be in
default under this Agreement. In such event, the Manager shall
send the defaulting Member written notice of such default, giving
the Member fourteen (14) days from the date such notice is given
to contribute the entire amount of his, her or its required capital
contribution (if the defaulting Member did not make a required
contribution of property or services, the Company may instead
require the defaulting Member to contribute cash equal to that
portion of the fair market value of the contribution that has not
been made). If the defaulting Member does not contribute its
required capital to the Company within said fourteen (14)-day
period, the Manager or the non-defaulting Member may elect any
or all of the following remedies:
(a) The non-defaulting Members may advance funds to
the Company to cover those amounts which the defaulting Member
fails to contribute. Amounts which a non-defaulting Member so
advances on behalf of the defaulting Member shall become a loan
due and owing from the defaulting Member to the non-defaulting
Member and bear interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per
annum, payable monthly. All cash distributions otherwise
distributable to the defaulting Member under this Agreement
shall instead be paid to the non-defaulting Members making
such advances until such advances and interest thereon are paid
in full. In any event, such advances shall be evidenced by a
promissory note and be due and payable by the defaulting
Member one (1) year from the date that such advance was made.
Any amounts repaid shall first be applied to interest and
thereafter to principal. Effective upon a Member becoming a
defaulting Member, each Member grants to the non-defaulting
Members who advance funds a security interest in his, her or its
Economic Interest to secure his, her or its obligation to repay
such advances and agrees to execute and deliver a promissory
note as described herein together with a security agreement and
such UCC-1 financing statements and assignments of certificates
of membership (or other documents of transfer) as such non-
defaulting Members may reasonably request.
(b) The defaulting Members shall have no right to receive
any distributions from the Company until the non-defaulting
Members have first received distributions in an amount equal
to the additional capital contributed by each non-defaulting Member
to the Company plus a cumulative, non-compounded return thereon
at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum. Each Member
acknowledges and agrees that (i) a default by any Member in
making a required capital contribution will result in the Company
and the non-defaulting Members incurring certain costs and other
damages in an amount that would be extremely difficult or
impractical to ascertain and (ii) the remedies described in
Paragraph 3.03 bear a reasonable relationship to the damages
which the Members estimate may be suffered by the Company
and the non-defaulting Members by reason of the failure of the
defaulting Member to make any required Capital Contribution
and the election of any or all of the above described remedies
is not unreasonable under the circumstances existing as of the
date hereof.
3.04 Member Loans or Services. Loans or services by
any Member to the Company may not be considered to be
contribution to the capital of the Company.
3.05 Capital and Capital Accounts.
(a) The initial Capital Contribution of each Member
is as set forth in Exhibit "A".
(b) The Company will establish and maintain
individual Capital Accounts on behalf of each Member, including
any additional or Substituted Member who shall subsequently
receive any interest in the Company. The capital account of each
Member consists of (1) the amount of cash the Member has
contributed to the Company, less any liabilities assumed by the
Company or to which the property is subject, plus (3) the amount
of profits or income (including tax-exempt income) allocated to
the Member, less (4) the amount of losses and deductions
allocated to the Member, less (5) the amount of all cash distributed
to the Member, less (6) the fair market value of any property
distributed to the Member, net of any liability assumed by the
Member or to which the property is subject, less (7) the Member's
share of any other expenditures that are not deductible by the
Company for federal income tax purposes or that are not allowable
as additions to the basis of Company property, and (8) subject to
any other adjustments that may be required under the Code.
The Capital Account of a Member is not affected by any
adjustments to basis made pursuant to Section 743 of the Internal
Revenue Code, but must be adjusted with respect to adjustments to
basis made pursuant to Section 734 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) No Member has the right to withdraw his,
her or its capital contribution or to demand and receive property
of the Company or any distribution in return for his, her or its
Capital Contribution, except as may be specifically provided in
this Agreement or required by law. No Member may receive out
of Company property any part of his, her, or its capital contribution
until (1) all liabilities of the Company, except liabilities to the
Members on account of their loans, have been paid or sufficient
Company property remains to pay them, and (2) all Members
consent.
(d) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph
(c) of this paragraph, a Member may rightfully demand the return
of his, her or its Capital Contribution (1) on the dissolution of the
Company, or (2) with the consent of all the members. A Member
may demand and receive only cash in return for the Member's
Capital Contribution. The Members' initial Capital Contributions
are as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached herewith.
3.06 Admission of Additional Capital. Additional capital
may be contributed to the Company, as provided in Article 3 and
upon the written consent by all of the Members.
3.07 Admission of Additional Members. The Members may
admit to the Company additional members to participate in the
profits, losses, available cash flow, and ownership of the assets of
the Company on such terms as are determined by all of the
Members. Admission of any additional Member requires the
written consent of all of the Members then having any interest
in the Company. Any additional Members are allocated gain, loss,
income, or expense by the method provided in this Agreement.
3.08 Limitation on Liability. No Member is liable under a
judgment, decree, or order of the court, or in any other manner,
for a debt, obligation, or liability of the Company, except as
provided by law. No Member is required to loan any funds to
the Company.
3.09 No Individual Authority. Unless expressly provided in
this Agreement, no Member, acting alone, has any authority to
act for, or to undertake or assume, any obligation, debt, or
responsibility on behalf of, any other Member of the Company.
3.10 No Member Responsible for Other Member's
Commitment. In the event that a Member (or a Member's
shareholders, partners, members, owners, or affiliates) has
incurred any indebtedness or obligation before the date of this
Agreement that relates to or otherwise affects the Company,
neither the Company nor any other Member has any liability or
responsibility with respect to the indebtedness or obligation
unless the indebtedness or obligation is assumed by the Company
pursuant to a written instrument signed by all Members.
Furthermore, neither the Company nor any Member is responsible
or liable for any indebtedness or obligation that is subsequently
incurred by any other Member (or a Member's shareholder,
partners, members, owners, or affiliates). In the event that a
Member (or a Member's shareholders, partners, members,
owners, or affiliates; collectively called the "Liable Member"),
whether before or after the date of this Agreement, incurs
(or has incurred) any debt or obligation that neither the Company
nor any of the other Members is to have any responsibility or
liability for, the Liable Member must indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and the other Members from any liability
or obligation they may incur in respect of the debt or obligation.
3.11 Transfer and Assignment of Membership Interests.
(a) No Member may assign, convey, sell, encumber,
or in any way alienate all or any part of his, her or its Interest in
the Company as a Member without prior written consent of all
of the Members, which consent may be given or withheld,
conditioned or delayed (as allowed by this Agreement or the Act),
as the remaining Members may determine in their sole discretion.
Transfers in violation of this section are effective only to the
extent set forth in Paragraph 3.14(b), below.
(b) Any Member may transfer, assign or convey all or
any part of his, her or its Interest in the Company for estate
planning purposes to the Member's family limited partnership,
trust or other Entity without prior written consent of all the
Members upon ten (10) days prior written notice to the Manager
pursuant to the requirements of Paragraph 24.09 herein.
3.12 Further Restrictions on Membership Transfers. No
Member may assign, convey, sell, encumber, or in any way
alienate all or any part of his, her or its interest in the Company
(1) without registration under applicable federal and state securities
laws, or unless he, she or it delivers an opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the Company that registration under those laws is
not required; or (2) if the interest to be sold or exchanged, when
added to the total of all other sold or exchanged in the preceding
twelve (12) consecutive months prior to that time, would result in
the tax termination of the Company under Section 708 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
3.13 Substitute Members. A transferee may become a
Substitute Member if (1) the requirements of Paragraphs 3.07
and 3.11, above, are met; (2) the person or Entity executes an
instrument satisfactory to the remaining Members accepting
and adopting the terms and provisions of this Agreement;
and (3) the person or Entity pays all reasonable expenses in
connection with his or her admission as a remaining Member.
3.14 Effect of Transfer.
(a) Any permitted transfer of all or any portion of a
Member's interest in the Company takes effect on the first day
of the month following receipt by the Members of written
notice of transfer. Any transferee of an interest in the Company
takes subject to the restrictions on transfer imposed by this
Agreement.
(b) On a transfer of a Member's interest in the Company
in violation of this Agreement, the transferee has no right to
participate in the management of the business and affairs of the
Company or to become a Member, but the transferee is entitled
only to receive the share of profits or other compensation by way
of income and the return of contributions to which the transferor
of the interest in the Company would otherwise be entitled.
3.15 Right of First Negotiation. If any Member desires to
transfer all or any part of his, her or its Membership Interest, such
Member shall notify the Company and the other Members in
writing of such desire and, for a period of thirty (30) days thereafter,
the Members and the Company shall negotiate with respect to the
purchase of such Member's Membership Interest. During such
period, the Member desiring to transfer such Membership Interest
may not solicit a transferee for such Membership Interest.
3.16 Right of First Refusal. If the period described in Paragraph
3.15 expires without an agreement being reached as to the purchase
of the Membership interest referred to therein, the Member desiring
to transfer his, her or its Membership Interest may solicit transferees.
In such event, each time a Member proposed to transfer all or any
part of his, her or its Membership interest, such Member shall first
offer such Membership Interest to the Company and the non-
transferring Members in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) Such Member shall deliver a written notice ("Option
Notice") to the Company and the other Members stating (i) such
Member's bona fide intention to transfer such Membership Interest,
(ii) the Membership Interest to be transferred, (iii) the purchase
price and terms of payment for which the Member proposes to
transfer such Membership Interest and (iv) the name and address
of the proposed transferee.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Option
Notice, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to elect to purchase all or any part of the Membership Interest
upon the price and terms of payment designated in the Option
Notice. If the Option Notice provides for the payment of non-cash
consideration, the Company may elect to pay the consideration in
cash equal to the good faith estimate of the present fair market
value of the non-cash consideration offered as determined by the
Manager. If the Company exercises such right within such thirty
(30) day period, the Manager shall give written notice of that fact
to the transferring and non-transferring Members.
(c) If the Company fails to elect to purchase the entire
Membership Interest proposed to be transferred within the thirty
(30) day period described in Paragraph 3.16(b), the non-transferring
Members shall have the right, but not the obligation, to elect to
purchase any remaining share of such Membership Interest upon
the price and terms of payment designated in the Option Notice.
If the Option Notice provides for the payment of non-cash
consideration, such purchasing Members each may elect to pay
the consideration in cash equal to the good faith estimate of the
present fair market value of the non-cash consideration offered
as determined by the Manager. Within sixty (60) days after receipt
of the Option Notice, each non-transferring Member shall notify
the Manager in writing of his or her desire to purchase a portion
of the Membership Interest proposed to be so transferred. The
failure of any Member to submit a notice within the applicable
period shall constitute an election on the part of that Member not
to purchase any of the Membership Interest which may be so
transferred. Each Member so electing to purchase shall be entitled
to purchase a portion of such Membership Interest in the same
proportion that the Percentage Interest of such Member bears to
the aggregate of the Percentage Interests of all of the Members
electing to so purchase the Membership Interest being transferred.
In the event any Member elects to purchase none or less than all
of his, her or its pro rata share of such Membership Interest, then
the other Members can elect to purchase more than their pro
rata share.
(d) If the Company and the other Members elect to
purchase or obtain any or all of the Membership Interest designated
in the Option Notice, then the closing of such purchase shall occur
within the ninety (90) days after receipt of such notice and the
transferring Member, the Company and/or the other Members shall
execute such documents and instruments and make such deliveries
as may be reasonably required to consummate such purchase.
(e) If the Company and the other Members elect not to
purchase or obtain, or default in their obligation to purchase or
obtain, all of the Membership Interest designated in the Option
Notice, then the transferring Member may transfer the portion of
the Membership Interest described in the Option Notice not so
purchased, to the proposed transferee, providing such transfer
(i) is completed within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the
Company's and the other Members' right to purchase such
Membership Interest, (ii) complies with Paragraphs 3.07, 3.11,
3.12 and 3.13 relating to unanimous consent of Members,
securities and tax requirements.
3.17 Termination of Membership Interest. Upon (a) the
transfer of a Member's Membership Interest in violation of this
Article 3, or (b) the occurrence of an Optional Purchase Event as
to such Member, the Membership Interest of a Member shall be
terminated by the Manager and that Member shall no longer be a
Member of the Company (the "Former Member"). Unless the
Former Member's Membership Interest is purchased by the
Company and/or remaining Members as provided in Article 23,
the Former Member shall be treated as an Assignee only and shall
not be entitled to payment for the his/her/its Membership Interest.
Beginning on the date of the termination, the Former Member
shall have only the rights of a holder of an Economic Interest with
respect to that Former Member's Membership Interest in the
Company, and then only with respect to distributions, if any, to
which a holder of an Economic Interest is entitled under this
Agreement. Each Member acknowledges and agrees that such
termination or purchase of a Membership Interest upon the
occurrence of any of the foregoing events is not unreasonable
under the circumstances existing as of the date hereof.
ARTICLE 4. POWER TO AMEND AGREEMENT
4.01 The Power to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal this
Agreement is vested entirely in the Members of the Company.
ARTICLE 5. MANAGEMENT RIGHTS IN MANAGER
5.01 The right to exercise the powers of the Company and to
manage the business and affairs of the Company is vested entirely
in the Manager, subject to review by the Members.
5.02 The Manager shall establish budgets as may be required
by the Members. The Manager shall, either personally or by
delegation, approve all costs and disbursements necessary to
operate the Company's business, subject to review by the Members.
ARTICLE 6. ELECTION OF MANAGER
6.01 (a) The initial Manager specified in Exhibit "A" hereto
will serve as the Company's Manager until resignation or removal.
(b) The Manager may be elected at a special meeting
called for the purpose of electing the Manager. The Manager may
also be designated by the unanimous written consent of the Members.
(c) The term of service for the Manager is perpetual
unless removed by the affirmative vote of all of the Members.
ARTICLE 7. REMOVAL OF MANAGER
7.01 (a) The Members may remove a Manager before the
expiration of the Manager's term specified in this Agreement by
the affirmative vote of all of the Members.
(b) At any meeting of Members called expressly for the
purpose, a Manager may be removed for any reason, with or
without cause, on a resolution unanimously adopted by the
Members.
ARTICLE 8. ACTION BY MANAGER
8.01 The Manager has full authority to act on behalf of the
Company and its Members in its best interest.
ARTICLE 9. COMPENSATION OF MANAGER
9.01 It is acknowledged that the Manager has other business
interests to which the Manager devotes part of the Manager's time.
The Manager shall devote such time to the conduct of the business
of the Company as the Manager, in the Manager's own good faith
and discretion which it believes necessary for the successful
operation of the business.
9.02 The Manager shall be entitled to receipt of the
Management Fee as compensation for the Manager's services as
provided in this Agreement and determined by the Members, and
to reimbursement for all expenses reasonably incurred by the
Manager in the performance of the Manager's duties.
ARTICLE 10. EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS
10.01 The Manager has the authority to execute documents
and instruments for the acquisition, mortgage, or disposal of
property on behalf of the Company, to enter into and bind the
Company to contractual relations and receive and disburse
funds on behalf of the Company.
ARTICLE 11. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS
11.01 (a) No meetings of Members are required. However,
to the extent meetings are held, all meetings of Members will
take place at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx.
(b) Any Member may call a special meeting by giving
at least ten (10) days' written notice to all other Members. The
notice must specify the date, time, and place of the special
meeting and the purpose for calling the meeting. Notice of the
meeting must be delivered personally to the Members or sent to
each Member by United States mail or facsimile machine at the
Member's address as shown on the records of the Company.
For mailed notice, the notice must be deposited in the United
States mail at least twelve (12) days before the time the meeting
is held.
(c) The transactions of the Members at any meeting,
however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as
though transacted at a meeting duly held after call and notice
if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting,
each Member not present signs a written waiver of Notice, a
consent to the holding of the meeting, or an approval of the
minutes of the meeting.
(d) Members may participate in the meeting through
the use of a conference telephone or similar communications
equipment, provided that all Members participating in the
meeting can hear one another.
(e) The Members shall keep or cause to be kept
with the books and records of the Company full and accurate
minutes of all meetings, notices and waivers of notices of
meetings, and all written consents in lieu of meetings.
ARTICLE 12. QUORUM
12.01 At all meetings of the Members, a majority of
Members must be present to constitute a quorum for transaction
of business.
ARTICLE 13. ACTIONS BY MEMBERS AND
VOTING RIGHTS
13.01 Votes Required to Act. Except for those acts requiring
unanimous consent, an act of the Members of record is effective if
the majority of Members' votes adopt the act at a meeting at which
a quorum of Members is present. The voting rights of the Members
are to be distributed equally, one vote per Member, to each
Member of the Company.
13.02 Actions of Tax Matters Member. The Tax Matters
Member of the Company, chosen pursuant to Internal Revenue
Code Section 6231(a)(7), is JB VALLEY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, a California corporation, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, who has the same authority as granted
by the Internal Revenue Code to a tax matters partner.
ARTICLE 14. ACTION BY CONSENT WITHOUT
MEETING.
14.01 Any action permitted to be taken by the Members may
be taken without a meeting if all of the Members individually or
collectively consent by signing a written approval of the action.
Any action by written consent shall have the same force and
effect as a unanimous vote of the Members.
ARTICLE 15. RECORD DATE
15.01 Only persons whose names are listed as members in
the official records of the Company fifteen (15) days before any
meeting of the Members are entitled to notice of or to vote at
that meeting.
ARTICLE 16. VOTE BY PROXY
16.01 Members may vote either in person or by proxy. Proxies
must be executed in writing by the Members. A telegram,
cablegram, or similar transmission by the Member or a
photographic, photostatic, facsimile, or similar reproduction of a
writing executed by a Member is deemed an execution in writing
for purposes of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 17. ALLOCATIONS OF NET PROFITS AND
NET LOSSES AND DISTRIBUTIONS
17.01 Allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss.
(a) Net Loss. Net Loss shall be allocated to the Members
in proportion to their Percentage Interests.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, loss allocations to a
Member shall be made only to the extent that such loss allocations
will not create a deficit Capital Account balance for that
Member in excess of an amount, if any, equal to such Member's
share of Company Minimum Gain. Any loss not allocated to a
Member because of the foregoing provision shall be allocated to
the other Members to the extent the other Members are not limited
in respect of the allocation of losses under this Paragraph 17.01(a).
Any loss reallocated under this Paragraph 17.01(a) shall be taken
into account in computing subsequent allocations of income and
losses pursuant to this Article 17, so that the net amount of any
item so allocated and the income and losses allocated to each
Member pursuant to this Article 17, to the extent possible, shall
be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to
each such Member pursuant to this Article 17 if no reallocation
of losses had occurred under this Paragraph 17.01(a).
(b) Net Profit. Net Profit shall be allocated to the
Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests.
17.02 Special Allocations. Notwithstanding Paragraph 17.01:
(a) Minimum Gain Chargeback. If there is a net decrease
in Company Minimum Gain during any Fiscal Year, each Member
shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for
such Fiscal Year and, if necessary, in subsequent Fiscal Years,
in an amount equal to the portion of such Member's share of the
net decrease in Company Minimum Gain that is allocable to the
disposition of Company property subject to a Nonrecourse
Liability, which share of such net decrease shall be determined
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2).
Allocations pursuant to this Paragraph 17.02(a) shall be made
in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each
Member under this Paragraph 17.02(a). The items to be so
allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f). This Paragraph 17.02(a) is intended to
comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement
contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
(b) Chargeback of Minimum Gain Attributable to
Member Nonrecourse Debt. If there is a net decrease in Company
Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt,
during any Fiscal Year, each Member who has a share of the
Company Minimum Gain attributable to such Member
Nonrecourse Debt, which share shall be determined in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated
items of Company income and gain for such Fiscal Year, and,
if necessary, in subsequent Fiscal Years, in an amount equal to
that portion of such Member's share of the net decrease in
Company Minimum Gain attributable to such Member
Nonrecourse Debt that is allocable to the disposition of
Company property subject to such Member Nonrecourse Debt,
which share of such net decrease shall be determined in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5). Allocations
pursuant to this Paragraph 17.02(b) shall be made in proportion
to the amounts required to be allocated to each Member under
this Paragraph 17.02(b). The items to be so allocated shall be
determined in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(4). This Paragraph 17.02(b) is intended to comply
with the minimum gain chargeback requirement contained in
Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith.
(c) Nonrecourse Deductions. Any nonrecourse
deductions, as defined in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1),
for any Fiscal Year or other period shall be specially allocated
to the Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests.
(d) Member Nonrecourse Deductions. Those items of
Company loss, deduction, or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B)
expenditures which are attributable to Member Nonrecourse
Debt for any Fiscal Year or other period shall be specially
allocated to the Member who bear the economic risk of loss
with respect to the Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such
items are attributable in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i).
(e) Qualified Income Offset. If a Member
unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions
described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6),
or any other event creates a deficit balance in such Member's
Capital Account in excess of such Member's share of Company
Minimum Gain, items of Company income and gain shall be
specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner
sufficient to eliminate such excess deficit balance as quickly as
possible. Any special allocations of items of income and gain
pursuant tot this Paragraph 17.02(e) shall be taken into account
in computing subsequent allocations of income and gain pursuant
to this Article 17 so that the net amount of any item so allocated
and the income, gain, and losses allocated to each Member
pursuant to this Article 17 to the extent possible, shall be equal
to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such
Member pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph 17.02(e)
if such unexpected adjustments, allocations, or distributions
had not occurred.
17.03 Section 704(c) Allocations. Notwithstanding any
other provision in this Article 17, in accordance with Code
Section 704(c) and the Regulations promulgated thereunder,
income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to any property
contributed to the capital of the Company shall, solely for tax
purposes, be allocated among the Members so as to take account
of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to
the Company for federal income tax purposes and its fair market
value on the date of contribution. Allocations pursuant to this
Paragraph 17.03 are solely for purposes of federal, state and
local taxes. As such, they shall not affect or in any way be
taken into account in computing a Member's Capital Account
or share of profits, losses, or other items of distributions pursuant
to any provisions of this Agreement.
17.04 Allocations of Net Profits and Losses and Distributions
in Respect of a Transferred Interest. If any Economic Interest is
transferred, or is increased or decreased by reason of the admission
of a new Member or otherwise, during any Fiscal Year of the
Company, Net Profit or Net Loss for such Fiscal Year shall be
assigned pro rata to each day in the particular period of such
Fiscal Year to which such item is attributable (i.e., the day on
or during which it is accrued or otherwise incurred), and the
amount of each such item so assigned to any such day shall be
allocated to the Member or Assignee based upon his or her
respective Economic Interest at the close of such day.
However, for the purpose of accounting convenience
and simplicity, the Company shall treat a transfer of, or an
increase or decrease in, an Economic Interest which occurs at
any time during a semi-monthly period (commencing with the
semi-monthly period including the date hereof) as having been
consummated on the last day of such semi-monthly period,
regardless of when during such semi-monthly period such
transfer, increase, or decrease actually occurs (i.e., sales and
dispositions made during the first fifteen (15) days of any
month will be deemed to have been made on the fifteenth
(15th) day of the month).
Notwithstanding any provision above to the contrary,
gain or loss of the Company realized in connection with a
sale or other disposition of any of the assets of the Company
shall be allocated solely to the parties owning Economic Interests
as of the date such sale or other disposition occurs.
17.05 Distributions of Distributable Cash by the Company.
Subject to applicable law and any limitations contained elsewhere
in this Agreement, the Manager may elect from time to time to
distribute Distributable Cash to the Members periodically, but not
less frequently than at the end of each calendar quarter, and after
the payment from gross income of all Approved Costs, which
distributions shall be in the following order of priority:
(a) First, to provide sufficient funds to the Members,
in the discretion of the Manager, to pay taxes on account of
income received by the Members from the Company in
cases where the ordinary priority of distribution of Distributable
Cash does not result in sufficient receipts by the Members to
pay income taxes.
(b) Second, repayment of equity on a pro rata basis
related to the home sold in the Project to the Member who
contributed the equity;
(c) Third, the payment of the Management Fee to
Member JB Valley Development Corporation;
(d) Fourth, as each home in the Project is sold, payment
of a preferred return equal to seven percent (7%) per annum on the
equity related to the home sold in the Project from the date the
equity was contributed to the date of repayment;
(e) Fifth, the balance of the proceeds on each home sold
in the Project shall be split equally (50-50) between the Members,
along with any proceeds received from any sources whatsoever
at the completion of the Project.
All such distributions shall be made only to the
Persons who, according to the books and records of the Company,
are the holders of record of the Economic Interests in respect of
which such distributions are made on the actual date of distribution.
Subject to Paragraph 17.07, neither the Company nor any Manager
shall incur any liability for making distributions in accordance with
this Paragraph 17.05.
17.06 Form of Distribution. A Member, regardless of the
nature of the Member's Capital Contribution, has no right to
demand and receive any distribution from the Company in any
form other than money. Except as provided in the Act, no Member
may be compelled to accept from the Company a distribution of
any asset in kind in lieu of a proportionate distribution of money
being made to other Members and no Member may be compelled
to accept a distribution of any asset in kind.
17.07 Restriction on Distributions
(a) No distribution shall be made if, after giving effect
to the distribution:
(ii) The Company would not be able to pay its
debts as they become due in the usual course of business; or
(iii) The Company's total assets would be less than
the sum of its total liabilities plus, unless this Agreement provides
otherwise, the amount that would be needed, if the Company were
to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the
preferential rights of other Members, if any, upon dissolution that
are superior to the rights of the Member receiving the distribution.
(b) The Manager may base a determination that a
distribution is not prohibited on any of the following:
(i) Financial statements prepared on the basis of
accounting practices and principles that are reasonable in the
circumstances;
(ii) A fair valuation; or
(iii) Any other method that is reasonable in the
circumstances. Except as provided in Corporations Code Section
17254(e), the effect of a distribution is measured as of the date the
distribution is authorized if the payment occurs within one
hundred twenty (120) days after the date of authorization, or the
date payment is made if it occurs more than one hundred twenty
(120) days of the date of authorization.
(c) A Member or Manager who votes for a distribution
in violation of this Agreement or the Act is personally liable to
the Company for the amount of the distribution that exceeds what
could have been distributed without violating this Agreement or
the Act if it is established that the Member or Manager did not
act in compliance with this Paragraph 17.07 or the Act. Any
Member or Manager who is so liable shall be entitled to compel
contribution from (i) each other Member or Manager who also
is so liable and (ii) each Member for the amount the Member
received with knowledge of facts indicating that the distribution
was made in violation of this Agreement or the Act.
17.08 Return of Distributions. Members and Assignees who
receive distributions made in violation of the Act or this
Agreement shall return such distributions to the Company.
Except for those distributions made in violation of the Act or
this Agreement, no Member or Assignee shall be obligated to
return any distribution to the Company or pay the amount of
any distribution for the account of the Company or to any
creditor of the Company. The amount of any distribution
returned to the Company by a Member or Assignee or paid by
a Member or Assignee for the account of the Company or to
a creditor of the Company shall be added to the account or
accounts from which it was subtracted when it was distributed
to the Member or Assignee.
17.09 Obligations of Members to Report Allocations.
The Members are aware of the income tax consequences of the
allocations made by this Article 17 and hereby agree to be
bound by the provisions of this Article 17 in reporting their
shares of Company income and loss for income tax purposes.
17.10 Compliance. The provisions of this Agreement are
intended to comply with and in some cases are required by
Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the code and Regulations
thereunder. Some of the language in this Agreement is taken
directly from such Regulations. This Agreement is intended to
be interpreted in such manner as to comply with the Regulations.
The Manager may make modifications deemed appropriate to
comply with such Regulations if events otherwise cause
this Agreement not to comply.
ARTICLE 18. INDEMNIFICATION OF MEMBERS AND
MEMBERS' FIDUCIARY DUTIES
18.01 The Company will indemnify the Members for any act
taken in the capacity of a Member, other than acts that involve a
breach of fiduciary duty. The standard of the fiduciary duty
a Member owes to the Company and to its members are those
of a partner to a partnership and to the partners of the partnership.
A Member's standard of conduct owed to the Company and other
Members is to act in the highest good faith to the Members, and
a Member may not seek to obtain an advantage in the Company
affairs by the slightest misconduct, misrepresentation,
concealment, threat, or adverse pressure of any kind.
ARTICLE 19. INDEMNIFICATION OF MANAGER AND
MANAGER'S FIDUCIARY DUTIES
19.01. The Company shall indemnify the Manager for any
act taken in the capacity of a Manager, other than acts that involve
a breach of fiduciary duty. The standard of the fiduciary duties
a Manager owes to the Company and to its Members are those
of a partner to a partnership and to the partners of the partnership.
A Manager's standard of conduct owed to the Company and
other Members is to act in the highest good faith to the Members,
and a Manager may not seek to obtain an advantage in the
Company affairs by the slightest misconduct, misrepresentation,
concealment, threat, or adverse pressure of any kind.
ARTICLE 20. COMPANY RECORDS AND REPORTS
20.01. Records and Accounting; Fiscal Year. The books and
records of the Company must be kept, and the financial position
and the results of its operations recorded, in accordance with
the accounting methods elected to be followed by the Company
for federal and state income tax purposes. The books and records
of the Company must reflect all Company transactions and
must be appropriate and adequate for the Company's business.
The fiscal year of the Company for financial reporting and for
federal income tax purposes is the calendar year.
20.02. Access to Accounting Records. All books and records
of the Company must be maintained at any office of the Company
or at the Company's principal place of business, and each
Member, and his or her duly authorized representative, must
have access to them at the office of the Company and the right
to inspect and copy them at reasonable times.
20.03. Annual and Tax Information. The Manager must use
its best efforts to cause the Company to deliver to each Member,
within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal year,
all information necessary for the preparation of each Member's
federal income tax return. The Manager must also use its best
efforts to cause the Company to prepare, within forty-five
(45) days after the end of each fiscal year, a financial report of
the Company for the fiscal year, which must contain a
balance sheet as of the last day of the year then ended, an
income statement for the year then ended, a statement of sources
and application of funds, and a statement of sources and
applications of funds, and a statement of reconciliation of the
capital accounts of the Members.
ARTICLE 21. DISSOLUTION OF COMPANY
21.01. The Company shall be dissolved, its assets shall be
disposed of, and its affairs shall be wound up on the first to occur
of the following events:
(a) Unanimous determination by all the Members that the
Company should be dissolved.
(b) The expiration of the Company term as stated in the
Articles, if any.
(c) Upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution
pursuant to Section 17351 of the Act.
(d) The sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company.
(e) The happening of any event that makes it unlawful
or impossible to carry on the business of the Company.
(f) Upon the occurrence of a Dissociation Event and the
failure of either: (1) the Company or the Remaining Members
exercising the right to purchase the Former Member's Interest
pursuant to Article 23; (2) the Remaining Member's providing
written consent to the resulting transfer of the Former Members'
Interest; or (3) the Remaining Members providing written
consent to the continuation of the business of the Company.
(g) At any earlier time as may be provided by
applicable law.
ARTICLE 22. REPRESENTATIONS
Each Member hereby represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the Members and Company as follows:
22.01. He, she or it has a preexisting personal or business
relationship with the Company or one or more of its officers or
controlling persons, or by reason of his, her or its business or
financial experience, or by reason of the business or financial
experience of his, her or its financial advisor who is unaffiliated
with and who is not compensated, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or any affiliate or selling agent of the Company; he,
she or it is capable of evaluating the risks and merits of an
investment in the Company and of protecting his, her or its
own interests in connection with this investment.
22.02. He, she or it has not seen, received, been presented
with, or been solicited by any leaflet, public promotional meeting,
article or any other form of advertising or general solicitation
with respect to the sale of the Interest in the Company.
22.03. He, she or it is acquiring the Membership Interest for
investment purposes for his, her or its own account and not with
a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of all or
any part of the Membership Interest. No other person will have
any direct or indirect beneficial interest in or right to the
Membership Interest.
22.04. He, she or it is financially able to bear the economic
risk of an investment in the Company, including the total loss
thereof.
22.05. He, she or it acknowledges that the Membership
Interest has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), or qualified under any blue
sky laws in reliance, in part, on his, her or its representations,
warranties and agreements herein.
22.06. He, she or it represents, warrants and agrees that the
Company is under no obligations to register or qualify the
Membership Interest under the Securities Act or under any state
securities law, or to assist him, her or it in complying with any
exemption from registration and qualification.
22.07. Without limiting the representations set forth above,
he, she or it will not make any disposition of all or any part of the
Membership Interest which will result in the violation by him,
her or it, or by the Company of the Securities Act or any other
applicable securities laws.
22.08. He, she or it understands that the certificates (if any)
evidencing the Membership Interest may bear any legend required
by applicable securities laws.
22.09. He, she or it acknowledges that the Membership Interest
is a speculative investment which involves a substantial degree of
risk of loss by him, her or it of his, her or its entire investment
in the Company, that he, she or it understands and takes full
cognizance of the risk factors related to the purchase of the
Membership Interest, and that the Company is newly organized
and has no financial or operating history.
22.10. He, she or it acknowledges that there are substantial
restrictions on the transferability of the Membership Interest
pursuant to this Agreement, that there is no public market for
the Membership Interest and none is expected to develop, and
that, accordingly, it may not be possible for him, her or it to
liquidate his, her or its investment in the Company.
22.11. Neither the Members, any agent or employee of the
Company or of the Members, nor any other person has at any
time guaranteed or warranted to him or her that he, she or it may
freely transfer the Membership Interest, that a percentage of
profit and/or amount or type of consideration will be realized as
a result of an investment in the Membership Interest, that past
performance or experience on the part of any Member or any
other person in any way indicates the predictable results of the
ownership of the Membership Interest or of the overall Company
business, that any cash distributions from Company operations
or otherwise will be made to the Members by any specific date
or will be made at all or that any specific tax benefits will accrue
as a result of an investment in the Company.
22.12. He, she or it acknowledges that the tax consequences
to him, her or it of investing in the Company will depend on his,
her or its particular circumstances, and neither the Company,
the Members, nor any other person will be responsible or liable
for the tax consequences to him, her or it of an investment in
the Company. He, she or it will look solely to, and rely upon,
his, her or its own advisers with respect to the tax consequences
of this investment.
ARTICLE 23. OPTIONAL PURCHASE EVENT AND
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
INTEREST
23.01 Optional Purchase Event Defined. As used in this
Article 23, "Optional Purchase Event" means, with respect to
any Member, the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) A Disassociation Event of any Member;
(b) The failure of a Member to make the Member's
Capital Contribution pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of
this Agreement;
(c) A change in control of any Member (For purposes
of this paragraph, "a change in control" means the voluntary or
involuntary sale, conveyance, transfer or pledge of stock to any
third party or parties or merger of the Member such that the right
to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%)
of the voting rights attributable to directing the management and
policies of the Member shall be vested in a party or parties who
are not now presently in control of that Member).
(d) The occurrence of any other event that is, or that
would cause, a transfer of any Membership Interest in
contravention of this Agreement; or
(e) The filing by a Member of an action seeking a
decree of judicial dissolution pursuant to Code Section 17351.
23.02 Optional Purchase Event. Upon the occurrence of an
Optional Purchase Event, the Company and/or the remaining
Members ("Remaining Members") shall have the right to
purchase, and if such right is exercised, the Member whose
actions or conduct resulted in the Optional Purchase Event
(the "Former Member" as defined in Paragraph 3.17) or such
Former Member's legal representative shall sell, the Former
Member's Interest (the "Former Member's Interest") as
provided in this Article 23. Each Former Member agrees to
give prompt notice of the Optional Purchase Event to the
Manager.
23.03 Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Former
Member's Interest shall be the Capital Account balance of the
Former Member as adjusted pursuant to Paragraph 3.02;
provided, however, that if the Former Member, such Former
Member's legal representative or the Company, deems the
Capital Account balance to vary from the fair market value
of the Former Member's Interest by more than ten percent
(10%), such party shall be entitled to require an appraisal by
providing notice of the request for appraisal within fourteen
(14) days after the determination of the Remaining Members to
continue the business of the Company. In such event, the value
of the Former Member's Interest shall be determined by three
(3) independent appraisers, one (1) selected by the Former
Member or such Former Member's legal representative, one
selected by the Company, and one (1) selected by the two (2)
appraisers so named. The fair market value of the Former
Member's Interest shall be the average of the two (2) appraisals
closest in amount to each other. In the event the fair market value
is determined to vary from the Capital Account balance by less
than ten percent (10%), the party requesting such appraisal shall
pay all expenses of the appraisals incurred by the party offering to
enter into the transaction at the Capital Account valuation. In all
other events, the party requesting the appraisal shall pay one-half
of such expense and the other party shall pay one-half of such
expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Optional Purchase
Event results from a breach of this Agreement by the Former
Member, the purchase price shall be reduced by an amount equal
to the damages suffered by the Company or the Remaining
Members as a result of such breach.
23.04 Notice of Intent to Purchase. Within thirty (30) days
after the Manager has notified the Remaining Members as to the
purchase price of the Former Member's Interest determined
in accordance with Paragraph 23.03, each Remaining Member
shall notify the Manager in writing of his, her or its desire to
purchase a portion of the Former Member's Interest. The failure
of any Remaining Member to submit a notice within the applicable
period shall constitute an election on the part of the Member not
to purchase any of the Former Member's Interest. Each Remaining
Member so electing to purchase shall be entitled to purchase a
portion of the Former Member's Interest in the same proportion
that the Percentage Interest of the Remaining Members bears to
the aggregate of the Percentage Interests of all of the Remaining
Members electing to purchase the Former Member's Interest.
23.05 Election to Purchase Less Than All of the Former
Member's Interest. If any Remaining Member elects to purchase
none or less than all of his, her or its Pro Rata Share of the
Former Member's Interest, then the Remaining Members may
elect to purchase more than their Pro Rata Share. If the Remaining
Members fail to purchase the entire Interest of the Former Member,
the Company may purchase any remaining share of the Former
Member's Interest.
23.06 Payment of Purchase Price. The purchase price shall be
paid by the Company or the Remaining Members, as the case may
be, by either of the following methods, each of which may be
selected separately by the Company or the Remaining Members:
(a) The Company or the Remaining Members shall at
the closing pay in cash the total purchase price for the Former
Member's Interest; or
(b) The Company or the Remaining Members shall
pay at the closing one-fifth (1/5) of the purchase price and the
balance of the purchase price shall be paid in four equal annual
principal installments, plus accrued interest, and be payable each
year on the anniversary date of the closing. The unpaid principal
balance shall accrue interest at the current applicable federal rate
as provided in the Code for the month in which the initial payment
is made, but the Company and the Remaining Members shall have
the right to prepay in full or in part at any time without penalty.
The obligation of each purchasing Remaining Member, and the
Company, as applicable, to pay its portion of the balance due shall
be evidenced by a separate promissory note executed by the
respective purchasing Remaining Member or the Company, as
applicable. Each such promissory note shall be in an original
principal amount equal to the portion owed by the respective
purchasing Remaining Member or the Company, as applicable.
The promissory note executed by each purchasing Remaining
Member shall be secured by a pledge of that portion of the
Former Member's Interest purchased by such Remaining Member.
23.07 Closing of Purchase of Former Member's Interest.
The closing for the sale of a Former Member's Interest pursuant
to this Article 23 shall be held at the Principal Office of Company
no later than sixty (60) days after the determination of the purchase
price, except that if the closing date falls on a Saturday, Sunday,
or California legal holiday, then the closing shall be held on the
next succeeding business day. At the closing, the Former Member
or such Former Member's legal representative shall deliver to the
Company or the Remaining Members an instrument of transfer
(containing warranties of title and no encumbrances) conveying
the Former Member's Interest. The Former Member or such
Former Member's legal representative, the Company and the
Remaining Members shall do all things and execute and deliver
all papers as may be necessary fully to consummate such sale and
purchase in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
23.08 Purchase Terms Varied by Agreement. Nothing
contained herein is intended to prohibit Members from agreeing
upon other terms and conditions for the purchase by the Company
or any Member of the Membership Interest of any Member in the
Company desiring to retire, withdraw or resign, in whole or in
part, as a Member.
ARTICLE 24. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
24.01. Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the Articles
of this Company constitute the complete and exclusive statement
of agreement among the Members with respect to the subject
matter described. This Agreement and the Articles replace and
supersede all prior agreements by and among any of the Members.
This Agreement and the Articles supersede all prior written and
oral statements; no representation, statement, or condition or
warranty not contained in this Agreement or the Articles is binding
on the Members or has any force or effect.
24.02. Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights of the
parties under this Agreement will be governed by, interpreted,
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
24.03. Binding Effect. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement relating to transferability, this Agreement is binding
on and inures to the benefit of the Members, and their respective
distributees, successors, and assigns.
24.04. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held
to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under the present or future
laws effective during the term of this Agreement, the provision is
fully severable; this Agreement is construed and enforced as if the
illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never comprised a
part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be
affected by the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision; and
there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a
provision as similar in terms to the illegal, invalid, or
unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid,
and enforceable.
24.05. Multiple Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in several counterparts, each of which is deemed an
original but all of which constitute one and the same instrument.
However, in making proof only one copy signed by the party to
be charged is required.
24.06. Additional Documents and Acts. Each Member agrees
to execute and deliver additional documents and instruments and
to perform all additional acts necessary or appropriate to effectuate,
carry out, and perform all of the terms, provisions, and conditions
of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by it.
24.07. No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is made
solely and specifically among and for the benefit of the parties to it,
and their respective successors and assigns, subject to the express
provisions of the Agreement relating to successors and assigns,
and no other person has or will have any rights, interest, or claims
under this Agreement as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise.
24.08. Tax Consequences. Members acknowledge that the tax
consequence of each Member's investment in the Company is
dependent on each Member's particular financial circumstances.
Each Member will rely solely on the Member's financial advisors
and not the Company. The Company makes no warranties as to the
tax benefits that the Members receive or will receive as a result of
the Member's investment in the Company.
24.09. Notices. Any notice to be given or to be served on the
Company or any party to this Agreement in connection with this
Agreement must be in writing and is deemed to have been given
and received when delivered to the address specified by the party
to receive the notice. Notices must be given to each Member at the
address specified in Exhibit "A". Any Member or the Company
may, at any time, designate any other address in substitution of the
foregoing address to which notice will be given by giving written
notice to the other Members and the Company thirty (30) days
before the date of delivery of the notice.
24.10. Amendments. All Amendments to this Agreement must
be in writing and signed by all of the Members.
24.11. Title to Company Property. Legal title to all property
of the Company must be held and conveyed in the name of the
Company.
24.12. Reliance on Authority of Person Signing Agreement.
In the event that a Member is not a natural person, neither the
Company nor any Member will (1) be required to determine
the authority of the individual signing this Agreement to make
any commitment or undertaking on behalf of the Entity or to
determine any fact or circumstance bearing on the existence
of the authority of the individual, or (2) be required to see to
the application or distribution of proceeds paid or credited
to individuals signing this Agreement on behalf of the Entity.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned have executed
this Agreement, to be effective as of the date first written above
and each of the individuals signing below warrants that he or she
has the authority to sign for and on behalf of the respective parties.
MEMBER:
Dover Investments Corporation,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Its: President
JB Valley Development Corporation,
a California corporation
By: /s/Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx.
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx.
Its: Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Its: President
EXHIBIT A
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION OF MEMBERS AND
ADDRESSES OF MEMBERS AND MANAGER OF
CORRAL HOLLOW PROPERTIES, LLC
Member's Name:
JB Valley Development Corporation,
a California corporation
Member's Address:
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Member's Capital Contribution:
Contribution of services to the Company as
Manager and developer
Member's Percentage Interest:
50%
Member's Name:
Dover Investments Corporation,
a Delaware corporation
Member's Address:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Member's Capital Contribution:
Up to $5,700,000 on an as-needed basis to develop the
Project as determined by the Manager
Member's Percentage Interest:
50%
Manager's Name:
JB Valley Development Corporation,
a California corporation
Manager's Address:
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
EXHIBIT B
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
