Exhibit 3.29b
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
NORTHEAST COPIER SYSTEMS, LLC
A MASSACHUSETTS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
NORTHEAST COPIER SYSTEMS, LLC
This LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") of
Northeast Copier Systems, LLC (the "Company") is effective as of April 1, 2002.
1. Formation of Limited Liability Company. The Company has been
formed as a limited liability company pursuant to the provisions of the
Massachusetts Limited Liability Company Act, as it may be amended from time to
time, and any successor to such statute (the "Act"). The rights and obligations
of Xxxxxx Office Products, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation ("Xxxxxx"), and the
administration and termination of the Company shall be governed by the Agreement
and the Act. The Agreement shall be considered the "Limited Liability Company
Agreement" of the Company within the meaning of the Act. To the extent this
Agreement is inconsistent in any respect with the Act, this Agreement shall
control.
2. Members. Xxxxxx is the sole Member of the Company (the "Member").
3. Purpose. The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and
the nature of the business is, engaging in any lawful business or activity
permitted to be engaged in by a limited liability company pursuant to the Act
and engaging in any and all activities necessary, convenient, desirable or
incident to the foregoing.
4. Name. The name of the Company shall be Northeast Copier Systems,
LLC.
5. Registered Agent and Principal Office. The registered office and
registered agent of the Company in the State of Massachusetts shall be initially
at CT Corporation System, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 00000, and
shall thereafter be as the managers may designate from time to time. The Company
may have such other offices as the managers may designate from time to time. The
principal business and mailing address of the Company shall be 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000.
6. Term of Company. The Company commenced on the date its
Certificate of Formation first was properly filed with the Secretary of State of
the State of Massachusetts and shall continue in existence in perpetuity unless
its business and affairs are earlier wound up following dissolution at such time
as this Agreement may specify.
7. Management of Company.
(a) Managers. All decisions relating to the business, affairs, and
properties of the Company shall be made by the managers. The managers may
appoint a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and
such other officers of the Company as the managers may deem necessary or
advisable to manage the day-to-day business affairs of the Company. The managers
shall serve at the pleasure of the Member. The managers and officers
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shall have the authority to act on behalf of, bind, and execute and deliver
documents in the name and on behalf of the Company. Such delegation of authority
shall not cause the Member to cease to be a Member.
(b) Number, Qualifications and Terms. The number of managers of the
Company shall be between one and three managers, but the authorized number of
managers may be increased by manager resolution. Managers need not be residents
of the State of Massachusetts. Each manager shall hold office for the full term
for which such manager is elected, which term shall be specified in the vote or
resolution of the Member or, if not so specified and in each case, until such
manager's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or
her earlier death or resignation or removal in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) Initial Managers. The initial manager of the Company shall be
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx. On April 2, 2002 the managers shall be as follows:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
(d) Place of Meetings. Meetings of the managers of the Company,
regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of
Massachusetts, at whatever place is specified by the person or persons calling
the meeting. In the absence of a specific designation, the meetings shall be
held at the principal office of the Company.
(e) Regular Meetings of Managers. Regular meetings of the managers
shall be held at such place or places within or without the State of
Massachusetts, at such hour and on such day as may be fixed by resolution of the
managers, without further notice of such meetings. The time or place of holding
regular meetings of the managers may be changed by the Chairman or the President
of the Company by giving written notice thereof as provided in Section 7(g)
hereof.
(f) Special Meetings of Managers. Special meetings of the managers
shall be held, whenever called by the President or any manager, at such place or
places within or without the State of Massachusetts as may be stated in the
notice of the meeting.
(g) Attendance at and Notice of Meetings. Written notice of the time
and place of, and general nature of the business to be transacted at, all
special meetings of the managers, and written notice of any change in the time
or place of holding the regular meetings of the managers, shall be given to each
manager personally or by mail or by telegraph, telecopier or similar
communication at least ten days before the day of the meeting; provided,
however, that notice of any meeting need not be given to any manager if waived
by him or her in writing, or if he or she shall be present at such meeting.
Participation in a meeting of the managers shall constitute presence in person
at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting
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for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the
ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
(h) Quorum of and Action by Managers. Unless a greater number is
required by law, one manager shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Except as otherwise provided by law or in this Agreement, all
questions shall be decided by the vote cast by the manager.
(i) Manager Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by
this Agreement, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the
managers may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth
the action so taken, is signed by the manager of the Company and filed with the
Secretary of the Company.
(j) Manager Telephone Meetings. Subject to the provisions required or
permitted by the Act for notice of meetings, unless otherwise restricted by this
Agreement, the managers may participate in and hold a meeting of such managers
by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7(j) shall constitute
presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business
on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
(k) Compensation of Managers. Managers shall not be entitled to
receive compensation for their services.
(l) Removal, Vacancies. The Member may remove any manager of the
Company at any time in its sole discretion. The Member shall appoint a
replacement manager to fill any vacancy.
(m) Liability of Managers. A manager shall not be liable under any
judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for any debt,
obligation or liability of the Company by reason of his acting as a manager of
the Company. A manager of the Company shall not be personally liable to the
Company or the Member for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
manager, except for liability for any acts or omissions that involve intentional
misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law or for a distribution in
violation of the Act as a result of the willful or grossly negligent act or
omission of the manager. If the laws of the State of Massachusetts are amended
after the date of this Agreement to authorize action further eliminating or
limiting the personal liability of managers, then the liability of a manager of
the Company, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided
herein, shall be limited to the full extent permitted by the amended laws of the
State of Massachusetts. Any repeal or modification of this Section 7(m) by the
Member shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation
on the personal liability of a manager of the Company existing at the time of
such repeal or modification or thereafter arising as a result of acts or
omissions prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
(n) Outside Activities. This Agreement shall not preclude or limit,
in any
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respect, the right of the Member or the Managers (or any person associated
with the Managers) to engage or invest, directly or indirectly, in any business
activity or venture of any nature or description, including those that may be
the same as or similar to the Company's business and in direct competition
therewith, or to invest in the same business activity or venture as those in
which the Company has invested, and no Member or the Managers shall have any
obligation to offer any such business activity or venture to the Company.
Neither the Company nor the Member shall have any right, by virtue of this
Agreement or the relationship created hereunder, in such investments or to such
other activities or ventures, and such activities or ventures, even if the same
are directly competitive with the business of the Company, shall not be deemed
wrongful or improper, manifestly unreasonable or a breach of any duty imposed on
the Member or the Managers hereunder, the Act or other applicable law.
(o) Reimbursement of Managers. All direct costs and expenses incurred
by the Managers in managing and conducting the business and affairs of the
Company, including, without limitation, (i) all costs and expenses incurred in
organizing the Company and in conducting any business activities of the Company,
(ii) telephone and other office expenses, (iii) travel expenses and (iv)
expenses incurred in providing or obtaining such other professional, technical,
administrative services and advice as the Managers may deem necessary or
desirable, shall be paid or reimbursed by the Company as a Company expense.
8. Indemnification of Officers and Managers. The Company shall
indemnify each manager and officer of the Company to the full extent permitted
by law. The Company shall provide director and officer liability insurance for
each manager and officer of the Company to the extent deemed appropriate by the
Member or as otherwise required by any agreement to which the Company is a
party.
9. Capital Contributions. The Member shall contribute to the capital
of the Company the properties described in Exhibit A (the "Capital
Contributions"). At any time and from time to time, the Member may make, and the
Managers may request that the Member make, additional Capital Contributions
("Additional Contributions") to the capital of the Company. In no event shall
the Managers be obligated to call for Additional Contributions nor shall the
Member be required to make Additional Contributions.
10. Allocations of Profits and Losses. Except as may otherwise be
required by applicable U.S. Treasury regulations (including U.S. Treasury
regulations applicable to allocations attributable to Company indebtedness), all
profits and losses and all related items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and
credit of the Company shall be allocated, charged, or credited among the Members
in accordance with their respective membership interests.
11. Distributions. The Company may distribute funds to the Members at
such times and in such amounts as the Managers shall determine to be
appropriate. Any such distributions shall be made to each Member in accordance
with each such Member's membership interest at the time of the distribution with
no priority as to any Member.
12. Additional Members and Membership Interests. Additional persons
may be admitted to the Company as Members and membership interests may be
created and
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issued to such persons on such terms and conditions as the Member shall
determine and as shall be reflected in an appropriate amendment to this
Agreement that is approved by all the Members.
13. Liability of Member. No Member shall be liable for the debts,
liabilities, contracts or other obligations of the Company except to the extent
of any unpaid Capital Contributions such Member has agreed to make to the
Company and such Member's share of the assets (including undistributed revenues)
of the Company; and in all events, a Member shall be liable and obligated to
make payments of its Capital Contributions only as and when such payments are
due in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. No Member shall be required
to make any loans to the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
a Member in the event a Member becomes liable, notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, for any debt, liability, contract or other obligation of the Company
except to the extent expressly provided in the first sentence of this Section
13.
14. No State-Law Partnership. The Company shall not be considered a
partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint
venture, and no Member shall be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member
for any purposes other than as the Managers may determine, and this Agreement
shall not be construed to suggest otherwise.
15. Title to Company Property. All assets and property owned by the
Company, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be
owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member, individually, shall have any
ownership of such property. All the Company's assets and properties shall be
recorded as the property of the Company on its books and records.
16. Books and Records. The Managers shall maintain or cause the
Company to maintain books and records as required by, and in accordance with,
the Act, and such other books and records as the Member may reasonably request,
including specifically accounting books. Such books shall be kept at the
principal office of the Company and shall be maintained in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. The fiscal year of the Company shall be April 1 to
March 31, and the Managers shall keep the accounting books of the Company on
such basis.
17. Bank Accounts. The Managers may cause one or more accounts to be
maintained in the name of the Company in a bank (or banks) or other financial
institutions such as stock brokerage firms, which accounts shall be used for the
payment of expenditures incurred by the Company and in which shall be deposited
any and all receipts of the Company. All amounts shall be and remain the
property of the Company and shall be received, held and disbursed by the
Managers for the purposes specified in this Agreement.
18. Dissolution and Winding Up. The Member shall have the right to
dissolve the Company. The Member may exercise this right by executing a written
instrument of dissolution that provides that the Company's business and affairs
shall be wound up.
19. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified from time
to time only by a written instrument executed by the Member.
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20. Governing Law. The validity and enforceability of this Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Massachusetts without regard to otherwise governing principles of conflicts of
law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as
of the date first above written.
MEMBER
Xxxxxx Office Products, Inc.,
a New Hampshire corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
COMPANY
Northeast Copier Systems, LLC,
a Massachusetts limited liability
company
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer
EXHIBIT A
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PROPERTY CONTRIBUTED
The Member's shares of and basis in all or the outstanding shares of the
capital stock of Northeast Copier Systems, Inc.
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