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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
B.R. GUEST PARENT HOLDINGS, LLC
A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
DATED AS OF DECEMBER __, 2008
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Table of Contents
Page
Section I. Definitions 3
Section 2. Organization of the Company 3
2.1. Name 3
2.2. Place of Registered Office; Registered Agent 4
2.3. Principal Office 4
2.4. Filings 4
2.5. Term 4
2.6. Admission of Members 4
2.7. No Partnership 4
2.8. Investment Vehicles 4
Section 3. Purpose 4
Section 4. Expenses 5
Section 5. Capital Contributions and Capital Accounts 6
5.1. Initial Capital Contributions 6
5.2. Additional Capital Contributions 6
5.3. Intentionally Omitted 9
5.4. Return of Capital Contribution 9
5.5. No Interest on Capital 9
5.6. Capital Accounts 9
5.7. New Members 9
5.8. BRO Funds 10
Section 6. Distributions 10
6.1. Distribution of Distributable Funds 10
6.2. Distribution Priority for Indemnities 12
6.3. Management Incentive Program 12
6.4. Distributions in Kind 13
6.5. Tax Distributions 13
6.6. Equalizing Distribution Amounts 13
6.7. Distribution of Starwood Notes 14
Section 7. Allocations 14
7.1. Allocation of Net Income and Net Losses Other than in Liquidation 14
7.2. Allocation of Net Income and Net Losses in Liquidation 14
7.3. Other Allocations Rules 14
Section 8. Books, Records, Tax Matters and Bank Accounts 15
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8.1. Books and Records 15
8.2. Reports and Financial Statements 15
8.3. Tax Matters Member 16
8.4. Bank Accounts 17
8.5. Tax Returns 17
8.6. Background Checks 17
8.7. Rights of VCOC Funds 17
Section 9. Management and Operations 17
9.1. Management 17
9.2. Management Committee 20
9.3. Annual Business Plan 23
9.4. Intentionally Omitted 23
9.5. Affiliate Transactions 23
9.6. Other Activities 24
9.7. Exclusivity; Non-Competition 24
9.8. Limitation on Actions of Members; Binding Authority 26
9.9. Organization of Members 26
9.10. Gaming Activities 26
9.11. Operation in Accordance with VCOC 27
9.12. FCPA/OFAC 28
9.13. Credit Enhancement 28
9.14. Insurance 30
Section 10. Confidentiality 30
Section 11. Representations and Warranties 31
11.1. In General 31
112. Representations and Warranties 31
Section 12. Sale, Assignment, Transfer or other Disposition 34
12.1. Prohibited Transfers 34
122. Permitted Transfers 34
12.3. Admission of Transferee 35
12.4. Withdrawals and Withdrawing Members 36
12.5. Interest Transfers, Company Sale and Asset Sale Subject to Right of First
Offer 37
12.6. Redemption Option 37
Section 13. Dissolution 38
13.1. Limitations 38
13.2. Exclusive Events Requiring Dissolution 38
13.3. Liquidation 38
13.4. Continuation of the Company 39
Section 14. Indemnification 39
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14.1. Exculpation of Members 39
14.2. Indemnification by Company 39
14.3. Indemnification by Members for Misconduct 40
14.4. General Indemnification by the Members 41
Section 15. Miscellaneous 41
15.1. Notices 41
15.2. Governing Law; Arbitration 43
15.3. Successors 44
15.4. Pronouns 44
15.5. Table of Contents and Captions Not Part of Agreement 44
15.6. Severability 44
15.7. Counterparts 44
15.8. Entire Agreement and Amendment 44
15.9. Further Assurances 44
15.10. No Third Party Rights 45
15.11. Incorporation by Reference 45
15.12. Limitation on Liability 45
15.13. Remedies Cumulative; Dispute Costs 45
15.14. No Waiver 45
15.15. Limitation On Use of Names 46
15.16. Publicly Traded Partnership Provision 46
15.17. Uniform Commercial Code 46
15.18. Public Announcements 46
15.19. No Construction Against Drafter 46
15.20. BRO Member and Hanson Member Liability 46
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Initial Capital Contributions, Initial Capital Accounts and Management
Committee Representatives
Exhibit B Definitions
Exhibit C List of Monthly Reports
Exhibit D Additional Reporting Requirements
Exhibit E Annual Business Plan Information
Exhibit F Major Decisions
Exhibit 0 Interest Transfers, Company Sale and Asset Sale Subject to Right of First Offer
Exhibit H Redemption Procedures
Exhibit I Procedure for Determining Appraisal Value
Exhibit J Initial Restaurants
Exhibit K B.R. Guest Brands
Exhibit L Organization Structure Chart
Exhibit M Ownership of BRG Member
Exhibit N Ownership of Stanwood
Exhibit O Management Incentive Program
Exhibit P Calendar for Fiscal Years 2007 through 2010
Exhibit Q Intentionally Omitted
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Exhibit R Takeout Financing Terms
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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
B.R. GUEST PARENT HOLDINGS, LW
THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT of B.R. Guest Parent
Holdings, LLC (this "Agreement") is made and entered into and is effective as of December
2008, by and among (i) SPH Enterprises, Inc. (f/k/a B.R. Guest, Inc.), a New York corporation
("ERG Member"), (ii) Stephen P. Hanson, an individual residing in New York, New York
("Hanson Member"), and (iii) SOF U.S. Restaurant Co-Invest Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company ("Starwood").
LVIMEgarril:
WHEREAS, the Company was formed on December 23, 2008, pursuant to the
Act;
WHEREAS, on November 29, 2006, Starwood, Hanson Member, BRG Member,
B.R. Guest Trademark Company, Inc., PH 2000, Inc., B.R. Guest Vegas, Inc., and B.R. Guest
Holdings, LLC (f/k/a elevenseven Holdings, L.L.C.), a Delaware limited liability company
("BRG Holdings Sub"), entered into the Contribution Agreement pursuant to which, among
other things, Starwood, on the one hand, and Hanson Member and BRG Member, on the other
hand, each agreed to contribute certain assets to BRG Holdings Sub in exchange for a 50%
membership interest in BRO Holdings;
WHEREAS, on November 29, 2006, Hanson Member, Deana Hanson 2006
Management Trust, Deana Dibello Hanson, R.S.V.H., Inc. and BRG Holdings Sub entered into
the Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement (the "Original Master Restaurant Purchase
Agreement), pursuant to which, among other things, BRG Holdings Sub agreed to purchase the
Initial Restaurants and all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of
Third & 50, LLC, a New York limited liability company ("DC3 LLC"), owned by Hanson
Member and to offer to purchase from the other members of DC3 their membership interests in
DC3 LLC on the terms described therein (the "DC3 Acquisition");
WHEREAS on February 23, 2007, Starwood, Hanson Member, and BRG
Member made contributions to BRG Holdings Sub as more fully described in the Contribution
Agreement and that certain Amended and Restated limited Liability Company Agreement of
BRG Holdings Sub, dated as of February 23, 2007 (the "Initial LLC Agreement") by and among
Starwood, Hanson Member and BRG Member and, in respect thereof; Hanson Member had an
initial capital account in BRG Holdings Sub equal to $10,898,042, BRG Member had an initial
capital account in BRO Holdings Sub equal to $31,805,885, and Starwood had an initial capital
account in BRG Holdings Sub equal to $42,703,927;
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2007, pursuant to Section 6.6 of the Initial LLC
Agreement, a Top-Up Amount (as defined in the Contribution Agreement) equal to $538,288
was distributed to Starwood, a Top-Up Amount equal to $137,371 was distributed to Hanson
Member and a Top-Up Amount equal to $400,917 was distributed to BRG Member;
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WHEREAS, on February 23, 2007, BRG Holdings Sub acquired the Initial
Restaurants;
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2008, the Members and BRG Holdings Sub entered into
that certain letter agreement, pursuant to which Starwood made Senior Preferred Capital
Contributions to ERG Holdings Sub in the aggregate amount of $60,000,000 (the "Initial,
Starwood Preferred Capital"), which Initial Starwood Preferred Capital was used to repay the
Starwood Bridge Financing;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, BRG Holdings Sub assigned each of the
following to the Company: (i) the Starwood Note and its rights thereunder, (ii) BRG Holdings
Sub's rights and obligations under the Master Purchase Restaurant Agreement as it relates to the
DC3 Acquisition and (iii) ERG Holdings Sub's rights and obligations under the Hanson
Employment Agreement;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, each of Starwood, Hanson Member, ERG
Member, ERG Holdings Sub and the Company entered into that certain Contribution Agreement
(the "ARC Parent Contribution Agreement") pursuant to which Starwood, Hanson Member, and
ERG Member, contributed their respective membership interests in BRG Holdings Sub to the
Company in exchange for their Interests in the Company;
WHEREAS, immediately after the contribution described in the preceding recital,
BRG Holdings Sub will be a disregarded entity owned by the Company for US federal income
tax purposes and the contribution will be disregarded for US federal income tax purposes (i.e.,
the Company will be a continuation of ERG Holdings Sub under a new name);
WHEREAS, Hanson Member has transferred to each of the Brynn Beatrice
Hanson Generation Skipping Trust and the Leah Elizabeth Hanson Generation Skipping Trust
(together, the "Trusts") an economic interest in the limited liability company interests of DC3
owned by Hanson Member equal to sixteen and one-half percent (16.5%) of the membership
interests in DC3 LLC;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof the parties to the Original Master Restaurant
Purchase Agreement (other than ERG Holdings Sub) and certain other parties entered into that
certain Assignment and Assumption of Limited Liability Company Interests and Amendment to
the Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, the Original
Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement was amended to permit the members of DC3 to elect to
receive a note in lieu of cash consideration in connection with their sale of their limited liability
company interests of DC3;
WHEREAS, to facilitate the DC3 Acquisition, Hanson Member, as a member of
DC3, has elected to receive, pursuant to Section 1.10(c) of the Master Restaurant Purchase
Agreement, in lieu of the cash consideration which Hanson Member is entitled to receive in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement in
connection with the sale of all the limited liability company interests of DC3 owned by Hanson
Member, and in repayment of a five hundred thousand dollar ($500,000) advance to DC3 by the
Hanson Member, the following: (a) a promissory note issued by the Company on the date hereof
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to Hanson Member in the principal amount of US$6,049,095 (the "Hanson Loan"), and
guaranteed by Starwood (the "Starwood Guaranty") and (b) promissory notes issued by the
Company on the date hereof to each of the Trusts in the aggregate principal amount of
US$3,298,770 ($1,649,385 to each Trust) (the "Trusts Loans", and together with the Hanson
Loan, the "DC3 Loans"), and guaranteed by Starwood (the "Starwood Trusts Guaranties") and
certain affiliates of Starwood (the "Stanwood Affiliates Guaranties", and together with the
Starwood Guaranty and the Starwood Trusts Guaranties, the "Starwood Guaranties");
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, (a) the DC3 Creditors issued the DC3 Loans to
the Company, (b) Hanson Member (and the Trusts) agreed that such issuance of the DC3 Loans
constituted payment and discharge in full of all amounts payable to Hanson Member (as a
member of DC3) under the Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement to consummate the DC3
Acquisition, and (c) the Company paid Hanson Member and Hanson Member has made the
necessary payments to each of the other members of DC3 under the Master Restaurant Purchase
Agreement to consummate the DC3 Acquisition (in the case of clauses (b) and (c), including,
without limitation, Sections 1.10 and 5.3(b) of the Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement) and
(d) DC3 LLC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company;
WHEREAS, as security for Starwood's obligations under the Starwood Guaranty
and the Starwood Trust Guaranties, on the date hereof Starwood has agreed to pledge all of its
Interests pursuant to a pledge agreement dated the date hereof by and among Stanwood, Hanson
Member and each of the Trusts (the "Pledge Agreement");
WHEREAS, ERG Member and Hanson Member are collectively referred to
herein as "ERG", and all decisions, and the granting (or withholding) of all consents,
authorizations, waivers, approvals and other actions by BRG Member, Hanson Member and/or
BRG hereunder or in respect hereof or of the Company or any Investment Vehicle shall be made
by BRG Member acting on behalf of ERG Member, Hanson Member and ERG, as further
described in Section 9.1(d); and
WHEREAS, the Members desire to participate in the Company for the purposes
described herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants set forth
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Exhibit B and the other
Exhibits attached hereto).
Section 2. Organization of the Company.
2.1. Name. The name of the Company shall be "B.R. Guest Parent Holdings,
LLC". The business and affairs of the Company shall be conducted under such name or such
other name as the Management Committee deems necessary or appropriate to comply with the
\ requirements of law in any jurisdiction in which the Company may elect to do business.
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2.2. Place of Registered Office; Registered Agent. The address of the
registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is do The Corporation Trust
Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The
name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of
Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The Management Committee may, at any time on five (5) days
prior notice to all Members, change the location of the Company's registered office or change
the registered agent.
2.3. Principal Office. The principal address of the Company shall be 206
Spring Street, New York, New York 10012, or at such other place or places as may be
determined by the Management Committee from time to time.
2.4. Filings. On or before execution of this Agreement, an authorized person
within the meaning of the Act shall have duly filed or caused to be filed the Certificate of
Formation of the Company with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as
provided in Section 18-201 of the Act, and the Members hereby ratify such filing. The Members
shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as may be
reasonably necessary to perfect and maintain the status of the Company as a limited liability
company under the laws of the State of Delaware. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, the Company shall not do business in any jurisdiction that would jeopardize the
limitation on liability afforded to the Members under the Act or this Agreement.
2.5. Term. The Company shall continue in existence from the date hereof in
perpetuity until the Company is dissolved as provided in Section j}.
2.6. Admission of Members. Upon execution of this Agreement, each of
Starwood, BRO Member and Hanson Member shall be admitted to the Company as members.
2.7. No Partnership. The Members intend that the Company shall not be a
partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no
Member be an agent, partner or joint venture of any other Member for any purposes other than
U.S. Federal, state and local tax purposes, and this Agreement shall not be construed to suggest
otherwise.
2.8. Investment Vehicles. The business and affairs of the Company shall be
conducted through the Company or, at the direction of the Management Committee, one or more
Investment Vehicles. The Organizational Documents of each Investment Vehicle shall be
subject to the approval of the Management Committee. Any Investment Vehicle shall be
structured in a tax efficient manner and shall take into account the tax, ERISA, regulatory and
other ownership requirements of BRG and Starwood. Exhibit L sets out an organizational
structure chart of the Company and the Investment Vehicles as of the date of this Agreement.
Section 3. Purpose. The purpose of the Company, subject in each case to the
terms hereof, shall be to engage directly or indirectly through one or more Investment Vehicles,
(a) in all business and activities of any nature relating to or involving the ownership, operation,
\ leasing, licensing, franchising, management, development, performance of consulting services in
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respect of, expansion and disposition of the Initial Restaurants, DC3 and the B.R. Guest Brands,
and any other restaurants, nightclubs, restaurant Brands, nightclub Brands and restaurant and
nightclub concepts and operations (each such owned, operated, leased, licensed or franchised
restaurant, nightclub, restaurant Brand, nightclub Brand, restaurant concept, nightclub concept
and related investments, a "Portfolio Investment" and, collectively, the "Portfolio Investments"),
(b) in all business activities of any nature relating to or involving a Portfolio Investment
including, without limitation, acquiring, owning, operating, developing, renovating,
repositioning, managing, selling, leasing, licensing, franchising, financing and refinancing all, or
any portion of a Portfolio Investment, and (c) in all other activities related or incidental to the
foregoing.
Section 4. Expenses.
(a) General. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or
determined by the Management Committee, each of the Company and each Member shall bear
its own costs and expenses in connection with entering into this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions and performance of its obligations contemplated hereby.
(b) Organizational Expenses. The Organizational Expenses of the Company
or any Investment Vehicle shall be borne by the Company or such Investment Vehicle, as
applicable. The Company or applicable Investment Vehicle shall reimburse the Members and
their Affiliates for all out-of-pocket Organizational Expenses incurred on behalf of the Company
or any Investment Vehicle to the extent such Organizational Expenses are set forth in an Annual
Business Plan or have been approved by the Management Committee.
(c) Operatina Expenses. The Company or applicable Investment Vehicle
shall, to the extent set forth in an Annual Business Plan or approved by the Management
Committee, pay for the reasonable expenses (including, but not limited to, costs of accounting,
and legal fees and disbursements, transfer agent fees and disbursements, duplicating, travel,
telephone, appraisal, engineering and environmental expenses, property management fees and
real estate commissions) relating to the acquisition, development, financing, management,
licensing, expansion, franchising, operation and disposition of the Company's assets or the
Company's direct or indirect investment in any Portfolio Investment or Investment Vehicle (or
negotiations related thereto), including, without limitation, Pursuit Costs, as well as all other
expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company or any Investment Vehicle in connection with
the business of the Company or any Investment Vehicle (collectively, "Operating Expenses");
provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or any Investment Vehicle pay any
Overhead Expenses of any Member or its Affiliates, all of which are intended to be paid by such
Member or Affiliate. The Company or applicable Investment Vehicle shall reimburse the
Members and their Affiliates for any costs and expenses advanced by such Member or its
Affiliates on behalf of the Company or any Investment Vehicle in respect of Operating Expenses
to the extent such costs and expenses are set forth in an Annual Business Plan or have been
approved by the Management Committee.
(d) Allocation of Expenses. The Overhead Expenses and Operating Expenses
of the Management Vehicle shall be allocated among the Company Portfolio Investments based
on their proportion of the sales revenues of all Company Portfolio Investments or as otherwise
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determined by the Management Committee, and the EBITDA of any Company Portfolio
Investment shall be calculated taking into account the Overhead Expenses and Operating
Expenses of the Management Vehicle allocated to such Company Portfolio Investment.
Section 5. Capital Contributions and Capital Accounts.
5.1. Initial Capital Contributions. Upon execution of this Agreement Starwood
shall make a Senior Preferred Capital Contribution to the Company in cash in the aggregate
amount of $6,000,000 (the "Initial Starwood Contribution"). Upon execution of this Agreement,
the contribution by Starwood of the Initial Stanwood Contribution, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated under the BRG Parent Contribution Agreement and the distributions
made on the date hereof under Sections 6.6 and §/, each of BRG Member, Hanson Member and
Starwood shall have made (or be deemed to have made) an initial Senior Preferred Capital
Contribution, initial Junior Preferred Capital Contribution and initial Common Capital
Contribution to the Company in the amounts set forth opposite its name in Exhibit A attached
hereto under the respective headings Initial Senior Preferred Capital Contribution, Initial Junior
Preferred Capital Contribution and Initial Common Capital Contribution (the "Initial Capital
Contributions").
5.2. Additional Capital Contributions. (a) Additional capital (each, an
"Additional Capital Contribution") may be called for from the Members by the Management
Committee by written notice to the Members from time to time as and to the extent capital is
nen& ry to effect an investment or expenditures approved by the Management Committee,
and/or as otherwise may be required by the Management Committee (including in respect of
Exigent Circumstances). Except as otherwise agreed in writing by BRG and Starwood, such
Additional Capital Contributions shall be in an amount for each Member as follows: (x) BRG
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to elect to contribute (by delivering written notice
thereof to Stanwood at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date the applicable Additional
Capital Contribution is required) up to an amount (the "BRG Elected Amount") equal to the
product of the aggregate capital called for multiplied by twenty percent (20%) and (y) Starwood
shall have (i) the obligation to contribute an amount equal to the product of the aggregate capital
called for multiplied by eighty percent (80%) and (ii) the right (but not the obligation) to
contribute an amount equal to the aggregate capital called for less the sum of (A) the amounts
required to be contributed by Stanwood pursuant to clause (y)(i) and (B) the amounts contributed
by BRG pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (x). Such Additional Capital
Contributions shall be payable by the Members to the Company upon the earlier of (i) twenty
(20) days after written request from the Management Committee, or (ii) the date when such
Additional Capital Contributions are required, as set forth in a written request from the
Management Committee.
(b) Additional Capital Contributions may be called for from the Members by
Starwood or BRG unilaterally, in the case of an Exigent Circumstance, by written notice to the
other Members from time to time. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by BRG and Starwood,
such Additional Capital Contributions in respect of Exigent Circumstances shall be in an amount
for each Member equal to the aggregate capital called for multiplied by ten percent (10%), in the
case of BRG, and the aggregate capital called for multiplied by ninety percent (90%), in the case
of Starwood. Such Additional Capital Contributions shall be payable by the Members to the
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Company upon the earlier of (i) twenty (20) days after written request from the Member making
such call for capital or (ii) the date when such Additional Capital Contributions are required, as
set forth in a written request from Starwood or BRG, as the case may be. For the avoidance of
doubt, in the event the Management Committee calls capital in respect of an Exigent
Circumstance the provisions of Section 5.2(a) shall govern such capital call.
(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) If a Member (a "Non-Funding Member") fails to make an Additional
Capital Contribution that is required as provided in Section 5.2(b) or Section 9.13 within the time
frame required therein (the amount of the failed Additional Capital Contribution shall be the
"Default Amount), each other Member, provided that it has made the Additional Capital
Contribution required to be made by it, shall have as its sole and exclusive remedy with respect
to such failure to fund by the Non-Funding Member (such Member exercising such remedy is
hereinafter referred to as a "Contributing Member"):
(1) to treat its portion of such Capital Contribution as a loan to the Company
(rather than a Capital Contribution) and to advance to the Company as a loan to the
Company an amount equal to the Default Amount (such loans, each a "Company Loan").
At the election of the Contributing Member, the Company Loan shall be evidenced by a
promissory note in form reasonably satisfactory to the Contributing Member. Each
Company Loan shall bear interest at the Default Loan Rate, and (ii) subject to the last
sentence of this paragraph, be payable on a first priority basis by the Company from
available Cash Flow and prior to any Distributions made to the Non-Funding Member.
Interest on a Company Loan, to the extent unpaid, shall accrue and compound on a daily
basis. All payments made in respect of any Company Loan shall be applied first to
payment of any interest due under such Company Loan and then to principal until all
amounts due thereunder are paid in full. Any advance to the Company pursuant to this
paragraph shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution made by the Contributing
Member or Non-Funding Member and the Capital Account of the Contributing Member
and Non-Funding Member shall not be credited with the amount of such Company Loan
or any portion thereof. All outstanding Company Loans and Credit Enhancement Loans
shall be subordinate in all respects to the Initial Financing and any third party financing
obtained by the Company and shall be repaid (in accordance with the terms hereof) on a
part passe, pro rata basis in proportion to the outstanding balances of such Company
Loans and Credit Enhancement Loans at the time of payment to the extent permitted by
the terms of any financing to which the Company is subject; or
(2) in lieu of the remedy set forth in subparagraph (1) above, such
Contributing Member may revoke its portion of such Additional Capital Contribution,
whereupon the portion of such Additional Capital Contribution made by the Contributing
Member (together with interest computed at the Default Loan Rate) shall be returned by
the Company to such Contributing Member within ten (10) days after such Contributing
Member elects to revoke its Additional Capital Contribution pursuant to this paragraph.
For purposes of this Section, each Company Loan made by a Contributing Member shall
comprise two pads: (A) the amount of the Default Amount advanced by such Contributing
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Member (the "Default Amount Allocated Amount"), and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
and (B) the amount of the Additional Capital Contribution required to have been funded by such
Contributing Member in connection with the applicable capital call (the "Capital Requirement
Allocated Amount"), and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Any payments made by the
Company on such Company Loan in accordance with paragraph (dX1) above shall be applied to
the Default Amount Allocated Amount (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) and the Capital
Requirement Allocated Amount (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) pro rata in proportion
to the outstanding principal balance of the Default Amount Allocated Amount and the Capital
Requirement Allocated Amount at the time such payments are made.
At any time prior to the ninetieth (90th) day following the date on which a Contributing Member
has made a Company Loan to the Company (the "Cure Period"), the Non-Funding Member may
make a contribution of capital to the Company in an amount equal to (but not less than) the
outstanding principal amount of the Default Amount Allocated Amount, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, as of the date that such additional contribution of capital is
made (a "Curative Contribution"). If a Non-Funding Member shall make a Curative
Contribution pursuant to this paragraph, (A) the portion of such Curative Contribution which is
equal to the excess of (1) the amount of such Curative Contribution, over (2) the amount of the
accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Default Amount Allocated Amount as of the date
that such Curative Contribution is made, shall be treated as a Senior Preferred Capital
Contribution by such Non-Funding Member and shall be credited to the Capital Account of such
Non-Funding Member (but such Non-Funding Member shall receive no Capital Account credit
for (and shall not be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution in the amount of) the portion
of such Curative Contribution that corresponds to or is applied to pay accrued and unpaid interest
on the Default Amount Allocated Amount), (B) the aggregate amount of such Curative
Contribution shall immediately be paid to the Contributing Member and not as a distribution to
such Contributing Member, and (C) on the date that such Curative Contribution is made, the
outstanding balance of the Capital Requirement Allocated Amount, and all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon as of such date, shall automatically be converted to, and be deemed to be, a
Senior Preferred Capital Contribution by the Contributing Member to the Company as of such
date, at which point such Company Loan shall cease to be a loan by such Contributing Member
to the Company and shall automatically be deemed to have been satisfied in full.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, no Additional
Capital Contributions shall be required from a Member under Sections 5.2(a) or th) (such
Member, an "Exempt Member" and such other Member, a "Non-Exempt Member") and the
Exempt Member may elect not to make such Additional Capital Contribution at any time prior to
the date such Additional Capital Contribution is required to be made if as of the time such
Additional Capital Contribution is required to be made pursuant to Sections 5.2(a) or Oa, (i) the
Company or any other Person shall be in default (or with notice or the passage of time or both,
would be in default) in any material respect under any loan, indenture, mortgage, lease of real
property, or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Investment
Vehicle is a party or by which the Company (or any Investment Vehicle) or any of its properties
or assets is or may be bound, (ii) the Company or any Investment Vehicle (or the Non-Exempt
Member) shall be insolvent or bankrupt or in the process of liquidation, termination or
dissolution, (iii) there has been a material adverse change in (including, but not limited to, the
financial condition of) the Non-Exempt Member which, in the Exempt Member's reasonable
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judgment, prevents the Non-Exempt Member from performing, or substantially interferes with
its ability to perform, its obligations hereunder, or (iv) a Trigger Event has occurred with respect
to the Non-Exempt Member. If, pursuant to this Section, the Exempt Member elects not to make
an Additional Capital Contribution prior to the date such Additional Capital Contribution is
required to be made but after it has already funded such Additional Capital Contribution, then the
Company shall return the Additional Capital Contributions made by the Exempt Member in
connection with the applicable call for capital.
5.3. Intentionally Omitted.
5.4. Return of Capital Contribution Except as approved by the Management
Committee in writing, no Member shall have any right to withdraw or make a demand for
withdrawal of the balance reflected in such Member's Capital Account (as determined under
Section Le until the full and complete winding up and liquidation of the business of the
Company.
5.5. No Interest on Capital. Interest earned on Company funds shall inure
solely to the benefit of the Company, and no interest shall be paid upon any Capital
Contributions nor upon any undistributed or reinvested income or profits of the Company.
5.6. Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (the "Capital Accounr)
shall be maintained for each Member in accordance with Section l.704-1(b)(2Xiv) of the
Regulations. Immediately following the funding by the Members of the Initial Capital
Contributions required pursuant to Section la, each Member's Capital Account initially will be
equal to the amount set forth opposite such Member's name in Exhibit A under the heading
Initial Capital Account. Without limiting the foregoing, the Capital Account of each Member
shall be increased by (i) the amount of any Capital Contributions made by such Member and (ii)
the amount of Income allocated to such Member. The Capital Account of each Member shall be
reduced by (i) the amount of any cash and the fair market value of any property distributed to the
Member by the Company (net of liabilities secured by such distributed property that the Member
is considered to assume or take subject to) and (ii) the amount of Loss allocated to the Member.
The Capital Accounts of the Members shall not be increased or decreased pursuant to
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2XivXt) to reflect a revaluation of the Company's assets on the
Company's books in connection with any contribution of money or other property to the
Company pursuant to Section 52 by existing Members. If any property other than cash is
distributed to a Member, the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted as if such
property had instead been sold by the Company for a price equal to its fair market value, the gain
or loss allocated pursuant to Section 2, and the proceeds distributed. No Member shall be
obligated to restore any negative balance in its Capital Account. No Member shall be
compensated for any positive balance in its Capital Account except as otherwise expressly
provided herein. The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to
the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with the provisions of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(bX2) and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such
Regulations.
5.7. New Members. The Company, at the written direction of the Management
Committee, may issue additional Interests and thereby admit a new member or members, as the
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case may be, to the Company, only if such new member (i) has funded to the Company the
Capital Contribution required to be made by such new member as determined by the
Management Committee, (ii) has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement
by becoming a party hereto, and (iii) has delivered such additional documentation as the
Management Committee shall require to so admit such new member to the Company. A new
member may not be admitted to the Company if the Company would, or may, have in the
aggregate more than one hundred (100) members. For purposes of determining the number of
members under this Section, a Person (the "beneficial owner") indirectly owning an interest in
the Company through a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation (as such terms are used in the
Code) (the "flow-through entity") shall be considered a member, but only if (1) substantially all
of the value of the beneficial owner's interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the
flow-through entity's interest (direct or indirect) in the Company and (ii) in the sole discretion of
the Management Committee, a principal purpose of the use of the flow-through entity is to
permit the Company to satisfy the 100-member limitation.
5.8. BRG Funds. The Capital Contributions (other than the Initial Capital
Contribution) to be made by 811.O under this Agreement (and any Company Loans made by
BAG under this Agreement) shall be contributed or advanced, as the case may be, in cash by
MW from its own sources (and shall not be borrowed or constitute proceeds from a Transfer of a
direct or indirect interest in BRG or the Interest of BRG). For the avoidance of doubt, but
without limiting any obligation of BRG, BRG Member or Hanson Member hereunder, any such
Capital Contribution required to be made by BRG may be made by either BRG Member, Hanson
Member or both, and BRG Member shall have sole discretion to determine the allocation
between them of any such Capital Contribution required to be made by BRO.
Section 6. Pistributions.
6.1. Distribution of Distributable Funds. The Management Committee shall
calculate and determine the amount of Distributable Funds for each applicable period based upon
(but without being bound by) the reports prepared pursuant to Section 8.2(4 Except as
otherwise agreed by the Management Committee, no distribution of Distributable Funds shall be
made to the Members prior to the end of Fiscal Year 2009, except for distributions of financing
or refinancing proceeds (which shall be made within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof by the
Company (unless the Management Committee determines otherwise)) or distributions made
pursuant to Sections 6.5, §,§ or Q. Following the end of Fiscal Year 2009, except as provided
in Sections L2,11, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 9.13, 12.5 or 13.3 or otherwise provided hereunder or
determined by the Management Committee, Distributable Funds, if any, shall be distributed to
the Members on a Fiscal Quarter basis. Except as provided in Sections 6.2, 6.3, L5_, 6.6, 6.7,
9 13 12.5 or 13.3 or as otherwise provided hereunder, such Distributable Funds shall be
distributed in the following order and priority:
(a) First, 100% of such Distributable Funds shall be distributed to the
Members on an! passe basis, pro raw in proportion to the excess for each Member of (x) such
Member's Senior Preferred Return as of such date of distribution over (y) all amounts previously
distributed to such Member pursuant to this Section 6.1(a), until the Members have received
aggregate distributions pursuant to this Section 6.1(4 equal to the Members' Senior Preferred
Return as of the date of such distribution;
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(b) Second, 100% of the balanc
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