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// form Delaware Master LLC Operating Agreement, contemplating formation of various Series LLCs thereunder. Provided without warranty of any kind and subject to the Open-Source-Law repo disclaimer =
// drafted in the context of a data provider creating Series LLC structures for its deployed Airnodes (and licensing rights to such Series), but broadly adaptable =
Ti = LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF {Company.Name.Full}
0.1.sec = a Delaware Limited Liability Company
0.2.sec = THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") of {Company.Name.Full}, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), is effective as of {EffectiveDate.YMD}, by {Member.Initial.US.N,E,A} (the "Member") as the initial member of the Company.
Why.Ti = RECITALS
Why.1.sec = The Company has been organized as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a certificate of formation (the "Certificate") in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Section 18-101, et seq. (as amended from time to time, the "Act").
Why.2.sec = The Certificate includes a notice of limitation of liabilities of series limited liability company interests established herein in accordance with Section 215(b) of the Act.
Why.3.sec = The Company is authorized to establish, pursuant to this Agreement, one or more series with members and limited liability company interests with separate and distinct rights, powers, duties, obligations, assets, businesses and objectives from that of the Company (each a "Series").
Why.4.sec = Each Series formed under the Company will functionally operate as a separate limited liability company and each Series shall be governed by a separately executed limited liability company operating agreement.
Why.5.sec = The Company is hereby formed as the "master" limited liability company (the "Master LLC") and shall not maintain any ownership interest in any Series or assets held on behalf of any Series.
Why.6.sec = {Member.Initial.Name.Full}, as the initial Member of the Master LLC, desires to enter into a written limited liability company agreement as to the affairs of the Master LLC.
Why. = [G/Z/ol-AA/s6]
0.3.sec = {Why.Sec}
0.4.sec = NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Member hereby agrees as follows:
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1.Ti = ARTICLE I. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
1.1.Ti = Name
1.1.sec = The name of the Company shall be "{Company.Name.Full}". The Member or Manager shall file or cause to be filed any trade name or fictitious name certificates and similar filings, and any amendments thereto, that the Member or Manager considers appropriate or advisable.
1.2.Ti = Term
1.2.sec = The "Term" of the Company is perpetual or until dissolved as provided in Article VI Section 1.
1.3.Ti = Registered Office and Agent
1.3.sec = The Company shall continuously maintain a Delaware registered office and a registered agent for service of process as required by the Act. The initial registered office and agent of the Company shall be as stated in the Certificate. If the registered agent ceases to act as such for any reason, or the registered office shall change, then the Member or Manager shall promptly designate a replacement registered agent or file or cause to be filed a notice of change of address, as the case may be.
1.4.Ti = Principal Office
1.4.sec = The Company will maintain its principal business office at such places of business as the Member or Manager may deem advisable for the conduct of the Company’s business. The Company may have such other offices and in such locations as the Manager from time to time may determine, or the business of the Company may require.
1.5.Ti = Purpose
1.5.sec = The Company has been created to engage in any and all lawful activities and transactions as may be necessary or advisable to complete the Company’s business as determined by the Member or Manager, and to serve as the "master" limited liability company for each separately formed Series. Each Series shall have a separate purpose and may engage in any business, purpose or activity in which a limited liability company may engage under applicable law (including, without limitation, the Act) and in which the Manager causes the Company to engage.
1.6.Ti = Additional Documents
1.6.sec = The Manager shall cause to be executed, filed, recorded, published, or amended in the name of the Company any documents, as the Manager in its sole and absolute discretion determines to be necessary or advisable, (a) in connection with the conversion or the formation, operation, dissolution, winding up, or termination of the Company or any Series pursuant to applicable law, or (b) to otherwise give effect to the terms of this Agreement or any Separate Series Operating Agreement (as defined in Article II below), and such terms shall be consistent with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any Separate Series Operating Agreement.
1.7.Ti = Taxation
1.7.sec = At all times that the Company has only one Member (who owns 100% of the limited liability company interests in the Company), it is the intention of the Member that the Company be disregarded for federal, state, local and foreign income tax purposes. Each Series shall be, to the extent permissible by applicable law, treated as a separate partnership for federal and applicable State tax purposes.
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2.Ti = ARTICLE II. SEPARATE SERIES, AND CAPITALIZATION
2.1.Ti = Separate Series
2.1.1.sec = The Company is authorized to establish, pursuant to this Agreement, one or more series with members and limited liability company interests with separate and distinct rights, powers, duties, obligations, operations, businesses and objectives from that of the Company described herein as a "Series". To the maximum extent permitted by the Act (including, without limitation, Section 18-215(b)), the assets, income, gains, losses, expenses, deductions, credits, distributions, debts, rights, obligations, penalties and liabilities of any Series shall be associated with and limited to such Series, and not any other Series or the Company.
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2.1.2.sec = To the maximum extent permitted by the Act, each Series shall constitute and be treated as a designated separate "series" of the Company interests and the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses associated with an individual Series shall not be asserted against income, gains or assets of any other Series or the Company.
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2.1.3.sec = The specific provisions, rights, powers, obligations, and privileges with respect to each Series shall be set forth in a writing referred to herein as a "Separate Series Operating Agreement" that will be separately executed by and between the Manager and the member(s) of such Series. The respective capital contributions and limited liability company interests of the members participating in each Series shall be set forth in the Separate Series Operating Agreement therefor and limited accordingly thereto.
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2.1.4.sec = A member participating in one Series shall have no rights or interest with respect to any other Series, unless such member independently acquires an interest in such other Series.
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2.1.5.sec = The manager and members of each Series shall take such reasonable steps as are necessary to implement the foregoing provisions of this Article II Section 1, including maintaining separate and distinct records for each Series, separately holding and accounting for the assets of each such Series, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 18-215 of the Act.
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2.1.6.sec = The dissolution and termination of a Series shall not, in and of itself, cause or result in the dissolution or termination of the Company or any other Series.
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2.1.7.sec = All Series and any members participating in a Series agree to the disclaimers set forth under Schedule A hereto and each Separate Series Operating Agreement shall contain the entire language of Schedule A.
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2.2.Ti = Capital Contributions
2.2.sec = At the time of, and in connection with, the admission of a member to a particular Series, each Member shall contribute to the capital of such Series the amount set forth in the Separate Series Operating Agreement therefor.
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3.Ti = ARTICLE III. MEMBERS
3.1.Ti = Admission of Member
3.1.sec = {Member.Initial.Name.Full} is hereby admitted as a Member of the Master LLC.
3.2.Ti = Limited Liability
3.2.sec = No Member shall be personally liable for any debt, obligation, or liability of the Company or a Series, whether that liability or obligation arises in contract, tort, or otherwise, solely by reason of being a Member of the Company or a Series.
3.3.Ti = Nature of Interest
3.3.sec = A Member's interest in the Master LLC or any Series constitutes personal property. No Member has any interest in any specific asset, right or property of the Company or any Series.
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4.Ti = ARTICLE IV. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE COMPANY
4.1.Ti = Management of the Company
4.1.sec = The business, property, and affairs of the Company shall be managed exclusively by or under the direction of a manager (the "Manager"). The Manager shall be a "manager" within the meaning of Section 18-101(10) of the Act. Except for situations in which the approval of the Members of a particular Series is expressly required by the Act, the Certificate, this Agreement, or a Separate Series Operating Agreement, the Manager shall have full, complete, and exclusive authority, power, and discretion to manage and control the business, property, and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions regarding those matters, and to perform any and all other acts or activities customary or incident to the management of the Company's business, property, and affairs.
4.2.Ti = Management of each Series
4.2.sec = Each Separate Series Operating Agreement shall each provide for a Manager. The provisions under this Agreement relating to the Company’s Manager shall be reasonably applied to each Series’ Manager, unless otherwise provided in the Separate Series Operating Agreement.
4.3.Ti = Manager
4.3.sec = The initial Manager of the Company shall be {Manager.Initial.sec}
Manager.Initial.Alt1.sec = the Member
Manager.Initial.Alt2.sec = {Manager.Initial.US.N,E,A}
Manager.Initial. = [G/Z/Alt/2]
Manager.Initial.SecName = Manager.Initial
Manager.Initial.AltPrompt = Select Alt1 if the initial Manager is the initial Member. Otherwise, select Alt2 and specify who will be the initial Manager.
4.4.Ti = Powers of the Manager
4.4.sec = Without limiting the generality of Section 4.1, but subject to the express limitations set forth elsewhere in this Agreement or a Separate Series Operating Agreement, the Manager shall possess and may exercise all powers and privileges necessary, appropriate, or convenient to manage and carry out the purposes, business, property, and affairs of the Company and to make all decisions affecting such business and affairs, including, without limitation, the power to exercise on behalf of the Company all powers and privileges described in Section 18-106(b) of the Act and the power to open bank accounts in the name of the Company with the Manager or a representative of the Manager as signatory thereon.
4.5.Ti = Performance of Duties
4.5.1.sec = Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Separate Series Operating Agreement to the contrary, the Manager does not, shall not and will not owe any fiduciary duties of any kind whatsoever to any Series or to any of the Members of any Series, by virtue of its role as the Manager, including, but not limited to, the duties of due care and loyalty, whether such duties were established as of the date of this Agreement or any time hereafter, and whether established under common law, at equity or legislatively defined. It is the intention of the parties hereto that any such fiduciary duties be affirmatively eliminated as permitted by Delaware law and under the Act and the Member hereby waives any rights with respect to such fiduciary duties.
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4.5.2.sec = Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Separate Series Operating Agreement or otherwise applicable provision of law or equity, the Manager is permitted or required to make a decision (i) in its "sole discretion" or "discretion" or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Manager shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting any Series or any of the Members thereto, or (ii) in its "good faith" or under another expressed standard, the Manager shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standards.
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4.5. = [G/Z/ol-a/s2]
4.6.Ti = Limited Liability of the Managers
4.6.sec = No person who is a Manager of the Company or any Series shall be personally liable under any judgment of a court, or in any other manner, for any debt, obligation, or liability of the Company or any Series, whether that liability or obligation arises in contract, tort, or otherwise, solely by reason of being a Manager of the Company or any Series.
4. = [G/Z/ol/6]
5.Ti = ARTICLE V. ACCOUNTING, RECORDS
5.1.Ti = Books and Records
5.1.sec = The books and records of each Series (i) shall be kept, and the financial position and operations recorded, in accordance with any appropriate accounting method selected by the Manager in its sole discretion and consistently applied; (ii) shall be appropriate and adequate for each Series' business; and (iii) may be maintained in other than written form, provided that such form is capable of conversion to written form within a reasonable time.
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6.Ti = ARTICLE VI. DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP
6.1.Ti = Dissolution
6.1.sec = The Company shall be dissolved, its affairs wound up and its assets disposed of upon the termination of the last remaining Series (as provided in a Separate Series Operating Agreement), the termination of the legal existence of the last remaining Member of the last remaining Series or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the last remaining Member of the last remaining Series, unless the Company is continued in a manner permitted by this Agreement or the Act. The termination and winding up of a Series will not, in and of itself, cause a dissolution of the Company or the termination of any other Series. The termination of a Series will not affect the limitation on liabilities of the Series or any other Series provided by this Agreement, a Separate Series Operating Agreement, the Certificate or the Act. The Company shall undertake reasonable efforts, to the extent lawful, to notify each Series of any material issues that may result in the dissolution of the Company.
6.2.Ti = Continuation Following Dissolution
6.2.sec = If at any time there is no Member for the Company or a Series, such Company or Series shall not dissolve but the "personal representative" (as such term is defined in the Section 18-101(13) of the Act) of the last remaining Member (the "Last Member") shall, within ninety (90) days of the event that terminated the continued membership of the Last Member, continue the Company or such Series effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the Last Member.
6. = [G/Z/ol/2]
7.Ti = ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS
7.1.Ti = Complete Agreement
7.1.sec = This Agreement, any applicable Separate Series Operating Agreement and the Certificate constitute the complete and exclusive statement of agreement among the Members participating in such Series, the Managers, the Company and any Series with respect to the subject matter herein and therein and replace and supersede all prior written and oral agreements or statements by and among any of the Members, Managers, the Company and any Series. To the extent that any provision of the Certificate conflicts with any provision of this Agreement or a Separate Series Operating Agreement, the Certificate shall control. To the extent that any provision of a Separate Series Operating Agreement conflicts with any provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall control.
7.2.Ti = Governing Law
7.2.sec = The interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement or a Separate Series Operating Agreement and the rights and liabilities of the Members as such shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. To the extent permitted by the Act and other applicable laws, the provisions of this Agreement or a Separate Series Operating Agreement shall supersede any contrary provisions of the Act or other applicable laws.
7.3.Ti = Severability
7.3.sec = In the event any provision of this Agreement or a Separate Series Operating Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed severed from the remainder of this Agreement or such Separate Series Operating Agreement and shall not cause the invalidity or unenforceability of the remainder of this Agreement or such Separate Series Operating Agreement.
7.4.Ti = Amendment and Waiver
7.4.1.sec = Each Separate Series Operating Agreement may only be amended with the consent of its Member and the Manager as required under such Separate Series Operating Agreement.
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7.4.2.sec = No amendment of this Agreement may modify the method of making allocations or distributions under a Separate Series Operating Agreement, modify the method of determining the interest or ownership percentage for any Series or any member of such Series under a Separate Series Operating Agreement, or modify any provision of this Agreement or a Separate Series Operating Agreement pertaining to limitations on liability of the members of a Series, unless such amendment is authorized and approved by the Members and the Manager of the applicable Series as required under such Separate Series Operating Agreement.
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7.4.3.sec = The Manager's noncompliance with any provision hereof in any single transaction or event that would otherwise require the consent of the members of a Series under the applicable Separate Series Operating Agreement of such Series may be waived prospectively or retroactively in writing by the same percentage of the members of such Series that would be required to amend such provision pursuant to such applicable Separate Series Operating Agreement. No waiver shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent event of noncompliance except to the extent expressly provided in such waiver.
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00.1.sec = IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company as of the date first written above.
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00.3.sec = {Member.Initial.Name.Full}, as Member
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{Annex.Sec}
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Annex.Ti = Annexes:
Annex.1.Ti = ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT
Annex.1.1.sec = WHEREAS, the undersigned hereby accepts appointment as the Manager of the Company and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions applicable to such of this Liability Company Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Annex.1.2.sec = MANAGER: {Member.Initial.Name.Full}
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Annex.1. = [G/Z/ol/s2]
Annex.2.Ti = SCHEDULE A – SERIES DISCLAIMERS
Annex.2.0.sec = Each Series, its members and managers hereby agree as follows:
Annex.2.1.0.sec = The use of a “Series”, “Protected”, “Registered” or similar LLC is subject to various legal uncertainties regarding its validity, separateness, and use cases, including, without limitation, uncertainties relating to:
Annex.2.1.1.sec = the non-recognition of such type of legal entity and structure by other U.S. States, such as California, New York and Massachusetts;
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Annex.2.1.2.sec = the lack of established case or other legal precedent regarding Series LLCs and any liability spill-over or piercing risks between the Series and the Company;
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Annex.2.1.3.sec = the taxation of a Series LLC; and
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Annex.2.1.4.sec = the bankruptcy proceedings of a Series LLC under federal law;
Annex.2.1. = [G/Z/ol-bullet/s4]
Annex.2.2.sec = Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, the Member and Manager shall be entitled to dissolve the Company at any time, in the event where there is any risk or threatened risk of liability to the Company, Member or the Manager in relation to the Company’s or any Series’ affairs;
Annex.2.3.sec = Each Series, its members and managers may be required by the Company, at any time, to provide basic Know Your Customer (KYC) information, such as (without limitation)a copy of a widely accepted national ID, name, and proof of address, in the event where: (i) such Series desires to obtain a bank account; (ii) the Company, Member or the Manager are legally required to provide such information; or (iii) such Series desires to become a “registered” series in the State of Delaware;
Annex.2.4.sec = The code, software and documentation for the implementation of a series are provided "as is" and the Company, Member and the Manager hereby disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement, and all warranties arising from course of dealing, usage, or trade practice. No warranty of any kind is made that the code, software and documentation, or any products or results of the use thereof, will meet licensee's or any other person's requirements, operate without interruption, achieve any intended result, be compatible or work with any software, system or other services, or be secure, accurate, complete, free of harmful code or error; and
Annex.2.5.sec = The Series, its members and managers shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, Member and the Manager (the "Indemnified Parties") against any claims, liabilities, legal fees, judgements, or other losses incurred by the Indemnified Parties that relate to the disclaimers set forth above or that may arise from i) a Series’ non-compliance with the provisions of the Agreement; ii) any business or action undertaken of the Series, its members or managers; iii) the use of or direct interaction with any distributed ledger or blockchain.
Annex.2. = [G/Z/ol/s5]
Annex. = [G/Z/ol/2]