Fourth Amended and Restated Ltd Liability Company Agreement- GSO Associates LLC



 Exhibit 10.33 
  
  
  
 GSO ASSOCIATES LLC 
 FOURTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT 
  
  
  







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  


					
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS	  	1
	 Section 1.1
	  	Definitions	  	1
	 Section 1.2
	  	Terms Generally	  	5
		
	ARTICLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS	  	5
	 Section 2.1
	  	Managing, Regular and Special Members	  	5
	 Section 2.2
	  	Continuation; Name; Foreign Jurisdictions	  	5
	 Section 2.3
	  	Term	  	6
	 Section 2.4
	  	Purpose; Powers	  	6
	 Section 2.5
	  	Registered Office; Place of Business; Registered Agent	  	7
		
	ARTICLE III MANAGEMENT	  	8
	 Section 3.1
	  	Managing Member	  	8
	 Section 3.2
	  	Member Voting, etc.	  	8
	 Section 3.3
	  	Management	  	8
	 Section 3.4
	  	Responsibilities of Members	  	9
	 Section 3.5
	  	Exculpation and Indemnification	  	10
	 Section 3.6
	  	Representations of Members	  	11
		
	ARTICLE IV CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY	  	12
	 Section 4.1
	  	Capital Contributions by Members	  	12
	 Section 4.2
	  	Interest	  	12
	 Section 4.3
	  	Partial Withdrawals of Capital	  	12
		
	ARTICLE V PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS AND LOSSES	  	13
	 Section 5.1
	  	General Accounting Matters	  	13
	 Section 5.2
	  	Capital Accounts	  	14
	 Section 5.3
	  	Profit Sharing Percentages	  	14
	 Section 5.4
	  	Allocations of Net Income (Loss)	  	15
	 Section 5.5
	  	Liability of Members	  	15
	 Section 5.6
	  	Repurchase Rights, etc.	  	15
	 Section 5.7
	  	Distributions	  	15
	 Section 5.8
	  	Business Expenses	  	16
		
	 ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL MEMBERS; WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBERS; SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF COMPANY INTERESTS; TERMINATION
	  	16
	 Section 6.1
	  	Additional Members	  	16
	 Section 6.2
	  	Withdrawal of Members	  	17
	 Section 6.3
	  	Company Interests Not Transferable	  	17
	 Section 6.4
	  	Consequences upon Withdrawal of a Member	  	17
	 Section 6.5
	  	Satisfaction and Discharge of a Withdrawn Member’s Interest	  	18
	 Section 6.6
	  	Dissolution of the Company	  	19
	 Section 6.7
	  	Certain Tax Matters	  	19
	 Section 6.8
	  	Special Basis Adjustments	  	21
		
	ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS	  	21
	 Section 7.1
	  	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial	  	21
	 Section 7.2
	  	Ownership and Use of the Blackstone Name	  	22

  

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	 Section 7.3
	  	Written Consent	  	22
	 Section 7.4
	  	Admission Letters; Schedules; Existing Agreement	  	22
	 Section 7.5
	  	Governing Law; Separability of Provisions	  	23
	 Section 7.6
	  	Successors and Assigns	  	23
	 Section 7.7
	  	Confidentiality; Restrictive Covenants	  	23
	 Section 7.8
	  	Notices	  	23
	 Section 7.9
	  	Counterparts	  	24
	 Section 7.10
	  	Power of Attorney	  	24
	 Section 7.11
	  	Member’s Will	  	24
	 Section 7.12
	  	Cumulative Remedies	  	24
	 Section 7.13
	  	Legal Fees	  	24
	 Section 7.14
	  	Entire Agreement	  	24

  

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 GSO ASSOCIATES LLC 
 FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT of GSO Associates LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of March 3, 2008 by and among GSO VIPS L.L.C.
(the “Managing Member” or “Holdings”), the other members of the Company (if any) as set forth in the books and records of the Company, and such other persons that are admitted to the Company as members after the
date hereof in accordance herewith. 
 W I T N E S S E T H 

WHEREAS, the Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of GSO Associates LLC, dated as of July 1, 2007, which amended and restated the
Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of July 29, 2005, which amended and restated the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of July 29, 2005, which amended and restated the
Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of June 30, 2005, constitutes the existing limited liability company agreement of the Company (the “Existing Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Acquisition Agreement (the “Acquisition Agreement”) by and among Blackstone, GSO Capital Partners LP
and certain other parties thereto and certain other documentation related thereto, certain of the Members of the Company admitted pursuant to the Existing Agreement have directly or indirectly transferred some or all of their Interests in the
Company to the Managing Member or an affiliate thereof in exchange for interests in one or more entities controlled by Blackstone and, in connection therewith, have admitted the Managing Member and thereafter withdrawn from the Company; and

 WHEREAS, in order to amend the Company’s Existing Agreement to reflect certain changes thereto, the parties hereto wish to amend and
restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety as hereinafter set forth. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 
 Section 1.1 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this
Agreement: 
 “Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 
 “Admission Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4. 
 “Agreement” means this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as it may be amended and restated from time to
time. 
 “Bankruptcy” means, with respect to any person, the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the filing
of an application by such person for, or a consent to, the appointment of a trustee or custodian of his assets; (ii) the filing by such person of a voluntary petition in Bankruptcy or the seeking of relief under Title 11 of the United States
Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or the filing of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing his inability to pay his debts as they become due; 

  

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(iii) the failure of such person to pay his debts as such debts become due; (iv) the making by such person of a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; (v) the filing by such person of an answer admitting the material allegations of, or his consenting to, or defaulting in answering, a Bankruptcy petition filed against him in any Bankruptcy proceeding or petition seeking relief under
Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or as hereafter amended; or (vi) the entry of an order, judgment or decree by any court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such person a bankrupt or insolvent or for relief in respect
of such person or appointing a trustee or custodian of his assets and the continuance of such order, judgment or decree unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days. 
 “Blackstone” means The Blackstone Group L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. 
 “Capital Account” means a capital account established for each Member on the books and records of the Company and maintained and
adjusted as provided in Articles V and VI. A separate Capital Account shall be established for each Member with respect to each category of Net Income (Loss) (including, without limitation, Fund Net Income (Loss), Other Net Income (Loss) and the
Incentive Allocation) as may be determined by the Managing Member in its sole discretion. 
 “Cause” with respect to any
Member has the meaning ascribed to such term in the letter agreement between such Member and Blackstone setting forth the terms of such Member becoming a Senior Managing Director or otherwise an employee (as applicable) of Blackstone (such agreement
as from time to time amended and as in effect as of the applicable date, the “Employment Agreement”); provided, that with respect to any Member who is not a party to an Employment Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the
occurrence or existence of any of the following with respect to such Member, as determined fairly, reasonably, on an informed basis and in good faith by the Managing Member: (i) (w) any breach by such Member of any provision of any
non-competition agreement, (x) any material breach of this Agreement or any rules or regulations applicable to such Member that are established by the Managing Member, (y) such Member’s deliberate failure to perform his or her
duties to the Company, or (z) such Member’s committing to or engaging in any conduct or behavior that is or may be harmful to the Company in a material way as determined by the Managing Member; provided, that in the case of any of the
foregoing clauses (w), (x), (y) and (z), the Managing Member has given such Member written notice (a “Notice of Breach”) within fifteen days after the Managing Member becomes aware of such action and such Member fails to cure
such breach, failure to perform, conduct or behavior within fifteen days after receipt of such Notice of Breach from the Managing Member (or such longer period, not to exceed an additional fifteen days, as shall be reasonably required for such cure,
provided that such Member is diligently pursuing such cure); (ii) any act of fraud, misappropriation, dishonesty, embezzlement or similar conduct against the Company; (iii) conviction (on the basis of a trial or by an accepted plea of
guilty or nolo contendere) of a felony or crime (including any misdemeanor charge involving moral turpitude, false statements or misleading omissions, forgery, wrongful taking, embezzlement, extortion or bribery), or a determination by a
court of competent jurisdiction, by a regulatory body or by a self-regulatory body having authority with respect to securities laws, rules or regulations of the applicable securities industry, that such Member individually has violated any
applicable securities laws or any rules or regulations thereunder, or any rules of any such self-regulatory body (including, without limitation, any licensing requirement), if such conviction or determination has a material adverse effect on
(A) such Member’s ability to function as a Member, taking into account the services required of such Member and the nature of the Company’s business, or (B) the business of the Company; or (iv) any action or conduct that is
opposed to the best interest of the Company and its affiliates. 
 “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, or any successor statute. Any reference herein to a particular provision of the Code shall include, where appropriate, the corresponding provision in any successor statute. 
  

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 “Commitment” with respect to any Member means any commitment made by such Member to
contribute capital to the Company. 
 “Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 
 “Contingent” means subject to repurchase rights and/or other requirements. 
 “Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a). 
 “Existing Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 
 “Fiscal Year” means a calendar year, or any other period chosen by the Managing Member. 
 “Fund Agreements” means the limited partnership agreements, operating agreements and other governing documentation of the Funds, as may
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 
 “Funds” means the collective reference to GSO Special
Situations Fund LP, and any other private investment partnerships for which the Company serves as general partner and, where the context requires, any parallel funds thereof or alternative investment vehicles related thereto. 
 “Fund Net Income (Loss)” means any net income (loss) of the Company relating to the Company’s investment of capital in the Funds,
but not including (i) Other Net Income (Loss) or (ii) any net income (loss) relating to the Incentive Allocation allocable to the Company from the Funds in accordance with the Fund Agreements, and any appreciation or depreciation relating
thereto. The Managing Member may designate separate categories of Fund Net Income (Loss) as it may determine in its sole discretion. 
 “GAAP” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(c). 
 “Holdings” has the meanings set forth
in the preamble hereto. 
 “Incentive Allocation” means the incentive allocations or other performance-based allocations of
net capital appreciation or net profits from the Funds to the Company pursuant to the Fund Agreements, excluding any allocations of net capital appreciation or net profits made to the Company by virtue of its capital invested in such Funds (which
capital, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Incentive Allocation that remains in the Funds and any related capital appreciation). 
 “Incompetence” means, with respect to any Member, the determination by the Managing Member in its sole discretion, after consultation with a qualified medical doctor, that such Member is incompetent to manage his person or
his property. 
 “Interest” means a limited liability company interest (as defined in § 18-101(8) of the LLC Act) in
the Company, including those which are held by a Retaining Withdrawn Member. 
 “Investor Special Member” means any Special
Member designated as such by the Managing Member at the time of its admission as a Member of the Company. 
 “LLC Act” means
the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del.C. § 18-101, et seq. as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute. 
  

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 “Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b) 
 “Majority in Interest of the Members” on any date (a “vote date”) means one or more persons who are Members (including
the Managing Member but excluding Nonvoting Special Members) on the vote date and who, as of the last day of the most recent accounting period ending on or prior to the vote date (or as of such later date on or prior to the vote date selected by the
Managing Member), have aggregate Profit Sharing Percentages representing at least a majority of the Profit Sharing Percentages of all the persons who are Members (including the Managing Member but excluding Nonvoting Special Members) on the vote
date. 
 “Managing Member” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 
 “Member” means any person who is a member of the Company, including the Regular Members, the Managing Member and the Special Members.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no group of Members, including the Special Members and any group of Members in the same Member Category, shall have any right to vote as a class on any matter relating to the Company, including, but
not limited to, any merger, reorganization, dissolution or liquidation. 
 “Member Category” means the Managing Member, the
Regular Members, the Special Members or the Retaining Withdrawn Members, each referred to as a group for purposes hereof. 
 “Net
Income (Loss)” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a). 
 “Non-Contingent” means generally not subject to
repurchase rights or other requirements. 
 “Nonvoting Special Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a).

 “Other Net Income (Loss)” for any accounting period means the net income or net loss of the Company for such accounting
period as determined on an accrual basis after deduction for expenses of the Company, in accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) Fund Net Income (Loss) and (ii) any net income (loss) relating to the Incentive Allocation allocable to the
Company from the Funds in accordance with the Fund Agreements. The Managing Member may designate separate categories of Other Net Income (Loss) as it may determine in its sole discretion. 
 “Profit Sharing Percentage” means, with respect to any Member, such Member’s percentage interest in Net Income (Loss) or any
category thereof (including, without limitation, Fund Net Income (Loss), Other Net Income (Loss) and the Incentive Allocation), as determined by the Managing Member and set forth on the books and records of the Company, as such Profit Sharing
Percentage may be modified from time to time in accordance herewith. Separate Profit Sharing Percentages may be established for each Member with respect to each separate category of Net Income (Loss). 
 “Regular Member” means any Member, excluding the Managing Member and any Special Members. 
 “Repurchase Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(c). 
 “Retaining Withdrawn Member” means a Withdrawn Member who has retained an Interest in the Company following such Withdrawn Member’s
Withdrawal Date. A Retaining Withdrawn Member shall be considered a Nonvoting Special Member for all purposes hereof. 
  

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 “Special Member” means any person shown on the books and records of the Company as a
Special Member of the Company. 
 “Tax Matters Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(c). 
 “TM” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2. 
 “Total Disability” means the inability of a Member substantially to perform the services required of a Regular Member for a period of six consecutive months by reason of physical or mental illness or
incapacity and whether arising out of sickness, accident or otherwise. 
 “Unallocated Percentage” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.3(b). 
 “Withdraw” or “Withdrawal” with respect to a Member means a Member ceasing to be
a member of the Company (except as a Retaining Withdrawn Member) for any reason (including death, Total Disability, Incompetence, removal, resignation or retirement, whether such is voluntary or involuntary) unless the context shall limit the type
of withdrawal to a specific reason and “Withdrawn” with respect to a Member means, as aforesaid, a Member who has ceased to be a member of the Company (except as a Retaining Withdrawn Member). 
 “Withdrawal Date” means, with respect to any Withdrawn Member, the date on which such Withdrawn Member ceases to be a Member of the
Company. 
 “Withdrawn Member” means a Member whose Interest in the Company has been terminated for any reason. 

Section 1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions in Section 1.1 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The term “person” includes individuals, partnerships (including limited liability partnerships), companies
(including limited liability companies), joint ventures, corporations, trusts, governments (or agencies or political subdivisions thereof) and other associations and entities. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” 
 ARTICLE II 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 Section 2.1 Managing,
Regular and Special Members. The Members may be Managing Members, Regular Members or Special Members. The Managing Member as of the date hereof is Holdings and the Regular Members as of the date hereof are those persons shown as Regular Members
in the books and records of the Company, and the Special Members as of the date hereof are persons shown as Special Members on the signature pages hereof. 
 Section 2.2 Continuation; Name; Foreign Jurisdictions. The Company was heretofore formed as a limited liability company pursuant to the LLC Act to conduct its activities under the name of GSO Associates LLC.
The certificate of formation of the Company may be amended and/or restated from time to time by the Managing Member, as an “authorized person” (within the meaning of the LLC Act). The Managing Member is further authorized to deliver and
file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. 
  

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 Section 2.3 Term. The term of the Company began on the date the Certificate of Formation of the
Company was filed and shall continue unless and until terminated as provided herein. 
 Section 2.4 Purpose; Powers. 
 (a) The purpose of the Company shall be, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries or affiliates, (i) to serve as general partner
of the Funds and perform the functions of a general partner specified in the Fund Agreements, (ii) to serve as a general partner and/or limited partner of other partnerships and/or as a member of one or more limited liability companies,
(iii) to invest in, and acquire limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests and/or other equity interests in, and/or securities of, any one or more limited partnerships, limited liability companies and/or other entities,
and/or receive allocations, fees, distributions and other payments from any one more of such limited partnerships, limited liability companies and/or other entities, in each case as the Managing Member shall determine, (iv) to carry on such
other businesses, perform such other services and make such other investments as are deemed desirable by the Managing Member and as are permitted under the LLC Act and the Fund Agreements, (v) any other lawful purpose, and (vi) to do all
things necessary, desirable, convenient and/or incidental thereto. 
 (b) In furtherance of its purpose, the Company shall
have all powers necessary, suitable or convenient for the accomplishment of its purposes, alone or with others, as principal or agent, including the following: 
 (i) to carry out any and all purposes of the Funds, as appropriate, and to perform all acts and enter into and perform all contracts and
other undertakings which the Company may deem necessary, advisable or incidental thereto, including the exercise of all powers of the general partner of the funds; 
 (ii) to render investment, asset management, financial advisory, and other services to the Funds; 
 (iii) to buy, sell and otherwise acquire investments, whether such investments are readily marketable or not; 
 (iv) to invest and reinvest the cash assets of the Company in money market or other short-term investments; 
 (v) to hold, receive, mortgage, pledge, lease, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of, grant options with respect to, and otherwise
deal in and exercise all rights, powers, privileges and other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to, all property held or owned by the Company; 
 (vi) to borrow or raise money from time to time and to issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures and
other negotiable and non-negotiable instruments and evidences of indebtedness, to secure payment of the principal of any such indebtedness and the interest thereon by mortgage, pledge, conveyance or assignment in trust of, or the granting of a
security interest in, the whole or any part of the property of the Company, whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired, to guarantee the obligations of others and to buy, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any such instrument or evidence of
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 (vii) to lend any of its property or funds, either with or without security, at any legal
rate of interest or without interest; 
 (viii) to have and maintain one or more offices within or without the State of
Delaware, and in connection therewith, to rent or acquire office space, engage personnel and compensate them and do such other acts and things as may be advisable or necessary in connection with the maintenance of such office or offices; 

(ix) to open, maintain and close accounts, including margin accounts, with brokers; 
 (x) to open, maintain and close bank accounts and draw checks and other orders for the payment of monies; 
 (xi) to engage accountants, auditors, custodians, investment advisors, attorneys and any and all other agents and assistants, both
professional and nonprofessional, and to compensate any of them as may be necessary or advisable; 
 (xii) to form or cause to
be formed and to own the stock of one or more corporations, whether foreign or domestic, to form or cause to be formed and to participate in partnerships and joint ventures, whether foreign or domestic, and to form or cause to be formed and be a
member or manager or both of one or more limited liability companies; 
 (xiii) to enter into, make and perform all contracts,
agreements and other undertakings as may be necessary, convenient, advisable or incident to carrying out its purposes; 
 (xiv) to make capital expenditures or incur any commitments for capital expenditures; 
 (xv) to sue and be sued, to
prosecute, settle or compromise all claims against third parties, to compromise, settle or accept judgment to claims against the Company, and to execute all documents and make all representations, admissions and waivers in connection therewith;

 (xvi) to distribute, subject to the terms of this Agreement, at any time and from time to time, to Members cash or
investments or other property of the Company, or any combination thereof; and 
 (xvii) to take such other actions necessary,
desirable, convenient or incidental thereto and to engage in such other businesses as may be permitted under Delaware law. 
 Section 2.5
Registered Office; Place of Business; Registered Agent. The Company shall maintain an office and principal place of business at 280 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10017 or such other place or places as the Managing Member may
designate from time to time. The Company shall maintain a registered office at National Corporate Research, Ltd., 615 South DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901. The name and address of the Company’s registered agent is National Corporate
Research, Ltd., 615 South DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901. The Managing Member may from time to time change the registered agent or office by an amendment to the certificate of formation of the Company. 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
 MANAGEMENT 
 Section 3.1 Managing Member. 
 (a) Holdings is the Managing Member as of the date hereof. The Managing Member shall cease to be the Managing Member only if it
(i) Withdraws from the Company for any reason or (ii) consents in its sole discretion to resign as the Managing Member. The Managing Member may not be removed without its consent. There may be one or more Managing Members. In the event
that one or more other Managing Members is admitted to the Company as such, all references herein to the “Managing Member” in the singular form shall be deemed to also refer to such other Managing Members as may be appropriate. The
relative rights and responsibilities of such Managing Members will be as agreed upon from time to time between them. 
 (b)
Upon the Withdrawal from the Company or voluntary resignation of the last remaining Managing Member, all of the powers formerly vested therein pursuant to this Agreement and the LLC Act shall be exercised by a Majority in Interest of the Regular
Members. 
 Section 3.2 Member Voting, etc. 
 (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except as may be expressly required by the LLC Act, Regular Members and Special
Members as such shall have no right to, and shall not, take part in the management or control of the Company’s business or act for or bind the Company, and shall have only the rights and powers granted to them herein. 
 (b) To the extent a Member is entitled to vote with respect to any matter relating to the Company, such Member shall not be obligated to
abstain from voting on any matter (or vote in any particular manner) because of any interest (or conflict of interest) of such Member (or any affiliate thereof) in such matter. 
 (c) Meetings of the Members may be called only by the Managing Member. 
 Section 3.3 Management. (a) The management, control and operation of the Company and the formulation and execution of business and investment
policy shall be vested in the Managing Member. The Managing Member shall, in its discretion, exercise all powers necessary and convenient for the purposes of the Company, including those enumerated in Section 2.4, on behalf and in the name of
the Company. All decisions and determinations (howsoever described herein) to be made by the Managing Member pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in its discretion, subject only to the express terms and conditions of this Agreement (including
Section 7.4). 
 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company is hereby authorized,
without the need for any further act, vote or consent of any Member, (i) to execute and deliver, and to perform the Company’s obligations under, each agreement of the Company (including, without limitation, the Fund Agreements), including,
without limitation, serving as a general partner of the Funds, (ii) to execute and deliver, as a general partner of the Funds, the Fund Agreements, as amended, restated and/or supplemented, and to perform the Company’s obligations, and to
cause the Funds to perform its obligations, under the Fund Agreements, and (iii) to take any action, in the applicable capacity, contemplated by or arising out of any Fund Agreements. 
  

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 (c) The Managing Member and any other person designated by the Managing Member, each
acting individually, is hereby authorized and empowered, as an authorized person of the Company within the meaning of the LLC Act, or otherwise (the Managing Member hereby authorizing and ratifying any of the following actions): 
 (i) to execute and deliver and/or file (in the name and on behalf of the Company, and/or in the name and on behalf of the Company as the
general partner of the Funds) any agreement of the Company (including, without limitation, the Fund Agreements) or of the Funds (including, without limitation, the Fund Agreements) and any amendments, restatements and/or supplements thereof, the
certificate of formation of the Company or the certificate of limited partnership of the Company or of the Funds (and any amendments, restatements and/or supplements of any of the foregoing) and any other certificates, notices, applications and
other documents (and any amendments, restatements and/or supplements thereof) to be filed with any government or governmental or regulatory body, including, without limitation, any such document that may be necessary for the Company or the Funds to
qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company or the Funds desires to do business; or 
 (ii) to prepare or
cause to be prepared, and to sign, execute and deliver and/or file (in the name and on behalf of the Company and/or in the name and on behalf of the Company as the general partner of the Funds), (A) such documents, instruments, certificates and
agreements as may be necessary or desirable in furtherance of the Company’s or the Funds’ purposes, (B) any certificates, forms, notices, applications and other documents to be filed with any government or governmental or regulatory
body on behalf of the Company or the Funds, (C) any certificates, forms, notices, applications and other documents that may be necessary or advisable in connection with any bank account of the Company or the Funds, and all checks, notes, drafts
and other documents of the Funds that may be required in connection with any such bank account or any banking facilities or services that may be utilized by the Company or the Funds, (D) resolutions with respect to any of the foregoing matters
(which resolutions, when executed by any person authorized as provided in this Section 3.3(c), each acting individually, shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Members, the Company or the Funds, as applicable, for all purposes), and
(E) any amendments, restatements and/or supplements of any of the foregoing. 
 The authority granted to any person (other than the Managing Member) in
this Section 3.3(c) may be revoked at any time by the Managing Member by an instrument in writing signed by the Managing Member. 
 Section 3.4 Responsibilities of Members. 
 (a) Unless otherwise determined by the Managing Member in a
particular case, each Regular Member shall devote substantially all his time and attention to the businesses of the Company and its affiliates, and each Special Member shall not be required to devote any time or attention to the businesses of the
Company or its affiliates. 
 (b) All outside business or investment activities of the Members (including outside
directorships or trusteeships), shall be subject to such rules and regulations as are established by the Managing Member from time to time. 
 (c) The Managing Member may from time to time establish such other rules and regulations applicable to Members as the Managing Member deems appropriate, including rules governing the authority of Members to bind the
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 Section 3.5 Exculpation and Indemnification. (a) Liability to Members. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Member nor any of such Member’s representatives, agents or advisors nor any partner, member, officer, employee, representative, agent
or advisor of the Company or any of its affiliates (individually, a “Covered Person” and, collectively, the “Covered Persons”) shall be liable to the Company or any other Member for any act or omission (in relation
to the Company, this Agreement, any related document or any transaction or investment contemplated hereby or thereby) taken or omitted by a Covered Person (other than any act or omission constituting Cause) unless there is a final and non-appealable
judicial determination and/or determination of an arbitrator that such Covered Person did not act in good faith and in what such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and within the
authority granted to such Covered Person by this Agreement, and, with respect to any criminal act or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such Covered Person’s conduct was unlawful. Each Covered Person shall be entitled to rely in
good faith on the advice of legal counsel to the Company, accountants and other experts or professional advisors, and no action taken by any Covered Person in reliance on such advice shall in any event subject such person to any liability to any
Member or the Company. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Member has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company or to another Member, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such Member acting under
this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or to any such other Member for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they expand or restrict the duties and liabilities of
a Member otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to modify to that extent such other duties and liabilities of such Member. 
 (b) Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless (but only to the extent
of the Company’s assets (including, without limitation, the remaining Commitments of the Members)) each Covered Person from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, amounts
paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromises and settlements, as fines and penalties and legal or other costs and reasonable expenses of investigating or defending against any claim or alleged claim), joint and several, of any nature
whatsoever, known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated (collectively, “Losses”), arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered
Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of such Covered Person’s management of the affairs of the Company or which relate to or arise out of or in connection with the Company, its property, its
business or affairs (other than claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of any act or omission of such Covered Person constituting Cause); provided, that a Covered Person
shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section with respect to any claim, issue or matter if there is a final and non-appealable judicial determination and/or determination of an arbitrator that such Covered Person did not act in good
faith and in what such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the Company and within the authority granted to such Covered Person by this Agreement, and, with respect to any criminal act or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that such Covered Person’s conduct was unlawful; provided further, that if such Covered Person is a Member or a Withdrawn Member, such Covered Person shall bear its share of such Losses in accordance with
such Covered Person’s Profit Sharing Percentage in the Company as of the time of the actions or omissions that gave rise to such Losses. To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees) incurred by a Covered Person
(including, without limitation, the Managing Member) in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding may, with the approval of the Managing Member, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such
claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount to the extent that it shall be subsequently determined that the Covered Person is not entitled
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continuing right of offset against such Covered Person’s interests/investments in the Company and such affiliates and shall have the right to withhold
amounts otherwise distributable to such Covered Person to satisfy such repayment obligation. If a Member institutes litigation against a Covered Person which gives rise to an indemnity obligation hereunder, such Member shall be responsible, up to
the amount of such Member’s Interests and remaining Commitment, for such Member’s pro rata share of the Company’s expenses related to such indemnity obligation, as determined by the Managing Member. The Company may purchase insurance,
to the extent available at reasonable cost, to cover losses, claims, damages or liabilities covered by the foregoing indemnification provisions. Members will not be personally obligated with respect to indemnification pursuant to this
Section 3.5(b). 
 Section 3.6 Representations of Members. (a) Each Regular and Special Member by execution of this
Agreement (or by otherwise becoming bound by the terms and conditions hereof as provided herein or in the LLC Act) represents and warrants to every other Member and to the Company, except as may be waived by the Managing Member, that he is acquiring
each of his Interests for his own account for investment and not with a view to resell or distribute the same or any part thereof, and that no other person has any interest in any such Interest or in the rights of such Member hereunder;
provided, that a Member may choose to make transfers for estate and charitable planning purposes (in accordance with the terms hereof). Each Regular and Special Member represents and warrants that he understands that the Interests have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and therefore such Interests may not be resold without registration under such Act or exemption from such registration, and that accordingly such Member must bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Company for an indefinite period of time. Each Regular and Special Member represents that he has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, that he is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of an investment in the Company, and that he is able to bear the economic risk of such investment. Each Regular and Special Member represents that his overall commitment to the Company and other investments which are not readily marketable is
not disproportionate to the Member’s net worth and the Member has no need for liquidity in the Member’s investment in Interests. Each Regular and Special Member represents that to the full satisfaction of the Member, the Member has been
furnished any materials that he has requested relating to the Company and the offering of Interests and has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of
Interests and any matters pertaining thereto and to obtain any other additional information relating thereto. Each Regular and Special Member represents that the Member has consulted to the extent deemed appropriate by the Member with the
Member’s own advisors as to the financial, tax, legal and related matters concerning an investment in Interests and on that basis believes that an investment in the Interests is suitable and appropriate for the Member. 
 (b) Each Regular and Special Member agrees that the representations and warranties contained in paragraph (a) above shall be true and
correct as of any date that such Member makes a capital contribution to the Company, and such Member hereby agrees that such capital contribution shall serve as confirmation thereof. 
 (c) Each Regular and Special Member certifies that (A) if such Member is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701 of
the Code) (x) such Member’s name, social security number (or, if applicable, employer identification number) and residence address (if an individual) or principal place of business address (if an entity) provided to the Company and its
affiliates pursuant to an IRS Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (“W-9”) or otherwise are correct, (y) such Member will complete and return a W-9, and (z) such Member will notify the Company
within 60 days of a change to foreign (non-United States) status or (B) if such Member is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701 of the Code) (x) the information on the completed IRS Form W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign
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Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding (“W-8IMY”), or otherwise is correct,
(y) the Member will complete and return the applicable IRS form, including but not limited to a W-8BEN or W-8IMY and (z) such Member will notify the Company within 60 days of any change of such status. Each Regular and Special Member
agrees to properly execute and provide to the Company in a timely manner any tax documentation that may be reasonably required by the Managing Member. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY 
 Section 4.1 Capital Contributions by Members. 
 (a) Each Regular Member may be required to make capital contributions to the Company at such times and in such amounts as may be determined by the Managing Member from time to time or as may be set forth in such
Regular Member’s Admission Letter. Special Members shall not be required to make capital contributions to the Company except as specifically set forth in this Agreement or as they otherwise agree; provided, that the Managing Member and
any Special Member may agree from time to time that such Special Member shall make an additional capital contribution to the Company; provided further, that each Investor Special Member shall maintain its capital account at a level equal to
the product of (i) its Profit Sharing Percentage from time to time and (ii) the total capital of the Company. 
 (b)
Each capital contribution by a Member shall be credited to the appropriate Capital Account(s) of such Member in accordance with Section 5.2 and maintained in the books and records of the Company. 
 (c) The Managing Member may elect on a case-by-case basis to (i) cause the Company to loan any Member (including any additional
Member admitted to the Company pursuant to Section 6.1 but excluding any Members that are also executive officers of Blackstone) the amount of any capital contribution required to be made by such Member or (ii) permit any Member (including
any additional Member admitted to the Company pursuant to Section 6.1) to make a required capital contribution to the Company in installments, in each case on terms determined by the Managing Member. 
 Section 4.2 Interest. There shall be no interest on the balances of the Members’ Capital Accounts. 
 Section 4.3 Partial Withdrawals of Capital. Each Member may make partial withdrawals in respect of such Member’s Capital Account(s) in such
amounts and at such times as may be permitted by the Managing Member from time to time. Payments with respect to any such partial withdrawals will be made at such times and in cash or in kind as may be determined by the Managing Member. 

 

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 ARTICLE V 
 PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS AND LOSSES 
 Section 5.1 General Accounting Matters. 
 (a) Net Income (Loss) shall be determined by the Managing Member at the end of each accounting period and shall be allocated as described
in Section 5.4. “Net Income (Loss)” means, with respect to any accounting period, the sum of: (i) Fund Net Income (Loss) for such period, (ii) Other Net Income (Loss) for such period, and (iii) the Incentive
Allocation for such period. The Managing Member may from time to time (i) establish additional separate categories of Net Income (Loss) with respect to the Company as it may determine (including, without limitation, Net Income (Loss) relating
to illiquid investments by the Funds) and (ii) calculate and allocate Net Income (Loss) for each such category on a separate basis. 
 (b) Net Income (Loss) with respect to any accounting period shall be determined in accordance with the accounting method used by the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the following adjustments:
(i) any income of the Company that is exempt from U.S. federal income taxation and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (Loss) shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (ii) if any asset has a value on the books of
the Company that differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any depreciation, amortization or gain resulting from a disposition of such asset shall be calculated with reference to such value; (iii) upon an
adjustment to the value of any asset on the books of the Company pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-1 (b) (2), the amount of the adjustment shall be included as gain or loss in computing such taxable income or loss; (iv) any
expenditures of the Company not deductible in computing taxable income or loss, not properly capitalizable and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (Loss) pursuant to this definition shall be treated as deductible items;
(v) any income that is payable to Company employees in respect of “phantom interests” awarded by the Managing Member to employees shall be included as an expense in the calculation of Net Income (Loss), and (vi) items of income
and expense (including interest income and overhead and other indirect expenses) of the Company, Holdings and other affiliates of the Company shall be allocated among the Company, Holdings and such affiliates as determined by the Managing Member.
Any adjustments to Net Income (Loss) by the Managing Member, including adjustments for items of income accrued but not yet received, unrealized gains, items of expense accrued but not yet paid, unrealized losses, reserves (including reserves for
taxes, bad debts, actual or threatened litigation, or any other expenses, contingencies or obligations) and other appropriate items shall be made in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”);
provided, that the Managing Member shall not be required to make any such adjustments; provided further, that the Managing Member may elect from time to time to calculate and allocate Net Income (Loss) attributable to any item of
income or expense or any investment of the Company on a basis separate from the Company’s other business. 
 (c) An
accounting period shall be a Fiscal Year, except that, at the option of the Managing Member, an accounting period will terminate and a new accounting period will begin on the admission date of an additional Member or the Withdrawal Date of a
Withdrawn Member, if any such date is not the first day of a Fiscal Year, or on any other date determined by the Managing Member in its sole discretion. If any event referred to in the preceding sentence occurs and the Managing Member does not elect
to terminate an accounting period and begin a new accounting period, then the Managing Member may make such adjustments as its deems appropriate to the Members’ Profit Sharing Percentages for the accounting period in which such event occurs
(prior to any allocations of Unallocated Percentages or adjustments to Profit Sharing Percentages pursuant to Section 5.3) to reflect the Members’ average Profit Sharing Percentages during such accounting period. 
 (d) In establishing Profit Sharing Percentages and allocating Unallocated Percentages (if any) pursuant to Section 5.3, the Managing
Member may consider such factors as it deems appropriate. 
 (e) All determinations, valuations and other matters of judgment
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other accounting matters shall be conclusive and binding on all Members, all Withdrawn Members, their successors, heirs, estates or legal representatives and
any other person, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, no such person shall have the right to an accounting or an appraisal of the assets of the Company or any successor thereto. 
 Section 5.2 Capital Accounts. 
 (a) There shall be established for each Member on the books of the Company, to the extent and at such times as may be appropriate, one or more Capital Accounts as the Managing Member may deem to be appropriate for purposes of accounting for
such Member’s interests in the capital and Net Income (Loss) of the Company. A separate Capital Account shall be established for each Member with respect to Fund Net Income (Loss), Other Net Income (Loss) and the Incentive Allocation. In
addition, the Managing Member may also establish separate Capital Accounts for each Member with respect to any other categories of Net Income (Loss) (if any) (including, without limitation, Net Income (Loss) relating to illiquid investments by the
Funds) as it may determine in its sole discretion. 
 (b) As of the end of each accounting period or, in the case of a capital
contribution to the Company by one or more of the Members or a distribution by the Company to one or more of the Members, at the time of such contribution or distribution, (i) the appropriate Capital Accounts of each Member shall be credited
with the following amounts: (A) the amount of cash and the value of any property contributed by such Member to the capital of the Company during such accounting period and (B) the Net Income allocated to such Member for such accounting
period; and (ii) the appropriate Capital Accounts of each Member shall be debited with the following amounts: (x) the amount of cash and the value of any property distributed to such Member during such accounting period and (y) the
Net Loss allocated to such Member for such accounting period. 
 Section 5.3 Profit Sharing Percentages. 
 (a) Prior to the beginning of each annual accounting period, the Managing Member shall establish the profit sharing percentage (the
“Profit Sharing Percentage”) of each Member in each category of Net Income (Loss) for such annual accounting period pursuant to Section 5.1(a), taking into account such factors as the Managing Member deems appropriate,
including those referred to in Section 5.1. The Managing Member may establish different Profit Sharing Percentages for any Member on a Fund-by-Fund basis with respect to each different category of Net Income (Loss) for each such Fund
(including, without limitation, Fund Net Income (Loss), Other Net Income (Loss) and the Incentive Allocation) as it may determine in its sole discretion; provided, that each Member’s Profit Sharing Percentage with respect to Fund Net
Income (Loss) shall be based on such Member’s Capital Account balance in such Member’s Fund Net Income (Loss) Capital Account as it relates to the aggregate Fund Net Income (Loss) Capital Account balances of all Members. In the case of the
Withdrawal of a Member, such Withdrawn Member’s Profit Sharing Percentage shall be allocated by the Managing Member to one or more of the Members in its sole discretion. Except as may be otherwise determined by the Managing Member, in the case
of the admission of any Member to the Company as an additional Member, the Profit Sharing Percentages of the other Members shall be reduced on a pro rata basis (based on such Members’ respective Profit Sharing Percentages in effect
immediately prior to such admission) by an amount equal to the Profit Sharing Percentage allocated to such new Member pursuant to Section 6.1(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Member may also adjust the Profit Sharing Percentage
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 (b) The Managing Member may elect to allocate to the Members less than 100% of the Profit
Sharing Percentages of any category for any annual accounting period at the time specified in Section 5.3(a) for the annual fixing of Profit Sharing Percentages (any remainder of such Profit Sharing Percentages being called an
“Unallocated Percentage”). Any Unallocated Percentage for any annual accounting period may be allocated by the Managing Member at such later times and to such Members as the Managing Member shall determine; provided, that any
Unallocated Percentage in any category of Net Income (Loss) for any annual accounting period that is not allocated by the Managing Member within 90 days after the end of such accounting period shall be deemed to be allocated among all Members
(including the Managing Member) with previously allocated Profit Sharing Percentages in such category of Net Income (Loss) proportionately in accordance with such previously allocated Profit Sharing Percentages. 
 Section 5.4 Allocations of Net Income (Loss). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Net Income (Loss) and, to the extent necessary,
individual categories thereof or components of income, gain, loss or deduction, of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in a manner that as closely as possible gives economic effect to the provisions of this Article V and the other
relevant provisions of this Agreement, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Managing Member. 
 Section 5.5 Liability of
Members. Except as otherwise provided in the LLC Act, no Member shall be personally obligated for any debt, obligation or liability of the Company or of any other Member solely by reason of being a Member. In addition, in no way does any of the
foregoing limit any Member’s obligations to make capital contributions as provided hereunder. 
 Section 5.6 Repurchase Rights,
etc. The Managing Member may from time to time establish such repurchase rights and/or other requirements with respect to the Members’ Interests in the Company as the Managing Member may determine. The Managing Member shall have authority
to (a) withhold any distribution otherwise payable to any Member until any such repurchase rights have lapsed or any such requirements have been satisfied, (b) pay any distribution to any Member that is Contingent as of the distribution
date and require the refund of any portion of such distribution that is Contingent as of the Withdrawal Date of such Member, (c) amend any previously established repurchase rights or other requirements from time to time and (d) make such
exceptions thereto as it may determine on a case by case basis. 
 Section 5.7 Distributions. 
 (a) The Company shall make distributions of available cash (subject to reserves and other adjustments as provided herein) or other
property to the Members at such times and in such amounts as are determined by the Managing Member. The Managing Member shall, if it deems it appropriate, determine the availability for distribution of, and distribute, cash or other property
separately for each category of Net Income (Loss) established pursuant to Section 5.1(a). Subject to Section 5.1(d), distributions of cash or other property with respect to Incentive Allocation shall be made among Members in accordance
with their respective Profit Sharing Percentages with respect thereto. 
 (b) Subject to the Company’s having sufficient
available cash in the reasonable judgment of the Managing Member, the Company shall make cash distributions to each Member with respect to each Fiscal Year of the Company in an aggregate amount at least equal to the total federal, New York state and
New York city income taxes that would be payable by such Member with respect to all categories of Net Income (Loss) allocated to such Member for such Fiscal Year, the amount of which shall be calculated (i) on the assumption that each Member is
an individual subject to the then prevailing maximum federal, New York state and New York city income tax rates, (ii) taking into account the deductibility of state and local income and other taxes for federal income tax purposes and
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Member under this Agreement during such Fiscal Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Member may refrain from making any such distribution if, in
the reasonable judgment of the Managing Member, such distribution would be prohibited by § 18-607 of the LLC Act. 
 (c) The Managing Member may provide that a Member’s right to distributions and investments of the Company may be subject to repurchase by the Company during such period as the Managing Member shall determine (a “Repurchase
Period”). Any Contingent distributions from investments subject to repurchase rights will be withheld by the Company and will be distributed to the recipient thereof (together with interest thereon at rates determined by the Managing Member
from time to time) as the recipient’s rights to such distributions become Non-Contingent (by virtue of the expiration of the applicable Repurchase Period or otherwise). The Managing Member may elect in an individual case to have the Company
distribute any Contingent distribution to the applicable recipient thereof irrespective of whether the applicable Repurchase Period has lapsed. If a Member withdraws from the Company for any reason other than his death, Total Disability or
Incompetence, the undistributed share of such Member’s Interest that remains Contingent as of the applicable Withdrawal Date shall be repurchased by the Company at a purchase price determined at such time by the Managing Member. Unless
determined otherwise by the Managing Member, the repurchased portion thereof will be allocated among the remaining Members in proportion to their respective Profit Sharing Percentages with respect thereto. 
 Section 5.8 Business Expenses. The Company shall reimburse the Members for reasonable travel, entertainment and miscellaneous expenses incurred by
them in the conduct of the Company’s business in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Managing Member from time to time. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 ADDITIONAL MEMBERS; WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBERS; 
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF 
 COMPANY INTERESTS; TERMINATION 
 Section 6.1 Additional Members. (a) Effective on the first day of any month (or on such other date as shall be determined by the Managing
Member in its sole discretion), the Managing Member shall have the right to admit one or more additional persons into the Company as Regular Members or Special Members. The Managing Member shall determine and negotiate with each additional Member
all terms of such additional Member’s participation in the Company, including such additional Member’s initial capital contribution, Profit Sharing Percentage and base salary. Each additional Member shall have such voting rights as may be
determined by the Managing Member unless, upon the admission to the Company of any Special Member, the Managing Member shall designate that such Special Member shall not have such voting rights (any such Special Member being called a
“Nonvoting Special Member”). 
 (b) Any Profit Sharing Percentages to be allocated to an additional Member as
of the date such Member is admitted to the Company, together with any pro rata reduction in all other Members’ Profit Sharing Percentages as of such date, shall be established by the Managing Member pursuant to Section 5.3.

 (c) Each additional Member may be required to contribute to the Company his pro rata share of the Company’s
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 (d) The admission of an additional Member will be evidenced by (i) the execution of
a counterpart copy of this Agreement by such additional Member or (ii) the execution of an amendment to this Agreement by all the Members (including the additional Member), as determined by the Managing Member. 
 Section 6.2 Withdrawal of Members. (a) Any Member (other than the Managing Member) (i) may voluntarily withdraw from the Company, in
whole or in part, at any time upon at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the Company, (ii) may be removed from the Company at any time by the Managing Member for any reason or no reason, (iii) shall be deemed to have
withdrawn from the Company upon such Member’s death, Total Disability or Incompetence, or (iv) shall automatically be removed from the Company to the extent Cause exists with respect thereto; provided, that a Member may not
voluntarily Withdraw without the consent of the Managing Member if such Withdrawal would (i) cause the Company to be in default under any of its contractual obligations or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of the Managing Member, have a
material adverse effect on the Company or its business; provided further, that to the extent a withdrawal relates to a Capital Account relating to an investment of capital in the Funds, such withdrawal may only be made to the extent permitted
by the applicable Fund Agreements. 
 (b) Upon the Withdrawal of any Member, including by the occurrence of any Withdrawal
event under the LLC Act with respect to any Member, such Member shall thereupon cease to be a Member. 
 (c) As of the
effective date of a Member’s Wihdrawal, such Member shall execute a release in favor of the Company and its Members, releasing the Company and its Members from all liabilities to the withdrawing Member in such form as determined by the Managing
Member. 
 Section 6.3 Company Interests Not Transferable. No Member may sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber all or
any portion of such Member’s Interest other than as permitted by written agreement between such Member and the Company; provided, that this Section 6.3 shall not impair transfers by operation of law, transfers by will or by other
testamentary instrument occurring by virtue of the death or dissolution of a Member, or transfers required by trust agreements. No assignee, legatee, distributee, heir or transferee (by conveyance, operation of law or otherwise) of the whole or any
portion of any Member’s Interest shall have any right to be a Member without the prior written consent of the Managing Member (which consent may be withheld without giving reason therefor). Notwithstanding the granting of a security interest in
the entire Interest of any Member, such Member shall continue to be a member of the Company. 
 Section 6.4 Consequences upon Withdrawal
of a Member. 
 (a) The Withdrawal of a Regular Member shall not dissolve the Company if at the time of such Withdrawal
there are one or more remaining Regular Members and any one or more of such remaining Regular Members continue the business of the Company (any and all such remaining Regular Members being hereby authorized to continue the business of the Company
without dissolution and hereby agreeing to do so). Notwithstanding Section 6.4(b), if upon the Withdrawal of a Regular Member there shall be no remaining Regular Member, the Company shall be dissolved and shall be wound up unless, within 90
days after the occurrence of such Withdrawal, all remaining Special Members agree in writing to continue the business of the Company and to the appointment, effective as of the date of such Withdrawal, of one or more Regular Members. 
  

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 (b) The Company shall not be dissolved, in and of itself, by the Withdrawal of any
Member, but shall continue with the surviving or remaining Members as members thereof in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement. 
 Section 6.5 Satisfaction and Discharge of a Withdrawn Member’s Interest. 
 (a) In
the event of the Withdrawal of a Member, the Managing Member shall promptly after such Withdrawn Member’s Withdrawal Date determine and allocate to the Withdrawn Member’s Capital Account(s) such Withdrawn Member’s allocable share of
the Net Income (Loss) of the Company for the period ending on such Withdrawal Date in accordance with Article V. In making the foregoing calculations, the Managing Member shall be entitled to establish such reserves (including reserves for
taxes, bad debts, unrealized losses, actual or threatened litigation or any other expenses, contingencies or obligations) as it deems appropriate. Unless otherwise determined by the Managing Member in a particular case, a Withdrawn Member shall not
be entitled to receive any bonuses or Unallocated Percentage in respect of the accounting period during which such Member Withdraws from the Company (whether or not previously awarded or allocated) or any bonuses or Unallocated Percentage in respect
of prior accounting periods that have not been paid or allocated (whether or not previously awarded) as of such Withdrawn Member’s Withdrawal Date. 
 (b) Subject to this Section 6.5, if a Member voluntarily withdraws from the Company, in whole or in part, or shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Company by reason of death, Total Disability or
Incompetence, then within ninety (90) days following such Member’s Withdrawal Date, the Company shall distribute to such Member an amount in cash equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Member’s positive Capital Account
balance (or a portion thereof, as applicable) as of such Withdrawal Date (determined in accordance with Section 6.5(a) above). In addition, subject to this Section 6.5 and a right of set-off in favor of the Company and the General Partner,
if a Member is removed from the Company for Cause, then within two (2) years following such Member’s Withdrawal Date, the Company shall distribute to such Member an amount in cash or in kind equal to one hundred (100%) of such
Member’s positive Capital Account balance (or a portion thereof, as applicable) as of such Withdrawal Date (determined in accordance with Section 6.5(a) above). 
 (c) From and after the effective date of the removal or withdrawal of a Member from the Company, except as expressly provided herein, such
Member shall only be a creditor of the Company and shall have no rights as a Member with respect to the withdrawn Interest and shall not have any interest in the Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit, distributions or
assets after the effective date of removal or withdrawal (with respect to the withdrawn Interest), including, without limitation, Fund Net Income (Loss), Other Net Income (Loss) and the Incentive Allocation. For the avoidance of doubt, upon the
withdrawal (deemed or otherwise) or removal of a Member, such Member’s Profit Sharing Percentage shall be reduced to zero (or, in case of a partial withdrawal, shall be reduced pro rata based on the Profit Sharing Percentage represented
by the withdrawn Interest as related to the aggregate Profit Sharing Percentage of the relevant Member), and the Profit Sharing Percentage of all of the remaining Members shall be adjusted pro rata to their respective Profit Sharing
Percentages at such time. 
 (d) To the extent a Withdrawn Member retains an Interest in the Company following such Withdrawn
Member’s Withdrawal Date, at the discretion of the Managing Member or otherwise (each such Member, a “Retaining Withdrawn Member”), such Retaining Withdrawn Member shall become a Nonvoting Special Member for purposes hereof and
retain his or her Capital Account or portion thereof attributable thereto. The Interests of any Retaining Withdrawn Member shall be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to Interests of any kind hereunder and such other terms and conditions
as are established by the Managing Member in its sole discretion. The Managing Member and the Retaining Withdrawn Member may agree to have the Company acquire such Interests on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon. 
  

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 (e) At the time of the settlement of any Withdrawn Member’s Interest in the Company
pursuant to this Section 6.5, the Managing Member may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, impose any restrictions it deems appropriate on the assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other transfer by such Withdrawn Member of any
Interest retained by such Withdrawn Member, any securities or other investments distributed in kind to such Withdrawn Member or such Withdrawn Member’s right to any payment from the Company. 
 (f) Any amounts payable by the Company to the Withdrawn Member pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be subordinate in right of payment
and subject to the prior payment in full of claims of all present or future creditors of the Company or any successor thereto arising out of matters occurring prior to or on or after the applicable date of payment or distribution. 
 Section 6.6 Dissolution of the Company. The Managing Member may dissolve the Company prior to the expiration of its term at any time on not less
than 60 days’ notice of the dissolution date given to the other Members. Upon the dissolution of the Company, and following the payment of creditors of the Company and the making of provisions for the payment of any contingent, conditional or
unmatured claims known to the Company as required under the LLC Act, the Members’ respective interests in the Company shall be valued and settled in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 5.7 and 6.5 which provide for allocations
to the Capital Accounts of the Members and distributions in accordance with the Capital Account balances of the Members. The Managing Member shall be the liquidator. In the event that the Managing Member is unable to serve as liquidator, a
liquidating trustee shall be chosen by affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest of the Members voting at a meeting of Members (excluding Nonvoting Special Members). 
 Section 6.7 Certain Tax Matters. (a) All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company shall be allocated among the Members for federal, state and local income tax purposes in the same
manner as such items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit shall be allocated among the Members pursuant to this Agreement, except as may otherwise be provided herein or by the Code or other applicable law. To the extent Treasury Regulations
promulgated pursuant to Subchapter K of the Code (including under Sections 704(b) and (c) of the Code) or other applicable law require allocations for tax purposes that differ from the foregoing allocations, the Managing Member may
determine the manner in which such tax allocations shall be made so as to comply more fully with such Treasury Regulations or other applicable law and, at the same time, preserve the economic relationships among the Members as set forth in this
Agreement. In the event there is a net decrease in partnership minimum gain or partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (determined in accordance with the principles of Regulation Sections 1.704-2(d) and 1.704-2(i)) during any taxable year of the
Company, each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to its respective share of such net decrease during such year, determined pursuant to
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i) (5). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). In addition, this Agreement shall be considered to contain a “qualified income
offset” as provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) 
 (b) Notwithstanding Section 6.7(a),
if the Company realizes capital gains (including short-term capital gains) for federal income tax purposes (“gains”) for any fiscal year during or as of the end of which one or more Positive Basis Members (as hereinafter defined) withdraw
from the Company pursuant to this Article VI, the Managing Member may elect to allocate such gains as follows: (i) to allocate such gains among such Positive Basis Members, pro rata in proportion to the respective 

  

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Positive Basis (as hereinafter defined) of each such Positive Basis Member, until either the full amount of such gains shall have been so allocated or the
Positive Basis of each such Positive Basis Member shall have been eliminated and (ii) to allocate any gains not so allocated to Positive Basis Members to the other Members in such manner as shall equitably reflect the amounts allocated to such
Members’ Capital Accounts pursuant to this Agreement. 
 As used herein, (i) the term “Positive Basis” shall mean, with
respect to any Member and as of any time of calculation, the amount by which its aggregate Capital Account balance (determined in accordance with Section 5.2) as of such time exceeds its “adjusted tax basis,” for Federal income tax
purposes, in its interest in the Company as of such time (determined without regard to any adjustments made to such “adjusted tax basis” by reason of any transfer or assignment of such interest, including by reason of death, and without
regard to such Member’s share of the liabilities of the Company under Section 752 of the Code), and (ii) the term “Positive Basis Member” shall mean any Member who withdraws from the Company and who has Positive Basis as of
the effective date of its withdrawal, but such Member shall cease to be a Positive Basis Member at such time as it shall have received allocations pursuant to clause (i) of the first paragraph of this Section 6.7(b) equal to its Positive
Basis as of the effective date of its withdrawal 
 (c) The Managing Member shall cause to be prepared all federal, state and
local tax returns of the Company for each year for which such returns are required to be filed and, after approval of such returns by the Managing Member, shall cause such returns to be timely filed. The Managing Member shall determine the
appropriate treatment of each item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company and the accounting methods and conventions under the tax laws of the United States, the several states and other relevant jurisdictions as to the treatment
of any such item or any other method or procedure related to the preparation of such tax returns. The Managing Member may cause the Company to make or refrain from making any and all elections permitted by such tax laws. Each Member agrees that he
shall not, unless he provides prior notice of such action to the Company, (i) treat, on his individual income tax returns, any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit relating to his interest in the Company in a manner inconsistent with
the treatment of such item by the Company as reflected on the Form K-l or other information statement furnished by the Company to such Member for use in preparing his income tax returns or (ii) file any claim for refund relating to any such
item based on, or which would result in, such inconsistent treatment. In respect of an income tax audit of any tax return of the Company, the filing of any amended return or claim for refund in connection with any item of income, gain, loss,
deduction or credit reflected on any tax return of the Company, or any administrative or judicial proceedings arising out of or in connection with any such audit, amended return, claim for refund or denial of such claim, (A) the Tax Matters
Member (as defined below) shall be authorized to act for, and his decision shall be final and binding upon, the Company and all Members except to the extent a Member shall properly elect to be excluded from such proceeding pursuant to the Code,
(B) all expenses incurred by the Tax Matters Member in connection therewith (including, without limitation, attorneys’, accountants’ and other experts’ fees and disbursements) shall be expenses of the Company and (C) no
Member shall have the right to (1) participate in the audit of any Company tax return, (2) file any amended return or claim for refund in connection with any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit reflected on any tax return of
the Company (unless he provides prior notice of such action to the Company as provided above), (3) participate in any administrative or judicial proceedings conducted by the Company or the Tax Matters Member arising out of or in connection with
any such audit, amended return, claim for refund or denial of such claim or (4) appeal, challenge or otherwise protest any adverse findings in any such audit conducted by the Company or the Tax Matters Member or with respect to any such amended
return or claim for refund filed by the Company or the Tax Matters Member or in any such administrative or judicial proceedings conducted by the Company or the Tax Matters Member. The Company and each Member hereby designate any Member selected by
the Managing Member as the “tax matters partner” for purposes of Section 6231(a) (7) of the Code (the “Tax Matters Member”). To the 

  

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fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Member agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and all other Members from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, damages, deficiencies and expenses resulting from any breach or violation by such Member of the provisions of this Section 6.7 and from all actions, suits, proceedings, demands, assessments, judgments, costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incident to any such breach or violation. Each person (for purposes of this Section 6.7(c), called a “Pass-Thru Member”) that holds or controls an interest
as a Member on behalf of, or for the benefit of, another person or persons, or which Pass-Thru Member is beneficially owned (directly or indirectly) by another person or persons, shall, within 30 days following receipt from the Tax Matters Member of
any notice, demand, request for information or similar document, convey such notice or other document in writing to all holders of beneficial interests in the Company holding such interests through such Pass-Thru Member. 
 (d) Each individual Member shall provide to the Company copies of each federal, state and local income tax return of such Member
(including any amendment thereof) within 30 days after filing such return. 
 Section 6.8 Special Basis Adjustments. In connection
with a distribution of Company property to a Member or any assignment or transfer of a Company interest permitted by the terms of this Agreement, the Managing Member may cause the Company, on behalf of the Members and at the time and in the manner
provided in Code Section 754 and Treasury Regulation Section 1.754-1(b), to make an election to adjust the basis of the Company’s property in the manner provided in Sections 734(b) and 743(b) of the Code. 
 ARTICLE VII 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 7.1 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) Any and all disputes which cannot be settled amicably, including any
ancillary claims of any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this
arbitration provision) shall be finally settled by arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator in New York in accordance with the then-existing Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. If the parties to the dispute fail to
agree on the selection of an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the request for arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce shall make the appointment. The arbitrator shall be a lawyer and shall conduct the proceedings
in the English language. Performance under this Agreement shall continue if reasonably possible during any arbitration proceedings. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), the Managing Member may bring, or may cause the Company to bring, on behalf of the Managing Member or the Company or on behalf of one or more Members, an action or special proceeding in
any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling a party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b),
each Member (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraph (c) of this Section 7.1 to any such action or proceeding, (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this
Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate, and (iii) irrevocably appoints the Managing Member as such Member’s agent for service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding and
agrees that service of process upon any such agent, who shall promptly advise such Member of any such service of process, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Member in any such action or proceeding. 
  

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 (c) (i) EACH MEMBER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN
NEW YORK, NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 7.1, OR ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ANCILLARY TO AN ARBITRATION OR CONTEMPLATED ARBITRATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR
CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. Such ancillary judicial proceedings include any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration, to obtain temporary or preliminary judicial relief in aid of arbitration, or to confirm an arbitration award. The parties
acknowledge that the forum(s) designated by this paragraph (c) have a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to the parties’ relationship with one another. 
 (ii) The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter may have to
personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such ancillary suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in the preceding paragraph of this Section 7.1 and such parties agree not to plead or claim the same. 

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 7.1 shall be construed to the maximum extent
possible to comply with the laws of the State of Delaware, including the Delaware Uniform Arbitration Act (10 Del. C. § 5701 et seq.) (the “Delaware Arbitration Act”). If, nevertheless, it shall be determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction that any provision or wording of this Section 7.1, including any rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, shall be invalid or unenforceable under the Delaware Arbitration Act, or other applicable law, such
invalidity shall not invalidate all of this Section 7.1. In that case, this Section 7.1 shall be construed so as to limit any term or provision so as to make it valid or enforceable within the requirements of the Delaware Arbitration Act
or other applicable law, and, in the event such term or provision cannot be so limited, this Section 7.1 shall be construed to omit such invalid or unenforceable provision. 
 Section 7.2 Ownership and Use of the Blackstone Name. The Company acknowledges that Blackstone TM L.L.C. (“TM”), a Delaware
limited liability company with a principal place of business at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154, (or its successors or assigns) is the sole and exclusive owner of the mark and name BLACKSTONE and that the ownership of, and the right to
use, sell or otherwise dispose of, the firm name or any abbreviation or modification thereof which consists of or includes BLACKSTONE, shall belong exclusively to TM. The Company shall not be permitted to use the BLACKSTONE name and service mark
without the prior written consent of TM. To the extent the Company is permitted to use the BLACKSTONE name and service mark, all services rendered by the Company under the BLACKSTONE mark and name will be rendered in a manner and with quality levels
that are consistent with the high reputation heretofore developed for the BLACKSTONE mark by TM and its affiliates and licensees. The Company understands that, to the extent TM hereinafter permits the Company to use the BLACKSTONE name and service
mark, TM may thereafter terminate the Company’s right to use BLACKSTONE at any time in TM’s sole discretion by giving the Company written notice of termination. Promptly following any such termination, the Company will take all steps
necessary to change its partnership name to one which does not include BLACKSTONE or any confusingly similar term and cease all use of BLACKSTONE or any term confusingly similar thereto as a service mark or otherwise. 
 Section 7.3 Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken by a vote of Members at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a
Majority in Interest of the Members consent thereto in writing. 
 Section 7.4 Admission Letters; Schedules; Existing Agreement. The
Managing Member may, or may cause the Company to, enter into separate letter agreements, including but not limited to profit sharing agreements (such letter agreements, the “Admission Letters”) with certain 
  

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Members with respect to Capital Contributions, Profit Sharing Percentages, benefits or any other matter, in each case, on terms and conditions not
inconsistent with this Agreement. The Managing Member may from time to time execute and deliver to the Members schedules which set forth the then current Capital Account balances and Profit Sharing Percentages of the Members and any other matters
deemed appropriate by the Managing Member. Such schedules shall be for information purposes only and shall not be deemed to be part of this Agreement for any purpose whatsoever. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
to the extent ACD Management Partners, L.P. and/or Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (or, in each case, one or more affiliates thereof) remains a Member of the Company following the date hereof, the rights and obligations of such Member and the
terms and conditions of such Member’s Interest in the Company shall continue to be governed by the Existing Agreement for all purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, in the event of a conflict
between this Agreement on the one hand and a Member’s Admission Letter on the other hand, the terms and provisions of the Admission Letter of such Member shall control as between the Company and such Member. 
 Section 7.5 Governing Law; Separability of Provisions. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Delaware without regard to principles of conflict of laws. In particular, the Company has been formed pursuant to the LLC Act, and the rights and liabilities of the Members shall be as provided therein, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, such provision shall be given its meaning to the maximum extent permitted by law and the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. 
 Section 7.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall, subject to the penultimate sentence of Section 6.3, inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective heirs and personal representatives, and provided that no person claiming by, through or under a Member (whether such Member’s heir, personal representative or otherwise), as distinct from
such Member itself, shall have any rights as, or in respect to, a Member (including the right to approve or vote on any matter or to notice thereof) except the right to receive only those distributions expressly payable to such person pursuant to
Article VI. Any Member or Withdrawn Member shall remain liable for the obligations under this Agreement of any transferee of all or any portion of such Member’s or Withdrawn Member’s interest in the Company, unless waived by the
Managing Member. Nothing in this Agreement is intended, nor shall anything herein be construed, to confer any rights, legal or equitable, in any person other than the Members and their respective legal representatives, heirs, successors and
permitted assigns. 
 Section 7.7 Confidentiality; Restrictive Covenants. By executing this Agreement, each Member expressly agrees,
at all times during the term of the Company and thereafter and whether or not at the time a Member of the Company, to maintain the confidentiality of, and not to disclose to any person other than the Company, another Member or a person designated by
the Company, any information relating to the business, financial structure, financial position or financial results, clients or affairs of the Company that shall not be generally known to the public or the securities industry, except as otherwise
required by law or by any regulatory or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction; provided, that any corporate Member may disclose any such information it is required by law, rule, regulation or custom to disclose. In addition, each
Member shall be subject to the restrictive covenants and other obligations set forth in such Member’s Admission Letter. 
 Section 7.8
Notices. Whenever notice is required or permitted by this Agreement to be given, such notice shall be in writing (including telecopy or similar writing) and shall be given by hand delivery (including any courier service) or telecopy to any
Member at its address or telecopy number shown in the Company’s books and records or, if given to the Managing Member or the Company, at the address of the Company provided herein. Each such notice shall be effective (i) if given by
telecopy, 
 upon dispatch, and (ii) if given by hand delivery, when delivered to the address of such Member, the Managing Member or the Company
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 Section 7.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which together shall constitute a single instrument. 
 Section 7.10 Power of Attorney. Each Member (other than the Managing Member)
hereby irrevocably appoints the Managing Member as such Member’s true and lawful agent, representative and attorney-in-fact, each acting alone, in such Member’s name, place and stead, to make, execute, sign and file, on behalf of such
Member, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and certificates which the Managing Member deems necessary or advisable in connection with any transaction or matter contemplated by or provided for in this Agreement, including without
limitation, the performance of any obligation of such Member or the Company or the exercise of any right of such Member or the Company or an amendment to this Agreement. Such power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall survive and
continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the Withdrawal from the Company of any Member for any reason and shall not be affected by the death, Total Disability or Incompetence of such Member. 
 Section 7.11 Member’s Will. Each Member and Withdrawn Member shall include in his or her will a provision that addresses certain matters in
respect of his or her obligations relating to the Company that is satisfactory to the Managing Member and each such Member and Withdrawn Member shall confirm annually to the Company, in writing, that such provision remains in his current will. Where
applicable, any estate planning trust of such Member or Withdrawn Member to which a portion of such Member’s or Withdrawn Member’s Interest is transferred shall include a provision substantially similar to such provision and the trustee of
such trust shall confirm annually to the Company, in writing, that such provision or its substantial equivalent remains in such trust. In the event any Member or Withdrawn Member fails to comply with the provisions of this Section 7.11 after
the Company has notified such Member or Withdrawn Member of his failure to so comply and such failure to so comply is not cured within 30 days of such notice, the Company may withhold any and all distributions to such Member until the time at which
such party complies with the requirements of this Section 7.11. 
 Section 7.12 Cumulative Remedies. Rights and remedies under
this Agreement are cumulative and do not preclude use of other rights and remedies available under applicable law. 
 Section 7.13 Legal
Fees. Except as more specifically provided herein, in the event of a legal dispute (including litigation, arbitration or mediation) between any Member or Withdrawn Member and the Company, arising in connection with any provision of this
Agreement, the “losing” party to such dispute shall promptly reimburse the “victorious party” for all reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with such dispute (such determination to be made by the relevant
adjudicator). Any amounts due under this Section 7.13 shall be paid within 30 days of the date upon which such amounts are due to be paid. 
 Section 7.14 Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties,
covenants or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein. Subject to Section 7.4, this Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the day and year first above
written. In the event that it is impracticable to obtain the signature of any of the Members to this Agreement, this Agreement shall be binding among the other Members executing the same. 
  

					
	MANAGING MEMBER:
	
	GSO VIPS L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	 GSO Holdings I L.L.C.,
 its managing member


		
	By:	 	 Blackstone Holdings I L.P.,
 its managing
member

		
	By:	 	 Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc.,
 its
general partner

		
	By: 	 	/s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman
		 	Name:	 	Stephen A. Schwarzman
		 	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer