Document:

Exhibit 10.7

 

FORM OF

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 

RSP PERMIAN HOLDCO, L.L.C.

 

Effective Date:  [                        ]

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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RECITALS:
    	
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ARTICLE I FORMATION OF   COMPANY
    	
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Section 1.1.
    	
Formation
    	
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Section 1.2.
    	
Name
    	
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Section 1.3.
    	
Business
    	
2
    
	
Section 1.4.
    	
Places of Business; Registered Agent; Names and Addresses   of Members
    	
2
    
	
Section 1.5.
    	
Term
    	
3
    
	
Section 1.6.
    	
Filings
    	
3
    
	
Section 1.7.
    	
Title to Company Property
    	
3
    
	
Section 1.8.
    	
No Payments of Individual Obligations
    	
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ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS AND   REFERENCES
    	
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Section 2.1.
    	
Defined Terms
    	
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Section 2.2.
    	
References and Titles
    	
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ARTICLE III CAPITALIZATION   AND UNITS
    	
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Section 3.1.
    	
Capital Contributions of Members
    	
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Section 3.2.
    	
Issuances of Additional Securities
    	
18
    
	
Section 3.3.
    	
Return of Contributions
    	
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Section 3.4.
    	
Incentive Interests
    	
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ARTICLE IV ALLOCATIONS AND   DISTRIBUTIONS
    	
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Section 4.1.
    	
Allocations of Profits and Losses
    	
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Section 4.2.
    	
Special Allocations
    	
24
    
	
Section 4.3.
    	
Distributions
    	
26
    
	
Section 4.4.
    	
Income Tax Allocations
    	
28
    
	
Section 4.5.
    	
Distributions in Kind
    	
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ARTICLE V MANAGEMENT AND   RELATED MATTERS
    	
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Section 5.1.
    	
Power and Authority of Board
    	
29
    
	
Section 5.2.
    	
Officers
    	
30
    
	
Section 5.3.
    	
Acknowledged and Permitted NGP Activities
    	
31
    
	
Section 5.4.
    	
Duties and Services of the Board
    	
32
    
	
Section 5.5.
    	
Liability and Indemnification
    	
32
    
	
Section 5.6.
    	
Contracts with Affiliates
    	
33
    
	
Section 5.7.
    	
Reimbursement of Members
    	
33
    
	
Section 5.8.
    	
Insurance
    	
33
    
	
Section 5.9.
    	
Tax Elections and Status
    	
33
    
	
Section 5.10.
    	
Tax Returns
    	
34
    
	
Section 5.11.
    	
Tax Matters Member
    	
34
    
	
Section 5.12.
    	
Section 83(b) Election
    	
35
    
	
Section 5.13.
    	
Subsidiaries of the Company
    	
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Section 5.14.
    	
Tax Reimbursement
    	
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ARTICLE VI RIGHTS OF MEMBERS
    	
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Section 6.1.
    	
Rights of Members
    	
35
    
	
Section 6.2.
    	
Limitations on Members
    	
35
    
	
Section 6.3.
    	
Liability of Members
    	
36
    
	
Section 6.4.
    	
Withdrawal and Return of Capital Contributions
    	
36
    
	
Section 6.5.
    	
Voting Rights
    	
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ARTICLE VII BOOKS, REPORTS,   MEETINGS AND CONFIDENTIALITY
    	
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Section 7.1.
    	
Capital Accounts, Books and Records
    	
36
    
	
Section 7.2.
    	
Bank Accounts
    	
38
    
	
Section 7.3.
    	
Reports
    	
38
    
	
Section 7.4.
    	
Meetings of Members
    	
38
    
	
Section 7.5.
    	
Confidentiality
    	
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ARTICLE VIII DISSOLUTION,   LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION
    	
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Section 8.1.
    	
Dissolution
    	
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Section 8.2.
    	
Liquidation and Termination
    	
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ARTICLE IX ASSIGNMENTS OF   COMPANY INTERESTS
    	
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ARTICLE X REPRESENTATIONS   AND WARRANTIES
    	
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
    	
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Section 11.1.
    	
Notices
    	
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Section 11.2.
    	
Amendment
    	
43
    
	
Section 11.3.
    	
Partition
    	
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Section 11.4.
    	
Entire Agreement
    	
44
    
	
Section 11.5.
    	
Severability
    	
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Section 11.6.
    	
No Waiver
    	
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Section 11.7.
    	
Applicable Law
    	
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Section 11.8.
    	
Successors and Assigns
    	
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Section 11.9.
    	
Arbitration
    	
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Section 11.10.
    	
Counterparts
    	
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FORM OF

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
 OF
 RSP PERMIAN HOLDCO, L.L.C.

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated [                          ], is made by and among RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and the Persons who have executed a signature page to this Agreement as the Members and Managers.

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, RSP Permian, L.L.C. (“RSP LLC”) was formed as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware effective on October 18, 2010;

 

WHEREAS, the original members of RSP LLC (the “Original Members”) were parties to that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RSP LLC, dated as of April 1, 2013 (as amended, the “RSP LLC Agreement”), and owned all of the Company Interests (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) in RSP LLC;

 

WHEREAS, RSP Permian, Inc. (“RSP Inc.”) was organized as a Delaware corporation by the filing of a Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 30, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 26, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Subscription and Contribution Agreement, dated [                      ] (the “Contribution Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Original Members, among other things, the Original Members are contributing all of their RSP LLC Interests to the Company, and the Company, pursuant to that certain Master Contribution Agreement, dated [                    ] (the “Master Contribution Agreement”), by and among RSP Inc., the Company, RSP LLC, Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC and Pecos Energy Partners, L.P., is subsequently contributing all of the RSP LLC Interests (the “Contributed Interests”) to RSP Inc. (together with the Original Members’ contributions to the Company pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the “Restructuring Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, the Contributed Interests include any and all Tier I A Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “RSP LLC Tier I A Units”), Tier I Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “RSP LLC Tier I Units”), Tier II Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “RSP LLC Tier II Units”), Tier III Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “RSP LLC Tier III Units”) and Tier IV Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “RSP LLC Tier IV Units” and, together with

 

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the RSP LLC Tier I A Units, the RSP LLC Tier I Units, the RSP LLC Tier II Units, the RSP LLC Tier III Units and the RSP LLC Tier IV Units, the “RSP LLC Incentive Units”) owned by the Original Members and subsequently the Company;

 

WHEREAS, immediately subsequent to the Restructuring Transaction, the Company hereby cancels the RSP LLC Incentive Units; and

 

WHEREAS, the Members and the Managers desire to amend and restate that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of December 26, 2013 (the “Original LLC Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Members and the Managers hereby amend and restate the Original LLC Agreement as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

FORMATION OF COMPANY

 

Section 1.1.                                 Formation.  Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the parties do hereby desire to establish this Agreement to govern the Company as a limited liability company under the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Sections 18-101 et seq., as amended from time to time, and any successor statute or statutes (the “Act”).  The Company was formed upon the execution and filing by the organizer (such Person being hereby authorized to take such action) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of a Certificate of Formation of the Company effective on December 26, 2013.

 

Section 1.2.                                 Name.  The name of the Company shall be RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C.  Subject to all applicable laws, the business of the Company shall be conducted in the name of the Company unless under the law of some jurisdiction in which the Company does business such business must be conducted under another name or unless the Board determines that it is advisable to conduct Company business under another name.  In such a case, the business of the Company in such jurisdiction or in connection with such determination may be conducted under such other name or names as the Board shall determine to be necessary.  The Board shall cause to be filed on behalf of the Company such assumed or fictitious name certificate or certificates or similar instruments as may from time to time be required by law.

 

Section 1.3.                                 Business.  The business of the Company shall be, whether directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, to conduct all activities permissible by applicable law.

 

Section 1.4.                                 Places of Business; Registered Agent; Names and Addresses of Members.

 

(a)                                 The address of the principal United States office and place of business of the Company and its street address shall be 3141 Hood Street, Suite 701, Dallas, Texas 75219.  The Board, at any time and from time to time, may change the location of the Company’s principal place of business upon giving prior written notice of such change to the Members and may

 

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establish such additional place or places of business of the Company as the Board shall determine to be necessary or desirable.

 

(b)                                 The registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be, and it hereby is, established and maintained at 615 South DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901, and the registered agent for service of process on the Company shall be National Corporate Research, Ltd., whose business address is the same as the Company’s registered office in Delaware.  The Board, at any time and from time to time, may change the Company’s registered office or registered agent or both by complying with the applicable provisions of the Act, and may establish, appoint and change additional registered offices and registered agents of the Company in such other states as the Board shall determine to be necessary or advisable.

 

(c)                                  The mailing address and street address of each of the Members shall be the same as for the Company, unless another address for such Member is set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 

Section 1.5.                                 Term.  The Company shall continue until terminated in accordance with Section 8.1.

 

Section 1.6.                                 Filings.  Upon the request of the Board, the Members shall promptly execute and deliver all such certificates and other instruments conforming hereto as shall be necessary for the Board to accomplish all filing, recording, publishing and other acts appropriate to comply with all requirements for the formation and operation of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and for the qualification and operation of a limited liability company in all other jurisdictions where the Company shall propose to conduct business.  Prior to conducting business in any jurisdiction, the Board shall use its reasonable good faith efforts to cause the Company to comply with all requirements for the qualification of the Company to conduct business as a limited liability company in such jurisdiction.

 

Section 1.7.                                 Title to Company Property.  All property owned by the Company, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member, individually, shall have any ownership of such property.  The Company may hold its property in its own name or in the name of a nominee which may be the Board or any of its Affiliates or any trustee or agent designated by it.

 

Section 1.8.                                 No Payments of Individual Obligations.  The Members shall use the Company’s credit and assets solely for the benefit of the Company.  No asset of the Company shall be Transferred for or in payment of any individual obligation of any Member.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES

 

Section 2.1.                                 Defined Terms.  When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

“Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.1.

 

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“Additional Company Debt Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(b).

 

“Additional Company Equity Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(a).

 

“Adjusted Capital Account” shall mean the Capital Account maintained for each Member as provided in Section 7.1(b) as of the end of each fiscal year, (a) increased by (i) the amount of any unpaid Capital Contributions agreed to be contributed by such Member under Section 3.1, if any, and (ii) an amount equal to such Member’s allocable share of Minimum Gain as computed on the last day of such fiscal year in accordance with the applicable Treasury Regulations, and (b) reduced by the adjustments provided for in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4)-(6).

 

“Adjusted Property” shall mean any property the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(vi) or any property that has a Carrying Value different than the adjusted tax basis at the time of a Capital Contribution by a Member.

 

“Affiliate” (whether or not capitalized) shall mean, with respect to any Person: (a) any other Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such Person, (b) any other Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by such Person, (c) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, and (d) any officer, director, member, partner or immediate family member of such Person or any other Person described in subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph.

 

“Agreed Contribution Amount” shall mean $220,300,000.00.

 

“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.

 

“Benchmark Value Payout” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(iv).

 

“Benchmark Value Re-grant Payout” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(c)(i).

 

“Board” and “Board of Managers” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 5.1.

 

“Capital Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(b).

 

“Capital Account Reduction Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(d).

 

“Capital Commitment” shall mean for each Member, as applicable, its commitment to make Capital Contributions (i) to RSP LLC pursuant to the terms of any of the RSP LLC

 

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Contribution Agreements and (ii) to the Company pursuant to the Contribution Agreement or otherwise.  Each Member shall make Capital Contributions to the Company in the amount set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit A shall be amended from time to time, payable in the ratio, at the times and on the conditions set forth in Section 3.1.

 

“Capital Contributions” shall mean for any Member at the particular time in question, as applicable, the aggregate of (i) the dollar amounts of any cash, or the fair market value of any property, contributed to the capital of RSP LLC by such Member pursuant to the RSP LLC Contribution Agreements or otherwise prior to the date hereof, and (ii) other than the Contributed Interests, the dollar amounts of any cash, or the fair market value of any property, contributed to the capital of the Company, or, if the context in which such term is used so indicates, the dollar amounts of any cash or the fair market value of any property agreed to be contributed, or requested to be contributed, by such Member to the capital of the Company.  For the avoidance of doubt, all capital contributions made by any Member in the form of the Contributed Interests are expressly excluded from the definition of “Capital Contributions” for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Carrying Value” shall mean with respect to any asset, the value of such asset as reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Members.  The Carrying Value of any asset shall be such asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

 

(a)                                 The initial Carrying Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company will be the fair market value of the asset on the date of the contribution, as determined by the Board;

 

(b)                                 The Carrying Value of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values, as determined by the Board, upon (i) the acquisition of an additional Company Interest by any new or existing Member in exchange for a Capital Contribution that is not de minimis; (ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member of Company property that is not de minimis as consideration for a Company Interest; (iii) the grant of a Company Interest that is not de minimis consideration for the performance of services to or for the benefit of the Company by any new or existing Member; and (iv) the liquidation of the Company as provided in Section 8.2; provided that any adjustments to the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be made as provided in Section 7.1(b)(vi);

 

(c)                                  The Carrying Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be adjusted to equal the fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution, as determined by the Board;

 

(d)                                 The Carrying Value of an asset shall be adjusted by Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Profits and Net Losses; and

 

(e)                                  The Carrying Value of Company assets shall be adjusted at such other times as required in the applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

“Company” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

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“Company Interest” shall mean any Member’s interest in, or rights in, the Company including and representing, as the context shall require, any membership interest in the Company, Incentive Interests, and/or any other class or series of interests created pursuant to Section 3.2.

 

“Company Nonrecourse Liabilities” shall mean nonrecourse liabilities (or portions thereof) of the Company for which no Member bears the economic risk of loss in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

“Company Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(b).

 

“Confidential Information” shall mean, without limitation, all proprietary and confidential information of the Company, including business opportunities of the Company, intellectual property, and any other information heretofore or hereafter acquired, developed or used by the Company relating to its business, including any confidential information contained in any lease files, well files and records, land files, abstracts, title opinions, title or curative matters, contract files, seismic records, electric logs, core data, pressure data, production records, geological and geophysical reports and related data, memoranda, notes, records, drawings, correspondence, financial and accounting information, customer lists, statistical data and compilations, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, inventions, formulae, methods, processes, agreements, contracts, manuals or any other documents relating to the business of the Company, developed by, or originated by any third party and brought to the attention of, the Company.

 

“Contributed Interests” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“Contribution Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“Depreciation” shall mean for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Carrying Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Carrying Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis (unless the adjusted tax basis is equal to zero, in which event Depreciation shall be determined under any reasonable method selected by the Board).

 

“Dispute” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.9.

 

“Distributable Funds” shall mean the available cash of the Company in excess of the working capital and other requirements of the Company for the then following 12-month period as determined by the Board of Managers.

 

“Distributed Asset Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(b)(iv).

 

“Effective Date” shall mean [                   , 20    ].

 

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“Employee” shall mean an individual who is employed by, or serves as an independent contractor for, the Company, RSP Inc., RSP LLC or any of their respective subsidiaries.  In the event any provision of this Agreement refers to the resignation of an Employee, such resignation or termination shall apply to the entity that is the employer of such Employee.

 

“Exchanged Tier I A Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(i)(A).

 

“Exchanged Tier I Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(i)(B).

 

“Excluded Affiliate Transfer” shall mean (a) any Transfer of a Company Interest by NGP (whether voluntarily or by operation of law) to a partner or other Affiliate or a legal successor of NGP; (b) any Transfer of a Company Interest by a Member who is an individual to a member of such Member’s family or to a revocable trust for estate planning purposes, but only if and for so long as such Transferring Member retains the exclusive right to vote such Company Interest following such Transfer; (c) any Transfer occurring by operation of law upon the death or mental incapacity of a Member who is an individual; (d) any Transfer to a corporation, partnership or limited liability company which is wholly owned and controlled (through voting rights) by such Member, but only if and for so long as such Transferring Member retains the exclusive right to vote such Company Interest following such Transfer; and (e) any Transfer of a Company Interest by a Member which is a trust to the principal beneficiary of that trust; provided that, in the case of any Transfer described in clauses (a) — (e), such Transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and evidences same by executing a copy of this Agreement and such other documents as the Company may reasonably request promptly upon receiving the assignment of such Company Interest.

 

“Excluded Business Opportunity” shall mean a business opportunity other than a business opportunity:  (a) that (i) has come to the attention of a Person solely in, and as a direct result of, its or his capacity as a director of, advisor to, principal of or employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) was developed with the use or benefit of the personnel or assets of the Company, or a subsidiary of the Company, and (b) that has not been previously independently brought to the attention of the subject Person from a source that is not affiliated (other than through such subject Person) with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.

 

“Exercise” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(b)(iv).

 

“Fundamental Change” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)                                 any of the following transactions occur:  (i) the Company merges, consolidates or reconstitutes with or into, or enters into any similar transaction with, any Person other than a subsidiary of the Company, (ii) the outstanding Company Interests are sold or exchanged by the holders thereof in a single transaction, or a series of related transactions, to any Person other than a subsidiary of the Company, or (iii) the Company sells, leases, licenses or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease, license or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or a Member or a Related Party and in the case of any such transaction described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) — (iii), the Persons who served as members of

 

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the Board immediately before consummation of such transaction cease to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board (in the case of a sale of equity interests) or the members of the board or analogous managing body of the surviving or acquiring entity (in the case of an asset Transfer, conversion, merger, consolidation or similar transaction), immediately following completion of such transaction; or

 

(b)                                 any single Person or group of related Persons (other than the Company or any Member) purchases or otherwise acquires the right to vote or dispose of the securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the total voting power of all the then outstanding voting securities of the Company, unless such purchase or acquisition has been approved by the Board; provided that no Capital Contribution(s) made by NGP shall cause a Fundamental Change; or

 

(c)                                  the Company is dissolved and liquidated.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the following shall constitute a Fundamental Change:  (i) the Restructuring Transactions, (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Master Contribution Agreement, (iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the letter agreement, dated November 13, 2013, by and between RSP LLC and ACTOIL, LLC, (v) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the letter agreement, dated [                ], 2014, by and among RSP LLC, RSP Inc. and ACTOIL, LLC, or (v) the consummation of the transactions undertaken in connection with RSP Inc.’s initial public offering.

 

“Hypothetical Liquidation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a).

 

“Incentive Interest Percentage” shall mean, as of any date, the aggregate of the Tier I A Percentage, Tier I Percentage, Tier II Percentage, Tier III Percentage and Tier IV Percentage (which aggregate amount is equal to 34% as of the date hereof), which percentage shall be allocated and reflected on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time.

 

“Incentive Interests” shall mean the Incentive Units and the Incentive Options.

 

“Incentive Option” shall mean any option to acquire Company Interests as such options may be granted from time to time by the Board of Managers.  Any Incentive Option issued by the Company shall have such rights and obligations as the Board of Managers determines in its sole discretion.

 

“Incentive Unit” shall mean a Unit issued as a Tier I A Unit, Tier I Unit, Tier II Unit, Tier III Unit or Tier IV Unit pursuant to Section 3.4(a) and reflected on Exhibit A as, from time to time, may be updated pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Indemnification Obligation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(c).

 

“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.5(a).

 

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“Indirect Transfer” shall mean (with respect to any Member that is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity) a deemed Transfer of a Company Interest, which shall occur upon any Transfer of the ownership of, or voting rights associated with, the equity or other ownership interests in such Member.

 

“Internal Revenue Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute or statutes.

 

“JAMS” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.9(a).

 

“Majority Interest” of the Members, as to any agreement, election, vote or other action of the Members, shall mean those Members whose combined Sharing Ratios exceed 50%.

 

“Manager” and “Managers” shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 5.1(a).

 

“Master Contribution Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“Members” shall mean the Persons (including holders of Incentive Units) who from time to time shall execute a signature page to this Agreement (including by counterpart) as the Members, including any Person who becomes a substituted Member of the Company pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

“Member Nonrecourse Debt” shall mean any nonrecourse debt of the Company for which any Member bears the economic risk of loss in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

“Member Nonrecourse Deductions” shall mean the amount of deductions, losses and expenses equal to the net increase during the year in Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt, reduced (but not below zero) by proceeds of such Member Nonrecourse Debt distributed during the year to the Members who bear the economic risk of loss for such debt, as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

“Minimum Gain” shall mean (a) with respect to Company Nonrecourse Liabilities, the amount of gain that would be realized by the Company if the Company Transferred (in a taxable transaction) all Company properties that are subject to Company Nonrecourse Liabilities in full satisfaction of Company Nonrecourse Liabilities, computed in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations, or (b) with respect to each Member Nonrecourse Debt, the amount of gain that would be realized by the Company if the Company Transferred (in a taxable transaction) the Company property that is subject to such Member Nonrecourse Debt in full satisfaction of such Member Nonrecourse Debt, computed in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

“Net Profit” or “Net Loss” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal year or other fiscal period, the net income or net loss of the Company for such period, determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles and Section 703(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (including any items that are separately stated for purposes of Section 702(a) of the Internal Revenue Code), with the following adjustments:

 

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(a)                                 any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax shall be included as income;

 

(b)                                 any expenditures of the Company that are described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code or treated as so described pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) shall be treated as current expenses;

 

(c)                                  if Company assets are distributed to the Members in kind, such distributions shall be treated as sales of such assets for cash at their respective fair market values in determining Net Profit and Net Loss;

 

(d)                                 in the event the Carrying Value of any Company asset is adjusted as provided in this Agreement, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the Transfer of such asset for purposes of computing Net Profit or Net Loss;

 

(e)                                  gain or loss resulting from any Transfer of Company property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Carrying Value of the property Transferred, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis for such property differs from its Carrying Value;

 

(f)                                   in lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal year or other period; and

 

(g)                                  items specially allocated under Section 4.2 shall be excluded.

 

“NGP” shall mean Production Opportunities II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its successors and assigns.

 

“NGP Financing Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.7.

 

“NGP Portfolio Companies” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.3.

 

“NGP Representatives” shall mean the members, managers and employees of NGP, Natural Gas Partners IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any Affiliate thereof, together with all other Persons serving as representatives of NGP, including those Persons who are serving as managers of the Company at the request of NGP pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

“Optionee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(b)(iv).

 

“Original LLC Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“Original Members” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“Person” (whether or not capitalized) shall mean any natural person, corporation, company, limited or general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, limited

 

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liability company, trust, bank, trust company, business trust or other entity or organization, whether or not a governmental authority.

 

“Pre-existing Incentive Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(iv).

 

“Pre-grant Incentive Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(c)(i).

 

“Re-grant Incentive Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(c).

 

“Regulatory Allocations” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.2(e).

 

“Related Party” shall mean (a) any Person who is a Member of the Company, and any partner, member, shareholder, officer, director, employee or other Affiliate of such Person, (b) an Employee or group of Employees, (c) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (d) an entity owned directly or indirectly by the Members of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company.

 

“Restructuring Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP Inc.” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP LLC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP LLC Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP LLC Contribution Agreements” shall mean any and all subscription, contribution and other similar agreements executed by any Member prior to the date hereof and obligating such Member to make any capital contributions to RSP LLC.

 

“RSP LLC Incentive Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP LLC Interests” shall mean any Member’s interest in, or rights in, RSP LLC prior to the Restructuring Transaction including and representing, as the context shall require, any membership interest in RSP LLC held at any time prior to the Restructuring Transaction, including the Contributed Interests.

 

“RSP LLC Member” shall mean any of Grimm Family Limited Partnership, a Texas limited partnership, Arrott Family Holdings, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, Pollard Resource Holdings, LP, a Texas limited partnership, the Steven D. Gray and Debora K. Gray 2012 GST Exempt Trust, the Steven D. Gray GRAT No. 2005-1, William R. Huck, Erik B. Daugbjerg, William Christopher Krusz, Michael G. Cook, Robert Lemmons, David Groves, Leslyn Wallace,

 

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James Spradlin, Steven Smith, Scott McNeill and Chris Gardiner, each of whom is a Member of the Company, and any successor(s) thereto or assignee(s) thereof that shall become a substituted Member of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and “RSP LLC Members” shall collectively mean all of such Persons and any additional Members that are or may become Employees and are admitted after the date hereof pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

“RSP LLC Tier I A Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP LLC Tier I Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP LLC Tier II Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP LLC Tier III Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“RSP LLC Tier IV Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

“Rules” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.9(a).

 

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Service Interests” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a).

 

“Sharing Ratio” shall mean for any Member, the proportion that such Member’s Capital Contributions bear to the total Capital Contributions of all Members as of the date of such determination, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2(f).  In the event the Capital Account of a Member is reduced pursuant to Section 3.1(d), for purposes of determining the Sharing Ratio of such Member, the Capital Contributions of such Member shall be deemed to be reduced by such Capital Account reduction.

 

“Sharing Ratio Reduction Percentage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(d).

 

“Subsequent Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(iv).

 

“Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” shall mean,  with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or other business or corporate entity, enterprise or organization of which the management is directly or indirectly (through one or more intermediaries) controlled by such Person or 50% or more of the equity interests in which is directly or indirectly (through one or more intermediaries) owned by such Person.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

“Tax Matters Member” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11.

 

“Tier I A Members” shall mean the Members holding Tier I A Units as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time.

 

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“Tier I A Payout” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received, collectively, cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company, as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction after April 1, 2013 equal to the Agreed Contribution Amount multiplied by (1.08)n, where “n” is equal to the number of years from April 1, 2013 until the date of such calculation (with a partial year being expressed as a decimal determined by dividing the number of days which have passed since the most recent anniversary by 365).  For the avoidance of doubt, any distribution made after April 1, 2013 either in respect of the Company Interests or the RSP LLC Interests (prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction) and prior to the Tier I A Payout, if any, that is subtracted from such Agreed Contribution Amount shall be first increased by the exponent for purposes of the payout calculation by multiplying such distribution by (1.08)m, where “m” is equal to the number of years between the distribution and the Tier I A Payout (with a partial year being expressed as a decimal determined by dividing the number of days which have passed since the most recent anniversary by 365).

 

“Tier I A Percentage” shall mean 4%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier I A Members in proportion to the Tier I A Units held by the Tier I A Members as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier I A Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

“Tier I A Units” shall mean Tier I A Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier I A Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

“Tier I Members” shall mean the Members holding Tier I Units as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time.

 

“Tier I Payout” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company, as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction equal to their cumulative Capital Contributions multiplied by (1.10)n, where “n” is equal to the Weighted Average Capital Contribution Factor determined as of the date of such distribution.  For the avoidance of doubt, any distribution made either in respect of the Company Interests or the RSP LLC Interests (prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction) prior to the Tier I Payout, if any, that is subtracted from such contributions shall be first increased by the exponent for purposes of the payout calculation by multiplying such distribution by (1.10)m, where “m” is equal to the number of years between the

 

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distribution and the Tier I Payout (with a partial year being expressed as a decimal determined by dividing the number of days which have passed since the most recent anniversary by 365).

 

“Tier I Percentage” shall mean 15%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier I Members in proportion to the Tier I Units held by the Tier I Members as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier I Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

“Tier I Subsequent Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a)(ii).

 

“Tier I Units” shall mean Tier I Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier I Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

“Tier II Members” shall mean the Members holding Tier II Units as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time.

 

“Tier II Payout” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company, as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction equal to two times (2.0x) their cumulative Capital Contributions.

 

“Tier II Percentage” shall mean 5%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier II Members in proportion to the Tier II Units held by the Tier II Members as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier II Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

“Tier II Subsequent Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a)(iii).

 

“Tier II Units” shall mean Tier II Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier II Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

“Tier III Members” shall mean the Members holding Tier III Units as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time.

 

“Tier III Payout” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company,

 

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as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction equal to three times (3.0x) their cumulative Capital Contributions.

 

“Tier III Percentage” shall mean 5%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier III Members in proportion to the Tier III Units held by the Tier III Members as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier III Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

“Tier III Subsequent Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a)(iv).

 

“Tier III Units” shall mean Tier III Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier III Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

“Tier IV Members” means the Members holding Tier IV Units as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time.

 

“Tier IV Payout” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company, as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction equal to four times (4.0x) their cumulative Capital Contributions.

 

“Tier IV Percentage” shall mean 5%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier IV Members in proportion to the Tier IV Units held by the Tier IV Members as set forth on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier IV Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

“Tier IV Subsequent Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a)(v).

 

“Tier IV Units” shall mean Tier IV Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier IV Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

“Transaction Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the Master Contribution Agreement, the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement

 

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and all other agreements, documents or instruments executed in conjunction with, or relation to, any of the foregoing.

 

“Transfer,” or any derivation thereof, shall mean any sale, assignment, conveyance, mortgage, pledge, granting of security interest in, or other disposition of a Company Interest or any asset of the Company, as the context may require.

 

“Treasury Regulations” shall mean regulations promulgated by the United States Treasury Department under the Internal Revenue Code.

 

“Unit” shall mean a unit of a membership interest in the Company representing, as the context shall require, any Company Interest and/or an Incentive Unit, as well as any other class or series of Units created pursuant to Section 3.2.  No Units (other than Incentive Units) will be issued to the Members for Capital Contributions after the date hereof; provided that the Board of Managers may subsequently amend this Agreement to provide for an issuance of Units for Capital Contributions in its sole discretion.

 

“Unrealized Gain” attributable to any item of Company property shall mean, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market value of such property as of such date over (b) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(vi) as of such date).

 

“Unrealized Loss” attributable to any item of Company property shall mean, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(vi), as of such date) over (b) the fair market value of such property as of such date.

 

“Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement” shall mean that certain Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement, dated [                  , 20    ], among the Company and the Members.

 

“Weighted Average Capital Contribution Factor” shall mean as of any date of calculation, a weighted average equal to the sum of the amounts determined for each date on which Capital Contributions have been funded calculated as the product of (a) the percentage of the total Capital Commitments funded on each date, times (b) the number of years from the date of each Capital Contribution until the date of such calculation (with a partial year being expressed as a decimal determined by dividing the number of days which have passed since the most recent anniversary by 365).

 

Any capitalized term used in this Agreement but not defined in this Section 2.1 shall have the meaning assigned to such term elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

Section 2.2.                                 References and Titles.  All references in this Agreement to articles, sections, subsections and other subdivisions refer to corresponding articles, sections, subsections and other subdivisions of this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise.  Titles appearing at the beginning of any of such subdivisions are for convenience only and shall not constitute part of such subdivisions and shall be disregarded in construing the language contained in such subdivisions.  The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words

 

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of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited.  Pronouns in masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires.  The word “including” (in its various forms) means including without limitation.

 

ARTICLE III

 

CAPITALIZATION AND UNITS

 

Section 3.1.                                 Capital Contributions of Members.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the provisions hereof, each Member shall from time to time make Capital Contributions to the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Capital Commitment of such Member.  As of the date hereof, no Member has any outstanding Capital Commitment.

 

(b)                                 The initial funding of each Member’s Capital Commitment to the Company shall occur as provided in the Contribution Agreement immediately upon the execution date of this Agreement, and each Member shall receive in exchange therefor the Company Interests and Sharing Ratios set forth opposite such Member’s name on Exhibit A, as from time to time may be updated.

 

(c)                                  The Members have made representations and warranties to the Company in the Contribution Agreement.  In the event of a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in the Contribution Agreement that shall entitle the Company to receive indemnification from a Member pursuant to the provisions of the Contribution Agreement (the “Indemnification Obligation”), in addition to any remedy that otherwise may be available to the Company pursuant to the Transaction Documents, at law or in equity, the Company may take the actions provided in Section 3.1(d).

 

(d)                                 In the event that a Member incurs an Indemnification Obligation, the Company may make a corresponding debit to:  (i) the Capital Account of such Member in the amount of the Indemnification Obligation (the “Capital Account Reduction Amount”); and (ii) the Sharing Ratio of such Member in the proportion that the amount of such Indemnification Obligation bears to the Capital Contributions of such Member (the “Sharing Ratio Reduction Percentage”).  Each Member whose Capital Account and Sharing Ratio are debited on account of an Indemnification Obligation shall, at the Company’s option, satisfy such obligation by either (x) contributing cash to the Company in the amount of the Indemnification Obligation (thereby causing the Company to correspondingly credit his or its Capital Account and Sharing Ratio); (y) requesting the Company to reduce his or its Capital Account by the Capital Account Reduction Amount and his or its Sharing Ratio by the Sharing Ratio Reduction Percentage; or (z) any combination of the actions set forth in the preceding clauses (x) and (y).  If a Member has not taken any of the alternative actions set forth in clauses (x) — (z) of the immediately preceding sentence within 10 business days following the receipt of notice of the debiting of such Member’s Capital Account and Sharing Ratio, then the Company may reduce the Capital

 

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Account and Sharing Ratio of such Member as provided in clause (y) of the immediately preceding sentence in full satisfaction of the Indemnification Obligation of such Member.

 

Section 3.2.                                 Issuances of Additional Securities.

 

(a)                                 The Board is hereby authorized to cause the Company to issue additional Company Interests, or classes or series thereof, or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating thereto, or any other type of equity security that the Company may lawfully issue (“Additional Company Equity Securities”) if the Board of Managers determines in good faith that the Company has a need for additional Capital Contributions for any proper Company purpose.

 

(b)                                 The Board is hereby authorized to cause the Company to issue any unsecured or secured debt obligations of the Company or debt obligations of the Company convertible into any class or series of equity securities of the Company (“Additional Company Debt Securities”) (collectively with the Additional Company Equity Securities, “Company Securities”).

 

(c)                                  Additional Company Equity Securities may be issuable in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers, and duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to existing classes and series of Company Securities, all as shall be fixed by the Board in the exercise of its sole and complete discretion, subject to Delaware law and the terms of this Agreement, including (i) the allocations of items of Company income, gain, loss and deduction to each such class or series of Company Securities; (ii) the right of each such class or series of Company Securities to share in Company distributions; (iii) the rights of each such class or series of Company Securities upon dissolution and liquidation of the Company; (iv) whether such class or series of additional Company Securities is redeemable by the Company and, if so, the price at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such class or series of additional Company Securities may be redeemed by the Company; (v) whether such class or series of additional Company Securities is issued with the privilege of conversion and, if so, the rate at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such class or series of Company Securities may be converted into any other class or series of Company Securities; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which each such class or series of Company Securities will be issued and assigned or Transferred; and (vii) the right, if any, of each such class or series of Company Securities to vote on Company matters, including matters relating to the relative rights, preferences and privileges of each such class or series.

 

(d)                                 Company Securities may be issued to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the Board in its sole discretion, and the Board shall have sole discretion, subject to the guidelines set forth in this Section 3.2 and the requirements of the Act, in determining the consideration and terms and conditions with respect to any future issuance of Company Securities.

 

(e)                                  The Board is hereby authorized and directed to take all actions which it deems appropriate or necessary in connection with each issuance of Company Securities pursuant to this Section 3.2 and to amend this Agreement in any manner which it deems appropriate or

 

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necessary without the joinder of any other Member to provide for each such issuance, to admit additional Members in connection therewith and to specify the relative rights, powers and duties of the holders of the Company Securities being so issued.  The Board shall do all things necessary to comply with the Act and is authorized and directed to do all things it deems to be necessary or advisable in connection with any future issuance of Company Securities, including compliance with any statute, rule, regulation or guideline of any federal, state or other governmental agency.

 

(f)                                   Upon the issuance of any Additional Company Equity Securities (whether as a result of the sale of such securities to a third party or otherwise), the Company shall recompute the Sharing Ratios of the Members, taking into account the valuation of the Company at such time (as determined by the Board in good faith), the terms and conditions of the Additional Company Equity Securities, the Sharing Ratios as such existed prior to the issuance of such Additional Company Equity Securities, and such other factors as the Board determines, and shall amend Exhibit A to reflect such revised Sharing Ratios.  In addition, the Board shall adjust and recompute the Incentive Interest Percentage and the Tier I A, I, II, III and IV Percentages, taking into account all relevant factors which were attributable to the issuance of Additional Company Equity Securities, including the valuation of the Company at such time (as determined by the Board in good faith), the terms and conditions of the Additional Company Equity Securities and such other factors as the Board determines.  The Company shall amend Exhibit A to reflect such revised Sharing Ratios, Incentive Interest Percentages and Tier I A, I, II, III and IV Percentages in accordance with this Section 3.2(f).

 

Section 3.3.                                 Return of Contributions.  No interest shall accrue on any contributions to the capital of the Company, and no Member shall have the right to withdraw or to be repaid any capital contributed by such Member except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement.

 

Section 3.4.                                 Incentive Interests.

 

(a)                                 The following Incentive Units are hereby created and are hereby granted to the Persons and in the respective amounts set forth on Exhibit A, subject to the adjustments provided for in this Section 3.4:

 

(i)                                     100 Tier I A Units, all of which have been granted as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(ii)                                  960,000 Tier I Units, of which a certain number of such Tier I Units may be granted to Employees after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the “Tier I Subsequent Units”);

 

(iii)                               960,000 Tier II Units, of which a certain number of such Tier II Units may be granted to Employees after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the “Tier II Subsequent Units”);

 

(iv)                              960,000 Tier III Units, of which a certain number of Tier III Units may be granted to Employees after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the “Tier III Subsequent Units”); and

 

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(v)                                 960,000 Tier IV Units, of which a certain number of Tier IV Units may be granted to Employees after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the “Tier IV Subsequent Units”).

 

The Company and each Member agree to treat any interest attributable to a holder of Incentive Units as a separate “profits interest” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 93-27, 1993-2 C.B. 343.  In accordance with Rev. Proc. 2001-43, 2001-2 C.B. 191, the Company shall treat a holder of Incentive Units as the owner of such profits interest from the date it is granted, and shall file its IRS Form 1065, and issue an appropriate Schedule K-1 to such holder of Incentive Units, allocating to such holder of Incentive Units its distributive share of all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit associated with such profits interest as if it were fully vested.  Each such holder of Incentive Units agrees to take into account such distributive share in computing its federal income tax liability for the entire period during which it holds such profits interest.  The Company and each Member agree not to claim a deduction (as wages, compensation or otherwise) for the fair market value of such profits interest issued to a holder of Incentive Units, either at the time of grant of such profits interest or at the time it becomes substantially vested.  The undertakings contained in this Section 3.4(a) shall be construed in accordance with Section 4 of Rev. Proc. 2001-43.  The provisions of this Section 3.4(a) shall apply regardless of whether or not the holder of a profits interest files an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

The Incentive Units are issued in consideration of services rendered and to be rendered by the holders for the benefit of the Company, RSP Inc. and RSP LLC in their capacities as Employees. To the extent provided for in Treasury Regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures and/or other Internal Revenue Service guidance issued after the date hereof, the Tax Matters Member acting on behalf of the Company is hereby specifically authorized and directed to elect a safe harbor implementing the concepts articulated in Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-43, 2005-1 C.B. 1221, under which the fair market value of the Incentive Units received by any Member for services (the “Service Interests”) granted after the effective date of such Treasury Regulations (or other guidance) will be treated as equal to the liquidation value of such Service Interests (i.e., a value equal to the total amount that would be distributed under Section 8.2(b) with respect to such Service Interests in a Hypothetical Liquidation occurring immediately after the issuance of such Service Interests and assuming for purposes of such Hypothetical Liquidation that all assets of the Company are sold for their fair market values).  If the Company makes a safe harbor election as described in the preceding sentence, the Company and each Member will comply with all safe harbor requirements with respect to Transfers of the Service Interests while the safe harbor election remains effective.  For purposes hereof, “Hypothetical Liquidation” means, as of any date, a hypothetical liquidation of the Company as of such date, assuming for purposes of any such hypothetical liquidation that (i)  a sale of all of the assets of the Company occurs at prices equal to their respective fair market values as of such date and (ii) the net proceeds of such sale are distributed to the Members pursuant to Section 8.2(b), but only after the payment of all actual Company indebtedness, and any other liabilities related to the Company’s assets, limited, in the case of the hypothetical payment of non-recourse liabilities, to the collateral securing or otherwise available to satisfy such liabilities.

 

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(i)                                     (A)                               With respect to any Tier I A Units received by an Employee in exchange for the contribution to the Company by such Employee of his RSP LLC Tier I A Units in connection with the Restructuring Transaction (the “Exchanged Tier I A Units”), (1) a portion of such Tier I A Units equal to the portion of such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I A Units that were fully vested pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction shall be deemed to be vested as of the Effective Date; and (2) a portion of such Tier I A Units equal to the portion of such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I A Units that were not fully vested pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction in the same manner as such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I A Units would have vested pursuant to Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement had the Restructuring Transaction not have occurred and such Employee had retained his RSP LLC Tier I A Units.  With respect to any Tier I A Units other than the Exchanged Tier I A Units held by each Employee, such Tier I A Units (x) shall vest ratably over a three-year period following the grant of such Tier I A Units to such Employee, with 1/3rd vesting on the first anniversary of such grant, an additional 1/3rd vesting on the second anniversary of such grant, and the remaining 1/3rd vesting on the third anniversary of such grant (with vesting between such anniversaries occurring pro rata determined by multiplying the number of Incentive Units that would vest on the next annual vesting date by a fraction with a numerator equal to the number of full months that have then elapsed since the last vesting date and a denominator of 12, and rounding to the closest whole number), and (y) shall vest in full (if not previously vested pursuant to clause (x)) upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change.

 

(B)                               With respect to any Tier I Units received by an Employee in exchange for the contribution to the Company by such Employee of his RSP LLC Tier I Units in connection with the Restructuring Transaction (the “Exchanged Tier I Units”), (1) a portion of such Tier I Units equal to the portion of such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I Units that were fully vested pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction shall be deemed to be vested as of the Effective Date; and (2) a portion of such Tier I Units equal to the portion of such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I Units that were not fully vested pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction shall vest in the same manner as such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I Units would have vested pursuant to Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement had the Restructuring Transaction not have occurred and such Employee had retained his RSP LLC Tier I Units.  With respect to any Tier I Units other than the Exchanged Tier I Units held by each Employee, such Tier I Units (x) shall vest ratably over a three-year period following the grant of such Tier I Units to such Employee, with 1/3rd vesting on the first anniversary of such grant, an additional 1/3rd vesting on the second anniversary of such grant, and the remaining 1/3rd vesting on the third anniversary of such grant (with vesting between such anniversaries occurring pro rata determined by multiplying the number of Incentive Units that would vest on the next annual vesting date by a fraction with a numerator equal to the number of full months that have then elapsed since the last vesting date and a denominator of 12, and rounding to the closest whole number), and (y) shall vest in full (if not previously vested pursuant to clause (x)) upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change.

 

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(C)                               The Tier II Units held by each Employee shall vest only upon and concurrently with the occurrence of Tier II Payout.

 

(D)                               The Tier III Units held by each Employee shall vest only upon and concurrently with the occurrence of Tier III Payout.

 

(E)                                The Tier IV Units held by each Employee shall vest only upon and concurrently with the occurrence of Tier IV Payout.

 

(ii)                                  All Incentive Units that have not yet vested in accordance with the vesting requirements set forth in clause (b)(i) above that are held by a Person who is an Employee will automatically, without any action required of any Person, be forfeited and thereby become null and void, if and when such Person’s status as an Employee is terminated for any reason or without reason, including by resignation or termination, other than a termination that results from such Person’s death or Disability (as defined below), and any vested, unforfeited Incentive Units held by such Person shall, upon such termination, remain non-voting and shall not be counted in the determination of a Majority Interest of the Members.  “Disability” shall be defined as (i)  the Person’s inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; or (ii) the Person’s receipt of income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under the Company’s or the Company’s Affiliate’s accident and health plan, by reason of the Person’s medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of the death or Disability of a Person holding Incentive Units, all vested and unvested Incentive Units held by such Person shall be retained by such Person or such Person’s estate or representative, as applicable.

 

(iii)                               Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, all Incentive Units held by a Person who is an Employee (regardless of whether vested or unvested) shall automatically, without any action required of any Person, be forfeited and thereby become null and void if and when such Person’s status as an Employee is terminated:

 

(A)                               for “cause,” which shall mean by reason of such holder’s:  (I) conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any felony or to any crime or offense causing substantial harm to the Company or its Affiliates or involving acts of theft, fraud, embezzlement, moral turpitude, or similar conduct, (II) repeated intoxication by alcohol or drugs during the performance of such holder’s duties in a manner that materially and adversely affects the holder’s performance of such duties, (III) malfeasance, in the conduct of such holder’s duties, including, but not limited to, (1) misuse or diversion of funds of the Company or its Affiliates, (2) embezzlement, or (3) material and intentional misrepresentations or concealments on any written reports submitted to the Company or its Affiliates, (IV) violation of any material provision of the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement or of such Person’s Confidentiality and Noncompete Agreement, and such Person has failed to cure such violation, if capable of being cured, within a reasonable period of time after such Person has received notice of such violation, or (V) failure to perform the duties of such holder’s employment or service

 

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relationship with the Company or its Affiliates, or failure to follow or comply with the reasonable and lawful written directives of the Board of Managers or the managers or directors of a Company Affiliate by which such holder is employed or in a service relationship, and such Person has failed to cure such failure, if capable of being cured, within a reasonable period of time after such Person has received notice of such failure; or

 

(B)                               with respect to vested Incentive Units only, by such Person’s resignation or voluntary early termination of service relationship (other than a termination that results from such Person’s death or Disability), unless such forfeiture is waived by the Board.

 

(iv)                              The Company in its sole discretion, taking into account such factors as it determines from time to time, may issue Tier I Subsequent Units, Tier II Subsequent Units, Tier III Subsequent Units and Tier IV Subsequent Units (collectively, “Subsequent Units”).  Upon issuance of any Subsequent Units of a given Tier, such Units may, at the election of the Board, have a benchmark value equal to the fair market value of the assets of the Company, net of debt, on the date of grant, as determined in good faith by the Board, and will be entitled to participate in those distributions allocated to the Units of that Tier pursuant to Section 4.3(a) or Section 8.2(b), as the case may be, only after holders of all the Units that were outstanding on the date of grant (the “Pre-existing Incentive Units”) have received distributions pursuant to Section 4.3(a) or Section 8.2(b), as the case may be, in the aggregate equal to the benchmark value (such limitation on distributions, the “Benchmark Value Payout”).  Holders of Pre-existing Incentive Units of a given Tier will continue to be entitled to receive all of the profit distributions payable with respect to the Incentive Units of that Tier pursuant to Section 4.3(a) or Section 8.2(b), as the case may be, until the applicable Benchmark Value Payout occurs, at which time future profit distributions will be shared among the holders of the Pre-existing Incentive Units in that Tier and the holders of Subsequent Units in that Tier pro rata.

 

(c)                                  If any Incentive Units are forfeited pursuant to Section 3.4(b)(ii) or Section 3.4(b)(iii), then such forfeited Incentive Units shall be available to be re-granted, as determined by the Board, in the form of newly awarded, newly issued Incentive Units in the same Tier and in the same amount as the forfeited Incentive Units (any such re-granted Incentive Units, “Re-grant Incentive Units”), subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                     each Re-grant Incentive Unit in a given Tier may, at the election of the Board, have a benchmark value equal to the fair market value of the assets of the Company, net of debt, on the date of grant, as determined in good faith by the Board, and will be entitled to participate in distributions made to holders of the Incentive Units of that Tier pursuant to Section 4.3(a) or Section 8.2(b), as the case may be, only after holders of all the Units that were outstanding on the date of such re-grant (the “Pre-grant Incentive Units”) have received distributions in the aggregate equal to the benchmark value (such limitation on distributions, the “Benchmark Value Re-grant Payout”); and

 

(ii)                                  following issuance of such Re-grant Incentive Units in a given Tier, holders of Pre-grant Incentive Units of that Tier will continue to be entitled to receive all of the distributions payable with respect to the Incentive Units of that Tier pursuant to

 

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Section 4.3(a) or Section 8.2(b), as the case may be, until the applicable Benchmark Value Re-grant Payout occurs, at which time future distributions will be shared among the holders of the Pre-grant Incentive Units and the Re-grant Incentive Units in that Tier pro rata.

 

(d)                                 If all of the Incentive Units available hereunder have not been granted to Employees before the earlier of (i) a Fundamental Change, or (ii) a payout event for the corresponding series of Incentive Units (e.g., a Tier I A Payout for Tier I A Units), then in such case such available Tier I A, Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV or the applicable Subsequent Units, as the case may be, shall automatically, without any action required of any Person, be cancelled.  The Board shall reflect all changes contemplated by this Section 3.4(d) in an amended Exhibit A.

 

(e)                                  Upon any forfeiture or other termination of Incentive Units and upon any issuance of Re-grant Incentive Units resulting therefrom, the Company shall amend Exhibit A to reflect such occurrence.  In the case of the issuance of Re-grant Incentive Units in lieu of such forfeited Units, the Tier I A, I, II, III or IV Percentages will not be reduced as a result of such forfeiture, but appropriate notation shall be made to reflect the issuance of the Re-grant Incentive Units.  The Board shall reflect all changes contemplated by this Section 3.4(e) in an amended Exhibit A.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 4.1.                                 Allocations of Profits and Losses.  The Members shall share Company Net Profits and Net Losses and all related items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit for federal income tax purposes as follows:

 

(a)                                 Net Profits and Net Losses for each fiscal year shall be allocated among the Members in such manner as shall cause the Capital Accounts of each Member to equal, as nearly as possible, the difference of (i) the amount such Member would receive if (A) all assets on hand at the end of such year were sold for cash at the Carrying Values of such assets, (B) all liabilities were satisfied in cash in accordance with their terms (limited in the case of Member Nonrecourse Debt and Company Nonrecourse Liabilities to the Carrying Value of the assets securing such liabilities), and (C) any remaining cash was distributed to the Members under Section 4.3(a), minus (ii) an amount equal to such Member’s allocable share of Minimum Gain as computed immediately before the hypothetical sale.

 

(b)                                 The Board shall make the foregoing allocations as of the last day of each fiscal year; provided, however, that if during any fiscal year of the Company there is a change in any Member’s Company Interest, the Board shall make the foregoing allocations as of the date of each such change in a manner which takes into account the varying interests of the Members and in a manner the Board reasonably deems appropriate.

 

Section 4.2.                                 Special Allocations.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 4.1 to the contrary:

 

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(i)                                     If during any fiscal year of the Company there is a net increase in Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt that gives rise to Member Nonrecourse Deductions, each Member bearing the economic risk of loss for such Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated items of Company deductions and losses for such year (consisting first of cost recovery or depreciation deductions with respect to property that is subject to such Member Nonrecourse Debt and then, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Company’s other items of deductions and losses, with any remainder being treated as an increase in Minimum Gain attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt in the subsequent year) equal to such Member’s share of Member Nonrecourse Deductions, as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(ii)                                  If for any fiscal year of the Company there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain attributable to Company Nonrecourse Liabilities, each Member shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (consisting first of gain recognized from the Transfer of Company property subject to one or more Company Nonrecourse Liabilities and then, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Company’s other items of income and gain, and if necessary, for subsequent years) equal to such Member’s share of such net decrease (except to the extent such Member’s share of such net decrease is caused by a change in debt structure with such Member commencing to bear the economic risk of loss as to all or part of any Company Nonrecourse Liability or by such Member contributing capital to the Company that the Company uses to repay a Company Nonrecourse Liability), as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(iii)                               If for any fiscal year of the Company there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt, each Member bearing the economic risk of loss for such Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (consisting first of gain recognized from the Transfer of Company property subject to Member Nonrecourse Debt, and then, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Company’s other items of income and gain, and if necessary, for subsequent years) equal to such Member’s share of such net decrease (except to the extent such Member’s share of such net decrease is caused by a change in debt structure such that the Member Nonrecourse Debt becomes partially or wholly a Company Nonrecourse Liability or by the Company’s use of capital contributed by such Member to repay the Member Nonrecourse Debt) as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(b)                                 The Net Losses allocated pursuant to this ARTICLE IV shall not exceed the maximum amount of Net Losses that can be allocated to a Member without causing or increasing a deficit balance in the Member’s Adjusted Capital Account balance.  All Net Losses in excess of the limitations set forth in this Section 4.2(b) shall be allocated to Members with positive Adjusted Capital Account balances remaining at such time in proportion to such positive balances.  In the event an allocation of Net Losses has been made to any Member(s) pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.2(b), Net Profits shall be allocated to such Member(s), in proportion to the amount of such allocation of Net Losses, until such Member(s) receive an allocation of Net Profits equal to such amount of Net Losses allocated pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.2(b).

 

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(c)                                  In the event that a Member unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) that causes or increases a deficit balance in such Member’s Adjusted Capital Account, items of Company income and gain shall be allocated to that Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit balance as quickly as possible.

 

(d)                                 If any holder of Incentive Units forfeits all or a portion of such Units, such holder shall be allocated items of loss and deduction in the year of such forfeiture in an amount equal to the portion of such holder’s Capital Account attributable to such forfeited Units.

 

(e)                                  The allocations set forth in subsections (a) through (d) of this Section 4.2 (collectively, the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations.  It is the intent of the Members that, to the extent possible, all Regulatory Allocations that are made be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations pursuant to this Section 4.2(e).  Therefore, notwithstanding any other provisions of this ARTICLE IV (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Board shall make such offsetting special allocations in whatever manner it determines appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Member’s Adjusted Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Adjusted Capital Account balance such Member would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of the Agreement and all Company items were allocated pursuant to Section 4.1 and the remaining subsections of this Section 4.2.

 

(f)                                   In the event Units are issued to a Person and the issuance of such Units results in items of income or deduction to the Company, such items of income or deduction shall be allocated to the Members in proportion to the positive balances in their Capital Accounts immediately before the issuance of such Units.

 

Section 4.3.                                 Distributions.

 

(a)                                 The Board may cause the Company to distribute Distributable Funds at such times and in such amounts as the Board, in its sole discretion, determines to be appropriate.  All such distributions made pursuant to this Section 4.3(a) shall be made to the Members as follows and in the following order of priority:

 

(i)                                     First:  to the Members, pro rata in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios, until the earlier of either Tier I A Payout or Tier I Payout, if any, has occurred;

 

(ii)                                  Second:

 

(A)                               in the event that Tier I A Payout occurs prior to Tier I Payout, following Tier I A Payout and until Tier I Payout, if any: the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units and the remainder to the Members (pro rata, in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios); or

 

(B)                               in the event that Tier I Payout occurs prior to Tier I A Payout, following Tier I Payout and until Tier I A Payout, if any: the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro

 

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rata, in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), and the remainder to the Members (pro rata, in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios);

 

(iii)                               Third:  in the event that Tier I A Payout and Tier I Payout both occur, following both Tier I A Payout and Tier I Payout and until Tier II Payout: the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units, the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), and the remainder to the Members (pro rata, in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios);

 

(iv)                              Fourth:  following Tier II Payout, if any, and until Tier III Payout:  the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units, the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), the Tier II Percentage to the Members holding Tier II Units (allocated among the holders of Tier II Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier II Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), and the remainder to the Members (pro rata, in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios);

 

(v)                                 Fifth:  following Tier III Payout, if any, and until Tier IV Payout:  the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units, the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), the Tier II Percentage to the Members holding Tier II Units (allocated among the holders of Tier II Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier II Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), and the Tier III Percentage to the Members holding Tier III Units (allocated among the holders of Tier III Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier III Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), and the remainder to the Members (pro rata, in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios); and

 

(vi)                              Sixth:  following Tier IV Payout, if any:  the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units, the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), the Tier II Percentage to the Members holding Tier II Units (allocated among the holders of Tier II Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier II Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), the Tier III Percentage to the Members holding Tier III Units (allocated among the holders of Tier III Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier III Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), the Tier IV Percentage to the Members holding

 

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Tier IV Units (allocated among the holders of Tier IV Units pro rata, in accordance with the number of Tier IV Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv) and Section 3.4(c)), and the remainder to the Members (pro rata, in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios).

 

(b)                                 In addition to distributions made to the Members pursuant to Section 4.3(a), and subject to applicable law, to the extent that the Board determines that the Company has Distributable Funds, the Board shall cause the Company to pay to the Members within 90 days after the end of each year, through a distribution of cash and/or a distribution in kind, an amount the fair market value of which is equal to the lesser of (i) the Distributable Funds, or (ii) an amount equal to the highest marginal federal and applicable state income tax rate for individuals (taking into account the character of the taxable income (e.g., long-term capital gain, qualified dividend income, ordinary income, etc.) multiplied by the taxable income of the Company, if any, for such year, such payment to be made among the Members in the same percentages as the taxable income for such year was allocated.  Any such payments to a Member under this Section 4.3(b) shall be deemed to be a draw against such Member’s share of future distributions under Section 4.3(a) and Section 8.2(b), so that such Member’s share of such future distributions shall be reduced by the amounts previously drawn under this Section 4.3(b) until the aggregate reductions in such distributions equal the aggregate draws made under this Section 4.3(b).

 

Section 4.4.                                 Income Tax Allocations.

 

(a)                                 Except as provided in this Section 4.4, each item of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company for federal income tax purposes shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as such items are allocated for Capital Account purposes under Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.

 

(b)                                 The Members recognize that with respect to Adjusted Property, there will be a difference between the Carrying Value of such property at the time of revaluation and the adjusted tax basis of such property at the time.  All items of tax depreciation, cost recovery, amortization, amount realized and gain or loss with respect to such Adjusted Property shall be allocated among the Members to take into account the disparities between the Carrying Values and the adjusted tax basis with respect to such properties in accordance with the provisions of Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations under those sections; provided, however, that any tax items not required to be allocated under Sections 704(b) or 704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be allocated in the same manner as such gain or loss would be allocated for Capital Account purposes under Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.  In making such allocations, the Board shall use such method or methods of allocation as it shall determine, in its absolute discretion, to be reasonable and in accord with the applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(c)                                  All recapture of income tax deductions resulting from the Transfer of Company property shall, to the maximum extent possible, be allocated to the Member to whom the deduction that gave rise to such recapture was allocated hereunder to the extent that such Member is allocated any gain from the Transfer of such property.  For this purpose, deductions that were allocated as a component of Net Profit or Net Loss shall be treated as if allocated in the same manner as the allocation of the related Net Profit or Net Loss.

 

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Section 4.5.                                 Distributions in Kind.

 

(a)                                 The Board may cause the Company to distribute, and may compel the Members to accept, securities or other property held by the Company at such times and in such amounts as the Board, in its sole discretion, determines to be appropriate; provided, that in any non-cash distribution, the securities or property so distributed will be distributed among the Members in the same proportion and priority as cash equal to the fair market value of such securities of property would be distributed among the Members pursuant to Section 4.3.  Securities or other property distributed in-kind to the Members by the Company shall be valued on the basis of the fair market value thereof as determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion, acting in good faith, as of the date of distribution.

 

(b)                                 Any distribution of securities shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Board determines are required or advisable to ensure compliance with applicable law.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Board may require that the Members execute and deliver such documents as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure compliance with all federal and state securities laws that apply to such distribution and any further Transfer of the distributed securities, and may appropriately legend the certificates that represent such securities to reflect any restriction on Transfer with respect to such laws.

 

ARTICLE V

 

MANAGEMENT AND RELATED MATTERS

 

Section 5.1.                                 Power and Authority of Board.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall be managed by a Board of Managers (“Board” or “Board of Managers”).  The Company shall initially have seven managers (each, a “Manager” and, collectively, the “Managers”) and the Managers serving on the Board shall be appointed and removed by a Majority Interest of the Members, subject to the terms of the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.  The Managers making up the initial Board shall be Michael K. Grimm, Steven D. Gray, Scott McNeill, Tony Weber, David R. Albin and Roy Aneed.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be exclusively vested in the Board, and the Members shall have no right of control over the business and affairs of the Company.  In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted to managers under the Act or which are granted to the Board under any other provision of this Agreement, the Board shall have full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Company in the name of the Company.  In connection with the foregoing and otherwise, the Company (and the officers, employees, and agents acting on behalf of the Company) shall not, either acting on its own behalf or when acting as controlling equityholder of any of its Subsidiaries (and the officers, employees, and agents acting on the Company’s behalf in such capacity) shall not permit such Subsidiaries to, take any actions with respect to the Company or such Subsidiaries without the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose, or by written consent.

 

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(b)                                 The Board may hold such meetings at such place and at such time as it may determine.  Notice of a meeting shall be served not less than 24 hours before the date and time fixed for such meeting by confirmed facsimile or other written communication or not less than three days prior to such meeting if notice is provided by overnight delivery service.  Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Manager who signs a waiver of notice or provides a waiver by electronic transmission or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, either prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such Manager.  A special meeting of the Board may be called by any member of the Board.  Any member of the Board may participate in a meeting by conference telephone or similar communications equipment.  Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting if such action is evidenced in writing and signed by all of the members of the Board.  At any meeting of the Board, the presence in person or by telephone or similar electronic communication of Managers representing at least a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

 

(c)                                  Each Manager serving on the Board of Managers shall have one vote on any Company matter.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the business of the Company presented at any meeting of the Board of Managers shall be decided by a vote of Managers representing a majority of the entire Board of Managers.

 

(d)                                 In accomplishing all of the foregoing and in fulfilling its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, the Board may, in its sole discretion, retain or use any Company Affiliates’ personnel, properties and equipment or the Board may hire or rent those of third parties and may employ on a temporary or continuing basis outside accountants, attorneys, consultants and others on such terms as the Board deems advisable.  No Person, firm or corporation dealing with the Company shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Board to take any action or make any decision.

 

Section 5.2.                                 Officers.

 

(a)                                 Designation.  The Board may, from time to time, designate individuals (who need not be a Manager) to serve as officers of the Company.  The officers may, but need not, include a president, a chief executive officer or up to two co-chief executive officers, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, and one or more vice presidents and a secretary.  Any two or more offices may be held by the same Person.

 

(b)                                 Duties of Officers.  Each officer of the Company designated hereunder shall devote such time to the Company’s business as he deems necessary to manage and supervise Company business and affairs in an efficient manner.

 

(i)                                     The Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officers, subject to the control and direction of the Board, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Company and perform all duties and exercise all powers usually appertaining to the office of the chief executive officer, subject to the provisions of applicable law and this Agreement.  The Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officers, individually, may sign, with a secretary or any other proper officer of the Company thereunto authorized by the Board, any contracts or other instruments

 

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which the Board has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by this Agreement to some other officer or agent of the Company, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed and executed.

 

(ii)                                  The President shall assist in the supervision and control of the business and affairs of the Company in such manner as the Board shall determine.  The President may sign, with a secretary or any other proper officer of the Company thereunto authorized by the Board, any contracts or other instruments which the Board has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by this Agreement to some other officer or agent of the Company, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed and executed.  As between the Chief Executive Officer and President, the Chief Executive Officer shall be the more senior officer and the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s absence or disability, unless otherwise determined by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board.

 

(iii)                               The Vice Presidents, in the order of their seniority, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer or the President in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s or the President’s absence or disability, unless otherwise determined by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board.

 

(iv)                              The Secretary shall keep and account for all books, documents, papers and records of the Company except those for which some other officer or agent is properly accountable; and have authority to attest to the signatures of the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Vice Presidents and shall generally perform all duties usually appertaining to the office of secretary of a corporation.

 

(v)                                 Any other officer appointed by the Board shall have such authority and responsibilities as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may delegate to such officer from time to time.

 

(c)                                  Term of Office; Removal; Filling of Vacancies.

 

(i)                                     Each officer of the Company shall hold office until his successor is chosen and qualified in his stead or until his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.

 

(ii)                                  Any officer may be removed at any time by the Board whenever in their judgment the best interests of the Company will be served thereby.  Designation of an officer shall not of itself create any contract rights in favor of such officer.

 

(iii)                               If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board.

 

Section 5.3.                                 Acknowledged and Permitted NGP Activities.  The Company and the Members recognize that (a) NGP and its Affiliates own and will own substantial equity interests in other companies (existing and future) that participate in the energy industry (“NGP Portfolio

 

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Companies”) and enter into advisory service agreements with those NGP Portfolio Companies, (b) the NGP Representatives who serve as members of the Board also serve as principals of other NGP Portfolio Companies, and (c) that at any given time, other NGP Portfolio Companies may be in direct or indirect competition with the Company and/or its subsidiaries.  The Company and the Members acknowledge and agree that (a) NGP, its Affiliates and the NGP Representatives: (i) shall not be prohibited or otherwise restricted by their relationship with the Company and its subsidiaries from engaging in the business of investing in NGP Portfolio Companies, entering into agreements to provide services to such companies or acting as directors or advisors to, or other principals of, such NGP Portfolio Companies, regardless of whether such activities are in direct or indirect competition with the business or activities of the Company or its subsidiaries, and (ii) shall not have any obligation to offer the Company or its subsidiaries any Excluded Business Opportunity, and (b) the Company and the Members hereby renounce any interest or expectancy in any Excluded Business Opportunity pursued by NGP, its Affiliates, the NGP Representatives or another NGP Portfolio Company and waive any claim that any such business opportunity constitutes a corporate, partnership or other business opportunity of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

Section 5.4.                                 Duties and Services of the Board.  The Board shall comply in all respects with the terms of this Agreement.  The Board shall be obligated to perform the duties, responsibilities and obligations of the Board hereunder only to the extent that funds of the Company are available therefor.  During the existence of the Company, each Manager serving on the Board shall devote such time and effort to the Company’s business as he deems necessary to manage and supervise Company business and affairs in an efficient manner.

 

Section 5.5.                                 Liability and Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 The Company’s officers, the Board, the Members and their Affiliates, and their partners, officers, directors, employees and agents, shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Company or the other Members for any acts or omissions that do not constitute gross negligence, willful misconduct, a breach of fiduciary duty or a breach of the express terms of this Agreement, and the Company shall indemnify to the maximum extent permitted under the Act and save harmless the Company’s officers, the Board and the Members and their Affiliates, and their partners, officers, directors, employees and agents (individually, an “Indemnitee”) from all liabilities for which indemnification is permitted under the Act.  Any act or omission performed or omitted by an Indemnitee on advice of legal counsel or an independent consultant who has been employed or retained by the Company shall be presumed to have been performed or omitted in good faith without gross negligence or willful misconduct.  THE PARTIES RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PROVISION SHALL RELIEVE ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, DUTIES, CLAIMS, ACCOUNTS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WHATSOEVER ARISING OR TO ARISE OUT OF ANY ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE BY ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE, AND SUCH INDEMNITEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO INDEMNIFICATION FROM ACTS OR OMISSIONS THAT MAY CONSTITUTE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE.

 

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as a witness or other participation in a proceeding involving or affecting the Company at a time when the Indemnitee is not a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.

 

(c)                                  The Board shall have the right to require that any contract entered into by the Company provide that the Board shall have no personal liability for the obligations of the Company thereunder.

 

(d)                                 The indemnification provided by this Section 5.5 shall be in addition to any other rights to which each Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement or vote of the Members, as a matter of law or otherwise, both as to action in the Indemnitee’s capacity as a Member or an officer, director, employee or agent of a Member or as a Person serving at the request of the Company as set forth above and to action in another capacity, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns, administrators and personal representatives of the Indemnitees; provided that the indemnification provided by this Section 5.5  shall be the primary source of indemnification with respect to the matters addressed herein, without regard to other potential sources of indemnification, reimbursement or contribution (subject to applicable express provisions of any insurance policy to which the Company is a party).

 

(e)                                  In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Members to personal liability by reason of this indemnification provision.

 

(f)                                   An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 5.5 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.6.                                 Contracts with Affiliates.  The Company may enter into contracts and agreements with any Member and/or any of its Affiliates for the rendering of services and the sale and lease of supplies and equipment on such arm’s-length terms that (a) are no less favorable to the Company than those available from unrelated third parties and (b) are approved by the Board.

 

Section 5.7.                                 Reimbursement of Members.  The Company or its subsidiaries shall pay or reimburse to the RSP LLC Members and NGP all reasonable direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred by such Members in organizing the Company, including legal fees and accounting fees, and an “NGP Financing Fee” in an amount equal to 1% of its Capital Contributions as invested in the Company.  The NGP Financing Fee shall be payable upon each date of NGP’s funding of a Capital Contribution to the Company in an amount equal to 1% of the aggregate amount funded to the Company by NGP on such date and at NGP’s option such fee may be deducted from the amount so funded.

 

Section 5.8.                                 Insurance.  The Company shall acquire and maintain insurance covering such risks and in such amounts as the officers of the Company shall from time to time determine to be necessary or appropriate.

 

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Section 5.9.                                 Tax Elections and Status.

 

(a)                                 The Board shall make such tax elections on behalf of the Company as it shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

 

(b)                                 The Members agree to classify the Company as a partnership for income tax purposes.  Therefore, any provision hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, solely for income tax purposes, each of the Members hereby recognizes that the Company, so long as it has at least two Members, shall be subject to all provisions of subchapter K of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code and, to the extent permitted by law, any comparable state or local income tax provisions.  Neither the Company, nor any Member, nor any Manager shall file an election to classify the Company as an association taxable as a corporation for income tax purposes.

 

Section 5.10.                          Tax Returns.  The Company shall deliver necessary tax information to each Member after the end of each fiscal year of the Company.  Not less than 60 days prior to the date (as extended) on which the Company intends to file its federal income tax return or any state income tax return but in any event no earlier than March 1 of each year, the return proposed by the Board to be filed by the Company shall be furnished to the Members for review; provided, however, that an IRS Form K-1 or a good faith estimate of the amounts to be included on such IRS Form K-1 for each Member shall be sent to each Member on or before March 1 of each year.  In addition, not more than 10 days after the date on which the Company files its federal income tax return or any state income tax return, a copy of the return so filed shall be furnished to the Members.

 

Section 5.11.                          Tax Matters Member.  Scott McNeill shall be designated the tax matters member under Section 6231 of the Internal Revenue Code (in such capacity, the “Tax Matters Member”).  The Tax Matters Member may be removed and replaced by action of a Majority Interest of the Members.  The Tax Matters Member is authorized to take such actions and to execute and file all statements and forms on behalf of the Company which may be permitted or required by the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.  The Tax Matters Member shall have full and exclusive power and authority on behalf of the Company to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services and costs associated therewith.  The Tax Matters Member shall keep the Members informed as to the status of any audit of the Company’s tax affairs, and shall take such action as may be necessary to cause any Member so requesting to become a “notice partner” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Internal Revenue Code.  Without first obtaining the approval of a Majority Interest of the Members, the Tax Matters Member shall not, with respect to Company tax matters: (a) enter into a settlement agreement with respect to any tax matter which purports to bind Members, (b) intervene in any action pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6226(b)(5), (c) enter into an agreement extending the statute of limitations, or (d) file a petition pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6226(a) or 6228.  If an audit of any of the Company’s tax returns shall occur, the Tax Matters Member shall not settle or otherwise compromise assertions of the auditing agent which may be adverse to any Member as compared to the position taken on the Company’s tax returns without the prior written consent of each such affected Member.

 

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Section 5.12.                          Section 83(b) Election.  Each Member who acquires Incentive Units and who is a United States person within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 7701(a)(30) may file a timely election under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b) with respect to such Incentive Units and consult with such Member’s tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of such acquisition and of filing an election under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b).  Each such Member acknowledges that it is the sole responsibility of such Member, and not the Company, to file the election under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b) even if such Member requests the Company or its representative to assist in making such filing.

 

Section 5.13.                          Subsidiaries of the Company.  The Board may determine to conduct any Company operations indirectly through one or more subsidiaries.

 

Section 5.14.                          Tax Reimbursement.  If Texas law requires the Company and NGP both to participate in the filing of a Texas franchise tax combined group report, and if NGP pays the franchise tax liability due in connection with such combined report, the parties agree that the Company shall promptly reimburse NGP for the franchise tax paid on behalf of the Company as a combined group member.  The franchise tax paid on behalf of the Company shall be equal to the franchise tax that the Company would have paid if it had computed its franchise tax liability for the report period on a separate entity basis rather than as a member of the combined group.  In such event, the parties agree that NGP shall be considered as paying such amount on behalf of the Company and the Company shall deduct for federal income tax purposes 100% of the Texas franchise tax attributable to the Company; provided that in the event that such deduction may not be properly taken by the Company, the Company shall reimburse NGP for the after-tax cost of such payment of Texas franchise tax paid on the Company’s behalf.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

RIGHTS OF MEMBERS

 

Section 6.1.                                 Rights of Members.  Each of the Members shall have the right to:  (a) have the Company books and records (including those required under the Act) kept at the principal United States office of the Company and at all reasonable times to inspect and copy any of them at the sole expense of such Member; (b) have on demand true and full information of all things affecting the Company and a formal account of Company affairs whenever circumstances render it just and reasonable; (c) have dissolution and winding up of the Company by decree of court as provided for in the Act; and (d) exercise all rights of a Member under the Act (except to the extent otherwise specifically provided herein).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Members shall not have the right to receive data pertaining to the properties of the Company if the Company is subject to a valid agreement prohibiting the distribution of such data or if the Board shall otherwise determine that such data is Confidential Information.

 

Section 6.2.                                 Limitations on Members.  The Members (in his or its capacity as a Member) shall not: (a) be permitted to take part in the business or control of the business or affairs of the Company; (b) have any voice in the management or operation of any Company property; or (c) have the authority or power to act as agent for or on behalf of the Company or any other Member, to do any act which would be binding on the Company or any other Member, or to incur any expenditures on behalf of or with respect to the Company.  No Member (in his or

 

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its capacity as a Member) shall hold out or represent to any third party that the Members have any such power or right or that the Members are anything other than “members” of the Company.  The foregoing provision shall not be applicable to a Member acting in his or its capacity as a member of the Board or an officer of the Company.

 

Section 6.3.                                 Liability of Members.  No Member shall be liable for the debts, liabilities, contracts or other obligations of the Company except (a) for any unpaid Capital Commitment of such Member, (b) as otherwise provided in the Act, and (c) as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

Section 6.4.                                 Withdrawal and Return of Capital Contributions.  No Member shall be entitled to (a) withdraw from the Company except upon the assignment by such Member of all of its Company Interest in accordance with ARTICLE IX, or (b) the return of its Capital Contributions except to the extent, if any, that distributions made pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement may be considered as such by law or upon dissolution and liquidation of the Company, and then only to the extent expressly provided for in this Agreement and as permitted by law.

 

Section 6.5.                                 Voting Rights.  Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent that the vote of the Members may be required hereunder, the act of a Majority Interest of the Members shall be the act of the Members.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Company Interests held by any Member who is an Employee, such Company Interests shall be non-voting if and when such Person’s status as an Employee is terminated for any reason or without reason, including by termination, resignation, death or disability.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

BOOKS, REPORTS, MEETINGS AND CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Section 7.1.                                 Capital Accounts, Books and Records.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall keep books of account for the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Such books shall be maintained at the principal office of the Company.

 

(b)                                 An individual capital account (the “Capital Account”) shall be maintained by the Company for each Member as provided below:

 

(i)                                     The Capital Account of each Member shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be increased by the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property contributed to the Company by such Member (net of liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Internal Revenue Code) and by such Member’s share of the Net Profits of the Company and special allocations under Section 4.2, and shall be decreased by such Member’s share of the Net Losses of the Company and special allocations under Section 4.2 and by the amount of cash or the fair market value of any property distributed to such Member (net of liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Member is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Internal Revenue

 

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Code).  The Capital Accounts shall also be increased or decreased to reflect a revaluation of Company property pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of Carrying Value.

 

(ii)                                  Any adjustments of basis of Company property provided for under Sections 734 and 743 of the Internal Revenue Code and comparable provisions of state law (resulting from an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code or comparable provisions of state law) shall not affect the Capital Accounts of the Members (unless otherwise required by applicable Treasury Regulations), and the Members’ Capital Accounts shall be debited or credited pursuant to the terms of this Section 7.1 as if no such election had been made.

 

(iii)                               Capital Accounts shall be adjusted, in a manner consistent with this Section 7.1, to reflect any adjustments in items of Company income, gain, loss or deduction that result from amended returns filed by the Company or pursuant to an agreement by the Company with the Internal Revenue Service or a final court decision.

 

(iv)                              Immediately before the exercise of an Incentive Option to acquire Units (the “Exercise”), the Capital Accounts of the existing Members shall be adjusted by assuming that the assets of the Company were sold by the Company for cash at their respective fair market values as of the date of Exercise, and crediting or debiting each Member’s Capital Account with its respective share of the hypothetical gains and losses resulting from such assumed sales in the same manner as gains or losses on actual sales of such properties would be credited or debited to such Member’s Capital Account.  Thereafter, the Company shall be deemed to have distributed to the person exercising the option (the “Optionee”) cash in an amount equal to the Distributed Asset Amount (as defined below) and, thereafter, the Optionee shall be deemed to have contributed such cash and the Exercise price to the Company.  “Distributed Asset Amount” shall be the excess of (a) the product of (x) the sum of the Exercise price plus the fair market value of the net assets of the Company immediately before the Exercise, multiplied by (y) the percentage obtained by dividing the number of Units issued to the Optionee by the total number of Units outstanding (taking into account the Units issued to the Optionee) over (b) the Exercise price.  The initial Capital Account attributable to the Company Interest received by a Person exercising an Incentive Option shall be an amount equal to the portion of the Capital Accounts (which Capital Accounts shall at that point already reflect the payment of the exercise price) of all Members that is equal to the ratio that the Sharing Ratio received by the Person exercising an Option bears to the Sharing Ratios of all of the Members immediately after the Incentive Option exercise.

 

(v)                                 It is the intention of the Members that the Capital Accounts of each Member be kept in the manner required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv).  To the extent any additional adjustment to the Capital Accounts is required by such regulation, the Board is hereby authorized to make such adjustment after notice to the Members.

 

(vi)                              In accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), upon a Member’s contribution to the Company of cash or properties in exchange for a Company Interest, the Capital Accounts of all Members and the Carrying

 

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Values of all Company properties shall, immediately prior to such issuance, be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to the Company properties, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual Transfer of each such property immediately prior to such contribution for an amount equal to its fair market value and had been allocated to the Members at such time pursuant to Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.

 

(vii)                           Any Person who acquires a Company Interest directly from a Member, or whose Company Interest shall be increased by means of a Transfer to it of all or part of the Company Interest of another Member, shall have a Capital Account (including a credit for all Capital Contributions made by such Member Transferring such Company Interest) which includes the Capital Account balance of the Company Interest or portion thereof so acquired or Transferred.

 

Section 7.2.                                 Bank Accounts.  The Board shall cause one or more Company accounts to be maintained in a bank (or banks) which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or some other financial institution, which accounts shall be used for the payment of the expenditures incurred by the Company in connection with the business of the Company, and in which shall be deposited any and all receipts of the Company.  The Board shall determine the number of and the Persons who will be authorized as signatories on each such bank account.  The Company may invest the Company funds in such money market accounts or other investments as the Board shall determine to be of high quality.

 

Section 7.3.                                 Reports.  The Company shall provide each Member with copies of such financial reports as shall be reasonably requested from time to time by the Members and any such other reports and financial information as the Board shall determine from time to time, including periodic consolidated financial statements for the Company and its subsidiaries (including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements) and copies of all engineering reserve reports and other financial reports that the Company or its subsidiaries provides to any financial institution that provides debt or equity financing to the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

Section 7.4.                                 Meetings of Members.  The Board may hold meetings of the Members from time to time to inform and consult with the Members concerning the Company’s assets and such other matters as the Board deems appropriate, provided that nothing in this Section 7.4 shall require the Board to hold any such meetings.  Such meetings shall be held at such times and places, as often and in such manner as shall be determined by the Board.  The Board at its election may separately inform and consult with the Members for the above purposes without the necessity of calling and/or holding a meeting of the Members.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.4, the Members shall not be permitted to take part in the business or control of the business of the Company; it being the intention of the parties that the involvement of the Members as contemplated in this Section 7.4 is for the purpose of informing the Members with respect to various Company matters, explaining any information furnished to the Members in connection therewith, answering any questions the Members may have with respect thereto and receiving any ideas or suggestions the Members may have with respect thereto; it being the further intention of the parties that the Board shall have full and exclusive power and authority on behalf of the Company to acquire, manage, control and administer the assets, business and

 

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affairs of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1 and the other applicable provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.5.                                 Confidentiality.  No Member shall use, publish, disseminate or otherwise disclose, directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information that should come into the possession of such Member for other than a proper Company purpose.  No Member shall disclose any such Confidential Information except as expressly authorized by this Agreement or by the Board, or as required by law or governmental or regulatory authority.  Each Member shall instruct all Affiliates (including their representatives, agents and counsel) to comply with this Section 7.5.  If a Member is required by law or court order to disclose information that would otherwise be Confidential Information under this Agreement, such Member shall immediately notify the Company of such notice and provide the Company the opportunity to resist such disclosure by appropriate proceedings.  The terms of this Section 7.5 shall survive with respect to each Member until the earlier to occur of (a) the date following one year from the date of the liquidation of the Company and (b) the date following two years from the date of termination of such Member’s Company Interest.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

 

Section 8.1.                                 Dissolution.  The Company shall be dissolved upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(a)                                 December 31, 2019;

 

(b)                                 The sale, disposition or termination of all or substantially all of the property then owned by the Company; or

 

(c)                                  The consent in writing of the Board of Managers.

 

Section 8.2.                                 Liquidation and Termination.  Upon dissolution of the Company, the Board or, if the Board so desires, a Person selected by the Board, shall act as liquidator or shall appoint one or more liquidators who shall have full authority to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distribution as provided herein.  The liquidator shall continue to operate the Company properties with all of the power and authority of the Board.  The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows:

 

(a)                                 As promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidator, if requested by any Member, shall cause a proper accounting to be made by the Company’s independent accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as appropriate.

 

(b)                                 The liquidator shall pay all of the debts and liabilities of the Company (including all expenses incurred in liquidation) or otherwise make adequate provision therefor (including the establishment of a cash escrow fund for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidator may reasonably determine).  After making payment or provision for all

 

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debts and liabilities of the Company, the liquidator shall sell all properties and assets of the Company for cash as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the best price therefor; provided, however, that upon the consent of a Majority Interest of the Members, the liquidator may distribute such properties in kind.  All Net Profit or Net Loss (or other items of income, gain, loss or deduction allocable under Section 4.2) realized on such sales shall be allocated to the Members as provided in this Agreement, and the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted accordingly.  In the event of a distribution of properties in kind, the liquidator shall first adjust the Capital Accounts of the Members by the amount of any Net Profit or Net Loss (or other items of income, gain, loss or deduction allocable under Section 4.2) that would have been recognized by the Members if such properties had been sold at then fair market values.  The liquidator shall then distribute the proceeds of such sales or such properties to the Members in the manner provided in Section 4.3.  If the foregoing distributions to the Members do not equal the Member’s respective positive Capital Account balances as determined after giving effect to the foregoing adjustments and to all adjustments attributable to allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss realized by the Company during the taxable year in question and all adjustments attributable to contributions and distributions of money and property effected prior to such distribution, then, the allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss provided for in this Agreement shall be adjusted, to the least extent necessary, to produce a Capital Account balance for each Member which corresponds to the amount of the distribution to such Member.  Each Member shall have the right to designate another Person to receive any property which otherwise would be distributed in kind to that Member pursuant to this Section 8.2.

 

(c)                                  Except as expressly provided herein, the liquidator shall comply with any applicable requirements of the Act and all other applicable laws pertaining to the winding up of the affairs of the Company and the final distribution of its assets.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, no Member shall be obligated to restore a deficit balance in its Capital Account at any time.

 

The distribution of cash and/or property to the Members in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.2 shall constitute a complete return to the Members of their Capital Contributions and a complete distribution to the Members of their Company Interest and all Company property.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

ASSIGNMENTS OF COMPANY INTERESTS

 

(a)                                 No Member’s Company Interest or rights therein shall be Transferred, or made subject to an Indirect Transfer, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Board; provided, however, that any Member may assign its Company Interest without obtaining such consent pursuant to (i) an Excluded Affiliate Transfer or (ii) a Transfer that is otherwise permitted pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.  Any attempt by a Member to assign its Company Interest in violation of the immediately preceding sentence shall be void ab initio.  If an interest in a Unit or other Company Interest is required by law to be Transferred to a spouse of a holder thereof pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction in a divorce proceeding (notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE

 

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IX(a)), then such holder shall nevertheless retain all rights with respect to such interest and any interest of such spouse shall be subject to such rights of such holder.  In addition, if it is determined that the holder will be required to pay any taxes attributable to such interest of the spouse in the Company, then any tax liability of such holder that is attributable to such spouse’s interest shall be taken into account, and shall reduce such spouse’s interest in the Company; in no event shall the Company be required to provide any financial, valuation or other information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of their respective assets to the spouse or former spouse of such holder.

 

(b)                                 Unless an assignee of a Company Interest becomes a substituted Member in accordance with the provisions set forth below, such assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder, other than the right to receive allocations of income, gains, losses, deductions, credits and similar items and distributions to which the assignor would otherwise be entitled, to the extent such items are assigned.

 

(c)                                  An assignee of a Company Interest shall become a substituted Member entitled to all of the rights of a Member if, and only if, (i) the assignor gives the assignee such right, (ii) the Board consents in writing to such substitution, the granting or denying of which shall be in the Board’s sole discretion, (iii) the assignee executes and delivers such instruments, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board, as the Board may deem necessary or desirable to effect such substitution and to confirm the agreement of the assignee to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and (iv) if the Board so requires, the assignee reimburses the Company for any costs incurred by the Company in connection with such assignment and substitution.  Upon the satisfaction of such requirements, such assignee shall be admitted as of such date as shall be provided for in any document evidencing such assignment as a substituted Member of the Company.

 

(d)                                 The Company and the Board shall be entitled to treat the record Member of any Company Interest as the absolute Member thereof in all respects and shall incur no liability for distributions of cash or other property made in good faith to such Member until such time as a written assignment of such Company Interest that complies with the terms of this Agreement has been received by the Board.

 

ARTICLE X

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each Member acknowledges and agrees that its Company Interest is being purchased for such Member’s own account as part of a private offering, exempt from registration under the Securities Act and all applicable state securities or blue sky laws, for investment only and not with a view to the distribution nor other sale thereof and that an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws may not be available if the Company Interest is acquired by such Member with a view to resale or distribution thereof under any conditions or circumstances as would constitute a distribution of such Company Interest within the meaning and purview of the Securities Act or the applicable state securities laws.  Accordingly, each Member represents and warrants to the Company and all other interested parties that:

 

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(a)                                 Such Member has sufficient financial resources to continue such Member’s investment in the Company for an indefinite period.

 

(b)                                 Such Member has adequate means of providing for its current needs and contingencies and can afford a complete loss of its investment in the Company.

 

(c)                                  It is such Member’s intention to acquire and hold its Company Interest solely for its private investment and for its own account and with no view or intention to Transfer such Company Interest (or any portion thereof).

 

(d)                                 Such Member has no contract, undertaking, agreement, or arrangement with any Person to sell or otherwise Transfer to any Person, or to have any Person sell on behalf of such Member, its Company Interest (or any portion thereof), and such Member is not engaged in and does not plan to engage within the foreseeable future in any discussion with any Person relative to the sale or any Transfer of its Company Interest (or any portion thereof).

 

(e)                                  Such Member is not aware of any occurrence, event, or circumstance upon the happening of which such Member intends to attempt to Transfer its Company Interest (or any portion thereof), and such Member does not have any present intention of Transferring its Company Interest (or any portion thereof) after the lapse of any particular period of time.

 

(f)                                   Such Member, by making other investments of a similar nature and/or by reason of his/its business and financial experience or the business and financial experience of those Persons it has retained to advise such Member with respect to its investment in the Company, is a sophisticated investor who has the capacity to protect its own interest in investments of this nature and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment.

 

(g)                                  Such Member has had all documents, records, books and due diligence materials pertaining to this investment made available to such Member and such Member’s accountants and advisors; such Member has also had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company concerning this investment; and such Member has all of the information deemed by such Member to be necessary or appropriate to evaluate the investment and the risks and merits thereof.

 

(h)                                 Such Member has a close business association with the Company or certain of its Affiliates, thereby making the Member a well-informed investor for purposes of this investment.

 

(i)                                     Such Member is aware of the following:

 

(i)                                     The Company is newly organized and has no financial or operating history and, further, the investment in the Company is speculative and involves a high degree of risk of loss by the Member of its entire investment, with no assurance of any income from such investment;

 

(ii)                                  No federal or state agency has made any finding or determination as to the fairness of the investment, or any recommendation or endorsement, of such investment;

 

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(iii)                               There are substantial restrictions on the Transferability of the Company Interest of such Member, there will be no public market for the Company Interest and, accordingly, it may not be possible for such Member readily to liquidate its investment in the Company in case of emergency; and

 

(iv)                              Any federal or state income tax benefits which may be available to such Member may be lost through changes to existing laws and regulations or in the interpretation of existing laws and regulations; such Member in making this investment is relying, if at all, solely upon the advice of its own tax advisors with respect to the tax aspects of an investments in the Company.

 

(j)                                    Such Member further covenants and agrees that (i) its Company Interest will not be resold unless the provisions set forth in ARTICLE IX above are complied with, and (ii) such Member shall have no right to require registration of its Company Interest under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, and, in view of the nature of the Company and its business, such registration is neither contemplated nor likely.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.1.                          Notices.  All notices, elections, demands or other communications required or permitted to be made or given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered as properly given or made on the date of actual delivery if given by (a) personal delivery, (b) United States mail, (c) expedited overnight delivery service with proof of delivery, or (d) via facsimile with confirmation of delivery, addressed to the respective addressee(s).  Any Member may change its address by giving notice in writing to the other Members of its new address.

 

Section 11.2.                          Amendment.

 

(a)                                 In addition to the right of the Board to amend this Agreement as provided below, and except as otherwise provided below, any change, modification, or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective if made by an instrument in writing that has been duly approved by the Board and a Majority Interest of the Members.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding Section 11.2(a), but subject to amendments made pursuant to Section 3.2, with respect to any change, modification, or amendment to this Agreement that would (i) increase the liability or duties of any of the Members, (ii) change the contributions required of any of the Members, (iii) cause the Company to be taxed as a corporation, or (iv) otherwise result in any disproportionate and material adverse consequences for any Member, such change, modification, or amendment shall not be binding on such Member unless contained in a written instrument duly executed by such Member; provided, however, that any amendment which is made to facilitate a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, to convert the Company into another entity, or to cause the Company to participate in an exchange of interests or some type of business combination with any other entity, shall require the approval only of the Board and a Majority Interest of the Members, if each of the material terms

 

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and provisions of such merger, consolidation, conversion, exchange or combination provides for equal and/or proportionate treatment of each of the Members.

 

(c)                                  With respect to any change, modification, or amendment to this Agreement that would change the name of the Company, admit new or substituted Members in accordance with the terms of ARTICLE IX, or any other change, modification, or amendment which does not adversely affect the Members in any disproportionate and material respect, and any change, modification or amendment which the Board determines is necessary or advisable to ensure that the Company is not and will not be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or to conform with changes in applicable tax law (provided such changes do not have a material adverse effect on the Members), such change, modification, or amendment may be contained in a written instrument executed solely by the Board; provided that the Board notifies the Members of such change, modification, or amendment.

 

Section 11.3.                          Partition.  Each of the Members hereby irrevocably waives for the term of the Company any right that such Member may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to the Company property.

 

Section 11.4.                          Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the other documents contemplated hereby constitute the full and complete agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 11.5.                          Severability.  Every provision in this Agreement is intended to be severable.  If any term or provision hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.6.                          No Waiver.  The failure of any Member to insist upon strict performance of a covenant hereunder or of any obligation hereunder, irrespective of the length of time for which such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver of such Member’s right to demand strict compliance in the future.  No consent or waiver, express or implied, to or of any breach or default in the performance of any obligation hereunder shall constitute a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance of the same or any other obligation hereunder.

 

Section 11.7.                          Applicable Law.  This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to rules or principles of conflicts of law requiring the application of the law of another State.

 

Section 11.8.                          Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however, that no Member may Transfer all or any part of its rights or Company Interest or any interest under this Agreement except in accordance with ARTICLE IX.

 

Section 11.9.                          Arbitration.  Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, or the Company, including claims sounding in contract, tort, statutory or otherwise (a “Dispute”), shall be settled exclusively and finally by arbitration in accordance with this Section 11.9.

 

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(a)                                 Rules and Procedures.  Such arbitration shall be administered by JAMS/Endispute, Inc., a Delaware corporation and national dispute resolution company (“JAMS”), pursuant to (i) the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures, if the amount in controversy is $250,000 or less, or (ii) the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, if the amount in controversy exceeds $250,000 (each, as applicable, the “Rules”).  The making, validity, construction, and interpretation of this Section 11.9, and all procedural aspects of the arbitration conducted pursuant hereto, shall be decided by the arbitrator(s).  For purposes of this Section 11.9, “amount in controversy” means the stated amount of the claim, not including interest or attorneys’ fees, plus the stated amount of any counterclaim, not including interest or attorneys’ fees.  If the claim or counterclaim seeks a form of relief other than damages, such as injunctive or declaratory relief, it shall be treated as if the amount in controversy exceeds $250,000, unless all parties to the Dispute otherwise agree.

 

(b)                                 Discovery.  Discovery shall be allowed only to the extent permitted by the Rules.

 

(c)                                  Time and Place.  All arbitration proceedings hereunder shall be conducted in Dallas, Texas or such other location as all parties to the Dispute may agree.  Unless good cause is shown or all parties to the Dispute otherwise agree, the hearing on the merits shall be conducted within 180 days of the initiation of the arbitration, if the arbitration is being conducted under the Streamlined Arbitration Rules, or within 270 days of the initiation of the arbitration, if the arbitration is being conducted under the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules.  However, it shall not be a basis to challenge the outcome or result of the arbitration proceeding that it was not conducted within the specified timeframe, nor shall the failure to conduct the hearing within the specified timeframe in any way waive the right to arbitration as provided for herein.

 

(d)                                 Arbitrators.

 

(i)                                     If the amount in controversy is $250,000 or less, the arbitration shall be before a single arbitrator selected by JAMS in accordance with the Rules.

 

(ii)                                  If the amount in controversy is more than $250,000, the arbitration shall be before a panel of three arbitrators, selected in accordance with this paragraph.  The party initiating the arbitration shall designate, with its initial filing, its choice of arbitrator.  Within 30 days of the notice of initiation of the arbitration procedure, the opposing party to the Dispute shall select one arbitrator.  If any party to the Dispute shall fail to select an arbitrator within the required time, JAMS shall appoint an arbitrator for that party.  In the event that the Dispute involves three or more parties, JAMS shall determine the parties’ alignment pursuant to Rule 15  and each “side” shall have the right to appoint one arbitrator as provided above.  The two arbitrators so selected shall select a third arbitrator, failing agreement on which, the third arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with JAMS Rule 15.  Notwithstanding that each party may select an arbitrator, all arbitrators (whether selected by the parties, JAMS or otherwise) shall be independent and shall disclose any relationship that he or she may have with any party to the Dispute at the time of their respective appointment.  All arbitrators shall be subject to challenge for cause under JAMS Rule 15.  In the event that any party-selected arbitrator is struck for cause, JAMS shall appoint the replacement arbitrator.

 

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(e)                                  Waiver of Certain Damages.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the Members expressly agree that the arbitrators shall have absolutely no authority to award consequential, incidental, special, treble, exemplary or punitive damages of any type under any circumstances regardless of whether such damages may be available under Delaware law, or any other laws, or under the Federal Arbitration Act or the Rules, unless such damages are a part of a third party claim for which a Member is entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

(f)                                   Limitations on Arbitrators.  The arbitrators shall have authority to interpret and apply the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to order any remedy allowed by this Agreement, including specific performance of the Agreement, but may not change any term or condition of this Agreement, deprive any Member of a remedy expressly provided hereunder, or provide any right or remedy that has been excluded hereunder.

 

(g)                                  Form of Award.  The arbitration award shall conform with the Rules, but also contain a certification by the arbitrators that, except as permitted by Section 11.9(e), the award does not include any consequential, incidental, special, treble, exemplary or punitive damages.

 

(h)                                 Fees and Awards.  The fees and expenses of the arbitrator(s) shall be borne equally by each side to the Dispute, but the decision of the arbitrator(s) may include such award of the arbitrators’ expenses and of other costs to the prevailing side as the arbitrators may determine.  In addition, the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of its attorneys’ fees and interest.

 

(i)                                     Binding Nature.  The decision and award shall be binding upon all of the parties to the Dispute and final and nonappealable to the maximum extent permitted by law, and judgment thereon may be entered in a court of competent jurisdiction and enforced by any party to the Dispute as a final judgment of such court.

 

Section 11.10.                   Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same document.

 

*    *    *     *

 

[Signature Pages of Company, Members and Managers Attached]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
COMPANY:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
RSP   PERMIAN HOLDCO, L.L.C.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

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MEMBERS:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
GRIMM   FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
Rising Star Family, LLC,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
its general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
Michael   K. Grimm
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
ARROTT   FAMILY HOLDINGS, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Zane   W. Arrott
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
General   Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Cherie   L. Arrott
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
General   Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
POLLARD RESOURCE HOLDINGS, LP
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
Pollard   Resource Holdings (GP), LLC,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
its   general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
Tamara   D. Pollard
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
Tracy   L. Pollard
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Manager
    

 

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THE   STEVEN D. GRAY AND DEBORA K GRAY 2012 GST EXEMPT TRUST
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Erik   B. Daugbjerg
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
THE   STEVEN D. GRAY GRAT NO. 2005-1
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven   D. Gray
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
William   R. Huck
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Erik   B. Daugbjerg
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
William   Christopher Krusz
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Michael   G. Cook
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Robert   Lemmons
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
David   Groves
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Leslyn   Wallace
    

 

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James   Spradlin
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Steven   Smith
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Scott   McNeill
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Chris   Gardiner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
PRODUCTION   OPPORTUNITIES II, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
Production   Opportunities GP, L.L.C.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
General   Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

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MANAGERS:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Michael   K. Grimm
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Steven   D. Gray
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Tony   R. Weber
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Scott   McNeill
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
David   R. Albin
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Roy   Aneed
    

 

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EXHIBIT A
 List of Members, Capital Commitments, Capital Contributions and Sharing Ratios

 

See attached.Exhibit 4.2

 

DATED 19 APRIL 2012

 

Coöperatieve AAC LS U.A.

 

Forbion Co-Investment Coöperatief U.A.

 

Forbion Co-Investment II Coöperatief U.A.

 

Coöperatieve Gilde Healthcare II U.A.

 

and

 

uniQure B.V.

 

 

CLASS A SHAREHOLDERS

AGREEMENT

 

relating to uniQure B.V.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
Clause
    	
 
    	
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1.
    	
 
    	
INTERPRETATION
    	
 
    	
2
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.
    	
 
    	
SHARE CAPITAL
    	
 
    	
6
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
2.1.
    	
 
    	
Authorised Share Capital
    	
 
    	
6
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
2.2.
    	
 
    	
Issued Share Capital
    	
 
    	
6
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
2.3.
    	
 
    	
Conversion of Ordinary Shares Class B
    	
 
    	
7
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
2.4.
    	
 
    	
Dividend Policy
    	
 
    	
7
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.
    	
 
    	
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
    	
 
    	
8
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
3.1.
    	
 
    	
Management Board
    	
 
    	
8
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
3.2.
    	
 
    	
Supervisory Board
    	
 
    	
8
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
3.3.
    	
 
    	
General Meeting
    	
 
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
3.4.
    	
 
    	
Reserved Matters
    	
 
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
3.5.
    	
 
    	
The Company’s Affiliates
    	
 
    	
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4.
    	
 
    	
SHARES AND TRANSFERS
    	
 
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
4.1.
    	
 
    	
Anti-dilution
    	
 
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
4.2.
    	
 
    	
No Encumbrance
    	
 
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
4.3.
    	
 
    	
Prohibited Transfers
    	
 
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
4.4.
    	
 
    	
Permitted Transfers
    	
 
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
4.5.
    	
 
    	
Right of First offer other Investors
    	
 
    	
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4.6.
    	
 
    	
General conditions Transfer
    	
 
    	
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4.7.
    	
 
    	
Lock-up Obligations
    	
 
    	
13
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
4.8.
    	
 
    	
Tag Along
    	
 
    	
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4.9.
    	
 
    	
Drag Along
    	
 
    	
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5.
    	
 
    	
EXIT
    	
 
    	
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5.1.
    	
 
    	
Asset Sale or Listing
    	
 
    	
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5.2.
    	
 
    	
Forced Exit
    	
 
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
5.3.
    	
 
    	
Appointment of Advisors
    	
 
    	
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6.
    	
 
    	
FINANCIAL REPORTING
    	
 
    	
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6.1.
    	
 
    	
Provision of Information
    	
 
    	
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7.
    	
 
    	
CONFIDENTIALITY
    	
 
    	
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8.
    	
 
    	
TERM AND TERMINATION
    	
 
    	
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8.1.
    	
 
    	
Term
    	
 
    	
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8.2.
    	
 
    	
Termination
    	
 
    	
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8.3.
    	
 
    	
Surviving Clauses
    	
 
    	
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9.
    	
 
    	
MISCELLANEOUS
    	
 
    	
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9.1.
    	
 
    	
Employee   Stock Option Plan
    	
 
    	
18
    

 

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9.2.
    	
 
    	
Further Assurances
    	
 
    	
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9.3.
    	
 
    	
Conflict
    	
 
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.4.
    	
 
    	
Additional Investors
    	
 
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.5.
    	
 
    	
Large Company Regime
    	
 
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.6.
    	
 
    	
Notices
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.7.
    	
 
    	
Amendment
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.8.
    	
 
    	
Assignment
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.9.
    	
 
    	
Entire Agreement
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.10.
    	
 
    	
Partial Invalidity
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.11.
    	
 
    	
Compensation of costs
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.12.
    	
 
    	
No Waiver
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.13.
    	
 
    	
No Rescission
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.14.
    	
 
    	
Counterparts
    	
 
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.15.
    	
 
    	
Governing Law
    	
 
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.16.
    	
 
    	
Accounting regime
    	
 
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
9.17.
    	
 
    	
Jurisdiction
    	
 
    	
21
    

 

SCHEDULE A (PARTIES)

 

SCHEDULE B (SHARE CAPITAL)

 

SCHEDULE C (ACCESSION AGREEMENT)

 

SCHEDULE D (MANAGEMENT BOARD AND SUPERVISORY BOARD)

 

SCHEDULE E (RESERVED MATTERS)

 

(ii)

 

THIS CLASS A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made on 19 April 2012.

 

BETWEEN:

 

(1)                                Coöperatieve AAC LS U.A., a coöperative (coöperatie) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its corporate seat in Amsterdam, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 34256402 (the “Existing Investor I”);

 

(2)                                Forbion Co-Investment Coöperatief U.A., a coöperative (coöperatie) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office in Naarden, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 32142360 (the “Existing Investor II”);

 

(3)                                Forbion Co-Investment II Coöperatief U.A., a coöperative (coöperatie) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office in Naarden, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 53958713 (the “New Investor I “);

 

(4)                                Coöperatieve Gilde Healthcare II U.A., a coöperative (coöperatie) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its corporate seat in Utrecht, and its business address at Newtonlaan 91 (3584 BP), the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Midden-Nederland under number 30216414 (the “New Investor II “);

 

and

 

(5)                                uniQure B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office in Amsterdam, and its business address at Meibergdreef 61, 1105 BA Amsterdam Zuidoost, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Amsterdam under number 54385229 (the “Company”);

 

and

 

(6)                                any other holder from time to time of Ordinary Shares Class A in the capital of the Company.

 

The parties to this Agreement are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party”. Further details of the Parties are set out in SCHEDULE A (Parties). The Existing Investor I and the Existing Investor II are hereinafter jointly referred to as the “Existing Investors”. The New Investor I and the New Investor II are hereinafter jointly referred to as the “New Investors”. The Existing Investors and the New Investors, together with any other holder from time to time of Ordinary Shares Class A in the capital of the Company, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Investors” and individually as an “Investor”.

 

RECITALS:

 

(A)                              The Existing Investors, the New Investor I, the Company and Amsterdam Molecular

 

1

 

Therapeutics (AMT) Holding N.V. (“AMT”) and its subsidiaries have entered into that certain “Business Acquisition Agreement” on 16 February 2012, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to acquire (and AMT has agreed to transfer) certain assets and liabilities of AMT in exchange for depositary receipts (certificaten van aandelen) (each: a “DR” and any holder of a DR: a “DR Holder”) for Ordinary Shares Class B, issued without cooperation of the Company (uitgegeven zonder medewerking van de vennootschap) as referred to in Clause 2:227 paragraph 2 BW of the Dutch Civil Code by the Trust Foundation (the “Transaction”).

 

(B)                              The Company is engaged in the development of human gene based therapies.

 

(C)                              At the Completion Date, AMT has been dissolved and the DRs have been transferred to AMT and will be distributed to the AMT shareholders, whereupon each AMT shareholder that on the tenth Business Day following the date on which the dissolution and liquidation of AMT have come in effect (i.e. on or around 23 April 2012), holds at least 5% of the shares of AMT (each an “Eligible DR Holder”), is entitled (subject to the fulfilment of certain other conditions) to exchange its DRs for an equal number of Ordinary Shares Class A in the Company (the “Exchange Offer”).

 

(D)                              Pursuant to the Business Acquisition Agreement, the Existing Investors and the New Investor I have committed to make an investment in an amount of in total EUR 6 million. Pursuant to the Existing Investors’ and the New Investor I’s commitment to provide equity funding to the Company, 9,771,986 Ordinary Shares Class A in the capital of the Company will be acquired by the Existing Investor II and the New Investor I at an issue price of EUR 0.614 per share on or around the date of this Agreement. In addition, AMT’s debts under the loan notes as assumed by the Company pursuant to the Transaction have been converted in 5,320,000 Ordinary Shares Class A in the capital of the Company issued to the Existing Investors at the Completion Date, at a conversion price of EUR 1.00 per share.

 

(E)                               The New Investor II has committed to make an investment in an amount of in total EUR 1 million, pursuant to which commitment to provide equity funding to the Company, 1,628,664 Ordinary Shares Class A in the capital of the Company will be acquired by the New Investor II at an issue price of EUR 0.614 per share on around the date of this Agreement.

 

(F)                                In this Agreement the Parties wish to set out the terms and conditions on which they have agreed to regulate the rights and obligations of the Investors with respect to the Company.

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1.                                     INTERPRETATION

 

1.1.                           In this Agreement, the following definitions are used:

 

“Acceptance Deadline” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5.2(D).

 

“Acceptance Notice” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5.3.

 

“Accounting Policies” means the specific principles, bases and conventions, rules and practices applied and used by the Company in preparing and presenting financial statements.

 

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“Affiliate” has the meaning given in article 2:24b of the DCC to the term “groepsmaatschappij” which, for the purposes of this Agreement, shall be deemed to include a Subsidiary, it being understood that a Shareholder shall not be considered an Affiliate of the Company, or of a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“Affiliated Fund” means any investment company, limited partnership or person or entity of which the assets are managed professionally for investment purposes that has been, or may in the future be, established by the Investor or an Affiliate of an Investor and which is managed by an Investor or an Affiliate of an Investor.

 

“Agreement” means this shareholders agreement including schedules and appendices thereto as amended in accordance with its terms.

 

“AMT” has the meaning given in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Applicable Accounting and Reporting Rules” means (i) the Dutch Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as the case may be, or (ii) the relevant provisions on financial statements of the Dutch Civil Code and, to the extent applicable, the prevailing Guidelines for annual reporting in the Netherlands (Richtlijnen voor de jaarverslaggeving) published by the Dutch Accounting Standards Board (Raad voor de Jaarverslaggeving).

 

“Articles of Association” means the articles of association of the Company, as amended from time to time.

 

“Asset Sale” has the meaning given in Clause 5.1.2.

 

“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks in the Netherlands are open for normal business.

 

“Business Plan” has the meaning given in Clause 6.1.3.

 

“Business Acquisition Agreement” means the business purchase agreement defined in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Called Investors” has the meaning given in Clause 4.9.1.

 

“Called Shares” has the meaning given in Clause 4.9.1.

 

“Chairman” has the meaning given in Clause 3.2.2.

 

“Class A Meeting” means the body corporate formed by the holders of Ordinary Shares Class A or the meeting of said body, as the case may be.

 

“Company” has the meaning given in the opening of this Agreement.

 

“Completion” means the consummation of the Transaction as contemplated in Clause 10 of the Business Acquisition Agreement.

 

“Completion Date” means 5 April 2012.

 

“DCC” means the Dutch Civil Code.

 

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“DR” has the meaning as given in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“DR Holder” has the meaning as given in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Drag Along Notice” has the meaning given in Clause 4.9.2.

 

“Drag Along Option” has the meaning given in Clause 4.9.1.

 

“Eligible DR Holder” has the meaning given in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Employee Stock Option Plan” has the meaning given in Clause 9.1.

 

“Excess Sale Shares” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5.2(F).

 

“Exchange Offer” has the meaning given in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Existing Investor I” has the meaning given in the opening of this Agreement.

 

“Existing Investor II” has the meaning given in the opening of this Agreement.

 

“Existing Investors” has the meaning given in the opening of this Agreement.

 

“Exit” has the meaning given in Clause 5.1.2.

 

“Financial Year” means the financial year of the Company as defined in the Articles of Association.

 

“Financial Statements” means the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries and the separate financial statements of each Affiliate (to the extent applicable), including all notes, documents and statements thereto.

 

“General Meeting” means the general meeting of shareholders of the Company.

 

“Group” has the meaning given in Clause 3.1.4.

 

“Group Company” has the meaning given in Clause 3.1.4.

 

“Independent Members” has the meaning given in Clause 3.2.3.

 

“Investor” and “Investors” has the meaning given in the opening of this Agreement.

 

“Investor Representatives” has the meaning given in Clause 3.2.2.

 

“Investor Shares” means the Shares held by an Investor.

 

“Listing” means the admission of the Shares for trading on a regulated stock market.

 

“Liquidation” means a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up (liquidatie of ontbinding) of the Company.

 

“Management Board” means the management board (raad van bestuur) of the Company.

 

“Management Board Member” means a member of the Management Board.

 

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“New Investor I” has the meaning given in the opening of this Agreement.

 

“New Investor II” has the meaning given in the opening of this Agreement.

 

“New Investors” has the meaning given in the opening of this Agreement.

 

“Non-selling Investor” and “Non-selling Investors” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5.1.

 

“Ordinary Shares” means the issued and outstanding from time to time Ordinary Shares Class A and the Ordinary Shares Class B.

 

“Ordinary Shares Class A” means the ordinary shares class A (gewone aandelen) in the capital of the Company with a nominal value of EUR 0.01 each.

 

“Ordinary Shares Class B” means the convertible ordinary shares class B (gewone aandelen) in the capital of the Company with a nominal value of EUR 0.01 each.

 

“Original Purchase Price” the purchase price of EUR 0.614 paid by the Existing Investor II and the New Investors for each Ordinary Share Class A consisting of the nominal value of EUR 0.01 plus an amount of EUR 0.604 as share premium (agio).

 

“Portfolio Transfer” has the meaning given in Clause 4.4.2.

 

“Proposed Selling Investor” and “Proposed Selling Investors” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5.1.

 

“Qualified Majority” means the affirmative vote of Shareholders representing at least 66 2/3 % of the Shares.

 

“Sale” has the meaning given in Clause 4.8.1.

 

“Sale Shares” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5.2(A).

 

“Selling Investor” or “Selling Investors has the meaning given in Clause 4.8.1.

 

“Shareholder” means any holder of Shares.

 

“Shares” means the issued and outstanding shares from time to time in the capital of the Company, consisting of Ordinary Shares Class A and Ordinary Shares Class B.

 

“Simple Majority Investor Consent” means the affirmative vote of the Investors representing at least 51% of Ordinary Shares Class A.

 

“Subsidiary” has the meaning given in article 2:24a of the DCC to the term “dochtermaatschappij”.

 

“Supervisory Board” means the supervisory board (raad van commissarissen) of the Company.

 

“Supervisory Board Member” means a member of the Supervisory Board.

 

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“Supervisory Board Member A” means a Supervisory Board Member appointed in accordance with Clause 3.2.2.

 

“Supervisory Board Member B” means a Supervisory Board Member appointed in accordance with Clause 3.2.3.

 

“Tag Along Notice” has the meaning given in Clause 4.8.1.

 

“Tag Offer” has the meaning given in Clause 4.8.3.

 

“Third Party Purchaser” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5.5.

 

“Transaction” means the transaction contemplated by the Business Acquisition Agreement.

 

“Transfer Notice” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5.1.

 

“Trust Conditions” means the trust conditions (administratievoorwaarden) adopted by the Trust Foundation, as amended from time to time.

 

“Trust Foundation” means Stichting Administratiekantoor uniQure B.V., a foundation organised under the laws of the Netherlands, having its registered office in Amsterdam Zuidoost, at Meibergdreef 61, 1105 BA, the Netherlands.

 

1.2.                           In this Agreement, unless otherwise specified:

 

1.2.1.                           the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter and vice versa;

 

1.2.2.                           references to a person shall include a reference to any individual, company, association, partnership, trust or joint venture (in each case whether or not having separate legal personality);

 

1.2.3.                           references to “include” and “including” shall be treated as references to “include without limitation” or “including without limitation”;

 

1.2.4.                           unless the context requires otherwise, words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;

 

1.2.5.                           the headings are for identification only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

2.                                     SHARE CAPITAL

 

2.1.                           Authorised Share Capital

 

The authorised share capital of the Company at Completion is EUR 1,900,000 divided into 150,000,000 Ordinary Shares Class A and 40,000,000 Ordinary Shares Class B.

 

2.2.                           Issued Share Capital

 

2.2.1.                           Pursuant to the Business Acquisition Agreement 9,771,986 Ordinary Shares Class A have been or will be issued to or acquired by the Existing Investor II and the New Investor I in one or more tranches at an issue price of EUR 0.614 per

 

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share on or around the date of this Agreement. In addition, pursuant to the Transaction, as a consequence of the conversion of the debt under the loan notes as assumed by the Company, 5,320,000 Ordinary Shares Class A have been issued to the Existing Investors at a conversion price of EUR 1,00 per share at the Completion Date.

 

2.2.2.                           Pursuant to the New Investor II’s commitment to provide equity funding to the Company, 1,628,664 Ordinary Shares Class A in the capital of the Company will be issued to the New Investor II at an issue price of EUR 0.614 per share on or around the date of this Agreement.

 

2.2.3.                           The issued share capital of the Company after completion of the Transaction is as set out in SCHEDULE B (Share Capital).

 

2.3.                           Conversion of Ordinary Shares Class B

 

2.3.1.                           In accordance with Clause 23 of the Articles of Association, the Investors will resolve to approve a proposed resolution of the Management Board to convert the Ordinary Shares Class B underlying the DRs held by any Eligible DR Holder into an equal number of Ordinary Shares Class A in the Company pursuant to the Exchange Offer, provided that such Eligible DR Holder:

 

(i)                                    has irrevocably requested the termination from the Trust Foundation of the holding in trust of such number of Ordinary Shares Class B in accordance with Clause 6 of the Trust Conditions;

 

(ii)                                 has entered into an Accession Agreement as set out in SCHEDULE C (Accession Agreement) to become a party to this Agreement as an Investor; and

 

(iii)                              holds, to be evidenced by a letter of an admitted institution (aangesloten instelling), (at least) an equal number of DRs at the time the request for termination as referred to above is made, as it held on the tenth Business Day following the Completion Date, as set out in Clause 6 of the Trust Conditions.

 

2.3.2.                           The Company shall not approve any demand to convert the Ordinary Shares Class B into Ordinary Shares Class A in the Company or adopt any resolution thereto, unless the condions of Clause 2.3.1 have been fulfilled.

 

2.4.                           Dividend Policy

 

2.4.1.                           The Shareholders are entitled to the distribution of the profits of the Company for each Shareholder in proportion to the number of Shares that it holds.

 

2.4.2.                           The DR Holders are entitled to the distribution of the profits of the Company relating to the Ordinary Shares Class B held by the Trust Foundation, for each DR Holder in proportion to the number of DRs that it holds.

 

2.4.3.                           The Company shall apply profits available for distribution for its further development and expansion in accordance with the approved Business Plan prior to making any distributions to Shareholders.

 

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3.                                     CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

3.1.                           Management Board

 

3.1.1.                           The Management Board will at any time consist of at least two (2) Management Board Members appointed by the General Meeting in accordance with a binding nomination drawn up by the Class A Meeting in accordance with Clause 13.2 of the Articles of Association.

 

3.1.2.                           Immediately following Completion the Management Board of the Company shall consist of the directors constituting the AMT management board, i.e. Mr J. Aldag and Mr P.J. Morgan.

 

3.1.3.                           With regard to the Management Board Members nominated in accordance with Clause 3.1.1, the Investors will cast their vote in accordance with such nomination in or outside the General Meeting, as the case may be, in order to appoint the Management Board Member nominated by the Class A Meeting as member of the Management Board.

 

3.1.4.                           The Management Board will be responsible for all operational matters in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively: the “Group” and any member of the Group also: a “Group Company”).

 

3.1.5.                           Resolutions of the Management Board as set out in Part A of SCHEDULE D (Management Board and Supervisory Board) require the prior approval of the Supervisory Board. Such approval of the Supervisory Board can be obtained by a simple majority of the votes validly cast at a Supervisory Board meeting.

 

3.1.6.                           Resolutions of the Management Board as set out in Part B of SCHEDULE D (Management Board and Supervisory Board) require the prior approval of at least 51% of the holders of Ordinary Shares Class A.

 

3.1.7.                           Resolutions of the Management Board as set out in Part C of SCHEDULE D (Management Board and Supervisory Board) require the prior approval of a qualified majority of at least 66 2/3% of the holders of Ordinary Shares Class A.

 

3.1.8.                           A Management Board Member may be suspended and dismissed by the General Meeting. The Investors will cast their vote in relation to such proposed resolution to dismiss or suspend a Management Board Member in or outside the General Meeting, as the case may be, in accordance with a prior resolution of the Class A Meeting adopted thereto.

 

3.1.9.                           The remuneration of members of the Management Board shall be determined by the General Meeting and requires the prior approval of at least 51% of the holders of Ordinary Shares Class A, in accordance with Part B (Approval with Simple Majority Investor Consent (51%) of Ordinary Shares Class A held by Investor) of SCHEDULE E (Reserved Matters).

 

3.1.10.                    The Company shall maintain customary professional liability insurance for all members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

 

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3.2.                           Supervisory Board

 

3.2.1.                           The Supervisory Board shall consist of up to seven (7) Supervisory Board Members who shall have the title Supervisory Board Member A or Supervisory Board Member B, provided that at all times there shall be at least one Supervisory Board Member B more than there are Supervisory Board Members A.

 

3.2.2.                           The Supervisory Board Members A (one of whom shall be the chairman of the Supervisory Board (the “Chairman”)) will be appointed by the General Meeting in accordance with a binding nomination drawn up by the Class A Meeting in accordance with Clause 17.3 of the Articles of Association (the “Investor Representatives”).

 

3.2.3.                           The Supervisory Board Members B will be appointed by the General Meeting at its own discretion (the “Independent Members”).

 

3.2.4.                           Prior to the making of a nomination the Investor or group of Investors shall consult with the other Investor(s) and the Trust Foundation about the identity and the qualifications of such person included on a shortlist of potential nominees and the Investor or group of Investors shall take any substantiated objections against potential nominees into account in making their decision to formally nominate such person.

 

3.2.5.                           With regard to a Supervisory Board Member A nominated in accordance with Clause 3.2.2, the Investors will cast their vote in accordance with such nomination in or outside the General Meeting, as the case may be, in order to appoint the Supervisory Board Members A nominated by the Class A Meeting.

 

3.2.6.                           In case of a deadlock of votes in a meeting of the Supervisory Board, the Chairman will have a casting vote.

 

3.2.7.                           A Supervisory Board Member A that has been appointed in accordance with Clause 3.2.2, may be suspended and dismissed the General Meeting. The Investors will cast their vote in relation to such proposed resolution to dismiss or suspend a Supervisory Board Member A in or outside the General Meeting, as the case may be, in accordance with a prior resolution of the Class A Meeting adopted thereto.

 

3.2.8.                           Immediately following Completion the Supervisory Board will consist of S.J.H. van Deventer, H.A. Slootweg, as the Investor Representatives, and J.M. Feczko, P.M.M.J. van Holle, F. Meyer as the Independent Members.

 

3.2.9.                           The Supervisory Board shall meet at least six (6) times per year (or such other number as the Chairman may require) in person at scheduled meetings and so often as required for the proper fulfillment of the role of the Supervisory Board, either in person or by conference call.

 

3.2.10.                    The Supervisory Board will adopt resolutions by a simple majority of the votes cast. To be quorate, at least the majority of the Supervisory Board Members in office must be present or represented at a meeting of the Supervisory Board. In the event that such a quorum is not present or ceases to be present, the meeting is adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or at such time and place as determined by the members present at such meeting. If in any such adjourned meeting no quorum is present, the meeting may proceed and validly take the resolutions entered on the agenda of the first meeting. Votes may

 

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also be rendered by written power of attorney given by one Supervisory Board Member to another Supervisory Board Member.

 

3.2.11.                    The Parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to ensure that any Supervisory Board meeting has the requisite quorum.

 

3.2.12.                    The Supervisory Board shall have at least two (2) standing committees, i.e. the audit committee and the remuneration and appointment committee, to be appointed by the Supervisory Board from its own members. Each committee shall consist of three (3) members. The Supervisory Board will appoint to each and every committee the most suitable Supervisory Board Members, provided that at least one (1) member of each and every committee will be an Investor Representative. Each committee shall have the right to draw up its internal regulations, subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board.

 

3.3.                           General Meeting

 

3.3.1.                           The Shareholders shall meet annually within six (6) months after the end of the Financial Year. Other meetings of the General Meeting may be held as often as necessary.

 

3.3.2.                           Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, resolutions of the General Meeting shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes validly cast.

 

3.3.3.                           The Parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to ensure that any meeting of the General Meeting has the requisite quorum.

 

3.4.                           Reserved Matters

 

3.4.1.                           The matters referred to in Part A of SCHEDULE E (Reserved Matters) shall require a Qualified Majority.

 

3.4.2.                           The matters referred to in Part B of SCHEDULE E (Reserved Matters) shall require Simple Majority Investor Consent.

 

3.5.                           The Company’s Affiliates

 

If any of the matters listed in SCHEDULE D (Management Board and Supervisory Board) and SCHEDULE E (Reserved Matters) relate to an Affiliate and are being dealt with at the level of such Affiliate, the Company shall procure that, in addition to the required approval of the appropriate corporate bodies of the Affiliate, as the case may be, such matters are made subject to the approval of the appropriate corporate bodies of the Company (as if such matters would relate to the Company rather than to the Affialiate), so that the Investors are able to, directly or indirectly through the respective corporate bodies of the Company, effectively exercise their consent rights in respect of such matters.

 

4.                                     SHARES AND TRANSFERS

 

4.1.                           Anti-dilution

 

In the event of an issue of Shares at a price below the Original Purchase Price (other than Shares issued under the Employee Stock Option Plan), the Investors and the Company shall procure that Shares in the Company shall be issued either with payment to be made from

 

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the Company’s share premium reserve, or if not available, such new Shares are to be issued at par value to the Existing Investor II and the New Investors, with the number of Shares so issued calculated according to the following formula:

 

(P1-P2) / P2) x Q

 

Where:

 

(i)                                              P1 means the Original Purchase Price paid by the Existing Investor II and the New Investors;

 

(ii)                                           P2 means the issue price offered in the subsequent capital increase;

 

(iii)                                        Q means the number of Shares subscribed by the Existing Investor II and the New Investors (i.e. 9,771,986 plus 1,628,664).

 

4.2.                           No Encumbrance

 

An Investor is not entitled to directly or indirectly pledge (verpanden) or otherwise encumber (bezwaren) any Shares, or agree, whether conditionally or otherwise, to do any of the foregoing.

 

4.3.                           Prohibited Transfers

 

An Investor is not entitled to directly or indirectly transfer the economic or legal ownership of any Shares (including the issuance of a Transfer Notice pursuant to Clause 4.5.1), or agree, whether conditionally or otherwise, to do any of the foregoing, except:

 

4.3.1.                           with the prior written consent of the other Investors; or

 

4.3.2.                           where the transfer of Shares is required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4.4.                           Permitted Transfers

 

Each Investor may, subject to the requirement for a transferee to enter into an Accession Agreement in accordance with Clause 9.4:

 

4.4.1.                           transfer free from any restrictions all or part of its Shares to an Affiliate or an Affiliated Fund;

 

4.4.2.                           transfer all or part of its Shares (other than to competitors of the Group) as part of a transfer of an Investor’s investment portfolio (in whole or in part) (a “Portfolio Transfer”).

 

4.5.                           Right of First offer other Investors

 

4.5.1.                           Except in the case of a transfer pursuant to Clause 4.4 (Permitted Transfers) of this Agreement, an Investor or group of Investors that wishes (or wish) to transfer any Shares (a “Proposed Selling Investor” or “Proposed Selling Investors”) shall first give notice thereof in writing (the “Transfer Notice”) to each other Investor (the “Non-selling Investor” or the “Non-selling Investors”).

 

4.5.2.                           The Transfer Notice shall:

 

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(A)                              specify the number of Shares the Proposed Selling Investor(s) wish(es) to sell (the “Sale Shares”);

 

(B)                              specify the name of the proposed transferee;

 

(C)                              specify the minimum price (in cash or otherwise) at which it proposes to transfer the Sale Shares;

 

(D)                              specify the period in which the offer shall remain open for acceptance, which period will lapse two (2) weeks from receipt of notice (the “Acceptance Deadline”);

 

(E)                               be governed by the laws of the Netherlands;

 

(F)                                not be withdrawn by the Selling Investor before the Acceptance Deadline.

 

4.5.3.                           Upon receipt of the Transfer Notice, each of the Non-selling Investors is entitled to purchase such proportion of the Sale Shares as is equal to the proportion of the number of Shares held by it compared to the aggregate number of Shares held by all Non-selling Investors, in each case at the date of the Transfer Notice, for at least at the minimum price set out in the Transfer Notice or such other price as may be agreed between the Proposed Selling Investor(s) and the Non-selling Investor(s) by giving written notice (the “Acceptance Notice”) to the Proposed Selling Investor(s), before the Acceptance Deadline, on the basis that the Non-selling Investor(s) may accept all or part or none of the Sale Shares, provided that if a Non-selling Investor fails to give an Acceptance Notice before the Acceptance Deadline, it shall be deemed to have declined the offer made by the Proposed Selling Investor(s).

 

4.5.4.                           Any Non-selling Investor who accepts the offer made by the Proposed Selling Investor(s) before the Acceptance Deadline shall confirm in its Acceptance Notice either:

 

(A)                              that it would accept, on the same terms, the number of Sale Shares that have not been accepted by the other Non-selling Investor(s) before the Acceptance Deadline, if any, (the “Excess Sale Shares”); or

 

(B)                              that it would not accept any Excess Sale Shares,

 

provided that any such Non-selling Investor who fails to make such confirmation shall be deemed to have made a confirmation that it would not accept any Excess Sale Shares.

 

4.5.5.                           Any Excess Sale Shares shall be automatically allocated to each Non-selling Investor which has indicated that it will accept Excess Sale Shares, in proportion to the number of Shares held by such Non-selling Investor compared to the aggregate number of Shares held by all of the Non-selling Investors which have indicated that they would accept Excess Sale Shares, in each case at the date of the Transfer Notice, provided the Proposed Selling Investor(s) shall be entitled to transfer any Excess Sale Shares that have not been accepted by the Non-selling Investors pursuant to Clauses 4.5.4 and 4.5.5 and with due observance of Clause 4.5.7 to a third person and any other person acting in concert with that person (a “Third Party Purchaser”).

 

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4.5.6.                           Each Non-selling Investor which has accepted any Sale Shares pursuant to Clauses 4.5.3 and 4.5.5 shall be bound to buy such Sale Shares from the Proposed Selling Investor(s). In such event, completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares shall take place within 20 Business Days after the Acceptance Deadline.

 

4.5.7.                           The Proposed Selling Investor(s) shall be entitled to transfer any Sale Shares that have not been accepted by the Non-selling Investor(s) pursuant to Clauses 4.5.3 up to and including 4.5.6 to the Third Party Purchaser at a price not less than the price, and on terms no more favourable than the terms, set out in the Transfer Notice, provided such sale is completed within 60 Business Days after expiry of the Acceptance Deadline. If so requested by the Non-selling Investor(s), the Proposed Selling Investor(s) shall provide evidence to prove that the transfer of the Sale Shares to the Third Party Purchaser occurred in accordance with this Clause 4.5. Any Third Party Purchaser shall be required to agree in writing (by signing an Accession Agreement as described in Clause 9.4) to be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

 

4.6.                           General conditions Transfer

 

Each transfer of Shares (be it to an Investor’s affiliate or group company, a Portfolio Transfer, a Sale or otherwise) is always subject to the condition that the purchaser of such transferred Shares is or becomes bound to this Agreement and other governing documents in accordance with Clause 9.4.

 

4.7.                           Lock-up Obligations

 

During a period of two (2) years from Completion, the Investors may not sell any of their Shares in the Company unless if the provisions of the Clauses 4.4 (Permitted Transfers), 4.9 (Drag Along) or 5 (Exit) apply, or with the approval of an Investor or group of Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A.

 

4.8.                           Tag Along

 

4.8.1.                           If, after due observance of the relevant provisions of this Agreement, including but not limited to Clause 4.5 (Right of First Offer other Investors), an Investor or group of Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A (the “Selling Investor” or “Selling Investors”), that wish(es) to sell any or all of the Shares held by it (or by them) to a Third Party Purchaser (a “Sale”), the Selling Investor(s) shall give not less than 15 Business Days advance notice of the proposed Sale to the Company and each other Investor and the Trust Foundation of the proposed Sale (a “Tag Along Notice”).

 

4.8.2.                           The Tag Along Notice shall:

 

(A)                              specify the number of Shares the Selling Investor(s) propose(s) to sell;

 

(B)                              specify the name of the Third Party Purchaser;

 

(C)                              specify the price (in cash or otherwise) per Share that the Third Party Purchaser is proposing to pay;

 

(D)                              specify the proposed date of transfer;

 

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(E)                               be governed by the laws of the Netherlands;

 

(F)                                specify the address where the counter notice should be sent.

 

4.8.3.                           As a condition to such Sale, the other Investors shall be entitled within 15 Business Days after receipt of the Tag Along Notice to notify the Selling Investor(s) that it wishes to sell a pro rata parte portion of the Shares held by it to the Third Party Purchaser at the proposed price by sending a counter notice to the address specified in the Tag Along Notice (the “Tag Offer”).

 

4.9.                           Drag Along

 

4.9.1.                           In case a Selling Investor or Selling Investors, as the case may be, wish(es) to sell all, and for the avoidance of doubt, not less than all of the Shares held by it (or by them), to a Third Party Purchaser, the Selling Investor(s) shall have the right (the “Drag Along Option”), upon agreement on the terms and conditions of a bona fide offer by the Third Party Purchaser, to require all other Investors (the “Called Investors”) to sell and transfer all, and for the avoidance of doubt, not less than all, of their Shares (the “Called Shares”) to the proposed Third Party Purchaser in accordance with the provisions of this Clause 4.9.

 

4.9.2.                           The Selling Investor(s) that wish(es) to exercise its Drag Along Option shall give notice thereof in writing (the “Drag Along Notice”) to the Company and the Called Investors.

 

4.9.3.                           The transfer of the Called Shares to the Third Party Purchaser shall be completed within sixty (60) Business Days after service of the Drag Along Notice. The Called Investors shall be released from their obligation to transfer the Called Shares to the Third Party Purchaser if the Third Party Purchaser has not acquired the Called Shares on the expiration of such sixty (60) Business Day period.

 

4.9.4.                           If a Called Investor fails to cooperate with the transfer of its Called Shares to the Third Party Purchaser within a period of ten (10) Business Days from the proposed date of transfer, the Selling Investor(s) shall have the power and the duty to fulfil the obligations for and on behalf of the defaulting Called Investor.

 

4.9.5.                           Each Investor hereby grants an unconditional and irrevocable power of attorney to the Company to act on its behalf and to transfer the relevant Called Shares to the proposed purchaser in accordance with the provisions of this Clause 4.9.

 

4.9.6.                           The provisions of Clause 4.5 (Right of First Offer other Investors) and 4.8 (Tag Along) do not apply to a (proposed) transfer of Shares in respect of which a Drag Along Notice has been duly served pursuant to this Clause 4.9.

 

5.                                     EXIT

 

5.1.                           Asset Sale or Listing

 

5.1.1.                           It is the intention of the Parties that an Asset Sale or an Exit be achieved as soon as practically possible and commercially sensible.

 

5.1.2.                           An Exit (“Exit”) shall be:

 

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·                                         a transfer (or a series of related transfers) of all the Shares issued and outstanding;

 

·                                         the listing and admission to trading on a market for listed securities of either (i) the Shares, (ii) an intermediate holding company’s shares or (iii) the shares of new holding company established for the purposes of the Listing (a “Listing”); or

 

·                                         a distribution pursuant to a winding-up or dissolution of the Company or any holding company of the Company, including following an Asset Sale.

 

5.1.3.                           An Asset Sale (“Asset Sale”) shall be a sale by one ore more Group Companies of all, or substantially all, of the Group’s business, assets and undertaking.

 

5.1.4.                           A decision to achieve an Asset Sale requires the approval of the General Meeting and Simple Majority Investor Consent.

 

5.1.5.                           Each Party (taking into account its rights and obligations under this Agreement) shall take all steps that are required to ensure the success of any proposed Exit or Asset Sale, subject always to fiduciary duties and compliance with applicable law, including that:

 

(A)                              each Investor shall dispose of (a pro rata parte portion of) its Shares on the same terms and conditions as the other Investors;

 

(B)                              each of the Investors shall on a Listing, retain such number of Shares held at the time of the Listing for such period after the Listing as is required by the relevant listing rules or is recommended by the Company’s financial advisors in such Listing;

 

(C)                              the Company shall procure that each of the Management Board Members shall continue to work for the Company on the same terms and conditions for a period of one (1) year after an Exit if so requested by one or more Investors;

 

(D)                              in the event of a Listing on a US stock market, the Investors shall be entitled to appropriate registration rights on terms to be agreed.

 

5.2.                           Forced Exit

 

If after six (6) years following Completion neither an Asset Sale nor an Exit has been achieved, the Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A will at any time have the right to require the other Investors and the Company to cooperate in an Exit or Asset Sale.

 

5.3.                           Appointment of Advisors

 

Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A and the Company shall jointly decide on the appointment by the Company of its advisors in connection with the Exit.

 

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6.                                     FINANCIAL REPORTING

 

6.1.                           Provision of Information

 

6.1.1.                           The Company shall in addition to the statutory obligations prepare and deliver to the Investors:

 

·                                         at least 30 Business Days prior to the start of the new Financial Year, a draft annual budget (for comment) including profit and loss projections, monthly cash flow projections and balance sheet projections including line items on total proposed (i) capital expenditure, (ii) project financing and (iii) total costs of other investments for comments by the Investors;

 

·                                         within 30 days after the start of the relevant Financial Year, the annual budget per the above specifications;

 

·                                         within 15 Business Days after the end of each month, a monthly information package to include (i) updated liquidity forecast (12 months, in aggregate and breakdown per major project) and reconciliation with previous month, (ii) qualitative comments highlighting development progress, financing events and sales process, and (iii) progress reporting on 5 (to the extent applicable) biggest projects (format to be acceptable to Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A, but in any case shall include executive summary on key elements (progress, costs, liquidity against budget etc));

 

·                                         within 20 Business Days after the end of each quarter, a quarterly information package to include (i) monthly information, (ii) updated format revised Business Plan as stipulated in Clause 6.1.3; (iii) a reconciliation with previous quarterly revised business plan; (iv) progress reporting on 5 (to the extent applicable) biggest projects (format to be acceptable to Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A (acting reasonably) but in any case shall include: (a) executive summary on key elements (progress, costs, liquidity against budget, project financing, general economical climate etc) and (b) project monitor summary if project has commenced (to be delivered in the same format as required by the financiers of the relevant project, if available) and (v) reporting on financing (format to be acceptable to Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A (acting reasonably) but shall in any case include regularity of all financings);

 

·                                         as soon as they become available, copies of annual valuations of underlying assets; and

 

·                                         other information reasonably required by Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A.

 

6.1.2.                           The format of the reporting shall be designed by the Company and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Investors holding 51% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares Class A.

 

6.1.3.                           The business plan (“Business Plan”) as referred to in Clause 6.1.1 includes:

 

(i)                                    a business forecast with respect to the next Financial Year;

 

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(ii)                                 the proposed business strategy of the Company;

 

(iii)                              details of the assumptions used to prepare the information in (i) and (ii); and

 

(iv)                             a budget, including:

 

(a)                                 a breakdown of expected monthly revenues, operating expenses, operating results, net interest expenses and net profits, capital expenditures and cash flow;

 

(b)                                 a projected balance sheet and profit and loss account as per the end of the next Financial Year;

 

(c)                                  an overview of expected funding requirements, including the proposed sourcing of such funding;

 

6.1.4.                           The financial information referred to in Clause 6.1.1 shall be:

 

(A)                              prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting and Reporting Rules and the Accounting Policies, in each case consistently applied;

 

(B)                              in English;

 

(C)                              expressed in Euro.

 

6.1.5.                           The Management Board shall procure that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of the budget and the Business Plan. The Management Board shall keep true and accurate books of account and records in accordance with sound accounting practices, employing standards, procedures and forms in conformity with mandatory requirements of the applicable law and shall procure that the management of the Subsidiaries of the Company shall do the same.

 

7.                                     CONFIDENTIALITY

 

7.1.                           Subject to Clause 7.2, each Party shall treat as strictly confidential and not disclose or use any information relating to this Agreement or any ancillary matter and the negotiations leading up to this Agreement and including the disclosure or use of any information relating to the Group and its business operations.

 

7.2.                          The restrictions contained in Clause 7.1 shall not apply if and to the extent:

 

(A)                                        disclosure is required by any law or by a court;

 

(B)                                        disclosure is required by any securities exchange or regulatory or governmental body;

 

(C)                                        disclosure is necessary to enforce this Agreement in court proceedings.

 

(D)                                        the other Parties have given their written consent to disclosure;

 

(E)                                         the information has come into the public domain through no fault of the relevant

 

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Party’s group;

 

(F)                                          disclosure is necessary to obtain the advice of any professional adviser;

 

(G)                                        disclosure is necessary within the relevant Party’s group.

 

In the event of a disclosure of information pursuant to Clause 7.2 (A) or (B), the disclosing Party shall consult with the other Parties (to the extent permitted by applicable laws or regulations) as to the contents, form and timing of the disclosure to be made.

 

7.3.                           The restrictions contained in this Clause 7.1 shall apply to each Party (as applicable) during the term of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect after an Investor ceases to be an Investor.

 

8.                                     TERM AND TERMINATION

 

8.1.                           Term

 

This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect from the date of Completion until terminated in accordance with the terms of Clause 8.2.

 

8.2.                           Termination

 

8.2.1.                           This Agreement can be terminated by unanimous consent of all Parties in writing.

 

8.2.2.                           This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon:

 

(A)                              completion of an Exit or Asset Sale;

 

(B)                              completion of a Liquidation;

 

(C)                              acquisition by one Investor of all Shares.

 

8.2.3.                           This Agreement shall terminate in respect of a Shareholder from the date it ceases to be a Shareholder.

 

8.3.                           Surviving Clauses

 

Termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to:

 

8.3.1.                           any right, liability or obligation accrued under this Agreement but not satisfied or discharged at the date of termination; and

 

8.3.2.                           the provisions of the Clauses 7 (Confidentiality), 9.5 (Notices), 9.15 (Governing Law) and 9.17 (Jurisdiction), which will remain in full force and effect.

 

9.                                     MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1.                           Employee Stock Option Plan

 

9.1.1.                           To provide further incentives to employees, directors and or outside consultants and advisors, contemporary with completion of the Transaction, the Investors will authorise a new unallocated pool of options and/or warrants for future grants of

 

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DRs issued by the Trust Foundation to employees, directors and/or outside consultants and advisors, representing 15% of the fully diluted share capital of the Company post Completion, with:

 

(i)                                    a vesting period of three years; 1/3 of the options to be vested after one year, the other 2/3 to be vested in year 2 and 3 on a pro rata, i.e. linear basis; and

 

(ii)                                 the exercise price of the options being EUR 0.614 per DR (the “Employee Stock Option Plan”).

 

9.1.2.                           The Supervisory Board shall be authorised to grant options or warrants within the scheme. A resolution of the Supervisory Board to this effect requires the positive vote of at least two Investor Representatives.

 

9.1.3.                           SCHEDULE B (Share Capital) shall be updated upon an issue of Ordinary Shares Class B to the Trust Foundation in relation to the Employee Stock Option Plan, to properly reflect the relevant changes.

 

9.2.                           Further Assurances

 

Each Investor shall exercise or refrain from exercising, as the case may be, all voting rights attached to its Shares and waive any pre-emption rights and other rights it may have under the Articles of Association and exercise or refrain from exercising, as the case may be, all other powers of control available to it in relation to the Company so as to procure (to the extent possible) that at all times during the term of this Agreement the provisions of this Agreement are duly and promptly observed and given full force and effect according to their spirit and intention.

 

9.3.                           Conflict

 

Subject to applicable law, in case of an ambiguity or a conflict between provisions of the Articles of Association and provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

9.4.                           Additional Investors

 

9.4.1.                           No issue or transfer of Ordinary Shares Class A to any person who is not a Party to this Agreement shall be effectuated without first obtaining from such person a duly signed Accession Agreement in the form of SCHEDULE C (Accession Agreement), provided that the Parties to this Agreement will procure and will cooperate to sign such Accession Agreement in respect of any person that is permitted to acquire Ordinary Shares Class A pursuant to this Agreement and to whom it is envisaged to transfer such Ordinary Shares Class A.

 

9.4.2.                           SCHEDULE A (Parties) and SCHEDULE B (Share Capital) shall be updated upon an issue or transfer of Shares to properly reflect the relevant changes.

 

9.5.                           Large Company Regime

 

If at any time during the term of this Agreement the Company falls under the scope of the articles 2:262 through 2:274 of the DCC (verplicht structuurregime), Parties will use their

 

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best efforts to ensure that the corporate governance of the Company will be structured to the maximum extent possible in accordance with the spirit and intention of this Agreement.

 

9.6.                           Notices

 

All notices, consents, waivers and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing in English and delivered by hand or sent by registered mail, express courier, fax or e-mail to such addresses and fax numbers as a Party may notify to the other Parties from time to time. A notice shall be effective upon receipt and shall be deemed to have been received at the time of delivery, if delivered by hand, registered mail or express courier, or at the time of successful transmission, if delivered by fax or e-mail.

 

9.7.                           Amendment

 

This Agreement may only be amended by unanimous consent of all Parties in writing.

 

9.8.                           Assignment

 

None of the Parties may assign or procure the assumption of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, either in whole or in part, to any other person without the prior written consent of the other Parties, provided that an Investor may assign the whole or part of its rights under this Agreement to any person who has acquired Shares from the Investor in accordance with Clause 4.4.1 and 4.4.2.

 

9.9.                           Entire Agreement

 

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes any and all earlier agreements, either verbally or in writing, between the Parties in relation to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

9.10.                    Partial Invalidity

 

The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. Any such invalid or unenforceable provision shall be replaced or be deemed to be replaced by a provision that is considered to be valid and enforceable. The interpretation of the replacing provisions shall  be as close as possible to the intent of the invalid or unenforceable provision.

 

9.11.                    Compensation of costs

 

Each of the Parties hereto shall pay its own expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with this Agreement and matters incidental to this Agreement, except for the expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Existing Investors and the New Investor I, which expenses shall be borne by the Company.

 

9.12.                    No Waiver

 

No failure by any Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right under this Agreement, in the event of breach of contract by any Party hereto, will operate as a waiver of such right or any other right under this Agreement.

 

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9.13.                    No Rescission

 

The Parties waive their right to rescind (ontbinden) this Agreement pursuant to article 2:265 DCC after Completion.

 

9.14.                    Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts each of which, when executed by one or more of the Parties, shall constitute an original.

 

9.15.                    Governing Law

 

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Netherlands.

 

9.16.                    Accounting regime

 

The Dutch GAAP will apply. The audit committee will be authorised to adopt IFRS as the applicable accounting standard.

 

9.17.                    Jurisdiction

 

All disputes arising in connection with this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the rules of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (Nederlands Arbitrage Instituut) and:

 

9.17.1.                    the arbitral tribunal shall be composed of three arbitrators;

 

9.17.2.                    the place of arbitration will be Amsterdam, the Netherlands;

 

9.17.3.                    the language of the proceedings will be English (unless the Parties agree otherwise);

 

9.17.4.                    the arbitrators will decide according to the rules of Dutch law;

 

9.17.5.                    the arbitral award will be final and binding;

 

9.17.6.                    to ensure that the arbitral award shall not be published, each Party shall notify the administrator of the NAI within one calendar month after receipt of the arbitral award that they object to publication of the arbitral award by the NAI;

 

9.17.7.                    the proceedings shall not be consolidated with other arbitral proceedings pursuant to Article 1046 of the Dutch Code of Civil Procedure.

 

[signature pages to follow]

 

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This Agreement has been entered into on the date first above written.

 

	
Coöperatieve   AAC LS U.A.
    	
Coöperatieve   AAC LS U.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ Signature Illegible
    	
 
    	
/s/ Signature Illegible
    
	
By: Forbion 1   Management B.V.
    	
By: Forbion 1   Management B.V.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title: Director
    	
Title: Director
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
Name Illegible
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
Name Illegible
    
	
Title:
    	
Partner
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Forbion Co-Investment Coöperatief U.A.
    	
Forbion   Co-Investment Coöperatief U.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ Signature Illegible
    	
 
    	
/s/ Signature   Illegible
    
	
By: Forbion 1 Management B.V.
    	
By: Forbion 1 Management B.V.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title: Director
    	
Title: Director
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
Name Illegible
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
Name Illegible
    
	
Title:
    	
Partner
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Forbion   Co-Investment II Coöperatief U.A.
    	
Forbion   Co-Investment II Coöperatief U.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ Signature Illegible
    	
 
    	
/s/ Signature   Illegible
    
	
By: Forbion 1 Co II   Management B.V.
    	
By: Forbion 1 Co II   Management B.V.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title: Director
    	
Title: Director
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
Name Illegible
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
Name Illegible
    
	
Title:
    	
Partner
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Coöperatieve   Gilde Healthcare II U.A.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ Edwin de Graaf
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By: Gilde Healthcare   II Management B.V.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title: Director
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Edwin de Graaf
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Partner
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
uniQure   B.V.
    	
uniQure   B.V.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ Aldag
    	
 
    	
/s/ PJ Morgan
    
	
By:
    	
By: PJ Morgan
    
	
Title: Director
    	
Title: Director
    

 

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SCHEDULE A (PARTIES)

 

(1)                                 Coöperatieve AAC LS U.A., a coöperative (coöperatie) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its corporate seat in Amsterdam, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 34256402, represented by its managing director Forbion 1 Management B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office (zetel) in Amsterdam, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 34249898);

 

(2)                                 Forbion Co-Investment Coöperatief U.A., a coöperative (coöperatie) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office in Naarden, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 32142360, represented by its managing director Forbion 1 Management B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office (zetel) in Amsterdam, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 34249898);

 

(3)                                 Forbion Co-Investment II Coöperatief U.A., a coöperative (coöperatie) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office in Naarden, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 53958713, represented by its managing director Forbion 1 CO II Management B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office (zetel) in Amsterdam, and its business address at Gooimeer 2 35, 1411 DC Naarden, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Gooi-, Eem- en Flevoland under number 53951956);

 

(4)                                 Coöperatieve Gilde Healthcare II U.A., a coöperative (coöperatie) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its corporate seat in Utrecht, and its business address at Newtonlaan 91 (3584 BP), the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Midden-Nederland under number 30216414, represented by its managing director Gilde Healthcare II Management B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office (zetel) seat in Utrecht, and its business address at Newtonlaan 91 (3584 BP), the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Midden-Nederland under number 30215056;

 

(5)                                 uniQure B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office in Amsterdam, and its business address at Meibergdreef 61, 1105 BA Amsterdam Zuidoost, the Netherlands and registered with the Commercial Register of Amsterdam under number 54385229, duly represented by its managing directors Mr. J. Aldag and Mr. P. Morgan.

 

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SCHEDULE B (SHARE CAPITAL)

 

PART 1: Share Capital after completion of the Transaction

 

	
Shareholder
    	
 
    	
Number of
   Ordinary Shares
   Class A
    	
 
    	
Number of
   Ordinary Shares
   Class B
    	
 
    	
%Outstanding
    	
 
    
	
Coöperatieve AAC LS U.A.
    	
 
    	
4,575,200
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
9.6
    	
%
    
	
Forbion Co-Investment Coöperatief U.A.
    	
 
    	
1,189,317
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
2.5
    	
%
    
	
Forbion Co-Investment II Coöperatief U.A.
    	
 
    	
9,327,469
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
19.5
    	
%
    
	
Coöperatieve Gilde Healthcare II U.A.
    	
 
    	
1,628,664
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
3.4
    	
%
    
	
Stichting Administratiekantoor uniQure B.V.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
31,101,065
    	
 
    	
65.0
    	
%
    

 

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SCHEDULE C (ACCESSION AGREEMENT)

 

This Accession Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made on [•]

 

RECITALS:

 

(A)                              [Note: insert name] (the “New Shareholder”) on [Note: insert date] acquired [Note: insert number] Ordinary Shares Class A by [an issue of new Shares] [a transfer of Shares by [Note: insert name of transferor] the “Transferor”)] [an issue of new Ordinary Shares Class A pursuant to conversion of Ordinary Shares Class B].

 

(B)                              This Agreement is entered into in compliance with the terms of the class A shareholders agreement dated [Note: insert date] between the Existing Investors, the New Investors and the Company (all as defined therein) (which agreement is referred to in this Agreement as the “Class A Shareholders Agreement”).

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

(1)                                Definitions used in this Agreement have the same meaning as given to them in the Class A Shareholders Agreement unless stated otherwise and the provisions of Clause 1 (Interpretation) of the Class A Shareholders Agreement shall apply to this Agreement.

 

(2)                                The New Shareholder agrees to become a Party to the Class A Shareholders Agreement and to be bound by the terms of the Class A Shareholders Agreement in all respects as an Investor.

 

(3)                                SCHEDULE A (Parties) to the Class A Shareholders Agreement shall be updated to properly reflect the relevant changes in the ownership of the Shares.

 

(4)                                [Note: insert other relevant details]

 

(5)                                The provisions of the Clauses 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.14, 9.15 and 9.17 of the Class A Shareholders Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

 

THUS AGREED AND SIGNED ON [•],

 

[Note: to be signed by New Shareholder and Parties to the Class A Shareholders Agreement]

 

 

SCHEDULE D (MANAGEMENT BOARD AND SUPERVISORY BOARD)

 

Part A

 

Supervisory Board approval

 

(a)                                Any amendment of articles of association of any Group Company.

 

(b)                                Voting on shares or similar equity interests in a Group Company (which provision would need to be mirrored in articles of association of Group Companies), for resolutions mentioned in Part A, B and C.

 

(c)                                 The instigation or the settlement of any material litigation or arbitration or mediation proceedings by a Group Company, for the purpose of which ‘material’ shall mean an interest or claim that is of strategic importance to the Group or has a monetary value of at least EUR 100,000.

 

(d)                                Any proposals to the General Meeting to materially change the emoluments of members of the Management Board, including bonuses and option schemes.

 

(e)                                 The removal or appointment of the auditors of any Group Company, other than the reappointment of existing auditors.

 

(f)                                  Remuneration of the auditors of the Company.

 

(g)                                 Approval of any change in accounting policies of any Group Company.

 

(h)                                Alteration to the financial year end of any Group Company.

 

(i)                                    Non-project related capital expenditure exceeding in one transaction or event or a series of related transactions or events, in excess of an amount of EUR 50,000 but less than EUR 100,000, which is not included in an approved business plan or budget.

 

Part B

 

Approval with Simple Majority Investor Consent (51%) of Class A Ordinary Shares held by Investors

 

(a)                                Unless specified in an approved business plan of the Company, entering into or materially changing borrowing and lending arrangements (including issuance of debt instruments) by any Group Company, exceeding an amount of EUR 250,000.

 

(b)                                Unless specified in an approved business plan of the Company, establishing/closing any material branch, establishment, agency or business of any Group Company.

 

(c)                                 Unless specified in an approved business plan of the Company, entering into any material joint venture, partnership or profit sharing arrangement or licensing agreement by any Group Company.

 

(d)                                Unless specified in an approved business plan of the Company, the expansion or development of the Group or any of its business other than through a Group Company.

 

 

(e)                                 Adoption of or amendment to the current business plan (to be in agreed form) and budget (to be in agreed form).

 

(f)                                  Creation or release of any security or (save in the ordinary course of trading and consistent with past practice) granting of guarantees by any Group Company, exceeding an amount of EUR 250,000.

 

(g)                                 Unless specified in an approved business plan of the Company, any material acquisitions or disposals by any Group Company.

 

(h)                                The appointment or removal of any member of the Supervisory Board or Managing Director of a Group Company other than the Company.

 

(i)                                    Non-project related capital expenditure exceeding in one transaction or event or a series of related transactions or events, in an amount of EUR 100,000 or more, which is not included in an approved business plan or budget.

 

(j)                                   Establishment and material amendment of any management incentive scheme of any Group Company (other than the Company).

 

Part C

 

Approval with Qualified Majority Investor Consent (66 2/3%) of Class A Ordinary Shares held by Investors

 

(a)                                Any change in a Group Company’s (other than the Company’s) share capital.

 

(b)                                Unless specified in an approved business plan of the Company, any material change of the nature or the name of the business of the Group.

 

(c)                                 Entry into, termination or variation of any contract or arrangement by a Group Company with an Investor, other than financing arrangements.

 

(d)                                Any distribution from reserves (other than wholly intra-group) by any Group Company.

 

(e)                                 Transactions by a Group Company outside of its ordinary course.

 

(f)                                  Taking steps to commence insolvency or winding-up proceedings of a Group Company (including the application for suspension of payment of debts by a Group Company).

 

 

SCHEDULE E (RESERVED MATTERS)

 

Part A

 

Approval with Qualified Shareholder Consent

 

The following resolutions of the General Meeting will require the affirmative vote of Shareholders holding at least 662/3% of Ordinary Shares.

 

Approval with Qualified Majority Shareholder Consent (66 2/3%) of Ordinary Shares

 

(a)                                The merger (fusie) or demerger (splitsing) of the Company.

 

(b)                                The initiation of liquidation or dissolution of the Company or approve the filing for bankruptcy.

 

(c)                                 The amendment of the articles of association of the Company.

 

(d)                                Appointment or dismissal of the Company’s auditors.

 

Part B

 

Approval with Simple Majority Investor Consent (51%) of Class A Ordinary Shares held by Investors

 

The following resolutions of the General Meeting will require the affirmative vote of Investors holding at least 51% of Class A Ordinary Shares.

 

(a)                                The issue of new equity securities (including options and warrants).

 

(b)                                The exclusion or restriction of pre-emptive rights with respect to the issue of new equity securities.

 

(c)                                 The redemption (intrekking) or the reduction of the nominal value of any shares.

 

(d)                                The purchase (inkoop) by the Company of shares in its own capital, shares in the capital of any subsidiary, or depositary receipts (certificaten van aandelen) representing any such shares (whether or not issued “with the co-operation of the Company”).

 

(e)                                 The declaration of dividends or distributions.

 

(f)                                  The delegation of powers with respect to the issue of securities, the exclusion of pre-emptive rights, or the approval of the purchase of the Company’s own shares.

 

(g)                                 Determination or variation of the remuneration of members of the Management Board and of the Supervisory Board.

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