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Corp No. 586644
GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St THOMAS, VI 00802
CERTIFICATE OF EXISTENCE
tro SMU Itto Whom 11Chne reoento *bail Come:
OSBERT E POTTER, Lieutenant Governor of the Virgin Islands do hereby certify that
I am, by virtue of the laws of the Virgin Islands, the custodian of the corporate records and the
proper officer to execute this certificate.
I further certify that the records of this office disclose that
PRYTANEE, LLC
Limited Liability Company
was duly registered to conduct business in the Territory on July 22, 2016 and has a legal
existence as a Limited Liability Company so far as the records of this office show.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Government of
the Virgin Islands of the United States, at Charlotte
Amalie, St. Thomas, this 5th day of August, 2016.
OSBERT E. POTTER
Lieutenant Governor of the Virgin Islands
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ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION FIE Y
OF
PRYTANEE, LLC
the undersigned natural person of the age of eighteen years or more, acting as organizer of a
limited liability company under the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Chapter 15, 71tle
13, Virgin Islands Code ("Uniform Limited Liability Company Act"), do hereby adopt the
following Articles of Organization for such limited liability company:
ARTICLE ONE
NAME, ADDRESS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICE
Name
1. The name of the limited liability company shall be Prytanee, LLC (the "Company).
Address
2. The physical address of the Company is Royal Palms Professional Building, 62-3A & 6238
Estate Thomas, Suite 101, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802. The mailings Artess of the
Company is Royal Palms Professional Building, 9053 Estate Thomas, Suttee-4,01a Thomas,
Virgin Islands 00802. ..1
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Principal Office
3. The principal office and permanent address for the transaction of business if thiceorrillafiy
shall be the addresses stated in Paragraph 2 of these Articles as the physicli) and mialing
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Resident Agent and Office
4. The physical address of the Company's initial designated office is Royal Palms Professional
Building, 62-3A & 62413 Estate Thomas, Suite 101, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802.
The mailing address of the Company's initial designated office is Royal Palms Professional
Building, 9053 Estate Thomas, Suite 102, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802.
The name of its initial resident agent at such address is Business Basics VI, LLC.
The business address of the resident agent and the address of the designated office are
identical.
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ARTICLE TWO
PURPOSE
The purpose for which the Com
pany is organized is to engage in any
which a limited liability com and all lawful business for
pany may be organized under the
Company Act and the other laws of Uniform Limited Liability
the US. Virgin Islands.
The foregoing paragraph shall
be construed as enumerating both
Company, and it Is hereby expressly objects and purposes of this
provided that the foregoing numerati
shall not be held to [lira or restr on of specific purposes
ict in any manner the purposes
permitted by law. of this Company otherwise
ARTICLE THREE
DURATION AND CONTINUITY
The period of duration of this Com
pany shall be perpetual. No member
dissolve the Company by his or her shall have the power to
independent act of arty kind.
ARTICLE FOUR
ORGANIZER
The name and address of the orga
nizer of this Company is:
Brett Geary
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ARTICLE FIVE
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Sinant. The physical and mailing addr Company shall be Etienne
ess of the initial manager of the Com
Montaigne, 75008, Paris, France. pany is 60 Avenue
ARTICLE SIX
CAPITAL
The Company shall begin business
with capital in the amount of One Thou
Dollars (115 $4,000.00). sand United States
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ARTICLE SEVEN
LIMTIATION OE LIABILITY
No manager of the Company shall be liable to the Company or its members for monetary
damages for an act or an omission in such manager's capacity as a member, except for liability of
a manager for (i) a breach of a manager's duty of loyalty to the Company or its members, (fi) an
act or omission, not in good faith, that constitutes a breach of duty of a manager to the Company
or an act or omission that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (iii)
a transaction from which a manager received an improper benefit, whether or not the benefit
resulted from an action taken within the scope of the manager's position, or (iv) an act or omission
for which the liability of a manager is expressly provided for by an applicable statute. If the
Uniform Limited Liability Company Act or other applicable law is amended to authorize action
further eliminating or limiting the liability of managers, then the liability of any manager of the
Company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Uniform Limited
Liability Company Act or other applicable law, as so amended.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the members shall not adversely affect
any right or protection of any manager existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE EIGHT
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No member of the Company shall be liable for the debts and obligations of the Company under
Section 1303, Subsection (c) of the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.
ARTICLE NINE
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If any please, clause, sentence, paragraph. or provision of these Articles of OrianfirititiliWield
to be void or illegal, then it shall not impair or affect the balance of thestArtipi , apd.:the
undersigned Organizer of the Company does hereby declare that she woulcishavrsigrtedciind
executed the balance of these Articles without such void or illegal provisions. c-. :" •
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned person has hereunto set her hand as Organizer
of the
Company this 22iiei day of July, 2016.
IN THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this 22sti day of July, 2016, personally appeared Brett
Geary, who, being by me first duly sworn, declared that she is the person who signed the
foregoing document as the Organizer of the Company and that the statements contained in these
Articles of Organization are true.
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PRYTANEE, LLC
OPERATING AGREEMENT
THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT is made as of the day of November, 2016
by and among Prytande, LLC, a United States Virgin Islands limited liability company
(the "Company"), the Company's sole members, Southern Trust Company, Inc., a
United States Virgin Islands corporation ("STC"), and The Pierre Trust, a U.S. Virgin
Islands trust created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated November , 2016 by and
between Caroline Sophie Camille Lang, as Grantor, and Caroline Sophie Camille Lang,
as Trustee (the "Trust", and together with STC, the "Members"), and the Company's
Manager, Etienne Binant, an individual with an address at 60 Avenue Montaigne, 75008
PARIS, France (the "Manager).
RECITALS
A. On July 22, 2016, the Company was formed by the Members by the filing
of the Articles of Organization with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of the United
States Virgin Islands.
B. The Members and the Manager now desire to enter into this Agreement in
order to set forth the respective rights and obligations of the Members and the Manager
in regard to the ownership, management and governance of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Members and the
Company agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
1.1 "Act" means the United States Virgin Islands Uniform Limited Liability
Company Act, as amended from time to time.
1.2 "Adjusted Capital Account Balance" means, with respect to each Member,
such Member's Capital Account balance maintained in accordance with this Agreement,
as of the end of the relevant fiscal year of the Company, after giving effect to the
following adjustments:
(a) Credit to such Capital Account of such Member's share of minimum
gain determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and
1.704-2(i)(5); and
(b) Debit to such Capital Account of the items described in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
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The foregoing definition of -Adjusted Capital Account Balance" is intended to comply
with the provisions of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and 1.704-2, and shall
be interpreted consistently therewith.
1.3 'Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that,
directly or indirectly, controls, is under common control with, or is controlled by the
former Person. For purposes of this definition, 'control" (including, with correlative
meaning, the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with
respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct and cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
1.4 "Agreement" means this Operating Agreement of the Company, and all
amendments thereto.
1.5 "Artwork' means any and all works of art, including, without limitation,
paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, decorative pieces, and other fine art
artwork acquired by the Company.
1.6 'Capital Account" means, with respect to each Member, the Capital
Account maintained for such Member in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) To each Members Capital Account there shall be credited such
Members Capital Contributions, such Member's distributive share of Profits and
the amount of any Company liabilities assumed by such Member or which are
secured by any property distributed to such Member by the Company.
(b) To each Member's Capital Account there shall be debited the
amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value of any property distributed to such
Member pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, and such Members
distributive share of Losses.
(c) In the event all or a portion of a Member's Membership Interests
are transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee
shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to
the transferred Membership Interests.
(d) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes of the
foregoing subparagraph (a), there shall be taken into account Code
Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.
The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to
the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations
Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704.2, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner
consistent with such Regulations. In the event the Members acting unanimously shall
reasonably determine that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital
Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto, are computed in order to comply with such
Regulations, the Manager, with the Consent of the Members, may make such
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modification; provided that such modification is not likely to have a material effect on the
amount distributed to any Member pursuant to Article 10 hereof upon the liquidation of
the Company.
1.7 "Capital Contributions" means the aggregate amount of cash and Gross
Asset Value of property (less the amount of Indebtedness, if any, of such Member which
is assumed by the Company and/or the amount of indebtedness, if any, to which such
property is subject, as of the date of contribution, without regard to the provisions of
Code Section 7701(g)) contributed by a Member to the capital of the Company.
1.8 "Cash Flow means, for any period, the amount by which (a) the gross
cash receipts of the Company from any source for such period (including, but not limited
to, Capital Contributions, loans, proceeds received by the Company in respect of the
any and all realizations of any Artwork, and proceeds from the sale, financing.
refinancing or other disposition of all or any portion of any other property of the
Company), exceed (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate cash disbursements for such period
(including, but not limited to, Company administrative costs, reimbursements paid to the
Manager in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement with respect to expenses
Incurred by Manager in the day-to-day activities of managing and operating the
Company hereunder, principal and interest payable on Company debt and capital
expenditures), and (ii) amounts previously set aside as reserves as determined by the
Consent of the Members.
1.9 "Certificate" means the Articles of Organization of the Company, as
amended from time to time, as filed in accordance with the Act.
1.10 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any
corresponding provision of succeeding law).
1.11 "Company" means the limited liability company herein formed and known
as Prytanee, LLC, as said Company may from time to time be constituted.
1.12 "consent" means the prior written consent or approval of a Person or
Persons to do the act or thing for which the consent or approval is solicited, or the act of
granting such consent or approval as the context may require. 'Consent of the
Members" means the prior written consent or approval of Members of the Company
holding 51% of the Membership Interests, and, for so long as STC shall remain a
Member of the Company, shall include the Consent of STC.
1.13 "Depredation" means, 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 Gross Asset 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 Gross Asset 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; provided, however, that if the federal income tax
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depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction from such year or other
period is zero, Depredation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross
Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the Consent of the Members.
1.14 "Gross Asset Value' means. with respect to any asset, the asset's
adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(a) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member
to the Company shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as determined
by the contributing Member and the Manager:
(b) The Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to
equal their respective gross fair market values, as reasonably determined by the
Consent of the Members, as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of additional
Membership Interests in the Company by any new or existing Member in
exchange for more than a de minimis capital contribution; (ii) the distribution by
the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company
assets, including money, as consideration for an interest in the Company: and
(iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to the
preceding clauses (i) and (ii) shall be made only if it is reasonably determined by
the Consent of the Members that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate
to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company;
(c) The Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any
Member shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of
distribution; and
(d) The Gross Asset Values of Company assets shall be increased (or
decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets
pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent
that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts
pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and the definition of "Capital
Account" herein.
If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to any
of the foregoing subparagraphs (a), (b) or (d) of this Section, such Gross Asset Value
shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such
asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
1.15 "Manager" means the Person designated or appointed as Manager
pursuant to this Agreement, and any other Person who becomes a successor or
additional Manager of the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
1.16 "Member means either STC or the Trust as and when acting in such
Person's capacity as a Member of the Company, and any other Persons who from time
to time become parties to or are otherwise bound by this Agreement as Members.
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1.17 "Membership Interest" means an ownership interest of a Member in the
Company at any particular time, including the right of such Member to any and all
benefits to which a Member may be entitled pursuant to this Agreement and under the
Act, together with all obligations of such Member to comply with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and the Act. Membership Interests are owned by
Members as set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement, as amended from time to time.
1.18 "Notice" means a writing, containing the information required by this
Agreement to be communicated to any Person, and given or delivered in accordance
with the requirements of this Agreement.
1.19 "Persgn" means any individual, partnership, limited liability company,
corporation, trust, estate or other entity.
1.20 "Profits" and tosses" means, for each fiscal year or other period, an
amount equal to the Company's taxable income or loss for such year or period,
determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of
income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code
Section 703(aX1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following
adjustments:
(a) Any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax
and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to
this definition shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) Any expenditures of the Company described in Code
Section 705(a)(2)(8), or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(8) expenditures
pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704.1(b)(2)(iv)(I), and not otherwise taken into
account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition shall be
subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is
adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (b) or (d) of Section 1.14 hereof, the amount
of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the
disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
(d) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect
to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be
computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of
notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Gross
Asset Value; and
(e) Depreciation shall be taken into account for such fiscal year or
other period in computing such taxable income or loss, in lieu of the depreciation,
amortization and other cost recovery deductions that otherwise may be taken into
account in the absence of Section 1.13.
1.21 "Regulations" means the United States Treasury Regulations, as
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amended from time to time.
1.22 "Transfer" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
1.23 "Unretumed Capital Contributions" means, with respect to any Member,
the difference between (a) the Capital Contributions made by such Member, less (b) the
aggregate amount of distributions made to such Member pursuant to Section 4.6(a).
ARTICLE 2
THE COMPANY
2.1 Formation and Name. The Company has been formed as a limited liability
company pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The Company was formed with the
name "Prytanee, LLC"; provided that the Company may hereafter adopt such other
name or names as may from time to time selected by the Consent of the Members.
2.2 Purpose. The Company has been organized to engage in the acquisition,
ownership and management for investment purposes of Artwork selected from time to
time by the Manager, subject to the provisions of Section 5,2 hereof and the other
provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not at any
given time invest in the aggregate amounts in excess of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars (5100,000.00) on Artwork created by any single artist; and, with the Consent of
the Members, the Company may engage in any and all other lawful businesses or
activities which a limited liability company may carry on under the Act and the laws of
any other jurisdiction in which the Company is so engaged.
2.3 Registered Agent. The Company's registered agent shall initially be
Business Basics VI, LLC, Royal Palms Professional Building, 62-3A & 62-38 Estate
Thomas, Suite 101, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00802, and from time to time
hereafter may be changed to the Person designated by the Consent of the Members to
serve in that capacity In accordance with the terms of the Act.
2.4 Qualification in Additional Jurisdictions. The Manager is authorized, with
the Consent of the Members, to qualify the Company to do business in any jurisdiction
in which such qualification is deemed by the Manager as necessary or desirable in
carrying out the Company's business, and pursuant thereto, to appoint a registered
agent and to establish a registered office in such jurisdiction, and to cause the Company
to operate In such jurisdiction under another name selected by the Consent of the
Members, in compliance with the assumed name statute of such jurisdiction, if the
Company is not allowed under the laws of such jurisdiction to operate under its legal
name.
ARTICLE 3
MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS' CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE MEMBERS
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3.1 Membership Interests. The Company shall issue one type of ownership
interest, with such rights, preferences and obligations as set forth in this Agreement.
Holders of Membership Interests shall be entitled to one vote per each percentage point
of Membership Interest held; provided that such holder is also a Member,
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Person shall
be entitled to vote with respect to any Membership Interests unless such person is a
Member.
3.2 Initial Capital of the Company. On or prior to the date hereof, each of the
Members (or the Person from whom such Member acquired, directly or indirectly, its, his
or her Membership Interests) has made an initial Capital Contribution to the Company
as provided on Exhibit A attached hereto. In consideration of the provisions contained
in this Agreement, each Member (or the Person from whom such Member acquired,
directly or indirectly, its, his or her Membership Interests) has received that percentage
of Membership Interests set forth on such Exhibit A.
3.3 No Additional Capital Contributions. No Member shall be required to
make any additional Capital Contribution to the Company; provided, however, that STC
may from time to time in its sole discretion make additional Capital Contributions to the
Company so as to enable the Company to invest in additional Artwork or for any other
purposes that STC, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate. Such
additional Capital Contributions shall increase STC's Capital Account in accordance
with the provisions of Section 1.7 hereof, but without the Consent of the Members shall
not increase the percentage Membership Interest of STC.
3.4 Withdrawal. Except as otherwise provided in Article 9 of this Agreement,
no Member shall be entitled to withdraw or resign from the Company, prior to its
dissolution and winding up, without first obtaining the Consent of the Members.
3.5 Additional Membership Interests. No additional Membership Interests
shall be issued by the Company without the Consent of the Members.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Capital Accounts. The Company shall establish and maintain a Capital
Account for each Member.
4.2 Allocation of Profits and Losses.
(a) Profits of the Company shall be allocated among the Members as
follows:
(i) First, to each Member pro rata and in proportion to the
cumulative Losses, if any, allocated to such Member pursuant to
Section 4.2(b)(ii) hereof until the cumulative Profits allocated to such
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Member under this Section 4.2(a)(i) equals the cumulative Losses
allocated to such Member under Section 4.2(b)(i) hereof; and
(ii) Then, the balance, if any, to the Members In accordance
with their respective Membership Interests.
(b) Losses of the Company shall be allocated to the Members as
follows:
(i) First, to the Members in accordance with their respective
Membership Interests; provided, however, that no Member shall be
allocated Losses in excess of its, his or her Adjusted Capital Account
Balance, determined immediately prior to the allocation provided for in this
Section 4.2(b)(i); and
(ii) Then, to the extent any Losses allocated to a Member
pursuant to Section 4.2(b)(i) would, but for the proviso contained therein,
exceed a Members Adjusted Capital Account Balance, such Losses shall
be allocated first to the other Members in proportion to, and to the extent
of, their respective Adjusted Capital Account Balances, and then to any
Member guaranteeing debt of the Company, making loans to the
Company or otherwise having liability for Company debt, in proportion to
the debt guaranteed, the loans made or the amount of such liability.
4.3 Reallocation by Manager. The allocation of Profits and Losses in
Section 4.2 is intended to have substantial economic effect within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2) or be in accordance with the Members' interests In
the Company within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4). If subsequent
events (including, but not limited to, nonrecourse borrowing by the Company or a loan
by a Member to the Company) cause, in the reasonable opinion of the Members as
determined by the Consent of the Members, the Section 4.2 allocations to have neither
substantial economic effect nor be In accordance with the Members' interests in the
Company, the Manager may (a) allocate the income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of
the Company so that such allocations are in accordance with the Members' Membership
Interests; or (b) make such other modifications to this Agreement (including, but not
limited to, the addition of minimum gain chargeback, qualified income offset and other
special allocation provisions specified in Regulations Sections 1.704-2 or 1.704.1(b))
that are necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Members to cause such allocations
to have substantial economic effect within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704
1(b)(2 ).
4.4 Tax Allocations. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all items
of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated, for federal, territorial, state, local
and other jurisdiction income tax purposes, among the Members in the same manner as
the corresponding items of income, gain, loss and deduction are allocated for purposes
of maintaining the Capital Account of each of the Members.
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4.5 Section 704(c) Allocations. In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and
the Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any
property contributed to the capital of the Company shall, solely for tax purposes, be
allocated among the Members so as to take account of any variation between the
adjusted basis of such property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and Its
initial Gross Asset Value, including, but not limited to, special allocations to a
contributing Member that are required under Code Section 704(c) to be made upon
distribution of such property to any of the noncontributing Members. In the event the
Gross Asset Value of any property of the Company is adjusted pursuant to
subparagraph (b) of Section 1.14, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss and
deduction with respect to such property shall take account of any variation between the
adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax purposes and its Gross Asset
Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations
thereunder. Any elections or other decisions relating to such allocations shall be made
by the Manager with the Consent of the Members in any manner that reasonably
reflects the purpose and intention of this Agreement. Allocations pursuant to this
Section 4.5 are solely for purposes of federal, state, territorial, local and other
jurisdiction taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing,
a Members Capital Account or share of Profits or Losses, other items or distributions
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
4,6 Distribution of Cash Flow. To the extent there is Cash Flow available for
distribution, as reasonably determined by the Consent of the Members, and in any
event not later than 45 days after the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the
sale of any Artwork, the Manager shall cause the Company to distribute such available
Cash Flow:
(a) first, to those Members with Unreturned Capital Contributions, pro
rata in proportion to the amount of such Unretumed Capital Contributions, until
the amount of each Member's Unretumed Capital Contributions has been
reduced to zero; and
(b) thereafter, to the Members, pro rata in accordance with their
respective Membership Interests.
ARTICLE 5
MANAGEMENT
5.1 Initial .Manager. The management of the Company's business shall be
vested in one Manager unless a greater number of Managers shall be fixed from time to
time by the Consent of the Members. The initial Manager of the Company shall be
Etienne Binant. A Manager shall hold office until his, her or its death, removal, or
resignation. The Company shall enter into a Management Agreem
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